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The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, November zr a sw T ?V r1 f 2 I) ft- S J "'' x f I 7' , f J ? 4 J'j. y v ' ft 4 v v V;-- 2 v T x V ! r:, ,'J'Y , mtfT,'Z ' h ' SL'' jr r it 4 && vx&rr; v.jLr'S, y'W' y ' -- ?' rf. S'A t 'p s y - ,. - J- UT 'Tr- - Y ,.v '?' W 7'-- - l ! e . y v'4 vfr t Iloido Super Draft. Tms dratt doesnt really have a name, which is odd, because it is a truly glamorous event Ii has been taiied, for the most part, the free-agedraft, the obvious reason being that the players involved have become free agents by virtue of having played out their contracts with their big league clubs. The trouble with this is, bastball already has a free agent draft, two each year in fact. These involve kids who are virginal free agents, young men who have not yet played professional ball. They are, at the time of their selection, Nobody gets too excited about Billy Hotshot being drafted by the Yan a.ccS) Cutuidv his immediate family and his hign school coach. Teams Bidding But if on Thursday, the Yankees draft Reggie Jackson and Don Gullelt, say, and the Mets draft Reggie Jackson and Don Guilett, say, wouldnt that be exciting Imagine having the vapkees and Mets bidding against each other, and against 10 more teams, for the ? It blows rights to these the mind, and the budget. Twenty-fou- r players are up for grabs, proven major leaguers all There are two basic rules governing the procedure: (1) as soon a 2 teams have declared for any one player, his name is scratched Twelve customers to a piece of merchandise, that's it (2) selection is made in inverse order of the standings of 1976 season, with Montreal picking first and the Yankees last. nuud that nobody Il is well to ket-(jwill come out of Thursdays session with a shopping bag full of goodies. No club will really own a star. No player and handed over to will be a elubowner This comes later. 1 he only thing achieved here is that each leaves with a shoppmg list. From that list, the club can sign one or two players, no more, except Charley Finley, who can sign 8 Its not that the other owners are fond of Charley, or feel sorry for him, it that the rule states a club may buy as many men in this as it figures to lose, and Charley is losing 8, because his players love him so. F-s- .?jv,4 '.' ...ti r77 y '7, rv t s , 3. Jj , I I e . super-talents- T ,rC ,.,- , ? -. - y -- - -- r jm r y r .?.?, fsvta, Ww, - . ,- t r - " M-- J y kV Jw & s -- p '" ,s'''Sa., ,.,-aa- i. fXS2& i?J? S' s 7'.;, WBgCS7S for the Central Pacific Championships the tough siort of figure skating. tinda and Phillip Kennedy of the St. VceKt chewi brush up on a routine in Central Pacific Championships T op Skaters Eye Area Event by Dick Rosetta She feels strongly that Utahs entries in the junior and senior divisions will do well We have been very fortunate that In the absence of adequate ice facilities that the Bountiful arena has opened its doors to allow our skaters the time for the many hours of practice needed, Mrs. Tateoka said. A typical example of the dedilation to figure skating is Suzie Brasher. Six hours per day . . . thats about what I have to devote to stay on schedule, Suzie said Tuesday upon her return from the Skate Canada international competition in Ottawa where she placed sixth overall 1 arrive at the Bountiful rink at 5:45 a m. for two hours before school, return to Olympus High School for four or five hours, then head back to Bountiful for a session from 1 p.m. to 5.15 p m. Thats six days a week, Suzie added quickly First Rung on Ladder Tribune Sports Writer BOUNTIFUL A dream" which comes true t every six years or so for area figure skating enthusiasts will unfold Nov. 3 at the Bountiful Ice - Arena when the Central Pacific Championships come to town. For the first time, at least In the memories of Veteran followers of the sport, Ulan will have the premier skater entered in the person of the nations d senior lady, Suzie Brasher of Salt Lake 10-1- lOth-ranke- City. We -- J are honored that we were selected for the icmpetitlon since we had the meet just six years ago in the Salt Palace, Ida Tateoka, chairman of the event and past president of the Utah Figure Skating Club, said Tuesday. Utah Entrants Hopeful u is a pieougious garnering, uie first event for qualification to the U S. Nationals in Hartford, Conn , in January. The top three finishers here from intermediate on up will advance to the Pacific Regionals and the top three there to Hartford, Mrs. Tateoka went on. f-.j- - ' 5'y Tntt4&- r rm-- ' SW' - x 4m puiuut iau Suzie has her sights set States, the directly on Bountiful next week and the beginning of the ladder which will take her to the nationals. Were aiming at the world competition and yes, down the road, the 1980 Olympics, the petite Salt Laker said with a twuikle in her eye. Suzie will be one of three gold test skaters from Utah who will join the some 150 competitors from Idaho and northern California Suzies sister Kathy and Utahs newest gold winner, Christie Ujifusa, a recent graduate of Skyline Hign, will be in the field. Mrs. Tateoka offered hes appreciation to area schools for the administrator's cooperation in allowing the skaters to take time out from school to practice for the competition. Without practice, the kids couldnt compete Im grateful the school personnel realize the problem," she said. Other Skaters' left The har.der, who suffered the severe injury in mid July , ' 1974, returned after a year L and a half on the disabled ' won lost iist to post a record and become the No 5 man m he Dodgers rotation. iL 7 I ! &" v John was voted the honor Tommy John t,elng chosen on 10 of the 26 ballots cast by a panel of UPI baseball correspondents from around the country. Joe Torre of the New York Mets was second with fie votes The top two were followed by Bill Buckner of the Dodgers and Jerry Koosman of the Mets with two votes each and Steve Carlton, Garry Maddotf, Jim Lonborg, Dick Allen and Jay Johnstone of the Philadelphia Phillies, Bill Russell of the Dodgers and Dave Concepcion of the Cincinnati Reds with one each L? t - starter draft: The expansion teams must pick 30 players each at $175,000 a player. Five Rounds Tne draft consists of five rounds. Seattle picks first in the first and third rounds Toronto picks first in the second and fourth rounds. The first pick in the fifth round is to be decided by lot. At the start, each of the leagues 12 established teams may protect 15 players from the draft. At the end of each of the first three rounds, the established teams may add three players to their protected list At the end of the fourth round each add may add two players. Each established team may lose only one player m each round Free Agent Status A player wbu gained free-agestatus by playing out his option, or a player whose first pro season was 1975 or 1976, is exempt from the draft. All other players controlled by the 12 established American League teams are subject to the draft, including players on farm team rosters or on their retired, suspended or disqualified lists. A player who has spent 10 years m the majors, the last five with his present team, may decline the move to uuC 0 the cAfxaiiMUU iemlis All piayers m that category are eligible for the draft, but should they refuse to move, the team tha picks them is not compensated In any way. Borrow Money Cnariey says he will go out and borrow money to splurge. Originally, he said he would have no part of such a spendmg orgy because he disapproved m principle of the entire business of players walking out on their reserve clause. No, Charley 0 says he would have no part of such a spending orgy because he disapproved in principle of tne entire business of players walking out on their reserve clause Now, Charley 0 says he must participate to survive, but hes still against it because it will lead to nothing but the destruction of the game Actually, this Super Draft will replace some of the Winter sales and trades baseball fans have come to look for the primary difference being that the Datip'ayer gets me muncji instead of the elubowner. As for the destruction of the game, I would like to ask Charley O who started all this? Wasnt it Charley Finleys SAVE ON ALL OF U OF U HOME GAME S23 fS Oilers Feel Loss Real Disaster HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Oilers used terms a disaster, and "embarrassing, including depressing' to describe their performance against the Colts after taking a 38 14 shellacking by Baltimore in Monday nights nationally televised pro football game. "It wouldnt be easy to try to figure out what's wrong with us," Imebacker Gregg Bingham said ' Bui u would oe depressing " The most depressing statistic was an Oiler losing string that now extends three games after a 1 start and the lead in the American Conferences Central Diusion. no they embarrassed us, said The Deal us middle guard Curley Culp They stuffed the ball down our throats Not only did the Colts blast the Oilers on the field, Colts General Manager Joe Thomas rubbed it in after the ictory Commenting on Oiler defensive end Bubba Smith, a a'! fr Baltimore until Thomas traded him to Oakland, Thomas said I thought Bubba was finished when we traded him in 1973 Watching him tonight, it looks like I was right Theres not much resistance Former University of Texas Roosevelt Leaks contributed to the Colts' victory and said he was surprised by the Oilers 3(JC nt ifl f-v ',j, aj" y' Leaks said They didnt play as tough as I thought they would But if theyre not ready, I don't wor'y about it We blew them off the line, The way they played did shock me a little, though Theyre mighty soud, but I could tell on the first ploy they werent gonna play expected a tough as I t 1 Sv.s v - s " v e. . t S' 4 1 I V &'' S ,, -- W Cliristif Ujifusa taks her nw!y-arnegold" rating into Bountiful festival. d SALT LAKE HILTON HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER PUBLIC WELCOME SPONSORED by TV SPECIALIST INC. 48S- - 8171 ,i(VaL4 1 RADIAL SNOW 1 TIRES 1 SPECIAL CARLOAD SALE WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC r fSTira call iM: ,1 &r; v L n t i ft Cv b "W nt P h cl. xf t turvjrt uif n by ir i A a i ft" Ilk v v, I lhone Third Granger A o FREE MOUNTING t n fvi .rtl t vdt e i a. f jr- - v COMMERf IAL CREDIT 35u0 bouth 297 T ash ion I lac Mall 0121 8 State Street 2.!6 X Ui.iveiaitv Au 6 H iifMK vV. 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Get this rewarding , sir - $TS YXiS - - T The telev ston sets u t revolution zed mooem $t il provide pictures on the level On the VioHiBf4 scate of a (juppet snow a worn of Tom Thumb nn Aren e and fLdiih or Chns Ham, irger making a flying tackle or Jamec Ear! 'one- as tVASHWaCTOW PQ$T become literally targe." than life King Lear We are no longer simply watching small pictures on the side of a box "we 4 e CfTY being visited by a iitestze television world ' zjhu7 . Kra y s you e never experienced it You sit m the parity with Archie it s tetovston Bunker Qive under sea with Jacques Cousteau Watm the inauguration from a seat m the Wmta House Duck as Joe Namath shoots a bullet pass right to you TV WIPC Teievise-sports are transformed The action can be seen far more ctwrjy tran from the be? stadium boxes players are large as life action dranaKally tUUSNUffO nfanced " hjKWaSS3k--. b n iflireuciftg the future YideoBscm if MWa-r- m SALT LAKE and BOUNTIFUL I Jfi-n- y'' at &sx?f skaters. v coupons McDonald s and save on regular CEStRAL ADMISSION tu lets Mcbonaiids i- Following are the members of the Utah Figure Skating Club who will compete and the schools they attend or graduated from Suzie Brasher, Olympus High, Kathy Brasher, Olympus High, Christie Ujifusa, Cottonwood High; Stewart Sturgeon, Viewmont High; Joleen Linscho-ten- , Skyline high; Julie Savage, Brighton High; Teri Craig, Brigham Young University; Terry Lacy, University of Utah ; Darren Keenan, Viewmont High Shelley Joseph, Umon Junior High in Sandy; Jeff Harker, Boulton Elementary in Bountiful, Phillip and Linda Kennedy, St Vincent School in Salt Lake; Suzanne Tingey, South Davis Junior High, Jen Elliott, South Davis Junior High, Vicki Phillips, LJ. Muir Elementary In Bountiful, Lon Matem, South Davis Junior High, Connie Layton, South Davis Junior High, Kathy Searle, James E. Moss Elemen-trar- y in Sait Lake; Roxanne Swindell, Churchill Junior High in Salt Lake; Becky Jameson, Centerville Junior High, Patty Ann Favero, Washington Terrace Elementary in Ogden; Kurston Krantz, Arcadia Elementary in Taylorsville and Janet Nate, of Salt Lake City The Bountiful competition begins Nov. 10 with Junior Ladies Group I from 7am. to8 30am and continues through Saturday at 10 p m. Tickets are on sale at the Bountiful Ice Arena and from the figure 4-- SSJSESES Pick up free discount , Salt Lakes Suzie Brasher, 10th ranked U.S. senior lady, eyes Bountiful test. 10-1- 0 The consensus of the surgeons was that John had little or ro chance to pitch again and he spent the next year and a half on the disabled list. He reported to spring training in 1976. however, and said his goal was to become the Dodgers No 5 NEW YORK (AP) The system by which the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners will stock their rosters m Fridays American League expansion f Chisox Siar h, John, a star with the Chicago White Sox before he was acquired by the Dodgers, Dee 2, 1971, for when he Dick Allen, had a 13--3 record in mid-197-4 ruptured a ligament in his left elbow. Doctors had to transplant a tendon into the elbow and reproduce the ulnar nerve which also had been damaged. New Teams Follow Rules n ' LPI T3 - es , v'' NEW YORK fUPI) Tommy John of the Us j Angeles Dodgers, told after arm surgeiy that he might never pitch agam, has been oted the National League's come-bac- k player of the year by d nt -' , fQ!UT New York News Writer New s item . Baseball NEW YORK Z. v 4 4 7, i f v s sVti odger Hurler Gains Honor nay Paffnsli H'lntPf on tilTlG that created the first fissure m the reseive cluU'e. And didnt Cats ensuing lucrative deal with Ine Yankees encourage ana Mesersrmtn to play without a contract thus breaking his ties with the Dodgers and ooemr.g the more men to Poodgate for these pour through? In recognition of all this, and considto ering Finley's proclaimed need borrow money to participate in the of Super Draft. Im sure the other lords baebail wU dig down deep and say, Charley, how much do you need NEWS ITEM- Joe Frazier Review Opens in Philly. I caught the tryout the other night at the Players Disco in Union City, NJ, solid rock and it s good music blended with ballads In Wild harmony. Joe tdogs nogs like Knock on Wood, Somethings Wrong, Love Will Keep Us Together. Completing the act are the Ed Jones Orchestra, th Joe Frazier Dancers and a trio called V smoke that could go on to big things,' particularly the lady of the tno, a dynamic voce named Lori Robert. At the tryout the other night, Joe Frazier was back in the small fight-club- s again, getting started The dressing room was a converted dmmg hall, the stage was cramped, the stagelighting nonexistent. Ey Dick Young rs jjf A v- r1"1 W8, r v - tyjrW1, sfrMPi VSCJsr-t - a V wm tfrhvfcH W"sSj,.Ji j1 z? ' T aleni Goes on Sale c' '& - V ' ny ? wrMr vy ft S - M. &'' Free Agent Draft Baseball 3, 197s - gw JgtA j |
