The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-05-11, Page 19ark Somewhere
By Jim Hughson. Sportscaster
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If Abner Doubleday had known
how .many pitchers it now takes to
complete the game he invented,
baseball would have only seven
innings. Had he paid ta.watch eight
Toronto and Kansas City pitchers
give up 23 hits in a recent 11 - 9'
marathon that took almost four
hours, he'd have kept his invention
to himself.
The national pastime has changed
considerably since Doubleday
created a game with one pitcher on
each team. Now every squad in a•
constantly expanding league has a
dozen and there just aren't enough
good ones to go around.
The Toronto Blue Jays know this
all too well. The defending cham-
pions have a lineup that hits like
nine Reggie Jacksons. Unfor-
tunately, on too many days, they
pitch like him, too, and find them-
selves with a tnediocre record
looking up at their arch rivals from
Boston, New York and Baltimore.
The Blue. Jays have been caught
short of pitching primarily because
of injuries to Danny Cox and
Duane Ward, key members of last
year's staff. Butlike most other
teams, they've fallen victim to a
game that's changed in the last 15
years: Pitchers are less durable and
versatile and so, when • one gets
hurt, more difficult to replace.
The dilemma, as with too many in
baseball, can .be traced . to money.
When starting pitchers began
making millions of dollars,
management became more careful
with .. their, investments. They
switched from ,four to. five man,
starting staffs • to make sure their
prized possessions were well rested.
Then 'they limited the number of
pitches to ensure no one got over-
worked.
Once the starter was no longer a
finisher, it became important to
have someone close out the game.
Relievers had ,been starters. gone
sour or veterans at the end of their
careers but teams discovered that
fresh arms in the late innings made
outs almost automatic, so they
developed • closers. Before long,
there was a setup man to pitch the
eighth inning, a closet to pitch the
ninth and both made the kind of
money we dream of winning in a
lottery.
The Blue Jays were at the head of
the class. Through the late '80s
they had left and right-handed setup
men (David `Wells and Duane
Ward) and one of the best closers
in the game (Tom Henke).
The price of winning champion-
. ships, however, was high. Henke
and Wells went the way of budget
cuts' and Ward got hurt. That left
the Blue Jays with starting pitchers
trained to get through the seventh
inning and a batch of bullpen boys
who • aren't quite ready for prime
time. The result is blown leads, late
nights and an upset stomach for the,
manager.
There's little solace in misery
having company but Toronto is just
one oftwo dozen teams with the
same problem. And the solution
might be a few years away. Since
teams seem unable to develop good
bullpen stoppers and don't want to
pay huge money if they do, perhaps
it's time to condition, pitchers to
toss'complete games again.
Imagine that. Baseball with only
two hurlers and no pitching change
commercials. Maybe Abner's idea
shouldn't have• been tampered with
in the first place.
Monday night
league ends
OWLING
The Monday Nighi Mixed
bowling league wrapped up their
season recently. The season's
champs were John's Jokers with
112 points and included Fred
DeBoer, Eric Haldenby, Robert
Jones, John Andrew, Linda Stick -
lend and Tracey Norman.
The Noisy Critters racked up a
total of 13,376 points to take the
playoff round. Team members
include Eric Taylor, Tom Downey,
Harold Elliott,; Terri Wall, Margaret
Young and George Wall.
High singles for the season and
playoffs went to Gerry Vander
Klippe (366) and John Van Diepen
(329). Gerald Rhody rolled the high
triple for the season with 821, and
Eric Taylor's 844 was high triple
for playoffs.
In the ladies's division, Merle
Rhody (289) and Tracey Norman
(239) were high singles for season
and playoff respectively.
Shani Webb's 680 was high triple
for the season,.,and Ruely .Vander
Klippe's 634 took the playoffs.
High average was maintained by
Shirley Kennedy with 176, and Eric
Haldenby with 189.
Most improved bowlers were Lea -
Anne Haldenby with +33 and John
'Van Diepen with +26.
Low games were claimed, by
Ursula Crane 56, and Joe Austin
71.
Ripley Bowlers
High singles and doubles to date:
Al Schaus 252, 481, Donalda Pol-
lard 201, 329.
Games over 150: Ed Fink 163, Al
Schaus 215, 163, Peg Roome 171,
Donalda Pollard 164, Jim Wilkie
166.
Team standings: Bluebirds 50,
Robins 50, Cardinals 49, Wrens 31,
Orioles 16, Larks 20.
f,ucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 11, 1994 - Page 19
Receiving awards at the YBC wrap up last Saturday were, back,
row, left to right: Jackie Hackett, Junior MI; Aaron Ritchie,
Bantam MI; Wyatt Kwan, Bantam H.A.; Kristina Johnston, Junior
H.A. Front row: James Mann, Pee Wee MI; Denzel Archer,
Smurf, H.A.; Greg Beyersbergen, Smurf MI; and Jennifer
Beyersbergen Pee Wee H.A. and bowler of the year. (Pat
Livingston photo)
Those YBC bowlers were honored for their performance during
the year. From the left, back . row, Jeff Weber, .Bantam H.S.;
Patrick Ritchie, Junior H.T.; Jamie Aubie, Junior H.S. Front row,
Brent deBruyn, Smurf H.S.; Amber Ritchie, Pee Wee H.S.
Absent: Anson Ritchie, Pee Wee H.D. and Russ Mann, Bantam
H.D. (Pat Livingston photo) .
Many activities keep LCPS students occupied
LCPS is very proud of Rachael.
Bushell who won the. intermediate
division of the Bruce County Public
Speaking competition on Apr. 16.
Rachael was selected from a group
of, students who represent the top
Grade 7 and 8 speakers in all of
Bruce County. Rachael has received
this prestigious award on two oc-
casions. She will present her win-
ning speech at a county council
meeting as well as the 25th. anniver-
sary of the Bruce County Board of
Education in Elmwood on May 11..
Congratulations on . your fine
achievement, Rachael!
Electives
Our fifth elective program was '
held on Apr. 22. New sessions
included Helping the Blind, Plan-
ning a Party, T-shirt decorating and
Building a Bird House. We would
like to thank community helpers
Doreen Mali, Jennifer Pidgeon, Del
Burkhart, Kim Ozorio, Don
Cameron, Gord Cayley, Laura
Steffler, Reta Davis, Kay Remus;
Earl Farrell, the Lucknow Bowling •
Lanes, Barb Bushell, Chrissie Con-
ley, Robert Hamilton, Debbie Cur-
rie, Crystal Elliott, Chris Massena,
Karen Stanley, Marg Medley, and
Greg Fowler and Shannon of the
CMB for their contributions to the
successful elective program.
Earth Week
Earth week seemed like an ap-
propriate time for the 13 members
of the World Watchers used a film,
a display, plus the overhead to
introduce this challenging Environ-
mental Program entitled, Learners
in Action. Each division in the
school received the workshop. The
World Watchers explained that the
goal of the program is for the entire
student body to work together and
try to achieve 100 Environmental
projects. If this goal is ac-
complished, the school will receive
a huge banner stating that LCPS is
a "Green School." The . World
Watchers have completed the 20
projects for the Bronze Certificate.
Now, they are asking for the
school's help to receive the silver,
gold and finally the ultimate "Green
Banner.."
Students showed' enthusiasm for
Learners in Action and are looking
forward to the challenge of reaching
the goal of 100 projects. The World.
Watchers also provided an oppor-
tunity for students to collect
houselcague points by presenting
trivia question relating to the Earth
week theme. Each day' during mor-
ning announcements, a question was
asked and if the proper response
was given, each person received
five houseleague points. A special
thank you to Amy Blake, Marlene
Johnston, Jessica Steffler, Andrew
Grist, Mandy Havens, Erin Eadie.,
Michelle Mitchler, ,Joapne Harris,
Margo Abbott, Jaime Pritchard,
Lindsay Raymond, Sam Mayer and
Valerie Weber.
- Walkerton Music Festivtd
Mrs. de Boer would like to com-
mend the following people who
represented our school so well at
the Music festival, held in Walker-
ton. Congratulations to Margo Ab-
bott, Heather Lougheed, and
Rachael Bushell who received first
place and to Amy Blake and Melin-
da Donnan who received a second
place prize. Thank you for doing
such a fine job!
BasketBall Tournament
The girls' and boys' basketball
teams recently competed in a
regional basketball tournament and
although they did not win the pen-
LCPS INSIDER
nant, they were' competitive and
enjoyed some victories. Members of
the boys' team were: Andrew Grist,
Daryl Aitchison, Tom Symes, Sean
Lougheed, Cam Moffat, Conor
,McDonagh and'Clint•Gunter. Mem-
bers of the girls' team were: Andrea
Hiller, Melanie Nicholson, Kristi
Cranston, Come Kranenburg, Sherri
McCracken, Jackie Freeman, Paula
Kwan, Jayme Sutherland, Alicia de
Boer, Came Moffat and Natalie
Tormey.
Music Night
LCPS was busy "Readin", `Ritin'
and Rockin " on May 4 as the'
Grade 7 and 8 students presented
their spring musical. The. school
band performed for the audience as
'everyone waited for the show to
begin.. Then, the students enter-
Mined a packed auditorium with
their singing, dancing, and acting as
they told tales of their everyday
school life... The evening was a
resounding success and the students
had much of which to be proud. i
Theatre Performance
On May 5 the Erewhon Theatre
came to visit: They acted out the
play "The Lion, The Witch and the •
Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. Their
presentation was quite amazing as i
the audience was asked to make the
sound effects and was allowed to
try on costumes following the play.
Their performance was enjoyed by
everyone.
The studious students In LCPS's Readin', Rhin' and Rockin' musical, presented last week, are
Devon MacDonald and Trevor Askes. (Marg Burkhart photo)
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