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Ross Park Beats Boise Club 9-4For PonyIt was the little things which meant, a lot to the Pocatello -Ross Park Pony League All-Stars, who defeated an All-Star Pony club from Boise, 9-4, Friday night for the area championship of the Boys Baseball Association, and a berth In the Regional Pony Tournament starting Wednesday at Bountiful, Utah,Hawthorne Park belted Optimist Park, 0-3, earlier Friday for a regional berth in the Bronco league tourney slated for Pocatello late Uils month.Ross Park scored at least once In every Inning but one of their seven-frame championship, and did it all on singlesBoat Regatta Near Pasco Shapes FieldPASCO, Wash. (AP) - Only one r.ew qualifier — tfie Notre Dame of Seattle - emerged from wind-buffeted time trials in the Atomic Cup Regatta for unlimited hydroplanes Friday, but two Detroit entries topped their earlier qualifying times.The latest qualifier brings the field to seven for Sunday’s three 15-mlle heats on the Columbia River,Detroit's My Gypsy picked up $300for the best time of the day by skimming over the Zl/z~mi\e lap in 107.143 miles an hour, The Notre Dame won $200 for her 1QG.132 time and Gale's Rooster-lail, Detroit, won $100 for her Ihird-besl clocking of 100*67, Wind ranging up to 20 m.p.h. canceled the final two hours of time trials Friday, but non-qualifiers still have Saturday to record the required 96 m.pX for one lap.Miss Eagle Electric of Spokane still had the best qualifying lime going into Saturday's time trials. She recorded a 109,706 speed Thursday.Boats which have yet to qualify include Parcels O-Ring Miss of Los Angeles, Karr all's Club of Reno, Fascination of Seattle and Atlas Van Lines of Phoenix.The qualifiers will enter an elimination race Sunday, with the top five finishers pitted in the final race and the second five meeting In a Mira Slovak Trophy consolation event.I.F. Rips Two Late Homers For 9-8 VictoryCrownuntil Mick Shepard smashed a double with two out In the sev-onUi.Daring base running by thelocal club made the difference between their 10 hits aad the 6 safeties- allowed by winning pitcher Dave Comstock.Typical was the team's first rum Leadoff batter Kim Knud-son walked to start the game, was sacrificed to second on a perfect bunt by Mike Farnham, stole third and came home on another sacrifice bunt by Kent Roche,Boise came up with two runs in the bottom of the second off singles by Todd Laursen, Mike Slebert 'and Bob Frisch, but Ross Park came roaring back with three runs in the top of the third to go ahead 6-2.,and practically clinch the win.Farnham singled lo start Ihe third, Randy Toone walked, and stole second, Comstock was safeon an error which scored Karri-ham and Bobby Sherwood drove in one of his two RBts with a single to right field,Comstock settled down after the second and never gave up more than one hit In any single frame. The nifty righthander struck out 13 Boise baiters and walked only one,Toone was big gun for the victors, going three-for-three at the plate with two RBls, and scoring two runs, An example of tlie effectiveness of the Ross Park hit-and-run tactics is Ihe fact Toone was standing on third base, in scoring position, two other times when toe side was retired.In tlie Bronco League contest for 11 - 12-year olds, witdness by Optimist’s Fred Zwelgart spoiled an amazing pitcher's duel in the fifth. Zweigart and Dennis Kawamura, both lefties, had pitched nearly perfect ball until then,Zweigart struck out 10 of the 13 batters he retired, while Kawamura, who went all seven innings, struck out 11 and gave up only two hits.Optimist broke a string of goose-eggs in the bottom of the fourth when Kawamura hit Mike Falash and Ricky Buhlcr, Wally Kelly was safe on an error, and Brad Lish cracked out a two-run single, Optimist's first safety of toe game.Hawthorne came back to take over toe game with five runs in toe fifth, wiUi two of the big hits a single by Kawamura and a double by John Webb. They continued *to pour it on in toe seventh as Brian Bean hit a solo home run and Webb blasted one over the fence with two runners on base.
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Sun, Jul 21, 1968
Page 8
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