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Show Thursday, September 27, 1979 Page 6 ax iv Hxtj JLj.anu.a will To North Summit Brothers Bums Down For Softball Crown "r "iff '0 iv4 Iff I Jv - - t- '.f , ' t-"wiiiirfw..vitoia 4 The Brothers Brent Fry is out at the plate i The enthusiasm of the non- contending teams may have waned as Park City's slowpitch softball season drew to an end, but the playoffs provided some of the best action of the summer sum-mer as the Alamo Bums beat the Brothers for the league title. A two-run blast by Alamo second baseman Ken Ted-ford Ted-ford in the bottom of the seventh inning clinched the crown for the defending champions. Best of Three The Alamo met the Brothers Sunday after four days of competition between the top three teams from each league. Eliminations were based on best-of-three series but none of the matchups match-ups lasted more than two games. On Wednesday, the Excitable Ex-citable Boys, the second place team in Division II, knocked out the Mad Jacks by scores of 11-4 and 17-10. The Mad Jacks made the playoffs by downing the Yacht Club last week in a battle for third place in Division I. The Brothers, who finished third in Division II, faced Division I's second place Doc's Friday. It was strictly no contest as the boys from Provo sent Doc's to the clinic as a battered team, 21-0 and 24-2. The following day the Brothers continued their hot hitting, blasting the Division II champions, the Woodhaus, 15-4 and 22-6. It was not all '.. fun and games, though, as fighting broke out during and after the second contest. As a result, the Brothers were heckled unmercifully in their title bout with the Bums on Sunday. Also on Saturday, the Alamo raced past the Exicitable Boys 19-5 in their first game and then squeeked out a 5-3 victory to gain the finals. Repeat Champions The Bums had a similar experience with the Brothers as they easily won the first , encounter 23-14 but then had to come from behind to win the deciding game 10-9 on Tedford's home run. In the first game, the Alamo started early and continued to pour it on. They began with a six-run outburst out-burst in the top of the first, paced by home runs off the bats of Tedford and Kirk Aezer. The Brothers could do nothing in their half of the inning. The Bums added two more in the second on Stan Cordova's Cor-dova's triple but the Brothers came back with four to make it 8-4. The Brothers took the lead in the third, scoring five runs on a barrage of hits after holding the Bums scoreless. But the Alamo took command com-mand after that, stringing together three straight four-run four-run innings and adding three more for good measure in the top of the seventh. Highlighting the attack was fifth inning round-tripper by center fielder Dave Peets. The second and deciding game of the series was an exciting, hard fought contest that was in doubt until the very end. Neither team was able to score in the first inning, giving indication of the dose battle that was to ensue. In the second, the Brothers scored the game's first run but the Bums responded with three of their own. Tedford connected for another home run with Craig Kunkel on base and Scott "Fatback" Richards later scored after reaching on an error. The Brothers added another run in the third. But again the Alamo answered the challenge, this time with two runs on doubles by Peets, Cordova and Pat Brennan. Down 5-2, the Provo team pulled to within one in the fourth. In the bottom of the inning the Bums added one more to retain a two-run lead. The Brothers ag; edged to within one in the ' of the fifth with two n; runs but again the Buit,s scored a single run to stay a top. I The Brothers tied it up again in the sixth with a run and once more the Bums pushed a run across to retain the lead in the seesaw affair. Down by one going into the last inning, the Brothers took the lead with two critical runs. This set the stage for Ted-ford's Ted-ford's heroics. Not wanting the series to go three games, the Alamo started the inning with a single by Kunkel. Brennan then flied to center, sending. pinch runner Cordova to second and bringing Tedford t to the plate. The second baseman already had two home runs against the Brothers and the partisan crowd buzzed with expectation. Tedford did not disappoint them. He sent a shot to deep left center that bounced just in front of the fence and then hopped over the barrier for a storybook ending that had the Bums jumping for joy. Uncle Kunkel pitched the Bums to two wins Sunday ,mrmmmimmmmm arm 41s A ft t :,-v y.:A i'J . I zM f D ne Q. Robinson, D.D.S. announces that his 405 Main Street office will be open September 24. Appointments now being accepted for Preventive Dental Services. Please call 649-6116. They looked bigger and better than the North Summit Sum-mit Braves but Park City couldn't hold onto the football foot-ball last Friday night and their hands-off policy resulted re-sulted in a disappointing 12-7 defeat. Most of Park City's players weren't born the last time the Miners beat North Summit Sum-mit in football and they seempd primed for the long-aw.. long-aw.. :"'ory as they took the iu ; ,oalville. Boasting Boast-ing more lans in the stands than the home team, Park City took an impressive 3-0 rf rord into the game while Summit had yet to cudikupa win. Everything pointed to Park City's first victory over the Braves in 17 years. But even a stellar defensive effort couldn't compensate for eight fumbles and other costly mistakes. In fact, by the end of the game, the Miners had perfected the fumble to such an extent that they turned it into an offensive weapon. Park City fumbled for its only touchdown touch-down of the contest. Compounding the Miners' frustrations, end Les Gurski was taken from the field by helicopter in the second half after suffering a neck injury. The Life Flight was precautionary, pre-cautionary, however, and Gurski was released from the hospital the same night and was back In school Tuesday. Early Mlstakei Park City won the coin toss and elected to receive. It was one of the few things that went right for the Miners all night. Kip Foote returned the kick to the Park City 28 and two plays later ran around his right end for a first down. But the first down was costly as the Miners' leading ground gainer suffered a knee injury that kept him out of action for most of the first half. After a holding penalty put .Park City in a first-and-25 'situation, fullback Dave Eley fumbled the ball away and North Summit took over at the Miner 35. ' But the Braves reciprocated recipro-cated immediately. A hard hit in the backfield caused them to cough up the ball and B.J. Tatomer recovered. However, knowing it is better to give than receive, the Miners fumbled again a few plays later. This time it was sophomore halfback Steve Toly, and the Braves had a first down at mid-field. mid-field. After a ten-yard run by Brave halfback Bart Thiriot, the Miner defense held, forcing a punt. The kick sailed into the end zone and Park City started at the 20. Unable to move, the Miners kicked back to the Braves at midfield. On first down; quarterback David Judd found his favorite favor-ite receiver, bit tight end Kyle Lewis, for a 22-yard gain to the 28. Another reception recep-tion by the 205-lb. senior moved North Summit to the 17. On fourth-and-five, Judd again hit Lewis but Mark Uriarte and Tatomer were waiting for him and he was stopped short of a first down. Blocked Punt As the second quarter began, Miner quarterback Jim Higham ran from the 15 to the 24, but Uriarte fumbled on the next play and North Summit had good field position once again. Aided by a penalty call, Park City held but couldn't move the ball on offense. Mike Gebauer dropped back to punt but the kick was blocked and North Summit took over deep In Miner territory. On third-and-eight at the Park City 21, Judd found Lewis open at the 12. On second down, the Braves used a hurry-up offense with no huddle and Judd hit wingback Kirt Richins in the right flat for a touchdown with 5 : 40 left in the first half. The point-after kick failed. Starting at its own 27, Park City marched to the North Summit 35 on the running of Eley and Uriarte and the passing of Higham. But the drive sputtered and North Summit took over at their 25 following a personal foul call. The Miner defense pushed the Braves back the nine and Uriarte returned the ensuing punt to the 30. With time running out in the first half, Higham lofted the ball to Scott Evans in the corner of the end zone. But Evans couldn't hold the ball and Park City went to the dressing room trailing 6-0. Same Story The second half was a repeat of the first two quarters for the Miners-good Miners-good play on defense, no hands on offense. North Summit received the second half kickoff but they could go nowhere and were forced to punt. Uriarte returned the kick to the Brave 40. Foote then carried the ball for the first time since early in the first quarter and gained five yards. But Eley fumbled again after gaining the first down and North Summit took over at their 27. On third-and-long, the Braves quick kicked but Uriarte alertly fielded the ball and Park City had a first down at its 44. Three plays later Higham fumbled when he was sacked on a pass attempt. Starting from the Miner 35, North Summit drove to the one-foot line on a quick pasi up the middle to Lewis and runs by Thiriot. On fourth-and-goal-to-go at the five, the Braves tried a power play over the left side that was stopped a foot short Pv Gurski. After making thE stop Gurski remained im" mobile in a crouched positin in front of the Park City goal- Although the sophomore remained conscious and retained re-tained feeling in all his limbs, emergency medical technicians decided to take no chances. The Life Flight helicopter was called and the game was delayed for almost al-most an hour until Gurski was lifted from the field and wisked away to Holy Cross Hospital. He reportedly suffered suf-fered bruised muscles and ligament damage but was in school Tuesday wearing a neck brace. Fumble Leads to Score Unable to dig their way out, Park City was forced to punt. Standing near his own goal line, Gebauer boomed the ball out to midfield. North Summit drove the Park City 23, with most of the yardage coming on a reverse to Thiriot, but they, stalled there and the Miners took over. Foote took a first down handoff and raced around his right side for a 25-yard gain but another mistake, this time a clip, brought the ball back. On the next play, Higham's pitchout to Foote was fumbled and North Summit recovered at the 22. A ten-yard run by Thiriot and a face mask penalty moved the ball to the five. A Park City offside infraction took it to the 2 12 and fullback Rick Potter went over the right side for the touchdown. North Summit missed the kick but held a 12-0 lead with 9:08 left in the game. Park City couldn't move after taking the kickoff but, let by the outstanding defensive defen-sive play of Mike Gebauer, they held the Braves. Foote fielded the North Summit punt at his own 25 and raced 45 yards before the last Brave defender tackled him at the 30. On first down, the senior halfback turned the left come' nd carried the ball to the ntH. arlt city fumbied the Mil baek to the 20 on the next play but for the first time IB the game they ravrd. Uriarte then gamed 10 yards to give the E;5 third-and-goal sgytienattheio. Having recovered one of eirwn fumbles, Park City (temonstrated they had metered the art of ball mishandling. Uriarte took the third down handoff and went off left tackle. But a jarring tackle sent the ball sailing into the end zone where Paul Dyer alertly fell on it for Park City's only touchdown of the night. Higham's conversion kick was good and the Miners trailed 12-7 with only 2:54 showing on the scoreboard clock. An onside kick attempt failed and North Summit took over at its own 48. The Braves then penetrated a tiring Park City defense for two first downs and ran out the clock. South Summit The Miners will travel to Kamas this Friday in an attempt to end another long losing streak,. It has been , . many years since Park City . has beaten the South Summit Wildcats and if they can hold onto the ball they may have a chance in the 7:30 p.m. contest. Kings Ready For 3rd Season 15 John Sundquist Special to The Newspaper With the coming of fall, the hockey season is upon us again and the Silver Kings are starting to muster out the dry sticks and dusty pucks for another campaign. Last spring the Silver Kings bested the other teams to win their league in Salt Lake. This will be the third season for the Silver Kings and they will again be sponsored spon-sored by the Park City Ski Corp. There are changes in the making with some new faces appearing for the first time and old ones not returning. With recruiting going on during the course of the summer, the Kings have not lost their winning attitudes. On thi- ' 'his year, calling ,,ges, will be wingt. Dick Buffet. A player-coach has to be twice the scrapper in hockey, dodging sticks from the opponents op-ponents and verbal abuse from his own players. "I can see the issue of who will play in a tight spot," notes Buffet, "but someone has to do the job and get results. The game demands respect for the coach from the players. There is too much physical exertion out there on the ice to not go all out because of problems on the bench." This year the Kings will play 20 games and four to six playoff matches. The season opener is slated for October 7 at the Salt Palace. The pfflj Will be played at the gall Palace and Hygeia Ice RmM in Sugar House. e have backing from tllP Golden Eagles," adds fiHf(6t, "because some of them ljVe Up nere an(j told ffl? When they retire from pp hflckey it would be great 19 play with us. The idea of starting a hockey team in thiiiFPfi appeals to them." Th8 Silver Kings are a seniOF men's A hockey team and anyone interested in playing should contact Dick Buffet Bt 649-9753. lVOTE FORir FOR CITY COUNCIL "SHE CARES" Registration Days are Saturday, October 6; Tuesday, October 16; Tuesday, October 30 PRIMARY ELECTION OCTOBER 9. |