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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
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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 |
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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-
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