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Show Sports he SaltLakeTribune TUESDAY, September 5, 1995 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Page C-3 . GORDON MONSON By Steve Wilstein THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a tearful junior girl in the iocker room, Share Feeling: BASEBALL Page C-4 Small Lapse Can’t Stop Seles’ Cruise NEW YORK-~ Monica Seles consoled Utah’s Big 5 SECTIONC advising her not to take losses too seriously, then scolded herself for a tiny lapse in her longest and toughest match of the U.S. Open. Still undefeated in her comeback, Seles surged into the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory Monday over No. 11 Anke Huberthat took 71 minutes — the first time anyone pushed Seles past one hour in the tournament. Outgrunted but not outplayed, Seies took command early, racing through the first set in 23 minutes and sweeping 10 straight points in one stretch. She broke Huber io start the second set and thought, like the fans in the packed stadium, that she wouldclose the match quickly. But Huber, who lost to Seles in the Canadian Open,had otherplans. Grunting, groaning, shrieking and im Ploring the heavens for help, Huber broke back to 1-1 and stayed with Seles until 3-3. Huber covered her eyes with her hand when she blew an easy forehand onSeles’ serve in the sixth game, and she mightas well have kept hereyes shut the rest of the match. Seles’ one mediocre stretch was over. “T was a little mad at myself,” Seles said, “I had controlof the match, but then T let the control out of my hand. It could have been closer than it was “I just did a very weird service game My mind wandered off. I felt I let the momentum slip away from mea little bit That made the second set much harder than if I had wonthat second game.” As it was, Seles bore down on Huber’s @ See SELES, Page C-6 ’Boys Send A Message To Niners Losing Bites Losing bites. Ask BYU. Ask Utah. Ask UtahState. Ask WeberState. Ask Southern Utah. For one dark week in September, the season's first week, there was no winning in football, Just crying. Just a facemask full of defeat — and hurt. Andreality. And, in the days since, learning to deal withit. “It’s an extremely sour feeling for us, a feeling of serious frustration,” says Chad Lewis, BYUtight end, whose Cougars looked confused and clueless in losing to Air Force, 38-12. “It’s a sick feeling. We went back and watched the films, it was weird. It wasn’t even us. We weren't fluid. We neverclicked. We wereneverin sync. Dallas Opens With Destruction of Giants By Dave Goidberg THE ASSCCIATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Dallas Cowboys were playing the New York Giants Monday night. But the statement they made was to the San Francisco 49ers: We're baaaaaaaaack. And we're better than ever. With Emmitt Smith, going 60 yards for a touchdownon Dallas’ third play from scrimmage and scoring three other times, the Cowboys blew awaythe Giants 350 in a game that wasn't as close as the scoreindicated. The onlynegative for the Cowbeys was an Achilles tendoninjury to Kevin Smith, their left cornerback that coach Barry Switzer “You practice so hard, put so many hoursin, worry aboutit, live it, you’re focused on winning, then you goout to play and dose. You feel so... so... bitter.” After spring ball and fall ball, after three weeks of two-a-days, after a summer of lifting and running and sweating, after hours of hearing coaches preach their philosophies, after hoursof trying and wanting to believe, after a month of reading about media and fan expectations,after days of making unfounded and foolish promises to teammates,to yourself. . Losing bites. Especially when you thinkits your fault. “Ym disappointed we didn’t win,” says Brandon Jones, Utah quarterhack, whose Utes stayed close to Ore- Photos by Trent Nelson/The § it Lake Tribune Tarahumara Indians,left to right, Gabriel Vincente Baltista, Cesar Campos Rodriquez, Felipe Torres Cruz (a pacer}, Martimano CervantesFuentes, and Jesus ManuelGonzalez,will competein the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run. 100 MILES ON SANDALS Four Tarahumara Indians Ready for Wasatch Front Endurance Run gon, but lost, 27-20, mostly because its intermission before sending in the offense seized up like a bad engine in the second helf. “I’m disappointed in myself. They broughta lot of pressure We just needed to make the plays the best teams in the country. If they are going to be successful, they have to start over again, forget what happened against Air Force.’ Forget whatis real. Forgettheir ineptitude. Forget one dark week in Septernber. Rememberonly one thing: Losing bites. ©1995 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE When some 100 long-distance runners hit the trail Saturday for the 16th annual Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run, Engemann Gabriel Vincente Baltista, Martimano Cervantes Fuentes, Jesus Manuel Gonzalez and Cesar Campos Rodriquez won't be wearing expensive running shoes Had to Be OB or brand-name shorts and shirts as they makethe journey from East Layton, over the Wasaich Mountains, to Sundance. Their preferred attire consists of cotton shirts and shorts, bright-colored sarapes and sandals cut from bias-ply tires, called huaraches But don’t be fooled by the looks, Their ancestors ran long distances generations before the word “marathon” creptinto the English lexicon. The four men and their pacer, Felipe Torres Cruz, are Tarahumara Indians from the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua. Some 40,000 natives are scattered in villages in the Sierra Tarahumara, a range in the Sierra Madre Mountains known for the Copper Canyon, which featured a series of deep gorges that often are compared to the Grand Canyon. Because few Tarahumarans own motorized vehicles, they usuallyget from viliage to village on foot, frequently at altitudes above 7,060. “The tribal name of ‘raranuri’ means y Jay Drew LUT LAKE TRIBUNE Sincehis family is so heavily involved in showbusiness, it comes as no surprise that Timpview’s Bret Engemann has never wanted to be anything but a quarterback “It’s center stage,” says Enge mann, who has started at quarterback 23 straight games for the Thunderbirds. “It’s the position everybody watches.” A 6-foot-4, 225-pound senior who can run 40 yards in under five seconds and threwa football more than 69 yards with accura- A group of Tarahumara indians is choosing to wear sandals instead of modernathletic shoes Saturday as they race from Layton to Sundance. cy, Engemannis attracting the at- est 100-mile race in the United States because runners must cross a 12,600 foot pass. The winner, 55-year-old Victorlano Churro, touched the finish line with a 40 second lead. fast foot or fleet foot,” says Rick Fisher, the Arizona-based guide and interpreter for the Indians. “It's like they have eyesin their toes, a capability they've had nearly from birth.” In August 1993, three Tarahumaran finished in the top five finishers of the tention of virtually every college recruiter in the west “He's big-time,” says Timpview coach Chad Van Orden. “He's got to be the top {college} prospect in the sta’ Still, Engemannhasto convince @ See SANDALS,Page C-6 Leadville Trail 100 in Colorado, the high- some people he is a quarterback Buzz Get Waxed in Regular-Season Finale & Mo COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Salt Lake Buzz saved oneof their worstefforts for a day when it meant nothing. With the second-half Northern Division title wrapped up, the Buzz were pounded 18-9 by the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the regular-season finale Monday. Sait Lake opens the best-of-five division playoff series Wednesday at first-half winner Vancouver. The second gamewill be Thursday Giants Grant Simms’ Wish List the ballpark. Monday, the Sky Sox ripped the first four Buzz pitchers for all 18 runs and their 21 hits. Bill Wissier, Sean GavaghanandScott Pose — yes, Scott Pose — , were the only Buzz pitchers to get through an inning without giv- Phil Simms Kansas City ‘sronto 7 Chicago 14, Texas 3 . were in trouble when the Sky Sox col- lected three homers and four runsin the first inning off starter Marc Barcelo. Barcelo, 23, lasted just two-plus innings and was tagged forsix rans and 10 hits. The loss dropped the first-year Triple-A player to 8-13 and @ See BUZZ, Page C-4 season. Next: Buzz open piayoffs Wednes- day night in Vancouver. —_.. ters a week. However, it’s clear that the listed schools are genuinely interested because coaches call almost weekly BYU and Washington havealy offered scholarships . e no real favorites right now,” says Engemann. He lives three minutes away from BYU @ See ENGEMANN, Page C-2 Western Athletic Conference spe- Los Angeles 5, P PCL prospects, he receives 15-20 iet- Utah kicker/punter Dan Pulsipher has been named as the 2, Montreal1 Colorado Springs 18, Salt Lake 9 Vancow “Everyone sees me and goes, ‘Geez, I thought you werea left tackle,’ Engemannsays. Schools like Washington, Michigan, Arizona, UCLA. Brigham Young and Utah need no convineing. All are actively recruiting the easy-going Engemann. Like al! Pulsipher Honored Calgary 7, Tacoma 5 go 2, Colprado 0 San Francis! Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 California5,Baltimore 3 9, Milwaukee 6 It quickly became obvious the Buzz Beseeee3 i, nta 6, St_ Louis 5 ws SanDegNew 2, York 1 a0) York 13, Seattle 3 New Toronto 6, Kansas City 1 up just a walk. Colo. Springs 18 Solttake9 & Highlight: Haratlam hit _a grand-siam to highlight Colorado Springs’ 40-run fourth inning as PCL ends regular Cincinnati 6, Houston a American League eheer about watching the Pallas blowout. ing up a run, Pose, a regular outfielder, pitched the eighth inning and gave National League Dailas35, New York Giants0 leading quarterback two last wishes. Thefirst was simple. Simms was allowed to rur onto the field one more time, delighting a sellout crowd at Giants Stadium that didn't have much to ‘The second was just as easy, a final pass. . But this e& special because Simms threwit to Tiwieass Tayhis long-time tearamate. te totes to get some Joy out of it Nyee whatbetter Lawrence,” Simms said. than to throw 4 Ts beer: two footh: siesoca ines {10 Sen te tie at Vancouver, with the series then moving to Franklin Quest Field on Friday for Game 3. If Games 4 and 5 are necessary, they will be played at Franklin Quest on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for Game 3 are on sale at NFL The New York Giants retired Phi) Simms’ No. 11 field. I was happy.” No Question, four competitors likely will stand out. on Monday night and then granted the team’s ail-time ln See COWBOYS,Page C-4 By Jay Baltezore when the plays were there to be made, and we dida’t.Ill take all the responsibility. I have to make the pass and movethe chains.” Ordeal with the pain. Actually, that is precisely what losers must do, sports psychologists say. Absorb disappointment, absorb blame, then shuck both — quickly. “If losing doesn’t hurt, you don’t have a team,” says Keith Henschen, a aed consultant who works with proional and collegiate athletes. “You Wantthe intensity level to go up after a Ihss.”" °; Otherwise, your season is shot. “We feel like we've been kicked in the gut, like we have a bad headache,” §ays Danilo Robinson, Utah State defensive end, whose Aggies lost, 21-17, to Arkansas State. That would be the Arkansas State ranked 106th out of 108 Division I-A schools by Sports iitustrated. The ArkansasState that lost 10 games — includingall six Big West Conference games — last season, . “We've had badfeelingsin the iocker room,” says Abu Wilson, Utah State tunning back. “We've done a lot of goui searching. Now, we're looking ahead to next week.” Next week could bring more headaches, more soul searching. Morelosing. Utah State plays Boise State, a topranked Division I-AA team. Utah plays Stanford. WeberState plays Central Michigan. SUUpiays Montana Tech. BYU plays UCLA, which beat Miami, 31-8, on Saturday. “BYUis in trouble,’ Henschen says. “First a good team hands them their heads. Now they have to face one of said was probably season ending. The prime-time rout allowed the nation — and the 49ers — to see a Dallas team that looked every bit as good as the one that won two Super Bowls before losing in the NFCtitle game to San Franeisco last year. “They looked like they were playing at a different speed,” Giants coach Dan Reevessaid. The Cowboys led 21-0 at the half, then scored twice moreafter 30p.m. p.m dinalsBraves Baseball,Car- CGN) 6 p.m. — Baseball,White Sox at Rangers 44 rie cial tearns player of the week. Saturday against Oregon, Pulsipher ran 71 yards for a touchdown after a botched punt attempt. He also hit field goals of 26 and 48 yards. Fresno State's Michael Pittman and Air Ferce’s Briancee re- ceived offensive and defensive honors. |
