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Waterloo Kiwanis r‘tyke Hornets lead the major division of the Inter-County tyke league with a record of T-I., They have a one- game lead over Guelph Lions and a two-game lead over Kitchener Kobras. Hornets lost their first game of the sea- son Sunday 8-2 to Kit. chener Kitchener struck early in the game with two runs in the first inning and three more in the sec- ond as Waterloo came up tInt and made many costly errors. Those days of whine and roses Scott McPherson ttttttht OUR SUMMER VACATION COURSES For Mutton on next com-o phone Canada's Most Comprehensive Driver Training Course Your course fee IS income tax deduct- ible and you may save up to 40% m inaurancepremiums by presenting our course certificate. The non-arrival of the team's equipment for a road game Sunday night a1iows for the extra treat of using the neighbors' stuff. _ A" superb prospect from south of the border pitches his fifth superb game, striking out Is opposing batters -- and sees his record extended to a not-so-superb Ir-h. Well, as they say about the Yankees in the Bronx Zoo. it's good to see everything is normal with Waterloo Tigers. By Rick Campbell Chroma. Sports Editor A young chap who had been brought halfway across the country because his left arm is such a precious commodity, breaks his. right arm employing it as a rudder for a tempestuous go-kart Sunday afternoon. Anda veteran who should know better, who has been appointed assistant coach because of his ability to lead by example, exits the ball park prior to Tuesday's game because he had been yanked from the starting lineup. As one might expect from a club that going into last night's game with St. Thomas sported a 4-11 record, ninth best In the Ill-team Inter-County Major Baseball League, Waterloo Tigers can be excused for feeling like they are playing the leading role in your "never-a-dull-moment" soap opera. Accidents, looking all over hell's half acre for places to happen. And finding them. From the start of the season, when at the last minute the player who was supposed to solve Tigers" hitting anemia decided to remain south of the American border, to days before the campaign began, when a reliable homebrew decided to change his driver's license to south of the Twin City border, to Sunday afternoon, when national team prospect Mike Jeffery decided to try his luck outside the go-kart track border, 1982 has been a series of rarely-ceasing headaches for Tigers, from president Paul Puncher to field manager Gary Jeffries, Tyke squads are in the groove PllN'lll C':?, ll! tt tMkt - m u M. 2,t,S'd,Sl; In. t M, YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA Kitchen" Cantu Catmttridgo Contra 623.6730 Notatioo Contra In Cambridge. lefty Chad Young won his second of the season as he tossed a one-hitter as Hornets posted a Earlier in the week, Hornets defeated Guelph 20-6 as Troy Stephens won his third game against no losses. He also helped himself at the plate as he hit three triples and drove in five runs. Ross Fer rier was 3-for-4 and knocked in six runs. went the distance for Waterloo, suffering his first loss of the season after two wins. 15-2 victory “In!!! 1-1.”. lull“ Last week Pirates played host to the Cam- bridge squad and al- lowed the visitors a lead through the early innings. Pirates finally got it together and ended up winning 197 to place them at 3-3 to this point of the sea- son. Hornets next action is tonight at Waterloo Park as they play host to Waterloo Pirates at 6 Ross Perrier collect- ed three hits including a double to drive in three runs for the Wa- terloo squad. Fortunately, the on-field ignition Jeffries is usually not given to feelings of hopeless despair, and the optimism he conveyed prior to last night's game carried through as Tigers played snappy ball in edging St. Thomas Eigins 3-2 before a sizeable Family Night crowd. to the piayers thtrmselrt Of course. when any club is down they are most vulnerable to criticism both inside the operation and out, and Tigers have not escaped the behind-the-back barbs, which Jeffries views as so much hogwash. "We're a young team in a slump right now that's gone on a hell of a lot longer than we'd like." he said prior to Tuesday's victory. "Our big problem is we're thinking too much, and pressing all the time. We've tried to teach them to relax, to have fun out there, heck, we've tried every approach psychologically that we can think of. Jeffery, who had two solid outings with Tabbies before Sunday's unfortunate turn of events, has returned home to the East Coast. Ithaca imports Dan Smith and Keith Meyer have performed well, as have Greg McEachern and Mike Simpson, the latter the recent unsung hero of the Tiger mound with many effective innings logged, With capable pitching, and efficient if not proficient defense, Tigers' main thorn appears to be their inability to get the bats going. Witness import centrefielder Kurt Deluca and catcher Dunc MacDonald, both who has shown in the past they are capable batsmen but who have struggled in recent time, MacDonald rebounded with a "We've played pretty well defensively (during the slump) but we've scored nine runs in our last six games, and regardless of the pitching you get youve not going to win many with those stats." "You look at Keith (Meyer), sitting at O-S, but he's a super kid with an unbelievable attitude, he gives it all he has every time out," said Jeffries, "Both Dan and Keith, their attitudes are really good." Coombes. Johnson, Lac-by. Loviday. healer. Moeser. Oeseh, 0rd. Pickett. Pong. llanton. Schlledel. Fichmetr.er, Thanks Blnevale. I would [Ike to take a moment to give a pat on the hack to some of the great people I have had the privilege of knowing here at Blnevale. In my " years here‘ I have been associated with many tue athletes on a variety of teams and in physlcal education classes. nest.- Individuals were not just good athletes but truly great people also. They made my job an easy one and coaching a pleasure. There could he an endless list of names. but some lint stand mat in my memory are Miner, Boegel. Caldwell. Chm. After no years of teaching at Bluevale collegiate, to say nothing of countless hundreds of hours devoted to coaching Knights in the field of Athletics. Bcrs Jim Baird is'leavilg the school at the end of this semester. Here are some of his thoughts on the past decade in his life. Jim bids farewell WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNE§DAY, JUNE 23, 1982 - PAGE 27 pair of hits last night "Kurt's better batter than he's shown, both he and Dunc are keyed up about their mechanics," said Jeffries. "l think they're thinking so mach about doing this or not doing that it's affecting them the wrong way, I've told them to forget about worrying about striking out, just to get up there and get those good swings in.” Like everyone else, losing is not high on the list of Jeffries pet projects, especially when solid work all around brings about victories like Tuesday night's. The veteran field manager indicated prior to the contest that he'll continue to try different combinations until he uncovers the solution. "Earlier in the season we went with a set lineup, and we've been losing with it, now it's time to find one we can win with," he said., "There's a lot of guys who have sat on the bench all season waiting to play, keeping the team morale up. and coming in when I ask them," said Jeffries. “I think that's a helluva way for a guy (Yosurack) to act who is supposed to be setting an example for the rest of the team. If Mike was angry before the game he should have come to me and talked about it, I Just can't accept that kind of behaviour ... and you can be sure I won't be the one going to him. Notiss: Tigers are at Kitchener Thursday, in Hamilton Friday, home to Guelph Saturday and back in the Royal City Sunday. The idea of such did not sit too well apparently with playing coach Mike Yosurack Tuesday, who. miffed at being sat out of the starting nine, dressed and left the park before game time. “I think the guys who played tonight did a fine job, Danny (Smith) did a good job to.get out of that eighth inning jam, and Dunc made a super play on that double play in the ninth. The ones that want togel us out of this (slump) are the ones who are going to play." Shane and Tnylor. These people only represent the any the Individuals who have been nssocinted with Blnevnle tenlns nndtherenrenunylnorewhoconldbe ndded to the list. 1tttnsn1sotteeatatMeatmretorrseetn great my of the nthletes‘ parents who regularly appear st genes. on “pick-np" duty after prnetices or at school functions. I think thnt they too shonld give them- selves n pnt on the - for the snpport My teachlng and coaching associates and the students here at Blnevale have made It all possible. Thanks - than I can say. that the}; give their was anI @Igiiers and the inning! Inconvleaces that they have to undergo when practices and games do not always an Into - plans and meal For use. the put I. years here have been great. It has been a ttme of very high job satisfaction III personal growth fir Ila: Jim Baird.