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Show ( if 4 UyV ' cy & Jan's Mountain Outfitters (L-R), Back row: Randy Hanskat, Tim Lee, Doug Whitney, Gordy Buynak, Larry Gooding, Louie Leatham, Val Provencio, Chuck Ballard, Gary Holland. Front row: Robo Svoboda, Norm Smith, Jeff Ihle. Fred Marshall not pictured. Jan's Mountain Outfitters are kings of the diamond Two more Glad runs scored in the third. Then the right fielder of the Mountain Men, Louie Leatham, put the final nails in the coffin in the fourth. With Val Provencio and Tim Lee on base, Leatham, unknown to the opposition as a deep spank threat, pounded a shot over right center field for a three-run three-run blast. The enthused Men went on to score three more runs in the inning to make the score 11-1 for the Glad squad. As could be expected, the game did not last much longer, ending 12-4. Out flopped flop-ped the champagne donated by Patty Greene, Terry Whitney, and Tamara "McKinney" Hanskat.. A Glad time was had by all, and the team soon headed off . to claim its league championship cham-pionship trophy from the Club where it had been held captive for the past two seasons. by Randy Hanskat It was the last night of the season for the men's Softball league, Wednesday, Aug. 31, and both teams were tense. After their victory the previous night, Jan's Glad-E-Aters only had to win one more game to take the championship, but the Coconuts planned not to go down without a fight. The first game started at 6 p.m. The Cocopuffs had to win to stay alive. They pulled it out 24. The low score mirrored the tenseness of both teams. All in all there were 22 fly outs and 13 runners left on base. The first run didn't cross the plate until the top of the fifth. Glad man Fred Marshall doubled to start the fifth inning, in-ning, then an infield hit by Jeff Ihle and a single by Doug Whitney loaded the bases. Marshall crossed the plate on Junior Han-skat's Han-skat's sacrifice fly and the score was 1-0 . Jan's. The insulted Cocopuffs swung into the batter's box with vengeful flair, responding respond-ing with two runs. Second baseman Kevin Long spanked a single to center and right fielder Ken Eliot followed Long's lead with a double to right. Before the languid Glad crew knew what was going on the Nuts had a 2-1 lead. And that's how it ended. Now a third game was needed to decide things. It started at 7:30 p.m. and the men from Glad looked determined. Throughout the season, following a weak batting performance, the bats from Glad would awake and bring Glad tidings to the team, putting a severe hurting hurt-ing on the softball. i.ii.n; v f Such was the case in the second and deciding game. Shortstop Junior Hanskat started it off in the bottom of the first after the Nuts had been diced one-two-three. After his hit, Junior was batted bat-ted in by Larmo Goodings, the Mountain Man first baseman. Then Gordy Buynak hit another single and two errors let Gordy scamper across the plate. Glad Tidings 3, Cocopuffs 0. The Nuts loaded the bases in the top of the second on hits by Mark Eliot and Paul Lamphier, and an intentional inten-tional walk to Ned Lamphier. Lam-phier. But a short fly ball by Ross Wilson wasn't deep enough for a sacrifice. One out. Then a ground ball by Marco Peretti to shortstop Junior was not fast enough for a double play so the throw went home for the force. Catcher Kevin Holtzclaw made a nice play to hold onto the ball after the resulting collision with i, Eliot: Two outs. Finally Glad pitcher Doug Whitney scooped in the last Nut out and the Glad squad had allowed no runs. The crowd could sense' the letdown in the Nuts' spirits. |