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Show Stilt afcf ge To Close Out ?fibtmr Ufa ft;? Tuesday Morning, August 21. Bv Ho 1973 I v 4 -- Vfond Section r ) I'agp 1 r t'oin double A ball who hjti a ilei Wharton tM'Cy.t - f The Dukes held ' The Ritual Begins Friday As Schedules Trickle In vtr m It seems strange to be writing about football again The days are hot and long and the Angels are still playing at Derks Tennis and golf tournaments remain on the summer schedule and water skiing at Bear Lake is still inviting. The weather has been scorching It's difficult to put on a shirt, much less a jacket But the early football schedules begin to trickle in Ernie Jacklin sends m his from Roy. East pnncipal Joe Richards mails his with a note to keep the game times football coach Frank Klekas reright. And minds us that his defending Class champion Kearns meets defending Class champion Judge Saturday at noon in an annual grudge match The man from the magazine calls for a preseason football selection. The Granite pep club interrupts an early morning tennis match as it stomps and prances around a dusty parking lot m hopes of getting a routine ready for a late evening football game. And Bingham coach Roy Whitworth yells at quarterback Bruce Hardy at the extreme west end of the valley as Skyline coach Ken Schmidt roars at Tally Stevens on the extreme east end. 4 it It I- - V fK 4 H. v" 171 t. it The old Collins lift that carried skiers up mountain at Alta is gone now, a victim of the axe ol progress. It carried 450 skiers per hour up hill. hange Delivery right " Fd began go back to last year when 1 won III games and los! two If your lememUr, f pili hed with more of an ovei hand delivery And was sui tessltil 'All l.s 1 ail ' Ins ve.tr they (the Giants) wanted to change me Ihev wanted me to come moie sidearm That type of ali lung jusl isnt me. ! uiuldn gel anybody out eai-lithis season and when they traded me I was 15 But when I came here the manager (Les Moss) told me to go back to my old st!e ol lell pH 1 hum as Howard Cosell would results speak for ihemsohes " And Hot Streak lie Angels now West coach Gean Plaga worries that quarterback Eddie By water wont be back from American Legion ball in time to practice for the upcoming season while South coach Roger Burt is concerned that quarterback John VanDerWouden won't have enough protection from his offensive line. Grant Martin chuckles about his football fortunes at East and hopes one-hagame wont prevent him from making the state tournament for a third straight year while Tony Polychroms stages his lonely fight to establish a football program at Highland with one assistant coach and a great deal of hope. Olympus Wayne Startin thinks junior Tom Mack could lead a young team to state while Granites Darold Simmons and Cottonwoods H. G. Linford hope to improve on last lf years records The fall ritual begins again. Things Dont Change Much Then the excitement began building Americas Stan Smith and Romania's Ilie Nastasp. playing tor personal pride only, put on a great display ol tennis m what could have been an antiehmactic match Smith won 57. 6-- 6-- A1 st A Coaches dust off their film projectors and sporting goods salesmen peddle new gadgets. Principals worry about money while fathers w 'ry about knee injuries. Mothers worry that cheerleaders uniforms wont be ready while girl friends worry about newspaper reports about boy fnends. The letters tnckle in. Sky Views gonna be tough Watch Clearfields Jacob again in Region One. Smith. Viewmonts young but good. Region Three is a toss up." Kearns could go all the way again but Tom Molans Orem club is a sleeper." Its Judge and Davis m Region Five but watch that Hardy kid at Bingham. American Fork looks good in Region Six but Paysons Jim Durrant wont stay down fir long. Richfield has a tradition going for it and new coach Nyle Norris should Dixies keep it going strong again in Region Seven. loaded in Region Eight. Morgan and Wasatch should fight it out in Region Nine." San Juan could give Moab a battle for the Region 10 title. Dusting Off Cliches It'S a time for dusting off chches. Coaches pm up ancient proverbs and watch sports writers wince as they say, we can win it all if we can come up with a team effort," or the other teams in this league are tough but their put their pants on the same way we do. players The plans for the season are laid out like the plot in Greek a tragedy and the players are lined up and ready to battle all the odds for victory. The fuss is for the players moral well being. At least thats what everyone involved with this annual madness uses as an excuse. Some players will get some good out of it all. Others won't. Some will become stars. Others won't. Some coaches will win and be called geniuses. Others will lose and be fired. But, like the cycle of the seasons, the ritual will go off as scheduled. Money last Doug Howard Mugs 17th lltimei t Bruce (Tampion tied It was reminiscent of struggle in the five-se- t their 1472 Wimbledon finals, and Smith said later, We played more consistently throughout this match eral but not the consistency. This was probably one of the best matches we've ever played," the winner added. spectacular games The final day of the Interzone Finals drew the best crowd, and most of the 6,0(10 fans filling the stands stayed until the match ended in near darkness Smith-Nastas- e The old rivals, meeting for the first time since last December. drew standing ova tions on several occasion Good Tennis We played good tennis," Smith said Nasty was hitting some great shots out there " Riessen Toma Ovici to give the lead and United States a Smith's victory made the final m the semifinal score round of the international competition Smith and Nastase. perhaps the best two singles players in the world, struggled three hours in their first match of this year Even though the team situation was settled, they produced by far the most exciting tennis of the three-da6-- beat 6-- 5 y competition Ameru an sufThe fered only one service break m the first three sets. It came m the deciding 12th game of the opening set But Smith broke Nastase's serve ui the first game of the second set, eam four games later and twice in the third set He combined great play at the net on crossing shots with his big serve to dominate the second and third sets. money winner with $273,351 Jack Nicklaus remained second with $245 424 and Tom Wcuskopt third with $228,088 although both took the week olt lrom the tour In the only othet change m the top 10 according to PGA Tournament Player Division released Monday, figures Gene Littler took over the No 8 spot from J C Snead tie for 10th increased his season bankroll to $94 255 while Snead, far back in the pack in a tie for 44th, dropped to 10th with $91 089 In the l.iunder dius.on the father am combo of hmie and John Schneiter won wi'h a CL John l.agant (earned vuth J di Don Blake to win the 5 The original Collins lift was the brain chdd of Alf Engen who first envisioned the hft possibilities when he hiked over from Brighton in 1933 In 1938 Alfs hft became a reality when it was built up Collins Gulch It was made of old mining machinery possibly the ore tram from .Michigan City above Alta M A. Strand of Strand Electric Company the construction supervised following the lift line Alf laid out Helicopter hovers over Alta hillside workmen install new lift replacing as the Collins. Old Boot Luncheon Beehive Coaches All Optimists being The Boot, symbol of football r excellence among the institutions m the state, has been won by Utah State both years it has been up (or grabs And Krueger indicated he had no intention of losing the trophy this fall the For George pi os. Si hueiter and John Ewis shot I SLn Smith C ops T ennis W in sf vlSJf We ,' " $ It But All Confidant But Krueger, who is taking over for Chuck Mills as head coach at USU, was not the only coach with title dreams and optimism Monday Bill Krueger, who was an asset ant coach at Utah State several years ago. addl'd, Some say we wee like the Maidi Gias, the day alter the cele biation, with a lot of tinsel left from the great show of the night before But I have loosed at lhat tinsel and found think Steve Marshall is just as vital to our deiense as Don Van Galder is to our offense " Coach Edwards-"Wfiguie to be improved offensively over last year Defensively, our line and linebackers will Our secondary, be strong aside from Dave Atkinson, will be new Top players include Atkinson. Dave Coon, Wayne Baker and Paul Linford The quarterbacking may be questionable to start, but we should be set VHu os e tour-yea- Coach LaVeil Edwards lowed with There are three or four teams capable of beating Arizona State this fall, and I consider BAT1 to be one of these teams " Low junior honors went to O'Neil who beat Mike Bonch on the filth hole ot a sudden death playoff after the two tied at 68 kai Flint shot a 64 agant and Joey Bonsign-ore- , tits, Ernie Schneiter. 70. Nolan Wdthen, 71. and Tommy Sorenson, 72 The new technology makes possible to install the new lift in approximately 16 working days without cutting any new service roads it Between Littler and Snead in ninth place is John Schlee with $92,195 Meek of Utah summaned the thinking when I he led off by admitting. think several teams in the WAC may beat Arizona State on a given day and I think we are capable of boating the Sun Devils " vision with a 146 John Evans and Kelly ONeil won the division with a 136 tSs. 4 Trevino, in filth place with $174 911. is followed bv Johnny Miller with $120 840 and Dave Hill with $95,219 fol- teams taking part The Collins lift was replaced using the latest in technology Tile new towers were installed and the old towers were removed using a huge sky ciane helicopter which installed 10 towers and leinovcd eight old ones in the space of one hour and 16 minutes Lit-tle- Coach Golfers Snare Alpine Wins - Street foi No By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Optimism was the key Monday as the major college football coaches met to discuss football prospects with the media and see Coach Phil Krueger of Utah State return the Beehive Boot to Cache Valleyat least for the time houi The new lift will go beyond the limits of the original lift The new top terminal will deposit skiers at 9 400 feet between Aggies Alley and Main 4-- 1 4-- A pro-jum- per 1 It starts Friday. It wont stop until the Class champion runs its coach around a field late m November as adoring fans scream: Were number one. o nd then it will be time for basketball. Special to The Tribune The MF.RlCA:v' FOriK golf tournaannual ment. featuring pros from the A Itah Chapter of the PG a junior. was vuth teaming held at the Alpine Counlrv 21 (lull here Monday with In its p.lace stands a new double chair lift that increases the skier capacity from 459 skiers per hour to 1.000 skiers Wadkins $40,000 fir-- prize in the USI Classic increased hi' season earnings to $188 014 ar.d taised him a notch on pro golf's official money list Wadkins took Over the No 4 spot lrom Lee Trevino, who tied tor 16th in the Philadel phia tournament 16th, too, but he remained Recalls Memories ress - Laniv NEW YORK (AP) 3 At Wimbledon, we had sev- Marshall predicts that his team will make its annual march to the state finals while defendchampion North Summit coach Sam Blon-quiing Class thinks Kenny McQueen will bring more gold to Coalville. Things dont change much in Utah high school football Beavers A1 AMO. Calif (AP) -Marty R lessen clinched a C S victory Monday with his victory' over Toma Ovici of Romania m the Davis Cup Interzone Finals Hope for Luck Bill Meek Eves Good A ear a lot of football left, despile the los.s of Tony Adams and Tom Forzani Wildcats Tough Ralph Hunler, an assistant coach for Dick speaking Gw inn of Weber State, admitted, I know this is the toughest schedule Weber State has r fad'd since becoming a institution, but we have a lot of enthusiasm and we welcome the chance to play Utah State and BYU." four-yea- Hunter added. "We just hope that by the time we play BYU. m our 10th game, we will have a whole ball club ready Our defensive line is a weak point But we have a lot of enthusiasm in Ogden for the opener against I tah State alter last year's thuller This is our toughest schedule and we have all new coaches but Gw inn and myself " Coach Krueger admitted. We are thinking positively about this squad We have great speed on defense, probably as good as anywhere the area Our offense will be This revamped completely will not be the attack of Tony passing Adams We will throw the hall and we have good receivers, hut we figure to have a good running game, too We put a lot of piessure on the quarterbacks m the spring, trying to see jii'l what they could do Bui what wo did in the spung and what v.e'll use in the fall will be a combination of what we think will be- - best with the material we have " 111 wide-ope- Other comments from the cogc hes, included Coach Meek- - " Health is the key word to our suuess Our ill fen vo must bo more consis tent than last year. We have II10 offense back and we can move the football Our kuking should he good We have the key to a season early with and Texjs Tech Oregon UCLA tn our first four games n The original lift was built with wooden towers that lasted untd 1947 when they were replaced by steel Some say the bull wheel used on top came around on Cape Horn on a sailing ship fiom Europe during Altas golden age of mining near the turn of the century Alf recalled, have won then last 37 games and have hit 126 home runs tins season compared to 194 at the .same time a year ago Mm cover. Rivers has been else the something past month He now has a 14 game hitting streak winking, has 36 hit , hi his last 7b tunes to bat and has stolen 38 bases which lead the Pacitic Coast League. The Angels scored in the initial inning on Rivers infield single and Ashfords double off the left field wall Phoenix lied it m the second on singles by Jake Brown, Dan Breeden and Dotnaso Blanco. 26 ol Bv 1 aig liansetl Tubune Sports Writei ALTA Americas oldest operating chair lift has carried its last skier The Collins lift has fallen to the axe of prog- NotcIl on " say 'The New Ski Lift Towers at Alla Wadkins Gain I 1 Idle Tuesday Salt Lake is Kile Tinsdav But Tuison and Vlbu night qiiorque plav in (.ait us Conti ttv and then the Tonis visit I'etks Field for the uncial wliuli seven game senes begins Wedtiesdav night Figueio.i had batting sup poll Mntuld night Horn Mu k ev Kiveis, who had two mine hits si oied a mil and dime in a pan. tiom Sain Ashtoiil the hnlliunt tiling tookie up 4-- Smith Cops Win in Davis Cup fe-t- he 1 ex-Jud- 3-- cursing there is good reason sudden change, he lamis 7,dm hut Tuison suited six runs in the late innings to keep a 4j game bulge over the dunging Halos "i j a behind Tot os t while wub And Moiul.iv inglil met llle record here, 5 .1 Mthough tile Halos puked duuiig a u( another vutory Uurid stuxih Salt Lake tailed o gain giouiid on Eastern Di Hie leader in son vision loros deleated lt)iHueique ti iimiing over (mm Phoenix in a Hade ejrlv in July He has his mark posted the Giants 1 k 9 i Behind the stuuiv seven lot Figueio.i Mon pit i lung of day flight the Sail uhe Migels bourn ed Phoenix again, this time VI to i lose out then season suit's with the Giants 1 om :t Hemal Ti iluirie Sports was there when we built the first lift and I am excited about the new one. I In 1938 when skiing was a young sport there were only 30 or 40 skiers a day using the lift Skiers like M. A. Strand. Pete Ecker, Fred Speyer and Joe Quinnv enjoyed the early skung at Alta and watched it grow. As Alta prepares for its second century, the Collins single chair is gone The countrys second chair lift had remained practically unchanged unlil this month when progress removed the old dowager leaving Us legal y of skiing Riva Ridge Set For Feature SARATOGA SPRINGS. N.Y. Meadow Stables Riva Ridge, the 1972 Kentucky Derby winner who finished second m his last race to a 50-shot, returns to the track Tuesday in the featured race at Saratoga (UPI) 1 1,000 USED WINDSHIELDS But the Angels went ahead for good m the fourth when Sjnds and Howard drove the ball out of the park. in the seventh, the added some insurance on singles by Jerry DaVanon Then Angels and Dave Chalk and Rivers' double to left Salt like look five of six from Phoenix this senes and nine ot the last 12 played with the Giants And the Angels have not lost a series to anyone in the past six weeks. Giant' QB Asks To Re Traded HAVEN, CONN. (AP) Quarterback Randy Johnson of the New York Giants says he wants to be traded in order to play more football, NEAV the New Haven Register said Monday. Johnson commented on his future after the Giants beat Sun-the New York Jets day m a National Football League exhibition game 45-3- Quarterback Norm Snead, was the conferences leading passer last year, started the game. He completed six of 10 passes, one for a who touchdown veterJohnson, a seven-yea- r an. was three-to- r six, and two of his passes were intercepted. He was quoted as saying he would ask Giants Coach Alex Webster and President Wellington Mara to be traded after returning Monday night to training camp in West Long Branch, N.J. "Maybe I'll go somewhere where Ill get to play without waiting for someone to get hurt, he said. Norman didnt get hurt last year with our dinky passing offense, and he isnt going to get hurt this year." TELEPHONE ANSWERING New Remote Telephone Answering Equipment . . . special 450 $ THESE GREAT FEATURES REMOTE CONTROL Get your messages from ANY phone . . . anywhere in the world Voice Actuated. No limit on time for incoming calls. 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