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Show f Page 17 Sun Chronicle, Thursday, June 17, 1976 recreation baseball: 'Is there a team balance problem?' Hoy by Keith Duncan Roys multi-talente- American Legion team, swept past their second opponent this season by smashing Bonnevilles squad last Tuesday, Again it was Greg Panfiloff doing the clean-u- p work. This time he limited the losers to only three hits. Greg started off the 1976 season by throwing a four-hittat Bountifuls Legion team. Panfiloff got plenty of back-u- p support from fiery hot Mark Jenkins in both games. Jenkins collected four hits off Bountiful hurlers and three more singles in last Tuesdays affair. As long as Greg is spitting out three 1976 d 5-- 0. and four hitters and Jenkins is plastering opposing pitchers, the Roy edition in the league could be one of the strongest ever. They are certainly one of the sharpest looking after receiving new uniforms this past week. The colors are orange, green and white. Another big slugger for the Roy squad was former Weber High great, Dennis Farr. Farr smashed out two triples in the 0 contest. Dennis was both a grid-iro- n star and an outstanding wrestling star at Weber. Now the Roy Legion team faces another home contest on Thursday against Bonneville again. The game will be played at Roy High and will start at 6: 30. Hipwell leads Legion stars Keith Hipwell, uncle of former Roy great, Lonnie Hipwell, is the head coach for the 1976 American Legion team. Hipwell resides in West Weber. Jerry Ward and Carl Hipwell hold down back-sto- p duties for the Roy team. Ward caught all season for the Roy High team that eventually made itself to the state playoffs. Jerry took n over in when Mark Kart-chnsuffered an injury. For a team that is loaded with exceptional talent, Wards experience cant hurt a thing 5-- 2-- er pre-seaso- either. Hipwell is the son of the coach and could be used for any number of positions. Coach Hipwell has reported that Carl could play catcher, third base or any one of the outfield positions. He started in left field against Bonneville last Tuesday. Heading up first base duties will be either Claude Payne or Dennis Farr. Payne started for Roys school team all last season and was eventually elected P for the award. Payne hit .389 during the Region One season. Dennis Farr can play either first base or third. Last Tuesday he started the infield at third. Handling second base duties will be either Pat Hanley or Lynn Jackson, although Jackson has started in the past two games. Jackson may have a slight edge in fielding ability while Pat carries a little better batting average. Hanley is expected to join the team next week. Farr or Hipwell could see split action at third base. Both former Weber High players. Mark Jenkins has been carrying a hot bat the past two games and while hes not batting, hes cleaning the infield up at shortstop. Jim McMahon, Roys senior, will not see any power-potenti- action on the pitching mound through the summer. He is being saved for the upcoming football season. Jimmy will see actiqn in the outfield and at shortstop through the course of the season. Holding down outfield slots will be Jed Skeen, Kelly Checkets, Mike McCoy, McMahon and Clair Davis. Pitchers for Coach Hipwell have been only Greg Panfiloff. The demonstration that he has shown in the first two games would be enough to convince anyone that the Roy team is one of the strongest mound teams in the league. Other pitchers include Mike Budke, Craig Wilson, Clark Jenkins and Kelly Checketts. K by Bliss Fullmer Only four cities have Little League Baseball in all of Weber and Davis Counties. Who are they? Ogden, Clearfield, Sunset and Hill Air Force Base. Now before you get too excited, hear this; the name Little Baseball is the name of a franchise with in headquarters Williamsport, Penn. It is an international organization that represents 33 countries, and they have their own charter. Sports enthusiasts are infringing on their rignts every time they call our ball Dlavers LitUe Leaguers. But, you say, LitUe League is a household game, and you are right. Even though the name is commonly abused, it would take more than one law suit to justify positions. WWBA Large In Northern Utah the largest baseball organization for boys is Western Boys Baseball Association (WBBA). Presently they have teams in Riverdale Washington Terrace, Bountiful, Brigham City, Smithfield, Logan and other communities of this area. All together they have leagues in 14 western states, including Alaska and Hawaii. National headquarters is in Salt Lake City. UBBA Located There is one group in Central and Southern Utah known as "Utah Boys Baseball Association (UBBA). Murray, Utah has its Cop League and other smaller groups are simply known as Boys Baseball. Many cities, including Roy, have no affiliation with any state, national or international organizations. They run their own programs through city recreation, and have ties with their respective counties. Roy with Weber County. Little League Baseball (LLBA) and (WBBA) sponsor major and minor league teams. The boys compete for positions on the various major league teams. Those who arent selected are assigned to the minor leagues and still play a full schedule. Most of the boys play major league baseball by the time they reach 12. The eight and nine year olds, and some 10s make up the bulk of the minor league program. The average WBBA major league team consists of six-1- 2 year olds, five 11 year olds, and four 10 year olds. In the LLBA they are allowed eight 12 year olds, and seven 11 and 10 year olds. They have strict rules to assure that every boy plays at least three innings per week. Pitchers are allowed to pitch no last Tuesday night more than six innings a week, and must have 48 hours of rest ROY'S GREG PANFILOFF threw his second consecutive three-hitte- r between games if they pitch in more than three innings in one against Bonneville. The Legion team now stands 0 in league action. day. n Both WBBA and LLBA play in tournaments, and can eventually advance to play in their respective team from World Series. Each league selects an All-Stamong all its teams to go into post season play. The boys pay dues ranging from $5 to $12 and higher to defray the costs of equipment, insurance, etc. They often have sponsors, who buy team uniforms. Some cities work with these leagues and bear some of the expense involved, Clearfield and Sunset are just two. Roy Recreation allows teams to be formed by grades from the ' various elwnentairy kchttoJs ' tWbudiftme fJVhey encourage coaches to confine their teams to grade School boundaries. Coaches and kids get together, select a name, register with the City and play ball. They are not allowed to have older boys on their respective 4th, 5th and 6th grade teams, but they can have younger players if desired. Rules dictate that every boy plays in every game if possible, and they have the six inning pitching rule and the 48 hour pitcher-res- t rule to protect the boys. There is no organized tournaments beyond the summer schedule. A $2 fee is charged each boy to help cover the expenses. Roy Recreation furnished all equipment, ball fields, umpires and scorekeepers. Each team is encouraged to get a sponsor to furnish uniforms. of Any boy who wishes to play, but cant find a spot on one to team a Recreation the existing teams, is assigned by Roy being formed, or wherever vacancies may occur. No one is turned away. Problem: Team Balance Team balance is always a problem in any league. They all strive to keep the teams equal in strength through their own ACTION TAKEN from Midget C baseball in Roy recreation. Call him how you will ! methods. The LLBA and WBBA conduct a player drafts at the beginning of the season. They allow the last place teams of 1st year to have first pick of the upcoming talent. Roy coaches select a team from a geographical area and may keep that same team through the 4th, 5th and 6th grades home run. The Rookies grand-slaare and on into junior baseball. Stragglers and Eight Midget C baseball teams picked up win number two at the exsquared off last week to open the picked up on teams organized by the Recreation Depart-mem- t. who are now This method sometimes creates Super Teams and summer baseball season. By the end of pense of the the week, five teams had bitten the dust Other Teams. They had previously humbled the Bobcats 10-- 6 in a game that featured and only three were undefeated. Scorekeepers were recently contacted from Ogden, Hill one from two Grand Slam home runs Eddie Pasquale rapped the first AFB, Washington Terrace and Clearfield to see how Roys each side. Wayne Tofoya hit one for the home run of the young season and led balance compared with our neighbors, so far this season. Bobcats and then Brian Drake of the his Roy Elk team to a 0 rout of the LEAGUE returned the favor with his own on Then Thursday they did it Spikers. brand of again. This time to the winless Bearing The Royals couldnt muster any Bob Cats. The Mustangs kept pace with the punch Tuesday against the Mustangs, but Thursday was a nw ball game. Elks thanks to a 0 shut-ou- t of the They beat the Lions 1 in the rain. Royals. Later they got to the Spikers, The Lions, Spikers and Bobcats are who are now but their day is coming. Rookies winless, of the threw a Danny Tims Games are played each Tuesday and at the Hooper Lions and then We asked Roy Recreation Director Frank Tremea to Thursday. nailed down the 10-- shut-owith a comment on the findings. It is too early in the season to get a true evaluation, he said. The first games are always bad. I dont attempt to select teams, but let the kids and coaches do their own. We arent allowed by the County to use the draft system, he continued. We tried that years ago and it failed miserably. We had tryouts, but couldnt find coaches. Our purpose is to see that boys get to play baseball. Our system, said Frank, is working. We dont have the expense and fund raising that with those other guys experience. Ill match our set-u- p 17, Thursday - Bonneville Roy, 6:30 p.m. concluded. he anyone, 22, Thursday - Smithfield Roy, 6:30p.m. The investigation turned up some other interesting facts. 24, Thursday Bingham Roy, 6:30p.m. The boys who play Little League Baseball at Sunset eventually attend the Junior High School there. Sunset Junior 25, Friday - Roy Ogden, 7 :30 p.m. High went undefeated in their tough Davis County League 28, Monday - Roy Logan, 8 p.m. this spring. 6, Tuesday - Roy Layton, 8:15 p.m. The WBBA players of Washington Terrace attend T.H. Bell 6:30 Junior Bountiful High. T.H. Bell won the county title (to include Roy) in p.m. 8, Thursday Roy, of the last six years. five 13, Tuesday Ogden Roy, 6:30 p.m. record of the past BUT guess who has the best Bonneville , 6 : 30 p .m . 15, Thursday Roy few years! Thats right, Roy High School! Roy has a slight 2 record over Clearfield in the last three years, and has a wider Smithfield, 7 p.m. 20, Tuesday - Roy margin of wins against Bonneville. 8 22, Thursday Roy Bingham, p.m. Baseball in Roy Recreation may have a few problems, but Vie wmont, 6 : 30 p .m . 27, Tuesday - Roy the important thing is that our kids are playing ball. Were different here, but as Frank Tremea put it, Well match our 29, Thursday - Layton Roy, 6:30 p.m. system with anybody. League 80-pl- 2-- post-seaso- ar Eight teams make up 'Midget C late-signe- CLAUDE PAYNE takes over first base duties for the Roy American Legion team. 76-e- 76-e- rs 21-- four-in-on- 6-- 4-- 0-- no-hitt- 0 ut 1976 Legion schedule 1976 ROY AMERICAN Legion team. Top row, from left, Coach Keith Hipwell, Mike Budke, Jed Skeen, Jerry Ward, Clair Davis and Lynn Jackson. Bottom row, Greg Panfiloff, Claude Payne, Clark Jenkins, Carl Hipwell, Dennis Farr and Mark Jenkins. THE Weber signs eighth eager forward, has to attend Weber State College during the coming year and will perform with the Wildcat Basketball team, according to head coach Neil McCarthy. Welshans is the eighth eager to sign a national letter of intent at Weber State for next season. Jeff Welshans, a signed a letter of intent 6-- 7 A Southern California native, played his prep ball at Welshans Katella High in Anaheim where he was a four-yea- r letterman who averaged 20.4 points and 14.1 rebounds per game. He was a three-yea- r and allcounty player, and earned MVP honors his senior season. June June June June June July July July July July July July July at at at at at at at at at at at at at one-on-o- 3-- |