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It is hard to describe a person like Greg, because you see, well, he marches to the beat of a many different drum- mer. Record sportswriter Larry Anstett labelled Greg per- fectly last year when he called him "Watertoo's lovable ec- centric". Nearly every sports fan in Waterloo knows Greg, since he , is Without a doubt the inost loyal, and most visible, of them all. ' l hot 22 . Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, May 9, 1979 There was supposed to be a photo of a very special person in this week's paper. Unfortunately. the negatives got deg- troyed and so I had to go without it. - - The photo was of Greg Walton. and I hope he won’t be ttttgt-tot-tttaM-ttEi-MER aMttt.ATERUNtStWAME If your clothes gron’t - becoming to." you " you should go. . -- Once a pauper, now a prince, Rod Stewart has finally hit the top of the pops. He's Weekend Magazine's cover story this week. And there's more...Pierre Berton goes to the birds...an NHL referee describes what it's like to be the third team on the ice... glitterbug Liberace describes a day in his life...older mothers describe the joys of giving birth...and Margo Oliver cooks up some sweets for Mom. coming to us! Rick Campbéu‘ _ _ " This Saturday in Siskin gums, Expo games. Tiger (antes. minor sports, soccer games, m name it, and Greg is at it. And you can locate him instantaneously in a crowd of hundreds, by his distinctive voice as he hurls invective at opposition and officials alike. "You know, if Hesbelei' had won the games they lost this year, they might have even made the playoffs." Greg delights in cracking Jokes in the crowd, mainly to see the reaction from the fans. He attracts the kids like magnets, and most older spectators are amused by his shen- anigansi. One of my favorites is: "Yer so ugly amp, that when you were born. the doctor slapped yer mother." Another great line came during the last game of the gm- ior B season betweeq Sienna and Hespeler (2-36-4). Lately Greg has expressed a desire to get actively in- volved in sports in Waterloo. and last year was assistant general-manager for the Tigers and part-time statistician for the Siskins. Later in the dugout he informed GM Champ Glassford that he would be ready for active duty on the mound if they needed him in Cambridge. Unfortunately, a twisted knee later in the practice quashed those hopes. Cambridge can thank their lucky stars too, because Greg has been working on perfecting his. "Hook ball", one of four pitches he throws. Imagine my surprise last Saturday when I arrived at Bechtel park and saw him behind the pitchers mound during batting practice. _ “I switched jobs," Greg explained as he waned Tiger Scott Bailey on his delivery. “I’m pitching coach this year." By the way, he is also one of the chief scouts for the club, regularly phones Glassford with hot prospects, and during games sends in secret signals to batters from the stands. The players love his colorful antics. Greg 's responsibilities on the Tigers include the posting of clubhouse decorum, and one rule he made this year banned the media from the dugout area. Fortunately he lifted it Sa- turday especially to allow me to get my story. Come to think of it, I have néver seen or met Greg any- where else besides at a sporting not. Attirét I hesitated to write a column about Greg for fear people would think I'm ridiculing a disadvantaged person. But after reading this through if you are of that impression then the joke is on you. Did you ever see the movie linde- 34th Street. where Kris Kringle said he was Santa Claus and nobody believed him? A world full of liars, backstahbers and neuro to prove him wrong. but Kris remained at peace self through the firm belief that he was indeed all . ck. And of course at the and, everyone else looked the foot when Kris proved that he was the man behind the miracle. So go on gracing our local sports scene, you lovable cecal: tric. Revel in the laughter, crack those jokes. and ignore your antagonists. - They only wish they could have so much fun. Well, Greg Walton believes he is a lot of thingsloo. and um " what is important. Would that the whole world should be so self-believing. It would be all the better for it. Just when it looked like the Chronicle sports pages were going to be the best of the year last week. the gremlins got to work and did a few das- tardly deeds. It seems we missed a few names when we did the spreads on the Wa- terloo Tigers and CHYM'rs. Tim Forsyth will indeed play a part in the Tiger as well as Expo fortunes this year and Larry Strathearn, for- merly of the North Wa- terloo Rurals, is also ex- mtgd to do well with the . Record Oops!!! _ "Except this week's, it stunk," she said. CHYM'rs this season. In case you were won- dering, no, the Waterloo Expos do not play hashet- ball, they play ba and the Twin City. and field meet is t Wednesday, not today. And Just for a final blow, a sweet young lady came up to me at a wetl- ding last Saturday night, and told me that she reads my column every week and loves it. Pass the aspirins.