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Show 4 a n M1'- - v i , f Section C Classifieds Obituaries Sun fidvocato Two races planned for joggers Price Citys first annual mini -- marathon will be held on July 24, a five mile race which will be preceded by a four - mile race this Saturday. The Utah Track Association is the four - mile Milk Run, a primer for Wellington the Jacks Shoes mini - marathon to be held at the end of the month. The race will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. It is labeled a fun - run and no prizes will be awarded winners. All finishers, however, will receive milk and juice. All finishers who pre - register will receive a trophy with a desk pen set attached. sponsoring -- The mini - marathon sponsored by Jacks Shoes will feature trophies for the first six finishers the mens and womens will be a catagories. There separate one - mile race for children ages 10 years and under. Trophies for the top finishers. Were going to be awarded to make this an annual event, said Dennie Leonard, manager of in Jacks Shoes. Were hoping a lot of runners show up at the city park the day of the race. It is going to be the only wide event on the 24th in Price, Leonard added. Leonard said that an event such as this usually takes a few years to catch on. He said the Salt Lake Classic, a 10,000 meter event held city Photo by Ravel! Call at home Saturday in the cab of car number 7. Wood mastered the Carbon County Raceway and everyone who opposed him in route to four vie- tories. He also turned in the fastest lap time for the evening, 21.0 seconds. Wood Tom Wood was is one of the most experienced drivers, having been with the sport for five years. It shows too; other drivers say he waits for them to make a mistake then shoots past them. See related story on page 2. - earlier this summer, tripled in size in the past two years. The Salt Lake event drew over 1500 entrants this year. The 24th is usually a big day for city - wide events, and since nothing else is being planned for that day, we thought it would be sharp to do this, said Frank (Continued on Page Three-strok- e 12) Wood waltzes over stock car foes The results of stock car racing held Saturday at the Carbon County Fairgrounds can be summed up with seven letters, those in the name of Tom Wood. He is driver in the best hobby class the county, says Ron Jewkes, a competitor. Jewkes comment is an understatement, Saturday Wood won everything he entered. Appropriately, he drove car number 7. Wood started by winning the limited sportsman trophy dash. Driving his unmodified stock car he upstaged two high per formance cars. What he lacks in power he makes up for in experience and skill, said Jewkes, one of the three rookies who participate in racing at the Larry Wright won the limited sportsman main event. Dennis Behling beat Wright in both heats of the sportsman ten - lap races. win Lilly white Carbon County Raceway. Wood also won both hobby heat races, ten - lap affairs. He bumped another car, causing him to start into a spin, during the 15 lap Main Event, but kept a throttle on the gas and pulled out of the spin before too much ground was lost. By the seventh lap he had threaded his way to the front of the pack and it was kick back for the remainder of the -- takes Eastern Utah Amateur race. Jeff Young finished second in the hobby class main event, followed by George Kinsey. Jewkes won the hobby class trophy dash before his engine car was blew out. Wrights without a clutch before the night was over and Behling perienced trouble with ex- the suspension all night long. Owen Hunt, treasurer for the (Continued on Page 12) By Walter Borla Sports Editor Jeff Lillywhite, a Salt Lake City golfer, shot even par both days over the Carbon Country Club course this past weekend to walk off with top honors in the championship flight of the Eastern Utah Amateur. was three strokes Lillywhites better than the 147 posted by Roy Christenson of Provo who settled for second place. Joe Cornwell of Salt Lake City was third with a 148 total and Max Fillmore of Provo completed the prize list for the championship flight with a 152, good enough for fourth place. 144 Carbonites top net Two Carbonites, Nick Marakis, Jr. and Mike Dmitrich, shared first place honors in the net computations of the championship flight, each netting a score of 134. Ron Nilson of Provo netted 136 for second place in this division, Mack Outzen of Tooele and Jim Lupo of Carbon netted 138 and Harold Olsen of Salt Lake City and Jim Jensen of Carbon were at 141. Clubhouse manager wins Everett Pond, manager of the country club clubhouse, won top honors in the A flight by coming in with a two day total of 158. He was followed by Nick Marakis, Sr. and Kelly Jensen of Spanish Fork who had 163; Skeet Slater of Tooele with 165 and Phil Salazar, Salt Lake City, 166. In the net portion of the A flight, Dave Pendleton had a score of 129, Jerry Nielson, Provo, netted 131; Mike Kelley, Salt Lake City, 135; Dan Tamllos, Carbon, J36; and Lee Jensen, Carbon, 138 Defending champion Garth Ford, the former Provo semi - pro baseball pitcher, found the Joe Cornwall watches as the ball sails down the fairway at the Carbon Country Club. Cornwall placed third in the championship Photo by Ravell Call flight. Jeff Lillywhite, another Salt Lake golfer won the Eastern Utah Amateur. Carbon course a little tougher to handle than a year ago and finished just out of the prize list this year in the championship flight. 5' 9" 203 lbs. Photo by Ravell Call Ron Tongaonevai, a Samoan, is one of the fine prospects Coach Ed Cody picked up when the football program at Westminster College in Salt I,ake went defunct Cody is preparing to field the first football team at CEU since team has been training on the w eights and running each evening 12. The r |