1O Trail Times

Friday, September 3, 1982

RECli
After a forbidding-looking and I sank my first good putt
early morning of heavy fog of the day for the par to tie
blotting out everything but with Lou "Gretzky" Crowe
the tips of the surrounding for a ball in this category.
Bud Comba was top man
mountains, this past
Tuesday turned out to be an in the long putt category,
ideal day for golf in holing out from 11 feet eight
Rossland, not too hot and inches to win his ball while
Joe O'Connor was next to
certainly not too cold.
Forty retirees, some of Bud with one of 11 feet even.
While on the subject of golf
whom must have teed off
into a sea of fog at 8 a.m., and retirees, .there is a trip to
had a pretty good day after Christina Lake on tap for
the sun broke through. By September 16 and a list is on
the time our foursome, the board for those wishing
which turned out to be a to travel over to play one of
fivesome, teed off shortly our area's better courses,
after 9:15, Rich Watkinson, the cost is $8,50 a head and
Cleve Cowland, Carl Osing you are asked to be on hand
and myself were all ready to at 8:30 for a 9 a.m. shotgun
go when Tim Jenkin turned start. I think there were
up. There were no more about ten names on the
retirees in sight so Tim came board after Tuesday's round
and the rule is the more the
along with us.
merrier. Sept. 10 is the
Jim Scott and Romeo deadline for entries.
DeBiasio handled the day's
I want to congratulate
offering and we played retiree George Pearson on
hidden hole, low and high
his second hole in one. Here,
and the longest putt on No. 9,
I thought one was really
the hipden hole, high was No. something. "Good going,
6 and the honors were shared George!"
by four golfers who came in
with eights. They were: Guy
With the Montreal Expos
Morey of the Times' "On the stumbling along in third
Tee' column, Cleve Cowland, place in the National League
Dan Williamson and Norm East, seemingly unable to
Garrison. I also had an eight gain much ground on either
on six when my No. 3 wood St. Louis or the Phillies and
went sour on me, but since I closely followed by the
qualified for a ball in another Pirates, I'm wondering if
category I didn't rate one Jim Fanning can hang on to
there.
the managing job in the Big
That other category was 0 with all the talk we bear
the low on No. 7 where a good about his inability to
drive, a rather weak second motivate his charges. It
shot and a good belt with my seems that a solid team
trusty No. 3 iron got me to effort is needed to get the
about 10 feet from the hole Expos the chance at the

World Series they would so
dearly love in Montreal. A
few players are really
making the big plays, but the
team seems to have periods
of let down when they give
away runs much faster than
they can put them on the
board themselves.
This situation usually
r esults in changes in
management whether
that is the cause or not - but
despite rumors that
something is going to happen, Jim Fanning doesn't
seem to let it bother him, but
pennants are not won too
often by teams below the .500
mark. I think the Expos can
do it but September is here
now and they are having
trouble staying five games
off the pace.
By the time you read this
the Whitecaps fortunes in the
NASL playoffs will have
taken a turn for the better or
they will be waiting until
next year, they came back to
pull out a win on Sunday over
their nemesis, San Diego, at
Empire Stadium , the
question is " Can they do it
again in the Sockers' back
yard?"
The kids from Kirkland,
Wash., are a pretty happy
crew. That was quite an
upset performance they
gave to knock Taiwan off the
pedestal they had occupied
for so long in the world of the
Little Leaguers. From what
we hear the final game was a
one-man show, but, as Andy
Bilesky's kids know, it takes
a team effort all the way to
win in that league.
Since the news came out
that Seth Martip has been
chosen to handle the
coaching chores for the 198283 edition of the Senior
Smoke Eaters, I have heard

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the sun broke through. By
the time our foursome,
which turned out to be a
fivesome, teed off shortly
after 9:15, Rich Watkinson,
Cleve Cowland, Carl Osing
and myself were all ready to
go when Tim J enkin turned
up. There were no more
retirees in sight so Tim came
along with us.

J im Scott and Romeo
DeBiasio handled the day's
offering and we played
hidden hole, low and high
and the longest putt on No. 9,
the hidden hole, high was No.
6 and the honors were shared
by four golfers who came in
with eights. They were: Guy
Morey of the Times' " On the
Tee' column, Cleve Cowland,
Dan Williamson and Norm
Garrison. I also had an eight
on six when my No. 3 wood
went sour on me, but since I
qualified for a ball in another
category I didn't rate one
there.
That other category was
the low on No. 7 where a good
drive, a rather weak second
shot and a good belt with my
trusty No. 3 iron got me to
about 10 feet from the hole

September 16 and a list is on
the board for those wishing
to travel over to play one of
our area's better courses,
the cost is $8,50 a head and
you are asked to be on hand
at 8: 30 for a 9 a.m. shotgun
start. I think there were
about ten names on the
board after Tuesday's round
and the rule is the more the
merrier. Sept. 10 is the
deadline for entries.
I want to congratulate
retiree George Pearson on
his second hole in one. Here,
I thought one was really
something. "Good going,
George!"

With the Montreal Expos
stumbling along in third
place in the National League
East, seemingly unable to
gain much ground on either
St. Louis or the Phillies and
closely followed by the
Pirates, I'm wondering if
Jim Fanning can hang on to
the managing job in the Big
O with all the talk we hear
about his inability t o
motivate his charges. It
seems that a solid team
effort is needed to get the
Expos the chance at the

despite rumors mat
something is going to happen, Jim Fanning doesn't
seem to let it bother him, but
pennants are not won too
often by teams below the .500
mark. I think the Expos can
do it but September is here
-now and they are having
trouble staying five games
off the pace.
B th t·
d this
Y e une you rea
the Whitecaps fortunes in the
NASL playoffs will have
taken a turn for the better or
they will be waiting until
next year, they came back to
pull out a win on Sunday over
their nemesis, San Diego, at
Empire Stadium , the
question is " Can they do it
again in the Sockers' back
yard?"
The kids from Kirkland,
Wash., are a pretty happy
crew. That was quite an
upset performance they
gave to knock Taiwan off the
pedestal they had occupied
for so long in the world of the
Little Leaguers. From what
we hear the final game was a
one-man show, but, as Andy
Bilesky's kids know, it takes
a team effort all the way to
win in that league.
Since the news came out
that Seth Martip has been
chosen to handle the
coaching chores for the 198283 edition of the Senior
Smoke Eaters, I have heard
quite a lot of talk pro and con
in regard to Seth's appointment.
One was, why would Seth
want to take on the job?
Coaching, it was said, is a
go-nowhere position in
senior hockey today. There
is certainly some truth in
this statement but I wonder
if the people who think along
these lines ever wondered if
perhaps Seth might have
gotten an idea that he would
like to put into practice some
ideas he could have that
might be of some benefit to
the fans who still support
senior hockey hereabouts.
With the six-team league
in the offing, this, the oldest
senior league in Canada, can
still provide the fans with a
pretty fair brand of hockey.
You have to say though, that
it is a pretty gutsy move on
Seth's part to take on a job
like this at a time like this.
There doesn't seem to be
much promise of help from
the usual sources in getting
jobs for prospective players,
maybe scholarships and
such will keep Trail's usual
crop of good juniors around
to make this team a more
Trail-oriented effort. Good
luck, Seth!