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Nuggets find
gem in Issel
By United Press International
* Dan Issel may be the
greatest thing to hit Denver
since the ski lift.
The 6-foot-9 Issel, a former
* All-Star with the Kentucky
Colonels, came to the Denver
Nuggets at the beginning of the
* American Basketball Associa
tion season when the Baltimore
franchise, to whom he had been
traded by Kentucky, folded.
* Since his arrival in Denver the
Nuggets have looked better
than they did last year when
, they won more games than any
team in pro basketball.
Issel enjoyed one of the best
nights of his pro career
* Wednesday night when he
poured in 41 points to lead
Denver to a 146-137 victory over
the Spirits of St. Louis. It was
* the fifth victory in a row for
Denver and enabled the Nug
gets to maintain their game
« and a half lead over Indiana.
“This could be the quickest
team in pro basketball,” Issel
said of Denver.
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Denver Coach Larry Brown
agreed that his big center is
among the quickest of the
quick.
“Issel doesn’t look like he’s
the quickest guy in the world,”
Brown said. “But he gets down
the court. I think his playing
with Artis Gilmore for all those
years with Kentucky helped
him.”
The Nuggets outscored the
Spirits 26-6 in the first half of
the third quarter to take a
commanding 95-66 lead. A
furious rally by the Spirits later
in the quarter and continuing in
the fourth quarter wasn’t
enough to overcome the big
margin.
Indiana whipped San Antonio
122-104 in the only other ABA
contest while in National
Basketball Association action,
Boston topped Milwaukee 111-
98, Phoenix downed Houston
105-91, Kansas City defeated
Atlanta 100-94 and Seattle beat
Chicago 99-79.
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Agnes Deßenedittis bowled a
215 game and a 529 series
yesterday in the Koffee Klub
League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Kay Pursley 189, Barbara
Stinson 187, Bonnie Pfrogner
181, Mary Harrison 179,
Frances Prickett 178, Fab
Manning 177, Diane Boswell 176,
Eda Barry 174, Sandra Kimbell
173, Betty Blackwell 172, Mary
Johnson 163 and Gerry Gillespie
161.
Veeck’s back in baseball
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (UPI) -
Bill Veeck is back—and at the
same address as when he left
in 1961—chief operating officer
of the Chicago White Sox.
Veeck was rebuffed a week
ago by the American League
owners in his bid to buy the
White Sox and keep the team
from going to Seattle. The
owners wanted more cash and
less debentures. Veeck arrived
at the winter baseball meetings
Wednesday morning confident
he could meet the demands.
He did, but the first vote by
the AL owners fell one short of
the nine necessary for ap
proval, with three against and
one abstension.
Detroit Tigers’ owner John
Fetzer, no great fan of Veeck’s,
recognized the prejudices in the
vote and made an impassioned
plea to fellow owners to take
Veeck back.
“We have to be men about
this. I don’t like the idea of
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North Clayton.
Randy Piland
letting a guy back in here
who’s called me. . . .over and
over again, but, gentlemen,
we’ve got to take another vote.”
And they did, this time
approving Veeck by 10-2—the
dissenters being Charlie Finley
of the Oakland A’s and Gene
Autry of the California Angels.
“It’s not often that a 61-year
old, one-legged man gets a new
start in life.”
Still facing the AL is a law
— Griffin Daily News Thursday, December 11,1975
suit from Seattle civic officials
who were deserted by the AL in
1969 when the Pilots will move
to Milwaukee. Reports circulat
ed the AL would try to placate
Seattle by moving the Min
nesota Twins or Finley’s A’s
there.
National League owners were
expected to take over the San
Francisco Giantsfrom owner
Horace Stoneham today and
operate it until new owners can
be found. The club is heavily in
debt.
Wednesday, NL officials
voted unanimously to alter the
playoff system to a best-of
seven series instead of the
present bestrof-five, to be
implemented next fall if the AL
agrees in the joint-session
today.
Veeck’s group, which is made
up of 40 investors, including
Hall of Famer Hank Green
berg, former St. Louis Browns’
owner Bill DeWitt and ex-White
Sox Manager Paul Richards,
purchased 80 per cent of the
Chicago club for $lO million
with Allyn keeping the remain
ing 20 per cent.
K.C. Kings
stop Hawks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) —
Scott Wedman scored 13 third
quarter points Wednesday night
propelling the Kansas City
Kings to a 100-94 decision over
the Atlanta Hawks.
“Scott’s third quarter stuff is
really something,” said Kings
coach Phil Johnson. “When he
gets burning and hitting his
shots it’s really awesome.”
Wedman scored 26 for the
game, grabbed eight of his 12
rebounds in the second half and
contributed on defense.
“The whole team played
defensively,” said Johnson.
“Ollie Johnson did a great job
on the defensive boards, played
good defense and hit some key
layups off some passes from
Sam Lacey to put us ahead.”
The Kings pulled away from
a 78-78 third quarter tie
midway in the final quarter.
Johnson hit seven points in that
stretch as the Kings took a 90-
84 lead and survived a Atlanta
rally in the final minutes.
The Hawks narrowed the gap
to 96-94 with 59 seconds to play.
Nate Archibald sank two free
throws with 19 seconds left,
John Drew missed on a jumper
after an Atlanta timeout and
Johnson added his final two
points with a baseline jumper
at the end.
Matty Guokas, who left
Kansas City in October, 1973,
College
scores
By United Press International
East
Delaware St. 84 Howard 82 (ot)
Fordham 70 Harvard 68
Navy 92 Lycoming 62
New Hampshire 76 Springfield
69
Syracuse 96 St. Bonaventure 84
W. Virginia 78 Temple 71
South
Duke 93 E. Carolina 74
Kentucky 91 Miami (Ohio) 69
Maryland 93 Georgia Tech 65
Midwest
Kansas St. 86 N. Illinois 59
Michigan 91S. Carolina 82
Nebraska 68 St. Mary’s (Calif.)
57
San Diego St. 81 Purdue 79
Wayne St. 82 W. Ontario 70
Southwest
Kansas St. 86 N. Illinois 59
Okla. City 87 Texas-Arlington 72
Oral Roberts 70 Tulsa 69
West
Nevada-Las Vegas 98 Arizona
94
Oregon 89 Montana St. 62
was ack in a Kings uniform
Wednesday night. He had
driven nine hours to arrive in
time for the game. With Jimmy
Walker, his counterpart in the
1973 trade off his shooting pace,
Guokas came off the bench and
contributed 10 minutes of solid
defense.
"Guokas is a tall strong
guard (6-6),” said Johnson.
“When Walker is off his pace,
it’s better to put Matty against
players like Tom Van Arsdale
and Lou Hudson, especially
down the stretch.”
Ray Fosse
OAKLAND (UPI) - Catcher
Ray Fosse, traded by Oakland
for Cleveland’s Cesar Tovar,
indicated Wednesday he is
happy to return to the Indians
and is angry at the A’s for not
telling him of the deal.
“If the Cleveland people had
not called me, I guess I would
have found out from a
newspaper man,” said Fosse.
“I’m still waiting to hear from
the A’s.”
Fosse, a defensive standout
but an uncertain hitter, tried
unsuccessfully to get a $15,000
raise from Oakland owner
Charlie Finley at the start of
last season.