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Show 5 by Bliss Knudson, Hein lead Roy Recreation Fullmer teaching profession and a good system for our two junior high schools and for Roy High. Most of the top athletes at Roy High School came up through the city recreation program. How individual about the youngsters? we asked. How have you helped them. said Frank, Well, for one thing, weve helped in character development through individual participation in team sports. Weve allowed them to find themselves through athletics and program has been Roy Recreation. Three men. with a total of 30 years of service and experience, head up the Roy recreation program. Frank Trfemea, manager, has sewed 16 years. His assistants, Mike Hein and Ralph Knudson have 8 years and 6 years respectively. Roy City has more than doubled since Frank was appointed manager of recreation in 1960. The program at that time included a total of 6 or 7 teams in all sports. This year in baseball and softball alone the city is sponsoring 45 teams. There were 3 or 4 football teams in 1960. Last summer Roy recreation provided facilities and equipment fc 14 teams of youngsters ranging in age from 8 to 15 years. And this is only part of the story. They also sponsor golf, arts & craft, air hockey, bumper pool, tennis, archery, BB gun contests, soccer, summer basketball and other activities to keep our kids busy and happy. Frank Tremea, at age 38, is a busy man himself. He divides his time between his family, his church, his Frank and his wife Myrna, have four children, Terry, 11; Scott 10, Maria 6, and Chris, 14 months. They live on the n Clinton side of the the border. A strange rule by the Weber School district prohibited its teachers from living in the city in which they were teaching, so when Frank was hired at Roy Junior High School, he purchased a home at nearby Clinton. But for all practical purposes Frank Trema is a solid citizen of Roy, Utah. Frank is presently serving as a bishops counselor in the Clinton Fourth" Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. He is assistant principal at Roy Junior High School. Frank has always been involved in civic affairs. He served a term as president of the Roy J.Cs and was Utah State president in 1960. In 1962 he was National Chaplin for all J.Cs in the USA. Then his age caught up with him. At age 35 the J.C.s put their old men out to pasture. Frank Trema is now an Exhausted Rooster of the J.C. organization. Two graduates of Roy Recreation assist Frank in running the program. Mike Hein teaches English at Wahlquist Junior High where he also coaches the baseball team. Mike and his wife Julie live in Roy. Ralph Knudson and his wife Karleen also live here. He teaches history and English at Sandridge Jr. High and helps coach baseball, basketball and football at the school We asked Frank Tremea what Roy Recreation was contributing to our Roy-Clinto- Softball standings Hooper Utah Stake statistics and schedules are as follows: gain confidence to become real champions. Weve stressed more of an interest in participating than just winning. Whats lacking in the recreation program? we asked. Lack of parent interest and parent participation, he blurted. Most parents really get behind their kids and support them, but there are some who couldnt care less." What about the football program, we said to Frank. Some Wasatch Front football League members load their teams by actually having tryouts to select the very best in town. Roy doesnt do it this way. How can we compete against Super star teams? "Weve done all right, said Frank. Weve won our share of league championships. Weve always had two or three teams on top. Some teams have folded, he continued, because they stacked the deck, but in the long run they created a lot of problems for themselves. We allow our coaches to pick boys random selection and work with that by team from their beginning at 70 lbs. or under right up through the 150 lb. limit, some seven years later. This method is working in Roy and will work in other WFFL cities. The recreation program is succeeding in Roy. Many visitors come to scout our system. Roy community. he drawled, first we try to meet the needs of the kids. We give them an opportunity to participate and find their own thing in athletics. But do you know, he added, our Well, LEADERS OF the Roy Recreation program (I. to r.) Mike Hein, Frank Tremea and Ralph Knudson. Recently the city purchased a new tennis pitching machine and here they demon- strate. Babe Ruth season here By Keith Duncan Babe Ruth baseball has planted a seed in Roy and the man responsible for getting the firm hold in the ground has been Fred Thompson, Roy Highs ; out-of-to- Recreation really is in good spectacular second year baseball hands. Montor. Thompson just finished leading his North team to a victory over the all-stSouth in the annual North-Soutat in Affleck John Park game Ogden. Thompson states, Ive been trying to find a program that would be totally beneficiary to our spring high school program. American Legion is good, but it accomodates seniors and is a little too competitive for everyone to play. The Babe Ruth league is for boys in the age bracket of 16 to 18 years of age. It essentially involves last years J.V. team and a few freshmen coming out. I think by the time this team has played a good schedule and all, they could turn out to be the varsity baseball squad for next season at Roy High. They have been supplied with Roy High uniforms and are about set to go. Several Roy businesses have to be recognized for their valid contributions 7-- 1 h Wrap-u- p appears next week will have several former Roy In next weeks edition of the Sun Chronicle, a complete wrap up of all Roys American Legion and Babe Ruth play will be spread across the pages. Its slowly shaping up t6 be another fantastic summer of exciting High baseball stars playing amidst its ranks. The Babe Ruth league is purely destined for players 8 years of age. Coach 16-1- Fred Thompson of Roy describes it as a summer training for what baseball. The American Legion will be in a very competitive teagtrewd 5 could be the baseball team. 1977 Roy High Summer Roy schedule of 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Schedule for June 9, Roy 2nd vs. Roy 4th Roy 8th vs. Roy 13th. 8 p.m. Roy 3rd ys. Roy 5th Rye Roy 7th 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1976 Trust Company, Painters Beauty School, Roy Branc of the Bank of Utah, and J. Thompson of Hooper. Ken Francis will manage the team and he will be assisted by Claude Payne. Both of these Royals were stars State that led Roy into the 1976 baseball playoffs. The league will involve one team from Roy, two teams from Weber, one more from Ben Lomond, and two from Ogden, and one from Bonneville. 4-- will be on Monday and Wednesday. At the end of the regular season team will be schedule, an all-stpicked and they will travel to Texas to participate in the playoffs. Play Whitiker of Kanesville Second tries to make tag. Roy went on to win 1 2-- 9 at Hooper Park last Saturday. Old men enjoy slow pitch By Bliss Fullmer added as writer 1976 Jo-Le- 10 6 7 8 9 Schedule for June 10, 13th vs. Roy 8th (B Roy Roy 4th vs. Roy 7th Roy 2nd vs. Roy 5th' Roy 3rd vs. Roy 8th (A) Explorers again. Those to be duely recognized for contributions are Stettlers Market, Roy Drug, The Gift Gallery, Roy e Conoco, Roy Amoco, Bee Jees, Lanes, Herforshire, Builders Bargain Center, Roy Highs Booster Club, H & W The following schedule shows in detail the home schedule Summer Baseball at Roy High School. June 9, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 12, Beehive College, 2 and 4 p.m. June 14, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 15, American Legion, 6:30 p.m. June 16, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 21, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 22, American Legion, 6:30 po.m. Jur.e 23, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 24, American Legion, 6:30 p.m. June 28, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. June 30, Beehive College, 6:30 p.m. July 3, Beehive College, 2 and 4 p.m. July 8, American Legion, 6:30 p.m. July 12, Babe Ruth, 5:30 p.m. July 13, American Legion, 6:30 p.m. July 14, Babe Ruth, 6:30 p.m. July 17, Beehive College, 2 and 4 p.m. July 29, American Legion, 6:30 p.m. SCOTT VAN SICKLE of the Roy First Ward was called safe on this eventual controversial force play. Roger Thursday's Schedule, June p.m. - Roy 9th vs. Roy 15th p.m. - Lakeview vs. Roy 16th (2) p.m. - Roy 18th vs. Roy 12th p.m. - Roy 11th vs. Roy 6th Bye Roy 16th(l Roy Utah Slake to the team. In Babe Ruth, each team has to raise enough money for umpires and balls, and in this case it was the Roy community who came through Bliss Fullmer, a long-tim- e sports enthusiast, has Sun Chronicle to write in the hired been by recently the sports pages. Mr. Fullmer will be steadily involved in covering church and little league sports through the summer months. If anyone in the city has any worthy sports news for the much improved Sun Chronicle sports pages, they can either drop in their news to the office located at 5388 S. 1900 W. You can also contact Mr. Fullmer at 4388 S. 2175 W. or phone him, Keith Duncan, who has served as sports editor foe the past year, received his LDS Mission call to the a mission last Friday. Georgia-AtlantAll are encouraged to make the Sun Chronicle the Roy hometown newspaper. Any news at all should be phoned in. Mr. Fuller would be glad to take a picture and help in any way possible. Fullmer Slow pitch is the name of the game, and is played in LDS wards and stakes by men who are at least 19 years of age. There is no upper limit. Gray hair or no hair is common. The pitcher must have an arc of at least three feet on the ball, and believe me, that takes an awful lot off the ball. The players cant bunt, steal or lead off, and must be batted from base to base. An extra man, called the Rover is number ten man on the team. We watched some of our Roy teams of the Hooper Stake play against teams from Kanesville, Hooper and against each other. What contrast and variety there was in team mates and team play. Some teams sported fancy uniforms, complete with hats and spikes. Others played in just what they happened to be wearing. There was a catcher in dress pants and a sport shirt; a n in cowboy a lanky pitcher in levis and boots and wrangler pants ; a second baseman with a shiny new uniform (he probably played in an industrial league down town), there was a short stop who wore corduroys and a tank top; a third baseman wearing cutoffs and an old Roy High football practice jersey; a left fielder with levis and a sweater; a center fielder dressed in sleeveless turtle-nec- k the and upper part of a faded uniform; a right sport pants fielder who had come straight from the office and stopped to shed his tie. The Rover was another of just long enough town down league players in full uniform. He is usually those first-basema- the best player of the team. The coach looked as if he had done his farm chores early, just to come to the game. His bib overalls added a little color to an already colorful team. These men usually get together for the very first time at their very first scheduled game. Some are brilliant young l, were once brilliant players; others, though now and some of it still shows. They made a lot of errors, but no one got too excited because both sides made a lot of mistakes. It was fun and interesting to watch the teams move on and off the field. Some ran, others walked, still others walked very slowly, especially in the late stages of the game. Some made the tough play look easy, others made the easy play look hard, others were playing their first-eve- r softball and it showed. game There were no in the stands, but nobody reallv thought there would be. These men play hard and like to do their share of and questioning the close calls. But when it was all arguing over, they smiled and shook hands, and look to next weeks schedule with hope, hope that their aches and pains would be healed and maybe, just maybe, they could improve their o for 4 record at bat. But you admired these men of all ages. They took their softball serious, but win or lose, they had fun and they will be back next week if they can get out of the welfare meeting or if they arent working swing shift. . These Arm Chair Athletes want to play just one more season before they hand up that old glove, and after all the ward needs them. over-the-hil- pro-scou- |