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Show 2 II Thf Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, April 17. 1977 Eagles Whip Bulldogs In Weber Track Test Roger Grave? Tribune Sports Writer OGDEN For a single heartbeat. Skyline's Dean Barney was silhouetted against the sun and azure sky His body . supported solely by a fiberglass pole, smoothly glided over the bar He hit the mat with a thud, but came up smiling Skyline repeated the triumphant scene m the shot put and javelin en route to the fourth annual Weber State Invitational track championship Saturday at Welter Slate College Second Championship The Eagles, who ruled this meet in 1974, became the first team to win the title twice by amassing 77 points while Provo placed second with 58'2 Hillcrest (48), Orem (45), Bonneville (37), Cedar (34) and East )29i followed The victory was especially sweet for coach Craig Poole, who was quick to remind a good crowd that Provo had nipped the Eagles on the final event of the state title day to deprive Skyline of the 1976 Class "It's good to he oil top again." Poole said, referring to the '76 state finish "We had some pleasant surprises and faltered m some areas. But it's pleasing to beat Provo Beating Provo - what " something like this is all about Four Records Fall Utahs finest high school forces basking the spring sun. four meet records tumbled and another one w as tied. Barney led Skylines dominance of the field events in the pole vault to outduel by soaring Cottonwood's Frank Catmull and collect the gold medal "I've been going higher, but the sun zapped me out," Barney said I was concentrating on the plant of the pole If you get a good plant, the rest comes easy. 1 was also trying to get my leg up. Sometimes you can come off the plant well, but your leg will drag and ruin a good jump " Kent Bendixen, eager to establish a state record before graduation m June, hurled the javelin 208-- 1 to win the event handily. It was Skyline's second of three first place finishes in the field events. "I'd like to take that state record with me," Bendixen said. "I rely a lot on technique, as well as muscle. 1 threw a 210 in a duel against South, so I thought I should have done a little better today." Dave England accounted for the Eagles final gold medal performance by heaving the shot put 56 feet, one-hainch Ironically, England replaces older brother Gary as the Weber shot put king. Skylines Greg Gonzales. Tracy Duckworth, Josh King, Doug Murray and Tim Barnes each contributed to the Eagle championship by placing m the top six of their respective events. Cedar Athlete Tops However, even the team depth and polish of Skyline could not overshadow the individual performance of Cedar Citys Brad Jackson, who propelled the Redmen to the highest finish among Class teams and was named the meet's outstanding athlete. Jackson began his individual grandeur by shatterid dash record during the morning ng the trials with a 9 73 clocking. However, Provos Alan Kirkwood edged Jackson in the 100 finals to take home the gold medal. With 39 of in 13-- 6 Purtzer Tie for Lead Nicklaus, - Jack Nicklaus CARLSBAD, Calif AP) and Tom Purtzer charged through the opening provided by Bob Wynns collapse and moved into a tie for the lead Saturday after three rounds of golf s prestigious, 225,000 Tournament of Champions. Nicklaus, seeking a fifth title in this elite tournament that brings together only the winners of regular tour events from the last 12 months, scrambled to an erratic 70 and a 210 total, six under par on the windswept, 8,855-yarLa Costa Country Club course. Purtzer, one of a record 12 men making their first appearance in this event, came out of a cloely bunched pack with a 68 that gave him a share of the lead One shot back was Mark Hayes, the Oklahoma quiet man who also shared the g lead until the final hole for a bogey . He had a 69 and a 21 1 total. "Im within striking distance and I have to be happy about that," said Hayes, who won the Tournament Players Championship earlier this season At 212, only two shots back, were Tom Kite and Butch Baird. Kite had a 70, Baird a 69 At 213 and very much m the chase $45,000 first prize were Australian for the David Graham and Joe Inman Graham shot a 70 m the mild, sunny, windy weather and Inman had a 71 lead at the Wynn, who had a three-strok- e end of two rounds, lost most of it with a tee shot that hooked out of bounds and led to a double bogey seven on the second hole. He also made double bogey five on the 14th and finished with 78 and a 215 total. Johnny Miller, so disgusted with his play that he dropped his driver on his backswmg on the final hole, had a Tom Watson, who beat Nicklaus last week in their confrontation tor the Masters crown, rallied with a 69 but. d three-puttin- In 11 i and Saturday night, sparking th Indianapolis Racers past the Cincinnati Stinfor a gers sweep of the World HockEast Division ey Assn playoff semifinals four-gam- game-winnin- g d e Lake City The Gulls, scoreless since the first inning when Willie Aikens hammered a three-ruhome run, broke through for a run m the top of the 11th inning to take a brief lead However, relief pitchers Luis Quintana and Mike Barlow failed to hold the Giants in their half of the inning Reliever Frank Paniek was on the verge of his first Tnple-victory Indore Phoenix rallied in the 1th inning Hits Double 430-fo- ot Brian McDonald had Indianapolis other goal, while Cincinnati spoiled goalie Michel Dions shutout bid with a goal by Greg Carroll in the final period Garrv Jestadt stalled the rally with a one-ou- t e double his second hit of the game and third hit Quin'ana left the game after a passed ball allowed ijstadt to move to third and Junior Kennedy walked Barlow entered and wild pitch. d Jestadt Home with the tying run Barlow got pinch-hitte- r J.X Maitin on strikes, but Hahn cracked his game- - The Racers will play the QucIkw Nordiques or the New England Whalers in the east division championship two-bas- series Quebec leads New Eng land 1 - I salary last toNovember, overcame her knei incuiisi-lr- beat fourth seeded Jane selves Sail Lake lily in the other nl siieitoii 6-- 1 st tint m.i edfd Miss Moll .''it iin a high school junior home study program in order to mint Han on tennis, came from 9 2 in the first sit in .tin six straight games with Ihe loss of 12 Jane Stratton Loses to King who is on a i flOlllts Ii vva i Kit t. t d ini- - Hit v G 3 ... I ? $ ear 12 t n.- -t iv tiltl li aiissexual w even the match tint led .ft onti set after losing a la lift lead i ) -- t. .king a ' To ho by 5 2 But Mn-Mo- i, using lop spin lobs consist, tuly o test lii Hu hard-.- - poiiem reached a 9 lead to avnge a three set loss she in the iG.i cl m stiiltieti to tu Hu h.n is last summer a! Orange. N J km Richard- - if timid outlast Dr placed am Miss Stoll who ianks thud nationailv in hei age giimp and last week won the v,u Is Is t. it s ,i,ti until r V, Men m the Faster 1W a nun naint tl 6.i n t tgeI w vet 1, -- - l)r lilt hauls adim"i d In i, ig, have been out e rued about stamina ogain-- t her young in j,)as eager as he foi e opponent and added t xpcct to lose to title i 19 vt ar olds this year and next vear and still win a maim tournament c -t Billy Jean King On Comeback Trail Nicklaus. seeking a second title for the year and 62nd of his unmatched career, had a wild effort that included five birdies three of them m a row three bogeys and some saves, including tw'o olf call paths on the tough finishing holes. 1 a ) Jackson was a momentary picture of dejection but bounced back by ruling the 220 and 440 yard dashes. His 50.3 time in the 440 established another meet record ai d helped the smooth running athlete forget the second place finish in the 100. wasnt ready After that. I was started us the other events to win determined Provo Places Second Provo coasted to its second place status with gold medal and the Bulldog mile Kirkwood Edwards. Scott Fletcher, of John team relay Kirkwood and Matt Techt prevailing with a 3 26 56 1 lon-yar- d clocking Scott Walker became a double winner and paced Hillcrest s thu d place finish by outrunning the field in the 129 high 11 IS) and 330 intermediate hurdles is 79 "1 was surprised to win both events," Walker admitted "They are two totally different races. The intermediates are more of an endurance test, while the 120s are stric tly a sprint But it feels gmd to take home two gold medals " Bonneville's Jeff Sw anger. the meet's only other e winner, took top laurels in the long jump i22-- l a) and came back to outduel Davis' Mark Dav enport in Ihe high jump Both jumpers soared but Swanger prev ailed on fewer misses Orem pickl'd up three first place finishes, with two-tim- 6--9. Darrin Silvester ruling the discus, Francis Clark the mile and the Golden Tiger medley relay team of Gary Johnson. Greg Johnson, Jim Fralick and Clark establishing a new meet mark of 3 40 72 Silvester, following in his father's footsteps, displayed the grace and technique of L.J himself while hurling the discus 157-- during his first year of competition Jordan's Mark Jensen outlasted East's Jeff Creer in the 880 for top prize but Creer. the state two mile record holder, avenged the loss by cruising to victory 5 in his specialty Cougars Top Pokes For 10 th in Row Special to The Tribune PROVO Brigham Young rallied for four runs in the third inning Saturday and held off Wyoming. 5-- 3. Western Athletic Conference Northern Division contest The v ictory was the 10th in a row for the Cougars, 1 with the .who improved their season record to series with the Cowboy s sweep of this three-gam- e BYU is already making a joke of the division race The Cougars are 0 and already lead by four games 2 Wyoming overall) is 4 in the WAC. tied with Utah and Colorado State. Wyoming has now lost 24 straight games at Provo, a streak that spans the last eight years. The Cowboy s, who nev er had a lead m either game of Fridays douhleheader, jumped on top of the Cougars with two runs in the third off starter and winner Tom Morris. Both runs were unearned, as Joe Robin Buchanan error, Ewing reached on a two-oGreg Brock tripled him home, and Gary Moore picked up Brock with a single. But the Cougars stormed back with four in then-halof the third. Slugging third baseman Kim Nelson doubled home two runs to tie it, and Ken Clayton and Lon Tsuhako followed with singles. m the sixth, when Morris Wyoming closed it to uncorked a wild pickoff throw to enable Kirk Harris to score. The Cowboys threatened to tie it m both the seventh and eighth innings, getting a runner as far as third each frame. in a 19-1- 6-- 2-- ut g 3 winning single to score Kennedy Gil Flores doubled to start the Gulls' scoring in the 1th and Butch Alberts drove him home with a single. Tommy Toms picked up the victory in relic f Dave Heaverio worked the ninth and 10th for Fhoci ,x. The Gulls were held to just seven hits and Alberts had two of them Tucson beat Albuquerque, 14-- Saturday night to hand the Dukes their first loss. Tight Contest The game was tight all the way after Aikens' homer put the Gulls ahead, in the first. But Phoenix quickly got back into the contest with a single run in the second and tied it with two more in . 1 the1 fifth Dick Lange started on the mound for Salt Lake and worked six innings Salt Lake manager Jimy Williams said prior to the season that he would allow his starting pitchers only 100 pitches the first time out Lange went the maximum, as far as Williams was concei ned "Even if they have a goimg, rule will stick the first start because I the want to protect their arms this early, said Williams er The Giants pec ked away with a run in the second when Horace Sxed walked and went to third on a base hit by Garry Jestadt Speed scored when Junim Kennedy bounced out Phoenix tied the game at 3 3 with two runs in the filth inning Jestadt doubled tu left center and .scored on Kennedy s ingle to right Kennedy stoh second and rode home on a double by Vic Hunts -- Plank pitc hed a masterful game after the first inning home run by Aikens He retired 15 hatters in a row bofmo issuing a sixth inning walk to Flutes ikeiis reached on an error in the seventh, hut PI. ink retired seven more batters in a row lx fore leaving the game in the ninth Butch Albeits singled with one down in the ninth and stoic, second base Plank then gave up an intentional walk to Danny Goodwin lleuvello entcied at this point to get Ft ankle Gem ge on strikes Putin k walked two hatters in the sev eiith hut three fix halls to the outfield, one of those a deep fh to right got him out of trouble The Giants threatened ag tin in the eighth Chris Arnold led off with a double and he eventually got to third base with two out Pann k retired the Giants when Orlando Mvarez huuied down a deep fly lii left by Jestadt Plank had good control He walked just two and one of those was intentional Several good fielding pluvs In the Phoenix infield kept the Gulls off the ha-e- s during Plank - hilless treak Hd -- In y unity's fourth game Stall Peranowski make- - his pitching dibit for the Gulls uguin-- t v u an lefth.uuh r I rank Rn c t 111. now in Ins font 1h year with the Giants Peianowskl was obtained In the ( aliloiniu Angels this spring from Cleveland He oik i pile hod foi the Tin son T ores m the Pa if u ( oast 1970 Was rated as one ol the top la ague and the minor le.e'uos plt( lung pMispc ( 111 111 a 100-yar- net pxvched for the gun and the starter kept " Jackson said of the 100 "When he finally Old Gtes vs. New Gtes 5-- 4 Giants Score N V i.APi PORT WASHINGTON Sixteen-yiM- i old ( aniline Stoll of Livingston, N J upset I r Renee Richards I Newport Beach, Calif V7 li to reach the final of a tJO.IHiO women's tenon touinament Saturday with first seeded Ijlllle .Jean King Ms King woi king herself hack into shape afler ,iPv ot Ikiumih; Thud Boslev started things fur Suit Lake with an infield single Gil Flores also singled to set up Aikens" long home run Stratton Loses To Billie Jean 'd V ot Innings Special to The Tribune PHOENIX Don Hahn, hitless m four previous single to trips to th- - plate, dehvered a conterfield in the 11th inning Saturday night to give 4 Phoenix a victory over Salt an assist 3-- 1 d 74-2- Phoenix Nips Gulls, INDIANAPOLIS AP Reg Thomas and A1 Karlander each had a goal head-to-hea- at 216, appeared out of title contention. Lee Trevino, again trying to return competition and after major back surgery, had a Ben Crenshaw shot 2 Purtzer, 25, who won his way into this tournament with a victory in the Los Angeles Open, said he gained his momentum wuth a par from a buried lie m a bunker on the sixth hole. He followed that with a birdie putt on the next hole, bogeyed the 10th, then reeled off a string of four consecutive birdies beginning with a putt on the 11th He holed from about eight feet on the next tw'o and gained a share of the lead with on the 14th. another lf H I By Alumni Varsity Football Game Saturday May 7th 1:30 pm Rice Stadium Aane HowarJ ban Hagen Kjnn John Pea so Sieve C J on Jack Ctoptoe Pock -- MiFe Mike f V j y .ny ik; r orobec it Blanker b r v 'oD FuiZ t a ni PoOC.mr Put" ashm-j'y- GarJ, s ora sriaK-- Ba'ie 'i' KJ : Pon Srr ail Steve MaiCv-rre- r.ivr- - CO tFie Gu Morrell Stave (oak; Marv Fic mu iy Mike Stevens Norm Thar psen Poy Jefferson Clint Harden defer lapis Ken Flams Jack Ceric e Speedy Thomas Tony n Mike Mo SO lay Mb tj SoboG A'jk Pay Grotn Ken Vierra couch Don Van Colder Sieve Marshall Gra .,r cca- nnjr i jrr iMsh J y Tickets available at University of Utah Special Events Cenier Ticket Office or from members of the Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee Tickets " Cbb Cj j J O' cnair is 7" fj. r ifT al n inuy ,n |