On a nice bright Tuesday retiree's weekly golf bash Tom Watt behind the Canuck bench. McCammon has a
got underway in good shape with Pat Martin and Romeo pretty successful career so in this kind of a job, at last,
DeBiasio on duty at the desk. Before they quit coming the perhaps he won't see all his best players sold or dealt
boys had tallied up 64 names and all went along smoothly away like the Canucks seem to have had a penchant for
with competition in lc>w gross, low net, longest putt on No. doing in the past few years.
9, least putts on No. 8 and hidden holes, high on No. 1 while
Both the Canadian teams in the major baseball
low was No. 7.
leagues seem to be holding their own in competition at the
Winners of a ball for their efforts were: for low gross Al &(k)dd games played mark, with Toronto tied with the
McAulay at 39, low net went to Bob Walley for his low Yanks in the American League East in first place and the
score of 29, the longest putt on No. 9 was won by Lou Expos are ties for third with the Mets, 5½ games out in the
Freeman, about a 15 footer, and the least putts on No. 8 National League East.
went to Jack McDonald with one.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the U.S. Open final
Carl Osing, on his first showing this season also had round on Sunday and now am looking forward to the
one but he had the dubious honor of winning the most Canadian Open for some more of the same. You certainly
strokes on a hidden hole and we have a rule that you can have to say that Tom Watson never gives up. That final
only win one ball a day. Carl's 11 on No. 1 put him in a putt he just missed making would have tied it up.
class by himself, so Jack came up lucky on a draw among However, I guess he's been there before and the other lad,
four or five who had ones on No. 8. Roger McKeown had a Scott Simpson, certainly deserved the win, his first Open,
par on No. 7 which was the best score in that department.
but I have a hunch it may not be his last. He's a real gutsy
Next week we shall see what Red Ius and Ferro player.
Pellegrin will dish up. Red promised it will be a surprise
Our Legion slow-pitch team now have a 12-0 record
so we shall wait with bated breath until next Tuesday.
and according to my information are worth every point
In our Legion golf events to come, the one which was they've earned. On Monday night I have a choice of at
cancelled recenUy at the Upper Course because of a least three rides out to Centennial Park to see if they can
previous commitment that we were unaware of, has been make it 13-0. I'll be going to that one for sure, with big
rescheduled for the Salmo course later on in the season. hitters like John McFarland Jr. and Rob Harasin backed
We have two others upcoming and both are in cooperation by a couple of others and a slick fielding crew they should
with our Legion buddies south of the border.
go as far as they want to. They also have a pretty strong
One is July 4 and will be played on the Chewelah contingent of fans to see that they put out their best efforts
course with a picnic in conjunction at Douglas Falls. This every game.
will be in the form of an American fourth of July
With the Little League championship series in Trail
celebration. The other is our regular Can-Am tourney . this year our Legion branch has been asked by the Trail
played this year on the Christina Lake course. I'm not branch to give them some assistance in some phase of the
certain of this date as I write this but it is always around celebrations at Andy Bilesky Park and we shall be seeking
the August to September area. I'll give you that date later. some volunteers. Be prepared to dig in if you are called
We see where the new Canuck general manager has upon.
picked a former Philadelphia buddy to take over from
And with that we'll say 'til next time, then!