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Show 3 September 22, 1973 ' i Mf THE MOUNTAIN FLOWER Page Three Astern fs fim Fisagjf IPsacrCs wsrtlta Muckers vow revenge end the determined host team 12-- 6 and defend their Challenge By BRUCE ROBERTS The finale was inevitable, but Cup title. the outcome was a disappointBoth clubs breezed into the ment as the Park City Muck- championship bracket with coners settled for a second place vincing wins over their first finish behind a seasoned Aspen three beat club in the third Challenge Cup rugby It took Sept. overtime periods to 15-1- 6. Yh utiDsrctf Inl&inigmofc f ances of bluegrass groups, note- ably Whitewater out of Sun Valley. On those nights, the saloon is packed from wall to wall; people youve never seen come up and shout, Get into music, brother; us Mountain have to stay together! the implacable Thallman languishes behind the bar, re-fusing to be perturbed by die sudden influx of people. sea-Strolli- "" . - Not that Thallman doesnt con- get mad now and again. His cems are not as temporary as some who bellow over spilled mop water or' broken glasses. Get Thallman talking about what the resort is doing to the odier Pack City, the community artists and escapees from a world gone crazy, and you find a man who is angry indeed. ck r There are other aspec s o The Handle Bar that deserve ineiltioni Tlie collection of beer bottles behind the bar with names as exotic as Guiness The middle aged videotape juke- box up in t e si e room y pooltable thats just waiting it and for someone to get older again. get it in running And the dogs. - IftEfltfWiSM SdiMwGty us as symbols of a dying freedom in Park City and the sort of souls who frequent The Handle Bar: Both exist in a kind of quasi- - outlaw world that only a true outlaw understands. For-thced.to cope with the daily croachments of the rest of ciety, they maintain as best they can, then get super bummed-ou- t until some manifestation of the escape they try to perpetuate reasserts itself and they bounce back Thallman speaks the outlaw language. When business is bad, talVs about accepting that 0ffer manage a coffeehouse somewhere else, then adds with Of course, I a wry chuckle, could always go back to milk-o- f jng cows (a reference to' the farm in Davis County he grew up on) but thats the sur- est way I know of getting old fast Even faster than running a ,r But on thc nights Wore a com jn Khrfuted e. en-Peop- le so-a- nd ,he8fal its Thallman (o ad wker verv nearlv lost any ,MKiness) 2-- surface lift. 0. 6-- 18-min- 15-min- 0. the' owner 16-tea- m , n, ed Skyline Realty Resort Expands Approximately $12-1- 4 million dollars in improvements will be made at Park City Resort prior to the opening of the 1973-7- 4 ski season according to J. Warren King, president of Greater Park City Company, developer of the ski and summer resort located 27 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. Construction of an additional lift, runs, commercial shops, condominiums and other facilities are' among the planned improvements. Park Citys first triple chairlift will be installed during the summer for use during the com- ing season. With an hourly lift capacity of 1,500 skiers, the new triple chair will bring to over 10,000 the total number of skiers per hour that Park City Resort can transport. Park City has a mile gondola, seven double chairlifts and one 6-- of participants from the g is in much better field. mood. reasons for TOImjng l)ar 1 Prk City are more e When it. comes to dogs of then, more than when no variety, ne bar or regulars For the unique place in town is quite like The tables. surround the pool Handle Bar. We serve more and the unusual dogs than people, the barmaid in Park City ast e sound of another explained to Rupp and some' friends one winter night, and November, when The Handle properties: Tbe Handle Bar, Rupp ar when Rupp asked Thallman where the German shepherd who and bis ladylove made tracks the snow to stop in customarily .waits by the door through be emenated out the to onty was that night, Thallman replithe waves from a row dor by ed, I think he's around the cor- of faces maniacally grinning along the bar. Saggitarians, Rupp mumbled, must be the party, and they pointed down 614 Main Street the street understanding why Six additional designated runs Park City and two open ski areas are be- - another night would have to for their next visit to The do ing ait, groomed, and reseeded Handle Bar. for the 74-7- 4 season, according to General Manager Woody Anderson. The new runs will give Park City Resort over 50 miles of designated ski terrain. Three condominium projects under construction during the Crescent Ridge, Pay past year are sched- Day and Homestake uej for completion prior to the ski seaopening of the 1973-7- 4 FOR. son to markedly increase the Resorts total overnight lodging capacity. Construction is proceeding at the site of the U.S. Ski Teams National Training Center at Park AUTHENTIC BAR. Located Resort. adjacent City to the gondola angle station in ST TOP OF LOCATED AT the buildings of the historic Ver King Mine, the Center is scheduled for completion this four-legg- CLASSICS PRACTICAL girl-gitari- Meanwhile Park City trounced Steamboat, Colo. 27-- 0 and knocked off the University of Georgia 12-- 6 and Squaw Valley 16-- 3 to set the stage fur a battle of the mountain resorts. A hearty crowd of 300 came to life for the championship match after most of the consolation games were called ff due to extensive injuries suffe ed by players. The championship proved to be the highlight of the tournament, with both clubs settling down and playing good team rugby. Aspen pushed over their first try in the opening half to cap a close defensive battle, and with a conversion they went ahead It was not until late in the second half that Park City capitalized on a blocked kick to' go in for a try and tied the game at 6 with a successful conversion. The score remained the same at the end of regulation play and a scoreless overtime period ensued. The tiring clubs then agreed overtime to a second period to .decide the match. As the clock ran out in the second overtime, the Aspen Ruggers put together an overpowering scrum and muscled the ball over the Park City goal to put the match out of reach. Park City may get another shot at the Aspen Club when the Muckers travel to Colorado to participate in the Sept. 29-3sixth annual Aspen Ruggerfest. That tourney will round out the season for Park City, a club showing vast improvement with each year of play in the grand old sport of rugby. arwas The tournament and conducted by Corky ranged Foster and Dave Mueller of the Beehive Rugby Union, with assists from officials throughout the Western United States and ap-th- We specialize MT&OO! ISTWS lap SoutimdasniimdameasStrohs. - SOhtoNsioBk 0, the wonders of the Sag- - ner, getting it on with a party are the rollock- - friend who's in heat." shows that began summer Thats where Rupp began to ing this past year with the appear- - draw a parallel between the dogs ' . nit irfi 7-- 3, Past the longest beards in town (and also one of the mellowest Phil Thallman The first night Rupp saw dispositions), The House Ore on Emdie inside of Septembers Pub, dumped it was called The Silver Queen Pire Avenue in favor of the old-an-d run by an older gentleman. er Main Street location, with all inherent problems, Rupp and The Little Guy had its been three yean now, a Hs landed in Park City, for the lifetime for most Park City bars, and The Handle Bar has become a standard haunt along a Main Street that sees stores move in and out with the Thallman is still behind into The Silver are lu Queen, Rupp was immediately' s coinfcridfe ever (only struck by die singular uncomfort- of diem die are there more ableness of the booths, even stoves and are Buffy gone) from a . distance, and the row Sainte- - Marie on an has of painted antique stoves lin' a on Martin Dean ing the north wall just inside replaced die front door. The bartender jukebox. Theres a warmth that capwas telling a story of some intures an old saloon now and credible sort to The Little Guy and gives it a feeling unin a voice so incoherent that again land of pub on like other any Rupp couldnt understand a word. earth. the Thats feeling thats When he finally got around to And asking The Little Guy what it taken over The Handle Bar. clientele has ' the even though was, The Litde Guy replied, still the bar its only changed, It was truly a gem. in town where one can grab You understood it? a quiet beer away from the . Filling his pipe with an elfish grim: Every word. partying so often found elsewhere. And Rupp knew he wasnt Not to say The Handle Bar going to find out what it was. is dead, however. Walk in the night of the annual Saggitarius Time and distance separate and, if youre not a SagRupp and The Litde Guy from party that night. The old bartender gitarius, feel the waves gently push you right out the door died and The Silver Queen became The Handle Bar once again. Jay Meelian once told Rupp again, the name it had used about itr That happens once during Park Citys first ski a year. Its the night all the boom ten years back. Saggitarians come in and act The new owner was as dif ferent from his predecessor as bke Saggitarians with no apol- anyone and everyone. Its Sy anyone could imagine: With one one of the most unusual things in town. . . Actually, its the in one time during the year we JAZZ, COUNTRY, can act like total fools and get away with it. Its our night, by BLUES, God, and anyone who can't gel behind it had better stay away. by PHIL RUPP Saloon Editor niiUiil opponents. Aspen Park City Provo Athletic Club the Sea tournament Hawks of Santa Cruz, Calif. and the Denver Barbarians Aspen two 15-12-- 6 reach the finals. to finally up Haunxsao tmftDasfi . - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THE OLDEST AND MOST . 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