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Show Business OcSERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1973 City-Region- News' marathon , a crowd pleaser hS hiillgr By Lee Benson Deseret News sports writer acts If the its follow quickly, Don't count supposed to be a good show And from that cntena, yesterday's Deseret News Marathon was a real crowd pleaser The thousands lining Salt Lake Citys Mam for the Days of 47 parade and the marathon finish at South Temple were never kept waiting r full before parade time the ho. ldav crowds attention was turned to old Bill Haviland, as he galloped .0 Brigham Youngs monument m first place Bill s fast funsh a full 15 minutes ahead of last years time caught the audience, cripples out half-hou- hen, in spt rts, is Long ago they wrote Gene Lrttler off as a sick man. He was hacked up m the shoulder region for removal of cancer in his lymph glands. He was slow on the rebound, and told this writer, as w'e sat m the lounge at the LaCosta Country Club a year and a half ago he didnt know if he would ever get his swing back but he was working on it The official time- -. Fred Holcomb, also was caught unawaie The timer had to race against time. He had to put on a sprint of his own from his parked car at third East But Fred, a veteran marathoner himself, made it under the wire to record Bill s 2 29 57 record wasnt alone He came to SLC directly after graduation from Ohio University m June Somehow Bill s running confidence had waned his final year e ace wantea at OU, and the three and to tram m Utah's high hills and get his attitude high Merlin Olsen, Or throw in Hank Aaron. Wdlit Mays and Gene Saraz- - But the crowd's roar drew my attention to a marathoner passing, and I had to footrace him to the funsh He won Haviland was a gracious winner, praising the course and Salt Lake Citys people as "beautiful and fnendlv time tn quit7 en d I ii Dun t ask Gene Lit tier. Harm Killebrew, Arme Palmer or Bill Casper and everyone else, This reporter not excepted. I figured there was plenty of time as I left the office at 8 25 a m and headed up Main for the finish line nd D al ou pittied the guy He had been through a horrible ordeal Then Iasi Sunday he plucked a $42,000 first purse again to prove to all that his comeback has been complete Even day ne underwent therapy on his shoulders and arms. Today all of golf is happy for Gene Litllor H'Al Knight didn't want to run another step after finishing marathon . . but a helpful hand urged the runner to his feet. . . . . . . . One more knee operation w and pointed him toward some Harm Killebrew called me the other day to ask about refreshment on Hotel Utah's lawn. a place where he could take his kids fishing. He has a ranch on a lake out of Soda Springs, Ida., and was there resting up for an operation he was to have this week on his left knee six-mil- They have told me, Hannon said, as humble as the man has always been, if I want to play any more baseball Ive got to get my knee fixed The right one has had two operations, but the left one has to be repaired now. Ill be back agam soon when they tell me I can play. Hes bunking with University of Utah graduate assistant track coach Ralph Vernacchia, and yesterday after a confluent race. Bill gave plenty of credit to Ralph T think I ve got my confidence back now, Bill said George Lysy was next m after Bill, with a old BYU stufine 2 36 35 clocking The dent didnt run out of gas during the 26 mile race, but he wasn't that fortunate getting to tile starting line With a tank bordering How many times, with elbow troubles, shoulder miunes and bad knees has Harm Killebrew been out only to come back and make brilliant marks for himself7 Hes not for being put to pasture Merlin Olsen, who stopped m Laketown on Bear Lake the other day to say howdy to his old friend, Parnell Johnston. told this writer he was fitter n hes ever been on empty George limped over the hills of East Canyon towards the 6am starting line "There weren't too many stations open at 5 on a holiday morning, George said, So m a we yust kept going, keeping ou- - fingers crossed The from the gave out some to starting gate. George bailed out,- spnnted the start with only about three minutes to go After that early morning scare George maratsettled down to running in his first-eve- r hon Now he plans on going out for EYUs or track teams. ci Biggest cheer of the day, however, went to old Mesa, kttle Reg Heywood as the ten-yeArizona youngster crossed over the finish line at 3 25 Reg didnt quite know how to handle the overwhelming response He quickly made his way to a smaller horde of happv relatives car 100-yar- Deseret News Photo by Howard 1 Bobby Bonds. Johnny Bench and Willie Davis broke the American hearts but Bonds Leaguers broke their backs more That, along with the ngels general fortunes, now seems to be changing fell behind Pacific League West leader Spokane 0 m the first two inHalos CoaM nings Lefty Andy Hassler made his first start for Salt Lake since being returned by the California Angels, and Hassler was greeted roughly by the Indians. They reached him for two runs m the first, then sent 10 men to the plate in scoring five runs m the second that point, especially considering past tendencies, it looked liked the Salt win streak was to a crashing come to going halt At Lal-er- five-gam- e Lake, wi'h Bobby the Marcano spearheading The back fought attack, Angels chipped away for one run in the tmrd. and one in the fifth They then put toexplosions m gether four-ruboth the sixth and eighth, with the winning run coming in the But Salt n eighth The Halos added two insurance markers in the ninth, to win going away. Beneficiary of the Salt Lake comeback w as southpaw relief huilcr John Cumberland He took over mound chores for m the sixth fltid Hassler 12-- 7 , ' Their three homers jolted the League crowd of 40,849 and a national audience estimated at 50 million Tuesday night The result was a 1 National League romp us. They embarrassed Reggie Jackson said m the shame-faceAmerican League clubhouse. Did you get a load of that Bonds7 Hes fantastic, absolutely fantastic The San Francisco center-fieldewho was not voted to the starting team despite 25 homers, 28 stolen bases, 64 runs batted m and .306 batting average, pulverized the American League with his bat and his speed homer in the His two-rufifth was a blast that tamed over the sign m in sparkling Royals lead And Stadium built a his routine single to center that he stretched into a stand-udouble in the seventh left the host team dazzled t- - scarce at Tuesday night the The A off seven d Bobby Marcano . . . perfect night blanked the Indians on two hits the rest of the way tn gaining credit for the victory Marcano had a perfect night at the plate, with one double and three singles in four tnps to the plate He drove in three runs Mickey Rivers had three hits for the Halos, while Doug Howard. Charlie Sands and newcomer Sam Ashford had two each The victory kit the Vogels games behind PCL East leader Tucson The Halos aie only two games in back ol second place Phoenix, however Entering the road trip, the Angels were 10 games out of first place six double-heade- r Entering a here the tonight, Angels have won eight of their last nine starts and six games V wm m the first straight r of the double-head- i g.ime would establish a season win s'rt ak record for Salt Lake Vngels skipper Les Moss is to go with expected Orioles organization pitchers Dave Leonhard and 13ill Kirkpatrick as his starters . in tonight's twmbitl n 385-fo- 5--1 p r Lauded by National as Anderson Sparky "the Tnest player in either League-manage- all-st- only 25 Bonds was inserted into the lineup when the National League look the field in the fourth for Billy Williams "I got him in as soon as I could. said Sparky Anderson, who finally beat the American and League after one World Senes losses Joe Morgan led off the fifth with a double before Bill Sing er retired Cesar Cedeno and Joe Torre That bought up Bonds and his towering shot, for all piactical purposes ending the game Wille Davis made sure m the Mth against Nolan Ryan homer with another two-ru- n while wearing Hank Aaron's batting helmet AU-St- L got just N L fiv e hits pnehers It was while standing under a cherry tree bopping big bings into my mouth and spitting out stones about as fast as dragster wheels throw gravel when Bud Smith, who owns the Edgemont orchard, broke out laughing Jack had bought a new Browning shotgun for last season, one of those engraved treasure every hunter wants lie and his cute wife, according to Bud, were out m a raft hunting Utah Lake ducks, just off the . shoreline classic The was in doubt most of Tuesday when heavy rams fell But the sun broke through three hours before game time and the But the raft sank and dumped them the rest of the story on Jack. Seems he Mrs. Huff held the new gun high above the water and swam it to shore and then came back for his wife. Kansas City Royals machines swept the standing water off the artificial turf Afterwards when asked why he elected to take emergency steps m the sequence he did. he reasoned to Bud, A feller doesn't come by a gun like that in several Batting practice was can celcd. disappointing many of the early arrivals who wanted to see the likes of Aaron boom a few out of the park The Atlanta slugger, who only last Saturday slammed his 700th career homer, was given a standing ovation when the He teams were introduced 2-- 1 For much of the season, if the Angels got down by four-fiv- e runs, you could pietty much chalk up a loss were victories Save guns and children first hunting Bonds said he bore league. no grudges at not being elected to the starting team The fans have the right to pick the team they think will said Bonds. win the game, all great outfielders Theyre Im not disappointed at backing up those kind of guys thunder . National League struck in consecutive innings, lead at the end of turning a three innings mto an insur1 mountable margin after six Bench opened the storing parade with a leadoff homer m the fourth. That was the Cincinnati catchers third homer, making him one of tne players with that many Only Stan Musial with six and Ted Williams wdh four have more And Bench is h Not the best time in the year to be thinking about duck hunting, but Jack Huff of Benjamin, prominent member of the pheasant committee, came to Buds mind about then win mismatch And if you wish to add two - enuidnt believe that finish." said Patti all-sta- rs match One SPOKANE, WASH of the major problems for the Salt Lake Angels most of this baseball season has been an inability to rally for victories break-throug- " 'Everyone was going wild, it was fantastic record 93 tunners finished under four and a half hours each accomplishing a highly regarded personal achievement The 140 start cis was also a reeoid support Marv Matthews and Patti Smith, both of BYU. were successful distaff finishers Marv came m at 3 39 08 and Patti and at 4 05 11 where he held a press conference, announcing he was going to tackle three more this summer The prettier part of the parade watchers gave a couple of gal runners their heftiest CITY (UPl) -KANSAS The story of the 44th All Star baseball spectacle can be conmisdensed mto one word Fairgrounds Park here, Moore Haviland (Open Marathon winners show off hardware. From left they include Cory Thompson (High School second). first), Bard Merritt (Senior third), George Lysy (Open second), Kim Keller (High School first) and Reg Heywood (youngest). Streaking Angels NL rally for victory Deseret News Special C Bill His dad. Lynn, says Merlin has lost weight, is stronger, faster and tougher than anytime he s ever played And when you talk to Merlin you darent ask the big guy when he is going to har.g them up Hes not Ever, or ever, or ever bo he says Merlin thinks with a new coach and all Phil, his little bi other, may be able to break into the Rams starting lineup on an end spot Phil was called to camp a week early to get groomed His chances this time are very for the good Here again time will tell Bobby Bonds . . . all-st- ar MVP f" forgot mine. said Davis, the Los Angeles centerfielder. "I m going to steal the helmet for a souvenir I dont think Henry will mind Rick Wise, who gave up the American Leagues only run m the second on a single by Amos Otis, was the winning pitcher. Bert who was tagged for two m but no homers runs the third was the loser g Blylc-v-cn- , Those runs were produced by a pair of walks and consecutive singles by Cedeno and Aaron played just three innings And there was a touch of itony, too Willie Mays was sent up as a pinch-hitte- r in the eighth, long after the verdict was decided. It was his 24th r appearance, tying him with Musial for the record New York But the Met was struck out by another New Yorker, Yankee Sparky t'-l- life-tun- They are still happily married If Frank Huff wasnt in trouble after the raft incident he should be now But this is Bud Smiths story I had nothing to do with it' Bud. who runs a large fruit spread of his own, was footballer for a couple of seasons back in Sanky Dixons coaching days at BY High. Bud can still beat a robin up a cherry tree e all-sta- Lyle Even though the game bordered on being dull, especially in the late innings, Ander-o- n called it The biggest thrill I've ever had in baseball Even more than being in a W orld Series The National has won 10 of the last 11 games and leads the nes now all-st- se- twi-mg- Blair , Christiansen win Deseret News Special The team of OGDEN Paul Chnstiansen and James Blair won the July 24th best-batourney at El Monte here Tuesday with a two-ma- ll 61 The teams ol Jeff Daniels Mitch Hyer and Bob Teran-GarTcran tied for second v ulijdfil.nwTii UniiliitffY 1973 with 64, but Daniels and Hyer won the playoff First flight winners DODGE CLOSEOUT Discounts on Every Car in Stock were Murdock Skip Murdoik-Rober- t with a 69. while Alan Berrctt-LarrWood won second flight honors in a playoff against Max Steele-JcOviatt The two teams had tied m regular play with a 71 SAVE t 1 4 ,400 d Ti fft rr nrxruf itr ft r fi l 4kijf!iu iffiiiru; friiiitiiiiifimitni-t- lii 'tim ftili A i 1 h 1 ' |