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Show Wednesday September 21, 1977 Ca Igary Stampedes Thru The Pack Again TCJ Page 6 $5 , , ' ESTABLISHED!1 Featuring the best omeletes this side of Poison Creek. Open 7a.m. 9 p.m. Mon. -Sun. Beer available. 317 Main Street I Entertainment l OP 3 Members Only I WE EmilteirltaiSiniinnieinit!: F noay & Saturday Music Starts at No Gover before p 1 1st Annual PARK CITY OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT Saturday, Oct. 1, 1977 Program Includes 9:00 a.m. Starting Time CoffeeSweetrolls, or Bloody Marys Lunch after 9 Holes Draft BeerSoft DrinksSandwiches 5:00 p.m. Cocktail Party on the Patio (B.Y.O.B. or Liquor by the drink) 6:30 p.m. Buffet Dinner Awards will be presented COME AND SEE ALL THE STARS! ' Price per person $20.00 includes green fees, food, tax, gratuity Price per person $12.50 Dinner & Cocktails Only, including tax, gratuity R.S.V.P. Adolph's Restaurant 649-7177 (LIMITED TO FIRST 100 PEOPLE) 649-8284 9:30 9:30 Tee-off Times 9:30 a.m.-l 1:30 a.m. Park City's Bill Under the threat of a full-fledged full-fledged early winter storm, the Park City Rugby Challenge Cup began at 9 a.m. Saturday as the ruggers attempted to cope with severe wetness and cold. But what was a gloomy start to this seventh annual event soon warmed up with the weather and the play. As the day progressed the low dense den-se clouds drew away revealing snow on the side hills only a few hundred feet above town. But the beer was ample ( and ready and so were the !!play&sWie: first ma'tch sYir-ting sYir-ting only fifteen minutes late. Boise faced the Dead Goat Saloon in the opener, the winner having the dubious honor of facing defending champion Calgary Canucks later that afternoon. after-noon. Dead Goat prevailed, 8-0. ; Local favorite Park City , took to the pitch against underrated un-derrated Lind-Ritzville from eastern Washington state. The home side struggled briefly early in the contest, then pulled away 13-4 at the end on trys by Skip Schirf and Allen Terry. As the weather began to improve, Zebra Touring Side of Pocotello faced one of the tournament favorites, Santa Rosa (California). Zebra came extremely close to pulling off the first upset of the day, bowing out by a score of 7-6 when Rosa converted con-verted a penalty late in the match. Irvine Coast (California), and Snake River' (Caldwell, Idaho), were presented with easy paths to Sunday's quarterfinals quar-terfinals against each other! Irvine clouted Utah State 30-4 30-4 and Snake River waltzed past Shadow, 30-0 in a pair of seventy minute games. Spectator interest picked up with Calgary's return to action following their impressive im-pressive performance in the Snake River denys the finals. Li il it y ft Hart fails to gain control in the lineout against Lind-Ritzville. 1976 Cup. The sun also cooperated by burning off the remaining cloud cover, warming up the festivities and triggering everyone's thirst. No one was disappointed in the Canuck's afternoon matinee as they came on to display a remarkable blend; of finesse and grit , to thoroughly stifle Dead Goat's power game, 22-6. "It was quite apparent that the Canucks had no intention of relinquishing 'their title without a good scrap. Then came the finest match mat-ch of Saturday, the one to TKTeThffiie" Wit) VoTflo fffce" Calgary in Sunday's first semi-final match, the second round confrontation between Santa Rosa and Park City. .. Playing before an en-, thusiastic home crowd, Park City scored first on Schirf s penalty goal. Santa Rosa countered with a try, missed converting the goal, and led 4-3 late in the first half,: The Muckers refused to let up the pressure at this point, capitalizing on a poor Rosa clearing attempt for a try by Dave Sundquist . Leading 7-3 at intermission. Park City appeared to be in charge, un-tracked, un-tracked, waiting for more scoring opportunities. Santa Rosa made some halftime adjustments, however, and it soon became apparent that the Muckers were going to be in second half trouble. The Park City side missed their only real chance to score when Bill Hart's penalty kick sailed just wide and then Santa Rosa began denying the home club's possession in the loose. Pinned Pin-ned against their own line for much of the half it was Park City's turn to make the fatal mistake. When City aborted possession from a lineout near the try line, the stocky Santa Rosa Scrum Half bowled through for the game winning try. Once again Santa Rosa had advanced bv 1 Q 0 Calgary the ball in i 4 a single point, 8-7. The Saturday action had left four sides alive for the Sunday semi-finals, Calgary vs. Santa Rosa at 10 a.m. and Irvine vs. Snake River at . 11; 10.; 'I In Sunday's early game,,; Calgary dispatched the Santa San-ta Rosa side so quickly that those who arrived a few minutes late to see the finest exhibition of backline movement in ? the history of the tournament.; After Santa Rosa threatened in the early going. Calgary Calgary wing Al opposite. got untracked with a penalty play which led to a stunning try from fifteen yards their side of halfway. Outside Centre John Morgan and Wing Al Rodburn showed the superior speed which in the next few minutes would be responsible for three trys to put Santa Rosa into the consolation con-solation match. The Canucks built their margin to 30-3 before no-side. Snake River was not destined for such an easy course to the final. In a struggle distinguished by fierce rucking and mauling, Snake River converted on a penalty goal for the only score before the interval. The Idaho club managed to put across a try mid-way through the second half to extend their lead to 7-0. It appeared they would easily hold off the California side as Irvine needed two injury replacements and looked weary from the pace. At this juncture Irvine set up three consecutive winning mauls, the final one offering a gap in front of the posts. Irvine made the most of the oppor-' tunity, touching down for the try and converting the goal to draw very close at 7-6 with six full minutes to play, but Snake River fought off any : lategame Irvine threat to, reach the finals against Calgary. The final match proved to ' be one of the finest in Cup history. From the outset Snake River was put to the test, Calgary once again dazzling the crowd and their , ' opponents with some fine backline movement from set play. With precision passing the Canucks stretched the Idaho club's cover defense, spinning the ball to their Wings with each early possession. This set up a fine move which wrong-footed the Snake River's swift pursuit; pur-suit; Canuck Inside Centre Solon Man feinted a loop with his Fly Half and transferred tran-sferred the ball to the fleet Winger Rodburn, who had -; come into the line from the i blindside and took the pass - on the burst. Rodburn flew through the gap, drew Snake 0 Rodburn draws a bead on his Snake River Fullback Jay Hummel and gave outside to his other Centre, John Morgan. It was a simple matter for Morgan to draw the final Idaho defender and give to Bryan Fortier supporting on the outside. Fortier dotted down in the corner for the first score of the match. Soon thereafter Calgary achieved possession in the Snake River end, spun the ball out to Man, dummied the inside move to Rodburn, and then found Morgan on the outside who put his support sup-port across for the try. When the Canucks were able to convert the goal for a 10-0 advantage, ad-vantage, the suddenness of the Canadians' attack made watchers wonder if they would run away with the Championship as they had in 1976. But Snake River readjusted read-justed in the lineout to deny some Canuck ball and tightened up their backline defense. At the same time the Canucks began kicking instead of attacking. When Hummel found the range on a penalty goal shortly before halftime, Snake River was still in the game, 10-3. The second half began as the first half had ended, with the Snakes hustling to deny Canuck attacking situations. Throughout the tournament Calgary had attacked best from the lineout and Snake River continued to thwart them there. In addition the Idaho back row covered exceedingly ex-ceedingly well-from set scrums. The Idaho club's overall team speed kept them in the game with fine covering in the the loose even when they failed to win the ball. The final minutes of the contest belonged to the Fly Halfs, as they exchanged scores when their mates were shut down. Snake River was rewarded for its tenacity when their Fly Half Scott Russell took a smooth switch pass close to the line to score in front of the posts. Hummel made good on his drop-kicked conversion con-version and put Calgary in jeopardy at 10-9. Don Wilson, the fine Canuck Fly Half who had been content to let his outside out-side backs do most of the work during the tournament, answered his opposite number's num-ber's try with a weaving, side stepping run which took him to glory from twenty yards out. But the kick for goal failed to reach the crossbar to preserve Snake River's hopes of gaining the victory. With the score now at 14-9, Snake River once again applied ap-plied pressure deep in the Canadian end. And Russell, who had let Wilson through only minutes before, made the big play, charging down Wilson's clearing kick near the line and falling on the ball in-goal for the score. Now it was 14-13, Calgary, and all the heat was on Hummel as he attempted to convert the goal from a wide angle near the sidelines. The 0 (I o Snake River Fullback got plenty of foot into the ball, gave distance and height, but hooked it slightly left, leaving Calgary with the one point advantage. The match soon went into injury time, which was not great considering the pace of the eighty minutes. When referee Jim Russell whistled for no-side shortly thereafter, thereaf-ter, Calgary jubilantly claimed their second consecutive con-secutive Challenge Cup. Final Tournament standings: stan-dings: Calgary Canucks Snake River Irvine Coast Santa Rosa Dead Goat Zebra Boise Lind-Ritzville Park City Utah State Shadow t American Cancer Society We want to cure cancer in your lifetime. |