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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-11-23, Page 19SP2R T.S Times -Advocate, November 23,1994 Page 19 Lymley bringing inching clinic to Huron Park The former pro pitcher will offer a fundamental clinic for all ages By Fred Groves T -A staff LONDON - The professional season may have been scrapped, but for London native Mike Lumley, baseball is still a very big part of his life. In January, the former London Tigers pitcher will bring his Lum- ley School of Baseball to the Huron Park Recreation Centre where he, and other top-notch instructors, will host a ten -week pitching clinic. "We are doing a pitching school instead of a fun camp. We want to teach them the fundamentals," said Lumley, 28, from his home in London. Beginning January 8, and running every Sunday from 5-7 p.m. for 10 weeks, Lumley will be joined by Jay Lapp who has 23 years ex- perience as a college baseball coach. "We have three different stations. We have mounds, video cam- eras and a shoulder strength station," said Lumley. The clinic has no limitations when it comes to age. They start as young as six years old and go right up to adult. While the clinic offers young pitchers a chance to improve their skills, it also gives Lumley the opportunity to get on the phone and call some baseball scouts who are always in the market for pitching prospects. "We invite them down. We had two (Detroit) Tigers scouts look at eight or 10 boys last year. We get them looked at to plant them in the coaches' mind." Lumley had a very successful career with the Tigers organization as they moved him up through their system to the London AA Ti- gers. He was on the major team's 40 -man roster late in one season but didn't progress to the big team. Last year he worked off the mound for the London Majors of the Intercounty League, something he enjoyed and hopes to continue this summer. "I am a competitive person. It was a little laid-back but I was the person they relied on." Besides running his pitching clinics and working a few innings for the Majors, Lumley is also a Canadian scout for the Detroit Tigers and wants to get involved in coaching youngsters. in London. "After I got released they asked me if I wanted to keep playing. I had it in my mind to scout or coach." Anyone wishing more information about the pitching clinic at Hu- ron Park can contact Lumley at 680-2099. Distance changes: Still on baseball, Albert VanDyken of the Ex- eter Minor Baseball Association who is also vice-president of the Western Ontario Baseball Association, travelled to Sudbury on the weekend for the 78th Annual OBA meeting. He reported back with several interesting changes including that the distance between bases in bantam has been increased from 82 to 90 feet. Also the pitching distance has been changed from 55 feet to 60 feet, six inches.. i There are always collisions at homcpjate and VanDyken said that ;any malicious n t will be penaLvel, The umpire will determine if contact was avoidable and the penalty will be ejection. Rule changes for rookie ball include increasing the distance of the bases from 60 to 65 feet and any approved baseball, not just those yellow ones, can now go into the pitching machine. - Perhaps the biggest rule change is that there will only be one player in the pitchers' circle instead of two and that player can line- up on either side of the machine. HURON COUNT In recent years, the advanced technology has allowed cable TV subscriptions to be delivered to town and country residences anywhere via a wireless personal cable system. The expenses of running cable lines or installing new fibreoptic lines to each resident in the country is not feasible. 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She finished first in the frceskate and fourth in figures. Winning the gold was Correne Decerlo which will be tough competition for Jenni- son in Toronto. The Ontario finals also act as tryouts for the Canadian Winter Games as the top skater will head to Grand Praire, Alberta in Feb- ruary. RINGETTE NOVICE Forest Novice tournament Exeter Godbolt Insurance 7 at Forest 4 Exeter 8 vs. Hagersville 7 in overtime Exeter 2 vs. Seaforth 3 - championship game Excellent passing by Denise Ritchie. Chantelle Elder, Karly Pinder, Amber Preszcator, Jocelyn Stire, Aimee McCann, Amy Taylor, Shannon Baer. and Julie Farquhar. Great goaltending by Miranda Grenier and Jenna Revington. Super effort by all players. Panthers' goalie Nathan Hern gets ready to face a shot during last Tuesday's exhibition high school hockey game. Panthers ready for league play They played John Paul II to a 3-3 deadlock on Friday I.ONDON - After dropping their first three exhibition games, the South Huron District High School Panthers bounced back and man- aged a 3-3 tie with host John Paul I1 in London on Friday. The two teams battled to a 1-1 deadlock after the first period and John Paul II went up 3-2 after the second. Scoring for the visiting Panthers were Tim Morgan, Trevor Taylor and Blair Moir. Last Tuesday in Exeter at the South Huron Recreation Centre the Panthers lost to the same team 6-1. Ryan Shantz scored for South Hu- ron who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 after two periods. Tuesday the Panthers open their Huron -Perth Conference schedule as they host the Goderich Vikings at 2 p.m. "So far the league looks pretty balanced," said South Huron coach Dave Cox. 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