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Show Page Six 9 SPORTS Racqueteers open their year against Cal, USC and l!M by John Youngren Sports Editor The Ute men's tennis team will open its 1986 season with a flurry, hosting three meets in three days against three of the best collegiate tennis teams in the nation. Utah will be in action Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at the Canyon Racquet Club. The Utes will d face California at 7 p.m. llth-ranke- Friday, fourth-ranke- USC at d 7 p.m. Saturday and WAC foe New Mexico at 1 p.m. Sunday. Utah will return Andy Olyphant to its lineup as the No. 1 singles player headed into the weekend. Olyphant won the District Seven singles title last fall. After him, the Utes will slot Christian Schultes at No. 2 singles, Antti Eranne at No. 3, freshman Jari Koho at No. 4, Brian Monson at No. 5 and Jenno Morson at No. 6. Schultes and Morson will be the No. 1 doubles team, followed by the pairs of Olyphant and Monson and Eranne and Koho. They'll be up against three of the top ten players in the country, including California's Steve DeVries, who's ranked No. 1 nationally, USCs Rick Leach (No. 7 in the nation) and Jorge Lozano (No. 9). "It will be an interesting weekend," said Ute tennis coach Harry James. "USC is certainly one of the three best teams in the country and Cal has the best player in the nation. New Mexico beat us last year in the WAC and they return the same team." A pass for all three matches is $10. Separate admission each night is $5 for adults and $2 for children and U. students with an activity card. Box seats can also be h set. purchased S25 for the The matches are being used as fund raisers lor the men s tennis team. three-matc- -- Outdoor program set to camp . .j. . i i j.1 ii ii anu ski in ine snowy uoiu trip backpacking Beaver Dam Wash by Dave Hosick Sports staff The University of Utah's outdoor program office has filled their calendar with a wide range of adventures for students, faculty and staff. The snow shelter camping excursion will depart from the university Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. and will return on Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. Besides building snow caves, the group will experiment with quickly built personal shelters which are useful in winter emergency situations. There is a lot ofcross country and snowshoe terrain. From six to 15 participants can make the trip and the cost for transportation, meals and group gear is $17 and the meeting will be held Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Individuals interested in a first timer's ski tour must sign up by noon on Jan. 22 pre-outi- ng and the activity will be held from noon-- 3 p.m. on the same day on the university golf course. Instruction will be informal and will explain how the gear works and what to do with it once you have it on. Participants will be able to rent the necessary equipment for $1 to use during this activity. The session is for between four-1- 8 participants. There will be a January hot spot leaving Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. and returning to the university Jan. 26 at 1 1 p.m. This desert area of southwest Utah will Chronicle photo by Sirv Gfilfin offer participants the opportunity to do some hiking and soak outside at the Pah Tempe hot springs on the bank of the Lady Ute Mila Rogers takes the ball to the hoop against BYU. Utah did not have a lot of success during their recent trip to the West Coast, dropping a pair of games to Oregon and Stanford. Cost of the trip for transporation, breakfasts and dinner is $42 and the The Lady Utes did have a plan, but it wasn't to lose 2 games Virgin River. pre-outi- ng meeting will be held Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. And evening ski tour to the Twin Lakes Pass will be held on Jan. 26 from 5 to 10 p.m. and interested people must sign up by Jan. 23. While the topography is not difficult, previous night touring experience is appropriate. February events include the snowbasin trio of backcountry, nordic downhill and alpine downhill, a cabin ski touring trip over the President's Day weekend, a ski touring for the energetic trip from Whitepine to the Thunderbowl and a day skiing tour to Bountiful's north canyon. Special winter quarter programs include the Bill March presentation of Canadians on Mount Everest. It will be shown Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Behavorfal Science Auditorium. Tickets are $2 in advance and $2.50 at the door. Special to the Chronicle ON SPORTS John Youngren I began my stride through the Marriott Hotel lobby when I spotted Harold Nondescript, one of the players I had just finished watching on the court with the Globetrotters. Harold was, however, a Generals player. In fact, he still had his uniform on, with a trenchcoat thrown over it. And in his right hand he was holding a paper bag with a bottle, which he kept swigging. "Hey Mr. Nondescript," I said, feeling a little bit like the little boy in the Mean Joe Green Coke commercial, "are you all right?" "Yeah, yeah," Nondescript grunted, taking another pop from his bottle, "leave me alone, will ya?" I began to walk away for a second, but then turned. "Hey," I said, looking for any sort of flattery I could find, "that was sure some game you guys played tonight. You really gave them a run for their money." "Are you kidding?" Nondescript looked at me with The Lady Ute basketball team had a plan prior to Junior forward Mila Rogers once their final two preseason games. again led the Ute attack as she netted 14 Utes The would go on the road to points and pulled down six rebounds. Oregon and Stanford, win both games Tiffany Rogers and Trudy Sanderson and, at the same time, gain momentum scored 14 and 12 points respectively, in going into the High Country Athletic the losing cause. Conference race. As a team Utah shot 43 percent from But the plan failed. the field which was a marked improveUtah afternoon what ment over the 25 percent showing Saturday played has to be its poorest game of the year as against Oregon. But Utah still seems be they were blown out by the Lady Ducks in the shooting slump which has been in Eugene haunting it lately. For the Utes (who had was an Monday night improvement, been averaging nearly 50 percent as a end the were results the same. team prior to the slump), Monday's yet Stanford the Utes 5 and game was their best shooting perforhanded them their second straight loss mance since the end of December. It's mot all that easy to be a The cool air hit my face as I left the Salt Palace, so I pulled my coat up higher around my neck. The basketball game I had just left had not been thrilling (88-7- 8 final), by any stretch of the imagination, but it had been the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals. And it's not the score that matters in these Globetrotter affairs. It's humor and good will. Right? PALO ALTO, Calif. and their third in four games. Utah dropped to 10-- 6 on the year with the loss, while Stanford is now 10-- 5. 72-4- 2. out-scor- ed 77-6- General oon-desco- pt gentle, slightly annoyed bemusement. He looked generally surprised to have been spoken to. "We looked like we look every night. Lousy, Lousy." "Oh, I don't know if I would say you looked really lousy," I said. "I mean you can't help it somebody's got to be the straight man." "Kid," Nondescript said. "Do you know what it's like? Do you know how much pride you have to swallow night after night to stand there and have your shorts pulled down and a purse hung on your arm and water thrown in your face and the game stopped continually and some idiot whistling and burping everytime you try to shoot a free throw?" "Well, it entertains the fans." "Doesn't matter," he said, shaking his head, "how long have you been following the Globetrotters?" "I guess ever since I was a little kid. I used to watch their cartoon on Saturday mornings. I remember hearing about Meadowlark and Curly all the biggies." "Do you remember hearing about Harold Nondescript of the Washington Generals?" I smiled. "Can't really say that I do." "Didn't think so. In fact, have you ever heard of any of the Generals? Have you ever heard of a team that would be foolish enough to go around losing night after night and a bunch of players who would be foolish enough to keep playing for it?" "Well, there was the Jazz about five years ago." "Never mind," Nondescript said, taking another swig. "At least the Jazz had the smarts to get better. We don't care to. That's what we're here for to lose. The Trotters have been around since 1927, and so have we. Problem is, they always win and we always lose." "Always?" I asked. "Didn't you beat them in 1971?" "Think about that, kid. 1971. It's been 15 years. Might as well be always." "Look at it this way. You have a steady job." "Hey guy," he said, "I don't know if you know much about me, but I was a pretty fair player in college. Used to average 13.2 points a game back at State. Thought about a career in the pros, but ..." "Well, they do pay you that's like the pros." "It's still not quite what I used to dream about." . "So what do you dream about now?" "I'll tell you," he said, suddenly getting a broad grin across his face and setting the bottle down. "There's this one part of every game where I get caught up between two of 'em. They throw the ball over me and under me and bounce it off my back and generally make me look like a fool. Then Lou Dunbar, you know, the guy with the big mouth, takes the ball and shoves it up the back of my shirt so that when I run away, I'm caught 'holding the ball.' Get it?" "Yeah," I said, "funny stuff." "Sure. Well one night, and it gets closer by the night, too, mind you, I'm going to take the ball and shove it down Lou's throat. Wonder what kind of laugh that would get, huh?" He walked away, cackling. "Hmmm," I sighed. "Somebody's got to be the straight man. But everybody wants to be the clown." |
