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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS s Friday, July 25, 1997 Ullrich Is Close PAGE MORNING BRIEFING To Clinching Tour Spurs Signing Sets Stage BY SALVATORE ZANCA Mi TODAY:FISHING By Tom Wharton coming season. The Spurs would not disclose terms of the deal, but under league rules his three-year contract is worth slightly more than Ullrich retained his commanding advantage despite a 1-2 finish by Festina riders Didier Rous of The Festina team, winning its second straight stage, worked hard to detach themselves from Ull- Well Worthit Most Utah anglers have no idea that they can catch grayling in two high alpine regions. Many would be surprised thatthe state actual- ly plants about 30,000 of thefish each year. The hard-to-raise grayling are hatched most years at the Kamas fish hatchery. They are planted through theuseof airplanesin 13 High Uintas lakes and four waters on the Manti Mountain. “Grayling are expensive to raise because they are so small when theyfirst hatch,” said Dana Dewey, assistant manager at the Kamashatchery. “Youcan’t even see them at first. We get 12,000 to a pound of eggs compared to 2,500 trout.” The grayling must be fed brine shrimp instead of less expensive fish food. But once they reach a certain size, they fare well in the wild in high-elevation lakes near the treeline. Deweysaid the fish fight hard and can be caught using tradition- al flies. He recommendsa No. 16 yellow-black humpy. The fish regularly reach center David Robinsonin the up- or an accident. France and Pascal Herve. Work, But 15 inches in Wyoming. Most of the Utah fish run in the 8- to 10-inch range. Bill Self caught the Beehive State record of 1 pound, 8 ouncesin 1992 on the North Slope of the Uintas. The fish was 16 incheslong. Grayling are so plentiful in some of the Uintas lakes that they are starting to stunt. Dewey wouldn't mind seeing anglers keep fish to eat, though he concedes grayling arenot as tasty asa typical trout. Leeations where grayling can Roussaid. “Ullrich wasn’t well. We had 45 seconds on him beforethelast climb but no onewantedto collaborate.” and south to Michigan, Montana and British Columbia Qo FOREST FISH FACTS appreciate how important U.S. Forest Ser- vice lands are totheir fishing experiences, But the agency released some interesting ‘figures relating to its role in fishing at the recent Outdoor Writers Association of America conference in HainesCity, Fla. The agency manages2.3 million acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs and 197,000 miles of peren- nial streams. One in three Ameri- can freshwater anglers fishes on national forest property. ‘This contributes $1.8 billion in annual economic benefits and, at the same time, supports more than 64,000 jobs. QO FENCE PROTECTION Anew fence has been construct- ed on the south side of the Little Hole on the Green River downstream from Flaming Gorge Res- ervoir to protect riparian habitat by eliminating cattle and vehicle dmpacts. Division of Wildlife Resources information specialist Ron Stewart said the fence runs ‘Across the top of a natural bench A federal grand jury in Phoenix, looking for information about possible point shaving in two bas- U.S. Postal Service team is acting like it's been around a long time. It is one of only three teams with all nineridersstillleftin the race. Team manager Mark Gorskiis looking to bring them all — including Salt Lake City rider Marty Jemison — to Paris on Sun- day, a feat that even surprises the former Olympic gold medalist. “We are proud that we havethe whole team left in the race,” Gorskisaid.‘That is somewhat of an accomplishment.” Gorski won the sprint gold med- al on the track at the 1984 Los The U.S. Postal Service team onits seasonresults. It has shown the wild card was deserved by keepingall its riders in the race — including one as high as 15th Vaughn Already Shows His Work Ethic @ Continued from C-1 it. Known as something of a showman, Vaughn nearly gave Coach Roy Williams a heart attack back when Williams was recruiting him to Kansas, “I got on the phone and told Coach Williams I had made a TOUR DE FRANCE MONTBELIARD, Pace — ResaThro the Uh eof he Tear Fane — 1018 ie) ColmarMonteard ith Fier, country, eam, and winner Hh Stage 8 Daniel Nardelio Maly, Mape, 5:14 101s 1 Dir Row, race esi 4 hor, 9. Manvel Beltran, Spin, Baneso, same 4. Pemando Eseartin. Spain, Kelme, 24 mites 48 seconds. 2 Pascal Herve, France, Festina, 509 time10. Laurest Madouas, France, Lotto, 5 AbrahamOn, acne?ae ‘3 Bobby Julich, Sacramento, Calif Cot 516 Ale "‘are is, Demat, Teo, 187 Coley 125, Marty Jembson, Slt Lake Cy, US. ahfm 4 Laurent Roux, France, TVM, same Postal Mat ene, Sei, Bane, Serie, 24:42 time. 5. Angel Casero, Spain, Basetn, same (Overall Standings (After 18 sages) 77tebeCo, ay, erate Un, 1 Jan Ue Geran, Teton 2320. une 6 Jean-Cyril Robin. Prance, US. Postal 90-56: 10, Laurent Dufaux, Switerland, Fest Service same tine 2: Rated Yoo, Fey, Mh ma, 2023 7, LaurentDafa. Swteriand, Festina, 62behind Alo 2 ‘3. Marco Panta, aly, Mereatone Uno, 94. Jemison, 18:20, the race. Gorski said. “Now that we have gotten nineto this point, we want to get all nine to the finish.” A lotoftop riders are gone,in- Only two of the 22 other teams also havenineriders still on their bikes: Telekom of Germany, with overall leader Jan Ullrich and Erik Zabel, winner of three stages, and Festina of France, with overall runner-up Richard Virenque. “I don’t.think before the Tour started we realistically thought we would have nineguysfinish,” Rocky Mountain Revue summer league plays the Phoenix Suns at the Delta Center (6 p.m.). It'll comeas a welcome opportunity. “I was always dreaming” about the NBA, hesays. “I strive to be the best at whateverI do, whether it's checkers or anything competitive.” There's that meticulousness again. It manifests itself, too, in cluding Mario Cipollini, who won the first two stages, and world champion Johan Museeuw. Falls, illnesses and injuries have whittled down the pack. Yet the U.S. Postal team is in- tact. Some,like George Hincapie of Charlotte, N.C! (currently 101st) and Jemison (94th), are more than three hours behind. But theyarestill in the race. ingit alone. “That was the last thing I was going to do, comein outof condition,” he says. “And it tests your characterif you can get up every day and work out.” Test your character? Stay in school? Is this guy a role model, or what? ing camp working into shape in “T never thought I should be a role model,” says Vaughn.“Parents, brothers andsisters should be role models. ButI’ve been put but not with any assortment of personal trainers and strength coaches. Vaughn insisted on do- ing on that jump shot, the Jazz will be glad he did. Vaughn's work ethic. He spent time between the draft andtrainKansas andat homein California, in that position and I accept it.” Andas long as he keeps work- that included a $3.5 million signing bonus. . . . A Savannah-Chatham County grand jury in Georgia will decide whether Green Bay Packers linebacker Wayne Sim- mons will be charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old on her graduation night. .. . Two Boston College players have been reinstated and three others were given additional suspensions by the NCAA fortheir parts in the a gambling scandal in 1996. The school did not identify which players received which punishment, and a spokesman declined further comment. o BASEBALL Tooele’s Trent Pratt appeared as a pinch-hitter and scored a run in the USA Junior National Team’s 15-3 win over Canadaat SkyDome in Toronto. . . . Wil- fredo Cordero of the Boston Red Sox will not agree to a plea bargain that would jail him on charges he bloodied his wife’s nose andviolated a restraining order, his lawyersaid. oO GOLF Dick Taylor, whose love of golf led to a decades-long career writing about the sport, died in his homein Pinehurst, N.C., after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 72. ... Lucas Glover of Greenville, S.C., beat Derek Fox State, has issued 20 to 27 subpoenas to employees of Las Vegas casinos, according to news reports. - The Salt Lake Metro “Sophs” team plays tonight in a tournament at Indianapolis. Players include Provo’s Mark Allphin and ateur Championship at Newtown Square, Pa. Todd Miller, son on Utah senior golfer JohnnyMiller, of Henefer, Utah, 4 and 3 in the first round of the U.S. Junior Am- lost his match. Scheffer Jackson, Davis’ Tei Schriever and Kelly White, Bing- HOCKEY ham’s Jason Baker and Mike Higgins, East's Darrin Hammer and been to barrooms and churches, Hills High’s Josh Coe hassigned with the College of Eastern Utah. . . . Denny Crum said he may not ask for an extension whenhis contract as Louisville coach expires next June. Oo AUTO RACING The American Indy Car Racing Series comes to Suntana Raceway in Springville on Saturday, with the Kellogg's 100-lap main event on the fourth-tenths mile oval. Utah's Bret Deckeris in his second year on driving on the tour. Gates open at 4 p.m.; the main eventstarts at 8:30 p.m... . Tony Stewart wontite poleposition for Saturday night’s VisionAire 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., with a lap of 217.164 mph. The Stanley Cup, which has the White House and TV talk shows, is going somewhere it’s never been before — to Russia. Next month, the Cup is being flown to Moscow by three of the Russian players who helped the Detroit Red Wings win it, Slava Fetisov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov... . Left wing Vladimir Tsyplakov,a restricted free agent, agreed to terms on a twoyear deal with the Los Angeles Kings. Tsyplakov, 28, had 16 goals and 23 assists last season, his second in the NHL. o TENNIS Top-seeded Thomas Muster wasousted in the third round of the Generali Open at Kitzbuehel, Austria, by Slava Dosedel, 2-6, 6- 3, 6-4... . Defending champion Carlos Moya advanced to the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open in Umag with a 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 vic- FOOTBALL The Noy.22 BYU-Utah game in Provo is booked for an ABC regional telecast, with a 1:30 p.m. kickoff... . Warrick Dunn ended a five-day holdout with the Tam- tory over FernandoVicente. . . . Conchita Martinez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West tournamentat Stanford, Calif., with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over AmyFrazier. NaCMegs Ml) C-)a) Don't Leave Home without Your Leathers | icon ESI LEATHER, SUNROOF, TRACTION CONTROL, WAHAMICHT CO STEREO. CHROME WHEELS. IMMACULATE! ing a sweat. ‘My heart rate goes pa Bay Buccaneers, agreeing to a six-year, $8.86 million contract ketball games involving Arizona Judge’s Tony Reed. . . . Copper place — with three days to go. Only 140 of the original 198 riders whostarted July 5 still are in decision,” Vaughnrecalls. “I said sorryif it isn’t a decision he liked, but I'm going to UCLA. The phone got silent. I said, ‘Only kidding, coach. I'm going to be a Jayawk.’ "* Williams acknowledges break- ue somite from 56 to 156 and back down again,” he said. “I hadall kinds of thingsflash in my mind.” Some of them probably came [TeCRS)Ler)Ole Re OT) AENaa =o)7 Oo) Saddle Bags + Headbands true. He wound up theall-timeas- sist leader in the old Big Eight Conference, twice was named second-team All America and set an example followed twice by teammates recently by staying in school. “I knewI neededsomething to business administration, he has about $2 million coming over the next three years just for playing basketball. He might have made even morebyjoining the NBAaf ter his junior season — when he was widely regarded as a much valuable habitat type for Utah's whofigured himfora lottery pick wildlife, Besides its obvious value The team envisions the 7-foot Duncan as part of a powerful front line featuring 7-1 Robinson, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLMAR,France — In its debut in the Tour de France, the hs “We were becoming concerned About the damage being down to the streamside area by vehicles id a small herd of cattle,” said oger Schneidervin, a DWR fish- ‘Yo the fish and the health of water Laurent Rebours/The Associated Press France's Didier Rous celebratesafter claiming the Tour de France's 18th stage on Thursday. est and the consensus player of the year. He was twice firstteam All-American and averaged 20.8 points, a national-best 14.7 reboundsand 3.3 blocks per game his senior year. Utah’s Jemison Leads Team to Tour Finish Not yet. Though Vaughn is the proud possessor of a 3.72 gradepoint average and a KU degree in Bries biologist. ™ “Riparian habitat is the most in the NBAdraftin Juneto select Duncan, a center from WakeFor- a seven-timeAll-Star. Oo BASKETBALL fall back on," he says low anglers and campers foot ac fess to theriver. San Antonio used the top pick team Cofidis, finished third. the cliff east of Davenport Creek onthe east end and thecliff west Spurs’first game is Sunday. Colmar to Montbeliard, 108.7 miles. Rousfelt that other teams would help Festina’s efforts to speed up the efforts to leave Ullrioch behind but no one did. Ullrich faded little and fell behind. However, each time he needed help from his teammates to guide him back, they werethere. All the Festina riders work for Richard Virenque, the runner-up in the overall standings. American Bobby Julich, who rides for the French above the river and ties in with of Gorge Creek on the upriver ‘end. Five walk-throughpoints al- Duncan will play in the Rocky Mountain Review along with teammates Monty Williams and Cory Alexander, said team spokesman Tom James. The Rous had an advantage of more thanfive minutes over the rest of the field as he broke away from a small group halfway through the 18th stage from got a wild-card invitation based of eastern Siberia and over much of North America to Hudson Bay Duncan and Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich were not immediately available for comment. They were headed to Salt Lake City where Herve said. “We wereabout to shake up the Tour,” in the series of fishing publications on the High Uintas pub- Salt Lake, Vernal and Ogden. According to the book Fishes of Utah, Arctic grayling are native agentafter three years. “We tried everything to make Ullrich crack, but he didn’t fold when he was 30 seconds behind,” be found in the Uintasarelisted lished by the Division of Wildlife Resources. The booklets, called Lakes of the High Uintas, are available from the DWR officesin $10 million. He becomes a free rich, who weakenedslightly in the rolling hills of eastern France. Angeles Olympics. Now, heis general manager and director of the team that is only the second American-based squad to participate in the Tour de France. not No. 1 draft pick Tim Duncan signed with the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, setting the stage for him to play alongside leadsby 6 minutes, 22 seconds, andis almost certain to becomethe first German winner, barring a mishap Grayling Are Anglers may For Duncan-Robinson Era THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLMAR,France — Theriders in the Tour de France tried to crack leader Jan Ullrich on Thursday. Ullrich struggled, but he didn’t break. So, with three days remainingin the Tour, Ullrich higher draft pick than No. 27, where the Jazz chose him in June — but who knows? The samefolks last year figured he would wind up in Orlandothis year MIDVALLEY SHOE tL and LEATHER 1995 SC400 Santee$39,900 mS 701 SOUTH STATE STREET © 264-3636 6586 SOUTH STATE MURRAY, UTAH 261-2612 @ 1997 TAH FOOTBALL INSTOPPABLE SEASON TICKETS AS LOW AS $40 Aird species use these streamside Vaughn, of course, is perfectly pleased with the way things worked out, in spite of the wrist CALL 581-1 HyD4 Plant communities during some injury that kept him out of the Yayo] a Ne dma rel ee MTL Mare lero a hay seating in the all new Ric e Stadium in 1998 lity of rivers and streams, ut 75 percent of Utah's 370 of their lives. “People were driving every here, including in a couple of wet meadows. This activity was Dipping upthe meadows and dam‘Nging other riparian plant comPie Thefence will help con 1 the abuses to this area and ‘llowit to recover.” ~ Tom Wharton welcomes e-mail at; Wharton@sltrib.com first 10 gamesof his senior season and temporarily madehis educa tional choice look foolish "To be drafted by such a quali ty program speaks for itself, says Vaughn. “I always said I pat terned myself after John Stock ton. Now I get to learn some things from himthat will be bene ficial to my career.’ Vaughn's career will start Sat urday, when the Jazz entry in the Loa? HOME § oe ealAne |