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Show T' For S torts Information Call fake tribune Sports 237-200- 1 Salt Lake City, Utah e lion A Saturday Morning April For Storls Scores Coll 1, 1978 I Sports Mirror b V i nlmiif 'sjmh t '.iir Mu' Skiers Await John Mooney I 217-202- 5 Classic lalll.M Spring Training Ihmlh a Grind For Women's Softball Teams Start Today Since Adrian (Cap) Anson lured his out of condition White Sox to Hot Springs for the first spring training session, many baseball players have hated the drudgery and the monotony of spring training. In the old days when baseball holdouts were head-lm- e news, it was common knowledge that several stars used the device each year as Special to The Tribune With ail eve to the sky lVKK CITY and another on 39 trophies a throng of some .toil racers will converge here Saturday morning for the annual Salt Lake Tribune Ski Classic While weather conditions are predicted to ! taiher inhospitable, officials are optimistic that the storm turns to snow during the night If the rain persists. Park City Resort crews will doze out snow from the runs and spread it on the Payday Run, the site of the peewee, novice and intermediate races The Womens Giant Slalom Course, farther up the mountain, is m good shajie despite the rain, resort officials said late Friday II the rain does not let up, there is the possibility that all racing will take place on the Women's Giant Slalom Course That decision will lx- - made Saturday morning by resort and race officials Racing begins at 9 a in to run in Plans call for the senior-expertandem, against time only then alternate courses for their second run. The peeweos, novices and intermediates will make one will be run down Payday. The senior-expert- s seeking national points in the Classic. Therell be 39 trophies, three in each of 13 classes, presented to the best skiers during 3 p m ceremonies at the resort patio Mementos of the race will lx- - plentiful with skiers keeping their red. white and blue Classic racing bibs and most will receive distinctive zipper pulls which signify they participated in the event 27th annual running of the tradition-ladeIf the weather permits, one course (the one on Payday) will lx? .set by Rene Farwig, ski school director at Park City, and the other by Bob Marsh, director of the Park City Ski Club means of escaping spring framing The University of Utah womens softball team cant complain about the length or intensity of its spring drills, because the doubleheader scheduled for Cedar City was a lesser-travele- raineu out a wees or so ago. That gave the Ute women a doubleheader with BYU as spring training for the opening of conference play, which started Friday with a double-heade- r at Las Cruces against New Mexico State and Arizona State and continues Saturday with a doubleheader at Albuquerque against Arizona and New Mexico Coach Norma Carr, the Intermountain vol-l- e ball coach of the year last season, also doubles as womens softball coach at the university. "We wrere disappointed in our loss to the weather in the tw-- games Southern Utah State, but the weather the last few days has helped us a lot." she admitted "Next year, we are hoping to budget a spring training trip to California, because normally' the spring weather hurts us in conditioning when we play the schools in the southern division. We had good luck with the weather this spring," she d ts side-by-sid- blast in Greensboro! Argentinas Florentine Molina Having a j a portion of second round lead in Greensboro Open on Friday. blasts out of bunker on ninth green to salvage par and earn addi-d- . Better lYosjeeth Ms. Carr sees another dogfight for the regional championship which was won last year by Northern Colorado, with Arizona State and Arizona edging the Utes. Five of the eight returnees were among the six top hitters a year ago, with pitcher-shortsto- p Tracy Jaynes leading the club with .300, followed Becky Anderson by Jeanette Loveland at .291, Virginia Binder .285 and Jill Christie .276. The top pitchers, Ms. Jaynes and Janice Thomas return, with Mona Stevens, a BYU transfer, adding depth to the mound corps. Sophs Heather Borg and Barbara Tim per will be improved with a year of varsity competition and three former Utah prep stars Melonie Kent of Cottonwood High, Star Orullian of South end Joanne Ackerman from Granger will battle for darting positions. Only eight weeks stand between the opening of the season and the world series of womens collegiate softball in Omaha. Wally Chases 1st Golf Win - GREENSBORO. N C (API Wally .Armstrong, often a challenger but never a winner, ported a 70 and moved into a tie for the second-rounlead Friday with Argentine Florontino Molina in the $240,000 Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament. I've been in the load, or tied for the lead, probably 15 tunes in the last five years. Armstrong said after recording his 137 total, seven under par for Forest Oaks two trips over the hilly, 6. Country Club course. "I've led the first round and the second round and the third round every tiling but when it was over," My game just hasn't fallen Armstrong said together. But I feel I'm right on the right track now. who has won some 40 Molina, a tournaments in his native Argentina but has yet to take a title in the United States, shot a 71 in the bright, For You Trivia Freaks warm sunshine. He missed only two greens and bogeyed only once, Who hit the most home runs in World Series Ills 18th, which prevented him from retaining sole play, Willie Mays or Casey Stengel? control of the top spot in the chase for a $48,000 first You may be stunned to realize the answer is prize, more than he has won in his four-yea- r Stengel, who hit two home runs for the Giants American tour career. against the Yankees in 1923 while Mays, in four Molina and Armstrong shared a single-sho- t lead different World Series, failed to hit a home run. over rookie Jack Renner, whose 66 Stengels batting average in World Series play ranked as the best round of the day. He was at 138 Peter Jacobsen, who had a 69, was another stroke was .393 while Mays carried a .239 Series back at 139. composite average. The group at 140, three strokes off the pace, Who stole the most bases in his first two major of John Mahaffcy, Dave Eichelberger, Man consisted Wills or Cobb, Campy Maury league seasons, Ty Tapie and Australian Bob Shearer. Tapie shot a 68, Campaneris? Mahaffcy 69 and Shearer and Eichelberger had 71s. The answer is Campaneris with 61, Wills with Lanny Wad kins, the PGA champion and easily the 57 and Cobh with 25. top attraction in a relatively weak field, managed a Campy stole 10 bases in G7 games alter going 72 and was in contention at 112. Defending Danny Edwards rallied for a to the majors in 1904 and added 51 the next sea41 That was his 18th, where he topped his second in his two stole bases first son: Cobb games shot, second while 23 stole Wills the seven dump'd his third in a bunker and eventually and year He had two birdies, a for a bogey-6- . scored 50 Ixises in 87 games his freshman year and added a chip to three feet for birdie 4. and deuce his second seasons. Armstrong, 32, had the lead alone until be bogeyed Ward his final hole after driving into the rough. A key to his if you can remember round was a series of three consecutive saves on the Youre an when young women thought of diamonds in the front side. He holed a 15 fixit putt after finding a spring and they didn't mean softball diamonds, Ixigey on the 4th, pitched up to two feet on the 5th and after missing the green on the 6th. dropp'd a either. .2, ar d 984-yar- d title-hold- Bud Leaves Friends In Office BLOOMINGTON. Twas (UPI) the 'day before April fool's day and Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant was out of town. But when the football teams front office staff showed up at 'work Friday, they knevy Grant had lxen there. The Vikings' headquarters were alive w itb salamanders and small lizards. Mmn Bud Grant couldn't be here on April fools day," Vikes general manager Mike Lynn, said. He went off to the lake today. There's no doubt in my mind who unleashed" the salamanders Grand holds most NFL records for practical, jokes He also nurtures salamanders in his back yard Some say he coaches the creatures. Alpine Meadows, Calif Vt. By Grant V. Messerly Tribune Sports Writer Max Lundborg has more or less grow n up with American ski instituting LTA Max has labored under the wing of Alta's venerable Alf Engon, and through the years as skiing techniques have changed and teaching methods evolved, he has Ix'cn at the forefront. has been involved in a numlxo projects aimed at bringing ski instruction all ov cr woi Id a little closer together, and help to build a lx of understanding among inxtni tors everywhere lbs luted venture into t'Tiiatu iial ski understand will begm Saturday wt Lundbeig leads a delegaliot five American ski instinct to Japan, where he hopes have a chance to explain, least in a brief way, techniques of American inrt met ion. Max Lundbcrg Lundbcrg. who serves as nssis'ant director of the Alf Engon Ski School at Alta, i vice president for international affairs for the ii fcsMun.il Ski hr line-torAnd Luudlx-r- 1 s of A mere a The group Limdheig w .1! lead to Japan consists of five memlx r of the U.S. Demonsti a ion Team, and includes two other Utah ki indruclors. Paul Jones and Jerry Warn n, lioll) Irom Sue wl ird Other tisim rflombers making tile trip include coach Mike Porter, . and Shawn Smith, Mt Snow. "This is a pretty exciting thing," Lundlx'rg said There are a lot of dynamic things happening in international skiing at the moment. I feel that we'll have a chance to show the Japanese skiers a liil of what A men can technique Is all about "The Japanese technique is a little more rigid and emphasizes movement and vertical manuevering more than we do It is more along the line of the Austrian skiing technique," Lundtierg said This won't !x LundlxTg's first trip iduoad - a rt presontutive of America's ski instructors, tin High it w ill le his first trip ever to Japan "1 was the coach ol the demonstration team tlj.it weiii to Ccchoxlav akia in 1975, ' Liindliorg said He has also participated in skiing events m Sweden, Canada. Spain. France and Germany. "What I've discuvoied on these journeys is that skiing al the higher levels is pretty much the same tiie world over. Once a skier is very good, there isn't much difference. The main difference Is the methods used to get the skier from the tieginner to the extxrt stage," Lundbcrg said. The American team in Japan will participate in Japan's 1978 Spring Festival, and will visit Man, Shiga Heights and Tokv o a-- Lundlierg's participation at Manza will include a two hour lecture on the Anxiiean Skiing Method, supervision of a one hour demonstration on the snow and partieipatii n in teat hingi momlx-rof the Japanese Ski Instructors Association and the public s Hawks Stymie Eagles, Special to The Tribune DALLAS1 The Dallas Black Hawks virtually killed any hopes the Salt Lake Golden Eagles entertained of finishing first in the regular Central victory Hockey League season by ringing up a over the Big Birds Friday night at State Fair Park Arena The loss. Salt Lake's second in a row to the Hawks (the other was in the Salt Palace Thursday night, left the Eagles two points Ix'hind the idle Fort Worth Texans for the CHLs top spot What the Eagles need to be concerned with now is finishing second. They are only four points ahead of the third place Haw ks and when the two clubs go back to State Fair Park ice Saturday at C30 p m (MST), Dallas has an opportunity to slice the gap to only two 3-- 1 Salt Lake will have to come up with a miracle to beat the Hawks on their own ice. The Eagles vaulted to a lead Friday night on Doug Palazzaris 44th goal of the season, but the Hawks got two unanswered goals in the second period and then tacked one on in the third to win rather easily. Ties Franchise Mark Palazans goal, scored on a backhander from 20 feel alter he stole the puck from Dallas Duane Wylie e Sait during an Engles power play tied the Lake franchise mark for most goals in a season. level Palazzari joins Frank Spring at the Springpotted his 44 goals in the 1975-7- 6 season. 0 1 ). But it was all Dallas after that. Alain Belanger caught a rebound of Bob Hoffmeyers shol and stuffed it back by goalie Eddie Staniowski at 3 4flof the second and at 17:3-1- , John Anderson rifled in' a shot from the point after the Eagles were hit by an old bugalioo failing to clear the puck out of their own (x lints Fort Worth Kansas City visits Fort Worth Saturday night and shellacking of the Red Wings, on the heels of an the Tulsa Oilers in Tulsa Friday, have rekindled their playoff hopes. They are only four points behind the with three games left while fourth place Oilers the Oilers have just one game left For the Eagles to have any hope of finishing first in the regular season, they must win Saturday in Dallas while Kansas City beats Fort Worth in the Texans rink. If Salt Lake loses and Fort Worth wins, the Texans will clinch first place since the Eagles have just one game remaining in Kansas City Tuesday night K..C. in 8-- 2 zone Dallas opened the lead to 1 at 2:47 of the final period when Don Ashby pilfered the puck off Mike Korneys stick and waltzed in to heat Staniowski (71-6- Post Still Leads With 74 The Eagles suffered a significant blow at 4.2 i of the final perixl when Korney slammed into Staniowski in the Eagles' net. Staniowski had to be earned from the rink. His condition was unknown late Friday. Backup goalie Jim Warden finished for the Eagles. hi SPRINGS. PALM old-tim- Alta Instructor Leads Delegation To Japan Ski Demonstration Jolts Sail Lake's 1st Place Hopes Canadian Calif. (UPI) Sandra Post, who shot a tournament record 65 in the opening round, came in with a mediocre 74 Friday to maintain her lead in the $2 U). 000 Dinah Shore as LPGA Tournament, Joanne Garner moved to within one shot of the leader ith a (16 At the end of 36 holes in the richest event in women's professional golf, which carries a first prize of $36,000, Post. 29, had a total of 139. five under par, while the long-hittin- Garner came from nine strokes off the pace to a to 1 With her see ond straight 71. Australian Jan Stephenson climbed into third place at 12 Post, who won the B'i.S LPGA championship as a rookie but who has gone 216 official tournaments 1 in a row without a win since played in the next twosome of the day in the 68 player field She took a pair of bogey s on the front side for a 38 and had a bogey and a birdie on the back nine to-la- for a 36 sti aw Ixt Garner, a ry blonde from Lake Worth. 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