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Show Pag 4Magna Times Thursday, May 6, 1982 -- SPORTS: Serendipity Fitness update: Sorbothane By Dr. Dale Nelson, Professor Dale Simons by DALE SIMONsS The man with a rake "Bowed by the weight of Centuries he leans upon his rake and gazes on the ground. The emptiness of ages in his face. And on his back the burden of the world. There is an immortal poem entitled The man with the Hoe which tells the story of a brutalized toiler as he works against the elements. This is a take off on the man with a rake. The man with the rake that I have reference to is the high school baseball coach who spends most of every spring with a rake in his hand. For those of you who are uneducated in the methods of grounds keeping, it is important to know that raking the dirt parts of the infield makes the wet spots dry faster. It is for this reason that the good old baseball coach spends many a day in March and r April with his trustyt rake in his hand. During a particularly rainy spring, our friend the coach, may spend more time manicuring the dirt around second base than he does hitting fun goes to his players. (Any one who knows anything, knows that a fun goe is a special baseball bat that is used specifically to hit flies and grounders to players during practice.) During the Ides of March, when many high school baseball games are played, our great climate brings us lots of raindrops and a few snow flurries. Rain and snow have a tendency to make baseball diamonds wet and muddy and often render the Held unplayable. It becomes then a simple matter of work, if you want to play the game on the scheduled day at the appointed hour. It is an aged fact of life that fields that are not raked do not dry by game time. And so we have the following situation game day has arrived, our ace pitcher is rested and ready, but it rained some during the night. TTie coach arrives at school early and looks warily at the sun in the east and the forboding dark clouds in the west. Undaunted, he throws on his thermal underwear and charges the damp field. By eleven o'clock his hands are calloused and bleeding, but he rakes on oblivious to the pain. By one oclock the wind whips up but he is cozy in his thermals and reminds himself of the old adage Many are cold but few are frozen. Built up by this catchy phrase and some sunshine peeking thru the clouds, our hero works on with renewed frenzy. By game time at three oclock the field is a master-peicthe teams are warmed up and ready to go and the umpire has yelled play e, ball. The tired but triumphant coach walks to home plate for the pregame conference with the umpires and admires his handiwork as he goes. Just as he finishes explaining the ground rules and giving the umpires his line up card, he notices a huge fast moving black cloud riding in from the west. There is a blinding flash of lightening, a loud clap of thunder, and a torrential down pour washes out the mound. Both teams run for cover while the coach stands in the deluge with his arms outstretched to heaven and begins to cry. As he stumbles thru the quagmire on his way to the dressing room, he looks down at his hand and finds a rake growing out from his palm. SIMONS SAYS : Asa coach you win a few. you lose a few, and some get rained out. Health, Physical Education adn Recreation Utah State University The TV show. Thats Incredible. recently reviewed the invention of a new high shock absorbing material called Sorbothane. At the time I thought, Thats an incredible material for runners and joggers. As you know, most runners injuries are caused by by continuous pounding on hard surfaces. So why doesnt someone make inserts for our shoes? W ell, I discovered these people were way ahead of me. Its been done. Most good running shoes have removable insoles and it works best to take them out before inserting the Sorbothane insoles. At this stage of wear, the Sorbothane insoles appear to do what they are designed to do - absorb shock. I have also listened to a few very positive testimonials from injured runners who have used Sorbothane insoles. You may want to give them a try. insoles from I obtained my Northwest Orthotics & Prosthetics. Inc.. full-leng- th Jamborette scheduled Handicapped Scouts from throughout the Great Salt Lake Council will gather for a Special Handicap Jamborette to be held on May 7. 8. 1982. at the Murray Stake Center, 165 East 4600 South in Murray. This event, which is the first of its kind to be sponsored by the Great Salt Lake Council, will feature Scout skills, relays, fun events and special demonstrations that will be geared especially for the handicapped. It will begin Friday, May 7 and run until Saturday. May 8 about 12 noon. Interested Scouts may sign up for this special event by Troop or as individuals. This activity is open to all registered handicapped Scouts and Scouters .from throughout the State of Utah. Participants are encouraged to attend regardless of type of physical or mental handicap. The cost for this event is only $5, which includes three meals, patch and prizes. For more information about this activity, please contact Grant Hollingshaus, 1 Event Chairman at : Russ Kidder, or contact the Great Salt Lake Council (George Lavender ) at 3 . 942-153- 255-112- 5, JOIN YOUR HOME TOWN ARMY. Your weekly fish and game recipe from the Utah Wildlife Federation ELK STEAKS 5 steaks lz cup cream (sweet l cup mushrooms You dont have to go far from home to serve your country. Join the Army Reserve and serve right in or near your town. It takes just one weekend a month and two weeks a year, after some initial training at an Army post. Learn a skill, such as electronics repair or computer operations. And earn over $ 1 , 100 a year to start. Call your Army Reserve representative, in the Yellow Pages under Recruiting! 2 tablesppons flour or sour) 2 tablespoons lz cup chopped onions butter Brown onions in butter and remove. Brown steaks slowly on both sides. Place onions over steaks, cover and cook for 30 minutes. Combine cream, flour and mushrooms into smooth sauce and add to the meat. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Jan t 4400 Harrison Blvd., Ogden (phone for $15.95. Heel inserts are also at available $12.00. By now there may be other distributors in your area that stock them. This could be a solution to some of your aches and pains. More plusses for excercise Two more recent studies favor physical activity. The first is reported in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Vol. 13, No. 5, 1981. by Thorland and Gilliam (University of Nebraska). They compared serum lipids between high- - and boys. Most studies have involved older people. . low-activi- Essentially, they found that greater exposure to activities classified as moderate to very highly intense was consistent with lower total triaglycerides and higher cholesterol ratios in 8 to 11 year old boys. you may recall, works in the favor more the better. High your levels are considered untriglyceride desirable. The conslusions are that in frequent participantion vigorous activities physical may conceivably be of benefit relative to the reduction of future coronary heart disease risk. This has to be a step forward. The second study of interest was reported in the March 26, 1982 Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Rudolf H. Dressendorfer and colleagues studied high density lipoprotien-cholesterin marathon runners during a 20 day race. This study demonstrates that levels increase with higher running mileage and decrease within days of stopping exercise. Training distance is the primary determinant of HDL levels in runners, thus supporting other studies showing that running does levels in the quickly raise HDL-cholesterol-to- HDL-cholester- tal ol. - ol HDL-cholester- ol HDL-cholester- ol blood. They also reported that HDL metabloism responds more slowly to moderate alcohol ingestion than to exercise. The fact that low alcohol intake raises HDL level sometimes gives credence to its use. They recommend that high mileage runners limit the use of beer as a drink - too many negative side effects. fluid-replaceme- nt Pool tourney for Seniors set The First Annual Senior Centers Pool Tournament sponsored by the Salt Lake County Aging Services and the Murray City Heritage Center will be held on May 19 at 11 a.m. at the Ritz Classic Bowling Lanes located at 2265 South State Street. Nine senior centers throughout the valley have been holding qualifying intermediate tournaments since November. First second, and third place winners from these monthly tournaments have qualified to enter the May 19 play-of- f tournament. Each center will be allowed to send four players to the final playoffs. The level of skill displayed by the the official game of participants at proves that many accomplished players take the tournament very seriously. The senior center sponsoring the winning player will receive a trophy; theirs to keep and display for one year. The winner of the 1983 pool tournament will decide which center will be the proud recipient of the traveling trophy. Personal trophies will be awarded to the first, second, and third place winners. Trophies will be awarded concluding tournament play, play. The public is invited to attend. For more information contact Julie Hendrickson at 535-549- 6. Price , Ogden a tasty elk recipe youd like included in this column? Send it with your name and address to: Wildlife Recipes , 19 Exchange Place , Salt Lake City 84111. 'a ARMY RESERVE. 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