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Show -r i 1GB I The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, August 26, 1962 Officials Gioose Weatherly AsTAinericas Cup Yacht Memories iu Sports Big Christ Still Moving a. By Aocited Pres .. - (Editor' note: Remember the mood ot good old day? In t nostalgia The Tribune present series of flash- , the first in backs on former Utah greats on the athletic scene.) a I - j The races begin off this port 4 i By Tom Durkin Tribune Sports Writer t From churning through the ; toughest professional football defenses with a pair of sinewy J shoulders to boring through the hardest rock with diamond drills such has j industrial been the obstacle-smashini career of Frank Christensen, Lions blocking back and now prominent Salt Lake ! businessman. "BIG CHRIS " career in ath-- . letics began when he wai a ; standout performer in football, basketball and "baseball for ; Granite High from 1927 5 through 1929. I He was picked the outstand- ing fullback in the state all ; three years and played on the Granite hoop squad in the 1929 Interscholastic basketball tournament in Chicago. I FRANK PLAYED for the r University of Utah varsity foot--! ball squad from 1930 through J 1932 and received the unprece--i dented honor of being elected 4 captain of the squad when he i was only a sophomore. ; In 1932 the utes journeyed ; to Los Angeles to play the subsequent Rose Bowl winners, t the University of Southern California. The Redskins lost this encounter, but the Southern Cal team unanimously voted Chris ' the most outstanding blocking ; back they had encountered that season. I The , Los Angeles papers J were equally generous in I their praise of Christensen, He considers this the great-- I j est honor and the greatest j thrill he experienced - while e ath- J participating in letics. i FRANK ACCEPTED a con-- l tract with the professional Dell troit Lions and was the vital cog in the Lions ground at-- I tack in the 1934 37 seasons. . To quote a Detroit writer at the time, "When Chris is , in the lineup the Lions go; when he isnt, they dont. Christensen was plagued in , his pro career by rib and back which eventually injuries forced his premature retire- ment from the grid i wars. In the era In which Frank ; played, virtually all football teams operated from a sin- ground attack. The blocking backs chore - was to lead the ball carrier J and provide the key block which would spring the runner J for a gain. This contact on every play forced the early retirement of most pro blocking backs. i AFTER LEAVING football, ! Chris teamed with another ; Lion named Christensen, a line man named George C. Chris I tensen, and expanded the old I Christensen Machine Shop into i one of the largest industrial J diamond operations in the world. I - The company manufactures, ; among other products, diamond drill bits and bearings, which are manufactured to accom-- t modate the toughest materials ; in the world a fitting occu- pation for a man who was once ! one of the toughest of block-- t ers. I But Christensen person-- ; ally is a warm, sincere in-- Sept 6-- finalist Skipper Bus Mosbacher of Weatherly already had left the dock when the New .York Yacht Club officials came yacht alongside the in a launch and announced their decision. 1 4 to two yachts Tuesday when Columbia and winless Eastern, er were eliminated, secran which Weatherly, ond to Nefertiti ill the observation trials whose standings really didnt count, was 3 15 over all against the eliminated NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 25 Weatherly Saturday night was selected as the Americas Cup defender against Australias GreteL WEATHERLY was designed built by Phillip Rhodes-anby the Luders Yards in Stamford, Cornu in 1958 for that years cup defense against r Great Britain. d gle-win- g 1 bone-vibratin- g 1 $ J ; . . , - " Loop all-st- ar 7-- e. 4,FinWniiW'H 'Til- - hi nrr2rm iu FlOYD. , big-tim- e ? Carlesons Top's it big-tim- m. " EARLIER Saturday Weatherly had decisively beaten the newly built hopeful Nefertiti All-Star- s! of Marblehead, Mass., by four minutes, 39 seconds over a course. Automotive League chamYacht club race officials findCarlesons dumped an pion ing Weatherly almost deserted team made up of the by her crew, asked for the senior man aboard. other league, squad members Saturday. Carleson pitcher GEORGE ODAY of Boston and Marblehead, sailing advis-ser- , Glen Nielsen scattered three stepped forward and was hits in his victory. notified of the clubs decision THE ALL STARS were manby Chairman Julian Roosevelt. ODay formerly skippered aged by Lawrence Smith and Easterner but transferred to Bill McGreedy. George Mahrt Weatherly as technical adviser guided the Carleson crew." J Carleson J several weeks ago. U j' AH Star J K arisen. Nielsen and Valencia; THE FIELD was narrowed Smith and GHIam. PATTERSON Big Chris, Detroit Lions grldder, lofts a towering punt. Christensen was a star Frank Christensen, businessman, examines diamond drill bit bearing his name with typical Christensen ruggedness. Champion blocking back for the University of Utah and Lions teams single wings of the 30s. Vs. SONNY LISTON Aerial Show Ags, BYU, Utes Wait Picture Day, First Drills UTAHS REDSKINS Football season will hit thing under way Wednesday day Wednesday, but its time To Feature Utahs a when they hold their set for pm. the practice smile for the cameramen collegiate scene a birdie events at flash from flash bulbs this The Cougars also pm. with the Utes day at week as Brigham Young, Utah the north practice field pre season work getting down to serious plunge Stadium Universities Utah and hind Romney They Thursday morning Sky Divers State Saturday for heir start football drills the drills are set a m and stage their picture day for watch-th- 9 30 on e m field be- 2 will Dirct Bingiid. tice C.mlntky Park, Chicago r NOW ON open- SALE ties. following day. 3.30 pm. daily for the next ing game with the Colorado THE AGGIES officially get BYU also holds its camera two weeks. Buffaloes, Sept. 22 at 8 p m. AT BOX OFFICE if P.M. 30 TICKETS prac- Two-ada- Special to Th.Trlbune A conSPANISH FORK Front 25-7:- 2 into- - 9 30 BIG SCREEN TELECAST TUESDAY, SEPT. Fri- on activi- will Exclusiv will is with, - Chclkngw ALL SEATS RESERVED ki nuns Get Yours Now! i tingent of free fall parachute jumpers or sky divers from the Timp Sky Diving Club, Provo, will exhibit their skills Sunday at 9 am, 1:30 pm and 6 p.m. at the Springville-SpanlsFork airport h THE EXHIBITION is part of the program of events for the Sprlngville and Spanish Fork Chambers of Commerce Fly in golf benefit In addition to the show, spec tators will receive a free break fast from 7 until 10 a m at the airport PLANE RIDES for a dollar t will be available Proceeds from the air jaunts will go toward building the new Span ish Fork Springville golf clubhouse Beehive Golfers Fall in Tourney VA . HUNTINGTON, W Aug. 25 (UPD Utah's two top golfers in the National Jaycee Golf Tournament here faded to make the top 20 in the finals Saturday. BROTHERS Craig Ridd and Vldual. Ken Ridd of Magna both shot The greatest sports compe- - above the 297 cutoff for the tition in the world today, in top 20. his opinion, is the Shrine East- - Ken had a 299 and Craig a 304. West football game. The slogan of the game is THE WINNER. Mike Riley "Strong men run so that little of San Diego, had a 282. children may walk." CHRIS FEELS that the athletes who meet the children in the hospitals, and then take the field to play one heck of a game for them, participate in one of the most fulfilling ,and worthwhile contests that By Associated Press the world of sport has to offer. igma IND Aug CULVER, Frank Christensen was born Chi fraternity Saturin Salt Lake City in 1910. He is married to the former Beth day awarded its highest stuGray. They have two children, dent honor, the L. G? Balfour Frank Jr. and Carolyn. Award, to Merlin Jay Olsen, Utah State football star last fall, and now rookie lineman , with the pro Los Angeles' Rams. Olsen Receives Balfour Honor 25-S- ; j I r'7 Bankers Snare X Divot Honors HE HAD A grade average of 3.65 of a possible 4, was president of his class, distinguished military graduj ate, the universitys outstanding business student Bonneville. and vice president of his I WEAVER FIRED a gross 75, Sigma Chi chapter. : followed by Wayne Olsen, He was li first draft choice ; Tooele, second and A. J. Sta- - of the Rams. 0 pies, third. Earl Weaver won the low gross laurels and Glen Groo low net Saturday during the annual American Institute of Banking golf tournament at here... After that oi1 sun has been beating down on you for hoursyoure ready to head for shore and some refreshment. For many a fisherman theres throat-coolin- g TOTE GOTE a few c Takes yea where the big ones jump just one answer Purchase Your TOTE GOTE NOW cold sparkling Fisher Beer. Sparkle-brewin- g gives Fisher a lively flavor that satisfies thirst as nothing to use on your Fishing Trips and jbo else can. 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