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BillDickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
An American
Youth's Dream!
How I envy Tommy Marshall. A lot of
you will, too, when you've read what fol-
lows.
It's an account of what I wish I could
have done, and what many of you wish
you could have, when you and I were 18 or
thereabouts.
This evening Tommy plays the last
game of his i-year career as a Junior Le-
gion baseball player. Saturday he boards
a plane which, on July 13, will deliver him
to West Palm Beach, Florida, after a i-day
lay-over in Chicago.
July 13 Tom becomes a student
for the ensuing six weeks in the oldest
pnofessional baseball school in exist-
ence, operated by the St. Louis Card-
inals. In Florida he will endeavor to
absorb the teachings and techniques
develop and polish his own natural
abilities, so that he can become a pro-
fessional baseball player himself at an
indeterminate date in the future.
That future includes a college educa-
tion. Tom hopes that what he gains from
the 6-week baseball course at West Palm
Beach will accrue to him a college baseball
scholarship, like at Oregon State Univer-
sity. Rob Mills, his Junior Legion and high
:'chool teammate who has a close intimacy
with OSU coaches as a freshman Beaver
w-estler this past year, is working on this
tngle already. But it could be any college.
Tommy loves baseball (you're a mem-
ber of a big club there, Tom!). Nothing
appeals to him more, at 18, than a chance
to make it the means of his livelihood. At
tree times his age I still feel that way my-
,:elt. I'm reliving boyhood dreams with
Tom, and I'll bet a few dozen of you male
readers are doing the same. We of this ex-
tnsive "club" can only envy Tom, and
fervently wish him the realization of that
dream we never achieved.
This dream had its instigation with
Larry Weir, Highclimber baseball coach
when Tom was a sophomore. Every high
school baseball coach in the country re-
ceives information on the St. Louis Cardi-
nal diamond school and is asked to submit
names of boys who might be interested in
it.Bil[ Tom's namr,.The invitation
tmdt--nme as a surprise to Tom nearly
a year and a half ago. It touched off
flame ]n his heart.
Circumstances precluded his carry-
ing out the mission a year ago, per-
haps for the best, but Tom's thoughts
and plans were zenoed in on this sum-
mer. Last January he quit the High-
dlimber basketball squad (he was a
letterman) to take an after-school and
Saturday job at Penney's to start sav-
ing the money he'd need---S375 for the
six weeks. Tom treasures the help
Penney manager Eldon Kahny has
given in arranging working hours so
Tom could get away for his ball games
this spring and summer.
Ingeniously, Tom persuaded the school
director, Jim Finley, to knock off $100 of
the fee in return for an hour's work each
day like watering the field or something of
that nature. The 6-week course starts July
13, ends August 23. Bob Feller, Hall-of-
Fame pitching great of World Series no-hit
fame, will be a special guest of the school
during this particular session. Tom hopes
to return for another 6-week class in De-
cember.
During the days there'll be baseball
classes, plus such recreations as water ski-
ing, swimming, bowling, boating and other
relaxations. Each night there will be com-
petitive ball games. During the 4-day stop-
over in Chicago Tom will visit former
Highclimber wrestler and gridman Dave
Cox, an electronics school student there,
and they will see the White Sox play.
Basically, Tom will be a second base
student at the school, although the oppor-
tunity for catchers in pro ball is so good
that he'll look over that field. Tom has
caught quite a bit in his baseball life, but
at 5-feet 6 inches and 150 pounds he isn't
exactly the ideal physical specimen for the
rugged mask-and-pad responsibilities of
the game.
In two years of junior high, three
of senior high, and four of Junior Le-
gion baseball Tom has played under
six coaches---Jerry Knutson in the
former, Weir and Jack Wright (2
years) in senior high, and Roy Kim-
bel, Frank Danford and Jerry Mal-
lory (2 years) in Jay-ell. He feels
Knutson helped him the most. He's
had good and disappointing seasons at
the plate, but basically Tom, a left-
handed hitter, swats the ball well•
In the nine seasons of junior high, se-
nior high and Jayell ball covering his ca-
reer up to this point he's been under .300
only three times, above .400 four times. He
leaves the 196"/Junior Legion team with an
even .400 average as this is written, with
three games to go. His loss will seriously
,vcaken the Jay-ell club's chances the rest
of the season as Tom is one of its best
pitchers and hitters, its best catcher, and
one of its infield defensive stalwarts, not
to forget a pepper.pot leadership quality
Tom cse 'many memories into his
a last Junior Legion game this evening. One
which stands out occurred during his first
season as a Jay-ell player. It happened dur-
ing a 4th District championship playoff
against Parkland at Western State Hospi-
tal, the final game and Tom's final act in a
disappointing series after he'd hit close to
.500 during the regular season. An um-
pire's strike call made Tom mad and he hit
the next pitch for an inside-the-park home
run. Apparently he hasn't been that mad
since for that was his last circuit clout.
So this evening Tom Marshall rings
down the curtain on one phase of his ath-
letic life and Saturday embarks on an-
other. Whether the new phase hatches de-
light or delusion, he will at least have
known the satisfaction of having carried
an American boy's dream to its ultimate
conclusion, and that's more than most of
us can claim. But whether we can or not,
Tom carries to Florida with him our fer-
vent wishes that his dream has a happy
ending.
u @ @
Gott Oil Beats South Sound Nine 7-0
Gott Oil used a combined the end of six frames, blanked the Shelton Merchants
two-hitter by Gale McGrath who Roger Hoff swung the big wood 10-0.
started on the mound for the for the Oilers. He pounded out a The linescore on the Gott-
Oilers and Bernie Keller who double in the second for the South Sound contest: r h e
relieved him in the fifth inning, game's only extra-base blow. South Sound 000 000- 0 2 3
to stop Olympia's South Sound In other action of the evening, Gott Oil 140 02x- 7 5 1
7-0 in fastball play last week Wendell Carlson of the Olympia Miller and Caparoon, 1Yfain (4))
on Stevens Field. Merchants tossed a no-hitter and McGrath, Keller (5) and Meyer.
The Offers thus retain their
Olympia FastbaU I.ague.
McGrath and Keller combined rqB,.iB,m,. ----4
for tenstrikeoutsbeforethegame ," TEEN AGEatthe DANCE "I
was stopped by a time limit at •
NIGHTLY! I
Joh..y Lewis SWIMMING POOL
Trio
with "Millie"
Continuous Entertainment
From 9 P.M. 'til 2 A.M.
• DINING • DANCING
Alma Appearing Nightly
In The Billy Budd Room
KEN
OLENDORF
On the Lowary Organ
And Cordovox
"WHERE THE ACTION IS"
JACARANDA
Olympia's Fabulous
Waterfront Reaaurant
I
2 Miles North of Shelton on Highway 101
Across from Sanderson Field
with the
'"GOOD O-MEH
Fri., July 7.9:30 to 12:30
Door Prizes
Another Waterside Presentation ...J
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 6, 1967
CHAMPIONS of the Babe Ruth League are
the Hlllcrest Bears, pictured above, left to right,
front row, Tim Fredson, Paul Wittenberg, Neal
White; second row, Manager Floyd Cole, Jim
Corey, Jerry Clary, Jim Johnson, Alan Carlson,
Coach Chubb Nutt; third row, Rick Ruddell,
Bruce Cole, Rocky Howard, Philip Nutt, Mike
Nutt. Missing from the picture are Brad Brans-
Two Newcomers Dominate Hill Climb
Shelton Rifle Club Event
• The Shelton Rifle & Pistol
Club's first match of the season
was completely dominated by
two new comers, Bob Ragon and
Everet Nowak, who posted iden-
tical scores of 189 out of a pos-
sible 200 points.
The match consisted of 10 shots
fired from each of the four po-
sitions, prone, sitting, kneeling
and standing, at a range of 200
yards. The "old hands" of the
Club were,, as usual, well back
in the scoring.
Since the turn-out for this first
match was so good, a club spokes'-
man said, a second match will
be held on Sunday, July 9. It
will begin at 9 a.m. at the club's
range just off the 1V£ason Lake
Road.
Again, the emphasis will be
on interesting new-comers in the
program. No money, equipment,
or experience is necessary. All
ammunition will be furnished.
Further information and in-
structions on how to get to the
range may be obtained by con-
tacting John Watkins, 426-2678,
or R. E. "Rocky" Duckham, 426-
6455.
Due Sunday
• The Shelton Trailblazers will
hold a hill climb Sunday on the
Califora Road. All riders are
invited to enter the event, which
will start at noon.
The regular meeting of the
cycle club scheduled for Satur-
day has been cancelled.
i
ford, Jim Byrd and Tom
sponsored by the National Bar
ty, won 9 games and lost one
ly-completed season.
Babe Ruth Benefit Is
• The Babe Ruth Iague's bene- Kevin
fit game Friday evening was a out over
great success. The game was Alan
played by 24 boys broken down score was
to a Team A and a Team B. B 2.
Other
Unfortunately, the loud speaker played on
was not working, but the crowd Hillcrest
still enjoyed a fast-moving, ex- Mt.
citing game.
The pitching of Grog Joins and
McGrafh's Three-Hi÷+er Stops Merchan÷s
aged six hits, stole six bases,
took advantage of six Merchant
errors and even left six base
runners stranded:
The linescore :
Gott Oil 302 2010-8 6 2
rhe
Shelton Merck
0001000-1 3 6
," !H:!
• Continuing its winning way,
Shelton's Gott Oil collected anoth-
er win in league fastball play
last Thursday evening by stop-
ping the Shelton Merchants 8-1
on Corey field.
The Oilers came up with seven
runs in the first four innings
and were never in trouble. The
Merchants got their only run in
the fourth and it was unearned.
The Oiler's Gale M£Grath took
the win on a sparkling three-
hitter, fanning six batters along
the way.
Six seems to be Gott's lucky
number this season. For example,
in this contest the Offers man-
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