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Show I poor copy's: M I Sun Trim, February 6, 1980, Pag 10 V Sun Chronkla. February 9. 1910, Pag Ciarflli 10 Sportsfacular 'Cats Head the way in ESC indoor track By Keith Duncan The Cats of Weber State are off and running, leading the rest of the pack in 1980 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track. The remaining weeks appear even brighter according to Chick Hislop, the winter Wildcat mentor. The indoor team is composed of d athletes from all over the nation, and several from our own backyard. Some of those local stars include Kim Coombs, Steve Dirk, Stuart Fletcher, Keith Knowles, Clark Roberts, Ron Russell, Jeff Swanger, Kelly Woosley and Kent Killpack all from the Ogden area. Other localk athletes include Mark Wayment of Clinton, Donald Pollock of Clearfield, Alen Hawes of Hooper and Doug Friedli of Roy. The next indoor meet takes place on February 9th in Logan, Utah when the Mark Haroldsen Invitational will be held. Later on February 16th, the Brigham Young Invitational will be conducted in Provo. The highlight for Cat indoor members will be the Big Sky Conference Championships to be held in Pocatello, Idaho February 22 and 23. On March 1st in the Utah State Invitational at Logan and on March 7th and 8th the NCAA Championships will take place in Detroit, Michigan. Assisting Coach Hislop this winter is Coach Bob Hill, who also coaches the women in cross county and track. A thumbnail look at Weber State Indoor track. DASH; Bruce Perry, sophomore from Richmond, CA. is the Wildcats real strength in this event. Perry finished second to Alphonse Curry of NAU in last years Big Sky star-studde- i i Indoor Championships. Perrys clocking was :6.40, Curry won in a holder Doug Friedli finished fourth in the BSC Indoors with a 2:12.45 clocking, but it was his fifth race of the indoor championships. Ron Russell or junior college transfer Ken Dollar supply the backup power. ONE MILE RUN: Javier Chavez holds the indoor record at 4:10.08. He is back along with Rex Hohnholt. The pair were two and three respectively in the conference championships last year. Add Doug Friedli with those two and it could be one of the strongest events for the Wildcats this indoor season. TWO MILE RUN: Defending champion Norberto Segura returns to defend his title. His winning time last year was 9:01.36, but has a personal best of 8:56.1. Javier Chavez finished second to Norberto in the BSC Indoor with a 9:05.80 clocking. Paul and Brian Pilkington, a red-shiAppell, a transfer look to providing The depth. THREE MILE RUN: Norberto Segura is again the defending champion with a time of 13:53.72 which won the race by 10 seconds. It also was his personal best. Segura has won SIX Big Sky Championships in indoor and outdoor events ranging from the two mile to the 10,000 meters. Again, Pilkington and Appell should provide the depth. MILE RELAY: Last years mile relay team finished last, but were of a second from third. within one-haWith the addition of Kim Coombs, the Wildcats could be a darkhorse in this years championships. Joining Coombs could be any three of four sprinters. Bruce Perry, Gary Figgins, Neil Carter or Craig Fletcher. Fletcher, Figgins, Jeff Swanger and Alan Godfrey set the school record last time of :6.35. Other Wildcat sprinters could be Shawn Dorr and Kim Coombs. HIGH HURDLES: Possibly the strongest depth event on the team. Darrell Gardner, Randy Sparks and freshman Shawm Dorr are all excellent hurdlers. Gardner and Sparks look to have the best chance of placing in this years Indoor Championships. Once he smooths out his starts, freshman Mark Thompson, a e hurdle champion Utah could really make this event a tough one on Weber opponents. D 3-- two-tim- DASH: Kim Coombs, a local product out of Bonneville High, has transferred to Weber from BYU to compete in his senior season. While at BYU, Coombs turned in a 47.3 time in the indoor 440 which would have earned him a first place in the BSC Indoors last year by almost two full seconds Gary Figgins had a personal best of 49.7 and Bruce Perry is also a threat with a 50.1 personal best. Could be a surprising event for Weber this season. DASH: Craig Fletcher, a sophomore from Provo, finished fourth last season in the Big Sky with a time of 1: 13.20. Neil Carter, a freshman from Morgan High and Randy Sparks should give the event some needed depth. RUN: The Wildcats had three place finishers in the event last season. Doug Friedli and Terry Elton took third and fourth while Alan Godfrey finished second, Friedli looks to be a better runner at 1000 and the mile, so Elton should be the top Weber hopeful with Ron Russell and Craig Fletcher providing the depth. RUN: School record- D Lady Wildcats drop a pair season at 3:21.0, but that mark will more than likely fall this season. TWO MILE RELAY : The defending conference champions which made the trip to Detroit last season for the nationals. Alan Godfrey is gone, but Doug Friedli, Javier Chavez and Craig Fletcher are back and according to Coach Hislop, they will better their mark of 7:42.24 before the seasons over. SHOT PUT: Probably the weakest event for the Wildcats other than the triple jump. Jeff Swanger finished sixth in the conference meet last Tim Small, on season at 41-offensive guard for the football team, is a freshman and may get some opportunities to participate when not involved with football activities. The only other shot putter is freshman Stuart Fletcher. ofroadgames Sat., Feb. 9 aBASKETBALL vs. University Events Center. D lf 1000-YAR- D $ i : But, aha, did he do it against lefor pitching. Better keep three sets of stats on every batter: an overall set, and one for each kind of pitcher. And then, we want to know if he is a fast starter or a fast finisher, so keep track of how many hits he gets in each inning, and of course his batting average etc. each month. And then . . . well, you get the picture. If one set of numbers is good, then several sets must be better, until suddenly you realize that youre playing games on paper instead of on the field. Losing coaches, its said, need statistics more than winning ones. There was once a team in the Big Sky Conference that led every statistical category in every sport but won hardly any games in any sport. That right-hande- d j - 68-6- 83-7- . 6-- 9. 0. 3-- 2 jump, but he is definitely a contender for the title. LONG JUMP: Jeff Swanger and Elbert Gray both had jumps of 1 in the conference meet last season, but Gray finished third and Swanger fourth. The winning jump was just 23-- 6 so both jumpers are a threat to win it this season. TRIPLE JUMP: The best Elbert Gray has done is 44-- 5 and the sixth place finisher last year was at Gray is Webers only triple jumper. . 22-1- Continued from pofl 44-1- kind of performance sort of makes you sit up and take notice. Northern Arizonas basketball team this year is third among Big Sky Conference schools in scoring and shooting percentage, and first in rebounding. Yet theyre in last place in the league standings. So go figure. Idaho, going into last weeks game with undefeated Weber State, was next-t- o last in scoring, white the Wildcats were first. The Vandals won by six. The real trouble wilh being a stat freak is that you just dont know when to quit. For years I have kept a private little statistic on the number of missed shots in the first half of a free throw situation. Im sure it must have a terrilic impact on a teams overall performance somehow. I have a friend that pays close attention to the performance of the first sub off the bench in a game. He swears thats the key to a teams success: He could be right hes got about three reams of paper with little numbers ' 7 and squiggles all over it to back up his point. Back in 1973 I had lunch with Ken Trickey, who was coaching Oral Roberts University at the time. His team set a scoring record that year, and his philosophy was: to score a hundred points you have to take a hundred shots. The idea of points equalling shots taken was a fascinating one, and Ive been keeping track of all the teams in the Big Sky since that time, just to see if the premise holds true. It does, w ithin a couple of standard deviation units (which is a little too complicated to get into here). Very interesting. Very unnecessary. Its taken me seven years of fiddling around with little Greek and Roman letters to find out that dinnertime chatter was almost right. You wonder if its worth it. In the long run, statistics really have little bearing. A team could put all five men on Bruce Collins and keep him from getting his 17 point, something points per game. Of course, theyd lose because the other Wildcats would be scoring at will. You can know that through 21 games the Wildcats have had an average halftime score of 35.2 to 29.8 over their opponents. But so what each game is different. How many times have you heard a losing coach say how he outshot the other guys, or passed for more yardage, or something. And how many times have you thought: Yes, but you lost. Statistics are like peanuts all right. They are not only habit forming, but they add to the enjoyment of a game without really being a part of it. -- th . 1 Student opinions continued this act cheating. Cheating at what? If the attempt to save lives in such a heroic way is cheating than the word certainly doesnt deserve the negative connotations that it receives. I have nothing but admiration for any of the Canadian diplomats that risked their lives to engineer the daring escape. As a result I feel that the United States should not only praise Canada bul should defend her friend from any retaliatory measures by Iran. I praise both congress who voted 370-- 0 to allocate a program to thank Canada and Gov. Matheson who among other actions has hoisted the Canadian flag in front of the state capitol. In conclusion, I thank and praise Canada at the samp time. Its inspiring to see a minor world power stick up for its moral beliefs in defense of another nation when an been . apathetic route would have much safer and easierT We as Americans, should recognize and voice our praise for this support of international unity. Dave Burnett I feel the U.S. is making a mistake when they decided to boycott the U.S. Olympics. I have felt that the Olympics was to be the competition for atheletes not countries. The countries are to be used as ways to find the different athletes. Now we have tried to use them for political affairs. I dont see the reason for boycotting the Summer Olympics because the Russians turned a communist country to a country. I feel that there is no way to return the country back to its original state. I also feel that the Olympics are not that important to the Russian government as they are to the pro-Russi- athletes. I feel the atheletes should have the whether they should boycott the Olympics because thats who they are supposed to be for. ant of itSu Seokmoaff fodl By Bliss Fullmer Basketball is a game of emotions, and unlike football, the players and fans are close to the action, and sometimes part of the action. In my beat as a sportswriter and camera man, I have a birds eye view of what goes on, on and off the court. I see good and bad calls, by the officials, but mostly good. 1 notice the growing importance of every whistle as the clock winds down and how coaches, players and fans react to the officials call. Ive seen officials intimidated by coaches and fans. An infraction that could go either way, often goes in favor of the home team, in its own playhouse, and especially in front of its own bench. I watched, with disgust, a prominent Salt Lake City coach in a summer basketball game as he gave the official instructions on every trip up and down the floor, and darned if the whistle tooter didnt follow his in- structions. In the game last week Roy was being honered by the officials in the first quarter and second. The Roy coach exploded with some choice words for the men in stripes and was called for a technical foul. Clearfield was awarded two free shots, because it was on the bench, hut then the pendlum swung the other way, much to the chagrin of the Clearfield coach. After the books were balanced, the officials settled down, and called things even, and then both coaches were mad. game. After the The same thing happened in the Bonneville-Webe- r Welier coach was slapped with a poor Bonneville got the blunt end of the calls A technical foul can be called for delaying the game, too many timeouts. leaving or entering the playing court illegally or for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the latter covers a broad scope of violations. Delay of game can be called for a player hanging on the rim, shooting g the ball, prior to the game, failing to the ball after a whistle, come out of the huddle, after a time out, unwarranted touching the ball after a basket made and many other things which the official may interpret as a delay of the game. I .leaving or entering the playing court illegally, doesn't happen too often but if a player leaves the court, without permission, and by his own effort ;isnposed to not being able to halt his momentum ) he can be w histled for a technical. lie may do it for the purpose of hiding in the crowd, hoping to , ri an unmolested basket, etc. Most technical fouls are called for unsportsmanlike conduct. As a typical example, a player may object too strenously over a judgment call by he official, and suffer the consequences. He may intentionally strike T, slam-dunkin- fast-brea- k another player or even the official and he may not say one w'ord, but through his actions and gestures, show indignation for an officials call. I once was hit with a T for just standing up at the bench, but I must admit it was the straw that broke the camels back for the official I had been heckling. A technical foul called on a player, gives the opposing team a free throw, plus the ball out of bounds. If the T is called on the bench (on the coach, assistant coach, manager or water boy) it is a two shot foul. A player mouthing off from the bench, is assessed the same as those on the playing floor. Three technicals called on any one individual, warrants his leaving the game, and the playing area. Most of our officials are good. They have been trained in the art of being objective in the games, and calling it as they see it. They have their bad days, just as you and I do, in our daily schedules. They are human, and make mistakes. Some have been known to balance the books, after making a lousy call, and Hut is one thing that you wont find a good official doing. Two wrongs dont make one right. Coaches have their favorites among officials and its amazing how many coaches like the same referees. The high school coaches have an opportunity of rating the officials, and the good ones are called for the important games and for play-ol- f and tournament games. Coaches also get to know just how much they can get away with, with an official, and how far they can push each one. A technical foul serves many purjioses. I know a coach from West High School who was extremely vocal from the sidelines. This had to do with football, but the example makes my point. This coach was often called for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his team assessed a fifteen yard penalty, but it served its purposes. It brought the team together; they realized that the coach was doing it for them, and worked harder to make up the yards lost. The same principal applies in basketball. Coach Stan Watts, the master of BYU basketball, admitted that he occasionally intentionally instigated a technical foul against him, just to I saw that principal work last week at get The officials attention. Clearfield, and Ive seen it many times in high school and college basketball. One thing I have observed in the many games Ive attended When a technical is called, the referee isnt wearing a kindly expression when he forms that "T with bis hands. tracks. The mam v.Ke boycotting Hk 1., : invasion of At government everythin' ' v.e -- houkl be ir Russias t.;i' The U.S. ,.m . is id : : about d i.-- ans out of Afghanistan tut ..e. AJiough the . marly a boycotting of !he g'..u'e-last resort is Vivli mo gc ihr Russians out. AI! it wiit U is i"wer their iothing else. national honor J '1 ( tin' Thus, hoyt'i)!! t,V .upiCS is not a way of enforcing our nil! in the Afghanistan issue 10 feel that this issue should be thoroughly thought H.n ugh, maybe something will come i t.' of It. But overall, it should not be c onsidered as a major answer to Hie Afghanistan's issue. it i,. i , ' right to decide for themselves THn 0 2-- 2 POLE VAULT: The only two vaulters listed are Kelly Woosley, a freshman, and Allen Haes, sophomore with little experience. With no indoor facilities to work with, neither vaulter can get in much winter practice. HIGH JUMP: Jeff Swanger tied for second in the conference meet at He is the His personal best is Wildcats only hopeful in the high e g Basketball Coming Up The Lady Wildcats will play host to the University of Colorado in a conference game Saturday night at 5:15p.m ina basketball tripleheader at the Dee Events Center. record, Colorado, leading the conference Mountain Division with a on die road. recently defeated Idaho State 2 and Utah State 107-9in conference play, dropped two road game- - this past Weber State, now weekend and will be looking for a win against Colorado on Saturday. The leading scorer for Colorado is Debbie Descano who has ah overall a cerage of over 16 points per game. Ann Troyan is the leading scorn- - in conference play with a 20 point average. In action over the past weekend, the Lady Wildcats dropped wo road The leading v. orer for games to Utah State 7 and to Idaho State Weber State against Utah State was Cindy SUtmpn with 2f. ponds end 16 rebounds to lead all players. Stumph was bac ked up by Penny 'Aanberg with 14 points and Sue Crowell with 10 points. Jerrie McGaha.i l(d the Aggies with 21 points followed by teammate Brenda House wild :8. In the game against Idaho State, Penny Vanlvrg did Jennifer Wilkening shared scoring honors with 12 points each, followed b M chell Fowden with 11 and Carla Taylor and Cindy Stumph with in por,:. each. Leading scorer for Idaho Statewas Sarah Banes wilh 24 points tot owed by Sue Holiaway with 15 points and 12 rebounds. in conference play, tied lor Both Idaho State and Utah State are second place behind the University of Colorado Indoor Track r Fmcc The Lady Wildcat indoor track team part imp dec; in Em Academy Invitational Track Meet this past weekend. Tc.ue scores were not kept since most of the participants sent only their top (earn members to participate in the invitational. Others schools participating were Colorado, Colorado State, Air Force Academy, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, Ouidron State College, Roekv Mountain College and Adams State College. ) Uses and abuses of statistics in sports By John Peterson There are three kinds of lies, former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. Mark Twain had about the same thought when he opined once that Figures dont lie, but liars figure. Sports pursuits lend themselves very well to statistical figuring. Somehow it just doesnt seem to be adequate to say that Team A is better than Team B. There has to be a reason, you see, and thats where the use and abuse of statistics comes in. Ill come right up front and admit that Im a stats freak. The parade of fascination to numbers across the face of a calculator lias a never-endinme. When those numbers also correspond in some way to athletic achievements, it moves me to ecstacy. But while admiring numbers, Im also one of the first to admit that they can be overused especially in a sports context. The troubles, theyre like peanuts. Its hard to stop gobbling once youVr had af couple? F? S Take baseball, for instance. Probably the only statistic that has any real importance is the runs scored. But you should also have some indication of whether those runs were worked for or gifts, so youd better keep track of the other teams errors as well. That, of course, leads you to the question of earned runs, which gets you into fielding statistics, which brings up a whole category of numerical equations like how many double plays and stuff like that. Now, while youre keeping runs, you also kind of have to keep an eye on how many hits a team or player gets, which gives you an opportunity to figure batting averages. And if youre going to do that, lets look at slugging averages, too. Never mind the fact that some of the best hitters have never gotten more than a single in their lives well keep extra base hit stats for that. of Colorado, 5:1'. p.iu. Dee 81-5- rt D Cauriar, Fsbruery 6, 1980. Pag 41M? " jib It f lll Ah.- - MIKE GURNEE ;:i Clark Roberts The United States should boycott the Moscow Olympics, because of the Russian activities in Afghanistan. The flagrant violations of international law that Russia has committed in Afghanistan are of great concern to the safety of the United States and must be stopped. Russia has reached the point where action must be taken against them. Boycotting the Moscow Olympics is one necessary step to stop the progress of Russia in taking over the world. The United States should set the example for the free world that we will not stand for such action to happen in the world. 4 v.. St W H-'- ifff X list- - ' dbbfti ; -- V the 'Atf CLARK ROBERTS Mike Gurnee My opinion on the subject of delaying as moving the Olympic games is that we are mixing sports with politics, something totally unnecessary and worthless. True, it is an intriguing issue which definitely has Americans talking, but it goes against the old rule on the Olympic games, "The Olympic Games cannot and will not be played during war, time as a time of worldwide unrest. I would like to make clear at this time that if the games are ostponed, moved, or boycotted overall, then the athletes of at least 21 countries,, including the U.S., would have practiced, trained; will basically given their all to be on their countires Olympic team for nothing. Now if I were one of those atheletes, I surely would not want to boycott the Olympics, or be someone supporting the boycott. The main reason would be my hours of working towards becomeing an Olympic hopeful and suddenly having myself stopped in my . MW m:P" ; f ;A : .fi.'lil 3 el .r , it: U : ,, . : 0 AVID BURNETT l1 |