Show Sport SpotLight SpotLight Spot Spot- Light l 1 Don Robinson t. t I I Thin to start the ranks of Coach Glen Richeson's Red Devits Devils Dev its ils are much thinner this week after a thumping by Blanding and an equal drubbing by the Injury and Illness bug At least leas t three regulars have not been I back to school since the weekend week weeks end and more have missed practice practice I tice Lice because of various vailous ailments This Is the toughest situation for tor a coach A bad beating wise score takes a lot out of ot the kids They can come back now and prove they have something something some some- thing better than n a winning team a proud team Actually the handing manding game was not soone so soone soone one sided Three queer scores broke Moab's back It must have been like the straw that did the same to the camel because because be cause the Devils have had more than their share of at bad breaks The fans can prove they have something too by turning out Friday night for the Ing game t Duck hunting big news up north now could start this week If if the current series of sto storms hitting the state moves a few birds down There are none now Jack Holly who lives next to the river bridge confirmed the absence of ducks He lIe also said that the wild rice that provided food tood for the birds is virtually gone That added to the fact tact that water In the sloughs Is very low would Indicate a poor duck duc season Conservation Officer Dan I 1 Winbourn says that the hunting has been very spotty although a tl number of ot birds birch have been planted in th the area They have been seen In good numbers In the area along the Colorado river south of Moab I but the storms apparently dispersed dispersed dispersed dis dis- dis- dis persed them Birds were planted plant plant- ed cd again this year In an effort to build up the local tion MIGHTY ANGULAR Harold Harold Harold Har Har- old Moab accountant is one who doesn't believe th the tho fishing season ends with the tha beginning of hunting and he has a pair of f four pound trout to prove It Thus far the moisture on the mountains has not threatened to close the higher country to deer hunters Conservation officers of of- facers are hoping that we do not have a repetition of f the storms that made roads a quagmire last year above feet Remarkable progress has been made on the Moab golf course The wisdom of fall planting was never more evident Re- Re seeding results have been excellent excellent ex ex- ex already and the promise promise pro pros mise miss for next spring is great The greens In use this summer are carpet smooth now This Isa is isa isa a course that will draw wide attention when completed The Tho amount of interest in Carbon county and Salt Lake is amazing amazing amazing ing as is the lack of interest 1 here i Virtually every Utah city with witha a population near now has or is fI building a golf course In most cases the courses are arc municipal projects That would be nice here but our community ity has other major problems to lick first so the burden falls on the public and business community Monticello has now built up a terrific program of golf without a blade of grass yet growing What's with us |