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By JOHN RODGERS
Sports Columnist
For the records: This article is
being written due to an over-
whelming request. I usually don’t
do so, but for some reason I feel
obligated.
With the start
of spring comes a
desire for the out-
doors. It comes in
all forms, jog-
ging, fishing,
baseball and soft-
ball. The latter is
the subject at i
hand. RODGERS
Softball is shared by an immeas-
urable amount of people, men,
women and children of all ages. In
the Back Mountain Area alone,
there is in excess of 100 teams, on
the amateur level. It’s also played
at outings, picnics, even school
yards.
The game itself has an arguable
and misty background. Some con-
demn it, saying it’s for beer-bellied
has-beens. The one’s who play it
claim different. Who cares! I don’t
mean that sarcastically, what I'm
trying to say is, if it’s fun and
enjoyable, and it’s not harmful — go
for it.
I play softball and I love it.
Admittedly, I’m no star, but I’m no
has-been in this sport. There are
stars and there are some less for-
tunate. However, the games nucleus
is ‘“‘competition,’”’ whether you're 45
or 17, it’s enjoyable. There is no
generation gap, hatred or deceit,
just good hard competition.
It’s a way of being a kid again, a
hero of sort. Some say it’s a way of
shaking frustration. I see it as a
way of relaxing. We compete with
life every day, meeting the bills, at
work, beating traffic. In softball,
you compete against each other and
after about an hour there is a
winner. Your system is relieved
and, win or lose, you feel good.
Another plea I was asked to make
was by a number of softball hus-
bands. I really can’t do it and have
a clear conscience. I kind of feel for
what I call a “softball widow.”
Scavone Motors shut out Mahaf-
fey Oil in the Imperialette League
led by K. Scavone who walloped
pins for 206 (506) and L. Maciecjzak
who hit them for 180. D. Garnett
knocked them down for 191 (490) to
pace the Jean Shop to three points
from Humphreys Apparel whose I.
Katyl rolled 206 (497). Lombardo
Bakery divided evenly with Hoof N
Paw with J. Mekeel’s 464 high
series for both teams.
In the Bowlerette League Frank-
lins picked up three points from
Brent Long who had N. Moser’s 170
(486). Hoagie Bar girls copped three
from Tom Reese five whose C.
Bafman scattered pins for 181.
Porkly blanked Spanky in Our
Gang League paced by B. Grieves’
510 and B. Searfoss’ 220. Buckwheat
took all from Stymie and Wheezer
earned three from Darla with none
of the members able to hit high
scores. Waldo picked up three from
Alfalfa despite Nancy Daney’s 181.
G.H. Harris Associates managed
to take three points from Fashion
Vending taking total pins by 34 pins
in the Ladies Country League.
Bonomo’s Sports Center made it
three over Gordon Insurance
sparked by N. Ide’s 191, L. Maci-
ecjzak’s 173-171 (480) and M.E.
Neely’s 1838. The insurance team
were led by P. Gordon's 192 (470).
Grotto Pizza took three from the
Castlettes paced by R. Radzinski’s
188-178 (489).
In the George Shupp League
Fino’s Pharmacy took three points
from Harris Associates led by R.
Bonomo who slammed the pins for
269-215 (653) and F. Adams 212
(581). T. Shalata added 209 (568)
and K. Youngblood gave 545. J.
Guido rolled 574 and A. Wendel
posted 231 (571) for the Harris team
and D. Purvin set the pace with 206-
204 (602). Conner’s 514 was high for
both teams as he paced Katyl TV to
taking three points from SCID.
OLD MILL BIKE
Gino’s Shoe Store men copped three
points from Steele’s Restaurant led
by T. Doughton’s 552. The restau-
rant five were aided in taking one
game by J. Schultz’s 214 (534).
In the George Shupp League
Sweet Valley Outfitters shut out
Bermudas with Glen Mazer’s 210
(577) showing the way. F. Ranalle
hit 520 and R. Bonomo, Jr. rolled
513. G.H. Harris picked up three
points from Brown’s Oil with T.
Doughton giving 580, H. Bennett
rolling 562 and M. Whiting posting
210 (543). A Lanynaitta hit pins for
559 and J. Roan scattered them for
217 (543) for the oil men. Beach
Combers took three from Charlies
All Stars with help from a big
handicap. The All-Stars had F. Cor-
nell’s 545, K. Spencer’s 526 and B.
Cyphers 519. J. Shultz scattered pins
for 531 to lead Back Mountain Sport-
ing Goods in taking three from the
Hambos.
Irene Katyl knocked down pins for
174 to lead the A Team to three
points from Nobody’s in Bonomo’s
Mixed League. Sue Tereska hit a
134 triplicate and Ray Kurtz rolled
203 for the Nobody’s Five. Rich
Jenkins 515 and Joy Alexander’s 179
paced Ghost Busters to three point
from the Halfbreeds, who had
Kathy Mintzer’s 173.
Shavertown B blanked Maple
Grove aided by B. Walko’s 207-241
(619) and D. Wright’s 221 (553) in
the Back Mountain Church League.
Trucksville B picked up three from
Trucksville C led by C. Hoover’s 563
and F. Castrignano’s 211. J. Cob-
leigh rolled 533 to lead East Dallas
to three points from Dallas A whose
B. Williams hit the pins for 545
while Carverton B took three from
Shavertown A aided by M. Rudick’s
535. H. Shupp knocked down pins for
518 but it wasn’t enough as the
Orange team dropped three points
to Carverton A men who were led
by J. Haines 211.
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All of a sudden, their hubbies are
gone for five nights a week, and
sometimes even weekends. Family
schedules are disturbed, the grass
isn’t cut, etc. What I will ask
however, is, try and work it out, but
wives and girlfriends or boyfriends
(There are also a lot of women
playing softball), please, don’t take
the little bit of child in them away.
Like I mentioned earlier, it’s a sport
everyone can enjoy. Maybe you can
join in, be a fan, root for your
friends, make it an enjoyable eve-
ning for everyone.
The argument on this however
will always have its pros and cons.
It’s like rowing a boat full of holes
— it’s a never-ending struggle.
Hope to see you on the field, but
please give me a break, don’t hit
the ball too hard.
One more thing, how about the
vote on the proposal to move girls’
basketball games in the W.V.C. to
evenings. Currently, the girls play
at 4 p.m. The proposal was to move
the games to the evening. The vote
was 11-6 in favor, but because it has
to pass by a two-thirds majority,
they will remain at 4 p.m.
In my opinion ‘‘change’, there
are many working families who
don’t get the opportunity to see their
daughters play, especially at away
games. Then, the schools complain
about attendance at women’s
sports.
I wonder if the people who voted
against this proposal thought of
their own personal schedule versus
that of the overall picture.
By JOHN RODGERS
Staff Correspondent
Lake-Lehman used two big
innings and patience at the plate to
hand Wyoming Area its first loss of
the season.
The Black Knights, trailing 4-1
after five innings, scored seven runs
in the last two innings and turned in
a 85 victory. The decisive runs
came in the seventh when Lehman
used two walks and three singles to
score three runs.
Malak was the winning pitcher,
going six innings, striking out eight
and walking two. Fedor led the
offense with three RBI's. Earl Weid-
ner added three hits and T. Willy
Cadwalader two.
MEYERS 14, LEHMAN 6
In Lehman’s outing against
Meyers, the ball bounced the wrong
way. Hampered by seven errors,
they came up on the losing end of a
14-6 score.
The Knights started off on a good
note, getting to Mohawks’ pitcher
Coolbaugh for three runs in the first
two innings. They used three walks,
a hit batsman for one in the first. In
the second, Walt Konopki and T.
Willy Cadwalader both had RBI
singles to make it 3-0 Lehman.
In the bottom of the third, how-
ever, vengeance was had as the
Mohawks scored eight runs on nine
hits to take an 8-3 lead it never lost.
The Knights came back to close
the gap, 8-6, in the fourth, however,
Meyers scored every inning after to
stretch its lead.
The game was played in 30 degree
weather with snow squalls so bad,
play was halted in excess of 10
minutes on occasion.
LEHMAN 6, HOBAN 4
P.J. Malak of Lehman struck out
nine Argents and the Knights scored
three times in the fifth to gain the
victory.
After giving up two runs in the
first inning on a two run hit by
Hoban’s Iskra, Malak took control.
Trailing 2-0, Lehman scored three
runs in the fifth and added three
more in the sixth to gain the vic-
tory. Stapinski scored twice for the
Black Knights.
DALLAS 12, CRESTWOOD 12
Dallas and Crestwood played to a
12-12 deadlock in a game called due
to darkness.
The game, originally scheduled to
be played at Crestwood, was moved
to Dallas because of playing condi-
tions. It will be made up at a later
date.
Being blanked for four innings
and trailing 4-0, Dallas erupted for
seven runs in the top of the fifth for
a 7-4 lead, Ford had the big hit in
the inning. Crestwood came right
back with three runs to knot the
score.
Dallas tock a 10-7 lead in the
sixth, however, the Comets came
right back with four tallies to go up,
11-10.
The Mountaineers, behind Jubis’
hit, tallied twice in the seventh to
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grab a 12-11 lead, just to see the
Comets come back again just to tie
it again.
Dallas used two hurlers, Moye
and Moyer while Crestwood went
with McGovern and Feisel.
DALLAS 16, TECH 10
The Mountainers, behind winning
pitcher Dombek’s 10 strikeouts and
three base hits, defeated the West
Side Tech Titans, 16-10. The Moun-
taineers pounded out 12 hits, includ-
by Medura and Ford. Moyer came
in to relieve Dombek and struck out
4 Bh
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The unseasonable weather cut
short the Lake-Lehman/Wyoming
Seminary tennis match last Tues-
day, but not before the Blue Knights
swept the singles and won, 5-0.
In the singles, Gunster of Wyo-
ming Seminary defeated Lake-
Lehman’s Stair 6-2, 6-3; Heydt (WS)
took Buzinkai 6-2, 6-0; Wilson
defeated Knight Moosic 7-5, 6-1;
Baiman (WS) blanked the Knights
Kozloski 6-0, 6-0; and Seminary’s
Kelly defeated Kelly 6-1, 6-0.
Snow, heavy at times, forced the
doubles to be discontinued, but the
match was already won by Semi-
nary.
On Friday, the Lake-Lehman
Knights met the Dallas netmen at
Back Mountain Baseball Teener
League tryouts for the Dallas ,
Shavertown and Trucksville areas
will take place at Dallas Junior
High on Wednesday, April 17 at 5
p.m., and Saturday, April 20 at 1
the Newberry Courts but were
unable to down their Back Mountain
rivals as the Mountaineers shut
them out 7-0. ;
C. Lawley defeated Knight Stare
in consecutive sets of 6-0, 6-3 and
Dave Dillon shut out Buzinkai 6-0, 6-
0. Mount Kistler defeated 'Lake-
Lehman’s Moosic 6-0, 6-2; B.-Moore
of Dallas took Lieb 6-0, 6-1 and Jack
Albert took Knight Kosloski 6-0, 6-1.
In the doubles, Lawley and Kistler
defeated Stare and Buzinkai 8-3.
Mounts Dillon and Albert took
Keefer and Moosic 8-0.
The Knights record dropped to 0-2
while th Mountaineers upped their
record to 2-0. g
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