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Show afiiyxiyi ifrjii'inirydrh 4A DESERET NEWS, Saturday, May 10, 1969 -- - Eftack , fJ" $' vf j r rallies' tiiiiitimiii!i!i:iiiiiimiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiini!iiiii y, ) v. w , tv a, 4( . V ' A kv '( , JS' - y'.: V?: ' 4 y w I Named The Grand Champ! d-- '? r if V : ; iv ' Slate , The Clearwater Bombers, current and nine times nation-a- l softball champs, will appear in Salt Lake City this summer in a double header against two Utah All Star teams. men's ,'iiiimiiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiii!!iiiiitiiiiiinimmiii!iiiiiiiii!iiiiimiiiiiiniii!iiii Hasnt it been said, You can always tell a man's make by the company he keeps? If it is so, I'm a better guy than I was a week ago because for the past week Ive kept company with proud people. last-pitc- The Bombers from Clearwater, Florida, captured title this decade when they downed Oxnard. California last fall in the finals of the 36th annual Mens ASA :oft! hall Tournament in Gearwater. This will be the first tin e vi the history oi softball that a mens national champion-hi- p team has appeared in Utah. then-fift- "fes y vt:-- And seme who are not They are railroaders railroaders, but who always wanted to be. They were guys likely who took the trains away from their kids and lan the tracks through the bedroom, Lathroom, kitchen and sleeping porch by way of the ventilators. ' f , f' S' ' ' .& - s w - ' The double header, scheduled for August 8 at New White ' is being sponsored by the Shamrock Booster Club and the Utah Amateur Softball Assocation. FROM WOMEN TO MEN r Don Beck. Utah ASA Commissioner and of the Shamrocks, said, "For many years the Shamrocks ha vp been able to bring the cuirent national women's champs to Itah for a series, however, this year the Stratford. Conn. Brackettes are not traveling so the Shamrocks' decided to support mens softball by bringing in the best team in the nation. r The Bombers will meet a Utah State team in tne opener and then will take on a Metro Salt Lake City All Star club in the second half of the twin bill. Park, , I coach-manage- y f v. Take Boss Bow land, for instance. I guess his folks could have afforded it but Boss and his brother, Bob, never had trains as young boys. Yet it was Boss who heads up the High Iron Company and he, more than anyone else, got. the train to Utah moving. Oakland's Campy Campaneris grimaces In pain after slide home safely against Yankee catcher Jake Gibbs. All-Sta- Players from Provo, Ogden and Murray will make up the state team while the Metro Sait Lake League will furnish opponents for the Bombers in the other contest. Ross is big enough to play linebacker on the Lions, but has a stat on the Wall Street floor, deals in commodities, mostly silver and suiely cuts more coupons than if he were a Lion linebacker. In this old sports world of ours we see some people who give a little more than they arc asked to. So it was this week with Fred Steen Not long ago Fred retired from the railroad. He got a banquet and $2,000 for his severance gift. By FRANK PK GORGES UPI Sports Writer 150 Pounds When Wef Ko.sco Andy He isnt the kind who would frighten any wet opposing football force. Just 150 and 8 and on tip toes. 5-- claim permanent residence to in the City of the Angels with two homers and a single Friday night as he paced the Los But when they put him together they took his allotment of heft and humped it into heart. What a guy! See Baseball summary Page Fred was our trains hobo. Clowning is his hobby. He had the railside crowds laughing from New York to Salt Lake City. He gave us train riders a regal lift, too. Angeles Dodgers to a tory over Pirates. the vi( 13-- 3 Pittsburgh other, mostly NL games, San Francisco whipped Chicago, Cincinnati beat Montreal. in an abbreviated 6 inning game, and St. Louis edged Houston at San Diego, rain-soake- 11-- Charley said sure, when we told him about our friend Fred. In the American League, Kansas City beat Baltimore. Minnesota trimmed Detroit, Oakland, got by New Seattle York, blanked Washington, Boston beat California, Chica go at Cleveland was postponed because of rain. 3-- 7-- Kosco started a wild, nine-rusecond-inninLos Angeles uprising with a single. Key blows in the inning included doubles by Bill Sudakis and Ron Fairly, and a triple by Ted Sizemore. Kosco ended the scoring on his second time at bat in the inning with a two-ru- n homer. He hit his second homer of the game a three-ruin the sixth. shot Bill Singer allowed five hits in n 7-- So with great ceremony we awarded Fred the Centennial Medal of Honor Thursday. back-to-bac- k bases-loade- In At Joe (Awful) Coffees famous steak house, I talked Lous brother, Charley, into giving us one of his prize livestock ribbons off the wall. York g A-- In Denver we decided Fred should have a medal. But we couldnt get a medal. and Atlanta at were postponed Philadelphia because of rain. New can finally unpack his bags. They love him in Los Angeles. Kosco, who hates to move staked a strong around, Fred took that money and bought two tickets to Utah on the Centennial steamer. d n a stint g record to to boost his 5-- Burda clouted his homer off reliever Phil Regan in the seventli to wind up a five-ruinning for he Giants during which 10 men went to the plate. Mason had a two-rusingle in the inning. Winner Bob Bolin gave up a homer to Willie Smith for Chicago's run. n n Bob Tolan batted in four runs with a homer, triple and single for Cincinnati against the Expos. His two-rutriple in the second inning napped tie and put the Reds a ahead for good. He banged a n homer in the sixfh. two-ru- n Mike Andrews, generally considered one of the least productive of the Boston Red Sox at the plate, is beginning to make his presence felt. Andiws drove in 45 tuns last season to rank sixth among the Bos'ii leguici-- . He sm bed a triple in the ninth inning Fritie and day night to snap a lift the Red Sox to their sixth triumph straight victory, a over the California Angeis. The three runs batted in gave Andrews 19 for the season, tying him with Carl for the club lead. Oakland took advantage of five New York errors in the fifth inning to score two runs and beat the Yankees. York lead on a pair of unearned runs when Bert singled with one out in the fifth, took second on picther Mel Stottlemyre's wild throw on an attempted piek-otf- , went to third on Tommie infield hit and Reynolds scored the tying run on second baseman Horace Clarke's throwing error. na.es-loade- d 2-- 2 2 .u 1 Car.i-paner- Ute Grid: More latent from the scouts. Reds Grab we had to give Fred. Except our good wishes! May the little guy continue to please peo- It's all sight of Oregon Under these conditions, the a big increase fans over current history of spring crowds were left to see a lot of close-i- n infantry maneuvers. But the fans must have been impressed as Meek was with the resounding impact of contact. 5,000 Tilt 33-- 6 ple like us and kids all his golden days! Well miss the whole train tribe. Especially By GEORGE Fred! FERGUSON Sports Managing Editor Matter of Talent In exactly 134 days. Utahs football Redskins will be back under the arcs of Ute Stadium. The foe: Oregon of the The case of Ed Jucker of the Cincinnati Royals is another in favor of the argument that having the players is more important than having the coach. Pac . four-tim- Jucker was a juggernaut Cincinnati U. days. Cincv won the national championship two 1961 and 1962, beating Ohio years in a row State both times. In fact, Ohio State had the makings of a tripie winner (as in the UCLA case the last three seasons). But Cincinnati interferred in the two national finals to foil Coach Fred Taylors 8. The Bombers will fly into Salt Lake City tiie evening of August 7. They will attend an organ recital Friday morning at the Salt Lake Tabernacle and then be special guests at luncheon of current and old time softball players and fans. A pi ess conference is also slated Friday prior to the luncheon. It is expected that the two all star teams will be named in order to give the club a chance to work to- - a by gether before taking the field against the national champs. Tieke's went on sale today at the Shamrock Booster Club ' offices. Room 211. 68 Soidh Main tn Salt Lake City. Tele- - J All present phone orders can he placed by calling .seats at New White Park will City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison has promised., that additional seats will be provided in order to allow all . fans interested to see the Bombers. Later tickets will be available at other locations in tne Groth, Ray Reds to This put Ed .Jucker on the map. He was lured contract into the pro ranks with the three-yea- r He was win. to with the Rojals and has failed with the organizaanother Into ousted (majbe job tion) in favor of Bob Cousy. Just a simple matter of not having the men. At Cincinnati I. Jucker had them. On the pro plateau he didn't. Whites leading argument, emerged as the quarterback to lead Utah into its fall campaign. the But Clint Harden Whites most-usegeneral showed flashes of elusiveness along with passing supremacy over Groth. Ray, though, is still master on the keeper, end his aerial arm appeared d The same thing happened to Phil Woolpert, the likable man. who coached San Francisco to two national titles with Bill Russell. But that ended it. Phil just couldn't roust out any more improved. matters little to Meek of the two seniors emerges supreme as the fall campaign rolls along, Point is It which Russells. Can Cousy cut it? Only if they give him moie talent than the Royals have given Jucker. much-neede- to his own way of thinking there is dependable help See SOFTBALL Page A- -' Clint Harden gets rush from Reds' Mike Rich (75), Jerry Simonson (88). White and added versatility in that slot. Scott Sophomore Robbins, a Skyline High prodmade an auspicious uct, debut. At times, he looked even more versatile than Groth or Harden. He was playing against the White reserves . . but he also was supported by Red reserves. Meek would like to redshirt Robbrns. Scott is on a engineering stint at Uteville. It might work out that way. . This lad despite his lack of size appears to have a good future in college football. Junior quarterback, Dana Clark, showed a lack of poise whicti comes from lack of But, at piaying experience. times, he threw accurately under scrambling conditions. Spring frolics are deceiving. Meek told his assistants to basic formations. employ Most of the wide open sens which showed scoimg promise in spring drills were saved d couple of 195 pound Joe Dowd and Tom Moore good displayed bread and butler prowess while running against the first line defense. A highlight of the evening was the kicking duel between senior Craig Smith and sophomore Marvin Bateman. They were booming those high punts that defensive backs hate to handle. And Bateman after he got over op ning night stage fright displayed a promising kicking toe First line defenders of both units displayed better speed and improved pursuit over last year's Utes. A the a 33-- 6 victory over the in their little family y Halfback Bill Fowler, coming back from a knee injury, showed flashes of running talent. And sophomore halfback Fred Graves should give the Utes a touch of that outside .speed. And while Salui days spring windup was no great shakes (as spring games seldom are), it was evident (hat the Utes will start the 1969 season and with more continuity depth than they did when Bill Meek made his 1968 debut. highest hope. e catcher. Dave Smith, a Centerville, Utah product, was leading ground gainer of the evening. Dave, it appeal's, has picked . . . up more explosiveness hits holes faster. And his blocking was tremendous. On that Sept. 20. the Reds will blend with the Whites for a seasons opener. in college ball in his ; -- Weldon Haney, Eddie King and John Hoffman, will shaie mound duties for the Bombers. In the 1968 national tournament finals, Haney pitched the greatest game of his long career. He pitched a perfect game, tne first in Amateur Sottbali Association history in the finals, and dashed home with the only run after collecting a single in the top of the sixth and scoring on a triple by batterymate Al Varnum. HANEY MOST VALUABLE Haney got two of three Bomber hits, pitched four consecutive shutouts and was rained Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. In the six games it took to win the championship neither ' Haney nor King surrendered a run, nor a walk over the span of 45 innings. Haney collected plenty of hardware during the awards presentation after the finals as he led the tourney in hitting, won more games than any other pitcher, was named to the All Star Team and was MVP. This was the third time the Bomber hurler was rewarded with the MVP plaque. He also won it in 1962 at Stiatfo-d- ,, Conn., and in Clearwater in 1963. Five times he has been named All American. Eiglit oilier Bombers who will appear in Salt Lake City ate All Americans. They are: Bill Parker, 2b: Tom Moira. , 2b. 3b and outfielder: Doug Mason. 3b; Ron Wea thereby. oul: fielder: John Tusker, outfielder, and Al Summerford. 2b. Ai Bob Kuy Kendall, Varnum. catch, and mid-Jul- Fred got sentimental and so did his lady. They wept like a Denver downpour. Not every day a guy gets a ribbon, even though it was for being Grand Champion barrow in the 1961 National Livestock Show. A S.L. s Weldon Haney, star of the e national softball champion Clearwater Bombers will appear in Salt Lake City with the team nine-tim- fast-pitc- h in ' , August. Utes Lose Deseret News Special FORT COLLINS. COLO. With Doug Howard driving in five runs, Bngham Young University ripped Colorado here Frui.tv and State inched closer to the northern division title in the Western Athletic Conference. 12-- li.nvaid. a 6 3 fust baseman, who lso st.us the Cougar ii.cketl .dl lai team, socked a home run. ti'ple and single in the on-tesRieliaid y Ziniiiger filed a r and stretched Ins season mark to 11-Zinmg-er'- s bid for a shutout was ruined by CSUs Bruce when he singled home a run in the ninth inning. The linescore: f've-hitte- Fink-bein- BYU 0O1 Y)0 C5J ? nimgcr Ar'ti HR H c Tvjrnei ri nn vq IX 000 4V1 001 U IS 1 kker Wyoming Wins D'-e- iot News ispoi lal - Jim MacDonald struck out eight and walked two in winning his third game. had two hits in tour at bats lor the Cowboys. For Utah Tom Kilgore. George Theodore and Fiank It's big. But you con grow info it. LARAMIE. WYO. The Wyoming Cowboys beat Utah The Cowboys' big inning the siih vvih'Ii they scored throe unis on a le.aiofl double by Ruk O'Daniel. M lowed by Bill singles by ".I Stems, Butrh Sinoinn Doug Webei Tom Mu had and Wilier w 's 5 Results Friday's RYJ u CcU Wyoming, 7, uan 2 lentt 7. Comfortably. And ttid has 35 cu. ft. of loading spac in the rear. Of with the back seats out, ouf Slation Wagcn has 176 cu. ft. of locuhn j snnrs Almost twic that hf . a Covent anal wayon It King also had two hits. The linescore: 5 Hnnsei ad W A ro i&YUi yne On, nmqfr ( 0 T night for their Friday fourth stiaight Western Athletic Conference baseball victory. 7-- May $th, 10th, and 11th Frj ay, Saturday. Sunday Utah National Guard Armory 1543 Sunnyside Avenue Sponsored by Salt Lake Newspapers f.Kiyhp vou coti use it noAt? VOLKSWAGEN IN1ERMOUNTASN Wy South AO O iUuO PH. 486-211- i 1 m" J |