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Bill Oickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
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Cross-Country Transition
During his decade-plus in professional
baseball, Wes Stock has racked up a passel of
travel but never made more drastic move
than the cross-country caper he recently
consumated.
Throtigh it he converted his entire
family from northwesterners into
southeastenlers. The Stock family has
changed address from Auburn, Washington,
to St. Petersburg, Florida.
Reasoning behind the 1952
Highclimber grad's departur e from his native
Evergreen state is the wish to spend more
time with his wife and two young sons.
Between April and September, as pitching
coach for the New York Mets minor league
farm system, Stock stomps from coast to
coast, then spendg a good part of each
winter helping conduct the Mets entry in the
rookie instructional league at St. Pete.
His stops arc a long hitch from Puget
Sotmd. The closest is Visalia, California, the
Mets (?lass A farm in the California State
League. Another Class A Mets farm is at
Pompano Beach, Florida, while the AA
affiliate is at Memphis, the AAA at what is
now called Tidewater (the triopolis
consisting of Norfolk-Hampton-Newport
News in history-rich Virginia), and the Mets
Rookie League team is located at Marion, in
the Blue Ridge Mountains west of the
Virginia Piedmont section where the Triple
A Tidewater club operates.
Such a travel bill of fare kept Wcs and
his family separated for all but a meager
portion of the year. It hatched within the
one-time Shclton prep pitching luminary an
unfortt, nate dissatisfaction with work he
really loves. Not only loves but is highly
proticient at, to judge from the way things
are going within the Mets organization. Of
the five farm clubs whose arms Wes oversees,
three won their league pennants this year
and lowest any finished was third.
Tidewater, Memphis and Visalia all captured
titles, Pompano Beach was second and
Marion third. If you want to go back to last
winter, the Mets instructional league entry
also prevailed in the 13-team circuit which
played a 60-game schedule at St. Pete.
And you ball 'ans know without this
reminder how the parent club has charged
into the National League lead, overtaking
i, : the 'tong, tong from the
season's slart by go Cubs.
You ball fans also know the nanle of
the game is pitching, so the high degree of
success enjoyed by the Mets from top to
bottom must reflect considerable credit on
pitching coach Wes Stock. Several of the
young slab stars who've played key roles in
hoisting the parent club face-to-face with a
surprise World Series potential came into the
Mets system about the same time Stock
joined it three years ago following that
impolitic upheaval in the Kansas City (now
Oakland) Athletics staff. He became a
pitching coach with the Athletics after a
5-year active-player career in the major
leagues with Baltimore and Kansas City
following a military'duty'interupted minor
league stint of three or four years which
in aded time at Vancouver in the Pacific
Coast League, where also he received his
baptism in the coaching ranks.
The irritant of family-ffeparatlon which
had caused Wes to allow the thought of
getting .out of baseball seep into his mind
was partially alleviated this past sunmaer
when the Mets, no doubt well aware of his
value to the organization, permitted Wes to
take his family with him on his expense
account. "The boys just ate it up, " Wes told
the Sideliner over the telephone last week,
"They went to the ball parks with me and
met the players, and they seemed to love
motel living. And Bev enjoyed it, too." Mrs.
Stock is a former airline stewardess. She and
Wes met while he was traveling in his playing
days.
Now the move to St. Petersburg dabs a
joyful layer of frosting on. the new cake of
happiness baked by the Stock family.
SPORTS SPLINTERS- Now past his
mid-3Os, Stock keeps in shape by pitching
batting practice and running with the
pitchers wherever he happens to be on his
travels and he has taken up golf recently as
an added activity. He shied away from golf
during his phtying days for fear of straining
his right elbow. Wes visited his parents, Fred
and Doris Stock, at their Allyn home last
week, and his brothers, Julie (Grapeview's
postmaster) and Russ (of Bremerton), during
a trip to Auburn to do some emergency
work on an apartment he owns (and hopes
to sell) there• He sold his home before
moving his family to St. Pete late last
month.
Look for a return of professional
wrestling to Sbelton. The Lions Club, with
Bob Wotton as chairman of the activity,
have scheduled a 3-bout card in Shelton gym
November 21.
There'll be no footb,'di for ex-Climber
By Debban this year. After a hmg and
diMcult debate with himeself, By finally
decided to finish out his senior year at
George Fox College rather than transfer to
another school just to play football. GFC
eliminated football following last season and
after Debban had played three years on its
wirsity with such distinction that he earned
Oregon Collegiate Conference all-star rating.
When Fox dropped the sport several other
schools attempted to get the Sheiton athlete
to transfer and play with them, including
Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma, and the OCC
defending champion, Oregon College of
Edt,cation.
In the final analysis, Debban figured his
responsibilities us a campus leader at GFC,
loss of sonle academic credits, plus the fact
his football scholarship remains in effect
dspite th abce of the srt in Fox s
athletic prograiii" outweighed the special
individual satisfaclion and pleasure ot" one
more season of play. That sort of abdicates
athletic priority at Fox College in the
Debban family to By"s sister Judy, who won
her letter in tennis last spring and is taking
up field hockey his fall. She is a sophomore
this year at (;FC.
A second Shelton athlete entering GFC
this fall is Ed Adams. The 1969 Highclimber
3-sport letterman has a baseketball-baseball
scholarship at the Newberg institution. Ed
also played Climber tbotball two seasons.
Three Sheltonians who played with him
on Washington State's only Rose Bowl team
in 1930 were gladdened at the electioia of
mammoth Turk Edwards to the Football
Hall of Fame last week. Turk was an
All-American tackle on Cougar clubs with
Harold Ahlskog, Sam Hansen, and Frank
Willard in the late '20s and early '30s. Joe
Hansen, one-time Highclimber football
coach and Simpson Timber Company
official now living in Portland, was another
who played with Edwards, who is now
associated with the Cowlitz county assessor's
office but fo many years sold athletic
equipment to Shelton school coaches, so has
a wide acquaintanceship in this community.
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Bowling Results Gt Statistics
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SIMPSON RECREATION-
Hi Game: Jo Ann Campbell 181
Hi Series: Jo Ann Campbell 486
Railroad 6V2-1Vz, Jo Ann
Campbell 181; Shops 4-4, Myrtle
Strine 156; Loaders 2%-5%, Clara
Erickson 174; Loggers 3-5, Lillian
Patton 153.
SHELTON RECREATION
Hi Game: Donna Coleman 196
Hi Series: Donna Coleman 537
Standings: Dairy Queen 7-1;
Shelton Recreation 4V2-3%;
Hoodsport Lbr. 4%-3%; Rainier
4-4; Harpers 4-4; Lucky Lager
3t/2-4t&; B & J Mart 3.5; NB of MC
I V2-6%•
12:30 WOMENS
Hi Game: Charltne Murr, Sharon
Murr 190
Hi Series: Sharon Murr 506
Jess's 6-2; Bob's Tavern 5:3, C
& L Time 4-4; Neils 1-7.
309ers' LEAGUE
Men's Hi Game: Tom River 198
Men's Hi Series: Tom River 488
Women's Hi Game: Gladys
Martin, Cathy Foseide 149
Women's Hi eries: Cathy Foseide
149
Scholars 3, Ralph Ervin 413,
Dunces 1, Die Anderson 395;
Flunkies 3, Dell Abelein 447,
Don't Bees 1, Dot Ridout 371;
FRIDAY NITE
GUYS & DOLLS
Hi Man Series: Ken Wolden 631
Hi Man Game: Ken Wolden 230
Hi Woman Series: Helene Redman
465
Hi Woman Game: Helene Redman
193
Chantrels 4-0, Fireballs 3-1,
R itos 2-2, Micklethun Electric
2-2, Trafs 2-2, Bullheads 2-2,
Buzz Bombs 2-2.
WOMEN'S CITY
Hi Game: Char Tobin 225
Hi Series: Char Tobin 489
Lumbermen's 0-4, Eve Eliot
459-169; Morgan's 4-0, Char
Tobin 225-489; Millo's 4-0,
Maggie Ogg, 461-176; Shelton
Recreation O-4, Sharon Huisingh
436-161.
Professors 3, Larry Lyle 456,
Repeaters 1, Lloyd Goodwin 360;
Dropouts 2, Tom River 488,
Redin 2, Jean Temple 383.
-- - ,ill
SIMPSON WOMEN'S
BOWLING LEAGUE
lli Game: Jean Hartwell 191
Hi Series: Margaret Tobler 516
Olympia 0-4, Cleo Hulet &
Virginia Fuller 434, Accounting
4-0, Margaret Tobler 516; I.B•P.
1-3, Jean Ilartwell 505, Research
3-1, Joanne Campbell 452;
Purchasing 3-1, Dot McNamara
457, Lumber 1-3, Joan Sowers
495; Engineering 4-0, Arlene Liles
463, Loggers 0-4, Marie Runnion
433.
SUNDAY MIXED FOURSOME
Men's Hi Game: Dick Johnson
231
Men's Hi Series: Ted Blair 542
Women's Hi Game: Pat Boad 183
Women's High Series: Jean
Hartwell 508
Standings: Force-em 7-1; Odd
Balz 6-2; Sun Downers 5Vz-2%;
Whats Next 5-3; Jack Pots 5-3;
Pin Spotters 5-3; Farmers 3-5;
Bolerz 3-5; Hooters 2V2-SV2;
Timber Ducks 2-6; Boad's 2-6;
Prospectors 2-6.
MEN'S COMMERICAL LEAGUE
HI Game: Cedric Casey 224
Hi Series: Mac Mcinelly 596
Standings: Dan's Nite Hawks
7-1; Gott Oil 6-2; Verne's Clams
5-3; B & R Oil 4-4; Shelton Mobil
4-4; Ziegler s Can'eras4-4; Shelton
Trailers 4.4; Lumbermen's 4-4; A.
Roy Dunn 3-5; Wilson Co. 3-5;
' Wolden s Chevron 3-5; Shelton
Foods 1-7.
Shelton Mobil 4-0, Jim Archer
556; Wilson Co 0-4, Mac Mclnelly
596; Wolden's Chevron 1-3, Gene
Benedict 493; Ziegler's Cameras
3-1, Lloyd Clark 532; Dan's Nite
Hawks 3-1, Bud Knutzen 537;
Verne's Clams 1-3, Dave Knutzen
546; Shelton Foods 0-4, Frank
Willard 539; B & R Oil 4-0, Bill
Besch 574; Gott Oil 4-0, Jack
Frost 552; Shelton Trailers 0-4,
Floyd Lord 497; Lumbermen's
4-0, L.C. Leman 543; A. Roy
Dunn 0-4, Roger Hoff 550.
Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 18, 1969
END DALLAS GUNTER of the Shelton Highclimbers gets
ready to haul in a Brad Bransford aerial on a sideline pattern
in Friday night's game in Elma which the Eagles won•
Climbers Host Lions
In Shelton Friday
}lead Coach Jack Stark will make his home coaching
debut with the Shelton Highclimbers this Friday night when
his troops take on the Bellermine Lions at eight o'clock on
Loop Field.
Last week, the Climbers lost their opener to Ehna 19-3.
They will try to avenge a 33-0 loss to the Lions last year
using the home field advantage. At this writing, Mother
Nature was starting to make Loop Field soup ....... our own
special brand.
Practice Sessions Popular
Forty enthusiastic boys turned
out for the initial practice session
of the Punt, Pass & Kick
Competition Saturday morning
on Loop Field.
Bill Johnson of Jim Pauley's,
Inc., who is directing the popular
annual contest, reported this
week that 63 youngsters have
signed up for the competition, an
unusually high number for this
early date.
The final competition, open to
boys 8 through 13, is set for
October II. Shelton participants
will compete for eighteen trophies
and the chance to advance
through zone, district, area and
division contests for a possible
trip to the Orange Bowl in Miami,
Florida, for the finalists who will
perform during halftime at the
annual NFL play-off game.
Another practice session is
slated for Loop Field this
Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.
All boys in the 8 to 13 age group
are invited to attend. Practice
sessions are also set for September
27 and October 4.
!: :/i i i il i
SHELTON HIGHCLIMBER quarterback
Brad Bransford rambles around end on a
keeper in Friday night's action with the
Elma Eagles. Other Climbers In
are Don Cox, halfback 41, an
U
fullback, 32.
Elma Hands Shelton
19-3 Opening Loss
By CHARLES GAY
I!lma's Rod Seaberg scored
two louchdowns to lead his
l!aglcs to a lq-3 season-opening
win over the Shelton
Ilighclimbcrs in Ehna Friday
night.
The only points the Climbers
could muster were on a 27-yard
field goal by Curt Stracke in the
first quarter.
The Eagles struck first in the
contest, when Seaberg ran eight
yards to paydirt in the first
quarter. The Climbers got close to
a touchdown later in that period,
but had to settle for the field
goal.
No scoring followed in the
second period of play, and the
l-agles went into the dressing
room with a 7-3 edge.
In the second half, the Eagles
scored two more touchdowns.
One was set up by a 30 yard pass
and the other by an interception.
Both put the Eagles on the 40
yard line of Shelton and both
extra point attempts after the
touchdowns were muffed by ball
handling problems.
Seaberg went over from the
one for the second Eagle
touchdown, and Mike Hermiston
scored the last points of the ball
game on a one yard run also.
Several Climber backs looked
good in the opener. Don Neth,
sophomore fullback, ran for 61
yards in 11 carries, for an average
o1" over five and a half yards per
carry.
Senior halfback Don Cox
carried 12 tinles for 39 yards, and
senior Mike Neau packed it four
limes for 20 yards. Quarterback
Brad Bransford was five for
fifteen in the air for 70 yards, and
carried six times for a net of six
yards. Curt Stracke, senior
halfback, gained two yards in as
many tries.
Two of Bransford's aerials were
caught by senior Dallas (;unter.
One was grabbed by Stracke, and
junior Rocky Nutt caught
another. Senior Russell Denny,
tight end, nabbed the other pass.
Bransford punted four times
for a 35-yard average. Jack Stentz
and Alan Olsen led the team in
tackles with six apiece and were
followed by Stracke, sophomore
Tracy Armstrong and Bob
McClanahan with five each. Don
Neth registered three.
Shelton ended up with 12 first
downs to Elma's nine, and 128
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yards rushing to the Eagles' 134. Elsewhere i
Shelton's passers were
five-for-seventeen for 79 yards,
while Eagle passers hit for 98
yards on five-of-nine.
Bransford had one pass
intercepted, and the Climbers
could not pick off any enemy
passes. The home team was
penalized seven times for a total
of 75 yards, while the Climbers
were set back five times for 30
yards'.
Blazers
To Open
At Home
Co-coaches Dick Wentz and
Gene Crater prepare their eighth
grade Blazer gridders each
afternoon for the opener with
Jefferson on September 24.
The eighth graders' opener will
be on Loop Field at 3:30. The
coaches feel the boys are green
and will require some work. They
also think they have the backs,
and the team will move if the line
can open up holes for them.
The eighth graders had a 3-2
record last year, ending the year
sweetly with three wins in a row.
Those boys out for the squad
are: Roland Starr, Greg Dwyer,
Ken Ruderbagh, Reg Snellgrove,
Rick Sheets, Lenny Crume, Lyle
Oling, Vic Strickland, Frank
Brown, Jay LeGault, Andy Grew,
Mike Glaser, Ross Denny;
Robert Goodwin, Randy
O'Brien, Dean Coots, Ron Ring,
Keith Fuller, Steve Sparks, R,cx
Rumpff, Tim Timpani, Dan
Morgan, Dwight McKay, Arnold
Warnes, Steve Simmons, Chris
Dinsmore;
Mel Ninnis, Steve Fox, Mike
Larson, Kip White, Tim Allen,
Scott Remsburg, Dan Metcalf,
Randy Solsbury, Wendell
Fosdick, Bob Monger, Chuck
Chamblin.
leagtte, teatns
league opemn
lhc best
20-12. Central
Olympic
gained over
ground and
Bainbridge sparta
33-0.
Tyee spoiled
debut into sF
after a year's
Port Angeles.
on the
yards,
all night, w
incomplete•
North KitsaP
Townsend 6-0
quarters witt
scoring. Again
big on the
compared to
scant 20.
The Irish of
lone touchdoWr
to beat Sou
Altogether,
lost four
bouts, but won
39 points.
The
Bellarmine
under the
their home
Lions
period and wen
the Climbers 33-0.
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SATURDAY, sEP T.
Juniors ......... 10:30°'rn'
Bantams ......... 1 p.m. '
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