| Show D4 The Salt Lake Tribune Friday June Latest Group Close To Adopting Sting THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RI — With its top By player nursing a back injury and the rest of the team more suited to clay than grass the Spanish Davis Cup team knows it's got a tough quarterfinal round ahead But don't be surprised by some surprises the Spaniards say "I know no one expects it but I hope to give some surprises" said identified individual is also expected to be part of the ownership package The APSL was confident enough in a deal with Haber earlier this week that it underwrote travel expenses for the Sting's east coast road trip — which begins Friday night in Albany against the Capitals (5:30 pm MDT) and wraps up Saturday night in Trenton NJ against the Stop us if you've heard this one before but it looks as though the Salt Lake Sting may have a new owner Sources close to the team said Thursday that a Kaysville businessman who expressed an interest in the Sting late last week is close to finalizing a deal to purchase the team from the American Professional Soccer League Avie Haber an Israeli native who has business interests both here and in Southern California reportedly made a payment to the APSL Thursday League cochairman William Sage was unaailable for comment but it is believed the necessary paper work will be concluded over the weekend and a formal announcement of the teams sale will be made by the league on Monday I laber stepped forward when a tentative deal to sell the Sting to a group led by Bountiful businessman Steve Macklyn bogged down last week and later fell through Macklyn is reportedly involved in the new deal as a minority owner Another still-u- n d in Joe Baird THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Tomas Carbonell whose initiation to Davis Cup play will be an opening day match against John Mc Enroe "I'm a young guy I have to go for it" The success of the Spanish team rests with Emilio Sanchez who will play all three days lie first meets Brad (lilburt in Friday's opening match before learning ‘Aith Sergio Casal in Saturday's doubles match against Rick Leach and Jim Pugh Asked if he was up to the challenge Sanchez said "I hope so I hope Sergio is going to take care of me in the doubles I have the chance to win I hope I can take it" of Sanchez is the highest-rankethe Spanish players Sergi Brugera ranked sixth in the world pulled out of the competition to nurse a back injury that forced him to skip the French Open Brugera won his first major tournament in Estoril Portegal West May Expand Not-So-B- ig Sanchez Fuels Spains Hopes In Davis Cup NEWPORT 14 1991 Penn-Jerse- y Spirit "Hopefully the paperwork can be done by Friday so we can tell the team and give them a little confidence boost before they play" said one of the sources Certainly the Sting could use some good news Plagued by injuries and the uncertainty of the ownership situation Salt Lake has lost its last three games and is rooted firmly in the Western Conference basement "If it goes through its the best thing that could have happened" forward Derek Sanderson said before the team headed east "It sounds to me like this new guy wants to do it right With a new owner we can go on this trip on a high note and see about getting some results" I-- addition to expansion In thoughts Tueller spent his first day in an apparently weakened Big West considering some other consequences of the Fresno move: the elimination of an automatic bowl bid for the league's football champion the possible jeopardizing of Utah State's football rivalries with Utah and BYU and yet another slap in the face to his school by the The Big West has been sending its football champion to the California Bowl in Fresno each year to play Conference n champion However the Big West tie-ito the California Bowl will end with the 1991 game and Tueller thinks the bowl game itself will end too "We have no interest in the California Bowl in Fresno without Fresno" said Tueller "You'll see one of two things happen to the California Bowl: 1 it'll go down or 2 it'll go to another location where it can make enough money to go open And that won't happen" Tueller who stressed that the Big have no obligation 1 Special Fathers entrant The Alder sisters Juliette and Adrian and Angela Nelson will World Cup Skis 1 compete in Girls 16 Singles while Megan Payne Mary Mahon Jamie Zenger and Kim Kelly qualified for Girls 14 Singles Brandon Hodges an Alta High junior is the region's top seed in Boys 16 Singles He'll be joined in that division by Mark Watkins Logan Woolley and Alex Buxton In Boys 14 Singles Michael Rich enters the tourney as the second seed while Casey Hibler and Jordan Butler are also highly-ranke- d Several other Utah juniors should also have a good shot at making the nationals in Colorado Along with Rosander Bryan Conner and Rudy Stankovic are highly tio:INTEREStili BECAUSE YOU DESERVE THE BEST NO MONElfDOWN040 PAYMENTS AND PRESS FAIEEE v Vallilrh - 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:"116 I MOWER FOR YOUR MONEY Wins Cycling Stage i 18 Singles while is the state's highest-r- 18 Girls anked ever-humbl- n THE ASSOCIATED ranked in Boys Jennifer Jensen ally assured a spot on the tennis team Easton will attempt to make it via the tryout route e "I just stuck with it" the Rosander said of his tennis success a ' ted by his father eight years ago and nurtured along the way by the likes of Jim Osborne at Fort Douglas and Rick Billings at the Sports Mall "A lot of people who might have been better than me dropped out and I passed a few along the way" Continued From D-with some 100 other Utah junior tennis players will represent the state at the Intermountain Tennis Association Junior Sectional Championships beginning Sunday and running through June 23 Rosander enters the Boulder tournament seeded ninth in the region The top six ranked players coming out of the regionals are endorsed to participate in any of four (hardcourt grass clay or indoors) junior national tournaments meaning Rosander has a shot at nationals if he does well in Colorado "Kris is a bit shy and quiet and doesn't like to talk about himself" said Easton who took it upon himself to expound his Rosander's virtues "He's got great ground strokes and a really flat consistent first serve: but its his mental toughness that makes him so good He never loses his cool on the court" Rosander and Easton both 39 GPA students will room together at BYU this fall where both will receive academic scholarships of some kind While Rosander is virtu-Italia- - discussion" said MENINNEBIUMM Quiet Tennis Champ Makes Noise on Court Special Gifts for '-- us" to Tueller of the latest snub "I think April ' 17-1- Utah State Asked if the WAC expansion could threaten his games with Utah and BYU Tueller responded "Lit very likely could That would have to be their call I think that's a potential hazard of what they're doing I've never been one who wanted to talk about not playing the great games Sometimes you have to give up those kinds of things for conference affiliations" If those rivalries are ever canceled in the future it would be the final insult for Tueller who showed some irritation at Utah and BYU for not carrying USU's banner before the WAC part of that "I understand the WAC they Mellen WAC the who does have an obligation to us is our sister schools in Utah" Tue Iler said the admission of Fresno State marked "the fourth or fifth time we've been passed over" in the WAC's three decades of existence He still longs for WAC admission and thinks "we're still the logical choice" He thinks the Aggies are as logical as Fresno is pointing out that USU went against the Bulldogs in football in the 13 years they were Big West rivals In basketball the overall series stands at 5 for USU Nonetheless Tueller was not surprised at Fresno's admission What he was surprised about was the rapid-fire process in which it was done Wednesday "I do know for a fact that we were discussed in the meetings" said Tueller "I don't know if it was for 30 seconds or 30 minutes But I'm sure San Jose State and UNLV were in it too" San Jose and Las Vegas had been rumored to be in line for WAC expansion along with Fresno If the WAC is still considering them for future expansion then the Aggies want to be considered too "We would hope that if they're talking 12 teams we could be a West remains committed to Division football said the conference has had discussions with bowls like the Aloha Freedom and Copper and has been told its teams would be considered for a bid if they are good enough As for Utah State's football rivalries the concern in Logan is that the addition of Fresno to the schedules of Utah and BYU could crowd out the Aggies if the WAC schedule which goes to a nine-gam- e seems unlikely For example if BYU were forced to play nine WAC games some year it probably wouldn't want to use one of its two or three dates on Continued From D-- 1 the league membership to nine the Big West would have to consider adding either one or three schools if it wants to keep an even number of members Whatever the conference decides to do Wednesday's move by Fresno will likely hasten its discussions a u 3 Men's Woods 8 Irons Bag Putter ileacicovers Tees Value $380 MIL $19995 E Golfers Serving Goiters t 12 Years In Utah MoOri t304:00 sat i |
