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Show The Magna Tlme8West Valley News, Thursday, March 12, 1998 5 Sports : Results from SLCC Region 18 Basketball Tournament can always get the truth from an American Statesman after he has turned 70, or has given up all hope of the presidency." "You - Wendell Phillips - It seems, we all love to compare, like Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. Who was the best home run hitter? Aaron had the most Home Runs in his career and Ruth had the most in one season. So, what's to compare? Who's the best? you say. People are starting to compare Keith Van Horn with Larry Bird. It's a though thesis. We should wait until Van Horn has played longer, but if we do, folks will forget who Larry Bird is. It has been said, "You cannot compare apples and oranges," but people do it every day. They compare prices, restaurants, cars and athletes; our team is better than yours and again Chevy trucks are Like a ' Rock. . with athletes is hard do of to Comparing today's players yester year and probably a mistake. Let all of today's players have better equipment, facilities, nutrition, and coaching. Some of the older baseball players had gloves that looked like postage stamps; no pocket, flatter than grandpa's seat; fit only to make soup out of it. How do you know if today's infielders are better, the gloves were so different. The gloves of today catch the ball all by themselves. They don't need a players hand in them. How can you compare today's dribblers with those of yester year? Basketball players used to have to keep their hand on the top of the ball. Now the great guards "palm" the ball all the time. Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton, and Michael Jordan "carry" the ball every time down the floor. It isn't called, so how can you compare. Yes dear, John Stockton is a palmer. He's as bad as anyone else. Are they better dribblers now days? No. As the Dodge truck salesman says, "The rules have changed." Meadowlark Lemon, of the Harlem Globe Trotters, could out dribble them all, and he did it by the rules. , So; it's apples and oranges. What is an assist anyway? It used to be a direct pass that resulted in a basket. Now, the passer throws it to a teammate. The teammate takes three dribbles, scores, and the passe? gets eredjj.for an assist J5q, you can't compare.1 Suck 'On yduf 'Orange, eat your apple, and throw away '",t the core, fflit'itetft fcifthfa!re. !l , r Michael Jordan makes a lot of great moves. Many of them are made possible by an extra step, or two. All the guys who tried it in years past were called for "traveling," compare ye. , Today's home run hitters are better than those of days gone by because of one thing; relief pitchers. Baseball pitchers use to stay in the game even when behind. Complete games was the big thing then. Now it's pitch five innings and let a fresh pitcher finish up. It's tougher on the hitter now. The relief pitchers make for fewer homers. You can't compare the nineties with any other era. This are different ' now. The rules have changed. It's apples and oranges. 1 - - I A, . SIMONS SAYS: "How can you compare Barry Switzer to a coach, Michael Jordan to a bird, or me to a sports writer?" SIMONS SAYS: "You cannot compare men with women because . men are thoughtless and women vindictive." SIMONS SAYS: "I don't think this article is too long. I've rather ' . , enjoyed it." Wedding-- TfiMaarapftf.i Packages ranging from $195 to $295 All 4x6 color prints included in large hardbound album Call Gary at the 6 Magna Times 0 or evenings . . . Costly turnovers and an outstanding performance by College of Southern Idaho point guard Sarah Nelson earned the SLCC Lady Bruins an early exit from the Region 18 Women's Basketball Tournament. CSI and Nelson proved to be too much for the Lady Bruins during first round play at the championship tournament. CSI completed a three game sweep of the Lady Bruins this year with the 2 victory. Nelson almost overpowered the SLCC squad. Nelson finished the game with 25 points and six rebounds to pace the Golden Eagles. She led all scorers and nearly doubled the input of any of the Lady Bruin players. Nelson 74-6- single-handed- ly by FRANCES ROMNEY Rape is an ugly word...and an ugly reality. In Utah, it has become a growing menace over the past several years...so much so, in fact, that Utah now ranks 13th in the nation for reported rapes (and we know that only one in every ten rapes is ever reported)! No one is safe. Rape is a pervasive, cruel crime which is perpetrated against children and men, as well as women! Shocking? Yes. And it gets even more so as the statistics rise each year. Sine!4988rUtah'?alpe rate bat 70f increased by oer Rapes, assaults, and attempted rapes occur about 4.8 times per minute on a national average... and the most horribly shocking figures are that above half of reported rapes happen to children under 18! It is precisely for these reasons that I spend a great deal of my time traveling and teaching self defense for the Salt Lake Rape Recovery Center. As rape becomes a growing epidemic, prevention is the key word. Self defense begins the moment you wake in the morning, and continues without stopping until you awake the following morning. There is no respite. There is no simple formula for being safe...and no matter how careful, conscientious, and prepared a person may be, the statistics prove that one in every four women in the USA will become a victim of rape or attempted rape AT LEAST ONCE IN HER LIFETIME! Rape has little to do with sex...sex is simply the weapon used to perpetrate this insidious crime. It is a 292-637- discount on all wedding photography when you mention this ad. 15 DEUVERY & TRIPLEWIDE $09,630 INCLUDED SET-U- P Quality Guerdon Homes EZ Financing CALL NOW 3875 South Redwood Rd. Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 801-978-33- $ i A . ones are included in that vigilance. It can be as simple as locking our car doors when we drive sticking to streets when driving at night. It can be as easy as letting someone KNOW where we are going, and WHEN we will return. Self defense classes are available in the community through a number of martial arts schools, at reasonable rates. It is NOT necessary to learn a martial art to learn self defense...but a knowledge of martial arts can be a plus factor when it comes to having to fight free of an assailant andeseape.- - Currently, I am teaching an ongoing self defense course every Saturday afternoon at 2 PM; entry is limited. Each course lasts 6 weeks. The next course begins March 14. Classes are held at Wilde's Kenpo Karate Studios at 3115 S. Beaver St., WVC. To participate in an upcoming course, or if you need a referral to a good course, call for information please call Remember...safety is YOUR business...take it seriously! some-where...- or well-travel- 966-685- 8. 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The winner of the tournament will advance to the National Junior Women's Basketball College Tournament in Texas. - Institute SJNGLEWIDE $26,900 The Lady Bruin performance this year was a flip flop of last season when the Lady Bruins sailed through the season to claim the regular season crown in coach Betsy Specketer's first year at the helm. crime of violence...of power and anger. It is a crime of rage. It feeds on the weak and the small, including children and the elderly. It knows no racial or gender No education or boundaries. wealth boundaries. It can happen to anyone...anywhere...anytime! I teach self defense and violence prevention for the Salt Lake Rape Recovery Center because there is a desperate need for such knowledge in our society. Our children need to be able to spot a dangerous situation, and know how to avoid it. Young women and young men need to1 understand that m oneris immune to this crime Of is not what you wear or what time you get indoors. A whopping 35 of all rapes occur IN YOUR OWN HOME! And a whopping 70 of all rapes are committed by someone you know, or someone who knows you. 75 of all rapes are planned in advance. Self defense is an attitude. It is a way of acting, watching, and thinking which is geared to personal It is total awareness of safety. everything around us...it is watching out for number one, and making certain that all of our loved ViUe 250-565- Prices Starting At Idaho game. SLCC returns home with a disappointing fifth place finish for the regular season and a first round elimination from the tournament. courses offered for women Self-defen- se " appeared to be unstoppable as she 3 from the floor and hit hit free throws. Ashley Miller scored 16 points for the Lady Bruins. Heidi Sorenson and Kristel Whitten each had 11 points for SLCC. Steph Harward played solid defense for the Lady Bruins and added five points. SLCC's power forward Laurie Crocker was held to just four points and four rebounds. Miller helped the Lady Bruins battle to within five points of SCI midway through the second half only to see the Golden Eagles battle back and put the game out of reach in the closing minutes. CSI will advance to face the winner of the Dixie College and North Source Home Source! With 8 Gal. Gas Work Wash Deluxe Wash Express Wash No Contracts! Call today 966-685- 8 V $4 $5 $3 $4 $2 $1 5 Without Gas |