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:]0 SIDELINE SLANT S by BILL DICKIE MOllIE ON BOlt TOBt:Y € Later and better news concern- ing the ,'(mdiiion of 13oi) Tobey's arm, abotll which tills cohllnn had a shall altd I)ill,cl' bit to say ]asl V(etk, ]UI;; Sill('(' b,2ell l'oceived by Bob's par(mrs, Mr. and Mrs. War- ren .[. 'i'obey, :i 12 M'cKinlcy Str,eet. I,ast week, as you'll perhaps recall, the Sideliner wrote there was it pos:dbility that bone chips in his ell)ow were bothering the younff Shelton soul:hpaw in Iris first effort in the professional ranks with Ads, Okhlhoma, a St, Lasts Browns Class D league farm in the Sooner St'lte Lea- gne. Just a day after that piece ap- peared in these cohimns the To- bes received a letter from Bob which revealed the good news that there are no chips in the: elbow, that his arnl has respond- ed nicely to massage treatments, ................................................... and that he is back on the active * Vacation Planning  Reservations Service Travel Advice , Tours and Resorts OLYMPIA TRAVEL SERVICE Olympia 6226 - Olympian Hotel I III At the Corner of FIRST & CEDAR O00010000 pitching list again as his club continues a brilliant winning streak. At. the time Bob wrote the'let- ter the Alia chlb had'won 19 of its last 21 games. Bob said when the soreness re- turned to his arm -the same trou- ble which kept him off tim mound so mucli of the past high school season--he asked for his release htit his manager didn't want to give up on the Shelton boy so easily its he had showed real promise in his few relief appear- daces on the slab, X-rays were taken and thcy proved the trouble was definite- iy not bone chips, Bob wrote, so arm and leg massages were trio(I, with good results. Now Bob is back in action, and hitting aronnd .400, incidentally. One of the higlllights of the Shelton lefty's fling in pro ball so far was a lneeting with IhuTy "The Cat" Brecheen, ace of the St. Louis Cardinal pitching staff and like Tobey) a leftinmder. A(ht is Brecheen's llome town and the major league star came home for it cotlple of (lays and watched Tobey pitch a relief stint during that time. Afterward he compli- mented Tobey on his work and said lie had all the earniarks of a successful professional pitcher. Bob's big following here at home sincerely hope "The Cat" is 100 per cent right,  lilTS 'N MISN Nornl Harris, one of the fin- 'est prep pitchers Shelton has pro- duced in the past. 15 years, is back in the Northwest after sev- eral years in California, He is now located in Olympia, accord- ing to friends who have seen him in the nlontb or six weeks he 'has been back, Norm is pitching for the Elms town team in the Ever- green League, the same reports say• Norm saved a game for Jack Stewart last Sunday, After Elms had so(wed seven rllnS ill the top of the llth, Lacey came back to tag Stewart for three and Harris I'tlled dill of the bullpen to stop the rally. Elma won, 12 to 8. It hits always been a toss- np iu The Sidellner's mhld which was the hest prep flitch - i er of the past 15 years (the i extent of the Shleliner's reM- dence in Shelton)Harris or { Jack Cole. So tar the answer { has had to be a eompremlse-- tlurls tlic best righthander, Cole the best lefthander. tel- ton has had some mighty good ones in that period .... Jess Phillips, Bob Tobey, Wilbur Flint, Illph LeDrew, Tony Nel- son . . . to name a few. Thin doesn't take into consid- eration some of the pitching lum- inaries prior to 1934 such as as- ker Ericksen or Lefty Al Fisch, who were successftll professiorial hurlers aftra' their prep days but whom the :Sidellner never saw in action. ! The Shelton Loggers, pardon me, the Slmlton Senior Legion, now that it's sponaol'ed by the American Legion, is playing' ex- cellent baseball and giving its COME IN AND SEE WHY MOTORS ARE ACCLAIMED.. be sure • enablodMxa Moeo to G a New fJtandard of Perfo rnmnee for outboard motore. 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There are 116 boys registered for the progralu of Poe Wee base- i ball, The attendance for this -lc- tivity lnis heht II t) stlrprisingly welt. The boys have been most enthnsiastic and in many eases haw been able to persuadc their parents to go on vacation after the entire program is finished. This has been impossible in some cases, I)nt the boys were on deck for ball tit 9:00 o'clock A.M. its- mediately on return. There are six tcains of I'ee Woes, three teams made up of boys through the fifth grade and three teams made lip of boys in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. It is in this program that Shel- ton ball players get their start, It is gratifying to see the boys improve through-out the summer. Many of them were unable to I catch, throw or bat a ball with I any appreciable ability. These I same boys are doing a remark-i ably fine jot) ()f it w. i A ease in nlin(I is a little fel-I low in the younger group by the / name of Jack Mallory. Jack | started out the summer playing a very qnestionable third base. He consistently dropped all balls thrown to him. However, his per- sistence and determination kept hin i at. it until he was playing the position like a veteran. In fact, his improvement was so marked that he has staved to a position behind the plate where catching a ball is a most dsirable and neecssary trait. Ai)long the many iirpz'oved players, Jack is probably the me:;( improved. The l)atting averages, up to' date, of the leading batters are: Boys Throtlgh the Fifth. Grade D.Austin 552] D.Reilly 235 K.Eaerett 5271 It.Allen :181 J.Droscher 500 i S.Carlson 170 I).Brown 451 G.Caldwell 170 A.McMahon 4071 V.Colenlan 136 J.Mallory 382} D.Smith 128 B.Mead 375 t B.Frcdson 125 B.Ferguson 3041J.ging'st 105 B.Hendricks 260! L.th)lt. :105 ixth, Seventh :tnd Eighth Grade Boys E.Pratt 687] J.Valley 26"1 R.Kenyon 48011).Swear'g'n 242 M.Goodwin 4501P.Peterson 21,"I B.Ramey 428i P.Korak 210 D.Rutherf'd 4031D.Peavey 167 B.Smitll 400! B.Younff 166 J.(;oodwin 3801E.Ellman 142 J.Teo 335i J.Dickinson 125 R.Clifton 333 1).Nichols 121 D.Wetter 2911M.Hellman :111. P.Getty 28 )i l).Simnmns 111 )1 G.GctI y .. 12 The boys whose averages are below 100 are not listed. Many of these fellows are just now beginning to catch on and will be imard fronl next year. Incidentally, the pitching has been of a vel,y high calibre with such throwers as Kenny Eacrett, DonaM Brown, dert'y Droschei' and David Austin elbowing them across the plate for the little fel- lows and Ed Pratt, Bill Ramey and Donakl Rutherford hooking them in to the older group. You dads had better sharpen your bat- ling eyes or these boys will slip them by you, lnuch to your em- barassment. Incidentally, n e x t Monday, August 1, starting at 5:00 o'clock P.M. all Per Wee dada are urged to be on Loop Field to engage Pee Wee sons in the "annnal ball games. Two gaines will be played if the dads are GAME to show up. The younger Per Wees will I play their clads in the first game and the older Pee Woes will play l their dads in the second game. Oil up the joints, Pop. Pro-game ceremnies will con- sis( of presenting" prizes to the boys with perfect attendance, highest batting average and to the boy who has proved to be tile best sport throltgh-out the suHlnler, Prizes for these boys will be donated by the merchants of the city. Presentations will be made by Service Club leaders. Dads, come out and enjoy your- selves, also. give your boy a thrill by showing him how interested you are in his program. Also, you alight get a surprise when your son drives one through your legs for a couple of bases. Come on oat clad, be a good sport, give followers some fine entertain- mcnt at Loop Field these eve- sings, If it keeps dishing tip the kind of thrills it &id in those two ten inning victories over Olympia and Lacey last week tile size of the crowds, so far only mediocre, in nnmbers, should increase. The Log'gers, er . . , Legionnaires de- :erve more quantity to go with the present firm qualiy of their support. Snnday marked the first time since her son 15olll)y began play- ink competitive baseball that Mrs. Ann ie, acret:t has missed watching him in action. She wouldn't have missed his pitching victory over We;t Selll.tle that time, either, but for the fact :die scheduled a m_tjor operation some weeks ago thinking it would come after the close of the Junior I,e- gion 'season, then the West Seat- tie doubleheader was added too late for her to change arrangc- ments. Mrs. Eacrett's recovery was speeded by a letter from Bob and her second son, Keuny, telling; about the victory, which was sparked not only by Bob's pitch- tng but also by a lusty triple he hammered along the rightfield foul line• i TIlEY DIDN'T HELP While Sunday's farewell to the 1949 jnnior legion ball season was mixed with sweet and hour for Shelton as far as victory on the field was concerned, there was one discordant note entirely an- called for (and it wasn't confin- ed to last Sunday, it was notice. able through the entire season). " "This Is, a chiding to that small but strongly vocal ele- ment consisting of three or four dults whb sat usually In the third base bleachers tin([ razzed the Shelton kids when they made errors. It was so/bad during Sunday's first game that a couple of the Shelton infielders were discour- aged to the point that they didn't want to play the second game. If you know how kids love to play ball you know how badly they must have felt, and how deep those uncalled-for vocal harpoons i.rom the bleachers must have i sunk home. If those kids had erred inten- tionally, or hadn't been trying there would be excuse for such Bronx razzberries, but there call be no argument they were trying the best they could, This 1949 Shelton junior legion team's main sin this year was its inexperience, its greenness. You can't blaine that on the players and their reward for being on the field trying, even if their efforts were crowned with mistakes, cer- tainly shouldn't have been the type of punishment this small group of fans dished out. The ultlnate anyone can ask of another, whether athlete or employe, Is his best effort. When he doesn't try then is the tilde for punishment. When he tries and gives his best no more Mtould be expected. It is this scribe's opinion that the 1949 Shelton junior legion team (lid all that conld be asked of it this year--it tried with the best ability it had. Thee Sideliner believes that small group in the bleachers with its impediment of the natural (level- opment of thc players made far worse errors with their actions than did the youngsters on the ball field, C(St JOI.NAL your boy a lift. Tuesday night, August 2, the Pee Woes will end their season by going to Seattle to see a Seattle- Hollywood ball game. You ('lads dig down and give your boy hot dog, pop, popcorn and peannt money. They will have a great time and will return home tired. sleepy, perhaps sick, bat safe and happy with memories of a won- derful snrnmer. : LEGi()N- B-PLAt-Y-S ABERDEEN FRIDAY : The Junior Legion 'B' Squad !will i)lffy a game with the Aber- deen Playfield team at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 29, on Loop Field. , This will be the last game of tae season for the 'B' Squad. Shelton edged Aberdeen, 8 to 7, in a game at Aberdeen three weeks ago. Bad Weather Plagues Swimming Activities i The summer swimming pro- gram has bumped into some pret- ty bad weather during the last two weeks. Wind, cold weather and rain have caused the' attend- ance to fall off greatly. Some of the more hardy swimmers have been rather consistent abOUt !e'oing ()tit to the lake but as a whole the program has had a severe set- back. It is pecnliar, th attention !.while the brain records what is hunters will lavish on a good gun, going on. This eye-brain combin- . and never think of checking upl ation is subject to certain defects, on the eyes that operate it. You the most common ones being can buy" the best of gtms for a Inearsightedness, far sightedness few 100 dollars, but try shopping!and astigmatism. These are all around for a good shooting eye Shooting a rifle or shotgun is a highly complicated visual and mental job. Let's let Dr. Ralph E. Wick explain what happens when you pick up that favorite rifle to take a crack at the target. First of all, your dominant eye has to take over and start run- ning the show, If you shoot with both eyes open, it is necessary for the brain to suspend the vi- sion in one eye. Those unfortun- ate hunters who are dominant left- eyed but right-handed have quite a problem. As a general rule, it is best to give in to the eye and learn to shoot left-handed. This is especially trne in shotgun shoot- ing. The actual process of foeusirig that shootin' eye is quite involved. The eye must change focus from the back sight to the front sight to the target in an instant• It is the loss of this focusing ability, usually between the ages of 40 to 50 that requires bifocals or read- ing glasses. About this age that back sight begins to bhn' for the! rifleman. There are two solutions correctible with glasses. If you ale one of the hunters who has to wear glasses in the field, here are some points which might be of vahle: Most lens corrections are now available in hardened lenses. They appear very little different from an ordinary lens, but are practially indestructible. Special hunting bifocals can be designed for you which have the little segment set extremely low or over to one side. The coating process which is so effective in hnnting scopes can also be used on your eye-glasses. Try some of the new lens-coating type glass cleaner if dust and water annoy you in the field. If bright days bother you, your lens correction can be made up in dark glasses. Ask your optometrist if you are wearing corrected curve lenses. This is important for hunters, as it means that the leus strength is the same on the edge as it is in the middle. 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