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Show i chrivals Clash Today I : rHARLlE ZITO I 'I Assoc. Sports Editor i champs open the ' j D'V'e baseball season this by hosting the Cou- ! riim Young Univer-of Univer-of the most hotly ? rivalries in the nation, scheduied for 2:30 , " atDerks Field. ;'; .THE past two years Utah ' ' f S the Northern Di-'SwAC Di-'SwAC baseball par-flam par-flam Young second both 11 eld almost an en- h s, the action shifts to t Field where the two an-dash an-dash in a double Tf: o(jer. tS mentor Glen Tuckett j4.be has the material to pu parson top this baseball iW The Utes head man fctbat the Cougars will be U to beat as they are in all collegiate activities. H the RETURN of shortstop rffl Nielson will undoubtedly ;;,p the cougars. Nielson was tEvpred in the first game of the Wesson and has been to the plate Online times. He has, how- a, responded with four hits, i p Ssbad ankle is now healed suf-jlUy suf-jlUy to allow him to move it linearly full strength. '"8 SIEVE DAVIS, a superb soph- aire has been filling Nielson's Joe; and has done a fine job. "J Se is hitting .300 with 15 hits cjJijd two home runs. J" He best showing of ability 'ia income from catcher Tom s?:l'i, Fife has seven hits in 13 i ies at bat for a .538 batting ' average and has made only one error all year. His seven hits have accounted for five runs. The starting lineup for the Cougars will be: Tom Fife catching, catch-ing, Bud Parker at first base, Gary Roberts at second base, Dennis Lamb at third base, while Steve Dennis will be at shortstop, John Greene in center cen-ter field, Jerry Sheurn in left and Bry Lake in right field. UTE COACH Pres Summerhays Summer-hays has tapped southpaw Dave Varvel 7-2 last year and an all-conference all-conference selection for todays opener. Varvel has been erratic this season and now is 1-4 for the year with a 3.46 earned run average. The Ute head man will go with Dennis Udy the pace setter in the WAC for ERA with a sparkling spark-ling 1.11. George Allen, a junior, jun-ior, will start the second game for the Redskins. GLEN TUCKETT, BYU head coach, doesn't know who he wants to start for the series. The Cougar pitching corps is one of the strongest the "Y" has had. Likely candidate's for the pitching pitch-ing chore are. transfers Bob Foderaro (2-0), Jim Englehardt (1-0) or Frank Lolich (2-2); let-termen let-termen Lani Hacke or sophomores sopho-mores Martin Howned or Jim Henderson. SLUGGER Steve Radulovich and football star Jerry Pullman pace the Ute hitting attack with respective batting averages of .353 and .333. Shortstop Jack Gehrke, who injured his knee in the Mesa series will be in action ac-tion for the Redskins this afternoon. |