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On Friday evening I took a walk over to the rink
and watched Dan McFarland put this yean'
Warrior hopefuls through a pretty gruelling
workout They were OD the ice for an hour and a half
and they didn't spend much time loafing I can
assure you. There were a lot of eager young legs out
there and they seemed to revel in the llOIHltop work.
I am more impressed all the time with the way
this years' executive are approacblng the Job they
have taken on. They don't appear to be a bunch of
eager beavers, Just a bunch of people who have
offered their services and are now following
through with the sort of an entb11aiastic approach
that wants to see a job well done. It augers well for a
good season for the local kids.
I hear quite a lot about the new ruling being
looked for that will allow each team in the league to
use a few overage players. It would probably be a
real asset for the go-getting kids I saw Friday night
to have some more uperieaced players to carry
them in tough situations. Let's hope it comes to
pass.
Sunday, I went down to Cook Avenue Park to
watch the windup tournament of the Rolaland SI~
Pitch seaon wind down. The only game I saw at this
park was between the OnreU Hotel and the Scrap. It
was a noisy game with all kinds of banter being
exchanged between the players. The Onrell, led by
Joe Zanuzzi won out over Cam Jensen's Scrappers
by a score of 25-19.
Then the scene shifted to Ceotenol•J Park at
Black Bear for the rest of the windup. We saw the
Legion Royals edge the Scrap in the first game 1413. Then it was the Orwell taking the Spartans 20-15,
setting the stage for the final game of the season
between the two teams that bad been battling each
other tooth and nail all season, with the Orwell
coming out OD top of several dole encoanten. This
time, however, it was to be the Royals who would
take home the lropby.
1be Royals led off with three runs, the Orwell
replied with two. The Royals came back with three
more while holdilJ8 the OnreU to one to go up 6-3
after two. It was the Royals in the third as Walter
Rosner belted one to the far reaches of the big park
to clear the bases ancJ a.at the Royals up lN. The
Orwell was held scorelesl as pitcher Jim Schuck
made three single banded oats and <mlbloed with
"Skip" Ferguson at first for three more. The Royals
went on to score four more in the next three innings
while holdilJ8 the Orwell to a slJl8le nm in each of
their last three for a 14-6 win.

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The Slow-pitch game has been termed a sissy
game but for me It is anything but. Every play has
to be executed with the utmost alacrity as the bases
are not very far apart and the guys that are playing
are anything but "sissy". A lot of young guys who do
not care for the rigors of fastball or baseball, ae
enjoying themselves immensely. As one Orwell
player yelled over to me on Sunday morning,
"Harry, this is fun". He's made his living in a tough
game like NHL hockey.
Talking to Lou Crowe Monday morning on the
golf course, he tells me that a couple of guys from
RoS&and ride their bicycles to work down the old
railroad bed between Rossland and Trail. Lou says
one of them told him it is quite passable, a little
narrow in spots, but passable. Lou is all for making
a drive to get some work done on it so that ~yone
can use it to cycle on.

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