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Steve Skammer, a
former three-sport
standout at Dallas High
School has recently
completed his career at
Villanova University as a
member of the Wildcats
baseball squad.
Skammer, a four-year
letter winner at Villanova
and a hard throwing left-
handed pitcher, recently
established a new
Villanova career pitching
career. Skammer pitched
over Richmond in a
recent ECAC South
playoff game, Villanova’s
first post-season tour-
' nament victory in over 20
years, and established a
new Wildcat career pit-
ching mark with his
impressive 21-8-1 record.
Skammer had an
outstanding senior season
at Villanova, leading the
Wildcats’ pitching staff in
almost every statistical
category. Starting in 10
games, Skammer com-
pleted seven games and
rolled up an impressive 8-
3 record. Pitching 78 2-3
innings, he struck out 63,
allowed 76 hits’ and
compiled an impressive
3.77 ERA.
Villanova completed
the 1981 spring season
with a solid 20-12 overall
record and earned its
second consecutive post-
season appearance in the
Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) South
playoffs.
While attending Dallas
high school, Steve earned
three varsity letters in
each baseball, basketball
and football, and earned
All-League honors in all
three sports. Pitching for
Dallas baseball coach
Gerry Stinson, Skammer
rolled up an outstanding
30-2 pitching record.
Majoring in accounting
at Villanova, Steve is one
of two children of William
and Mary Ann Skammer
of Dallas.
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Chet Williams, 156 W.
Center Hill Road, Dallas,
took first place in the
Susquehanna River
Bassmasters tournament
held recently at Lake
Wallenpaupack, with six
fish weighing in at 10
pound, 12 oz. Sixteen
anglers from the local
club took 28 bass with a
total weight of 461 pounds,
all of which were returned
to the lake alive.
Bassmasters local
chapter competed May 15
at Raystown Lake and out
of a field of 220 anglers
Williams, and Barry
Brunges of Trucksville,
finished in 27th and 28th
place. Also competing
were Mac Brunges,
Gerald Carlson, Mike Sell
and Tom Stancik.
Williams also tinished a
respectable fourth in the
District VII Open Tour-
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Jennings letters
Blair Jennings of Dallas
earned his first varsity
letter with the men’s
tennis team at
Susquehanna University,
Selingsgrove, Pa.
A freshman economics
major, Jennings is the son
of Mrs. Louise Moore of 67
Grandview Ave., Dallas,
and Roger Jennings of
Atlanta, Ga., and a
graduate of Wyoming
Seminary Day School.
by Lee L. Richards
What a surprise I
received Tuesday after-
noon. I picked up the
phone and the voice on the
other end sounded quite
familiar. He said,
“What’s going on up in
Wilkes-Barre? Are you
going to be free tonight?”
1 finally figured out who it
was. None other than
Coach John Majors of
Tennessee.
He was calling from
Philly where he was in-
ducted into the Pop
Warner Hall of Fame the
night before. He was
touring around the
country doing pro-
motional work for the Tea
folks and physical fitness.
Coach Majors was con-
cerned about my Dad’s
health. I told him he was
coming along just fine.
So it was up to the
airport and a little
reunion of sorts since I
hadn’t been with John
since 1979 when the Vols
did a number on the
Fighting Irish of Notre
Dame. I wasn’t at all
happy when he sent
several of his assistant
coaches packing. While I
let him know I wasn’t
pleased, I've still never
found out the real issues
involved.
Meanwhile, Coach
Majors visited with my
family for a spell before
we ventured up to Tony
Perugino’s On South Main
Street for some goodies.
We were joined by Chris
Kirias, a Pitt grad and
former member of the
Panther grid team. Chris
was a real worker for
Coach Majors when he
first came to Pitt. He and
I more or less handled this
end of the state in lining
up recruiting visits.
During dinner we did
some reminiscing about
his early days at Pitt.
“It was a span in my life
that will always remain
very close to me,” said
Majors. ‘‘Those first
couple of years were the
toughest. I still feel the
turning point came in 1975
when we defeated Notre
Dame in Pittsburgh. We
were over the hump and
people sorta knew Pitt
football was back. The
1976 season was a once in
a life time thing. Teams
ranked ahead of us in the
polls got beat and we kept
on winning. That team
was a great group of
young men.”
The last time John was
in Wilkes-Barre was for
the St. Patrick festivities
in March of 1976. He sure
did woo a lot of folks over
that night.
“That was without a
doubt one of the most
enjoyable times I've ever
had at a speaking engage-
ment. The people couldn’t
do enough for me. I'd felt
like I knew most of them
all my life. Id sure like to
come back for that affair
again,”” Majors said
beaming.
Last football season
Coach Majors’ Vols
played against Georgia
which some felt was the
national champion. I’m
not one of them. He also
clashed withw USC,
Alabama and Pitt. He
dropped a one-pointer to
Georgia, bowed by two to
USC, was handled by
Alabama and throttled by
Pitt.
He said, ‘No question
Pitt had the best per-
sonnel we faced. The guy
who triggered them was
(QB Riek) Trocano. He
added a new dimension
with his ability to
scramble. Georgia was in
the right place at the right
time. Especially against
Notre Dame which had
Coach Majors is really
into tennis. He’s not that
avid about golf anymore.
I kidded him about getting
stiff shafted clubs several
years ago when I noticed
them in his office at UT.
He admitted that his
scores haven’t been as
consistent since he’s been
swinging the new sticks.
John Majors is still the
bundle of enthusiasm that
I first met back in 1973
when he took over the
reins at Pitt. Things
haven’t been a bed of
roses at UT. He took the
Vols to one bowl but he
hasn’t whipped Bama
and his won-loss record is
little over .500. His first
two games in September
are on the road at Georgia
and USC. That’s a tough
nut. to 'erack.: 1}
guarantee you the Bull-
dogs better be ready for a
rock’em--sock’em con-
test, cause John T. has a
way of getting his people
ready. i
Coach Majors empha-
sized several times during
the evening how delighted
of the UNICO Club was
going to honor my Dad.
“Luke was a heckuva
coach. I've run across
people all over Pennsyl-
vania that knew him and
had nothing but the
highest regard for his
coaching ability. I'm just
sorry I'll be overseas or
I'd have been here that
day,” said Majors.
It was good getting back
together again just
talking about our families
and football and the good
times. While I might not
agree with John’s reasons
for sacking my friends,
he’s still got a way aboug.
him that you gotta resped
and like.
CLIPBOARD NOTES:
Jimmy Smith has two
ducats for the U.S. Open
Golf tourney next week
and I’d liked to have gone
myself but I'll be busy
with helping the UNICO
crew prepare for the
East-West All Star
game...Miss Connie Jones
has been doing some pic-
ture taking for me of some
of the All-Stars. She’s a
quite talented...Russ
Tuesday night loop
running smoothly at Irem
Temple Country Club.
Already Lake-Lehman
grid fans are quizzing
about new Coach Mike
Lowery. I heard Mike
handled himself very
smartly in front of the
athletic committee. He's
an aggressive guy. I cand,
really take into cor®
sideration what he did at
Bishop Hoban simply be-
cause he received little
support and nobody has
been able to win in the
roundball and swimming
oriented school. He’ll
have to direct his at-
tention to the lower
grades to build up some
interest. He'll have very
little experience per-
sonnel returning to work
with, too. It’s going to
take time.
What a round of golf Ed
“Fuzzy” Rome carded
last week at Fox Hill in a
pro-am. Irem team of Pro
Barry Feis, Rome, Mark
Gashunas and Bob Bach-
man won team title, but
Rome’s record-tying 67
was the talk of the day.
Ed, a former Dallas
athlete, told me he could
have shot two or three
shots better if a few more
of his putts fell.
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