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Show rn (&; o us nn By HARTT WTXOM Deseret News Sports Writer sparking sprakling victory. Canoga Park, who dropped a tough Valley View 7th by 12-must be favored at this point along with Chula Vista to play in Friday night's junior fast pitch finals. 1 For years it was Dick Milne hurling shutouts for Monument Park West 5th. Now that Milne has moved on to nearby Monument Park West 4th. the old home ward crew had to keep up the tradi- .v w However, er 2-- Ron Walboth Monlace had day and Tuesday, including a first round perfect game. However, Wallace tired Wednesday and barely survived six hits by Salinas 3rd 12-in a HacK r.lSIor Oaks Relocating; Barry's Status Is Questionable P I Steeped In - 'Ik-- y f (i - Golf History controversial mainstay? And what of the proposed merger of the ABA and the National Basketball old-tim- : 1 . . . 1937 finale. Ven and 2 ffime cross-the-gul- Association? . There are reports that ABA and NBA dub owaers, who began talking about a merger two weeks ago, were working under an agreement that the ABA franchises in Oakland and Los Angeles would move to other dties and that Barry would go back to San Francisco of the NBA, which he bolted two years ago to join the ABA. tournament. And the way they did it was not easy to believe. Tied all In regulation seven innings, with Pocatello 23rd the consolation-consciou- s Californians followed a Hollywood type script when Marlin 6 Papps apparently forgot his arm was in a cast long enough to hit a triple. That blow against the fence gave North Hollywood 3rd a 6 victory after theyd trailed 0 in the fourth. 7-5-- And Imperials Bob Mosteller must wonder how good you have to be for a win when he gave up one hit and the ball game to defending champion Bountiful 30th. However, the fatal blow came in the third when three r By BRENT CHECKETTS Deseret News Sports Writer Those . battling Salt Lake City Bees aren't out of the Pioneer League title picture day, .the Bees came back to victory. grab a The win left the Bees 2 games behind Odgens 5-- 3 Dodgers, league-leadin- g swept 3--0 ... - Ogden begins a three-gam- e series with the Bees at Derks tonight, and as Buzzer man walks and a fielder's choice produced the game's only run for BountifuL Imperialite Paul Berg smashed what was believed at first to be a game-typin- g homer, but it g finally ruled a fence-hoppin- double. 2nd and Long Burbank Beach 3rd were also impressive in senior fast pitch ager Dave Garcia says, All we have to do now is win three from them and well be back in the lead. Garcia was a happy man following his squads effort Wednesday "How about that night g play by (Randy) Elliott and the earlier run- game-endin- T ly j A Grotesque Finisher "All Ven had to do, Juddy recalls, "is shank a finish and he had the couple for a simple two-putitle. But he hooked his second shot out of bounds to the left and then hit a provisional ball but of bounds to the right and across the road., All I had to do then was play out the hole. I did and won it. What a grotesque way to end a championship which had been rather decently played until that hole!" Juddy said. Jackie Ridd, another of the champs on hand for the annual reminiscing, said he always lost by He lost to Rollo Gibbons, the same score Lou Norths Ed Kingsley. "Finally I won it and then I learned I Was the oldest man ever to win the n so I beat that title. I won it next year said. Jackie record by another year, It was agreed all around that the most unusual finish in the Utah State amateur (which, incidentally, is the oldest continuous United States was straight run since 1899 golf tournament when the Ridd twins, Craig and Kean, played finale all even and then went through the five extra holes before Craig defeated Kean. No one felt happy for the winner In that even match. Everyone felt sorry for the loser UGA of the Glen winner Nielsen, president the said in recalling the big showdown. Am Goff, now 61 years, was the oldest man on hand. Am was 36 when he won it first in 1944 and was 37 when he repeated in 1945. It was good to hear the old timers with their chatter about their ancient times. tt . FERGUSON By GEORGE - A field of 72 OGDEN simon pures faced the first hurdle en route to Utahs most prestigious amateur golf title this morning on the challenging Ogden Club layout. Country When Thursdays medal qualifying test is over, 31 low shooters will join Tom defending champion to begin match play Friday morning. There will be two scheduled match tours Friday morning and afternoon;1 a repeat Saturday, and a schedfinal Sunday. uled During practice licks Wednesday, prior to the Dinner of Champions, contestants found the Ogden layout playing long and the fairways tightened by a growth of Christensen rough. One of the oldest golf tour- - 3 V 2-- 1. 7 v.li.u .T) old-ma- jn ' "' VV' ' - le But who will win it for 1969 ? You can bet it will be one of the young college kids. Take Tom Christensen, for instance. Toms a young man with two the defending champion him at the Universiof ahead years of competition Utah. of ty Tom was in a match against our foursome in a session Wednesday at the Ogden Country Club. He 68. had two bogeys and still carded a Then there was Reed Goodliffe, former Utah on the par three player, who had a doubie-boge- y ninth hole and came in seven under with a 66. None of the old timers are touching the ball with that kind of skill. The kids today have had several things going for them that the oldsters never had: training in competition under top tutelage, lot3 of time in the tournaments and under fire, more practice time (many have planned to make golf a playing and paying profession) naments in the nation, the Utah Amateur had faded to a low ebb . until it was reglorified in 1965 by the Utah Golf Association. That year, lefty Jon Mauss an illustrious amateur career by winning the Amateur at Salt Lake Country capped Club. Since then, the event has been draped in prestige. Bruce Summerliays won it in 1966 at Oakrldge Country Club. Craig Ridd won in 1967 at Alpine Country Club. Christensen won in 1968 at Willow Creek Country Club. . Christensen will be seeded No. 1, but popular consensus among contestants had Reid Goodliffe the golfer to beat. Goodliffe came through with a superb performanc'' to win the gruelling City Parks Open, Utahs other big match play tournament. Reid threw 12 birdies and three bogeys at pro Lanny Nielsen to win the title 1 up on the 36ih hole. amateur who showed mettle in the City Parks Open was Tom Blom-stroa slimster who once played golf for Oklahoma Another The Kids Hay The Edge five-und- who a doubleheader from Caldwell.- after Trailing Twin Falls one inning of play before 4,218 fans at Derks Field Wednes . 36-ho- Huge crowds watched Wednesday's h. triumphs via relatively wide margins. Last years defending junior fast pitch nine, Chula Vista, continued their rampage toward a second title when they scored four runs in the first inning spurred by Max Stewarts double. The Chula Vista pitching and fielding held back Fesno 4th for a Bruce Nelson Monument Park West 5th Junior close play. studies t Hollywood, Ogden. P.m. v. Hyde park Sanlor Slow Fitch (Championship Samis) 7:15 p.m. North Jordan 6th vs. Westchastar. 1:30 p.m. West Suburban vs. Mata 22nd. CanaoiatiM 5 p.m. Idaho Falls vs. Yucaipa. 5 Twin Falls vs. Paradise. p.m. Junler Slew Fitch (Champlenship Semis) Merced vs. Westminster. 7:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m, Phoenix vs. Twin Falls. Bees Defeat Twin Falls To Remain Sports Managing Editor fairway. All looked good Wednesday and it would be difficult to pick any favorites in the junior slow pitch division. Mark North Hollywood 3rd down for top comeback of the tle Juddy (I remember the day well enough) battled through 36 holes Juddy1 winning tie first 18 and Ven taking the second. On the first playoff hole Juddy hooked his tee shot out of bounds on the Bonneville No. ,1. Savage hit a great drive and Juddy teed up another and let it fly straight down the . The NEW YORK (AP) exodus of the financially ailing Oakland Oaks from the American Basketball Association was a foregone conclusion. But what of Rick Barry, the teams e OGDEN There was a lot of bulling about.here Wednesday night as the Utah Golf As- -' sociatiod and the top state ' amateurs joined in holding but a welcome hand for a few of the former Utah State Amateur Golf Champions. Nat every former state amateur champion who could have come to Ogden did. But there was a representative from each of several generations. The oldest in time of championship was Juddy Wilcox, whom only we of another generation will remember. Juddy beat Ven Savage, out of an extra hole showdown at Bonneville in 1937. Juddy - was our .perpetual;-- : bridesmaid in Utah femateur golf. He lost to Ed Kingsley, Ven Savage and Walter Cbsgnff more than a, few times always as i on Dave Jensen, tag I 9 fast junior fast victory. Merced, Phoenix loth, Twin Falls 7th, and Westminster scored quarterfinals victories. Pocatello 23rcl catcher Robert Anderson puts "out" North Hollywood 3rd, at plate. ' to of WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS S.nior Fast Fitch Champion snip Burbank 2nd 6, T ran onion 6th 1 Bountiful 30, h 1, Imperial 0 Long Beach 3rd 4. Spanish Fork 3rd 8 Monument Park West Jilt 2, BYU 53rd 0 Consolation Von Nuvs 7, Newport 0 2, Emerson 1 Enterprise Anahelrr, 3rd 14, Edmonton 6th I Lent tin S, crescent I Van Nuvs 4, Livermore3 Pocatello 28th 9. Enterprise 1 Anaheim 6, South Weber Lehl 3, Polio 8 Junior Fast Fitch Championship Taylorsville 5th 12, Salinas 3rd 8 Whittier 7th 2, Monument Park West 5th 8 Canoga Park 12, Valiev View 7th 8 Chula Vista S. Fresno 4th 1 consolation Pomereno 8, rlolleoay 24th 7 Orem 8th 10, Poyson 5 Garland 16, Edmonton I North Hollywood 3rd 7, Clinton 1 Ogden 5. Pomereno I Hyde Park 5, Orem 2 Bountiful 4th 5, Garland 1 North Hollywood 7, Pocatello 5 Senior slew Fitch (Championship) North Jordan 4th 24, San Antonio f West Suburban 6, Northrldge 0 Westchester 10. Marietta 4 Mesa 22nd 8. Santa F Sprlnss I Conolttlen Paradis 5, Blackfoot 8th 3 Twin Falls 3rd 13, Tlqard 6 Idaho Falls 17, Littleton 1st 11 Yucaipa a, Edmonton 2nd 3 Junior Slaw Filch (Championship) Merced 10, Layton 5th 8 Phoenix 10th a, Kimball 7 Twin Fall 7th II, Sliver Sprines I Westminster 10, Orem 33rd 6 Consolation San Jos 2nd 7, Bountiful 27th 2 Tacoma 12, Edgemom 5 h S Nephl lit f. Granger 4th 2 Raymond 3rd 10, Kaarns ath 7 THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Senior Fast Fitch (ChamplenshiF Semis) 7:38 pm. Burbank 2nd vs. Monument Park West Sthi 1:45 p.m. BounNful 30th vs. Long Beach 3rd. Consolation Anaheim vs. Lehl) S 4:43 p.m. Van Nuvs vs. Pocatello 28th. p.m. Junior Fait Fitch Samis) (Champienshtp 5th vs. 7:30 P.m. Taylorsville Whittier 7th Chula Vista. 8:45 P.m. vs. Canoga Park. Consolation 14th vs. North . Bountiful 4:45 p.m. 5ths wilder-than-usu- al have Taylorsville 5th, and Whittier 7th. Some 4,000 fans watched games Wednesday night under balmy skies, a relief to officials who saw clouds gather Tuesday. as This one was a Monuments Larry Miller silenced the BYU 53rd bats, making the 1969 Softball Tournament a week of Taylorsville theyll reckon first with the likes tion. s )J Iwdh) l a y August 21, 1969 DESERET NEWS, Thursday, .'JHPMWIliJSr State. Blomstrom went to the semifinals. Paul Langager, who is in a head-lon- g battle with Goodliffe for top point-gettin the Utah Challenge Cup race, has found nothing but frustration thus far in match play. In Schneiter pro-aplay last Monday, at Ogden Country Club, Langager was off his usual form. Despite all this, he has to be counted among the favorites. e Jack champion would like Ridd (1963-64- ) nothing better than to prove to the youngsters that veterans are still in the Utah State Amateur picture. Since the tourney has gone forback to its match-plamat, though, youngsters have monopolized the hardware. There are always some surespecially in match prises play. And the surprises could come from such golfers as Jack Chapman, Ken Clark, Bob Betley, Doug Vilven, Mike Sweet, Amie Ferrin and Conwey Morris. m Two-tim- er saving one by Anders? chortled. "Werent they thing? Yes, Dave, they were. The fielding performance turned in by the Hive was a very sharp one, four errors not withstanding. For it seemed that every time the Buzzers needed the big defensive play the" got it . x ,in Falls opened the scoring in the initial frame by counting three runs on three hits, a walk and two Bee errors. The Hive started its comeback in the second, scoring two. After Gerry Law and Randy Elliott singled, Law scored as Eddie Rundle reached first on an error by Twin Falls starting pitcher Kim Freeman. John Bacca then drove in Elliott with a sacrifice fly to left. Salt Lake City went ahead for good in the next inning by adding two more runs. With one out. Grant Steer singled and then promptly stole second base. Law laced his second single of the night and Steer scored on a resulting throwing error by Twin Falls catcher Howard Duckworth. Elliot then blasted a triple, driving in Law with what proved to be the winning run. A solo Bee run in the eighth was nothing more than icing some- on the cake. Anders big defensive play for the Hive came when Twin Falls had the bases loaded with two out in the top of the fifth inning. Marv Thompson had just come on in relief of Salt Lake starter Terry Gardner. The first batter to face Thompson John Rivers laced a' sharp grounder up the middle. Anders ranged far to his right, stabbed the ball on a low bounce and threw to shortstop Gil Vidrio for the force out at second. Had Rivers grounder gone through, it would have scored two runs and put Twin Falls SECTION D Thompson, who gave up innings of only one hit in 4 scoreless relief was the winning hurler for the' Buzzers Dane. Landes, second of four Brave4 mounders was the loser. Garcia Said he will start Greg Sinclair on the mound against Ogden tonight in the 8 p.m. single game at Derks. Decs Honor Zinniger At Friday Tost Ogden Reid Goodliffe, a top Utah Amateur favorite. r Pioneer League 0 W L Pet. 37 24 34 26 M 27 33 28 24 33 23 35 23 36 R (salts Groat Falls Salt Lako City .607 .547 Hi 2V JVs 4 .541 Twin Falla .421 11 Caldwell .398 12' Idaho Fills .380 13 Billings Wednesday's Great Fells A 8. Idaho Fells 6. 1 Salt Lake CitV 5, Twin Falls 3 Ogden 36. Caldwell 5 Thursday's Schedule Billings at Twin Falls Caldwtll at Idaho Falls Ogden at Salt Lake City Great Falls idle 1 form late in the ball game. Zinniger, a 1969 BYU gradu- ate and standout hurler for two years for the Cougars, has been no less spectacular for the Bees this summer. Hes compiled an 11-- 2 record, three including a shutouts, 10 complete games and an earned run average right around 1.50. But thats not all! A good hitter, Zinniger has been called upon to pinch hit on various occasions this year. He was even used in left field during the last Salt Lake road trip. Hell do anything you ask of him and do it well, Bee manager Dave Garcia said. "Hes a gifted athlete and a fine young man. Zinniger will probably get his next starting assignment Saturday night in the series finale with Ogden. He is still bothered by a jammed index finger on his pitching hand. The injury was sustained last week when Rich was bumped by a concession truck at Despite the injury, Zinniger has not missed a pitching turn. , 27 5 0 3 Totals 3 5 3 6 Totals 380 (00 880- -3 22 000 (lx 8 Salt Lake City E Law, Jakubs, Freeman, Vidrio, Duckworth, Elliott. DP Twin Falls 1. LOB-T- win Falls 16. Salt Lake City 7. 2B Freeman. 3B Clliott. SB Atkinson, Steer, Blanks, Naealeisen. S Gardner 2, Kelly, Steer. SF Baca. H RERBBSO IP 1 2 2 1 1 1 Freeman 22-3 2 3 1 Landis (L) 3 31-3 1 1 3 1 Wilson 0 0 0 0 7 Sandottl 4 23 5 3 2 6 5 Gardner 41-1 0 0 4 4 Thompson (W, WP Wilson. T 2:40. A 4 Jit. Twia Fills PcElic Trap 6 Skect Sbofisg Eves. 6 p.m. to la.m Wed. and Thun. Noon to 1 a.m. Sat.-Su.i.- T At The Luxurious Now Suit Luke Gen Club1 Redwood Rd.& Cudahy lane Also league shooting new signing Club memberships open. Finest pub lie range in country, dining room, memboto children's playground, lounge, pro shop, etc. Sign Up How Fcr y , 1--3 Salt Lake Citys Bees will SALT LAKE CITY TWIN FALLS ab r h bl abrhbi honor their ace southpaw Rivers If 5 18 8 Jakubs 3b 4801 hurler Rich Zinniger Friday Houston cf 5 8 82 0 Vidrio ss .40 16 8 Steer cf Nageleisan rf 3 3111 at Derks by holding a special Fuller lb 5 8 8 0 Law rf 42 2 1 Atkinson 3b Elliott lb 4231 4)21 Zinniger Night 3 811 Rundle If Blanks ss 48 81 2 8 8 8 Baca e 2b Kelly 1001 All kids will be admitted to Duckworth e 2 8 8 8 Anders 2b 1011 c 2 8 9 8 Gardner p 0000 the 8 p.m. game with Ogden Conception Dahlgren ph 0 0 8 0 Thompson p 38 8 0 Freeman p 18 10 for a dime, with those gate Landis p 1000 to be Wilson phe scheduled 1008 proceeds 1 08 Sandotti p 0. in check to Zinniger presented Derks. 6 7 Sports TV Highlights back in the lead, Elliotts game-endin- g play came in just as crucial a situation. With runners on second and third and two out, Rivers once again slapped a hard ground ball, this time right over first base. Playing deep, Eliott raced to his left, fielded the ball and beat Rivers to the bag to save Salt Lake the win. 5-- (Doug) the skipper WinchesterWestern Tournament Austin Qualilicationk start August Tonmiment Sept 20 1 21 America The first car built to bs a second car. KEN GARFF IMPORTS 525 So, Stoto Ph. 521-660- 4 Hr late, deriet akeve beers Cell H Cmrttsr Wslls'L 251 Sf. Sts'.e |