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Show Paul Malt Sweeps to Utah Open Victory A 11 (Rim akp fEfibtnu 1973 Monday Morning, August 20, Second Section Ijge 22 By Manon Dunn Tribune Sports Writer DRAPER Long after he had stroked m a birdie putt on e the 18th hole to take a lead over Bob Betley m the Food King Utah Open's third round Saturday evening, Paul professional Billings Allen sat in the dining room of the Hidden Valley Country Club with some close friends two-strok- One of his dinner companions said loudly "If you dont win the Utah Open tomorrow. I'm go ng to take a and hit you over the head " Sports Mirror by Allen looked up with a grin and said, "Im sure going to be out there trying In Sundays final round of this year's Utah Open, Allen hit his second shot on No. 16 and it went about out the green While he was waiting his turn to hit back to the green, Aen asked a by s'andir, What did Betley do here9 Told Betley had birdicd, Allen shook his head and muttered, "The pressure is never off The pressure neer was off and Alien added to it on that 10th hole when he bogey cd following Betley's bird, but the veteran pro from the Yellowstone Country Club in the Big Sky country, fought off the pressure and fought off Betley to win the Utah Open championship m cool display of golfing skill Allen had a lead over Betley going into Sundays final round and both golfars shot ever, par 72s Sunday to end the day m the same position they started from two-strok-e But things had d during the day as Betley would gam ground, then slide back m the fashion of mountain-- each, and at even par 288 was 1971 champion Emesto Perez of Guadalajara, Mexico for climber scrambling up a slope of slippery shale Other Leaders The victory was Allens first $1 100 m a Utah Open and was worth $5,000. won Betley $3,000 for second place. Behind the two leaders came Salt Lake Country Club assistant Loren Foye with a 286 for $2,000; Bruce Summer-hay- s of Daly City, Calif , and Richard Taylor, Scottsdale, Aru, tied at 287 for $1,450 The battle for first place was confined almost exclusively to Allen and Betley Sunday as the other contenders fell out shortly after the days play began Betley, playing ahead of Allen, birdied the first hole and Allen parred and onlv a stroke separated the two. But Betley set the pattern of his play on the next hole where d he for a bogey to John Mooney lose the stroke he had gained golfers bogeyed the fifth par-rugged hole and then both birdied the sixth. On this hole Betley drove the green, his ball stopping about s.x feet from the pin. But he missed the eagle putt and Settled for a bird . Both 447-jar- d When I drove that green thought I really had it going had the adrenelin flowing and thought Id shoot the light-oof the course, but then I just started nitting loa long and my driver stayed bad and I couldn't keep it going.!, the Betley said strong Betley birdied the impossi ble par-- eighth hole when he knocked in a putt after Allen had bogeyed at No. 7 and agan only a stroke stood between the two men 1 1 ut tnree-putte- long-hittir.- g Pt 3 Tribune Sports Editor 4 k J Beehive Boot Rivalry Gets Added Impetus - 1 V Bad News The leader plays defense e golf and every time Bob birdied, 1 heard the gallery's reaction and I knew he was Utah State University has won the Beehive Boot, the symbol of college football supremacy tn Utah, for the t - two years the trophy has been presented. Last year, the Aggies had a clean sweep, beating I and Weber State Utah : BYU J Getting a line on prospects will be the duty of the sports news media Monday at the luncheon sponsored by sporvS information directors from Utah, Utah State, JjJYU and Weber State. 5- 44-1- 6 42-1- 20-1- he This year, the race will be more interesting with Weber State appearing on the BYU schedule Utah State, as the defending champion and coming 3 season (the forfeit from Oklahoma does not 1 Count m the Aggie won-los- t total m NCAA records) will to win a third championship I be 8-- hard-presse- A? d . 1r Suffered Heaviest ' J v- v" , i ,46 A kp .A&tor .. ''f First off, the Aggies lost Coach Chuck Mills to Wake Forest, and Mills was a genius in getting the Aggies ; ready for the big one. Then USU lost Tony Adams and Tom Forzani, the ! great passing combination. . ! Utah, I'd guess, will be the choice to grab the Bee-- 1 hive Boot away from the Aggies this fall. The Utes have s of the offensive backfield and quarterback , Don Van ; Galder, with his three top receivers, returning. BYU, with its huge defensive line, can be a tough . factor if the quarterbacking jells. Weber State, also with a new coach in Dick Gwmn, could bt troublesome, as the Aggies found a year ago 'when they celebrated after drubbing Utah and had to pull out a thriller from the Wildcats. ! . The Beehive Boot, however, is decided strictly on rivals, with no attention paid games between the to the seasons record. Betley birdied No. 12 in a great recovery. He sliced his tee shot badly, crossing the adjoining fairway and close to the trees. But he hit a superb second shot that landed 25 feet from the pin and then he rolled in the lengthy patt But Allen came nght back with a bird on 13 and when Betley bogeyed 14, Allens lead stood at two strokes - three-fourth- IIow They Compare Utah should Irve something of an advantage m this race because the Utes play both Utah State and BYU m ; Bob Rice stadium on the AstroTurf, which favors speedy teams. And Utah figures to have speed. However, the Utes, with nonconference games against Texas Tech, Oregon and UCLA, may not have the best record in the state. Weber State, playing university division teams in . Idaho, Utah State and BYU, also may find its schedule t record. against a flossy t records for last year for this According to years opponents, Utah State should have the best overall record again this year. ' Aggie opponents had 50 victories against 68 losses last and two ties last year. BYU opponents were last 1973 a had mark foes Weber and States year won-los- won-los- 52-6- -- 9 season. mark for last season, so if this means anything, the Utes again face the toughest schedule. . BYU has beefed up its schedule with Oregon State, Iowa State and Utah State, along with Weber. The Cougars may have had their toughest football schedule in history if the original contract with Houston had been ratified. Losing Houston gave the Cougars the chance to Utahs opponents for this fall had an 82-6- 1 play Weber State, however. Utah State could go all the way unbeaten, since the , opponents in 1972 showed only San Diego State (10-1with winand Kent State ) ), BYU Utah ), (6-5-- (6-5- (7-4- ning seasons. The rivalry may be a natural, but the guarantees are more tasty in these days of shrinking budgets in the face of inflationary expenses. By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Wnter Baseball Standings National League Cost C Louis Pittsburgh Montreol Chicogo Philodrlphlo New York W 63 59 59 sa 57 55 L Angeles Cmcinnotl Son Froncisco Houston Ationto Son Diego 77 75 67 65 60 45 51 yt 3 4 9i 19 V, L Pet CB 61 SOS 61 .4W 2 63 65 66 4M 3 42 66 463 .455 $'1 tv, west 3 ir j U 7 14' 24 J evetond 4. Minnesoto 3. 2nd st on 4, Konsos City 3 iktond 6 A iwoukee 4 Chicogo 2 iltimore trott 4, Colhornio 3, 11 Innings w York 6 Texos 2 Mondoy s Provobtt Pitchers v York (Stottiemyrt 1M1) ot ,os City (Busby IMIl.mpht ston (Lee 124) of Texos (Bibby night. froit (J. Perry 1M0) of Ooklond 137). night mesoto (CompbeH M) ot Doltl (McNoMy 1113) mght. tiy gomes scheduled) 47 50 55 61 67 7S Results Pittsburgh $, Son Froncisco New York 2 Clncinnoti I Montreot 3. Ationto Los Angeles 2 Chicogo 1 S Louis 1. Son Diego 0 Phiiodeiphio 5, Houston 3 621 -.- 600 2'l 546 .516 472 .364 6 13 115 21 I HUNTER-D- an Richins, who has taken the Colonial Ford Iron Horse to all points of the United States and some races in Canada m one of Utah's most diplomatic auto drove to racing ventures, glory on his horn ground Sunday night captunng the prestigious Top fuel championships Richins, defeated in the last two Salt Lake races by Jackie Hams of Kaysvdle, roared his way through a rugged field of entries to down Garth Widdi-so- n of the Widdison Bros. Utah Charger. Richins had a 6 399 seconds elapsed time in the final to best Widdisons 6 515 et Angels Drop Phoenix in in the tmals was a The wheel 6-- 5 Thriller Tnbune Sports W nter Down through the annals of baseball history the teams which win pennants often win games in dramatic fashion The Angels won in dramatic fashion Sunday night at Deks Field Mickey Rivers and John Doherty crashed ninth inning home runs to give the streak-.nSalt Lake Angels a triumph over Phoenix after the Giants had taken a 4 lead in the top of the ninth Gain a Game The comeback victory for the Halos Sunday was especially sweet (as manager Les Muss put it) since cellardwelling Albuquerque bumped off Tucson, as the Dukes scored three runs in the top of the ninth. Tucson now leads the Angels by 4 games with 14 games remaining during the regular PCL season. And Tucson will be at Derks for seven games starting Wednesday night Bill Kirkpatrick 0 Mondoy Probable Pitchers Cincinnati (BHlmgham ) ot New York (Seover IS) Son Froncisco of (Brodiy Montreal (Torrej 7 11) night Pittsburgh (Em 1M1) of Houston night (Richd (Only gomes scheduled) Open at Sunday. Hidden Valley Country Club Alien won the tournament title. O s pitched sensation innings m relief for the Angels to gain credit for his seventh victory and third in a row Kirkpatrick, who has been effective the past few weeks since he was relagated to the bullpen, gave up just two hits and the only six-plu- See Page 25, Col. I N in the National Hod Rod Assn, world championship senes at Bonneville Raceway Park. 5-- What if when they get the Ni.xon tapes all they show are trick plays for his favorite football coaches. to his ball and Loren Foye stands by pin on third green in Food King Utah Richins Grabs Win Ii? Iron Horse At Hot Rod Race 6--5 Observation Ward again. I almost gave it away on Allen said afterward He 14, was referring to the fact he missed a four-foputt for a See Page 24, Col. 1 Tribune staff photo by Frank R Porschotis studies Paul Allen, foreground, putt as Ernesto Perez, center left, walks By Ray Herbat Hopefully, as soon as some switches can be made, Utes and Wildcats will be playing football as rivals. the schedules through Utah has the maximun 1977 and it would be hard to drop the guarantees from UCLA, Washington State, Indiana, Iowa State. Louisiana State, Oregon, Tennessee, Rice, Oklahoma, Houston and Florida, just to play Weber State. 1 But cn No. 9, Betley hit into the trees on the right and had to chip out to the No. 10 fairway and he wound up with a bogey while Allen was just ofi the front of the green in two hit a fine chip shot close and knocked in the putt for the bird and they made the turn at even par 36 and in the same position they started and were to finish in. tr I iff an every time closing m. Also, thought things were loosenmg between us, Bob would get a birdie and tighten it up again Thats the way it went all dav, Allen said 5 performance construction. wide Size E70-1- 4 Plus $2.56 the acaon all night with each final being marked by close challenging action. Owner Predicted Win Still, the top fuel competition could clam no better than an equal billing witn John Paxson and his Rocket Car out of Arcadia, Calif cord profile. Deep, polyester 70-seri- es tread. rood-huggi- struggle Richins simply beat Widdison off the line and took the advantage all the way to the end of Bonnevilles quarter mile. in Raised white lettering. repeat of of the Richins, a Iron Horse with Rex Pear-maheard his victory predicted early in the evening. Pearmam, working feverishly on the car after the Horse had downed Junior Kaiser of Aurora, Colo , in the first round, said Were just getting warmed up and it will go faster as we work up to the $1,200 first prize 70 XT RENEGADE F.E.T. BELTED XT XT RENEGADE 60 PolyesterFiberglass Belted RWL LOW AS CHAPARRAL- Polyester fiberglass Belted os low as C6013 Plus 2.45 1) rn A70-1- 3 Plus 1.95 Despite missing his projecan hour run tion of a here, Paxson again electrified a gathering of more than 4.500 fans with a dash of 5 45 seconds and 25? ,n p h 300-mi- Hydrogen Peroxide Paxsons creation, speed powered by hydrogen peroxide and weighing less than 1,000 pounds, went down the stnp as straight as an arrow and almost quicker than most minds could comprehend. Any projection that it would be a sight to remember was certainly fulfilled pre-me- The funny car competition, limited in scope as only four cars made the show, was as competitive as any seen here with Bobby Rowe of Memphis, kee Page 23, Col. 1 AUTO CENTER! DOWNTOWN 1781. South Temple .COTTONWOOD MAIL OGDEN VAlUYMiRWAU UNIVtSSITY MALI STOfit ISOS Highland Df. 444-24t- h Street 3600 S. 2700 West 1 195 S Statu 977-457- 5 393353 966-012- ? 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