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Show -- 4 n 6 The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, June 17, 1973 Utah Seniors Title For 1975 if BYU Gets NCAA Track Bid Special to The Tribune PROVO The National Collegiate Athletic Assn, track and field championships for 1975 will be held Bt Bngham Young University, BYU officials announced Saturday The national meet ic scheduled for June 1975, and ulll bring aoproximately 800 athletes from 275 schools to Provo The NCAA tourney will be one of several major - A full slate of track and field events will be held In BYUs stadium, beginning with the decathlon A major share of the events will be held on a twilight schedule all events to be held in conjunction with BYU's Centennial celebration 9 Final Decision Robisoq, the Cousaid BYU trac coach, gar won out over Washington State University In the bid for the 1975 meet The decision was made bv track coaches at the recent NCAA track ar.d field tourney at Baton Rouge, Clarence three evenings. ft Young University several national and regional NCAA events In the last 10 year? They Included the NCAA wrestling championships In 1969 and four regional basketball playoffs VS .4 , f I . 7 X Cops N.Y. Auto Race (UPI) ter WATKINS N.Y GLEN, Maurice "Mo Carof Canada won the Trans-AAuto Race Saturday and was lost in the mist for 20 minutes before his Camaro was led to the pits by the tail lights of an official "s v v The fog swept across the Glen Watkins Grand Pnx Racetrack with 20 laps reevent maining In the and the red flag was immediately dropped. Officials waited 20 minutes after halting the race before calling off the event and declaring Carter the winner. V r m V5 The when J Summerhavs shot rounds of to finish a stroke off the pace. Slater, who led going into the final round, had Gresham's rounds Bradford had were Bird and V'aite Tough Luck Slatei saw his lead slip he when six greens Saturday and he had to birdie in 18 to take third place a stroke in front of Gresham. three-putte- Slater could lapse in Thursday's opening round that might have cost him a chance tc tie for the title Murphy and John Sharp, were next at 244. Playing the 14th hole, the "dogleg hole where there are markers on the r right, Slater put on a against the cold before hitting his second shot. On the shot, the handle of his club caught in his jacket and he stabbed the ball, knocking it sideways and He took the penalty and played another ball only to find out later that the O B. applied only to tee shots on the hole. In Class B ) the leaders were Summerhavs. Slater and Gresham. Bradford. Howells, and Jud Coryell, 243, led In Class D Class C Lewis Hunsaker led with 255, Norman Scnultz 256 and Hubert Wolfe 269. (60-64- windb-reake- (65-89- L, o wi iwnuwwW-- Clarence Chytraus won A net with a 206. Mounteer led B, Gale Smith was low in C Tribune Staff Photot Bv Eorl Conrod Bob Bird, president of Utah Seniors Golf Assn, looks at scoreboard in state finals Saturday. Some Club of Americas Series Chief Trans-Am'- s Stew- art, called the race put Gregg's Porsche Carrera m second place and John Greenwood of Troy, Mich , in third with his Corvette. y-- ' tv; Photo bv Tribunt Stott Photosroohtr Tin KeiW BYU baseballers eye possibility they might have to have snow shoes and use thumbs as they prepare for trip to Alaska. Front are coaches Cougars Set cj Boys Baseball Corner Top Players Boost No. 1 Area Teams Journey To Alaska By Marlon Dunn T Vern Law, Glen Tuckett. Back, left to right, are Steve Johnson, Mike Moss and Dee Herren. Cougars go to Alaska from Seattle Monday. Tribune Sports Writer " PROVO Ever since night baseball was first introduced it has been a subject of some controversy. There are those who say playing under the lights has ruined the game. That baseball was made for daytime and natural light And then there are those who say that night baseball .saved the game by making it possible for those persons who work during the day to take In 3he game at night. Both Ways I By Stan Finn Tribune Sports Writer Bits and pieces from around the baseball leagues In Salt Lake. f -- Erigham the month this Young University .baseball team - Well, a will get chance to have the best of two worlds. The Cougars will take part In the Midnight Sun Festival in Anchorage, Alaska. Tpe Cougars will play a spethe cial game on June 21 longest day of the year, me game will start at 10 p m and will be played in its entirety without artificial light How about that, you baseball fans? Good Trip The Cougars two-wee- k tour will of make a Alaska in which the Midnight Sun game will be only one appearance Coach Glen Tuckett, his assistant Vernon Law and 19 players are making the trip The team will leave Seattle Monday for the games which will be played against college players who spend the summer playing in uur 49th state. Players making the trip are Jeff Tidwell, Reed Pew. Ron Hill, Doug Coon. Steve Johnson, Mike Moss, Jeff Bills, Jim Talbot, Park Hansen. Steve English, Steve McNulty. Dave Nelson, Terry Sheehan, Lynn Allan, Dee Herren. Joe Nichols and Mark Keno. Each year one college team is spWted to make the trip and this year BYU -- was chosen. The games will be played and most between June of them will be played against the Goldpanners in Fairbanks and the Glacier Pilots m chorage An- i Paul Brennan ' lJ j John Corbett Tooele National League: The Christensen and Griffith club in this league has an mark, the loss Is Its only one in a year and half of roundball action Top players on the Maketel. squad are Bobby John Karabatsos and Barry Vance Bill Russell Is the top hurler with a mark What makes this league unique is its defination of play. Every Monday night, the younger players play three innings and the older participants clean up and play six more innings on Wednesday nights, thus giving the youngsters an even level of play. Hence the Griffiths are paced by Russell as an older player and Troy Tate as their younger player on the mound 1 1 American The Legion. Judge Memorial Legion team paces the area squads with a mark old Bob Allen has hurled the Bulldogs 0 Skaters Name Tourney Site SPRINGS (AP) The 1975 world figure skating championships will be at the Broadmoor resort here, it was announced Saturday. COLORADO The Broadmoor was selected 3S the site of the JQ75 by championships. March International the Skating Union during its meeting in Copenhagen. It will mark the fifth time Broadmoor has held the event Previous 1S59, dates 15 and 1969 were 1957, to the top of the Legion nines with one of the top pickoff motions In the state. Roy Cory legionnaires are also paced by one of the best double play combo's in the area. Steve Padjen and Kevin Cory. As well as being sparklers afield, the pair are hitting for a 500 and .410 average respectively. The East Legion nine deaw ard for serves the hard-lucrecord the week with its ihev have won two of their contests by counts and lost tw'o of their three games by one run 2 Legion defending champs record deHillcrest sport a spite a pair of losses by nohitters Don Gust explains that he has his pitching staff intack but that he has lost the bulwark of his hitting and that's what will pace any team to a state championship. For all you fielding buffs, there was a triple play this The Yankees week (who else?) of the Westwood They League were batting had men on first and second and no outs. The batter hit a pop up to the shortstop of the Padres (who). Lynn Wester-gard- , who threw the ball to second baseman Jeff Jensen, who threw to first baseman to Bill complete the triple play. in rest peace Wambsganess minutes and seconds with Carters average reaching 89 493 miles an hour Carter, Canada's driver of the year in 1971 and 1972, held the lead twice during the race. He moved in front briefly on the 50th lap before relinquishing command to J. Marshall Robins of Birmingham, Mich., in a Corvette. The Canadian driving ace regained command on the 58th lap and was in front until the fog halted the race. 43 d The annual awards dinner was held Saturday night at the Cesl Bon in Park City. .9 This is the worst weather for a race that Ive been in." said Carter. "My wipers quit half way through the race, but a hand cleaner I rubbed on the inside of the windshield during a pit stop saved me for it kept the window from steaming. "1 was fortunate to have rain tires when the second downpour occurred on about the 50th lap. When the fog rolled In and I knew the race would have to be stopped, even temporarily, I was hoping we wouldnt have to continue. I was in the lead and psyched up at that point and I dont know what my reaction would have been if the race had resumed." fense of her Y.mbledon title played hard and often bril liantly in beating her old Brit ish rival, Virginia Wade, LT' Texas Team i Y 4 .'v.; ' 6 Ws-V-"- ' Van Dlllen. Davis Cup doubles player from San Mateo, Calif., did a workmanlike job in defeating South African Frew McMillan and collected $9,375 his biggest tennis prize ever 5 Gets Nod in NCAA Test , U S. 7 ' , '' ', s' " p A? V STILLWATER. OKLA (AP) A strong host opponent, an old enemy from its own state and some blustery Oklahoma winds will be among the obstacles facing Texas this week in its hid for a third straight national collegiate golf title. The field will be 240 strong Wednesday as play opens in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Golf Championships at the tough par 70 Stillwater' Golf and Country Club course. Texas, paced by Ben Crenshaw. has won the championship the last two years and Houston has finished second both times Asked whom he rated as the favorites. Oklahoma State Coach Labron Harris Sr said, "It's got to be Texas and us because we're playing at home I'm not forgetting Houston and Florida either. y 1 American The had some early service problems. and in the first set. his McMillan, using drives to good effect, appeared to be the sounder d L:' player. But from the start of the second set. van Dillon scored with some swift service returns and the South Africans confidence quickly crumbled I'm Later, van Dlllen said thrilled with this win and I hope to become better known in singles now." from also Calif, pleased with her victory Mrs. Beach. King, 6,534-yar- AJi . ,,A!i "'5 ! .X Veteran golfer Skeet Slater blasts out of sand in Seniors golf meet at Wasatch Park. Long was V 2 Vegas Pro Charges To Victory Special to The Tribune HlNTEP.-Jer- Green, ry who commutes from Las Vegas to race in Utah every weekend, certainly brought some of that blackjack luck with him this time around as he swept to a grand slam Saturday night in Bonnes die Park's N ASCAR Raceway auto racing action Green Suntana captured Raceways main event Friday night and maintained about a three car length margin over charging Rob Tavlnr Saturday take night at Bonneville to the main. There were actually two races in the main event. In r to the addition were 21 C3rs which started the melee and only eight finished with Bowdidge first. Doug Wilkerson second. There bumper-to-bumpe- betw een deul and Taylor, young Danny Caputo held off Bob Nott for third place a they race the entire drove Green Flotilla Slates Boat Checks Catholic Boys Baseball sociation. Jilin Corbett and Paul Brennan represent the long and the short of baseball for the Our Lady of Lourdes squad As- Corbett toils on the mound for the minor league Lourdes team. John has a ledger in recleading the nine to a ord. When not hurling, John is plying his wares at either third base or shortstop and hitting for a nifty 730 average with three home runs (One grand slam) Brennan is the peerless shortstop for the major league club, batting at a 630 clip and has played errorless ball for the past five 1 3 ?' Bad Luck Ends Taylor saw his run of bad luck come to a temporary halt as he picked up enough points to regain the season point lead from Roger Andrus in the Sportsman Class Andrus was involved iu a multiple-ca- r collision in the fast heat and he missed the mam event TrobSv OothM JDick Colviri Ammons 9 jtmmv Normon Bod tO" 4 jferv Comef Green. Roger Aeirus. Bob Tovior 0. DOnny CbbO flOCtS J J Moser. Junior Don Love Mvers Perrv J Lorry Jensen. BID Aopie Costetos fiov Whiteneod. S'ow Moser Post Burton S'o Jnhr Boone Ltdr'Ch Soortmo'x Bud Meodv. Dortn Sower Horu0 Post Soortsmon jerry Green jimny KOpmon, Mikf Chambers. Moms Events Bob Tovior SoortsmonGreen Tov 'or Coouto Nett 20 Lop dge W'lkfrson Lorry fcurtr Jerry KiHev J fcoser gight WiMterson F'pure . B jrk Larry Burk third and Jerry Killey fourth The NASCAR action will move up one day next weekend with the racing at Bonneville on Fndav. Hams, who is retiring at age 65 after 26 years as Cowe boy coach, lists several candidates, including Southern California, Long Beach State. Brigham Young. Wake Forest and Indiana darx-hors- arm-to-ar- Wins Boat owners may have their outfits checked free by members of Flotilla No. 72, Coast Guard Auxiliary, at 10 locaand next tions Saturday Sunday. The courtesy checks will be conducted at Saratoga, American Fork Marina, Bear Lake, Gunnison Lake, Bullfrog, Rockport. Strawberry. Stema-ker- . Yuba and Starvation. Test Steve Bowdidge. known as the "Wild Mouse", stormed to another uctory as he won in a sunnal of the fittest (if there is a fittest in this type of racing). p The Padres went on to win the game, Jerome Kimball coaches the Padres. ind The oldest man in the tourR P. nament was 81 year-olDone. Carter covered 243 144 miles when the 72 laps were over The race lasted two hours and Q1 W There was some wind Saturday but most of the golfers said it didn't bother them. Most of the troubles were blamed on the greens where and tough pin placements tricky breaks were the problems. provisional standings Joe Henderson, the Sportscar look back on a mental Louis Miller By Classes. won low gross in Class A (55-59- ) with a 239 Warner first, it was thought that the millionaire auto dealer Peter Gregg of Jacksonville, Fla., was In the lead when the fog swept across the 3 3 mile course and blanketed the area. of fmal round to win the title. Low net of the field went to Kenneth Mounteer wno had a 197. Irving had a 198. At shot rounds Smith over the three days of the tournament as he came from behind in Saturday's Low Net car. i Dr. e -- f Good Meet Dr. Smith, a Salt Lake City total of dentist, fired a 230 to edge former champion Larrv Summerhavs by one stroke A stroke back of was Tooele Veteran Skeet Slater who had a 232 Walt Gresham had a 233 and Ray Bradford a 234. Bob Bird, president of the Utah Senior Golf Assn , and Vic Waite of Vernal had 236s. Ivor Irving and Ste'e Howells tied at 237. a i - f 1 fMo Carter A ' Tribune Sports Writer Dr. Ashiev MIDWAY Smith drilled a final round 75 Saturday lo capture low gross honors in the annual Utah Seniors golf championships at Wasatch State Tark. ! 1 with a 206 and Joseph Berry was low in D with a 207 By Marion Dunn on the books. Brigham The tournament will be the second NCAA track and field duel held here In recent years BYU staged the 1967 track championships, drawing 0-- . w X' has hosted World Record La record crowds At least one world record and several collegiate and American records set during the 1967 tournament are still Captured by Salt Lake Dentist Motocross Has Sunday Slate is scheduled Sunday at Widow-make- r Park with racing for all classes scheduled to begin at 10:30 am. and ending at 4 30 p m. lua ckju: 44 t INCH 14 FT. m 514 INCH 14 FT S 18.3t) CABLE CHAIN Park is also sched- ciiuMs - 4th & 7th W. & 20TH 18TH-19T- H Sale Starts June 21 BUT 1 SHOP NOW WHILE SELECTIONS ARE THE GREATEST AT irx ii $0.50 Top dmers racing include Bob Plumb, Bob Brown. P?ter Crandall and Dennis Packard .. ADVANCE SELECTION DAYS SALE PRICE s 91JL SUIT & SPORT COAT SALE. June I omen's store FASHION PLACE 355 4856 I r O Q al 1 $12.30 The motorcycle drivers will be going after cash prizes and undergoing their final competi- tion prior to the July 1 Moto- cro'-Grand Pnx at Manning uied Semi-Annu- CMMB A Father's Day motocross race Team racing II Evert Car Xirdt One Special to The Tribune MEN'S STORE l(-- G j) VALLEY FAIR MALL |