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Show Page 6 - 1983 Thursday, June 30. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, A full Sports report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events Olympic Coaches Check Out Talent At Sports Festival COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Lou Vairo and Bobby Knight both were on scouting missions at the National Sports Festival Wednesday, but Vairo was on a much shorter deadline than his (UPI) basketball counterpart. ' Vairo, after seeing prospects for the U.S. Olympic hockey team in practice for the better part of a week, finally got to see the players in live action Wednesday in the first round of games at the National Sports Festival. UPI Teleptoto Martina Navratilova earned a berth in the Wimbledon women's singles finals by beating unseeded Yvonne Vermaak. Andrea, .Martina Be'hs airn WIMBLEDON, England (UPI) Defending champion Martina Na- -- vratilova and Andrea Jaeger d scored the most semifinal victories in Wimbledon Tennis Championship history today to set up an women's singles final Sunday. Navratilova, chasing her fourth title, took only 36 minutes to demolish unseeded South African Yvonne Vermaak while d Jaeger spent 20 mine utes longer in dismissing champion Bille Jean King, also one-side- 6-- 1, 6-- 1, third-seede- six-tim- 6-- 1, 6-- 1. ing ease against her opponent, who had made the first of her Wimbleon appearances before Jaeger was even born. Jaeger took just 29 minutes to top her fellow Amiercan in the opening set. She was more consistent on service and her lob worked particularly well, almost always being angled toward King's backhand. Jaeger broke service in the opening game on her her second break point. King failed to anticibackhand for pate a double-fiste-d 0 and then double-faulte- d for 30-3- Sunday's final will be worth $90,000 for the winner. The men's final pairing will be set Friday when John McEnroe meets Ivan Lendl and Kevin Cur-ra- n faces Chris Lewis in semifinal matches. The Navratilova, games in her six matches, dropped her opening service, before demonstrating the brand of explosive powerplay which has earned her the No. 1 left-hande- d who has lost only 22 on iasilvu Worn) Finals 3040. She managed to force deuce and then held an advantage point before dropping the game with an overhit forehand. The youngster then held her own service to 15 and produced two fine winners in taking two points off King's second service. King held and lost a break point in the fourth game although many of the fans supported her claim g shot that Jaeger's was out. However, King fell behind 1 when Jaeger broke service for a second time. She then found her- game-winnin- 4-- Oliver Claims Women's '35' Title Mei'i 'A' Sautes (qurterfluli) Randy Bradford def. Bob Pierce John Collins def. Matt Miner Dave Osborn def. Dave Groesbeck Men's '4S' Singles (aairtertiails) Orlin Walher def. BerfJacobsen 64. Cutler def. Paul Dalebout George Golding def. Dennis Vitale Richard Johnson def. Arlin Sperry Mixed 'A' Doublet (ourterflials) def. Johnson-Brow- n Golding-GoldinCrandle-Holme- s def. Sullivan-Sulliva- n Women's 'A' Dsables (aaarterflaals) def. Rawle-Watki- Beth Oliver defeated Pat Pen-dra- y 3 to win the women's '35' singles title in Sherwood Hills Racquet Club's Wimbledon Week 6-- 2, 6-- tennis tournament The duo of Wright-Bigl- 6-- er doubles crown in Other results: ranking in the world. Jaeger's victory was a triumph of youth over experience. The Jaeger won with surpris Wednesday. beat to claim the that class. Sullivan-Olse- n 6-- 2 6- - I. Women's 'B' Do Met (semifinals) def. Wamea's Singles (flails) Beth Oliver def. Pat Pendray Women's '15' Doubles (flails) Sullivan-Olsedef. Wright-Bigle- r '' Mea'a Opea Sialics (aaarterfiaals) Larry Hall def. Stan Collins Bill Collins def. Mike McCaffrey Rich Bonne def. Bryan Terry Rob Fought def. Wayne Pearce self serving to stay in the set when for the second time and Jaeger produced a fine winner when defending against a break point. to give JaeKing double-faulte- d ger the first of her set points and then overhit a forehand to concede on the second. After holding service in the first game of the first set, Jaeger forced three break points as King battled to stay in the match. However, King saved each one with some marvelous defensive work. She could not hold out in her - next service game and lost to 30 as Jaeger put away a killing smash. Jaeger, who dropped only two points in her first three service games of the second set, broke again, this time to 30 and then she was serving for a first appearance in a Wimbledon final. in that King staged a mini-rall- y final game, holding a break point before Jaeger produced her first ace for a set point. Jaeger, so confident she laughed when a ballboy did not have a ball for her at ll in that final game, won when King overhit a backhand. 30-a- By DAVE McCANN Shellenberger to give Century 21 2 edge. Crandall capped the outburst by scoring off a basehit from Brad Eagar to keep Century 21's adrenaline flowing. Momentum carried over and, during Century 21 's next time at bat, four more runs touched home. Busch and Kelshaw were the rewards from a Shellenberger double and Nate Jensen scored on a wild pitch later on to close out the two bigs inning with Century at Herald Correspondent The runs seemed to all come at once in both of Wednesday's American Legion contests. Big scoring innings decided the outcome of Century 21s 11-- 2 blasting of Provo and Pleasant Grove's 3 downing of M & R Equipment Co. and, as midseason approaches, things are getting sticky. Century 21 upped its first place record to 1 with a one sided affair over Provo that only lasted five innings because of the American Legion nine run rule. Four runs each in the third and fourth innings broke a close game. With the score knotted at two, Don Crandall blasted a bases loaded triple to send in Mike Busch. Dean Kelshaw, and Rick 8-- 4-- 21 5-- ahead "We got key hits,"Century 21 coach Gerry Cooper said. "The hits we got (7) were timely and we had a good defensive perform- ance." Good defense was what held M & R's Equipment Co. to just three runs while excellent hitting was KBYU-Twill televise BYU's football games for the 12th consecutive season. The home games will probably be shown at 10:30 p.m. on a delayed basis the night of the game. y man Jay Monsen, who is also station manager and sports director, said that plans are underway to present many of the away games, many on a delayed basis, but some live. And by the way, during the recent BYU baseball season Monsen reached a milestone in his broadcasting career by announcing his 1,500th game. That's a lot of words. Play-by-pla- Mapleton golfer Johnny Miller will be the host of a $450,000 National Team Invitational Tournament Dec. according to PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman. A field of 104 pros and 104 amateurs will participate in the 15-1- 8-- 3 3-- 1 long Pleasant Grove put the lid on it with a two run outburst in the sixth inning. Lance Cleave opened with a basehit and a minute later Martin Smith reached first on a walk to place the 'Ducks on the Pond' for Brian Greening who answered with a basehit to score Gleave and then Tim Chambers knocked in Smith with a base hit to assure the win. Earlier in the contest during a M & R rally, second basemen Tim Harper made a diving catch and threw the runner out and end the the M inning and thus & R rally. short-circu- it "We have been playing good defense the last few weekds, "Eldridge added. "Mike Davis guided our bats with a triple and a homerun." Friday night's action matches at the two top teams M & R on the Orem field Century 21 at 7 p.m. and Pleasant Grove entertains Provo at 6. (3-- (4-- North Wednesday, 119-11- 2, while the East team run by George Blaney of Holy Cross whipped the winless West, 119-10- 6. Buck Johnson of the University of Alabama hit five of six shots from the field early in the fourth quarter to help the South fight off a North comeback and Walter Barry of St. John's paced the East effort with 27 points. 5-- al 8-- Lakers, Miners Split HELPER-JiMorris and Guy Hubert each blasted a pair of home runs in support of Randy Poitivint as American Fork downed Carbon County 14-- 9 in the first game of a Rocky Mountain League doubleheader Wednesday. Poitivint, who normally plays shortstop, blanked the Miners the first three innings, but wound up allowing 14 hits and the nine runs. Morris also had a triple to aid the Laker cause and Orlando Johnson had a pair of doubles. Carbon's Chamberlain blasted a three-ru- n homer, one of three hits Laker pitcher Duane Elder allowed, to pace the Miners to a 1 victory in the second game. Morris and Greg Ornate had doubles in that game. The Lakers doubled the Miners in the hit column, but Chamberlain's blast spelled the difference. The two teams battle again tonight and Friday night at 7:30 3-- at the Helper ball park. The Lakers return home against the Miners Saturdayand will play them four games through July 4 before tangling with Tooele in a p.m. three-gam- set. e 14 6 American Fork 104 403 Carbon 000 331 2-- 9141 Poitivint and Comer; Ueno, Parker (7) and Silva. Johnson 2, AF; Knox, Moon, C. AF. 2, Hubert 2, AF; Knox, Chamberlain, C. 6 0 American Fork 000 001 Carbon 000 300 3 30 Elder and Comer; Elser and Silva. Oniate, AF. C. LEAGUE STANDINGS W L 7 4 1 7 6 6 7 10 Carbon Co. Tooele Ogden American Fork Pet GB .636 -.333 1 .4H 2 .412 3 Tuesday's fin Ogden 21, American Fork! 13 Tooele 17, uaroon Wednesday's fames Ogden I, Tooele 7 Carbon Co. American Fork Thursday's garnet Tooele at Ogden American Fork at Carbon County u. to Air Cougar Football for 12th Year KBYU-T- V Short shots in the world of fun and games: 10-- 2. what killed them as Pleasant Grove tallied in a couple of big upset win. innings to claim an M & R entered the contest with mark and a first place tie, a but Pleasant Grove team did everything that was needed to overcome a first place team. "We are finally starting to come around and hit the ball," Pleasant Grove coach Scott Eldridge said. "Saturday's and tonight's games have really helped us along." The game was nip and tuck up until the fifth and sixth innings when Pleasant Grove pulled away. After being in front all game deci-sione- Next Monday Vairo, coach of Knight flew into town Wednesthe 1984 Olympic hockey squad, day to watch the action along with will announce the members of the, George Raveling of Iowa, who will team that will try to win the be Knight's assistant at the Los second straight gold medal in that Angeles Olympics. sport for die United States. "We will start with about 60 Knight has the better part of a players in our Olympic camp next year to scan the host of talent year," said Raveling, "and then before making his choices for the trim the squad down to 12 players Olympic basketball team he will with three alternates. coach in Los Angeles next sum"If you know coach Knight you mer. know he will want players with The Festival's hockey competigood character who will devote tion began Wednesday with a pair themselves to team play and to of games in which Kurt Kleinen-dor- st exercising a pressure defense." of Grand Rapids, Minn., As the Sports Festival began to Gary Sampson of International Falls, Minn., and Gary Haight of wind down to the track and field Edmonds, Wash., were among the competition over the weekend and the climatic selection of the stars. hockey team on Monday, Olympic Sampson and Haight scored officials were trying to put the goals a minute apart in the first "Mark Spitz affair" behind them. Spitz was quoted in a local game of the day to lead their West team to a 3 win over the East newspaper Wednesday as saying while Kleinendorst touched off a the Sports Festival was, "a joke," five-gosecond period in the and "an exercise in futility." North's 4 decision over the Olympic officials reacted strongly with USOC executive director Don South. "We have made some commitMiller, saying Spitz, "has no loyments to certain players," said alty to anyone or anything except Vairo of the upcoming decision on Mark Spitz." the Olympic team. "We have to do Spitz had left town, but once he that because competition from the heard of the Olympic committee's National Hockey League and just reaction, he sent a message to plain financial pressure forces us Colorado Springs saying he had been misquoted. into that position. "Under no circumstances would "I want kids who show they have a commitment to play for the I ever be involved in demeaning Olympic team. I only want kids an organization which enabled me with a burning desire to play in to be who I am and represent the Olympics. It's very simple. If myself, my country and my sport you want to be on the Olympic of swimming." team, you have to make a comToday's action at the Festival will be featured by a continuation mitment and say yes by July 3." On the basketball court at the of the hockey Olympic trials and U.S. Olympic Training Center, the first day of gymnastics. The teams from the South and East basketball players will take the fought their way into Friday day off in preparation for the championship game Friday night. night's gold medal game. m Orem, Pleasant Grove Notch Legion Victories The South team coached by Duke's Mike Krzyzewski d the previously unbeaten Then Starr told me: "This is just one of those unbelievable days that come during your lifetime. Everything went just right. Even now I have a hard time believing it all happened." tournament to be played on the Boca West course Nos 1 and 2 in Boca Raton, Fia. Miller began his tournament four years ago as a pro-ato benefit Amputees for training, ucation Ed- and Rehabilitation (AFTER.) The top 44 money winners on the tour will receive automatic invitations and will select their own amateur partners. Bob Starr, the adopted Utahn who worked so Marion Dunn hard with center Greg Kite helperal manager Frank Layden ing him prepare for NBA camps opened proceedings with a short this spring, had one of those great talk, he glanced down, saw Starr, days during the NBA college draft and in a most unusual occurrence, said right in the middle of his talk, Tuesday. The Utah Jazz had the Accord "hello, coach," to Starr. Starr turned to me. "Imagine Arena in The Salt Palace set up for fans and the press to watch the that," he said. "Layden said hello draft proceed in Madison Square to me right during his talk. That made my day. That made my Garden. Starr attended and had a front month. That might have made my row seat, right in front of the entire year." But there was more to come. podium. It wasn't arranged that was sitting in a seat numStarr it way, just happened. ber 8 on the row, his lucky num Anyway, when Jazz coach-gen- - ber.1 He predicted the Jazz would pick Thurl Bailey of North Carolina State's NCAA champions, and they did. But the real highlight for Starr came when the Boston Celtics picked Kite as their first round choice. Afterward Starr phoned Kite at his home In Orlando, Fla. "I told you not to worry. I told you you could be picked in the first round. I told you, you could do it," he told the former BYU center. in-la- convention to Utah. Gifford Nielsen, former Provo High and BYU quarterback now with the Houston Oilers.has been in St. George since Monday as a staff member of the Dixie College the national organization of college sports information directors, is holding its annual convention in San Diego and the big winner there is the Western Athletic Conference. With WAC SID Nordy Jensen and San Diego State's Bruce Herman acting as unofficial hosts, the WAC is looking great this week. It really helps the WAC to have organizations such as COSIDA meet in its area. It shows the rest of the country that the WAC has named supervisor of basketball officials. Sherwood replaces Irv Brown who resigned as WAC and Big Sky the SIDs to Salt Lake City in the Washington. COSIDA, SPORTS EDITOR near future.The fact San Diego is turning out to be a great experience will help swing a future Football Camp. The camp ended today. Ail-St- ar Big Sky Conference commissioner Ron Stephenson announced that Dan Sherwood has been class. supervisor. Sherwood lives in Spokane, Jensen is first vice president of the directors and will become Wash., where he operates a golf resident just down the road. retail store. He officiated in the E YL's Dave Schulthess is a past Big Sky from 1963 until 1977. He president and the two of them, has worked in the Pac-8- , and the West Coast conferences. along with Utah's Bruce "Woody" He graduated from Eastern to are Woodbury, working bring |
