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Show for Sports Information Call For Sports Information 524-45-01 Call 524-45- 01 Section D Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday Morning July Sports Mirror by John Moonev Two Yortlig EiuteF Amaterar Final v Tribun Sports Editor Quite frequently the gossip magazines feature a story which asks, "Will Success Spoil So and So7" The story idea is th it So and So may bt the victim of his own sudden popularity, and that the only way for him o go s backward after his sensational climb to the top. A v v t.t : N Before Break 1 All-St- You might even see a parallel m the situation of the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Assn. r jW- jf It was a fast ball, down and in, Aaron said of his memorable homer as champagne was passed around to his teammates in a steamy dressing room. The crowd of 16,236 gave Aaron a standing ovation and he had to emerge from the Braves dugout twice before the crowd quieted down I think the mam reason is there are too many "nothing games on the schedule, games against opponents obviously inferior to the Stars. A i. 1 There are more weak sisters than teughies on the Stars divisional schedule. UI&I capacity of the Salt Fans have come to realize that the Salt Palace rarely sells out for a game, that good seats are available for all but a few games, and they see no reason for buying the season package Five Months Old x.4; They are getting to the "pick and situation which eventually all choose clubs reach, if they have adequate seating faculties. 8-- Worse, the club after winning 130 of 136 games over three yea.s showed a profit of only $1 39 after expenses and salaries totaled $23,724 87 for three years. The club, according to the book Diahad journeyed 12,000 mond JubUee, mUes and played before 200,000 specta- tors. After checking the financial statements, the club was disbanded, with the president of the club issuing a statement, "Enormous salary demands and other rising expenses make it impossible for Cincinnati to resume operations in 1871,. Where have you heard that statement before, sports fans? Observation Ward A lot of guys who thought they had a pension in their Job didn't know how good they had tt until they started trying to live on a pension. 2 It was a brilliant day Saturday if stayed out golfer of lake. Today in Sports Radio, TV Slate The following is a list of Sundays nationally televised and locally broadcast sports events CBS Spectacular, TRACK S. meet from Tu"in, Italy, Channel 5 - GOLF 'JS. Womens p m , Channel 4 Italian-1 pm, Ruth, also 39 at the time he reached the milestone, hit only eight more homers that season and hit his fmal six the next year for the Boston Braves, smashing his last three on May 25, 1935 at Pittsburgh. Aaron seldom generated national publicity until the twilight of his career when it became apparent he had a shot at the games most revered record. The press used to forget about me, Aaron said recently after hitting two home runs in a game agamst the New York Mets. This year has been confusing . . Im not used to all this attention He began receiving a great deal of attention in 1969 when he smashed 44 home runs and led the Braves to the National League West championship. In other National League action Saturday, it was San Francisco 3, Chicago 1; St Louis 8, Los Angeles 1; Cincinnati 6, Montreal 4 and New York 5, Houston 3. The Pittsburgh-SaDiego game was rained out. Over in the American League, Boston Oakland edged nipped Minnesota, Kansas City clipped MilCleveland, Texas scuttled Detroit, waukee, and Baltimore crept past California, n Open, 2 30 Salt Lake Angels vs. BASEBALL KMOR Eugene Emeralds, 9 15 p m radio. the k match Saturday, Blau- asked, Can I beat Peacock? 5-- 4-- 5--4; Blair-Peacoc- - Then, Blair went to the dnving range to practice with his dnver and for the Tribune staff photos bv Lynn R. Johnson State Amateur Brad Brandenburg looks as if he could destroy green at Midway. Biair, watches finalist, James a fairway shot. match. Peacock won the first hole and looked like he might run away nght at the start when he had a great chance to take the first three holes. But Arlen missed a short, curving, sidehill putt on No. 2 and then missed another birdie chance on No. 3 and the two went to the fourth hole with Peacock leading, For this tournament, the golfers have been playing the lake, or No. 2 course here, and for the match play portion, theyre playing the back mne first. Chattering Lee Leads St. Louis Golf Meet ST. LOUIS (AP) Defending champiTrevino fashioned a 66 and swept into the lead Saturday in the $210,000 St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic. on Lee third-roun- Aaron was only five months old when Ruth smashed his 700th home run on July 13, 1934 off Tommy Bridges in Detroit. am. Before next-to-la- The countdown now begins in earnest e for the legendary Ruths mark of the Cadillac of 714, called by Aaron baseball records. Palace. ings. The Red Stockmgs reeled off 130 consecutive victories between the first game of the 1868 baseball season and July 4, in 11 innings 1870, when tne club lost, in Brooklyn. When the team returned home, the fans jeered the players, who were so upset they lost five more games. Attendance lagged and the next year, no more Red Stockings. Ruths home runs but added season, he had 701 his 702nd the following day. The homer was Aarons 1,372nd extra-bas- e hit, leaving him only five behind record in that category. Ruths e Aaron had singled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to nine games, during which he has hit six home runs and driven in 14 runs. lf However, the worst example of the e Will Success Spoil9 category must bplong to the Cincinnati Red Stock- Was Gone 21, 1934, July The championship match will be over holes and will get underway Sunday at Branca reached the semifinals by beating Reid Goodliffe, 2 and 1, and Peacock beat Tom Smith, 5 and 4. Blair gamed revenge ovpr Peacock for a semifinal loss in last years State Amateur at Patio Spnngs. had anThe Braves management nounced that 700 silver dollars would be given to the lucky fan catching the memorable home run The honor went to Robert Winbome of Atlanta. He was given the money in a bnef presentation following the game and he, in turn, presented the ball to Auron. On This is tme, especially, when you conthe games are sider hat at least one-haagainst teams which have not been competitive in past games. Worst Example 8 "I felt it was gong out, he said. After hitting some 600, you kind of know when theyre going . mp team plays 42 regular home games, against such lackluster teams as Dallas, San Diego, Memphis and that caliber. A games. 36 e It Fans know the regular season does nothing- but eliminate one team from each division and all thats at stake, aside from money for the owners and players, is that the team winning more games gets the advantage of the seventh game at home in the playoff games. Thats hardly sufficient to get the crowds lining up to buy tickets for all the a former Viewmont Brandenburg, High School lmkster and present club champion at Bountiful Spnngs, defeated Jon Unger, 2 and 1, in the quarterfinals and edged University of Utah star Ron in the semis. Branca. 4 Too Many Nothings Lastly, I think the format of the league is disillusioning the fans, who know now that the regular season is a battle only for fourth place, to qualify for the playoffs, which means the championship. tacular. 400-fo- 4--2 3,3, I think there could be several logical suggestions why the pro basketball attendance sagged at the Salt Palace. theres the two-ru- left-cent- o and entertainment Tourneys Mystery Man Brandenburg, the Mystery Man and Cinderella player of this tourney, movtd more methodically and Quietly into the championship match although his putter was anything but methodical or unspec- blast into the field stands came in the third inning on a 1 pitch, putting the Braves However the Phillies rallied ahead for an victory Aarons The Stars landed in Salt Lake City and immediately started winning. The club never has been close to a loser, never worse than in the division smee oming to Utah, but last year the attendance fell off something like 1,000 a game on the average. Then, wanted to hit No 700 before the break, Aaron said to a packed audience of newsmen, photographers and television cameras after drilling his 27th home run of the 1973 baseball season off Ken Brett m the Philadelphia third inning at Atlanta Stadium That sounds a Little better, only 14 to I dont Aaron go, said the feel any special thrill Its just a number. The only real one is THE one ta recreation Blair, Utahs latest golden boy of golf, stormed uito the finals in spectacular fashion The state high school champion beat Gary Moms, 4 and 3, in Saturdays quarterfmals and then exploded on the first five holes of the back nine to blow out defending champion Arlen Peacock, 5 and 4, m the semifinals. e The Braves m Milwaukee reaped instant success and the club responded with a pennant in 1958 But the attendance sagged as interest paled, and the franchise was switched in 1966 to Atlan- budget. By Marion Dunn Tnbune Sports Wnter old James MIDWAY Eighteen-yea- r Blair, who has been in the spotlight since he was 14, and Brad Brandenburg, a putting whtz who has been Bountiful Spnngs best kept secret, will battle for the Utah State Amateur golf at Wasatch State Park championship Sunday - was the Milwaukee baseball club which was switched from the Boston Braves to the Milwaukee Braves m 1953 sports, Set for Duel ATLANTA (AP) The countdown for Henry Aaron begins m earnest now The magic number is 14 The Atlanta Braves slugging super-sta- r connected for his 700th career home run Saturday night m h.o nuest to surpass Babe Rmhs recoiu of 714 Perhaps the lest modern example Pro basketball is not a cheap sport when it comes to tickets and buying two season tickets takes a major chunk of the Blair., Brandy Aaron Clouts 700tli Hes Only 14 Shy " athletic Many teams and personalities have found that same route after sudden success. one-tw- Page One 22, 1973 d Trevino, keeping up a nonstop stream of chatter with his gallery, put together a three-roun- d total of 199, on the friendly little Norwood Hills Country d Club course, a layout that yielded some of the lowest scores of the 6,544-yar- group of three at 202, leaving seven players within three strokes of each other going into the last round. r Bruce ComptLeading of Australia, Gay Brewer, also a former Masters titlist, and Larry Hinson formed the tno at eight under par. Crampton had one of the four rounds of 65 posted m the hot, muggy weather while Hinson and Brewer each shot 66s money-winne- Watch Tribune Goalby, a former Masters champion from nearby Belleville. Ill , had a 67 and Littler, the second-rounleader, eagled the ninth hole for a 68. The entries are m and tournament officials are slowly going about the prodigious task of filling requests for times tour regular Don Bies fol201 and there was a But the paramount fact for entrants m The Salt Lake Tribunes No Champs tennis tournament is that painngs for the opening day singles will be announced m Wednesdays Tnbune the day the Intermountain Wests biggest net meet commences on Thursday, in addition to , Then, the first days results, entrants will be able to glean the first round doubles painngs. Watch for the No Champs facts in Wednesdays Tnbune. g 66 Always a Bridesmaid - NEW YORK (AP) Jacques Who. a colt who has never won a race, finished second for the 11th ume m 15 starts this year The colt, owned by Jacques W lmpfheimer, came m second to Real Reason m the third race at Aqueduct to make his record 11 seconds and a third in 15 1973 races Last year, he was out of the money in all 10 starts r. Make the Turn Even They made the turn all even when Peacock won file ninth hole. And, this set the stage for a golf explosion which would be hard for anyone to equal. Blair eagled the 10th hole when he ran in a He rammed home another putt for a bird on No. 11; followed with a birdie on No. 12; won No. 13 with a par and then ended the match on No. 14 with another birdie. 520-yar- d Trevino, seeking his third title of the e lead over vetyear, grabbed a erans Bob Goalby and Gene Littler, tied for second at 200. lowed with a 3 On the next hole, Blau- - went when Peacock missed a two-foputt after Blau- - had run in a on year. d the fourth hole Saturday was the and Blair won when Peapar-cock blasted 12 feet past the pin from the trap and barely missed the putt coming back. So, 190-yar- d For Pairings This put him par on the five holes and no one could top that. Brandenburg came into this tournament as just another name, but he will be remembered by everyone who played in this tournament and those who watched because of a putting touch which borders on the fantastic. five-und- In Saturday's semifinals, he had a e lead after mne holes, and then fell back to trad by two holes after the opening four holes of the back mne. He lost one of those holes when he missed an putt winch no one who has watched him would have ever believed. one-hol- But then he came back to win at Nos. and 17 and when they halved No. had reached the summit. Brandenburg has had more one-pugreens than two putt tries since match play began Friday and has left four victims praising his putting touch. Started at No. 9 and weighs Brandenburg stands 195 pounds and looks like a former football player which is only partially true. He played sophomore football at Viewmont and then tned out for the baseball and golf teams and gave up baseball for the links. I think my chances against Blair are pretty good because no one knows anything about me or expected me to be here and they just cant take me serious. But I think I have a good chance of wu 15, 16 18, he tt All Ills Cured, Together, the two new stadiums help form the $70U million Harry S Truman By Joseph Durso New York Times Writer The manager of the NEW YORK Amencan League team came down with r appendicitis, the league's biggest suffered a leg fracture, the National Leagues injured his hip vote-gette- third-basema- and the man who has pitched two this season was left out But somehow, all of the aches and accomwjunes and oversights will be modated and, on Tuesday night m Kansas City, baseball will stage its 44th game before a sellout crowd of 44,006 persons and a national television audience. Elegant Royals Stadium All-St- The scene will be the elegant Royals Stadium, 10 minutes east of downtown Kansas City, wnere it stands side by side Arrowhead Stac with tlie 78,000-sea- t i, home of the Kansas City Chiefs of tne National Football League Game Ready All-St- ar the only Sports Complex, reputedly major parks m the world designed for different sports on the same site. The game has been played between the Amencan and National Leagues since 1933, when Connie Mack and John McGraw led the first stars in a promotional game that accompanied the Chicago Worlds Fair Two games were played each year from 1959 through 1962, makstretch. ing a total of 44 for the The National League lost 12 of the first 16, then got a firm gnp on things and now leads senes, 24 games to 18 with one tie and 10 victories in the last 11 years e Dick Williams of the World Champion Oakland As, the manager of the men can League team, frowned at the facts last Thursday before undergoing an emergency appendectomy, and said Sure, the National League has been winning the games But we've been doing all nght in the World Senes, and you have to compare both of them if youre going to make the comparison fair. All-St- A somewhat bigger hassle was touched off by Williams, who said Friday he would be in Kansas City despite his illness, when he left Nolan Ryan of the California Angels off his pitching staff, despite the fact that Ryan had thrown two games this season no-h- it That oversight was corrected late this week, though, when the commissioner of baseball allowed the leagues to expand rosters frem 28 men to 29 their -- reportedly to make room for Ryan and Willie Mays All-St- Nolan Ryan had a losing record when I selected the pitching staff," Wiliams said, referring to his original desig 0 If I uad known he was going nations. to pitch another I might have tker. him Other Problems Arise Other problems arose, as in other years, because of injuries and oddities. Dick Alien of the Chicago White Sox, the American League m votes in the poll of fans, suffered a hauhne fracture of the left leg and was replaced. His teammate, Wilbur Wood, who leads all other pitchers m victories, reported that his son faced an operation next week and he was replaced In the National League, the top at third base was Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs who injured his hip this week and was earned off the field on a stretcher And the pitcher who led every bodv else in 1972 with 27 victones, Steve Carlton of the f'hiladlphia Phillies, was omitted this year because of a record who led vote-gett- so-s- o lung Sunday." Brandenburg has an unorthodox, but very relaxed suing. He putts almost tn a rush, taking hardly any time once he gets over the ball, but hes very acca rate. Putting actually Isnt the best part of my game all the time. In fact, I had several three-put- t greens in the qualifying rounds But wnen I get it going. Im pretty accurate and ive had it going recently," Brandenburg explained. |