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Show Wednesday, September 8, 1 976 Page 8 8THE College Pigskin Preview WYIeomo, fans, to the 1976 Collogty football season. In ktvping with the tradition of this paper, I have consulted an expert who can give us the best insight as to the outcome of the upcoming campaign. Last weekend in Las Vegas over an afternoon of martinis I had the following conver sation with the top bookie in college football. Bill: What conference has the best football program in the entire country? Bookie: Before I answer that one, I must have another martini. Seriously, ; I'll call it 5 to 1 that on any given afternoon any of the top two or three teams in each major conference could topple any conference -1 -' Til i iiiaiupiuu. i ne siruiigesb conferences in the past five years have been the Big Ten, Southeastern Conference, the Big 8 , the Pac 8 and South West Conference. Last year the WAC produced a real powerhouse in Arizona State. This year should unveil some real threats in the Atlantic Coast Conference along with major independents such as Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Penn State and Georgia Tech. No conference can possibly be labled as "the SHENANIGANS AT THE TOP OF MAIN STREET JftJ. SS- Ji As the weather picks up a nip of its own, ice cream delights will take a back seat the upper end of Main Street at Shenanigans. John and Mary Demkowicz, new Park City arrivals from Chicago, bought the gamey icecream shop in August and already proffer two submarine sub-marine sandwiches to sink engineer, who has a down to arth Midwesterness about him, will be designing and BRUNCH nn nn Saturday & SUNDAY f i i i I 438 Main StrMt Y If ParkClty.Utah 1 ? w l ' IlIVE DANCE MUSIC Friday and Saturday By Bill strongest in the country." Bill: The Nebraska Corn Huskers have been picked as the preseason favorites to win the national championship champion-ship by both, the AP and UPI. What is your opinion? Bookie: First let me say that Nebraska will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be strong, not strong enough to win it all. Last year Oklahoma gave the Big 8 Conference its fourth national championship in the last six years. Although they have lost their starting quarterback and the explosive ex-plosive Joe Washington, the Sooners have depth and primarily will run the Wishbone Wish-bone attack. Ohio State graduated their . entire starting backfield except ex-cept for their powerful fullback, Pete Johnson, who led the nation in scoring last year with 26 TD's and carried the ball 227 times for 1,09 yards. The presence of Woody Hayes seems to intimidate the opponents along with putting the fear of God in the Buckeye players. The Big Ten Conference title will probably be decided on Nov. 20 when Ohio State meets perennial rival the Wolverines of Michigan. Southpaw quarterback Rick Leach can run or throw as Mary and John Damkowiez constructing splendid structures struct-ures of sandwiches, on a variety of breads and rolls, supporting roast beef, pastrami, salami and more, sliced to order. Mary, a nutritionist, who hopes to get a good taste of powder slopes in the off hours, will be brewing soups to warm the spirits and fill the place with the cozy aroma of home cooking. Making more room to take the time to enjoy this fare, John plans to increase his ii Roland evidenced by last year's performance of 680; yards through the air and he ran for an additional 552 yards. Bill: What about Southern California and Alabama? Bookie: Of course everyone knows that John McKay has , left the Trojans to seek his fame and fortune with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL. His successor is long time assistant John Robinson who will retain at least some of the things McKay used so successfully. His best offensive weapon is Ricky Bell, probably the top Candidate for the Heisman Trophy. Lasy year Bell rushed for 1,8 75 yards and accounted for 49.7 percent of the Trojan offense. Southern California will throw more this season and add more variety to their offensive attack. As usual Coach Paul-Bryant Paul-Bryant is the top-heavy favorite to add another Southeastern Conference Championship which would be his sixth in a row. "WeVe got the biggest rebuilding job weve had around here in a long time" says Bear. "We had the hardest spring we've had in scrimmaging. We have some talent, but not much experience." ex-perience." seating capacity, replacing foosball and pin ball with comfortable arrangements, for a meal or snack. Ice cream will of course be available in the delectable creations already familar to sweet tooths and ice cream addicts, who when worthy of their name are hardly deterred deterr-ed by fluctuating seasons. The Demkowiczs, a coordinated coor-dinated teim, will be the captains and crew of the operation, opening for lunch, with a mid-afternoon pause they go for the boards, and back for dinner, lingering till 10 or so for late night munchies. - Shenanigans (not in the dictionary. Sounds like an elfish pastime to me.) Now there are more for your enjoyment. PRRR GITY TOiWEbfl 627 Park Ave. 649-8771 (across from the Timber haus) Park City's only complete Travel Service is OPENING, Sept. 7th for friendly & Free Travel Assistance call Jamie and Rena Mon.-Fri. 9:30-5:30, Sat. 10:00-1 :00 Urgent Travel Needs-649-8656 Don't pay much attention to the poor-mouthing from the Bear, his teams will be ready and plenty tough enough. ; V j There you have my opinion of the top six teams in College football and I believe the national champion will be , one of those mentioned. A J few sleepers could be Arizona State, Texas, Arkansas, or , the powerful independent, Notra Dame. Bill: Thanks for your opinion, now could you tell our readers your secret to' picking the winners on ' Saturday afternoon? Bookie: Before I reveal my secret I must have another martini.... At which time, my bookie friend headed for the bar and never returned. Oh . well, next week we shall have a special interview with your friend and mine, Harley Smidlap and discuss the coming season in the National Football League. Ed. Note: Due to an oversight, Mr. Roland's bookie friend failed to mention men-tion the University of Mary- , land as one of the "sleeper" teams. We regret this mistake mis-take as does Mr. Roland who now is looking for employment employ-ment elsewhere. Utahns Against Fed. Many Utahns strongly oppose opp-ose .proposals to freeze the Utah state budget for five years and to phase out Federal aid to the state and its subdivisions, even though they concur in the objectives of economy and of reducing Federal influence in state and local affairs. This was the finding of , . Utah -Foundation, i , the' private non-profit public service agency, concerning an initiative proposal that will appear on the ballot at Utah's November general election. The proposal would limit the Utah budget to the 1976-77 total for the ensuing five years, and would phase out Federal aid to the state over the same period of time. Federal aid to local government govern-ment units, if it passes through the state clearinghouse clearing-house would be eliminated i immediately. The proposal is one of three . placed on the 1976 ballot by means of initiative petinons. A proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution will also appear on the ballot. Opponents of the budget limitation proposal believe it would have severe adverse effects that would outweigh possible benefits, the Foundation Found-ation notes in a research brief released this week. In the five-year period 1970-75 Utah's population increased more than 13 percent and the cost of living rose nearly 37 percent. Opponents of the proposed budget limitation assert that a rigid budget ceiling in the face of growing needs and shrinking dollars could wreck state operations, including the school program. In the matter of Federal aid, the Foundation points out that many state programs, especially in the areas of highways and public welfare, are joint Federal-state efforts Id Time Is Of The Essence For School Board Candidate Prince "I have the time and I feel I can establish a better working work-ing rapport between the faculty, administration and the school board," Ann Prince candidate for the Park City School Board in precinct five said last week. The Utah native and 13-year Park City resident who is running against incumbent Ron Hannay, Wayne Van Wagoner and Doug Glad said she plans to base her campaign on the positive and potential aspects of the Park City School District. As a mother of four, with two children at Park High and two at Marsac Elementary, Element-ary, Mrs. Prince cited her one day a week volunteer work at the two local schools as being a big advantage in establishing establish-ing an effective working relationship with the faculties facult-ies dnd administrations. Commenting on the school's faculty members, the former Park City PTA President said, "We have some excel that could not be carried by the state alone. In fiscal 1976-77, $755 million in highway funds will come from Federal sources. In fiscal 1975 SB million . in public assistance and medical assistance funds, more than two-thirds of the total spent in Utah for these purposes was Federal money. h ia alsn nsrinforl int tViaf Itt l 411 W lAlkJV SVAJVW1 VMVVMMV V percent of Utah's land area is in Federal ownership and that many Utahns feel the state is entitled to some Federal reimbursement in lieu of taxes on this land. While more than J2SD million in the current state budget is Federal money, with additional add-itional funds going to local government units, Utahns pay an estimated total of more than $1 bullion in Federal taxes. Proponents of the proposal charge that state expenditures expend-itures have risen unreasonably unreason-ably especially in the last two years. And that Utah taxpayers tax-payers cannot afford to continue the trend. They also assert that the Federal Government, through grants-in-aid and revenue sharing, is exercising undue influence on state and local government policies, and that eliminating Federal aid would reduce and eventually end this. Opponents of another proposal on the ballot, to permit recall of elected and appointed officials, are divided divid-ed into two groups, the Foundation notes. Some pimiDiiui Farky Noodloman's SILVER KING CLUB aaVMM Live Music Friday 9:00 I BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! I ( IEXS)WM QJMM M Memberships Available at Door. Is Be There or Be Square. H ; I iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitfiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinni lent teachers who; I think should be involved and participating in the district's decision making, process." Discussing the puzzling boundries of the Park City School District that presently present-ly have the Thaynes Canyon area positioned in the South Summit School District, the candidate said'What I would like to see done is to have the school board initiate legislative action to realign the Park City School District.".; Dist-rict.".; : In an effort to maintain an equal balance of representation represen-tation Prince statedTin in favor of a redistribution of school board members to accomodate the faster growing grow-ing precincts in the district." In the Sept. 14 primary election, two of the candidates for the precinct five openings will be chosen to run in the final election Nov. 2. The boundaries of the fifth precinct take in the south of town, Snyderville and Summit Park. Phaseout critics feel that election procedures. in a democracy provide sufficient control over public officials. Others think that some provision for recall might be desirable to meet emergencies, but that the number of signatures required in the proposal law " are so low that' the law, if enacted, would become a rtnans of harassment of ' - w " " - dedicated public' servents. A survey conducted by the Utah Office of Legislative Research indicates that no state now providing for recall of state officials has a low percentage requirement for voter signatures as is contained in the Utah recall proposal. Another ballot proposal would ban public health officials from adding fluorine "or any of its derivatives or compounds or any other dedication" to the public water without approval of a majority of voters at a duly constituted election. Utah Foundation notes that arguments for and against fluoridation have been repeatedly aired in Utah in recent times and will not be repeated here. It is, however, pointed out that critics of the ballot proposal are fearful tthat the language . of the proposed law could extend the ban to include chlorina-tion, chlorina-tion, an established and accepted purification measure whose elimination would be a major public health hazard. nun IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIII Rojand9 Ryimdlyp by Bill ' Once again Jack Nicklaus astounded golf fans everywhere with awesome play and convincingly won the World Series of Golf by a four stroke margin. "I never count it a good year if I don't win one of the ' majors; the U.S. and British Opens, the Masters and P.G.A. I didn't win one of those so it's not a good season from that standpoint. But if you can't win a major, it'd be nice to be the leading money winner." Jack pocketed $100,000 for his victory in the new 1 1 a 1 a j-m a a a i aa ana enncnea wona series top of the money list with m '. .. 1 CUIUS At Forest Hills most of the favorites have advanced to the second week of competition in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Hie Nastase has been berating the linesman, almost climbing into the stands. In between, he managed a few victories including a 6-2, 7-5 win. over Marty Riessen. Wimbledon Champ and second-seed Bjorn Borg has advanced along with pre-tourney favorite Jimmy Connors. Chris Evert continued to dominate the women's play, defeating Glynnis Coles, a big hard-hitting Britisher, 6-0, 6-0. ' Racing Veteran Bobby Unser of Albuquerque, N.M.,a two-time Indianopolis Champion, won the California 500 Sunday at Ontario Speedway when he held off Johnny Rutherford and won bv 2.6 seconds. Baseball What about the Pittsburg Pirates? Suddenly they are only 5'2 games behind the stumbling Phillies and it looks as though we may have an exciting pennant race after all. ' Football The Dallas Cowboys have released the troubled sjuper-star Duane Thomas, while the Rams have put Jack Snow on waivers and the World Champion Steelers:,Mye I ' HVi.tHi tlnnpnfhi .. -I. .Boxing Muhammad Ali has left his training quarters in Arizona and had headed back to New York where he will continue training for his bout with Ken Norton. Void's llllllllllll a IX Roland ot uoit, ana vaulted to tne $261,796 so far this year. ! busy cursing the umpire, threatening a spectator and iSmMk Ji ... : (7 -. vw..i. View |