pane lorg advises students I . I t xNvu , i nane lorg spoke to a group of pMsant Grove Junior High School t dents Friday who had ac- mplished a study goal at school. The students were first shown a Lo of the hit Dane made in the ",l0m of the ninth inning in the th game of the recent World wies which drove in the winning n and kept the Kansas City Royals jive in the series. nane told the students that he had anted to be a professional baseball ,aver ever since he was a young L He explained that it was a long, hard trail to get there and many bstaclescameintheway. i nane told the kids that his first vear in the Triple A league he felt Ln because he wasn't doing very (' veil He played for the Toledo 1 Mudhens. He said he could find a lot 1 if excuses for why he wasn't doing e then decided to work extra I hard for the next year. He wanted to io his best. That made the dif- ' ference. pane noted that many people taught him good lessons along the wav He said he had played with v some of the best baseball players of (aisera and the thing that impressed him about them was how hard they worked. He told the students that he was proud he made it to the big leagues hut it is because of what he has been taught by great people along the way. He urged the students to reach Heir goals but, he added, that it takes lots of hard work and overcoming over-coming obstacles that get in the way. He recounted an experience with Tug McGraw, a great lefthanded pitcher of the 1970's. He said it was his first day of spring training in the t major leagues. Because he wanted it to make a good impression and not iu miss out on anything he had come to ;i He ball park very early. As he and a young lefthanded c pilcher walked out to practice they r; saw that Tug was already out ii arming up. Tug came over to the iE young pitcher and Dane and asked, : Dane lorg congratulates a Pleasant Grove Junior High School boy for his accomplishments during special program Friday. Bottling Co. of Provo. "Do you know why I am doing this'" j He then said, "It is to keep young pitchers like you from taking my job away from me." Hard work is required to keep your job as a professional baseball player, even though it might look easy, and hard work is required to reach your goals in life, Dane pointed out. The students were able to ask Dane questions and they each received a certificate for their participation in the 7-Up goal project. The ball player signed autographs for all those who wanted one. Refreshments were served, including in-cluding 7-Up donated by the Birrell