Show ------ -- - - " -sv - - — i (IC1 Zlitaiattakatibtutt PORTS 0 s - I Sports Des SUNDAY May 26 1991 237-207- 0 0 Or Pert-i- a Em r 1 - is' V 1 it s i ii gloo 0 M 111 I - - - ?din& BL001111sIGTON V - - i - ' --- ' - Iltived ' 4 - Bulk Go Up 3-- 0: - 4- r1-411t3 Downs Manages - V- - ' - 40' '- - ‘ i"4 - I f - -4 - 'k i - 0 - N It By Steve Luhm ar4 ' '-oi i - a- J33- - a a- '‘ 1 4 avt daa- - t'''''''' ! ' 11101111 f' j r t's"Av :' A - - ‘ r '4r( t 7- ' Lemieux missed most of the last six weeks of last season after bin back finally gave out He returned for the Penguins' final game an overtime loss that knocked them out of the playoffs In these playoffs though be car- Penguins on his aching back His goal and three assists Saturday 44 points gave him a playoff-hig- h and be earned the Coon Smythe n MVP to fiAward as the other and giants of nally join Gretzky See D-- Column 1 -- 6- - l''- ' 'Ill 1 too ) k- a zIkss44 1: - s - ' '"''''''” - - ei 1 rihe - - le- ) i -‘ --1 '''44----- N a60--- '' S ' ' 4' - -— - - --- ollraa ' i---- -- - - yk"-i ' ' ' ' 1 :' ' ''':' - - -:" --- - 11111ciej ''" !' "w -- ' - - 7a0 '44' - - - 7-- 2 c- - ' --'1 7 70-rac- '-- - - even-mone- one-leng- -- 1 'amain '"'"1"r":::"1"1-1-1"16- -- 1' - "Consitlering smoothly The racing WILS good and competitive the track surface stayed excellent throughout the day and the trowd was upbeat All things considered I'm wei7 happy with the way things went today!' y So were the connections of Standing Good the favorite who rallied for a victory over second choice Pop's Ruling :in the featured $5700 inaugural Handicap Ridden by Craig Spencer and trained by Wallace Christensen Standing Good scored his second win of the year and his 15th in a e career He earned the winner's share of 22820 for owners Let Hardman and Brown Inc of Bluffdale Utah Standing Good an gelding 'boosted his career bankroll to just over $85008 by covering the six furlongs on a 'heavy track in a surprisingly good time of 1:12 "He likes the mud" said Spencer '"He's been running on the turf at Turf Paradise in Phoenix and See D-- 7 Column I i -- -- it t ' 21500-3- - ' -- t - 'a - 0 '-'"- " - 110 - - T ‘4'- ' -- - 4: a4 ' ::'-- 7If-- - :4''' - ' -- P ' e"""Pulf ' z - Or - - Jpg e - let t ' '"'' - - - - '' - - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa — : a - - 4 4 !: 4 4 ld eight-year-o- -- ' v4ga 1 - --o-'4 Rick Esan'Tbe Snit Lake Tribune Set Down To Drive ridden by Russ Vicchrilli drives on the outside to win race ahead of Von Gilpin on Pouten Wick (6) Mike Carruth on Pegs Cupid post-seaso- TRIBUNE Wyo — Things turned gloomy Saturday at Wyoming Downs Joe Joyce never did Joyce the owner of Wyoming Downs was pleased with the opening afternoon of his summer racing season which started in cool and partly cloudy weather but ended amid heavy rainstorms Still 3801 fans attended They wagered Just over EVANSTON f N k - 1'4' t THE BALT La ''' : ' a- 1 - -- - - ' 4134 l's i '- Running start --b- a --- 7 - a 4 A 05 or-a- t a -- a ' '' : r - - j - ' 42'i- -- '4''' ri 1 ' - I '1 V a ala 4' o 0-- 2 :": ''':34 ‘ li-- ' 41 - i - '7— k - - rs 7—'4 e -- " t : 4 r dream" ar -t- - f--- organizations Not anymore '"It means everything — to be part of a championship team" be said "especially after last year when 1 played most of the year with back It's got to he the ultimate pain ed - I One" but Wayne Gretzky was winning four Stanley Cups while Lemieux was playing for one of the league 's historically horrendous post-seaso- - 01 atftoaraaaa" ' - 8-- I '- alar'A — Mario 1-- -- a- ' Lemieux' s kills almost immediately established him as a hockey immortal Now he and the rest of the Pittsburgt Penguins have the hardware that immortalizes them all Lemieux's shorthanded breakaway goal opened up a 0 l game and Tom Barrasso made 39 saves Saturdrzy night as Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup for the first time in its history with an 0 rout that ended the Minnesota North Stars' outrageously outn run standing After falling behind 2-- 1 in the bestof-s- even series Pittsburgh won three straight games to become the first US-basteam since the 1983 New York Islanders to win the Cup They did it with the largest margin of vicgame since the tory in a final-roun- d NHL took control of the Stanley Cup after the 1924-2- 5 season Lemieux has won scoring titles acleague MVP awards and All-Stcolades The one thing be hadn't captured in his sensational seven-yea- r NHL career was the Stanley Cup Some called Lemieux "The Greater a -- A- - Stitt le)T Cup NBA: $ a r-- 1 '7 By Mike Nadel THE ASSOCIATED PUSS f - '"----- I D1 — a V ET 1 ILj 2 Utah Country Clubs Feeling Impact of Go!! Frank Leyden is a country club member La Vell Edwards is too Jack INlicholson? "I ain't country club material" the actor huffed in a Golf magazine profile Jack also never fried to make a weekend tee time at a Salt Lake City public course Golf's growth is making an impact on Utah's country clubs driving costs up and creating waiting lists for memberships The major change is taking place on the clubs' golf courses: more members are actually playing golf d and joining clubs for reasons "We have a more active membership placing more demand on our golf course" said Rick Libby manager of the Fort Douglas-Hidde- n Valley Country Club In most cases the turnover of membership is ateady almost a perfect match of buyers and sellers Alpine CC is the only major club looking for more members while Riverside CC in Provo and the Logan Golf & Country Club have the only waiting lists of 10 - : 1'11 s Val C " epcifri"4If y'r 4141k golf-relate- it-IOM 3' NS 'IT Oft I MP 27-ho- le i 1 t and nine members e respectively "I would say there's more interest than ever and more people involved" said Riverside manager Parley Petersen "It's a pretty healthy am k ' situation" The nature of Utah's clubs ranges from the facility carrying the exclusive name of The Country Club to the more modest Copper Club operating basis For on a limited season-pas- s golf's sake the idea behind all the clubs is the same: limiting traffic in the interest of course maintenance conand more pleasant ditions besides having the money to develop the facilities "Quality control" says Joe Watts executive direc i Ib would-b- - ft vetz 1 If mgatm01 d Rick EganThe Salt Lake Telbtme Want to play a quick round of golf away from the crowds like woman at The Country Club? Join a private club be- - hdy 5113 r P r 4 - I spite rising prices more people are turning to cbuntry clubs crowds at public courses to get away from ever-increasi- natuor - 71 I Marto Montt! 2211118 I Al Unser Jr I 219)123 I r411 C-411- I kJ For Michael Moretti I 2ZA443 220843 1 C1 1 I The field is determined by four days of qualifying Pc:slams are detemined by speed with the fastest ckwer on the first day e of qualifying winning the pole Here are the qualifiers for the Indy 500 and their qualitymg speeds in mph Scott Goodyear 21E711 Or ri Jim Crawford (R) Jeff Andret0 213M1 217832 I c?C:14T1 I1 ! Rick Mews Boboy Rahn! 224113 221Ao1 Row 1 n I 11 7t1 1 I 1 Cher Eddie 218122 El F3 0:1) John Andretti 216059 I 1 toc51 s I a-tri-o Roo I tiro Mateashita I 0 CICE goer ry-4- 1 0:225i1 Qet! ri41 Tony Sonontwoon 210183 (R) Budoy 2181112 Toro PtOrnroth 223881 Stan Fax 219501 (R) Wy T Riots 2171197 Poncho Settler 214412 e'4'411 Eit4671111 Lupartdyk Gary Bananhaueen 2240169 I 1 I (R) I 218351 Scott enmott 214814 215845 Dominic Dobson Gordon Johncock 215326 213212 I 222844 1 E Scott Stayton 218627 I Geoff Brubtoom 1 214859 hionn Paul Jr 2179!2 13 Ell I 1 1 Rebono GLOOM° 214027 a 10 IField aveme awed: Rookie 1 I Rarely Lamas 1 215043 I Er 218690 mph Fastest Field Ever evvilig to Go at 75th Indy Harris THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Gentlemen stand on the gas If you don't the 75th Indianapolis 500 will pass you by The fastest field in the storied history of the ludianapolis Motor Speedway — with a dizzying average speed of 218590 mph — will take the green flag Sunday for a race so wide open even d the competitors are to pick a favorite Rick Mears a three-tim- e winner who will start from the pole tor a record sixth time said "When you start counting guys who can win this race you have to use both hands and maybe a couple of toes" At 39 Mears will attempt to become the younwinner here and is considered gest four-tim- e overdue by many after two years without a victory "You win this race when just about everything goes right for you and something goes wrong for everybody else" Mears said "I don't hard-presse- - - worry about numbers I just want to try to get to the middle of the race see where we stand then go for it" Another top contender is Mears' teammate Emerson Fittipaldi who has finished second first and third in his last three Indy starts But the Brazilian racer a former Formula One champion also was forecasting a tough day "This race more than most lady races I've participated in there's a bigger group of drivers more cars with a chance of winning more than any year before" he said "I would say eight nine drivers can win this race" The group includes 1986 winner Bobby Rahal and teammate Al Unser Jr who came so close to winning in 1989 always quick Michael Andretti: his father Mario the 1969 winner and still a legitimate threat fast qualifier Gary Bettenhausen at 224468 mph defending champion Arie Luyendyk trying to become the first re1986 peat winner since Al Unser Sr in 1970-7runner-uKevin Cogan: 1985 winner Danny e runner-u- p Sullivan and Roberto Guerrero 1 p two-tim- Column 5 — Msociated Preis Graphic By Mike 0 New York 6 Baltimore 5 Detroit 3 Boston 2 Kansas City 11 Minnesota 2 Cleveland 5 Milwaukee 1 California 5 Toronto 0 Oakland 5 Chicago 3 (10) Texas 8 Seattle 6 (11) let511 Kevin Cogan i i I 't in-S- D-1- American League --- 219015 1- for country clubs" Watts said "When there are no memberships for sale then the demand is going to Chicago 113 Detroit 107 I Cit:11 IP Bernard JourdeOn 216083 (R) Mike Groff GI 113 I I Emerson ratipskil 223084 Me Utab's public courses have matched golfers' demands with no true member-owne- d country clubs founded in the last 30 years "The convenience and accessibility of mu nicipal courses has reduced the need NBA Playoffs thirty-thre- GI:11 Donny SuliMin 218343 Golf Association Edwards an avid golfer is a longtime member of Riverside a few blocks from Cougar Stadium Leyden more of a recreational player asked for a membership to Willow Creek CC as part of one of his Jazz coaching contracts For years members have joined country clubs for social and business reasons apart from golf in fact some play hardly any golf The Country Club is known for having a few members playing a let of golf and a lot of members playing a little golf in any case people keep joining Utah's clubs Even The Country Club with a 350000 initial cost has an annual turnover of about 20 members At Hidden Valley demand has caused some memberships to double in value in two years according to Libby At The Country Club costs have "stayed pretty much with the consumer price index although not tied to that" said manager John Straub As investments club memberships have built-i- n costs that discourage strictly speculative ventures Usually the club acts as a broker for memberships matching buyers and sellers In some cases the club fixes the price in others the cost is negotiable Either way the club assumes a transfer fee of as much as 25 percent Would-b- e members are also subject to credit checks and other screening and must be sponsored by a member andor approved by the club board Sports Capsule - '75733 ANNIVERSARY 11111 OOM tor of the Utah By Kurt Kragthorpe THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE "' 11 "This is a race that could produce another new winner" said Luyendyk the Flying Dutch41- man who set a race record with his minute charge to the Indy triumph last May He averaged 185981 mph breaking the race record by 15 mph "It's probably going to be very fast with very good racing" Luyendyk said "You're going to have to work for every pass because there's no junk in this field" He may well have been thinking about the work that is ahead of him at the beginning of the 200-larace Luyendyk will be starting in the fifth of 11 rows of three despite having one of the fastest cars in the field Rain on the opening day of time trials two weeks ago cut short qualifying and left some gamblers — hoping for a cooler track late in the day — to find their way into the lineup the next day That unusual situation placed Bettenhausen e in the fifth Luyendyk and Fittipaldi row with Cogan just behinTl p side-by-sid- "There's going to be a real scramble at the start I think" Cogan said "This isn't any endurance race any more either You have to keep your foot in it all day If you let up even for a lap you can be out of it "Some of those guys ahead of us had slower speeds but they're very good race drivers and every pass is going to be a real battle" When the race begins Mears will be flanked winner AJ Foyt on the front row by four-tim- e making what he says will be his last race appearance here and Mario Andretti Right behind will be Rahal and the spearhead Unser and Michael of the Andretti Five rookies led by Mike Groff the fastest first-yea- r qualifier ever at Indy are scattered from Row 4 back to Row 10 Mix in all those ingredients and the start always a perilous few minutes is likely to be even more so this time "Everybody is just going to have to keep their Column 2 See second-generatio- n National League 1 Chicago 6 Montreal Los Angeles 8 Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2 (11) San Francisco 7 Atlanta 6 St Louis 7 New York 2 San Diego 4 Houston 2 (10) Finals Stanley 8Cup Minnesota 0 Pittsburgh TV Sports — Auto Racing Inam dianapolis 500 ICVM1 11 am — Auto Racing Coca Cola 600 ( 14) 11:30 am — Baseball Cardinals at Mets Noon — Baseball Dridgers at Reds rWGN) 12:20 pm — Baseball Expos at Cubs 1 pm — NBA Playoffs Trail Blazers at Lakers 1:30 pm — Golf The Colonial 1:113PC 3:30 pm — Senior Golf Bell Atlantic Classic ( ESPC 6 pm — Baseball Indians at Brewers CE 0 cjE aj 11-- 4 0 'oft oP |