| Show Zbe5attgatitaltibunt ATIoN - Recreation Desk: I 237-207- MONDAY 0 C6 H Baseball Players Follow Dreams 1 By time Find me an agent" Brett Prettyman THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - - September 9 1991 - t o o : and Taylorsville The 30 league runs later than most because of the difficulty in finding fields to give participants a chance to watch their children play in the summer and because the league's world series runs in DeSeelhorst started playing At an age when most of their peers are turning to more sedentary pursuits a number of veteran Utah baseball players continue to stroll in their own personal field of dreams Because dreams of baseball gloMen's ry die hard the Utah 30 Senior Baseball League just keeps growing in his third season of play "We held the league at 12 teams this year but I expect to gain four more next year" said Howard Reynolds who is both a player and on the board of direc tors for the league Each team consists of roughly 15 players The league carries 180 to 200 players Players range from men who always wanted to play baseball and never did to Major League veterans For Gary DeSeelhorst 53 it's the love of the sport that keeps him in the league "So long as you can swing a bat and throw a ball you should be playing" said DeSeelhorst "I intend on making this my third life baseball as a little leaguer in California During high school he team in Caliplayed for a semi-prfornia "1 interrupted 37 years of business by getting back into base ball" said the owner of Solitude Ski Resort "The camaraderie is great and the league is competitive but friendly" he said "My biggest thrill is being the catcher for leaguer Mick Mahler" said DeSeelhorst the According to Reynolds league is full of high school and and college players sollie major leaguers DeSeelhorst timsaid there were three ers on his team the Royals The Utah league is affiliated with the Men's Senior Baseball League of America and sponsored by Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation The league schedules 16 games which are played Monday Tuesday and Wednesday nights with day games on Saturdays Games are played at Ken Price Magna Hillcrest Union Oquirrh Field o conjunction wqh the Major League's World Series After the season ends an A and B division team will be selected to represent Utah in the Men's Senior Baseball World Series in Phoenix November Those teams are named Utah Pride after Pride Transport who will provide uniforms More than 120 teams including the Soviet Union Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Taiwan Australia Holland Japan and Italy will be participating in the Men's 30 World Series With age comes wear and there have been a number of injuries this year in the league "We have had warnings from the league president in New York" said Reynolds "He cautioned us against letting a pitcher who hasn't pitched in awhile try to throw like he did in high school" all-st- 4-- g ex-bi- 4400010MOVI041 441tItr"1:ie' "' i tUt s' 9 r t ' t : 0 - ' t 1 Tim KellyThe Salt Lake Tribune Cubs' Larry Case of Salt Lake's baseball league is fooled with a change-u- p pitch Padres catcher is Scott Smith League gives veterans a place to play 30-pl- I I Om to tuna 41 nag-'t1welamoom- FISHING: Hit I the Green River MTIL-100514- wiuAno-r- A PERRY 1 ' Tooele Fng 1 River Flow Hotline Stop Poaching itotline I -- SIG kin COTTONWOOD rutexio ti21 CANYON Salt Lake BORG! Itt Vernal k1STRAWBERRY EcoGRIFIVEEDR LJ 0 Price C-- 5 Gmen River 0 NIXING: Mill B z North Fork Hiking is great in Big Cottonwood Canyon this time of year See Tom Wharton's story on page D-- 4 for it details BEAVER MOUNTAIN Moab Cedar City If EDAYWWILLARD St George There's more to do than just buying fruit in these Box Elder County towns mmtommmammfti - M :) totiFIT:ITb(-iii4- -- Hunters Bag Lost Wedding Ring No Deer By Craig Hansel' They came up empty "My wife said she was married to the mountain this past year" joked Merrill This year the Pryanovich's returned to the same camp they have used for nine years "When we got out of the truck something made me remind Rick about looking for Chris' ring I looked down and there it was in the middle of a cow trail" said THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 1- ' l 0- -4 ' 142 e 4 Salt Lake brothers Jud and Rick Pryanovich had a golden archery hunt this season They came home without a deer after more than 10 days in the field but they did bring home the gold in the form of a wedding band Last year the Pryanovich's were hunting in the Robbins Valley area of the Pahvant Range above Salina with newlywed Chris Merrill The trio had hiked the valleys and ridges searching for deer They had hunted for six days when Merrill shot a big four point On the sixth day Merrill noticed his wedding band was no longer on his hand "1 thought it might be in the gut pile" recalled Merrill They searched for three more days painstakingly retracing footsteps through the foothills and over the ridges They even picked through the remains of Merrill's deer t 4 44 V k - 1 - A - - ' (rug liftmen The Salt Lake Tribune Jud Pryanovich shows off ring he found hunting LIC63 1 PO SO WS DESERET Jud "It must have come off when he did the dishes and we threw it out with the dish water" Jud speculated Chris and Sherida Merrill were married Aug 4 1990 and Chris' wedding band was tozt Aug 20 "I finally got it paid for this month" said an obviously-pleaseChris Merrill after Jud told him of the golden find "I was going to go down there with a metal detector but I thought with all the snow last year that it was gone "This is definitely a story for the grandkids" said Merrill d PT 48004:0' 60 b SHAVI-14- 2 90 Brett Prettyman THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Archery hunters spend weeks sometimes years trying to achieve what Jon Huff did in 30 minutes On this year's deer season opener Huff dropped a possible Pope and Young record buck in the Fish lake National Forest "The rack is 28 inches wide by 28 inches high It's wide and thick and the circumference is only a fraction of an inch off" said the Sandy resident about t his buck Huff hiked 112 miles into a bowl four-poin- Ready For Delivery - All II J E r1113::q: - rtpvwss fro stoat Colors! - V :::--- 146101E1 Go the 50 Key Relase ' I ') 1!) Bicycle Sales & Service Davis County's Pro-eliMountain Bike & Freestyle Shop te t 4 South Bountift1 UT 84010 (801) 2924416 177 West others 9et their picks from! r--Redskin- 3110 I Bruce Ionian -- will put you on a winning track APS° UTELY PE 1 Cali Row EllUCE icaDATI S7C1ISi -- - — UTAH NORTHEASTERN de hi ne d hc 441' ' th PC dc ye bu Cc co ro 11 th ar dc or sli lE Brett PrettymanThe Salt Lake Tribune Greg Teleseo of Salt Lake — floats the Green River SOUTHERN UTAH — Try the Beaver Mountain lakes which are stocked frequently with trout Usd various baits and lures as well as flies SOUTHEASTERN UTAH :- -There are still some big fish- in Scofield where the limit has been increased to 16 fish a day in prepa- ration for the poisoning scheduled September 24 Anglers in boats may experience the best fishing 4-Poi- Buck nt but I really didn't I guess the practice helped" he said According to Huff a Pope and Young official stopped by the taxidermy shop and stated that the buck would make the books The official is expected back next month for a measurement For those hoping to equal Huff's feat don't lose hope "While I was searching for the arrow which had gone right just as through him a four-poiwalked a t close and big said Huff by" and was there when the sun came up "I saw 10 deer and seven were bucks before I got mine between 7:15 and 7:30 said Huff The trophy hunter said he started using a bow to get away from the mass of hunters that accompany Utah's deer rifle opener "1 got tired of the crowds and it's more of a sport" H if f said "I'll go bow all the time now" Huff says it was a con bination of practice scouting and luck that helped him bag the estimate:1268- pound deer "1 thought I would be shaking am" ( til m NC sr in bc th in bc gt di cc jU de di Ai three-poin- : tf tri(4 (Ai 13) II I I AM Ott 0 JA 4 iTijat ' It'' tIJ — - 6 PM lga Al dli — SEPT 17 18 TUES Hi RENNE WED 11 AM & - 9 PM --- 19 THUR Al —— -- 11 AM - 6 PM 0 c SALT PALACE SOUTH TEMPLE & 200 WEST - SLC INFORMATION B) UT Bi - 485-01- Thousands of INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION and MACHINE TOOL product lines on display Many with live demonstrations covering more than 60 Industries Abrasives Adhesives Air Compressors Casters & Glides Chemicals Coatings Communications Controls Generators Hydraulics Hand Tools Hoists Conveyors Cutting Tools Fasteners Forklifts I 6k"a14464 ' er HA el----v-- -- S 7k4wiAAAmste)0 - rryeryl 'ii LI lil al service sl Fl MARIN ' The kokanee in Flaming Gorge are spawning and all tributaries are closed Lake trout should be complus ing on A number of trout have been caught this summer The smallmouth are still hitting CENTRAL UTAH — The fishing at Strawberry Reservoir is starting to pick up and the fish are growing fast Try trolling and once you find a slot of trout stay in it Remember to release all CrSIT"It'" sports that all the GE A UTAH — Fisher- NORTHERN 8 FOOTBALL IS 1991 TOTAL LIQUIDATION SALE ON AGE !MONDAY NIGHT z ' men are still hauling in some nice trout at Hyrum Reservoir Fish near the dam and use a variety of baits 11UStilvt - swoop Fly-fish- re !fe i '4e4311FTIPTIMr""nn"1 fri int According to Brayton adjustable penstocks were installed in the dam in the late 1970s The new penstocks allowed operators to maintain a constant temperature of 55 degrees in the river According to Green River Guide Steve Schmidt of the Western River pressure at the Green should be controlled Schmidt proposes that rafters register in advance for different launch times to disperse the boaters He also advocates charging a minimal fee to build up a fund for problems that may occur in the future "Fishing is great this year the fish are in good shape" said Schmidt "When water levels and temperatures are maintained fishing is phenomenal" Meanwhile anglers are experiencing success in other parts of the state as the cooler weather hits ill 11 lo u vticil i1 G gl THE TRADE SHOW YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 8 Valve Gil 16 Valve Gil 16 Valve GU Jetta GL's $ t5 se fall" Sandy Archer Brings Home Huge By 44 Sa an Brayton "Bottom water runs am J1 T The Green hasn't always been such a "raceway" "Prior to the impoundment of the river by the Flaming Gorge Dam the Green was a wildly fluctuating and turbulent river" said Brayton "It was susceptible to runoff During the winter and spring the water was really low" One aspect that helps the Green to maintain status among fishermen is its average temperature of 55 degrees "While the dam was filling and until the new penstocks were installed water was being released from the bottom of the lake" said 1992 VIV'S V:11 gl NAf IN STOCK NOM NAI NEWS PC OttZTrwpc PlArM4 as I GREEN RIVER — The anglers and rafters who gathered below the Flaming Gorge Dam for a day self" ) Jo much colder than other lake water until the lake turns over in the e elSWFIELD 0 Delta Brett Prettyman THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE of recreation wore jackets to fend off the surprisingly low August temperatures Less than 100 yards from the area where rafters loaded boats to downriver begin the seven-miljourney to Little Hole an angler had discovered what most trout fishermen already believe As he landed a beautiful brown trout the fisherman quickly realized that the Green's reputation as one of the country's finest trout fisheries was well earned On an average summer day between 430 and 700 people float the Green in rafts float tubes canoes kayaks and dory boats "It's a productive system It's like a hatchery raceway" said Steve Brayton a Division of Wildlife Resources biologist who heads all fish management on Flaming Gorge "We can't take much credit for it The river takes care of it- tf:'11--- Pm" Two archers relate stories on this page of a big buck and a lost ring on this page as the archery deer season ends Meanwhile 50000 hunters are preparing for Saturdays opening of several upland game seasons For hunting prospects see Tom Wharton's advance on page KSI Neither Lira 5754689 intonnition 5084660 1400-617-13- ' HUNTING: Archery Hunt Ends ri ckm the week's top fishing bets on this page - 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