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By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Visiting teams aren‘t the only ones to take a beating at Bechtel Park lately. So is home plate. Barely had the poor little white dish had time to reâ€" cover from the spike wounds left by Waterloo Expos Saturday when they annihilated Cambridge Jr: Terriers 18â€"1 when along came Waterloo Optimist midgets Monday night to stomp on it 20 times in a 20â€"1 farcical triumph over Paris. The victory was Optimists third straight of the young Interâ€"County season but compared to the other two over Kitchener (2â€"0) and Cambridge (7â€"6) this one was easy street all the way. Optimists scored in each of the eight innings they â€" Waterloo peewees were forced to forfeit their openâ€" ing Interâ€"County Baseball League game to Stratford when Waterloo was unable to produce umpires for the contest. % â€" Special _ Group Rates Peewees forfeit The runs just keep on coming! Groups of 10 or more can save over Call 893â€"3230 For Details Open Daily School Class, Club or Organization Planning A nyp Special Social Activity? Waterloo‘s next home game is Monday June 9 against Brantford. With the help of two parents though the teams played an exhibition game which Waterloo won 10â€"4. were allowed to bat and the verdict was never in doubt after the fourth when Waâ€" terloo upped its Ie_qd to!_-l. Everything after® that point was strictly academic as Optimist manager Paul Puncher was ableé to freely substitute players to gain an overâ€"all assessment of the talents of his charges. . ~ ‘"Actually, the game was iffy for the first few inâ€" nings,"‘ said Puncher not in reference to the score but to the fact that his club had booted the ball four times and that Optimist pitcher Eric Macnaughton had yet to settle into form. But suddenly in the sixth Macnaughton, whose offerâ€" ings had been sailing high most of the night, gained exâ€" cellent control, especially with his breaking pitches, Is Your Optimists decimateâ€" woeful Paris club Meanwhile Macnaughtâ€" on‘s mates were having a field day at the plate as they teed off on Paris losing pitcher John Muir and reâ€" liever Stew Jack for 16 hits. and proceeded to whiff seven of the last 13 batters he faced. The game Paris hurlers were not at all aided by lackadaisical defensive play by their mates, whose acâ€" tions throughout totally misrepresented the club‘s ‘"Hustler‘‘ nickname. Many Optimist runs were of the unearned variety as wild pitches and equally wild relays proved costly for the visiting Paris club. Waâ€" terloo was also constantly in scoring position as once they got men on base they Kevin: Schnurr paced Opâ€" timists at the plate with two doubles and a single while Todd Sheridan and Todd Schirtzinger each had a douâ€" ble and two singles. Keith Lazenby, John Bell and Aron Gagnon all chipped in with a pair of singles. were able to steal at will, eÂ¥en with the score so lopâ€" "I thought about stealing with the score so high, but then J figured it was a cold night, the guys were standâ€" ing out there a long time, and I wanted them to keep their heads in the game,"‘ said Puncher. * Offensively, Qptimists were able to put their hitâ€" andâ€"run and base stealing tactics into use, and defenâ€" sively they also picked off three Paris runners, includâ€" ing one at second after Puncher had shifted his enâ€" tire infield. ‘‘That‘s what this type of game does, it gives you a chance to move players around to 3?2 just how well they will perform in certain circumstances,‘‘ said the Waterloo boss. Waterloo continues play Sunday with a 2 p.m. game in Stratford and will play host to the same club next Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Bechtel. Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, May 28, 1980 â€" Page 27 ERIC MACNAUGHTON ...settled down well M