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Baylor West Looking For First NBA Title PIP-JWT' BRAVBM USER -4 -u wytHMiVF1' INGLEWOOD Calif (UPI)-Elgin Baylor has accomplished almost everything in his bril liant National Basketball Association almost every-thing but winning a championship In his 11 pro seasons he has been frustrated five times in the NBA finals by defensive genius Rill Russell Baylor and the Los Angeles Lakers face Russell and the Roston Celtics Wednesday night in the opener of a hest-of -seven game series for the NBA title But this time Baylor has Wilt Chamberlain on his side Celtics are a great team and Russell is a great player but I think Wilt will nullity the greatest scorer in NBA playoff history said past years Russell has hurt us both offensively and defensively He was the difference in the playoffs Now with Chamberlain in there I think we have to worry about scoring not much doubt that Wilt is the best center we ever For the first time the Lakers will have the home court advantage in the finals over the Celtics who won three of the previous five series in seven games and two in six contests Including the one a year ago Baylor who averaged 248 points a game in leading the Lakers hi scoring during the regular season sure how important the home court is only difference playing at home is the crowd the 34-year-old veteran said course it's always good to have people on your Baylor averaged only 122 points a game in the Lakers' first 10 playoff games this season That compares with his 307 playoff record in 10 previous playoff years He snapped nut of the drought Sunday by pumping in 29 points 14 on 19 field goal attempts going as the Lakers gained the finals with a 104-98 victory over the Atlanta Hawks was the worst slump of my the Los Angeles captain said would like to think While Los Angeles beat San Francisco and Atlanta to win the finals Boston got there by eliminating Philadelphia and New York The Lakers won the Weston Division title while the Celtics called too old by some finished fourth in the Eastern Division in the regular season race The Forum will be the site of the second game of the series Friday night The series moves to Boston for a nationally televised game Sunday afternoon and the fourth contest is set at the Boston Gardens Tuesday night April 29 If necessary the fifth game will be held here Thursday May 1 the sixth game at Boston Saturday May 3 and the seventh encounter here Monday May 5 All would be night games Oaks Take 2-0 Lead In ABA Playoffs 135-124 TONIGHTS Quiz Show concentrates on two questions HOW is the Great Experiment working lor the San Francisco Giants? IS there any hope for the skidding California Angels? -DESERT Dyer-y does not have) the complete answers but can supply a few facts and figures pertinent to the questions THE Great Experiment features Willie Mays batting first for the Bay City National Leaguers NORMALLY a slugger of ability bats third or fourth You lose a lot of his RBI assistance by making him your leadoff batter IN each of eight seasons Mays has knocked in from 103 to 141 runs You find that type of consistent slugging on many clubs Last year Mays dropped down to 70 but still a mighty respectable figure -THOUGH Sunday the Giants had played 11 games MAYS played in all but one He led off in all but one of the 10 He got at least one hit in every game he started He failed to score in four games He batted in only three runs INFIELDER Cesar' Gutierrez led off when Mays didn't play and outfielder Dave Marshall was first up when Willie did not start in another game INASMUCH as the Giants have been playing 500 baseball it is likely that the jury is still out on Tin Great Experiment There is no Giant hitter among the National top 10 and the club needs slugging power to go along with the remarkable Willie McCovey PREDICTION: Willie Mays will be back in his customary third spot before too long unless the Giants enjoyed an extended winning streak during their long home stand which opens tomorrow night NOW to the Angels God-Mess the down trodden darlings IS there any hope? Yes because the season is young and they are in the weakest division of the American League FOR instance they play-their next 13 games against Chicago Kansas City Seattle and Oakland They don't meet the Minnesota Twins again until mid-June After they finish their current road trip they return to Anaheim for a 13-game stand When that ends if they are not above 500 then it will be time to-push the panic button CURRENTLY the club is the victim of ton many mistakes The boys are beating themselves Through last Sunday four' of their seven defeats were by one run Two of their three wins were closies With the limited talent oh their rosier the catches of the current season Mooney was on a special tour with Bruce Thomas local tour conductor who is planning another fishermen's special to leave Calexico soon ONE OF THE LARGEST An eight foot eight inch marlin was boated off Ma-zatlan by William Mooney of Palm Desert recently and weighed 188 pounds which placed it among the top TODAY'S SPORTS PARADE 78-45 and also outshot the Bucs from the foul line converting 45 of 64 to 35 of 48 for the Bucs Bradds and Moe combined for 31 of 48 third quarter points to give the Oaks the needed boost Bradds pumped in 17 of his game-high 35 markers during the period and Moe got 14 of his 18 total markers Oakland held a slim 69-87 halftime lead but after the Bradds-Moe blitz upped the margin to 110-96 at the three-quarter mark Three other Oaks scored in double figures Logan had 26 Armstrong and Jim Eakins 21 apiece For New Orleans Jim Jones had 31 However 17 of those points came on free throws Despite being down by two games New Orleans Coach Babe McCarthy isn't conceding to the Oaks the pressure's on us now but we've responded to pressure before" he said The two teams meet Wednesday and Friday in New Orleans wAim HEADQUARTERS FOR DUNLOP TIRES FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT Line front wheels balance wheels With Air Cm $2 Extra Tire Truing and Balancing A smooth ride Guaranteed GARDNER-REYNOLDS DUNLOP TIRE DEALER 682 Sa Palm Caayaa Dr 325-2398 IVNMENI OAKLAND Calif (UPI)-At the rate the Oakland Oaks are going they're liable to go through the rest of the American Rasketball League playoffs without another loss And that includes the ABA finals The Oaks made it 2-0 in the Western Division finals Monday night with a 135-124 victory over the New Orleans Ruccaneers playing better ball overall than we did during the last two months of the an elated Alex Hannum said of his effort players are really up now that in the Up is the word Superb reserve guard Henry Logan and Warren Armstrong paced the Oaks in their initial victory In contest it was the work of forwards Gary Bradds and Doug Moe which paced Oakland And again the Oaks displayed an outstanding all-around game They controlled the backboards a smart man too He knows the public is like the pendulum of a clock It can go eilher way He's happy about the popularity pro football enjoys today but doesn't crow about it He feels baseball is a fine game too The professional mourners who moan that baseball is dying are not unlike those who have been saying for years that boxing was dead That rumors Droved greatly exaggerated All it took was a Cassius Gay to come along and boxing suddenly was alive again Pra-Chriitam Stopping Laathar goods parfumai ca-inatici hand mada lurnitura hlppad ta yon at Just "pan-nia an tha paio" 0 Saa larraaca dat Cabra -(Coppar Canyon) Erla Stan-lay Gardnar lay: "Thil tap anything I'va taan in Switxar-land" 0 World Graatait Daap Saa Fiddaf Sailfiih Marlin Dolphin ate 0 2100 Milox tin Control Maxico by aur own private Pullman "A thrill a hilom-atar" 0 Groat Tropical la fuit funning and liaita-ing 0 Foot Doyi A Throo Night nt world fa maul Du Cima Hotal Groat fraih water iwimming pool-Raach up and pich bananai coeaa-nut papayai and avocadai Sana Gloriao Day to many at leii ceit than faying noma Enjoy Ceofnri Maxico at har waather-wiia bait BRUCE THOMAS Mexican Traincrnisa To Mazatkm Salact 9 Sot May 25-31 Tour Exotic Swag Jim 29Jdfy I Vacation SaaH Aug 3-9 Data THREE PUNNED CAREFREE NON-HERDED "GUEST Each Tear li Limited to 22 'Guetti Far Yaur Protection Write or ptoaa for PREI detailed bro-chara: PO lax 22 Palm Springs Cofff 92262 Pb 127-2072 Baseball Surveys Too Confusing For Fans 3 Angels afford to make mistakes THE pitching has been terrible The hitting been much and the defense has not held up But the crux of the trouble is pitching BULLPENNERS Hoyt Wilhelm and Eddie Fisher were supposed to solve the relief problem But not even these slickers can produce victories without runs Nor can they save games when the defense kicks them away LACK of control has been the biggest problem for Marv hurlers Invariably they get behind the batter and are forced to come- in with pitches which the power hitters murder Several times-these sluggers have been given the green light to gamble on 3-0 situations Base runners have been taking too many liberties with Bill Rig-ney's twirlers THIS is partly their fault and partly due to catching inexperience I REMEMBER talking to Bob Rodgers before he left for Hawaii I asked him how young Tom Egan would do will do all right at said Bob going to hit well enough to play regularly he still bas many things to learn about catching It will take THE Angel pitchers used to say that they felt a little extra confidence when Rodgers was behind the plate It could be that they do not feel that confidence with Egan Desert Dyer-y does not indulge in knocking rookies But inexperience has hurt the-team many times IT surprising that Dick Stuart and Bob Chance have not helped much thus far They are fringe players WHEN you wind up with weak-hitting Ruben Amaro on first base in trouble Normally supposed to get -your infield power from-your first and third basemen The Angels aren't getting it from any of their many first SACKERS VIC Davalillo has been hurt When he gets back it will help Bill Voss has been a disappointment at the plate after a sensational spring Roger Repoz doesn't deliver often enough WHEN they come to bat the Angels look at too many pitches With pitching improved as much as it is today you just can't stand there and always wait for your special pitch got to be ready to swing at whatever the man on the mound serves up Some managers keep saying that so-and-so throw you your This is well and good hut you'd better he realty to swing at every pitch because the smart pitchers going to give you pitch Not on purpose anyway Come on you Angels Time's a-wasting Johnson 41-43-84 Palm Dan Eckstrom had Hemet threw out the score of John Watson Only the best five of six count for the team total Indian Steve 1 followed at and Mark Doyle After Tuesday Palm Springs might be in a tie for first place with Indio currently undefeated with 4-0 The Rajahs have a make-out game at the Quail Lake Course with Hemet that was washed out in first round play Lake is one of the most difficult courses in California up dale down hill very tiring just a real monster Having never played the course Indio will definitely have a tough said Coach Muller Palm Springs lost a nine holer to Indio in the opening round and holds second place with a 4-1 standing Hemet follows even at 2-2 then comes Yucaipa and cellar-dweller Coachella Valley who has yet to win a league match and then when I consult the same surveys and try to find out the best way to get with it I become more confused than before On one hand I'm told pro football now is the big thing Okay I'll go along quietly But on the other hand here comes another survey which says horse racing realty heats 'em all and while I'm scratching my head over that along comes survey No 3 saying pay no attention to those other two the sport that's actually No 1 today is automobile racing Like I say I'm confused These polls and surveys keep trying to prove the most popular sport and I 1 bought a guy by the name of Kinsey took care of that some time ago Apparently different surveys come up with different answers about sports the same way they do about politics 0 Indian Golfers Win Big Match Over Bulldogs Can't hit without SWINGING NEW YORK (UPI) -One more survey and giving all my business to the ballet I might as well Who wants to be classified as a loser all the time? worse than being thrown into that column known as The situation now has reached the point where I feel a little self-conscious walking into a baseball park I notice 536 per cent of the sampling stare at me as if committing some kind of misdemeanor These surveys have me all shaken up They say anybody who goes out to see baseball games with it anymore Cokes Bids For Second Comeback INGLEWOOD Calif (UPI)-Curtis Cokes the deposed welterweight champion from Dallas isn't going to retire Cokes who will be 32 in two months says he wants to fight Cuban Jose Napoles again Speaking at a news conference Saturday the Texan said he was holding the new titleholdcr to a verbal agreement for a rematch within 90 days Napoles who fled Cuba in 1961 and now lives in Mexico City lifted title in 13 rounds at the Forum here Friday night might have taken him too lightly" Cokes said mean mentally not physically because I was in the best shape of my life is a great fighter better than 1 thought I thought he was a counter-puncher Instead he came out and took control usually my bag From the early rounds on I was trying to turn it around with one punch but I couldn't" Napoles 29 is expected to give Cokes his return bout In all probability it will be held in Mexico City in mid-July One professional survey revealed that more than 40 per cent of the people questioned were opposed to baseball's two chief innovations this year lowering the pitcher's mound and reducing the strike zone The major leagues took their own survey and found more than 90 per cent were in facor What do you do there? On my scorecard I voted it a draw Then another point came up Some of the baseball people said that one of the poll-takers which showed football to be the leading sport had been retained by pro football once to do a survey on how good an area Atlanta would be for a new franchise is correct" said Pete Rozelle the pro football commissioner when he was asked about it like to point out that at that time that particular survey showed baseball to be' No 1 and actuaUy this is the first time football is rated ahead in the Pete Rozelle is an eminently fair man and of course he was happy about that survey which puts football in front and rather indifferent about those which rate horse racing and auto racing at the head of the pack he says are good indications of fan interest at the time they are conducted sure that fan interest in football would be at its highest right after the Super Bowl game and interest in foreign countries is so sure of highest right around having his way with Zyglewicz jthe Word that he is already considering a not ony fair man June fight with Jerry Quarry1 that could bring him a half million dollars The fighters weigh in at 1 pm EST and will have at each other over a scheduled 15 rounds beginning at 9:50 pmi EST The fight is expected to bring in a near-capacity crowd at the 12000-scat Sam Houston Coliseum The gate is forecast to come to $150000 Frazier will get 40 per cent of that and Zyglewicz 20 per cent The fighters will get the same percentage of the money gained from a 20-city television hookup By LINDA SHUPE Sun Correspondent The Palm Springs Golf Team won a match 403-414 over Hemet in the first match of second round action at Sohova Springs Country Club a picturesque course with unique holes' shot consistently but we had three scores that were just too much for said golf mentor Bruce Mueller Captain Jim Bunker led the squad as usual with a 35-40-75 on the par 72 course He shot three birdies on the front nine for one-under-par was an irradical game of birdying and bogeying but he came out of it in pretty good shape though he might have done better with all the birdies he said Coach Mueller A birdie is one-under-par a bogey one over Bill Stahl and Bruce Baldwin had identical followed by all five Hemet starters Bulldog Charles Watson fired 38-43-81 Ron Davis shot 41-41-82 Randy White Larry Cooper and Greg If your sales ore striking out on the cash register it's time to better your average with some display advertising Every day you can reach more than 1 0000 homes the greatest purchasing power in the desert IfBcrt PALM SPRINGS 325-5005 PALM DESERT 346-1900 i I.