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Show Page 8 Wednesday, March 23, 1977 WUIKEWnOS Benefit Dinner To Be Held For Local Racers By Hank Louis By Brown SPORTS REPORT College Basketball After a long season filled with many upsets, we find only four teams still standing and on their way to the NCAA finals to be held in Atlanta this weekend. In the Eastern Regionals, it was fifth ranked North Carolina defeating third ranked Kentucky 79-72. North Carolina, playing without starting center Tom La Garde and an injured All-American Phil Ford, had to go to it four corner cor-ner defense early in the second half to hold off the Wildcat's comeback bid. Going to the Mideast, we're surprised to see N.C.-Charlotte playing the giant killer, as they upset number 1 Nichigan 75-68. It was 6-8 Cedric Maxwell scoring 25 points and dominating the backboard providing the power needed to break away from the Wolverines in the final five minutes. Al McGuire, in his last year of collegiate coaching, still has his chance to collect one of the few honors which have escaped him; a national championship for Marquette. After suffering several unexpected losses, Marquette bounced back to win the Midwest Regionals as they defeated Wake Forest 82-68. Bernard Toone, a 6'9" sophomore sub center, put new life into the sputtering Marquette offense as he scored all 18 of his points in the second half. Looking to the far west, we find, as expected, Nevada-Las Vegas on top as they defeated Idaho State 107-90. It was concentration on defense which enabled the country's most offensive team to capture the tournament title. Pairing in Atlanta: Atlan-ta: Las Vegas vs North Carolina; Marquette vs North Caroline-Charlotte. In the NIT Tournament, played in Madison Square Garden, St. Bonaventure won a come-from-behind game as they defeated Houston 94-91. 94-91. Though it was All-American Otis Birdsong everyone was talking about throughout the tournament, tour-nament, it was St. Bonaventure's Greg Sanders grabbing the spotlight in the final game as he poured in 40 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to win the Most Valuable Player award. NBA In the NBA standings this week we find no changes among the leaders as the Atlantic Division leading Philadelphia 76efs have widened their lead to 7 games over the Boston Celtics; the Central Division leader Houston holds a 3 12 game edge over San Antonio and Washington; Denver, in the Midwest Division, maintained the 3 game lead over Detroit and in the Pacific Division, the Los Angeles Lakers are 2 games in front of Portland. Tennis In Washington, D.C. Brian Gottfried, a new star on the singles pro tennis circuit, had little trouble with Bob Lutz as he won the $100,000 Grand Prix tournament played at George Washington University. Gottfried defeated Lutz 6-1, 6-2 to win the $20,000 first prize and his third Grand Prix Tournament this year. Jimmy Connors, playing on the World Championship Cham-pionship Tennis tour, overcame a slow start to defeat John Alexander in the $100,000 St. Louis Tennis Classic. Having problems with his service early in the match, Connors came on to win in two sets 7-6, 6-2. 6-2. Golf Mark Hayes had predicted that it wouldn't take a "real low" score to win the $300,000 Tournament Tour-nament Players Championship. As it happens, Hayes' prediction was on the money, so to speak, as he won the title playing in winds which blew up to 30 miles per hour. Hayes turned in a four day total of one over par 289, 12 stroles higher than the previous winning score on this year's PGA tour. Along with winning the $60,000 first place prize, Hayes obtained the 10-year exemption exem-ption which comes alongwtth winning. SALE! 20-50 OFF Clothing & Equipment ? piiMiTriTTroc V SKI OUTFITTERS ? 1 ' I XlbL : JiSj! jtj Roxanne Toly, Coach Bob Marsh and Karri Hays This week Roxanne Toly and Karri Hayes are defray these costs. Monday, March 28th, there representing Park City at the Junior Nationals will be a Benefit Spaghetti Dinner at the Eating Establishment in their honor. It will cost $3.25 per plate. Don't you think it's about time you helped support Park Citys racing program.' Don't you think you owe it to Roxanne and Karri, out promoting on their own time our Resort? An- Best World Cup Finish seventh place cinched after twenty of the thirty-four competitors had completed the course. being held at Mt. Alyeska, Alaska, competing for the Intermountain Division against the best junior racers from each division in the United States. Hard work allowed them to be name to the team, but it didn't help much in paying the fnsf nf frnvpllino nnr ic t fvr?incr thorn nnr io if sheltering them while there. Money is needed to " iu.iuay mgm, over pasia. Race off The Mammoth-California Cross-Country Ski Series, scheduled for two California locations over three weekends beginning March 26 has been cancelled due to insufficjent show,' U.S. -Nordic Director John Bower has announced. "It's unfortunate that we will not be able to hold this series," declared Bower, "Because it was a vital part in extending the domestic cross-country circuit and to give our racers a chance to work on form. We plan on making every effort to see a late season series held in the Far West next year, weather permitting," Bower concluded. Jamie Kurlander, U.S. 'A' Team racer, scored the highest American finish during dur-ing the World Cup Downhills held at Heavenly Valley CA-NV on March 12-13. Her seventh place behind Austria's Aus-tria's Brigitte Habersatter marked the McAfee NJ teenager's best Woflif Cup finish in her two seasons of top level international competition. com-petition. Kurlander's previous previ-ous World Cup best was a ninth at Badgastein, Austria in 1976. If gale force winds and swirling snow had not halted the second day's women's downhill, it appeared ap-peared that the young American racer might have captured still another World Cup top ten finish with a JAMIE KURLANDER Susie Patterson, 21, Sun Valley ID added two more World Cup points with her ninth place finish in Satur day's race, giving her a total of 5 and making her the second ranked American in the women's Downhill. The injured Cindy Nelson holds a total of 22. In the men's Downhills at Heavenly, Eric Wilson, 19, Montpelier, VT, notched the highest American fuiish'ori the first day with a fifteenth while Ron Biederman, 23, Stowe, VT., placed four-on four-on the second day, one slot ahead of Austrian ace Franz Klammer. Newy named 'D' Team member Doug Briggs, 19, North Conwa y, N.H. racing for the first time in the rarified atmosphere of World Cup competition, notched the next best U.S. time, placing seventeenth. The vernal equinox. The air is dry, the sky tne bare trees, the jet streams, magnetic and mythical poles, the ocean, the moon, the flapping flags, roosters and fancy and old and cute socks-we, socks-we, too - fool. For the Rabbit day of April is up, up over the hill horizon, up on the next ridge to climb. Back to that wedge-like classroom, where we (when there) sat sleepy-eyed, crouched-disinterested crouched-disinterested disstudents--in the tiny angle where no chairs rose behind; and where the teacher lady roamed back and forth at the larger angle, sometimes drawing capital and small letters, let-ters, equals signs, squares and cubes on the huge and fuzzy blackboard that stood like a scholar, erect and next to her. It was once a week, in our case, head weather permitting. Mondays, when the game was on in the bars all around us, when bookies were making their percentages, when white-collar drinking problems were halfway home. Astronomy and the vernal equinox. Now the sun is halfway home. And now, this year, like last year and all those between, we wishme in the mountains, you somewhere in Santa Barbara, Bar-bara, both of us under skylights-we'd at least taken notes. But we all had thought we knew what Spring meant, and we knew we knew more about Spring-lolling around loving everything in parks, frisbees and concerts and Mickey's Big Mouth beer-than the dumpy little lady down in front, moons, rings, dwarfls, nebulae and UFO's in her eyes, our diplomas in her hands. We wish we'd listened to this little lady, who knew that Spring is really only the product of a dotted arc-line arc-line path of the sun. The vernal equinox. The sun is coming back up north, having wintered down around Rio, Pretoria and Rockhampton. The sun just crossed the Equator and began its quarter year trip toward Cancer, one-fourth its annual trip, which stretched out a few years on paper, looks like sound. When the little lady used to say something about the Equator we would think of Quito and the Indians who make Panama hats but walk around under colorful derbies, ribbons hanging off the back. We were dummies, then. We're even more dumb now, waiting to loll around loving everything in parks; like little kids, playing with the stuff between our toes, painting our masterpiece master-piece on a beige, grown-up couch. Thinking we'll be better, come Spring. RESTAURANT GUIDE m i IS MOTHERLODE Hot and cold sandwiches, ranging in price from .90 to $2.90. Portion of homemade chili served with each sandwich. Noon-2:00 A.M. 7 Days a week. Live Entertainment on Friday and Saturday 9-1:30 9-1:30 P.M. MOUNTAIN FISHERY Original recipes, Good variety, Excellent Seafood Dinners, Beef too! 6-1 6-1 1 P.M., 368 Main Street, 649-8981 . EATING ESTABLISHMENT Featuring the best omelettes this side of Poison Creek. Open Mon.-Fri. 7:30a.m.-2:30p.m., Sat & Sun 8-6 Beer available. 319 Main Street. 649-8284 Dinner 5:p.m. to 10p.m. Tues. thru Sun. T.M.I. COFFEE SHOP Real Food. Open 6a.m.-4:30 daily, 8a.m.-4:30 Sunday. Breakfast .35-S2.65, Lunch 60-S3.00 Beer available. Dinner hours 4:30-9p.m. MILETIS Italian cuisine in a casual but elegant atmosphere. at-mosphere. Open 6-10 p.m., 7 days a week. Moderately priced. Mini bottles and wine available. Private club upstairs (Memberships 25) 412 Main St. 649-821 1. DAS GASTHAUS German and Austrian Schnitzel a specialty of the house. Open from 5:30-10:30 Thurs-Sunday. Thurs-Sunday. Beer available. Dinners priced from $2.50-$8.75 $2.50-$8.75 1284 Empire Ave. )the Resort Center) 649-8842. CORNER STORE Delicatessen restaurant serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Open 8 a.m. thru dinner daily CHARLIE.S Oyster bar, munchies, sandwiches, fresh seafood. Open everyday from 3 p.m. till midnight mid-night at the Silver King Lounge. Live music Wed. thru Sat. LA FLEUR DE LYS The offerings include beef as only the French know how to prepare it, roast duckling, fresh lobster flown live from Maine, and of course, onion soup, escargots, flaming crepes, and a host of French entrees and desserts. Lunch mon.-Fri. 11:30-2p.m. Auerbach parking validated. Dinner 6-10:30 6-10:30 p.m. valet parking 338 South State St. Salt Lake City 359-5753 RITZ Crepes, fondue, cappuchino coffees and ex-presso, ex-presso, open seven days a week from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., State Liquor store on premise, Middle of Main Street. 649-8494. SHENANIGANS Park City.s largest sandwich selection, also malts, splits, Sundays, sodas and cones. Take out service available. 323 Main St, 649-8682. 649-8682. RUSTY NAIL Serving lunch and dinner from 11:30 til closing, disco dancing nightly, no membership-necessary, membership-necessary, no cover charge, Apres ski movies-popcorn, movies-popcorn, at the Resort Center 649-8190. CAR 19 Open weekdays 6-10:30 p.m. Fri&Sat evenings 6-1 1:30p.m. Dinners priced from $3.95 for salad bar to $20.95 for ChateauBriand for two. Private club downstairs. Unique store next door. SIRLOIN SALOON - Open Sun. thru Thurs. 6:00p.m.-10:30p.m. 6:00p.m.-10:30p.m. Fri.and Sat.6:00-11:00p.m. serving the best steaks and seafood. Located at the top of Main Street. Beer and set-ups available. GYPSEY.S ARM Serving specialties from around the world. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sunday brunch. Dinners priced from $4.50 to $7.95 Mini bottles and wine avai lable after 4 p.m. 649-8584 CABOOSE Very reasonably priced meals, 8a.m.-6p.m. 8a.m.-6p.m. Monday thru Thursday, 8a.m. -midnight Fri.&Sat. Breskfast 8-11, lunch and dinner to closing. CLAIMJUMPER Home of the famous baseball. Open 7 days a week. 6p.m.-10p.m. weekdays; 6p.m.-1 1 on weekends. Liquor store on premises, Main S,Ueet. DOWN UNDER For a change of pace, try our prime rib. Private club open 7 days a week, prime rib served Fri. and Sat. starting at 6p.m. in the basement of the Claimjumper. l "When you're sick orhurt,Icangive you some old- fashioned attention'.' l Tom Llgaro Silver King Bank 649-9161 It's a BOY! See me for State Farm health insurance. I Alee a ennd I STATI (ABM neighbor, State Farm is there. INSURANCE v J Slate Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Home Office: Bloomington. Illinois |