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Show Sun Advocate Section B Wednesday, June S3, 19B3 "Mr. Motorcycle," Bobby Davis, right, gives the audience the grand finale performance as he jumps the length of 10 cars on his Yamaha 465 Enduro. Davis performs this feat without the use of a landing ramp. K:. Jv Below, daredevil Chuck Rios performs the "slide for life," as he drops from the back of a car and slides through a path of fire. ' Photos by Al Hartmann .f x - X X' Daredevils defy death at speedway i . v7 '-- . . t H ' '. . ' ' t U ' i 5 . t . I was doing a stunt I dont normally do where I jump the rt semi length of our truck, he said. When I landed into a pile of junk cars for cushioning, the car I was driving split in two. I was left strapped into the front seat and the front end of the car took off on its own. Anderson said he came out of it pretty lucky with only a broken By ANGIE HYRE ,1 Sports Writer Defying death on a regular basis doesnt seem to be much of a way to earn a living, but to a group of crashing through fiery barricades or performing d rollovers is all in a days work. The daredevils broke in the recently finished Carbon County Speedway Friday night as the Central Utah Stock Car Racing Association (CUSCRA) hosted Olie Andersons Auto Daredevil Show. The 250 onlookers were kept glued to their seats for 90 exciting and suspenseful minutes. Olie Anderson is no newcomer to stunt driving. He has been a daredevil for 27 years. His daredevil show travels throughout the western states every summer auto-transpo- auto-daredev- ils high-spee- W; Jte lr iV Jrs ; T t.. ' V g antics performing that include blowing a man up with dynamite, driving a pick-u- p truck over a stuntman and crashing through fiery barriers head-firon the hood of a car. During the winter months, Anderson ventures to Hollywood and makes his rounds as a professional stuntman. His most recognized performance was in the ? hair-raisin- ..J. 7 Sr W,V?3 neck and arm - st brett lowart Gumball Rally where he drove a car on two wheels for one mile on a busy freeway. Accidents dont always occur, but in the daredevil business they are inevitable, he said. named All-Sta- rs The Babe Ruth all star teams were chosen over the weekend and are now practicing for upcoming tournaments. Victor Chapman, who coached the Giants to their second championship season in a row, will coach the 5 year old all stars along with Gary Grubbs at their tourney on July 6 at Jordon Valley. Carbons first contest will be against Granger 14-1- 13-1- on July 13. 14-1- 23-2- 26-2- Kearns. old all stars will match up with Roosevelt in their first game at Riverton. The tournament will be held July The 13-ye- ar 2. The all stars will be Giants Joe Rhoades, Richard Jones Shane Smuin, Kelly Young and and Troy Thomas. Yankees Chris Olsen, Kelly Mortenson and Mark Grubbs. Braves Seth Allred. Pirates Billy Kennick, Kirk Woodward and David Jensen. Astros Kirk Reed and David Dimick. old Babe Ruth stars can win the Riverton If the will advance to the state finals on July 17, 19 20, tourney they 21 and 22 at Midvale. 13-ye- ar Upcoming feature In Fridays Weekender edition Rocky Netz will be featured. Netz, a Price resident, and three other Utahns attempted to climb Alaskas Mt. McKinley during May. Netz and the others ran into harsh weather conditions and began to run out of supplies and were forced to stop their ascent just short of the summit. Netz will describe the climb with a scenario of the beauties and the dangers of the largest peak in North America. day-by-d- ay McMahon unhappy Inside sources from Brigham Young University tell me that former BYU star quarterback Jim McMahon is extremely disappointed with early contract negotiations with the Chicago Bears. The Bears, who drafted McMahon in the first round, are passer a substantial bonus reportedly offering the and $125,000 per year. In comparing salaries with other top rookies entering the league from college, McMahon has deduced that the offer should be increased substantially. ar serious injury he has performing received as a result of his daring occupation has been a few sprained ankles. Whether are blowing they themselves up with dynamite or d rollovers, the daredevils all agreed they wouldnt have it any other way. Facing death is a regular routine and laughing in its face is what these stuntmen enjoy the most. high-spee- and crushed cheekbones. He said he almost lost sight in his left eye because of the impact to his face. Andersons show is a family son Josh affair with his and daughter Cindy are regular performers. His wife Joyce said Olie was doing his stunts before they were married so this life has just become their way of life. Josh amazed the audience when he rolled a junk car three different times until the vehicle could no longer move. Cindy, the only female in the group, dazzled the crowd with her expertise. Ferron Wyasket, Andersons foster son, has been with the show for 11 years. He said even though he is a veteran daredevil he still feels the jitters and nervousness before each show. Another daredevil on the team, Tom Davenport, has worked as a professional stuntman and doubled for Burt Lancaster. He said the hell-drivi- ng pre-sho- w Olie Anderson, right, gives foster son Ferron Wyasket a few highreassuring words before he performs the crash. speed head-odeath-defyin- g n Legion loses to Provo; sweeps Logan The American Legion baseball team has a real it is winning problem is unable to dent the but games, winning column in league play. Helper lost its fourth straight league game Friday night, this time to Provo by a 2 score, and came back Saturday afternoon to take two exhibition contests from Victories in Logan, 7 and not are going to have games on the districts any bearing allotment of three entries in the upcoming state tournament in early August. Michael Vea went all the way on the mound for managers Elvin (Fudd) Juliano and John Gianini in the game against Provo and came up with a creditable performance despite the loss. Once again the inability to mount a hitting attack cost the local team any chance of making a closer contest of it. Helper had only three hits in the game, all by outfielder Tony Gianoulis, two singles and a double. Gianoulis double gave Helper its first run in the fifth frame and he came to the plate in the next inning with the bases jammed and drove the Provo left fielder back to the fence with a long drive that went for the third out of the inning. Vea was tagged for two home runs, the first by Andy Jacobs in shot the fourth inning, a two-ru-n that broke up a scoreless duel between Vea and Guy Golightly, a Provo Provo added three more runs in the fifth, all unearned as Helper committed two errors. Bill Call connected for the second Provo homer in the seventh, a solo drive over right. Two singles and two more Helper errors allowed the visitors to pick up one more run in the inning. Call, a southpaw who started in right field, came to the mound in the sixth inning to put down a HELPER non-leag- Chapman will take five Giants to Riverton. Mike Smuin, Damon Gregg, Jimmy Jenson and Lonny Rice will try to carry on their winning ways. Astros Mark Nielson, Steve Vasquez David Lemaster, Jim Lund, and Richard Dimick. Braves Trini Herrera. Bret Gardner and Randy Smith. Kaiser Pirates Mike Beacco, Paul Lovato and Sean Simpson. If the 5 year old all stars are successful they will advance to state tournament play on July 4 and 8 at most 7-- 8-- 3-- 0. non-leau- right-hande- r. n -i -i- n i A A i ge Helper threat that netted one run as a result of four walks when Golightly lost control. It was Call who got Gianoulis to fly out to left to end the threat. Saturday afternoon it was a different Logan nine that Helper thrashed in two games a week previously in Logan. The first game was extended to eight innings before Helper finally won, The second game was a close encounter. Kevin Bouvier got the shutout for Helper in the nightcap, limiting Logan to five hits. Jimmy Paletta was the winner of the opener in relief of Eric Fox. Helpers inability to produce at the plate was the major factor in the closeness of the games. Four hits in the first game and only two in the second was the extent of the hitting attack. Six Logan errors contributed to the downfall of the visitors in the opener, a game in which Gianoulis had Helpers only extra base hit, a fifth inning double when Helper scored twice., Logan had taken an early lead by scoring five runs in the first three innings before Helper came back to go ahead The visitors managed to tie the score in the n sixth and take a lead in the seventh. Helper tied the score in the bottom half of the seventh to force the game into extra innings and won in the eighth with a single tally as the result of a walk, stolen base and two passed balls. Although touched for five hits, Bouvier was in complete control throughout the second game. He struck out six and walked only two enroute to the shutout. A sixth inning double play started by Bouvier himself erased a Logan threat late in the game. Meanwhile, Helper managed to parlay just two hits to the win. Both were singles, the first by David Dimick that did not figure in any scoring and the second by Jim Tidwell that fifth inning for came in a two-ru-n the winners. A crucial infield error by the visitors in this inning proved costly. Helper will make another crack at getting into the winners circle in league play Wednesday when Orem comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. game. Friday, the team travels to American Fork and on Saturday another exhibition twin bill is scheduled with Tooele beginning at lp.m. in Helper. r 1 8-- 7. 3-- 6-- 0 5. one-ru- j inn ini mi i -- f.- 1 - Hi t t . 'r , -- . A i s- - disgruntled Helper American Legion manager Elvin off the mound Saturday after inserting background, into the game. After the first game of the doubleheader came back to win in extra innings, "Fudd" Juliano walks pitcher Jim Paletta, trailing for most of against Logan, Helper 8-- |