The Independent-News, Volume 96, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 April 1970 — Page 2

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LAIN. SNOW. ('OLD WEATHet n not. the 1970 baseball seasin is underway and after a co; pie of weeks it is very ob- \ i >us that a schedule change i- called foi wheievei teams are li in tin inoie northern regions of the countiy. Several teams .have yet to get over 10 games in the first two weeks and a c > pie of those have even placed a doubleheadei It is almost iiJ.culous to think that Minm'Ota. Milwaukee, Chicago. Di’roit. Clev< land. Montreal and tl. teams in the New York and B - ton area aie going to escape some extreme weather. PLAYING BASEBALL IS A hatd job in cold weather. It is very hard trying for pitchers ana hitters alike and very deni mding on the human body to get cold and still be called on at the spur ot the moment to us< every bit of muscle and body to the utmost Injuries usually core such as pulled muscles, sore at n.s. et< . under these condit. es. The result can be a key l^i. er out for a while, or often in the case of a pitcher, arm trouble for an extended length of time. BASEBALL IS IN WHAT many term as a critical year. In the past 20 years or so. many minor leagues ha\e had to fold i o sing a much smaller participation in the game than used to be the case. Expansion from 16 teams to 24 has thinned the in ijor league caliber of talent heavily and it is a hard job anyno.o for a major league club to put a lot of fresh blood on their teams in a short period of time. THE DECLINE OF THE minor leagues was defmately cai -ed by the televising of of games The choice of watchin-: the majors on TV had more appeal than watching the minors m person and consequently more responsibilty of the financing of the minor leagues has fallen on the parent major lea_ue clubs Many leagues simply folded and then the entire minor league program took a radical change for the worse. Specializing tn rerrn».nmf Waxing Hair Shaping. Coloring & Styling Dede’s Beauty Salon Operators: DEDE FEJES TERRY STILL CAROLI N TIEDE 908 KooMxelf Road -Juoqj vuvipui

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Baseball needs a good supply of talent and today the colleges n ( > enter ing the picture much more so than in past years. However-, their seasons aren’t long < mmgh to oiiset minor league play. BASEBALL ALSO NEEDS A good exciting product io sell to the fans and in recent years this has also hurt somewhat as pit. hing simply started dominating play and run scoring wasn't as frequent as before. Changes have been made the past couple of years to also offset this unbalance. Fans still like to go to a game and see hits and runs Watching a pitching duel is exciting, but game after game, the fans want the hitters to shine. The de< line of the .300 hitter a couple of years ago was almost tragic. Hitting did pick up some last year with a few more hitters reaching the .300 level, but also pitching still showed up well with the largest number of 20 game winners in years. Expansion has had something to do with this as that as that good pitcher new has a little better chance of reaching up more wins. BASEBA IJ, ALSO NEEDS TO clear their name of trouble The Curt Flood and Denny McLain cases provided much adverse fellings about the game. At present, the Detroit pitching ace is setting out until July 1, but the Flood situation where he is challenging the reserves clause, isn't settled yet and this, a basic rule which has kept baseball from getting way out of balance, still could be jeorpardized BASEBALL NEEDS TO speed up games a little air | Over the past 10 years the ten. poof play has slowed down. To date it appears to be improving slightly, but wait until the good weather comes and once again they start dragging out. A cheek with a stopwatch a few years ago showed that the ball was in play less than lo minutes of a two and a half hourgame. BASEBALL ALSO NEEDS to be able to hold the interest of sports fans when the conflicts of other sports are still in session With expansion in all forms of major league action. hockey and basketball run into May and football starts in July. This puts conflict of interest squarely up to many fans who are taking their preferences to the other sports. BASEBALL WILL SURVIVE the tests of time, but maybe when the expansion is all over and forgotten about, the game will have to get back to a little more conservative measure. The tremendous amounts of money put to the established clubs through expansion has kept some

financially alive, but once this is done, it is right back to that old fan in the stand that will support the game.

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Wednesday Nite Ladies Plas-Steel 39 D 21’e Paddle Wheel 38 26 Kingsbury 36'2 27'2 Zellers Oil Co. 25 39 Walk. Bty Center 17 47 High team series and game: Plas-Steel 2199, 787; Zellers 2172, <l7; Walk. Beauty Center 2151, 745. High individual sr r ies & game: Pearl Frailey 525. 191; Myrna Williams 479, 205; Jean Sullivan 476; Phyllis Hahn 190. Jr. Bowlers Strike-Outs 22 10 1 Tigers 20 D 11'2 Eagles 18 14 Turbo-Jets 16 16 Pm-Stompers U'2 20’2 Spare-ribs 8 24 High individual series & game: Bob Vermilyer 444, 157; Randy Allen 432. 195; Randy Schmeltz 425, 176. High team series and game: Tigers 2593, 934, 851; StrikeOuts 2563; 912; Pin-Stompei s 2473 Monday Night Lillies LouAnns Bty. Shop 57 23 Huhnke’s 52'2 270 Reginas Bty Shop 52 28 । Bunnys Bowling 38 4 2 Tomoro Corp. 25' 2 54’2 Jacob Drugs 16 64 , High team series and game Huhnke's 2173, 79,8; Jacobs Drug Store 2098, 745; Reginas Beauty Shop 2016, 698. . High individual series & game: Eileen Clark 481. 198; Linda j Huhnke 474: June Baker 452; j Vonmc Davidson 198; Jannise Downs and Linda Hunhke 178. North Liberty I'rldt.y Nite 1 Julies A M Manuel 80'2 46’. | Shamrock Inn 84 48 Janets Bty. Shjop 76’ 2 55’7 • Kane’s Shell Ser. 71 61 Pugsleys Electric 65 67 1 Wells 194 59 73 Hockers’ Transfer 47’ 2 84 O Liberty Lanes 39 ’ 2 pa* . High team series and game: Shamrock Inn 2272. 822. 733; Pugsley’s Electric 2133; 727; Kane’s Shell Service 2088, 733. High individual series &• game; Shirley Quickstad 500, 205; Georgia Berglund 479; Betty Trzaskowski 474. 174; Diana Sims 176; Carol Rex 174. Suburban League Jim’s Barbr Shop 15 57 Dad & Lad's 51 21 Walk. Ford Sales 45 27 Bob’s Bar 27 4 5 McGee 25 47 Winkelman 13 5g High team series and game: Dad & Lad’s 2468. 865; Jim s Barber Shop 2460. 881; Walkerton- Ford Sales 2430, 845. High individual series & game: Bunny Williams 592. 213; Art Mann s(<l5 (<1 214; Mel Divine 544; Wayne Cover 214 Nite Oh I Bunnys Bowl Lanes 24 16 Jacob Drugs 20 20 Bierlv jp 21 Winkelman 19 21 Pine Creek Lumb. 19 21 <8 r i Iri -Sat-Suu April 24-25-26 Before Winter Comes With David Nhen - Anna Kaxina Mackenna’s Gold Gregory Ibu k - Omar Sharif Bonus Picture I ri.-Sat. A Man Called ( ".cn

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Whitmer 19 21 Roll-off, Monday 4-27, 9 p.m Jacob Drugs vs. Bunny's Bowling Lanes. High team series and game: Bierly 2345, 825, 787; Bunny's Bowling Lanes 2325, 832; Winkelman 2270. High individual series & game: Bunny Williams 599, 230; AH Mann 552, 193, 189; Jim Millice 525. Name Easter Egg Winners In Walkerton The Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Walkerton-Lincoln Township Volunteer Fire Department was finally staged on Saturday afternoon. April 18 at 2:do pm. fit Place Park. The winning Gold eggs worth $2.50 were won by Tracy Tinkey. Tom Turner and Skip Fry Silver egg winners worth $2.00 were Keven Whitaker, Pat Krick and Guy Geren. The red eggs were also wortth $2.00 and they were found by Angie Kiras. Pat Krick. Connie (’lark, Snip Erv and Paul Pollachek Green eggs were worth 50 cents and they were found by Mark Whitaker. Claudia Walker. Timmy Gaw, Sandy Doaminick. Barbara Mann, Belinda Beasley. Carol Doaminick, Julie Bell Tracy Tinkey, Pat Krick. IleemZahrn found two, Cathie Eddinger. Cindy Bell and Steven Huffstetter. A good time was had by all that attended the hunt and to those who did not find any of the prize eggs will have another chance next year. Play your hunches it's better than sitting on your haunches.

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Olympic Games In Physical Ed Program The Olympic games in mina ture may be seen at John Glenn High School when Richard Kickbush. Elementary Physical Education teacher, presents the pupils of Walkerton Elementray School in a program on Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m An Olympic runner will open the program followed by a parade of groups representing various countries which participate in the Olympics. Each group will then give a demonstration of some of their class work. Each room in the school will perform as a unit with fourteen groups participating. A similar program Is planned for the fourth and fifth grades at Tyner to be held on Friday, May 1 at 7:30. The Grand Finale for each event will be a retiring march accompanied by the singing ot "This Is My Country" HEADACHE PAIN STANBACK gives you FAST r-lief from pams of headache, neuralgia, neuritis, and minor pains of arthritis, rheumatism. Because STANBACK contains several medically-apprrved and prescribed ingredients for fast relief, you can take STANBACK with confidence. Satisfaction guaranteed! stan'back •gainst any preparation 'O >ou'^e ever Kl|*|i I H H used B MlWil’m llim f Goed NousekMpinc '•