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Show Page 6 Wednesday, June 29, 1977 Kassow A Favorite In The 5th Annual P.C. Classic by Greer Markle Utah State champion cyclist Bob Kassow is highly favored to sweep the three races of this weekend's 5th Annual Park City Bicycle Classic. Oddly enough, Kassow's first bicycle race was the 1st Park City Classic held in 1972. Bob finished a respectable 4th and realized he had potential as a racer. He began training and racing seriously in 1973, and by the 1974 season was totally committed to the sport. That year he placed 3rd overall in the Western States in an Olympic development race held in Oregon. Later in 1974, he finished 6th in the National Championship accumulating the highest number of Olympic development points of Category I competitors. Although Bob was awarded a position in the U.S. National Team, he was unable to pursue international competition because of other commitments. After a training injury in 1975, Bob was back in good form for the 1976 season winning a number of major races. When asked what it takes to be a winning cyclist Bob responded, "Your head really has to be into it in order to train. For a race in August you have to begin training in February. In order to make the National Team you have to devote your mind, body and soul." Bob estimates he spends 3 to 4 hours a day training and covers between 350 to 450 miles per week. He said, "Bicycle racing is similar to long distance cross-country ski racing. They are both lonely sports and you have to be in top condition." He said the real pay off in racing wasn't just in winning but was part of the process of training. This weekend's event is an important race for Bob. He characterized it as "a top flight race with tough competition." He encourages everyone to turn out for the excitement. Bob hopes to do well this weekend and then get ready for the Red Zinger Classic in Boulder, Colo., July 18 to the 24th. Following that week, Bob will be in Seattle for the National Championships. We wish him well. Muckers Defeat Bald ML In Ketchum v Sports World Team Tennis Nastase Comin lo Salt Lake City The Park City Muckers faced a vengeful Bald Mountain rugby side Saturday in Ketchum, besting the home club 14-9 in a rugged match which saw Bald Mountain fail to hold a 9-4 halftime lead. After Park City scored initially on Dave Mueller's semi-annual try, Bald Mountain controlled the tempo of the match by spoiling the Park City ball and kicking with the wind to their best advantage. Park City relinquished their early lead midway through the first half when the Ketchum side took advantage of some sloppy Park City handling near the posts and dropped on the ball for the try. Tom Campion put Bald Mountain into the lead, 6-4, with his i converted goal. Taking the initiative , through much of the first ' half, Bald Mountain ' increased their advantage to 94 with a successful ' Campion penalty kick. Given several attacking chances Park City was disorganized and bungled away all attempts to score. In the end it was the Mucker forwards who saved the day. Close to the 12 minute mark of the final period, hooker Dave Sundquist called for an eight-man shove from a scrum on Bald Mountain's put-in near their defending line. Bald Mountain won the hook but the Park City pack shoved them handily toward their own in-goal where the heel was botched and Evil Wallace capitalized for Park City's second score. Park City missed the conversion and Bald Mountain maintained a slim one-point lead, 9-8. With time running out Park City once again drove the Idaho scrum off the ball near their own line. Scott Thompson created a ruck in mid-field from which Skip Schirf broke back to the blind side for Park City's go-ahead go-ahead try. Schirf finally converted a goal and the Muckers found themselves in the lead for the first time since the early going, 14-9. Some late-game kicking heroics by Schirf and John Sundquist preserved the victory for the Muckers. The 14-9 margin stood up and Park City evened their historic series with Ketchum each club has now won three times against the other in the past four years. The match was an excellent tune-up for the Saturday collision with the Dead Goat rugby juggernaut. As always, the Dead Goat tilt promises to be hotly contested and closely played. The Muckers needed the competition of a tight match to prepare them for Saturday's 2 p.m. showdown. One special aspect of Saturday's road victory was Are-Nay Anderson's clutch performance as a last minute replacement for Tom Lauder who failed to make the trip. Anderson was especially effective in the lineouts where he jumped at number four and brought the Muckers critical ball when Bill Hart was being barged at the front of the line. Never say you can't make a rugby player from five White Russians and a recycled portable tape recorder. It's going to be "Nasty" in the University of Utah Special Events Center on July 26. Hie Nastase, one of the world's premier tennis players, is coming to Salt Lake City to lead the Los Angeles Strings against the Soviets in World Team Tennis competition. Although the Strings and the Soviets are presently celler dwellers in the WTT's Western and Eastern divisions respectively, both enjoyed ' hot streaks just prior to the Wimbledon break and, according to Tom Bagley of the Canyon Racquet Club (which is sponsoring the match along with KALL Radio), the two squads should be in contention for playoff berths by the 26th. The Strings have special reason to be optimistic because Nastase has yet to play for them this season. The 30-year-old Romanian will join the L.A. team for the second half of the season a treat for the fans and a pox on the line judges. The colorful and contentious Nastase, who met Bjorn Borg in the Wimbledon quarter-finals yesterday, will be playing both singles and doubles against the Soviets. Also bolstering the Strings hopes will be a healthy Rosie Casals who was injured earlier this season. Casals, defeated at Wimbledon Monday by Virginia Wade, is a 28-year-old from Sausalito, California and is an extremely talented player with a temperament to match Nastase's. The remaining Strings are player-coach Dennis Ralston, John Andrews, Dianne Fromholtz and Charlie Pasarell. The Soviets, comprised of the best players in the Soviet Union, are just now beginning to adjust to the nomadic exisH-nce of a team without a home base (despite their Philadelphia address ) and are on the rise. Led by veteran men's star Alex Metreveli, the Soviets also boast one of the best young talents to appear on the international scene. She i&r " 0 4 Annual S 'V' f : " J Independence Day c ("i Celebration I RODEO y 1 July 2 & 4, 8:00 p.m. 1 J "Broken Diamond Rodeo Stock" y S 'Best Bucking String in the West' C - I P J July 4. Activities: C :' Parade 10:00a.m. Bar-B-Que-12:00 noon " ' Parade -10:00 a.m. Youth Games -1:00p.m. vvwvvv .'r W Temperamental tennis star Hie Nastase will be in the Special Events ( enter July 26 with the Los Angeles Strings. is 19-year-old Natasha , Chmyreva. Last year's Wimbledon junior champ, Chmyreva has yet to lose to Chris Evert in WTT competition while posting four victories over the reigning queen of tennis. Other , Soviets include tongue twister Teimuraz Kaulia and Olga Morozova, a veteran of international competition. With both teams loaded with fiercely competitive and extremely talented players, it's obvious there will be no detente on de tennis court. The World Team Tennis match will be held at the Special Events Center on July 26 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Part of the proceeds will go to the March of Dimes and the University of Utah athletic program and tickets are now on sale at the Newspaper Office and at the Canyon Racquet Club, March of Dimes offices and the Special Events Center in Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIBE! Park City Racquet Club For Tennis Reservations call 649-8080 REPORT By Brown Tennis Jimmy Connors, who has been in and out of trouble, both on and off the court since the 100th Wimbledon Tennis Tournament began, overcame the stiff challenge of Stan Smith, former Wimbledon champion, to give him a place in the quarter final matches. Along with Connors, the tournament favorite, three other Americans will be present in the quarter finals, 18-year-old John McEnroe, Vita Gerulaitis and Billy Martin, all unseeded in the tournament. Smith, highly favored by the English crowd, was edged by Connors 7-9, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a four hour match that swayed back and forth. The 1972 All-England champion lost his chance for an upset as he faltered on several vital points. Meanwhile, defending champion Chris Evert and six-time women's Wimbledon Champion Billy Jean King, both came from behind in their matches to advance to the next round and set up a much anticipated quarter-final match of the top seed versus the returning sentimental favorite. Falling behind in both sets, 1-5 in the first and 0-2 in the second, Ms. Evert came back to defeat South Africa's Greer Stevens 8-6, 6-4. Ms. King came from behind in her match to defeat another South African, Marise Kruger, 4-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. The men's quarter finals line up is Jimmy Connors vs. Byron Bertram, South Africa; McEnroe vs. Phil Dent, Australia; Geralaitis vs. Martin; and defending champion Bjorn Borg, Sweden vs. Hie Nastase, Romania. The women's quarterfinal line-up has Ms. Evert vs. Ms. King; Virginia Wade, England vs. Rosie Casals; Kerry Reid, Australia vs. Sue Barker, England; and Betty Stove, the Netherlands vs. Martina Navratilova. Golf Tom Watson claimed his fourth tournament victory of the year as he shot a blazing 69 Sunday to win the Western Open Golf tournament by a slim margin. Only one stroke back were Johnny Miller and Wally Armstrong who finished with 4-under-par 284s. Sharing the lead with both Miller and Armstrong on the back mine, Watson went ahead on the 14th with a birdie 3 and held onto it to finish with a 5-under 72 hold total of 283. Watson, the leading money winner on the tour, boosted his earnings for the year to $269,115 with the $40,000 first prize. Horseracing Steve Cauthen, the 17-year-old riding sensation, came back from a month layoff and won with his first mount a four year old named Little Miracle. It was just about a month ago during Belmont Park's opening day when Cauthen suffered a broken wrist and cuts on his hands and face when his mount, Buy Streak, broke a leg. It seemed only fitting that the nation's leading rider should continue his winning ways at the same track where they were temporarily halted. The win was Cauthen's 277th of the year but his first at Belmont Park. Baseball Although the Texas Rangers aren't setting any type of records in the won-lost column, they may have set some sort of record in the category of most managers in the least amount of games. They've had three managers in three games. On Tuesday of last week Frank Lucchesi was manager of the Rangers. Fired that day, Lucchessi was replaced by former major league player and manager Eddie Stanky. A day later, after having a successful debut as the Rangers' manager with a 10-8 win over the Twins, Eddie Stanky called from the airport on his way back home to inform the Rangers that he no longer wanted to manage their team, leaving third base coach Connier Ryan as interim manager. Stanky gave feelings of remorse for leaving his family as the reason he could not stay on as manager. Meanwhile, in Minnesota Rod Carew went 4 for 5 Sunday to raise his major league-leading batting average to .403. The five-time American League batting champion homered, doubled and singled twice as he drove in 6 runs and scored 5 to lead the Twins to a 19-12 victory over Chicago. The 31-year-old Carew already has 114 hits in 69 games and at this pace he would be able to surpass the all-time major-league record of 257 set by George Sisler in 1920. Looking at the major league standings after another week of play we find the Los Angeles Dodgers settling back down to the business at hand as they hold an 8V2-game lead over the rejuvenated Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. In the East, the Chicago Cubs seem to grow stronger as the year wears on. They now hold a convincing Vk game lead over Pittsburgh. Moving to the American League, it's the Boston Red Soxs holding a three game lead over the Yankees, while in the A.L. West the Twins and White Soxs continue to fight it out. As of this date Chicago holds a very slim .002 lead. 3 a I il ! |