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Show nr .1 i.j r.lSHor C3cacEi DESERET ' knim Umidk (Foil The Hair Is Going To Go As expected, hair in abundance was quite stylish all around. There were sideburns, g neck hair. There were the curls the and the cowlicks. . In fact the BYU football team, young collegians as they were, were pretty modernly styled as went. far as the old lobe-leng- th collar-coverin- hair-piec- Speedy es Just cant have hair in our eyes when we play football this fall, the coach added. Were going to have to see where we- are going or were not going to go very far. b Thomas. Thomas, who came out of Laney Junior College in Oakland, Calif, to break a batch of Utah pass receiving records, has gone on to the pro SATURDAY High School Football (Jodjo Memorial at Kearns;, ch. 2, 10 e.m, Maior League Baseball (Boa ton at Minnesota), Ch. 5, .oon. U.S. Men's Amateur Golf Tournament, Ch. a, 1:30 p.m. U.S. Open Tennis Championships, Ch. 5. 2 p.m. Wide World of Sports (Rugby finale end Welker golf), Ch, 4, 3 p.m. n ve. NFL (Washington Detroit), Ch. 5, 4:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m. Wrestling, Ch. 5, SUNDAY progresses. MONDAY y drills without fur pads were scheduled today, Saturday and Sunday. Then comes the contact twice a day from Sept. Two-a-da- Baseball (Chicago Cuba Ch. 2. 4 p.m.) s scene with the Cincinnati of the American Football Ben-gal- It's In The Name Imagine having a name like Lucky Dare Fleming going for you? Lucky Dare is from San Diego, a flanker who will wear the 88 Cougar jersey this fall. Lucky Dare is his name, not an adjective. And they say that with this mans talent, if hell just . dare to be lucky, he should be one of the great ones in BYU football history and thats going to be good enough. ; The name sometimes brings extra attention to a player. Take the nicknames, for instance. There have been the Whizzers and the Speedies and ; - the others. Now v we have Lucky Dare. Real nice guy, to boot! Utahs both the defensive halfback and split end posts for the Redskins, due to his great speed and hands. How does Norm feel about going both ways? UPI Sports Writer FOREST HILLS, N.Y. Defending champion (UPI) Arthur Ashe has a sore elbow and social problems on his mind. Australias Rod Laver is an expectant father for the first time, is playing with a sore elbow and is sweating out his d l - 14. , , -- got mean in the third quarter mean enough to beat the 1 Houston Oilers Thursday and win the unofficial Texas pro football championship. Dallas trailed at halftime, making only 97 yards and never crossing the Oiler's 14-1- 3-- 0 ; line before intermission. Then the Cowboys rolled 173 yards in the third period, to score one touchdown and were in the midst of their sec- - Racers To Begin Road Test 3-D- ay ".The 13th Annu.il Great Salt I1ke National Road Races 'pill get under way Saturday morning at 9 a.m., with practice sessions for driveis in all classes. Five regional races, each race lasting 20 minutes, will begin at 1 p.m. and terminate Saturday activity in the early afternoon. The Labor Day weekend races are sponsored by the Utah Region, Sports Car Clubs of America and will feature many nationally promi- nent sports car drivers. Qualifying will be held all day Sunday for the national races that will be run on Monp day. This is a national points event. jjham-pionsni- the period Quarterback Craig Morton hit Lapce Rentzel on a scoring pass for the Cowboys first touchdown and then passed 34 yards to Bob line Hayes to the three-yar- d to set up the second touchdown. The pass to Hayes came on the opening play of the fourth quarter. Rookie Calvin Hill of Yale scored on the next play, Mike Clark kicked both conversions. '6: ;sK Vs ; Y 8-- 7 3-- 1 , 4-- 6 third year. 11-- 6-- 4 victory Thursday 4-- 6-- 6-- His fellow 7-- Utahn F. D. Robbins, with Paul - Gerkin, Connecticut, defaulted in the doubles. No reason was given by officials why the pair did not complete their match with Spanish aces SantaAndres Gimeno-Manuna. i promoted by South Africas Owen Williams, downed Dick Crealy of Australia, 6-- 4-- 6, 6--3. Later he said representaSee OSBORNE oo Page - D-- 2 The Ashe, under pressure as the title defender and from groups of demonstrators who want to pjeket the tournament because it is Thegutsy The roomy The quiet The automatic THE NEW MGC. 2912 c.c. engine with optional automatic transmission. And yours to Come in. test-driv- e. Ken Gcrff Itr.pcrts 525 So. State PH.521-660- 4 Don Trull, who replaced an inept Pete Beathard at quarterback for the Oilers in the last quarter, passed three yards to Jim Beime for Houstons only touchdown. It came with 1:34 left in the game. Trull then tossed to Hoyle conGranger for a two-poi- nt version. Roy Gerela kicked a field goal for Houstons points. first-ha- lf The Cards ) and Chiefs, unbeaten in four preseason outings, clash tonight at St. (2-1- 14-1- 1 Louis in the Second Governor's Cup game. The Cards won the inaugural game of the series last year. However, this time around the loser will also get a prize a Missouri mule to take care of until next years battle in Kansas City. Pro football action intensifies. Saturday night with the eighth annual doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium the biggest The attraction. Cleveland Browns play the Green Bay Packers in the second game of the doubleheader while Chi and the Buffalo meet in the first. cago home with Billings. Idaho Falls travels to Ogden in the windup for both. Ogden acted like it still was fighting for its life as it came from behind twice to overcome Twin Falls power hitting. Twin Falls had jumped out, in the first inning when Larvelle Blanks belted one out of the park with the bases loaded. But Ogden tied it up in the third when Lee Lacy hit a two-ru- n homer and Twin Falls committed three errors. Twin Falls took a 64 lead when John Rivers hit one out with a man on. But Ron Mitch ells and Bob O'Briens single helped Ogden (2-1- Eagles clash in an afternoon outing at Princeton, N.J., Los Angeles is at San Diego, Baltimore ) dashes with Miami in the Orange Bowl, Atlanta visits New Orleans, Cincinnati travels to Pittsburgh and the world champion New York Jets tackle the at Vikings Winston-SaleN.C. (4-0- Minnesota Plfaee 7-- SECTION Sports TV Highlights Financial D M .1 6, 7 bot- Ogden added another run in the eighth, then held off yet another Twin Falls rally in the ninth. v Pioneer League By Press Associated 4-- (Conference Game) REGION FOUR Payson at Uintah, 7:30 p.m. (Practice Games) Murray at Cyprus 7:30 p.m, Jordan at Tooele I p.m. Box at Granite, 4 p.m. Hurricane at Delta Juab at Green River Mantl at parowan in the bounce bapk, tom of the inning. triple Prep Grid Slate Bills In other games Saturday faces Detroit ) Washington (2-at Tampa, Fla., the New York Giants and Philadelphia loos USoftfti For 2,in)dl By Associated Press With Ogden having clinched the championship, the battle is on for second place in Pioneer League baseball. Salt Lake City, Great Falls and Twin Falls each are five games back of the titieholder. Twin Falls finished its sealoss at Ogden son with an Thursday night, while Salt Ld:e will wind up at Caldwell and Great Falls at Billings this weekend. Both series are three games. All teams are idle tonight. in Elsewhere Thursday, night's action, Great' Falls tool: a victory at jgaldu'ell and Idaho Falls bowed out at Last year as a sophomore there, he caught 55 aeri- als for 1,100 yards and seven touchdowns. As a freshman he grabbed 39 passes for seven TDs and 945 yards. on . i ii Cowboys Respond Dump Oilers , when well Ute will be a good indication of Redskin strength. The Ducks have 30 letter-me-n back from last years squad and are billed to have their strongest team in Jerry Freis coaching regime at Eugene. Frei is beginning his Cynthia Thomas, Los Angeles, displays a top backhand return after drive by Australia's Margaret Court Thursday in the U.S. Open Women's singles. A basketball team, a family, or a neighborhood never had a better booster. ond drive ended. 6-- "IUV;' 1 11: 'X? - Coach out and is only one round removed from a showdown with Laver whom he carried to five sets in the 1968 Wimble- don Open. First, hell have to play Tom Gorman of Seattle. Laver has beaten me the last seven tunes, says Denny, but I havent been at a physical peak again until now. I think Im 8 for our careers. I always play well against In the last year, Ralston ftas had an infected foot, mononucleosis and a tennis elbow. Now he says hes in perfect shape. Laver, Ashe, Ralston, Ken RosewaU and Spains Manuel Santana were among the top hands pushing into the third round Thursday with only Ashe dropping a set. Jim Osborne, former University of Utah star, looked sharp in coming back to defeat Premjit Lall, India, t ft Ann passed away last week and everyone who knew her will feel the loss. To Merlin and his fami-- : our deepest Merann, Pamela and Terry ly sympathy. - work one of the newest members of the Ute camp, broke all of Thomas pass receiving records at Laney. S'WV f HOUSTON (UPI) might offense. Brown, second grand slam of the troubles, has only one thing worlds four top tennis titles on his mind. I hope I stay alive long in the $137,000 U.S. Open. Tony Roche has a sore arm enough to get a shot at Rod and wears a magic copper Laver, says Denny. Id like bracelet, hoping itll , make to be the one that stops his him forget his problems. grand slam. I always play Dennis Ral- well against him and I feel I But ston of Bakersfield, Calif., have a great chance. seeded way down in 16th Ralston knocked over .Britplace but blooming with good ish Davis Cupper Graham health after a long siege of Stillwell with au impressive By STEVE SNIDER Back in the olden days when Merlin Ahlquist was the great basketball center for the University of Utah basketball team, his wife, Ann, was his number one fan. . This reporter played with Merlin and for many years has occasionally enjoyed the associa-- . tion of these two college cronies. Tom Landry got mean at halftime and his Dallas Cowboys I have more confidence and experience on defense, but Ill be glad to try both spots if it will help the team more, he says. You never know whatll happen, things . Ducks at Oregon Stadium Laney (Calif.) Junior College standouts Norm Thompson, left, and James Brown are hoping to "catch" the starting split end spot for Utah Coach Bill Meek. In Sympathy ; opening test a Sept. 1:30 p.m, date with the 20, Open: Ashe, Laver, Osborne Win - Both are expected to be on the first lineup, or pushing hard for it. It isnt rare that returned missionaries make some of our best athletes. There are many cases in the past to prove it. Coach Hudspeth is hoping of course that these two men add to that proof. p.m. ' lege! Norm Thompson and James Brown are the two split end hopefuls from Laney. Thompson, a slender who concentrated on a defensive halfback post at Laney, will probably be the only Redskin to play both, ways this season. Hes slated for action at Will x Single session workouts will begin Sept. 11 at 3:30 p.m. five days a week. Saturday scrimmages in Ute Stadium are slated Sept. 6 and 13 at 2 League. And where did Ute recruiters go to find a pair of hopefuls to fill Speedys shoes: The same place they found Junior ColSpeedy Laney Old Timer Returns It was good to dine with Mel Olsen again. Mel be remembered as the former BYU center who used to under-le- g the ball to the famous Virgil the Career, Ogden brothers, and- others, of that rather notable football force a couple of years ago. Then Mel was called on an LDS Mission, served in Texas. Hes back to finish up his one year of schooling and football with it. Hes rooming with another oldster who went Kent Oborn. Kent served away at the same time an LDS Mission in Ireland and is back for his final football. j around. Defensively well have less size and experience along the we do line. Nevertheless, have more quickness, and should improve as the season Youth Bowling Championships, Ch, I, noon. Track and Field, AAU International '"h. 5, 1:30 p.m. NFL Action ("The Llnebeckers"). Ch. S, 2:30 p.m. Maior League Vi. Cincinnati) - season: Well have more experience on offense since most of our people now have a year's play under their belt at their present positions. There should be more of a break away threat, too, with fleet halfbacks such as Fred Graves and Bill Hunter Sports On TV - ) As impressive as the potential of both Thompson and Brown is both gridders are listed behind another junior in the early, J.R. Knight split end deptli charts. Knight is a Reno, Nevada lad who looked good for the Utes during spring drills. As the Redskins cavorted for the newspaper and television cameras during Thursdays press day at Ute Stadium, Meek talked of his prosfor the upcoming pects One of the big question marks in the Utah football camp today as Coach Bill Meeks charges open their 1969 practice is the split end position vacated by Louis n August 29, 1969 Weinift By BRENT CHECKETTS Deseret News Sports Writer Jeff Lyman, the big BYU football player, beat his coach to the punch. He had his hair trimmed almost to vhere the Indians might have trimmed it steak fry at when he reported for the BYU Thursday night. Jeff, one of the greatest prospects from the Salt Lake City football farms, didnt expect to be the odd one of the squad. But he was. Stand up, Jeff, Coach Hudspeth said as he introduced his football players all around. I want you fellows to see the new BYU football hair styling this year. pre-seaso- Frida, NEWS, x Ogden Salt Lake Greai Fails Twin Falls Caldwell Idaho Falls Billings 4? 37 3 39 3t 79 W. 76 L. Pet. 31 31 33 38 40 42 .618 .$44 .544 .542 .49 .420 .387 Mil II Thursday's Rssults Great Falls 3 Idaho Falls 7 Ogden 8 Twin Salt Late, City Caldwell 1 Billings 4 Falls 7 idle today's Schedule . No dames scheduled, pennant. 1950 West fflli 3520 So. 299410$ |