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Show :JKlacfr r.lilEer Utes, Pokes, Devils Favored Saturday Niuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim Palmer Will Miss Sahara n!rii!niniiii!iiiiii!i!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiimi!ii;iiiiini:i At first it was said by Arnold Palmer that he try and be ready for the Sahara Invitational 9 Tournament at Las Vegas Oct. thats a couple of weeks hence. Amies hip has been hurting. He chose to lay off golf until it or until he behealed came accustomed to it. Sports Illustrated magazine sang its part- would 16-1- ing hymn to Arnie d something of a eulogy. Palmer as indidnt like u dicated by the fact that he immediaely appeared on one or more talk shows to refute hisburial from the bunkers. By HACK MILLER Deseret News Sports Editor Wyoming, Utah and Arizona State are the three favorites in Western Athletic Conference games this Saturday. Wyoming is picked over Colorado State University in their annual prairie prowl.' The home field is very much on Wyoming's side. Utah over Texas at El Paso is a closer call. The Utes appear to have the maturity to do it. Brigham Young, unless it finds some offense can not hope to douse the Sun Devils at Aiizona State. Here is the complete schedule with favorites shown m all capital letters : Colorado State at WYO MING, 1:30 p.m. UTAH at Utep, 7:30 p.m. Brigham Young at ARIZONA STATE, S p.m. Arizona at IOWA. 1:30 p.m. KANSAS at New Mexico, 8 p.m. With the Arizona State fall to Oregon State, 30-at Tem-pe- , there is less respect for the aun Devus and mor prestige pointing Wyomings way this week. Wyomings great finish, to upset Air Force, tabbed the Pokes as the WACs most dependable football team. Colorado State is on the come-up- . It ha.-- molded its junior college and greenling forces into a formidable team. It ditched Wichita so easily ) at Fort Collins last week that it proved either CSU is powerful or that Wichi-t- a was weak. There is a chance for CSU a very slim one. If Utah has matured over its fumblefest of last week it will fare better against UTEP, which seemed to be quite offensively inept against New Mexico ) last week. Utahs films showed that there was a lot of rough stuff going on, that officiating even with 26 penalties and 22C yards, was loose. On this premise, Utah might be a better team th jn it showed during two of its quar- ters Saturday, Certainly Utah will be prepared for this one. Brigham Young is ailing at the offense. It will be against what was reputed to be one of the best offenses in WAC history. However, that offense was overshadowed by Oregon in a landslider last week. Thursday, October 2, 1969 D (50-21- Both teams will be licking their wounds this game. The professional pickers are post-- i 1 favor. (21-b- two n g touchdowns in Arizona moves into Big Ten competition against Iowa this week. Iowa is the Ray Nagels team and there has been some dissent on the Uwa campus between its athle;'; director and coaching staff. But that irritation is not the to Hawkeyes. Nagels team took a hard rap the first game from Oregon State and then beat Washington State handily, Arizona, on the other hand, is two down. hurt expected New Mexico has lost two games in rather exciting competition. Army and Utep. Might be that the Lobos are tempered in the heat of action and have strengthened their struts for this Kansas game. cover-sprea- It was then that . Arnie said he would shoot for the Sahara Invitational the last of the prestige tournaments for the 1969 season. And what tournament isnt prestige at $122,222.22? The tournament sponsor, Del Webbs Sahara Hotel, has announced that Palmer will not be ready to play in this one. Sahara sponsors would have liked Arnie to be on the list of players. Arnie would have liked it also. Other Top Players . But the tournament will not be without its talent. Billy Casper has always liked the Sahara event and wnl be there. The big four, who competwinners of the ed for the World Series of Golf will be on four major tournaments this year hand. Jack Nicklaus will play hes won it three times. Gene Littler will be there with three once it was believed straight titles to his credit tournament. owned this that Littler The Sahara Invitational started way back in 1958 when Utahs Billy Johnston picked up $700 for the title. Last year Chi Chi Rodriquez picked up a nifty nuffet worth $20,000 - - plus the chance to play in this years event. 1 Two-Da- Tourney Pro-A- m y The tournament, which starts on a Thursday in the will have two days of play will be The pro-aDel Webb Pro-Aon the Sahara-Nevad- a Country Club (formerly the Stardust Country Club) and the Paradise Valley pro-amate- ur m now-famo- us Country Club. classic . . After the pro-aplay the four-da-y will move to the Sahara-Nevad- a premises. Bringing it back to the center of Las Vegas activity will increase the gallery interest considerably. e tournament to This is the closest West in Mountain the region. It could de- -. golfers cide which golfer wins the money title and the m big-tim- golfer-of-the-ye- awards. ar - , Cam Harmon, World Champion Many years ago when this reporter was work-- , speed-bobeat I ran onto a gang of nice using their talguys. They were sportsmen first ents to compete in the waterway sport. One of these special people was Cameron Har-jnowho knew more about boats, and said less, than anyone I knew. worked for the He had started racing at 17 ancient and honorable Emil Johnson (only the old timers will remember Emil and his aluminum some of which are still our best craft). boats Last weekend Cam was achieving his greatest goal setting a world speed record for the when on the second , measured mile in his rpn, at about 100 miles an hour, his boat went air- -' four times, then fell on borne, rolled Cam. He lived an hour in an Oregon hospital before he died. i . ; i He had sped 95 miles per hour the first meas-- ; iired mile in the National Measured Mile Races at ; Devil3 Lake, Oregon. He was better than that on his second run when his boat left the water. The - Worlds record is 85 mph. ; Cam, from Brigham City, represented our state ' and people well in races throughout the world. He was our guy and the trophies he won would fill a njuseum. ; ' i. As far as' we are concerned Cam set the world Record on the one run and took the other runs record with him. His last effort was in achieving What he had hoped to do all his days. ing the at n, - ees Test By DAN PATTISON Bingham over Cyprus. The Miners with Richard Avila, Don Gressman and Steve Schroeder will spoil the Pirate homecoming. Pirates Richard Jeppson and Laurie Rupp might have a few surprises. Deseret News Sports Writer This is our fourth year now and I feel its time to make a move up the ladder. That was Kearns mentor Frank (Pro) Klekas explaining the plight of his gridders. The Cougars are now competing in their fourth year, and he feels progress should be made this fall. Kearns faces a big stepping stone in Granger Friday at the formers gridiron. This coould be the title fray for Re- Payson over Lehi. Jim Dur-ranLions are starling to think Class A title now. ts Region One Ben Lomond at ROY Logan at OGDEN Weber at BEAR RIVER SKY VIEW at Box Elder Region Two West at DAVIS, 7:30 p.m. SOUTH at Clearfield, 3:30 p.m. p.m. Region Three GRANITE at Judge, 3 p.m. (Westminster College) Brighton at MURRAY, 3 106. nt hope. Its a hunch Kearns over Granger! Cougars Que HusDennis Weid-auband, and Val Padrosa to pick up the key yardage. Granger counts on Rick Winder, Mike Lunak, Steve Young and Bill Mamales for leadership. Sky View coach Earl Lind-le-y has admitted his Bobcats want a win over Box Elder in the worst way. They stopped us last year on our homecom- - er EAST, 3:45 HIGHLAND at BountiM, 7:30 p.m. LAYTON at Olympus, 3 ll I watched Granger play a and theyve couple times looked both bad and good, mused Klekas. I dont think you can ever compare scores, because they will play differ-eagainst the same opponents youve played. Klekas continued, I think were coming. Weve had some key injuries to players and now I hope we are mended. Our win over Bingham last week was a key win and weve gained momentum I at Viewmont p.m. climbing upward. Last weeks showing of 90 per cent moved the over-apercentage to .689, for Wasatch over Morgan. Dan Wrights Wasps had a bad start, but they are off and rolling now. Millard over Juab. The Nyle Norris Eagles will fly high in this one! The Wasps are undefeated but they are no match. BULLETIN BOSTON Sox picked - (I PI) The Red Eddie as their manager to mark the second tun is three years that they've reached nto their own farm system Pat's Picks Pats Picks percentage is 73 Theyre tough! Spanish Fork over Provo. This should be a great game. Del Ray Andersons Dons will prove just how tough they are. Kasko gion Three Division Two. Other top games are: Sky View at Box Elder in a Region One battle; West at Davis will highlight Region Two; Granite at Judge in Region Three; Payson at Lehi and Spanish Fork at Provo tops Region Four; Morgan at Wasatch in Region Five, and East Carbon at San Juan in Region Six. or Firi Laurie Rupp, 12, p.m. Jordan at HILLCREST, 3 p.m. Granger at KEARNS, 3 p.m. and Richaid Jeppson, 36, are big gainers for the Cprus High School Pirates. BINGHAM at Cyprus, 7:30 p.m. !ng, and we figure well do the same to them this year, Lind-leoffered. Bobcats over the Bees. Kim Oliverson and Doug Pehrson have the No. 2 rated Bobcats rolling. Heres some other choices: Davis over West.' Darts Kevin Hill, Dan Bird, Dana and Dean Hales will be up for this one. But it may be time for Gean Plagas Panthers to win one with Gary Erickson, Drew Pearson and Steve Price. Granite over Judge. The Bulldogs will just be trying to keep injury free., Ross Caputo is already on the injury list. Barry Sceili, Wayne Stinson, Chuck Bawden and Mike Pis- - torius will be keeping Farmers going. the Region Four OREM at Uintah Pleasant Grove at AMERI- CAN FORK PAYSON at Lehi SPRINGVILLE at Carbon SPANISH FORK at Provo Region Five NORTH SUMMIT at South Summit Morgan at WASATCH UNION at Grantsville USD at PARK CITY DUGWAY at South Rich Region Six East Carbon at SAN JUAN Notre Dame at MONTICEL-LGreen River at MOAB Region Seven DELTA at Emery RICHFIELD at North San- for a new pilot. The Red Sox announced that Kasko, who like predecessor Dick Williams had done well in their farm orgar nization, was given a contract and the tough assignment of matching Williams 1967 rookie season pennant victory. The announcement, coming just over a week after Williams was fired, confirmed published reports stemming from the revelation by General Manager Dick OConnell that Kasko was among three men already in the Aoston organization who were being considered for the job. one-yea- SECTION pete MILLARD at Juab Region Eight (Class A) Hurricane at DIXIE (Class B) Parowan at BEAVER D Sports TV Highlights 7 8,9 10 Financial City, Regional ON CLOSEOUT OF 1969 iiis PREP OF THE WEEK . Entire Stock of 1969 Models ro end-over-e- MUST GO THIS WEEK! ; I Some New in Crate it All Floor Samples it Several Scratched Models Yanks, Chinese Tied In World Cup Action .SINGAPORE - The and was at Nationalist States (AP) and United China tied at 138 today in the World Cup golf competition and 'Chinas Hsieh Yung To grabbed first place in the individual standings with a ar 66. Orville Moody, the U.S. Open champion, was one shot back, of Hsieh with a 67. His partner, Lee Trevino, the 1968 Americah Open winner, had a 71. - Far Eastern contenders, reto familiar conditions, showed surprising strength in the opening round over. the par 71, comparatively short Bukit course. Behind the United States' and China came Thailand at 130, followed by the Philip , sponding f- Mexico, tied at 140, pines 141, Japan Argentina and South Africa at 142 among the 45 countries comSukree Thailands peting. Onchum tied Moody at 67. Each country is represented by two top slayers, who play four rounds. $ RICK STROM 9, $2!f Terms Delta High Delta Highs senior halfback Rick Strom is winner of this of the Week award. weeks Deseret News Prep Berlin Wins The athlete won the honor for his offensive showing in Deltas win over Richfield, 30-last week. Rick accounted for four touchdowns. He rushed for 348 yards. He hadnt been to practice all week, because he had been sick. He wanted to play so bad, I decided to let him, said Delta coach Brent Rock. 145-pou- Deseret News Special PROVO Touring University of Berlin (Germany) used superior experience to defeat the Brigham Young Universihere ty soccer team, Wednesday. More than 2,000 spectators watched the visitors take a 0 lead at halftime in the well-play- ed soccer match. PRICES Reduced to j Stroms guardians are Mr. and Mrs. Don Shields, Delta. Also nominated for the coveted award were: Jim Marshall, Orem; Kevin Hill, Davis; Ron Rydalch, Tooele; Dee Scott, Olympus; and Chuck Bawden, Granite. DAN PATTISON MANY MODELS OF ALL TYPES !Zi G JVI I APPB.SAEJGG GOTGQ 47 South Miiit OGDEN O COTT NW09D |