On Monday I went to the Little League park and
watched the game between Trail and Sherbrooke,
Que. During the first few innings Quebec hung tough
but in the top of the third inning, Andy's boys found
the hitting they missed in the first game against the
Maritimes and pushed over eleven runs. Then
added more in the fourth before Quebec got
anything going. The game ended on that note and
the Trail boys came away with a big victory. I had
to leave after that one. I heard that they were really
missing those bats in the other game but Monday
everybody wanted a part of the action and got it.
I had golf Tuesday, so couldn't attend any
games but some Branch No. 14 members are
working at the park on Wednesday, so we should see
lots of ball then. I really enjoyed the good umpiring
and the way the pre-game warmups were handled.
Each team knows how much time they have and it is
kept strictly to that amount of time. It's always
been a well-organized and handled tournament and
this time it's going to be no different.
I'm looking forward to the rest of it and hope it
will follow its present line. Good ball!
Tuesday's Retirees Day was a beautiful day for
golf and 55 of the faithful were on hand to enjoy it at
the upper course. It began at 7 a.m. and I was back
home shortly after noon.
Barney Boychuk and I were on the desk and
everything moved along smoothly. Barney picked it
up right away. Pretty good as it was his first time on
the job. When we were finished he says, "I think I
can do that without too much trouble next time."
We played out our old standby's, Low Gross,
Low Net, Hidden Holes, High and Low, and longest
putt on no. 9 and closest to the pin on no. 5. And the
winners were: low net, Vic Bordin, 31; low gross,
Jim Scott, 41; in hidden hole low, no. 4 we had lots of
ties and Joe Zanier won it in a draw, hidden high
was on no. 8 and here too we had ties and again a
draw, the winner was G. Wilby. Closest to the pin on
no. 5 was Willie Scott who rolled his tee shot up
about seven or eight feet from the pin. Reg White
won the long putt on no. 9 with about a 10-footer.
Thank you gentlemen, hope to see you again next
Tuesday when our old friend Joe Bielli expects to be
available and we shall have to find him a partner. If
you will be available phone Joe or give me a call.
Thanks again!
In last week's column I had an item about a
roast that the Rossland Eagles had planned for the
Lions Park in Rossland, now apparently the Lions
have changed their mind about letting the Eagles
have use of the park. Some word was circulating th!
other day that there were some 300 bikers going to
be in for the bash. This is apparently false! It made
the Eagles switch to the Birchbank grounds and as I
understand now the times quoted previously are
still correct. Noon to dark that night. You're still
welcome!
Every day brings us closer to Golden City Days.
We hope you who read this will all take a trip up the
hill to our fair city and give yourselves a taste of our
Rossland hospitality.
And with that I hope that I shall be talking to
you all again in the near future. Until then, I'll say,
bye for now.
So, 'til next time, then!