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Show Page B2 Thursday, July 31, 1986 Park Record Murray finishes first again - w by NEAL PALUMBO Record staff photographer Park City's Jeff Murray continued his dominance in the Snug Mountain Bike Series by winning the Bonanza Flats Stampede Sunday morning. Murray clocked a time of 48 minutes and 40 seconds to beat second se-cond place finisher John Allsen of Provo who finished in 50:15. Local Rich Perrier placed third in 52:05 over the 10 mile mountain course. In the women's division, Salt Laker Mary Dern won with a time of 63:43, edging out Cyndi Schwandt of Park City by one second. Roxanne Toly placed third with a 65:28 clocking. clock-ing. Murray, who has now won two of the three races in the Snug series this year said the Bonanza Flats course was "the most challenging of the three so far and the most fun." Coming off a bad week of training and riding on a friends bike, Murray said he wasn't sure how he would fare in the race. "The bad weather last week forced forc-ed me to cut back on my training rides. I like to do 20 to 30 miles a night after work in the hills, but the rain put a damper on that a couple of nights." Murray described the course as "very technical" with two very steep downhill sections that tested the skill of the riders. Throughout the first of two laps, Murray and Allsen traded the lead with Murray gaining a slight 12 second se-cond advantage after five miles. Allsen then saw any chance of his catching Murray go down the tubes as a bad spill halfway through the final lap deposited Allsen into the dirt. "I went left when I should have gone right and went into a big rut coming off a downhill. I went face first and gave the fall a mark of 9.5, Nadia would have been proud of that one." The spill put Allsen over 45 seconds behind Murray but the Provo Pro-vo rider said the outcome was already set. "I think it would have ended up the same way, Jeff is always tough to catch." Race coordinator Scott Donald said the next event in the series is scheduled for Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. at the A v . J--, ' ' , I t KtiLUrL 1 ' "' I I Y - .,-.. ; f I - T , """ s.,. v . I 1 i li..C "' i j, 1 ;tr - ' : V mi 1 jfm 1 n 111 miii 11 1 Him i ti in faf I 111 1 11 a Neal Palumbo Greg "Pound Cakes" Winn has his eye on the ball while playing softball. Winn is a ruthless pitcher and a sharp batter for the four teams he plays for. 'Pound Cakes' is a 'WinrVer Neal Palumbo Park City's Jeff Murray keeps his eye on the ruts as he pedals to another first place. Jeremy Ranch. Donald said maps for the Jeremy Ranch Roundup course will be available starting Aug. 7 at Snug. Donald added that the Aerie Hill Climb has been rescheduled for Sept. 2 after bad weather last week postponed the race. Donald also wished to thank Cheryl Soshnik and Brad Makoff for their work in first aid and safety control con-trol throughout the race series. FLY FERK CITY 5S SNUG FLY FISHING STEVE SCHMIDT - OUTFITTER GUIDE SERVICE CASTING LESSONS COMPLETE TACKLE FACILITY P.O. BOX 4018, PARK CITY, UTAH 84060 (801) 649-7688 by JIM SMEDLEY Record staff writer Pound for pound he's the best slowpitch softball pitcher Park City has seen in the past decade. He is also pretty good with the bat. Greg "Pound Cakes" Winn should be a good ballplayer though. He's been at it for 13 years. Winn is a Park City native and has spent 33 of his 35 years years on earth living in Old Town. He left Utah for two years to go on a mission For the Church of Latter Day Saints in Oregon. After his mission for the Mormon Church, Winn embarked on another mission a softball-playing mission. In 1972 he began playing with the Park City Athletics for the men's league in Heber. Early that season Bill Burton, pitcher for Wolfe's (the other Park City team in the Heber League), had his nose broken when he was hit by a line drive. So, Wolfe's recruited Winn and he started drawing double duty. In 1974 he played for the Wolfe's team in the Heber League and the PCA team in the newly formed Park City League. He had his best year pitching in '74 as Wolfe's was 23-3 and the PCAs 19-0 for a combined 42-3 mark. But 1974 was to be the last year that a Park City sponsored team was in the Heber League. "We were drummed out of the league. They accused us of drinking too much and then throwing the beer cans all around, but we weren't the only ones drinking and making a mess," Winn said. "A lot of those Heber teams knew how to put down the beer. After that we were never well-liked in Heber." In 1975 Winn played for Spencer's Auto (shop in Heber) in the Park City Ci-ty League and stayed with them until un-til 1981. He floated around with a couple of teams and this year is playing on Doc's in the Men's League in Park City. As a matter of fact, he also plays with the Valley Bank team in Heber, the Prospector Square Hotel fastpitch team in a Salt Lake County league and for his church team, Park City 2nd Ward. , , He plays softball Monday through Thursday night and then occasionally occasional-ly on weekends when there is a tournament. tour-nament. Playing that much softball sounds like the lifestyle of a single man, however Winn is married and has two daughters. He and his wife Valerie have been married for 13 years and are the parents of Crissie, 12, and Teresa, 8. What does his wife think of his penchant pen-chant for softball? "My wife has been pretty good with me, but she wants me to cut down now," Winn said. Winn said he is not exactly sure which league will be minus his services ser-vices next year, but right now it appears ap-pears that the Park City league may be stricken from his agenda. Although he has been pitching for most of his 13 years playing softball, Winn said third base was his favorite position. Over the years he has developed a variety of pitches and the ability to control them, most of the time. His most famous pitch is the "Winn-gyro-spin," a ball that revolves clockwise as it climbs and descends its five- to 10-foot arc. He'll also throw a knuckleball and when the wind is blowing right, he'll throw a curve. Winn is also pretty handy with the bat. He estimated that his averages . this year are; .670-.700 for Doc's; .700-.750 for the Ward team; .600 for Valley Bank; and .250 for the Prospector Pro-spector Hotel team. He said the key to his high batting averages in slowpitch is his ability to place the ball. "I don't have the power. I'm not a home run hitter. I just select a spot and go for the base hits," Winn said. While he may not be a power hitter, hit-ter, he is certainly a power pitcher. 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