Show 21 r Ogden Saturday May 9 1937 Sports Ogden I " fV 4 notches I V its sixth in a row The Ogden High boys tennis team captured their sixth consecutive Region 5 title winning four out five finals matches Friday at Utah State University while Davis failed to qualify a player for any of today's finals at the Oak Hill Country Club in Salt Lake City The Tigers won despite playing without No singles player Tennis Kws J- T — HrAtfHB Members of the audience watch the hot staff Picture a chess game played on horseback That's how Fred Lowry describes the strategy involved in cow cutting Explaining cow cutting to someone who knows little about the sport was a challenge in communication for Lowry president of the Utah Cutting Horse Association "You train the horse so it will work off its hocks so it will pivot off its hocks — its hind legs" he said The Golden Spike Coliseum was bustling with activity Friday in the first day of a competition the Utah Cutting Horse Association Derby Horsemen from around the Intermountain West are competing for more than $30000 in cash For that kind of green stuff these cowboys take their riding seriously After watching the horses dance around the coliseum for a couple of hours it soon became apparent there was a lot more to cow cutting than meets the eye The horse has been called "the computer" a tool as essential to frontier cattlemen as modern data systems are to sophisticated ranching operations of today To be successful in these competitions the cutting horse and rider must work together as a team in demonstrating their skills "The contest begins as the pair approaches the herd Quietly Deliberately And without hesitation The horse and rider have 2'j minutes to complete their work" reads a National Cutting Horse Association pamphlet r i I Easier said than done "No cattle here have ever seen a horse" Lowry said "We want them so they don't sour to a horse and run from one fence to another We like a cow that will set up and challenge the horse" That challenge extends to the rider as well These modern-dacowboys are made up not only of professional horse trainers and ranchbut doctors ers lawyers commercial airline pilots and top corporate executives who enjoy testing their skills in both work and play "Cutting cattle is a lot like playing chess" Lowry said "There are so many variables The rider has to keep his head cool and react on a split second notice The rider and the horse have to act as one" Jim Kelson a physical therapist from Midway said cow cutting is a way of relaxation for Terry Hymas rides Oak N Sugar who took first in the Open him "And I always had a like for horses" Kelson said "I was skills and for a lack of other en$550 to $600 a month Lowry raised in a small town where if tertainment on the remote said that figure escalates to you didn't have a horse you plains impromptu challenges $1000 a month in Texas would result didn't get a date Seriously "These horses are strictly there's something here for evhorses" Lowry said "Now National Cutting Horse "Most wouldn't serve well on a eryone We have youth cutters competias young as 11 up to Dean tions are in the multimillion-dolla- r ranch" Kunz who's in his 70s Virtually all of the purse range" he said "An owner can show his horse "Six weeks horses can be traced to ago there was a cutting here where the owner of a race five or six bloodlines according where the winner competition horse gets to stand back and was to Lowry paid $1 million" watch some jockey "Probably 80 percent of the But to bring home that knd of horses have all the fun" he said "And here are from Doc Bar dough horse owners must shell (out of California)" he said there's a certain amount of share fair a own out of their here It's a country He never cut a cow but he's club setting for horse people" Just to enter one event in this the leading sire He's in his 20s weekend's competition brought now and still alive All of his get Lowry said cutting competitions got started in Texas a stiff price tag of $650 Good (sons) breed fee is $8000 to around the middle of the 19th cutting horses can run as high as $12000 but most of them are century Ranch hands would get $50000 and the cost to have syndicated and you need to to boasting about their cutting one trained in Utah ranges from have a share in the syndication wt j Gary competition by the Utah Cutting Horse Association 'You're trying to paint a pretty picture out there' By ANGIE TIPTON ttMi 1 it fy Knute Lund who suffered a broken foot last week Ogden racked up 26 points en route to outdistancing runner-uLogan by 9 points Mountain Crest finished in third place with 14 points followed by Bear River 8 Sky View 7 and Ben Lomond pulling up the rear at 0 The top four finishers in each division will advance to the State tournament which will be 6 hosted by Ogden High May "We knew we had to make up for Knute's loss" said Ogden Coach Wiff Christensen who will retire this year after 29 years at Ogden "If we continue to play this well we'll get after some people in state" Ogden's four winners were: Bruce Hill in No 2 singles Clayton Killpack in No 3 singles Mark Champagne and Derek doubles and Schmehl in No Chris Scott and Danny Allen in No 2 doubles Meanwhile Davis' No 2 singles player Brett Henderson tournaqualified for the State ment with a third place finish and No singles player Chris Ramsdale will face a Woods Cross opponent today in a battle for third place and a state qualifying berth Flyers nab win despite Derby in order to breed with them" Other top bloodlines are Col Freckles of California and Mr San Peppy of King Ranch in Texas Offspring from Sugar Bars and Gun Smoke both of which are dead have also proved to be among the elite contenders In the competitions riders are scored on the challenges made by the calves cut the horse's instinctive reactions and errors in judgment made by horse or rider during the competition Jim Pardini one of the events' two judges from Fresno Calif said: "You're trying to paint a pretty picture out there You want your performance to be smooth and clean" shooting MONTREAL (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers were badly by the Montreal Canadiens Friday night — but thanks to goaltender Ron Hextall they were not "He was the game's outstanding player and won the game for us" Flyers Coach Mike Keenan said after Hextall's spectacular effort and Brian Propp's Hockey goal with 3:09 left gave a victory Friday Game 3 of their NHL playoff scries The Flyers lead the the Flyers night in semifinal Wales Conference finals with Game 4 at the Forum Sunday night "Ron certainly won the game for us tonight both during the 4-ye- ar first period when we didn't play so well and later when he got back in it" said Keenan reseen circumstances develop" Johnson Kan (AP) LAWRENCE Since becoming head coach in 1983 can Games trials "I'm looking forward to Larry Hextall faced 39 shots includsaid Brown who has led Kansas to NCAA when Ted Owens was fired Brown has having a good senior season" 21 in the first period when Brown coached Carolina and Denver in tournament appearances in each of his guided the Jayhawks to a Speculation about Brown's possible ing record move to the Knicks still in search of a Montreal thoroughly dominated The Ja hawks went to the Final Four in the American Basketball Association Denfour years as Jayhawk basketball coach the game — and many of the Flyhead coach increased this week when he r 1986 when Brown was named Big Eight ver and New Jersey in the NBA and at contract extending signed a disclosed that he had met with the Knicks ers agreed that Hextall kept them Coach of the Year season on Friday UCLA before moving to Kansas Because through the in the game with his week last Manr In addition said of his frequent moves there was often Johnson the contract "satDanny showing Brown who had expressed concern needs of Larry Brown speculation that Brown would leave Kanning announced that he would return to isfied the "The score could have been about the choice of a new Kansas athletic sas especially for a job in New York Kansas for his senior year passing up the and the University of Kansas athletic dethat however director said at midweek umpteen to nothing" said Rick NBA draft next month where his wife maintains her residence partment and in effect fully recognizes the Tocchet who scored one goal and at KU was final decision his to Brown often rumored to be leaving the relationship established between both" stay Johnson who announced earlier that he set up Propp's Ja hawks to return to the National BasketSpeculation about the choice of an athManning whose father Ed is Brown's was resigning as athletic director to return letic director continued to center on Bob "Ronnie showed why he's the ball Assocation will continually have a to private business said the agreement reassistant said remaining at Kansas was best goaltender in the league" athState Illinois Frederick r contract in effect said Athletic University's "what's best for me and what my family flects the commitment of the athletic deletic director who is considered Brown's "It's satisfying to have played Director Monte Johnson wants me to do My family wants me to partment and Brown to keep Kansas choice for the position well and helped the team" said Terms of the contract were not anin the basketball the among top programs and get my degree and that's imporTwo others being mentioned for the Hextall "But let's face it some nounced Brown's current salary is $76000 stay country tant Turner associate Todd a car Virginia post arc nights I've played poorly and the "The NBA will always be there hopefu"I'm hopeful that Larry will remain at athletic director and John Erickson na"I am appreciative of the people who team has bailed me out It's great tional president of the Fellowship of Chrisforward KU for many years to come and both have been so kind to me" Brown said lly" added Manning a to play a fairly big part tonight tian Athletes parties believe that will occur unless unfo and return the favor" "Hopefully I'll be able to pay them back" who leaves next week for the Pan Ameri Even Montreal Coach Jean Perron had to agree that Hextall Layton managed four runs in runs a rookie who led the NHL in a into moved The 9 14 Clearfield Tigers Layton the fifth inning then scaled the lead over Bear River wins during the regular season Layton improved to At Clearfield Iaton rolled win with a in the region was the difference in the game as overall and slugfest in in the chase for the league the sixth inning on singles by up 21 hits behind Sjnh JohnClearfield dropped to the f ivers regained the home-icin the on crown Ogden is now son Rod Dickson Trujillo Dave From 1B in league the season and overall edge from the defending Stanley league Harrison Tony Roberts and with Cup champions Johnson finished Ogden 15 Mountain Chris Thompson a double by "It's simple why we lost Tor Ogden Chris Maw went Robert ( opener's bat providtwo RBI and Chris Trujillo Crest 9 BJ Lovcll and two singles by Perron said "Hextall was with three RBI and trie ed three RBI for the Pocv Dawith two RBI to went Johnson vid White and Brent Whitakcr At Hyrum the Tigers comC'onlcy chipped with a lead the lancers outstanding in the net Wc had aftwo RBI performance Hisapaka our chances we put pressure on each brought in two addition The game was tied at pleted a successful week by winObasashi had a good game for the Myers all night But Hextall Clearfield catcher Chris Poll runs for Box Cider But Box I ter three inning when Clearning its Region 5 the Tigers going also hurt its chance with and was there U make the stops smack two home runs and field rallied for six runs in the game three of the wins came was the main man six errors this week fourth Irame to go ahead brought home five of the Falcon scoring three runs tonight" Larry Brown signs new - Baseball deal with Kansas |