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Show piri. " ii s Newspaper yi : L f by Jim Murray Mtuuriray sm pniPitg There's a Lott more than meets the eye Page CI Thursday, December 16, 1982 I .... .' .". ": i"; photo by David Hampshire Janie Hooker charges for the finish line in Monday's Town Race. She posted the fastest time among the women's A class. Snowfall doesn't faze Town Racers by Jeff Howrey Considering that the Town Races were inaugurated earlier than usual this year because of excellent snow conditions, it was somehow appropriate that Dec. 13's first race was conducted in a steady snowfall. About 185 local skiers participated, with the entire day's activities proceeding without a hitch. Although the race was simply an individual indivi-dual qualifier, with results not applying towards team standings, it was apparent that all those on the hill had their hearts into it. "I just try to have fun and try to go as fast as I can," commented enthusiastic B class racer Larry Goshgar-ian Goshgar-ian at the post-race party at the Black Pearl. Spying himself bulleting through the gates on the video playback of the day's events, Goshgar-ian Goshgar-ian yelped, "There I am. That's me! Goshgarian the Armenian always gets to the bottom fast!" Ralph Morrison, who finished fin-ished back in the pack in the A division, was more reserved re-served in his assessment after getting a chance to view his form on video. "I was just happy to make it to the bottom," he said. "It was a lot of fun, but I need some work. Today was the first time I've run gates this year." Morrison was not the only one working out early season kinks Monday on Clementine as skiers frequently wiped out during the downhill competition. The course itself it-self was not to blame, apparently, as most participants partici-pants reported good conditions condi-tions on both the blue and red lanes. The uniform condition of the course as well as the race department's policy of matching up racers of similar simi-lar abilities provided some exciting heats in the alpine competition. In the Pro division, for instance, John Carpenter barely edged Vince Majew-ski Majew-ski in their first run from the top. Similarly, Jesse Whit-more Whit-more just nicked Wendy Westman in their first run in the women's A class. When the powder had settled in the alpine battles, Women's winners were Karen Korfanta in the Vets, Karri Hays who cleaned up in the Pros, Janie Hooker in A, Maree Plunkett who barely edged Julie Horn in B, and Iris Cericke who just bested Jill Molton in the C competition. Snow clouds made the day overcast for the most part, although the sun did peek "There I am. That's me. Goshgarian the Armenian always gets to the bottom fast!" men's winners included George Ward in the Vets, Tom Rhieherth in Pro, newcomer Zac Clark in A, Gene Gautieri in B, and Tom Dolan took C honors. through a little in the early afternoon. During the morning's cross-country action, the freshly fallen snow was a real benefit. According to some of the nordic contestants, the light dusting of powder loosened up a course that would have been too crisp and chattery otherwise. The cross-country field was larger than in past years, with racers from Alta like Louie Moore and men's winner Steve Baeder venturing ventur-ing into town to beef up the competition. "We had a great turnout for cross country," said Town Race coordinator Bill Skinner. "We had more racers than we've had in years. The cross country races went real well." Carl Dollhausen finished second in the men's competition. competi-tion. In the women's cross country action Lea Battiste won handily over second-and second-and third-place finishers Cindy Fish and Becky Lam-phier. Lam-phier. For complete results, please turn to the Scoreboard Score-board section. OPENING SOON Free Snowmobile Touring Visit Utah's finest mountain dt'U'lopment lor V-i day of fun-filled sightseeing and snowtnohilin-Shuttle snowtnohilin-Shuttle service will pick up and return ou to otir door Open 7 Days a Week. Limited amount of resignations aailaljr so imoK om cai I. Call now 1-261-3511 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Cheese shop Convenienee store Deli mnrket iu J, ii iln I'.n 1 ( "in ill.iui' lie Rink level It's a classic case of the double life. By day, he is handsome, personable, the boy-next-door, honest and dependable, a model young man, literally and figuratively. He models for fur coats, poses for Scotch ads. He smiles a lot, carries a briefcase. He has a college degree in administration, the perfect man-on-the-way-up, a candidate for the Jaycees' Man-Of-The-Year. Then, on weekends, it all changes. He puts a face mask on and lurks in wait for victims in a place, often at night, where he knows the traffic is going to be heavy. He attacks quietly and with deadly perfection. The victims seldom hear him coming as he efficiently knocks them to the ground, or strips them of their possessions, or both. He tries to make a clean getaway but his life is lived in a cacophony of blowing whistles. He gets his picture taken with a number on the front. His picture doesn't hang in post offices, but in every locker room in the NFL with the notation that this man is armed and dangerous, and, if you see him coming, drop what you're doing and head for shelter. Who do we have here? Lamont Cranston? The Shadow himself? A gone-wrong Clark Kent? Hardly. Ronald Mandel Lott does not step in a phone booth before he changes. He's not invisible. What he does after dark or on Sundays is perfectly legal. In a sense, he's in law enforcement. He keeps the San Francisco 49ers end zone free from unwarranted, or unwanted, intrusions. Ronnie Lott separates footballs from people. Or vice versa. What makes Ronnie Lott different is that, when he takes the face mask off and removes the knuckle tape, you'd never guess he mugs people for a living. Lots of football players have agents. Some even have their own publicists. But, these guys are usually quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, re-ceivers, guys who run on the field WITH the ball. Ronnie is a member of the masked crew whose job it is to get the ball back anyway they can for the glamour guys. Ronnie Lott does this so well for the 49ers that he made All-Pro last year as a rookie, yet. He was a part of the most amazing gaggle of defensive players in pro ball history when the 49ers put three first-year men out there to stop the juggernauts of the game, the thousand-yard runners, the 20-touehdown quarterbacks, the fleet, bomb- catching wideouts. (cq) The league prediction predic-tion was, the kids would think it was raining footballs by mid-season. Isaac Curtis will be taking footballs out of their ears by Game 10. Terry Bradshaw would be laughing as he threw touchdowns through their zones. Ronnie Lott made 105 tackles for the 49ers in 1981, he recovered four fumbles. He intercepted nine passes, four of them for touchdowns. No rookie had ever done that before. In fact, very few 10-year men had. If Grantland Rice were alive, the defensive secondary of the 49ers, Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright and Carlton Williamson would become the Three Horsemen. And Ronnie Lott would be riding shotgun. "We didn't think like rookies, therefore we didn't act like rookies," Ronnie Lott explains. "If we let the label 'rookies' prey on our minds, we would have been uncertain out there. We would have lacked confidence. But we had a team character under Coach (Bill) Walsh that wouldn't let us accept that. There is no place for negative thinking out there. When you strap that helmet on, you can't think 'Oh, God, what is he going to fool me with now! ' You got to be thinking, 'Boy, is he going to be surprised . " ' Ronnie Lott surprised a lot of people last year but not Ronnie Lott. Originally a quarterback in high school ("Between you and me, I had a lousy arm"), he cheerfully became a defensive back at USC. "You had a lot of pride in what you did at USC. We had a lot of character, and it didn't matter what you did." They also had a lot of tackles-for-a-loss and interceptions. Lott was credited with 37 batted-down passes in his career there, 14 interceptions and two touchdowns. "With Ronnie Lott," his coach John Robinson once said, "the thing you most hear from other coaches is 'Where in the world did he come from?'" Ronnie Lott is just as interested in where he's going. He has interest in real estate other than the 49er end zone and his Lott and Associates firm is in real estate syndication in the Bay Area. Other investments are in videogames and Ronnie maintains a modeling and putative acting career on the side. He also has headed up the American Cancer Society's "Smokeout" campaigns. In other words, he doesn't just steal footballs for a living. There's a Lott more than that to the secret life of No. 42. 1982 Los Angeles Times Catering available for the holiday season. for parties of 10 to 50 people. Please Call 649-7177. Adolph'snowopen7nightsaweekto 11 p.m.; Sunday Brunch 11 to 3:00. 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