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Show 'V Muwiraiy nim Spcpirits Your Best Weapon always thought Roberto Duran, whatever ttis, should never be allowed to fight anything that talked or ate with a fork or couldn't bite. ;I'll never forget the deathly silence in the arena the night he knocked out a young lighter from Oregon named Lumpkin. Nearly eyeryone there thought he had killed Lum- ELin. Most felt it was the first time Duran had lied anything he didn't intend to drag away eat later. Rumor had it they found Duran in a tree, crouched on a limb with his ears laid back About to pounce on a passing deer. You shouldn't fight Roberto Duran, you should hjmt him. When he came into a clearing, leopards scattered. Your best weapon in a fight with Duran is flight. Buzzards circle when Duran climbs into a ring. The first time Roberto worked out in New York, Honest Bill Daly was in the gym and when asked his opinion, said "Very nice, but, tell me, how did you capture it and what did you do with the tail?" "For Roberto, a long speech was a snarl. Between fights, he slept in a cave. A fighter brought into Panama to meet him once asked Iqr some advice and the promoter urged, i Whatever you do, kid, try not to bleed! " ;j"So, what Sugar Ray Leonard was doing fighting this creature without a cape and a sword or out of a Land Rover is something for Angelo Dundee to answer, not me. I would say the best time to fight Roberto Duran is after five doctors have sworn he has terminal hemophilia and not a moment before. But, having committed yourself, you do not practice self-immolation. The least you can do is make Roberto come find you. If it's possible to disappear for long periods of time, you do it. ..You don't stand toe-to-toe with one of the hiost savage pugs in ring history. At least, you shouldn't. Slugging it out with Roberto Duran is like trading bites with a lion or going fby Richard Barnum-Iteece pports Journal into a pool of sharks with a nosebleed. The insurance in-surance companies shouldn't pay off if anything happens to you. It's like lying down oil the track with the express on time or lighting a match to check the gas tank. There's nothing disgraceful about making a lion catch you. Fighting Roberto Duran at close range is like fighting a puma in a clothes closet. With the door locked. I have to think the original Sugar Ray would have found a way to make Roberto think he was lost in a London fog by the 10th round. I know Gene Tunney wouldn't have traded right leads with him. Tunney lost to a human wildcat named Harry Greb once and got beat up so badly, he had to be patched up in the hospital. The next two times he fought Greb, Tunney made sure Greb was looking wildly around the ring for him like a drunk trying to find the right keyhole on the wrong floor. Sugar Ray Leonard may have felt the people were entitled to something besides a track meet for his $8 million. But people like great escape movies, too. And keeping away from Roberto Duran for 15 rounds is like getting get-ting out of Gestapo headquarters on knotted sheets, or getting out of a haunted castle where the eyes move in the paintings. Sugar Ray Robinson never traded punches with a guy till he noticed the guy was having trouble standing up. You don't hunt jaguar with a knife and fork. You don't fight a fire with gasoline. Roberto Duran should have only the fuzziest notion of what Sugar Ray Leonard looks like today. He should come to his corner every round under the impression that someone is hitting him from a helicopter because the referee is the only other occupant of the ring he can discern. It's less soothing to the ego, but a lot easier on the eyes, ears, nose and throat. The only thing that should stand toe-to-toe with Roberto Duran should have spots on it. Or a fin. 1980, Los Angeles Times Marit's Love Affair with Running ' lately, she hasn't been doing that gut busting "Fartlek" training that long distance runners put in if they're going to bring down their times. Still, when Marit Glenne puts it together, she's one of the top female long distance runners in the state. It's nothing for the Norwegian-born marathoner to wake up ill the morning and take a quick 10-mile run up Thaynes Canyon to Jupiter Bowl. love running," she says with a smile. "I really enjoy it." H,She probably wouldn't want to go into depth talking about it, but there are men out there on the course who find it difficult to take when she puts it into high gear and cruises past Diem, hardly breathing as she moves toward the finish line. There's a race outside Ogden called the fipir Gutsmanrit goes up the side o a mountain, moun-tain, and at one point, you have to use your hands to pull your self up toward Farmington Peak. The race is grueling throughout, but that one pitch, called "Death Row," was where Marit Glenne shined. :"She's just one of the best female runners in the state, and when she decides to put it together, you just have to watch out," says jan Cheney, head of the Mountain Goat Track Club, which sponsored the Bair Gutsman. . Xast weekend, Glenne finished fourth among the women in the Park City Twilight Run. She was the number one woman in her Class, which included 35-to-39-year-olds. She s a prototypical long distance runner. Last year, while finishing the second loop of the 13-mile 13-mile Oktoberfest race in Deer Valley, she passed a younger man for the second time. "Come on," she smiled. "Pick up your pace! " Indeed. You have to pick up your pace. Although I'm not much younger, I'm certainly cer-tainly much slower than Glenne, and I was the person she was chiding. i"So let this be a notice to all you female chauvinists out there on the jogging circuit who, without reservation or a polite aside to announce your intention, run past me at all the races. I'm getting tired of it. But, just like Marit Glenne, I'm not about to go out there and do any Fartlek training. "You might like to know what Fartlek training is. Well, it's interval training, and it's I? supposed to get your Doay used to going fast. There's quite a few of us out there who run and who do not understand the things the front runners are up to as the wind whistles through their hair, sprinting so gracefully toward the finish line. We're the plodders, the walkers and slow-mo slow-mo joggers. A nice group, but not the kind you'd want to have over for cocktails and a dip in the hot tub. Generally, we're built like oaks instead of willows and even a month of Fartlek training isn't going to do that much for us, despite the religious beliefs of those who have used the method. "What I do is go out with Steve French (one of the quickest marathoners in Utah who once weighed in at 220)," says Jim Demet, a Beehive Track Club official. "We run around the track at the high school. We'll run a 440-yard 440-yard dash at a good clip and then we'll walk another 440 until we get our pulse down some. Then we blast out another 440. It's really helped me. I'm running a 36-minute 10,000 meter. That's something I never though I'd be able to do." Demet also is beating Marit Glenne for the first time, and it's rather amusing to her at times. "It's true that there are men out there who try harder against a woman than they will a man," she said. "But that's their problem isn't it?" Now she is smiling that inscrutable smile she's trademarked. She is the 1979 winner of the St. George Marathon, a 26-mile run into the jaws of the southern Utah desert. But instead in-stead of going back to defend her title last year, she elected to stay in Park City. Something else came up. No big deal. She can easily go on up to Thaynes Canyon and do some serious training. The idea, she says, is to run because you enjoy en-joy running. Competition is fine but the running, run-ning, the magic of putting your body into motion, now that's the goal. She could care less about the former football players who now come out on weekends and die inside a little as she cruises past them. The idea is to run against yourself and enjoy the race, she explains. Just get out there. It's a way of life; not a weekend testimonial. 4 AM Newspaper V Page 10 Thursday, July 3, 1980 Softball Team Victories too Close for Comfort Don't let the standings fool you. The Woodhaus and Jody's may appear to be sailing along this season with undefeated un-defeated records, but both came close to the brink of capsizing in games played during the last week. In Sunday's confrontation with the Mad Jacks, the Wodhaus managed to scrape together only five hits, yet still escaped with a 4-3 win, thanks to Tim Lee's two-out single in the bottom of the seventh. The Mad Jacks should have seen the writing on the wall in the first inning, when they bunched five hits, but could only score two runs and left the bases loaded. The Woodhaus got one back in the second, then tied the score in the fourth when Brad Rucker slammed a long fly ball over the heads of the outfielders in straightaway straight-away center. The outfield on both sides was kept busy catching fly ball after fly ball. After the first inning, there was a total of only nine hits by both teams. The Mad Jacks went ahead by one when a single off the bat of Mike "Miguel" McGrath got by leftfielder Tim Lee. But the Woodhaus tied the game again in the bottom of the sixth when a hit by Scott "Fatback" Richards also went through the outfield. Lee got the chance to redeem himself with Jim Thompson on second base in the bottom of the seventh and made the most of it, lining a run-scoring single to keep his team's perfect record intact. In other Sunday games, Jody's flattened Prospector 25-5, Doc's buried Ontario 32-6, 32-6, Meeks Wirthlin trounced the Old Men 18-4, and the Yacht Club slipped by Janeaux's 14-10. Prospector held the early lead over Jody's,, scoring four runs in the first inning, but fell behind in the third when Jody's put together a six-run rally. Fred Marshall and Gary Avise led the Jody's hit parade with four each. Marshall Mar-shall went four-for-four, including in-cluding a homer. Avise had four doubles in five trips to the plate. Mark Anderson also homered for the winners. win-ners. The Yacht Club scored seven runs in the first inning then hung on for its win over Janeaux's. The big first inning in-ning was highlighted by six singles and a double. The double came off the bat of Ross Wilson. A solid defensive performance, perfor-mance, particularly by the left side of the infield, helped the Yacht Club to the win. Shortstop Mike Hogan, who usually plays in the outfield, turned in several good plays, and third baseman Ross Climb that Rock? Who, Me? Submitted By Park City Rec. Dept. ; "Climb that rock? Me? Are you kidding? There's nothing to hang on to!" Those were the comments of 10 adventurous Park City students as they stared up at the awesome granite cliffs in Little Cottonwood Canyon during a recent Park City Recreation Department outing. The Rec Department rock climbing class was expertly ex-pertly led by veteran climbers climb-ers Jeff Newsome and John Collins. With the calming, yet enthusiastic coaching of the two, each student conquered a little fear and a lot of the Wasatch Range. Mastering some basic knots, rules and equipment was first on the agenda. Everyone took a turn on belay, a safetv check of holding the rope of the climber, climb-er, while each one climbed a 70-foot friction slab. The thrilling sensation of rapelling over a sheer dropoff drop-off concluded the first exciting ex-citing day. Mountain Metro brought the group back to Lisa Falls the second day. Bouldering, the art of sticking to a boulder like a fly without the use of ropes, was a good warm-up for the afternoon of climbing. A few attitudes changed remarkably. Instead of "I can't do that," we heard, "I'm next.. .come on, one more turn, please?" You can. have another turn. The class will again attack at-tack Little Cottonwood Canyon. Kids in grades 5 through 8 should sign up now for the July 14 and 15 class. It's only $15 for two days, but there's only room for 10 people. For anyone over 8th grade that's ages 14 to adults you can have a turn August 7 and 8 in a special two-day class. Also, on August 9, a one-day workshop will be available. Classes are limited, so call the Rec Department now at 649-9461, or come by City Park to sign up. Unleash that inner determination, energy and ability. It will make your heart pump a little faster, and give your self-image a boost! May allwalks of life Deco m a Ei h miorcaDie Birkenstock sandals are scientifically designed to make walking comfortable. The P famous Birkenstock foot- bed, often copied but never equalled, recreates as much as possible the conditions of walking on natural, comfortable surfaces. And that makes any kind of walk - a walk worth taking. T2$-l o, Al For all walks of life. 8 lOJS Ski & $pcrti 628 Park Ave. 10-6 Daily, Sun. 12-6 Wilson made a spectacular diving catch. Rick Widdows paced the losers with a home run, and Jim McManus cleared the bases with a hit which got through the outfield. It was also the Yacht Club which battled Jody's down to the wire June 25 before losing a 22-21 heartbreaker in the bottom of the seventh inning. Again the first inning set the pattern, as the Yacht Club scored eight times and led 8-1 at the end of the inning. in-ning. Taking advantage of the wildness of Jody's pitcher Chuck Folkerth, the Yacht Club managed to protect that lead until the bottom of the seventh inning. Doug Whitney and Mike Hogan each had four hits and Ross Wilson went three for four. Then, trailing 21-14 in the seventh, Jody's made its move, Folkerth played a key role in the rally with two hits, including the game winner. When it was over, Jody's had pulled the game out 22-21. In other games played June 25, Janeaux's squeaked by Meeks Wirthlin 15-14 in extgra innings and Doc's dropped the Players 9-3. Meeks took an early lead over Janeaux's, then watched wat-ched it slip away in the late .innings. The game was marred by the ejection of Carl Bankowski, exbasket-ball exbasket-ball player for the University Univer-sity of Utah, who used a few too many choice words in the direction of the umpire. Meeks led 13-10 with Janeaux's coming to bat in the bottom of the seventh. But Janeaux's managed to tie the game, with the last two runs coming on a homer from Roger Olson. Meeks went ahead 14-13 in the top of the eighth, but Janeaux's was again equal to the task, winning the game in the bottom bot-tom of the inning on a two-run two-run homer off the bat of Gary Kilgore. Meeks' rightfielder David Johnson finally retrieved the ball, then expressed his displeasure by throwing a sizzler past the backstop after af-ter the winning run had scored. Johnson was give a one-game suspension for his troubles. Doc's victory over the Players was a 4-3 affair unti the seventh inning. Thanks in large part to two-run doubles from John Rusconi and Stan Cordova, Doc's added ad-ded five more runs in the seventh to go up 9-3. The Players loaded the bases in their half of the seventh, but were unable to score. Among this week's game are the Woodhaus vs. the Yacht Club and Doc's vs. Meeks Wirthlin, both to be played July 9. Diggers Shocks Janeaux's Vt V h Would the real Digger's Diner please stand up. Digger's, the team which scored 81 runs in its first two games, then was hammered by Prospector Square and Finney's in its next two games, did another about face last week by thumping El Papagayo 28-5 then whipping whip-ping previously undefeated Janeaux's 17-6. Leading the way to the victory vic-tory over El Papagayo was shortstop Lynn Brown, who had five hits in five trips to the plate, drove the five runs and played a fhwless game at shortstop. Pitcher Susi Williams helped her own cause with a home run, and Val Winn and Amy Leibhauser also homered for Digger's. Sissi Marcellin hit a round-tripper for El Papagayo. The defensive gem of the game was turned in by Digger's rover Cindy Fish, who threw a runner out at first base with a perfect peg from the outfield. Digger's then took its one-game one-game winning streak into the game with league-leading Janeaux's. Playing in a tremendous windstorm Monday evening, Digger's wasted no time, scoring six times in the first two innings to go ahead 6-2. The team added two more runs in both the fourth and fifth, then added add-ed the icing with seven runs in the sixth. Maureen Hammond drove in four runs for the winners, including three with a second-inning homer. Val Winn added another three RBIs. Janeaux's had an unusually poor performance, committing 10 errors on defense and allowing three of its runners to be picked off while attempting to steal. In other games played Sunday, Prospector-El Papagayo game played June 23 was nullified after a ruling by the umpire Greg "Poundcake" Winn was found to be in error. 'Cakes' ruled that El Papagayo could not bring Theresa Doohan in from third base to pitch because she had pitched earlier in the game. El Papagayo played the rest of the game under protest. The ruling was later overturned over-turned after a check concluded con-cluded that Doohan could not be ruled ineligible to return to the mound as long as she stayed in the game. The game has been rescheduled for Aug. 18. Idaho Falls Washes Over Muckers For the second week in a row the Park City Muckers fell victim to the second-half syndrome, giving up 15 unanswered points after the intermission Saturday to bow to the Idaho Falls Zebra 21-10. Following the pattern of their last game against Sun Valley, the Muckers took the initiative early. This time the scoring hero was Mark Stokan, who scored two tries in the first 20 minutes to give Park City a 10-0 lead. On the first try, Stokan intercepted in-tercepted a bad Zebra pass bout midfield, then raced into in-to the end zone untouched. The conversion attempt was no good. Stokan wasted little time in crossing the goal line a second time. The ball was driven upfield by the Mucker forwards. Rich Phaler was in the right place to pick it up after it popped loose, then passed to Stokan, who raced over between the posts. The converted goal by Skip Schirf gave Park City a 10-0 lead. The Zebra came back almost immediately, scoring a try after a penalty close to the Mucker goal. In spite of the sharp angle, the conversion conver-sion was good, cutting the Park City lead to 10-6. The Muckers had several opportunities to regain the momentum late in the first half, but couldn't make any of them pay off. A try by Ken Tedford was nullified by a controversial "forw.ard pass" call by the official. On other occasions, they were simply unable to make it across the goal line. Both teams looked flat early in the second half. There was no scoring for the first 20 minutes. Then the Zebras scored an unconverted unconver-ted try to tie the game at 10-10. 10-10. After that, it was all Idaho Falls. The Muckers found themselves pushed back into their own end repeatedly.. Another Zebra try made it 14-10. Again the conversion was missed, but the host team soon made up for it by scoring a three-point drop goal. A final try late in the game gave Idaho Falls its final margin. Stokan, Phaler and Sean McDonald all had strong games for Park City, in spite of the outcome. This Friday, July 4, the Muckers will play their annual an-nual Independence Day Classic against the Dead Goat from Salt Lake pity. That game is set to begin at 2 p.m at City Park. |