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Show Soaring with an with the first-plac- e TODAY: 85-ma- n regiment, Clearfield paraded off trophy in the Davis County Track Meet. Davis associates cold weather with basketball, which may explain their big score against Woods Cross. Layton wasnt any kinder to Clearfield. REFLEX JOURNAL BULLETIN LEADER April 22, 1982 Tops lifted And Davis Unleashes The Steam There should be a law against what Davis and Layton did to their recent opponents. Keith Duncan Reflex Journal Bulletin Coach Kent Draayer of Davis knows that when something has been held down long enough, the steam and excitement it can let off when it finally gets loose can create quite an explosion. THATS EXACTLY what took place last Tuesday afternoon as the Darts exploded for a mirage of runs and completely buried the Woods Cross Wildcats, The victory was the Darts first league win of the season after three straight defeats. Junior Dart, Rick Secrist, was the man of the hour for the Davis team as he bit the cycle and completed to perfect evening at the plate, 5 for 5. Rick, who also plays football and basketball, connected on a grand slam in the first inning which helped Davis to an early 0 first inning lead. The home run ball was hit hard and deep to left center field, so far in fact he jogged around the bases from second base on. Once at home plate, the congratulations were enormous. 20-1- 0. 9-- SECRIST, WHO plays first base for the Darts, also collected two singles, a double and a triple. But Secrist wasnt the only Dart to get a prestigous grand slam. Davis senior, Ben Home, also collected one and he hit the ball so far it reached the street. Mike Snarr also had two more hits for the Davis team. KEITH Shaun Stahle Davis County Clipper Lancer Kenny Heath, who might be the finest catcher in the state, not only prevents runs, but noseplovvs for them. THE DARTS appear geared up about getting into the playoffs. They played Viewmont on Wednesday and were to travel to East on Friday. Chris Mackey, Doug Wehrli and Carlson were the pitchers for the Darts in their 0 win over the Wildcats. IN REGION One action, both Clearfield and Layton came up with Tuesday victories. 20-1- The Falcons got their first win ot the season with a 0 shutout of Weber and Layton narrowly got by the Roy Royals In the Layton contest, the hero was Kenny Heath who came on in relief pitching to snuff out a Roy rally that could have cost the Lancers the game had they not capped it. Heath also belted a triple in the late innings to drive in the winning run. 2-- 9-- 8. THE VICTORY puts the Lancers at 1 and just a game behind the Bonneville Lakers of whom Layton will play next Tuesday in Layton at 3:30 p.m. This week Layton must still play the Sky View Bobcats. That contest takes place on Friday afternoon in Smithfield. 4-- Layton jumped out to a 0 lead as Rob Foglman tripled and drove in two runs. Craig Kennedy also nailed a hit and drove in a run. ROY WENT ahead 3 in the second inning and widened the gap to 3 in the fourth inning. Layton tallied five runs in the fifth inning to go ahead 6 but in the seventh it was Roy who scored two runs and were making the comeback bid before Heath's pitching shut them out. 4-- 6-- 8-- DUNCAN Reflex Journal Bountiful wants another baseball state championin ship and Clearfield is just trying to be respectable someBrian Clearfields Wright hopes league play. day hell win a 100 meter dual against Davis Spencer DeGraw and there arent many baseball fans that will baseball clash. miss the next Layton-Bopnevil- le IT IS true that everyone, team or individual, must be divided into those unequal groups, champions and others. One of the sports oldest and fondest cliches is that there is only one winner. But is that really true? Lets share the story of Thomas Lipton, and Ill let you decide. AN IRISHMAN raised in Scotland, Lipton was bom poor very poor in 1850. But he was bom with good drive and intelligence. When he was 20 he folopened a small grocery store. Another soon he 35 was he time the and by lowed, then another, lowest at offered best He quality was a millionaire. off. He is a it prices with pleasant service, and paid the e and a man, of perhaps prime example best example of a completely honest and honorable merchant. Later he got into the tea business, bringing good the first time at a quality beverages to England for tea worlds company still biggest low price. The is the boxes of on his and picture bares his name, raised him from a milmere This activity teabags. lionaire to a self-mad- e. THEN HE got a new love in life yacht racing. Now yacht racing is not a sport for the likes of you and I. It takes the resources of a very rich man, which Sir Thomas was by this time, to go through the of yachting. It is planning, building, and competition and one that is process; a very involved, expensive else he like But everything almost totally consuming. Bulletin Leader did in life, Sir Thomas went into it with zest. And he enjoyed tremendous success. HIS YACHTS were the best in Europe for many years. One season he entered 35 races and an impressive number of 31 won their races. But for Sir Thomas, there was one race he sought and never won. It was the Americas Cup, and although he tried five times over a 35 year period, he never really came close. THE AMERICAS Cup is basically a ugly silver mug, locked up in a case in the New York Yacht club. Its silver content, if melted down, is worth a little over $500 but the effort that has gone into owning it over the last 130 years makes it probably the most expensive trophy in sports. A challenger from another country must build a yacht and sail it to America, then defeat a defender to win the cup. It puts a temendous handicap on the challenger, because his boat has to be strong enough to cross the ocean, then still fast enough to beat another ship designed specifically for the course. BUT LIPTON tried. Oh, how he tried. Starting in 1898 and continuing until his death in 1932 winning the Cup became his obsession. I dont know of any man in any sport that worked harder and spent more money to win a prize. IT IS estimated now, conservatively, that Lipton dollars to his five spent over 25 million tries for the Cup. And he was never successful. Something would always go wrong along the way. And of course, the rules were heavily stacked against him. But through it all all the heartbreaks and disSir Thomas alappointments and discouragement ways was pleasant and smiling. He never offered an alibi, never had an excuse, never blamed his builders or designers or skippers, and always graciously congratulated the men who were beating him and slowly breaking his heart. THE AMERICAN public loved him for his sportsmanship, and adopted him for their own. While Americans will usually pull for their countrymen in international competiton, their sympathies were with Lipton whenever he tired to take their Cup. The last challenge came in 1930. America had boomed as a result of World War I and during the 1920s yachtipg had made considerable gains technically. England, on the other hand, had a tough recovery problem after the war, and the boat that Lipton put into the water of Newport was badly outclassed. IT WASNT really a race. A tired old man saw his yacht badly beaten in three straight races. Still he never made an excuse, and offered sincere congratualtions to the winners who were them80-ye- ar selves a little embarrassed over the win. But he was obviously heartbroken. And then a stange thing happened; something that makes you proud of grandpa and grandma and the people of that time who valued class. The events of the next few months may make you wonder what winning really means. WILL ROGERS started the ball rolling with a letter to the New York Times. He suggested that everyone send a buck to buy Lipton a trophy bigger than the one he would have got if hed won the race. The idea caught on, and soon an avalanche of contributions were coming in from all over the nation. Now picture this! America is well into the biggest and worst depression in its history. Money is scarce, people are out of work, things have never been darker for many folks at anytime in history. And still, those same people are sending contributions money they couldnt afford to one of the richest men in the world! WILL ROGERS proposed inscription for the cup pretty well summed up their attitude. He wanted the qnscrition on the cup to say, To the world's worst yacht builder, but the best loser. The limit on contributions was a dollar but many could only send less. And in December of 1930, a beautiful cup designed and built was given to the the Worlds Best Sport. SIR THOMAS died less than two years later. Amid all the trophies and souveniors that his full life had broght, that loving cup was his second most prize possession. The thing he valued most at the end of his life was a scrapbook that had thousands of notes and letters in it. Not neatly written, typed business letters or correspondence from crowned heads and business leaders although he had many of those. No, this volume, that he so cherished, were notes that people had sent along with their small contributions to his cup. They were sincere, heartfelt messages of love and respect for a man who knew how to lose. THOMAS LIPTON never got the thing he wanted most in life. The prize to which he devoted 30 years and a large fortune eluded him. But because he played the game of yachting and life with class, what he did get was worth much, much more. So while its true that not everyone can be a champion, everyone can at least be a winner. Sir Thomas Lipton spent 25 million to discover that. We can learn the same lesson for much less. |