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UCLA Beats Florida State For Sixth Straight Crown LOS ANGELES (AP) Paced by their newest sensation, lanky sophomore Bill Walton, the UCLA Bruins maintained their collegiate basketball supremacy Saturday beating surprising Florida State 81-76 for their sixth straight championship. The 6-ioot-lI Walton scored 24 points, hauled down 20 rebounds, blocked four shots and was voted the outstanding player of the NCAA tournament. Still, the five-point margin of victory was the lowest for the Bruins this season, which they finished with a 30-0 record and ran their winning string to 45, third longest in collegiate basketball history. think we played very Walton commented, no reason for elation. We dominate the Section Lincoln, Nebraska, Mar.

26, 1972, Page 1 game the way we can. We just play a good game. of that can be attributed to Florida Stae, but we like to back into the big red-haired pivotman said. Actually, the underdog outscored the Bruins 37-31 in the second half after trailing by 11 at intermission. Florida State Coach Hugh Durham commented, thought we had a chance near the end.

We made too many mental Durham said that trying to control Walton produced fouls on his key players. Walton, a 19-year-old from La Mesa, get off to a fast start, missing some early shots. But he came on strong, helping his club which had fallen behind by seven points in the early going. Patriettes Batten Takcs Falter In Finale Pair of Wins Amarillo, Tex. The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens sparked by Janice Beach in the final quarter defeated John F.

Kennedy, 48-41 to capture the Amarillo National Invitational College basketball tournament Saturday night. The Patriettes, which battled Wayland even under the boards and at the foul line, committed 22 turnovers while Wayland lost the ball on only 11 occasions. Julie Brazinski led JFK with 17 points as high-scoring Barb Wischmeier was held to only seven points. Beach of Wayland led all scorers with 20 points. Both Brazinski and Wischmeier were members of the AINI all-tourney team.

Wayland ................................10 12 8 John F. Kennedy 9 12 9 Wayland Britton 10, Beach 20, Rapp 7, Shieldknight 6, Cowan 5. John F. Kennedy Wischmeier 7, White 5, Ahrenholtz 4, DeShazer 1, Brazinski 17, Daniel 7. Jacobson Inks Pact New York (U P1) Defensive end Larry Jacobson of Nebraska, one of the New York twx) first round draft choices in January, has signed his 1972 contract with the Giants.

Jacobson, the winner o-f the Outland Trophy as Lineman of the Year, was selected with the draft choice the Giants got from the Minnesota Vikings in the Fran Tarkenton deal. Jacobson is the first rookie the Giants have signed for the upcoming season. Although he was a first round pick, he was the second player the Giants selected. The first one was defensive back 1 i Small. Kiiiglils Defeat KC Blues, 4-3 Kansas City (i) Bill Hogaboam scored twice and had a hand in other two goals as the Knights defeated Kansas City 4-3 in a Central Hockey League game Saturday night.

The victory 1 i i hold on third place in the league. Lawrence, Kan. Hoppe Batten of the University of Nebraska was the only double winner here as Iowa State captured its fourth annual Big Eight Conference gymnastics title. Batten took the horizontal bar and vaulting events in qualifying for the NCAA meet in two weeks at Ames, Iowa. Larry Evermann, who finished third in the pommel horse, also qualified for the nationals for the Huskers.

The Cyclones compiled 317.05 points in winning while Oklahoma finished far back in second with 299.45 points. Kansas State was third with 293.20, Nebraska fourth with 292.40, Kansas next with 279.65 and Colorado last with 203.10. Missouri and Oklahoma State did not compete. It was Iowa seventh championship in nine years the Big Eight has held the meet. The entire Cyclone team advances to the NCAA meet, which they host, on Apirl The first three individual finishers also qualified for the nationals.

The final individual finishes and Husker places were: 1, Bob Roth, IS, 103.S5. 2, Jim Stephonsop, IS, 102.40. 3, Snow, KS, 94.50. 5. Mackie, NU, 93-150.

Floor exerciso 1, Odess LovIn, OU, 18.200. 2, Stow Buck, IS, 17.725. 3, Jim Stephenson, IS 17.656. 7. Hoppe Battn, NU, 17.100.

Pommel horse 1, Russ Hoffman, IS, 18.675. Richard Schubert, KU, 18.450. 3, Larry Evermann, NU, 17.425. Still rings 1, Ken Orr, IS, 18.450. 2, Mike Mihalco, OU, 18.425.

3, Pat Davy, IS, 18.000. 7, Gene Mackie, NU, 16.9200 Vaulting 1, Hoppy Batten, NU, 18.325. 2, Ken Snow, KS, 18.075. 3, Bob Roth, IS, 17.775 tie 5th, John Kocovrek, NU, 17.700. Parallel bars 1, Dennis Mazur, IS, 18.375.

2, Terry Blanchard KU, 17.975. 3, Jim Stephenson, IS, 17.325. 8. Barry Cross, NU, 15.900. Horizontal bar 1, Hoppe Batten, NU, 18.100.

2, Tom Yother, KS, 17.450. 3, Dennis Mazur, IS, 17.400. 7. Gene Mackie, NU, 16.250. Walton needed help early in the game, however, and got it from teammates Keith Wilkes and Henry Bibby after the surprising from Florida State jumped into a 21-14 lead.

The Bruins chipped away and when Walton finally began hitting, they moved to a 50-39 halftime advantage. Florida State, surprise semifinal winners over North Carolina, got fine outside shooting from Ron King who had a total of 27 points, Reggie Royals and Ron Harrin. Royals scored 15 before fouling out with less than two minutes to play and Harrin scored 16. Wilkes tallied 22 and Bibby 18 for the Bruins. In the consolation game for third place.

North Carolina beat Louisville 105-91, as Robert McAdoo scored 30 points and Dennis Wuycik 27. The partisan crowd of 15,063 in the Los Angeles Sports Arena, however, came to watch the final game matching the No. 1 rated Bruins and the No. 10 Florida State club. Coach John Wooden commented, was very happy at the first half that we worry when we fell behind.

I complimented the players on their composure because I feel when you rush things you fall farther UCLA 81, Florida State 76 Joust Al)it Windy Victor Florida St. (76) UCLA (81) Garrett Rovals McCray Kino Samuel Harris Pettv Cole Totals 1-1 3 Wilkes 5-6 15 Farmer 2-5 8 Walton 1 5 3 12 3-3 27 Bibbv 3 7 0 0 0-0 11 1-2 23 2 04) 9 6-11 8 0 1 04) 0-1 0-1 4 24 2-3 18 0-0 0 6 Lee 2-3 16 Holvfild 1-1 1 Curtis 0-0 0 Nater 31 14-19 76 Totals 36 9-18 81 Florida St. ...........................................39 UCLA .................................................50 Fouled MeCrav Total fouls Florida St. 15, UCLA 15 No. Carolina 105, Louisville 91 North Carolina (105) Louisville (91) Florida State 9 Lawhon 4 5-6 13 8 1 1-16 27 Thomas 5 4-6 14 12 6-6 30 Vilcheck 3 2-3 8 3-5 7 Price 9 5-7 23 4-5 16 Bacon 3 6-8 12 3-4 11 Bunton 2 1-2 5 0 Carter 1 0-0 2 1 Bradley 1 0-0 2 4 Cooper 2 4-5 8 0 Meiman 0 0-0 0 0 Stallinas 1 0-0 2 0 Prv 1 0-0 2 Totals 36 105 Totals 32 91 North Carolina .....................................51 54-105 Louisville ...............................................34 91 Fouled CArolina, Chamber- lina, Karl, Jones; Louisville, Price Total Carolina 24, Louisville 31 Chmblain 4 Wuvcik McAdoo Previs Karl Jones Johnstn Hite Chambrs Corson Huband Elston 0-0 1-3 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 Florida Lawrence McCray (44) blocks a shot by Bill Walton of UCLA in the finals of the NCAA basketball tournament.

Coach Protests Huskers Says Owncr Finley Los Angeles (t?) The president of Florida State University said Saturday that he and basketball Coach Hugh Durham were considering legal action against the president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches because of what he called damaging Dr. Stanley Marshall said Bill Wall was out of line Friday with statements implying that Florida State had violated NCAA rules and should not be permitted to play for the national basketball championship. Wall, in a news conference, had said Durham caught with his hand in the till Marshall said statements were and totally spoke with the attorneys this morning and if it seems appropriate and useful, legal action might be Marshall added. asked Mr. Wall this morning if he had any proof Florida State was guilty of any infractions.

He denied he had such knowledge. In the absence of such knowledge, I felt it was incumbent upon him to apologize to Coach Durham and the university and I felt it incumbent upon the NABC to apologize and censure Mr. Wall referred to two separate violations of rules which kept Florida State on probation the last three years. Marshall said one involved recruits who were shown our campus. An assistant coach was taking them to the beach and instead of going with them, turned the car over to The other violation, Marshall said, involved over-zealous an invited some recruits to discuss summer employment at his home in Marshall said the university acknowledged both violations and paid for them through three years of probation.

reference to in the it referred to completely untrue and very damaging. Coach Durham is involved in no enterprise involving he said. Split Two Houston The University of Houston and Nebraska split a college baseball double header Saturday with the Cougars winning the opener on an unearned run, 2-1, and the Corn- huskers taking the nightcap, 6-4. Houston pushed over the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game following singles by Tony Black and Larry Martin. second baseman, Sam Sharp, threw away a ground ball allowing Black to score his run.

In the second game Nebraska shoved across four runs in the first inning. They chased starter Larry Hines with four singles an(l a hit batsman. The teams play a single game Monday. Nebraska ...........................001 000 6 1 Houston ................................100 000 6 3 Kurosaki, Kramer, (6) and Damkroger; Audin and Martin. Winner Audin (1-0).

Loser Cramer (0-1). Nebraska ...........................420 000 8 0 Houston 300 010 9 3 Redler, Sanger and Damkroger; Hines, Talley (1) and Bollman. Winner Redler (1-0); loser Hines (0-1). Mesa, Ariz. Pitcher Vida Blue had the contract and pen in his hands three times Saturday, owner Charles Finley said, but he decided he ready yet to sign for another season with the Oakland Athletics.

Finley told a news conference called to announce the signing of the 24-game winner that Blue was at a Phoenix hotel, and he hoped he would end his holdout without returning to Oakland. Describing a series of allnight and early morning bargaining sessions with the American most valuable player of last season, Finley blamed the impasse on his inability to the thoughts implanted in by his attorney. He said the 22-year-old southpaw sent word to writers expecting to be told of his signing to tell them a mixed up Blue, who made $14,750 last season, is asking $92,500. Finley Vida Blue Nearly Inks Pact has offered $50,000. Within 24 hours after Blue announced his retiement from baseball to work for a steel firm last week, Finley said, they were meeting in the Edgewater Hyatt Motel in Oakland until 3 a.m.

They met again at Oakland apartment last Saturday. was asleep the next night when rommate called at 12:30 a.m. and said Blue wanted to Finley said. met until 5 a.m. said he would sign if I would agree to one request.

I told him Finley said that en route to a meeting of club owners at St. Petersburg, he reconsidered, called Blue and told him he would agree to the request. When asked by newsmen Saturday, he refused to say what the request was. The owner said they met at the Phoenix airport Friday night, had breakfast Saturday morning, came to terms and arranged to be picked up for a late morning news conference. the last minute, Vida said he ready to said Finley.

He said Blue told him he had money for bus fare, but not plane fare, back to Oakland, I gave him his plane By HAL BROWN Grand is an factor in any athletic contest and jockey Dave King figures Jou.st Abit Windy proved it true once again here Saturday. Joust AbIt Windy led from wire to wire in winning the Grand Island Elks Handicap, the feature of this fourth Saturcfay of racing at Fonncr Park. And the anticipated two-horse duel between Joust Abit indy and Royal Duce failed to materialize with Royal Duce never making a serious bid to catch the front-running black gelding of John Kerbcr and Louise Coatney. Fitness made the difference. King figured, in this rubber meeting of the year between the two thoroughbreds bidding for the title of the top 3-year- olds on the Nebraska circuit this season.

right, not many are going to be able to beat King said of the winner. Both of them (Joust Abit Windy and Royal Duce) are good horses, but when this one (Joust Abit Windy) is fit, he's Joust Abit Windy won the first meeting of the two this season, in the Fonner Park Inaugural Handicap with Royal Duce third. But two weeks ago in the Baxter Memorial, Royal Duce edged Kentucky-bred gelding. Abit Windy fit that King said in explaining the loss. King also cited another difference in race from the loss of two weeks ago.

that race, he wanted to run all out all the King explained, you do that. This time, he took the lead out of the gate, but then settled down. when I asked him for it again as we hit the stretch, he had something left to With Joust Abit Windy setting the entire pace and leading by two lengths over Miss Jittery with City Visitor third. Royal Duce was well back in fifth place during the early running of the 6 furlong race over the slow track. Jockey Bernard Rowland asked Royal Duce to respond as they headed into the final turn, but it there Saturday, the co-favorite moving up only to fourth at the finish.

Joust Abit Windy returned $6.20, 4.00 and 3.20 with Miss Jittery paying 4.80 and 3.60 and City Visitor $4.80 for show money. The victory for Joust Abit Windy was his fourth in six starts over a two-year period and boosted his record here to four wins in five tries. His only loss in five starts on the oval was to Royal Duce in that meeting of two weeks ago. He was two for two here as a 2-year-old before running seventh at Ak-Sar-Ben in his only other start in 1971. Wayne Anderson rode three of the nine winners on card, aboard Traveling aFst, a longshot paying $85 in the second race, Buy in the third, and Levant in the eighth.

ResultsPage 7C Cornhusker QB Search Begins as Tagge-Brownson Era Ends By DON FORSYTHE The loss of such stalwarts as Woody Cox, Carl Johnson, Keith Wortman, Dick Rupert and Jeff Kinney necessitate major restructuring of the University of Nebraska offensive platoon when spring football drills begin April 3. But nowhere is the rebuilding need as acute as at quarterback, where the Jerry Tagge-Van Brownson show is over. They co-piloted the Cornhuskers to a 33-2-1 record and a pair of national titles in their three-year run. Now the Cornhuskers are left without a proven quarterback. Junior Steve Runty has a few minutes of varsity competition to his creddt.

Sophomore redshirt David Humm and rookies Terry Luck, Bob Rutan and Dana Potter have none. But the quarterback hopefuls reek with potential. Attention focuses on Humm, Runty and Luck who will begin spring drills ranked in that order. Humm was a playing No. 3 behind Tagge and Brownson last season, Runty directed the offensive scout team and Luck piloted the unbeaten freshman club.

One certain. Competition worry them. Runty was a walk-on who jSbiC COLOR Nebraska quarterback hopefuls (from left) Terry Luck, Steve Runty and David Humm. rejected offers with several smaller schools as well as the Air Force Academy to try to make the team followed all his life. It took him two years to earn a scholarship.

Humm had his pick of 103 scholarship offers. He chose Nebraska even though Tagge and Brownson were still on the scene. wanted to play on a winning team for a coaching staff I could enjoy playing he explains. thought I could do the job. I was ready to cept being redshirted last year, but I expect Luck, sought by some 40 colleges, knew Humm was on the scene before he signed with Nebraska.

a matter of fact, the day I signed there was an article in our paper about prospects. It said Humm was a possible Heisman Trophy candidate his senior year. read about him before, says Terry. knew he was here and knew he was good, but Nebraska was No. 1 and 1 figure if going to play you should play with the Luck relates.

Runty, who grew up in Ceresco and played his last two high school seasons at Ogallala, concedes the spring competition will be tough. But he consider himself the underdog. and Terry are great quarterbacks, but there may be more pressure on them than me. not going to bo easy, but the coaches have told me they'll give me a he says. seems more exciting this spring more even.

I was here two years without a scholarship and often wondered if it Was worth Steve says. glad I stuck it out. Being the scout team quarterback for the No. 1 team in the nation means more than playing regularly at a small Runty, 6-0 and 188, is bigger and stronger than in his earlier spring bids. weighed 165, if that much, when I came he smiles.

have the experience on the field, but been around the offense three years. I sat in on all the quarterback meetings last year and watched a lot of Steve says. arm is stronger and I have more Cont. on Page 7C, Col. 1.