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Show Thursday, August 30,1979 Burns "Cautiously Optimistic" As Season Opener Approaches Page 5 Woodhaus The Woodhaus put the wood to the upstart Excitable Ex-citable Boys Tuesday evening, and the result was a 17-11 victory that reaffirmed the Woodhaus' pre-eminence in Division II of the men's Softball league. The Excitable Boys had been on a rampage of late, climbing into sole possession of second place. But they fell victim to the Woodhaus despite matching a seven-run seven-run outburst in the third inning. in-ning. Woodhaus jumped to a four-run lead in the top of the first but the Boys provided some excitement with three runs of their own in the bottom bot-tom of the inning. The Woodies added two more in the second to take a 6-3 lead and the Boys were unproductive in their half of the inning. It was gangbusters in the third. Paul Thompson started star-ted it off for the Woodhaus with a single and singles by Gordie Buynak, Rick Barnes, Bar-nes, and Bruce Colton were followed by Norm Smith's double. Jim Thompson then singled and Brad Rucker added a coup de grace home run. The result was seven runs and a seemingly insurmountable 13-3 lead. The Boys were excited but not dismayed. They came back with seven runs of their own to stay in the game. Consecutive singles by Gary Kilgore, John Nirva, Roger Olson and Kim Mc-Celland Mc-Celland preceeded a double by Scott Devenny. Harold Barnes then singled and Bob Jarvis doubled. The Woodies added two more in the fifth and another pair in the sixth while the Excitable Boys could muster only one more run in the sixth six-th on Jim Lea's double and Devenny's single. Other Games In other games around the league, the Alamo strengthened their hold on first place in Division I with a 21-12 win over Meeks Wir-thlin Wir-thlin on Wednesday, August 21. That same day, the Players beat Wasatch Homes, the Outlaws were arrested by the Drywallers and the Mad Jacks downed the Big Shots 12-9. On Thursday, the Yacht Club handed the Big Shots another loss and the Brothers scuttled P.J.'s Pirates. The Excitable Boys picked on the Old Men Friday and the Mad Jacks were handed Holiday Tourney Starts Sat. It's softball fever and you can catch it at City Park starting Saturday as Park City once again hosts its annual an-nual Labor Day Softball Tournament. This year's competition will feature 16 teams eight from the local league and eight from in and out of Utah, Among the returning squads will be the crowd-pleasing crowd-pleasing Hatch Cover team, which won the tournament several years ago. Originally from Colorado Springs, members of the team have spread to all parts of the country but they will reassemble for the holiday classic. The double elimination play begins at 9 a.m. in City Park with the Mad Jacks facing last year's champion, Steve's Auto Body from Heber. The remainder of the xcita a forfeit victory by the winless Outlaws. Spencer's beat the Pirates and the Alamo drenched the Drywallers. Sunday's action saw Spencer's Spen-cer's trounce Wasatch Homes and then get drubbed by the Brothers 24-10. The Woodhaus thumped the Players 32-10 and later decked the Pirates. The Yacht Club sailed past Meeks Wirthlin on a forfeit, the Mad Jacks outlasted Doc's and the Excitable Boys posted a 16-11 win over Wasatch Homes. The stands were buzzing as the Outlaws took a sizeable lead over Meeks Wirthlin Sunday afternoon and appeared ready to break into the win column. But, alas, they faltered and fell 19-18. The Alamo handled the Mad Jacks 18-10, the Woodhaus beat the Pirates and Doc's thumped the Drywallers 17-10. Following the Woodhaus win over the Boys Tuesday, the Old Men staged a valiant comeback against the Brothers but their pacemakers failed them in the fading light. Ladies Finish The ladies league completed com-pleted their regular season this week, with the inactive but undefeated Prospector Sirloin claiming the championship. cham-pionship. The Red Banjo retained second place, beating the Corner Store 20-8 Sunday. Digger's Diner maintained their third place position by dunking ML Air Cafe 21-4 Sunday and edging Prospec first round will see: Spencer's Spen-cer's (or the Players) vs. Dev's Lounge (SLC) at 10:30; the Players (or Spencer's) Spen-cer's) vs. ERDA (SLC) at noon; Alamo vs. Other End (Heber) at 1:30; the Brothers vs. Century 21 (Heber) at 3:00; Woodhaus vs. Hatch Cover (all over) at 4:30; Doc's vs. Red Devils (SLC) at 6:00; and Excitable Boys vs. Red's (Tooele) at 7:30. The men's action will continue con-tinue through Monday when the championship game will be played. There also will be a ladies' ATTENTION MEN'S SOFTBALL CAPTAINS Due to discrepancies in the standings, all team captains are requested to report their records to The Newspaper this Friday or Tuesday before 5 p.m. Please call 649-9014, give your name, your team name and your overall record to date. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. So . tor Sirloin 16-15 Monday. In other games, the Yacht Club destroyed the Silver King 'i& O Sunday in an abbreviated ab-breviated contest that demanded euthanasia . The Yachters pounded the Prospector Siroloin 15 8 that same afternoon and then squeeked by the Corner tournament this year. Action will begin Friday evening and continue through Sunday. Sun-day. The ladies' competition will involve at least three Park City teams (Prospector (Prospec-tor Square, Red Banjo and Digger's Diner) and possibly a foii''.h (Prospector Sirloin Visiting will be teams trom P: -o and Las Vegas with - City entry a ma , Highlighting both tournaments tour-naments will be a party under un-der the city tent on Saturday night. rr pf ( (fj --:l- , f ') " - - V-.r7 y f f .. if , Store 12-U on Monday. In its last chance to lose its irginity, the Ml. Air Cafe tailed to score sufficiently against the Silver King, which was still suffering from shell chock. The result was a i)-W Silver King win and a winless season for Mt Air Cafe. Park City Men's Golf Winners Low dross 1st Jim Pa u lis 40 George Dawson- 4(! Jim Barrows-40 2nd Leonard Jarwz 41 John Newman- 41 Low Net 1st Frank Irving-36 Phil York-36 2nd Jim Bacon-37 5 There's a chill in the evening air, te leaves are changing colors and a young man's fancy turns from Danskins to pigskins. It's fall and that means football, Locally, football means the Park High Miners .sinl coach Bob Burns is " cautiously optimistic" over Ins team's chances during the 1979 campaign. Burns took over the Miner football program last season and although a record of 4 5 is not impressive, it is an improvement. For years a Park City victory was as rare as a Jake Jarn endorsement endor-sement of ERA Hut a strong defense led the Miners to respectability in 1978 and Bums hopes to add a little oi fense this season. "Defense kept us in the bail games last year but the offense wasn't able to win it," Burns told The Newspaper Tuesday. "This year we hope the defense will be just as strong and the offense will be capable of scoring those needed points. P.urns will get an indication in-dication of what the season holds in store this Friday Ai.en the Miners travel to Aitamont for the season opener. Having lost most of his offensive line to graduation, along with his starting fullback, split end, inside linebackers and safety, the coach will have to rely on new faces in strategic places. In addition, last year's starting quarterback. quarter-back. Norm Sagona, moved out of town. "We're progressing fairly well in skills and technique but we've been hurt by injuries in-juries in the early going," Burns revealed Key among the wounded is Barney Muruin Out for the season with a knee injury, Murnin would have been a two-way starter and the defensive captain. Bill Sellier and Mark Uriarte are questionable for Friday's game and Troy Packard and Darin Lawless are out of action ac-tion indefinitely . Last year, Park City used a strict two platoon system but lack of depth v ill force seven players to go buth ways at least at the start of the season. Burns will be HL-l'Dli k ail tMJUCia iv Kft n:n on: m I T&r 4i - Jt-M K'.d C- 1 September 1, 2, 3 Noon til 7 p.m. SAVE 50 Rossignol Snowcfeek Volkl tAt Obermeyer 649-8430 at the Resort Center k .'.. it 1 - i 1 fVJ. ; eye on the lir.ebaeking and offensive positions, the ones hit hardest hy it raduation. "The key to our season will be the performances at those positions," the coach predicted. predic-ted. Overall, the Miners will be smaller in size than last year's model, but Burns said "Better skills, technique and attitude" should more than counterbalance this deficit. Also helping will be a weight training program instituted a year and a half ago that has made the players stronger pound for pound. Offense Quarterback Jim Higham Fullback Dave Eley Halfback Kip Foote Center Jeff Smith Guards Glen Wright Greg Erickson Tackles John Newland Mike Gebauer Ends Les Gurski Shawn Evans Flanker Brett Wright Defen.se Tackles John Newland Mike Gebauer Ends Marty Cowin Greg Erickson Inside Linebackers Jeff Smith Les Gyski Glen Wright (two of these) Outside Linebackers Shawn Evans B.J.Tatomer Defense Backs Mark Uriarte Jim Higham 'VE to 75 WE Molnar Koflach Head Garmont Yamaha Tecnica it Smith Fera ' 'Vf Coach Bob Burns explains a Aitamont posted an 8-1 record last year but their lone defeat came at the hands of Park City, 13-8. With only three starters lost to graduation, Friday's op position will throw a balanced attack against the Miners. Miners. Central to Burn's optimism is what he feels is an improved im-proved offense. Conceding his attack was not extremely productive last season, the coach will employ a multiple attack. "We hope to do a better job passing," he remarked. Along with the entire defense, Burns thinks his offensive of-fensive backfield will be one Park City Community Church SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 a.m. ALL FAITHS WELCOME! 402 PARK AVENUE 4 EV O "f'gy .i rwmn i mini ,iiu. 1 N y y 2 -ft. A play of the team's major strengths. However, he adds that it is difficult to evaluate a squa1 that has only played against itself. "We will be working on phases of our game against Aitamont." Burns said "I'm cautiously optimistic op-timistic about this season. I feel we have a good chance of improving on last year's performance." Teams can falter or flower as they battle through the schedule, so one game does not a season make. Bu Friday's trip to Aitamont should provide local fans with at least a hint of things focomt t r |