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Show 03.t.!vw,d, &' F:lt1 DESERET NEWS, TUES A 11 tal 7c 7c 7c AY, AUGUST tni: .V : niT, , g.,,ar.,MId1M,NUFWFIK,IWINPRIII 4 ,a1) FOREST KILLS, N.Y. furn -- - They throw out the grass and turn on the lights for the U.S. Open Tennis championships thi,i; year. The noble experiment with clay and several programs at night gets under way- Wedneseay, with defersling champion Jimmy Connors and his forraer ,girl trend Chrrs Evert, favore4 to walk away with the tities, Connori, his reign of tr!rror enled by A rhur Ashe ls regarded trie word 'ii No. I player, nl Chris who also her Itiiiinble,tgi ervin. iArns certain to profit trvist of ail by the abg,,ence grass at the WeA Side tennis club this year. The introdJ,..tion of play is an attempt by the US. Tennis Association to ; 4,1 , - 3 i - ro ull GEORGE FERGLIfOli i TV , , lo E, , AH revenue League Lakit Ga Lis seventh in the eleiht.teatn Pacific Coast League in fielding percen- - DENVER With the WAC Skywriter Tour) As the arid more to engulf major sea of red Ink threatens college athletics, television tightens its economic grip on Der ks Televon is calling more and more of the shots, especially concerning football, and the NCAA. in pure and simple terms, is afraid to do much about it en tnough, among its family. a few of the kids are getting most of the lollipops. In this day when a break-evefinancial season is so .:'ro-sthat college administrators view it a3 -- in the black," NCAA ns the pu.rnp 1,.7,1; revenue is corissidcred 14 wh4ch keeps that red ilik from sinking the college ship, - Phuenix Giants, The Gulls came up with some strong defensive plays throuOlout the game and had three in a tense ninth inning to snuff out the !est in a series : t.,,;,,',cliz- u. i Tone for the excellent de- hinsive night was set in the inning, when Gulfs second sacker Darrell Dar- row tnaide a diving stop of a Jim Williams grounder to keep it to an infield single. Shortstop Billy Smith did the same to a Glenn Redrnon single in the third. The real defensive show by Salt Lake, however, was in the ninth. Trailing I, the Giants a leadoff single by J.Dh,11. Le Master, Redmon foliowed by hitting a sharp ground ball to shortstop on the hit and run play. Smith had vacated the area to cover second base with Lf.Master running on the play, However, the Salt Lake shortstop reversed direction With a dive, came up with the ball and threw out Redmon at first. n The national television package is at SIR, million, mostly for football, according to Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Stan Bates, who is accorn- 4 ponying the football skywriter tour. nearly $1 million in television revenue among WAC schools, most of it from football," Bates said. "The Fiesta Bowl TV check to the league was $202,000, with WAC participant Brigham Young getting a bigger cut, naturally, than other schools, 'There is no doubt that television revenue is a real .important part of an athletic budget- z. 4'1.,ast . .;:-- , ; , WAC year A v'isrlate we distributed ideally, of course, the NCAA should get all its children a slice of that television pie, even if it just a sliver for sone. A sliver is better than nothing. But it's a vicio-u- s cycle. TV has to sell its package to sponsors, and sponsors want to pick the teams. They put pressure on networks to schedule the Oklahomas. Texases, Nebraskas, Notre Dames, Southern Californias, 4 4 : , Once in a while, the !CAA flex e3 inusde, seldom throws a punch, and gets some "middling" team on riational TV, But the NCAA is pretty much at the mercy of ) TV networks via their sponsors. Same is true on a regional basis hi d little different sphere. In the Rocky Mountains, for example, the WAC - rules the regional television roost. Independent Utah State, which has had a winning football program for year has been unable to get a sliver of that regional TV , : : t lickty.)? of ilLa- lights, when he takes ., ti)14-1,man ae41 thea can Masters, Atraliltg, sca r. the rest cif Lis hall ufthe draw. He'll find Ast,e waiting for him in the round of 16, if all lz)rrn. Arthur, whos-?- . man's g?)es me" earned tim tht Wimtledon title over Jimmy in Lour sets, has not played well since ciperls agairist a fairly Ctycl:-er-- s Geo,-- Ji demolish-eby COMIC' tri a;2.L.7. Conway, dedded to call, it a L.s an Connors Forest l as faz as t i , it 5; :1' L'7 e i: P., 3 Vi I . 4 1 ,, t 9 1ff , 't1Vk - :atq. ,,.!.:Va;,btI;,.7 ,,-- ' n k4ai:' .. Iff,1! At , 01,1"Aft '0,(7, 1 ' ..t.:Cr'; VWÄ t tare ewe-affiliate- I 4,-- n 1r! tt fii' tries to lob to much money off the top ,, from the national TV big shots and distribute some to their poor brothers, the biggies would refuse to accept the svideo package, the comeback being that it doesn't offset e their loss of gate receipts. "With television revenue so important in this day of ,, soaring costs, the NCAA recogeizes that it must seek e better ways to control the economics from this source,' said Bates. "Yet, they still must come up with a preesam they can sell to networks. One proposal is to take some money off the top which would go into a fend to help defray expenses fur ee minor sports athletes to compete on an NCAA championship lee, el. , "Another would be Vs separate major schools into and allotting a certain amount of television reveuue to each division. But, naturally, there would be more allocated to IA schools because sponsors and networks would demand it" e At a recent meeting which dealt tpecifically with ee0110illie protilems, the NCA-- A adepted several resolutions meant to lower the overall cede of a college athletic program. ' While this will save some of the NCAA's poverty-stricke- n kids a little dough on cepemtes, forcing the " wealthy to abide by the iiarle cutbacks, a will do little or enethieg to change she TV revenue pletires, nationally, r The biggies will stay big and get a lerge bite of that $18 illilliOn TV pie Those in tha middle vitil get a taste. Those who have suffered along without it wu Ud suffer. The only answer k a rational formula of television :" revenue sharing, But botween the sellitin attitude of the ''Srich gang, isponsors and network demands and :,pistitice the NCAA Itkely will still sit heinteesly by and waieh Ott get richer and the pseer at porer U the NCAA ; But, skiing there is classed as some of the best in the state. -.. k.... ':::4:3'''Ate.ag44-4- :es dark in here ! t ! Gull Billy Smith is about to LeM aster between second tind third for the second out. After a walk to Chris Ar- nold put men on first and second, the dangerous Williams hit a bard ground ball between first and second. Gulls first sacker Dan Briggs made a lunging grab, however, and threw to Verhoeven covering first for the final out of the game "Because of numerous player recalls and injuries, many of us have had to play out of position this season,' "The Briggs said post-gam- A60'1'''; 1 lose helmet during scramble back to third way it has worked out down the stretch, however, we're all at our strongest positions. I think that is maidng a big difference now." Briggs did more than help the Gulls with strong defense. He collected half of the six Salt Lake hits and drove in what proved to be the win run with a single in the fifth. While the Gulls were winning, Tucson downed Albuquerque 84 at Albuquerque. That meant the two clubs switched places behind the Gulls Tucson is now second, four and one-hagames back, while the Dukes are in third place five games back. A Gulls win tonight in the final regular season home game combined with an Albuqtierque win would give the Salt Lakers leads of five and five and one-ha- lf games over Albuquerque and Tucson enGulls-Duke tering a series Wednesday in lf six-gam- es New Mexico. would be great," Salt Lake skipper Norm Sherry said. DOne win would ; V;i'g Cht.k fo'..''ki..:'."'...e'''''....0'..''t.06' "We did need a little work done oi, the runs and that's exactly what we're doing. A couple of nms ofi the number one and number three lilts are a little "We couldn't very well eliminate all the rocks, ia) were burying them. We're bringing in fill dirt and covering over the maks. This will do two things. Firat it will give us a base on wt,ich we can plant grass. , Second, slopes will hold the snow longer. As for seeding, there's a couple of ways we can go. One of the best h a system called d hydro-sprayi- or hydro-mulchin- It's the same type ng g. of seeding they use along freeways and hillsides," Frost noted. The resort opened a few years back with three double chairs. Since, another double chair has been added. Frost said another project currently going on at the resort is the restoration of towers, the relocating of chairs and the servicing of safety equipment. "Every two years the governing board asks that we relocate all of the chairs. It's a project we undeitake to insure the safety of the skiers. It takes a lot of time and money, but it's well worth it." Frost also added that this year, az in past, specid programs v,1.11 be available for Utah skiers, One thing that Park West has offered over the years is an economy ski paakage. As far as expasaion, Frost said they are considerir; expanding the lodge, 1)11 that no new lilts will be built this year. e "We dfi nave a we'll be ready to tackle the ski season,!' he quipped. -rtost Park IN it riM bass,. Monday Deseret News book, by Dove eliminate Albuquerque, while one win plus one Tucson loss to Phoenix would eliminate the Toros," Tonight's game is Fan Appreciation Night. General admission tickets will sell for SI. with the first 1,500 fans eligible to buy 15 cent hot dogs and 10 cent soft drinks. Veteran Chuck Dobson (7.7) will hurl for Salt Lake in the 7:30 p.m. game. with Don Rose to start for Phoenix. (7-1- 1) The Gulls took a 0 lead In the first inning Monday on the benefit of no hits. Morris Nettles reached on an error, stole second, moved to third on a Gil Flores ground out and scored on Smith's ground out. In the fifth, Nettles led off by reaching first when grazed with a pitch. He went P4 ... to second on Flores' sacrifice and to third on Smith's ground out to set the stage for Briggs' key hit. went Rob Dressler the distance on the mound for the Giants and was saddled with his econd loss of the series despite pitching well. Starter Gary Ryerson (a44) got the win for the Gulls. He pitched out of several jams, scattering 10 hits over seven s and innings. Only Giant run came in the eighth when Tom Heintzelman scored from third as Jim Williams hit into a double play. The Giants loaded the bases later in the inning before Verhoeven, fourth Salt Lake pitcher in the inning retired pinch hitter Skip James on a deep fly ball to right field. (7-1- two-third- long-rang- building program which we are looking at. This will take time. but would turn the resort into one of the firest' EK7C Sop around," be added. The target date for opening the resort is Thanksgiving, "By then we will have most of our work complete on the slopes and all the lifts ready to roll. Come Thankseving, ES 1TILL 9:00 oi S1000 TO 0) Z5I : SIN SOWN -- 110 AP' I , SIZES featured both our Fashion Place and Downtown Stores! 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All that remains now lo Frost and skiers is snow, , , Pt,a.'r.,,?' 4.mi,!'i .:,,,, 75-'- Trouble with the biggies, too 7J:A: it;',',,7 By Ray Grass Deseret News sports writer Another of Utah's ski re- sorts has passed hands. Last July the company of Halbet Engineering, an Orem-base- d firm, took ovcr controlling interest of Park City West. nothing else, the move assured Utah skiers the resort will be open for the season and, according to manager Dick Frost, "will be in the best condition ever." The unique resort, located a couple of miles outside Park City proper, has suffered ome growing pains in past. ' , k' gearin It b obvious that television sheckles flow to those who nationally excellent, whelher independent or confer- But there are vicious political overtones involved, too. And when that gets tough. 31011 better be a conference member. EA i tr: middle that relief pitcher John Verhoeven leaped for and gloved. lie trapped 20, her flamboyant delight the crowd with tkv tense t . Seeking to stern Miss Evert's title drive be Virginia Wade, winner of the first U.S. who is enjoying her best season i.z 196 time, Mrs. Cawley and the great Court. And Chris had better keep a Navratiloii.z.zy eye out for dynamic Martina v a. the teenage Czechoslovak who is certain Nrerzomtv otNer noted Aust:ies, anAl Ken Itzt.sewall are not Ct;rtibe underwent L.,,,ee itatge,t, ten in while Rosewall., hum and Forest Hills fina.'s las; 4az, o 'V Tom Ireintzelman then hit a bouncing grounder up the The reason is obvious. The WAC gets more money if two on its schools are involved in regional TV than in a i game where one WAC team faces an outsider. Utah has been on regional TV a couple of times in tI t games involved with Arizona State, the WAC biggie, But the Ute, football program has been down. BYT.,7, on the other band, with its football fortunes on the rise and being a member of the WAC, was on regional TV twice last year. besides the Fiesta Bowl. And the - Cougars are on regional TV against Colorado State Sept. 3tase gets the dubious No3, Ugurattng pay Lirider the Bctb Litz 1,;;,iei.e.l4y. MS 2-- 0' we Naga-s- 2-- victory over the fading lc 1 night at Field in a pivotal 1 efforts Monday the collegjans, De t'il You'd have never believed it judging by the Gulls' glove ire seet opens against Rd the Mayer, Sandy Laver trio-- 1 once more opening a gams,. Spain's Juan Gisbert and hoping to get ye another six4 almg the line Es,vra Borg, the filth stits place the Salt tate. - Prrara, &dile Jean, who whipped Chris in a memerable Wimbledon semi in July, isn't in tte field, declining to defend her title after savoring her sixth Yirimbledon victory. She never lost to Chris on grass, never did too 6,1 gaiast her on clay. rnatzh. 1,io.,-01:!k-:$..- Latest Pacific Coast NCAA puzzlei, Int.i,ch Pits-sco-e frr,;ra down. a flue clay court player in tiarald r:henloroch for his first round dn.sw I By Brent Chetketts Deseret News sports writer i te draw !Vr ha2.1 rg to Orantos and Vans. Additional- tter, 0:7zurnes in the k7oiier the eawier, EcA their opening nlatthes. thneir are Sjell tOkigh eusta)rnen as Tony Tanner, and that wthi 2.0;1 seerlis gi '1--' am seating aroond OUter ce.korts. there is little chance, that West Side can 'approach Wirra)- leti011'S a tte o d nee 3hich s urp a stied 32sli,f0) ith year, The change from grass to si e.Fay cornpoii;ite may pre,ve aiivritagexo, to Eurtepeen and South American players who favor the sto A er surface, particularly the current ret! man rJf the hour, Span's MariusA Orontes. arzti the Gran,i Prix Masters charripion, Argentiria's Gull4ermo ni-g- I as the seclx4 Va-- . tx 0 Eirigif.s matches per nigit, an aditianal Ert, it P4 corne cbser to tile attr.nsionce fizures posted at Wimbledon wIdt-- in five days ti.s year drew more than Forest Hills had for 12 in of eliht 14. But ev..4 with the evening programs, wttitt wilt ,ronsist t1 ts tf,-tir- world-widfame in 1,171 Chris, v, ho gained fidis when at Forest semis by reaching the wants the tiara 16, was ofily desperaely she this time. Billie Jean King ended the Can 'wren story in '71, Kerry Melville stopped her the next year, then Margaret Court and Evonne Coologong Cawley cut her , ia -- |
