The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 25

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Baltimore Defeats Chicago 125122 in A Gama That 4211 Fans Attend in the Municipal Auditorium Jack Marin Pulls Down Rebound for Bullets With 4 Seconds to Play and Comeback Hope Is Over Bloomington Ind Indiana pulled away lata in the game and scored a 102-95 basketball victory over Kansas State last night handing the WiW" cats of the Big Eight their first loss of the season The Hoosiers now 3-1 wqrp led by Ken Johnson and Jim Harris who combined for 50 points Indiana led 46-43 at die half but stretched the lead to 88-74 with 4:44 to play Johnson totaled 26 points Harris 24 Bob Zender Kansas 6-foot-7 sophomore center with seven rebounds and 12 points when the going scored 20 points to lead his team Jerry Venable followed with 19 for the Wildcats no 2-i Both teams sank 36 field goals but the Hoosiers made 30 free throws to Kansas Stated 23 The officials called 51 fohls and three players on each team fouled out KANSAS STATE INDIANA long pass into Wesley under the hoop It worked as Wesley went up and was fouled by Wes Un-seld with :06 left Wesley the 8-11 former Kansas university star then hit the first of his 2-shot foul to make it 124-122 The Bulls called time again Both teams were ready for the next strategy calling for Wesley to slam the second attempt hard off the blackboard in hopes the Bulls could rebound The attempt was well-executed with a scramble following But Jack Marin made the first of two big plays that sewed it np by coming np with the rebound at :04 Marin was fouled with :03 showing and went to the line in the 3-for-2 bonus situation With the crowd now rimming the court and brimming with noise Marin promptly missed one shot and Use next But he swished the third attempt the Bulls were but of time-outs and got off one last futile shot It rang down another thriller almost a replay of opener of its 8-game A slate here The Bulls lost to Detroit 105-103 November 25 on a shot with 10 seconds remaining They play San Francisco next in WRESTLING MAIN EVENT 8-MAN TAG ELIMINATION MATCH ERNIE LADD-THE THE VIKING DANNY LITTLE BEAR1 KILLER C0X-K 0 COX-BARON TURKO-MASAO K0MURA WHAT A MATCH! SPENT BULLET Fred Carter of the Baltimore Bullets on the floor fends off Walt Wesley (20) of the Chicago Bulls as Jerry Sloan of the Bulls goes for the rebound Carter missed a shot in the first half and fell Wesley got a piece of the ball before Sloan captured it Bob Love (10) of the Bulls is away from the ball The Bullets (Kansas City Star photograph by John Vawter) that 11:50 mark Weiss hit a one-hander from the side and Wesley who wound up with 16 points in tiie second half-crammed home a stuff Kauffman sank a free toes and Tucker the former Oklahoma Baptist Ewbank Wants Namath to Rest star hit a hook and a free throw Kauffman flipped in another free one then Wesley ran off four straight points Weiss hit another 20-footgr and Clem (the TTodrinc fkn rvnlxr Bulls Can't Match Rival's Style tough defense deadly shooting and fierce work on the boards The ball just bounce right on the crucial play With the Bullets in front 124-121 Tucker pulled down a defensive rebound with seven seconds left Chicago caUed time out Tucker lobbed a pass to Wesley in front of the hoop and Baltimore fouled Wesley pass was not just pointed out Motta wanted Wesley to be able to stuff If they foul him then we shoot for the tie set up for 'this Wesley goes over and screens for the guard Haskins If they switch off a small man on Wesley If not Haskins comes Wesley moved back toward the hole and the pass was off just enough to stop him from The Bulls still were alive with Wesley at the foul line after the foiil by Unseld Walt made the first one to slide the deficit to 124-122 wanted Wesley to hit the rim with the ball hard enough for it to bounce back away from the inside They had the inside But they reacted quicker than we did on Jack Marin corralled the rebound and that doused the lights for the Bolls Haskins quickly foaled Marin and the Bullet frontliner put it away by Gem) Haskins the only regular left on the court hit a short bank Tucker drove for one more bucket Haskins bombed home a one-hander from the top of the key and Kauffman cashed a 15-footer When the smoke cleared the Bullets had hit only 7 points RUFUS JONES VS ROLINSKY TOMMY MARTIN vs POLASKY JERRY MONTE VS LUKE TNI ACTION WILL BE IN MEMORIAL HALL THURSDAY WITH THE ACTION STARTING AT 8-30 Chicago 21 and the score was 104-103 with 6:33 left The stage was appropriately set for the hectic finish Thqugh Wesley hit 10 more points from there The Pearl and Johnson were the steadying elements for the Bullets the rest of the way as no more than three points separated the two teams until the last minute Baltimore hit at a 528 per cent clip for the game and held a 58-49 board edge with Unseld claiming 22 and Johnson 18 Sloan who led the scoring with 23 points also led on the boards with 11 Welsey was next with 8 7 the last half The Bulls also had Bob Love with 20 points but he got 18 of them the first half and hit a cod streak in the second Haskins wound up with 19 points Chet Walker 16 as Chicago hit 495 from the field The Bulls hit only 20-of-37 from the free throw line and that alone would have been enough to keep them out of except for the big comeback that came too late an 8:05 game Thursday night in the auditorium And it rang down the end on a game in which the two struggled for control the first half before famed fast break offense cracked it wide in the third period behind Gus Johnson and Monroe the Winston-Salem Pearl who wound up leading the scoring with 29 points apiece Baltimore had held 32-31 and 65-60 leads at the first two stops despite a 15-point half by the Jerry Sloan However with a run-and-gun attack shooting Chicago off balance Johnson Unseld the Louisville flash and Le Roy Ellis coming off the bench started to pull Baltimore away An 11-straight-p i s-surge forged the first big spread taking the Bullets from a 69-68 lead with 10:01 left in the third Chiefs' Paul Lowe Ends Career By Gary Warner (A Member of The Star's Sport Staff) Paul Lowe who has been a running back in the American Football league since it was organized 10 years ago yesterday announced his retirement from professional football time to said Lowe in his second season as a Chief after an 8-year career with the San Diego Chargers are many younger athletes coming along who can contribute more to the Chiefs and to football than I can I want to stay around and get in their way only regret is that I give Coach Strain and the team some of the good years I had with San The decision to retire was not an easy one for Lowe took me a long time to get together the courage to go and tell the Lowe said really want to leave this chib The Chiefs ordinary people made these two years the happiest of my The best years of 10-year career were those he spent with the Chargers where he was a spectacular success for an unhappy player In his rookie year (1960) Lowe was named to the A All-Star team But his best season was 1965 when he led the league with 1121 yards rushing and was named by the Sporting News as the A Player of the Year Lowe holds the league record for most 10O-yard games at 15 and holds the highest career rushing average 489 yards a car- WHEN A TRUCKLOAD OF HARD MAPLE arrives at Jack the boys in our rickyard CHARCOAL MELLOWED sippin smoothness vjne sip believe and be thankful for our hardworking boys in the rickyard ry He amassed 7777 yards in rushing receiving passing and kick returns in his career Lowe also leaves the game without one record that seems within the career rushing mark of 5101 held by Clem Daniels Lowe bows out with 4995 yards But Lowe is a realistic man Ytgth the Chiefs strong in running backs and only one regu- BY DROP TENNESSEE WHISKEY 90 PROOF BY CHOICE 1969 Jk fenM Dirfllwy Um Motiow Prop tat DISTILLED AND BATTLED BY JACK DANIEL DISTILLERY LYNCHBURG (POP 384) TENN.