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Thursday, May IT. irW1 " w "1 i "i 'll ,fm nrfnnw IMT.'I Great Experiment Han Happy Ending Angels Dick Lange Finds His Niche, Hes a Starter Bv Ka Bulbul Inbum Sportb Writrt apiifar the Great !l would with pitcher Dick ange is over The jurv has cnnclu returned It .s prett sne now that Hu hard Otto the battling right Lange, is hander whose movie ruddied only by his excellent stuff wul remain a starting pile her I F.ver since he first came up to the Salt Luke Angels out of Double-ball in 1471 organization men in the California system have toved Angels with the idea that Lange should iy c (inverted into a fier site veport a Double spending a month in Louisi ana Lange was promoted to Salt Lake wheie he fmisnod with an Kb record helping the club to the P( L pennant Hut while he labored heie Del Rice under Manager fust Lange's experiment began to take hold think Lange should be a relief pitcher," Rice said I often 1 he seed to that idea was fust planted because when Lange was used as a starter old under Rice the pitcher had trouble getting past the fifth amd sixth innings The organization began to question his stamina, fading to realize that because of his inexperience Lange was not pacing himself properly The conversion of Lange really took hold in 1972 under Manager Les Moss La lge stalled the season pitching out of the bullpen and the results were disastrous Four times he came into games in crucial situations and fc ur times he was tagged with the loss The season was not yet three weeks old This led Moss to comment a pitcher He has a wrestle! type body and needs three or four davs rest after he pitches a long stint He cant bounce back like a reliever should He can t go out there eveiydav " bo Lange was returned to the starting rotation and won 11 of his next 18 starts and finished the campaign with an excellent 2 97 ERA. best in Special to The Tribune OGDEN John Ralston, head coach of the Denver Broncos professional football learn and a popular figure in Utah will be the guest speaker at V.eber States athletic honors banquet May 29 at 7 pm m the Student Urnon Building Ralston, who toded as a coach at Utah Stale and Stanford, has a great following in the Beehive ei much the expel imentation young man out of Michigan it appears Langes best chance to teach the majors is as a with starter colle-giatel- y never made that to me difference has said more than It reallv much Lange once not a rebel tart here and m in good shape I know I can pitch the 1 full game The ieebng is that Lunce wont be in Salt Lake the lull year He tould gel a hurrv-ucall to the big leagues he it ceitain'y have something to piove to Calilorma Lange -- aid Ihev after a recent victory don t think 1 can go the dis p -- de-ei- ed GAS off to a good Lange jumped tance but winning three of his first tour decisions and going the route four times m five outing-- I -- the Coast League After spending the month of September in the majois with California Lange was invited to spring camp with the Angels this xear He was one of the final cuts and was dispatched to Salt Lake again This time he is being used strictly as a starter Shortage? . Weber Sets Big Banquet Best ( hanee However Langes State betau-- e of his yeais with the Aggies In Ra s urst year at Denver the Broncos finished higher than touith place for the first time since 12 Lt Mermen Webers in 3711 South State ID intercollegiate sport- - will be honored with outstandings players in each sport to be recognized aiso The lop three awards will be Athlete of the War, top Scholar Athlete and best Multiple Sport Athlete Ph. 262-640- uu 1 VOLKSWAGEN Where duality Service is Standard (quipment INTERMOUNTAIN if they (California) want me to be a reliever, thats Id rather start, of okay couise, but whatever way gets me to the big leagues the quickest is the way I want to travel Lange had only one request during the two years of experimenting between the bullpen and the slatting rotation "1 just want them to let me know in advance whether I am a starter or a reliever It takes a pitcher a while to adjust mentally and physically to the two different roles " Lange, like nearly all high school or college pitchers, was originally signed as a starter He rushed out of Central Michigan University in 19i0 and burned up the Pioneer League later that summer Pitching for Idaho Falls, he one-hi- t shutout a thiew against Ogden m Ins first professional start He finished his rookie season with an amazrecoid, leading the ing m wins, complete league games and strikeouts 13-- Jump to Shreveport Lange bypassed Class A ball and was sent in 1971 to Shre Milan Beats Leeds in Melee SALONIKA. 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