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By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Don‘t be surprised if you hear Waterloo Tigers referâ€" ring to Leo DeRacher as Dad or some such paternal appellation. Because although he has been on the Waterloo scene for a total of about two and a half of the last 24 months, DeRocher fondly speaks of the Tigers and Expos as if they were family. The victory was Windsor‘s third in four games. Tigers have one win in three tries, after slamming London Majors 11â€"1 one week ago. â€" Waterloo plays host to Kitchener at 8 p.m. tonight, travels to St. Thomas tomorrow and then makes the long trek to the border city to play the Chiefs in a doubleheader next Sunâ€" day. Dalton went all the way to record the win Sunday, giving up only four hits in mowing down Tigers with alarming reâ€" gularity. f â€" Only in the eighth and ninth, when he experienced control problems in the bothersome rain, did Dalton incur any trouâ€" ble. Yet Tigers had ample opportunity to win the game, leaving men stranded in scoring position their last three times at bat. > ' *‘That (Dalton‘s) was a helluva play, the pickoff was the play of the game," said youthful Chief field manager Mike *‘Look around this room, all you see are good ballâ€" players,"‘ said the Tiger coach in the happy atâ€" mosphere of Waterloo‘s clubhouse _ after _ they drubbed London Majors 11â€"1 last Wednesday. "This club is going to beat good ballâ€" clubs all year long." DeRocher had good reaâ€" ln to smile last Wednesday Tigers played nearâ€" flawless baseball in only their second game of the season, a far cry from their Alphonseâ€"Gaston act of one year ago. Chiefs, the newest entry in the Interâ€"County Major Baseâ€" ball League, were in control most of the afternoon against Waterloo Tigers, but Tigers tied the game 3â€"3 and had men on first and third with only one out in the bottom of the But Chief pitcher Jim Dalton executed the play of the e by catching Tiger Brian Schnurr flatfooted at third ‘.e‘ on a pickoff move and then got Dan Collison to end the eat with a fly to centre. C t Windsor, with the sudden reprieve, went right to work and won the game in the 10th when John Alexander singled in Paul Rutchkys to give Chiefs the 43 win. ' * By Rick Campbell L Chronicle Sports Editor A little brushâ€"up in practice last week paid off handsomely for Windsor Chiefs Sunday afternoon at Bechtel Park. Leo loves his "family"‘ More important were isoâ€" lated plays which showed that the Waterloo club has picked up on the fundamenâ€" tal approach manager Alf Payne and DeRocher have preached since day one. In the second inning cenâ€" trefielder Jim Taylor went "We had our pitchers working strictly on pickoffs and runâ€" owns last week. In our last three games we‘ve executed DONUT CASTLE â€" 4&z3 Have Coffee With Us â€" We Have KING ST. SOUTH at WILLIAM â€" WATERLOO (formerly Princess Donuts) Now under new management â€" Open 24 Hours â€" Tigers waste chances for win The GOOD COFFEE & DELICIOUS DONUTS A former Interâ€"County third baseman with Toronto and Brantford, DeRocher joined Payne in leaving the Red Sox in 1977 over mana» gement disagreements. Knowing that brothers Dave and Gary Dix were also departing the Teleâ€" phone City scene, Payne and to second on Dave Byers fielders choice, and when London threw the ball away, Taylor scampered to third where DeRocher held him up. But out of the corner of his eye, Taylor saw that home plate had been left unâ€" guarded and zipped home before the throw. Then in the seventh inning Dan Collison threw wide on a double play relay to first but alert catcher Gary Dix retrieved the ball and reâ€" layed it back to Collison to catch Bruce Grey dead to rights for the twinâ€"killing. ‘*We played basic funâ€" damental baseball, stuff Alfie and I have been workâ€" ing on this year,"‘ said DeRocher. ‘"This club looked as sharp tonight as I‘ve ever seen." **I didn‘t send him, but Jimmy looked where the catcher went and realized he could make it. It was good headsâ€"up baseball,"‘ said DeRocher. DONUTS ** ‘1.70 Doz. â€"«Weekend Specialâ€" Freshly Baked ‘‘*While he‘s (Payne) watching the batters, I‘ll go to the infield. Guys like Danny (Collison) and Dave (Byers) are known to make a few errors, so I want to work with them as much as I can," said DeRocher, who along with Payne was an Inâ€" terâ€"County allâ€"star in 1972 at third. ‘"And fortunately Davey (Dix) can take charâ€" ge of the outfielders. It‘s a really good setâ€"up."‘ Williams, by allowing the leadoff walk in the 10th and Alexanara‘s single before retiring in favor of â€"Scott Bailey, became the hardâ€"luck loser for the second time in less than a week. He scattered 10 hits and could have easily been the winner had his mates played better fundamental baseball. Cutoffs were missed, two Tigers were picked off, bases were left unguarded and four grounders were misplayed. Rutchkys was the most potent Chief batsman with two doubles and RBI in addition to scoring the winning run. Jimmy Taylor had Tigers other hits. _ â€" ‘*‘Then, whem this (coachâ€" ing) came up we jumped at the chance. Champ (Glassâ€" ford) has done a great job of recruiting and our juniors coming up are fantastic. As field manager, Payne is at the controls for Tigers, but DeRocher also mainâ€" tains a high profile at the workouts. _ _ \ The play in question was an unkind twist for Schnurr, author of two of Tigers four hits. He singled and scored Waâ€" terloo‘s first run in the third, and then hit a soft spinning double over first baseman Mike Price‘s head in the ninth to score brother Bob Schnurr with the 3â€"3 tying run. . Brian Schnurr went to third when Rick William‘s grounder was bobbled by Kevin Parais, but then when Schâ€" nurr mouong:‘ toward Iw:z on the first pitch to Mike Yoâ€" surack, Daiton wheeled threw to third baseman Jerry Schnurr, caught hopelessly out of position, did the only thing possible by heading for home and attempting to bow? over catcher Ris Massetti as Desjardin relayed the ball. **Last week we led Stratford 6â€"0 and then had to get a strike out with the bases loaded to win. We‘ll really have to work on that aspect of our game, these endings are just too scary."‘ . o ‘‘The only area where we don‘t have much (coaching) experience is pitching. But a big part of getting into shape as far as pitchers are Massetti hung on though and Tigers last main rally fizzled. *‘*We‘ve played like that nearly every game, got an early lead and then almost blown it late," said Hurst, indicating many more such encounters will make him old before his Desjardin. them poorly, so we worked for hours on it. It sure paid off~ ‘"I pitched basically the same game as I did in Stratford (3â€"2 loss),"" said a disconsolate Williams following the ‘"I hurt my ankle and Alfie hurt his back, and when we looked around at all the good young players at camp, we figured it wasn‘t worth it," said DeRocher. DeRocher hooked up with their friends with the first year Waterloo club last seaâ€" son, but ‘"retired" just prior to the regular season. a* fi;fi;l’i% i e e 4 4 In a manner that a father might defend his beloved sons. concerned is running and guys like Scott (Bailey) have done more running this year than I‘ve ever seen. “ts it turned out, they had to beat us, we sure didn‘t lose the game ourselves," said DeRocher with confusâ€" ing but accurate logic. Dramatically, DeRocher was pressed into service as field manager for Tigers opening game in Stratford last week when Payne was absent due to a death in the family. But Leo had few butâ€" terflies, as he held the same post for eight games with Brantford in 1976. Dan Collison and Gary Dix punched out two.singles for the winners. Dave Dix had a triple, while safeties were shared by Chico Silvestri, Jim Taylor, Bob and Brian Schnurr and first baseman John Lanteigne. Tigers scored six in that inning, sending 10 to the plate, and then coasted with one in the second, fourth and seventh innings and a pair in the sixth. Scott Bailey threw ‘a solid game for Waterloo, allowing only a sixthâ€"inning rbiâ€"single by Barry Fuller spoil his shutout attempt. | â€" ‘‘I‘ve been thinking about this game ever since our loss to Stratford Monday," said Byers, who obviously relished sticking it to his many friends on the London club. ‘‘Don‘t let this score fool you though, London will have a good club this year. > _ ‘‘The hardest part of this game was trying to keep ourselâ€" ves active in the field with such a big lead. Relax for too long and you‘ll lose it every time." oc and Lindquist almost completed against Stratford. We‘ve never been out of any game this year.‘‘ Dalton‘s courage was most evident in the eighth inning wbenbegotinajambyloadlnfn:bebamandthencalmly f:tDaveDixtogodownswmg' at fastballs to douse the reat. + s ‘ > ‘‘He (Dalton) and Lindquist will go after anyone in this league, they‘re confident on the mound,"* said Hurst. Wednesday Tigers ran roughshod over London starter Jon Owen in the first inning. The showers were plenty hot as Owen exited after two/thirds innings, allowing four hits and two walks. Former Major Dave Byers led the assault against his former mates with three singles and three runs scored. The stocky shortstop had driven from Kingston that afternoon to make the lineup. â€" game. ‘‘We should have won, just things happened to us that shouldn‘t. And when we had our chances to win, we didn‘t Hurst praised his pitching staff, especially Rick Lindquist and Daiton for the tough Interâ€"County batters and iving his sqpad their jeckh rsublt sarl _ _ . _ ~ *"*They were probably the 1â€"2 pitchers in the Essex County league that we played in last year,"" said the extremely perâ€" sonable Hurst. ‘‘Daiton went eight innings against London Canada‘s most comprehensive Driver Training Course A Federally Chartered C Nonâ€"Profit Organization Your course fee is income tax deductible and you may save up to 44% in insurance premiums by _ presenting our _ course certificate Young Drivers 579â€"4800 Waterio6® Chronicie, Wednesday, May 30, 1979 â€" Page 15 CAMBRIDGE 623â€"6730 rhmflnc@ C Evening Classes Monday & Wednesday Starting Mon. June 4 6:30 â€" 9:30 p.m. CAMBRIDGE Evening Classes Monday & Wednesday Starting Mon. June 4 7:00 â€" 9:00 p.m. KITCHENER