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I SOUTrWOAHO PRESS Burley, Waho, Wednesday, Juk 5, 1972 Poge 7 IP! CgoDuS Joan Nelson Queen At Rupert Rodeo dl i 4 h) 7 LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -'There's a game that calls for a well-reined old cow pony and a rider with guts," the cowboy said. The game he was talking about? Cowboy polo, of course. "Our main reason for initiating the game: was to provide a condensed exercise course for possee members," Donald A. Andersen, Lewiston, chief of the Nez Perce County Mounted Sheriff's Possee said. "Horses and riders both get a real workout and, after an hour-long game, a fellow can end up with a stiff right arm." Polo apparently was first played in Persia and India in the 12th century.

It was taken to England by returning army officers. The hard-ball polo has been adapted by the American westerner into cowboy polo. lets at a rubber ball. How much damage is there when one player connects with another cowboy or a horse? "Riders and horses have been struck, with no real injury," said Anderson. The riders wear hard, fiberglass helmets, face guards and padded chaps in competition.

Horses often wear leg wrappings. Sponsored by the sheriff's possee, the game is played in Clarkston the last three Wednesdays of each month, Anderson said, i "As the players improve, there is a possibility of seeking matches with teams in surrounding communities," he said. "I understand that Moscow (Idaho), is organizing a team now." Irs is In the cowboy events several local riders did fine jobs in the competition including brothers D. Christensen and Val Christensen in the calf roping event. Val, a senior at Minico High School, won the calf roping event in the Idaho State High School Rodeo in Burley and had a pretty good showing last night.

In the bareback riding event, Neal Arave totaled 68 points to take first followed by Duane Sorensen with 66; and Mike Thomas and Steve Cor tied for fourth with 65 points. Lonnie Hadley won the calf roping event in 10.9 followed by Dave Eastlake in Monte Hadley in 11.1 and Jack Han-num in 11.7. Saddle bronc riding was won by Ivan Domis with 68 points followed by Dave Hart with 66-Larry Mahan with 65 and Scott Spencer with 61. In the steer wrestling with the best average time in two go-rounds. Jay Hadley won in 9 7 followed by Monte Hadley in 10 George Ellis in 11.9 and Wayne Jennings in 15.

Brahma bull riding was won by Mike Ryan with 77 points followed by John Davis with 69; Marlowe Carroll with 68 and Benny Hadden with 67. Monte Hadley was named all-around cowboy for this rodeo after totaling the most points in all events. Played with a large, spongy rubber ball, struck with a lightweight rubber tipped mallet, the purpose of the game is to hit the. ball through fivi zones of play and drive it between the goal posts in the eid zone. Goals are 260 feet apait.

The- larger ball slows the game and since the American version is shorter, consisting of four 15-minute quarters, called chukkers, cowboys need only one or two horses to play the "A string of seven or eight polo ponies would be a very expensive item for the average horseman," Robert C. Pennick, team captain, said. "And that's the minimum number for hard ball polo, plus the back-up horses needed in case of injury." The game appears rough, with ten cowboys swinging mal Drayer. Radium Queen owned by L.W. Burns won the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Allowance race followed by Lemon Lark owned by William B.

Johnson and Swinger's Choice owned by Gene Caccia. Thunder Bob owned by Blood Horse West won the Thoroughbred Futurity race followed by Lady Adelaide owned by Clyde and Verna Kendall and Pickle Lips owned by Ferron Blake. The eighth race a Thoroughbred Allowance was won by Venture Out owned by W.B. Hestrom followed by Med Scott owned by D. Smith and Li'l Steamboat owned by Fred Wilkinson.

The nineth race a Quarter Horse Futurity was won by Elupertf Racing Draws Full House On Tuesday queen. Joan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Nelson from the Jackson Area. Debbie Gallegos was the first runner-up and Cheryl Couch was second runner-up.

(SIP Photo) JOAN NELSON, left, was crowned 1973 Rupert Rodeo Queen last night during the 46th Annual Rodeo at the Minidoka County Fairgrounds by Debbie Gittens, reigning By LARRY ARNOLD SIP Sports Editor The Fourth of July celebration in Rupert ended with a big finish last night beginning with the Grand Entry, a Cassia County Mounted Posse drill, down through the queen crowning and Brahma bull riding. Joan Nelson was crowned 1973 Rodeo Queen by Debbie Gittens during a ceremony hout half way through the evening and after the contestants had been introduced to the capacity crowd. Miss Nelson, 17, is the daughter of Gordon Nelson in the Jackson area. Miss Debbie Gallcgos was first runnerup and Miss Cheryl Couch was second runnerup and Miss Congeniality. The Warvells entertained the audience with their comedy acts and their famous Roman riding, which included a double-horse jump over a white convertible.

Tim Oyer from Garland, Utah and Jimmy Parish, Bonham. were the rodeo clowns and kept the crowd laughing with their corny jokes but were all serious business when a cowboy was in danger The Cassia County Mounted Sheriff Posse performed with finesse and showed the precision that won them first place in the Idaho State Mounted Posse meet in Burley not too many weeks ago. VAL CHR1STKNSKN. Rupert, eves the calf chute just seconds before the calf is released during last night's rodeo in Rupert, Christensen String Bar Prince owned by Kent L. Slater followed by Promised Valley owned by Bob Coe and Shamill owned by Ken Jeppesen.

The final race of the day and the Fourth of July Weekend was won by Spa Boy owned by Don Burgoyne, a Thoroughbred Allowance followed by On hula owned by Mrs. Ray Wickel and Go Sox owned by Don Burgoyne. Short HAARLEM, The Netherlands (AP) The Grand Rapids Sul-livans beat the Alaska Gold panners 8-7 Tuesday night for their third straight victory in the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament. The final day of racing at the Minidoka County Fairgrounds in Rupert was attended by a full house in the hot afternoon sun but was exciting and for many, profitable. The first race a Quarter Horse Maiden was won by Rocket Impulse owned by R.

Cornia and C. Skidmore followed by Spring Clover owned by Homer Randall and Rapid Muff owned by Joseph and Edith Carlson. The second race a Quarter Horse Claiming was won by Fix Charge owned by Charles Casper followed by Step Upwar-d owned by Morgan and Thomas and Slow Step owned by Norm Dahle. Off Tackle owned by Dwight Daines won the third race a Horse Allowance followed by Bboge Bars owned by Ray Viklund and Hilander owned by Oren Wilson. The fourth race a thoroughbred claiming was won by One For Charlie owned by Fred Wilkinson followed by Golg Crusader owned by Steve Pratt and Racing Rose owned by Savage Land and Livestock.

Race number five a Quarter Horse Claiming was won by Double Night owned by Myron Sammons followed by Chick ee Doll owned by Vernon Shaw and Red Rocket Queen owned by D. OPEN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1 i 4 MONDAY thru FRIDAY 8 A.M. til 8 P.M. SATURDAY 8 A.M. til 5 P.M.

Irking 1 MINICO AUTO "HOUSE 126 OVERLAND recently won the Idaho State Mounted Posse Competition and displayed their expert horsemanship to the delight of the crowd. (SIP Photo) THE STARS AND STRIPES are raced around the arena during the Cassia County Mounted Sheriff's Posse performance last night at the Minidoka County Fairgrounds. The posse DID YOU KNOW OVER 52 OF ALL AUGERS ON FARMS ARE 1 MM a MM I uaw -t' SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 1 Spassky Postpones Chess Tournament competition that was won by (SIP Photo) C.I). CHRISTENSEN heads for his calf during the calf roping event at the Rupert Rodeo. CD.

and brother Val used the same horse during is a senior at Minico High School and won the a If roping eent at the Idaho Slate High School lldm-o in Burley. (SIP I'holo) Alter holding out for more money and getting it, the American challenger came to Iceland lor the postponed opening match Tuesday. But Spassky walked out of the noon drawing to decide who would move first because Fischer was not present. He had sent his second, a Roman Catholic priest Olficials announced a new 48-hour postponement of the opener, originally scheduled for last Sunday. They hoped both players would be ready to meet on Thursday.

Fischer arrived in Reykjavik earlv Tuesday. The Icelandic Chess Federation had rejected his demand for 30 per cent of the gate receipts, but he agreed to come after a London investment banker doubled the $125,000 purse which he and Spassky will divide. The 29-year-old American grandmaster was resting from the overnight flight in a guarded villa at the edge of town when Spassky counterattacked in the holdout department. The 35-year-old Soviet champion read a prepared statement calling the American's conduct insulting and intolerable. It said Fischer, by refusing to appear at the opening ceremony last weekend, had insulted Spassky personally and the Soviet Chess Federation and had jeopardized his right to play for the title.

The statement demanded that Fischer be punished. However, Max Euwe, president of the international federation, said the Soviets had not formally requested punishment. "What should I do?" he asked. "Put him in the corner?" Fischer was staying away from newsmen and did not comment on the Soviet statement. Deer can readily clear an obstruction seven feet high.

PARTS OF BURLEY OF PARTS" PHONE 678-5578 (FORMERLY PACIFIC CO-OP SUPPLY) 8307 1 Reminded Him Kansas Citfy SIOUX GFH SERIES GRAIN BINS SIZES BUSHEL CAPACITY fl1 world champion Jackie Stewart won the French Grand Prix as Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil, the current championship points leader, came in second and Chris Amon of New Zealand third. For the fourth time in five races in the Trans-American Sedan Championship, George Follmer of Arcadia, drove an American Motors Javelin home in first place in the 200-mile race at Dormy-brooke Speedway in Brainerd, Minn. And Vince Gimondo, a balding, 41-year-old part-time racer from Orlando, won the Paul Revere After-Midnight Race for Sports Sedans at Dayton a Beach. Gimondo's Camaro set a record average speed of 104.293 m.p.h. for the 250 miles over Daytona's 3.81-mile road course, Tom Nehl was second and Jimmy Capps third, both also driving Camaros.

The Firecracker at Daytona, a $105,000 mid-season stop on the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing's Grand National trial, started out as a seven-car battle. Among the front runners for the first 100 miles were pole sit last night's Lonnie Hadley. REYKJAVIK. Iceland AP The world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky now is scheduled to start Thursday afternoon following another postponement, this one demanded by the Soviet champion. Downing Sets Log Record Larry Downing of Castle F.ock.

set his second standing world logging record this year Tues day as the four-day World Championship Timber Carnival came to end. Downing climbed a 100-foot tree in 33.1 seconds to claim a record in speed climbing. The previous record of 34.2 seconds as set Sundav bv Dwight Car penter of Castle Rock. s. Downing set a tree topping record of 1:19.3 Sunday.

The hand bucking contest was won by Merv Lentz of Creswell in 1:07.3 seconds. Erl Mareellus of Snoqualmie. and Aldi Mareellus of Seattle won the double bucking event in 41.6 seconds. A West Virginia man, Arden Kogar of Webster Springs, won the standing block chop in 23.1 seconds. Phil Scott of Nova Scotia won the men's log rolling event and Penny McCall of Lewiston, Ida-no, won women's log rolling.

Ax throwing was won by Dave Geer of Lisbon, Conn. He and a partner, Bernice Kloewer of Castle Rock, won the Jack and Jill bucking contest. Erl Mareellus won the log chop in 33.3 seconds. Merv Lenti was named all-found logger for the fifth consecutive year. A sportsmanship award was presented to Ron Hartill of Sooke.

B.C. Come Check Our Prices On The Famous SIOUX GRAIN BINS No Finer Quality At Any Pricel T)PE I BURLEY Hanen Avenue Phone 3 fp) i ter Bobby Isaac, who had qualified his Dodge at 186.277 mph; Petty's teammate Buddy Baker in a Dodge, and 28-year-old Pete Hamilton, a big winner two years ago and making a comeback this year in a Plymouth he helped build. But all three dropped out with mechanical problems before the halfway point, leaving Pearson, Petty and Allison to carry on the tooth-and-nail struggle. Pearson was paid $15,180 for Tuesday's victory. Petty's second-place payoff of $9,225 pushed him past Allison in the money ranks with $121,360 against $120,210.

Follmer won despite a gearbox stuck in fourth gear, managing to complete the 200 miles in barely over two hours and just 28 seconds in front of the Mustang driven by Jerry Thompson of Gawson, Mich. Follmer averaged 97.88 mph. And in London on Tuesday, Stewart said he was pulling out of the Canadian-American series on doctor's orders and cutting the rest of his racing program for the year in half. Stewart won the French Grand Prix on Sunday after being idle for a month due to a duodenal ulcer. By Bl.OYS BR ITT AP Auto Racing Writer "It reminded me of Kansas City last year," said Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins.

"That was when we went three overtimes to beat the Chiefs in the National Football League playoffs. Shula was the grand marshal for Tuesday's Firecracker 400-mile Stock Car Race at Dayton International Speedway. It was the first time he had watched one of the auto racing spectaculars. He couldn't have picked a better time to be indoctrinated into the world of speed. Like 67.200 other sweating, drenched spectators, he stood and cheered as 37-year-old David Pearson drove a Mercury to a split-second victory over Dodge's Richard Petty and Chevrolet's Bobby Allison after 400 miles of 180 mile-an-hour dueling.

Pearson finished half a car length ahead of Petty and length in front of Allison, averaging 160.821 miles an hour for the distance. Clifton "Coo-Coo-Marlin was fourth in a Chevrolet and James Hylton fifth in a Ford. Elsewhere during the long Fourth of July weekend, 1971 1 234.