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Show I Sun Chronicle Thursday, April 8, 1976 Rain wiped out the Rov Roals Region One scheduled contest with the Bear River Bears on luesday. Coach Fred Thompson andhis hopeful nine were prepared to take the field on Wednesday afternoon if the weather conditions held back and the diamond had a chance to swallow in some of this untimely moisture that has drenched the Royal's Page 1 of action taken trom last weeKenas double leader. Here Roy's . but the Royals were victorious over Layton swing. Clearfield bested Roy D VIEW 8-- Rick Stonehocker gathers L0ge pOoy In last weekends baseball play, Hoy blew by Layton 16-- in the first end of a day time doubleheader. In the second 9 Credit to inventor Just who deserves the credit as the creator of modern baseball? Looking into the chronicles of the summer sport, it was found to be young surveyor by the name of Alexander Cartwright. A Knickerbocker Baseball Club was formed that year and Cartwright, a member, was given the job of laying out a diamond and devising the rules of play. Cartw right placed the bases 90 feet apart, set up the loul lines, settled on nine players to a team and three outs to an inning and even three strikes to a batter! A rule was added that a base runner also could not be put out by throwing the ball at him. The first game was played at Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846, between the Knickerbockers and a team called the New York Nine. Cartw right was the umpire and, ironically, his team ! was trounced laid down the basic principles but it Cartwright before until nearly 1900 took half a century baseball was played the way we know it today. 23-1- At this time in the sports year, many of the true-blu- e athletes are involved in spring sports. But probably the next most important thing that occupies each high school athletes mind, is where he plans to attend college the following season. There are a handful of local prepsters that will be attending universities for sure, and then again there are others who really have little idea what they plan to do in the tollowing years. I recently tried to talk with most of the local preps and tried to get an idea where they were headed next year. Of course this reporting is not 100 percent official and later in the season 1 hope to give you a complete rundown on where everyone is headed. Some of the preps have decided for good where they want to attend college. Two of them are from Roy High, Mike in spring McCoy and Mike Fosmark. McCoy participates baseball and track with the Royals and has already signed to plav with the Utah State Aggies in football. His mother and the rest of the family are excited that he stayed within the state to show off some of his exciting moves, just as he did this past grid iron season with Roy. The other Mike seems about twice as big and if youve ever is another got hit by him you surely know it. Mike Fosmark was with Fosmark Utah to State. who has play signed Royal Weber State and Utah State but of BYU, U, theU pondering chose the northern most school because that particular university offered more outdoor adventures than the other three. Fosmark is fond of wildlife and forestry. Kevin Thompson, another Roy High grid hero, has recently he is definitely signed with Utah State also. His mother says a few weeks and deciding jew finally after waiting now, going is enjoying life and participating Kevin moment, the At ago. on Coach Jim Maws track and field team. end and sometimes used ball Greg Panfiloff, the huge tight rely group green youngsters to carry much of the team's lortunes this time around Coach Painter has several returning starters hum last season, and hes hoping to improve on last year's league record. Another veteran Another veteran is second-basemaLv 1111 Jackson, w hile other probable starters include Jett Messerly at shortstop, Marty Denney or Mark Jenkins at third base, Jed Skeen in rightfield, and either Carl Cook, Frank Shaw or Mark Smith in let I held Pitching is somewhat thin, but Coach Painter will be counting on righthanders Jim Shaw and J.D. Rasmussen and southpaw Clark Jenkins to carry most ot the load In the bullpen, the Warriors will look to lefty Teak Jones, Craig Adams and righthanders Messerly and Denney. Outfield reserves include junior Clay Jones and speedy Blair Nelson, while Mark Jenkins may also see action in the outfield or at shortstop Mike Martin and Darrel Glover back up lhpwell behind the plate Weber will be strong up the middle on defense with the likes ot Hipwell, Jackson, Messerly and starter along with Skeen. Hales, who is a three-yea- r Coach Painter, who is assisted by Lee Dickamore, expects a very tight, tough Region One race; but he feels that it the Warriors pitching can come through to match their strong hitting and solid defense, then Weber High could very well find itself teasting upon a state tournament berth by season's end Royal ripplings ramble round In other Roy High baseball news, starting mound ace Greg Panlilolf haas been suspended for a week because of bad grades. Coach Thompson expects Greg back in the starting rotation next Monday. Recently, Mike Budke was suspended and is not expected back in the lineup until April 26. In just two weeks we have lost two of the top five pitchers. It begins to throw the system that I had worked out, out of order, said Coach Thompson. I'll have to use McMahon on Wednesday and Ken Francis on Friday. Ken beat the Warriors last year and he could do it again this season. Even Jimmy wants to get another crack at Weber for the knocking he took in the football game. Francis tells me that he felt pretty good in the Layton game throwing his curve ball. That is his best pitch, the controlled curve. He has been an excellent reliever, pitching 9 1)3 innings, allowing only one earned run while facing 43 batters. All this I knew he could do, said Coach Thompson. Coach Thompson went on to say this about Jim McMahon, He throws hard and about seventy-perceof his pitches are strikes. He has good control, but being the strikeout pitcher he is, he has to throw more pitches than normal. Well be using him against some other good hitting team this season." All along, the Royals had been planning to use Ken Francis as a reliever to both Greg Panfiloff and Jimmy McMahon. Now with Gregs absence, Roy will go with McMahon in one game and bring in Francis in relief. In the next game, Roy will have Francis as the starter and McMahon as the reliever. On the offensive punch view, Jerry Ward went hitless last week, after hitting at a .500 clip for the first games. He was last week, but Coach Thompson said he was not worried about Ward. Claude Payne has been consistent. Jim McMahon has been fantastic. Greg Nichols is starting to hit. Once we can get Nichols on the bases, well run him like a deer. McCoy and Bennington have 15 stolen bases between them, said Coach Thompson. Junior Criag Hansen came off the bench when Mike McCoy was injured last Saturday to get two hits. Craig told me he could only play the Layton game because he had to get home and plow. Finally I let him have his chance and boy did he come through, the coach said. Cathcher Mark Kartchaner is expected to be back in the line up somcnme in the next week or two weeks at the longest, according to Coach Thompson. A big reason for Jim McMahons success lately has been because of his ability to sw itch hit. He went 5 for 6 in last Saturdays action. solid-hittin- 3- -: in ball after Clearfield's Joe Oarcia takes a galliant game, Clearfield continued their dominance of Roy in sports with an victory. Roys big win over Layton was just as sweet as the win on the cage court. Jim McMahon highlighted the home run afternoon with a grand-slain the sixth inning. All together, Roy pounded out 10 hits in the contest. Rick Stonehocker and Greg Nichols each collected triples. Mike McCoy banged out a double and stole a base. McMahon, Pat Hanley, Harrada, and Kurt Bennington each collected singles. Bennington, just a sophomore, got two singles and was credited with three stolen bases. After their feasting at Layton, Roy traveled to meet Clearfield, who had Roy started just lost to Bonneville, experienced pitchers in the dual and it cost them as Clearfield came up with four runs in the bottom frame of the first. The Falcons ran across three more runs in the fourth and one more in the sixth. Rick Stonehocker, bringing his batting percentage up each week, gained a single. Jim McMahon finished the weekend, 5 for 6, as he tripled and got two singles against Clearfield. Orlando Gallegos and Pat Hanley were the only others to gain hits. Statistics accumulated for nine games. Statistics for the last nine games have been tallied by Coach Thompson. 1 2-- Greg Panfiloff .208, Jim McMahon .478, Greg Nichols .200, Orlando Gallegos 125, Pat Hanley .166, Rick Stonehocker .304, Mike McCoy .142, Kurt Bennington 277, Craig Hansen .333, and Zahn hitting 500. Ward leads the team in the number of 28. McMahon is the leader in runs scored with 12.. McMahon has a team total of 11 hits while Ward has 8 hits. Mike McCoy leads with 8 stolen bases while Kurt Bennington has 7 stolen bases. Pitching stats fcund Greg Panfiloff bats with Eagles fly high! The Salt Lake Golden Eagles, riding the balanced scoring of all three forward lines, roared by the Tucson Mavericks 1 last Sunday and entered the Central Hockey League playoffs. It was the clubs fourth straight postseason playoff appearance. With both Fort Worth and Oklahoma bowing on Saturday night, the Big Birds put a lock on third place in the CHL and will meet the Dallas Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The best of seven series will begin in Dallas since the Hawks finished ahead of the Eagles in second place. 7-- of Roy, has signed to play with Weber State College in football. Ive heard rumors they are bringing baseball back to Weber, so maybe Ill get a chance to play that too, said Greg. Panfiloff is currently involved as a pitcher and first baseman for the Roy baseball nine and throws the javelin on the track team. Dan Smith, a football and basketball hero and son of Coach Ted Smith, is now deciding whether to take a BYU scholarship in leadership or go to Dixie or Snow to play football. Dan gets involved in track and tennis this spring Rick Stonehocker says hes waiting till baseball is oer before he makes a final decision on next season If he doesn't play at Dixie in football, he says that he'll even try to w alk on at some university. Scott Sanders is rumored to have almost received a combination scholarship from Weber State in wrestling and football. Several other well known Royals are still yet undecided, but their decisions will be tabbed in the future. There are a number of Roy track and field men that could receive valuable scholarships in that sport before the season comes to a close. Clearfield athletes make college decisions The picture is bright for several Clearfield athletes in the future. It has been a sports year that will be unforgettable and one that will live in many minds. It has bv far. been the best overall sports season that Clearfield has witnessed Even the women athletes have come through in 1975-7to make it a genuine success. No sport has finished lower than third in their respective races and of that, football, wrestling and basketball region champions were born, (the wrestling title came in dual meets). DeVerl Hoskins has surprisingly not received anv affirmed college offer as of yet. His dream is to play football at BYU alongside the Cougars starting middle linebacker, Blake Murdock, a 1973 graduate of Clearfield High. Hoskins made this past season and says he is headed for BYU this Saturday to talk over his chances of playing. An LDS mission is also in DeVerl s plans as is walking on some college Jay Welk has received good offeres from Dixie in football and track. Utah State has talked with Welk as has North Dakota State, the college in the town that Jay grew up in Jay is a top favorite to win the 440 race in Region Two this season and look for his to play college ball next season somewhere Sieve Gardner, the invisible drive behind Clearliekls 6 all-stat- e pmo FrSdloy Jerry Ward as of the Clearfield game was hitting .285, Claude Payne .350, carrier Royals choose college choices first-basema- 16-9- 1 SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS Among the key returnees for the Warriors are catcher Carl Hipwell, Dennis Farr and center tielder Jelf Hales all three of which rank among the leagues top hitters oi Roy-Bea- play FULL-SIZE- semi a solid squad of experienced players out onto the league diamonds this year, while second-yea- r head track coach Stee Dunn must on a in Roy presently stands with an even mark of league play, with both Bear River and Weber scheduled this week. II weather does not permit the r River clash this week, the game will be as a doubleheader in Bear River when the played Royals make their seasonal trip to Tremonton Roy will travel to meet Weber on Friday at 4 p m. Warrior head baseball coach Mike Painter will the leader in Innings Pitched with 15 and Jim Ken Francis had 9 McMahon had 9. Both Panfiloff and McMahon have both won two games. In number of pitches thrown, Panfiloff totaled 212, Francis 139, Stonehocker 27, Mike Budke 130, Jim McMahon 146, Kelly Checketts 106, Bennion 36, Cox 43, Vernon 74, and Guinn 58. Panfiloff was strikes, Francis throwing Stonehocker 59, Budke 49, McMahon 69, Checketts 58, Bennion 63, Cox 61 percent, Vernon 62 percent and Guinn 64 percent. Panfiloff has allowed 11 earned runs, Francis 1, Stonehocker 1, Budke 9, McMahon 3, Checketts 3. Bennion 2, Cox 5, Vernon 0, and Guinn 1 Bonneville Lakers 4 - Box Elder Bees 5 - Bear River Bears 6 - Sky view Bobcats 7 - Logan Grizzlies successful cage team, is one of many who has not really decided where he is going to college. Ken Gardner, Steves father, says Steve is looking at every angle at this point but a decision probably wont be made until the summer arrives if the plans to go at all. Mike Gardiner, the surprise quarterback of Clearfields football season and a steady baseball star, too, has made his decision to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Mike leaves on June 28 Eddie Hilton has received a notice from Dixie and is expecting a letter from Ricks in the next few days Hilton will get a chance to try out for the Dixie football team Mike Leseberg is deciding on the Naval Academy or the Merchant Marine. If he decides against these two, he plans to try for a JC college or walk on. Todd Rice, the lanky split end of the football team and leading hitter on the baseball squad, says he is not thinking anything but walking onto Utah State and playing football. Jeff Wiberg has received a good scholarship from Dixie after having a brilliant prep season and making Con Wilcox is another Falcon who says hes headed for Dixie and so is his buddy. Brad Dahl. Grant Young is interested in Weber State and has a good chance to make it. all-sta- Second look at Spring Sport: Baseball Even now, as you persue words on paper, you can, in the mind's eye, picture a baseball diamond with the players itself. It is arranged in a pattern as old as, well, the game Backs in is chaotic. reassuring, indelible. Football, however, Before flankers. inside you wishbones, motion, double wings, know it, the play has concluded Baseball has been called a small island of activity in a great ocean ot statistics. And sometimes the game does seem burdened by all those numbers. Yet, that weakness is also baseballs strength. Every pitch is recorded and this can be the count when replayed for time immemorial What was the center toward bat his Babe Ruth supposedly waggled field bleachers in Wngley Field? How many were out when There are Bobby Thompson homered against the Dodgers? books bursting with answers And those books keep selling, as do tickets to games. Interest in baseball never seems to die, despite predictions to the contrary. True, the San Irancisco Giants attendance was terrible the past few seasons, but their radio audience remained as large as always The crowds may not have been there, but the interest was n 2 Here is the predicted finish in the Region One baseball race. 1 - Roy Royals 2 - Weber Warriors 3 - 13 Baseball notice It's time again for another Roy Recreation baseball campaign. There are certain steps for organization that must be followed for both Boys baseball and Girls' softball. These steps are listed in the following' Organize a team with 12 to 15 players. 2. Recruit an adult or high school student as a coach 3 Teams must stay within grade division: Midget 3 - 4th grade and under this school year. Midget B - 5th grade and under this school y ear. Midget A - 6th grade and under this school year. Jr. B - 7th grade and under this school year Jr B - 8th grade and under this school year. Jr A 9th and loth grades and under this school year. 4 Complete roster, release slip, and collect $2 fee per boy and girl 5 Rosters available Roy City Building, school 1 Office. Rules will be given out at registration sing up. Return completed roster, release slips, and money to the Roy Recreation Building (behind fire station). May 13, at4:3(). (No rosters accepted after this date ) 8. Any boy or girl w ho cannot organize a team and wants to play ball should attend the registration meeting, May 13. 9 Ball games and other summer recreation activities will begin the first week in June such as tennis, golf, arts and crafts, archery, organized recreation, tumbling, ping pong, air hockey, .summer basketball, BB gun 10. AT-Baleague will beheld for young boys and 'girls in the 1st, 2nd. and 3rd grades if enough register on May 13 at 4 3(1 The teams will be organized by elementary school area, by the recreation department 11. Only tennis shoes or molded cleats may be used in 4th, 5th and 6th grades and baseball 12. No cleats can be used in sottball program 6. 7 I |