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Bill Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS Jan Donaldson's Golden Arm Hurls Twin Jayell
Shel÷on 5, Bremer÷on 2 Shel÷on 5, Sou÷h Kitsa
Surprises Behind
Jay-ell Success!
Every baseball season produces sur-
prises --- some good, some disappointing.
They've been strongly on the favorable side
this 1967 Junior Legion session, mostly
because so little was expected before the
,,,ason opened.
Coming off a worse-than-average high
;chool schedule, it was difficult to get very
high on expectations for the Jay-ell club
ber ause basically most Junior Legion
,;quads are reciped from the prep rosters.
Jerry Mallory faced an uninspiring
prospect when he called his initial turnout.
There seemed, for example, to be little
from which to build a defensively sound
infield, particularly on the key left side.
l'itching, which hadn't been impressive in
l,ig]l school, seemed no more potent for
t:w summer. No replacements were in
dgbt for the batting power lost by the de-
partare of Bob Miller and Ron Cole, the
beast of last year's swingers. The catching
tmtlook was equally as somber. It looked
f(,r sure like a long, hard summer.
So how do you explain the top-
rung elevation at which this under-
rated aggregation finds itself halfway
through its Connie Mack league slate?
No one is more surprised than Coach
Mallory, yet it's fairly simple to ferret out
the why (,f it. That foreboding problem of
th,, infitqd was thoroughly solved when
Malhn'y moved Rob Mills, a strong-armed,
quick-handed outfielder-catcher, to third
ba;- and Jerry Sparks, whose previous ex-
perth:nee had been mostly in the outfield
and first base, to shortstop. These two
h,ve been virtually impregnable there on
lhat critical left side.
()f c(,urse, moving Mills and Sparks
h,ft holes at the posts they vacated. But
:l,m (;ame Jody Campbell, unexpectedly,
aler a year out-of-sight over in Idaho, to
l ill the ga I) at first in highly acceptable
f:rdfi,m. And Jody has added his bit to
re,soling up the pitching staff, which has
:;h(wn surl)rising potency because of the
way ,]t)n Armstrong has developed in the
f,,w we(4s he's tried his hand as a slabs-
man.
This pair added to Jan Donaldson, who
There are no individual replacements
for the long-ball power of Miller and Cole
in the hitting department, but the substi-
tute may be just as effective. In Mills,
Armstrong, Sparks, Donaldson, and Camp-
bell this year's club has five reliable bats-
men, along with Marshall while he was
with the squad. And Steinberg is coming,
along with Bill Landram, the North Mason
sophomore second baseman.
Along with these physical surprises,
another able asset which helps explain
what's happened to this 1967 Jay-ell squad
is its overall mental agility. This is a
smarter than normal ball club. It uses
brains to augment muscle. They don't
make too many mental miscues, which
compensates for a lot of physical short-
comings.
There you have, in essence, the in-
gredients of surprise which finds your
Shelton Jay-ells sitting atop the Olym-
pic Connie Mack league at the half-
way point. Don't expect, from this,
that it necesarily still will be there at
season's end, for it has serious weak-
nesses and will miss Marshall's vari-
able talents when the going gets
sticky on the home stretch. Yet with
a little luck, and lots of guts, it just
might go all the way with its sur-
prises.
SPORTS SPLINTERS -- South Kit-
sap twice violated basic tenets of good
baseball strategy with costly consequences
Sunday, giving Shelton a strong assist in
its 5-2 victory. The first occasion was when
the batter swung on a 3-0 pitch with the
bases full and none out, and grounded into
a double play via the plate on a relief
pitcher's first pitch. The second instance
occurred in the final inning when South's
lad-off batter got aboard safely, then at-
tempted to steal with his team three runs
behind. When he was caught it left South
with one out and none aboard instead of
none out and one aboard. It was an insen-
sible risk when the need was so high.
During their 4th of July tournament
games at Kelso and Longview Shelton's
Jay-ell players found a staunch supporter
in ex-Sheltonian Bill Smith, a one-time
Junior Legion infielder of a dozen years
is firing better than he ever.has bef'ore, .: ago, Bill, now a Longview resident, hob-
a :h:tghly nobkied With .the Shelton squad on the
,,rp.:. t lef,,re he left for Flor!,, Tom.: ' bench for most of the first game, rooted
;,l:r::;h:ll ms(it' it even more able.
The important catching assign-
o,errt has produced another of the
surprises. Sophomore Dave Steinberg,
off the high school B squad, has done
so well despite his inexperience that
Mllory hasn't had to pull Mills or Jan
Donaldson, who handled the mask-
and-pad assignments on occasion last
year, off their other posts, a fait ac-
compli which could have unraveled
other parts ,of the skein woven into
the fabric of success attained up to
this point.
Steinberg hadn't planned to turn out
f.r Jay-ell ball this year. Now he's glad he
(lid, and so are his teammates. The young-
st(,r has plenty of rough edges to polish
tiff yet, but, he has courage, intelligence,
desire to learn, and considerable raw abil-
ity. Keep your eye on this one.
vociferously for their success.
Bill Landram, batting hero of Shel-
tows Sunday win over South Kitsap, has
six younger brothers coming up behind
him. Bill, incidentally, received a reprieve
from working on a sewer repair project at
his Belfair home when he banged the win-
ning hit in the eighth inning.
Merrilee Armstrong, one of Shel-
ton's staunchest Junior Legion root-
ers since son Ion began playing four
years ago, has to do her cheering in
absentia this season due to a heart
condition which keeps her confined to
her Capitol Hill home.
Ex-Sheltonian Bob Wenz is back in
western Washington after more than two
decades in and around Garberville, Calif.,
and is now managing the clubhouse facil-
ities and equipment shop at Scott's Lake
Golf Club.
Everett Nowak Repeats Rifle Match Victory
• The Shelton Rifle & Pistol
Club c(mducted its second high
power rifh, match of the season
Sunday. Once again, Everett
Nowak was high man for the
day with a 191 out of a possible
200 points.
Several other shooters were in
lhe 180's. Most notable among
fll(,se was M}'s. Roy Peacher of
Aberdeen with a 183.
]Wxs. Peacher or "Mack" as
sh(.'s called hy club members
has the rather frusWating habit
of giving "no quarter" to the
men. In years past Mack has
been high scorer in match after
match, taking particular delight
in "polishing off" her coach and
tutor, Mr. Peacher, also an ex-
cellent shot.
An organizational meeting is
to be held on Friday, July 14,
at the PUD Building, 7:30 p.m.
All old and new members, as
well as any prospective members
are urged to attend.
The agenda will include elec-
tion of new officers and a dis-
cuss]on of the club's shooting
program and range development
plans.
• Jan Donahlson seized the title
of "ready rescuer" on the Shel-
ton Junior Igion baseball squad
after emTying out two miraculous
trouble-shoot:ing pitching perfor-
mances in a four-day period last
week which wound up as identi-
cal 5-2 victories over South Kit-
sap and the Bremerton Darigolds.
In the two games, Donaldson
worked a total of eleven innings
(including one of overtime), held
the enemy scoreless, struck out
12, walked but three, ,and yield-
ed only five hits, one of which
was a beaten out bunt, another
a handle-hit bloop single. The
twin wins protected Shelton's
front-running position in the
Olympic Connie Mack League.
In addition to his brilliant
mound contribution, Jan banged
five hits in seven at bats, scored
Local Cyclists
Garner Trophies
• Three members of Shelton
Trailblazers Nh)torcycle Club
broughl back trOl)hies from the
Whidbey Island Scrambles on
July 4.
Ed Waile won the 100CC A
Main, Dan Kirk the 200CC A
N[ain and George Waite the
250CC B /ffain.
Winners of the lo(.al cluh's hill
climt) last Sunday were: Ed
Waite, 100CC; Dan Kirk, 200CC;
Jinx Einarson, 250CC; Bob Aitken
500CC, and Ken Simons, 650CC.
THIS 16-pound beauty was
one of eight silver salmon
taken from Hood Canal wa-
ters last week by Jack
Johnston.
The motel with ae00ctionView'00
SEATTLE
WASHINGTON ,v u |
Panoramic view of serene mountains and g"|
bustling lake activity.., just 5 minutes 9/|
from downtown, Univ. of Washington, _- |
Woodland Park Zoo, or City Convention -J
two runs anti drove in another.
You m.ight say the boy did a
man-sized job. Here are the de-
tails by games:
SHELTON 5, BREM3RTON 2
It was designed for Tom Mar-
shall's farewell starring role but
Shelton's J-boys--Jan, Ion, Jody
and Jerry--swiped the spotlight
on I_x)op Field Thursday evening.
Tom was handed the starting
pitching assignment, but, perhaps
trying too hard to make his adieu
memkorable, couldn't persuade his :
pitches to follow his wishes.
Bremerton rapped him for three ;
doubles, scored a run in the sac- ,
end and greeted him with a 2-
sack sock to open the third.
Right there Coach Jerry Mal-
lory summoned Donaldson to the ....
rescue. The first batter Jan faced :
laced another double, on a 3-2
r
count, for the second run. From
there on Jan was in command.
He faced just 16 batters the rest
of the way--one walked, another
singled and was erased in a slick
double play--for one of the
choicest rescue jobs seen on
Loop Field in many a basebalJ
season.
In the next inning the J-boys
went to work. Ion Armstrong led
off the fourth with a two-out
single to center, Jerry Slmrks
dittoed to left-center, and Jan
singled down the third base line
to score Jon. When Jody Camp-
JAN DONALDSON
Bill Landram and Dave Stein-
berg, a pair of Shelton's prom-
ising young rookies, produced
the clutch clouts which drove in
three runs in the first extra inn-
ing at Port Orchard Sunday.
With one out, Sparks accepted
free transportation on four
straight pitches and Donaldson
beat out an infield rap. Then
sophomore Landram ripped a
scorching drive down the third
base line which sent Sparks home
with the winning run. Donaldson
went to third and Bill romped
to second on the throw-in. One
out later, Steinberg hopped a
single through the middle on a
.3-2 pitch for the comfort runs.
The deadlock had existed since
the third. South hit the plate
with a first inning run on an
error, a balk, and a double•
Shelton jum'ped ahead with two
in the third, both uncrated, when,
after two were out, Armstrong
tripled to right-center after Rob
Mills got a life on a tx)ot and
Mary Wilson walked.
South squared it in the same
frame, amt set the stage for
Donaldson's slab heroics. Three
straight singles got the run, with
none out. Then Mallory ordered
slugger Kcith Labor, South's big
clean-up hitter, walked to fill the
bases. ,When Armstrong got a
3-0 count on Terry Brennan, Mal-
lory beckoned Donaldson.
In three pitches Jan got the
bell's hopper t,)shnrt was thrown Golf Oil Nine
wide at first Jerry checked in
with the tying tally.
The same foursome shattered Buries Renton
'he deadlock 'in the sixth. Ion
again led off with a single and
Jerry copied, both to left. Jan
beat out a slow roller to short
to fill the bases, then Jody won
the game with a two-run blast
In left-center. The inning's third
marker dented the dish when
Jan scored on Mary Wilson's
infield roller.
The box score:
BREMERTON ab r h
Pyles ss 3 l 1
Seabaugh 3h 3 0 2
Jackson lb 3 0 0
B. Welling If 3 0 0
Pemberton p 2 0 1
Rch. Grams 2b 3 0 0
Pickley rf l 1 0
Johnson rf 1 0 0
Nomenson cf 3 0 1
Rdy Grams c 2 0 0
*T. Welling 1 0 0
Totals 25 2 5
*fanned for Randy Grams in
7th
SHELTON ah r It
IV[ills 3b 2 0 0
Marshall p-2b 3 0 0
Armstrong cf 3 2 2
Sparks ss 3 2 2
J. Donaldson If-p 3 l 2
Campbell lb 3 0 I
Steinberg c 2 0 0
Wilson 2h-lb 3 (I 0
Allen rf 3 (I 0
Totals 25 5 7
*fanned for Randy Gramo in 7lh
Score by Innings
Bremerton 01l (K)0 0- 2
hits i12 (101 0 - 5
Shelton 000 203 x- 5
hits {DO 304 x- 7
SUMMARY: 21) Seabaugh 2,
Pyles, Nomenson. SH ..... Steinberg
RBI .... Campbell 2, Wilson, J.
Donaldson, Seabuagh, Nomenson.
E-- Pyles, J. Donaldson. IP ....
Marshall 2 plus. RRF-- Marshall
1, Pemberton 4. SO--Marshall 1,
Donaldson 7, Pemberlon 6. BB-
Marshall 1, Donaldson 1, Pem-
berton 1. PB--Grams. Winnm .....
Donadlson. DP.-Sparks to Mar-
shall to Campbell. LOB-Sheiton
4, Bremerton 4.
• THE National 4-H Service
Cx)m.mittee, Chicago, secures
about $1V2 million annually from
business and industry in support
t)f 4-H.
• Shelton's Gott Oil blanked the
Renton Jets 5-(}, in a Seattle-
Renton invitational tournament
softball game in Renton ]asl Fri-
day.
The Oilers got one run in their
half of the third when Bob To-
bin, who had previously singled
anti adwmce(l on Roger Hoff's
sacrifice, was plated I)y Wayne
Clary's single to center.
In the big four-run fifth inning,
Bernie Keller singled and moved
to second on a bunt by Tobin.
Heft was put out on a fiehler's
choice but Wayne Clary look an
intentional walk to load the sacks
when Tom Jones doubled to deep
center to clean the bases and
then score himself when Terry
Meyer g()t: aboard on an error.
Big sticks for the Oilers were
Clary, two-for-two; Tobin two-
for-four; Keller, two for three
}rod Jones. one-for-l.hree and l.hre(,
RBIs.
The linescore on the action : L.
Renton 000 000 0-0 4 21 ....
Gott Oil 00l 040 x- 5 7 "J' :
Albert and Potoshnik; Keller and
Leons, Brown (51
job (lone. Brennan, violating all
good baseball strategy, went af-
ter the 3-0 pitch, drove it at:
Mills and the vest-pocket Shel-
ton third-sacker turned it into a
douhle play by way of the plate.
Bill Noerenberg then hit the
1-0 pitch at Mlls again and that
was il. Thereafter walks in the
fourth and seventh, a single in
lhe fifth, a beaten out bunt anti
a bloop single in the eighth were
the only threats to Donaldson's
mastery,
In the latter instance, South
again I)layed footsie with smart
diamond play when the lead-off
runner h'ied to steal, and was
nailed by Steinberg.
The box score:
SHELTON
Mills 3b
Wilson cf-lf 4
Arnstrong p.cf 3
Sparks ss
Spraks ss
j. Donaldson IIP
Landram 2b
Duckham rf
D. DonaldSOn rf
Steinberg c 0
Allen if .
Campbell If-l
Totals l
SOUTH t
Goodwin lb .
Ward cf-3b
McLeod ss
Gadberry 3b I
*Branis if 3
Labor c 4
Brennan P.. 3
Norenberg z0
Walsh 3b-SS ef
Cressman IF .!
Staples rf
Clark rf
Totals In
*ran for clarl
Score by lnlalngs
Shelton
hits
South
hits
SUMh
21>-- Mills,
Walsh
2,
McLeod.
Armstrong,
Armstrong
strong 1,
strong 1,
7.
2, Brennan
by
nan.
DonaldSOn
to Campbe
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