Supersonics come-back SEATTLE (AP) — Dick Motta knew it was going to happen, but there was nothing he could do to stop it. “We figured Freddie would do some of that,” said Motta, coach of Washington Bullets. “He was getting his shots. He's probably the purest shooter in the league.” The subject of Motta’s praise was Seattle veteran guard Fred Brown who victimized the Bullets for 16 of his game-high 30 points in the final 9% minutes Sunday while the SuperSonics fashioned a hair-raising comeback to beat Wasington 106-102 in the opening game of the National Basketball Association championship seties. The second game of the bestof-seven series will be Thursday night at Landover, Md. m, fe ae faves 30 RE E Trevor Whittaker of Terrace finishes his ten mile marathon in only 61.5 minutes, unof- Paul Simkins of Kitimat tood second with 62.5 minutes. The ficially. PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Tuesday, May 23, 1978 “He can miss his first 20 , shots and still win the game for you,” Motta said of Brown whe took 30 shots and made 13, “He doesn’t get discouraged. His shots are Seing to be in the hole from an unlimited range.” | But Brown's baskets came when the Sonics needed them most, HAD TO GET OUT “We got us in a wonderful, fine mess," said Brown of the Sonics, who trailed by 19 points late in the third period, “I told them (his team-mates) we had made our bed and we had to get out of it.” Brown, the Sonics’ No, 1 draft pick from Iowa seven seasons ago, ignited the comeback with a short jumper that began a run of 12 consecutive points and brought Seattle back into the game. The Bullets were in command in the early going behind the play of Elvin Hayes and Kevin Grevey. Washington led 58-49 at halftime and was up 64-65 with 2:26 left in the third quarter, ; But the Bullets played as though they were shackled with ball and chain in the final 14% minutes of the game. Seattle outscored Washington 41-18. in that stretch for the triumph be- fore a crowd of 14,098. Sonics forward John Johnson scored 18 points and held Washington's Bobby Dandridge to just six points, 16 below his playoff average. Grevey led the Bullets with 27 points before leaving late in the game with a sprained left ankle, . Hayes scored 21 points and had nine rebounds but wasn't a factor in the final quarter. faye race was set over a course on the Alcan highway. Security officers, like the one seen here, helped - to: Delta King Days brings victory for Delta King Days "76 ended ’ Monday afternoon with the Delta King Casino at the “arena bul hot without some exciting competilion, both on land and at sea, which spawned some of Kitimat’s contemporary stars. Friday night at the High School’ ‘Windjammer’ rocked to a crowd of over 500 youths, This dance seemed to inspire the young people to take part in the rest of the Delta King celebrations. The Vancouver based group, Windjammer, also played the arena fer Delta Fest beer-gardens Saturday night. keep the. road cleared Saturday morning the athletes prepared for the Alean Mini-marathon. Unofficial times on the two first and second placers in the 10 mile stretch were 61.5 and 62.5 minutes. Trevor _ Whittaker of Terrace took the pace at about the three mile mark with Paul Simkins pulling second, The two finished in that order with Whittaker taking the 61.5 and Simkins taking the 62.5, unofficial, Alean public relations representative for the marathon Dave Dunsmuir estimated over two times as many runners as registered previous tothe event. Close About 150 participants in the Aican Minfmarat run, Almost all of the runners finished ever they cose to run. for the runners. to 150 people took part in the six or ten mile run. The course centered from the Plant Tour Building at Alcan and runners had the choice of taking the six, or_ finishing all ten miles. The day wasn’t over for most Delta Kinger's, The arena got the raflers well vibrated with ‘Windjammer’ pounding out the tunes. An estimated 600 people turned out for the second largest event in the Delta King celebrations. A few technical problems with’ the band caused some concern with the beer drinkers but all was under contro] when the band put out another set of hon get ready to start their » elther the six or ten mile run, which s * Hill climb record KELOWNA, B.C, (CP) — Bryan Evans of White Rock, B,C. shaved nearly four Seconds off the record Sunday as he drove his Johnston JMZ-C to victory in the Knox Mountaln hill dimb for the second stralght year, Johnston completed the 43,6-kilometres paved course in 1:52.34 and picked wp $500 prize money for the fastest time and $500 for setting a new record, Previous record was 1:56, set by David Peck in 1976. Rob McGregor of Van- couver, driving a Chevron Spyder, posted a time of 1:54.02 to tapture second place, TORONTO (CP) -~ Avro Punkinnen of Sudbury, Ont.,. let a boxing title slip away from him last year but made sure of his second chance In the Canadian intermediate champlonships Sunday. Punkinnen was leading on points with 17 seconds to go in his title bout a year ago and then fell victim to a lucky -punch by Jean-Paul Petrin, On Sunday, he met Robert Duclos of New Brunswick in the 67-kilo- fram class final and knocked Duclos down twice before holding off a final- round challenge. “I got a bad break, but Soccer Superstar TORONTO (CP) — Brian Budd, a recent newcomer to the roster of Toronto Metros- Croatia of the North American Soccer League, took the first prize of $15,700 after Sunday's third and == final day of the Canadian superstars competition. Canadian Football League stars Tony Gabriel of Ottawa Rough Riders and Brock Aynsley of Montreal Alouettes finished second and third respectively in the competition which features athletes from various sporis competing in events other than their specialties, Budd, a2 26-year-old Toronto native, is also the world superstars champion. After the race runners were treated to cidar, juice, or beer for their efforts, Runners like this one were happy, win or lose. dancing rock. Simultaneously to the beer-gardens wag the Silver Anniversary Ball held at Riverlodge. 180 ‘people turned the $30 a couple intoa good evening with steak dinner and excellant en- tertainment from the Fabulous Note Ables. This was not only part of the Delta King Days celebrations but it was also ‘the official celebration of Kitimat’s 25th Birthday. Sunday. morning the crowds gathered at” Little Wedeene Park up the Kitimat River to watch and participate in getting the Tafts assembled and in the ” water for the annual Raft Race. Kitimat Booming Contractors took the race for the: fifth straight year. Eurocan pulled a slose second with their well navigated ship. Monday morning a crowd, less than enthusiastic, turned out at the arena to catch some of the Casino Pancake Breakfast. Although it was a small crowd they were there to be fed, and all were, Due to press deadlines there is no data available on the Delta King Casino Monday afternoon, Nerves give edge over Nicklaus for $50,000 DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jim Simons tamed his nerves, his idol and one of America’s toughest golf courses all at once. His dividends were a cher- ished conquest of Jack Nicklaus and his biggest payday in seven years of tour activity—$50,000 as the Memorial |. Tournament champlon, Aside from a fist punched skyward after his clinching 21-foot putt at No. 18 -on Sunday, Simons showed none of the nervousness he would teveal moments later. “[ haven't relaxed all week," said the 28-year-old Pennsylvanian after he unseated his idol, Nicklaus, with a closing twoover-par 74 for a total of 294. “A lot of guys won't admit It, but it’s a continual battle to fight your nerves, This is a high-pres sure business we're | FELT THE HEAT Simons felt the heat of playing with Nicklaus, especially before Jack’s hometown throng at the Muirfleld Village Golf Club, a4 7,101-yard monster he created. “I really respect the man,’’ Simons said of Nicklaus. ‘He's been the golfer since I've been around the game. But it’s difficult to go out and ignore you're playing with Jack. I knew the big crowd would be helpful for him,’ Simons met and whipped that obstacle, repulsing a belated Nicklaus charge and‘ nipping Bill Kratzert by a single shot. Kratzert, ear- ning $29,500, closed with a 74 for 285. Fuzzy: Zoeller was third with 70-287. Nicklaus, a triple bogey at four anda double bogey at 17 ruining his challenge, settled for a fourth-place tie at 258 with Ed Sneed and Masters . champlon Gary Player, everybody gets one at sone time,"’ Punkinnen said of his loss in last year's final, One of Punkinnen's vic- tims in last year’s cham- ’plonships was Derric Hoyt of Cranbrook, B.C., who now is Canadian senior champion atid in line for a Com- monwealth Games team berth. However, Hoyt will have to beat Don Downey from Halifax‘in a June 12 bout to confirm his Commonwealth tip. Downey scored a win over Hoyt in one of a series of challenge bouts--held in conjunction with the in- termediate championships. GET SECOND CHANCE The challenge bouts are a system to give a second chance to those who lost at the senior championships two weeks ago or those who were unable to attend. Under the system, a_ senior champion loses his place on the Commonwealth Games team if he Joaes two challenge bouts, In other challenge bouts, 60-kilo champion) Frank Nolan of Sudbury stopped » Brian Staver of Ontario and 75-kilo champlon Roddy McDonald of Toronto won over Quebec's -John Grifiin. Heavyweight senior champion Kevin McQuaid af Charlottetown, P.EI., won over Denis Belair af Ed- monton. Belair had earned a shot at McQuaid with an earlier win over Rick Petch of Thunder Bay, Ont. 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