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Show i 'i Ns St ' V. - ' i V &&M& 4. f X But, the Belle of the Ball," was Kitty Neil, the petite little lady who holds the title as the worlds fastest woman - baik later retold to set a of 40 AUGUST 22, 1977 g 3 Ed Jones of Salt Lake became one of the first to ever run the full quarter mile in his Wells KRGO Stage Coach wheelstander oil two wheels At the end of the track, though, a brake locked and flipped the c ustoin car Mrs O Neil, who has been deaf sime birth, is a Hollywood stuntwoman and holds the land speed record for women of 512 miles per hour and the quarter-milrecord, which she set m Michaelsonss car, of 30j mph. Winning the top fuel event was Dan Kichins in the Don Horse " In the finals he beat Garth Widdtson in the Utah Charger Times were 6 25 at 221 mph for Riehms and 6 37 at 209 71 mph for Wid dison car Pearmain won pro comp with a run at 176 mph, Noyce Wilmont won competition eliminator running a 10 01 at 138 20 mph. Bill Burnside of Wyoming turned a 1 42 e t at 1 18 23 to w m modified , Keith Ly nch won super stock honors with a run of 12 32 at 94 mph. and the three E T. class winners were Flip Payne, Steve Schocnfcld and Dan Bennett rotket of Jim Hodges of Mississippi, posted a fast run of 6 )4 at A Not only did she steal the hearts of the fans, but also the record for the fastest time and speed at Bonneville Raceway Park On her first pass down the quarter-mil- e strip she pushed the rocket car of Ky Michaelson to a 5 82 second pass run at 266 96 miles per hour VXA DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, e O v - elapse time at 307 04 mph On the second pass she ran about 50 yards off the end of the track Later she said the speed she rail was, "About all the track could stand " car t X Stic came ") Deseret News sports writer There was a sampling of HUNTER everything within the realm of drag racing Saturday for the F. G Ferre Night at the Circus Drags If it had wheels and moved under its ov n everything from power, it was there motorcycles to the super powered rocket 1 lJ the racing show Kitty stole Grass I V 'V- V By Ray ' - 201 27 funny mph In the AA fuel altered race Dav e Houge of California was tops In two runs he logged a win over Cal Jackson of Denver, Colo Houge ran a 6 66 at 197 mph and a 6 68 at 202 17 mph Glen of 7 65 1 Apples, Friars in WTT stew The surprising San Diego Friars and the e defending ( humpion New York Apples fake advantages in the World Team Tennis playoffs to their home courts tonight San Diego won at Phoenix and the Apples beat the host Boston Lobsters Saturday night to take 0 e leads in the semifinal series San Diego, the darkhorse of the playoffs after record, nudged finishing with a 3 regular-seaso- n the Chris Evert-le- d Racquets 29 26 in the opening game of the Western Division championship playoff Mona Guerrant took part m two winning doubles matches to lead the Fnars. She teamed with Kerry Reid to beat Knstien Shaw and Miss Evert 2 and then combined with Rod Laver to defeat Ross Case and Miss Shaw 5 in mixed doubles Boston, behind the sparkling play of Martina Navratilova, posted the best record in the league at 35 9 compared to New Yorks But Miss Navratilova wasnt at her best Saturday night, losing 4 in singles to Billie Jean King, who teamed with Virginia Wade to beat Miss Navratilova in the key womens doubles and Greer Stevens match. The Apples closed out the match when Sandy Mayer and Ray Ruffels stopped Tony Roche and Mike Estep 1 m mens doubles. If necessary, the final games of the series would return to Boston and Phoenix one-gam- best-of-thre- 21-2- W EXPERT COMING TO THIS AREA! 6-- stolen base total to 54 as Albuquerque's Rafael Landestoy ups his league-leadin- g he slides into second under the glove of Gull shortstop Dickie Thon Sunday. 7-- 33-1- Blast 23 hits in Sunday test 6-- 6-- 4 Dukes sidetrack Gulls 6-- By Brent Checkoffs Deseret News sports writer Its a story baseball fans hav e heard before. e A team, about one mile out of contention in a pennant race, suddenly nses up to start smackin the leaders Albuquerques Dukes, in the Pacific Coast League East, smacked the Salt Lake Gulls around to the tune of 23 hits on an otherwise pleasant Sunday night at Brks Field and came away with a 14--8 win It was the Dukes fifth win in and all their last seven tnes those victories have come against pennant contenders. The New Mexico team won four of six from first-plac- e Phoenix at Albuquerque prior to Sunday and now have a racehorse start in their e set with the Salt Lakers. The series contmues tomght at Derks with a 7.30 single game. A John pair of nghthanders for Salt Lake and Caneira Hank Webb ) for Albuquerque will get the starting calls. The Gulls enter the contest three games behind Phoenix in the PCL East chase Both contenders split two games over the weekend The Gulls moved within two games Saturday mght when they edged Tucson 8 in 11 innings at Derks g on Willie Aikens single while Albuquerque was dowmng Phoenix, 3 last-plac- cellar-dwelle- (7-- (0-8- 0-- game-winnin- 8-- rs But while the Gulls were losing Sunday mght, Phoenix was pulling out a 6 victory over Tucson at Tucson. An enigma most of the season, since it is filled with PCL veterans who have done the job in previous g Albuquerseasons, que certainly has it all together pole in the sixth The two homers upped Waltons total for the season to 40, and his runs batted m count to 116. His feat of hitting one home run from each side of the plate in one game is a rare one hard-hittin- "WORM RAISING TODAY" will developing markets for earthworms in agricultural and gardening, biodegradable waste management, and other interesting areas. Emphasis will be placed on the profit potential that these new markets offer to new entrants In the Vermiculture industry, and ways that growers in this area can participate in this profit potential. Mr. Burke discuss Information Contact Jim Eingham 4 Wasatch Worm Ranch or Northern Bait Ecology Farms Twins Falls, Idaho 208734-453- 0 SEMINAR TO BE HELD: SALT LAKE CITY ALTA ROOM RAMADA INN 7:30 P.M. AUGUST 24, 1977 For Further 782-796- Dukes first sacker Cardoza accomplished something perhaps just as rare. Playing before Salt Lake relatives, Cardoza rose to the occasion with a perfect 5 mght to hike his battmg average up over the .350 mark. The Gulls had one last hurrah in the loss when Landreaux sliced a three-ru- n homer over the left field wall in the seventh. The Dukes had 13 runs on the board by that time, however, so the homer had little affect on the outcome. Despite allowing three homers in one inning, Lewallyn pitched into the seventh for Albuquerque before being stunned on a by Aikens and leaving the game. Lewallyn got credit for Ins 12th win of the season against 11 losses. Larry Corrigan finished up. Little Daniel Boone and Mike Overy followed loser Racanelli to the mound for Salt Lake. None of the three could cool down the Dukes bats Seventeen of 18 batters hit safely in the game, with only Thon being blanked Sixteen of 18 batters scored runs, with just Thon and Aikens failing to cross the plate There were a total of 34 hits as the Gulls added 11 to Albuquerques 23. now. The Dukes exploded for four runs m the first inning Sunday, homer by major with a two-ru- n league veteran Danny Walton the key blow 5-- Manager Jimy Williamsk Gulls bounced ba never-say-di- e best-of-thr- John Burke, Vice Prosidant of Marketing for North Amen con Bait Forme, Inc , Ontano, California, who is considered on of the Nation's loading experts in the field of Vermiculture Marketing, will conduct a free public seminar on for one run in the bottom of the single first, with the from Ken Landreaux, then crunched three homers for four runs in the second to take a 4 lead Butch Alberts and Bobby Jones had solo shots against Albuquerque pitcher Dennis Lewallyn, while Tom Donohue had a two-ru- n run-scori- 5-- com-eback- er blow. 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