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CLOSE TO VICTOBY is Howie Thompson of Walter Johnson
In the 120-yard high hurdles In a dual meet against Wheaton
at Walter Johnson last week. Thompson’s winning time was
16.1. He also tied for first in the polevault as the Spartans
swamped the Crimson Knights, 100-23.
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BRAWNY JOHN MURDOCK of Walter Johnson gets off a
winning shot put of 51 feet, 6 Inches against Wheaton. John
also won the discus throw with a spin of 127 feet The week
before the Junior weight man had put the shot 52 feet, 8
inches, exceeding both county and state records for that
event —Staff Photos by Gillespie.
Cub Scout League to Meet Monday
The organization meeting of
the Rockville Cub Scout Soft
ball League sponsored by the
Rockville Recreation Depart
ment is scheduled for Monday.
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April 25 at 8 p.m. at Broome
Junior High School.
The league is open to boys
eight to eleven years old, re
gardless whether they are cub
scouts or not, who live In Rock
ville elementary school areas.
Any boy who will not reach his
12th birthday before January 1,
1961 is eligible to play.
The young boys uses a regu
lation 12-inch softball with 50
foot base paths and play five
innings or two-hour time-unit
games. In the loop the umpires
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Gordon Coleman of Rockville just might
be back in the Major Leagues by the time the
Sentinel gets on the streets this week.
The husky first baseman who couldn't
buy a hit In the Cincinnati Redlegs spring
training camp has been relaxed and swing
ing with gusto since he was sent down to
Seattle on 24-hour recall two-and-a-half
weeks hack.
Gordy arrived in Seattle just In time to get
his things on for a night game and picked up
a single in three times at bat The next day
he belted his first roundtripper of the spring.
Since then Gordy has blasted three homeruns
and a double and a number of singles. He went
4-for-5 in one exhibition game and batted across
four runs. He has gone for the collar on but
one occasion at Indio, Calif., in a ball park
where several of his drives might have gone
for homers most anywhere in the majors.
Meanwhile, waiting anxiously in Rockville
are Marian and Shawn Michael Coleman (age
two months) who don’t know whether their
new home will be in Seattle, Wash., or Cincin
nati, Ohio.' Marian wanted to join her husband
on the Coast but General Manager Gabe Paul
of the Redlegs told her to sit still for a month
on the chance that when Gordy loosens a bit
he'll take up his stand as a big-league first
baseman.
“All indications are that he is on the
upgrade,” Marian said Sunday. “His letters
are full of confidence and ihat’s what they
(the Redlegs) sent him down to regain.
We’re waiting, hoping and praying, that
he’ll be recalled.”
Seattle opened its season last Friday but
County Schools
Start Slow
In Thursday’s games Blad
ensburg nipped Northwood, 9-4;
High Point topped Richard
Montgomery, 11-7; Suitland
topped B-CC, 8-4; South Hagers
town bested Montgomery Blair,
6-2, while Gaithersburg
Poolesville, 14-7. Northwestern
defeated Wheaton, 8-2.
Earlier in the week, Blair
beat Bladensburg, 3-1; High
Point topped, 1-0; Richard Mont
gomery stopped Northwood, 2-1;
Poolesville defeated Sherwood,
8-3, and Damascus defeated
Middletown, 10-3. Oxon Hill de
feated B-CC, 4-3; Damascus
ponded Mt. Airy ,26-0, and Sher
wood won over Laurel, 4-1.
High Point poilnded out 11
hits including two home runs
in topping the Rockets. High
Point scored three in the first,
one in the second and four in
the fourth to take a command
ing early lead. Tim Reitz
started for Rockville and got the
loss. Ken McGee came on in
the second and Tony Zangardi
in the seventh. Mike Curtis
and Bruce Mackey hit homers
for RMHS with the bases
empty.
SUMMER COVERAGE
The Montgomery County
Sentinel Is interested In
publicizing ALL county
baseball, softball or sum
mer basketball leagues.
Results or organization
Information should be
mailed to reach the Sen
tinel office, 213 E. Mont
gomery ave., Rockville, by
Saturday morning, or may
be delivered to the office
before 4 p.m. Sunday to
meet deadlines. For fur
ther information contact
George Bragaw, Sentinel
Sports Editor at OL, 4-7429
evenings or any member of
the Sentinel staff at GA.
4-7700 week days.
are provided by the competing
teams.
A few special rules designed
to prevent injuries are the only
differences from ordinary soft
ball. For example: spikes and
rubber cleats are illegal, base
runners may not advance on a
passed ball or a dropped third
strike, and stealing is illegal.
at this writing Gordon’s opening performance
was unkn’own. Indications are that if last sea
. son’s “Mr. Minor League” perks up at the plate
he’ll be in a Cincinnati uniform posthaste. The
Redlegs still lack a solid first baseman and
Gordon is keeping his bags packed. Fred Sis
ler who managed Nashville in the same South
ern Association where Coleman played for Mo
bile last summer is the Seattle pilot. He should
remember Gordon pretty well. As Coleman’s
efforts did much to wreck Nashville’s pennant
hopes.
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It was still undecided at this writing wheth
er Frank Funk of Bethesda was to get the
starting assignment for yesterday’s Interna
tional League opener in Richmond.
Frank is back with Toronto after a
battle with a sore arm that dropped his
sensational record of 1958 to 6-10 last sea
son. Frank has done well this spring. He
says his arm feels stronger than ever after
treating It with an electro-therapeutic ma
chine all winter.
At last count, Frank had hurled 27 innings
this spring and allowed but two earned runs
and seven hits over the span. Toronto has es
sentially the same team that dragged through
a losing streak a la Washington Senators last
season, but they have won most of their games
this spring.
Mrs. Raymond Funk of Bethesda and his
wife Sue and two children went down to Rich
mond for Wednesday’s opener. Toronto moves
south to Miami after the opening stay in Rich
mond. This will be good news for Frank for
it was overwork in freezing weather that start
ed his arm trouble last summer.
Tenpin Trail
by Paul O. Mohn
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Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, mark the exodus of
area bowlers to Lebanon, Pa., for the 12th annual Lebanon Rec
reation Classic.
On April 2 the Maryland Motors team opened the tourna
ment. They report that the lanes are slow but quite consistent.
Since this four-game tourney across eight lanes is handicapped
from last year’s averages, the SUver Spring Sports team should
be favorites to top area teams. Two of their bowlers. Gene
Bledsoe and C. R. Anger, are 30 pins better than last year. Two
others, George Magnanelli and Mike Fremming, are two-three in
the Congressional Classic average race. The team goes in at
836 and carries a 927 composite average this year.
One of the top five teams in the Washington Association is
Congressional Plaza Bowl—Vern Ashbacher, Bob O’Neil, Hank
Ford, Carmen Don and Bobby Martini. They will get little handi
cap, but are quite capable of averaging 1000 pins per game. Only
one team in the tournament’s history has rolled 4000 scratch.
Other local teams with an excellent chance of copping first
place are Colonial China, captained by George Engstrom; Giant
Food captained by C. “Gep” Gephardt, and Singleton Company
captained by Bob Tripp.
Chester’s Bar from Philadelphia took over the team lead
with 3990 last week. Otherwise there has been no change in the
top two positions from previous standings.
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Johanna Nordenson. No one extols the AJBC cause more than
she. Johanna still finds time to put in a lot of bowling as well as
being Secretary and Publicity gal for three leagues. She is aver
aging 152 in the D. C. Mixed League and her team gives the
leaders a real tussle whenever they meet.
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Spartans Face Stiff League Tests
After Early Streak Runs to Five
By George Bragaw
Sports Editor
Walter Johnson, basking in the radiant sunshine, of a
five-game winning streak, faces a stiff test against four of
the toughest teams in the Bi-County League in its next
five games.
The Spartans pounded out 11
hits to down Oxon Hill last
week for their second league
win, and their fifth triumph in
as many starts this season.
Pitcher Bob Prince allowed
five hits in going the route
for his third win of the season
but things may not look so
rosy after WJ takes on the
likes of High Point, North
western, Bladensburg and un
beaten Suitland almost in suc
cession.
WJ starts with the Pointers
at High Point Monday, then
Northwestern at WJ the fol
lowing Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
If the Spartans could take
most or all of these four top
games, they would be well on
their way to a league title.’
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Coach George Thompson said
he had “no idea of the poten
tial” of his club.
Apparently they can hit, but
then Northwestern, Bladens
burg and Suitland will have
better pitchers than WJ bat
ters have faced thus far.
Knocking in 17 runs against
Gaithersburg is a far cry from
facing fast pitching the bigger
schools will throw at them.
Pitchers Prince and Bill
Arick have looked good thus
far but it is anybody’s guess
whether they can give WJ the
hurling to give the county a top
contender in the Bi-County race.
Wheaton, shaping up as a
good-field, no-hit club thus far,
is thankful of the Easter break
tha. may give pitcher-outfielder
Gerald Athey a chance to mend
his twisted knee. Gerald, who
opened last season with a no
hitter against Gaithersburg was
the victim of a one-hitter in
the opener this season. High
, Point stopped the Knights on
' one hit, a line drive single by
: John Holmes and nicked
' Athey for three hits and one
: run to win the close contest.
Coach Ray Fox would like
to use Athey in the outfield
when he doesn’t pitch to insert
a little fire power in the batting
order, but Gerald’s knee is so
sore it is difficult for him to
run. Athey was an All-County
pitcher last season. He posted
; 102 strikeouts and a 1.05 earned
1 run average
Wheaton lost 8-2 to North
western as the Wildcats pound
-1 ed Bucky Howsel, Robert Don
-1 aldson and Danny Baker.
> Wheaton jumped off with three
1 hits and two runs in the first
* inning and the Knights thought
they had a rout in the making.
i Northwestern settled down,
, however, and the Knights
: brought their league record to
• 1-2.