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Bill Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS Big innings Give Climbers Nightmares Sou÷h Rally Produces Tie Nor+h Thurs00on Trium An eight-run outburst in tile and score later in the inning.  Big rallies seem. to be the bottom of tim seventh inning The Climbers added five runs nightmare of Shelton High caught and tied the Shelton High- in the fifth as Mike Hays, Jan School's baseball team. North climbers as South Kitsap bats Donaldson, Eldon Allen, Mike Thurston scored seven runs in boomed. Swisher and Mary Wilson cross- the second inning to .bounce the The game, played last Thurs- ed horrm plate. Shelton Climbers 9-6 Tuesday. day at Port Orchard, was called A run in the top of the seventh Shelton drew first blood as because of darkness when South gave the Climbers a 10-2 lead: Tom Marshall singled in the tied Shelton 10-10 with one out They sat back and relaxed as first, and scored on Jerry and a man on first and third. Jan Donaldson took the mound. Spark's double. Jon Armstrong South scored first when catch- He had relieved starter Tom walked and Jan Donaldson er Keith Labor drove in two Marshall in the third, doubled to score Sparks and runs with a hard-hit single in South got six hits and four Armstrong to hold a 3-0 first the first inning, walks to ramble eight runners inning lead. Shelton bounced back in the across the plate and put the Thurston's lck Hawley dou- third when Mike Hays hit a game into a 10-10 tie. bled and was singled in by Ford single, went to second on Tom- Shelton went down in order Mullen to tally the Rams' first mie Marshall's sacrifice bunt in the top of the eighth and run. and was singled home by Jerry South's Keith Labor drew a base In the second, North Thurston Sparks. Jon Armstrong smacked on ball and stole second and scored seven runs on three walks a home run to right center field third. Ed Lagergren also walked two hits, and three Shelton and the Climbers had a 3-2 lead. and with Larry Grohn's lead-off errors. Hurler Jan Donaldson Shelton added another run in out, there was a man on third was relieved by Tommie Mar- the fourth when Elton Goodwid and first with one out. The shall during the inning, after dropped Eldon Allen's long hit umpires and coaches conferred giving up four runs. in left field, enabling Shelton's and called the game because of Shelton scored again in the fleet left-fielder to reach third, darkness, fourth when Err Herrel's single 3"¢': r:.. ii!!iiiiiiiiiiiii!iii SAFE AT HOME--Tony Curry, Seattle outfielder, scored son last Friday. See Sideline Slants for comment. the first run of the 1967 Pacific Coast League baseball sea- Realizincj A Dream, While Bubbles Burs÷[ You'd bet a bob or so, now wouldn't you, that a filbert with my credentials would've contrived to answer roll call at a Seattle baseball opener long seasons back! By all rights and reasoning, a guy so gone over the great national pastime that he once turned his back on a trip to Florida to play ball one summer (honestly, and I haven't seen Florida yet), and has complicated other sit- uations times on end in favor of watching or playing the diamond sport, would have managed somehow. Hold that bet, Brother! That very love of the game contributed in part to the curious circumstance that, until last Friday, I'd never done so. As a student I was always turning out for high school and college ball clubs which de- manded priority if I expected to hold onto my treasured uni- form, and when school years limped into limbo the chores attendant with producing this newspaper positively prohib- ited taking time off if I expected to continue drawing pay- checks from the Shelton-Mason County Journal. Seattle--- that's "my" ball clubhad a dreadfully persistent penchant for holding the season opener on Tuesdays, of all days for a weekly newspaper peon, or otherwide impossible dates. So it entailed forty years and the freedom of unemployment to convert this dream into ac- complishment. Last Friday I watched my es- teemed Indians-Rainiers-Angels roll up the curtain on a new season. At times, when frosted breath fogged up my glasses, I had a fleeting, nightmarish suspicion I'd balled things up and was gathering keester calluses in the University of Washington stadium at a football game. When Vancou- ver's score came up 8 the thought fled through my numbed ,  tb t the. fuUbck had run p :the iddle for a two- Imint coriqon after a'tuehdown, but I'd only confused this with 200-pound Tony Curry sliding home with the sea- son's first run. The satiating sound of bat colliding with horsehide j rked me back to the realization I was actually in Sick's Seattle Stadium watching an opening baseball game, finally. In a way I wish I hadn't. This one fell far off my ex- pectations, burst some bubbles of opening day tradition I'd packed through the years. Not the game itself, for this was a pretty fair exhibition of the national pastime . . . a couple of shots over the fence (both by the enemy, unfor- tunately), some fine defensive play, good pitching and in- effective, and all that. But I'd come to expect, from reading and hearsay and history, that opening day was frosted with frills, overflow crowds, ceremonies at home plate, special contests among the players, and so forth. I expected the governor or the mayor to throw out the first ball, that the 1966 pennant which the Angels won would be run up the cen- terfield halyard with pomp and ceremony. But the traditional things I'd expected were passed over for meaningless mouthings from the chief of the Chamber of Commerce, the league president, and a few other officials and semi-officials. No pennant shared the pole with the American flag, no "first ball" was thrown by anyone. And it was bone-chilling cold. They'd left the weatherman out of the act, too, apparently, which possibly accounted in large part for the meager crowd of less than 4,000 fans watching, with choppers chattering. The other detail the Angels messed up was the ver- dict--Vancouver 8, Seattle 4. Well, I can't expect them to win every opener I see, Next dreamto attend spring training. first one burned one 4th of July night, I can't tell you, off- hand, what year). Max also used to see frequent night games in Seattle after moving to Skokomish Valley and on the twisty old highways he'd arrive back home just in time for the morning milking. He's still a devout baseball fan and sees as many high school and Junior Legion games as his dairy duties permit. Blazer baseball has run into a seige of rough going the past two seasons. This year a knee in- jury suffered in a P.E. class has sidelined Coach Dick Weisenfluh and forced the emergency pinch- hitting of Dave McEIliott, former St. Martin's Col- lege pitcher now teaching English at the Correc- tions Center, until Dick can get back into full- scale action, which he is about ready to do. Last year Blazer baseball was rescued from oblivion by track coaches Walt Clayton and Bill Brickert when no one else was available to take it over. Weisenfluh's is the second of three knee operations vis- ited upon Shelton faculty members in recent months. The first befell Kathy Scialabba, also in a P.E. class mishap, the third descended upon Frank Willard, principal at the Reed building, during a spring vacation trailer trip into Oregon and still has him confined to his home. Frank's is a virus- type problem which causes fluid to form in the joint, Dick's and Kathy's were cartilage difficulties. Jon Armstrong's debut in the Highclimber baseball picture last week was somewhat unexpected and earlier than planned. He still hasn't fully recovered from the brok- en left wrist suffered in football last fall, but the healing process has reached a point where he can catch a ball okay if not thrown or hit at him too hard, but he can't swing a bat yet, and won't be able to for awhile. The situation al- lowed the Senior infiel'der'outfielder to get his feet wet on' the mound, so to speak. It was an impressive pitching debut and brightens immeasurably the prospects for the High- climber hurling corps this season. Under prep baseball rules the Climbers are allowed to pinchhit for any player once without removing that player from the lineup, so it is the- oretically possible for Armstrong to pitch six in- nings without going to bat. The irony of this situation is that Jon is one of the best hitters at Coach Wright's command, when he can swing a bat. Golf Club Calendar 17 BRAVE PEOPLE WEATHER STORM TO PLAY TWO.BALL FOURSOME Seventeen hardy souls ven- tured out for the first Two-Ball Foursome of the 1967 season. Those attending were J. Kimbels, Hembroffs, Oltmans, C. Browns, McCombs, Nicloys, Batstones, Dick Bostrom, Hazel Rains, and Pat Beatty. The winners were: Low Gross, 47-- Nita Kimbel and Gary Nicioy; Low Net, 35A - Dick Bostrom and Hazel Rains; High Gorss, 61-- Rudy Oltman and Stella Brown; Closest to No. 3 Pin-- Jim MeComb and Jeanne Ntcloy. The next Two-Ball Foursome will be on Thursday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. TWILIGHT LEAGUE STARTS WEDNESDAY The first round of the Twi- light League starts next Wednes- day, April 26. Check in the Trophy Room to see which team you are playing on and also to see who your captain is. ARTONDALE VISITED SHELTON Tuesday, April 11, the Shelton women entertained the women from Artondale. Nine holes were played with a luncheon served afterwards. The day was bright and sunny, bringing out 32 we- SPORTSSPLINT;RS---Amon;the:bsentees at Sick's mose winning balls for Shel- .. J. "11=_ ___ f%_____ ton were Ruth Heuston and Seattle Stadium was a one-time inveterate opening-game , ,tit /€IT! ,,,op$ Betty Olson for Low Gross, 45. -- r i. " Nita Kimbel and Gert Batstone dilettante, MaxLatsel. During pre-World War I years Max, Bantam T|[e for Low Net, 36Va. Mae Munro now a Skokomish Valley dairyman, never missed a Seattle for Closest to No. 3 Pin, 9 ft. opener. He lived near the old Yesler Way ball park in  The Hut team captured first SPRING DANCE which the Indians, as Seattle was monickered until after place in Bantam League bowl- THIS SATURDAY NIGHT World War H, played as members of the old Northwest ing conpetitlon, beating the Shel- Just a last-minute reminder re- League. He witnesed the last game ever played in that ton Journal for the trophy. A garding the Spring Dinner-Dance • ,o,,, on  o,,,',o * ..... me* € this Saturday night. Tickets may park and still remembers that Wheezer Dell and a catcher '' ......  ....... : ....... be purchased from McComb's all league members will be held named Cadman formed the Seattle battery, that Phil Doug. Business Service and the Hem- los pitched for Spokane, that Tealey Raymo_n,d and Mike berSaturdaYBowl.at 1 p.m. at the Tim. now!br°ff Agency. Get your tickets Lynch were th rival mnagers. Max couldn t remember the Spokane catcher, but he reeall00 that the Indians m00=d to [ T,mber Bowl ] play exhibition games prior to the league openers against a • Negro team known as the Black Giant. ,Max also saw the first game ever played in the original s,0k. o_ot =o i BANTAMS PARTY, SAT., at 1 p.m. i - ------------------ | A SINGLES TOURNAMENT and PARTY will be held I for ALL BANTAMBOwLERS I I Saturday, April 22 at 1 p.m.. I Buck's Prairie , l Championship Trophies for All Winners, | CLOQUALLUM GPANGE HA.'LL l etc., will be awarded. [ Saturday, April 22 '1 Timber Bowl J' Musio by the Country Squires  9 p.m. to 2 Lm. I 633 S. 1st , 426-8462 | Page 10. Shelton-Muon County Journal. Thureday Al'ri120,1967 put him on first, right-fielder and home on a Marshall. Marshall scored sixth, along with raise the score to plucky Climbers Ram's nine runS, Tom Marshall logs with three to the plate. Jan Donaldson doubles, and Jerry bered a double Tom Malloy and to tally nine hitS North Thurston hits; two from the stop Rick HawleY' Shelton travels to erton today for itS outing. Photo-Finish Meet Won By By TOME MARSHALL • East Bremerton chested past the tape in the final event to knife the SHS Climbers 68 to 59 in a track meet here last Fri- day afternoon. A mere two inches separated the finishers during the 880 re- lay, when 1V2ike Carper took the baton in the final leg of the relay trailing Bremerton's Mike Martin by five yards. Going into the final ten yards of the race they ran abreast until the tape. Though it looked like a tie, the race was awarded to East Brem- erton and the final ten points that cost Shelton the meet. The running events seemed to be Shelton's strong point of the meet, as they captured five blue ribbons, 'in the 100, 440, 880, and mile relay. Mike Carper posted Shelton's only double win of the day as he loaded the score book for Shelton in the 100 yard dash and low hurdles. Rick Marshall remained unde- feated in the high hurdles as the lanky senior brought home his third consecutive blue rib- ben in as many outings. Shelton's mile relay team has captured first place in every out- ing with the exception of the Central Kitsap event. Their first place finish last week was dis- qualified for cutting into lanes, but they are one of Coach Bric- kerts most dependable squads. The team' is working together for the 'first 'time this year. Al- though they are a little green and young the quartet made up of junior Ron Howe and sopho- mores Gregg Richey, John La- Marsh and Craig Reynolds could go on to set records and enter the Shelton Invitational. Shelton's middle dishmce ace, Glenn VanBlaricom, put together his best effort in some time with a 2:09.8 clocking in the 880. Quarter miler Jerry Armstrong led the pack around the loop in the 440 yard sprint as he broke the line in :56.6. Iprovement is apparent in the Climber ranks even though they have yet to muster their first win of the season. They aren't giving up just because they are on the low end of the Yacht Club Season Starts This Sunday • The cruising season of the Shelton Yacht Club will officially open at 11 a.rR. Sunday When local boats will parade in honor of flag officers. The fleet will then proceed to rendezvous for a potluck dinner at a spot to be announced later this week. The quarterly meeting of the Northwest Boating Council will be held at the clubhouse Wed- nesday evening, April 26. Repre- totem pole, but are working SCORING SUMMARY ter (S) Purvi: harder to improve. Two-Mile-- Carey (EB) West- 220-- Martin One of the biggest improve- over (EB) Savage (S) 10:43.3 :lanchion ments for the track team was High Hurdles-- Marshall (S) Broad JumP--" Larry Hergert's personal high Flower (S) Steinkrous (EB) McGinty (EB) as he soared over the 12 foot 1.3 Mile-- mark in the pole vault. This I00-- Carpet (S) Martin (EB) son (S) not only raised Hergert's stand- Butler (EB) 11.0 Mile Relay ard, but adds a little more depth 880-- VanBlaricom (S) Edmond High JumP-- in the jumping events. (EB) 2:09.8 ton (S) Pole Vault The next meet is against 440-- Armstrong (S) Busby (EB) gert (S) South Kitsap here next Friday. iMills (S) :56.5 Discus-- Starting time for all running Low Hurdles-- Carper (S) Rich- (S) Busby events is 4 p.m. with th hurdles eY (S) Steinkrous (EB) :22.7 880 Relay leading things off. Shot Put Kravitz (EB) Gun- 1:39.0 Blazer Trackmen Set Fire To Hood Canal, St. Martin's • Shelton Junior High School's red-hot Blazers singed Hood Ca- nal and St. Martin's in a three- way track meet last Thursday. The Shelton team racked up 209 points to 30 for St. Martin's and 19 for Hood Canal. The Blazers shut out the com- petition in i0 events in the three divisions of the meet, and also copped all three relays. Shelton's Scott Busack set a new Class A school record of 7.3 in the high hurdles, erasing the mark set by John Flowers last year. The speedy Busack also nabbed firsts in the low hurdles and high jump. Brad Bransford tied the 50- yard dash record of 6.0 in the B division and also placed first in the broad jump with a leap of 17' 5". Complete results were: CLASS C : High Jump-..- 4'8" Schnitzer (S) Quhnby (S) White (S) Low Hurdles-- 15.1-- Dorcy (S) Brian Sund (S) Rose (S) 100--- 12.7-- Settle (S) Brian Sund (S) Puter (HC) Broad Jump-- 15'10"-- Johnsen (S) Mark Sund (SI Miller (S) 50-- 6.8-- Quimby (S) Timpani (S) Robinson (S) 75- 9.5-- Johnsen (S) Milten- berg (S) Endicott (HC) Shotput-- 28'la& ''- Schnitzer (S) Rossle (SM) Puter (HC) (tie) Pgle Vault 8'6"-- Armstrong, Dorcy (S) White (S) Relay-- 56.9-- Shelton CLASS B: High Jump-- 4'10" Turner (S) Nutt (S) Freeman (S) LOw Hurdles-- 13.1-- Gunter (S) Nutt (S) Monroe (S) 100-- 11.6-- Watters (S) Dziedzic (SM) Elmlund (S) Broad Jump-- 17'5"-- Bransford (S) Gunter (S) Turner (S) 180-. 21.9-- Cart (SMJ Looney (S) Dziedzic (SM) Shotput-- 36'1.1, ''- Juhn (HC) Cox (S) Bransford (S) Pole Vault-- 9'6"-- Gregory (HC) Purvis (S) Spilseth (S) Relay-- 52.5-- Shelton CLASS A: LOw Hurdles-- 15.5-- Busack (S) Armstrong (SM) Dean (HC) 100-- 11.6- Connolly (S) Okonek (S) Miller (SM) Shotput 44'10"-- Workman (S) Neau (S) MeClanahan (S) 50-- 6.2-- Armstrong (SM) Dean Shel÷on Hicjh e+men Clobber Roucjhriders 5-0 • The Highclimber boy's ten- league foe Montesano tonight nis players jumped out of their on the Climber courts with the shells for the first time this sea- first singles getting underway at son, last Monday when they 4. whitewashed the Port Angeles Singles Roughrider's 5-0 in league play. Dave Bayley (S) def. L. Swend- Aided by seniors Dave Bayley son (PAl 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and Steve Looney, S h e 1 t o n S. Looney (S) def. J. Thompson, quickly took a 2-0 lead as An- (PAl, 6-0, 6-0 geles fell in five sets. The only L. Burfiend (S) def. J. Berkely set lost all day was Bayley's (PAl 6-1, 6-2 first set against Roughrider Doubles Larry Swednson. Burfiend and Looney (S) def. Young sophomore Lebo Bru- Swendson and Berkley, 6-1,6-3 fiend saw the light in his first Bob Miller and Gary Frederick- league match as he blanked his son (S) def. G. Gunell and opponent 6-2, 6-1 in two sets. Thompson 6-0, 60 Both doubles teams had no trouble in their encounters as they won both matches 6-0, 6-0 sentatives of 19 )ating clubs in the first match, then tripped are expected to attend. Bremer- the last duet 6-1, 6-3 for the ton Boating Club will co-host the -0 shutout. affair wth the Shelton re ' ' - g up. Shelton Clashes with non- I SPECIALS THIS WEEK l I I =' PAULEY DODGE I. 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