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Show I I WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, REFLEX-DA- VIS MAY 27, 1981 Hats Off To The Coaches IU KK1 I II 1)1 SCAN limit some extra time they recently spent together going over baseball pointers. ERNON GRADUATED last year, so why would Meibos take time from his busy schedule to help a kid that wants to make it so bad it almost hurts. Perhaps it's because Meibos "loves kids." After all. he was once there loo. James Suitt and his coach. Gary Hansen aren't the kind to get real emotional about feelings, enough to let them get mixed up with the press. But you can't help but wonder how Hansen feels about Suitt and the progress he made over the past three years at Layton. It's no wonder that Suitt loved his three years there. Wouldn't you if someone w anted you to succeed as much as Hansen did for Suitt? BIT BLIORK mentioning specifics and experiences that envelope them, let me preface this piece of work by taking my hat oil' to all the area high school athletic coaches for a terrific year. From to the linal discus throw at the state meet, coaches in our area gave up countless hours for the benefit of our kids". Have you ever seen one of theii pay checks for three or four months work? If you have, youll know what I mean. two-a-da- CLEARFIELD wrestling coach. Scott Tennis also loves kids. When asked his wrestlers what makes Tennis stand out as a superior high school coach, they all reply. "Because he is willing to spend some extra time with us." "AFTER ALL the years I've spent here at Davis, there is a lot more than money involved." said Davis basketball coach. Mike Gardner. " There is nothing else more beautiful in this world than seeing some- HONESTLY believe after witnessing the track and field season in our area, that men like John Flint. Russ Jones and Tom Packer could make anyone's Hall of Fame. I became particularly close to Flint who led his Clearfield team to another region title and their highest finish ever in a state meet. I I AM continually amazed at how much Flint has done for "your kids" in his seven years at the school. The kids love the guy and they'd do any thing for him. The closeness is a bond that has taken hundreds of hours to build and would probably take that long to one's boy or girl excel in something, except perhaps if it's your own. Being a part of it all is true experience." Why would a Jeff Pearce want more than anything else to someday play basketball for Doug Moon and the Layton Lancers? Of course he looked forward to the chance of being in front of till those fans and scoring points. But I feel it goes a bit deeper than that. Jeff admits that he knew Moon loved to Coach kids and he looked forward to the day that he could be called "one of Moon's kids." VERY FRANKLY I believe we have some of the greatest men around coaching our kids." They know the secret of becoming champions isn't having bulldozer built lineman or tow ering centers, it's all in treating what you have with respect. That respect in turn brings roses and trophy in the end. tear down. Of every athlete I interviewed, the question often arose who had been most instrumental in getting the athlete where he was to that point. Not a few. but all of them became emotional in expressing how much Flint meant to them. "We'd be a bunch ofalso rans if it hand't been for him." was the often told reply. Some even shed a few tears in their expressions. FLINT, LIKE his other counterparts, spent countless hours after everyone else had left the scene. Those countless hours included putting together bulletin boards for "the kids." an attractive trophy case for "the kids." and some extra time mending or painting the track. Just ask Layton's Russ Jones Oakland In 81 PETE FRITICHIE Is Oakland on the way to a World Serieswinin 1981 barring a strike that wrecks the season? The As have started out as if that's the goal. MEANWHILE Kansas City, also in the American West, is off to a slow start. The A's have opened faster than any club in years and the pitch I By KEITH DUNCAN EXPLAIN it would be hopeless. You would have to be a member of this team to understand." said Michaels. No one except Dean Vernon, a former Clearfield baseball star and Coach Ray Meibos will know of 1 By Q "TO LOURING cents this past school ear was more than a job and paycheck even two weeks. It was mote than final scores and the usual comments you get from winners. For the first time in saw indepth what my years ot sports journalism. makes the dilleience between a successful program and a mediocre one. I witnessed special things, things many of you fans out ihcic never get a chance to see. I hey were little things and events that when added up meant the difference between a champion and second place. .VI Golden Glove Basebajl Clinic Underway At Davis High about painting the track. Coach Dick Michaels, in his first year at Clearfield. was awed by the devotion and special feeling that exists between Flint and members of the team. Got to loc those kids! Without that single purpose. a high school coach in this area isnt going to make it. or make it big. ing of Billy Martin's team, young and strong and consistent, is especially impressive. It's hard to argue today, as so many have, that managers don't have a lot to do with "making" ball clubs. Psychology is so much a part of the game, the winning attitude and habit, that a firebrand manager, who know s the game (and he must have both assets, not just one) can work wonders. MARTIN HAS done so at every stop along the way. Yankee management made a bad mistake firing him even though Martin himself sparked the dismissal with careless talk. Some of the greatest managers in the past have failed to win when hired by clubs w hich badly needed a pennant. Joe McCarthy failed for the Red Sox and Leo Durocher failed for the cubs. A Day In May On May 23, 1862. Stonewall Jackson's army was in its second day of its march down the Luray Valley of Virginia to Front Royal. BEFORE FRONT Royal. Jackson halted. He and his staff saw the figure of a woman in white running from a home below, keeping a hill between her and the village, heading the Confederate horsemen. Jackson ordered an aide to meet her. To the aide she gasped as he tipped his hat: "I knew it must be Stonewall when I heard the first gun. Go back and tell him that the Yankee force is very small-on- e regiment of Maryland infantry. several cannons and several companies of cavalry. ..tell him to charge right down and he will catch them all. I must hurry back. My love to all the dear boys-anremember, if you meet me in town, you haven't seen me d today." TOM RANDALL DIST. 137 South Main, Layton 3763466 I I 1 COLONEL HENRY Douglas. the aide, tipped his cap, and Belle Boyd kissed his hand. General Jackson charged, the Federals were routed, and Jackson, with a half smile, suggested Douglas proceed into town for more information. Douglas found Belle chatting with captured Union officers. She greeted him with surprise and pinned a red rose on his uniform. NEXT DAY riding for Winchester (Middletown and Strasburg having been freed), Jackson surprised Douglas by suddenly saying: Mr. Douglas. what do you think of the ladies of Winchester? 1 mean the ladies generally. Don't you think they are a noble set, worth fighting for? I do. They are the truest people in the South." Douglas blushed. So spoke the legendary general a hundred and nineteen years ago-t-o be killed at a year later. Mav of 1863. Its debatable who has more fun in the Gold Bat Gold Glove Baseball Clinic, being staged this week at Davis High School. Whether its the kids and their coaches who enjoy it more or the coaching clan that put it on is a mere toss up. THE FIRST session of the second annual event was conducted Tuesday with the final session scheduled for Thursday, May 28 at 5 p.m. The clinic is conducted on the Davis High baseball diamond. Clinic director, Jon Kent Draayer, says anyone between is invited. He the ages of also extended an invitation to the parents, coaches and fans to attend. 8 Skip Leo coaches at Davis after graduating from Caibon High. He played at the College of Eastern Utah and in 1975-7led Carbon to a region championship as a coach and a second place slot in state. BRAD HAWKINS performed with the Boston Red Sox for three years in the outfield. Before turning pro he honors in made baseball at Weber State and BYU. This past season he led the Layton Lancers to a region championship in his first year as a head baseball coach. Jon O'Dell was a New York Mets outfielder for five years. He graduated from Davis in 1960 and later attended WSC. As a professional he won the Minor League Silver Glove Award as an outfielder. He coached baseball at Bountiful for five years. as the head coach of the Weber State baseball program for six years where he led three teams to conference championships. turning double plays and Gardner will conclude the final session with tips on playing first and third base. 6 JOHN NOREIGA once THE FOLLOWING is a short background sketch on each of the featured clinic specialists. pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and stayed with the Reds organization for six years. He was managed by Dave Bristol and Sparky Anderson and in 1970 was voted a full share of the World Series money. Draayer graduated from Davis in 1957 where he captained a baseball team to a region championship. Later he participated in a junior college Steve Gardner presently coaches baseball at Bonneville High. He played four yeavs with the Houston Astros and before that was a nember of three conference champion baseball teams at WSC. His senior year he was voted captain and later the most valuable player. world series with Weber Junior College. KENT LATER attended the U. of U. and in 1963 became a graduate assistant baseball coach. For the past 15 years he has coached at Davis High where he led his 1977 group to a state championship. Blaine Sylvester played four years with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He served JOHN ROBISON also coaches at Davis High. He played for the U . of U in 97 1 . 1 . A COST of $3 per person is the only charge. Group and family rates are also available. The clinic features such Americas Lumber Store baseball names as Blaine m AMSJ'J'JMJ Sylvester, John Noreiga, Jon ODell, Steve Gardner, John Robison, Skip Leo, Brad Hawkins, Kent Draayer and Dee Burton. THE CLINIC will continue to be held on Thursday even if bad weather prevails. Draayer says it will then be moved to the fieldhouse. Tips on outfield play will be given by O'Dell on Thursday while Dee Burton and Hawkins will demonstrate some pointers on hitting. Noreiga will give some help to those interested in pitching, Leo will lend some tip on catching, Robison will work with second baseman and shortstops in SALEIDATESBMAY12 OperiMemoriallDayiiMonday Interest Focused On 25.59 American STUDS League 1.19. x4 x925a 2 PETE FRITCHIE The Major League season begins with interest focused on the American League East di- vision. Thats because the Yankees continue to spend awesome sums, picking up players like Dave Winfield, to assure the club of victory on the diamond. ITS ALSO because this division is probably the toughest in baseball. It contains the Yankees, almost always a power, the Baltimore Orioles, ditto, who almost caught the Yankees last year, the Milwaukee Brewers, who have a chance at their division title this year, plus other contenders. Among them are Sparky new-pow- Andersons Detroit Tigers, who did so well in the Grapefruit League in recent weeks. Sparky thinks they are in the pennant fight for real. Also, in this tough division are the Boston Red Sox, now managed by Ralph Houk. HOUK TOLD the writer recently he thought he had the best relief pitching in the division, that the Red Sox would score runs, that fans didn't realize what they had gained in the way of new talent, in losing such stars as Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn and Dick Burleson. Of the six, the Indians and Blue Jays might be the only two not considered to have a shot at first place. But even the Blue Jays are improved. 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