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Show Thursday, December 14, 1978 Page 7 Pro Ranks Experience Infusion Of New Talent ROLAND'S 10UIB-UP By Bill Roland So I bellied right up to the bar, ordered a cole one, scanned the place for a fast movin' angel or perhaps an N.F.L. cheerleader. I was really ir. the mood for some kind of off-beat story. Without a great deal of fanfare I found myself in conversation conver-sation with a guy who simply introduced himself as Jones. Naturally, the tope turned to sports and we jockeyed for position as I felt a real trivia test coming on that's one area I certainly feel comfortable com-fortable discussing. Since he was from the east, he immediately began touting Penn State and his excitement about the upcoming football game against the Crimson Tide for the National Championship. Of course we disagreed on that one, and in my southern drawl I ordered a few more beers, hoisted mine high, clicked hisglass, and said, "roll Tide." We both agreed the Steelers have got to rank as heavy-duty favorites for supremacy in professional football, especially with the home field advantage throughout the playoff games. Well, they've got to get past the Dolphins before they get a shot at the Cowboys. "Yes sir," I told him. "Watch the Dolphins during the playoffs. They may surprise everyone. ' ' The topic turned to participation sports and he dived head first into his favorite past time. "Racquetball," he said, "is here and it's the hottest thing going. In an hour's time you get an incredibly good workout, it's a great reflex sport, and a super way to release all tensions and anxieties. It's less technical than tennis and one exploits his abilities in hustle and gamesmanship. gamesman-ship. You just race around that enclosure hittin' hell out of that little rubber ball and pretty much forget all bout form and physical design." At that point I became greatly interested since I've been known to lay awake at night trying to scrutinize, analyze and re-organize the golf swing. "Furthermore," he commented, "there is no time between shots to lament about the previous point. You never exhaust your learning potential and as that ball bounces off those walls you'll be glad you paid attention in your geometry classes." After listening to all that I was ready to start bouncing something off the bartender's mirror. Little did I know at that point that I had just had an impromptu interview with the one and only " Racquetball Jones . oberts Tops -C NASTAR A. Clint Roberts, 26, of Frazier, Colorado won the cross-country NASTAR pacesetting trial at Vail, Colorado last week. Vail, which has registered the highest number of Alpine NASTAR participants for three consecutive years, has introduced cross-country racing to its NASTAR schedule this winter. Roberts is Vail's nordic race instructor, a position he has held for the past four years. Following his victory he said, "It's very exciting to have the fastest time in Vail's first cross-country NASTAR race. The fun that the participants had in this new NASTAR sport made us all winners." Dannon Yogurt, a sponsor of cross-country NASTAR for the second year, awarded Roberts the Dannon Pacesetter's Cup for his first place time of 17 minutes, 41 seconds on the five kilometer course. Roberts raced on the University of Wyoming nordic team during the winters win-ters of 1971 and 1972 and helped his team capture the NCAA championship in both years. Peter Kurronen, 19, of Vail, Colorado was the second place finisher in the trials with a time of 18 minutes, 8 seconds. Kurronen was a member of the Rocky Mt. Division of the U.S. Junior National Nordic Team last year. His family has long been involved in the sport of cross-country skiing and his father is a former racer for the Finnish National Cross-Country Team. Also competing in the Vail pacesetting trial was Bob Woodward, 39, . of Mt. Bachelor, Oregon. Woodward Wood-ward is the editor of the laropsf selling nordic v.. o - publication in America -SKI Magazine's annual "Guide to Civ Country Skiing", lie was the L-'iach of the nordic Ucim.. . if University of The Vail pacesetting trial assembled pacesetters from the rocky mountain region to determine their crosscountry cross-country NASTAR handicaps. The competition was the second in a series of four regional trials held nationwide. nation-wide. The remaining two trials will be conducted at Telemark, Wisconsin, Dec. 9th and Stratton, Vermont, Dec. 13th. The top pacesetting time in the nation, established at the end of the trials, will be the standard against which all cross-country NASTAR skiers will compete this winter. win-ter. Racers will win gold, silver or bronze patches if they come within a certain percentage of the pacesetter's paceset-ter's "Par time" which is set for each racp Big Bad Bass The state record striped bass caught by Bill Peck of Boulder last April didn't last long. His nine-and-a-half-pound striper was topped on December 1, by Greg Nichols of Price. Nichols, like Peck, was fishing for crappie when he landed his state record. The fish weighed 11 pounds, 9 ounces and was about 30 inches in-ches long. Nichols caught it about two miles above Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell on six-pound test line. Division of Wildlife Resources biologists were not surprised by the catch. Fingerling stripers have been stocked each July since 1974. Fish stocked that year are averaging about eight pounds, but Dale Hepworth, Southern Region fisheries manager with the DWR, has predicted twenty-pounders in the future. Ask.'il if he was pleased with his catch, Nichols commented. "Definitely, but I 'tan'i cvpcri the record to I.I ,t Im'Ii' (iary Berberet bur Chance For Free Grunts 8c Groans Park City residents have a chance to grunt and groan for free at the new Prospector Prospec-tor Athletic Club when the club opens its doors for public inspection at their open house this Friday from 7:30 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Club manager John Sloan says the pool, weight room, basketball courts, and paddle pad-dle tennis and racquetball courts are being readied so that by Friday visitors can bring their gym gear in and try out the facilities. Free food and beer will be provided. Gary Berberet, the club's pro raquetball instructor will accept challenges from guests for five point racquetball games. Guests that score points against Gary will be awarded prizes: one point wins a T-shirt; T-shirt; two points, a T-shirt jandi gyrn jshojts; three points, poin-ts, a racquet; four points; a racquet and carrying bag; and five points, the challenger gets free initiation membership to the club. Sloan has little need to worry about giving away too many free prizes. This weekend Berberet demonstrated demon-strated his expertise at the game by taking second place out of a field of 64 at a pro-am pro-am tournament in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Berberet lost to Mark Morrow, the ninth-rated racquetball pro in the nation. Morrow and Berberet each Ladies Bowling James F. Park Const. Co. won 4 lost 0 from Silver King State Bank. The Gazebo won 2 lost 2 from First Security Bank. High Indv. Game Scratch BethMarcellin 167 Georgene Plummer 164 Robin Large 161 High Indv. Series Scratch Fawn Workman ' 469 Georgene Plummer 445 Robin Large 439 High Team Game Scratch James F. Park Const. Co. 601 First Security Bank 529 The Gazebo 528 High Team Series Scratch James F. Park Const. 1729 Silver King State Bank 1511 First Security Bank 1487 High Indv. Game Handicap Beth Marcellin 201 Team Won Lost Total Pins Silver King State Bank 28 20 583 22894 James F.Park Const. 26 12 -542 22894 The Gazebo 22 26 458 First Security Bank 20 28 -417 i:U92 NEW CONSTRUCTION, KEMODEL, REPAIR, SEWER & WATER Potty Bros. Plumblnq JIM AT 649-9497 or STANLEY AT 649-7981 had won one game in the finals match. The third game was a neck to neck exchange ex-change that eventually (ended (en-ded with Morrow winning 18-16 (the tournament games ended when one player had over 15 points and two more points than his opponent). "The tournament was one of the toughest I've played," says Berberet, who prefers to play a control and strategy game rather than the power game most pros use. Berberet says racquetball is the nation's fastest growing sport and statistical predictions show the sport will boast more participants than tennis by 1980-1982. According to Berberet, a main attraction of racquetball racquet-ball is that it requires much less time to get a good workout at the sport than in :Other sports; such as tennis or golf. "Physically, it is a more demanding sport for the beginner because it is easier than tennis to keep the ball in constant play," says Berberet. Ber-beret. Berberet will give free beginner and intermediate lessons to those that have purchased full membership at the Prospector Athletic Club. Members who want additional tutelage can have private individual or group lessions from Berberet for $12 per 45 minute lesson. Robin Large 195 185 Georgene Plummer High Indv. Series Handicap Fawn Workman 571 Rcbin Large 541 Jessie Johnson 513 High Team Game Handicap James F. Park Const. 737 The Gazebo 688 First Security Bank 667 High Team Series Handicap James F. Park Const. 2137 First Security Bank 1901 Silver King State Bank 1901 Fawn Workman had two doubles, Norma Cowin and Jane Nunviller one double. The 3-10 split was picked up by Jessie Johnson, Robin Large, Fawn Workman and Judy Putman. Georgene Plummer picked up the 5-6 and 5-7 split. CALL f "VImH 1F In a near blizzard with a wind chilld factor of minus 70 degrees, over 175 racers from North and South America, Europe and Scandinavia Scan-dinavia blitzkrieged through the qualifying rounds of the Coors Colorado Pro Tour's first race of the 1978-79 season at Eldora Ski Area this weekend. The largest race in professional ski racing history saw an infusion of fresh talent from amateur ranks and the top four slots in Saturday's slalom were taken by rookies, all from their respective national squads. The caliber of competition com-petition was tough enough so that the favorites slated to win did not even qualify. Last year's CPT leader Jean-Peter Ostbye, U.S. Ski Team star Greg Jones, World pros Ken Corrock and Haruhisa Chiba were knocked out in the challenge round on Friday afternoon. The hard-earned first place victory belonged to Jim Bergh, 20, just off the 1978 U.S. Development Team. A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Bergh clinched the $800 prize in his first pro race by smoothly beating competitors Tony DeBoise, 22, Boulder; Argentines Juan Olivieri, 21, and Cali Martinez, 21; and Sepp Oberfrank, 23, Lutago, Italy, who secured second place and $600 prize. Bergh proved his time for professional ski racing has arrived. Oberfrank joins the CPT with an impressive record encompassing a first place in a 1976 World Cup slalom. The blond Italian had Americans muttering in several languages after entering en-tering the event as an unknown and then graphically demonstrating his knowledge of the gates. On his way to second place, Oberfrank eliminated you CAN HARD WAXES Applying hard waxes to your skis can be easy. Just remember these few basic facts. 1) Hard waxes will spread easier in a warm room where the wax, the ski, and your hands are warm. Just be sure to let the ski cool to the outside temperature before you ski on it. 2) When rubbing the wax on the ski, apply it thinly with long, easy strokes. This makes it easier to smooth with a cork. 3) Cork the wax very smooth for dry conditions and less and less smooth for progressively wetter conditions. 4) If you are not sure what the correct wax is, always wax the colder wax. The warmer wax can then be applied fairly easily over the cold wax if need be. Colder waxes are generally difficult to apply ap-ply over warmer waxes. Purgatory Ready For Camp Purgatory Ski Resort is making final plans to host the USST National Development Camp Dec. 13-22, 13-22, 1978. Among these skiers attending the camp will be Park City racer Roxanne Toly. Forty-five competitors have been invited from across the country to train for eight days under the direction of U.S. Alpine Director of Development, Bill Marolt. Other staff members include: Curt Hammond, U.S. Alpine Domestic Administrator, John Travers, USST Alpine Women's Coach, Dave Durrance, USST Alpine Men's Coach, Lane Monroe, Head Coach, Sun Valley Ski Club and Dick Knowles, Head Coach, Mission Ridge Academy. The camp will include training in Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom. Latest reports show excellent ex-cellent snow conditions at Purgatory with additional snow expected this weekend. Breckenridge's Kird Dice, 23, and former NCAA champs cham-ps Bruce Gamble, 23 and St-ephan St-ephan Hienzsch, 22, both of Boulder, during Saturday's eliminations. Oberfrank and Tour freshman David Cleveland paired off in the semi finals but Cleveland succumbed and then went on to meet Cali Martinez in the consolation round. Going into in-to the second run with an .802 second advantage, Cleveland encountered a difficult dif-ficult rut at the bottom of the course and gave up third place to Martinez. Cleveland moved to Colorado to race with the CPT after graduating from Dartmouth and racing on the 1978 U.S. Development Team. He is worth watchingthis wat-chingthis 24-year-old is a strong competitor. "I'll tell you one thing I was really looking forward to racing with Bergh in the final runs. We trained against each other for three weeks before competition," Cleveland said. Bergh admitted ad-mitted to being very excited but his first pro race physically wore him out. Both look forward to a full season on the tour. Tour Coordinator Diane Eagle commended the Eldora race crew and the Boulder Alpine Racing Team (BART) for their enthusiastic en-thusiastic efforts in contributing con-tributing to the smooth operation of the race. "The upsets caused by the sudden influx of solid new talent this weekend leaves only the question of who will race where," said Tour Director Sandy Nichols. The next race will be staged in Aspen at Buttermilk's pro racing arena on Jan. 5-6. Hank Tauber, U.S. Alpine Team Director was very pleased with the win by Fisher and the good placing by McKinney and Cooper. DO 17 5) Apply only as much wax as you need. A synthetic bottom ski with a r roper base treatment will often oniy need to be waxed in the kick area A wood-bottomed ski may also only need wax in the kick area if a colder wax from a previous day's waxing already coats the whole ski. glide area kick Technical assistance provided by Eastern y Pmfftssinnat Rlei Tnnrinn tnctriirtrrc n- . "With snow conditions this good at Purgatory we are bound to have a very successful suc-cessful camp. We have invited in-vited who we feel are the best potential downhill skiers from the divisions, giving them an opportunity to sharpen their skills and technique by receiving excellent ex-cellent instructions and enabling them to competp We Feature: Puch Mopeds Azuki Centurion Webco Y Redline Foiler Skateboards Professionalracing equipment Many other brtiv;!- U.S. Alpine "A" Team skier Abbi Fisher, 21, South Conway, New Hampshire, won the first World Cup Slalom race of the season Sunday, Dec. 10, 1978 at Piancavallo, Italy. It is the first U.S. Women's Slalom World Cup win since 1973 when Marilyn Cochran won at Chamonix, France, and the first women's team win of any kind since Cindy Nelson won in the Garibaldi World Cup Giant Slalom in March of 1975. Results of the slalom race run Sunday include the following: 1st Fisher USA 2nd Pelen FRA 3rd McKinney USA 3rd Giordani ITA 5th Bieler ITA 6th Zechmeister BRD 7th Moser-Proell AUT 8th Cooper USA 9th Serrat FRA lOthSackl AUT Other U.S. finishers include: in-clude: Cindy Nelson, 15th, Viki Fleckenstein, 23rd, Jamie Kurlander, 33rd, and Heidi Preuss, 35th. According to U.S. Head Women's Coach Hermann Goellner, "It was probably the most thrilling and exciting ex-citing day I have known in skiing. There was so much tension and excitement on the second run. I stood along the course and both Abbi and Tamara skied extremely well. There was a steep section sec-tion in the middle of the course where Abbi made perfect edge sets. Tamara was 4th and Abbi 5th on the first run, Abbi thus started first on the second run. The women had built up great momentum that helped them do well even though they did have some mistakes on their second runs. Abbi had some major mistakes on her first run or she probably would have been a second faster. She was by far the best on the steep part of the course area glide area .. uv,,w, with racers of like abilities. The organizers at Purgatory have been very cooperative in this effort and more than willing to do everything necessary to make sure all physical arrangements meet USST approval. We look for some excellent competition at the camp as we consider racers who could eventually compete at the World Cup level.'- and slowed on the flat running run-ning a couple of gates too straight. For that reason, Pelen got as close as she did." Hank Tauber, U.S. Alpine Team Director was very pleased with the win by Fisher and the good placing by McKinney and Cooper. According to Tauber, 'it's great to have such fine results from all of them. Hermann and the women's coaches have a lot to be proud of winning the first slalom of the year. It has been six years since the U.S. women have won a World Cup Slalom, so I think we ought to savor this for quite a awhile." Tauber talked with Fisher and McKinney on the phone. Fisher said, "It was my most exciting day ever. I skied well and felt very, very good. The second course was extremely difficult near the finish. Pelen made time on me there." McKinney, the 16-year-old from Olympic Valley, California said, "What a thrill! The course had some steep parts, but we just decided to go for it. The toughest was at the finish. Abbi was first and I was second and it looked like Pelen might beat both of us, but Abbi was still the best. I'm happy to be third, I was worried that Abbi might not win." Poor snow conditions in Europe have caused the racing to be rather difficult according to Tauber. It has been raining the past couple of days and the conditions are somewhat grim. There was good snow at Piancavallo Pian-cavallo for the women's race however. Because of uncertain uncer-tain snow, there is a possibility the Women's World Cup races scheduled for Dec. 16-17 at Val d'Isere, France may be cancelled or changed to a different location. ' 1 V- -' i - r C" "''' : V . V JIM 1 i$7 1 y LA J Ski Facts AREA BASK Park C ity 41" Park West II" Alta 70" Brighton 2" Snowbird 7(1" Solitude ."7" Sundance .")" MX Bicycles Lay-away for X Mass Eras 5rt Sir -O (;brfo!Uia iVonrr'JVtVtii 1977. |