14—The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Sept. 5,1989
Capitals start tour of Soviet Union
By JIM PAUL
Associated Press Writer
LANDOVER, Md. The Washington
Capitals will start preparing for the
NHL season with a 17-day trip to Swe
den and the Soviet Union.
"We hope that it will give us an oppor
tunity to get our team more closely
together," general manager David
Poile said. "But it does bring up some
problems."
The Capitals, last season's Patrick
Division champions, and the Stanley
Cup champion Calgary Flames will
play a series of games in the Soviet
Union later this month.
The Capitals will train for a week in
Sweden and the Flames will train in
Czechoslovakia.
"I think we're pioneers," Poile said.
"We're breaking new ground. We're on
the verge of something bigger and bet
ter in the world of hockey."
"There's certainly excitement," Cap
itals forward Dave Christian said. "It's
kind of a welcome change to do some
thing different for training camp."
Inventor of "eephus" pitch
By The Associated Press
PLANT CITY, Fla Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell,
the former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who delighted
baseball fans with his "eephus" pitch and inspired oth
ers when he remained active after losing both legs late
in life, has died. He was 82.
Sewell, who suffered from kidney failure and pneu
monia, died Sunday at South Florida Baptist Hospital,
where he had been admitted Aug. 23. He will be buried
tomorrow.
The right-hander broke into the major leagues with
Detroit in 1932 but didn't stay on the big-league level
until 1938, when he joined the Pirates and stayed on
the club's roster through 1949. He had a 143-97 career
record, including a National League-leading 21 victo
ries in 1943.
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Such a trip is hardly a normal train
ing program in the NHL.
"We tried to be objective, and our bot
tom line is the opportunities it has for
the team," said Poile, admitting that
there are some disadvantages to hold
ing training camp amidst the fascina
tion of a Soviet tour.
The team will face some obvious dis
tractions, such as sightseeing and travel
schedules. Players' wives will be along
for the trip, as well as an entourage of
team personnel and media.
Twenty-nine Capitals mostly veter
ans will make the long trip today. An
equal number of rookies and free agents
will remain behind to train in Columbia,
Md.
While the trip will prevent Coach Bry
an Murray from getting a good look at
all of his prospects, it will allow the
players most likely to make the team a
chance to work together more than they
might in a normal training camp, Poile
said.
"(The trip) definitely will make the
team closer," Christian said. "You do
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The native of Decatur, Ala., also won 21 games in
1944 and pitched in eight All-Star games, the most
memorable in 1946 when Ted Williams hit a three-run
homer off the blooper. Called the "eephus" by Sewell,
the arching pitch reached a height of 25 feet before
coming straight down toward the plate.
Williams, who before the game had asked Sewell if
he would throw the blooper, was the only player to hit
a home runoff the pitch.
Sewell wasn't expected to pitch because of an elbow
injury, but with the American League leading 9-0,
National League manager Charlie Grimm asked the
right-hander to warm up "and throw that blooper pitch
and see if you can wake up this crowd."
With two runners on and Williams shaking his head
in a "don't do it" appeal and Sewell nodding to signal:
"Yes, I am," Sewell worked the count to two balls, one
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become a closer knit club just because
of the time you spend together."
Getting in physical shape for the sea
son should be just as easy in Europe and
the Soviet Union as it is in Alexandria,
Va., the Capitals' regular training base,
Christian said. But he wonders whether
the team will be mentally prepared for
the rigors of the 80-game NHL schedule
when it returns.
"The travel will be distracting," he
said.
The Capitals will spend a week in
Farjestad, Sweden, before traveling to
the Soviet Union. They will play games
against Farjestad on Sept. 12 and Bry
nas on Sept. 13.
The Capitals then travel to Moscow,
where they will play Spartak Sept. 15;
Dynamo Moscow Sept. 17; Dynamo
Riga Sept. 19, and finish the tour in
Leningrad against SKA Leningrad on
Sept. 21.
Meanwhile, Calgary will play the
Czechoslovakia national team twice
before arriving in Leningrad Sept. 12.
The Flames will play games in Lenin
grad, Kiev and Moscow.
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Both teams have included several cul
tural exchange programs in the trip,
including tours of the Kremlin and Red
Square in Moscow and a trip to the Mos
cow Circus.
The Capitals will return from the
Soviet Union on Sept. 22 to begin a four
game preseason schedule against NHL
teams. The Capitals open the 1989-90
season on Oct. 6 against Philadelphia
at the Capital Centre.
At least six Soviet hockey players will
be with NHL teams this season, includ
ing two who will play against their coun
trymen as members of the Flames.
Two Soviets will play for the New Jer
sey Devils and one for the Buffalo
Sabres. The Vancouver Canucks have
signed one player and are negotiating
with another.
"It is the story of the upcoming sea
son," Poile said. "We're interested to
see their impact" on the league.
The Capitals were chosen for the Sovi
et trip after submitting a proposal last
spring, Poile said. The league chose one
team from the United States and one
from Canada.
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strike with two bloopers and a fastball. Williams then
hit what Sewell described as a "Sunday Super Dooper
Blooper" into the right-field bullpen.
Sewell, who never made more than 621,500 per year,
was instrumental in formation of baseball's pension
fund. During the train ride to Boston for the 1996 game,
he and St. Louis shortstop Marty Marion devised the
formula to use receipts from All-Star games to help
retired players.
He remained active as he grew older, despite
declining health. He was an avid golfer even after both
legs were amputated below the knees in 1972 because
of a circulation problem stemming from a 1941 hunting
accident.
Last summer, an aneurysm in his right leg forced
amputation to the hip. Sewell also suffered two
strokes, a heart attack and a ruptured colon.
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