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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 LOt=P-SI • AMONG ly suitable ban 4.H'ers ty, health, care and beautificafi°n ToGo With Confidence See Home Meat Slaughterin¢ Merv's Tirecap for "Prices that are Realistic Always" Also see us for many Such as • RECAPS (from our own shop) • NEW TIRES by DAYTON "THOROBREDS" World's Finest, Safest Tires • TEXACO SKY CHIEF GASOLINE GLEN PROBST - Cooling "k Cutting DOfeble-- AL HANSON, Meat Cu WE HAVE 30 LB. BEEF BuNI (Includes Hamburgers, Steaks ,, Call ....H.OW, E L.L'S Phone 426-6779' ""' .'' :'" ; "'" Inquire,AI)obt Our Look m automotive nee#' • LUBRICATING IIIIIi!11 I NoNEIL Ird 4. 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