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Show I gj Blomstrom? Unknown Tops Walters Optimistic As ('69 70) Reign Begins City Amateur DESERET NEWS, Monday, June 16, 1969 -- Of course Im optimistic both the budget and membership can be raised, Walters said following the weekend's final session of the national convention. The $1 million-plu- s budget is an increase of over $200,000 over last years figure and the membership goal of 150,000 is 109,000 41,000 over the 1968-6mark an increase of 5,000 over the previous year. If Walters is as successful By DAVE KADLECK Deseret News Sports Writer Earl D. Walters By GEORGE FERGUSON a bigger challenge Monday than he faced all last week as he begins his second term as President of the United States Sports Managing Editor Tom Blomstrom will have to the Brigham Gty Open Sunday because of business commitments. Who is Tom Blomstrom? Well, hes a golfer residing in Salt Lake Gty since 1966 who came from virtual obscurity to win the Salt Lake Gty Amateur golf tournament Sunday at Bonneville. This writer thought for a 'minute he was looking at Richard Potzner. Potzner is the young man, unknown to Utahns before he won the 1967 Utah Open at Hidden Valley Country Gub. Like Potzner, Blomstrom packs around a good wallop for a small guy. tom is crly and 145 pounds, but his tee shots are of the yard variety. Im not a big hitter, Tom smiled. I was hitting a lot of four and fivj irons out there today. The course played long, especially in that wind." But there is nothing wrong with hitting' a lot of four and five iron shots if you hit them well. And Tom hit them well enough to fashion a 71 on heels of three birds and two bogeys. In Saturday's first tour, he carved a 73 off three birds and a chip-i- n eagle from the fringe on No. 5. Even without an eagle, though, he liked his Sunday round better. It was a more solid effort. The Brigham City Open is an tour with action for A, B and C flights Saturday and champ and nro flights Sunday. Host pro Tommy Williams said ail flights except champ and pro are virtually filled. Blomstroms effort par through 36 holes was one stroke better than Jack Ridds and Rrid by-pa- Ski Assn. The Walters, unchallenged in his bid for the nations highest ski post in last weeks national convention at Great Falls, Mont., faces an approved budget of $1,022,000 and a goal of 150,000 USSA memberships. grinned. Walters, nominated for by Eastern, saw Denver, Colo., ski booster Chuck Andrews miss election to the vice presidency of USSA by 10 votes. Eastern, riding John New-dor- p with for that position all convention, surprised Saturdays final session with the entry of 9 raising the $1 million-plu- s budget as he was winning the rations ski ture is indeed bright. 103-11- hard-workin- g fu- Charlie Gibson, Eastern, Pacific North West, Alaska and Farwest provided Gibson w ith the win margin. Andrew, a "most capable man refused to seek for his treasurer post. Central Divisions Robert attorMilwaukee Kuelthau, ney, won that position. Kuelthau is a top man for that position, Walters said of his new treasurer. A last minute switch robbed Park City of sole position of the Jan. 24, 1970, date for its sixth annual Lowell Thomas Ski Classic. Park, originally scheduled alone for competition on that date, will share it wih Madonna Mt., an East- standpoint is national sanction given a Central Division alpine event. It is the first time Central has been accorded that honor. , ern resort Amos R. Littles report tir die convention indicated Den-- 7 ver's chances for the 1976., Winter Olympics were slirp. indeed. Little told the group; that Vancouver, Denver and St. Moritz were frontrunners, with St. Moritz holding an. , edge over the other two. Utah's Snow Cup didn't fare as well with its nationally sanctioned Snow Cup. Three other races are scheduled Jan. 17, the date for that meet. from a national Significant Nomath Hires Detective - Van, manager of Bachelors HI Bar, announced Sunday James L. Lynch, a former FBI agent and security expert, had been hired by Namath, star quarterback of the pro football champion New York Jets. Namaths I Tom Blomstrom . . . one-und- 73-7- -- 144 1 Namath has been criticized has been belting about 500 a week from various distances, by football commisioner Pete and that has helped get his Rozelle because known gamblers and criminals frequent game back to competitive staNamaths bar, according to bility. police reports Rozelle reIn his tour, he had two and a whole bunch ceived. of one putts. He hit 26 of 36 reBut Broadway Joe greens and had no double signed from the Jets June 6 bogey troubles. rather than sell his interest in Tom is no golf stranger the fashionable east side club. around his home town of Life Magazine, in its curWaukegan, 111., either. He rent issue, reported the won various tournaments former quarterthere. But he admits that back knew about unsavory being associated with the types in Bachelors III, and gang at GSU provided him also knew that Van (Robert with the pressure-pla- y experience it takes to golf consistently around par figures. His wife, Marianne, is close to giving birth to their first child. Tom admitted he was tense at the golf cart jogging Deseret News Special she took, following him the Al Biancani, BOZEMAN first round. "I am real impressed with assistant track coach at Utah the Utah Golf Association and State, has been named track with the caliber of golf that is coach and assistant professor of physical education at MonTom said. played in Utah, We didnt hear a lot about tana State University. golfers in this part of the Biancanis appointment Is country and I just figured it effective Sept. 1. would be real inferior. But Dick Biancani there are a lot of real fine Bowman whoreplaces to resigned golfers in this state." enter private business in the Tom Championship Blomstrom, State of Washington. 144, Reid Goodlilfe, Ben-t'e- v finished at 146 and Dave Hoggan, the first day leader a 69, skied to a 78 to finish at 148. Outside Utah, Blomstrom is not so obscure. He was sixth man on a nationally prominent Oklahoma State golf team which boasted such golfers as Bob Dickson and Dave Eichelberger. They are now battling for a footing on the b!g tour. And Tom had many accolaoes for the coaching of I brum Harris, former national amateur champ. When BlomsHrm came to Utah as an industrial sales .engineer for Westinghouse. he sort of slipped into a weekend, rut. He was pretty well dormant in touma-mn- t golf until 1SG8 began fading. He entered the Utah amateur, but was eliminated early. In 1969, though his position kept him from playing a lot, Tom found a place to hit shag balls. He Ridd. Bob Bentley, Dave Hcegan, Jim Linke, Craig Boyer, Bot, Simmons, Barrie James, Bill Metcalfe, Alan Giacoma, Hamp Greene, John Sxhor, Russ Hadley, A Flight Rick McGuire, 131; Fred Fisher, Roland Hardy, 133) Ed Rowe, 134; Harry Christensen, 136; Carl Framp-to137; Kurt Bernhisel, Denny Hales, 133; Craig Dunford, 139; Las Kramer, Larry Bailev, Tom Price, 140; Dave Rafferty, 141; Mike Woo. Keith Williamson, , John Ward, 14. B Flight Larry Pearson. 130; Terry Pa m-- r, Gene Tedesco, John Pearson,1 132; Roland Hardy, 133; Al McCallister,! 134; Brent ,'idweil, 137; Greg Clark, John1 Garrison, 138; Earl Allgood, 140; Judd Whiting, Lasse Bang, Steve Mathieson, announced the Leaving town on business and your wife needs the car? Where does that leave you? Near your Ford Rent-A-Cdealer, thats where! Rent a new Ford, Mustang, or Torino for a day, week, or month. Low rates . . . insurance included. ar FORD For the past year he has done doctoral work at Utah State. RENT-A-CA- SYSTEM R is close to home. Just check the Yellow Pages. Ford 1 Jack who security program at the bar, said that Lynch would serve as liaison with the police, and identify customers with police records for the clubs management. Lynch previously helped to design a program to keep criminals out of American Football League activities. new' bad types of his own. The magazine added as far back as two years ago when Namath was considwith ering becoming Van of a club named the Jet Set, the New York police Biancani Grabs Track Position Goo-dliffe-'s Van, for racketeers. Life also charged away from Bachelors Namath has been seen Bobby 250-27- 0 passed the word th?t Van was bad medicine. Vannuchi had by birth) worked in two New York nightspots used as hangouts NEW YORK (UPI) Joe Namath has hired a private detective to screen gamblers and Mafia members from his Manhattan bar. 1 Bob faced Reflecting on the convention, Walters said: "There was more constructive work, more work and Eastern Division politicking than in any he convention I remember, Rent-A-C- ar WB IMiMllwMlfi 141. C Ken BeaHen, 178; DeWarth Flight Williams, Jack Murdock, 135; Duance Vanless, 137; John Reuss, Bcb Marko-slonKen Leavitt, 138; Steve Utley, 139; Bob Wickham, 140;-- Llovd Vowles. 142; Max Steele. 143; A. H. Peterson, Gerald Pascadalo, Wayne Stewart, 144. 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