Show I m STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SUNDAY AUGUST 5 1990 SPORTS EDITOR: 0 625-425- rf£lU i i i i it on the 1988 Winter Olympic course: “NVe are looking for young peoSALT LAKE CITY:— Jon Ownot afraid of speed en’s job Saturday was simple: ple who-ar- e and want to do' something diffestand in the middle of EasuCspi-tBoulevard and make sure rent than just play baseball and wheeled luges hurtling down a basketball" said US LA Coach track didn't run into anyone Dmitry Feld who came from the Soviet and Union to the United resident Lake Owens a Salt current national luge champion States in 1979 “looking for freeand other members and coaches dom" “It is very important to start of the United States Luge Association were in town looking for early Kids aren't afraid of speed young talent to develop for Juture They don't think about it like adults do We need the numbers US teams “I have already seen jl couple right now to develop our junior (of students) who sit naturally on team which feeds the senior the sled They seem to have a team" natural feel for it" said Owens Feld's assessment proved right watching a student make a prac- for at least one of Saturday's tice run “We like to recruit candidates young candidates because it “I like to go fast and this would take 10 years before you looked like fun" said Shawn would become world class If you Gaedcke 15 of North Ogden “I started at 15 you would be in it would be harder but it thought your prime physically at 25" is really quite easy The faster d run was simple The go the easier it is to steer" you with cones set up parallel to each it took a while for the However other on the road’s center lane on to students get a feel for lying a gentle slop with only a slight face up on the luge Most wanted to negotiate The wheeled version of the luge to keep their head up too high so (a French word for sled) is the they could see where they were Starting point that determines if a going “It is a very unnatural posperson has the aptitude or desire to try it on an ice course After ition” said Zianibeth Shatteck-Owe- n Jon’s wife and teammate the association completes its senes of six road clinics throughout who was also playing course senthe country they will invite se- try “Your first reaction is to get lected students to Calgary this up and escape You have to relax fall at their own expense and try See LUGE on 2C By TOM CHRISTENSEN r staf ‘ Standard-Eumne- k ol k y I 300-yar- Enn N CaimesStandard-Examine- r Jeremy Griggs 14 practices the luge on a training sled on East Capitol Boulevard Former t Green Landry says Bay Packers and the Raid- ers in Oakland and Los Angeles Harris Lambert and Landry last year was bittersweet were all elected in their first year of eligibility The seven additions bring to 155 the number of members CANTON Ohio (AP) — Tom Landry won two Super Bowls and played or coached for 40 years in the NFL But he said the last 12 months have been the most bittersweet “I got fired and I’m in the Hall of Fame all in one year" Landry said with a chuckle Saturday in his induction speech into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Landry who coached the Dallas Cowboys for the first 29 years of the franchise’s history' was his typically reserved self during the induction ceremony on the front steps of the Hall Joining him in the 1990 class were Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris and linebacker Jack Lambert Kansas City Chief defensive tackle Buck Buchanan Miami Dolphin quarter- back Bob Griese San Francisco ‘49er offensive tackle Bob St Clair and Ted Hendricks a linebacker with the Baltimore Colts True to form Landry said he did not intend to lose his composure during his speech "They're taking bets on whether I'll show any emotion The odds are very long that I won’t If I don't show emotion it’s all on the inside” he said Landry’s 270 wins during his coaching career in Dallas are exceeded only by George Halas and Don Shula But he said that after a record in the first four seasons of the Cowboys his job was in jeopardy “They called a press conference and everybody said Landry’s gone” he recalled “It turned out that (Dallas owner) Clint Murchison walked in and said ‘I’m going to give him a contract’ Now that’s loyalty that's support” Landry went on to win Super Bowls in 1971 and 1977 Three other times he took teams to the Super Bowl only to lose twice to ’ i 1 10-ye- ar the Steelers He looked at Lambert and Harris seated behind him and said “I understand now why Pittsburgh beat us twice Their whole team will be here before they’re through” An overflow crowd surrounding the entrance of the Hall of Fame wildly cheered and chanted each time Pittsburgh — just two hours away — was mentioned “If I could start my life all over again you can be sure I'd be a pro football player and you’d better be certain I’d be a Pittsburgh Steeler” said Lambert who spent all of his year career in Pittsburgh draft Lambert a second-roun- d pick out of nearby Kent State University was a force in the middle of the Steelers’ famed Steel Curtain defense that resulted in four Super Bowl triumphs Harris who rushed for 12120 yards during his 12 years with the Steelers and one with Seattle called Pittsburgh “the greatest team of all time” Addressing the partisan crowd he said “This was the team I belonged to a team that will live See FOOTBALL on 2C 1 1 -- Baseball fetes Jim Palmer Joe Morgan “There are a lot of guys who deserve it who don't To get in the first year is really special” During t(je '70s the only years that neither Palmer nor Morgan appeared in the playoffs was COOPERSTOWN NY (AP) — In the 1970s Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan could usually be found with winning numbers on winning teams Today they will find themselves on the steps of the Hall of Fame Palmer pitched in six divisional playoffs and six World Series for the Baltimore Orioles Morgan played in seven playoffs and four Series for the Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies Last January they became the 20th and 21st players elected to the Hall of Fame in the first year’ didn't have a winning season” of eligibility Palmer was named on 411 of 444 votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America His 925 percent trailed only Bob Feller’s 9375 percent in 1962 among pitchers "There was a lot of doubt in my mind in terms of getting in the first year” Palmer said er 268-15- 2 He pitched as a rookie in the 1966 World Series and shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 0 on a four-hittin Game 2 6-- er His career earned-ru- n average was 285 Palmer was a winner eight times and pitched 3948 innings without allowing a grand slam m the major leagues His chiseled good looks eyes and rugged frame made Palmer a matinee idol on the mound After baseball Palmer found fame and for 20-ga- sky-bl- ue By JEFF SIMON SANDY — Winners don’t rest on their laurels Scott Ger-ou-x took that philosophy to heart and refused to sit on his d lead at the Utah Open University Hospital While his competitors were out enjoying the sights and x nightlife of Salt Lake City used a different strategy preparing for Saturday’s second round “I went up to Wolf Creek and played a round Friday night” said Geroux “I always went up to play there (Wolf Creek) when I was going to school and it might be tougher than here (Willow Creek)” The ploy worked as he shot 70 second round v for a total of 134 or for the tournament Although it didn’t come close to matching his opening day showing he actually extended his lead to three strokes with only today’s final 18 holes to first-roun- Ger-ou- 18-ho- le two-da- play At sunset Milan Swilor was in second place His round bettered the tournament and competitive course record that Geroux had tied a day earlier and shared with Clark Burroughs Jay Don Blake and Bob OGDEN — Golfers attempted to bring the Mount Ogdert Golf Course to its knees during Saturday’s Ogden City Amateur but instead the golf course played like a giant and had golfers searching for answers — as well as a lot of golf balls Only one player Ogden’s John Van Vleet played the hillside course in under par His total of 70 was one shot better than Kevin Ames and three shots better than Mitch Hyer also of Ogden Van Vleet who played in the morning round plays out of the Ogden Golf and Country Club and competes collegiately at Utah State After beginning the shotgun start tournament on hole No 2 Van Vleet finished the day with a eagle on No 18 and then birdied No On No 18 Van Vleet drilled a putt for ar 1 er I right-hand- of Standard Examiner staff By DALE BUBLITZ Betley and Frank Robinson but I never really thought that much about being a Hall of Famer” He's thinking about it now though Palmer broke into the majors with Baltimore at the age of 19 in 1965 and by the time he was finished in 1984 the graceful had a career record base-ma- See BASEBALL on 2C Van Vleet finishes tournament Standard Examiner staff - Palmer said “I was around Hall of Famers like Brooks Robinson looking for answers strategy pays off ot “It was a disappointment if we Course has players Golfer’s two-sh- 1977 and 1978 tune as a baseball announcer and a model for underwear His career was threatened in 1967 by an arm injury forcing Palmer to miss the 1968 season Morgan's road to Cooperstown had a few more bumps than did Palmer's but he got 363 votes from the writers for 817 percent “To make it on the first ballot is unbelievable” Morgan said "The only players who are deemed great make it on the first ballot I guess that makes me a great second baseman" n The diminutive second started his career with the expansion Houston Astros where he played seven full seasons Not too many expansion players end up with an invitation to Cooperstown But Morgan got his break when he was traded to Cincinnati where he won twcrWorld Series and consecutive MVP awards in 1975 and 1976 Morgan batted 271 with 268 home runs and 689 stolen bases m 22 seasons “I went to Houston and Houston won the division I went to San Francisco and we finished two games out I went to Philadelphia and we won I guess what Perry Arthur hits a ball onto the green at the third hole in Sunday’s Utah Open But the day's and tournament's center stage still bethe longed to Geroux former Weber State golfer “I thought I'd gotten the nervousness out of my system with a birdie on No but I guess I was wrong” said Geroux “I had my first three-pu- tt in a long time (on No 5) for bogey hit 1 Usually a right - hander he switched to his left to hit the ball out one or two bad shots on the front and paid for it” The former Wildcat who wore surf slacks to torquoise-colore- d imthe conservative "break 9 reach to No bogeyed age” for the day But the turn he immediately regrouped by downsinking a tough hill putt for birdie on No 10 "It was a good thing the hole 15-fo- ot got in the way or it would have gone 10 feet past” said Geroux "I was happy with the way I played the back side” Swilor's showing was nothing less than sensational The Mountain View professional whose golf background includes a "Field of Dreams” beginning See OPEN on 2C 20-fo- ot his eagle “It could have been a lot betVan Vleet said “I had two doubles and a bogey” The sophomore-to-b- e at USU started the back nine with consecutive double bogeys Although he lives in Ogden Van Vleet said he does not play Mount Ogden very often “I try not to I play up here about four times a year maybe” Van Vleet battled with a hook ter” r- - MRsflaA mm jutjw under par on No 10 “You just have to hit it straight off the tee and I hooked it left then I hooked one in the pond” he said Most of the near 170 golfers unlike Van Vleet struggled early and often Tony Smith who plays out of Eagle Mountain in Brigham City struggled throughout the tournament and did not post a score Last week at the Salt Lake City Parks Open Smith — a nine handicap — finished third m the low net division of the “A” flight If there had been a scratch portion of the tourney he would have finished first “I think I took it (the course) a little bit lightly” he said “On this course even though it’s short you need to be aggressive The course plays on your nerves a little bit” On hole No 6 a par 5 hole Smith had a 10 “When you swing conservatively you don’t get through the ball Therefore you end up in the trees which I seem to have been in quite a lot today” he said Casey Bischoff won the low net category of the championship flight with a 66 In the “A” flight Lynn Mulhall was first 1ikfWkw nine-ovpar 80 division of th£r"'”'Jff?jgttt?'WIHjP Belnap and Jim Terry tied for the top spot each with a 68 491-ya- er rd |