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Show Page 14 Thursday, February 21, 1980 A Different Breed Of Basketball People used to watching college or high school games might not feel quite at home. League basketball, as it is played in Park City's Memorial Me-morial Building, is a different dif-ferent breed. Fans accustomed to the shrieks and shouts of other fans will i.otice an eerie silence. Except for the occasional wife or girlfriend perched on a metal chair along the sidelines, there are no fans. For that matter, there is nowhere for them to sit. Other than the grunts and curses of the players, few sounds come from the floor. That is, until the referee blows his whistle, a piercing shriek which echoes off the bare walls. Uniforms are a luxury, not a necessity. Some of the big-budget outfits like Sweetwater Sweet-water have come up with matching tops, but the choice of shorts is left up to the player's own creative instincts. One Sweetwater player showed up for a game last week with a pair that looked as if it had been bought on sale at a Hawaiian souvenir shop. More often than not, the teams are identified simply as "shirts" or "skins." The system seems to work well until the time comes for a foul. "White T-shirt and red trunks over number 23's back," the referee might say, di' ensing with the usual signals to the scorer's table. Sometimes the lack of uniform dress can cause confusion. One player for P&C Trucking was whistled last week for fouling his own man. However, the referee was quickly called to task and corrected his mistake. The absence of a permanent scoreboard means the scorer's job is also slightly unconventional. A portable unit is set up on the table, facing the floor, with a lighted digital readout for the score. Unfortunately, the Ladies Bowling First Security Bank won 4 and lost 0 from James F. Park Construction. The Gazebo won 3 lost 1 from Silver King Stale Bank. Team Standings Won Lost Pet. The Gazebo 17 7 .708 Silver King State Bank 13 11 .542 James F. Park Const. 10 14 .417 First Security Bank 8 16 .333 High Scracth Game Indv Thelma Lindsay Joyce Stahle Georgene Plummer High Scratch Series Indv Thelma Lindsay Joyce Stahle Georgene Plummer 192 188 163 494 473 447 High Scratch Game Team The Gazebo 731 The Gazebo 689 The Gazebo 665 High Scratch Series Team The Gazebo 2085 James F.Park Const. 1904 First Security Bank 1868 High Handicap Game Indv. Thelma Lindsay 228 Ruth Green 211 Joyce Stahle 206 High Handicap Series Indiv. Thelma Lindsay 602 Ruth Green 567 Georgene Plummer 546 Local PNI's At Nordic Valley Park City's Hilary Hib-bard, Hib-bard, Stephanie Palmer and Dan Tebbs all won individual races and other area skiers finished high in the standings stand-ings at the pee wee, novice, intermediate (PNI) slalom held Saturday and Sunday at Nordic Valley. Hilary Hibbard had the fastest time Saturday by about eight tenths of a second among the novice girls. Stephanie Palmer was second in the pee wee girl's division Saturday, then finished first Sunday. Dan Tebbs, skiing as an independent, took second Saturday among the mighty mite boys then also jumped to first place on Sunday. Other area racers who placed among the top finishers included : Bret Johnson, third Saturday Satur-day and second Sunday in the pee wee boys division. Gina Glenn, third Saturday Satur-day and second Sunday among the pee wee girls. time is shown on a small clock which is almost impossible im-possible for the players to read. When the time becomes be-comes a crucial element, the scorer is instructed to stand up, lean the scoreboard on its back on the table, read the time upside down, then call it out for the contestants and referees to hear. The style of play is determined deter-mined in part by the size of the floor. The basket is within the range of a good outside shooter from almost anywhere on the floor past the center line, so that little time is wasted setting up a shot. According to Recreation Recrea-tion Director Bruce Henderson, Hender-son, delay tactics are also very rare. "We've never had a real slowdown game at all," he said. "It's kind of hard on a small gym." The games are divided into 20-minute halves with the clock running continuously, except during the last two minutes of each half "It's about all th ,e guys can stand," Hender on said, "even on a short fl r." Although some oi the players play-ers seem trim ano fit, others show signs of having spent too many hours behind the dining room table. Pot bellies bel-lies protrude over straining waistbands; sweat drips from every pore. After a few games have been played in the Memorial Building's small, poorly-ventilated poorly-ventilated quarters, the atmosphere starts to get a little ripe. But in the heat of the action, nobody seems to notice, or care. League teams rarely consist con-sist of more than six players, so that fouling out of a game can be catastrophic. "The Claimjumper team a couple of weeks ago finished a game with three players on the floor," Henderson said. However, the officials seem to be more lenient than in the average high school contest. They tend to allow a certain amount of contact; blocking High Handicap (ame Team The Gazebo 898 First Security Bank 874 The Gazebo 856 High Handicap Series Team The Gazebo 2586 First Security Bank 2582 James F. Park Const. 2480 LuAnn Antonio Thelma Lindsay and had turkeys. Joyce Stahle had three doubles. The following had doubles: Georgene Plummer, Beverly Man-drell, Man-drell, Ruth Green, Jessie Johnson, Dorothy Crandall, Yvonne Murnin and LuAnn Antonio. Beth Marcellin picked up the 9-10, 3-10 and 5-7 5-7 split. Yvonne Murnin picked up the 3-10 split, Rosemary Cyphers the 5-10 and 2;7 split and Ethel Pedersen picked up the 5-7 split. Todd Nelson, ninth Saturday Satur-day and sixth Sunday in the novice boys division. Jason Parkin, fourth Saturday and fifth Sunday among the mighty mite boys. Ted Bird, fourth Saturday and 12th Sunday in the intermediate in-termediate boys division. Jason Lawson, eighth Saturday and 11th Sunday, also in the intermediate boys division. Andrea Peterson, sixth Saturday and eighth Sunday among the intermediate girls. Kim Koch and Kim Beat-tie, Beat-tie, who finished fourth and fifth respectively on Saturday Satur-day in the intermediate girls division. Amy Irvine, 12th Saturday and fifth Sunday also in the intermediate girls division. Nancy Donner, seventh Saturday and 10th Sunday among the intermediate girls. gir-ls. Shannon Nobic, second Sunday in the mighty mite girls division. iWi! " 4 r V 'O.fi iff , M 'r-?.vr i : and charging fouls, in particular, parti-cular, are often ignored. Scheduled league play ended last week with Wasatch Wa-satch Homes in the top spot. But a down-to-the-wire win by Sweetwater over P&C Trucking faces the Red Banjo, with the winner Girls Are Region While the boys' wins over St. Joseph and Duchesne were getting all the rave reviews, the Park City High School's girls' basketball team was working quietly toward a region championship. champion-ship. Consecutive wins over Manilla, Man-illa, South Summit and Altamont last week gave Park City the Region 11 championship and the top seed in the upcoming state tournament. After whipping Manilla 60 to 41 Feb. 14 in the region quarterfinals, Park City won its next two games by a total of three points. The semifinal semi-final game against South Summit Feb. 15 saw the Nordic Dual Slalom To Run Saturday Ski touring enthusiasts of all abilities are invited to race in the Nordic Dual Slalom Saturday at 10 a.m. on the Clementine Run. The race will be sponsored by White Pine Touring Center and Rossignol. Jim Miller of White Pine said the race should be exciting, since skiers will speed down the course that snakes around 10 gates. The trick is, once at the bottom, skiers will have to make their way back to the top, trade courses, and race back through the gates to the bottom. The winner will move on to meet another competitor before the final king of the hill is named. Mears, Moench Are "A" O.K. Garry Mears and Beltina Moench won top honors in the "A" Division of the Sweetheart Mixed Doubles Racquetball Tournament held Valentine's Day at the Prospector Athletic Club. Mears and Moench defeated Dennis and Val Cowin to take first place in their division. In the "B" Division, Don Berberet and his partner Pam finished in the top spot, followed by the team of l Who said uniforms have to he uniform. playing Sweetwater, to decide de-cide second, third and fourth place. Henderson noted that the league shows more balance now than in previous years. "This year we've had more good teams than bad teams. In past years we've had Mincrettes pull off a 47-45 victory. And in the finals, played at Altamont. a 15-foot jumper by Bernadette Olt with three seconds left gave Park City a 36-35 win. Ott was sensational throughout the three-game series, averaging 22.6 points per game and scoring a school record 34 against Manilla. Going into the tournament, she was averaging averag-ing about 13 points a game. Cathy Ulrich was another Park City standout, scoring 38 points in the three games for a 12.6 average. Other players expected to perform valuable roles in the state tournament are Dandle Dan-dle Gardner, Madge Marcellin Marcel-lin and Stephanie Gebauer. Racers will be broken into age classes, and registration will begin at the White Pine Touring Center at the golf course at 8:30 a.m. Miller said downhill skiers also are invited to run, though he added their trip back up the course may be somewhat more difficult than the crosscountry cross-country skiers. The entry fee for the race will be $3, with the added attraction of drawing for a pair of Rossignol skis. Following the race at 1 p.m.. White Pine Touring will be offering a clinic on uphill cross-country technique. tech-nique. The clinic will be offered by, as Miller said, "the famous Steve Erick-son." Erick-son." Missy Gruber and Rusty Stans. Third place went to Larry Sheldon and Vicki Ross. First place in the Novice Division went to the team of Ed Moran and Diana Arch-bold. Arch-bold. The runnerup spot went to Anna Evans and Walter Maruschak. A total of about 10 teams were entered in the Feb. 14 tournament. more not -so-good teams." He indicated that the Recreation Re-creation Department was considering some rule changes before next year. One possibility is the use of four-man teams because of the restrictions imposed by the small gym. Champs The win over South Summit was marred by an injury to Park City's Susan Byer. She received a broken arm and is out of competition for the rest of the year. 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