Show I— The Herald Jewnal Logan Utah Monday July i 1171 He’s A Diabetic Ask Murray Olderman By Murray Oldermin Powers Really Takes His Life In His Own Hands I By William E Hands MADISON' Wis (UPI) -When Peter Powers runs he literally takes his life hi his The tipoff: Jerry Tarkanian the controversial Nevada-La- s Vegas basketball coach is going to slip off quietly to another job after this coming season — because the NCAA ruined his recent recruiting program by announcing an investigation of the school just as Tark was about to net some prime talent The ironical part is that the supposed violations were all committed by his predecessor Q How old is Dwight Stones who set the world’s Ugh jnmp mark recently? And how tall Is he? If he’s such a good athlete why doesn't he try the decathlon the real test? — JR Rosebnrg Marathoner Ore Stones a brash Californian is 22 years old and 5 He says he wouldn't even think of the decathlon because he's not fast enough and strong enough for that test He just goes up up up Q What nickname does home ran Utter Dave Kingman of the Mets have? I have never heard one used for Um — MC Jamestown NY His fellow Mets call the tall slugger Sky King or just plain King To others he is known as Flakey because Kingman is a unique character and a private one who keeps mostly to himself Q How old was the late Spider Sabich when he died? Did he ever win any Olympic medals for skiing? — JJ Sterling 6-- Colo Sabich was 31 years old at the time of the tragic and fatal shooting involving Claudine Longet in Aspen Colo this past March He never won any Olympic medals A broken leg kept him out of the '64 Games In 1968 at Grenoble he placed fifth in the slalom then turned pro a couple of years later Q- - What team in the majors has had the longest crew of broadcasters? Wouldn’t it be the Dodgers with Vince Scully?— DC Anaheim Calif No Scully individually has been on the job with one team longer than anybody else (though there are some sparks he might desert to network broadcasting after this season) The crew that has practiced togetherness longest belongs to the New York Mets who in their 15 years of existence have had the same three men behind the mike— Lindsey Nelson Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy Q How much money is the US Open golf tournament worth to the winner and how does that compare with when it first TM Reidsville NC got started? Top money climbed to 640000 last year (which incidentally is exactly the same as first prize money for the US Open tennis championships both men and women) When a English pro named Horace Rawlins won the first US Open at Newport RI in 1895 he collected 6150 in cash He also received a 650 gold medal Rawlins remains the youngest man ever to win the Open - Parting shot: The way the baseball season is going I can hardly wait for basketball to begin again And by the way football is virtually upon us too Everybody pit your skis waxed? (NEWSPAPER ENTDIPItlSI tired from having run 10 miles” he said “It’s a very immediately developing sort of thing You are more sweaty and all of a sudden you become aware of the fact your heart is beating faster You become real weak “When I first sense that I begin sipping from the sugar you’d pass out And that can happen in a matter of 10 or 15 minutes So you can’t be 10 miles from anywhere and have that happen to you and hands Powers 25 is a marathon try to run home Because runner He's also a diabetic you’d never make it” Sometimes Powers overexHis body doesn't produce tends himself and runs into insulin needed to store body trouble He’s had to stop at sugars and he has to ward off houses along the way to get fatigue and diabptic coma by What would happen if that sugar sipping sugar water from a red catsup squeeze bottle he plastic squeeze bottle wasn’t Powers said diabetes is "not carries clenched in his hand in hand? “You'd get wobbly and then unheard of in major sports” while he is running “My diabetes is as serious as it can be I’m a very 'brittle' diabetic” Powers said ''Brittle” means he’s not producing any insulin and has to do all the sugar regulating on his own Despite what might seem to be an Impossible situation Powers has run in 10 mara- thons including five at Boston He was 37th among die 450 runners at the Fiesta Bowl marathon at sense it’s different than running a marathon Even a tennis match is a very short proposition” Is distance running good for diabetics? “It is” said Powers "Exer cise is recommended for all diabetics It’s very important to take your insulin every day and follow your diet and exercise daily” Powers who runs about 70 miles a week in training said most diabetics are “middle-age- d overweight women and most of them if they would lose weight and exercise wouldn’t even really have diabetes” He said tiet and exercise can often cottrol diabetes and eliminate the need for insulin injections “The problem is that they’re 250 pounds or 300 pounds and the insulin is being used up trying to store all that excess fat and energy” said distance Powers for diabetics was good running because it helped reduce the need for insulin injections "My insulin requirement (two injections a day) is about half what it is when I’m not running” he said in Phoenix last December with a time of 2:42:31 for the 26 miles “My mainstay is Boston” Powers said “That was my first marathon five years ago and I've run it every year” Powers does admittedly have an edge over most diabetics He just graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and will begin a residency in family practice at Lexington Ky this summer Powers’ diabetes was first diagnosed when he was 14 years old Even with the Moodsugar problems he ran event for Boylan the High School and he knows of diabetic baseball and tennis players But he said the situation in distance running is different “You get a change of inning (in baseball) and you can go into the dugout and have a candy bar” he said “In that Rockford ®yir Lost W 111 where he grew up and qualified for the state meet He ran cross-countfor die University of Edinburg in Scotland during his junior year in college and for Wisconsin in his senior year Powers whose parents now live in Cambridge Wis has “juvenile diabetes" — a form which shows up early in life and which requires insulin injections He said he "sugar-loads- " — consumes an extra amount of sugar such as candy bars — before a training run or competition But on long runs that’s not enough to prevent hypogyclemia blood sugar levels that are too low “You get very hungry very weak and it’s very different from the weakness you feel from just being out and getting ry (oiflyirdtay M®w Jyb 0 0 0 All Merchandise in First VYmI ft First Ntrflh CLOSED MONDAY JULY 5th JULY 6th & SPECIALS FOR TUES WED - Our Store Has Been Marked Down It Must Be Sold 7th We Feature TOP Quality Meats "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ALWAYS" STORE HOURS: 8:30 AM to 7 PM DAILY CLOSED SUNDAYS! 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