Show Sports thoughts By Aldon Rachele Tuesday Jul July 22 was a sad day for the players on the Vernal Pony League tournament tournament tour tour- team They had lost the day before to la Provo and then I 1 Tue Tuesday day they lost to their arch rival Roosevelt It was a chore to get them all together for the newspaper group picture They probably felt like kicking the closest water cooler I EVERY VERY GAME must have a loser Many teams have been losers but through deter deter- determination urination they become became winners An example of finally winning is the Pittsburgh of the American Football Conference The while they were Inthe in inthe the Na National Football League and then the American Football Conference were the laughing laughingstock laughingstock stock of the football world Pittsburgh hung in there during all those teeing losing years and just kept hoping for better things When they lost loot they acted like winners who knew that someday they would be champions That day came fn 1974 when they beat Oakland for the American Conference Championship which was the first conference championship THEN TO top the American Conference win off th they y surprised surprised surprised sur sur- the Minnesota Vikings with their stingy defense and won the Super Bowl in January of 1975 The had been losers but they didn't let that interfere with their determination determination determination deter deter- to become a cham cham- pion While others were laughing the were probably saying You wait until we start winning and you'll see who is laughing When the New York Mets were vere formed during the expansion expansion ex ex- ex of the National Baseball League in the early sixties they had as a next door neighbor the New York Yankees of the American League The New York Yankees during the twenties thirties fifties and early sixties accented the word winning by taking part in 29 World Series They won 20 of f those ose 29 HOWEVER the New York Mets decided that they were not going to let people think that they were copying the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees Instead of accenting accenting accenting ac ac- ac- ac centing the word winning they brought new meaning to the word lose During the New York Mets first year in the National League in the early sixties they lost loot over games They had weak hitting weak pitching and weak fielding They were filled with veteran players who had seen better days and young players who were not ready for major league ball TIlE THE METS I were the laughing stock of the league A good team after having a series with a tough opponent would gladly welcome the Mets They figured that here was chance to easily win a few games Even with all the losing years the New York Mets Meta and their fans never gave up They knew that maybe some day their winning turn would come They celebrated when they finished in place in fn 1968 although the theother theother theother other teams laughed The next year 1969 they were laughing as they surprised the Atlanta Braves Draves athe Baltimore Orioles and the world by winning the World Series |