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Show 6D The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, July IS, 1979 The Overflow Perspective on Sports By Don Brooks Tribune Outdoor Editor t & r I V .-- mML Y gje -- rf everyone. Horton: The closest we will be able to come is to provide "overflow areas with Just basic sanitation and water requirement needs. We wont be able to supply a "bedroom for everyone who wants one. Providing picnic facilities is not as difficult. You run four "shifts on picnickers, starting early in the morning. But its not the same with campers. They stay for the day or longer. I can visualize the day when we will no longer be able to provide overnight camping along the Front in Salt Lake County. Few Spots Now Brooks: Actually, there are very few overnight sites in that area now. Isnt that true? Horton: That's right We have The Spruces (operated by Salt Lake Cbunty) and Redman in Big Cottonwood. Then there are Albion and Tanner Flat in Little Cottonwood. Thats the extent of it St. John: I might point out that the Park Service has adopted the policy of building just so many campgrounds. If you are not fortunate enough to get in one, you have to stay outside the park. We would attempt to be more elastic if possible through construction of peak period "overflow areas with just basic sanitation and water requirements as has mentioned. Horton: Right now we are three overflow designing areas along the Mirror Lake road. They probably will be used only during the three holiday periods of the summer season. It is those peak periods that cause all the trouble. St. John: Yes, and what we call a peak period Jerry just We have a lot of acres , true, but not all acres are good for recreational development." Butterfly Lake, with Hayden Peak in background, is one of many Uinta scenic areas that would be cade. Then two old ladies in a VolkSwagon come along and somehow managed to move it. May Destroy Scenery Horton: You see, one of the major problem rests in the fact that If you try to provide a bedroom for everyone who wants one, pretty soon you have destroyed the very scenic rttraction that drew people in the first place. St. John: There is one alternative. You construct your bedroom away from the scenic attraction. Horton: Yes, and right now ve are barricading some scenic areas to protect them against overflow camping. Brooks: I think it was Larry Colton (Kamas district ranger), who made the statement: It takes six men. a tractor and a forklift to put a mne-to- n stona in as a barri- - surveys on the North Slope so we can get the total picture on just what can be used for each increasing need, Including recreation. h Horton: It is the period, June to September, thats tough to plan ... Horton: Camping isnt the only problem. There are the growing number of hikers and will three-mont- be still more. How do we handle them? St. John: And dont forget, now its a summer and winter problem, what with snowmobiles. We may ha' e to segregate trails . . . trails for bikes, trails for hikers. No Control Horton: It would be simpler if we had control of the lower elevation areas here in the valley, along the Oquirrhs, for Instance. We could say, go there go here, but we , What we call a peak period note probably will be just a normal ' period in future years." . of those areas. Brooks: Getting back to the North Slope, dont we still have a lot of country east of Mirror Lake that could be developed for camping areas? Horton: We have a lot of acres, true. But not all acres are good for recreational development. So its a question of effective acres, not "total acres. St. John: Thats why we are now conducting multiple-us-e been a love affair ever since I came up in 1959. 1 was made to feel welcome and people like Walter Alston and and Buzzy Bavasi they helped me feel like part of the family. Walter Alston can coach here for the next 50 years but when he retires, Id sure love to be considered as his re- -- six-inc- for. Then those holiday peaks compound the problem. For instance, surveys show that total vehicles range up to 3,000 in the Mirror Lake area during the peaks, then drop to about 700 at midweek. Brooks: Looks like well have to change the work week let more people off on other days beside Saturdays ans Sundays. ... Move Bedrooms Horton: That would certainly be a help. But getting back to future camping facilities we dont have to put the ... v? ... . protected by putting campgrounds away from the area in future Forest Service camp development "bedroom right next to the water or on the very thing you came to see. We will put them away from the scenic attraction. And we can build larger campgrounds to handle scenic spots in a certain area. For instance, heres a map developproposed showing ment for the Trial Lake area which would also handle persons going to Washington, Teapot and Lost Lakes. Here is an overnight camping area, back in the woods from Washington Lake. He$e is a daily Brooks: Looking ahead increased populations, creased recreation demands, would you predict that sometime in the future the same arrangement will have to be put in effect in the Uinta Primitive Area? St. John: Im sure it will come eventually. no question ca . of Maurys leadership ability and his knowledge of the The game, says Alston. only thing thats untested right now is his ability to handle men. That, Wills hopes to acquire this winter. Hes planning to manage a winter league team in Mexico for the experience. Alston says he has always liked Wills fire and leaderWe need ship qualities. Alston once said simply. Confident of Winning Wills has been on four pennant winning clubs and is confident Los Angeles can catch Cincinnati this year in the National League West. h great young amateurs in the nation today. But the golf writers didnt pick him on the team. They pooled their ignorance him, and blew it. Home Runs NATIONAL LEAGUE: Perez, Cm, 30. Bench, Cln., Til Williams, Chi., 2 il Allen, St. L., 25; Aaron. Atl., 24. use area for picnickers and parking for fishermen. Here is a trailhead development for persons with horses going on pack trips. All are separated. Flies from the horse area dont bother campers. And there is a definite advantage to construction of this type. In the long run they are less costly because you can group your sanitation, water and garbage facilities. St. John: That is the type of recreational area we will look at more in the future. Horton: I might point out that in the San Gorgonio Wilderness area in California they put a strict limit on the number of campers who may go in at any one time. Hes Not a Competitor Killebrew Smiles on Way to Fame By Jim Murray Los Angeles Times Writer LOS ANGELES In baseball, being a competitor means 1) smashing your bat on home plate when you pop up; 2) kicking your helmet when you strike out; 3) demolishing the water cooler when you hit into a double with the front office.) He once turned down a testimonial fee - play; 4) cursing the umpire on a called third strike; 5) cursing the press when you lose; 6) starting fights when youre having a bad day. Being a competitor means holding a big league job even though you cant field, hit or throw up to Major League standards. He hated to lose, he did so much of it, His epitaph should read. Being a competitor means, when you cant get round on the fast ball, you pretend youre hitting behind the runner. You bunt a lot. Some chronic, imaginary, but undiagnosable injury is advisable for days when young, unhittable fireballers are throwing for the other team, but be ready to limp bravely out of the dugout in the late innings when he has been lifted for a pinchhitter and a sorearmed reliever. ready-on-dema- future years. Its "Theres Vi ... But not this time. This time the golf writers of America blew' one all by themselves. This time that knowledgeable group of galleryites wrere in Ihe thick of the action. And how. did they do? They took a whiff on the first tee, they shanked the easy chip shot, they went into the water, they got bogged down in the sand, they stabbed the crucial putt, they took a triple bogey when a par performance would have wron. 1 They were lousy. The occasion was the selection of the 1970 collegolf team. The writers picked the giate team and they left off BYUs great young sophomore Ray Leach. Had the writers completely ignored this area .hey could have been excused on the basis of regional bias. But they picked Arizona States Howard Twit tey wrho is a fine golfer, but is no Ray Leach. Leach is only & sophomore. But in the one tournament that should really count the NCAA he has been the most consistently good performer both years he has participated. Last year Leach wTas second in the NCAA individual battle as BYU took third place in team competition. This year Leach took third place individually and the Cougars were third again in the team race. Leach didnt win medalist honors in the WAC meet this summer only because his teammate Chip Garriss came through with one of the most spectacular of performances. But Leach has been the leader on the BYU team for two years and is one of. the and sincerity. Hes dedicated to the Dodgers: what he wants to do is lead them. If he gets his wish, he might become the major leagues first Negro manager. V dont have control counting. Dedicated to Dodgers The man who audaciously swiped 104 bases for an all-tirecord during the 1962 season speaks with simplicity 3' motor riders and there Tribune Sports Writer No wonder the guys who write about golf are so smug about the game. They are always praising ( or condemning) the performance of someone else. They dont have to stand up and' be counted. They sit and do the on-fie- 37 byus Ray Leach. By Marion Dunn ANGELES (AP) -Alston has been the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 17 consecutive seasons. Maury Wills, in the twilight of a sparkling career, wants to step in w hen Alston calls it quits. Im emotionally involved with the Dodgers, says Wills, whose boyish appearance and exhuberant manner belie his placement. 1 , in 5 O - t' Cast Gathers period ,V j1 on The cast: Chandler P. St. John, supervisor, Wasatch National Forest, and Gerald (Jerry) Horton, branch chief, recreation and lands. St. John: You are absolutely right about growing pressure along the Mirror Lake Highway. We have weekends now when there are more people up there than in our facilities along the Front. It boils down to the fact that there will be peak periods when we simply cannot accommodate "normal years. - -j :r- both sides of the mountains. Wonder what it will be like in 20 years? I shudder at the thought!" So, what will it be like 20 years from new? In an effort to come up with some of the answers we huddled with two officers of the Forest Service, the agency most concerned with meeting mushrooming outdoor recreational demands. be , I t- will fy?-'- ' ,s !V? . its-- ' It boils down to this . . during peak periods t tee can't accommodate everyone." probably Dodger Nine Skip LOS Walter Preliminary note: In a recent column this writer reported that campgrounds near Mirror Lake were well filled on the Thursday prior to the July 4 holiday. His comment then: I feel sorry for the poor jokers who cant get away until Saturday morning. I can recall when we pushed recreation facilities on the North Slope of the Uintas in an effort to ease pressure along the Wasatch Front Now, it would seem, people Golf Scribes Look Bad, To Manage Camping Boom Worries Forest Service we have enough Sports Editorial Wills Wants Smiles a Lot The trouble with Harmon Clayton Killebrew is, hes not a competitor. You can tell that because 1) hes fourth in the league in batting; 2) hes first in the league in home runs, runs batted in, bases on balls and silence. Competitors never lead the league in anything but whirlpool baths and cracked helmets. You can tell hes not a competitor because he smiles a never "Competitors smile. They scowl a lot. You can tell hes not a competitor because hes never been kicked lot. for a cigaret after he almost choked to death for weeks trying to learn how to smoke. enwould (Competitors dorse poison ivy.) He cheerfully slugs his way through the snows of Minnesota in winter to attend functions at the request of the publicity department. (Competitors usually start off demanding Harmon Killebrew Everyone Needs One out of a game. "Competitors" get kicked out of lots of games particularly, when Sam McDowell is pitching. John McGraw probably would have taken to putting tacks in his bed, salt in his coffee, hiding his shoes or teleh i m anonymously phoning late at night, anything to shake him up. fy Cobb used to play this game in a cold rage. So did Jackie Robinson. Don Drysdale used to look at batters as if they were captured spies. Killebrew goes through the game like a salesman. A, writer (never mind who) once predicted in a World Series that Hannon would h?ve a cauliflowered chest at third base fielding doubleplay balls. In the locker room, the next day, Harmon smiled at the offender, bared his breast and said, See it door-to-do- isnt even bleeding. writer called him Another Harmless Killebrew. Harmon thought it was funny. No Squabble; He has never had a salary s q u a bble. (Competitors really earn their reputations when it comes to negotiations how much?). You would think, then, from the foregoing that Harmon Killebrew would be a marginal player, a platooner just happy to be hanging on, an out man to pitches, trade bait for front offices. But Killebrew has hit 472 home runs in his career. He is hitting them this year at the rate of one every 10 times at bat. His career rate is one every 12.5 at bats, second only to Babe Ruth. He has batted in 1,218 runs, has scored more than 1,000. He is smiling his way to the Hall of Fame. The important statistic is, Minnesota has won two championships in five years with him. Every manager, says his manager, Bill Rigney, ought to have one Killebrew to manage before he dies. He won the Most Valuable Player vote in a landslide last year. One more and he will revolutionize the game. Managers will begin distributing Vincent copies of Norman Peale instead of files for spikes. Instead of Winning Baseball, theyll take to reading Winning Friends. When theyre called out on rookies be will strikes, encouraged to say. My compliments to the pitcher, it was a nice curve, instead of Where was the pitch, ja blind homer, ya! a Classified Ad help raise the money you need for the July 24th and Days of '47 celebration, by selling the things around the house you no longer need. Let 1 1 I 1 CENTS DATS 24 ALINE 1 1 Place Your Classified Sale Ads Now . . 24th Classified Sola Ads will run any 4 cansacwtiva days from Sunday, July 1 9 through Sunday, July 26. Daadlina far placing ads is 1 p.irc. Wednesday, July 22. 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