Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 23

Minneapolis I inioynp report g. hers stumble at ba By Jon Roe Staff Writer Dayton, Ohio If there was a dream, it became a nightmare. If there was a glass slipper for Cinderella it became a lead shoe. The dreams the Gophers might have had of becoming a Cinderella team in the NCAA Mideast regional were shattered Thursday night by a well-prepared, disciplined and talented Florida State unit. The Seminoles adroitly picked the Gophers apart with a deadly shooting hand and a clinging defense and whipped Minnesota 70-56 before 13,458 at Dayton arena.

For 32 minutes the Gophers had doggedly stuck with the Seminoles. But they ran out of gas, out of inspiration, and the dream was ended. "You can't play five men," said Jim Brewer, "and need superman performances from all of them. Some nights you just aren't going to be able to do it. Tonight was one of those times." Clyde Turner IV 7 Ml te i W't llu-" I I- WZ iVJ is.

The Gophers were hounded so resolutely by the Seminoles that they could never get a consistent offense generated. They ended by making only 22 of 66 shots and they suffered most from the ineffective shooting of Bob Nix and Keith Young. Nix, usually one of the Gophers most reliable shooters, hit just one shot in 12 attempts and that basket came when only 1:56 remained and the Gophers were out of it, 62-52. "I don't know what it was, "Bill Musselman observed. "Bob seemed the loosest he's been all season.

Maybe that was the trouble. He didn't have any butterflies. You need that." Young didn't have much better luck. The sophomore guard made only 3 of 12 attempts and fouled out with. 11:32 still to play.

He had picked up four of those fouls in the first half as the Seminoles patiently went through the Gophers press. "We can play disciplined basketball," said Hugh Durham, Florida State coach. "We feel that we can play that tempo or a quicker tempo. We won the Far West Classic this winter playing against Slower tempo teams and we're about the only independent team that's done that." The Seminoles were impressive in their coolness. They took a 35-29 halftime lead by hitting 55 percent from the field.

The Gophers were able to stay close but only close, because Clyde Turner pumped in 14 points and the Gophers were able to rebound with the taller seminoles. But even in the first 20 minutes, Florida State was taking the shine off the Gophers' slippers. Their forwards, Reggie Royals and Rowland Garrett, stuck to Turner and Dave Winfield like glue. They overplayed them heavily. The Gophers couldn't break free and as a result had four crosscourt passes picked off and easy layups follow for the Seminoles.

"We didn't react," Musselman said. "We didn't move. I've got to think it was the 8-day layoff because we got tired and didn't react." That became more obvious in the closing stages of the second half. The Gophers were down only 52-46 with 8:59 to play. But they got only three field goals in the next seven minutes and the Seminoles pushed to a 62-52 lead.

Florida State, once Young had fouled out, went to a zone defense, challenging the cold-shooting Gophers to shoot from long range. And last night the shots wouldn't fall. is lone Morgan ity gloves victor This is a match Morgan is waiting for since Lovelady broke his jaw in what was to have been a tu-neup match nor the 1971 nationals. However, Morgan may have to meet Nesmith on the way. It is a strong weight class.

In this 112 pound division the Minneapolis team suffered its first defeat. It was a clear decision for Mike Gathing, St. Louis, over Craig Nelson, Rochester, Minn. Gathing's forc- Gloves Continued on page 3C Featherweight Louis Self, Toledo, Ohio, carried his 1971 championship into the third round of boxing with a knockout in his first fight and a decision in his second fight. San Nesmith of Indianapolis, also a defending champion, won two 156-pound matches by knockouts.

Lamont Lovelady of Des. Moines, Iowa was a two-time winner at 156 pounds and headed toward a meeting with Glenn Morgan of Minneapolis. Associated Press Florida State's Rowland Garrett who scored 23 points stretched for two of them against the guard of Minnesota's Clyde Turner. Florida State beat the Gophers 70-56. Gophers continued on page 6C 6E3 jgr Stars whip Vancouv By Dwayne Netland Staff Writer By Dick Cullum Staff Writer Glenn Morgan of Richfield gave the Minneapolis team its only victory in the first night of the National Golden Gloves tournament in the Minneapolis Auditorium Thursday.

He scored a technical knockout over Benny Mitchell of Columbus, Ohio, and moved into the third tournament round. He drew a first-round bye. Morgan started with a strong body attack in the first round, but Mitchell matched that with good shots to the head. The second round was similar and also close, but Morgan persisted in his body attack and had an even round. Morgan's lead, at that point, was slim.

However, his body attack created an opening for a short counter in the third round. Mitchell dropped heavily. When he regained his feet he was obviously unable to continue and the referee stopped the fight. Previously, Minneapolis boxers had been defeated all by decisions. First of the defending champions to survive the double round of boxing was flyweight Jimmy Martinez of the strongly favored Fort Worth team.

He outpointed Huston Bond of Jackson, then returned for another decision over Paul Rosete, Las Vegas. However, one of the first thrills of the long evening came when Bond 1 1 1 yl Drouin. Both Drouin and goalie Cesare Maniago will be left home to recover from heel and knee injuries. Grant contributed in another fashion. He was twice the victim of Vancouver penalties which preceded Minnesota power play goals.

First he was hooked by Pat Quinn at 14 seconds of the second period and the North Stars scored when Lou Nanne's point shot drove goalie Dune Wilson back into the cage, over the goal line. Grant was held by Rosie Paiement at 13:58 of the second period and the Stars capitalized with a goal by Doug Mohns on assists by Nevin and Oliver. Minnesota's other goals were recorded by Nevin at 17:44 of the first period on a deflection of a 30-foot shot from the slot by Grant, and by Dennis Hextall when he caromed the puck in off goalie Wilson's skates at 9:04 of the third. "I was just trying to pass the puck over to Dean (Prentice)," said Hextall. "He was wide open in front.

I had no shot from where I was. But I'd like about 20 goals like that every year." Everything fell back into place Thursday night for the North Stars. They skated and checked well, received steady goaltending from Gump Worsley and controlled the puck with such domination they got 47 shots at the Vancouver net. The result was a 6-2 victory over the staggering Canucks before a crowd of 15,129 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The turnout enabled the North Stars to establish a season's home attendance record of 566,253 with two games to go, which broke the previous mark of 565,616 set in 39 games last season.

The catalysts in last night's effort were linemates Danny-Grant, Murray Oliver and Bob Nevin, who accounted for eight points between them. Oliver and Nevin each collected a goal and three assists and Grant added a goal and an assist. Nevin, in fact, was on the ice for all six Minnesota goals. He was also on duty during a Vancouver goal, which gave the veteran right winger a productive plus-five night. "Our line has actually had several good games together now," said Nevin.

"Tonight we were moving the puck a little better. The best example of that was when Murray had a shot right in front of the net in the third period but passed off instead to Grant, who got the goal." The unselfish play by Oliver set up Grant for a backhanded goal at breaking the game open at 5-1. Oliver then got on the board himself five minutes later, for his 25th goal and 53rd point this season. The fireworks by Oliver's line occurred at the right time for the Noith Stars, who face a week-end road trip to Montreal and Boston without their leading scorer, Jude Bob Nevin scored a clean knockdown first Staff Photo by John Croft over Martinez in the round. Sports on the inside The Twins' hopes in rookie pitcher Vic Albury suffered a blow when he pitched poorly in a 4-2 loss to Los Angeles.

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