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in Capitol Campus varsity sports. And
for you Ed McDonald fans, yes, he
received one too! We're hot sure for
what yet, but it's hanging in his room
next to his picture of Dave Shannon.
Once again, Manager Billy Martin is
in the news. No, not because George
Steinbrenner gives him gas, but because
of his shenanigans during an argument.
He was suspended indefinitely by
American League President Lee
McPhail. Billy came charging out of his
dugout to dispute a typical judgment call
when he rubbed chests with home plate
umpire Terry Cooney. That's an
automatic fine even before he had a
chance to bicker. Then, to top it off, he
started kicking dirt around home plate,
and ended the drama by throwing a
handful of gravel at Cooney. Now, people
can say what they want about the man,
but he sure has a way with baseball, and
is perhaps the best manager in the game
today. Billy adds to the excitement of the
sport- through his patented chats with
the men in blue, which often lead to anb
early shower. Now, all he can do is watch
his team perform from the bird's eye
view of the locker room until McPhail
assesses a definite penalty.
Continuing with baseball, Pete Rose
keeps closing the gap between himself
and Stan Musial for the top spot on the
all-time National League hit list. By
mid-June, Charlie Hustle will assume the
new ownership 4 total N.L. hits, and
begin chasing the all-time leader, Ty
Cobb, who slugged over 4,000 hits in his
career. Some fans still• believe Musial
should earn the rank as the hit leader,
since all of his 3,630 safeties came on
natural grass, while Pete has had the
advantage of playing on artificial turf for
the last decade or so. But, no matter how
you look at it, Pete still deserves credit
for his aggressive style of play, as well as
his impressive statistics. Case in point:
this past weekend, when the Phils
hosted the St. Louis Cardinals, Rose
scored from first on a double by Manny
Trillo. The play ended in a cloud of dust
and a head-first slide at the plate. Just
think, a 40-year-old man playing a kids
game and getting paid for it!
Can you believe that-the free-agent
epidemic has struck the NBA? Shootin'
Gus Williams signed a multi-million
dollar contract with the Seattle Super
sonics that will last an eternity, thus
ending his one-year withdrawal from the
sport. Otis Birdsong looks to follow, with
an outrageous contract offer from the
Cleveland Cavaliers, unless the Kansas
City Kings can match it. But wait,
there's more. Sources say that power
forward Mitch Kupchak of the Washing
ton Bullets might test the market, bad
knees and all. The Knicks and Lakers
both have expressed interest in his
services. Our question is this: Where
would he play on the Lakers?
More muddy grapplers pit strength against strength at the Rites
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Later this month, the NBA selects
college players looking to make it big in
the pros. The Dallas Mavericks have the
prized first selection, and it's slated for
June 9. Barring an unlikely trade, the
Mays will probably select Indiana hard
ship prospect Isiah Thomas in an effort
to help their offensive attack. The
Detroit Pistons follow, and as of now are
leaning toward another hardship athlete,
DePaul's Mark Aguirre. The New
Jersey Nets have three choices in round
one, and rumors say that the champion
Boston Celtics are looking to trade their
final pick in the opening round for the
rights to New Jersey's Mike Newlin.
Without a doubt, the Nets should
improve from their dismal performance
last year, as long as they don't get the
reputation that the New York Jets have.
That is, screwing up draft choices.
Now it's time for tennis, and a name
new to almost everyone. It's Kathy
Rinaldi, who is playing in the prestigious
French Open in Paris. Rinaldi advanced
to the quarter finals by knocking off two
seeded players. She did it witlrawesome
serves and pinpoint returns on the clay
courts. The real stopper is that she is
barely 14, the youngest player ever to
qualify for quarter final competition in
this tournament in 56 years! We're
talking young here, folks--she hasn't
even started high school yet. There
seems to be more teenagers in pro
fessional tennis than in any other sport.
As a matter of fact, when a player
reaches 30, he or she is considered
over-the-hill. Look out, Chrissie, here
comes the 14-year-old phenom, Kathy
Rinaldi!
The LPGA Tour comes to Hershey
later this month. It will be held at the
Hershey Country Club's West Course,
with last year's o champion, Joanne
Carner, leading the field. The Lady
Keystone Open will feature the top
contending professional women golfers
on the tour, as they fight for the
honored top prize. Nancy Lopez-Melton,
Jan .Stephenson, and Kathy Whitworth
are all expected to compete in the
tourney from June 19-21.
We would like to continue our
Dummy of the Week Award in this, the
final edition of the C.C. Reader, by
naming Mr. Lou Grunt the winner
without challenge. Grunt wins a case of
TMI Beer, brewed with radioactive
water and guaranteed to glow your
mind, plus a week's vacation at the
newest resort in Tehran, Iran, com
pliments of Khomeini Airways. Enjoy,
enjoy! •
P.S. Remember: If Fernando Valen- By Kevin Spiegel
zuela is on the mound, it's lights out and
Good Night Irene!
Monday, June 8, 1981
By Darrell Reider
Spring Term Intramural Bowling
ended Wednesday night as W.G.A.F.
swept all three matches to capture the
bowling crown for the past ten weeks.
Captain Dean Frack and company rolled
by the Prowlers in the preliminaries,
WSDC in the semis, and then capitalized
on the leaders, the Vipers in the cham
pionship game to earn trophies for their
efforts. Other winning members of
W.G.A.F. (which stands for "who gives a
3 1 / 2 10 ¶ **-1-) are John Tillison, Cliff
Williams, Bob Sharkey,and Tom Ondrey.
Individual trophies were also pre
sented after Wednesday night's post
season action. High single game award
for the men went to WSDC Captain Joe
Bozik with a brilliant 215, and on the
women's side, Donna Wilson earned her
trophy for an outstanding 179 for her
team, the Ladies of the Evening. The
A view from the on-deck circle at a recent baseball contest at Smitley Field.
READER Photo by Darrell Reider
It was a festive occasion as the two
top intramural softball teams faced
each other. The stage was set as the
teams put away their books and their
girls for Showdown 1981. The No Names
came in undefeated, and the Night
Riders with only two losses.
No Name pitcher Mark Baer settled
down after Jim McDonnell of the Night
Riders took him downtown with a four
bagger. Then, in the top of the second,
the Night Riders generated their second
and final run. Mark Wolf doubled, and
then the No Names made a costly error,
allowing him to score. But from then on,
it was lights out, as Baer threw five
scoreless innings to halt the Night Rider
attack.
The No Names tied the score in their
half of the second, when Jeff Davis
singled and scored ahead of Al Hopper
stead's round tripper. Al said later, "I
was only hoping for a double." The No
Names got the eventual game winner an
inning later. Ron Maiorino (the C.C.
Reader's first MVP award winner) got
things going in the third. He singled and
scored the winner as Phil Impink singled
him home. When Maiorino was "truck-
ing" around third, I'm not saying he's
of Spring. slow, but while you're carrying that
by Steve Myers refrigerator I'll have a ham and cheese.
Club The No Names then broke the game
W.G.A.F. Diapers the Vipers
Champi
Bunch of
coveted high average trophies went to
Bruce Rambacher and Coleen Pfleger.
Rambacher, anchoring the 11th Framers
all season averaged 171 over the course
of the ten week league play, while
Coleen rolled consistently at 146 for the
Prowlers. The other distinguished
award was presented for the high
individual series to the Vipers' Tom Belk
for an impressive 586 triple, and to the
Dining Hall Dynamos' Marge Smith who
scored a 451 series one Wednesday
evening at the Middletown Lanes.
Any returning or new students
interested in participating in the Intra
mural Bowling League in the upcoming
Fall Term should stop in the Recreation-
Athletics Office after registration in
September to secure a spot for the term.
The new league should resume during
the second or third week of the term.
ons are a
No-Names
wide open as Henry Rebinski ignited his
ball club. A double turned into a run, as
another error cost the Night Riders. Hits
by Maiorino, Jerry Joseph, and Danny
Villani drove in three more No Name
runs.
Not to take a. thing away from the
Night Riders, they played the No Names
as tough as anyone. Jack McEntee
deserves a lot . of congratulations for a
super year. It's not fair for only one
winner, but the better team did win. So
to the Night Riders (Jerry Weiss, John
McDonnell, Mark Nezgoda, Mark Wolf,
Dan Mignogna, Joe Sowinski, Jim Neff,
Roger Kircheim, Jim Matichek, and Ron
"Utility Man" Kuzo): a season with no
shame. To the winning No Names
(Captain Henry Rebinski, Mike Cross
man, Ron "MVP" Maiorino, Jerry Jo
seph, Phil Impink, Jeff Davis, Danny
Vallani, Al Hopperstead, Kevin Ryan,
Rick Joyce, Jim Sein-lwin, and Mark
Baer): a job well done. Congratulations.
By the way, Ron Maiorino wins a
date with the girl of his choice. Runner
up for the award was Mark Baer. He
wins his very own gtrat-O-Matic Intra
mural Softball Game. The two teams are
No Names and Night Riders.
A side note for interested readers:
This writer was very much impressed by
the student turnout for the game. A
capacity crowd saw the No Names
capture the 1981 intramural softball
championship.
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