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What three Waterloo Tiger individuals intended as petty dalliance turned into an extremely serious inâ€" cident last week and almost cost the Waterioo club the services of field manager Alf Payne for the rest of. the season. As things now stand. Payne is back at the conâ€" trols but Tigers, after a sunmiaoniegence at Bechâ€" tel Park with league ofâ€" ficials Sunday prior to their 10â€"6 loss to Kitchener. have been instructed to post a performance bondâ€" for Payne and coach Leo De Rocher and infielder Gary Dix. Chronicle Sports Editor While they won only one of three games this week, Waâ€" terloo Tigers appear to have at least temporarily solved one of their biggest probâ€" lems of the 1980 season. * It looks like Tiger bats, which for most of the year seem to have ‘been conâ€" structed out of sponge rubâ€" ber rather than aluminum or wood, have finally solidiâ€" fied, allowing the local unit more respectability in the run and hit columns. to wet grounds. Payne, De Rocher and Dix thus opted to attend the Hamiltonâ€" Brantford contest in the Teâ€" lephone City. They reâ€" mained at their van outside Cockshutt Park down the right field line where they admittedly bellowed zingers at the umpires, particularly London officials Joe Serraâ€" tore and John Wigle. who The shenanigans occurred 10 days ago when Tigers® Saâ€" turday night contest in Windsor was postponed due Tigers dreadful team slump at the plate continued through last Wednesday night when Toronto Maple Leaf lefty Bill Casbolt tossed a nifty sixâ€"hitter to lead his mates to a 52 win at Bechtel Park. But Waterloo ended the siâ€" lence the very next night in Toronto when abetted by a grand slam homer by Dave Byers and homer, double and single by Gary Dix, Tigers crushed Leafs 11â€"6, stroking 14 hits before a Kids Night crowd at Chrisâ€" tie Pits. \ # . * o . iger bats finally alive |â€" By Rick Campbell Sunday Tigers saw ‘their rather than take batting grand slam to right ‘and R Ne e n e NS Te July winle«é streak at Rechâ€" ‘Dractice inst to try to loozen ~ Gary Dix‘s fashionable E: busco 2n8iiin ie d ts ul t s hiz isA L :iz ns . + T s 1 B ossed a nifty sixâ€"hitter to terloo that before last Wedâ€" baserunners like we did tonâ€" Tigers will attempt to ad his mates to a 52 win at nesday‘s game, they drew ight but then can‘t bring break their Bechtel Park echtel Park. the batting order out of a them in." jinx, which has seen them But Waterloo ended the siâ€" hat, according to veteran Tigers didn‘t have any go since June 25 without a nce the very next night in slugger Dave Dix. such problem against Toronâ€" home win, tonight when ‘oronto when abetted by a "I tell you, we‘ve tried to starter Russ Brahms â€" they play host to Cambridge rand slam homer by Dave everything under the sun to â€" Thursday as they teed off at 8 p.m. Friday they go to yers and homer, double ‘try to get us out of this (hitâ€" for five runs in each of the London, Sunday are home to nd single by Gary Dix, ting) slump," said Dix. third and fourth innings to Hamilton in a 2 p.m. maâ€" igers crughed Leafs 11â€"6, *‘We‘ve taken extra batting assume a 10â€"0 lead and tinee, and also are at home troking 14 hits before a practice, moved guys chase the Toronto hurler to in a doubleheader makeâ€"up ids Night crowd at Chrisâ€" around.in the lineup, played . the showers. affair with Brantford next ie Pits. pepper before the game In addition to Byers‘ Tuesday. Tigers must post bond Uâ€"LOCK IT â€" â€" U KEEP THE KEY â€" â€" â€" STOREâ€"Nâ€"LOCK INC \ g' ( SIZES 5 x 10 â€" 5 x 16 C 10 x 10 â€" 10 x 15 â€" 10 x 20 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST _ NORTHEELO OA 886â€"7350 x §se5 COLBY DR fr m mt C YOUR OWN WAREHKHOUSE cAS Sunday Tigers saw ‘their rather than take batting Frand siam to right ‘and July winless streak at Bechâ€" (practice just to try to loosen © Gary Dix‘s fashionable tel Park extended ‘to three the guys up. L don‘t know Plate performance, Dave games when Kitchener what else we couldâ€"do." Dix added three singles as Panthers came on after a Tigers, according to the did Brian Schnurr, while rain delay to overcome Waâ€" league‘s July 19 release, Jim Taylor had a pair. | terloo 1046 but even in that. were batting as a team at a Kurt Felker picked up the game Tigers had pieced toâ€" â€"~woeful .236 clip, ninth overâ€" â€" win for Waterloo, with Rick gether eight hits before a . all â€"of the Interâ€"County‘s 10 _ Williams coming on in the disastrous Kitchener seâ€" > teams and only 19 percenâ€" â€" seventh to record the save. venth made them wilt. tage points ahead of last Felker was the loser and Most encouraging was the fact that for one of the few times this year, Tigers bunched several â€"hits toâ€" gether to score a handful of runs, this time four in the fourth off four hits which at that point gave them a 4â€"2 sperate plateâ€"wise for Waâ€" terloo that before last Wedâ€" nesday‘s game, they drew the batting order out of a hat, according to veteran slugger Dave Dix. ‘*I tell you, we‘ve tried everything under the sun to try to get us out of this (hitâ€" ting) slump," said Dix. *‘We‘ve taken extra batting practice, moved guys around in the lineup, played pepper before the game "It was all in fun, sure we took some (verbal) shots at them, but there was no proâ€" fanity cor anything like that."" said Payne,. ‘"As a matter of fact, nearly everyone in the park was getting a good chuckle out of it." more than once this year have incurred the wrath of the Waterloo club for what they interpreted as "quesâ€" tionable"® calls. But apparently Serratore and Wigle took the situation in a much more serious light, to the extent where they wrote the Tiger inâ€" dividuals up in their game report. Upon receiving the report, the league sent a letâ€" ter to Tiger GM Fred Kursiâ€" kowski Wednesday informâ€" ing him that Payne was suâ€" spended indefinitely pending further investigation. Tigers immediately _ requested a hearing and were granted one Sunday with all particulars given a chance to present their side to Iâ€"C Major commissioner Reub Halpern,. secretary Lorne Hamel. and Superâ€" visor of Umpires Gary Millâ€" man Things had gotten so deâ€" Tigers, according to the league‘s July 19 release, were batting as a team at a woeful .236 clip, ninth overâ€" all of the Interâ€"County‘s 10 teams and only 19 percenâ€" tage points ahead of last place Hamilton. © . "‘We‘re just not swinging the bats like we have in the past," continued Dix. "It‘s the funniest thing I‘ve ever seen, the whole team going into a slump like this, usualâ€" ly ‘it‘s one or two guys at a time who just try to fight it (slump) out. It‘s really been hurting us this year, we get baserunners like we did tonâ€" ight but then can‘t bring them in." Tigers didn‘t have any such problem against Toronâ€" to starter Russ Brahms Thursday as they teed off for five runs in each of the third and fourth innings to assume a 10â€"0 lead and chase the Toronto hurler to the showers. In addition to Byers‘ According to Kursikowsâ€" ki,. who was allowed to reâ€" main present throughout the entire meeting to protect Tiger interests. the umpires version of the event in quesâ€" tion differed greatly from that of Payne and De Rocher‘s, as expected. ‘‘We just went in there and laid our cards on the table. said everything we had to say and let them know exactly how we felt about the way things are being run (by umpires) this vear." saud Payne. 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