Show Sports Spotlight By fly DON ROBINSON Moab crowns a state champion I John Evans made our predictions look awfully good by copping top honors at Salt Lake City Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- In the class cla B D meet held at the U of U. U The Devils Devil on the strength of the first flut In the and a third In the yard relay placed a respectable eleventh among the states state's smaller schools Biggest kick this reporter got was the fact tact Evans had been ignored by the metropolitan papers pap ers era despite some advance publicity on his potential The photo finally tin fin ally appeared when he breezed In Inor for or the win win- Seems like the predictors predictors pre pre- pre pre- I either for forgot ot or overlooked that winning effort at the BYU Invitational No one in Salt Lake could remember remember remember re re- member a first place winner from frem the Moab school in past meets We are arc still waiting to hear of any ay other Moab boys who have won blue ribbons at the state meet Its It's very nice to see the name of Moab on the sports page again Occasionally it seems that j I we are regarded like Texas Texas tech tech- in the U. U S. S but publicity I independent It might be a small thing but good sports publicity contributes a great deal to the morale of a school and a town Lets Let's hope the new era has dawned dawned dawned dawn dawn- ed for Moab and a corner of the sports sport page will see our name In print Of the four tour boys carrying the red and white to Salt Lake three are going to be back next year and two will have two years Dee Palmer is a junior Day and Evans Ivans Jim Burr the thi lone grad might well b Lt be replaced paced inthe In Inthe Inthe the sprint relays by an up and coming frosh Jerry Jerry can really move according to the coaches Rusty Donoghue could have picked up more points for Moab had the region yard run been beena a yard run Rusty missed edging Olsen of South Finery Emery at atthe atthe atthe the Price meet and would have beat him with a few more yards to go Guess who placed second In the record breaking state That's right Olsen Such are the whims of fate rate If Moab had a track and the facilities to go with It H it could very easily steal a a march on the rest of the state by sponsoring an early spring The early spring ignoring the latest weather and the attraction of ot a trip Into the red rock country would bring quite a number of Utah and amI Colorado schools here to participate A Red Rock Invitation Meet would be a good boost for forthe forthe forthe the city elty Utah's fishing season opens Inless in inless inless less than three weeks The June 1 opening is expected to be a goodone good goodone goodone one as the runoff is progressing well and streams should be clear for the opening That might not be true on the La because they have an unusually heavy snow cover for this time of year Few of the local streams amount to much more than a modest Irrigation irrigation ir Ir- ditch anyway so the fishIng fishIng fish fish- Ing mg burden will probably be on the lakes and storage ponds Lakes throughout the state will wm willbe willbe be loaded opening day All the major lakes have their boats re reserved reserved reserved re- re served already The fish will have havea a hard time seeing the sky Some words of caution have been Issued by the state Fish and Game Same department All AU private boats must be properly registered and outfitted with the required types and numbers of life preservers preservers pre pre- servers before they will be allowed allow allow- ed on the state waters For three years I listened to stories on the fabulous late summer summer sum sum- mer met fishing at Strawberry Res Res- in Summitt county For three years I tried unsuccessfully to catch atch a fish on the big pond Last year against the advice of of- of t A R 1 f ft t 3 e r f w t tI s Y r I t t I IC C r 7 I t t These nine national winners in the 1956 1950 Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild model car competition share in a golden harvest of worth of university sc scholarships Selected the nations nation's best on the tha basis of craftsmanship and designing ability they are arc top row left t to td right Joseph Greene Medina Washington 2000 Murray Milne Detroit Michigan Bill foore Moore Moore Los Angeles California Jerry Winkley Rollins Montana Jack Pink Grosse Pointe Michigan bottom row left to right Charles Winslow Jr Springfield Massachusetts Michael l Barricks Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Illinois 2000 Charles Gibilterra Los Angeles California and Bryce Arden Miller Detroit Michigan l everybody I T tried fishing there thereon on the opening Result the greatest great est day I ever h had d on 01 any lake Moral only the fish know anything anything anything any any- thing about when to fish on Strawberry |