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PAGE,24 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH M. 1’32 ii i?,J,,,aitig,r' "t'ji"iriiii"iiiiijiiiij' S RAC UET iiaffilgfifi This Spring SPECIAL! 3 llilAlrll1lll MEMBERSHIP Play Racquetball Put a little Ming-shine back in your cars,life! After the harsh winter months of salt and snow, treat your car to the exclusive of Kitchener-Waterloo 885-5620 355 Weber St. N. Ming Ming Mirror Finich Interior Shampoo 009nm Engine 140 Columbia West, Watertoo Phone 888-5870 OURTS Limnod Time Otter 99 R’9- Also included: sauna, whtrerool, cafeteria. locker room, baby sitting services are available, plus court fees April 1-June ao For further , information can or drop in. . 1491!) Waterloo CHYM'rs heralded acquisition, hard-throwing pitcher Dan Yantzi (Iett), mode|s his new club's uniform while teammate and fellow pitcher Mark (Whitey) Lobsinger Iooks on approvingly. Th . h t pitcher A starry-eyed youngster from Tavistock. Yantzi took the oFL by storm four years ago winning rookie of the year honors with Kitchen. er Evergreens and posting a 113 win-loss record due mainly to his incredibly overpowering offerings that baffled the best batters in the province, Two years later however, Evergreens. in need of financial and organizational regroup- ing. joined the IFL for a year and Yafitzi. the Inter-City‘s top pitcher, publicly denounced the league‘s over all talent level compared to the OFT, Recent disenchantment with the (IFL's organizational structure has altered that think ine somewhat "Yeh. I was saying it NFL) wasn't that good." tho M-year-old Kraus Carpet accountant said with a smile. “I was just a young kid out of a small town (Tavistock) when I joined the ort Pretty steep - until a week ago that is, when CHYM'rs rocked the local fastball community with the announcement that much-heralded chucker Dan Yantzi, a four-year veteran of the Kitchener entry in the Ontario Fastball League, will be donning the CHYM'r uniform in 1982, What are the odds of Waterloo CHYM'rs fastball team improving on its outstanding I981 season this year? CHYM'r field manager Glenn Moeser could hardly contain his enthusiasm when making the announcement, and Yantzi echoed Moeser's zeal in talking Monday of eagerly anticipating the upcoming season. “Oh Um really looking forward to it. a lot of the teams in the lFL (Inter-City Fastball League) have really improved and the CHYMis tournament schedule really excites me At this point I'm more excited about tournaments than league play. and that's one of the things that helped me decide to come to Waterloo," d By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor 55 Erb St. E. Waterloo MR. AMERICA TIM BELKNAP $15.00 Per Ticket Phone To Reserve Your Ticket FRIDAY, APRIL 2 7:00 P.M. Learn The Secrets Of A Champion Body Builder A Seminar With The fact he will be a target for would-be heroes doesn't bother Yantzi in the least. He openly expressed Confidence in the projected defensive unit that will back him with CHYM‘rs this season. but just as important. feels he is at the top of his game. “My first year with Kitchener my strength was my strongest point, I got through more on my velocity than anything else," he said, “But the last couple of years my control has improved to the point now I'm confident I can throw any pitch. anywhere. any time. I guess you could say my pitching's a lot more mature than in the pasC" Both Yantzi and Lobsinger as well as other CHYM‘rs have already begun informal work, outs in preparation for their May ll season opener in llespeler. - numbers are limited - with Kitchener and those first two years were quite an experience for me - it seemed like the real big time. "But our year in the lFL seemed to be the year the OFL started on a downslide - and now you find a lot of teams in the IFL, not just Waterloo, but Cambridge. Burlington, they're really coming along quite well. And as far as the leagues themselves are concerned, I'm very impressed with the IFL, ics run far better than the on ever will tre." Yantzn . who credits sack-slinging at his father's feed mill as the reason he entered the ()FL with such awesome strength, joins IFL most valuable player for 1981 Mark (Whitey) Lobsinger in the CHYMY pitching ranks, giving the club a most respectable combination. especially {or tour- nament play, "Having Danny takes a lot of pressure off me," said the lefty Lubsinger. “Other teams wort't gear up as much for me now that Danny is around. Actually. I think the batters in our league will be intimidated by him.“ (Erb Centre) 884-4330