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Show Wednesday, August 30, 1978 LADIES' SOFTBALL STANDINGS (As of Monday, Aug. 28) Miss llillie's ANN Qn Team Won Lost Pet. Hutton 12 3 .800 Red Banjo 12 4 .750 Rusty Nail 12 4 .750 Ryan's Hope 10 4 .714 Prospector 11 6 .647 Johnston Devel. 9 7 .563 Cozy 6 10 .375 Double E 5 12 .294 Spa 2 14 .125 Alamo 1 16 .059 Licensed Preschool ENROLL NOW Billie Koleman, Director 649-9502 Defeat Mad Jacks In Final TTTk f II 1 It was a long time coming but it was convincing when it arrived. The Alamo Bums, always talented but never titlists, ended long years of frustration Monday night by thrashing the Mad Jacks to win the men's softball league championship. The Bums beat the Mad Jacks 11-2 to take the best-of-three series in two straight. contributing factor to their eventual championship. A victory over Spencer's was a treat never before savored by the perennial also-rans. The second game was equally as close, with Spencer's Spen-cer's registering a 15-14 win to tie the series. The no-tomorrow contest resulted in a surprisingly easy 11-3 triumph for the Alamo. They jumped to a 4-0 Uncle Kunkel connects. Photo by Wasatch Monday's win marked the third time the Bums had beaten the Jacks in postseason post-season play. The two teams tied for first place in Division I at the end of the regular season and had to play an extra game Friday to determine the division winner. The Jacks took an early lead in the contest but the Bums fought back to post a 13-12 victory in nine innings. in-nings. As division winners, the Bums met the second place Division II entrant in a best-of-three play off. Their opponent op-ponent was their old nemesis, Spencer's Auto. Spencer's, who blasted the Big Shots 32-2 in first round single elimination play, had never lost to the Alamo. But the first game went to the Bums in a 14-13 squeeker. This win could have been the biggest single lead in the second and never trailed. After losing to the Bums for the division title, the Mad Jacks faced Mt. Realty in the single elimination first round. They pounded out a 15-10 win which allowed them to tangle with the heavy hitting Brothers squad, the Division II leaders. Based on late season performance per-formance and their dominance of Division II. which many observers felt to be the stronger of the two circuits, the Brothers were favored to take the league championship. They did nothing to dispell that belief in the first game of the series, taking a hard fought 13-12 win. But the Mad Jacks bounced back to win two straight and go into the final series. They posted a 8-7 victory ; - - - -4- -V-f c LABOR DAY SALE SUMMER CLOTHING SKI CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT 8 1 Ck I KSn SKI CLOTHING & fg W f 1 Fi&J? 3 EQUIPMENT at the p -r f- ;.-..';. -': --.-- . , , -. . NWll 1 SUNDAY 12-6 "NB r-r..' Jteies "" - 111. )) V-ili' : - tsss n .rrrr1 .,,-JP'to ......-a .l I I I Mir I mil IHWHWMll....,! , i I II I W;M i . Ill l'h,,U,byWmat,h III - P A H K A fi F I I H I I H D CTH D C III AT COMPETITIVE PRICES H Monday - Thursday 12: 10:00 II Friday-Saturday 12:00 11:00 The Brothers fell to the Mad Jacks over the Brothers ii. eight innings on Sunday morning and then coasted to an easy 12-5 win th it afternoon. Following a short break Sunday, the Mad Jacks and the Bums played the first game of the final two-out-of-three pairing. The Jacks led 5-4 going into the bottom of the sixth but the home team Bums exploded for seven runs to take a 11-7 win and a 1-0 lead. FINAL GAM K 'Eleven proved to be the j 'Bum's magic1 number. They " scored 1 i runs In both championship cham-pionship games and they also scored 11 runs in their last win against Spencer's. Both teams seemed tight the inning. The Mad Jacks failed to respond to their half of the third and trailed 4-0. The Bums added five more in the fourth. Jim Delanty singled and a bloop single by Peets into short left accounted accoun-ted for the first score of the inning. Peets scored on a Brennan single and a hit by Kunkel put men at second and third. Cordova then sent chalk flying along the'Teft field line to push across two-more runs and he later scored "on ' Richards single. Down 9-J in the bottom of the fourth, the Mad Jacks feebly went down l-2-.'i. The sixth was another fruitless inning for the Mad Jacks. ' The Alamo scored their .final run in the top of the seventh. Team captain Kirk Aezer doubled down the third base line and first baseman Chris Geer followed with a double of his own to end the scoring. Hulbert managed a single in the last of the seventh but that was all the Mad Jacks could muster. When Bren-nan Bren-nan caught the final out in left field the corks flew; cham pa gne : showers bega n ' ' and the Alamo Bums were league champions. i 436 MAIN, PARK CITY 1 " I II Wl MllllllllWlM I"'" t Mad Jacks sponsor Denver Pyle watches his team fail in its bid for the championship. Darrell's support was finally rewarded Monday night. Photo by Wasatch in the early going Monday night and neither scored in the first two innings. The drought was broken in the third when the Alamo erupted for four runs. Ron Shultz started the inning with a double to right and moved to third on Dave Peets sacrifice fly. Pat Brennan then doubled off second baseman Frank Marcellin's glove, scoring Shultz. Craig Kunkel singled to left, driving in a run, and took second on the throw home. He then scored on Stan Cordova's single to left but Cordova was thrown out trying to stretch his hit to a double. With three runs already across the plate, Scott "Fat-back" "Fat-back" Richards sent a liner to left field. The ball skipped by Marty Loftquist and Richards trotted around the bases with the fourth run of The Bums failed to score in the fifth but the Mad Jacks did manage to register their only two runs of the game. Johnny Carpenter and Dennis Den-nis Hulbert singled and Bill Lewis then dribbled the ball back to the pitcher, forcing Hulbert at second. With men on first and third, Dennis Lance hit to right driving in both Carpenter and Lewis. In the top of the sixth. Peets doubled and went to third on Brennan's sacrifice. After Kunkel lined out to Buzzy Johnson at first on a good catch, hard hitting Cordova came to bat. The shortstop took a mighty swing and an intentional whiff, causing catcher Lewis to miss the ball. Peets raced for home in an attempted steal. Lewis put the tag on but then dropped the ball and Peets, who had missed tin-plate, tin-plate, dove back head first for the Bums' tenth run oi the game I I I I i Cm QOCT CHAMPIONSHIP Sat. Sept. 9, 1978 "Park City Country Club do determine the best men and Wortmen golfers in Tark City Prizes to be aWaM in both low gross and lovt net divisions Dee times start 10:00 a.m. Saturday Sept. 9 Must be Summit County (Resident $10 "Entry, includes green Jees, Contact; j i if W Jlalph Emery Sud D onnesen Molly a ramie 649-8701 1 i i i i i i |
