Banner Graphic, Volume 5, Number 293, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 February 1975 — Page 11

Bulls y Love do it to Knicks while Cavaliers breeze past Jazz

By The Associated Press The Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers won their National Basketball Association games by knockouts Tuesday night. The Bulls counted 10 over the New York Knicks in the

To beat Western Carolina

Marquette adjusts to foul situation

By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer The Marquette Warriors were in foul trouble, but you couldn’t tell the difference. As usual, they found a way to beat you. Actually, A 1 McGuire

Chaney first to jump from championship team NEW YORK (AP) Don Chaney, usually one of the quietest of the Boston Celtics, is creating quite a stir this season... but not for anything he did on a basketball court. The soft-spoken Chaney has burst into prominence because he has become the first player of a National Basketball Association championship team to sign a contract with an American Basketball Association club. Chaney, in his seventh pro season all with the Celtics is playing out his option with the defending NBA champions before jumping to the ABA’s Spirits of St. Louis for the 1975-76 campaign. Because he is a lame-duck this season, his performances have been more closely scrutinized than in the past. “No one has accused me of doing anything wrong,” says the 6-foot-5 guard, rated one of the NBA’s top defensive players, “but a lot of people are thinking it. “I don’t play like that, however. I am committed to playing for Boston this season, and that’s what I am doing to the best of my ability. I play the hardest I know how all the time.” Chaney says he has received an overwhelming amount of “bad mail” on his decision to jump leagues. “There have been some real nasty letters ... containing a lot of name-calling,” he says. “But there haven’t been any threats (similar to the death threats received by Lou Brock and Bake Mcßride of the St. Louis Cardinals last season).” Since 1967, the ABA’s first year, several NBA standouts, including Rick Barry, Billy Cunningham, Wilt Chamberlain, Zelrno Beaty and Joe Caldwell, have jumped from the NBA. But none ever left a championship club. Why is Chaney doing it? Simply, for more money. “The Spirits just gave me a lot more money, more than I could ever get from the Celtics,” maintains Chaney, whose multi-year contract with St. Louis reportedly calls for SIOO,-000 per year compared to the estimated $60,000 he is making with the Celtics this season. “The name of the game is money.”

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second period while the Cavaliers scored their kayo over the New Orleans Jazz in the first quarter. Ten points in one period doesn’t go far in the inflated scoring world of professional

found the way. “When Bo Ellis got his third foul, we had problems, so we went to a zone, ” said the Marquette coach. “Western Carolina is a good club, but they lack perimeter shooting. When we

basketball, so it came as no surprise when the Bulls trampled the reeling Knicks 101-84 and the Cavaliers speared the lowly Jazz 100-86. Elsewhere, the Houston Rockets topped the Golden

went to the zone, they couldn’t handle it.” The result was a 63-53 victory for the nation’s ninth-ranked team Tuesday night. “We don’t have a pure shooter on the team,” admitted Western Carolina Coach Fred Conley, bowing to McGuire’s strategy. “That’s our problem. We have to go inside to our big man (Kirby Thurston) That’s our offense.” Because of the foul trouble, Ellis was not as dynamic as usual. But Jerry Homan made up for that with 18 rebounds for the Warriors. Creighton, the nation’s No. 20 Jackson State still on top By The Associated Press The Top Fifteen in the Weekly Associated Press college division basketball poll with firstplace votes in parentheses, season records through games of Saturday, Feb. 8 and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1: I.Jackson St. (14) 19-2274 2. Kentucky St. (2) 17-2180 3. Bentley 19-1145 4.RndiphMacon (1)18-1137 S.GardnerWebb (1)18-3121 6.New Orleans (1) 15-3101 7.Gannon (1) 16-253 B.St. Mary’s (1) 16152 9.01 d Dominion 14-648 10. Southern U. 16-445 II.UTChattanooga 15-543 12,Marymnt (1) 21-236 13.Edinboro St. 14-224 14. St. Joseph’s 18-221 15. Morgan St. (1) 13-518

State Warriors 112-108 in overtime and the Buffalo Braves shaded the Los Angeles leakers by the; same score without overtime. Chicago’s Bob Love, unloading from long range, shattered

team, beat the University of Nebraska-Omaha 62-53 in the only other game involving a ranked club Tuesday night. Homan had been averaging merely 5.6 rebounds a game before Tuesday night’s herculean performance. The 6-foot-7 forward added nine points and Earl Tatum and Ellis each had 17 for the Warriors. Thurston led Western Carolina with 19. The Warriors, 16-3, outscored Western Carolina 14-4 early in the second half for a 47-29 lead en route to tteir 13th victory in their last 14 games. Charles Butler scored 17 points and added 10 assists as Creighton beat NebraskaOmaha. The teams renewed ah old rivalry before 7,120 beserk fans at Omaha. The last time they met was in 1961. “Some of our fans think that anything less than a 20-point win against Nebraska-Omaha is not a win,” said Creighton Coach Tom Apke. “But I’m not hard-headed. I’ll take it.” In other games, it was Georgia Tech 89, College of Charleston 82; Jacksonville 83, North ern Illinois 70; Texas Tech 74, SMU 61; Massachusetts 94, Boston University 78; Providence 87, Rhode Island 72; Connecticut 90, Rutgers 89; Arkansas 71, TCU 60; Texas 60, Rice 59 and Texas A&M 96, Baylor 66. ST. LOUIS Base-stealing record holder Lou Brock signed lus contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, receiving what General Manager Bing Devine labeled a “substantial raise.”

New York’s defenses with a 39point performance. Love hit for 15 points, including nine in succession, in the fourth quarter when the Bulls threatened to blow a 25-poin lead. The victory boosted the Bulls two games ahead of Detroit in the Midwest Division while the Knicks were suffering their third straight rOut and sixth loss in a row on the road. Chicago’s rugged defense held New York to 10 points in

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the second quarter and kept New York’s All-Star backcourt of Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe to a combined total of 27 points, 16 by Frazier. Cavaliers 100, Jazz 86 Bobby Smith’s 29 points led the Cleveland offense while the Cavaliers held the Jazz to 10 points in the first quarter for one of their best defensive performances ever. Rockets 112, Warriors 108

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Houston’s Rudy Tomjanovich and Calvin Murphy scored six points apiece in the overtime period Murphy scored two straight field goals to put Houston on top 104-100 and then Tomjanovich made three field goals in a row, including the clincher with 42 seconds to play. That put the Rockets ahead 110-108 and Murphyadded a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left. Tomjanovich was the high

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scorer for Houston with 29 points and Murphy had 28. Barry topped the Warriors with 30. Braves 112, Lakers 108 Bob McAdoo poured in 47 points and Jack Marin supplied 10 key points in tXe closing minutes as Buffalo came from behind and moved within three games es idle Boston in the Atlantic Division. Gail Goodrich scored 26 points and Lucius Allen 20 to pace the Lakers.

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