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Show 8THEJ Thursday. February 8, 1979 4 Page 7 Roland's Roundup By Bill Roland Today's column is a popourri of sporting news, a collection of sports stories around the world, or better yet, a roundup of all the sports news that's fit to print! Last year's Triple Crown winner Affirmed broke out of a five-race slump and won the $232,500 Strub Stakes by 10 lengths at Santa Anita on Sunday. Everyone's favorite jockey, Steve Cauthen was not aboard as trainer Laz Barrera decided Steve's losing streak was not yet over. In January of 1977, Cauthen shocked the racing world by booting home 63 winners and last January he had 23 victories. This year he's had four and a losing streak of 110 consecutive con-secutive races. All things come to an end, including in-cluding slumps. Baseball continues to grab the headlines as Rod Carew was officially traded to the California Califor-nia Angels on Saturday after bantering from the Yankee front office. Carew told reporters last week that he resented being "pushed around" and that he was offended by remarks by George Steinbrenner that whatever George wants, George gets. The Yanks retaliated with a holier than thou statement. It exposed the privilege of being a Yankee, playing before "the greatest fans in baseball" and that if New York wasn't Carew's first choice then the Yankees didn't want him. So it goes, and to think spring training is right around the corner. George Steinbrenner has won two consecutive World Series and he's still arguing about something. , It was a good week for Americans on the World Cup skiing circuit. On Sunday, Cindy Nelson won her first World Cup downhill race in four years in West Germany. On Monday in Jasna, Czechoslovakia,, Phil Mahre won the special slalom to move into third place in the overall standings. On Sunday evening, Rocky Balboa, who fights under the name of the Italian Stallion, lost a split decision to Apollo Creed. The heavyweight championship bout held in Philadelphia's Spectrum Spec-trum was a brutal affair as the champ could not knock out the stubborn Italian Stallion. In a Press Conference after the fight, Balboa said. "I just don't want to be considered another bum from the neighborhood." "The ftorTonnd' of !the-BingCrosby 1 Pro-Am-" Hinkle as ne hung on to win the tournament in a sudden death victory at Pebble Beach. Hinkle started the round with a five-stroke lead but bogeyed the first, sixth, seventh, eighth and fourteenth to fall three strokes behind Mark Hayes. Meanwhile, Hayes four putted the fifteenth and three putted the next hole to fall back into a tie. Hinkle won it by dropping a twelve-footer for birdee on the third extra hole. Notre Dame regained it's top spot in College basketball after defeating Brown, Xavier of Ohio and Dayton. Ohio State lost to Michigan St. and Indiana and put the Big 10 into a frenzy after they all but had a lock on the title. Utah and BYU share the lead in the WAC with identical records of 5-1. Duke and North Carolina lead the ACC, Texas and Texas A&M tied for the Southwest Conference lead 1. IS K Ladies Bowling Lonnv Vanatta Hinterseer And Vanatta Win Denver Cup are while UCLA remains on top of the PAC Ten. Keep your eyes on a thoroughbred by the name of Spectacular Bid. Presently he's the top three year old and makes his 1979 racing debut this week in Florida. Muhammad Ali is making plans for some kind of extravaganza in May to announce his retirement. Locally, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles are still in first place in the Central Hockey League while the pros are beginning to come on in the Western Basketball Association and struggling for a spot in the playoffs. Basketballs bounce, pucks slide and the world of sports continues to entertain us. P9 Patrick Darmon's French Cuisine & Pizza Parlor with Music and Warm Atmosphere Disco Apres Ski until 6 p.m. and Again after 9 p.m. 2 'iViau..' . ?P1 Ak. ..' rTfh now open at Sweetwater Lift Lodge Open 3:30 - Midnight 649-9651 Rookie Hans Hinterseer of Austria turned on the speed and posted his first World Pro Skiing victory in the First of Denver Cup downhill event held at Winter Park, Colorado, last weekend. The 25-year-old from Kitzbuehel demonstrated his talents through two picture perfect runs that left Andre Arnold and the rest of the field nearly four-tenths of a second behind. In. the slalom half of the $50,000 First of Denver Cup, Lonny Vanatta of Steamboat, Steam-boat, Colorado, made it two victories in the last four weeks for himself and three in four for the American racers. The 21-year-old Vanatta Van-atta whipped Hank Kashiwa, also of Steamboat, in the finals for the second straight week of U.S. domination in the slalom. The cornerstone of the First of Denver Cup is the ongoing support of Winter Park's handicap ski program, and in this year's HandiCup Race, Paul Carson's team took first place honors. "The First of Denver Cup each year becomes more prestigious as a World Pro Skiing event and more successful suc-cessful as a benefit for the Winter Park handicap ski program," Theodore Brown, hairjTifjiQhe. board and FTrst drefiveBankTMia following the race. "First of Denver is increasingly proud of its sponsorship of, association associa-tion with, and participation in this exceptional event." Downhill Hans Hinterseer celebrated his birthday a day late but he wasn't complaining as the 25-year-old Austrian rookie landed first place honors and $6,750 in prize money. Hinterseer Hin-terseer won the first run and maintained his cool in the second to finish with a combined time of 2 minutes, 9.306 seconds. The Winter Park downhill course was set by home pro Otto Tschudi and ran nearly a mile while dropping 1,650 feet from start to finish. Hinterseer was followed by defending World Pro Skiing champion Andre Arnold, Walter Tresch of Switzerland Switzer-land and "Jungle" Jim Hunter of Canada. The highest U.S. racer was fifth place David Currier of Mt. Washington Valley, N.H. Otto Tschudi placed sixth. Known primarily as a slalom and giant slalom specialist, Hinterseer had never won a downhill before the First of Denver race, 'i never thought my first win on the tour would come in a downhill, but I'm a down-hiller down-hiller now," said Hintseer. Slalom In the slalom half of the weekend another $25,000 went up for grabs and Lonny Vanatta of Steamboat First Security Bank won 4 lost 0 from Silver King State High Indv. Game Scratch Hobin Large 201 Georgene Plummer 180 Jessie Johnson 166 High Indv. Series Scratch Georgene Plummer 486 Hobin Large 446 LuAnn Antonio 435 High Team Game Scratch James F. Park Const. 632 First Security Bank 563 Silver King State Bank 511 High Team Series Scratch First Security Bank 1647 James F. Park Const. 1544 The Gazebo 1453 Robin Large had two turkeys, Jane Nuneviler a turkey. The following had doubles: Jane Nuneviller, Jessie Johnson, Donna Prudence, Georgene Silver King State Bank First Security Bank proved he was the quickest through the new RapidGate slalom poles as he claimed first place and the $6,750 prize. Vanatta defeated cross-town cross-town rival Hank Kashiwa, also of Steamboat, in the finals, while two Swiss veterans battled in the consolation round. Walter Team Standings Tresch, 30, beat Josef Oder- James F. Park Const matt, 26, for third place. This was the second week in o rr i t flint flirt T T C oli - - rto have dominated the slalom ineGazeDO event. Last week the Amer icans swept the slalom 1, 2 and 3, in the Volvo Cup at Snowbird. "The Americans have now won three of the last four slaloms," Vanatta said following fol-lowing the race. "We are finally overcoming the Europeans." Euro-peans." Highlighting the early round of competition in the slalom was the face-off between two of the biggest rivals on the WPS tour Odermatt and defending WPS champion and current tour leader Andre Arnold. Odermatt knocked off the young Austrian in the quarter quart-er finals to mark only the 3rd time in two years that Odermatt has been able to beat Arnold. Tour Moves To Canada The World Pro Skiing toujr heads.iffor Blufclcfcntaiiiii Ontario, this weekend for the'; first of two $40,000 Labatt Pro Challenge events. The following weekend the prose move to Paskapoo, Calgary, Alberta. Last years Labatt Pro Challenge victors at Blue Mountain, Arnold and Odermatt, Oder-matt, in the giant slalom and slalom respectively, will continue their rivalry at this year's event. Arnold, who hasn't won a race since January 20th, is experiencing experienc-ing his longest dry spell since joining the World Pro Skiing tour last winter. Both Arnold and Odermatt i will face tough competition ': from Ontario's homegrown pros, Doug Woodcock, Paul Carson and Phil Graves. And -; the American racers will be battling to extend their 1 slalom domination into a third week. Heading into the giant slalom and slalom races at this week's Labatt Pro Challenge, Arnold maintains a helathy lead in the overall World Pro Skiing standings with 290 points and over $47,500 in prize money. His closest competitor is Walter Tresch who now occupies second place with 185 points and $18,800 in tour earnings. Arnold could be caught before the season ends, and if the American contingency has anything to say, it will be sooner than later. Following the Labatt Pro Challenge races, Arnold's lead could be greatly diminished. Bank. James F. Park Construction Con-struction won 3 lost 1 to The Gazebo. High Indv. Game Handicap Robin Large 234 Georgene Plummer 202 Jessie Johnson 199 High Indv. Series Handicap Georgene Plummer 552 Robin Large 545 Dorothy Wilson 519 High Team Game Handicap James F. Park Const. 761 First Security Bank 702 The Gazebo 669 High Team Series Handicap First Security Bank 2064 James F. Park Const. 2031 The Gazebo 1936 Plummer. Two doubles, Lu Ann Antonio, Dorothy Wilson and Judy Putman. Georgene Plummer picked up the 3-10 split and Dorothy Wilson the 3-7-10 split. 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