REPUBLIC MAIL 2-D The Arizona Republic EI Phoenix, Jan. 19, 1972 Wooden 's frosh-less Brums No. 1 anyway DAVE 11ICKS Tall heroes look short polled all but one of the 41 votes for first place and had 818 points to 722 for runner-up Marquette, which got the other first-place nod. v. North Carolina was named third, Long Beach State fourth and South Carolina fifth.
Associated Press' Top JO, with, first piece votes In parentheses, won-' two of his current freshmen players, Andre McCarter and Pete Trgovich, would probably play for tis varsity, but he added, "we have a lot of fine people out there so they 1 't be playing very Wooden said next year his freshmen basketball program may be replaced by a junior i varsity program, "where some younger players can gain experience. I don't think, however, that you'd permit any juniors or seniors on that team." Wooden's current team, three are sophomores. Wooden said probably none would have started a year ago if permitted. Center Bill Walton had knee problems, guard Greg Lee was inexperienced ana forward Keith Wilkes, at 17, was simply too young. "I have long believed in abolishing all freshmen basketball programs.
Coming out of high school into college is a difficult experience for many youngsters, without having the added pressure of freshman basketball to worry about," said Wooden. National Basketball Association, "just hadn't matured as a player when he was a freshman. In fact, he didn't start regularly as a sophomore," said Wooden. The talk popped up because of the recent NCAA ruling that will permit freshmen to play on varsity football and basketball teams next year. Wooden said he didn't agree but wouldn't stand in the way.
"We'd be hurting ourselves if we didn't permit them to play," he said. Of the five starters for Associated Press LOS ANGELES Walter Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, Mike Warren, Freddie Goss, Keith Erickson great names in the history of UCLA basketball. But not one would have started as a freshman if the NCAA had permitted it. That's the view of the man who ought to know, coach John Wooden, whose Bruin basketball team is, for the seventh week in succession this season, rated as the nation's best in The Associated Press poll. Goodrich, now starring for the Los Angeles Lakers of the Wooden's 1971-72 squad Rudy Santa Cruz sparking Antelopes By BOBJACOBSEN LOS ANGELES-Within a span of mere hours amid the glitter of Super Ball XXII one discovers that some people are too short.
And others aren't big enough. Arte Johnson, the verrrrrrrrrry interesting comedian, applied with the National Basketball Association to become a referee. I asked NBA commish Walter Kennedy for a progress report. "I finally had to write him," said Kennedy," and explain that he was too short" What was Johnson's reply? "He said he was going to take us to court," the commissioner replied. I'm on Johnson' side.
After all, the league does have an official named Ken Hudson, who is so short he has to press button number one on a hotel elevator 20 times to reach the 20th floor. But the matter begged further attention so the NBA's supervisor of officials, John Nucatola, was confronted. "Yes," began Nncatola, "somebody told me about a Johnson who wanted to officate. But the only thing that came to mind was former NBA player." He doubtless was referring to Neil Johnson, another noted comedian. "Anyway," continued Nucatola, "they finally told me it was Arte Johnson who had applied.
We did not take any action." Some people are too short. And others aren't big enough. Shortly after it was determined Arte Johnson would not be peering through underbrush in a Nazi helmet and calling fouls on NBA players, the Ail-Star banquet was staged. Tickets were $23 a copy. The guy who pays to watch pro basketball paid even more to get an off the court glimpse of the idols.
To hear them speak. To take his kid to a unique assemblage of unique talent. One by one the 28 All-Stars were introduced as they made their way to the dais: Frazier. Hudson. Cunningham.
Robertson. West. Goodrich. A gentleman who personally has enhanced pro basketball, Chick Hearn, found himself occasionally making unfortunate prefaces: "In absentia At the outset, the Phoenix Suns' Connie Hawkins was in that category. He arrived late, which, of course, was to be expected.
But the two who never showed were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain. A lot of commissioner Walter Kennedy's remarks and actions as the NBA's czar are condemned. Some of them are not treated that nicely. But Kennedy said this and give him total credit: if there is no real excuse, their absence is demeaning to themselves as well as the NBA" Amen. Then Buddy Hackett later challenged Kennedy's remark by dredging up the favorite cop-out wail of this generation: He suggested that the two missing stars were simply doing their own thing.
A very few in the audience applauded his hogwash. I don't know what Hackett does (he has been identified at times as a comedian) but should he spend more time closely observing the NBA and its prima donnas, even he might concur that the closer one gets to a lot of these guys, the more obvious it is that they deserve none of the adoration or adulation that is heaped upon them. Some pro athletes have everything but class. But there is room for agreement with Hackett on one point: Any player who misses the all-star banquet staged in his honor should not be chastized. What he should be is fined.
Phoenix College sophomore Western, PC collide lost records through Sunday's semes," ana Torai poims on ine oasis or for first, II for second 16, 14, 12. 9, (, 7, 5. 4, 1 through pieces. UCLA 140) 1. Marquette (1) 3.
North Carolina 4. Long Beach Stati 5. South Carolina 6. Louisville 7. Ohio State I.
Southern Cal Virginia 10. Perm al junior college tournament in Hutchlnsonr Kan. One of Rudy's greatest thrills was a last-second, 25-foot shot which sent the Bears into a third overtime and an eventu-." al victory over Artis Gilmore and Gardner-Webb in the tourney. "We got the ball out-of-bounds with only five seconds left," Rudy explained. "It was a little disorganized and as it came out, I was the only one on the right-hand side of the court.
Somebody threw me the ball, and all I could think of was Tut it up, Rudy, put it up'. I did, it went in, and you've never seen anyone more surprised. "'Artis was good then, but I felt he hadn't reached his peak yet he was just developing. He certainly has developed, hasn't he?" One of Rudy's teammates and the major catalyst in the great season was Dennis Lay-ton, now of the Suns. "I knew he was going to be great1 the first time I saw him," Rudy continued.
"He really ignited us. He joked a lot, but was a serious player on the court, and one fantas tic passer." Santa Cruz was a 24-point per game scorer at Carl Hayden his senior year, and after laying out the. 1966-67 year due to a bad knee, became a starter for PC in 1968-69. He had never played on a slowdown offensive team until this year, but surprisingly likes it. "It's hard to knock it," he said.
when you're 12-3. Coach Lindsey really gets on me some times, but I usually deserve it. He's really cool. He's young, and communicates great with the players. "He stresses a lot of discipline," said Santa Cruz, who got a roundball offer from tha University of Puerto Rico.
Rudy and mates are currently in a race for a berth in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 7 tournament. "It'd be great," the Phoenix native said. "At least that's what we're working for. We're getting better every game, although you couldn't tell it from Monday night's game (a 82-61 loss to Southern Utah). "We just keep stressing defense, and the more you do it, the more everyone takes pride in it.
With hard work (and good fortune), we'll get there and maybe win it. That'd be my second trip to the state of Kansas (Kansas City) for a national tournament, you know?" aw 7 19th AVEKUX CIU 7 itf Its 10-2 421 "-IT VS -i I I Florida Stele SW Louisiana Brigham Your Princeton ft 16. Marshal Vlllanova Minnesota Hawaii I Tennessee Northern Illinois in 19. 20, fJPIpoll TK Unite it flialor colli Press International too flrit place votes and won-lost records lor college basketball teams with at of Jan. ,15 in.
parentheses: (sev- iraini-i) 4. South Carolina. (8-2) 350 311 267 177 166 130 130 103 50 43 41 31 Si 22 13 10 6 6 J. LOUISVIlie IH-II I Lnna Bech Stat. (1 10-2J a (11-2) (14-1) I.
Southern California (fie) Ohio. State 10. Florida State (13-2) 11. Virginia (12-1) 12. SW Louisiana 11-1) 13.
Princeton (10-2) 14. Brigham Youna (11-2) 15. Maryland (10-2) 9. PMin 17. Hawaii 1W is.
vmanova ui-ij winnesora is-ji Tennessee (1-2) Missouri Rudy Santa Cruz Sports briefly 5 Toros get chance TUCSON (AP) The Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League yesterday announced five players from the team's active roster have been invited to spring training with the parent club, the Chicago White Sox. General manager Merle Miller said catcher Bruce Kimm, pitchers Duane Shaffer and Jim MacDonnell, and outfielders Jim Quails and Ron Lolich will join the White Sox at Sarasota, Fla. Feb. 20. Clowns game slated The Harlem Clowns will play an exhibition game at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at North High gymnasium against the KRIZ Whiz Bangs. Tigers lose hurler DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers may have another pitcher for most of the 1972 baseball season. John Hiller, who was out last season after suffering a heart attack, plans to join the Tigers next month in spring training. He is on the ineligible list and he won't be permitted to pitch in the American League for the first 60 days of the season. Listen to ski and ftigtway mdk lions reported by the FlnetOfl lakes Shi Bunny on KTAR radio, 620 AM99 FM Thurs.
fri: a.m. 4 540 p.m. PIN n4fe.4t, jB ROAD 942-1 101 ss! ill POST 1 204 114 166 11-1 121 14-t 103 11.2 lo-f: is 7. The UCLA coach admitted Reoublle phete by iarl McCartney S-7 center Austin Martin win streak at the start of the season. The Bears lost earlier in the season to the Matadors, 77-46, in the semifinals of the Matador Classic.
The Bears hold league wins over Glendale, Yavapai, Co-, chise and Eastern the same four teams that fell to the Matadors. PC beat Glendale by 41 (AWC by 46); Cochise by six (AWC by seven); Yavapai by eight (Western by two) and Eastern by seven, a team which the Matadors rolled over by 35. AWC is sparked by the outside shooting of Candy La-Prince the a 's leading scorer with a 20.8 per game average after four league outings. Bruce Battle (12.0), Bill Hagins (11.5) and Duane Tal-ley (11.5) add to the Matador attack. Phoenix boasts the state's No.
2 scorer in 6-7 Austin Martin, who is ripping at 20.3 a game after a 31-point effort against Cochise last weekend. Ulysses Glenn (14.8), Eddie Quails (12.3) and Greg Wolf and Jesse Colter both at 11.3 also spark the Bears. Highlight of the Bruin offense is 5-5, 120-pound guard Ray Jones who is averaging nine points a game while passing out 8.7 assists. Two other conf nc Del Wight ctthaCccum Rudy Santa Cruz has faced one of the best. He's also played with one of the best.
And at this stage of his basketball career, he hopes the "best" tag continues' at least for another couple of months. Santa Cruz, Grand Canyon College's 6-7 center, has been invaluable to coach Benny Lindsey and his Antelopes this year. The former Carl Hayden and Phoenix College star is the leading 'Lope scorer and rebounder, averaging over 17 points and 10 boards. "I started slow," says. Santa Cruz, "but I believe I've found my shooting and that's my game." Santa Cruz was George Watson's backup center on the 33-1 PC team of 1967-68, one which reached the nation- games are scheduled tonight, with Cochise (0-4, 7-7) at Glendale (0-4, 3-11) in the battle for the AJCAC cellar.
The other game matches clubs in a battle for third place both with 3-1 conference marks with Central en-tertaining Mesa in Casa Grande. Mesa is 11-5 for the season, Central 11-4. Western ranks as the state's No. 1 offensive team in conference play, scoring at an 88.5 per game clip. Phoenix and Central ranks second and third, respectively, at 85.8 and 81.8.
Defensively, Mesa ranks best giving up just 55.3 a game. AWC ranks No. 2 limiting rivals to 66 an outing, while Phoenix is third giving up 70.3. AJCAC tTANDINfi OVERALL Western Phoenix Central Mese Yavapai Eastern Cochise i Glendale i AJCAC 10 II IP IS SCORERS (Conference only) Name. School flame 4 4 roinis Avg.
20.1 20.3 19.8 18.3 14.5 16.3 14.8 14.8 14.0 13.3 13.0 12.3 12.3 12.0 12.0 12.Q 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.3 11.3 Avg. 88.5 85.8 81. 1 72.8 72.3 49.0 43.1 51.3 OPP. Avg. 55.3 64.0 70.3 70.1 73.1 80.8 82.1 M.0 Martin, PC Larnntv.
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Cent. Benning, Cent. Glenn, Pc Gray, Cent. McClelland, Mesa James, Coch. Johnson, Glen.
tualls, PC aker, Mesa Battle, AWC Mann, Mesa Mullaney. Yav. Haeins, AWC Talley, AWC Wolf, PC Colter. PC Burdelte, Mesa TEAlM Arizona Western Phoenix College Central Arizona Cochise College Yavapai College Eastern Arizona OFFENSE Garnet Pi olnts 354 343 327 291 289 274 255 205 Mesa Community. GlendalA Communltv 4 TEAM DEFENSE Game Mesa Community Point 221 244 281 283 29S 323 331 asi nnzona western Phoenix College Yavapai College Central Arizona Cochise College Glendale Community 4 Eastern Arizona Rice gets Van Zandt HOUSTON (AP) Al Conov-er, new football coach at Rice University, selected Lance Van Zandt as his defensive backfield assistant yesterday.
Van Zandt held a similar position the past two years at Texas Golden Seals tie Minnesota Associated Press ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS Carol Vodnias blasted in a power play goal from the point at 13:20 of the third period as California tied Minnesota, 1-1, last night and extended the North Stars' National Hockey League winless streak to six straight games. Danny Grant, with his tenth goal of the season, had staked goalie Gump Worsley and the North Stars to a 1-0 lead at 17:07 of the second period by slamming home Jude Drouin's centering pass. Blues blanked ST. LOUIS (AP) Goals by John Marcotte and Phil esposito and shutout goalten ding by Gerry Cheevers sparked the Boston Bruins to a 2-0 victory over the St.
Louis Blues in National Hockey League action last night. NHL standings East Division PIS 30 7 7 67 28 7 7 63 25 11 7 57 20 14 10 50 18 19 7 43 26 10 21 11 25 5 27 West Division GPGA 17S 94 191 97 168 116 128 111 140 145 121 176 100 146 Boston New Yt-k Montreal Toronto Detroit Buffalo Vancouver Chicago Minnesota California St. Louis Philadelphia Pittsbwoh 29 9 144 12 22 15 7 51 111 9J 14 23 10 31 139 182 15 23 7 12 22 8 12 24 I 33 11 31 4 24 131 157 H1 135 108 140 101 111 Los Angeles. Last Nitht's Result Minnesota l. California 1.
tie Boston 2. St. Louis 0 Ontv -heduled Toronot at Montreal New York at Los Angeles Minnesota at Detroit Vancouver at Pittsburgh Californie at Chicago Only games scheduled. Pacers rip Pittsburgh INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) The Indiana Pacer easily defeated the Pittsburgh Condors, 130-116, here last night despite George Thompson's game-high 30 points for the Condors.
Although the Pacers made the victory look easy in the second half, the game was tied seven times in the first half. Netg ramhe WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) John Baum, held to two points in the first hair, scored 16 in the final 15 minutes last night and led the New York Nets to a 123-102 American Basketball Association victory over the Flori-dians. The triumph was the fifth for the Nets in six meetings with the Floridians and enabled them to take a Vk-game lead over the losers in the race for third place in the Eastern Division. Memphis wins DALLAS (AP) Guard Charlie Williams, who scored 39 points, hit a layup with one second left to push the Memphis Pros to a 96-94 American Basketball Association victory over the Dallas' Chaparrals last night.
ABA statistics East Division Won Lost Pet. .800 .417 .449 .424 .388 .340 .481 .594 .438 .400 OB 8 It 17 1 21 Kentucky Virginia New York Flcrldlans Pittsburgh Carolina 29 22 20 19 16 36 18 27 27 30 West Division 31 Utah Indiana Memphis 8enver alias I 32 15 19 4 11V4 13 14 31 Last Night's Results .392 New York 123. Floridians 102 Indiana 130, Pittsburgh 116 Memphis 96, Dallas 94 only games scneauiea Virginia at Kentucky Floridians vs. Caroling at Charlotte Tom daV Game wempnis at uran 8ni alia at Denver ly games scneauiea. Cag scores Colorado State 47, Denver 45 Minnesota 65, Wisconsin 59 Northwestern 76, Mich.
St. 69 Ot Memphis St. 81, Drake 70 III. St. 107, Winona 81 Alabama St.
94, Morehouse, Ga. 93 Lafayette 37, W. Va. 13 Mass. 71, Vermont 49 Venderbiit 101, Cornell Northeastern 65, Boston U.
51 Williams 74, Springfield 72 Dartmouth 94, Harvard 86 Davidson 73, VMI 57 Randolph-Macon 73, Georgetown, D.C Albany Ga. 94, Florida AIM 19 Monmouth 64, Cornell, Iowa, 6S Emporia St. 84, Pittsburg St. 63 La. Tech lll.xameron 78 Ohio Northern 90.
Heidelberg 14 By DICK SMITH Only one will be atop the standings and, only one will have a perfect conference basketball record after tonight's game. Surprising Phoenix College (4-0, 12-2) and highly-touted Arizona Western (4-0, 16-1) battle for the Arizona Junior College Athletic lead tonight in Yuma. Western, the nation's No. 12-ranked juco quintet, has reeled off 15 straight wins after an early season setback at the hands of nationally ranked Casper, Wyo. And, John Whisenant's Matadors have handled conference foes easily in recording a perfect 4-0 record which includes road wins over Yavapai College the preseason favorite and Cochise.
At home, AWC is undefeated this season and is looking for part of a third straight state crown. The Yumans won the title outright in 1970, and deadlocked with Mesa in 1971. Phoenix, meanwhile, is off to a great start after last year's worst season in a decade when the, Bruins were 7-17 overall and 4-10 in the conference. PC beat Yavapai and Estern on the road. PC has won five of its last six and had a seven-game Lobos add Some people are too short enough.
Gophers' Stoll starts to roll By PAT THOMPSON Associated Press others are not big straight losing seasons. He begins with 26 lettermen. Evaluating current members of the varsity is also on Stoll's busy agenda. The Page, N.D., native who played for the Gophers in 1948-49 has now named six of his eight assistants. Added to the staff yesterday was Dick Moseley, 38, who last fall was defensive coordinator at Wichita State after four seasons as offensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan.
Roger French and Butch Nash were retained from Warmath's staff; Ron Stark and Norm Parker joined Stoll from Wake Forest, and Tom Moore, a Rochester native, comes from Georgia Tech. Wrestling NORTHERN ARIZONA 21, CENTRAL ARIZONA 21 ,111 Conrad Mellek (NAU) dec.i 3m jCA) pin; 134 Neil Schafer (NAU) 142 Lerov Gomez (CA) dec: ISO Mike Daniels (NAU) 158 Frank Penn (CA) l7 Glenn (CA) pin; 177 Mitch Cain (NAU) pin; 190 Andre combs (nau pin. Hubert (NAU) pin; HWT Steve Bowl books are available A limited number of Fiesta Bowl game programs are still available for sale (75 cents) at the Information Desk of the Arizona Republic, 120 E. Van Buren. Mail orders cannot be accepted.
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Del Wight, who has been defensive line coach at the University of North Dakota the past two years, has been hired as assistant football coach at the University of New Mexico. is a 1962 graduate of the University of Wyoming, where he was a three-year starter at guard and tackle. He began his college coaching career in 1968 at Hiram Scott College. Head coach Rudy FeMman said he has completed hiring his staff for 1972, but will not announce definite assignments until later when all of his aides are back from recruiting trips.
Wight coached in high schools at Worland, and Poca-tello, Idaho. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -The Minnesota Gophers have come up with a new slogan, "Let's roll with Stoll." And new football coach Cal Stoll is rolling as fast as he can to make up lost ground in the race for high school seniors. "We're starting much later than most," Stoll said yesterday. "We're way behind.
But we're just going to have to run faster to catch up." Stoll, 48, was named Gopher coach Jan. 11 to succeed Murray Warmath, who was reassigned in the athletic department. "We're snowed under with work," said Stoll, who resigned as Wake Forest coach to return to his alma mater. "Right now recruiting and putting together my staff is what I'm most concerned with. Recruiting is the No.
1 priority. My people hit the road this morning." Recruiting takes added significance this year. Freshmen will be eligible to play on the varsity for the first time next fall under a new NCAA regulation that was approved Sunday by Big Ten officials. Stoll said it is unlikely that many freshmen will make the Gopher varsity, but has also noted, "I have seen a few 18 -year olds who could step right in." Stoll is charged with rebuilding Minnesota's football program marked by three RACING WEDNESDAY WED. "LADIES LADIES ADMITTED FREE WEDNESDAY WIN FREE VALUABLE PRIZES ENJOY FASHION SHOW.
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