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Show ft II The Salt I ake Tribune Sunday April 22 l)j Ute Quarterback Turns toEaseballRv Lex Hemphill Tribune SjKirts WnU -- ' f f .. A , X yl h. 01 V( 1 i V iP 34 i J V w m r 1 Winn -: ' !- Tr,t having on plate s ' -- ' 7 ef - is i rfe'Y V te VdM if; phot ) Just as much as he likes to throw, Gomez also likes to compete That was evident dunng football si ison with his dunng scrambles around and under di ft linemen as the Ute quarterback Its got to In i vtn mine evident during thi- - ba cbull Mo r all what is a guv who stampid himself as a w no-In helping In turn around the Ute football A by Ross behind the I te baseball cl fun Xibb Pilrlis The Utes Dump Cowboys, Bv Lex Hemplull Tribune Sports t ltei Kerry Winn claims that statistics are deem u as bad as the morels Our pitching hasn't indicate. maintained W mn who d.d his part to diont holes in the stats by pitching a thiee hitter in the University of Utah s 5 vutoiy over Wyoming Saturday The Utes, who come out of this weekend wt h an m overall 5 25 record and who play arch-riva- l Provo for three games toward the end of this enteied Satui day's game with a team earned run average of 6 41 Over the first 29 games, only one I te had pitched a complete game But when the defense plays like it did today (thelites, who average 2V2 errors per game, made none Saturday), we do all right, said Winn, defending the Ute staff Were not claiming were a bum h of Nolan Ryans, but were not that bad either Winn certainly made his own case Saturday The only run he gave up in his three hit complete game came when he threw a pitch witn a runner on third base in the fourth inning He walked only three and finished the game in only tw-- houis and 11 minutes, which is usually what it takes for the I tes to play about six innings in a normal game be-c- 1 Bl Arm Trouble In pitching Utahs first complete game in the Western Athletic Conference season, Winn boosted his record to That represents more than half of the Utes total wins (5) and is the only winning on the staff All this comes from a guv whose arm is too sore to The only time I pick up a throw in between starts ball is when its time to pitch, says the former Hillcrest star. 3-- 2 d 5-- 1 The orihopidist called it some long name that indtd in syndrome' said Winn of his malady, winch he thought he had worked out over the winter I ve had everything fiom Butazolidin to ultra sound to laser heina tieatments I ve been taking the laser beams fm thi past foui weeks, and it s helped a 8-- 7; Success at Plate Gomez's unexpected teturn to baseball has brought unexpectedly good lesults He hadn t picked up a bat in a comjn-titivgame in tbre-- years or since his freshman yeai at San Mateo Junior College, but von can hardly tell the difference Through the first 39 games of this already lor.g baseball season Gomez leads the Utes in hitting with a 3.51 average and is second in RBI with 19 Tbe success has Gomez thinking more about baseball, now that his I te football career is over Football had always been his favorite sport, despite the protestations of pot b.oeba'l coaches that he stick to the d.amond But now, since he hasn't heard from the Canadian Football league, it appears that his future miht be in baseball ' Bobby (Utah assistant Bobby DePasquale) has been pushing me to the scouts said Gomez If I gel a chance to get draped un baseball) I d take it And if I dont get drafted and I don't have anything in football, I could conn bui k here next yeai woik as a graduate assistant m football and plav baseball again Although ) - V ii.ill e' gibihtv is up Gomez does SUNDAY Utes Go Ahead ahead in the bottom of the third, when Paul Rasmussens two-osingle delivered Scott Mitchell Wyoming, which had swept a six hour double header from the Utes Friday, tied it in the fourth, thanks to Winns wdd pitch But Utah went ahead for good in the bottom of the fouith with two runs, both of them scoring when W y oming c ate her Stev e Khoury had the bad timing to commit passed balls on pitches with Utes on third base each time Utah got two more insurance runs in the fifth on a two run triple by Scott VonDette, and Winn simply never let the Cow boys get back in it The only three hits Winn surrendered were a slow infield roller by Tom Balbierz in the fourth, a sharp opposite field double by Mike Lusardi in the sixth and a leadoff single in the ninth by Rick Jones The Utes who aie 2 5 in the WAC. will he hard pressed to improve that record, since 10 of their last 11 league games will be on the road beginning th-s Thursday at BYU Wv oming is 12 29 ov ei all ard h in the confc-ree The Cowboys had to play without haid hitting fust baseman Greg Brock, who was struck in the ribs bv a ball during batting practice Saturday He was able to appear as a pinch hitter m the eighth and hit a lomr flv to center -- ut back-to-bac- Plxza 2100 Suits 134 140 Wsst 2100 South Sal! 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Never see yourself bald again! n 'i'1 e c . - But can a competitor hki (.omez itally bait fun play ing for a team that usually h Its easier to shake off a loss tn hasi ball th m it is In football you woi k in football lespondod Gome' sohardfoi one game but thete ie so manv games m AUTO SERVICE Meet Set All of ihlev Park Two-MaBest Ball golf tour- OPEN DAILY Olympic h went to "HEAD FIRST Probably not That's becou HEAD FIRST is not o transplant or taped-dow- n hairpiece but o permanent medtcol application of HAIR so revolutionary that it was granted a U S patent You con in fact there s wash it, comb it, curl it sleep on it nothing you con t do with your new absolutely permanent head of hair Wri t nament will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29 at Nibley Iai k Golf Course, 2730 7)0 East wrm his i soteness in the shoulder that bothers bun but so far has not disahled h.m ltdh ill the outfit Id tht- tm os w i In m Its alwavs the aim a shotgun Hut 1 i.nr his most distinctive asset as an atl lit. , ii.iv w ith his competitiveness suitof Hu ilc s got the best arrn thi Mi - issippi said Utah pitcher hoi i v W inn He s also a heady athlete He plavs the thndnn-possum- s quartet back and catcher Winn savs hi never shakes off Gomez's signs during a gum too much respect for Randys knowlt d, e of Hu game and of the opposing hitters l (1 bis v br g -- ) Having ieeeived that inner message Gomez is throwing again this spring He' could be just resting his arm after doing enough throwing the past two football seasons to become Utahs career completion he was leader He could be thiowing a javelin to do so for the Utes Instead, hes throw ing from behind the plate as the tegular on Utah's baseball team Gomez doesnt feel hes been throwing very well Hus season, mostly because he suffered a muscle-injurin his forearm last month It shouldnt come as I was finding around a surprise how he got it pitching on our California trip, and the first curvehall I threw something snapped VS inner on Losing Team a V' f, "A Nir tf $j5 Randy Gomez, quarterbat k on last years Ute grid squad, CT s t ,s- . 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