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Helen Dickinson converted a 2-10
split in the Idetown Compacts
League to lead the LeBarons to a 2-2
split with the strong Aries team and
A. Edwards set the pace with a big
211 (560). L. Lanning led the Aries
five with 522, J. Berti added 506 and
Nancy Kozemchak hit 178 (471). H.
Evans tumbled pins for 515 to lead
Firebirds to four points from the
Camaros while M. Pazuchanics 173
showed the way for the Citations
blanking the Corvettes. Pintos shut
out the Capris with no one able to
hit high scores.
In the Ladies Country League
Bonomo Sports Center continued in
the lead by taking three from G.H.
Harris. K. Scavone led Bonomo’s
with 186 (509). Fashion Vending
continued on Bonomo’s heels by
picking up three points from the
Castlettes aided by L. Cyphers 473,
L. Maciejczak’s 197 (478) and W.
Kowalski’s 178. J. Mekeel rolled 476
and B. Strazdus hit the pins for 171
for the Castlettes. A. Hospodar
added 181 to the cause. Grotto Pizza
stayed in third by copping three
points from Gordon Insurance led
by F. Allabaugh’s 474. J. Lamo-
reaux’s 178 was high for the insur-
ance girls.
In the Community Service
League, seldom mentioned this
season, Fino’s Pharmacy shut out
the Back Mt. Inn led by Ken Jr.’s
233 (591) and R. Bonomo’s 221 (589).
Glen Mazer rolled 220 (560) for the
losing five. L. Coolbaugh’s 570
showed the way for Smith’s Country
Store’s four points from Pickett’s
Charge who had Clint’s 226 (530)
and Besecker’s Realty blanked G.H.
Harris paced by Les’ 210 (580).
Gino’s Shoe Store I copped three
points from IGA with Bob S.” 214
(556) high for all men. Gino’s II
dropped three points to Bayo’s Ice
despite R. Daubert’s 539. R. Harned
rolled 564 for Bayo’s and F. Cornell
added 528.
J. Cobleigh belted the pins for 583
and R. Witkowski hit them for 543 to
lead East Dallas in shutting out
Shavertown B in the Back Mt.
Church League. C. Kazokas’ 517 was
best for the losing five. Gary Mazer
walloped the pins for 241 (601) and
twin brother Glen rolled 538 to lead
Maple Grove to three from Orange,
whose C. Cyphers rolled 555 and J.
Mitchell 534. S. Hoover’s 533 was
enough to pace Trucksville B to
three points from Trucksville C
while Carverton B dropped three to
a stronger Shavertown A team.
Dallas A divided equally with Carv-
erton A.
Dallas runners
The young Dallas runners lost
their first meets last week when
they competed with Wyoming
Valley West and Tunkhannock in a
tri-meet at the Spartans Stadium.
The Spartans defeated Tunkhan-
nock 77-64 and Dallas 108-32 while
Tunkhannock defeated the Dallas
girls 89-51. Coach Bill Straitiff was
pleased with the performance of his
young Lady Mountaineers, who
fought hard to give a good perform-
ance.
Kristin Fairchild was a double
winner for Dallas, taking the discus
and the shot put. Maureen Wisnieski
took the 100 dash in 13.7.
Other Dallas girls who placed
were 3200 relay-Dallas 2nd; 1600
relay-Dallas 2nd; 200 dash-S. STar-
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— CHARLOT M. DENMON
P. McAndrew rolled 217 to lead
the Butch five to four points from
Porky’s team in Qur Gang League
while the Farina’s took three from
the Worm’s gang. V. Hudak’s 540
series was enough for Spanky’s
team to manage one point from the
Chubbie’s five whose J. Besecker
hit 171. D. Springer’s 179 aided
Alfalfas in picking up three from
the Buckwheat crew.
In the Bowlerette League N.
Moser hit the pins for 192 (510) to
lead her Hoagie Bar girls to four
points from Franklin’s while D.
Long’s 190 (473) paced Brent Long
to three points from Tom Reese
girls.
Schmid’s Amoco girls shut out
Scavone Motors to move into a first
place tie with Mahaffey Oil in the
Imperialette League, when Mahaf-
fey Oil lost four to Lombardo
Bakery. Humphrey’s Apparel lost
all to the Jean Shop. Hitting high
scores for the night were J. Mekeel
170-170 (499), F. Marth 172, B. May
208 (543), D. Garnett 187 (480), L.
Bolton 176 (473), S. Johnson 170-171
(471) and D. Lapasnick 172.
In the Bonomo Major League
Sweet Valley Outfitters blanked the
Hambo’s led by D. Johnstone's 222
(584) and R. Bonomo’s 210 (564). K.
Youngblood’s 558 was best for the
losing five. Back Mt. Sporting
Goods took three from G.H. Harris
sparked by L. Coolbaugh’s 202-204-
206 (612) and J. Shultz’s 554. A.
Wendel’s 245 (586) and T. Dough-
ton’s 231 (570) were high for the
Harris team. Brown’s Oil shut out
the Back Mt. Inn five led by Jerry
Roan’s 233-225 (632) and R.
Bonomo’s 545. K. Orkwis hit 547 and
K. Spencer 535 for the Inn team.
Monk’s Plumbing men continued in
the fight for first by taking four by
forfeit from Back Mt. Inn No. 2. Bob
Harris rolled 213-229 (631) and E.
Harris 526 for the plumbing team.
K. Boom surprised the Bermudas
by taking four points from them
with none of the men posting high
scores.
ELECT
SCOTT
FOR
The story in the Sunday paper had
raised a quiet woman to outrage.
I was still trying to shake off
Saturday night and find a good
reason for living on such a painfully
sunny day, but fate had placed me
in the wrong room at the wrong
time.
“And what does
this guy think
that he’s doing,”
she demanded
waving the news-
paper at me in a
deafening ges-
ture. e
“What are you
talking about?” ¥
“This guy who
want to be a big- RICK ROGERS
wig in Harrisburg, wants to pass a
law that says any athlete who fails
any course in school can’t play on
any sports team or participate in
any school club, *’ she said.
“What’s wrong with all that?” I
said dumbly and numbly as I sipped
my Alka-seltzer as quietly as possi-
ble. !
It was the wrong thing to say to a
woman who has sat through three
sons worth of baseball games, foot-
ball Sundays and wrestling-
produced hunger strikes.
“What’s wrong with it?” It was
not a question but a kind of threat
and insult rolled into a neat pack-
age. “I'll tell you what’s wrong with
it: this guy, who is just trying to
make a name for himself, is going
to deprive thousands of kids from
going into sports, probably going to
make some kid drop out of high
school and may cause other kids not
to get to college at all,” she said
indigently.
For a woman who knows just
enough about sports to root for the
Dallas Cowboys because they are
‘America’s team’ and who has the
temper of a wet rabbit, this was
quite a declaration of the facts as
she saw them.
“What makes you think that?”
‘Because they are trying some-
thing like this down in Texas and it
is causing all kinds of problems,”
she said matter of factly. ‘Some of
the football teams down there
couldn’t even finish the season
because so many of their players
couldn’t play because they didn’t
pass their classes.”
“Well, that seems to make sense
to me,” I said truthfully.
“Yes, but what about the kids who
pass all their classes except one?
What about the kid who has a
chance of a scholarship taken away
because he did bad in health class
and has to miss the entire season?”
she said, sympathy dripping from
the corners of her mouth. ‘‘Some-
times a coach can have a lot of good
impact on someone’s future.”
I could see that she was thinking
of me and some of my old coaches.
I thought it was something of a
cheap shot, though I didn’t let it
_Show.
I think that you are looking at this
problem from the wrong point of
view,” I countered. ‘‘Most kids
don’t get decent grades because
they don’t put in the time and they
think they can do just about any-
thing in the class room and still be
in the starting line up come
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
They're led to believe this because
they’ve seen others get away with
it.
“Another thing, no one with a
scholarship on the line is going to
or she is good enough, it doesn’t
matter. The scholarship will come.
Of course, if the kid really is dumb,
he doesn’t deserve a scholarship
anyway. In which case he’d have to
accept a free ride to the University
of Georgia or some other monument
to the intellect in the South of Mid-
West. There are a lot of colleges
whose only entrance requirements
are 4.5 speed, a pulse and some
history of regular breathing,” I
said.
“But the high school coaches
around here are against the rule.
They say that the rule is shallow,
narrow-minded and not in the best
interest of the kids. They say that if
a C-minus average, with no failing
grades, is so important, why isn’t it
a requirement for graduation?’’ she
said defensively.
“It probably should be a require-
ment for graduation,” I said dryly.
“Of course, most of the coaches are
against the rule. It is a classic case
of covering their behinds. If they
back the rule, they could lose a key
player who is a monster on the
gridiron but an amoeba in biology.
So they attack the rule and end up
putting diagrams of the plays on
Johnny’s shoes because he can’t
read the Xs and Os.”
“But do you know what such a
rule could do to high school sports
around the country?’ she said
weakly.
“No. But I think that it is about
high time that some one finds out.”
BITS & PIECES
I watched a lot of the Blue White
game on Saturday. The game,
which ended 32-all, has to be consid-
ered a welcome calling card for the
upcoming season. Both Nittany Lion
quarterbacks, John Shaffer and
Matt Knizer looked good and sopho-
more fullback Sean Redman looks
like he is going to make the score-
board roar this season and the next
two to come.
Last year, Penn State Coach Joe
Paterno thought that his team was
still a year away from its potential.
With 15 returning seniors and some
under-classmen with loads of talent,
this could be the year of the Lion.
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The reason I watched so much of
the Penn State game was that I got
sick of watching the Pittsburgh
Pirates maul the Phillies.
I hope the Phillies have a large
supply of light bulbs; it gets pretty
dark in that cellar. if it’s any
consolation, the Chicago Cubs will
probably go halves on the electric
bill.
(Rick Rogers is a sports column-
ist for The Dallas Post. His column
appears weekly)
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