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Show DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1973 East falls 'News tennis title race tightens in PCL star tilt ' N.M. ALBUQUERQUE. 6 all-st- The East team lost steam tie in the after garnering a seventh and never caught up. Earlier in the game Doug Howard of the Salt Lake .Angels. Bernie Williams of Phoenix and Jim Fairey of Albuquerque posted home runs for the East. Howard had two hits in four trips to the plate, but another went Angel, Billy Parker, The Wests Chico Vaughns of Eugene singled to right field, and scored all the way from first on Glenn line double to tally the final run of the game in the ninth. is from Borgmann Borg-mann- s Tacoma. . Winning pitcher Rich Waits. Spokane, took to the mound in the seventh and pitched one The loser was Glenn inning. Abbot of Tucson. Only East pitcher to hold the West hitters scoreless was Salt Lake lefty Rick Young. Young allowed only one hit in blanking the West in the fifth and sixth frames. He walked two men and struck out two. The winning West team, managed by Del Wilber of Hawaii. included Spokane, Spokane. Eugene and Tacoma. You might say that lhe battle of David Porter and Mike Eehr finished in the red all three times. It seems this pair of netters the Deseret News Utah State Tennis Championships were so closely matched that the only thing that kept them from playing into the night was the tie breaker playoff. in the first set, In after the pair locked at and the red flag went out signifying the tie breaker, it was Eehr that edged out Porter on win. points to take the get the red flag, it was Porter who took the upper hand and advance notice to continue in the boys 20 Joe The meet, which oegan last Saturday, will continue through the week with the finals .slated for Saturday at the Salt Lake Swimming and Tennis Club. y A complete days matches of Tuesdays found on page y - - Claik turn out the victor, but only after he bettered Mi- Gary Linker follows through on s'irve in match he won Monday in the new men's C division of the 'News' State Championships. - 3 four-unde- Knecht said be was bitterly disappointed by the board's action, adding: Tire-B.E- basis of his 1973 performance, as well as his 1972 effort in the big one. Blair has got to be the On Theres r.o question in my mind that without increased state aid we won t be able to continue our football program beyond two or three years. I doubt that the state will be willing to come up with favorite to cop the Utah State Amateur title, now under way at Wasatch odds-o- n 1973 Park. addi-tion- - Spring- -, on the lie lvh by Alien Peacock, who went on to win the title over Steve Sharp. The 1973 Amateur is a more gruelling (est than ever. Instead of the customarv qualifying will be over 36 holes. The first 18 of that qualifying began today. It will continue through Thursday. A field of 152 will qualify for 31 match-plaspots (Peacock is exempt). There will be two matches Friday and two Saturday, scheduled for is hole.- -, and the finale Sundav for 36 holes If the i two finalists were t in limit the to every pushed match, they could wind up playing 144 hole- - of golf m five days. v features a d;f- - state aid from ..... . . and I dont appropriations believe it is the taxpayers' responsibility to finance an athletic program." . : year, is but two of la 1 year's are back Peacock. Blair, Doug Wood. Sharp. Ron Branca and Jeff Kennedy. Other former champs in the 1973 fray are Jack Ridd. who won the title in 1963 and 1964 and Tom Christensen, the 1968 quartcriinali-t- s champ. Until it- - v'., mates for the title. Robert ll.oi -. Bob l.apie ami .1 i.- 1 . Mataiich. Other college golfer-- : include and Steve Greg Sharp. Bon and Don Branca. Mac Jon Unger. Rex Underwood. Kurt Ccrnht--e- l and .Mike Mala.-k("nn-ien-e- n. Peacock proved there still is place in the Amateur after vmi've left your twenties, but youth still has the upper hand in this gruelling event. a a. There are a sprinkling of Kidd. veterans, including Bring hurst wins in Italy Deseret News Special To get there she had to be better than all else. To be. best she had to do more than all ethers. She and her coach;?-worked long and hard to beat the field. In gymnastics youri2 are dealing with danger. But so are equestrians, divers.-conoeists. -- 16 Challenger singles Brett Durfee breezed then through the first set, had a bit of a tough gc to win the second over Cory will lose $150,000 to $200,000 a ear on its football program if forced to remain in the conference. He said Boise Stale and Idaho State are flic only two conference opponents which will draw aderpiafe crowds at Mo-co- Dr. Sherman Carter, financial vice president of the university. pegged the anticipated lo.--s at $50,000 to $100,000 a year, but Hartung said he figured the loss would range from $160,000 to $230,000 a v ear. Asked Despite the rain, the cans had wome good performances. Jim Bolding took the 4 0 0 - m e t e r intermediate hurdles in 49.5. winning easily. Dave V.'ottle. Ulvmpic chain-- ) imi n the MU meters, won the t. 'Vi) meter- - m 3.36s with a strong -- tret eh run. A highlight came i:i the high jump where world record holder Dwighi Stones clearer! 4 inches and seven-foo- t barelv ) Lev-eta- 5 : To ask Olga to abandon her routine because of danger! is like asking Fosbury not to flop. Jack Nicklaus to play)) In the same division, Robert Dibblee stumbled a bit in the 4 That's like taking strings from Panclio "Gonzales quet! take-1-of- free-style- in imagination and skill no one ever touched Korbut in -gymnastics. Which might have brought the federation to-.rule what she did is dangerous. Surely the federation had;' it in mind to protect upcomers from going into too many'. difficult formations. whether he agreed But this is pettycoatisli. Olga didn't do double backflips; on the balance beam without perfecting single ones. j--r She paid the price of progession unto perfection. It-- . was not as dangerous to her as it would be for some oeo?)) pie to just board the beam. y The 1 Excellence comes omside the realm of mediocrity -- v and at first blush it appears the gymnastic federation suggesting mediocrity. It can't hurt Olga, except in world competition. If Olga y were in a country and had this reporter as her manager we.could make millions. one in Imagine having such a jewell in your show which her routine had been barred because it was too spectacular. What a billing. Olga explained what she had done in gymnastics was the effort of her coach and herself. She had kept no se- crets. She had offered information to anyone who sought it. Her training patterns, her routines were available to every- Dr. John Svvartley. Boise, board chairman, did not vote. Opposing withdrawal were Dr. J. P. Monson of Sandpoint. Janet Hay of Nampa. M.T. Deaton of Pocatello and State Supt. of Public Instruction D. F. Eneiking. After the vote, Hartung said he was directing his athletic staff to begin immediately to readjust its future football schedule to eliminate major university competition and add Big Sky Conference opponents to the Ust. . one. The federation's folly catches Olga at the peak of her career. Janet Lynn, our U.S. skater turned her years of T hard work and training into a million dollar In Russia Olga cannot do this. In fact, instead of being a show gal she might be backgrounded like Spassky was.?? t. when Fischer flipped him. Or Olga might grow old going through Communist circus routines. She could pay for a substantial part of the grain grab""' in less time than it took us to thrash and sack it. Its year a little like taking Babe season. Ruths bat from him mid- -' in his ) Whatever the outcome with Olga and the federation folly, we of this generation are lucky she came along. Hers" was a performance never to be forgotten. Idaho first presented its withdrawal application, Hartung said if the school were to remain in the conference he'd recommend Idaho play Idaho State and Boise State twice a year m SPECIAL EVENT!! in football. commented just before the first vote on withdrawal that the "speculation, in inuendoes and backbiting over the football issue is not the tvpe of thing for the best interests of the board." extraordinary routines What made the Russian skaters the best ever Iring Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov and the pair of Ludmila Smiro , va and Andrei Souraikin? It was their extraordinary rou,"W tines those w hich no others could do. c.v Voting to let Idaho withdraw were A. L. Alford Jr. of Lewiston, Edward Benoit of Twin Falls and J. Kenneth Falls. Thatcher of Idaho They're ail members of the University of Idaho Executive Committee, which met earlier in the day and recommended approval of the withdrawal. when I In gymnastics, as in figure skating, there are compulse s which separate atii- - ?' sories. But then there arc ietes accord: g to imagination and applied skills. T) "Mv academic training is in biology not intercollegiate athlectics. October, t) In some sports there have been restrictions imposed f due to dangers like windage in ski jumping when the is shortened. with Knechts contention that tiie decision to keep Idaho in the Big Sky will necessitate football. Hartung dropping said. Last t rac-- Svvartley j j In pleading the university's cause. Alfoid said. "Our chief executive officer at the university wants a serious financial In my situation remedied opinion the Board of Regents must back the president and retain the that is necessary . . ." ... Clinic & Fly Casting Demonstration By World Renown LeeWulff and his wife Joan. SATURDAY, JULY Clinic, in store Demonstration, . . . 21st 34 P.M. $ P.M. Top Paris Parking lot 3:30-- 4 P.M. 2 Ameri- Italy University of Utah's famed distance man Scott Bnnghurst. a member of the United Staos trail;-Reiall comp; learn, to.'Liv m the Pit out-ra- I motets. Brtnghurxts winning time was 28.46 1. Going into teeny's ever'-- , the Amercun men led the Italians and the U. S ahead of the Italian women girt-we- Blair will be enneieting with b ani future jl, in Knecht has estimated Idaho Garth Ford. Keith Barton. Gil Torre-- . Jack Noble. Max Fillthe 1967 nmnerup. more. Vaughn Barker. Gnrdy Milne. Glen Haleb. Frank Pritchett. Frank Huff and Howard Ford. TURIN. now Peacock, approaching his 4 t birthday won the title, it had been dominated by youtn and collegiate g"lfers Ti'e Amateur a voung man'- - title had since Kidd von m 1964. and. until Mien von. H had gone to college golfers -- ix straight time-- Hv & golfer who has dominated the Utah scene top favorite for the Utah Amateur title at Wcsatch Park. ferent intrigue than medal. In match-plathere is more a on to concentrate tendency opponent's game, rather ur on concentrating game and plaving the course. All - She strove to be the best Board stumps U. of Idaho move The State BOISE (AP) Board of Educations refusal Tuesday to allow the University of Idaho to withdraw from the Big Sky Conference will mean an end of intercollegiate football at the school within a few years, its athletic director Ed Knecht. predicted. The board voted against letting Idaho quit the Big Sky Conference and join the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. Then minutes later, by the same vote, the board refused to the Vandals permission withdraw from the conference and play as an independent. It is the third time within a year the board has turned down the school's request to leave the Big Sky and President Ernest Hnrtung said he considered Tuesday's action "a definite decision of the board." this watched her. first set and lost to Dave but he came back Evans, nicely to claim the match easily, In the boys 14 singles. Scott Taylor and Garth Dunford logged a marathon battle. iost Taylor won the first he second in the tie breaker. and had to rally in the third to w in in a tie breaker. X As for olher matches Tuesbuttie day, the Porter-Eeh- r wasnt the only close one. In the men's C singles for example only the width o! the tennis string separated Steve Clark and Fred Miller. Blair started this season as high school medalist for the State of Utah, and is sprinting with Challenge Cup away points, symbolic of amateur golf supremacy in the Beehive State. His latest effort was a r par domination of amateurs in the Supe. Goodrich Golf rior Classic at Vernal. Match-pla- y KJB' over 600. James Blair, tliej athletc-of-the-yea- r athietc-of-the-ye- 6-- When started, the annual hosted the championships largest number of players to enter a meet this season Thats Cowley In the boys In 1966. Bruce Suminerhays. now a California professional, started a brilliant season by winning the Provo Open and blazed through to the Utah State Amateur title. Amateur at Patio was defeated : 4-- list of Thursand a showing results can be ller on points in the tie break- to pick on Gymnast Federation ought Korbut, This week they targeted lithe and little Olga 172 Olympics. of the sweetheart the routines are too They ruled some of her gymnastic to use them and then November ur.til She has dangerous." must give them up. And that's a crock of poppycock ry) those Too dangerous for whom? Maybe some of who can't push themselves out of their own straight-back- s '1$ beds think this is too much for them. be Russian brought little the Need j it. do can But Olga j to a mediocre mean with the rest ol the realm. That is legislating against excellence. It can t be too A double somersault, on the dangerous if the little gai did it. balance beam! Absolutely sensational! That's won her three gold medals and ribbons fo'.1 in Associated Press polls. And y in the eves of all those who ever-- first set the second MIDWAY Not since 1966. and few times in history of Utah golf, has anyone dominated the amateur scene like James Blair, who just graduated from Ogden High School. to the semifinal:- The International someone its size. clinched the then ran through to defeat Howard Pratt in the men s singles. It took Sam Park three to get his ticket into the next round. He lost the first set to Kent Dunford and had to come back. challenger singles. sports managing editor Blair went of the Utah on The Kid Don Poulter had to play the same kind of game to earn his victory in the mens A singles. Poulter downed Fred Wheeler. In the second and third sets, though, after they too had to By George Ferguson As a Theyre picking 6 Utah golfers vie for big one a lot of pressure to lad. but heap on an the new mighty mite of Utah amateur golf, has proved he can handle pressure. Many on the golf scene call Jimmy cocky. But he insists lie's humble in his own way. ju- -t super confident. to 6-- State title at Wasatch Park ' HACK miLLER win the magic twelfth. In the boys 12 novice battle, Chuck Dunford and Clifford Payne logged another dose one. Dunford won the first in the magic twelfth, then lost he second to Payne the same way. but can.e back to clinch the win. Gary Unker defeated Jim Christensen in the first set in 12, then had an easy go in the second to move up in the mens C singles, In the mens singles Larry Jones had to win the twelfth in two sets before he could earn the right to advance into the next round. Jones defeated challenger John Barbett. Deseret News sports writer Gene Martin of (AP) Hawaii hit a home run in the eighth inning to put the Pacific Coast Leagues West team victoout front to stay in a ry over the East Tuesday night in the leagues first baseball game since 1963. Martin, who went to bat five times for three hits, scored Eugenes Craig Robinson with his homerun to propel the West ahead. ' er the first set. then had By Ray Grass SPORTS EDITOR re lm-s- ed The PROOF 11 of the pudding W is in the SATING Learn how to cast a fiy. The Wulffs have appeared many times on the American Sportsman TV T Series. They are world renowned for their skills as fresh and salt water fishermen with light tackle. 1)0 VT .HISS IT!!! 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