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Show I "- " Page ' 1 I ;v' J ? s. ' - 7 if ... J ' s r-" . I W ' W I 1'.' w . l -V ;lK,- 1 ' ft 1 J- 4, ftp. -Jf? t s y r V 1 xr Y v v . XV, . . til , I - Miners Day The sky- the mud divei s above, wrestlers below The Miners Day festivities in Park City had parade floats, mud splattered niarho men, and mining contests reminiscent of the town's pioneer days. There was action, thrills and muck aplenty at the Miners" Day Mud Wrestling championships at City Park. The rules were somewhat different from the last mud event Instead of individuals competing against each other, the event called for two member teams (male or female) to wrestle each ither. The pairs putting on the best shows won the prizes. 'ourtli nlace went to a ,uil chested Parkite pitted against his scrawny partner. Peter Fivas dubbed :em "The Thick and Thin xpress". The contestants were identified as Tim Ward and Mark Sullivan, but we don't know which one was 1 hick and which was Thin. In third place came Waynt Put man and a gal identified only as "Shirley". Wayne's wrestling style consisted of frequent pauses while his opponent heaped muck on his face. One ol Hie second-place winners. Pit; Man, wasted no tune lie ran toward the mud pit. lept in a swan dive, and hit the mud face first. (Fortunately, he v us wearing wear-ing his pig mask at the time.) The other wrestier was earned in hv his managers. The Pig li. iitliers 1 who were really Tim and liiek Sharp) put on a fine .-.pool of All-Star W'res'JiiiU complete with dropkieks, braggadocio, and muscle flexing. Two b.inaie gi'applers, July and i. "The Park City Bruisers", won first place. What thev lacked in style, they made up tor m pulch ritude. It was another fine afternoon for America's most popular underground sport. Meanwhile, right next door, more contestants than expected turned out for the traditional mucking and drilling contests. But the number of spectators was down from last year probably prob-ably due to the cloudy weather, said Miners' Day coordinator Dave Novelle. In the drilling contest, the contestants tried to drill to a specified depth in a boulder in the shortest possible time The three top drillers were Yal Davis, at 53 seconds, lion Johnson, at 511.25 seconds, and Hay Brnadhead at 1 :t)(i.2 seconds. The mucking competition was a race to load up a pneumatic cart, roll it down a track, and empty it in a nearby hole. The winner here was no sti anger Richard Rich-ard Martinez, with a time of 47.8 seconds. He was followed follow-ed by Dick Sorensou, at 4K seconds, and Larry Simpson at 48.7 seconds. Novelle said the mining equipment came from United Park City Mines. A compressor was loaned by Cate Equipment in Salt Lake, and Bahk Construction provided trucks to haul the equipment. Novelle also thanked UPCM, and its secretary Ed Osika for making a financial contribution contri-bution to the Labor Day festivities. The traveling trophy in the Miners' Day parade, Novelle said, went to the Raggedy Ann and Andy Preschool. Novelle said a lot of credit lor the parade should go to Mark Stedman, who lined up the bands, plus the Utah Valley Civil War Skirmishers. Skirmish-ers. (Those are the guys who shattered your eardrums by firing off their muskets every block along the parade route. ) Bruce Henderson and the Recreation Department also helped by arranging for the skydivers. The city crews were a big help in getting the day organized, Novelle said. But even with all this aid, he had one piece of advice. "It is my suggestion that whoever does it next year should start now." he said. cfr 4,, ' ' f ' : :: h f "': t'.:-':f''- n '- is :.-::''; ' -"""-X' - '? f '" J--'i C f ' ',-''.' ''"' - t ...... ft ; " , -0 . ' - ' v i '"' U.-'::"" . .' , . ' : j j :" ' - : - -"i - -v . - , , - , ..... ";f ' . ' ;-. ' .. ;s.- i . t-- t " -J I ' ' " ' fV .J'si ' ' . j ' .. '. - a. .... 1 ' A 'TJ ' ;:"?, '.V ' ; ,.; "'"" ii I |