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Show Wednesday, May 11, 1977 AVISE SPOKTS 2ty Garj) If we PUNCH DRUNK? An interesting matchup involving two of the top heavyweight contenders comes to us via the tube Wednesday night in a 12-rounder with the winner moving on (hopefully) to a title fight with Muhammad Ali. Duane Bobick, now managed by one-time champion Joe Frazier and handled by his opponent's former trainer Eddie Futch will see if his undefeated-untied 38 record is justsified in the upper echelons of the heavyweight division. Puzzling Ken Morton provides the opposition in what could be a bloody good go for it. Morton's confusing because he looked so good in all three of his fight with "the champ" with many, if not most, observers feeling he was robbed of the title in their most recent encounter against a strong but slower George Forman. You will recall Ken forgot to pay his light bill about midway through round two. Bobick's style is similar to Smokin' Joe's in that he is continually bearing down on his opponent. However, where Frazier came at his foe in a crouch, Bobick walks in almost upright and it's almost as if he forgot the lob and weave, a tactic allowing him to avoid getting tagged as often or as hard. Jimmy Young can slip punches. Nevertheless Bobick, a very tough and determined boxer, has shown endurance in the face of many blows utilizing his unstylish approach to press forward until the opponent is worn down and out. The continual pressure and pounding shots to the body eventually take their toll on a more skillful fighter who just doesn't have Bobick's staying power. This will no doubt be his strategy against Norton and as a result he will lose most of the early rounds, if not the whole fight. The longer the bout lasts the better for Bobick. We must all remember Norton at 34 is not the fighter he was in the first Ali fights and Bobick is at his prime. Wits Eddie Futch, Norton's former trainer, is in Bobick's corner providing invaluable advice as to just what Ken's limitations are. The Desk will Sweetening the Pot.wwwji Well, it finally " happened." You " may not remember it but during the 1975 playoffs Reggie Jackson commented if he played in New York they'd name a candy after him. Yes, I'm afraid I've got a confection confession to make. Standard Brands, which also manufactures Baby Ruth bars, will pay our pal $250,000 a year for ten years to produce in the fall.. ..what else but the Reggie bar. In last week's edition I stated the University of Utah will be playing Georgia in football this year. They will not. Instead they will play an almost equally tough foe, and a member of the sane Southeastern Conference when they journey to Gainesville and meet the Florida Gaters. THE &m mm Park City's Finest Dining Beef Seafood Lamb Top of Main Street, Park City, Utah n ac noon EVERYDAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS AND WN DAY I CLQ Sun.-Thurs. 6:00-10: Frl.-Sat. HOME FOR SALE p All oak interiors, native stone fireplaces, f cathedral ceilings, huge windows withf a great variety of views and lot of light, f ample redwood decks, and wide openj living spaces on V2 acres in Holiday j Ranch make this house a bargain for the jj j owner who can see and appreciate finei J workmanship from the overall design top the finest details. $116,000. f i To see call 649-9039, 649-8163, 649-8275. LJ ESTABLISHED 1972 K1"1? 1 101 33SJ&s Wed. Ladies night 6:00-11: McComh Blair. Reed - 1 ake Doubles Nancy McComb teamed with Susie Blair Saturday and Sunday to continue her dominance of Park City women's tennis while Harry Reed and Rick Prince narrowly nar-rowly defeated Kay Wade and Jim Hicks in exciting men's doubles competition at the Park City Racquet Club. Blair and McComb, who won the women's "A" singles sin-gles tournament the previous previ-ous week, finished on top of the women's "A" doubles by downing the team of Mardi Smith and Lauri Tisch, 6-4, 6-1. Smith and Tisch defeated defeat-ed the eventual winners in Saturday's qualifying round but were outwomaned in the finals. The most electrifying match occurred in the men's "A" doubles. The title was decided on the last possible point of a tie-breaker game. Except for the women's "A" final round match consisted of no add "pro" sets with a team needing eight game wins to take a set. Pre-tournament favorites Kay Wade and Jim Hicks found themselves deadlocked deadlock-ed with Harry Reed and Rick Prince at seven games apiece in the last and crucial set, necessitating a best-of-nine points tie-breaker. The battle went down to the wire with the Reed-Prince combo pulling their upset on the final point. Fish Opener Continued From Page 6 of both brown and rainbow. js usecj wjtn good results. me water win De low ana clear. Similar to previous years, the lower Provo from the dam downstream to Vivian Park is classified as a "wild trout stream" where only naturally , reproduced fish from the stream will be caught. Access along the entire en-tire lower Provo River is excellent ex-cellent with good camping areas available. Lower stretches of the river have already been dewatered and are dry or nearly so. So be it for a once beautiful trout stream. Soldier Creek Reservoir -This new reservoir is located in Eastern Wasatch County downstream trom Strawberry Reservoir and is fast becoming a very popular water. It was heavily planted with small rainbow trout last fall and once again should provide excellent fishing on the opener. The rainbow will generally run in the 10- to 16-inch 16-inch category. No developed camping facilities are available, but parking areas for trailers and campers can be found. Remember, Strawberry River below the dam is not open until July 15 this year. Northeastern Region The Northeastern Region can expect unusually low water levels in its lakes and streams; however, fishing is expected to be better than (usual for the opening week-j. week-j. .1 i i i ciiu uuc 10 me iow ana clear water conditions. The low water conditions and good road access will permit stocking of most waters usually inaccessible for the opener. Flaming Gorge Reservoir -This is a year-round water which has produced excellent excel-lent fishing in the Dast; however, so far this spring, fishing has been slow for rainbow, but fair for trophy brown and lake trout for the experienced and patient fisherman. fish-erman. More pan-size rainbow rain-bow have been showing up in the creel for the shore fishermen, and the boaters are having more success with the brown and lake trout. Green River - This is one of the prettiest streams in the state and will be stocked for the opener. A large crowd is expected, but many people will be on the river simply to enjoy the beauty and relaxation relaxa-tion of a float trip. The trail from the dam to Little Hole offers the enthusiastic sportsman a fine experience. The limit is eight trout, and life jackets must be worn while floating the river. An assortment of tackle and bait THE Prince, Stein Eriksen and Steve Strand finished third. A tie-breaker was also needed to determine the winner of the women's "B" doubles. Stella Redondo and Sue Hughes led the competition going into their final match against Jerri Sue Ericksen and Sue Brightman but they had to win to capture the title. Eriksen and Bright-man Bright-man who won the women's "B" singles, pushed Redondo Redon-do and Hughes to the limit before succumbing eight games to seven in the tie-breaker. The loss dropped the Erik-sen-Brightman team to third place with Francine Buck and Marie Miller taking second. The men's "B" crown was captured by Roy Reynolds and Don Hutchison. Having downed the team of Lloyd Stevens and Barney Harry and the Dick Smith-Pete Smith-Pete Toly combo, Reynolds and Hutchison were pitted against Paul Brown and Steve Dering, also undefeated undefeat-ed in the final set. Dering and Brown were the pits and Reynolds and Hutchinson were the winners coasting to an easy 8-4 victory. This coming weekend the Park City Racquet Club will host a mixed doubles tournament. tourna-ment. Starvation Reservoir - Improved Im-proved roads and campground camp-ground facilities await the angler. Fishing for rainbow trout is expected to be fair. Many large brown trout await the experienced angler. ang-ler. I'inta Mountain Lakes - Access into most of the high country will be limited until at least June 1. A wide variety of fishing and scenery scen-ery is offered in this unique range of mountains. Backpackers Back-packers and horseback riders ri-ders enjoy cutthroat and brook fishing at its best. Northern Region In general terms, the Northern Nor-thern Region is experiencing unseasonably Iow stream flows and below normal reservoir levels. Causey Reservoir may fill by opening day and Hyrum is spilling. All other reservoirs in the Northern Region are well below normal capacity. Many stream sections are without water due to irrigation irriga-tion diversion. No streams are high and turbid. All will be planted with exceptions of a few that are without water. Many streams will be stocked neavily before opening open-ing day. It is anticipated that many streams will be dry or at low levels later in the summer and not suitable for stocking. Some reservoirs that receive catchable size trout may not be stocked early because they are too low to be reached by a fish truck. Fast Canyon Reservoir -This water should produce excellent fishing with some fish larger than last opening. A public lecture will be held on Friday, may 13. at 9:00 p.m. The public is welcome. The topic will be "Fisheries Management at East Canyon." Can-yon." Logan River - Heavily stocked. Pineview Reservoir - Fishing Fish-ing should be fair. Some large fish will be taken. Water is 19 feet below last year's lake level. Rockport Reservoir - Fishing Fish-ing should be about the same as last year-good. Some large fish should be taken. I'inta Mountains - North Slope Christmas Meadows-Stocked with normal allotment for opening day. Hayden Fork-Stocked with normal allotment for opening open-ing day. Bear River-Stocked with normal allotment for opening open-ing day. Lily Lake-Heavily stocked. Bridger and Lyman-Inac-cessible at this time. Weber River - Well stocked. Willard - Walleye fishing Tte"r,'1'l,,"l,ir T T T" n i r Harry Reed and Rick Prince Nancy McComb Don Hutchison and Roy Reynolds i hi ii i lis fur Sue Hughes and will be slow Good to excellent fishing in manna areas for crappie. Strawberry Reservoir - It has been an extremely mild winter in Strawberry Valley this past year. The ice was gone from the lake early and no snowdrifts will he left come May 14. The valley is powder dry already this year. Once again, a large opening weekend crowd is expected with camping areas limited to certain shorelines. Access fees by the Strawberry Water Users Association will again be in ellect this season. Please respect this private proper- t lake your refuse home obev road closures. and Fishing will be good to excellent with 10- to 14-inch rainbows dominating the creel. Larger rainbow and cutthroat to 5 pounds should be taken. Once again this year on Strawberry is an eight-fish limit. Remember all tributaries of the reservoir reser-voir do not open to fishing until July 1. Leave the corn at home. It is an illegal bait on all Utah waters. I'tah Lake - Most people pass up this popular year-round year-round fishing water on the opening weekend of the general season. But for those who want to catch fish 'catfish, white bass, large mouth bass and walleye and have lots of room to themselves, them-selves, this may be the w ater they are looking for. Most popular areas are at Lincoln Beach. Provo Boat Harbor. Orem Pier. Saratoga and the Knolls. Camping areas, both developed and undeveloped. Southern Region Fish Lake - Fish Lake should be good fishing for rainbow in the 10- to 14-inch size. Ice is off the lake so fishing should be good for lake trout and browns for the fisherman trolling near the shallows. Cheese, dead min and Susie Blair ; i Stella Redondo nows and worms should be the best baits, while Mepps spinners and Rapalas will be the best lures. All roads will be open. Lake Powell - Last week's cold snap could affect the good fishing which has been the rule recently at Lake Powell However, the time of the year is right lor both crappie and bass and should provide good angling opportunity oppor-tunity for opening weekend. Minersville Reservoir - Mi- nersville has been open to fishing since January 1, 1977. Fishing has been slow the last few weeks but is expected to get better as water temperatures rise. Rainbow trout are ranging from U pound t0 4 pounds in size with 21 4 pounds of fish being the average take. Otter (reek Reservoir - Catch rate will be slow with success similar to last year. The new state park facilities otter limited parking, but rest rooms and water are available. The reservoir lies mainly on Bureau ol Land Management land giving plenty of places to park a trailer. A boat launching ramp w ill be available in the park. The fish will average 1 pound to 1U pound. Panguiti h Lake - Panguitch Lake is expected to be good fishing for rainbow. A lew-cutthroat lew-cutthroat may also be taken. Most fish caught will be 1 1 to 1 pound. The lake is lower than normal for the opening. Launching of boats will only be good at the south side public boat ramp. North ramp is nearly out of water. A large crowd is expected., Cabins, boats, trailer space, groceries and public campground camp-ground are available at the lake. SPORTS By Brown NBA The Portland Trailblazers found unexpected success on the road at the Los Angeles Forum as they took their second straight victory from the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday 99-97. Reserve guard Herm Gilliam hit for 14 points on a variety of fourth quarter shots to lift the Trailblazers to a 2-0 series lead as they head for their home court for the third game. While Portland took advantage of the Lakers in LA the Philadelphia 76ers worked their magic at home for the second straight game as they defeated the Houston Rockets 106-97 to assume a 2-0 lead in the best of seven Eastern Conference finals. After watching a 12-point half-time lead vanish, Darryl Dawkins came off the bench to join Julius Erving in a fourth quarter rally which provided Philadelphia with its win. NHL After beating the New York Islanders four games to two in the semifinal series, the Montreal Canadians took a one game lead over the Boston Bruins in Stanley Cup finals play as they defeated the Bruins 7-3 Saturday. The only thing lop-sided about the game was the score. The Bruins, after falling behind 4-1, scored two of their three shots in the second period to pull within with-in a goal before Montreal put the game away in the third period with goals by Rick Chartraw and Yvon Lambert. Baseball Looking to the Major League standings, we find a few changes over last week's report. In the American League East, the New York Yankees have struggled back to the top as they lead the Baltimore Orioles by a scant V game. In the West, the Minnesota Twins have stayed on top as they lead the Chicago Whitesocks by one full game. Moving to the National League, we find the Pittsburgh Pirates moving in front of St. Louis in the East as they hold a one and a half game lead over the Cardinals. The Los Angeles Dodgers have maintained their early season momentum as they hold a commanding 10 game lead over the second place San Francisco Giants in the West. Tennis Dick Stockton and Vijay Amritraj won their first tournament as a team Sunday, as they captured the largest winner's purse in doubles' - history-$80,000by beating Vitas Gerulaitis and Adriano Pauatta, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, in the nationally televised finals of the WET-World Doubles Championship. Stockton and Amritraj captured a 7-1 first set tie-breaker and 7-3 second tie-breaker before losing the third set on a service break against Amritraj in the seventh game. Golf Ray Floyd rolled in an eagle putt on the par-five 15th Sunday, to finish with an 8 under par 276 to win the Byron Nelson Golf Classic by two shots. It was the first triumph of the year for Floyd, as he withstood the season's first summer-like head and out dueled the home state favorite Ben Crenshaw, who was also looking for his first tournament win. The victory was worth $40,000 to winner Floyd. Horseracing Seattle Slew, everyone's pre-Derby favorite, didn't disappoint anyone Saturday as he had little trouble in winning Churchill Downs' 103rd run for roses. At the end of the IV2 mile race, Seattle Slew was 1V2 lengths ahead of second place finisher Run Dusty Run. Ridden by Jean Cruget, Seattle Slew's Derby win was worth $214,700, as he completed the first leg of the Triple Crown. The Kentucky Derby winner's next leg will be the 1 316 mile $150,000 added Preakness held in Baltimore on May 21. Southeastern Region Fishing should be excellent on opening weekend throughout through-out the region. With below normal moisture conditions and above normal temperatures, tempera-tures, all waters are expected expect-ed to be accessible and probably free of ice. The regional philosophy this year w ill be to stock the maximum number of fish possible for the opening to take advantage of the optimum opti-mum volume of water. In many cases this stocking will be one half of the yearly allotment. Electric I.ake - Water level is about one third of its capacity and is anticipated to remain there throughout this year. Boat ramp is completely complete-ly out of the water launching launch-ing conditions are poor. Fishing should be fair for cutthroat. . .... -. Page 7 .Joe's Valley Reservoir - The catch rate should be good this year. Fish size is expected to average about nine to ten inches as in the past years. Current water level is about one half capacity and expected to be one third of capacity before fall. Scofield Reservoir - This lake is now ice free with good access throughout the area. Gill netting studies had not be . completed to date, but fishing success is expected to be good for rainbow averaging averag-ing 10 to 12 inches. As in past years, fishing pressure is expected to be heavy. Current Cur-rent water volume of the reservoir is one half of the normal capacity, much lower low-er than usual in an average water year. Fishermen are urged to abide with littering laws and help clean up this area. Possible discontinuance discontinu-ance of angler access has been threatened if littering continues. . ' 1 |
