OCR Text |
Show Tuesday, September 2. 1969 1 Gcorga Pcrguson Wl!ni;il!ainillll!!!!!!!i!!!!!n!nsa2!!!!K!!!!!!:!.,n,J!nn!!!Sl!!!!!!:!!5 - y Ag 'Needlers' Rea! Generous By BILL EWER Deseret News Sports Writer , HUNTER Californians stole the show and ran away with all the trophies Monday at the Great Salt Lake Road Races while the local heroes were wondering who had put the curse on them. eiiiiinniiiininiiiiiiniiiinniiiiiiiiniiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiitnmimn cant blame Frank (Buss) One Williams, director of athletics, and Chuck Mills, director of football at Utah State, for wondering hew the can win in the area of scheduling. If the Aggies start competition first week, theyre louses for getting a jump of rest of the football folks. If they start competition second week, theyve had advantage of an injury-fre- e weekend white others had to hop into combat early. It is immaterial, of coarse, that football schedules are made years In advance. Date for the first game Is much dependent on how home and home exchanges match up. In the case of Williams he is going into his sixth year as USU director of athletics and the 1969 schedule is the first one for which he is totally responsible. . f-- ft u ed I NCAA-recogniz- ed n-- ek i & 7 n "iff yf 'I- - 4A scheduling. What governs a scheduling format? First, it is the demand to fit schedules of one foe with another. Second, philosophy of the football coach e often influences an athletic directors first game scheduling. In 1967, four of the six Western Athletic Conference teams started playing the first week. In 1968, four of eight WAC teams started the first r 1 Lunn Puffs To WETHERSFIELD, four-fo- Depth Big Criterion Coaches who feel they have a wealth of depth, though, usually hate that week out of action be- cause It can take the fine edge off a team which has rolled up title impetus. In the last analysis, fact is fact. Any school is free to start its schedule the first or second week. If a school starts the second week, it has no truck crying abut a school which starts the first week . . , and vice versa. Air Force Generosity Along the scheduling line, too, Utah State "needlers have picked a choice time to declare , ' that winner of the 1969 USU-AForce Academy football game (at Colorado Springs) will settle e once and for all the superiority dispute two between these Rocky Mountain independents. ir long-tim- Suppose, by any chance, this suggestion was prompted by fact that Air Force has 18 of 22 starters back from a team which posted a 3 record a team which set or tied 24 standards 7-- ... last year? - The Falcons are making no bones about Coach Ben Martin having his best team in 12 years of coaching. Theyre talking about several candidates and national leadership. Then there is Utah State . . . probably with the thinest squad in recent history . . . minus its entire 1968 offense. Down through the years, the Aggies have had might. The Air Force has had its ups and downs. Suddenly, though, with Air Force at its peak and Utah State down first football meeting between the two schools this is the year when we put all the marbles in one game for Rocky Mountain superiority of all history. Real generous! the tour this year and his last victory was the Atlanta Classic in May of 1968. Lunn birdied the fourth hole 'to turn back the FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (AP) Rocky Kevin Marciano was going to sur-pri- se his daddy. The son of box- only great Rocky Marciano had learned to walk since his father departed on business 10 days ago. But he was unable to comprehend that his father would never again sail through the front door and bear hug his boy. Little Rock loved those hugs. The same stubby, mus- ing Lunn had a final round 67 and Hill a ar 66. ex-tr- le might acquire. Only academic disadvantage of one schedule over another happens if a team starts the second ' week, takes a week off and finishes into last NCAA week of competition instead of the customary next to last. Some coaches like that philosophy, too. If coaches knew years in advance what their . fortunes would be, they likely would change sched-- : uling philosophy accordingly. A squad with little ' depth, for example, is perhaps materially aided by . a week off to lick its wounds. Prior to the Hartford Open Lunn had won only $42,000 on Sacramento, golfer demonstrated the Importance of putting Monday when he utilized his skills on the greens In taking the $100,000 Greater Hartford Open tournament in a four-hosudden death playoff. I think I finally realized that youve got to make those short putts, he said following figure an early start with a weeks Interlude during the year is an overall physical advantage. Other coaches would rather take that first week to better organize coaching objectives. They figure a week free of action during the season could destroy any continuity a team ; mph. Among the days casualties was Nephi Astin of Salt Lake who started the seventh race Volvo only to in a have the engine blow after the See RACES on Page B4 Bear Hugs Gone For Little Rocky 18th hole of the playoff, Hill putted from 25 feet and missed his putt for a birdie while Lunn rammed in a for his birdie three and the championship. The playoff started on the 15th hole. Hill birdied both the 17th and 18th holes of regulation play to force the playoff. Course. putts'. ot The Calif., Some coaches . Photo by O. Wallace Kasteler $9 Tif He the victory, his first on the tour this year. My whole game feels good now, he added after he beat Dave Hill in a playoff for the $20,030 first prize over the hot, humid Wethersfield Country Club CONN. (UPI) Big Bob Lunn, a golfer with the build of a fullback and the touch of a basketball player, maintains the difference between success and failure on the pro tour is the ability to drop the three-an- d much-neede- . New 1 Jerry Allred, number 2, and David Barker, number 52, go into the 5th turn during annual road races at Bonneville Raceway. Some coaches would rather give their gridders d an extra week to rake In another pay check from summer jobs. ' ; M v- - week. ' i1 Minter would have none of that, however, and he promptly challenged Pike in the seventh race, which began five minutes later. This time Minter was in a Porsche 904 and Piko was behind the wheel of a Porsche 906 the big machines! The crowd was on Its collective feet for 35 minutes while the two silver monsters raced nose to taiL The lead changed hands nearly evpry lap and it wasnt often you could have slipped a yardstick between the two cars. Minter took the lead on the last lap and streaked across the finish line with Pike only 3 of a second behind him. It was the only way to finish the three day classic in style. Pike, incidentally, ran the fastest lap Of file day in 1:07.3 seconds a lap average of 91 ed long-rang- i $ s Dnarrt Any athletic director or coach has the choice to start their team the first or second week of NCAA-recogniz- 4 f ... Coach Philosophy Differs Over 4,000 fans witnessed the gruelling Labor Day spectacle at Bonneville Raceway Park and they all went away ple-swith what they saw. Theyll be talking for weeks about the two Porsches battling it out side by side at 150 miles per hour; the and neck finishes; the spinouts on the turns; and the hardluck Utah boys, most of whom watched the races either from the sidelines or from the rear. Most of the action came in the last two races when two Hermosa Beach, California products played cat and mouse with each other around the L7 mile course. Dan Pike and Milt Minter, great friends and even greater rivals, battled it out in two consecutive races and each took his turn at riding into victory lane. Both Pike and Minter drove a Porsche 911s in the sixth race and Pike pushed his silver powerhouse acrcss the line a mere six seconds ahead of Minter. Dave Stockton of San Bernardino, Calif., in with a 66, finished third with a 259, followed by Gay Brewer and Bert Greene, tied with 271s. challenge of Hill, a threetime winner on the tour this year. Both players landed in two on the green on the par 4 Skyline Tops Class AA Poll; Payson Rolls Along In Class A By DAN PATTISON gridders are in the No. 7 position this week. Deseret News Sports Writer Grant Martins East Leopards clung to No. 8 while Roy, a top choice for honors in Region One, finished No. 9 this Its not too surprising to see Skyline atop Tuesdays first Deseret News prep Class AA grid poll, but Payson and Judge have a real battle going for Class A leadership. Ken Schmidts Eagles were impressive in their opener with downing Bountiful, 19-Steve Marshall, Lance Robbins, and Steve Lyman showirg the power. The Eagles appear loaded. They captured four first place votes. Jim Durrants Payson Lions three first place garnered votes from the five man board. Judge and Millard split the other two votes. Earl Lindley of Sky View and Region One; Roger Burt, South and Region Two; Glen Rupp, Cyprus and Region Three; Mike Jacobson, Springville and Region Four; and defending kingpin Orem with new coach Charlie Dine in Region Four make up file n Class AA board. Dan Wright of Wasatch and Region Five; Glen Ricbeson, Moab and Region Six; Nyle Norris, Millard and Region Seven; Jim Marshall, Cedar City and Region Eight; and defending state champ Delta with coach Brent Rock in Region Seven settle the conflicts with tne Class A ranking. The Class B ranking will be handled by Deseret News week. Springville pulled the big upset, maybe of the season, by downing defending kingpin This was the surOrem, prise: Jacobsons crew could be on their way by climbing Into the top 10 ai No. 10. Delta, Millard, and Dixie appear ready to challenge 28-1- I J Norris Ricbeson Rock Marshall Wright leaders Payson and Judge at this point. Coach Walt Brooks doesnt feel this years Flyers should be ranked with the contenders. But the Class A coaches poll doesnt think on the same lines. cular arms that once terrorized ring opponents were warm and cuddly to him. Rocky Kevin played amid unopened presents that were to surprise Marciano on his 46th birthday Monday. The undefeated former heavyweight champion didnt make the party. He was killed Sunday in a light plane crash near Newton, Iowa. He didnt know young Rocky could walk, said Mrs. Elizabeth Cousens, mother of Marcianos wife, Barbara. All of us find it hard to believe hes dead, but it hits home when you learn Rockys body is en route to Brockton in a casket Mrs. Cousens said a mass was planned at St Colemans Church, where the couple was married. The remains will then be shipped to South Florida. The mother-in-lawas visaing Mrs. Marciano when her w was son-in-la- killed. She arrived last Wednesday from her home in Rockys native Brockton, Mass., along with the Marcianos other child, Mary Ann. There are a lot of presents, Mrs. Cousens said. I dont know what will be done with them. Were not thinking too much about that with whats happened. Cousens said the widow was holding up as well She as could be expected. cant talk much because of crying though, said Barbara Marcianos mother. Since retiring from boxing with a 49-- record, Marciano had been involved in various businesses. Some lost small fortunes, but others managed to keep him in the money. Mrs. 0 five-ma- S!!!!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!niiiiiUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiil;i Dine Sports Staff each week. The No. 1 team this week is Beaver. The Beavers routed Kanab Grantsville, looks to be a tough dub again under Arlyn Hafen. Payson, Judge, and Lehi are teams playing Class AA clubs, because of the traveling costs, etc., and if they qualify they will play in the n Class A playoffs. The Class A board derided the clubs should be ranked with the other Class A teams. West, with a big win over 88-1- 2. Its a Bart Jacobson Rupp Lindley funny thing, both Sky and Millard received first place votes, but not from Lindley and Norris. The ot;:-coachfeel these dubs will be strong this falL Layton didnt play a game last Friday, but the pollsters View es fee! the Lancers will be tough. Pearces Hillcrest nailed down No. 6 after the Lancers. e Box Elder, a in Region One, gave Granite all it could handle Friday before bowing, Les Dunns Raynor Huskies dark-hors- 28-2- five-ma- Deseret News Grid Pol! CLASS AA CLASS A cross-tow- n 3 downtown First Security rival East Friday, grabbed the No. 2 spot edging in Granite by one point, the balloting. 39-3- autobanks Prep Grid Slate Region One September I Box Eter et Ben Lomond Bear River at Sky View Oqden at Weber Bonneville at Logan Roy Bye Reetoa Twe Clearfield at Viewmont Bountiful at West Layton at Davis Skyline at Sou h Olympus at East Bve highland Three Cyprus at Granite Tooele at Murray Other teams receiving votes: Pleasant Other teams receiving votes: American Grove, Morgan, Monti cello and San Juan, Highland, Bear River and Bingham. 'Denotes teams playing Class AA opponents, but will qualify for Class A playoffs. Foric, Orem, Davis, , Kean$ at Bingham et Jcooe Granger at Brighton Bve Hillcrest Lehl at American Fork Orem at Pleasant Grove Uintah at Provo Spanish Pork et SprinflVtlle Payson et Carbon WIAR-OU- T rechergief eel wlfhie psrsd specified, we will replace a flat plat fed. laclse Tee. SHOCKS SEAT COVERS STEREOS Open daily except Sun. S.30 to 530 OUAXANTB3. V freed wears Che cvrrjnt selliea price les BRAKES - MUFFLERS ffRiSAS-- V - - - credit with esasf fas, dspf. Baek Credit cards. Itatsef ad Phone 364-843- now open 82 hours daily 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday thru Friday FIRST SOUTH 1 1147 So. Sfste between Main end State FOURTH SOUTH between Main en Ttata 1 EIGHTH SOUTH Letween Mein d Stele |