with
Harry

Pepper
That's the way it goes in
this business, some weeks the

things one has to write about
would take up twice the usual
space, while on others there's
not enough happening to
warrant writing a column.
This week is actually a little
above the average for
Rossland.
By the time you read this
the contingent of Slo-Pitch
people will be on their way to
the big tournament in
Kamloops trying to get back
at the Kats for winning the
Rossland tourney earlier this
summer.
Last weekend the Fun
League people, who belong to
the same group as the SloPitch, held their seasonending playoffs. The prize for
the winner of this event is a
very
impressive-looking
trophy known as the Joe Issel
Trophy and was won this year
by a team known as the
Uplander-Scrap. In the past I
believe this team was called
Wise's Scrap and later took on
the name of Super-Scrap.
Now, maybe, that Super is a

special name for the team in
the
Slo-Pitch
tourney,
anyway, most of the same
players play on both, so you
can take your pick, I guess.
They beat the Payless team
iri the final game in a real
closie for the trophy and the
Roadrunners, Orwell Hotel
and the Rossl.'-nd Hotel
followed in that order.
The people who passed
along the information on this
event stated very emphatically that their
organization does not hold
with the idea of picking a long
list of MV performers, but
they added that for his extraordinary performances
throughout the playoffs,
special mention should be
given Pete Bourchier.
They also added that a very
special vote of thanks should
be tendered to the big
redhead, John Habicht, and
his wife, Odile, for their
contribution of preparing and
serving food and drink during
the event out at Centennial
Park. These two people did a
helluva job, I'm told.

All games in the tourney
were closely contested, the
only fly in the ointment being
the fact that not enough
people showed up to watch the
games. Next year the Fun
people hope to have a little
better accommodations for
viewers; at present there's
not much relief from the
blazing sun out at Black Bear

GREGSTEIN

shooting of Allen that has
been a big factor in the two
Well, the Redmen got off on victories.
In Sunday's game his five
the right foot in the playoffs
against Armstrong as they straight goals in that wild
won both games here on the third period must be a record
weekend and now need a win of some kind, coupled with
in one of the two games -in John's performance, the
Armstrong this weekend in aggressive play of Walt
order to take the best-of-five Christianson, Peter Janssen
and Jeff Eder on offence and
series.
This would lead them into a Brian Jack and Kenny Mcseries of games in Victoria on Donald on defence, not to
the weekend of Aug. 16-18. mention the gutsy perThe four best teams in the formances turned in by the
province will meet to decide guys whose names don't
who will represent B.C. in the . always find the sports pages,
final series for the Canadian some of whom were playing
championship in Owen Sound, hurt, too.
I specially want to mention
Ont., later in the year.
I'm not sure of the format one lad whom I think must
but according to coach Allen, rate some special kind of
a team from North Shore will word for his contribution to
probably accompany the the team. He doesn't get to
Redmen, if they win the play too often but he takes his
present series. From the waimup eurdles along with
mainland, a team from the the rest and is always ready if
Upper Island plus the host needed. I'm talking, of
team from Victoria will battle course, of Greg Steih, the
black-bearded lad who is
it out to see who will go east.
In the series with Arm- back-up to Bill Thomas in the ·
strong, to date, it has been the Redmennet.
Thomas is a pretty fantastic
heady play and accurate
netminder and playing in his
shadow doesn't give his
backup too many chances to
show his stuff, but the few
times we've seen Greg he has •
done his job well and truly.
To wind up this week I want
to tell you a little about what
does on down at Cook Avenue
ball park on ' Monday
evenings. I think they call it
Old-Timers, Slo-Pitch, Fun
softball. The Old Timers part
of the title is a misnomer as
park.

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to tell you a little about what
does on down at Cook Avenue
ball pa'rk on ' Monday
evenings. I think they call it
Old-Timers, Slo-Pitcb, Fun
softball. The Old Timers part
of the title is a misnomer as
there are more young gaffers
playing and the old ones
aren't all that old. The SloPitch and Fun, I'll go along
with, I even have fun watching from the sidelines.
There are one or two in the
company who haven't exactly
retained their slim, athletic
figures but they seem to
manage and since it's all in
fun no one minds · a little
miscue once in a while.
I think if the poet who wrote
"A Comedy of Errors" had
seen one of these perfonnances, his work would
have reached a new dimension.
· The people "Who take part in
this outrageous frolic are to
be congratulated for doing
something they enjoy and
which must give them a lot of
satisfaction. Among - those
participating are Donna
Price, Zula Laface, Joyce
Woods, Cindy Bateman,
Roberta Dellch and Sharon
Schuck, on the female side,
while on the other side are
guys like Babe and Rudy
Laface, Bernie· Fourt, Jim
Bateman, Jim Albo, John
•McMasters, Dave Tweed,
Ray Scott and Timmy Laface.
I know this isn't all of them
and as I get to know who the
others are I'll give them woi:d
here and there. The faces ~ ·
team rosters change with the
weather so you don't know
whom you're going to see oat
week.
It really doesn't matter
what the .score is, it was tied
at 2-2 the last time, as long as
Roberta continues to throw
those high teasers and Ray
sprays his throws to first
around like an erratic
la~
player, it will be