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By Ken Sury
Sports Editor
fehe Southwest Conference is ex-
ected to shine at the 65th Annual
JCAA Outdoor Track and Field
lhatnpionshijjs which begin today
11ndianapolis, and Texas A&M will
clanking for its own place in the
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our other SWC schools finishing in
he top 10, but the Aggies will have
ta do it without freshman Randy
lames putting the shot.
Barnes, who has the world’s best
aut at 71 feet, 9'/j inches this year,
Irfjipped from the shot put competi-
ion Monday night. Barnes injured
iis knuckle on his throwing hand at
he Mt. San Antonio Relays in Cali-
drnia in late April and aggravated it
n the SWC Outdoor Champion-
hips in mid-May.
Barnes underwent laser treat-
nents two weeks ago, but couldn’t
hrow Monday, so A&M assistant
oach Ted Nelson said they decided
o pull (aut cal today’s qualifying.
With Barnes, the odds-on favor-
te, absent from the shot-put compe-
Barnes drops from shot put
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tition, SMU’s Lars Nilsen (67-9'/.2)
has a chance at the NCAA crown.
But he is recovering from a cut on
his right thumb and wdll face strong
competition from Minnesota’s Ron
Backes, the NCAA indoor champion
at 68-1 l'/i, Brigham Young’s Soren
Tallehm (64-7 : '/») and Louisiana
Tech’s Steve Cate (65-8'A).
While Barnes’ injury doesn’t af
fect his discus throwing, his personal
best of 200-9, is short of the top
throws by contenders Vesteinn
Hafskenisson of Alabama (209-11),
Ed Wade of Oklahoma (205-7) and
Bernard Kneissler (202-11) for the
discus championship.
The Aggies have two athletes in
the long jump competition. Junior
transfer Ian James set a school and
Canadian national record as he
leaped 26-8 : '/i at the Texas A&M Re
lays in April. Sophomore Chris
Walker's best this year is a 26-l : '/t
which he set at the College Station
Relays.
The top jump this year is Arkan
sas senior Mike Davis’ wind-aided
27-3'/i, but has been inconsistent in
big meets. Others with a good shot at
winning the event are Texas South
ern’s Paul Emordi and UCLA’s Mike
Powell (26-11%) and NCAA indoor
winner Kennv Harrison of Kansas
State (26-9%).'
A&M’s entry in the triple jump is
senior Francisco Olivares, who
jumped to a school and Mexican re-
corcl 54-0‘/i at the Texas A&M Re
lays. But his jump is well short of this
year’s best marks with Emordi’s
wind-aided 56-9'/a, and Houston’s
Frank Rutherford went 54-9 to win
the indoor title.
In the 400-meter intermediate
hurdles, Craig Calk will represent
A&M with a toj) time of 50.40 sec
onds. But Iowa State junior Danny
Harris is expected to win his third
consecutive NCAA title. He is cur
rently the world’s No. 2-ranked 400
intermediate hurdler with a top time
of 47.63.
The Aggies' strength this year has
been in its freshman class, wnich has
proved profitable in the sprints and
relays.
Floyd Heard and Stanley Kerr
earned NCAA berths in both the
100-and 200-meter dashes. Heard’s
best is 10.12 in the 100 and 20.10 in
the 200, while Kerr’s tops are a 10.14
and 20.25.
But SMU also has a fleet-footed
freshman in Roy “Robot” Martin.
Martin owns a 9.97 and 19.86 in the
windy SWC Championships. Other
strong contenders incluae Missis
sippi State’s Lorenzo Daniel, Olym
pic silver medalist Sam Graddy of
Tennessee and Chidi Imoh of Mis
souri.
Texas Christian also has a con
tender is Roscoe Tatum, who ran a
10.08 and 20.60 at the SWC Cham
pionships.
Francisco Olivares
Heard’s, Kerr’s, Martin’s and Ta
tum’s bests were all set at the SWC
Championships.
In the 400-meter dash, Arkansas
is hoping for a first-place finish by
Roddie “Comet” Haley, who has
twice won the event at the SWC
Championships. But Washington
State senior Gabriel Tiacoh’s 44.32 is
tops in the world this year, while Ha
ley’s time is third.
A&M is caught in the middle of an
SWC-laden field in the relays. In the
400 relay, TCU is expected to be the
team to beat as the foursome of Ta
tum, Andrew Smith, Leroy Reid and
Greg Scholars have the country’s top
time of 38.97.
Several squads could act as spoil
ers in the event, including the A&M
squad of Lawrence Felton, Heard,
Archie Roberts and Kerr which
owns a 39.28 tittle along with SMU.
Baylor set a meet record of
3:00.84 last year in the 1,600 relay
with senior Willie Caldwell as
anchor. This year Raymond Pierre
replaced Caldwell and led the team
to a 3:01.45 to lead the nation.
SMU ran a 3:01.07 with Martin as
anchor, but was disqualified for a
lane violation. TCU has the second-
best time in the country with a
3:02.74. The Aggies, with the squad
of Kendric Wesley, Gary Pervis,
Matt Washington and Maurice Holt,
have a school-best time of 3:04.51.
A&M didn’t qualify anyone in the
distance events, but came close as
freshman Matt Dunn missed the
800-meter run by less than one sec-
ohd, and while Calvin Gaziano set a
school mark with a time of 3 min
utes, 44.29 seconds, it was shy of the
3:42.54 needed to qualify.
Bird’s 3-point shot gives Boston 3-1 advantage
HOUSTON (AP) — Larry Bird
jot the go-ahead basket with a three-
Doint bomb, then the Boston de-
ense took over Tuesday night, puli
ng the Celtics within one victory of
heir I6th NBA title.
The Celtics took a 3-1 lead in the
)est-of-seven NBA championship
ieries with a “
106-103 victory NBA Finals
Tuesday night ^^—mmmmm^m—m
iespite scoring only two points after
lird’s three-pointer gave them a
04-101 lead with 2:26 left.
Bill Walton scored the final two
joints of the game with 1:39 left af-
er an offensive rebound.
Walton had replaced a worn-out
lobert Parish at center down the
stretch. Parish had come back from
an eight-point, 3-for-I5 shooting
performance in Boston’s Game 3 de
feat to score 22 points on 10-for-15
shooting Tuesday night.
“Robert played a great game all
the way through but he got real tired
at the end,” Walton said. “I was very
surprised to get the call, but I was re
ads' and it sure feels great. It’s a tre
mendous feeling.”
Houston’s only points in the final
four minutes came on a rebound
basket by Rodney McCray. It made
the score 104-103 after Bird’s bomb
gave Boston the lead for good.
“Defense did the job,” Boston
Coach K.C. Jones said. “They’ve got
the two franchises (Akeem Olajuwon
and Ralph Sampson) and we denied
them a couple of shots and got some
blocks. Their inside game was so
tough we had to take them out of it.”
Bird scored only seven of his 21
points after halftime, but none were
bigger than his three-pointer, which
provided the 19th and final lead
change of a game that was close
throughout.
“It wasn’t a designed play,” Bird
said. “It was just what happened out
there. We moved the ball around
and it swung around to me. The shot
dock was running down and I had to
shoot it.”
Steals by Danny Ainge and Kevin
McHale in the final minute pre
served the slim Boston margin.
“Bird hit a big three-pointer at the
end to give us the cushion we
needed and our defense at the end
of the game got us the steals,” Wal
ton said.
Houston, facing a 3-1 deficit that
no team has ever overcome in the fi
nals, still has not given up hope. One
game will be played in Houston
Thursday night, with the last two
scheduled for Boston Garden where
the Celtics have won 40 consecutive
games.
“In 1981, I had to hear the other
team cheer through the wall, ‘We’re
No. 1,’ ” said Robert Reid, referring
to the Rockets’ 4-2 defeat to the Cel
tics in their only previous meeting in
the finals five years ago, when the
last game was played in Houston.
“That’s not going to happen Thurs
day night. Nobody has given up any
thing yet. If there’s a miracle of a
chance, if we have a life vest, we’re
still afloat.”
Boston’s Dennis Johnson also fin
ished with 22 points while McHale
had 19. Sampson had 25 points, Ola
juwon 20 points and 14 rebounds
and Reid 19 points for Houston.
The fourth quarter was incredibly
close, even closer than the game as a
whole, which had 19 lead changes
and 13 ties. The final period started
with the Celtics holding a one-point
lead and it wasn’t until Bird’s three-
pointer that either team led by more
than two points. There were six lead
changes in the first three minutes of
the final quarter alone.
While Houston was taking advan
tage of Boston turnovers in the first
half, the Celtics stayed close by hit
ting 13 of 16 second-period shots. At
the same time, the Rockets got 31
field-goal attempts but made only
14.
Houston received 21 points in the
first half from Ralph Sampson but
led by only one point at halftime as
the Celtics hit 63.4 percent of their
shots.
Houston made only 46.3 percent
of its shots but managed to take the
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