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Kurt at home in new surroundings By Rick Campbell defensively, especially for Tigers took a 1â€"0 lead in # #, J.u. Sports Editer â€"â€" the first game,‘‘ said the contest in the second inâ€" F"'St p'tCh Felker, who overcame some ning when backâ€"toâ€"back sinâ€" °S It was only natural that sarty jitters to fan a total of &les by Dunc MacDonald Kurt Felker was a triflé nine Leaf batters. "And and Bobby Schnurr followed R edgy about his new surâ€" they also came through with . by an rbiâ€"smash by Mike Yoâ€" Seagram‘s Distillery * roundings last Wednesday inc cjutch hits when we â€" surack scored MacDonald | Ltd. plant manager Art y 3 : After all,, the former Guelph Oak pitcher was making his official debut in a Waterloo Tiger uniform as they opened their season at Bechtel Park against Toronâ€" to Maple Leafs. But shortly into the game, it became obvious that the In fact, both teams proâ€" vided the fans with an exâ€" ceptional brand of ball throughout, with the suspenâ€" se mounting right to the final out, after Tigers had pushed across the goâ€"ahead and eventual insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. ‘‘The guys all played good more to Felker‘s benefit than detriment, as Tiger coach Leo De Rocher aptly indicated in his postâ€"game ‘‘Hey, that‘s the first time in his (Felker‘s) life he‘s had a real solid team behind him," said De Rocher after Felker made his first Waâ€" terloo start an auspicious one by mowing down Leafs 31 with an extremely tidy eightâ€"hitter. Bur as much as Felker played a major part in the victory, it did not come without absolutely sterling play in the field by his mates, who executed all night long as if it was late season, not midâ€"May. 382 King St. N., Waterioo HOME DECORATING CENTRE 20% OFF Hâ€"K TILE PRESENTS A â€"K€ TILE i Eoin the first game,"‘ said Felker, who overcame some early jitters to fan a total of nine Leaf batters. ‘"And "It would have been a lot different going to the mound for the ninth if we‘were still tied,"‘ said the winning pitcher, who admitted to being fatigued for the final couple of innings, ‘‘but those two runs in the bottom of the eighth gave me an added lift to go back out there. **Still for those last two batters, my knees were tinâ€" gling, the nervousness came back until 4 got the final out." _ Many fundamentals, both offensively such as bunting, and defensively, like hitting the cutâ€"off man, were perâ€" formed to a *T by Tigers, who are already reaping the benefits of De Rocher and field manager Alf Payne‘s springâ€"training devotion to technique. *‘*We did everything right," beamed De Rocher. ‘‘They (Leafs) messed up three bunts, we laid down three of the best you‘ll ever ‘*And we got our third run because Dave (Dix) on seâ€" cond showed his experience on the basepaths. When Terry (Boegel) hit that ball (error by Shane Watson) Dixie didn‘t even let up coming around third, he just busted for the plate. It‘s plays like that that‘ll win you ball games." at A.pprec"ates so'id dafens’.ve bawcn;ui, '%mcu Wednesday, May 28, 1980 â€" Page 19 Leafs tied it in the fifth when designated hitter John Smyrke pasted a Felker ofâ€" fering to the left field fence for a double and then scored on Paul Stella‘s single. But that was all she wrote for Leafs and Tigers won it in the eighth on Dix‘s rbiâ€" single scoring Brian Schâ€" nurr and then Sanford‘s error. gles by Dunc MacDonald and Bobby Schnurr followed by an rbiâ€"smash by Mike Yoâ€" surack scored MacDonald with the opening run. Other than Smyrke‘s bash, Sanford was the only Leaf to solve Felker as he balted two doubles and a sinâ€" gle in three official trips. â€" ‘"He (Sanford) knows me, I‘ve always had trouble with him.‘‘ said Felker with a chuckle. "He‘s a first pitch hitter and I‘m usually okay if I can get the first one by Aside from his preâ€"game tension, Felker said the fact that Leafs had men in scorâ€" ing position in both the first and third wasn‘t an unusualâ€" ly bad start for him. Tiger catcher MacDonald, who made one of the plays of the game gunning down "I got up a good sweat beâ€" fore the game, but even if the temperature is 90â€"100 deâ€" grees, it still usually takes me a few innings to get going. But once I got by the seventh I thought I might have a shot to go all the way." Roman Kniginyzky in the eighth as he attempted to steal second to end Leafs last threat, was well aware his battery mate was on his last legs late in the game. ‘"If you noticed I started to go out to see him more in Seagram‘s Distillery Ltd. plant manager Art Mock was honored to throw out the first pitch last Wednesday when Waterioo Tigers opened their Interâ€"County Major Baseball League season against Toronto Maple â€" Leats. Tiger catcher Dunc Macâ€" Donald had problems with Hock‘s knuckleâ€" ball, but he settlied down to help his club tame Leafs 3â€"1. v .".'gj.-.!.-e:-.'_-.g.j,‘. .‘ ‘ . ind R h M ts _ â€" ’ { V.DABIN pâ€" ‘ > M 0~ & â€" .. AnND SIDEWALK CTyFH â€"rry Lo slabs MANY SIZES & COLOURS. STARBURST PATIO SLABS producers of the late innings, I knew he was tired and I just told him to keep his concentration and try to keep the ball down,‘"‘ said MacDonald. ‘‘Isn‘t he amazing though, he kept getting out of those jams, and always hung right CONCRETE STEPS & PORCHES for patios, walks, driveways, etc. Decraâ€"loc¢ several designs and colors PAVING STONES NATURAL STONE PRODUCTS 60 SCHAEFER STREET WATERLOO PHONE 884â€"0860 turn right off Weber one block north of King with or without won ratlings tHagstone rockery stone coursing â€" boulders wallstone â€" planters : sills red ule chips for driveways in there." Gary Dix had a double and single to lead Tigers hit parade, while Dave Byers had a double and Bob Schâ€" nurr, batting out of the dh spot, contributed two sinâ€" gles. sate and economical i!’.' ig‘? ’ T