Show Sports orts Spotlight Mi guv By Don Robinson Moab will wilt have a ft new basketball basket ball balf coach ne next t year The high school signed Edwin t. t L L. Jacobs a graduate of Utah State university university sity In Logan early last week after he had met with Superintendent Superintendent Knight and Principal He lie will handle the recreation rec teC- program for tot the city and county this summer Coach Haul t Brown Drown has left Grand District He lie Is seeking a position In or around Salt Lake Brown has been offered the coachIng coaching coach coach- Ing position at Manilla Daggert county where they are Initiating basketball for the first year The new coach will not have much to start with In taking over the high school reins Palmer Robertson Lance and Somer Somer- Robertson played very little despite hl his size and with work could help the new coach to a 3 good season Having missed last weeks week's column cot col runn due to a death In Inthe the family I am somewhat tardily looking backward over the school year What were the top thrills of the year In sports In team competition tion the first game of the football football foot foot- ball season against Spanish Fork was a topper Although the Devils lost It was a great ball game Spanish Fork liked so well that they wanted wanted wanted want want- ed to come back down this falland fall falland falland and will be on the schedule Theother The Theother Theother other top performance was turned In by the track team of ten men who t lOk the region champion champion- shop and broke five records The feat was more noteworthy because because be be- cause they lacked anything resembling resembling re reo re- re practice facilities The Individual performances t that hat stood out above all ail others would have to be Jim Burrs Burr's roll in football especially that season- season closing splurge of six touchdowns against Blanding and the victory of ot John Evans in the slate state yard dash and at the BYU DW In In- nal There were many othera others others oth oth- ers era but those thos stand out from this corner Cotner Don Randalls Randall's second inthe In Inthe Inthe the state wrestling g meet and Dee Palmers Palmer's three firsts first at the region meet In Price were noteworthy Lots tots o of prospective stars are around the local fOCAl diamond dia dla dia- dia mond mend In the form of candidates tor for boys baseball They are currently currently cur cur- pushing ticket sales sate to fi finance fie 11 nance the six teams planning to participate It Its It's eya f a terrific Invest Invest- any way you look at It They will furnish most of the sports entertainment In Moab this summer summer sum sum- mer so lets let's patronize their games You'll get your moneys money's worth now and in the future About fifty million worms will drown this weekend with the op op- orini of fishing season This will he one of the most unusual of Utah's Utah openings as 81 streams are behaving strangely In many of ot the states watersheds the snow i h 11 still falling this week instead of melting Streams have been high but clear much like they should be in March but not In May and June The recent hot weather might change that In the few days remaining but some waters are bound to be at unusual unusual un un- usual levels The lakes are posing a problem a also 10 Fishing favorite 1 Flak Fish Lake Is still frozen over ex except ept fo for fOl areas area around the th banks Its It's Its It's being berng wt watched hed closely for lor able a ft ble breakup kup but nothing has h happen happened ed as yet yetOn yetOn On the local scene the creeks will be high and murky Lakes are a problem here too but a different kind The Hie roads road are goIng goIng go- go gooIng Ing to be mighty muddy for fore a while How much planting has I been possible Is questionable The rains came cam but there was wd nothing to water No golf t course urse was started this spring despite fervent hopes The delay Is caused caused caus cause ed edIt It It It Is said said by by the question over the use of Df land In and around the old hid city park Lots of work has been volunteered If something something something some some- thing could be started r |