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Show Joe (With Rozelle s Help) Returns NEWS, Saturday, July 19, 1969 DESERET 4A Miller BiacEi JIUIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllillMlllllllilllllllllllllllllillllllllllliHIIHIIIIIIK On The Way To The Game i!iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iinniiiiiiiiiiiiii!!iiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiin The NEW YORK (UPI) situation had gotten out of hand for Joe Namath. He In a tearful press conference at the bar on June 6, Joe Namath announced that he admitted as much while sitting at the long wooden table under the glare of the television lights with the very man who had forced him to make his big decision to unretire. At first It had seemed so would give up his football career rather than sell the bar. But a lot more hinged on that decision than Namath at first realized. Where would the New York Jets be without his strong passing arm? The University of Utah sports arena and physical education complex (and theres got to be a". shorter term for that) will have 42 basketball baskets hanging around its many perimeters. ; Thats three for each member cf the Ute , Theyre strung out for half a mile, round about. Permits the cagers, on their way to play the gime, to take a few practice shots. . ; Maybe Coach Jack Gardner will work up a like new game golf. He could have his see what they can score and courts players run the run. iri the . Might not improve their shooting but it would wqrk their legs for sure. et t y One must be impressed with the basketball the dome-shape- d jcoprt building, with its 15,000 arqvchair seats. Those seats which sold slowest were possibly the best they corner the court inside it. of stead Not a bad seat in the house (but theyll find one for the BYU and Aggie basketball scouts.) That buildings 414 feet across and is so large that it makes the floor appear too small. Coach Jack Gardner said he wanted his fans to sit close to him. They will! i t , .Gone are the days when four coaches will share on a square table each to his corner. There are offices by the catacombs of the Nile. i".; The basketball coaches side. Football coaches are on And so on around the loop. They tell us the building that they pared the price only $10. numbers e See Major League summary on Page A-- American League East, deloss to spite the Orioles Boston. In the West, Oakland picked up 1 games on Minnesota with a victory over California while the Twins lost a doubleheader to Seattle and ending the Pilots eight-gam- e spin and e the Twins winning 6-- 1 ex- ecutives in Hiko Bell, a natural resource company, have financed the return of the open with a good purse as offering to pros. Vernals last venture as an open was in 1960 whe., Dick Kramer captured the tournament with a nine-und135. Kramer says hell be back with some 30 other pros, r a total purse of vying-fo$3,500 with $1,000 tagged for the winning pro, $600 for and so on down the line to 12 places. will run Fridays pro-athe regular format with four amateurs teamed with one purse, open pro pro. Pro-amoney and amateur prizes (paid down the line to five flights) puts the Hiko Bell to $7, The payout purse is guaranteed, making it the second largest (to the Utah Open) In the state. Incentive to both pros and amateurs is increased by Ute unbelievably large trophies awarded to winners in each of the five (Pro, Championship, A, B and C) flights. Designed and donated by Vernals Bob Sathers, the trophies stand about the same size as Jack Ridd, one of the entrants in 6-- 3 twi-nig- 2-- 1 nine-gam- 5-- 1 Deseret New Photo from clubhouse shows view of ninth Bell Classic. Red Hatch holds v are on the sunrise the north-sta- r side. is an economy place from $11 million to I dont know whether thats a bargain or not, but from what others have cost this might be quite This Association suggested, is the second largest tournament in the state and we hope to make it an annual event. Playing with (and losing a few sheckels to) Red Hatch, Vic Waite, Ralph Hushbeck, Cecil Wall and Ralph Ashton, we toured the 3,512-yar- d (7,024 for 18 holes) par 36 course. While the pros and top amateurs will have little ..trouble with some holes (the par-second, 489 yards should see its share of eagles) No.s 1, 4 and 8 will counter with a scores. number of plus-pa- r Leading off the tournament d with a par 3 is trouble enough. The opener at Vernal compounds the problems since it is a shot down 5 220-yar- a reasonable complex. ' And someone keeps telling us that it came mostly from the students, not the taxpayers. Im glad to hear that. Because with three offspring registering this fall at the Ute campus someone from our side of the shelf is jgoing to have something of an interest in the place. It - 11-1- 5 weeks of work and expectation. And go they did! First on the hill were Commissioners George Catmull non-essenti- al multi-millio- I thought the day would never come when they would classify them as essential and non-essenti- did. Deseret , So the new Ute building is a bargain no mat-,- The course is in good shape, although house rules (and Over 55 boys aged were on hand with their soap box racers all oiled, polished and ready to go after many pt It putt. spectators racers. Nixon announced that all government workers will have a holiday in honor of our moon stop. That means Congress, the administration, of others maybe the cabinet and have Monday off. '! 3-- three-da- y the same for the tournament) allow golfers to improve fairway lies. A rain shower Wednesday or so might soften the fairways enough (plagued by to unusually dry weather) lengthen approaches on the five par 4s and two par 5's. Entry lists are virtually filled, particularly in the professional flight where the 30 include pros from Denver, Casper, Wyo., Farmington, N.M. Most of the top Utah pros are also en- tered. 5-- 1 7-- 3-- 1 5-- games. Peterson, yielded only six hits, Roy White drove in two runs with a single and a double and Frank Fernandez homered in the Yankees victory. Ken Berry hit a homer and the White Sox added four more on a bases loaded walk, a balk and Ed Herrmanns two-ru- n single to who scattered back John, eight hits. Tony Gonzalez hit two home runs one of them a grand slam Friday night as the Braves swept a doublcheader and from the Padres The outfielders sixth and he has hit seventh homers five since joining the Braves helped them climb within three percentage points of Los National League Angeles West Division leaders, who edged San Francisco In the second game, Gonzalez two-ru- n shot keyed a three-ruAtlanta rally in the fourth inning. Larry Stahl s second homer of the double-headpulled the Padres even in the sixth but the Braves broke through with three in the eighth, 10-1- two-ru- n thought, thats a better bargain than we will get Monday when President i 465-ya- By BILL EWER Deseret News Sports Writer The annual Soap Box Derby or should got off to a flying we say rolling start on Hogle Hill today amid the cheering of over 1500 parents, and anxious come from post-scri- 460-yar- d presumably Off To Flying Start ' As a hill with left. If pro Rod Evans seeks to tuck the pin to the left, golfers will also have to carry a trap, then quickly halt the downhill shot. The two tough par 4's No. 4 and No. 8 obviously require a pair of long shots to get home in two. No. 4 adds the problem of a terraced green and again, pin placement could provide an extra hazard or S.L. Soap Box Derby doesnt the students. Some-- ; one is kicking into the kids. Ask me, I know! Anyway its a cheap rate. Bub Jack tells me that students pay $5 a quarter for their athletic ' tickets. On this basis that's $15 a school year for all seats and services in athletics a pretty fair rate, really. all 2 6-- 3 V2 Someone Helps The Kids .' Photo by Nuk Yensich green an d second fairway of Dinaland golf course, site of Hiko flag as Ralph Hushbeck prepares to drop putt. Tommy Johns pitching. In the National League, Atlanta swept San Diego Los Angeles edged and San Francisco the Chicago Cubs overcame Philadelthe New York Mets phia Pittsdefeated Montreal burgh tripped St. Louis and Houston upended Cincinnati in the Oakland, behind eighth, scored four unearned runs as Jose Tartabull singled in two runs and Ted Kubiak singled in another, while a fourth scored on a throwing error on Kubiaks hit. In Seattles first victory, Steve Houley homered with one on and winner Fred Talbot, singled and scored the decisive run on Tommy Davis hit in the nightcap, cutting the Twins lead over Oakland to 9-- the championship flight. In fact, should Ridd win his flight, Magnas steady golfer might have to lease one of Hiko Bells trailers for the haul home from Vernal. The tourney backers flew the Salt Lake City press to Vernal Thursday for a course tour. As Ralph Hushbeck, president of the clubs Mens s. like the 3-- streak. In other games, the New York Yankees stopped Washington 0 behind Fritz Peterson and the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City on run-neru- ps Like The Catacombs . 4-- 0 pro-am- Covington and Caldwell, ' " By Associated Press As long as Denny McLain throws with his right arm, not his left, he still looks like a winner . . . well, almost 30. Returning to the mound Friday night, McLain pitched the Tigers to a victory over Cleveland, spacing seven hits and walking no one to raise his record to 14-However, the second-placTigers still remain 13 games behind Baltimore in the course. Never A Bed Seat ' For Denny No more, thanks to the work of many and generosity of Bud Covington and Craig Caldwell. Under the title Hiko Bell Classic, Vernals hospitable folks are set for the three-da) (including tourney over the nine-holpar 36 Vernal Municipal golf s t Win No. 14 local foothills. have a wrestling room long enough to set up bowling pins. They have three swimming pools in the nata torium. ' All's Well; Deseret News Sports Writer VERNAL For nine long years a Vernal open golf tournament remained as dormant as the dinosaurs reputed to once (perhaps still) roam the starter gate at Churchill Downs. If he staffs every window hell have to incorporate as another city for population purposes. They have six handball courts where spectators can sit with their box lunches and kibitz. They d professional football. By NICK YENGICH Just A Few Tickets Left Happiest man around the new Ute emporium is Ted Jacobsen, ticket manager. Hes sold all but 4,000 seats. People have come In solid for seats before they ever saw the place. Ted has enough ticket windows looks like a - this . situation eventually, Namath said during the news conference called in Rozelle'a Hiko Bell On Deck 42-ho- le V . wood. The Jets asked Joe Namath to come back. Although he still doesnt think he did anything wrong, Bachelors HI will pass out of Joe Namaths hands within 10 days. We all got a little tired of the complied cowith Roielle's the Super Bowl demands, hero added, I want to stress that I am not doing this because there is anything wrong with Bachelors in. But because of the publicity that it has received and the stories that have circulated about it, Mr. Rozelle and I thought it would be best if I divested myself of my share of the club in the best interests of .Although quarterback mplete 1 y mm squad. -- They almost certainly wouldnt repeat as Super Bowl champions or even American Football League Last year Joe champions. stunned the country by lead simple. Fro football Commissioner Pete Rozelle ordered Namath to sell his interest in his bar, Bachelors III, if he wanted to keep playing football. offices Friday to announce his I didnt think this return. would Involve as many people as it has but this thing got completely out of proportion. Because of the other people involved and because I want to play football, Mr. Rozelle and I got together and solved this thing, we feel, by my selling Bachelors III. Namath refused further comment. The newsmen pressed him for details, but Namath Isnt talking to newsmen anymore. He refused to ing them to an upset victory over the Baltimore Colts. Joe Namath likes the Jets, and the Jets like Joe. He also likes football, certainly a lot better than making movies in Holly- Soap 1 ter what it cost. News photos by Howard Moort Derby racers Mike Ellerbeck and Mark Lee receive starter's signal to begin one of many exciting races down Hogle Hill today. Box and James Barker who raced in the Oil Can Derby. In a tight race all the way to the line Catmull nosed out Barker for the trophy. This is the first time my extra weight has come in remarked Catmull handy, when told of his victory. The race had all the thrills of an authentic big time road race. And to these kids it had the same meaning. To the first place winner goes a $500 and a trip to scholarship Akron, Ohio to race in the Soap Box Derby in August. Many of the racc--s were surprisingly close. From a dead start, two cars time, they raced down a 900 foot track and often reached speeds close to 35 mph. Many times the difference between two cars was only .1 of a second and the judges were having a difficult time. at a Fastest time in the heats was 23.3 seconds. 6-- 6-- 2 n early The Derby will continue until early afternoon when the ultimate winner will be decided. 3 VB riefs: Jacobs Nabs Pbilly Golf Lead PHILADELPHIA Tommy Jicobs fired a 7C for a total of 139 lead in the and a C.olf S150.000 Philadelphia Classic. two-da- v e TENNIS ' CINCINNATI :r Stone, Australia, - Allan upset Arthur Ashe. Richmond, Va., of the . in the quarter-final- s Tennis Western Champion-- " ship. , 17-5- - MIL WAlKEE - Top-- ! seeded John Neweombe. Aus-- t r i a. e 1 i mutated Ron Ilolmberg, Highland Falls, 1 in the opening N.Y.. round of the Milwaukee Pro Tennis Tournament. KRULEYITZ LOSES ST. LOUIS (UPI) Young - Jimmy Connors of Belleville, 111., playing aggressive tennis despite Friday disposed semi-final- s weather. of Steve Kru-levit- z of Baltimore, Md., in of the Boys 18 St. Louis Junior Invitational. Connors broke Krulevitzs serve right from the start and 3 dominated play in his victory. Krulevitz will become a netter for University of Utah this fall. Connors, only 16. faced third ranked Woody Blocher, killer of top ranked Rosece Tanner. 6-- PERKINS SAYS HELL Ql IT THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. (UPI) Running back Don Perkins, the fifth leading rusher in National Football League history, told the Dal- - Bob Seagren and John Fennel in the pole vault and Lee Evans and Tommie Turner in dash provided the the United States its other finishes. The U.S. gals took four of las Cowboys Friday he was quitting football. YANKS LEAD RUSSIA LOS ANGELES Juris Luzins, a (UPI) 2 little-know- William & Mary and big John Carlos had key victories today to get the United States off to an impressive start in its renewal of track and field competition with Russia. In the triangular meet involving the BritLh Commonwealth. he U.S. men had 51 points to 42;. The British men trailed Commonwealth with 29:.. Carlos and Crockett each were clocked in 10.3 seconds on the slow Memorial Colise- half-mile- r, urn he-ma- n steak at Bobs Steak House 20 oz. Porterhouse 4.95 4.95 .r st 3.95 Corner 21 South , and 7th East 4844278 New York Steak 14 oz Top Sirloin 14 oz V Sirloin Petite. V. . . . ... , Chopped Sirloin... v Baked Squab ... i..,. r. 2.95 2.95 4.95 J Graduate to Small Gas Bills A -j I Drive the new VW Today 2033 So. Main Ph. 486-- 2111 j V01KSWAGEH IHTfltMOiiHTAM track. 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