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Show The Jim Murra Column: Endurance Dreaming THE HERALD. Provo, By JIM MURRAY (c) 1979, Los Angeles Times One of the saddes g up is the way ering You take young Paul When he was Alas’ It beca e necessary to make ving You know the story The struggle th liege. the early ba the way anda wked into alife The trouble was. he h guy his and start to live He was kea in Siberia who kept a pictu! eota n Cannes inhis cel ry rolled on He was trap Utah—Page 7 roles He didn t want 5000 than best friend got ather win the ped in chains of gold Fic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof boy in Clevela Bird of Youth. he always want to be somebody “Cool Hand Luke Butch Cassidy and the Sunda kept pushing famous race Suddenly, he was 48 years driver He could himself old. but his mes up g five someb: rig after he won, the French Gran He could affect a Nn ocle and ake the waters at Baden-Baden wi th “Mar Id driving cha did was go around kissing Beats stealin, ig. so the crowned heads of Europe Hecould g Broadway play It was a now he wanted to be a double date with the Marquis de Por Taylor, Sophia Loren Jacque set and Natalie Wood But he kept his dreams alive Instead of giving in to des] pair he kept telling imself that s y he wouldleave I'dlike And that’s how Paul Newman es caped the salt mines of the soul The Prisoner of Culver City At first. the racing was ten tle regional dashes arou England They used Balloonfoot™ e to call him in thepits. he New “Old He will be eal competitors at Riverside 1s Su ay in Los Angeles Times Grand Prix weekend which climaxes in a six-hot endurance run in which Newman and co-drivers San Posey and Jim Fitzgerald will face 65 rack teams Newman would ra But then he got tired of e r should n wil answer, First urself a little stock Monte Carlo Datsun. blow out the engine” " say and NO! NO! i mean in Actors Studio?!” And filme 1eaidi bea bac ia Timpview,Box Elder Tracksters Set State 3-A Marks By BOB HUDSON half inch to eclipse the three-year-old 6-11 was set by Orem's Darin Hovey Herald Sports Writer record of seven feet even set by Cedar last year Timpview’s Eric Magelby and Box City’s Kim Nielsen. Thompson sped ‘I felt good today,’ Magleby said Elder's Mark Thompsonset state 3-A over the 110-meter high hurdles in 14 33 My steps were good. | just know I records to highlight action in the to erase the year-old record of 14.40set could gohigherif I didn’t let myself get Coaches’ Invitational track and field by Timpview’s Markell Strauss psyched out.’’ (Magleby’s previous meet Saturday Magelby’s jump is the best ever by a best this season was 6-8.) Magleby high jumped sevenfeet one Utah prepster The state 4-A record of Maglebywas a picture of concentra- Juab Records Track Triumph tion throughout the competition. height My goal was seven feet.”’ LEHI’S BRENT MAAGhits the sand during finals competition in the long jump. Maag jumped 22-1 to win the coaches’ invitational title in that event Saturday. (Photo by Dennis Patterson) BYU Track Team Eases To Triangular Victory Freshman sprinter Brad Jackson hurdler Rafael Echavarria and distance runner Doug Padilla each scored double victories in the BYU Stadium Saturday afternoon to lead the Cougar track and field team to an easy win over Utah and Colorado State Final standings in the triangular meet had BYU ahead with 162 points. followed by Utah with 62 and Colorado State with 60. The Cougars amassed their points with one sweep the 400noter hurdles and 11 other first placefinishes. receiver on the football team and was involved in spring drills until that time.) Brent Hamblin, who won the 800 in 1:50.1, also drewHirschi’s praise as did Jackson and Ecchavarria. A speedster from Cedar City, posted a 47.78 in the 400-meters, then returned later in the afternoon to take the 200meters in 21.70. In addition, Jackson ran the anchorleg of the 1,600-meter relay which the Cougars wonin 3:16.96, roughly three-seconds faster than second-place Utah While Jackson and Echavarria scored impressive wins, it was the long Although conditions for outstanding distance running of sophomore Doug Padilla that seemed to caten the fancy the marks were just average. Former of the crowd. Padilla came up with a discus world record holder L. Jay season best in the 1,500 - meters, a Silvester came up with a 192-0 exhibi 3-46.89 performance, about half a setion throwaspartof the meet whichin cond ahead of Colorado State's Rich cluded entries from Ricks College Col Harris. BYU senior Jay Woods camein lege of Eastern Utah, SnowCollege and third several unattachedentries In the last race of the afternoon SophomoreRafael Echavarria came Padilla and CSU's Elliott Drumright up with his season-bestin the 110-high turned the raceinto a duel. Inthe final hurdles, a 14.03 clocking as he lead lap, however, Padilla pulled away from teammates Lloyd Jones (14.34) and Drumright who fought back valiantly Tito Steiner(14.97) overthefinishline down the stretch beaten by Padilla who Echavarria also paced his teammates had a 15:04.27 clocking Tapio Kuusela got things rolling in in the 400-meter hurdles, hitting the tape in 51.67. Jones (52.82) Gordon thefirst event with a hammerthrow of Rawlinson (52.87) and Carl Ericson 206-3, a good 10-feet than his seasonan (53.57) finished in that order for the best to this point. Chris Child easy winnerin the pole vault (16-6), and only sweep of the afternoon Jari Kiehas sentthe javelin sailing 236Cougar sprint hurdle coach Willard 9 Hirschi was, of course. pleased with Elliott Drumright won thesteeplein performances were favorable, most of the sweep. He was especially pleased with Jones’ 52.82 clocking ‘That's really a phenomenal perfor mancewhenyou consider how long he s been out two weeks (Jones is a Orem Netters Blast Alta, 4-1 lucky I've been sick all week,’ Magleby concluded. “I haven't worked out since the Provo meet (Tuesday). Maybe the rest helped the 2-As meet at Snow College Payson’s Jeff Carlisle powers through the tape as he wins the 400 meters in 49.85 during the coaches’ invitational track and were down 8-5 in the eighth inning because of a superb pitching performance by the Rams’ Con Ryan, who went the distance on the mound. Younger had tripled,’ said Pullins. “Then Bert Bradley had some control problems from the mound and the gamewasstill close. However,Cliff Pastornicky homered for BYU with Thomasaboard in the eight inning and then Thomas homered in Vaughn Law in the ninth with one out . “We really took the wind out of CSU’ssails in the seventh inning when Thomas bunted to put Ken Clayton on third, then Tsuhako doubled and Burton homered.” “The pitch was a low insideslider,” said Thomas who was mobbed by his teammates wearing inside-out rally caps as he crossed the plate for his seventh homer of the season. ‘‘It wasn’t the best homerunI've everhit, but it was the most exciting.”” and then from Burton in the seventh and eighth innings. The Rams went through four pitchers in search of a BYU's Rob Blyth earned his fourth pitching victory of the year with the win The hitting stieak carried over for Thomasand the Cougarsinto the Saturday game when the Cougars exploded for six runs in the seventh inning. but Pullins thought the advantage started in the fourth inning “The turning point camein the fourth inning when Mike Davis perfectly executed a squeeze bunt after Stan The Cougars received homers from Davis in the sixth and seventh innings solution, but nothing could silence the Cougar bats which accounted for 20 hits compared to six for CSU. Blyth picked up a save on the mound, but Bradley was credited with his eighth victoryof the year! “'This is the best CSU team I've ever seen,” said Pullins. ‘They have the best pitching I've ever seenontheir squad, but wehit the ball when we neededto.” The Cougarswill take to the diamond again on Wednesdayin non-conference action when theyhost Boise State at 1 p.m. in a pair of seven inning games On Thursday, the Cougars return to WACaction whenthey host the University of Utah at 2 p.m. in the first of three- nine-inning games. On Friday the BYU-Utah series continues at 2 p.m. and thenfinished on Saturdayat 1 pm Currently the Cougars lead the WAC Northern Division with an 8-0record, followed by at 3-5: Wyomingis 3-6 and Utah is 2-5. Wyoming split with Utah in Salt Lake City over the weekend with a 2-1 advantage Ridd Wins Sp.Fork Title SPANISH FORK Jack Ridd defeated Jeff Greenonthefirst hole of BYU's Larry Lawrence. Breit Hamblin and Utah's Colin Sawed were a playoff to win the Spanish Fork Amateur gol! championship Saturday Both menended regulation play with Tis a great match in the 800-meter run, although Hamblin bested the Ute by one-tenths of a second (1:50.58 to 1.50.68) Reed McArthur and Mark Giles tied for third with 72s with Andy Paisal, Colorado State long jumper Scott Skogerboe was an easy winner in his RoyChristensen and TomBashfordty ing for fifth with 73s Rounding out the top 10 were Roy specialty (23-8), and the Rams’ Randy wonthe 100-meters in 10.99 Steve Scott of Utah captured the tri Orem's tennis team clipped Alta 4-1 in a Region Two dual meet Friday The ple jump with a 47-2!2 mark, and was followed by teammate Tom Gonia (46results 5) TStuart Stilson, 0, det Todd Loosli, 6-1, 6:1 Next week the Cougars host LBret Carter, 0, det Scott Sudbury, 7-6, 67, 73 ‘Mark Wollgram, 0, def Tim Hall, 6:3, 62 WashingtonState and WeberState in a meet that will bring some of the Singles 1-Mark Franks-Greg Schmidt. A, def. David world’s finest talent Henry Rono and Trane-Doug Jensen, 26, 6:1. 64 2 Ruys Rowles McKay Stevens, 0. def Kerry Willlamson-Rod Samson Kimombwa of the WSU Cougars—to Provo. Fairborn, 61, 6:2 field meet Saturday.Carlisle also won the 200,finished third in the 100 and anchored the Lions’ mile relay team to second place. BYU Horsehiders Sweep Rams Five consecutive hits Saturday by BYU's LenTsuhakotied a single-game school record as the host Cougars downed ColoradoState, 17-4, to sweep a three-gameseries. Tsuhako had two doubles and three singles to combine with teammates Jeff Burton and Mike Davis, each of whom hit for two homersin the Saturday afternoon nine-inning game. The hitting binge keeps the Cougars atop the Western Athletic Conference Northern Division standings with an unblemished 8-0 record and a 34-19-1 overall record. “Axle Hardy made the difference in the first game; and our hitters made the difference in the next two games,” said BYU Coach Gary Pullins. The Cougars beat CSU 4-2, 9-8 and 17-4. The 4-2 victory for BYU on Friday had Hardy’s mark written all overit, as the lefty extended his pitching record to 5-2 with 12 strikeouts in seven innings. In fact, the first strike out of the gamefor Hardy was against CSU's Jack Upton, the nation’s second leading hitter. In the nine-inning homer by Marc Thomaswith one aboard. The Cougars 9:03.47, a full three-seconds ahead of Rusing OS times Saturday) and maybe 7-2 if i'm Wadkins, Rodriguez TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) — Bobby Wadkins, trying to emerge from the shadow of his brother Lanny and carve his own niche on the PGAtour, fired a 7-under-par 65 Saturday to tie for the lead with veteran Chi Chi Rodriguez after three rounds of the $100,000 Tallahassee Open. Wadkins and Rodriguez. who shot a 67,finished with 14-under-par 202 totals for 54 holes to give them a two-shot lead overthefield going into Sunday's final round. Both missed five-foot birdie putts on thefinal hole. Lindy Miller carded a third-round 67 to tie Wayne Levi and hometown favorite Rex Caldwell, each with a 68, in the runner-up spot at 204. Bob Mann, wholed opening day with a 64 and wastied for the lead after two rounds, could do no better than a 70 Saturday and dropped three strokes back at 205. Allen Miller, the 1974 Tallahassee winner, made a charge with a 67 to moveinto a tie at 206 with Jim Thorpe (69) and Bobby Walzel (68). “I'm playing the bestgolf since I won in 1973 at Greensboro (his last victory),”’ Rodriguez said. “Mycaddy . sawa flaw in myswingthatI corrected and nowI feel I am playing the best golf of my career.” ea Magleby said. Now. I don’t know. I think I can get 7'2 (which he attempted three Thompson powered past Orem's Matt Johansen, whohadbuilt an early NEPHI — Juab onlytook twofirsts lead, about midway through his 110one in the long jump byPhil Painter meter hurdle race and beat him by 15, and another in the javelin by Layne seconds. He later camebackinthe 300Christensen, but used its depth to meter intermediates and nipped power past Richfield and four other Johansen by one one-hundredthof a se schools in a multi-school track and field cond. 39.60 to 39.61 meet Friday Payson's Jeff Carlisle and Orem's Paintertied for the long jump title with a 19-6 effort. Christensen won the John Bestor both turned in impressive performancesin winning two events. javelin with a throw of 168-742 Carlisle won the 200 in 22.0 and the Juab scored 143'2 points in the meet to 131'2 for Richfield, 118 for Millard. 400 in 49.85, finished third in the 100 at 48'2 for South Sevier. 43'2 for North 10.96 and anchored the Lions’ 1600 meter relay team to second behind Sanpete and 242 for Delta Juab athletes earning second place Orem Bestor won the javelin with a throw spots included Todd Robinson in the pole vault, Steve Anderson (121-0) in of 205-11 and took the pole vault at 13-6, the discus, Christensen (10.4) in the the height at which he started after 100, Richard Winsor (5:23.6) in the waiting nzarly four hoursfor the bar to mile, Christensen (44.0) in the in- reach that point Other Utah Valley athletes who took termediate hurdles, Randall Vickers (26.4) in the 220, Gerard Yates (1- home blue ribbons included Lehi’s 1:55.7) in the two-mile and Anderson Brent Maag with a 22-0'2 effort in the long jump, Orem's Richard Allen with (39-8) in the shot put The Waspswill compete in the Snow a 55-1 shot put and Orem's 1600 relay College Invitational Saturday team with a 3:27.95 to Payson’s 3:29.0. American Fork sophomore Jim Gordon, who placed third in the high jump at6-7, headed longlist of Valley athletes who did well but didn’t win. Next Saturdaythe 4-A schools will gatherat Skyline for the Nate Long Invitational while the 3-As meet at Davis for the Davis County Invitational and Tied Mihi us He easily cleared all of the heights he at tempted before moving to the record Despain, Glen H.teh and Ken Cromwell with 74s, Arlen Peacock and Joe Cornwall with 75s and Kurt Bernhizel. Jack Noble, Garth Ford and Bob Schofield with 76s JEFFGREEN(left) and Jack Ridd battle over the championship trophy before settling the issue in a playoff. Ridd won Saturday's Spanish Fork Amateur and the trophy on thefirst playoff hole. Bill Madsen won the net division championship witha 61. Faamann Lesa and Don Greentied for second with 64s. Ron Nelson was fourth with a 65 and Jeff Lane finished fifth with a 66. |