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Show ! s same Two Young Adult teams from the Syracuse, Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints became traveling companions on their way to the Intermountain, Northern Utah Area basketball tournament, held last week in Ogden. to West Point for the Area championship two games later. West Point finished second in the tourney, and Syracuse was defeated in its final game to finish in sixth place. Members of the Syracuse Second Ward are: Dennis Earl, Chet Stark, Dean Murray, Kelly Hansen, Rob Syracuse Second Ward finished ahead of West Point Second Ward in stake competition, but the West Point team edged Syracuse in both the as both Region and Division play-offteams went into the tournament A team from Plain City, derailed Syracuse in the opening game of the prestigious tournament, and did the Bourgeious, Brent Bourgeious, and Coaches Norman Hansen and Rod Fife. For the West Point Second Ward: Greg Gardener, Jack Rupe, Scott Duncan, Steve Flint, Alan Thurgood, Reed Zaugg, Joel Murray, Paul Murray, Rulon Gardener, and Coach Bob Kish s, All-Ar- the On flQJHnfiiey sisflioifi) Hansen, Randy Gailey, Bruce veteran of baseball, who just In Washington Terrace there is a ten-yelast month decided to call it quits Now, ten years is a long time in the big leagues, but the man of whom I speak, is a 17 year old junior at Bonneville High School. Rex Coleman was introduced to baseball through the midget league of Washington Terrace, and starred for five years in the Western Boys Baseball Association (WBBA). He became a legend at T H. Bell Junior High School, before playing varsity baseball as a sophomore at Bonneville. n On advice from doctors, he bowed out of baseball at the beginning of the 1978 season. Rex was born in Ogden on August 3, 1960 to Mr. and Mrs Delmar Coleman. He was always sports-mindeand at the tender age of seven, showed promise as a baseball pitcher. When he was eight years old, coaches year old WBBA league, and they uysed arranged for him to play in the was August first, he was allowed to him as a pitcher Because the Rex pitched his program. As a play five years in the four-yeteam to a fistful of victories, including a third place finish in the WBBA World Series in 1972. When Rex enrolled at ,T.H. Bell, he made the iumor high baseball team, and pitched everyother game. As an 8th grader, he pitched all eight games and averaged 12 strikeouts per game. He faced 167 batters that year and struck 110 of them out, while giving up only 15 hits. Rexs trouble began in the summer following his fantastic season in the lay-ofhe was called to pitch eighth grade at junior high. After a three-wee- k for a team of make-u- p players for summer recreation. Rex was given only five minutes to warm up, before taking the mound, and soon began feeling pain in his elbow He brushed off the pain as only temporary, and continued with his summer's activity. But in every game, thereafter, the pain would return after only three or four innings and his parents took him to a doctor. The first doctor labeled the soreness as tendonitis, but it persisted. Another doctor Dr. Haslam found bone chips in the elbow, and determined that the tissue between the bones had worn out, and the bones were flaking off. Doctor Haslam was an intern in Los Angeles who helped examine Sandy Colfax, of the Dodgers, for the same ailment years ago. Colfax was forced to give up baseball For a time, they gave Sandy injections to ease the pain, and allow him to continue, but in time, even the pain deterrent failed Quitting baseball was hard to accept for young Coleman. It had been his life for ten years of fame and glory. He had been the for a lot of coaches, and led his teams to a lot of victories. Even as a sophomore, Rex held the Utah State 4A champs scoreless for six innings, in a state high Bonneville was leading Cottonwood 0 going into the last school play-of- f. Rex was pulled out. The Lakers lost the ball game when inning, Why did Rex Coleman quit baseball? Why was he unable to continue? What was the cause of his ailment? Who, if anybody, was to blame7 These are all questions that Rex and his parents have pondered for a year now. The Doctors state that his arm simply wore out. He is said to have the elbow of a thirty year old man and Rex is only 17. Delmar Coleman hints that Rexs troubles may have begun between the eighth and ninth grade He finished strong from the eighth grade, but then and lack of warm-u- p time seemed to trigger his problems. the long lay-ofThe WBBA has a pitching rule that prohibits any player from pitching more than six innings m any one week. But they cant know how many pitand evem ches it will take to pitch through an inning Rex was a What about the practice that isnt taken into account by the rules-makesessions between games? How many innings will a coach assign his young player for team batting practice?,. Rex did a lot of free-lanc- e pitching in the summers after the regular WBBA schedule and the junior high season. It was common for him to pitch two games a week, when the coaches had to rules committee to answer to. ar half-a-doze- 2 age-lim- it little-league- r, ar All-St- CLEARFIELD COURIER, Ski April 5, 1978, Page 13 races set f, for Snowbird SNOWBIRD fastest high at PHIL GARDNER (Fudd) is Clearfield s veteran Decker plays behind him at short stop. third-basema- 4 Greg to - Plansracers school ski find the in the State of Utah were announced at Snowbird, KTVX, Salt Lakes ABC TV affiliate, and Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort are the competition, scheduled for April 8. Invitations to students in good standing from grades 9 through 12 have been sent to all the high schools m the state The event, supported strongly by the Utah High School Activities Association, will have a 30 second giant slalom course on Upper Big Emma Prizes will be awarded in the form of $1,200 in scholarships and many trophies to the fastest male and female racers in each of two classes, and the high school who enters the highest number of racers will receive a travelling trophy for the Best Participation. Qualifications for all skiers will be held at 10 a m., with the final round of the fastest 24 males and 24 females running at 2 p.m. for the awards. Bill Orwig, Sports Director for KTVX says, We hope that this type of ski race will promote comeraderie among the students in Utah and will become an annual event during the great spring season at Snowbird Plans include taping the race for a 30 minute show to be aired on Channel 4 on Monday, April 10. The entry deadline is April 6 at 5 p m. Information requests should be directed to Suzi Nelson at Snowbird (521-6040- ). 5-- 1. f, fast-balle- r, rs Ibiusy fcr wnldDDfe CuMimtfs pirnD v 4Wtf tv y v, iwnuRj - i - rv t Hi; rapped a double for Clearfield on a sunny day at The Falcons were rained out of their game with Bountiful. MIKE ARRANT K1 kjsj Box Elder. sets IBSoskheSt L workshop Rod Kobayashi, 6th dan (degree) blackbelt in Aikido will be visiting Salt Lake City to conduct public workshops and a free demonstration m Aikido on Saturday The workshops will be held m the Jordan Junior High School Gymnasium, 9360 South 400 East, Sandy at noon to 2 p m and 3 to 5 p m The workshops are open to the public. Mt will have the opAikido techniques learn to portunity Participants and philosophy. Following the workshops there will be a free public demonstration and lecture from 5 to 6 p m Mr Kobayashi will explain how the principles of Aikido can be beneficially applied to daily life. Mr. Kobayashi, a student of Aikido lo 21 years, is the Managing Director for the Aikido Institute of America He has been a featured contributer to Black Belt magazine, and is the director and chief instructor of the Aikido program at the Aspen Academy of Martial Arts Aikido is unique among martial arts because it does not depend upon Students of strength for Aikido are taught to redirect their opponents agressive energies They are taught, through philosophy and technique, to never harm their attacker Through Aikido they learn to live in harmony with their environment. (Aikido means the way of harmony with the universe). Mr Kobayashi's visit is sponsored by the Wasachi Aikikai, an Aikido club that has been in the Salt Lake area for two years Anyone wanting more information should contact the clubs instructor, Dale Gillilan, at A $5 registration fee will be charged for workshop participants to cover expenses programs. Range rides and studies, big game surveys, and small game studies are conducted throughout the month. The 1977 cougar season closes April 15 for most of the state. Consult the areas proclamation for year-roun- d and other regulations. Season opens November 1, 1978. Bear season opens April 15 and continues through June 15. Fingerling stocking begins in accessible waters this month Walleye fishing should be good at Willard Bay and Utah Lake. Lake Powell should offer some good bass and walleye fishing this month. The annual meeting of the Utah Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Federation will be held in Heber City on April 21, 22, and 23. Wildlife Board elects a new chairman at this months meeting. Spring wild turkey season begins April 29 and ends May 14. Beaver and mink trapping season ends April 30. Incomplete track causes problems in Sky View meet self-defen- 561-46- Rex Coleman is an example of what can happen to a young athlete, when on the limbs he has coaches who know very little of the dangers of over-wor- k of young growing athletes. In their quest for victory, some coaches are willing to take chances. No one would intentionally hurt a young man, but it is being done every year in the baseball world, and often in the little league In a track and field meet, Coach John Flint would rather forget about, his Falcons won two races by forfeit to beat the Sky View Bob Cats 2 at Smithfield. The Sky View track is new and incomplete. The markings were inaccurate and misleading. The 100 yard dash strip was more like 120 yards, and the 12.3 second winning time confirms the distance. The 71-6- r - n Roy Recreation has no pitching restrictions in its baseball program. The directors leave it up to the good judgement of their many coaches. Too many tourteams in Roy are a team, and that includes naments. I reported from this corner last year, an incident where one twelve-yea- r old pitched 11 innings in a three-daperiod . one-pitch- er post-seaso- y Too often the coaches ask the boy how his arm feels, and then send him the mound Rex Coleman never did have a sore arm, until after his eighth grade season He felt fine, going into that first game of the summer to vacation. Clearfield is associated with the Little League Baseball franchise. Little League has similar pitching rules to those of the WBBA. While the Six inning per week restriction is honored at Clearfield, there are other ways that a boy can hurt his arm. A good coach will take measures to protect his pitcher by keeping his arm warm between innings, and jerking him as soon as there is any hint of injury, but there are a lot of ambitious fathers who accept coaching assignments with little or no experience. From this corner, I relayed an offer from the Orthopedic Association for a free clinic for coaches of baseball, football and basketball. No one from Clearfield or Roy Recreation accepted the offer. No one knows for sure, if and when the injury to Rex Coleman could have been prevented, but a promising career in baseball has apparently ended prematurely at Washington Terrace. Lets be sure it isnt happening again this season to another baseball youngster in any community. padded pit for the high jump was much to small, and the jumpers had to Aim for a place to land. The Falcons werent able to compete in the 330 yard hurdles, for lack of proper facilities. To make things even worse, Coach Flint was without his top scorer. Robert Heinz pulled a muscle last week, and had to sit this one out. Another star for Clearfield, Chris Mikesell, tripped in his specialty, the high hurdles, and that gave the Bob Cats first and second in that event. High Hurdles Jessop (S) n PlAN v . Johnson (0-1- 5.5 100 dash Carter Blake (S) Trussel (C( (012.3 Mile Run Lewis (S) Wayment (C) Turner (04:50 440 Relay Sky View 4:50 440 Dash Nichol (C) Dixon (C) Pupunu (053:0 880 Run Johnson (S) Jones (C) Fuit r (0-2- :10 (C) Cash, Bier, Mikesell, Nye) 3:55 220 Dash Blake (S) Trussell (C) Dixon (C) :25 2 Mile Run Wayment (C) Largo (S) Medely Relay - Turner (O U8" Javelin Hartung (C) Mamison (C) Js,. the "Fat Man telay This race is limited to the huffs to a first place finish ' ' , field participants of the track and field team, and does not count on team score CLEARFIELD'S BOB BARERRA (010:42 Mile Relay Sky View 3:48 Long Jump Archibald (S) Hartung (C) Deaton (S)-2- 14H (C) Kendrick High Jump-Wall- ace (S) Stevens (S)-- 510 Pole Vault Vier (C) Larsen (S) Sand in Mower (S) 1845 Shot Put-Al- ien (S) Barerra (C) Kirk (S) 478,f Discus Kirk (S) Barerra (C) Bailey (O-- m J A 1 t 6V r this picture was taken of Rex Cabmen, three he injured his elbow. Now at 17, his baseball career has qrjrart'.:'; c ded. The 6'3" Bonneville High junior was the rage of Washing T:;, SHORTLY AFTER 4 f ' M , , fr .x' |