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Youth Baseball,
Softball and Spring
Soccer Registration
The Recreation Depart
ment will take registration
at both the Walker Commu
nity Center (old D. F.
Walker) and Northern
Chowan Community Cen
ter for its youth baseball
(ages 4-18, includes T-ball
and coach pitch), softball
(ages 7-18, includes girls 8
and under coach pitch) and
spring soccer (ages 4-12)
leagues the week of Mon
day, Feb. 19 through Friday,
Feb. 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m
each day; and Monday, Feb.
26 through March 2 from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
The cost is $10.
The age cut-off for base
ball and softball is April 30.
The cut-off date for spring
soccer is March 31. For
more information, call 482
8595 or 221-4901.
5? ' Volleyball Free Play
The Recreation Depart
ment will offer volleyball
free play at the Northern
J Chowan Community Cen
■ ter from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. on
Tuesdays, and at the
Walker Community Center
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on
Thursdays.
For more information, -
call 482-8595.
Youth Basketball
Results
Mite (7-9) Girls
■ Friday, Jan. 19 —
Lady Heels (A. Jackson-6)
defeated Lady Blue Devils
(B. Brabble-4),12-4.
Mite (7-9) Boys
■ Friday, Jan. 19—Hor
nets (A. Elliott-12) defeated
Wasp (R. Stallings-7), 34-10;
Swarm (B. White-10) de
feated Stingers (M. Dixon
4, Hoskins Powell-4), 20-13.
■ Saturday, Jan. 20 —
Hive (D. Hall-10) defeated
Buzzers (W. High-4), 27-10.
Midget (10-12) Boys
■ Saturday, Jan. 20 —
Jazz (B. Goodwin-16, M.
Holley-16) defeated Nug
gets (A.J. Heckstall-15), 54
28; Knicks (J. Duncan-22)
defeated Bobcats (J.
Privott-22), 68-33; Pacers (T.
Johnson-17) defeated Rock
ets (C. Copeland-5, A.
Perry-5), 55-16.
■ Tuesday, Jan. 23 —
Jazz (B. Goodwin-20) de
feated Celtics (X. Long-17),
57-25; Pacers (T.J. Cofield
14) defeated Nuggets (J.
Long-14), 48-36.
Midget (10-13) Girls
■ Monday, Jan. 22 —
Comets (Z. Leary 28) de
feated Liberty (H. Bembry
3). 25-12.
Junior (13-15) Boys
■ Monday, Jan. 22 —
Sixers (B. Taylor-30) de
feated Wizards (J. Phelps
24), 51-45.
Adult Open League
Basketball
■ Monday, Jan. 22 —
Knapp Masonry (V.
Holloway-34) defeated
Unity (A.C. Carver-16, G.
Carver-16, Mike White-16),
76-73; Varsity Green (P.J.
Phelps-15) defeated Pizza
Hut (G. Bradley-16), 60-41.
■ Wednesday, Jan. 24 —
Varsity Blue (E. Leary-17)
defeated Pizza Hut (R.
Holley-18), 68-61; Miller
Chiropractic (B. Ferebee
31) defeated Unity (Mike
White-14), 59-50.
want to forgive Pete Rose.
— former Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey on baseball's banned hit king
Garvey delivers to Steamers faithful
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
During his heyday in the
1970s, Dodgers first baseman
Steve Garvey played with and
against 22 Hall-of-Famers.
He endured the ear-scratch
ing pitches from Bob Gibson,
and dug in against Tom
Seaver’s deadly sliders.
But it was baseball hit king
Pete Rose that Garvey talked
passionately about here Sun
day night during the Edenton
Steamers third annual Clam
bake. Rose’s gambling addic
tion has likely cost him his
legacy and place in
Cooperstown, Garvey told a
crowd of more than 250.
“We want to forgive Pete
Rose,” Garvey said.
But Rose’s refusal to admit
he gambled on pro baseball —
which garners a lifelong ban
from affiliation with the game
— was his biggest mistake,
Garvey said.
Garvey said he admires
Rose’s approach to the game.
“Everybody should have
Pete’s work ethic,” Garvey, 59,
said of Rose, who earned the
nickname “Charlie Hustle”
j during his career.
Both Rose and Garvey failed
to be voted into the Hall last
month, their final year of eli
gibility on baseball writers’
ballots. Now their fate is in the
hands of Major League
Baseball’s Veterans Commit
tee.
Garvey said Rose’s chances
with such legends as Bob
Feller — who spoke at last
year’s Clambake — are even
slimmer than they were with
the writers.
“Bob Feller is not going to
vote for him,” said Garvey,
whose Major League career
| spanned 19 years with the
Dodgers and the San Diego
Padres.
tore of the legends
Then there was Garvey’s
take on Martin County native
Gaylord Perry, a Hall of Fame
pitcher known for his deadly
— and illegal — spitball.
Though smiling, Garvey said
Perry cheated by applying
banned substances to the ball.
“He used Vaseline, baby
powder — he was a drugstore
out there,” Garvey said to a roll
of laughter from the crowd.
Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken
Jr., both recently voted into
Cooperstown, are throwbacks
to the days when players were
more faithful to their teams
than their own interests,
Garvey said. Gwynn played his
Former Dodgers and
Padres great Steve
Garvey, above, talks to
the 250 people on hand
for the third annual
Clambake at Leon
Nixon's Catering on
Sunday evening. At
right, Edenton pharma
cist John Mitchener
chats with Garvey
during the event's
. autograph session.
entire career with the Padres,
while Ripken spent all of his
21 seasons in Baltimore.
“You could not choose better
role models for young kids to
look up to,” Garvey said of
Gwynn and Ripken.
Garvey was also asked if
baseball would ever have a sal
ary cap.
"Absolutely not,” he an
swered without hesitation.
A dream come true
The Tampa native spent
other parts of the evening
signing baseballs and pictures
for kids and adults.
“It’s fun,” James Walker, 8,
of Currituck County, said after
Garvey jotted his name on a
ball for the youngster.
Walker said he was going to
add the ball to his fledgling
sports memorabilia collection.
During his hour-long talk,
Sean Jackson/The Chowan Herald
Chowan Middle School wrestler Zack Delaney pins River
Road opponent Chris Douglas during the 173-pound match
at home on Jan. 25.
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Garvey recounted his own ex
perience with his baseball
idols as a young boy growing
up in Tampa, Fla.
Garvey’s dad, Joe, was a
Greyhound bus driver and had
to pick up the Brooklyn Dodg
ers at an airport in March of
1956. Seven-year-old Steve
tagged along, eventually being
tapped as the Dodgers’ batboy
during an exhibition game
against the Yankees in St. Pe
tersburg.
He met Jackie Robinson, Roy
Camapanella, even played a
game of catch with Gil Hodges.
He brought balls and broken
bats home. Though worn out,
Chowan Middle School wrestlers
stay undefeated on the season
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
Bulldogs'wrestlers pulled
off another win against visit
ing River Road last week to run
their record to a perfect 10-0.
Team coach James Bell
thinks his squad could run out
the season without a loss.
“Right now, I feel we’re on a
roll," Bell said. “We’re a team
of destiny.”
Going in to yesterday’s
match against Currituck,
eighth-graders Tevin Holley
he was unable to fall asleep
that night.
“When you have a day like I
had,” Garvey said, “you start
dreaming about becoming a
baseball player.”
That wish came true on Sept.
1,1969, his debut with the Los
Angeles Dodgers. He went 0
for-1 against the Mets, but he
would set records and gain
post-season fame before he re
tired in 1987.
“I want you to know,” he
said, "I’m somebody who had
his dream come true.”
■ Garvey told baseball fans —
especially those who follow the
Steamers — to root for their
(121 pound class) and Kyle
Bishop (137 pounds) were both
unbeaten this winter.
Holley went 11-1 last year.
“He’s putting together a
couple of incredible years as
a wrestler,” Bell said.
Bell also credits Matthew
Bunch, who competes in the
83-pound class, as getting the
team hyped for each match.
“He’s the bulldog of our
team,” he said. “He just never
quits.”
Tyler Reinhold (125 pounds)
also leads the team.
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Sean Jackson/The Chowan Herald
team regardless of who wins
or loses.
' “Take the time to go out and
catch these boys,” he said. “It’s
important."
The Steamers open the sea
son at home on May 30 against
the Outer Banks Daredevils.
For ticket information, call the
team’s front office at 482-4080.
Steamers official Katie Eb
ersole announced that the
team would honor a player or
coach with the first annual
Gayle Gieseke Champion of
Steamers Spirit award.
Gieseke, the team’s former sec
retary, passed away unexpect
edly on Oct. 15. She was 59.
“Technically, he’s the scal
pel,” Bell said.
Overall, the team has shown
determination since their first
match this winter, Bell said.
“Every day, they just keep
getting better,” he said. “It’s a
fun team to coach. If I told them
to chew nails, they’d chew
them.”
Chowan travels to First
Flight Thursday for the final
regular-season match.
The conference tournament
will be held Feb. 10, also at First
Flight.