Show m 4B Standard-Examin- "m Friday August 5 1988 er Sports Futurity ©Doses' to Seou was awarded a By ANGIE TIPTON added to fair 985 for her bar routine start and moved ©ne step closer to Seoul SALT LAKE CITY — Not even the inAnother Karolyi student Rhonda famous gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi Faehn threatened to swipe that sixth spot and his sideline antics could shake Missy from Marlowe all evening But the Standard-Examine- Marlowe’s rigid concentration Thursday night Salt Lake City gymnast The went into maximum overdrive and stcamrollcd to sixth place after the compulsory competition of the 1988 US Gymnastics Trials at the Salt Palace But Marlowe encountered trouble in the lurking form of Karolyi while preparing for her vault Karolyi the controversial coach of 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton raced over to the judge’s table to protest the 9425 score awarded his student Chelle Stack During the brief tirade Karolyi blocked Marlowe’s path to the vault She maintained her poise through the interruption and after Karolyi moved clear of the runway went on to hit a 945 vault It wasn’t her best vault but it was good enough to keep her sixth place spot “I saw him standing on the side and I said to myself to forget about it and go on” she said “I didn’t know if he was playing mind games with me or not I don’t know if it upset me I have vaulted better But I’m the one vaulting and I can’t really blame anyone else” Karolyi said he was unaware of his distraction “I was in the middle of shock” he said ” Those scores (a difference of 93 and 97 between two judges) were from judges who are strongly affiliated with some gymnasts” In spite of the tense moment Marlowe came through the compulsory competition with flying colors ‘ Ranked 11th after a somewhat disappointing US National Championships last month in Houston Marlowe needed a strong night to crack the top six She did just that after a performance on the uneven bars — her best event which includes a 1987 Pan Am Games gold on that apparatus Marlowe near-flawle- ss Race to honor ‘Buck’ Cuskelly spunky athlete from Murray’s Rocky Mountain Gymnastics held on tight with the help of a 95 on the balance beam and a 9738 on the floor exercise In the third rotation Faehn struggled through her floor routine and earned a 9488 which opened the door for Marlowe’s solid hold on sixth place Faehn dropped out of the top eight and Marlowe now holds a slim 085 edge over seventh place Doe Yamashiro “I didn’t know what place I was in until the whole thing was over” Marlowe said “(Being in the top six) is good and bad It’s a precarious place to be I’ll have to go out and not make any mistakes Satur- By DALE BUBLITZ Standard Examiner staff OGDEN — Weber County Racing Chairman Dee Cook could not turn a good man down When SL “Buck” Cuskelly called on Cook a several months ago Cook obliged Cuskelly’s plea to help with the creation of a futurity and derby to be run in con- junction with the Weber County Fair “He came to talk to me about the races and I wasn’t really interested” said Cook “But after all he had done for people there was no way I could tell him no” The end result of that request was a futurity that now bears his name the first SL “Buck” Cuskelly Memorial Futurity and Weber County Quarter Horse Derby Cuskelly died on June 14 Cuskelly gave more than 25 years of his life in active pursuit of improving racing conditions and racing stock Cuskelly had been instrumental in getting the fairgrounds track in place and planting the initial seeds for the eventual two races Cook was a proponent of having a county fair and horse races which made him an ideal candidate for the job “I’ve been here for over 60 years and we never had a county fair” said Cook “Oh we’ve had Hooper Tomato Days but no fair and races We couldn’t run a Weber County futurity and derby without a fair and we couldn’t have a fair without these races” After several months of organizational and planning meetings most of Cook’s — and his committee’s — work is done The trials for both the futurity See FUTURITY on 5B day” The top six finishers in these trials will represent the US in the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul Korea in September The optional competition on Saturday afternoon will climax with the naming of the women’s team It was no surprise that Phoebe Mills the 1988 National Champion dominated the evening Mills recorded a 9’625 on the vault a 9882 on the bars a 9975 on the beam and a 995 on the floor “This night was her best compulsories ever” said Karolyi her coach “It was pretty much business as usual” Mills said of her evening “I did a good job and was consistent That’s what I want to do Saturday” Another crowd favorite University of is just Oklahoma’s Kelly Garrison-Steve- s 243 behind Mills in second place The oldest gymnast among the 22 petitors 21 -- year-old com- Garrison-Steve- s round of 3940 — inscored a career-hig- h a on floor exercise the 9938 cluding e “I felt at ease” said the NCAA women’s champion “Tonight I was very relaxed and like I was in the gym (at practice)” Hope Spivey a member of the 1987 Pan Am gold medal team is sitting in two-tim- nd shows total Kelly Garrison-Steve- s third place and Karolyi-traine- d Brandy Johnson and Stack were fourth and fifth concentration respectively The men’s competition re' sumes tonight with the optional finals Leonard looking for comeback against Lalonde WASHINGTON (AP) — “I do what I feel” Sugar Ray Leonard Boxmg says sion has a limit seven pounds less than the light heavyweight limit “This fight is kind of a continuation of my lifestyle” Leonard said during a news conference “I told you guys some time ago I was going to try to retire I tried It didn’t work Leonard's last retirement came after he upset Marvelous Marvin split deciHagler on a sion April 6 1987 and won his 168-pou- Once again he feels like fighting and once again he’ll fight for a lot of money Leonard The signed a contract Thursday for his third comeback fight since 1984 This time it will be against Donnie Lalonde for the World Boxing Council light heavyweight championship held by the Canadian and also for the vacant WBC super middleweight title The super middleweight divi- - nd third title — the WBC middleweight championship “I’m going to say officially now I will never retire again” a grin- ning Leonard said Lalonde called The it “the opportunity of a lifetime” A key to making the fight was the fact that Leonard will have the opportunity of winning at least pieces of five world titles Thomas Hearns the only fighter to win four titles is scheduled to try for a fifth sometime in late October when he challenges Obelmejias for the World Ful-genc- io Boxing Association super middleweight championship bout The scheduled of of said Mike Trainer will be held in the last week October or the first two weeks November Leonard’s attorney A site has not been picked but Las Vegas Nev apparently is the leading contender The fight will be shown on closed-circuand television Trainer said he believes Leonard will top his previous best purse of $12 million which he it pay-per-vie- w got for stopping Hearns for the the undisputed welterweight title in 1981 He made a little under $12 million for fighting Hagler Trainer said Trainer also said there is no question Lalonde’s purse will top the record of $175 million for a light heavyweight title fight set by Michael Spinks when he out- Dwight Muhammad for the undisputed Qawi pointed 175-pou- nd title in 1983 Trainer said both fighters will be working on percentages but would not reveal them Asked what his percentage would be Leonard replied “May I be very open and blunt? None of your damned business” Asked the same question La“It’s more than enough for me I can’t count that londe said high” His biggest previous purse reportedly was between $300000 d and $400000 for his knockout of Leslie Stewart last May 29 at Trinidad in the first defense of the light heavyweight title fifth-roun- S California team wins tourney By TOM CHRISTENSEN Standard Examiner start SOUTH OGDEN — Joon Lee almost didn’t participate in the 16th annual Junior America’s Cup Team Golf Championship at the Ogden Golf and Country Club The Fullerton Calif resident debated between this tournament and another junior golfing event But after Thursday’s final round Lee was pleased with his decision to come to Ogden He easily picked up individual medalist honors and led Southern California to its fourth win in America’s Cup competition total of Lee fired a three-da- y 211 which was five strokes ahead of his nearest competitor He posted a eight-undcr-p- ar ar 72 final-roun- d score five-over-p- ar 9 the ball’ — Joon Lee team for a year and a half” Teammates Charlie Wi of Thousand Oaks Calif and Tommy Kim of Orange County Calif finished at 221 and 229 respectively Meanwhile Utah’s team could never get on track and finished in 2th place at 690 which was 32 shots behind Southern California JoWasatch High School’s junior-to-b- e seph Summcrhays provided a bright spot 77 for Utah After posting an opening-daSummcrhays fired consecutive rounds of 74 to finish with a ar y team-leadin- g score Both of them missed the tournament’s closing ceremonies to catch a plane for a junior golf tournament in Texas Will Huish of Utah finished at 243 Ed Fry att of Nevada and Northern California’s Brandon Goethals tied for second in individual honors at three-undcr-p- ar 216 1 “I passed up a big tournament to come here” said Lee "I wanted to win it (the team tournament) The whole team worked real hard “I played real consistently with only four bogeys during the whole tournament I made some great putts and saves This was the best that I’ve hit the ball” Lee was the only golfer in the tournament to get through the event with three sub-pa-r rounds Southern California slipped to 224 during Thursday's round for a 658 final team tally But the team’s earlier and rounds of Northern California 215 kept second-plac- e four shots back at 662 Mexico No 1 finished third at 665 while Washington was fourth at 667 “We are a good team" said Southern California’s Austin Maki who finished at 226 “We get along well with each other and we try to help each other I’ve played with this even-par-21- played real consistently with only four bogeys during the whole tournament This was the best that I’ve hit ‘I ar 225 the right “We just weren’t peaking-a- t time” said Summerhays who was a scmifi-naliat the 1988 Utah State Amateur Championship “We didn’t play like we should have I just went out there try ing to make birdies and help the team if my score had to count “I thought it (the tournament) was a good experience They (the event officials) treated us well But I am sure that was what everybody else thought" Utah’s Scott Brockbank finished at 228 with a final round 78 while Davis County’s David Summerhays recorded a 237 st Goethals said it helped that he had recently played in a tournament that featured a very tough course "I just came from the United States Junior Amateur Tournament in Connecticut which was played on a very hard course This course is in great shape and is tough but it is more forgiving" said the incoming Vegas freshman University of Nevada-La- s “I struck the ball as well as I ever had at this tournament My putter failed me But I played for a great team and enjoyed my- self” In addition Washington's Jim Buratto 217 while Salvafinished at dor Canales of Mexico No 1 shot a ar one-under-- 218 With the abundance of top junior performances the tournament provided a natural recruiting ground for Mac Madsen Weber State’s golf coach “This is good advertising for the Weber State golfing program A lot of golfers will now know where Ogden is and what it is like to be here" Madsen said “Every junior golfer will tell others about Weber State Ogden and the country club It is nice to have them all here Otherwise I would be out traveling 1500 miles to a tournament” The Junior America’s Cup Team Golf Championship will be hosted by the Northern California Association next year Brandon Goethals of the Northern California team blasts his way out of a sand bunker on the 11th hole |