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Show v XM Newspaper yi V" J? I Page 11 J" Thursday, July 31, i980 , , Muckers Take Third in Sid Town Tourney The annual Ski Town Tournament held in Sun Valley this year brought nine resort rugby squads out onto the field, and the Park City Muckers brought home a respectable third place, while the Idaho fans celebrated the win of their underdog team. Participating in the fun fest were Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Vail (the defending defen-ding champs), Steamboat Springs, Breckenridge, Sun Valley, Park City and newcomers Winter Park and Tahoe. And while the Park City squad registered the same record as last year's tourney, two wins and one loss, the loss came in the middle, and sent the Muckers into the consolation round and third place. The Muckers' first match was against the Aspen Highland team, and they sent the squad to the low lands, winning 1(H), although Dave Sundquist said it was perhaps Park City's poorest game. Bill Hart snagged a penalty kick and broke through and scored for the Muckers, and Rick Phaler converted, making the score 6-0 Park City. Before the game was out, Craig Harren dove over from about the two-yard line for a try, bringing the final score to 10-0. 10-0. In Sundquist's eyes, the best Mucker game came against Aspen, even though the local squfd lost 12-6. Aspen scored first, and with the conversion, the score was 6-0. But the Muckers came right back, and scored when forward Dave Bodner made the try, assisted by Doug Schumaker, Dave Sundquist and Blackie Jones, Donovan Simmons converted, knoting the score at six all at halftime. Aspen came back after the break and made the score 9-6 on a penalty kick. But Park City still was very much in the game. But with just five minutes left in the game, an Aspen rugger nailed a 45-yard 45-yard drop kick, ending the game 12-6. "There were some furious rushes by Park City," Sundquist Sund-quist recalled. "They (Aspen) kicked long to keep the ball away from us. If we'd had another five minutes ..." But it wasn't in the cards for Park City, as they headed for the consolation round, and Aspen went onto the finals. In the consolation round, Park City met Breckenridge, Brecken-ridge, winning the game 11-3. Within five minutes after the game began, Mucker Cordell Jones was invited to leave for fighting. ("They started it," Sundquist said. "Only the refs didn't see that.") But, no replacements for evicted players, and the Muckers finished out the game with a one-man deficit. Breckenridge scored first on a penalty kick, making the score 3-0. But Simmons came back with an answering an-swering penalty kick to tie the score. After halftime, Ken Tedford took a pass from Scott Thompson at about the 40, broke through a blockade of players to the 10, then passed to winger Keith Cooley, who made the try. It was Cooley's first game with the Muckers. With the score 7-3 and five minutes left in the game, Simmons kicked up and under a ball he fielded and scored unopposed. unop-posed. A missed conversion ended the game with the score 11-3. "It was definietly a ski town weekend," Sundquist remembered. "It wasn't as serious as other tournamentsit tournamen-tsit was a lot of fun. The Sun ValleyAspen final was real good. The crowd was really behind Sun Valley, who were the underdogs, and they won the game 14-8." Sundquist recalled that one Aspen player hauled off and gave a Sun Valley rugger a melon kick to the head, which was answered with jeers and screams from the crowd. "We had to stop one of our guys from going out on the field to get him," Sundquist said. The Muckers play this weekend against Idaho Falls, a team they lost to earlier this season 22-10. If you want to beat the Arts Festival crowds, head to City Park Saturday at noon. The Muckers remind everyone that they will be having their Beer Garden set up on Main Street for the Arts Festival. Tee Time i i i , - rr 1 :. iSRKrtl Ladies of the Night? Members of Janeaux's ladies Softball team arrive to battle Janeaux's mens team. By Bud Tonnesen Most accomplished golfers have developed their left side through years of practice. The reason for this is that the left side is the leader in a good golf swing. Unfortunately, most people are right handed and have a weak left side. We can develop ourselves into better golfers by hitting hit-ting the ball with the left hand only. The trick to this shot is to use an 8 iron and swing only half way back. Many golfers try swinging with the left hand but fail because they try to make a full backswing. What we want to do in golf is approximate ap-proximate success until we achieve it. Start hitting hit-ting with your left side, but with just a short swing. This will build confidence and strengthen your game. QUALITY INTERIORS Summer Sale 25 Off Entire Stock 750 East Hwy. 248 Across from Holiday Inn 649-6577 by Jim Murray While in Russia, Shut Up... And Eat Your Stroganoff Moscow The trouble with Olympic Opening Ceremonies is, you've seen one, you've seen 'email. Sure, there's an emotional moment when one's own country marches in, but when it doesn't, it's pretty hard to get choked up over a bunch of field hockey players named "Singh" or the Bulgarian wrestling team. It's next to impossible to get tears in your eyes over the passing of the Olympic flag unless, of course, you're Lord Killanin but a lot of countries chose to be represented in the parade by the five rings only, which is a little like showing up at a party and spitting on the floor. The parade was such an embarrassment em-barrassment to the Soviets that they swept the athletes off the field early and gave it over to what seemed like 100,000 people dressed up as gypsies or who danced sitting down. It was a halftime show-times-12 and a magnificent spectacle, but a little like eating 24 hot fudge sundaes in a row. The first hour and a half was enough. When the Russians say, "Everybody out for the Hawaiian number," they mean everybody. It looked like the entire population of Glendale out there doing the splits. But Ziefbeld would have cut it out of town. The parade was really rather glum. The Afghans got the second biggest hand, but you have to think they better go home by tank. The Russians have a penchant for doing things big. Their statues show people who look as if they should be swatting airplanes off the Empire State Building. Lenin was really a shrimp, but in Luzhniki Park he looks like he could play center for the Lakers. Brezhnev showed up, but he looked as if he had a lot on his mind. IOC President Lord Killanin emphasized the Games belong to his organization but are only temporarily in Russian hands. That's what Czechoslovakia thought. Someone noticed that when the pigeons were released, they flew due west. But getting along in Russian is not all that difficult. To be sure, the guidebooks aren't all that helpful. It's nice to be able to say, "Do you like the opera?" or, "My aunt writes with a pen," but you'd be surprised how seldom that comes up in the general conversation. Also, you run the risk of asking somebody how they like your petticoat. What I would suggest you learn are a few stock phrases which, from my experience, would be much more helpful . Such as : "Excuse me, I seem to have locked my key in the room again, could you please open it for me?" Or "Has anybody around here seen a credential with a picture of a guy with a red nose on it? I seem to have misplaced mine." You will also want to know how to say, "May I please have some toilet tissue? I've been out for two days." Or, "Could you please leave a towel with some nap on it this time? I'm getting chapped." Or, "No, no, don't get me wrong, I like hotdogs and tomatoes for breakfast and the beef stroganoff is the perfect per-fect eye-opener." You can also strike up lasting friendships with the natives by commenting approvingly on their style. Like, "I really like your haircutor hair-cutor are you wearing a hat?" Or, "You must give me your tailor. I want some curtains cur-tains made " Cultural eschanges are de rigeur. Russians will respond if you say, "Tchaikovsky really wrote some nice things Is it true he was gay?" Or, "I went to Ivan the Terrible at the Bolshoi the other night tell me, did the author call it that or the critics?" Avoid the argumentative. Never say, "You're not going to believe this, but in my country when you register in a hotel, you can walk in the front door." And be careful not to insult their icons. When they ask if you want to visit Lenin's Tomb say, "No, I want to remember him as he was," not, repeat not, "Hell, no, if I want to look at dead people I'll go to Kabul." Skirt Afghanistan. If someone says he has a relative, a loved one, there, say, "Well, I hear it's lovely this time of the year . . . He'll get some nice pictures ... Is he with a tour or just knapsacking it?" Don't say, "Which army do you have there now, your own or the Cubans?" "Pajowlstah" means "please," "spaseibo" means "thank your," but you might also learn "Who the hell do you think you're pushing?" Or, "Would you mind taking your foot off mine?" None of the language books ever tell you how to say, "Shut up" or "Go Away," but you may want to if you're important impor-tant enough for the Russians to put a tail on. "Skolkah?" means "How much?" But there's no Russian equivalent for "You've got to be kidding?" Remember, economic crimes are the biggest offenses in the Soviet Union. So don't go telling anybody, "In my country the ruble is worth 20 cents." That might make them feel good that the 50-ruble jacket is really only costing 10 dollars, but remember they only make 170 rubles a month. How'd you like to be told you only made 54 dollars a month? mon-th? They've cleaned out the riffraff from the town for the Olympics. The only alcoholics in town are wearing press passes or are in the Kremlin. The city is so clean it squeaks. The cops have brand new uniforms. It ain't Paris, but they're trying. There are one-third fewer countries here than there were at Munich and over a thousand less athletes. It's not even a good track meet. They're trying to put on the best party they know how and they get a bunch of guys dropping cigarette ashes on the rugs, putting their feet on the antique tables and criticizing the drinks. So, be nice. Don't say, "Did Prokofiev really write that music or just roll a bunch of tin cans down a long stairway?" These are a rugged people. Do you know that married couples go right from the wedding frequently to Lenin's Tomb (where they are able to jump the queue by showing up in wedding wed-ding veil and suit with a tie)? Imagine that the first thing you do on your honeymoon night is go look at a stiff? Don't try too much cultural exchange. To say, "Do you know I know Cary Grant personally?" per-sonally?" cuts no ice with Russians. Don't get nasty. Tell them you like their Olympics. Do not, repeat, do not, ever snarl, "Listen, if the Americans were here, the only thing you guys would win would be that dance. What you got left wouldn't even make a good Millrose Games." Just shut up and eat your beef stroganoff for breakfast. (c) 1980, Los Angeles Times FAMILY FUN 20 Minutes from Park City Steak Rides Aug. 8th & 9th Overnite Pack Trips $50 per person Aug. 6th & 7th and Aug. 7th & 8th Pack trip Aug. 18th thru 21st Trail Rides by reservation In Tie WuMtch Nttionti Fore$t , -WlJI. JL. 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