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PAGE att -- WATERLOO CHRWICLE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2. W Waterloo Optimist midgets worked extre- mely hard to create their scoring chances against Cambridge Colts Monday night. The bad news - without much effort at all. Optimists also created most ot the Cambridge scoring The bottom llne read however that Optimists did more for them- selves than they did for Colts and thus won the battle for first place In the Inter-Conny Mida- et Baseball - with a " victory. By Rick camp-II cm 890th Editor Tiger bats kind to Danny 't1ilarr!tstyi1.s in rough but Optimists are winning Tiger catcher Dunc MacDonald jumps up to tag At Gates ot Strattord Hitler: who struck out Sunday on this play ttut'attempterd to reach first when MacDonald momentarily lost the ball. Tigers gainad a split of weekend games. shellacking Kitchener Panther. 13-6 Saturday but then wasting a good pitching effort from newcomer Keith Mayor in a 4-2 loan to Hill»: Sunday. nu Rhoda. photo 55mph." The win. closer than the score might indi. cate, gave waterlop , " record heading ittii? Tuesday night’s game In Brantford while Colts fell to 3-t. Op timlsts are in Guelph Sunday at 1 pm. then return to Bechtel Mon- day against Brantford. could any we dodged a few bullets out there tonight.” sold Waterloo In a n a g e r P a u I Puncher. referring to the fact that only one of Cambridge's five runs was canned. and that twice the Visitor‘s left the bases loaded when I tttr hit would have vaul them to the Optimists got an- other 3939 .oitching chore from Scoi! Puncher. who scat- tered niné Cambridge hits. struck out seven. and whose stats would have been even more lmpresalve had he had tighter deiense around him. A handful of Puncher's 125 pitches on the night were thrown long alter sides should have been t tired as thimists com- lead. "We made it harder on ourselves that we had to." mind {our physical errors and several other of the mental va- riety. _ _ .'. 6|“ the positive aide, Sock it to Panthers Optimists got Impres- sive hitting from the top two/thirds of their order as the first six batters collected 13 of Waterioo's " hits. W139? Jody pun had four hits 'a: tive trips, including In eighth-inning smash he stretched on sheer hus- tle into a double to lead the way. Torn Schneid- er. Jamie Young and Kevin Buck each dou- bled and singled. Scott Puncher had two sin ales and Dan Kennedy and Tim Gowlahd each punched a single. Gowland‘s was of the crucial variety in the bottom of the eighth. After Colts had drawn had left the bases load- ed In the top hall of the inning. Gowland sent a slicing liner to left that eluded the fielder for a hit/error. but more im. portantly. brought heme two runs. Gow- land ttttttr scored on an overthrow by iosing pitcher Dave Roberts. to within &5 and in fact "l was very pleased that when we had to gel the hits. we got than." said Puncher. "Jody was hitting the ball hard. Tom Schneider was making good coo- tact too, and Tim's hit In the eighth was a beauty. 3 real clutch Saturday Tigers thrilled a size, able crowd right from the word go after a spirited soul-searching clubhouse talk from manager Gary Jeffries. Jeff Zapfe appeared to be the most ardent listener, as he But just so nobody jumped to conclusions, Tigers weren't as has pitable to Meyer Sunday, looking rather ordinary in the field and anemic in the runs production department as they dropped a 4-2 decision to Hillers to spoil the effective pitching chore of the Yonkers. N.Y. native. A two-run double by Ron Mussel- man in the sixth after Tigers had botched a rumdown precipitated Sunday‘s downfall, and allowed talented import Dennis Coplen to hang around for the victory. Hiilers got three in that inning to go ahead 3-2. then added the insurance run in the seventh. DeLuca drove in both Tiger runs with his second straight two-hit effort. Doug Henry led Tigers " the plate with three singles, while Nick Noonan and Dunc MacDonald dou- bled and Brian and Brad Schnurr and John Lanteigne’each collected a single. Hillers and Tigers matched hit totals with IO. Regarded as the plum of the Tabbies' pitching corps last season despite a misleading 2-7 record, Smith was almost invariably vie- timized by lack of offensive support from his mates. Bat'the Ithaca College (N.Y.) hurler pushed on, recording a 2.75 ERA and constant- ly providing tangible proof of his worth. Smith, after another year at Ithaca under his belt. has returned to the fold along with Meyer and centrefielder Kurt peLuca. Satur- day, making his first start of the season. Smith must have wondered if he had shown up at the right park as his mates supplied him with a 13-run barrage as they cranked Kitchener Panthers 1345 at Bech- tel. By Rick Campboll Chronicle Sports Educ: In one appearance with Waterloo Tigers this year, Keith Meyer knows how teammate Dan Smith felt last year. In one appearance with Waterloo Tigers this year, Dan Smith isn't sure he remembers how Dan Smith felt last year. When asked if he was fUbher- gasted with the 12-run lead his mates afforded him. the modest Smith merely smiled. "I Just wanted to make sure I didn't take anything for granted, even up 12 runs I said to myself 'you'" , ot to throw strikes.' I was really happy tonight to get my "That's the longest I've gone all year. in college the longest I went was six innings, we had all sorts of bad weather. snow, rain. what have you, and they mainly went with the 1-2 pitchers," said the congenial Smith. “I really wanted to finish this game, I can remember well last year (when he was beaten by Panthers). but Simps (Simpson) came in and did a real nice job of finishing tonight." Tigers had a 64) lead after two innings and merely coasted in. albeit shrouded by fog, after pop ping another six in the fifth. The slick hurler Smith concealed his shock well, considering Tigers all of last season accumulated only a slightly larger run total for him. Actually. Smith would have had even more impressive credentials Saturday were it not for the fog, which allowed Panthers gift runs in the ninth and forced Jeffrlea to go to Mike Simpson to finish off the final out. Zapfe, who said he hit his share of homers in junior ball. powdered a Cascadden offering well over the left field fence in the opening inning, plating Doug Henry and Nick Noonan ahead of him. "It was a two-strike fastball - a pitch I didn't expect," said the burly designated hitter. "I figured fastball. but the location surprised me, he threw it right where I wanted it, inside and high." "Gary had a bit of a talk before the game, told us we were making too many mental mistakes. that we needed to sharpen up our play and just keep trying our best," said Zapfe concurring with the analysis of his boss. “One funny thing, he told us we aren't the type of team to score a lot of runs, then we go out and get 13 tonight." proceeded to launch a three-run rocket off loser Brian Cascadden in the first inning and drove in six runs altogether on the profitable evening. Tim Gowland "iris'ttijiyfsi'aglh'ifst; f . , 4EW2 " w.. .. " {Law " 449w»- _ 'd B 1?: a» (Cont-nun! on page 27)