| Show Page6 Monday April 4 1988 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Batter up! But players put ’em up Opening Daj ' reeks of baseball’s bad blood By MikeTully UPI national baseball BOSTON - REDS VS CARDS writer Strife Winter decisions and St Louis diatribes begin undergoing springtime scrutiny Monday for the defending National has emerged as the theme of this baseball season The majors look nothing like a Magic Kingdom despite their recent promo deal with Walt Disney Company Spring training brought more discord than a fairy godmother could League champion Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds The Cardinals-Red- s National League opener at sold-o56000-seRiverfront Stadium signals the start of evaluating offseason big deals and brasn statements ut at solve: George Bell earned a fine and suspension for refusing to be Toronto's DH Kirk Gibson stormed out of camp because teammate Jesse Orosco played a practical joke Were the Cardinals foolish to let Jackie Clark get away? Were they wise to go to high-tec- h h Japan to retrieve Bob Horner? Will Ouie Smith pay the price for ripping umlow-tec- on turn pires? One magazine article quoted Darryl Strawberry insulting half the Mets lineup and their manager Another quoted Ozzie Smith as indicting his manager and the umpires not to mention the Were the wrong to Will Reds trade Dave Parker? Parker’s prediction that the Reds will finish fourth or fifth without him come true? Can Mario Soto still pitch? Soto was named as the Reds’ Opening Day starter by manager Pete Rose proving general manager Murray Cook wrong in one of his winter Metronome's man Dave Winfield's book earned such rave reviews in Yankee camp the team began trying to trade him estimates “We have no expectations of Mario at all’’ Cook said in d January about the Soto “We’re not counting on sore-arme- Bob Knepper described one half the world population — women — as unfit to umpire in the majors him” But Soto pitched brilliantly in spring training and won himself the Opening Day assignment When Parker was traded from the Reds last winter he boldly predicted Cincinnati will finish “fourth or fifth” this year without him Rose’s reaction: “I laughed Baseball’s strife goes beyond a few tantrums or remarks Players and owners hardly agree on anything They seek arbitration on issues ranging from money to drugs Once they needed a third party to choose their arbitrator And just the other day they disagreed on the Yankees’ right to trade Dave Winfield This is baseball on Opening Day '88 I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t win our division” The Cardinals lost their slugger when free agent Clark signed with the New York Yankees St Louis Manager Whitey Herzog believes Horner will put some power into the lineup “Horner will be my everyday first baseman and anchor our much-neede- d lineup batting cleanup" Herzog said The new season brings new uniforms for the Reds Thin red and white stripes have been added to the sides of the pants During the first homestand the Reds will wear black armbands in memory of former Cincinnati slugger Ted who died last Kluszewski week New Astroturf has been installed at Riverfront Stadium where the Game will be played July 12 The new turf allows water to flow through the surface to a drainage system which should eliminate standing water during a rain and make the field playable immediately after a rain The traditional Opening Day parade will wind through All-St- ar downtown Cincinnati a couple of hours before the start of Monday’s opener and the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by NL President Bart season opener Monday starts an hour before the Reds game passed a law last week creating a new time zone — Baseball Giamatti Riverfront Stadium According to BST the Reds’ game begins at 12:05 an hour ahead til the Red Sox Council members approved the fake starting time on an 1 vote “It’s ridiculous” lone dissenter John Mirlisena said Savings Incidentally the game has two starting times — 2:05 pm (EDT) and 12:05 pm (BST) The actual starting time is 2:05 EDT While 12:05 BST is mandated by law it’s also a Time (BST) at 8-- joke Cincinnati City Council unhappy that the Boston Red Sox "It’s silly" 1970 was a very good year wasn’t it 1984? By RaeAnna Thay ne which could claim every original player was 1970 who stomped the 1984 team staff writer the winner 108-9-3 It’s not often that when Larry Comadena Logan High School basketball coach has an idea he passes it on to Provo Raising money is a nonpartisan affair however so when Comadena called for Sherman Miller the move was applauded Miller the Provo resident who organized last week's First Logan High School Alumni Basketball Tournament is an old hand at the job He's organised similar fundraisers in other parts of the state “I heard about Sherman Miller from a friend and he said he’d organize it for me” said Comadena "We went through the teams and the old yearbooks and he did most of the leg work Provo's doing it American Fork is doing it — a lot of teams down south” The original squads from the years between 1888 to 1N7 came out to show how they had s Grizzlies improved with age Although hit the Recreatioo Center floor the only team 180-plu- The entertainment was there for all to enjoy but the sppils were strictly Grizzly “What's so fun about it is that all the proceeds go to Logan High” said Comadena “Hopefully next year weTe going to have Sky View do it and then they'll have theirs and we’ll have ours and we’ll have our top two teams go battle it out in the Spectrum” Miller added “Our first goal was to have the guys get together and have fun Our second goal was to raise money for Grizzly basketball” They're still adding up the receipts but the reaction from the alumni was so enthusiastic that all plan to participate in the future including three teams that weren't involved in this year's tournament Comadena said “The people 1 contacted were very excited They think it’s one of the greatest things they've ever been involved with Hopefully it will perpetuate and just snowball” Comadena said Grizzled Grizzlies came from all over Utah and the surrounding states to participate The tournament was physical play in the week-lon- g and at times deft especially in the championship round "But it’s friendly" Comadena insisted “We're all Grizzlies here” All of the team members from the final teams had favorable comments about the tournament and all said they'll be back next year “It was fun to come back to the old high school gym We spent a lot of hours here back then" said Todd Adams who added 10 points to the championship game final for the 1984 team "Seeing everyone that you graduated with and being able to talk about the basketball season that you once lived — the clory days — was fun” said Craig Davis who added 14 points on the 1984 side and acted as team captain “Next year we'll be back” he added For the older team part of the attraction of participating in the alumni tournament was to regain lost communication with old schoolmates they said “It was great to have a chance to help Logan High and to see all of the guys again — it was sort of like a class reunion" said Steve Watts who organized the 1970 team from his Orem home and also acted as team captain “It was interesting to see all the guys again and to see what kina of shape they're in Everybody wu really anxious to play” The 1970 team triumphed despite having no fewer than three coaches handling the ball — USU's Kohn Smith Snow College's Larry Anderson and Payson’s Jim Griffin At least they knew who to get the ball to when it mattered — “And when the game got close they gave it to me so I could boost the lead a little bit" Watts laughed Comadena said the objective of next year's tournament will be to get as many old Gradies involved as possible “We'll go back to 1930 if they can still play" he said Sports repat Tech on top minutes For (UPI) Louisiana Tech appeared headed toward its second straight embarrassing loss in the NCAA women’s chamnionship game But the Lady Techsters became aggressive during the last 10 minutes of the game Sunday to deficit for a 4 victory rally from a TACOMA — Wash 30 56-5- nt over Auburn in winning its fourth Tech finishing 32-national championship in 11 seasons had lost 4 to Tennessee in last year’s title game 2 67-4- “I think we all thought about last year” said guard Teresa Weatherspoon vhose floor play sparked Tech's rally “It was with us when were down by so many points We were thinking 'We can't let that happen again’ We became the aggressors and it worked” “For some reason" Auburn coach Joe Ciampi said “We just lost it defensively at about the mark and created too many openings on the inside We went out of control for about six minutes on defense and right now I can't put a finger on why” Greensboro Open — GREENSBORO NC (UPI) Sandy Lyle and Ken Green saw their fortunes reversed on the 72nd hole of Sunday's II million K mart Greater Greensboro Open That's where Green missed a three-foo- t putt that would have given him the victory forcing a audden-deatplayoff that Lyle won on the first hole with a birdie “1 pushed it" Green said of his missed putt “1 h just hit a shank and it's going to take me a while to get over it” “I’d given up hope" said Lyle “He’ll probably be kicking himself the rest of his life” Green's putting failure on the par-- final hole gave Lyle a chance to end it in regulation play But Lyle's chip from the fringe for a birdie bounced out of the hole sending the tournament into sudden death In the playoff at the par-- 4 16th Green dumped his second shot left of the green Lyle after a drive lofted a pitching wedge to within 70 feet After Green's chip to three feet Lyle holed the birdie for the victory worth 1180000 It was Lyle’s second GGO victory and fourth career PGA Tour triumph Both of nis triumphs this year have come in playoffs He won the Phoenix Open in sudden death against Fred 4 295-yar- d Couples Lyle a native of Scotland joined Steve Pate as e the only winners this year on the PGA Tour He also vaulted to the top of the money list ahead of Mark McCumber two-tim- Hyrum youth Registration for Hyrum youth softball and baseball play is being taken at Hyrum City Office will be held Clinic baseball for boys aged 30 The fee of 15 includes a Thursday June cap Western Boys Baseball Association for boys aged (minor) and (major) will be 31 Minor leagues play fayed May ? uesdays and Thursdays major league MonThe fee of 120 and days Wednesdays Fridays 7-- 8 ly 10-1- 2 1 23-Ju- ly i includes shirt and cap Girls softball for grades (minor) and 9 will and July on June be pfayed (major) and The fee of 120 Mondays Wednesdays includes shirt and cap and Colt baseball Pony baseball for ages for ages begins in mid May The Pony fee is 125 Colts pay 130 More information is available from the Hyrum City Office 7-- 3-- 6 13-1- 4 Logan Colt Baseball will field two teams of Team tryouts will be in early players aged May with the season beginning at the end of May The fee is $35 with spots available for the 15-1- 6 first 26 registrants More information is available at 752-32- 15-1-6 245-603- 3 Logan youth Baseball kickball and softball are being offered for youngsters by the Logan Department of Parks and Recreation Signups are being taken at the Community Recreation Center through April 16 Boys and girls kickball for ages 8 will be 30 on played at Merlin Olsen Park May 1 to 12 and noon pm The Tuesdays Thursdays SlOfee includes team cap will be offered Cline baseball for ages behind the Community Recreation Center May 23 to June 30 5 to 6 pm Monday and Wednesdays and Tuesdays and Thursdays The 110 fee includes a cap will be Girls slow pitch softball grades played at Merlin Olsen Park beginning June 6 The S15 fee includes a shirt Western Boys Baseball Association for ages will hold team tryouts at the end of April and begin play in the middle of May The fee is 125 Logan Pony Baseball will include four teams of players aged Team tryouts will be at the end of April with play beginning in mid May The fee is 130 with spots for the first 52 players to 6-- 31-Ju- 7-- 8 3-- 2 13-1- 4 register i 8 Mendon softball Organizers of a softball league in Mendon are for “D” teams to play a schedule of games on Wednesday evenings Further information is available by calling Ken Buist at after 6 pm looking 752-315- 4 Hyrum softball Signups are underway for Hyrum City softball leagues Teams from 1987 will be given until after that teams will be Friday to e e taken on a basis The fee is 1225 for a schedule beginning May 2 Registration forms and fees must be sent to Hyrum City Office 83 W Main Hyrum 84319 More information is available from Larry 1 Jacobsen at first-com- first-serv- 752-363- Greens fees The Smithfield City Council has ordained an increase in Birch Creek greens fees beginning April 20 The new rates will be 15 for nine holes and $10 for 18 holes Junior rates (under 17) will be 1350 and $7 and senior rates ) will be 14 and $8 Nine hole passes for 20 rounds will cost 190 seniors will pay 170 Presently the fees are 1450 for nine holes and 19 for 18 (60-up- i |
