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10 The SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona Friday April 14, 1972. ARIZONA DAiLy SUN Sports Dave Wimbish, Sports Editor Rangers Win, Face Hawks MONTREAL (AP) The New York Rangers, barely out of the Stanley Cup quarter-final frying pan, step right into the fire Sunday when they open their National Hockey League semifinal series against the Chicago Black Hawks. The Rangers finished off Montreal's defending Cup champions 3-2 Thursday night, winning the opening round series in six games with a pulsating finish that sent Goalie Ed Giacomin into a joyful swan dive at the final siren, In Thursday night's other NHL action, St. Louis trimmed Minnesota 4-2, tying that series at 3-3 and setting up a decisive seventh game at Minnesota Sunday. Giacomin was the Ranger hero with two sensational third period saves that kept the Canadiens from tying the score.

Then, with Ken Dryden out of the Montreal nets to give the Canadiens an extra attacker in the game's final moments, Giacomin barely missed the gaping goal with a long clearing shot that ate up valuable seconds on the clock. Montreal had come from behind twice in the first two periods after goals by Billy Fairbairn had given the Rangers 1-0 and 2-1 leads. Yvan 1 Cournoyer and Jacques tallied for Montreal, The third period was less than half a minute old when Fairbairn found Walt Tkaczuk alone about 40 feet away from the net. Tkaczuk's blazing slap shot just did beat Dryden. Now it was Giacomin's show and he didn't disappoint.

First he protected the lead with a brilliant sliding stop on Frank Mahovlich's point blank power play try. Then, with the Canadiens buzzing New York's net in the final minutes, they lifted Dryden, for a 5-3 edge in skates. Again Giacomin came up with a big stop, getting his skate on a drive by Lemaire. Then he found an opening and shot the puck down ice, aiming for the gaping Montreal net. When the clock finally ran down, Giacomin leaped happily in the air and flopped on the ice, joined quickly by his teammates.

Phil Roberto scored a goal and collected two assists in triggering St. Louis past Minnesota. Bob Plager, Garry Unger and Jack Egers produced the Blues' other goals. Bill Goldsworthy and J.P. Parise scored for the North Stars.

Sports Car Rally Set for Saturday The Northern Arizona University Sports Car Club will be holding a "different kind of car rally" this Saturday, according to rallymaster Jim Pettengill, At 11:30 a.m. registration will start in the University Union parking lot for a "Canadian concept" event, which will end with a picnic at the Ft. Tuthill fairgrounds. Bucks Invade Runners' Lair PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) The Phoenix Roadrunners will try to even the score tonight in the second game of the Western Hockey League Patrick Cup playoffs with Portland.

The Beavers toppled Phoenix Wednesday night 3-1 in Portland. The two tems will meet again Saturday night in Phoenix in the best four-out-of-seven series. "We win the first one and we're square, it becomes a whole new series," said Phoenix coach Aut Erickson about the two weekend contests. "Then if we can win the sec. ond, we've got the hammer going back into Portland." The Roadrunners had a hard time getting shots off Wednesday night.

The Phoenix squad fired only four shots on goal during the opening period. Rookie Bob Whitlock grabbed the only Phoenix point during the opening period. Portland blasted 48 shots on goal during the contest against Phoenix' 25. co 0 THIS Printing test strip is a continuing part of The Daily SUN's quality control program to insure the best possible newspaper reproduction from our equipment. Baseball Season Gets Underway With Full Schedule of Games By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A shortened baseball season will finally get under way 11 days late Saturday, but before the first pitch is thrown the sport has two losers and a count of one strike.

The first general walkout in the history of the tional pastime ended Thursday on two fronts-in Chicago, where major league club owners voted to pick up the season beginning Saturday and cancel all games called off by the strike, and in New York, where the player representatives agreed. The pennant races thus will be decided on a percentage basis, since not all teams will play the same number of games. Technically, the races always are decided on percentage, but games affecting the final standings usually are made up. In a Cloud of Dust A FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL JV baseball ruled safe, sliding under East catcher player slides home in the third inning of Arthur Ulibarri's tag. Nine runs scored for their game against the East Flag Fresh- the JV's in the inning, and they went on to men Wednesday afternoon.

The runner was post a 14-4 win. Pacers Advance in ABA; Knicks Blast Celtics St. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coach Bob Leonard and the Indiana Pacers can relax now for all of two days. Then all they have to do is play the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association's West Division final series. "This series has been awful tough," Leonard said after the Pacers whipped the Denver 91-89 Thursday night in the West Division semifinal playoffs.

"It's been tough both physically and mentally and I can't look ahead to Utah yet. Any time you play a sevengame series like this you've got to relax a little." Indiana turned back a Denver rally late in the game and got a steller performance from Freddie Lewis with 20 points and great defense including two blocked shots in the final 14 seconds. Lewis scored the Pacers' final field goal with 1:24 left to Flagstaff High Calls Off Game The Flagstaff High School's scheduled baseball game scheduled for today has been postponed, but tomorrow's scheduled encounter is still "on" if the weather is permitting. A heavy snowfall in the last 24 hours has forced postponement of the game which was scheduled for 3 p.m. today against Glendale's Cardinals.

Eagle coach Eddie Garcia stated that the game has been reset for Tuesday, May 2, in Flagstaff. He added that Terry Burns would be his starting pitcher against Moon Valley on Saturday at 1 p.m. with Roger Gee throwing back of him. Moon Valley, currently the number one team in the Skyline Conference, defeated Flagstaff 1-0 in an encounter earlier this year. SPECIAL During Our Back Packing Seminar garcia 1-200 LANTERN REG.

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Louis (Gibson 16-13 or Wise 17-14) San Francisco (Marichal 18- 11) at Houston (Dierker 12-6), Sunday's Games Pittsburgh at New York Philadelphia at Chicago Los Angeles at Cincinnati Montreal at St. Louis San Francisco at Houston Atlanta at San Diego, 2 Erving Signing Heats Up War RICHMOND, Va. (AP). The owner of the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association says there is "a concerted plan on the part of the National Basketball Association to destroy the ABA." An angry Earl Foreman made the statement Wednesday as he confirmed reports that his star rookie Julius Erving had signed with the NBA Atlanta Hawks, Hockey Matches Slated For Flagstaff Ice Rink Four hockey games are scheduled Saturday and Sunday at the Flagstaff Ice Rink, closing out the 1971-72 season. The Flagstaff under 10 years of age team commonly called the Squirts will meet a Tucson team in the same age bracket at 12 noon on Saturday and at 8 a.m.

on Sunday. The Tucson Blades, a ju- give the winners a 90-87 lead. Denver's Ralph Simpson made it 90-89 with 25 seconds on the clock, then Lewis blocked his two shots, and Billy Keller added a free throw for Indiana. Roger Brown tied Lewis for team honors with 20 points and Simpson was game-high with 30 points. The Virginia Squires soundly thumped the New York Nets 138-91 in the opening game of their best-of-seven ABA East Division finals.

In the National Basketball Association, the New York Knicks took a 1-0 lead with a 116-94 victory in the sevengame. series with the Boston Celtics. 'The Squires' demolition of the Nets was the result of Charlie Scott leaving for Phoenix of the NBA and Julius Erving's announced signing with Atlanta of the NBA, according to Coach Al Bianchi. Garcia added that the Skyline Divisional. fights for playoff spots are "a mad scramble" with the fourth, fifth and sixth place spots up for grabs.

At Coconino, meanwhile, coach Tim Painter said there is still a 50-50 chance that today's scheduled game with Apollo would go on. The field was being dragged this morning in preparation for the 3 p.m. game. Saturday the Panthers will face Winslow's Bulldogs in a 1 p.m. encounter.

A four-way track meet scheduled for tomorrow at noon on the NAU track between Flagstaff, Coconino, Kingman and Winslow is still on "unless the track is really wet and muddy," according to Coconino assistant coach Jack Boehle. venile team with skaters up to 18, will play the Northern Arizona University hockey club at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Jerry Caple, coach of the Flagstaff clubs, invites the public to attend any or all of the games.

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In the NL West, solely for the health care Houston and San Diego have ment of the pension plan. 153, Atlanta and Cincinnati 154 players were seeking a 17 and Los Angeles and San Fran- cent cost-of-living rise in cisco 155. ment benefits. All 24 teams will lose at least The first break came one home game. this week when the owners, The only dispute still remain- who had not offered a ing-until the -end negotia- for retirement benefits, tions between players and own- to allocate $400,000 from a ers on a new basic agreement- interest surplus built up by involves Kansas City and Chi- pension fund.

The players in the AL West. Ewing ered their demand from 17 cago Kauffman, owner of the Royals, cent- -approximately he will protest any games to $600,000 and the two sides says his club has to play against nally compromised on $500,000. Chicago this weekend because That left pay for made-up the White Sox disregarded a games as the only issue. league directive and allowed first, the owners wanted to their players to work out in schedule all lost games with White Sox Park during the salary. The players offered strike.

give up one day's pay. owners proposed to pay Saturday's opening day players for games made up schedule looks like open dates or as part of a this: American League--Minnesota rate admission doubleheader, at Oakland, Texas at California but not for those rescheduled (night), Chicago at Kansas part of one-admission City, Boston at Detroit, Mil- bills. waukee at Cleveland, New Finally, the owners York at Baltimore. to start the season Saturday. National League- Pittsburgh Since the players are paid at New York, Montreal at St.

the basis of a 182-day campaign Louis, Philadelphia at Chicago, rather than a 162-game Los Angeles at Cincinnati, San they will each lose 10-182nds Francisco at Houston (night), their salary. For those Atlanta at San Diego (night). the $13,500 minimum, it The players went on strike amount to $740. For those at April 1 in a dispute with the the major league average owners over the amount of $32,500, it's $1,780. For money owners would contribute Aaron, who pulls down a to the players' pension plan, $200,000 a year, it comes That wiped out the last four loss of $10,980.

days of spring training and the The owners were losers, at walkout continued into the Some estimates place the regular season, scheduled to at $5 million, including start April 5. Today would have recipts, parking concessions been the 10th day of the cam- and one canceled national paign. vision game. End of Strike Brings On Smiles By THE ASSOCIATED "Everyone is glad that the baseball strike is said a spokesman for the Philadelphia Phillies. And that literally means just about everyone-players, management and the man on the street.

People of the baseball world and the fans who love the sport reacted with high enthusiasm and relief after settlement Thursday of the arduous, 13- day strike. "I'm relieved I really feel good, I just want to play ball," said Chuck Dobson, the Oakland A's pitcher. "I really feel good," said Joe Torre, the St. Cardinal star. "I can't explain how I feel in one word, but happy will do for now," said Rusty Staub, the New York Mets' right-fielder.

Happiness was spread liberally throughout the nation brought smiles all around, People are waiting for the cry, "Play Ball." "I'm ready to go," said manager Ted Williams of the Texas Rangers. "I'm ready to do some moving." PRESS "We've been working at the wrong things we're ready to play baseball," added Texas General Manager Joe Burke, "Everybody is glad to be getting back to work." "Boy, am I glad this thing is over," said a coffee-carrying night watchman at the Associated Press Building in New York. "I've been a baseball fan since I was a boy, and I really missed it. Forget hockey and basketball." Johnny Bench, the Cincinnati catcher, said he's eager to start the season Saturday and hopes that there won't be any resentment from the fans. "There has been a lot of mud slinging on both sides and a lot of propaganda," said Bench.

"It is unfortunate it had to happen and I hope something like this never happens again." Outfielder Rico Carty of Atlanta found out the strike was over while watching television. "I was like the fellow in that commercial- couldn't believe the whole thing," said the Atlanta outfielder. "We were out too long. But we just had to stick together and do our best." The Suzuki TS-50. The only 50 you don't have to be a kid to ride.

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SUZUKI SUZUKI SUZUKI OF FLAGSTAFF LOCATED AT FLAGSTAFF TIRE 2020 E. 6th Avenue 774-2272 SALES AND SERVICE came in- segThe per retire- early penny offered huge the lowper fi- At reno to The the on sepa- as twin decided on season, of earning will at of Hank record to a too. loss gate tele- br Combined with a regulartimespeed-distance rally, will be such gimmick rally approaches as straight line maps, tulip diagrams and computer flowcharts, according to Pettengill. He said that the Can Am, like all NAU Sports Car Club Rally Series events, is designed for beginners, and detailed instructions for each type of route will be given entrants. First car will start the two and one half hour route at 1:01 with the top 10 per cent of p.m., the finishers being awardedtrophies.

Pettengill added that the entry fee for the event will be $1.50 per car, with all teams receiving dash plaques. According to the rallymaster following the route will take the rallyists to Ft. Tuthill for an informal get together after the rally. Chili will be supplied by Mr. and Mrs.

Pettengill, with everything else on a "you want it you bring it" basis. Pettengill said the picnic will give the participants a chance to meet the other teams and discuss the route, and will allow time for officials to tabulate the scores. Further information on the rally may be obtained by calling Pettengill at 774 4377, or Sports Car Club secretary Chuck Davis, at 523 2957..