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i I LOCAL SPORTS I] Mets win J\ By RANDY PETTITT mli Chronicle Sports Editor Last year it was the year of the Mets in major league baseball and still is ? only they're in the Twin City Little League. The Twin City's youthful version of the Mets finished their regular season at 13-1 and were undefeated through the first half of league play. Coached by Willie Ashford, the Mets beat the Twins 9 to 4 Saturday, and won a 8-6 rainout game over the Reds on Monday to clinch the regular-season championship. Coach William Westbrook Sr.'s Giants team beat the Braves 7-3 in their final game of the season to finish in sole possession of second Dlace in the leacue standings at 10-4. - . Three other teams all finished identically in-the eight-team league that calls Rupert Bell Park home on Saturdays. The Reds, Twins and Yankees all finished at 9-5 to lock up in a three-way tie for third. The Reds' finale, was a 1-0 defensive battle they won over the Cubs. They are coached by Sam Mcllwaine. I Explosh Lady Bombers < for world softbc By RANDY PETTITT earnec Chronicle Sports Editor Unitec In the world of weekend ?/. \1/ /> 1 /i sports heroes, there's one good softball team for every --bad one - and the Lady Bombers make up for about a tcams half-dozen rotten eggs. nU! While a number of teams rely on a~ couple of wiley ^ veterans and a cast of eager e ens weekend warriors, the Lady eam Bombers come closer to oun* resembling an All-Star team. . ...... . - find a witn a nost 01 veteran """" players and just one high school player, coach Scotty Ballard has finally assembled ma e the kind ..of team he's been looking for in all his 12 years 0 of coaching. 4'I was seriously thinking ^ about giving up the coaching j! business before these ladies . came along," said Ballard, the we .a head coach of the Lady in v Bombers softball team. ''After all this talent came together all at once, then I just couldn't help but stick it out yyg another year," he said. The way the Lady Bombers "Sc have performed lately, Ballard playin may postpone his thoughts of we're retiring indefinitely. The each Bombers are 18-5 and 8-2 in weakr L y.C ^eme* League, and have for ea IHPIIVPPVPP L.A.'s Kareei By RANDY PBTTITT Chronicle Sports Editor ''JtBXtZ&Xi . NBA finals. The aging 40-year old center has slowed a bit, but t ||?A rlnrVirtrtl- U efill IU? 9ATU wn> W am? WMW|Tpable. I Coach Pat Riley's decision M to abandon the wide bodies. M for the fast break, ultimately JH led to NBA championship r I ring around his finger. 1 hook was often not a factor . 1 bench watching ^ Camera aaks: Should (Careen Abdul-Jabbar call it quit! or try to keep his wevy legs in -J3 win City title Meanwhile the Twins, coached by John Ste^rt and Yankees, under the direction of James Johnson, both lost Saturday. The Twins fell to the Mets, and the Dodgers outlasted the Yankees 10-9. Sam Davis* Braves team slightly resembled their parent club in Atlanta, finishing at 7-7 after a Saturday loss to the Giants. The Dodgers avoided a chance of tying for last place by beating the Yankees and finishing the season at 5-9 for Coach Charles Rice. Derrick Green's CubsShave been victims of several close losses, and fell to the Reds 1-0 Saturday to finish at 3-11 in the league. All-Stars To Play League representative A1 Mitchell said that the team is currently evaluating a number of players in preparation for upcoming All-Star games with outside leagues. "We will have three All-Star teams coming from the Twin City organization,'' MitPlease see page B2 /e! qualify ill tourney 1 automatic berths to the i States Softball Society lerica Class C State and 1 Championship Tour- I its. lard says the key to the success rests on a M er e are experienced, we lit and we can play ;e," said Ballard, whose is sponsored by Silvers I je. "You can hit it lere to us, and you won't I ny weak links.'' e capitalize on what the I team gives us. If they a mistake, then 9 times F 10, we take advantage aving more than one per/ho can pitch helps as Denise Thorn \ lot of teams are lucky first base in e two good pitchers, but are headed t ve four people who can (photo by Jar there and get the job for us," he said. Four membe rent edition < Bombers pla: Are Family original Bombei 12 years ago. D >me of us have been a catc^r anc* 01 g together for years, and cy jtt01^ like a family. We know centerfielder, C other's strengths and a shortst?P an lesses, so we can cover player-coach Pa ch other when needed." While those f ti Abdul-Jabb <1 . *' . k- ' .f < Sports Down And Out W * ^kl i I 2Si6i^^58fcPSBBB^^h0W^SiCTjst?.*v tml i ^ v %? ? .<^J The Cardinal's Eusi Jordan casts a disagreeing Melvin Bankhead. The Cardinals won that game 3 the Astros 3-2 in a game for the Pony League ch 1 '*??<|k ^P*^:-,. > <**-?;. r ^N? "flHPHHHI^^^^^^pHiHWII^^H Hp^V%- >: 1 - ft'^^^iyii.iH^ftft'i ^ ~? ^ " "k '^*-' f *> 1-1 TiVL ifrmlii K Jv - 'sail rt^iife Ik i* tar?-**1 I? '* >i*y>-iV> ??r{f^nD^H|^m * * M vvH0^2gai V A . . s-> ??? j|'n* y - < > -A*** -''it-' P^ ^ ^ ** 55*'jk5CL^ BEM . vMpta^tSf. ^fc.?-JEM.r-*'^^^^3 n Tp* ^ ^Jt MM| lIBMBMbiW14 p \ M n ^P! Bpson of the Lady Bombers uncorks a throw to la recent practice session. The Lady Bombers lo the USSSA Class C World Championships Bnes Parker): ? rs of the cur- playing Softball for 12 years or of the Lady more, the Lady Bombers are /ed for the well-stocked with other s team formed veteran players. ebra Edwards, Cookie Thompson, a leftutfielder; Nan- fielder, has 15 years under her , a left- belt. Teammate Shirese iladys Turner, Adams is another 15-year softd pitcher and ball veteran as well. She is a seit Green. cond baseman and outfielder our have been Please see page B3 ar: Should he st; ? I , V . ' . -<t f * ' ' v .. t % ? , **As good as he's playing, he shouldn V give it up yet He gets down I the court fast enough for a guy his age. Really you don't need all five * *10* tote* oh f/re break. Kareem can - -t* get the. rebounds ** J L^f, for you and start ^ ^ ' ' *? < ?" 3 break / with a long pass. I .WfT say stick with It." / - - / ' V Vernon Hart 4 2?^ '.' ' -.4 * . "v . . c \ a _ I in ' 'f . - I I **l?iiv^^;v ,r;^:.. J , .... ||M^^ glance at the umpire after being tagged out by Astro catcher -1 to force a tie in the league standings. The Cards then defeated lampionship (photo by James Parker). THE SPORTS COLUMN The wrestling craze: Is it for real or fake? * & By RANDY PETTITT Above all, though, don't tell Chronicle Sports Editor them it's fake. A . . . t . The mere mention of the word ISf .r in. e war fake near a wresding arena is an and professional wrestling. invitation for trouble. But for god's sake, don t try t . f . reasoning with a wrestling fan. ^et me Put you *n t*ie f^ureArguing with a brick wall is more ^our ^ we ^ sce ^ y?M practical than matching wits with change your mind,' threatened a a wrestling nut. burly man in the third row of Don't tell them it seems rather Memorial Coliseum.___ unlikely for 250-pound men to He was ^mong the fivebeat each other to a pulp for a thousand or so who came to solid hour and walk out of the watch the World Wrestling rtno nniri iiiria^ oti/"l ? ,...6 - uuu.ju.ivw oriu owe ttf federation's icturn to the Twin shake hands and kiss babies. City last Friday night. ? Do not enlighten them that Nikita Koloff, the NWA's "Rus- "Hey buddy> come see if this is sian Nightmare", used to be a a man, while young *Texas farmhand or the Hexing his bulging arms. "Ugandan Headhunter" I quickly discovered that Kamala, is really a former hotel "ringside was not the best place in cook from Austin Texas named the world to be questioning the William Harris. ~ Please see page B3 Jim Thorpe Classic set for July 4th weekend The Jim Thorne Onlf riascir rrvminn i ;? ? r w -V W - <W Willing V/ll 4 1 II III \J 1 1 1111311 111 will be coming to the Winston the United States Open held last Lake Golf Course the weekend of weekend. July 4 and 5th. The Roxboro native shot a 70, The Tournament will feature a 68, and a pair of 73's to finish free golf clinic by PGA veteran tied for fifth place in the San Jim Thorpe and will include a Francisco tournament, with a number of celebrities. Thorpe, four-day total of 284. one of only two African- It was his best finish in months American regulars on the Profes- after he had taken time off the sional Golf Association tour, is Please see page B4 m i ay or call it auits? I i - ^ " - y. - v- '' I ' * . , ' ;> .. . ' * v . . ' ' > ; .' ' . r /' ' -v ' ; . " ' .'v.-.' j . , /; . - ' % i "My boy still has "Unless U gets to: that spunk in him. the point where - He's still a valuable he's really slowing part of the Laker down the team a 4 offense. That hook whole lot# then he shot is awesome. _ _ should just keep on Kareem's really a playing. He's still big part of the busting them team, and without young boys almost him, they'd be hur- everytime. He still ting. He doesn't has got somethign need to retire yet." in him. 17/ give him two more years." r - O'Brien Reid ? Robert Smith * t- ^ V "* \ > _ - > . !.
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