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Show r' 10 P Api 24. 1 1 )j, n , SporLstacular KovsHs thrift I !)- - viui J Court!, -- C1) "' ' tC.T.iio Cc?OCji, Son Chronicle sftiiffi connpeftDftiioin) By Blisi Fullmer Roy High School didnt fare too well at the Weber State Track and Field Invitational last week. The girls team sewed only 18 points for ninth place, but the boys scored only two points. Garnering points for the gals, were Jennifer James, second in the 330 Intermediate Caroline Hurdles, Smith, third in the Javelin, and the Royal Relay Team captured fourth, with Lori Payne, Mary Courney, Jennifer James and Barb Miller passing the baton. In an ac( of supreme courage, Caroline Smith tossed the javelin 124 to capture third place. In 6V& practice, two weeks ago, Caroline tore some ligaments in her throwing arm. Hie doctor determined that she could do no further damage, but told her it would be painful. It did hurt, but Caroline was determined to compete. waited too long for this, to quit now, she said. Art Hansen had his heart set on Roy High bettering his newly-se- t but School record in the two-mildeveloped a cramp under his rib cage on the sixth lap and had to fall out. He had wanted to run hard against Utahs Robert Byrnes premiere distant-maof Orem, but was unable to finish. Mike Reske had hoped to qualify for state competition at this meet, and had to get over 63 to do it. He cleared 62, but brushed the bar off on all three attempts at the qualifying mark. Reske jumped over 66 last week against Layton. The Boys 440Relay team consiting of Rann Jones, Richard Hess, Scott Howes and Keith Crockett. 'Ive e, n, rarely miss a ball game at Roy High School. Doug Shaw baseball game. were snapped at the THESE LOYAL ROYALS Odow (in wheelchair) and Barry ld Shaw is Royal's loyal fan van for Dougs use. Douglas was born to Woodrow and Berniece Shaw of Liberty, Utah on By Bliss Fullmer Courage in athletics is part of the game. Playing hurt is commonplace for the superstar. Roys Caroline January semi-final- s, playing. Jim McMahon was a marked man in high school football, and still is, in college. He has played in pain in a lot of games, because he felt it was his duty to be there. These athletes and others are to be praised for their courage, but let me tell you about another Royal, with more courage than the lot of them. His name is Douglas Shaw, a handicapped student of Roy High School, who is the schools most loyal fan. Doug has never walked a step in his entire life. He has Muscular , the R pin for outstanding tenth-grader- his parents Dystrophy discovered when he was three years s. nt old. Muscular Dystrophy is a disease that deteriorates the muscles of the body, and it can happen to anyone. You may have heard about it through Movie Star Jerry Lewis, and his on-ha- Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Perhaps you made a contribution to Jerry, for My Kids. Doug Shaw is His Kids, Four sisters 1963. achievement in his sophomore year. That award isnt given to many Doug carries a 3.8 grade-poiaverage, and is by no means, a stranger to the high honor roll on campus. at most athletic Doug is functions on campus. It hurts me when Roy gets beat, he admitted, but Im getting used to it this year. He has countless friends at Roy High School, and a goodly number of them are athletes. He listed Fred Fernandes, Wayne Hall, Mark Sindle, Nate Herzog, Dan McMahon, Art which one of 14, preceded him into the Shaw family, and now there are ten nephews and nieces to love Uncle Doug. Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Frank (Linda) have two boys in Curtis, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Galan Rogers (Lorraine) have one boy and three girls, and live in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Coleman (Janet) live in Utah, at SmitHfield, with a boy and two girls, and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Olsen (DeAnn) are from Ogden. They have a little boy, just a month old. Doug attended Wahlquist Junior High School, because Valley Junior High, of Huntsville, was not equipped to handle handicapped students. He became a Royal in high school, because Weber High School does not have facilities for the handicapped and Roy does. Now at 17, Doug is a junior at Roy High, and is one of their better students. He was recipient of many awards at Wahlquist, and was .honored by the Harrisville Kiwanis as one of eight outstanding ninth-grad- e students. At Roy, he was presented Smith pulled ligaments in her throwing arm in practice, two weeks ago but was determined to compete in last weeks Weber State invitational. The doctor assured her that no more damage would result if she were to compete, so she did. Every throw she made was sheer torture, but she suffered the pain and won third place in the meet. Fred Fernandes was on crutches, the morning his Royals were scheduled to play at the Utah State but they basketball needed him, and he insisted on and was given an electric wheelchair by the foundation. They also installed a lift in the family Hansen, $3.00 pep PERSON Dennis McCaulley, Jay Winward, Robb Thomas and others as his favorite Jock on Campus. (I had asked for only two or three). A favorite coach turned out to be Ted Smith, Ryley Adams, Brad ROY'S TALENTED sophomore, Mike Reske high jumped 6' 6 12 for a new school record. Two more exciting years are ahead of this 'youngster. Summers, Ernie Jacklin, Fred Thompson, . Ralph Carter, Van Hadley, etc. He likes them all. Going further, he named BYU as his favorite college team, with Jim McMahon and Marc Wilson. Hie Dallas Cowboys is his favorite profootball team, the Philadelphia 76ers is his choice in basketball, and he likes the Pittsburg Pirates best in baseball. Doug has a lot of time for fun and games from his wheel chair, and would you believe he is a nut for the latest electronicle games of baseball, basketball and football. He also play a mean game of monopoly, and delights in trouncing his four . brothers-in-law- . Doug is a great tease especially with his instructors in school and they love him for it. Two of his favorite targets are Ryley Summers, and Scott Bagelow for his compassionate Hadley. Brother Hadley of the and friendship., often toqjf i staff made the mistake g the scriptures in putting' ' the two young men .with him & 1 Bountiful, Layton, Clearfield, Weber, Doug Down. Can anything good Bonneville and elsewhere, when Roy come out of the valley? he &id, To was playing on the road. get even Doug trapped him in a closet t life with Steve Bagelow was with his wheel chair amid cheers from his classmates and extracted some always pleasant for Doug and Barry. Once, when Steve was hospitalized for rash promises before he would a shoulder operation, these two jokers release him. went to a floral shop, and packaged Doug is an active Mormon, and some rose stems for Steve. (Not roses, would like to, one day, fill an LDS but just the stems). Steve was mission. He is a Priest in the Liberty Ward of the church, and helps addelighted with their joke, and worked hard in getting even. It was a deep minister the Lords Sacrament to the he When twelve was personal loss to Doug Shaw and Barry congregation. Odow, when Steve died, last year. years old, and a Deacon in the church, he passed the sacrament from his Doug Shaw radiates happiness with his freckled face and happy wheel chair, while another Deacon outlook on life. To know him is to him through the maneuvered love him, he is a giant of a man, audience. Doug is also Editor of the trapped in an ailing seventy pound body, but he never complains. He participates in sports through the strong bodies of his friends, who play the games. He thrills with them in victory, or suffers in defeat. You talk about courage, Doug Shaw has got it. Heres a man that never walked a step in his life, but thrills in every step taken by runners like Art Hansen, who strains for every yard ever gained by Fred Fernandes, who follows the ball from Wayne Halls sure hands, until it settles in the basketball hoop, and who becomes elated on every hit Nate Herzog makes in baseball. In a word.' where most men fold in the clutch, Doug Shaw is able to give us all a lesson in playing hurt in the 272-549- 2 game of life. Thats what I call courage. fve ofvice . captured fourth place in the 400 meter relay at Weber State last Friday. (Left to right) Lori Payne, Mary Courney, Jennifer James and Barb Miller. THESE LADY ROYALS s . $3.00 KONG-F- O 7:00 P.M. Saturday April 26 EXPO 1980 City Community Center 300 South 600 East, Salt Lake City Call: STTMMEdD AMFM CASSETTE new records at jump last week. Roy Ainge takes in award Tel. 776-313- 1 2447 So. Main, Sunset BUY A AUDIOVOX (DEW ART HANSEN (left) and Mike Reske established run and the high High School in the two-mil- e CAR STEREO - AND TAKE NOME Theres really no need for Danny basketball BYUs player, to prove his versatility, since his basketball career with the Cougars and his baseball exploits with the Toronto Blue Jays are on record. But the junior from Eugene, Ore., has now established himself as a scholar-athlethaving been selected to the Academic squad for I960. Ainge is one of 10 players in the nation to be chosen on the Skoal- Happy Days team picked at the end of each season by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Athletic A three-tim- e Conference guard, he was nominated for the honor on the strength of his 3. 05 grade point average as a communications major at BYU. A total of 471 student-athlete- s were nominated as candidates, but only a select few were voted academic honors. Ainge holds the Cougar career scoring record, and he has one year of eligibility remaining at BYU. Ainge, CO-A- X OR TRI-A- X SPEAKER FOR pQGG R2S QsitCcd e, if0rB5Ol CASSETTE OECK-DOIB- Y , , , . ' x $113 CAROLINE SMITH of Roy and Ann Shinney of Weber High threw the State Track and Field Invitational. Friday. Caroline the event. javelin in the Weber won third place in |