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Bullets Square Series LANDOVER, Md. (UPI) Clem Haskins came off the bench to spark a second quarter rally and wound up with 22 points Wednesday night in leading the Washington Bullets to a 109-98 victory over Cleveland and a 2-2 tie in their NBA Eastern Division semifinal playoff series. The Bullets, playing their best basketball of the best-of-seven series, rallied from a second quarter deficit and broke the game open in the third period when Cleveland suffered a dry spell of more than four minutes. Nick Weatherspoon, in his first starting role of the year, added 19 points for the Bullets while Phil Chenier had 14. Haskins, a guard in his ninth year in the NBA and with his third club, hit 10 of 14 shots from the floor in scoring his first points of the series.

Campy Russell led Cleveland with 22 points, followed by Jim Chones with 21 and Jim Brewer had 13, 11 of them in the first half. The 109 points were the most scored by the Bullets in the series, which moves back to the Richfield, Ohio, Coliseum Thursday for game No. 5. After the first half ended in a 51-all tie, the Bullets, led by Weatherspoon, came out shooting in the third period. CLEVELAND (98) Brewer 5 3-? 13, Smith 3 4-4 10, Chones 9 3-5 21 Cleamons 5 2-2 12, Snyder 4 0-0 8 Walker I 4-4 6, Russell 7 8 10 22, Thurmond 1 0-2 2, Carr 1 0-0 2, Lambert 1 00 2, Witte 0 00 0, Garrett 0 0-2 0 Totals 37 74 36 98 WASHINGTON (109) Hayes 2 4-6 8, Weatherspoon 7 5-7 19, Unseld 5 0-0 10, Bing 3 7-8 13, Chenier 6 2-2 14, Robinson 2 3-4 7, Jones 5 2-2 12, Riordan 2 04) 4, Haskins 10 2-3 22, Koielko 0 0-0 0, Grevey 0 0-0 0, Totals 42 25-32 109 Cleveland 79 22 19 28- 98 Washington 26 25 27 31-109 Fouled out Snyder Total fouls Cleveland 26, Washington 31 A 17,542 3 Huskers To Get Honors Cleveland Cavalier Foots Walker (14) drives against a Washington Bullet double team of EMn Hayes (11) and Leo Robinson (33) during the NBA playoff game Wednesday night at Landover, Md.

Cowens' 30 Paces Boston BOSTON (AP) Dave Cowens. playing with a painful heel bone spur, scored 30 points and Jo Jo White contributed 27 as the Boston Celtics whipped the Buffalo Braves 107-98 Wednesday night in the opener of the National Basketball Association Eastern semifinal playoffs. Capt. John Havlicek also gave the Celtics a big helping hand with 22 points as Boston opened its bid for a 13th NBA title in the Spurs best-of-seven series. Cowens, playing all but the final seconds, grabbed 17 rebounds, had seven and five steals in another brilliant effort.

White had eight assists and three steals to go with his scoring. The Celtics jumped to a 6-0 lead, but Buffalo came back to go in front by as much as eight points, 20-12. Boston rallied to close within two at 31-29 after one period. The Celtics finally went in front midway through the second period on consecutive baskets by Cowens, White, Havlicek and Cowens again Boston went on to bold a 55-51 lead at the half. Smith finished with 27 points and McMillian added 24.

Bob McAdoo, the NBA scoring champion who averaged better Get Even With New York From News Wires Larry Kenon sank two free throws with just three seconds left Wednesday night as the San Antonio Spurs outlasted a fourth-quarter New York onslaught for a 106-105 victory in their American Basketball Association best-of-seven playoff series. The victory meant the final game Sunday at New York will determine who plays the winner of the Denver-Kentucky playoff series. The Spurs-New York series is now tied at three victories apiece. Kenon's winning free throws were set up by a foul committed by the Nets' Julius Erving, who scored 31 of his 41 points in the second half and ignited New final three-minute rally in the fourth period For San Antonio, it was George Gervin steady shooting for 37 points and center Billy 17 second-half points which made the difference After an early see-saw battle, San Antonio esablished its dominance for most of the game on 15-foot jump shot with 6 27 left in the second period. With just 1:46 left in the game, Erving popped a basket in and drew a foul, but missed both free throws and San Antonio retained its lead 102-101.

But Erving back with a 12-foot jumper tojive New York a 103-102 edge They were the last points for the superstar. Kenon then hit a 14-footer and the John Williamson retaliated with a 16-foot basket to put the Nets in front again, 105-104. New York played without forward Rich Jones, a former San Antonio Spur who went to New York last year in a trade for Billy Pauitz. Jones had been subject to stinging criticism from San Antonio Coach Bob Bass and General Manager John Begxoo, and the local news media Jones, Williamson, Brian Taylor and San Antonio guard George Karl drew 1390 fines for fighting in last Sunday fourth game of the Denver 108, Kentucky 106 Chuck 24-foot jumper at the buzzer lifted Denver to a pulsating 108-106 victory over Kentucky Jto square the teams' playoff at two games apiece. basket came on an out-of-bounds play that began with four seconds left after Jan van Breda Kolff had tied the game 106-106 with a layup.

defense followed Ralph Simpson and David Thompson underneath and left Williams open just inside the three-point circle. The ball had just left hand as the buzzer sounded. The winning basket capped a Denver rally from several sizeable first half deficits. With Simpson scoring 15 of his game- high 26 points after intermission, the Nuggets matched the Colonels almost basket for basket in the final two periods. last significant lead came with 5:22 left to play when Johnny Neumann hit the last of three consecutive shots for a 94-91 advantage.

Williams, who finished with 20 points, knotted the count 12 seconds later with a layup and a free throw. Kentucky held four more leads and the game was tied five more times in the waning minutes before bomb ended it all. Gilmore led Kentucky with 22 points and Averitt added 21. Lucas added 18 points and 19 rebounds. NEW YORK (105) 5 23 12, Erving 16 8-12 Hughes I (W) 2, Taylor 12 10.

Williamson 8 4-5 20, Terry 0 00 0, Eakins 2 44 8, McClain 0 00 0. Melchlonni 2 2-2 6, Skinner 2 24 6 Totals 40 24 32 105 SAN ANTONIO (106) Deitnck 4 0 8, kenon 7 54 19, Paultz 5 8-H) 19, Gale 9 2 2 20, Garvin 15 710 Karl I 1-2 3, Bristow 0 0-2 0, Owens 0 SO 0. Olberding 0 DO 0 Totals 41 24 32 106 New Yert 27 21 27 30-105 San Antonie 29 13 29 25-106 Three-point goal; frying Total New York 31, San Antonio 25 A 10,484 OBNVBR (IN) Jonas 8 04 16, 6-7 18, issel 6 04 it Williams 8 44 20, Simpson 9 84 26 Webstar 0 1-2 Terrv I 04 2, Gerard 1 04 2, Back 5 12 II 20-23 108 KENTUCKY Jonas 5 1-1 It, 9 0-1 18, Gilmore 5 12 13 12, Dampier 5 04 10, Averitt 8 44 21, van Brada koltt I 24 4, Neumann 6 04 12, Thomas 2 04 4, Joyce 1 0- 2 McDancaU 1 04 2, 43 19-23 106 Denver 26 22 29 10-IN Kentucky 35 16 25 28-IN Thraa-point Avaritt Total Denver 29, Kentucky Porter Better After Injury By MARK GORDON Star Sports Writer Nebraska football player Budge was apparently slowly improving late last night after suffering a serious injury during Wednesday Husker football practice. He was making a tackle and was popped by two opposing forces. He was conscious, but didn't seem to be able to said father, Mort Porter, from a Lincoln hospital.

"The Nebraska trainers (head trainer Paul Schneider and physical therapist George Sullivan) very carefully attended to Budge and put him on a stretcher and sent him by ambulance here. "They put him in traction and now got feeling back in his toes, legs, arms and seems to be coming said Porter. Porter explained Budge didn't break his neck but put it out of line. vertebra was out of line so it involved his spinal he said. "Having his feeling back is a good sign, but in the meantime, a waiting Porter said "We sensed it was serious.

He had a great deal of trouble moving," Osborne said from the hospital late Wednesday night "We felt it was serious and the trainers handled it pretty well. the first serious injury in quite a few Osborne continued. injury is serious, but a lot different than, say, a knee injury. The doctors say chances for a complete recovery are very, very good, but until that point is reached, you just hope for the best." Hospital officials listed Budge as The younger Porter last May had knee surgery that was termed "completely successful" by his father Redshirted in 1975, he is a 6-1, 184-pound sophomore defensive back. By BOB OWENS Star Sports Editor Tony Davis, Bob Martin and Rik Bonness will be halftone stars at the annual Red vs.

White intrasquad spring football game May 1 at Memorial Stadium. be on the field to accept awards as a result of their performances during last 10-2 Cornhusker season. Davis has been selected in a vote of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover Nebraska games as winner of the Tom Novak Trophy, presented annually by J. Gordon Roberts of Omaha. The senior from Tecumseh ended his career as the leading ball carrier of all time.

He rushed 563 times for 2,447 yards in three seasons. The trophy, established by Roberts in 1950, is presented to the Husker senior who "best exemplifies courage and determination despite all odds in the manner of Nebraska All- American center Tom Novak." Martin, two-time All-Big Rik Bonness Country's Top Center Tony Davis Wins Novak Trophy Eight defensive end from David City, is the recipient of the eighth annual Guy Chamberlin Memorial Trophy. The award, first presented in 1967 in memory of the former Nebraska All-American who is enshrined in both the college and pro football halls of fame, is given to the senior player who has shown by his play and contributions to the betterment of the NU football squad that he has the qualities and dedication of Chamberlin to the Nebraska football tradition. Bonness will accept his All- American plaque for being picked to the American Football Coaches honor team as the nation's No. 1 center practice session in the stadium featured scrimmaging for 10 minutes by each the first and second units and 20 minutes by the third and fourth teams.

was good effort and good hitting," Coach Tom THE PADDOCK By Mark Gordon Star Sports Writer than 30 points a game against Boston this season, managed just 16. BUFFALO(N) McMillian 1 2-2 U. Shumate 5 0-2 10, McAdoo 7 24 16, Smith 13 1-2 27, 5 1-2 11, Sc leu ter 0 2-2 2, 2 04 4, Wss 0 04 0, DiGregorlo 2 04 4,. 45 8-14 98 BOSTON (107) Havlicek 10 2-2 22, Silas 2 04 4, Cowens 12 64 30, White 13 1-1 27, Scott 6 0412, kUBERSkl la Nelson2044, Stacom 1 04 Ard 0 04 0, McDonald 0 04 Totals 49 9-11 107. Buffalo 31 20 25 72- 9 Boston 29 26 29 23-107 Fouled out: McAdoo Total touts Buffalo 20, 24 13,919 Needed A Change Grand Island It didn't take Randy Garroutte long to realize he work an 8-5 job.

took a job as an accountant hi Lincoln, but I got tired of the 8-5 routine, so I kept looking around and finally I found something to keep said the 24-year-old Grand Island resident who is seeking a race track management position. Garroutte has kept busy at this Former Park races, making 22 telephone calls each day to various newspapers, radio and television stations with results. He also has a race prediction show for a Hastings radio station and does the feature race for a Grand Island radio station. Unlike many race track executives, however, Garroutte started near the top. He served as assistant general manager and clerk of scales at last summer's inaugural 10-day quarterhorse meeting at Broken Bow He may return to Broken Bow this summer or find a position with the Deshler quarterhorse races.

He woited in the mutuds. handled the promotions and public relations as well as the advertising and ticket sales at the Broken Bow meet the first quarterhorse meet ever hdd in Nebraska. "One thing which amazed me working around the tracks the last two years is the control the managers have. A1 Swihart (Fonner GM) never gets upset, he said. "He doesn't get real nervous.

When you start thinking of all the things that could go wrong. talked about ail the possibilities last summer and Sonny (Crockett, Broken Bow GM) said, look wtf had eight races, all the horses finished, so we must have done something Racing Background It be that difficult for the 1974 business administration graduate of the University of Nebraska to find a position. He comes from a long line of horsemen. His father, John Garroutte, was a jockey oo the Nebraska circuit. His mother served as secretary for the Nebraska State Racing Commission for five years in the early 1960s.

His grandfather, John, was a trainer in Detroit. An uncle, Jim Garroutte, a former jockey is now a trainer and another uncle, Leon Hall, is an outrider on the Nebraska circuit. hard to find something when you long," he noted. sent some resun been around for that he noted. sent some resumes around and hopefully some doors will open.

I may work in the mutuei department somewhere. had experience on the backside and the racing terminology throw me," said the 1970 Grand Island Senior High School graduate. sure 1 know enough to handle the whole thing (meet) by myself He cited Swihart and his top assistant, Hugh for their assistance at the best general manager around. He's tough, but always available. always aware of what happening in the room or the mutuels.

been very fair to me. SUii, Garroutte admits his largest problem is one of ideality. "Right now, my biggest problem is that race tracks know I exist," he said. NWU Homers Drop Dana Twice Biair Nebraska Wesleyan won its 31st consecutive Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball game Wednesday in a 5-4 come- from-behind victory over Dana College. The Plainsman triumph, coupled with a 2-1 NWU win in the of the upped Wesleyan NIAC season record to 12-0 Home runs accounted for the winning runs in both contests In the designated hitter John Svehla broke a scoreless game in the fifth inning when he blasted a 2-2 fastball over the 286 marker in right field Jim Hamersky had lined a twoout single past shortstop.

Bob Blake struck the deciding blow in the nightcap whan he a curvebaU 370 feet over the laftiield fence in the sixth inning for fifth mn. Wesleyan righthandij Jack Bail limited the Vikings to five hits without allowing a walk in the second game as he recorded his sixth straight triumph. Ball was touched for all four Dana runs the second inning, two on a Bob Andrews home run and another pair due to poor NWU had opened the scoring in the nightcap whan Bruce Reed doubled and Bob Blake singled turn home Dana moved ahead 4-1 in the second, the Plainsmen came right back with a two-run home run by Byron Stallworth that scored Mike Beta in front of him. Doug Votava scored an unearned run in the third inning to tie the contest at 4-4 and set up Blake's winning blast Plainsman southpaw Larry Abel dominated the first game by fanning a personal high of nine batters and allowing only two hits One of the hits, a triple, led to the only run. win was the Centrai City graduates fifth in hut last six outings Abel's batting support was provided by fellow hurler Svehla, a freshman from York, who was being used as a Gama NWU (I) ebrhbt Votava, 3 0 10 8 I 0 Read.ID 2 0 0 0 Biaka.rf 3 0 0 JJult.dh 3 0 0 0 Govnm.c StllwrtMD 3 0 0 0 Hmrtkv 3b 2 110 MwUbMb Svatua, dh 2 112 24 I 4 1 Ooac.il, 3b ab 81 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 110 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 10 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 I 2 1 ON 0-2 Dana ON 010 0-1 Mountain 2 DP Dana I LOB NWU 9, Dana 3 JB Huit MB (1).

SB Rata SF Mountain 19 IIIBI SO AMI (W.S-3) ...7 2 112 9 Kroanka 171 4 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 I Kroanka 2. designated hitter for the first time this spring victories increased its record to 16-10 and dropped Dana to 10-13 NWU has won 15 of its last 17 games NWU will be host to Concordia in a Saturday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at Field, Secend Gama (4) NWU (5) at) 4 0 0 0 Votava.lt 3 110 Radtl.rf 4 10 0 3 0 10 Sptcer.cf 3 0 8 0 Read, lb 3 110 Urdehl.lb 3 0 10 Btaka.it 3 12 2 Hult.c 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Gvnni.dh 3)10 3 12 0 tf 3 112 2 112 3 0 0 0 Hmrtky 3b 3 0 0 0 lb 3)20 Svehia.dn 2 0 0 0 29 4 5 2 TPili IS I 8 4 040 000 0-4 121 Ml Votava, Blake, Mountain DP Dana I LOB Dana 3 NWU 4 2B Read HR or th (3), Blake (3), SB Price IP CR BB SO (14-3) 6 8 4 1 5 Balt (w.6-2) 7 I 4 2 0 1:51 AN. 200 Bob Martin Chamberlin Award Osborne said was intensity that you sometimes don't get in a Wednesday scrimmage. I-back Dale Zabrocki, a junior from Bellevue, sprained an ankle during the workout.

The new depth chart, revised by the coaching staff after grading movies of last Saturday 's scrimmage, showed two players sharing spots with the Blackshirt defensive unit and five positions on offense with two players each ranked No. 1. Jeff Pullen and Dan Brock were tops at middle guard while George Andrews has moved up to share right defensive end with Tony Samuel The offensive spots a battle is on include quarterback, with Vince Ferragamo and Tom Sorley; split end. with Dave Shamblin and Tim Smith, Iback, with Monte Anthony and Dave Gillespie; fullback, with Dodie Donnell and Gary Higgs, and wingback, with Curtis Craig and Darrell Walton. The revised depth chart: OFFENSE Split Shamblin-Smlth, Nitzel-Loken, J.

Lee-Thompson- Foster-Pearson Tight ends Spaeth, Dufresne- Selko, Magsamen-B. Horn Left tackles Lingenfelter, Glenn-K. Clark, Humphrey- Walderzak, Left guards Schmidt, Waldemore, Cooley-Ga lano- Potadle Centers Davis, Cotton, Bishop- Bloom-Young Right guards Jorgensen, Lindquist, Steiner-Granger- Havekost Right tackle Holns, Ohrt, roneberger-Sa Ilf eld-Conger. Quarterbacks Ferragamo Sorley, Burns-Garcia, Hager- Kennedy l-backs Anthony-Giilespie, Berns-Zabrockl, Stewart-Hipp- Suelter, Fullbacks Donnell-Higgs, Washington-Kuiath, Steward- Fitzmorris. Wlngbacks Craig-Walton, Everett-Brown, Altman-Hanika Injured Hayes.

Link, Trofholz, McWhorter, Bush, Lemerond, Miller, DEFENSE UN ends Phillips, Gast-Rick, Thiessen-R'idder, LeN tackles Pruitt, Brannon. Middle guards Pullen-Brock, Plucknett-R Horn, O. Lee, Roehrs. Right tackles Fultz, Poeschl, Avery, Barnett. Right ends Samuel-Andrews, Cole, Stroh, Lemka linebackers Eichelberger, Markus, Beika- Dunning, Long.

Weakside linebackers Wignt- man. Carpenter, Biock-Vering, Ewing-LaFever. UN cornerbacks Butterfield, Lehigh, Cabell-Porter, Letcher- Burton. Right cornerbacks Harvey, Anderson, Stovall-Williquefte, Cassl-Lemke. Monsters Smith, J.

Pillen, Young-Holmes, Hershey-Cohlmia. Safeties Vaiasek, Payne- Hansen, Vernon-I ngram, E. Stewart. Injured C. Pillen, Kunz, Ruud, Webb, Bryant, Goods peed, Fischer, Barfield.

THE LINCOLN STAR Sports Thursday, April 22, 1976 31 Buehrer Misses No-Hitter Chance In NU-UNO Split By KEN HAMBLETON Star Sports Writer Omaha Despite two brilliant pitching performances, the Nebraska Huskers gain more than a split with UNO Wednesday, losing the 32 and winning the nightcap 6-3 at the UNO's College World ftirk In the Dave a senior hurled six innings of no-hit pitching before giving up a walk to the first batter he faced. Mark Mancuso, in the bottom of the sixth and removing himself from the game with a 2-0 lead Boyd who had won four straight games before taking a loss in relief Monday against Kearney State, came in and faced Rich Shefte with a 2 and 0 count and walked him. The next batter flyed to center advancing the runners to second and third and then Bruce Benedict singled to center bringing Mike Wurth, who was running for Mancuso. A1 Wees followed with a single, scoring Shefte and then Jim Hercinger singled to load the bases Batenhorst still hadn't found a comfortable spot on the mound and his next pitch sailed into the backstop allowing Benedict to score the winning run who had pitched his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inmng, stranded 10 UNO runners and struck out eight, said he was disappointed with the loss "I had thrown 118 pitches and was really getting said. just figured that Boyd was fresh and I could finally get a win, but the plan backfired really a shame he couldn't stay in with the going," said NU coach Tony Sharpe "But we want our kids to be honest and tell us if they hurting Nebraska, now 14-20-1.

took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning when Doug Milter lined a two-run single to left field scoring Larry Winum and Paul Haas, who both singled In the nightcap, two-run homers by Haas and Steve McManaman and a strong relief pitching performance by Jerry Yinghng gave the Huskers their eighth straight doubieheader split Haas, who homered Monday, staked NU t) a 2-0 lead in the first with a smash over the left field fence scoring Dick Anderson, who singled went three for four for the game The Mavericks, now 19-8, tied the game the bottom of the first when Heranger doubled in Gary Haney and Benedict, who both walked Gary Healey lined a bases- loaded double in the second inning to give the Huskers a 4-2 lead McManaman, a 6-4, 210-pound left then boosted lead with a 400-foot drive over the centerfieid fence in the top of the third. UNO answered with a run in the bottom of the third but could not mount a threat then as Yinghng, now 3-0, allowed just one hit in the 4 2 3 innings of relief, while striking out six and walking four "Yinghng showed a lot of guts out there and really threw hard," said Sharpe been struggling lately and really has had a lot of trouble getting his fastball working "This splitting has became old hat but I'm pleased with certain developments in our lineup," Sharpe said. Healey, Glismann and Haas are starting to carry a load at the plate and that what we re going to need to win same games With hits from McManaman and Winum we re starting to become the hitting team we can be. The Huskers will return to the NU Diamond Friday for a single game with Kansas at 3 p.m. and then host the Jayhawks in a doubieheader at 1 p.m., instead of the 2 p.m.

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