European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 20, 1967 the stars and stripes 76ers trip los Angeles in inaugural Philadelphia a the Philadelphia 76ers opened de sense of their National Basket Ball association title wednes Day night with a 103-87 Victory Over the los Angeles lakers in a Raggedy played game at the spectrum. Billy Cunningham the 76ers valuable sixth Man pumped in 20 Points and play maker Wall Jones had 15 to Lead the Phila Delphia scoring. Wilt Chamberlain slowly rounding into form after a hold out that caused him to miss re season training scored Only 11, but grabbed 30 re Bounds and handed out nine assists. He took Only nine shot from the Field for five goals. A crowd of 9,106 turned out Tosee the 76ers in their new Home the $12 million spectrum. I could have been the new floor or unfamiliar baskets As Bot teams were off in their shoot ing and the floor play generally was shoddy. The teams were tied at 21 after the first period but the 76ers took the Lead 32-30 on an 18-Footjump shot by Luke Jackson after 4 43 of the second boosted their margin to 46-35 at halftime and led 69-48with 3 10 left in the third Quad lakers who won their season opener tuesday nigh against the Chicago bulls ral lied As Elgin Baylor the game scoring Leader with 24 Points and Jim Barnes helped Cut the Philadelphia Lead to 10 Points at the end of the third period. Cincinnati up the Cincinnati royals getting a 41-Point Effort from Oscar Robertson roared Back from a 58-50 halftime deficit to trim Thesan Francisco warriors 122-118 wednesday night in their National basketball association Home pulled ahead 105-96 Midway through the final Quarter but the warriors rallied behind Fred Hetzel an Jim King to close the Gap to three Points three times in the closing minutes. Jerry Lucas backed Robert son in the scoring department for1 the royals with 28 Point Sand pulled off 21 rebounds As the warriors dropped their third straight. Baltimore up led by. Rookie Earl Monroe and second year Man Jack m a r i a the Baltimore bullets opened their National basketball association season in spectacular fashion wednesday night by routing the new York knickerbockers 121 98.Monroe and Marin took turns sparking the Home club in the first half when the bullets raced to a 59-34 advantage. Atone Point in the third period the bullets margin stretched to39 Points 86-47. For the kicks who lost their first game in two starts Willis Reed and Dick Barnett had 22points each. Marin led Balti More with 24 Points two More than Monroe. The bullets who lost near 61games last season went ahead to stay 8-6 on a Layup by Monroe after four and one half minutes of play and steadily built a 27-18 first Quarter Lead. With Ray Scott Marin an Leroy Ellis controlling the boards the bullets used blistering running game to open their commanding halftime advantage. National hockey league Roundup Page 1 Bruins Deal Hawks 4th consecutive setback Chicago a Boston bustling Bruins handed the Chi Cago Black Hawks their fourth consecutive beating of the Young National hockey league season wednesday night skat ing off with a 7-1 Victory. The defending league Champi on Hawks remained wingless while the Bruins who finished sixth last season ran their record to two victories again Stone defeat. A couple of sex Black Hawks menards 8 nabs Ahl Point Lead Rochester . Up Howie Menard Springfield Cen Ter has taken the scoring Leadin the american hockey league after the first week of Peppery Menard scored two goals and added six assist for eight Points in Springfield s first three games to Edge teammate Doug Robinson in games played through had seven Points on three goals and four assist while eight players have scored four Marcetta of Rochester had four goals to Lead that department while m e n a r d s total of six assists was tops in its category. Andre Gill of Hershey allowed one goal in his first game to Lead the league goaltenders while Roger Cote of Springfield had accumulated the most penalty minutes 16. The leading scorers goals assists , Springfield Robinson Springfiel Marcetta Rochester Kassian Buffalo Gagne Providence Mikol Providence Jones Buffalo Barlow Rochester Miller Springfield Hextall Rochester 23 43 22 21 1 0 2 4 01 22 2a z 4 got the Boston attack underway. At 8 23 of the first period Center Fred Stanfield who scored twice during the rout snared Phil Esposito s rebound and slipped the puck past Chica go goalie Dennis Dejordy from 10 feet in front of the seconds later Ken Hodge took a pass fro Tom Williams and whipped a 20 footer past , Hodge and Esposito All went to the Bruins from Chi Cago last summer in a Trade. Johnny Bucyk made it 3-0 Forgoston at 13 32 while the Bruins were shorthanded. He stole the puck and skated in alone to drive the puck past Dejordy. Chicago scored late in the first period on Bobby Hull s fourth goal of the year. Two ruins were in the penalty Box at the Awrey and Bobby Orr boosted the Boston margin to 5-1 Valasquez scores 83 Atlantic City . A jockey Jorge Valasquez was the leading rider at the 1967 Atlantic City race meeting for the second straight year. He posted 83 Vic tories during the meet. Where d it go Boston goalie Jerry Cheevers is almost Dowson his hands and Knees while teammate Ted Green Peers Down at the ice in an Effort to locate a Loose puck during a game against the Montreal canadians in Boston. Montreal s Jean Beliveau left had the puck hidden behind his stick but no Chance to score As play was ruled dead. The Bruins won 6-2. Up photo mets Purchase pc infielder new York a the new York mets announced wednes Day the Purchase of right handed hitting infielder Dick Ken worthy from the Indianapolis club of the Pacific coast league. Kenworthy 26, was with the Chicago White sox much of Las season hitting .237 in 41 games with four homers. He was sent to Indianapolis aug. 15 and wound up hitting .323 in 24games there. To make room for Kenworthy the mets sent Catcher John sul Livan to Jacksonville of the International league. Appoint Stock the mets also announced the appointment of Wes Stock former pitching coach for the Kansas City athletics to re place Frank Lary As minor league pitching instructor. They also created a new Posi Tion for Nelson Burbrink former St. Louis Cardinal Catcher who has been scouting for the mets the last two years on the Westcoast. He now will be coordinator of scouting for the mets. Bonavena Backer claims new Date Buenos Aires a Oscar Bonavena s schedule heavyweight nov. 11 elimination bout with Jimmy Ellis in Louis Ville ky., has been postponed until dec. 2, promoter Juancarlos lecture said wednes Day. Lecture said that promote Mike Malitz had cabled him from new York granting Bona Vena s request for a postpone ment of the semifinal bout inthe world boxing association elimination tourney which seeks successor to Cassius Clay. Bonavena Argentina s heavy weight Hope has been ailing with muscular trouble in Misback since he out pointed Ger Many s Karl Mildenberger i Frankfurt sept. If. He had been ordered by his doctor to suspend training for a time. In Louisville however Jame Browitt executive director of the state fair and exposition enter said the University of Louisville plays its season basketball opener dec. 2 at the Fairgrounds. The basketball game rules out the fight according to Browitt. He said the Only Way humanly possible to have the fight that Day would be to put the boxing ring on the basketball floor and we won t do that. It s the most famous Basket Ball floor in the world and we would t do anything to jeopardize it. As far As we re concerned the announcement of the new fight Date is in the second Shack and Stanfield concluded the scoring in the Las period. Boston s Ted Green picked up a total of 13 minute sin penalties with four minors and a five minute major which he acquired in a scrap with Wayne Maki. Pittsburgh up voter an Forward Andy Bathgate scored the three goal hat trick and lifted the Pittsburgh penguins to a 3-3 tie with the Minnesota North stars wednes Day night. Bathgate s last score came at11 30 of the third period and beat Reserve goalie Garr Bauman from 20 feet out Minnesota s goals were scored by Murray Hall Andrew Boudrias and Bill golds , who notched his sixth career hat trick score the first goal of the game at 9 57 of the opening period on Ai pass from Noel Price which i enabled him to break away Andi slip the puck past goalie Cesare Maniago. Maniago left the game late in the second period when Strucki above the left Eye by the puck i and suffered a Gash which required three stitches. The second Bathgate score tied the game 2-2 at 17 15 of the second period. This time and poked in Earl i Garfield s gave the North stars a 3-2 Lead at 1 33 of thelast period when Penguin goalie Les Binkley waved at his hard20-foot shot with his gloved hand. Pittsburgh now is 1-2-1 an Minnesota 0-2-2. Toronto a Norm Ull Man s fourth goal of the season in the first two minutes of the second period carried Detroit to a 3-2 Victory Over Toronto in National hockey league game wednesday Henderson assisted on the Marker that beat goalie Johnny Bower at 1 38 of the Sec Ond session and lifted the redwings into a 3-1 Lead. Brian Conacher closed the Gap for the Maple Leafs with his third tally of the year with assists from Dave Keon and Allan Stanley at 14 25 of the period but Detroit goalie George Gard Ner stopped them in a scoreless third took a 2-0 Lead in the first 6y2 minutes in route to handing the Maple Leafs their first loss in three games before15.782 fans. Detroit is 2-1-1. De Hampson got the Wing started at 4 59 of the opening stanza with his first goal on a assist by Ron Smith. Doug Roberts added his first score at6 30 with an assist from Gary Jarrett and Gordie s George Armstrong assisted by Keon and franksb84 b de sets p.19 2nd folo nil Mahovlich made it 2-1 at 18 49of the period before Ullman slammed in the clincher. St. Louis a the Phila Delphia flyers opposed Veteran i continued on Page 221 pacers shackle a Nigos with 4th straight defeat Indianapolis ind. A the Indiana pacers held off a late rally by the wingless an Aheim Amigos and posted a 106 103 american basketball association Victory wednesday. Fred Lewis with 23 Points led the winners to their second Success in two starts while the Amigos took their fourth loss. John Fairchild topped an Aheim with 24 Points. The Amigos trailed most of the game but caught the pacers at 98-98 with 3 39 left on Steve Chubin s two free throws. But Lewis Oliver Darden and Rog Rbrown helped Indiana control the Ball and Force Anaheim int fouls that clinched the Victory
