Show f 4C The Salt Lake Tribune January Monday 11 1988 by Jeff Millar & Bill HincL Tank McNamara Tribune Sports Scoreboard NBA Expanded Standings All Times MST Pro Hockey Pro Football Eastern Conference Playoff Glance NHL Standings Al TimM MST WALES COMEERENCE Al Times MST Sunday Jah 3 NFC WM Card Minnesota 44 New Orleans 10 AFC WM Card Houston 23 Seethe 20 OT Jan 9 Saturday AFC DMsienN Playoff Cleveland 38 Indianapolis 21 NFC Divisional Ptavotfs Minnesota 36 San Francisco 24 Sunday Jaa 10 NFC DMuanN PtoyofH Washington 21 Chicago 17 AFC Ohtettnal Ptavofh Denver 34 Houston 10 Sunday Jan 17 NFC Championship Minnesota at Washington 1030 am AFC ChampNnship Cleveland at Denver 2 pm at San vs NFC champion AFC cnampion Dtigu 4 pm NFC Playoff Redskins 21 Bears 17 1 W 1 Wuhnmti Oucuou 0— - I a Sturdii Cam Hartford 5 Pilistxxntf 4 Or Vancouver 3 Quecec 2 Philadeipnia 3 Montreal 3 tie Edmonton 5 New York islanders Boslon 2 St Louis I OT New Jersey 4 Minnesota 3 Sunday's Gantoi New York Rangers at Buffalo 5X15 Pm Pittsburgh at Detroit 505 pm Now Jersey at Philodetpha 6 pm Washington at Catgorv 60S pm Toronto at Winnipeg 605 pm Los Angeles at Chicago 6 35 pm Monday's Games Hartford at Boston 535 pm Now York Rangers 5:35 pm at Chicago Los Angeles at Minnesota 635 pm Washington at Edmonton 7 35 pm Firjt QwrNr 2 run (Butler kick) 83 Sacand QuaiTat pass from McMahon (But- 14 ler Kick 6 ) 54 kick) run 3 109 Was— Didier 18 pass Rom WiHiams kick) 1104 ThRd Ouartar Was— Green 52 punt return kick) 3:20 Chi—FG Butler 25 10 13 A— 58153 Chi Was 17 First downs Rushes-vard- s 2 Passing Return Yards 200 15 170 M M) Prep Lost s Punts Basketball H Fumbles-Lo- — Penalties-Yard- s Time Saturday’s Games J Games Sunday’s Lote Gome Not Included f“ Seattle at Sacramento AFC Playoff Broncos 34 Oilers pm 7 Monday’s Games pm ' ) Den— jets i f j ki 8:30 College Basketball Basketball Basin 8 Quoted 0 0 1 24 Hoason Coleman Comegvs 1 0 13 8 22 9 67 1 AUfc Eumrmngs 27 (70S) 5 9 0 16 Reynolds 17 Pres- 14 Moncnef 14 Lucas Hodges 0 2 9 Mannlon Mokaskl 5 0 105 0 Totals 17 21 26 2- 3- 67 i fvT 26105 23 60 24 goals— Bagiev Washington Lucas Hodges 2 Fouled out— None Rebounds-N- ew Jersey 51 (Williams 6) Milwaukee 53 (Mokeski 12) As$ists-N- ew Jersey 23 (Bagiev 7) Milwaukee 30 (Lucas 10) Total fouls-N- ew A— 20 23 11052 Milwaukee Jersey Saturday's Gama 3 OEORCETOWN 04) 2 4 1 16 Allan McDonald 8 0 4 THImon 0 Brvanl TucKar 0 15 1 0 14 Winston 2 Smilh 4 1 1 2 3 13 JEdwards Jackson 8 74 4 Tolais 3 Jatlarson DEPAUL (44) 2 8 Brundv 5 Holland Greene 0 2 KEdwards 16 Loux 2 0 0 0 9 Heopner 21 Strickland 44 Tolais 30 DePaul 27 5 (Tillmor 7 KEdDePaul Smith (Greene Fouled out— None wards 35 (McDonald Allen Wmslon 6) DePaul 31 (K Edwards 10) 14 15 (Wmslon 7) DoPaul Strickland 6) Tolal louts— Georgetown 18 DePaul 16 Saturday's Bolls 113 Jazz 91 run (Karlis kick) 6 pass from Eiwav 19 (Karlis Game BYU 92 San Diego St 65 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Pmketf RUSHING— Houston Rozier Givins Moon 515 Highsmith Sewell Eiwav 8 Denver Winder Bell 3) Lang Kubick 6) PASSING— Houston Moon Denver Eiwav Hill RECEIVING— Houston Givms Duncan Highsmith 4 20 Drewrev 2 17 DenPinkett Rozier Williams Sewell ver Johnson Kav Nattiel Boddie Mobiev Lang GOALS-No- ne College Football Gtmt SMurMYs Japan Bowl West 17 East 3 Ent 3 0 7 0 West East— FG Vesting 26 tos run (Belli kick) Betti West-- FG West— Liggms 0 0- -3 3 24 39 pass Rom Santos (Belli kictO A— - Field Goals Utah Shooting percentages 46 Chicago 556 Free Throws Utah 91 3 Chicago $)i Thr attempts Chicago (4) (FI Paxson Hansen (Utah two illegal Technical fouls defense) Utah (7) Eaton 4 Chicago Blocked shots (10) Jordan 3 Sellers 2 Waiters 2 Utah (3) three piavers with one Steals Chicago (9) Jordan 4 Pippeo 2 Turnovers Utah (14) Malone 4 Tnpucka 2 Chicago (11) Corune 3 Grant 2 Biti Oakes and Bill Baar Officials T 159 17377 A Saturday's Game - - Halftime Score BYU 46 San Diego $t 37 Field Goals BYU Shooting Percentages BYU 58 9 San Diego St 53 3 Free Throws 77 8 San Dgo St 609 t Goals BYU 5 (Smtfh Call 2 Lynch 1) San Diego St 3 (Ross 2 Watker 1) Steals BYU 9 (Haws 3 Call 2 Smith Tavlor Chatman Usevilch 1) San Diego St 3 (Ross Rogers McMullen 1) Blocks BYU 3 (Usevilch 3) San Diego St (Hawkins) Technical Fouls None - 4 6 BiaO Farmer Utah St 9 33 Perkins 7 53 N Mex St 52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ast RUSHING-EMorris Michigan Wood-sid- e West Woods Nev Las Vegas Texas A&M PASStNG-Easl McPherson Syracuse Ben Florida West Santos San Diego St Perei San Jose RECEIVING— East Flutie Boston College Morns Michigan Kelly Syracuse West Early Iowa 4 52 Liggms San Jose Si Woodside Texas A&M 2 34 17 Davs 5 12 8 6 16 Harper 7 7 19 Scfuempt 0 4 0 Wenmngton 0 0 Aftorp 0 t 0 0 Tolais 42 10 5 0 lb STATE (99) GOLDEN Frank Sampson 0 Smith T eagle H 5 Higgins 4 6 Gariand 5 II 2 2 3 OC McDonald 12 L Smitn 0 2 2 Hatrs 5 6 Wnneneec 110-14 21 99 3 Totals 14 10 21 12 10 0 Feiti White ' Daias Gotten Stale - SAN ANTONIO Beery Brickowski 58 Robertson Anderson 7 II Mitchell 5 12 103 Spurs 133 (133) Greenwood 6 H 0 0 12 5 5 19 Dawkins 37 SundvoiC 14 0 0 2 16 2 Nimphus 10-3 Toiais 53 Neaw 16 Halftime Score New Mexico Si St 30 Utan 23 Field Goals New Snooting Percentages Mexico $t 392 Utah St 46 0 Free Throws New Mexico $t 714 Utah St 500 Three Point Goals New Mexico St 2 iHir 21 Sieais New Mexico St 4 (McGiolhm 2 McCuoi D Ulan St 6 (Nxon 2 Robersor Pete HoosKeeoer Newev Judkins D Biocxs New Mexico St (Joseph D U’dr Newev D S' J Conwav Houskeeper Technical Fouls None Game Saturday's Mont St 81 Weber St 77 133 SEATTLE 041) Chambers 28 Johnson McMillan 2 0 5 McKev 0 Schoene 0 4 Totals San Aattrao 32 0 0 McDan Ellis 18 Lister 2 10 0 4 22 47 31 7 Williams Vincent 3 Potvmte - - 117 4 Results of Sunday's Utah Winter Games Marathon at Jeremy Ranch John Aatberg Salt Rlamaty Man 2 Lake 2 hours 15 minutes 15 5 seconds 2 15 166 3 tan Salt Lake Drivenes Asmund Alaska 2 17 39 0 4 Bern! While Fairbanks Lund Salt Lake 230418 5 Ken McCarthy Park City 233 37 6 Dave Vanairsdale Fair7 Eli Nev banks 228464 Roger Sayre 2:33 190 6 Steve Erickson Coalville 2:34410 9 Drew Barney Mont West Yellowstone 237 37 9 10 Christoph Schork Park City - 2 38 04 7 - I Anne Francoies FairWomen banks Alaska (16lh overall) 232 110 2 Jenny Erickson Coalville (21st overall) 24245 I 3 Ellen Gibson Salt Lake 3 12 12 21K Man Raoul Wilie Aspen Colo 58 minutes 439 second! 2 Torbtorn KaHsen Pork Civ 59:049 3 Roget Kuhn 100029 4 10038 0 5 Boulder Colo Ray Dickerson Guv Thibodeau Anchorage 102033 6 Kendall Butz Park City 102230 7 Joe Pausbal 103014 8 John Bird Alta 106448 9 Steven 10 Calif 107118 Stefanides Kirkwood Thomas Best Anchorage 107544 Fair21K Woman — Donna Devoe banks Alaska 12042 2 Roxanne Toly Park City 126 00 3 Susannah Ciutz Park City 4 Amanda Fmdiater 12824 Fairbanks 133 52 5 Shannon Meekms Fairbanks 1:3901 Sneutord Masters flat am 1 Lori Women — Class 40 and okiar 9 Sarchett Sun Valiev 151 12 Class Roxanne Jensen Bogus Basin 158 56 Class Jarne Fausoid Park City 157 76 Karen Russo Snowbird 14962 Class 4982 Karen Russo Snowbird Overall Class 55 and older Men Joe Crosson 4 51 60 Class Bob Logefeil Sun Valiev Park City V5549 Class Jav Miner 50 10 Class Bob Conneticutt 9 39 59 Eric Class Sun Valley 4 Kankamen Snowbird 14265 Class 09 137 Bid Hicks Class Snowbird Bill Jack Thune Snowbird 140 37 Overall Hicks Snowbird 137 09 Utah Winter Games competition continues Monday with freestyle ballet skiing at Deer Valiev and hockey at Bountiful Ice Arena 42K - - Snow Report - The Utah Ski SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Association reported the following conditions Sunday at the state's ski resorts Alta— 66 total 8 new Beaver Mountem-- 62 total 7 new Brian Head— 90 total no new Brighton— 63 total 8 new Deer VaHev-- 35 total 2 new 105 total no new Elk Meadows -1Mt HoHv 05 total no new total 5 new Nordic Valiev-- 45 Park City— 38 total 5 new Park West— 41 total 5 new total 8 new Powder Mountam-- 66 Snowbasin— 61 total 6 new Snowbird— 58 total 12 new Solitude— 54 iota' 7 new Sunbance-- 46 total 2 new Young BYU womens rePaim Springs Calif sults Rom tne National Cotlegiaie Tennis Classic new FrKlav and Saturday at the Shadow Mountain Resort SeiQes Round of 32 Sonia Hahn Ken tuOv det Sydney Fulford BYU AHvson Cooper UCLA def Lesley HaKata def BYU 6 4 Lisa Green Stanford Micneae Tavlor BYU Indiana def Susanna Noot Amy Aicmi Cansaiatran Round BYU of 16 Michewe Tavlor BYU oef Shaun Often Texas default Susanna Noot BYU def 6 Carr Donrger Indiana Hagev Stanford def Lesley Hakata BYU Indiana def Michelle Carrier Doubles Mam Svdoev Fjttord BYU Draw Hakata Tavlor BYU def UCLA Kooetzki Folti SinIndiana def Noot Furtord BYU gles Console hor QuartortinNs Susanna Noot BYU oet Mtchene Tavlor BYU 6 3 6 3 Smgles Consolation SomWnals Susanna Noot Byu def ReKa Monoki Indiana SmNos Consoiatfon Finals Susanna Noot Byu defaults 36133 Results Gassic Brighton Box Varsity t Eider Brighton 2 Ftoer 3 Mountain Briynton Varsity Crest 4 Aita Championship Round Brighton wrosterv dot Box Eider 43 D Outstandng Sco" Eastman Oem Joe Smith Bngnton Junor BYU - 26 VMI 16 - - - - - I - - - 34 Shooting Pe"eages Ftd Goals Mon Ffee Throws a' St 5C8 Weoe S' 47 6 Montana Si 65 2 Webe S’ 65 Trgee Pom Goa'S r'on’ana S’ 4 'Domako r urwa 2 Wiiiic Weoer S' 4 'Bovd 3 Gwnr S’ 'Will's 5 Domako Sieas Montana Conwav 4 Snodgrass Fettows Fleming An 9 (Scbohed Washington drews I) Weber Si 2 Cobb Gbbs Gardner Gwnr Tras Biocxs Montana St 2 (Fettows 2 S Fouls Weber Technical excessive timeout College Swimming Saturday's Utah StWash Results Dual Meet Wesnngion oef Uan State 178 5 176 7 around winner Yjmt MovcRe Wash 3 ngion 37 2 2 Jjiie fion U'n S' 36 Stepha'ne Green U'an S' 35 35 Al cross-countr- y 100-ski- er Monday's Schadute Seoris Tam KluB AM (570) pm SJ0 pm College Basketball Syracuse at Vdionova ESPN Cao-T— Cohege Basketball 7 Oklahoma at pm L5u USA Caoe Tv California Basketbaf Couege pm K&BX-A'16Q0 L) itner an a' SUSC Basketball 7V pm Couege mdna a' ESPN CaO TV Northwestern Tuesday's IdtNuk 5 Soorts Talk KLUB AM (5?0) pm Pro Hockev N Y islanders a 5JG pm Pittsburgh ESPN Cade-TPro Basket oaK Boston at 60S pm Chicago WTBS Catte-TPro Hockev Winnipeg a' Van I pm couver ESPN Cawe IV 5 - - - - - - - vember and I started skiing about Dec 10 I’ve got the physical fitness base from running I just have to get used to the ski motions ” he said “It is looking good I’m going to try to do five Ski Chase marathons but I’m busy in school” The women’s 42K race also was won by a skier with experience at Jeremy Ranch Anne Francoies 25 Fairbanks Alaska was a member of last s year’s winning Alaska-Fairbank- relay team Sunday despite cramping problems she skied the 42K race in 2:3211 to finish 16th overall and win the women’s class Jenny Erickson the Kiwi skier from Coalville was second in 2:4245 “I could barely move my legs” Francoies said “My legs cramped up pretty bad and I had problems on the last lap I’m used to skiing at sea level and I have trouble at altitude” The 21K men’s race was won by y ski Colo Aspen Coach Raoul Willie He completed the event in 58439 nipping US cross-countr- Ski Team Coach Torbjorn Karlsen (59:049) Donna Devoe who won here last year when she was competing for blitzed the field to win the women’s race and place eighth overall in 12042 Devoe 23 won the Utah Winter Games women’s cross-countr- y award last year and used Sunday’s race as a warmup for the Olympic Alaska-Fairban- trials “It was pretty fun” Devoe said “This is only my second 20K The long uphills were pretty tough The Ks went by slowly It was pretty tough” Park City’s Roxanne Toly who will attempt to qualify at the Olympic tryouts next week placed second (15th overall) in 1:260 Toly was a member of the US Ski Team downhill squad and if she qualifies she will have successfully made the rare transition from the alpine to nordic ski racing Utah Winter Games action continues Monday with freestyle ballet skiing at Deer Valley and junior and senior hockey at the Bountiful Ice Arena Rich Payday Expected for Winter Games Continued From Cnooks” They form over the Pacific Ocean and sweep down through Calgary from the Rocky Mountains 50 miles to the west They have the power to change winter into summer overnight In winters past Calgary residents have always considered the Chinooks a blessing If they sweep through the area this February they will be considered a curse They have been known to change air temperature by as much as 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius) in one hour Olympic organizers were well aware of Calgary’s unpredictable weather when they began planning the venues seven years ago So they decided to battle nature with technology The combined bobsled and luge tracks at Calgary’s $45 million ($60 million Canadian) Canada Olympic Park contains more than 62 miles (100 kilometers) of refrigeration pipe Its designers swore it could remain iced in temperatures as high as 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) and last March they were given an opportunity to prove it In the midst of one of the most severe and prolonged Chinooks ever witnessed Calgary hosted Canada’s first World Cup bobsled competition Temperatures rose to 70 degrees turning snow to mud but the World Cup was staged without a hitch For speedskating organizers took no chances at all At a cost to the Canadian taxpayer of some $29 million ($39 million Canadian) they built the world’s first fully eng closed oval The 4000-sedome streches the length of two football fields covering an area of 279870 square feet The oval itself encloses two regulation sized hockey rinks The speedskating track has been praised as the fastest anywhere At a World Cup event in November six world records were broken and more are expected to fall in February The $115 million ($154 million Canadian) Canmore Nordic Center located about 50 miles west of Calgary in the scenic Rocky Mountains contains 348 miles (56 kiloy ski tracks all equipped with meters) of state-of-th- e art equipment With maximum climbs of up to 341 feet (104 meters) on the men’s track the hilly facility has been rated as one of the toughest in the world It too was able to successfully stage a World Cup last year in the midst of a Chinook Olympic organizers however have not enjoyed the same success at Mount Allan where facilities built by the Alberta government at a cost of $20 million ($26 million Canadian) will host the Olympic alpine events Mount Allan is notorious for its woeful lack of snow — so much so the government spent some $5 million installg ing equipment designed to cover 75 percent of the slopes In electricity bills alone the system costs more than $100000 per month to operate But the equipment has caused nothing but problems Last year operators found the pipes at the where winds have been known to top of Mount Allan reach hurricane strength of 70 mph — were either frozen solid or riddled with leaks Combined with unprecedented Chinooks that locked onto Mount Allan for a full week last February and two more in March the problem plagued the resort’s initial season World Cup organizers were forced to cancel a women's weather super giant slalom race after a week of last year Conditions were so bad for a women’s downhill a day earlier that Canadian Coach Currie Champman said the race should never have been held He blasted race -l 400-met- er speed-skatin- at g - 2 Box Bob Zoeke VMI won b Rav Leonard BYU der hHet 2t pounds Robbie Mine Ooe' VMt 10 2 Impounds Winter BYU oec Robert Gales vMi 16 J Jot Evans BYU oec av — 6rK Sniaatao') vMi 6 2 vMi oec Gene W'cox BYU 10 Woooncjse Ciih Gustafson 2 BYU oet Joe Oovd T aen Levine vMi 6 2 Rick ner VM1 won bv foHeit Evans BYU pinned Roy hhi VMi 1st pertoc Travis Gimns BYU dec toe Mwt Arnes VMI Mark Smith BYU 3 dec Trenton Davis VMi - snow-makin- Wrestling Saturday's By Craig Hansell Tribune Sports Writer It ended in JEREMY RANCH a sprint between two former University of Utah NCAA champions John Aalberg held off Asmund Drivenes to take the Utah Winter Games gold medal in the 42 kiloski marathon meter The event began with another Ute Bernt Lund NCAA champion skating to the lead as the field jockeyed for early position The course led skiers across the golf course and into the canyon before taking them on a long ascent Aalberg covered the 42K distance in 2 hours 15 minutes and 15 seconds with Drivenes (2:1516) coming in close behind Alaskan Ian White (2:1739) placed third and Lund (2:2041) was fourth “This is a lot harder than any Ski Chase course” said Aalberg who placed third in last year’s Great American Ski Chase marathon series “I went down fell on the first lap and he Drivenes got about 20 yards ahead “Running the collegiate cross country track season ended in No snow-makin- Prep goals -- Robert son Neeiv Cham Fouled out— Berry Rebounds-S- an 13) Anfomo 52 (Anderson Sea me 60 Antonio 26 (Chambers ID Asssts-S- an 8) Seattle 33 (McMiiian 12) Total fouls— San Antonio 33 Seattle 24 2 Tribune Statf Photo toy Cfaig Harwell kilometer ski marathon at Jeremy Ranch Francoies won the women’s race i Aalberg Takes Gold at Games cross-countr- 141 32 36 29 26 34 39 Static bars Eis - - 12 12 - National Tennis Gassic 2 31 16 23 2- 9- 99 OSmiin Harper out— None Rebound- s- Danes 64 Fouled 19) Golden Sia’e 53 iLSmttn 9 (Tarplev Assists— Dallas 15 (Harper 8 Goiden State 12 21 Gooen (Garland J) Tota' Goioer Stale Stale 30 Coach Karl A- )2 907 Saturday's Game 141 - Saturday's Results 2 2 27 25 37 Sonics 49 - F St 99 16 30000 7 6 0 66 5 Warriors Gam Saturday's -- 115 Box Scares Wasatch 46 46 W 9 Wasatch Academy 17 6 W 49 SO Lutheran Asav 3 0 6 Srtyrl 6 6 17 Wasatch Augustat 0 1 0 Clark 4 6 ’I Hanesston 4 5 46 2 4 Totals 16 6 Denhartog Himes 8 3 16 Jensen 2 5X Urtheran 17 White 2 8 9 Nilsson 6 0 5 Wtiktng 49 1 2 Tot els 21 Wasatch 0 SL LuThree peed Mats theran (Nilsson) M Chnstkan 71 Tadic 61 17- -66 M 29 I Tadic 73 16 17 17 inter Christian Taihc — Sutherland 6 2 14 Tavlor 3 18 J Pehrson 3 3 8 13 C Pehrson 6 9 3 Rusbv 5 0 HI Renzetlo 0 0 0 Sneii 0 66 23 CasMon 0 2 2 Totals 3 Rdermounhan Chnshan Cosgrove 20 10 Wilding 7 9 2 9 Merrthew 4 9 Holder 2 1 4 Shaw 2 7 7 Jackson 2 0 73 24 5 Totals Lvons 2 Thrae-peaTmtic (Tavlor) goats 42 O' Mavs SL Utteran Ski MISSED FIELD DALLAS (115) Aguirre 13 19 6 2 Donaldson (W) 17 Tprplev Saturday's 46 Georgetown 74 DePaul 64 Williams 7 4 J2 -10 734 3 Second Quarter Karlis 43 320 Hou— FG Zendeias 46 I av pass Rom Eiwav (Karlis kick) Third Quarter Den-- FG Karlis 23 229 Fourth Quarter Hou— Givms 19 pass Rom Moon (Zendeias kick) 628 Den— Eiwav 3 run (Karlis kick) 10:33 A— 75968 pm Pro Washington McKenna 1 4 Lang Den—Kev kick) 1334 — Bucks 105 Nets 87 y tv) 7 : 8 Den-- FG - t 10 First Quarter Tuesday’s Games : NfwYork at Cleveland 5:30 pm Boston at Chicago 6 pm Philadelphia at Milwaukee 6:30 pm Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers Saturday's Games REGION ELEVEN Panquitch 87 Parawon 53 Durango Coio 62 San Juan 60 inter mountain Christian 73 Tmtic 68 SL Lutheran 49 Wasatch Academy Practice Games 2 Cedar City 49 Enterprise Piute 54 South Sevier 36 Anne - 6 3 M 10 Hetman Denver Clippers at Indiana 5:30 Degver at Phoenix 7:30 pm toy Angeles Francoies (No 904 at right) races to front at start of Utah Winter Games 42- - Boys’ Gaines 48 Milwaukee 105 New Jersey 87 7 2703 Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rog-r- s RUSHING— Washington Smith 1) Williams Bryant 8) Clark 6) Schroeder 5 Sunev Gentry Chicago Pavlon Thomas McMahon 5 Sanders Williams PASSING— Washington Chicago McMahon RECEIVING-Washing- lon Sanders Warren Didier Rogers Clark Bos© Payton Chicago Gentry MacKinnon l 16 Gault Morris Sanders Suhev Butler MISSED FIELD GOALS-Chic- New York 106 Boston 98 J Philadelphia 126 Cleveland 1 10 Washlnjjton 108 Cos Angeles Clippers 76 Atlanta 113 Denver 105 Los Angeles Lakers 101 Indiana 98 Chicago 113 Utah 91 Houston 104 Phoenix 98 Seattle 141 San Antonio 133 Dallas 115 Golden State 99 J ' of snow-makin- g officials for recklessly endangering the safety of his skiers The balmy weather churned the base of Mount Allan into a muddy lake prompting local newspapers to dub the resort “Mount Slushmore” “We felt very sad last year” recalled resort manager Rene Farwig “We were insulted We were dragged through the mud literally” Mt Allan’s reputation hurt the resort operators in the pocketbook as welL Farwig “conservatively” predicted that 160000 recreational skiers would use the facilities last year but only 75000 skiers passed through the turnstiles The resort lost some $15 million in its first year of operation This year Farwig and his partners were forced to ask OCO for $18 million to pay the resort’s operating expenses for the entire 1987-8- 8 season The men’s World Cup downhill was more successful but conditions at the top of the mountain forced race officials to shorten the course by 100 meters in elevation The top of the men’s downhill course which include’s the two most difficult turns has never been tested “It’s true no skier has ever gone down the top of the men’s downhill” said Farwig “I don’t think any skier will until the Olympic training runs in February” p since OctoFarwig’s staff have been working ber to stockpile snow for the Olympics but their efforts have been stalled by unseasonably warm weather The g machines require temperatures of 23 degrees and so far grooming at the bottom of the hill has been difficult But OCO officials refuse to recognize the possibility they might be forced to cancel the men’s downhill — widely considered one of the premier Olympic events They note that this year the Olympics will cover 16 days three days longer than any previous Winter Games “We’ve scheduled the men’s downhill for the first day of competition” said Fischer OCO’s alpine chairman “If we have to postpone it we will but it’s inconceivable to think that we can’t have one good day out of the 16” The extension to 16 days is one of the concessions made to boost TV ratings ABC bid $309 to gain exclusive US rights to the Olympic broadcasts and wanted a third weekend to improve ratings The network has scheduled 94 V hours coverage during the games both on weekends and prime time weeknigbts Along with the amounts from CTV th Canadian host network and the syndicates that won the rights for Europe Asia Japan Australia Puerto Rico Mexico and the Eastern Bloc countries TV revenues total about $325 million A government report predicts the 100000 visitors will spend at least $45 million on accomdation food and souvenirs during their stay The Olympics will have provided 28000 man-year- s of employment 70 percent of it in Alberta OCO has eme staffers and another 9400 volployed about 500 unteers will be used during the Games non-sto- snow-makin- full-tim- The population surge has created a strain on the hotels in the Calgary area Requests for accomodations are being filled up to 180 miles from Calgary A number of houses and guest rooms in the city were available for rent but these largely are filled also When demand exceeds supply there’s the risk of price gouging and some hotel and restaurant operators will subject visitors to inflated rates One hotel operator for example has raised daily rates from $24 to $135 per night |