Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 21

Section Pres Sournat Wednesday May 10 1989 i Hall Of Fame Induction For KC Jones Reward then received a gold medal playing with the 1956 US Olympic basketball team That year he was drafted in the second round by the Celtics but elected to join the Army then try out for a spot on the NFL Los Angeles Rams before joining Boston two years later "When I think about it the things that have happened to me are he said "There's been a lot of luck and a lot of being in the right place at the right time I could've gone to the Lakers in 1955 and all of this might not have happened If I would have gone to the Celtics in 1956 I would have been cut from the team right away but two years later a lot of the guys who had been there in '56 were getting ready to retire" much as he does" said Boston center Robert Parish Perhaps there's also no one as astounded at finding the spotlight cast upon him After leaving Commerce High School in San Francisco in 1981 Jones was surprised to receive a scholarship offer from the University of San Francisco not finding out until years later that one of his high-school history teachers had lobbied the school to provide him the financial assistance Given the opportunity Jones made the best of it something he has done throughout his career He combined with center Bill Russell to win USF a pair of NCAA championships passed up a tryout offer from the Los Angeles Lakers in 1956 a premier defensive guard who many insist was a vital part of the eight championship Celtics teams he graced as a player During the first three years of his coaching career he won 47 60 and 48 games and made an NBA final but was fired by the Washington Bullets Unable to land another head-coaching job he returned to the Celtics as an assistant then replaced coach Bill Fitch before the 1983-84 season That year he guided Boston to the league title and he repeated in 1986 Under Jones the Celtics won 89 and 57 games the next two seasons before he moved to a front-office position as a vice-president with the team "KC has a history of winning I think there's anyone who hates to lose as into the Basketball Hall of Fame "I've won championships but this is the ultimate reward I cant really fathom what it really means I have a feeling it'll be one of those things that doesn't really hit you until Others honored at the ceremonies were Lenny Wilkens a nine-time NBA all-star and the current coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and William "Pop" Gates a star player and coach for more thnn two decades in the old barnstorming professional leagues and with the Harlem Globetrotters During his nine-year playing career all with the Boston Celtics Jones averaged 74 points a game But while he never averaged more than 91 in a season he was By ANTHONY COTTON The Washington Post Perhaps the next time he ventures into one of those smoky cabaret settings grown so fond of in recent years vocalist KC Jones can regale the audience be tween songs with stories of his humble beginnings and how a man who by his own admission didn't aspire to greatness nevertheless made his mark at the top of his profession "I was at a clinic here Sunday and a dinner later that night and reaction from the people has been wonderful" Jones said during a telephone conversation from Springfield Mass where after nearly 20 years of excellence as an NBA player and coach he was to be inducted Tuesday night Vero Gets Into Gear 5-3 i I j- J- 0 ft f-i 1 I yrV i i A ST I -j 'St i aSSSta Opponson Aim ProWnit IS By TOM RIGGS Press Journal Staff Writer The Vero Beach Dodgers back to 500 for the first time in 16 days are back to playing the type of baseball Manager Joe Alvarez believes he can expect "This is the club that we've been preaching about all Alvarez said after his team defeated the Miami Miracle 5-3 Tuesday night at Holman Stadium The Dodgers 16-16 and winners of five of their last six games got back-to-back-to-back doubles then tacked on a single and another double in their four-run fifth inning The game was delayed one hour because Miami arrived late The Miracle's team bus blew a tire on Interstate-95 in Miramar just north of Miami and it took 90 minutes for a replacement bus to arrive John Knapp 3-2 scattered nine hits over 8 innings then watched Zak Shi-nail fan Ken Lake with a runner on second to end the game The Miami runner was John Minch who cleared the bases and ended Knapp's shutout bid with a double "It was close" said Knapp converted from third base to pitcher late last season at Bakersfield "That was the first time I've experienced that kind of situation because I haven't ever gone nine innings" Vero Beach moved past West Palm Beach into third place in the Florida State League's Eastern Division The Dodgers trail first-place Fort Lauderdale by 314 games Last-place Miami 8-25 is 12 out Miami put the leadoff batter on base three times but each time the Dodgers came up with a double play to help Knapp along "I never realized how good a double play makes a pitcher feel Knapp said' He got defensive help in the outfield from right fielder Tony Barron in the second inning and left fielder Steve Green in the fifth Barron's two-out diving catch in right- A it ij- 1 t1? a O' i No one seems to be paying attention as Vero Beach Rafael Boumigal slides home safely In the first as Henry Rorigues (40) and Miami Miracle catcher Don Minch look elsewhere Dodgers won 5-3 (Press-Journal John Sellers) Game VERO BEACH DODGERS (Dale Coleman 1-1) vs MIAMI MIRACLE (Longo Garcia 1-2) 7 pm Holman Stadium center came with runners on the move from first and second on a 3-and-2 pitch "Two runs would have scored if he didn't make tiiat Alvarez said Green fielded Jeff single in the left-field corner and threw him out when he tried to stretch it into a double The Dodgers used a double steal to take a 1-0 lead on Miami and starter Tony Metoyer 2-3 in the first inning Singles by Rafael Boumigal and Marc Griffin put runners on the comers One out later Griffin stole second and Bour-nigal headed home on the throw to second Senior Cltlzena' Night ($150 admission for persons 60) Radio: WAXE 1370 AM Please See DODGERS4B OT Stampede Sinks Knicks i i r'- vr 'To combat that 1 was hitting Craig Hodges and others to make the Knicks pay for the double-team" "We did the job on him 1 don't think we could've played a better defensive game than we did" said Gerald Wilkins who had the primary defensive assignment against Jordan "We were up 12 and we should have put it away down the stretch" NBA Playoffs Chicago trailed 103-95 on a basket by Patrick Ewing with 3:42 left in regulation but they scored eight straight points and tied the score on two free throws by Jordan with 1:15 remaining "We quit taking the shots we wanted and turned the ball over down the stretch" Newman said seemed to get all the loose Chicago hod two apparent breakaways in the final minute of regulation but Trent Tucker and Ewing came from behind to knock the ball away giving New York possession each time The Bulls got the ball again with two seconds left in regulation but Mark Jack-son stole the inbounds pass and missed a 40-footer as time expired Newman scored 11 points in the last 7:35 of the third period as the Knicks turned a 62-55 deficit into a 75-74 lead Then New York started the fourth period with an 11-2 run for its largest lead 90-78 with 7:57 remaining In a span of less than 12 minutes the Knicks outscored the Bulls 35-16 NEW YORK (AP) Michael Jordan was just another member of the Chicago Bulls until overtime Tuesday night Then he let his talent take over Jordan bottled up for most of the game scored nine of his 34 points in overtime as the Bulls rallied for a 120-109 victory over New York in the opener of their NBA playoff series "Overtime is the perfect time to kick it into overdrive and put everything on the line" Jordan said "I have an uncanny talent to create" Jordan who averaged 398 in his five playoff games against Cleveland was limited to 12 shots in regulation 15 under his postseason average But lie took over in the extra period breaking 105-105 and 109-109 ties with jumpers before giving the Bulls a 1 14-109 advantage when he converted a three-point play with 1:16 left Jordan also finished with 10 rebounds and 12 assists "I knew their game plan was to take the bail out of my Jordan said 11 -W "You can't contain him for a whole game especially when it goes into said Johnny Newman who led the Knicks with 27 points "I guess he paces himseir a little" Game 2 of the best-of-7 Eastern Confer ence semifinal will be in New York Thursday night with the next two meetings in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday The Bulls scored the final 1 1 points of overtime and held the Knicks to six points in the final 8:4 1 of the game Vero Beach High School quarterback Matt Parris pitches the ball to a run nlng back during the first weak of spring lootbafl practice (Press-Journal Cliff Partlow) Indians Use Spring To Experiment Trout Thrive North Of Sebastian Inlet Fishing lure His retrieve is fairly slow with a constant twitching motion Best results are obtained by casting directly west toward a drop-off The majority of the trout are caught at the far end of the cast The flats north along tlie mungroves nearer the inlet have not been producing as in the past I doubt if I have caught more tliun 10 fish there all winter I'll give it a rest for a year but It still holds fond memories of big trout and lots of them! Pierce and Demetrius Dawkins are get-Sng plenty of work in the backffafcf Senior Matt Parris Sis No 1 quarterback going Into practice has bean hampered by a sore back so Adam Young has stepped In "Adam looks pretty good at Sis option" said Livings "But he needs to work a lot on his throwing" Sophomore defensive tackles Jos Hawkins and Dwayne Hills will miss spring pracSce because of Injuries Hawkins Is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery Friday for an Injury sustalnsd In Junior high and Hills has not hilly recovered from surgery to repair a broken arm Livings said both players are expected to bo ready bile falL The Indians had about 40 minutes of lull contact Tuesday but most of the workouts have bean devoted to Walter Eager With Injuries and track committments keeping many of next season's projected starters out of spring practice the Vara Beach High School football team Is playing a lot of "What's My Liner this week A lot of players are playing a lot of positions "The good Sting about spring practice Is when you get a kid hurt gives you a chance to put a sub In Store and see how he plays" said Fighting Indians Coach Billy Livings "We're ust experimenting with a lot of Stings experi-monSng on offense and looking at some Stings on defense" Under Florida High School AcSvftlea Association rules schools are allowsd 20 practice days In May Livings quipped Siat his team would need "all With some of Sis top returning often sive backs and rocelvsrs practicing for Saturday's state track meet players like newcomer Sean Marita a transfer from SL and ninth-graders Victor The Islands and fiats north of Sebastian have pockets that are homes for hundred of trout Must of them are not large 12 to 15 Incites long but they are hitting like their Mum and Pop told them to! Tliese areas are the same that Ken Lauer and I fished so successfully during the winter months Mo Davenport lives in Palm Buy nut' too far from these fishing sNits and he boated over 30 trout one morning last week keeping six Tliese fisli lie In 4 to 5 feet of water away from the channel and are hitting one-eighlh-ounce Culee jigs Best results are achieved by allowing tile grub to sink to the bottom and then lifting it sharply again a drop to the bottom and again a hop and a full Fairly slow retrieve No natural bnit is necessary here but I'nt sure shrimp would clean up Trout are also moving in the flute to the south of Sebastian Inlet Gary Sehroeder bus been picking up four or five fish weighing up to 3 pounds each fishing morning as lie wades parallel to State Road A1A just south of the MclJirty Museum I realize that the islands north of Sebastian and reaching as far north as Palm Buy seem to be wasted to a fisherman who launches at McWilliams Park But It might be a welcome relief to try otlier areas and there are lots of trout up there! Gary hus most of his success with a black-back silver-side Rebel top-water Please See EAGER5B Flyers Stun Canadiens In Overtime 3B JR Reid Decides To Turn Pro 3B a.