| Show 11111g100 imemboomp40im6011o100 I t F10 1 The Salt Lake Tribune LIFESTYLES Sunday September 6 1992 'I The Man on the Mike I t TIIE RODEO !Aril i 1 ' t By - what's happening and assure them they are having a good time "If I do my job the crowd doesn't have time to drink beer eat popcorn read the program They are up down backwards turned inside out with what's happening in the arena Three hours later they leave exhausted but - B Rollins Judy THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ' ec' ' '1': 4 - 4 '4 Bob Tallman's words come at you with the energy burst of an ornery one-to- n f r bucking bull heading out the chute gate It's easy to talk about something you love Bob Tallman loves rodeo and bucking bulls "My life is an organized nightmare I love it "I run full bore over the edge beyond the point of no return 30 hours a day eight days a week" He was announcer for the Bull Riders Only competition (30 top cowboys World Champion including three-tim- e bull rider Tuff Hedeman 60 tough bulls) in Salt Lake's Delta Center His is the voice on arena microphones or a few days later for the Prime Sports Network TV broadcasts Mr Tallman's trademark droopy walrus mustache shows white flecks He walks a little gimpy from a bareback demo gone awry Nobody explained it was a demonstration to the horse who took his job seriously threw Mr Tallman who fractured his hip The fact he has paid his dues been around the arena a time or two makes him knowledgeable as an announcer Experience has not dimmed his voice His voice a "gift even if I don't take care of it the way I should" is deep mellow expressive He is the man on the rodeo mike the events expert an omniscient commentator mixing fact fun fiction He works the crowd gets in their face and "up off their butts" hyping explaining assuring that everything is OK His job is to make the audience part of - '' V'''‘' d Na ' "' ' II ''' A A c4111st - A z Itok moike tr 641 lit Kil ? r'''''' - ils"lco0P-te'11‘- 4 l'' '1' 0 77: - 4 - - '' ' - r - I - - ' e!' i --- - -- : -- -- y - I i Z I 0 I - ' I ' : L - i ' ' ' t 1 ' ' ' ' traveled "I know these kids" he said whacking with his hand a page that listed bull riders "This one and this one used to hold onto my finger and totter around with me I know their parents I know their background I know how and why they ride bulls "I am them and they are me I watch them How they walk and talk I watch when they come to the arena how they stand how they carry their warbags I know when there is trouble at home" He claims he can pick from six lined-ucowboys which one is different by how he stands and acts "That's the guy I watch This is the cat who knows what he can do the one with an attitude The one who can make happy- Salt Lake is almost home He grew up in Winnemucca Nev 363 miles west from Salt Lake in buckaroo country His dad still runs a hardware and paint store there He knows Utah has friends here a stock partner who keeps mother cows at his place "I search for news something important to connect with the audience When I'm in my room I have CNN going I read newspapers and magazines anything that helps me get a better handle on a place" He competed one year long enough to know he wasn't good enough and to decide he wanted somehow to stay around the business And stay be has if not as an announcer then in public relations advertising sales end of rodeo He loves rodeo for the same reason he suspects cowboys compete — there is a measure of freedom a chance at individuality uncommon in other sports Owner of the Bandana Ranch Registered Braford Cattle Baker City Ore he's blessed with three things "Good health a good mind and a wife who is as tough as I am" He is blessed too with the ability to read people especially rodeo cowboys and remember what makes them tick He recently sent daughter Nicole to Montana State University Bozeman on a rodeo scholarship She is the age of the sons of cowboys with whom he p money" When the night's events are over the bulls put up and the cowboys gone home Mr Tallman and Eric A Dickson Aurora Colo Bull Riders Only chief financial officer are last to leave the arena "I've run my guts into my throat for three hours" Mr Tallman said "I need time to come down mellow out get back to normal When cowboys come up and want me to go eat I send them without me Being too accessible as a performer or announcer makes me subject to the law of diminishing returns If I'm always around if my voice is heard too much it loses importance and individuality When I come on the air in the first six seconds when I say 'Howdy' I want people to pay attention I want people to listen I want to command attention" Mr Tallman has announcer jobs blocked out in colored chunks on a Western Horseman calendar through I Dec 15 "I can stay home and feed cows until New Year's" I Bob Tallman has paid his dues on the rodeo circuit which gives him insight into what's happening in the ' arena Lynn R Johntion The Salt Lake Tribune Tennis pros sell rackets to help California rebuild help rebuild neighborhoods damaged in riots that followed the Rodney King verdict CHICAGO TRIBUNE Tennis rackets autographed by professional players Monica Se les Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver raised $7650 at a sports memorabilia auction in California Fetching the highest amount — more than $3000 — was the frame signed by Navratilova The money is being donated to 4 1N‘y 7 GENEVIEVE GADD F---"- BOTH BIRTHDAY Genevieve Gadd of Copaertof will Celebrate her Bah BlrMdaY or 1992 September In honor of the occasion her tam- IN is hosing an Open House Or this night earn pm at the Colo pertori Ward LDS Church Friends and relativeS are tnytted to 'Nke CWA ::111 1 it - — V IIV'Etil t 401 L1- Livi NG -: washable Apartments Offer Veniors More Than a Room 1Vith a Fabulous View Two Bedroom 0 - $398 to $498 yard Reg a a washable STYLISH SENIOR APARTMENTS PARKLANE LAKE Crn I ()No E 100 Sol TH S 537-110- s-- ' 1 LONG LENGTH TRIMS ' ""' ' A f'' t : :' a LONG LENGTH OFFRAY RIBBON $ i :: 4 ' ' r ' t --:-' r0 - 4 4 a - 7 4 - t A Polyester stuffing i ::4 0 t A r e :::''' - — - VI- A 4- r- 1 - ' '' 4 r' i i 0 i l i I I - I )1 Cottonwood OPIM Sender) bounttlul Open Supdoes C 1992 JCPanney Company Inc South Towne op andvs SCISSORS Reg $2995 wergs OFF MFG SUG RETAIL Reg' $3S8 FL no0 WI OFF pr SIMPLICITY 16 Se $229 ea —2724431 -- -- 125141 — - Mon-F- ri —967-010- Reg $149 each Lightweight orange- - $597 handled scissors Reg $998 pair OFF $67 997 PATTERNS 0 ENTIRE STOCK CRAFT CHARLES CROSS-STITC- H ENTIRE STOCK WREATHS 25 25 00 OFF WESTR I M CRAFT NOTIONS CUTTING BOARD Special Value 51 WRIGHT'S TAPES & BRAIDS 302 OFF BABY LOCK 1550 SEWING '17 MACHINE Reg $319 e1 I t 1 37 1 Lowest price ever! 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