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Show it ; By NICK YENGICH Deseret News Sports Writer Bill Meek calls it the most even ball game in the whole Western Athletic Conference this year. He may be right. The tye of contest that turns tip tonight in the Ute Bowl tends to be another question. ) enters the 8:15 Utah game with New Mexico ) (0-4- under, unique Meek explains: circumstances. "For the first time this year we cap walk on the field as if we're equal to the opposition. Were scrambling every week to win and any win means a lot. We dont know when the next one might come. Meek calls it right. New Mexico isnt a Nebraska or an the clubs that Oregon State victimized the Ules before last weeks win at Washington State; On the other hand, Utah Isnt the Kansas or Texas-E- l Paso that drubbed New Mexico by a combined 112-22- . Outside of coaching teams that aren't highly touted, Meek and Lobo coach Rudy Feldmar share a few other spots. DESERET NEWS, 4 A-- ' indicated however that Hendricks might see duty as a Both are fii st year coaches, taking over losing teams from The Utes were (plus a Hawaii win) and New Mexilast year. co suffered at Meek inherited a squad without a freshman program and has had to rely on a few key ieftovers while trying to build for the future. Feldman lost 51 players planned on as possibilities for 1968. left Whats statistically looks to favor New Mexico. Remember Terry Stone? He's the Lobo quarterback w ho set NCAA statistical men running last season by throw-in- g 34.6 passes and completing 16 per game. Another familiar name, Ace Hendricks (67 pass receptions last season. fifth in the nation) is back. 17. split end tonight. No wonder. 3-- Last year he caught 14 against the Utes and Stone for 323 yards. completed The statistics were in vain, 23-5- 3 Utah won, have changed under the Feldman system. & Rudy liken an option quar- 6-- connecting on 77. Stone even- - Feldman has balanced his attack by running tailback , David Bookert 190) at the opposition. The junior Lobo rushed for 671 yards cn 148 carries last season. This year hes carrying the ball 20 times per game and gaining 3.3 yards each effort. Replacing Hendricks as top receiver is Bob Fowler, No. 2 in the WAC this season with 19 receptions for 195 yards. If Feldman opens up with the air offense it could trouble Utahs defense. Two Ute seccorner ondary starters back Jim Street and safety are hurting. Gary Barker Street (top kickoff return man in the conference) pulled a hamstring and will miss the game. Barker is hobbling, but could see some action. If Barker doesnt start, Joe Galarze will go at safety. Randy Hansen will start in Streets right corner petition (6-2- However, both terback, so Stone has become a runner as well as passer. four games hes Through thrown 80 passes (20 per game) and completed 38. At this point last season the 190-lsenior had flipped 167, 42-2- pass receiving by Speedie Thomas has moved Ute end to New Mexico starting role. Top tually led the nation In pass- ing last year. Hendricks has switched to the defensive safety spot, That's a mark of his versatili- ty, not inability. Feldman has The Utes won, Utah 1$ 20 21 22 23 24 2 V 30 32 33 3 40 41 42 43 44 45 50 51 52 53 5 40 01 27-- It's doubtful that Utah can continue the shutout string, but the Utes should maintain the Lobo loss skein. If they dont it will be New Mexoco's first WAC win since 1965 when they tipped the Utes, 16-- in the Lib- - 13-1- Mexico Grid Rosters Utah-Ne- w 12 14 erty d obviously total offense (400 yards). Steve Molnar (3.5 per 11 Bowl year of 1961 and in 1966. The Lobos have yet to defeat Utah in the Ute Bowl. carry) and Dave Smith will run at fullback and left half. Louie Thomas, (Speedy) has replaced Jack Andrews at split end. Speedy has nabbed nine passes In a part-tin'.- ; role, including 43 and scores from Groth. New Mexico hasn't scored against Utah in the last two contests in Salt Lake City. and Jerry Simonson will replace Hansen at the starting left corner. Utah's offense has revolved around the running and passing of junior ouarterback Ray 176-lspeedGroth. The ster leads the team in rushing (128 yards, 3.6 average), passtwo TD's) and ing (20-5- Dick Wilton, Ob, 115. Roy Groth, qb, 17. Dona Clyde, qb, 170. Tim Collins, qb, 110. Gory Barker, t, 112. Bill Fowltr, rhb, 18. Randy Hansen, tic, 181 Cai Poulson, rhb, )!. Jim Soars, k. 155. Larry Hinton, dhb, 177. Joo Galana, s, W0. Tim McCarthy, lb, 181. Sttva Molnar, fb, m. Nat Tyler, fb, 1 44. Jim Street, dc, 207. Jim Elliott, dhb, 170. Craiq Smith, dhb, 172. Davo Smith, Ihb, Grrj Soulds, Ihb, 183. Stova Mellow, tic, 110. Dick Wcrlcy, dhb, 175. Larry Stone, lb, 142. Prod McFerron, lb, 142. Jim Whlteir, tit, 1?5. Ed Johnson, c, 225 Rvan Williams, c, 210. Kant Ramon, rf, 213. Joo Davis, rg, 145. 2 42 Douq Pooison, tit, 208. 43 Dou Bunqert, rt 221. 44 Hal RlchJrdson, Iq, 14. 4i Don Harris, de, 140. 215. 47 Donnts Ammons, 44 Tony Ostrotki, dt, 200. 72 Jick Miller, dt, 235. 73 Gordon Jolla?, It, 14. 75 Dan Bailey, da, 220. 7 Marion Bovkm, It, 234. 78 Norm McBride, de, 235. 74 Dale Pino, rt, 147. 00 Dale Noswortliy, te, 203. 02 Jack Andrews, te, 190. 83 Mack Powell, de,14S 4 Lcuie Thomas, se, 175. 85 Rob Clark, de, 205. 84 Gary Kert, ue, 211. 87 Warren Tetley, It, 215. 88 Jerry Simonson, dc, 200. 89 Bill Jones, te, 140. 27 34 35 37 44 45 44 47 50 rf, , 51 52 54 55 42 43 44 45 48 72 73 75 74 74 80 New Mexico !. 81 15 Terry Stone, qb, 140. 14 Rick Beitler, qb, 174. 18 John Lennon, k, 204. 20 Tim Lewis, cb, 180. 22 Don Walton, tb, 175. 23 Sam Scarber, wb, 225. 24 Willie Shaw, cb, 185. 25 Dennis Bryant, ft, 182. 82 83 84 85 84 8? 81 Phil Francivk, wb, 17. ivory Moort, cb, 151. Gary Gil'e&pit, fb, 20g, Ed Moseley, cb, 145 John Pautscft, fb, 141. David Bookert, tb, 140. Joe Presence, cb, 184. Greg Frost, de, 170. Ace Hendricks, $, 200. Scotty Oliver, ib, 185 195. mo, Buckner, Jerry Mike Rucks, c, 211. Tim Scanlon, C, 200. Bill White, 09, 200. g Sargovetz, oq, 20. Jim Mau.tr, lb, 185. Ron Meyer, of, 22. Pat Galie9os, lb, 188. Gory Knowles, Ib, 205. Buzz Esmiol, (it, 220. Julius, Koziol, ot, 234. Bob Hicks, ot, 207 Barry Steele, ot, 20. Woody Jonet, tit, 224. Don Snyder, tie, 204. Donny Silver, tit, 20. Tom Johnson, se, 171. Rsne Malison, se, 114. David Harris, de, 2?0. 7 act! Thomas, tie, 195. Rob Fowler, so, 170. Danny Silver, tie, 215. John Stewart, se, 19. Saturday, October 12, 1968 e.i Hack Miller " f "' illliHill!llill!illllll!lllili!ll!!liiiliiii:i!!i;!ll!ll!lllilllll!i!!!!ll!!li:illiil JK Rijss Don't Miss p T rick MEXICO CITY '1 with their famous The Russians popped up astronaut, Titov. Mexico organizing committee paid its usual due respects. Souvenirs were given to Titov and hi3 lady. hr Titov returned the honor by presenting the chairman of the organizing committee a book, titled: We Wait the Stars. The book contains signatures of all Russian Then there was conversation about the bbauties of Mexico whereon it was sugested that n ; the . Titovs isit Acapulco as their second site. To which Titov replied, On my next trip in space I will take a look at your country. ' - Thats one way to look at it, as the jokers would say. honey-.Trjoo- Guess Who Plays Who? And what a match this is, who would be , matched in the first hockey game of the 19th Olympiad? the lead-oYep, the Russians and the Czechs game on Sunday. First rumor is that the Czechs will walk off the field in protest, for two reasons: ' They think the Russians have something coming: Two, they cant win the game anyway. ff What Mexico has done for the Olympic Games , j staggering. Its inconceivable what goes into an Operation like this. Statistics have been stated many times. But Friday I was able to visit three installations. Let ine talk about one, the Olympic village. Much Mexican Effort There are 29 high-ris- e buildings for housing, training, press centers, there are 904 apartments which will house 9,000 persons at a cost of 12.4 , million. These dorms arc 14 stories high and have v rbady been sold for condominiums after the games $16,000 for the two bedrooms and $21,000 for the three bedroom units). . -- ( north end of the village there are race with new tracks, straight and circular .At the surfaces. There are shot and discus areas and javelin places. Jn the boxing building there are 14 rings each with a training area. Training facilities consist of six punching bags each, with mirrors for the -- 1 rub-dow- n and weight-liftin- g areas. Top Artists At Work Add to this all of the decor that Mexico has added to the games. Some of their top artists haVe touched this creation with their talents. The grounds are works of art in the wonderful way ihatis Mexico. Mexico has flaunted its traditions land cultures pleasantly and in superb taste. ' It would take two days at least to see all of the village. And this is one of many places where the Olympics will be held. , Here again one wonders if all this flaunt is worth the fee. Surely it must be. Its the time for the .contemporaries in culture to parade with their palettes. It is a time when a country offers its best behavior, invites guests to look upon its house. It Is an exhibit, an exposition. The moon pyramid was possibly blown out in its time. So were the temples and coliseums of past. The Olympics might be this generations monument to the ages to come. ' ' As we do now to those who lived before, another civilizaton will be glad we left our mark. the-age- ' n iwmqmi s K Chicagoan just reelected president of the Interna- K MU'S"1 tf'S By JOHN G. GRIFFIN UPI Executive Sports Editor MEXICO CITY Streets ripped by gunfire only 10 days ago were transformed today into peaceful promtnadcs with the official opening of the XIX Olympic Games, first ever held in tional Olympic Commiliee. Theres the parade of nations led as always by Greece, here the games were founded, and ended by the host nation. Ordaz intones the formal proclamation that opens the game, cannons roar a salute and 10,000 doves, many are pigeons, are released In a swirling sym-bof peace spreading over the land. But two young ladies one from Mexico and one from the United States write a bright new page in Olympic history as never given they receive before to one of their sex. To Enriqueta Basi-li- o Sotelo of Mexicali, Mexico, goes the hoi or of being the first woman to carry the Olympic torch symbol of the flaming into the spirit of the games ol Latin America. The magic moment for which Mexico has waited and worked for five troubled years came with a blast of brass trumpets before a crowd of 80,000 at the Olympic Stadium. hnrs BULLETIN astronauts. There are by Avery Brundage, the Sunday .A .... Architecto who heads the Mexican organizing committee, and 1st Action Communist TOKYO (UPI) Korea announced Saturday it iv ill not participate in the Olympic Games at Mexico City as long as the International Olympic Committee refused to stadium. And to Mrs. Janice York Romary, 40, the mother of two from Woodland Hills, Calif., goes the honor of being the first woman to carry the Stars and call its team by name ot Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. The announcement was made by Hie North Korean Olympic Committee and reported by the Communist Korean Central News agency monitored here. as the U.S. team Stripes marches into the stadium. Miss Basilio, a Mexico City Stadium is quiet here , . . but will be roaring with Sunday's opening action in the XIX Olympic runner officially deFor this moment Mexico, scribed in press releases as Olympic Games. whose people have an average having a generally agreeable of keeping order, said Presi - (tions have been filled in 263 blend of tradition and original-fac- e annual income of about 5200 persons. and harmonious figure, is U.S. dollars, has poured forth As the great moment :the last bearer of the flame Secretary Fernando hotels and private homes. ity. its wealth to the extent of $5C preached, this capital city of the Garza. Garza said police activi- - In the Olympic village, 7,639, For tradition, there are the! ignited months ago at Olympus and the athletes from 110 nations fol- - in Greece, million and its labor in count- ancient land of the Aztecs layjty would be normal ceremonies themselves borne across the t And peaceful in its less thousand valley Only army activity would be the both figures Olympic records jlowing the formula used each 'ocean by ship, carried ashore at honor for this it has worried through a .below the slopes of extinct vol-- , usual guard which awaited the word to march into .time the games have been held Vera Cruz by swimmers, coted the stadium behind their nation-- ! since their modern revival in Overland by runners, and finally its over altitude, canoes. A spokesman for Presi-- , accompanies the president. dispute 'al not violence 'dent has Ordaz Diaz said Last weeks Gustavo over racial the flags for the opening cererno-- 1896. poliwrangles ibrought here in the final hours i cies of others, and, in the last calm will continue through the kept away the crowds. The nies. First, opening words of wel- - by a relay of 44 runners from e Olympic Housing Committee re- - The games begin with a street violence that ceremonies and the games. month, by Pedro Ramirez Vas-;it- s perch last night atop an an- in be will The 33 least of at charge, ports all 62,000 housing reserva - lquely Latin, uniquely Mexican iquez, Mexicos celebrated El cient Aztec pyramid. people claimed the lives man-hour- first-tim- e 7,350-foo- s. 1 Living Room Football On Wisconsin Turf product has a finer texture than the Astroturf that Williams placed at various places around the USU campus on a tryout basis last winter. The Tartan Manufactured by the 3M Com- pany the stuff is guaranteed for five years, but Wisconsin Business Manager Bill Acp:nwall explained that, the school looks for it to survive without any major changes for 20 years. Tlie Badgers have hosted two teams on the carpet this year and the material hasnt needed a stitch as vet WEBER, DEER HUNTERS AT HOME Utes, USU, Y. Hit Road Weber States football crew Pacific. shares the spotlight with deer Elsewhere in the Western AC, hunters next Saturday (Oct. 19) New Mexico State is at Texas while Utah, Brigham Young and El Paso for a big rivalry. Colorado State travels to Wichita Utah State all hit the road. The Wildcats from Cgden are State. New Mexico entertains expected to be undefeated for San Jose State. And Arizona their first Big Sky test against State is at Portland for a tough Montana State. That game will intersectional test against Orebe played at 8 p.m. in Wildcat gon State. This will be Utah coach Bill Stadium. The Redskins and Cougars Meek's first trip to Laramie. both draw tough Western Ath- foes. Utah1 letic Conference face the Wyoming Cowboys at intimidating Laramie, and BYU battles surprising Arizona. The Wildcats host BYU after a( week's layoff from competitive: MIAMI, FLA. (AP) The war. Miami Dolphins, finally shaking The Ute Cowboy clash will be off a crippling of plague a second straight regional tele- -' seek second a straight cast appearance for Wyoming.1 injuries, Kickoff is 12:20 The victory Saturday when they p.m. Arizona-BYkickoff is 8 p.m. meet the Buffalo Bills in tiie Utah State journeys to Stock-- ' last night game of the American ton, Calif., to take on Pacific at Football League season. 8 p.m. (PDT). Pacific, while not After three straight batter considered any threat, usually! manages to give the Aggies aj tough battle. Last year, Utah a Diamond? win over! Buying 'State managed ' a j 42-- d years. Dolphins Face Bills Eleven USU Coach Chuck Mills and the Aggies got the feel of the workout. turf in a Wisconsin provides the slices. They have 14 stubbed cleats in Altie Taylor place of the seven longer proBuss Williams jectiles on the regular shoes. . . can cut turf. . likes synthetic Flanker Mike O'Shea tried the shoes provided by the Badgers real quick cutting tailback conthere no and said By NORM SHEYA I can cut real well firmed that he cut with r.o probDeseret News Sports Writer problem. and stop on a dime if anything I lem. Buss Wil- lean stop quicker than on reguMADISON, WIS. Almost everyone agreed that ' ti e synthetic turf is the wave of liams got down on his hands lar grass. Just in case, the Ags brought tiie future. and knees to look at the Tartan ofturf in Wisconsins Camp Ran- their practice shoes which are The thing you must realize to those pro- fered Williams is that although similar strikingly dall Stadium. vided by the host school. Mills the initial cost is great, everyThe Utah State Athletic direchad his players try botli shoes, one will save money in the futor has a special interest in the ITe vast majority went with the ture. The Tartan turf eliminates synthetic grass for he wanted Wisconsin variety but a few the practice fields (you can the same thing for his new USU Ken split-enstadium. Costs eliminated his including starting practice on it every day), elimiDen.artini went with his prac- nates the crew you need each holies. shoes explaining they just week to get the field in game Wisconsin installed the fabric tice felt more comfortable. for 5210.000 and like someone playing conditions (the markers Almost to a man the Aggies are painted in), and it ran be said when the Aggies first inspected . . . Its better than expected no real trouble with utilized for every type of sport tiie Tartan turf. 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