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1 1 J- Cl -'v; 1 'A By DOUG IVES SUB Writer ImPEjmsiiTPss-TajESiAM JOHN tyXON, Sports-Editor Sunday, April 23, 1972 -Section Page S-l Proud of what MILWAUKEE Milwaukees' iwAafhaH dyoasty met a premature death here Saturday, pdt to rest by a creaking, Syeareld giant for one glorious day, found the fountain of youth. Wilton Nortnan Chamber lidn showed the Milwaukee Bucks, his Laker Heammates and a national television audience that the man can still dominate si arid turn defeat. into victory. -1 Defeat appeared imminent for the Lakers Saturday, but Chamberlain the captain, Chamberlain the shot-blocker, Chamberlain the defender and Chamberlain the scorer just wouldnt let it happen. The result was a IMrIOO Laker.

victory one which ranks among the most prestigous in their ll-yiar history since it came against the defending NA champions who had talked confidentally of a dynasty that could run for years. In winning the NBA Western Conference playoff series four games to two, the' Lakers are now prohibitive favorites to beat either Boston or New York and thin fly the first banner in West Coast history after five DUincrup finishes in nirie seasons, A game against the Bucks was almost a foregone conclusion, however, until Chamberlain intimidated the proud Bucks out of a win they had expected to Thieve on their home court Milwaukee led the Lakers by 10. points with 10 minutes to. go, and. it appeared that only a miracle would prevent Bucks from forcing a seventh game.

The miracle, all 7 foot-3, 275 pounds, then appeared. I did for teamt i 1 TAKING A TUMBLE, NBA STYLE Lakers Jim irfcMillian trips over Kareera AbdulJabbar during first-half action. Jabbar was called for blocking on play after causing McMillian to take tumble 9 via 1-0 win CHAMBERLAIN blocked shots, forced others -to go. off line, grabbed rebounds, scored basketsand "even made two free throws in the clutch. which, indeed, had lo be by divine assistance.

A dominating effort like, this one isnt near to" the 13-year veteran, but coining against Karpem Abdul-Jabbar and the Bucks wasnt pxpected from a man of Wilt's agfe. He was awesome, said Gail Goodrich He had them shooting so high I didnt think the shots would ever, come down," praised Leroy Ellis. They gave -the MVP award to the Wilt Chamberlain, sipping on champagne, measured his words- Carefully. He hated to make coinpar-. Isons, to say that one performance was greater than the next, or to thrust himself abovehis teammates.

But pride 'welled up in the giant Lakers' center, and he finally had to admit what his teammates and a national television' a (Tien unanimously agreed: This, under the circumstances. was my finest game of the year, he stated, softly. Yes. I was able to do. What, the 35-year-old, much-maligned Chamberlain did was intimidate the -Milwaukee Bucks out of a victory Saturday and give the Lakers the NBA Western Conference championship, four games to twok over the defending champions.

Chamberlain blocked 10, 20l -points, shots --scored grabbed 24 rebounds and. more important, changed the trajectory of almost every Milwaukee field goal attempt in the decisive final quater. 1 didn't want a seventh game, said Chamberlain. quipped Pat Riley. The' final -compliment came from Jerry West, and maybe he said it best.

Wilt diay be coy about this, 'but if he were honest, I think he would have to admit this was the highlight of his career. He was absolutely fantastic. Statistically, Chamberlain scored 20 points; blocked 10- shots, hit 8 of 12 from -the field and made four free, throws ia seven attempts. The figure that didnt surface, in the. lexicon of the players, is Called bothers.

He bothered a whole lot of shots, said Flynn Roth In he bothered all of them in 'the last Singer, a man who lost his first four starts in 1971, now has won 'two in a row and in lOihihgs has sur rendered only two earned runs. Coptrol is the name of the game, Singer said when asked to explain the drastic turnabout. Last year 1 just had the operation on my finger and I couldnt control the ball the I wanted to. Its not just balls and strikes but bitting corner as well. I couldnt do it last year; I can now.

Singer' walked only, one Padre Dave Campbell to lead off the--game and was command the rest of the way. Still, it wasn't until Le-fevre homered off little Fred Norman, the onetime Dodger, that Singer gained any advantage. ft" k'm backward By DON MEftgY Stafi Writer ARLINGTON, Tex. It was not a time to sound a Sal alarm atpT'reach daily for the panic button Saturday, but Angel manager Del Rice did reach for something. It wasnt for a bottle of aspirin merely a pencil.

1 Rice had just, watched ANGEL OF.DAY None'-- 6-1 the Angels succumb quietly and. without much re- sistance to Pete Broberg and the fexias Rangers. He watched hix team shut out ori four singles and he also Witnessed errors of commission and omission. To compound the Angels seemingly played with an air of indifference. There was no life, no spark.

Only lethargy. So Rice used the pencil to hurriedly scribble down a revamped lineup for todays meeting with the suddenly revitalized Ranjp Kelt McCMullen, Mickey Rivers and Lee wifi- be replaced by Syd OBrien, Ken Beqy and Winston Llenas. i 5U 1 CHAMBERLALVS Jabbar, scored 37 points and. outreboiirided Chamberlain, J2344, but there was little that Wilt was the dominating factor in this game. Jabbar, for the second successive game, was curtailed down toe stretch, 'scoring only five points.

The tal- (Continued PgrS3, Col. 7) Vi fastest getaway since 1955 in Brooklyn when they won 10 in a ro and 22 of their first 2A. Im excited, I admit it, Singer said following his seven-hit triumph, the DODGER OF DAY JIM LEFEBVRE hom-ered for ealy Dodger run ia 1-0 victory over San Diego. Dodgers fourth consecutive complete game victg-' ry. The way were jstart- ing has got all of us excit-rid.

Were the team to beat, no. doubt about It. Houston will be tough, too, but Im awfully excited' about this AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division PcL GB Oakland 4 Chicago 4 Texas 3 Minnesota 2 Kansas City 3 Angels 2 1 .800 -3 .571 1 3 .500 1ft 2 .500 1ft 5 .375 2ft 2ft Easters Division W. Pet. GB 5 2 .714 -3 2 .600 1 3-T--3 300 1ft Baltimore Detroit -Cleveland Boston New York Milwaukee 3 3 .500 4ft 2 4 2ft .250 2ft 1 3 Saturdays Results Texas 5, Angels I.

Chi. l-3j K. City 0-2. Cleve. 9, Balt.

2. Det. 8, Milwa. 2. Boston 11, N.

York 7. Oak. at rain. 7" Annali (Ryan 1-0) at Taxai (Goae-lewki XI). Oakland (Haltiman at MkmaMli I IH 14).

CHI Kansas City (HadlundXt) atChicaaa. iimora lCiittlar M) at Clavatand Ferry-l-il. Hich laimsan 1-1). Baltirr Datrelt (Lolkn SWton Ml. Nm York (Klina 10) at Boston (Patton XI).

M) at MihMukra' "Bad things have happened to the Lakers in seventh jamas, and Ive hid a few things happen to me, too." Chamberlain continued: The pressure was on them today. If they win, then were both under pressure, even though we have the home game. Anything could happen in a seventh game. Weve had a fantastic season and I didnt Want to blow it now, Lets face it, if we lose the people will say, same old Lakers cant win the ones: I took pride in the captain of this team. 1 feel I iave lfie' experience to be a leader on the court.

I -feel qualified toy make adjustments, to fire up my team. Chamberlain admitted that he was concerned about his teams motivation prior, to Saturdays game. He was so Concerned, id fact, that he called a meeting 'without coach Bill Sharmau. i I wanted to make sure we were high, for this game, said Wilf. But mostly.

I wanted everybody to air their feelings. (Continued Pg. S-3j Col. 7) Lakers drnched West- By GORDON VERRELL Stafi Writer It doesnt thke Bill Singer long to describebthe difference between the 1971 baseball season and the season of 1971 -Its like night and day, Bullet Bill blurted Saturday night after shutting' out San Diego, 1-0, before 27,973 customers at Dodger Jim Lefebvre slammed his second home run in as many nights for the only Dodger run as the streaking OMalleys ran their win streak to sflt: The win was the Dodgers seventh in eight starts for their NATIONAL LEAGUE West Dfvtsen WLPct ..7 .5 3 GB Dodgers Houston San Fran. .875 .509 375 ltt 3 4- 4 5ft GB 1ft 2ft 2ft 3ft 5 4).

San Diana (Kirtar Mi at uohn mi. golf, bulled his way to a two-stroke lead in the third round of Tournament Champions Saturday, cpming from live strokes off the pace with a bril liant 67. I played pretty admitted the 32-year-old Nicklaus, who sliced five strokes- off jnr as he wept past faltering second-ound leader Bobby Mitchell (ind posted an eight-under-par 206 total; Mitchell bogeyed' the last hole for a 74 'and' 210. He was tied wittrTrrvino. who Cincinnati Atlanta 2 East Division Pet Montreal 5 0 1:000 Pittsburgh -4 2 .667 New York 2 2 .500 Da not panicky but lphiladel.

tt.3 .500 am concerned with a Jew Chicago 24 .333 "of the fellows, Rice ac-. rknowledged in the wake of a third successive defeat. -We seem to be going backward instead, of forward. Weve been making many bad; mistakes. Today, for example, we had .333 .222 St.

Louis 6 .143 Saturday's Results Dodgers 1, Diego Mont. 6, SL Louia Hous. 6, Sad. Frkn. 0.

AIL 11, Cine. 7. ChL at N. York, Pitt at Phil, rain'. ITWW a botched up pjekoff play Norman allowed the Dodgers just one hit, Wes.

Parkers second-inning single, until Lefebvre one-out home run in the seventh. Its nothing new for the little San Diego lefthander, though. Last year, while-losing 12' of 15. decisions, the PadressuppliedNor- (Continued Pg. S3, CoI.

3) Bowling ABC Long Beach Arena, day-night Volleyball Men's tkmal warmup tournament, Santa Monica City College, 9 a.m.; Soccer Greater L. -A. Soccer League i Daniels Field, 10:45 (four games). Baseball San Diego vs. Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 2 p.m.

Auto Racing 'Figure 8 stocks, Ascot Park, 7:30 p.m. times: Saturday, something Mitchell was unable' to do on the final hole. Im still -in there, Mitchell insisted, however. It was another, two strokes back to Davd1 Hill and young Jerry- Heard, tied'at 212. Hill knocked in a minister, 40-foot birdie putt bn ihe-last hole, for a 70 and Heard, took a 72.

Arnold Palmer broke par with a 70 but was well back in the field of 26 players who have collected regular tour titles in INSIDE" SPORTS JIM RYUN runs i 3:57.1 in mile win. Page S-2. THE DAY IN BASEBALL. Page S3. VIKINGS win.

49ere Page S-4: TREVLNO GOLF TIPS. Page S-5. QUACK wins MOO, 000 Cal Derby. Page S-7. STANLEY CLP crucials today.

Page S3. IS- iON RADIO AND TV TELEVISION New York Knickk vs. Boston CeltiCs( KABC (7), 10. a.m. Boston Bruins vs.

St. Louis -Blqes. KNXT 11 Angels vs. Texas, KTLA (5), 11:30 a.m. World Championship Tennis, KNBC (4), 11:30 a.m.

Trentori 200-mile Race, KABC I7; 12:30 p.m. Tournament -of Shanipi-. ons, KABC (7, 2 p.m. Radio 'm av' Tpxas i.virv.. ix.

a m. S'- Louis (Sauiki Mi at Mantraal and we saw a single (Ranks m. 1- Ctiicano (Fa poi 14 and Hands Mi played into a triple. at Now-. York (Gantry S-l) and Kaas- These at? toe things thi.

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nr He ducked his head and Studied his shoes when asked: 'Can; you catch Jack?" I dont know. Trevino. in an unusually qiiiet. subdued tone. I just dont Well have to wait and see.

Jack Nic 1 a u.s. the famed and feared Golden Bear and now 'the domi-najtl figure, in professional has beep unable to win this year. 1 Trevino played the demanding La Costa- Country Club course in 68! Those last fouf holes can grab you, Trevino said. A man can go in there vyjth a. four-stroke lead and lose the golf tournament" A key 4s toe deep, ding- ing rough which makes this course, one or the'.

toughest the touring pros play all season. Nicklaus is one' of the vary few strong enopgh to gel It opt. He did to salvage 'par three REST IN THE WEST Wilt Chamberlain gets hug from Pat Rfley after in Dodgers vs. San DiegOj KFi, KOGO, 2 p.m. ern-Division championship Saturday; Chamberlain-had "'v mints.

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