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Policeman Outdrives Field if Roger Graves Tribune Sports ritei AMERICAN FORK Geoige Vaughn was as surprised as anyone A short time ago, you couldn't tind a di iver m his golf bag The Salt Kike policeman, blessed with a powerful swing and a burning desire to succeed, remained on the peripneiy oi competition with a 10 handicap He teed ofl with a one iron Call it a brassie. one wood or driver, but call it Vaughn's A, foe rather than friend That is, ' ununtil Friday Vaughn leashed a booming 3i.Vynid. blast which one fsot, nine-incgave him first place in the sectional long Driv mg Contest Golf Course at "I haven't had a driver for five years," the Vaughn said My friend (Bud George aug n Blanchard) just got me this new driver and we've been breaking it in the last little while 1 was just having a lot of trouble with woods and decided to discard my driver Bud gave me the incentive to give it another shot I'll have to admit, Im glad I did conVaughn, a solidly constructed 29 year-oltinued to lie a bit erratic with his new weapon With each contestant allow ed to hit three balls in succession during the PGA sanctioned event, Vaughn slapped his first attempt out of bounds My swing was a little too fast and I was a little too nervous," Vaughn said Bud had given me some " confidence, but this was a pressure situation Vaughns second drive was a gem Keeping it wide fairway , the within the ball came to rest more than 3.1r yards from the tee His third shot also sailed out of bounds, as did his second series of three balls, which a gallery man paid for Betley, who also sports a muscular, fluent swing, 's No 10 lashed his first drive 323 yards down fairway ihs second attempt remained mbounds at 311 yards, with his third shot measured at 321 yards, two feet, nine inches Vaughn, who played high school golf at East, will advance to the Long Driving district competition m Salt Lake in June, with $.100 awarded to the winner Interestingly, national 1976 Long Drive champion Evan Williams, who collected $15,000 for his booming 28 drive toe shot, recorded a 307 yard, yards shorter than Vaughn's clout y 1 know one thing, said pro Jimmy Thompson, who reported 64 entries m the contest Every time I saw those youngsters swing, my back hurt. Vaughns constituent Bud Blanchard cracked a d drive, with Salt Lake Country Club stalwart Jerry Whitmer lacing a carded Craig Douglas, a starter at a drive, while BYUs Jim Blair clouted a Gary Beck, a smooth-swingindrive was top junior with a By ?y h Tn-Cit- y 6-- d tVwA fk "'. AjdwVi ' t '$ t? S' , " " x it ??-- i ! ssi , x .. '. v g , Ng- - w K , ' - f K A hY' "7' (73 vV;v S'-VV v Mfty- -' ."tf ,5 - V V , j'v ay? 'SrXs 4,:s 'wfr' v 9 $ .vs '' - ' $. "vN H , W. ' ,. 3 -- y v Xa . ' - - V, t f v:w v W Galls - ' , In' N $ v .fcf Tri-City- &&. 9' jSfewik '' 4 W. rounding third base after shortstop Ranee Mulli-nih- s is caught by camera home hitting run Thursday. MuUiniks: Majors Soon By Ray Herbat own ability, not else Tribune Sports Writer During the Gulls first home stand of the season last month, Los Angeles Dodgers scout Ron King sat m the grandstand and studied the talent on the Salt Lake and Tucson teams. Along about the seventh inning, King made this predictionThis is the first time Ive seen your club and Ill make you a bet right now. I can tell you which of your players will be the most valuable man at the end of the season Which one? he was asked Mullmiks. he The shortstop replied Beautiful Name Ranee Mullmiks Even the name sounds big league, and after watching the slender, glide smoothly around his shortstop position and swing the bat with authority against Pacific Coast League pitching, few will dispute Kings observation Early season statistics dont mean much, but the infielder from Woodville, Calif., who once played basketball against Utahs Greg Deane, is off to his best start ever in professional baseball In the Gulls first 29 games, not known as a power hitter, already has swatted six home runs. He hit only seven all last year at El Prso, a hitter's paradise His 28 runs batted in are only 23 short of his entire 19 6 output and Ranees .324 batting average is ahead of last year's pace when he was named the Texas Leagues shortstop Even more impressive than his statistics is the philosophy Mullmiks possesses concerning himself and his - 6-- 0, er Mul-hnik- s, all-st- ar career 1 would be a fool not to admit that the kind words expressed by that scout didnt make me feel good, said Mullmiks, a high draft choice m 1974 But I cant get fatheaded over compliments I know I have to make it on my praise from someone Feet on the Ground His head screwed squarely on his shoulders and his feet planted firmly on the ground, Mullmiks is objective concerning his present and futuie capabilities Id just as soon stay in Tnple-- bah all year My goal is to make the majors, of course, but I have to ask myself whether I am ready. Right now I am not I want to go up only when 1 am ready I dont want to make the major leagues as a player on some roster I want to be ready to play and to play as well as 1 can My feeling is that I need to improve my abilities each year I dont boliev e I have any weaknesses. Fundamentally, I am a sound player, but I want to refine the skills I have, and when I get to the big leagues I want to be ready to play and to play well Mullmiks signed right out of high school for what he called a good bonus and progressed through the Angels system, making stops at Idaho Falls, Quad Cities, Salmas and El Paso And each years maturity has seen Ranee become stronger with the bat "I used to drop my hands before swinging After correcting that fault. Ive become a better hitter, and when I am swinging right I feel I can hit anyone," he explained Mullmiks said he was happy he didnt go to an expansion club or to the Chicago Cubs in a possible trade the Sure, I Angels might have made. might be m the big leagues right now with another team, but I wanted to stay with the Angels' organization And like I said, it wouldnt mean much to be m the majors unless I am fully ready to play there It you want a good bet, wager that Ranee w ill make it and soon The Salt Lake Tribune. Saturday, May Uinli Ace Ji ff Jon, is. who est.il llshed caieer and single game assist records dur mg his four year basketball tenure at the! mvor sity ot Utah, was named 11 to the fust team !1 Vmeiica Uadonuc team Finlay by ihe Col legmte SHits lufoi mu turn 1) l re c t a i o s mei k a Jonas, the Milwaukee1, Wise , native who helped lead tile Ites to the 1976-7Western Athletic Con f e r e n c e champion ship, compiled a 3 42 av erage in grade-poiadvertising to join such elite players as UCLVs Marques Johnson and In7 nt dianas Kent Benson on the first team Utahs Jetf Judkins, who topped the WAC in scoring for the second straight year with a 20 6 average, was named to the seiond team with a 3 1 average m physical education Judkins and Jonas both earned honors for the 1976-7- 7 season Utah State's Gary was a thud team selection, with a 3 8 glade point average m accounting BYU guard Vance Law earned a position on the academic honorable mention roster w ith a 3 25 GPA in health science Twcnty-two-year-o- ld Tri-Cit- v, 303-yar- d g r. 285-yar- d Cougars Win Pair 1 ire Sorv lies Young UnivciMtv took the school s onlv home run. a drive in the ninth inning of the second game I tos latse Pair Shoitstop (. alen Kitamura singled home the winning run in the eighth inning of the nightcap, lifting Colorado Stale to a 3 2 victory over I tali and a sweep ot a Western Vthletic (Conference baseball doubleheailer Friday . The Rams won the openei 7 6 Kitamuia drove home Have Moses vv ho has singled and mm ed to sex ond cm i wild pitch CSl held a 2 (I lead hut the I tes tied it in tile- tilth on Bi tun Gi ahum's solo homer and Brick Spam's RBI single In the tirst game Call l allied trom a 5 2 debut Duair Zuunors bases empty homer tied the score at 5 5 in the sixth inning, and the Redskins went on top 6 5 in the top of the 'feventh wh'ii Spam singled, stole second and scored on Got doll F.ukm's double But CSU got a pair of nms in the Ixittom of the seventh Designated hitter Dave Tracv led olf with a home run Mike Brown heat out an infield hit and moved to second on a sucritice Pinch hitter Steve Lane singled him to thud and Brown raced home on Spain s tin owing error on the play lhuno Biighum pu.r of baseball games fiom Wvoming Fiulav 11 2 and 7 on slugging that produced 10 hits in tilt' opening gunn and 11 in the nightcap 1! already the Western Athletic Conference northern division champ C iccoid to 13 2 um. extended its i 1 l, while Wvoming di upped to 7 eoulerc nee plav The teams are and K 29 overall u spec lively m 10 27 1 i this season ins Opener By l the first game Fridav, thud baseman Rick Senvnei drove ill two runs with a pair ot singles and light fielder Run Nelson knocked thiee runners m, including two on a double m the sieth inning RMl got out in front during the .second inning of the opener and kept piling up insurance runs In the nightcap. 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