Suns wear purple and win 110 to 102 over Braves
Phoenix Suns tie up a road uniform mishap to beat the Buffalo Braves 110 102 in Phoenix. Connie Hawkins scores 29 with 11 rebounds while Dick Van Arsdale adds 22 and Neal Walk 14 as Phoenix improves to 4 6. The Braves drop to 1 8 with Mike Davis leading at 21 points.
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Suns back Cotton Fitzsimmons amid early season struggles
Phoenix Suns general manager Jerry Colangelo voices support for Cotton Fitzsimmons as the team works through offensive struggles and key errors. Meanwhile Roadrunners front office vows changes after a Toronto Maple Leafs meeting is planned in Los Angeles to discuss player calibre. Arizona State coach Frank Kush cautions about preparing players for Saturday’s game against San Jose State as unbeaten ASU faces a 2-5 San Jose club.
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Referees Back New York on Controversial Game Call
NFL spokesman defended the officiating in the Kansas City Oakland game. He said the officials correctly applied the rule to offset penalties on Ben Davidson and Otis Taylor, negating Len Dawson’s late scramble and forcing a punt before Oakland’s late drive led to George Blanda’s 48 yard field goal to tie the game 17 17.
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TV station Sues Royals Over Telecast Deal
WXIX-TV files a $1.1 million suit against the Cincinnati Royals over an out-of-town game telecast agreement. The parties had agreed in 1969 that 19 games would be aired live during the 1970-71 season with payments of 1800 dollars after 6 pm and 900 dollars for earlier starts. The Royals allegedly refused to meet terms and threatened to televise on another local station.
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Bowling league week highlights at Papago Lanes
Royce Gibson led with 258 in Men Majors while Bro Allie topped with 667 in a week at Papago Lanes. Roy Post had 236 and 617 in Friendly. Eli Jahdrey 235 for Independents. Ray Quackenbush 227 for Motorola Majors. Don Smith 226 for Motorola- AI Research. Jeff Beers 197 and 514 in Juniors. Women: Ann Gatesh 209 and 513 for Dickson. Jane Weekly 204 and 499 for Women’s Trio.
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Chiefs Lose Unbeaten Streak in BC Lightweight Clash
In a 12 7 defeat to the Chargers the Chiefs drop their first loss of the season in the Boys Club lightweight football league. Gary Cooper returned a kickoff 44 yards for the Chargers and Raymond Frano added the decisive extra point after Bobby Bade tied the game with a two yard run. The Chargers and Chiefs sit tied for the league lead at 3 1. Jets top Broncos 33 6 with Brian Sills three TDs. In heavyweight action Eric Anderson and Grant Schmid supply scores as Colts and Rams win.
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Cooper eyes Clay bout before retirement
British veteran Henry Cooper, two fights from retirement, hopes to face Cassius Clay after beating Jose Urtain for the European heavyweight title on November 10 at Wembley Pool. Cooper, 16 years in boxing, would like one more clash with Clay if he wins and turns European champion again.
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S and S Rally Fails to Halt Slow Pitch Swing
S and S beat Aguilas 12 to 11 after a two run seventh inning surge. Aguilas staged a two run rally in the bottom of the inning but could not overtake the lead. The loss drops Aguilas to 0-1 on the season.
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Tucson Top in UPI AAA Power Index With Union Close
Tucson High leads the United Press International AAA power rankings at 7-0 with 125 power points. Phoenix Union is 8-0 in second after Moon Valley dropped to Sun Valley 21-7 and Saguaro climbs to third with an 8-0 record and an eight game win streak.
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Stars and Cavaliers ride separate NBA and ABA streaks
The Utah Stars stretched their ABA win streak to seven with a 119-100 victory over the Memphis Pros as Zelmo Beaty and Donnie Freeman each scored 28. The Cleveland Cavaliers endured an 11th straight loss, 141-87 to the Philadelphia 76ers, in a rout that featured Archie Clark and Jim Washington leading Philadelphia.
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Hanratty leads Steelers past Bengals in Monday night win
Terry Hanratty came off the bench to rally Pittsburgh with two fourth quarter touchdowns in a 21-10 victory over Cincinnati. He connected on a 72 yard touchdown to Dennis Hughes and a 52 yard drive culminated by Warren Bankston's two yard score as Pittsburgh moved to 3-4 in the Central Division.
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Texas and Notre Dame Take No 1 and No 2 in UPI Ratings
Texas leads the UPI weekly college football poll with 321 points and 18 first place votes, dethroning Ohio State. Notre Dame follows with 309 points and seven first place votes, pushing Ohio State to No 3. Nebraska remains No 4 and Stanford moves ahead of Michigan to No 5.
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Alcindor Leads NBA Scoring With 32.3 PPG Average
Lew Alcindor of the Milwaukee Bucks tops the NBA scoring chart with a 32.3-point average after six games through last Sunday, hitting 77 of 123 field-goal attempts for a .626 percentage. Hudon Low of Atlanta ranks second in scoring.
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