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.e. I-C loop ~starting to notice Taylor By Rick Campbell Chronicle M Editor Jim Taylor always obeys his elders. ' But he’s also smart aloud: to realize that you can often learn something from the younger set too. . So when the ANyearotd Waterloo Tiger centrefielder hit his first ever lnter-Comty Major Baseball League home run in the first inning of Sunday's 10-4 win over Kitchener it was only natural that his dad Jack and younger brother Bobby got most of the credit. . - Jack Taylor; a former outstanding ball player and all- around athlete, counsels Jim before most games with tips on batting stance, positioning and so on, and it is Bobby's job as Tiger batboy to constantly remind older brother dur- ing the game about those tips. "When I go to the plate, there's two number 12's up there," laughed Jim as he mentally replayed the towering home run to left-centre field at Jack Couch Park. "Me in the batter's box and Bobby iin the on deck circle. He helps to calm me down and remind me to swing smoothly and so on. Dad tells me things before a game and Bobby keeps repeat- ing whatever he (Jack) said." l Ironically, 'rayhrr's initial holne run off losing pitcher Al Nesbitt was not the longest ball Taylor has hit this year. In fact, he vividly remembers a clout at Bechtel Park agafitst- Stratford not too long ago as being his first "unofficial" round-tripper. A. “They gave me a ground-rule double on that one but Mike Blake was out in our bullpen and he said he could have caught it on the fly," said Taylor with a slight grin. "So I guess this is my first official one. I didn't think I hit it all that well but when I was rounding first I heard Blaker yell l think it's outa here.' He was right." The homer capped a tremendous weekend for the ver- satile performer. Thursday he twiried a fine five-hit shutout for the junior Expos against Cambridge and Saturday deli- vered a crushing triple against London Majors to clear the bases as Tigers scored seven runs in the sixth inning to go on to win 8-7. . The triple was especially satisfying since Majors walked Dan Collison to load the bases and get at Taylor. It marked the second time in three weeks the London club has done that, as at Labatt Park recently they walked Dave Dix to ttet_at, Taylor. _W‘ho donbled in the winning runs V “I don't think they (London) did it purposely just to get to me, they wanted to put the force on," said Taylor. "But when youve the next batter it sort of psyches you up. It makes me really mad, you think they feel youve the weak Page " . Waterloo Chronicle, Wodnudny, August I, 1979 By Rick Campbell Chronicle 8mm Editor When Cambridge Terriers beat Waterloo Tigers 5-2 last Wednesday to snap Tigers six-game win streak. one expected the Tiger club- house to resemble a morgue afterwards So why was everyone laughing, joking and cavort- mg around as if.they had just won the pennant? "What are you supposed to do, Witt every game you play?" said a happy-go- lucky Tiger coach Leo 'Tigers win streak stops and starts t NAME__ I ADDRESS I PHONE - This exclusive procedure now enables us to correct all forms of hen loss. trom a teced- mg haulme to total baldness Thus us not a mg or toupee Completely compatible for all hleslyles. from the busmessman to me athlete Our prime concern .5 the appearance y0u ve always wanted under all condmons FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF OUR ONFORHAYIVE BROCHURE, WRITE OR CALL HAIR REPLACEMENT Imaities IV .505 Dumb. St. 6.. London. om use mu (519)672-9‘06 FOR THE MEN WHO DEMAND THE BEST (ABSOLUTELY NO OBLIGATION) JTE 18/7/79 Wom DeRocher. "Sure you hope to win all the time but you‘re going to lose some no matter how good a team you are, We played a great game tonight. it just so hair pened that Cambridge played a better and that's why they won, No problem. we'll just start another streak on the weekend." And not wishing to make a liar out of their coach. Tigers did just that Saturday before over 400 Famly Night fans at Bechtel Park Tigers rallied from a link or something. All I know is the more men that are on base the more I concentrate up there." Taylor has one of the lowest batting averages among Tiger regulars at .248, but that stat is deceiving in some respects. Including the two times against London. plus once against Stratford, Jim has come up with several key extra- base hits to elevate his club to victory. He also went five- for-six in a game earlier in the year, but admits to having 6-1 deficit by scoring seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to defeat London Majors 8-7. It was the fourth straight win for Waterloo over Majors this year to give them a series sweep. Sunday at Jack Couch Park in Kitchener. Jim Tay- lor ripped a two-run homer in the top of the first inning and he and his mates never looked back as they clouted the Panthers 10-4 The twin Victories give Waterloo an 18-11 record. good for second-place in the 'ttq-ttto may”... ammo! Hume: perm-I howl-u JIM TAYLOR ... makes him mad Inter-County West. They have one game remaining, a make-up contest in Guelph, which has been tentatively set for Friday. Should Tigers win that game. they would clinch second over Stratford Hillers regardless of what Hillers do in their two remaining games. The Festival City club is 17-11, but even should there be a tie for second, Tigers would win out on a better runs for- and-against spread in the clubs' f ur meetings which they sph. Scott Bailey picked his way out of trouble several times against the Panthers to record his seventh win of the year. tops in the league Bailey has been most con- sistent his past few outings and Sunday fanned 13 16 Isabella St St Jacobs. Ont DOUGLAS E. BRENNER D.C. CHIROPRACTOR " JACOBS CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE for the full time pratice of us pleased to announce the opening of the Dauly Monday to Saturday Evenmg Appwntments AvauIable CHIROPRACTIC But one of his greatest thrills came when he opted instead to Join the rival University of Waterloo Warriors where his older brother Gord was finishing his fifth year of eligibilit after a brilliant career at quarterback for Laurier. Alumni Jim dressed for only four of the seven games, he deriv great pleasure from playing with Cord and hopes the ex- perience will aid him in his attempt to contest the qb posi- tion with the Hawks. But baseball, and not football, occupies most of Jim Tay- lor's thoughts these days, and no doubt one of his major aspirations is to become the type of hitter that pitchers will want to pitch around, not to. Meanwhile, this so-called "weak link" is happy to stand in the on deck circle, listen to brother Bobby as the previous batter is being intentionally walked, and then proceed to the plate and make the opposition regret the move. They obviously don't realize that .248 hitters have their pride too. “You wouldn’t believe how much help Dave Dix has been to me," said Taylor. "He's given me so many pointers on how to judge and play batters. and he and Blaker are con- stantly shouting over at me to help me position myself against batters." One of Jim's main goals at the moment is to continue his fine efforts with both Tigers and Expos, but come fall he hopes to prove his versatility as an athlete to an even greater extent by catching On with Dave (Tully) Knight's.Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football club. Taylor played his minor ball in Waterloo and still is a main cog in the Expo machine. He got his first taste of _ senior two years ago when Kitchener Panthers called him up for eight games and last year" batted .252 in 27 games (or the mokieladen Tigers. More so than at the plate, his maturation has Been great. evident in the field, where he has made at least a handful outstanding catches to get his club out of jams. Not neces- sarily the fleetest of centrefielders, Taylor " always off at the crack of the bat and Judgement and positioning are the keys to his success. A graduate of Bluevale collegiate where he effectively led the wishbone offence, Taylor would have been a natural to fit in to Ritight's attack two years ago. certain weaknesses at the plate. Kitchener batters, often with runners in prime scor- ing position. L - Every Tiger batteAwith the exception of Jon Lan- teigne got at least one hit off three Kitchener pitchers. The Dix brothers. Dave and Gary. broke things wide open in the late innings “I have this bad habit of swinging up on the ball. plus I tend to lose concentration at times and swing at bad pitches. I think I only have four or five walks all year and part of the reason is I'm over-anxious and maybe even too agressive at the plate. That's why it's good to have Bobby around to tell me to calm down." Gary Dix stroked a two- run single in the seventh to give Tigers a 74 lead after Panthers had closed the gap, and in the eighth Dave Dix applied the coup de grace with a three-run homer to right-centre field. Waterloo jumped on Panther starter Al Nesbitt for five earned runs in the first three innings Dave Dix also had two singles, Dave Byers showed excellent hit- ting selection for a double For Appointment Ca" 664-2933 Notes Ottawa native Mike Arundel has left the Waterloo organization. cit- ing lack of senior activity as the reason Arundel pitched effectivelyin junior ball with the Expos, but was ineffec- tive in brief appearances with Tigers, Glassford was thrilled to see such a good turnout for Family Night, and hinted that more such extravaganzas might be in the offering in the future “lf that's what they want, that's what we‘ll give them," he said Sun. day - Saturday London jumped into a 3-1first-inninglead and then upped it to 6-1 in the sixth as they got to start- Ing pitcher Bobby Schnurr. Tigers chased losing Lon don pitcher Jon Owen in the bottom of the sixth with seven runs, the key hit being Taylor's bases-filled triple Byers added two singles during the game. Bob Sch- nurr, Yosurack and Gary Dix doubled and Dan Colli- sion and Dave Dix had sin- gles Each club had my" hits, “Bobby's done a hell job for us. it was just a c of one of those nights whe he didn't have it." said Tiger GM Champ Glassford and two singles, Taylor had a single as well as a homer.Dan Collison and Bobby Schnurr had two sin- gles each and Gary Dix and Mike Blake rounded out the salvo with singles. _ So in a move that must have reminded many of the family Night fans of the Wa- terloo Expos of days gone try, Tigers replaced Schnurr with Mike Yosurack who ti- died up for the remainder.