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Show It Lake Tribune Teams Share Owners, advertisers wantto buyinto both Arena, Season Local players are being signed and eachof the six owners — including Jazz player John Stock- Sports, not just hockey. Fan Base: Freezz officials are counting on a strong soccer communityto support their team. ton is using his or her ties to sell ticket The way Mouser sees it, peting against ourselves [for ticket sales]. But in retrospect. I've come to conclusion that, by nd large, hockey fans are hockey fans, men’s basketball fans are NBA fans and women’sbasketball ans watch the WNBA.These are distinct markets,” he said. would imagine it will be similar with soccer. While Mouserand crewfight to reach soccer fans without losing joyal Grizzlies fans, Howells and aff of the Utah Starzz of the BA arestill trying to reach omen’s basketball far The two-year-old franchise, yperated by the Jazz, is in jeop: wdy of being moved to another »wn becausethe Starzz only have half of the 5,000 season-ticket holders the league Two-Timers: zliesoffi cials say they picked the World Indoor Soccer League because aies can beplayed inan ice rink with some modificatior and because the season doesn’t over p wih the Grizzlies’. Yet, the 1 lay five home gamesdur: ny ie Grizzlies’ season. Thefirst wo monthsof the seasonhavealways been the leanest times in erms of attendance— for hockey fine, even thoughthereis limited knowledge about the sport here. Ontheother hand, socceris Pe 5 the same marketis to be involved in the building and toutilize the staff for both sports. A relation- ship with the building helps defray the costs of high rent, and hiring a staff for just 14 home «ames wouldbetoo expensive. Doubling the workloadof the irizzlies’ staff without increasing salaries could createpoor morale, but Mouser doesn’t think it will happen. “Most of my people are commissioned-based. All I have done xpanded their opportu: nities, eting desm: partment has found that itonas the crowd chanted“U-S-A! U-S-A!” Hamm's free kick from about 10 yards in front of her effort on the first goal was back-headed home byLilly. Seven minuteslat- er, Akers got her head ona cross by Julie Foudy as the defense stood and watched. Parlowfinished the onslaught with a header off a header feed from Chastain set up by Mil brett’s precise cross, But the ball bounced off Cindy Parlow directly to Milbrett, whose shot went in off Chiejine’s hands. ——————— been approachedbythree indoor soccer franchises and thought they could have madeit work,but didn’t like the season midsumeople just have too many s then,” said Howells. Texas Two-Step: The Salt Products That Work. \ Lake Valleyis not the onlyarea with two sports teams owned by Elmore. Starting soon, the staff for the ‘ Tallahassee Tiger Sharks of the East Coast Hockey League will run Elmore's new arena football team. 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Instead, the hosts poured ing youth hockey have given up on hockey fans in ing, and socceris over by then,” said Mouser. Howells and Mouseragree the only way to managetwoteams in in four min- utes, the United States could have @ Continued from D-1 Mouser. “But there are 50, youth soccer players. There just isn’t the learning curvewithsoccer which 's with hockey, Delta Center officials “have hockey games on the just hoping to book extra dates at Cup: Americans Rout Nigerians With three goals hockey in Utah is working just in Utah. It appears the Grizzlies October and November and are nD] J ON PASSENGER CAR TIRES samenight. Mini Tiller Fa100 * Powerful Honda ‘.Shp mint 4-stroke engine (uses regular gas) eg”tilling aieeaiane less than 27 Ibs.! $ Folding handle makes storage eany © Transport wheels are standard © Optional picires include aerator, border/edger, di tiscerend Ootnalthee © 2-year Homeowner Warranty Yarbroughsaidthe transition to both teams went smoothly. The Future: OnNov. 6, the Freeze play host to the Houston Hotshots at 1 p.m. TheGrizz take the ice at 7 p.m. Tickets will be offered for both games with thoughts ofa partyin the parking lot while the rink is being changed. In the future, three sports franchises could call the E Center home. Wearestill looking at the possibilityof Mouser. “ arena football,” said think Utah would support a team underthe right circumstances. There just isn't a league that we feel comfortable with right now.” The questions remain: Will the Utah staff be ready when the hockey season starts the first week of October? Will the Freezz drop off the earth when theGriz: zlies start playing? Mouser can onlyhopefor theright answers. [OUISAVINGS Not al dealers carry products. 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