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Vic MacBournie Chronicle Staff Waterloo Warriors soccer team may have lost two big games on the weekend but that does not bother them as much as losing Tom Abbott. Abbott, the team captain and allâ€"Canaâ€" dian soccer player will not be suiting up with Warriors for the â€"reâ€" mainder of this season after tearing ligaments in a game two weeks ago against Laurenâ€" tian. One wild pitch and Waterloo midget Opâ€" timists‘ dreams faged Saturday night. They had won the protest but not the game and after their dreams of stealing the Interâ€"County midget baseball championship from Cambridge Colts faded, so did their enthusiasm. Chronicle Staff . Optimists dropped the first game (a protested game) 6â€"5 at Dickson Park and then went on to lose the second and final game of the series 4â€"3 to a highâ€"spirited Colt team. "‘That first game really hurt us. The fellas were down after that loss and they only had about 10 minutes before they had to begin the second game," said Waterloo manager Paul Puncher. "They scored two runs on us in the first inning. We made a good stab at it in the ninth inning but we couldn‘t pull it through,"" he said. ‘"He‘s a valuable player for our team," said Warrior catch John Vincent following McMaster‘s 2â€"0 win over Waterloo Sunday . "He added a lot of experience to our team. Now we are going to have only four The first game began in the bottom of the ninth with runners on second and third and two out. Quick loss dashes Optimists‘ dreams Loss of Abbott hurts Warriors‘ chances Canada‘s Most Comprehensive Driver Training Course Your course fee is income tax deductâ€" ible and you may save up to 40% in insurance premiums by presenting our course certificate. 1â€"10 pa. Tees. & Thers. For Intormation on next course phone e Kitchener Centre YOUNG DRIVERS L 8 OF CANADA @ct. 18 1â€"10 pra. Mon. & Wed. Cambridge Centre 623â€"6730 Waterloo Centre veterans on the team .‘ The loss of Abbott takes away Warrior‘s biggest scoring threat and with only one goal in three starts for Warâ€" riors, Vincent admits the situation does "not look good."‘ ‘"We don‘t get many chances to score in a game and if you don‘t take them you‘re not going to win." Warriors are sportâ€" ing a 0â€"3 record with losses to MeMaster, Laurier â€" and Laurenâ€" tian. ‘"We‘ve been close in all the games, we‘re just not taking advanâ€" tage of our opportuniâ€" ties," said Vincent. In Sunday‘s game McMaster â€" Marauders came on in the second half after a scoreless first half, and defeated __ 912 nen Mon. thru Thurs Warriors 2â€"0 Marauders struck first midâ€"way through the second half when Bob Martin headed the ball past the Warrior net minder. ~ Optimist pitcher Scott Puncher had a threeâ€" one count on Colt batter Carlos Duarte when he threw the wild pitch that hit the plate and sailed high over the catchers head as Duane Snyder waltzed home. * Mac finished the scoring when Steve Isaac made good on a penalty kick. â€"In last Wednesday‘s game against Laurier at Seagram stadium, Colts led off the second game with two runs in the first inning. Optimists responded with a run in the third when Jody Pfaff came home off a Kevin Buck single. Colts came back in the bottom of the third to jump back into a twoâ€"run Pfaff scored again off a Karl Wood single in the fifth only to have Cambridge score another in the seventh. Puncher scored on Shane Ackerl‘s single in the ninth but it was too late for Optimists who ended the game with three runs on five hits. _ Cambridée scored their four runs on eight hits. *"We gave them a good tussle but they got momentum after the first game and they beat us. I have to give credit to Cambridge, they played a very strong series," said Puncher. If you think fitness is a distant goal, ( consider this: you Â¥ The Ganadian movement for personat !:tness PaRTIcIPaCTIOn ‘"We had enough opâ€" portunities, again we just didn‘t put the ball in the net," he said. two defensive mistakes cost Warriors the game. "Laurier capiâ€" talized on our two misâ€" takes and won the game 2â€"1," said Vinâ€" cent. 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