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Show Page 1C North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, July 20, 1983 F(sii5flis y SCOTT MONSIN Raviaw Canwpcndcnt ' tices and games and also must Over the past few years interest in exercising and physical conditioning has steadily grown throughout the country, as well as here in Utah. However, in the Davis County area, one of the fastest growing areas of the state, public physical activity facilities are lacking, especially in the central part of the area. There are only two public re- creation centers within reasonable reach of area residents: One in Roy and Bountiful city recreation center." There are few public facilities in the Kaysville to Clearfield area other than outdoor swim- ming pools. The Bountiful center, al- though not a complete facility yet, is used heavily throughout the year. Bountiful has the areas only ice rink and it is operated up to 20 hours a day in the winter and the citys swim- ming pool has as many as 400 people a day using the facility . 'during the summer. Also featured are weight rooms and racquetball courts. The only thing we are lack-- , ing are more courts and a gymnasium, said John Miller, di-rector of the ice rink. In our plan, we have six new racquetball courts that will be 'added. In the summer months the two courts are enough, but in the winter we wont have any trouble filling eight courts. There are no plans at this 'time for adding a gym to the , two - five-ye- - ar I complex, Miller said. ,, Probably the most frequently " used of the center is the ice - arena.part Being the only ice rink in the Davis area, the ice surface used for all local hockey prac H is accommodate the increased public interest in winter sports. The ice is used from about six in the morning until after midnight almost every night so we are only closed about four or five hours a day, Miller said. There is a new rink being built in Ogden, which should be ready this winter, and that will really take the pressure off us, even more so than the new rinks that have been built in Salt Lake. The Roy Complex offers a full range of physical activity facilities (except an ice rink) including an indoor swimming pool, gym, weights and, as is the case in Bountiful, only two courts. In Layton, indoor sports facilities are limited to one old, small swimming pool. We most definitely need a facility here in Layton, said Carter Cook, Layton City recreation supervisor. All we have right now is the National Guard Armory, which we share with the schools and the National Guard. But all it is is a small gym floor, Cook continued. We cant use the lockers or any other part of the building. We have to run all of our little league basketball there. Its too bad too, because interest in physical conditioning has really taken off. Two years ago the voters of Layton had an opportunity to build the largest and most modern public recreation facility in the state, but voted it down in a subsequent bond election. Sometimes people think of a complex as just a gym, Cook said. But we planned a very large facility, second to none in the state, with a jogging track, inning of a There used to be a time when the ft rules of a game were sacred. Oh, the was widened in basketball and y lane spearing was outlawed in football but, generally, rules were rules and you ' didnt mess around with them. , But now changing the rules of the ritual. game is an annual Owners and Commissioners meet in , hotels, trying to improve their games by stroking typewriter keys. Not that all change is bad. Rules need to be updated periodically. But instead of worrying about drawing more lines on a basketball court, adding statistics to the box score and making it easier for a football team to game-winnin- ' game-winnin- seen IHIots mbs crime rate. It would be easier for people to get into better condition and stay that way, Cook continued. My father has had two heart attacks and I wonder if a facility was available if he and others could avoid these things from happening. I feel that if it saves a life or keeps a youth from getting into trouble it would be worth the cost. I realize that not everyone would use the complex, and those people dont want to pay for it, but I think everyone would benefit from it. 5WF y3U CAN The city has plans to build a new swimming pool, which would be larger than the existing structure. The need for the pool is just as critical as for the recreation center, according to Cook. The old pool is expensive to operate because of its age and it is so small and crowded that it is hard to swim. All you can do is just stand there in the the warning? Throw the guy out. It would put an end to the idiocy that has existed in baseball with reasoning like Well, he threw at my guy so I have to throw at two of his. On the second offense, suspend the pitcher, and on the third throw him out of baseball for a year. Does baseball have to wait until someone is seriously injured be water to cool off, he said pass blocking. Under this rule, Truman Capote could step in as right guard for the Chargers. Its another attempt by football officials to strengthen the offensive side of the game. But good taps enjoy seeing a defensive game rather than two linemen push each other with their hands. Football is supposed to be 260-pou- ime(s) ii??Tumey Ar Gym . issue, according to Cook. We would like to bring it up before the voters again in the future, he said. But it probably wont be as big a project as the last one. We are a little hesitant because last time we put a lot of work into it and people told us they were behind us but they didnt come through in the election. Right now we have a senior citizen group that goes to Clearfield several times a week. It would be nice if we had a pool here for them so they dont have to leave town just to exercise, said Cook. Although there are no definite plans to build a new complex at this time, it may not be a dead FOOTBALL Pass Blocking Abolish that absurd rule that allows an offensive lineman to extend his hands while 'ig 10 PnO OUSTT?tt fore putting an end to it? And why, after dodging a 90 mph fastball less than an inch from their heads, do hitters drop their bats and then run for the mound. As the rule Ik now, a The, sacrifice player who bunts a man from second to third is awarded a sacrifice, but a player who hits the ball to the right side of the infield, also advancing the runner, is not. Both players have given themselves up, or sacrificed, and the scorecards should read that way. game. A more approp- three holes after the ninth. On By BARRY KAWA cost, but Cook said he didnt know if they would eventually pay for the facility. However, Cook pointed to many other benefits that he felt would have been derived from the center that would have justified the cost. Hlf people get robbed they are always the first people to complain that why dont we have something for the youth to do besides get into trouble, he said. I think it is possible that a facility like this could lessen the - go-ahe- . built. Obviously, admission charges would have to help defray the building and operation umpire warned someone for throwing a spitter other than Gaylord Perry? And if you think hes the only guy throwing the pitch, I have some land in Honduras Id like to sell you. (Not to be The knockdown pitch confused with the brush back pitch.) An umpire can now warn a pitcher about a knockdown pitch and eject the next pitcher who throws one. But why Batted In It must have taken baseball geniuses all of 10 minutes to come up with this one. Under this rule, a player who drives in the g run is credited with a RBI, even if that RBI came in the first i racquetball courts, along with the gym and pool. Cook admitted the size of the project may have been its downfall. I think it may have been just too big for the voters to accept. It kind of took their breath away, but if we were to build another center now, we would get much less for the same amount of money it would have cost us. Cook estimated that the average home owners property tax bill would have increased about $75 a year had the complex been game-winnin- score, the Powers of Change should consider the following rule changes. g Run BASEBALL: The " 0 13 ras, in This Are b riate alternative, and a more meaningful statistic, which has been suggested by several people, is to credit a player g RBI only after with a the sixth inning, when it will usually be more important. Make it legal again. The spitter What could be more natural than a man using his own saliva to make a pitch more than a transient? Grease and other artificial lubricants should still be outlawed, as should the scuffed or cut baseball that can be thrown. Admittedly, this change may be only superficial. When was the last time an off-seas- , " 20-- yens, hitting sport, not a class in sensitivity training. The Incomplete Pass The clock now stops after every incomplete pass, which rewards the offensive team for its incompetence, particularly in the last minutes of a game. The rule should be changed so that the clock stops for a completed pass in the last four minutes of each half, rewarding a the offense for a good play and penalizing it by running the clock on an incomplete pass. BASKETBALL I dont suggest any rule changes. The game has been prostituted enough by idiotic rules such as the timeout and the interpretation of the charge rule. What basketball needs is consistent officiating, not more rules. Say, this rule changing is pretty fun stuff. Lets say all of us get together in Hawaii around the first of the year and see what we can come up with. And dont forget your rulebooks and Vcv Cay Q:o Pinna, ZJo PGWfidb pulled even with only one hole Rtvw left to play. With his Arnold the 10th, Bosen had a : Traditionally, the United for an easy par while Miles had Palmer style go for broke to halve play, Cromwell crashed a drive States Golf Association to make a long Gl3 er toughens its tournament i of the hole. When Miles canned his and a stunned Bosen tapped his in, the momentum shifted to Miles side. Miles finished with a 31 on the back nine, including five birdies on the last seven holes to advance to the quarterfinals. Bosen said he was only a little disappointed by the defeat, but got a big thrill when he saw his name in the New York Times the next day. Bosen had qualified for the Public Links by winning a statewide qualifying tournament at the Davis County Golf Course on June 23. He shot rounds of 71 and 67 and won a play off to qualify. The Public Links is a special tournament of the USGA since it allows every public course golfer in the country to have a chance to tee it up in a national tournament. In the Utah State Amateur held last week at the Wolf Creek Country Club in Eden, .Roys Ken Cromwell lived by the sword and died by the sword. Cromwell, 44, was four holes down with only seven left to match play in his against BYU golfer Craig courses to let the cream the crop rise to the top. Centervilles Kurt Bosen proved he is 100 percent Grade A after last weeks USGA Public Links Championship in Colt Neck, N.J. Bosen posted rounds of 6 to tie for 12th in the qualifying and played well in the match-.- . play portion involving 64 final-- v ists. In the opening round, play-- j ed over the Robert Trent Jones- t designed Hominy Hills Golf " ; Course, Bosen defeated Donald 1 Berry of Roseville, Minn., 4 and 3. In a match-pla- y format, play-er- s win as to many holes as try ' they can rather than shooting " the lowest score possible. - Winning by 4 and 3 means that Bosen won the match when he led by four holes with only three remaining to be played. He then ' was eliminated by Michael in Miles of Cypress, Calif. the second round. At first, I was kind of wor-- ; ried and could see myself finishdead last, Bosen said upon ' ing his return to Utah Sunday. But I played well and was under , ; total control of my game. It was for sure the funnest tournament Ive ever played in. ' Bosen never trailed in his first match with Berry and closed on the 15th hole. In the , him out ; match with Miles, Bosen led by 73-7- - ; ; 2-- ( first-roun- d Wilson. ; , Cromwell came within a putt of achieving one of the greatest comebacks ever seen in the State-Atourney. With birdies on holes, 12, 13, 15 and 17, he m down the middle on number 18. He then lofted a sand wedge to 40 feet below the hole, but unfortunately his aggressive play, which had brought him back in the match, proved to be his undoing. Cromwell stroked his birdie putt 6 feet past the hole and marked. Wilson then sank a difficult putt for his par and Cromwell was unable to match the effort. It was a very in- Cromwell said. I hit too good of a first putt trying to make sure it got to the hole. I really was determined to make that first putt. Cromwell, the low medalist in the Northern Regional Qualifying at Valley View Golf Course in Layton on June 24, posted glorious ending, 5 at qualifying rounds of Wolf Creek to tie for 10th and earn a spot in the match-pla- y finals. The low 32 scores qualified for the second half of the tourney. Cromwell reached the finals of the State-Ain 1975 and the s in 1980. Im not use to making excuses, but I prefer stroke play to match play, he said. 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