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Show t 4j . iift Thursday, September 13, 1979 5 Page 6 t: few Play On Softball Day The ost Labor Day blahs afld scheduling uncertainties contributed to an irritable rasKof forfeits in men's slpwpitch Softball action lastweek. ijrhe;"jgames that did take plpce-fesulted in no major readjustment of the league standings but the Alamo Biifrs did suffer a loss at the hjndjof the Brothers. Of the 12games scheduled, eight were forfeited and three of those; were double forfeits her( both teams failed to H?j SOFTBALL STANDINGS r (As Of Tuesday, Sept. 11) DIVISION I :!eam Won Lost Pet. S-Aiamo 16 5 .762 iYaitht Club 12 7 .632 uMa'd Jacks 13 8 .619 ;06b's 11 8 .579 fjwallers 7 12 .368 rBijg Shots 5 14 .263 ;.Meeks Wirthlin 3 15 .167 "Outlaws 0 21 .000 .Hp Division II ifeam Won Lost Pet. WjQodhaus 18 2 .900 Editable Boys 15 5 .750 ;.Spencer's 14 6 .700 Brothers , 15 . 7 .682 i Players 13 7 .650 0(d Men 10 12 .455 ;.j.'s Pirates 3 15 .167 -Wasatch Homes 3 17 .150 This Week's Games Thursday 6i00(H.S. East) 6:pQ (H.S. West) Friday 6:0(3 (H.S. East) fcpO(H.S.West) Sunday Bft30(H.S. East) NoonfH.fi Fastt Noon (H.S. West) ;to(H.s. East 1:30 (H.S. West) lihOfH S Fasn 3:00 (H.S. West) 4:30 (H.S. East) Meeks 4:30 (H.S. West) All-Star Ballot Once again, it's time for Softball players. To cast your votes for The Newspaper's All-Star teams, fill ;out the form below and turn it in at The Newspaper office, 419 Main Street, !drat the Alamo, 447 Main Street. I First and second team all-star selections will be based on the number of I votes they receive and the outcome will be announced in several weeks. In the men's league, players from both divisions are competing for each spot and only one vote is allowed per position. Also, we ask that only one ballot be Cast by each person. J tty choices for the 1979 Park City Men's All-Star softball team are: I fPiisition Player Team : fPftcher I jCfttcher : feirst Base ; I Second Base igTlird Base Shortstop EOuEfield :6iiifield Nuffield iloutfield 5 i !"' My choices for the 1979 rPosition xPitcher cher :f$stBase ItSeiCond Base fhlrdBase SShBrtstop SQulfield 'V " Outfield Qatfield 5 Qutfield 4 show in sufficient numbers. Sunday's limited action saw the Yacht Club down the Drywallers while Spencer's beat the sinking Players 21-13. The Excitable Boys retained second place in Division II by thumping P.J.'s Pirates. The most exciting game of the day was the Alamo-Brothers Alamo-Brothers contest. Down by two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Brothers scored three runs without an out to beat the Bums 13-12. Excitable Boys vs. Spencer's Meeks Wirthlin vs. Big Shots Outlaws vs. Doc's P.J.'s Pirates vs. Wasatch Woodhaus vs. WasatcX'V. Yacht Club vs. Alamo Doc's vs. Meeks Wirthlin Brothers vs. Players Drywallers vs. Big Shots Woodhaus vs. Spencer's Doc's vs. Alamos Old Men vs. P.J.'s Wirthlin vs. Drywallers Excitable Boys vs. Players you, the fans, to select Park City's best slow pitch Ladies' All-Star softball Player THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS HAVE ENJOYED MANY SUPERB PERFORMANCES FROM OUTFIELDER Amos Otis FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. HE CAME FROM THE N.Y.METS IN A TRADE AND HE'S A POPULAR FAVORITE IN K.C. OTIS HAS BEEN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL AND A GOLD GLOVE WINNER. MANY TIMES. THIS SPEEDSTER FROM MOBILE, ALA. CAN DO SO MANY THINGS SO WELL ON A BASEBALL FIELD HE USUALLY HITS OVER .300, STEALS BASES, BELTS HOME RUNS AND INCLUDING A PITCHER Park City Hosts 9th Rugby Cup Continued From Page 5 thing for us to go up there and win it." Park City has never won the Challenge Cup outright and has not been in the final match since 1974. Mueller hopes to change all that but to do so the Muckers will have to beat Lake Tahoe in their opening game. "If we get by both games Saturday, we have a good chance to win the final no matter who we play," the coach observed. "Once you get to the final the guys are worn down. It's a matter of emotion and we have the crowd behind us." Mueller notes that Park City has come "real close" to reaching the final in recent years. "Last year we lost to Calgary in the final seconds of the semi-final." "pur pattern of play has ,rchpnged during this season," . Mueller . remarked. "Early fnthisa04,vwe won a couple of close games but lately we have just gone out and scored a lot of points." Despite the prodigious output out-put in recent games, Mueller has reservations about his defense. "We have an offensive offen-sive style and it seems the team sometimes hasn't been able to adjust to close games." "We had chances to win against the Dead Goat and team are: Team - STAR. HITS A FLOCK MM ' OF DOUBLES. HE'S SUFFERED SEVERAL INJURIES IN HIS CAREER, A CONCUSSION, WHEN BEANED HIM IN '76 Vail this season but we lost our composure," he added. The Muckers are 12-4 on the season but they have won six of their last seven matches. Favorite If there is a pre-tournament favorite, Mueller feels it's the Denver Barbarians because be-cause they reached the final last year. But before thinking think-ing of Denver, Park City must get past Lake Tahoe. "Tahoe has been playing this summer and their competition com-petition has been stiff," the coach noted. "They have not been beaten badly and they've played against some of the best rugby sides in the country." Saturday's first contest will pit Queen City against Santa Cruz at 9:30 and Mueller gives the California team a slight edge. Park City plays next at 10:30 followed by the Dead Goat vs, Flagstaff at ' 11:30. After reaching thefinal in a Boulder, Colo, tournament recently, the Goat is favored to beat Flagstaff. In the last game of the first round the Barbarians are picked over the Zebras. Second round play begins at 1:30 and continues until 5:30. Sunday's games begin at 10:30 with the final at 1:30. Toly Joins Swiss Training Camp The United States Alpine Team has announced that plans for the September 28-October 28-October 17 training camp in Saas Fee, Switzerland have been finalized and Park City's Roxanne Toly will be among the participants. This camp will be the beginning of the ski team's intensive on-snow training that will lead to the December World Cup races. All members of the National and Junior National Teams as well as four development athletes will attend. Head Women's Coach, Hermann Goellner, said the training will emphasize very aggressive free skiing as well as technical work in downhill, slalom and giant slalom. U.S.Ski Team Coaches assisting Goellner will be: ' John Atkins, John Mc-Murtry, Mc-Murtry, and Michel Rudigoz. National Team members making the trip are: Cindy Nelson, Abbi Fisher, Tamara McKinney, Christin Cooper, Heidi Preuss, Holly v. , i" i & it T"' Olympic Committee Announces 1980 Alpine Ski Squad Following guidelines established estab-lished by the United States Olympic Ski Committee, Bill Marolt, Alpine Director of the U.S. Ski Team, announced an-nounced the initial members of the 1980 Olympic Training Squad. The squad will be comprised of the 19 athletes of the U.S.Alpine Team and will eventually consist of approximately thirty members, mem-bers, chosen from the National Na-tional Team, Junior National Team and the U.S.Ski Team development groups. Squad selections are based on analysis of results and FIS (International Federation of Skiing) point improvement over the past three years as well as the most current ranking on the FIS point list. In exceptional cases, other skiers may be added to the training squad, based on outstanding out-standing single performance or other top results. In general, no man or woman who ranks below the 30th place in one discipline I?.C. Hosts Handball Tourney Park City will host its first-ever first-ever handball tournament this weekend and it is expected to attract top players from throughout the state. The 1st Annual Park City-Prospector City-Prospector Athletic Club Handball Tournament, scheduled for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the athletic club, will feature singles competition in open, B and C classes. Utah's premier players will battle in the open class while the C class is geared for those who haven't played much handball hand-ball but would like to experience tournament play. "'The finals in all three classes will be held Sunday and the general public is encouraged to witness the action all three days. The tournament is being sponsored spon-sored by the Prospector Athletic Club, Enoch Smith and Sons, Rossingnol, Nautilus Nau-tilus Equipment and the Utah Handball Association. For more information contact con-tact Jim Whitteron at 649-8189. 649-8189. Flanders, Jamie Kurlanrier and Viki Fleckenstein. Junior National Team members participating are: Cindy Oak, Roxanne Toly, Julie Woodworth, Noel Lyons, Pam Fletcher, Lori Greeley, Susan Holes, Maria Maracich, Katrina Terzian and Eva Pfosi. Development athletes taking tak-ing part in the training are: Maribeth Andrie, E.Burke, VT; Diane Berard, E. Burke, VT; Heidi Knight, New Canaan, CT; and Barbie Patterson, Sun Valley, ID. Domestic Coaches Brad Ghent of Winter Park, CO and George Capaul of Water-ville Water-ville Valley, NH will also assist. Commenting on this portion of the training and preparation prepara-tion for the upcoming competitive com-petitive season, Gollner said, "Reports from Europe indicate indi-cate that the snow conditions at Saas Fee are quite good. We anticipate this phase of training will provide a good solid technical foundation for -the racing season." will be named to the training squad. The training squad will be trained exclusively by the United States Ski Team from September 1, 1979 to January 1, 1980, at which time they will enter the team trial period. The Olympic Training Squad will compete in European World Cup races and-or Europa Cup races from January I to February 5, 1980. The FIS point rankings rank-ings of the best competitors would qualify them for a position on the 1980 Olympic Team. Selection would be made from the world ranking rank-ing lists as late as allowed by the International Olympic Committee. The U.S.Olympic Ski Team will consist of 14 athletes, men and women. At least 50 percent of the men's team and at least 50 percent of the women's team will be selected by the traditional national team selection method. This method picks I BEL 40-50 off Men's and Ladies parkas GOOD SELECTION F 1240 PARK AVENUE those racers with the lowest updated international FIS points in downhill, slalom and giant slalom to the selection selec-tion date. If it is necessary to use the 2nd or 3rd row for the selection, the lowest point holder in that row will be selected. The remaining team members would be selected by the Olympic Team coaches just prior to the entry deadline using strict point criteria. The coaches' selections would be based on exceptions caused by an injury to a top competitor early in the season who later returned to top form; the presence of a racer with only one top result and not yet a low FIS point average, or similar circumstance. circum-stance. . The U.S.Alpine Ski Team preparation for the Olympic Games is accomplished from June to January. 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