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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1977)
PAGE 10 JULY 22, 1977 SPORTS Sfilyay Tymw Six W. S. Players Join Jeff, Co A total of twelve Warm Springs baseball players, two coaches and a manager are putting all their effort into the Jefferson County All-Stars for the major and senior leagues. Warm Springs members of the Major League All-Stars are: Roman Suppah, Maury Rhoan and Steve Fiala of the Papooses; and Steve Smith, Jerome Davis, and Troy Smith of the Little Bucks. Wilfred and Wendell Jim are the manager and coach respectively of the senior league team and Lyle Rhoan, Sr. is coaching the majors. Action will begin next week as the seniors head to Portland’s Meadowland to defend their state title and the majors com pete in Culver to hang onto their district championship. Their first game is Thurs day July 28 in Culver. The Senior All-Star team features six Warm Springs boys and one alternate: Ray mond Jim, Rick Fiala, Tim Kneeland, Raymond Shike, Fox Leonard, Tony Van Pelt and Rodney Strong (alternate). Their first two games will be at Meadowlands in Portland (S.E. 182nd and Division) on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27 at 6 p.m. The Seniors have been practicing every day except Sunday. Manager Jim says his team is “strong defensively and has pretty fair hitting.” They are working primarily on hitting and pitching. Jim expects the first game with Meadowlands to be tough. Their team is selected from about 80-90 kids whereas the Jefferson County team is sel ected from about 40. Mfet Tt^^efferson County Senior All-Star team has a father and son act heading it up this year. Coach Wendell Jim and manager Wilfred Jim consult during practice. The senior team’s first two games are at Portland’s Meadowlands July 26-27 at 6 CDS Photo p.m. Bravettes Ace Nisqually Tournament « Co. All-Stars League play has come to an end, and the local teams has done exceptionally well. In T-Ball, Everett’s team earned second place in league action. He don’t know how his team will do next year, be cause, he said, “It’s hard to say how a team will do a year ahead of time in T-Ball.” Uren Leonard, coach of the Braves, says that he ‘Sshould have one of the strongest teams in the league next year, because they have all young players (all 7-8 year olds, three 9 year olds), and just two or three will get drafted next year.” He also thought that he would’ve had a better record if his best two pitchers weren’t drafted. His pitchers were drafted mid-season. Seven and eight year olds pitched after both of his starting pitchers left and Uren thought this “made the total difference.” Best hitter for the Braves was Gunner Johnson, best fielder was Bobby Strong, most enthused was Joel Craig, and the all-around player was Tracy Leonard, who played all infield positions including that of pitcher and catcher. The papooses are undefeat ed once again this year, for the third year, so this makes their record, forty straight wins. Outstanding hitters were Butch Miller, batting average of .480, and Roman Suppah, .474. Other coaches were un available for comment. EogMtes Stritch to AH-Mion Soil The teen girls softball team under the coaching of Claude Smith no longer finish ed their league play when they took on a new name, “Eagl- ettes,” a new coach, Rick Minthorn, and launched into All-Indian play. Right off the bat (so to speak) the Eaglettes earned themselves a first place trophy at their first tournament in Tacoma. Sixteen girls traveled to the tourney July 16-17 and returned with two all-star and two special awards. Warm Springs beat Tulalip 10-5 in the first game. They proceeded to eliminate LaPush 8-3 and then faced Muckle shoot, whom they beat 13-9. In the championship game, Muckleshoot got their revenge 13-11, and since Warm Springs was undefeated until this point, the opposition had to beat them twice. According to Mar cia Minthorn, the girls made the second championship game “short and sweet,” finishing off Mucklshoot 15-8. Third place was taken by Frank’s Landing and in fourth place was Lummi. The two All-Stars from Warm Springs were Eulalia “Bucket” Winishut and Stevie Minthorn. Most valuable pitch er was Reva Johnson and most valuable player was Alfreda Mitchell. Rosa Wallulatum and Jo lene Johnson had the best batting averages with 15 for 30 and 15 for 28 respectively. Calling themselves the “Charlie Brown team” the Bravettes mustered up a lot of energy and talent and came home last weekend with a first place in the 12-team Nisquallyt Tournament. According to Teddy Tane- washa, wife of the coach, the softball team faced some pret ty tough competition from the Lummi and Namino, Canada teams. Even though they were short of players, thé Bravettes surprised everyone, themselves included, by rising to the occa sion. “It was the superb playing of the girls that brought them out of it,” commented Teddy. The underdog team re ceived 15 jackets for its tri umph. Pitcher Wanda Charley and shortstop Fran Moses were named All-Stars; “Buttons” Miller was given the Most Valuable Player award for her pitching efforts and catcher Julie Mitchell was named Miss Hustle. Short of players, the Brav ettes put extra power into their A nine-inning battle with Lummi for the championship found Warm Springs down in the eighth but a series of fine plays pulled the Charlie Browners ahead 10-6. Accord ing to Elton Greeley, team manager, Julie Mitchell’s homerun in the seventh “sparked the Bravettes to do some hitting/’ “Good basic play” during the rest of the game earned the Bravettes their healthy lead. Other teams placing in the double elimination alLIndian tourney were Nanimo, Canada (third), Nisqually (fourth), Ta holah (fifth), and Alberta, Can ada (sixth). The Bravettes may be tra veling to LaPush this weekend, play. They beat Alberta in their first game 11-0, then met LaPush and came from behind in the last inning to beat them 3-2. In their meeting with Nis qually they trounced them 9-0. Overcoming their fear of the strong Lummi team, they sneaked by them 3-2. Calendar for the Confederated Tribes August 6-7 - The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo. August 13-14 - Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo. August - Warm Springs Huckleberry Feast Rodeo, Indian Dancing and Stick Games. August 20-21 - Crook County Fair. August 27-28 - Wasco County Fair, Rodeo and Races. Sept. 5 - Labor Day Sept 12 - School Bd. Mtg.-Support Building. Sept 15,16 and 17 - Pendleton Round-up. Sept 15 - Budget Finals - G.M. Presents to Tribal Council. Sept. 19 thru 23 - National Congress of American Indians National Convention, Dallas, Texas.
