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BY PAUL HART MAN
It's been easy to forget the Montreal Ex-
pos this season.
The team has been virtually buried by
writers either bemoaning the plight of the
Blue Jays or praising the efforts off les
Canadiens in their quest for Lord Stanley's
coveted cup
Of course, the Jays and the Canadiens
aren't the
Onl-y wh-y many tend to
ignore 'Canada's other baseball team'
In past seasons, the `Silos have earned
themselves a reputation for choking when
the going gets tough. Despite having a
multitude of talent and plenty of ex-
perience the team has never really been
able to put it all together and win the big
one.
Granted they've come close several
times -in the late" seventies they were
cheated out of a pennant on the last day of
the season by a Rick Monday double- but
they've never won /he National League
East title
And twenty years of mediocrity Seem to
have taken their toll. Even Montrealers
have forgotten the home team. Before last
week, attendance at the 'Big 0' had been
above the 20,000 mark exactly once this
season -that on opening day.
But maybe it's time everyone started
remembering.
The team sports a 26-20 record thus far,
fifth hest in baseball and gond enough for
second in the NL East.
The bats are hot. Andre Dawson, Hubie
Brooks and Tim Raines all find themselves
well up in the hitting stats. Raines is third
in the stolen base category with 18. -
The pitching, staff may be a little weak
but the bullpen, led by Jeff Reardon's 11
saves, may keep them out of trouble until
they find a groove.
Perhaps most importantly, the tearrf
seems to have a new attitude.
There have been no rumors of drug
abuse, no trade demands, few salary
squabbles or locker room tussles. It's a
n team
club that appears to care more about the
team's standing than personal achieve-
ment -something that couldn't have been
claimed a few years ago.
Players like Vance Law and Tim
Wallach may have brought a new feeling
to the Expos. Or the blockbuster trades
that the team engaged in a few years back
with the Mets and the Chisox may have
rooted out some of the bad blood. Maybe
some players needed to be remied
of
their own mortality, needed to be
out of the stupor that they had fallen into.
Perhaps, the attention that has been
heaped on the Jays in the past few seasons
has provided the Expos with a much need-
ed respite.
Whatever the reason, this year's Expos
seem to be different from the perennial
chokers of the past seasons.
When the pennant race for the NL East
begins to heat up in the fall, expect the
Montrealers to be in the thick of things.
Holmesville athlete is victor at Elementary Meet
BY MIKE FERGUSON
Derek Bradshaw of Holmesville Public
School was the victor in local action at the
Elementary School Track Meet held last
week. On the strength of wins in the 200 m,
400 m, shot put, and second in running long
jump, Bradshaw took first in the Senior
Boys division over Shawn Talbot and An-
drew Brewster, both of Colborne.
In Midget Boys section, Mike Vessey of
Victoria won as he finished first in both the
,standing and running long jump. Tied for se-
cond in Midget Boys were Jason Hayter of
Robertson, and Drew Macauley of Victoria.
Chris MacDonald of Brookside won the
Junior Boys category over Shawn Carver of
Victoria, and Scott Rintoul of Brookside,
who was third: For 'Intermediate Boys,
Duane Durnin of Brookside won that
category, with Jason Dempsey of Robertson
second, and Jamie McDougall of Brookside
third. .
With victories in the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m,
and high jump, Julie Pentland of Brookside
took the Senior Girls section over Leslie
Meyers and Jill Lamb of Colborne, who
finished third. Tanya Deveau. of Robertson
won the Junior Girls category, with first
place finishes in the running long jump, and
100 m and 200 m races. Angie Harrison and
Tammy Watt, both of Victoria, finished se-
cond and third respectively.
Traly. Ott of Holmesville won in In-
termerate Girls, with Tresha MacDonald
of.Brookside in second, and Nicole Miller of
Colborne taking third. In Midget Girls com-
petition, Nancy Lobb of Holmesville finish-
ed first in the running long jump, 200 m, 800
m, and second in the 100 m to combine for 38
points, more than enough, to beat Tricia
-Brown of Brookside with 22 points, and in
third place Dana Park with 16 points, also of
Brookside.
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