w ; 'Zoo hits skids STOU til traiht 14 ii C Www V m m m I d '4 X i .J ' ' i IONF UKt IE If i a staid up double for this Wlow Creek Ijfrie Leaguer in action last week. Wlow Creek ol stars ere now beng selected and wl be announ ced next week. Kinzua hit a mid-season skid, dropping three consecutive games to fall from first to third place in the Hermiston Slow Pitch Softball League. Nearing the end of the first half of the season with a 10-0 mark, Kinzua lost to Roemarks by a 7-0 margin. Kinzua then lost two extra-inning contests as they were topped by Erico 14-8 and Hughs Enterprise 10-8. Last week, Kinzua bounced back with an impressive 18-8 win over Stockdale in five innings at Lexington. Shortstop Mike Rowell led Kinzua with a home run and a double, driving in eight runs. Jamie Sands also added a home run and three RBI's. Other run scorers for Kinzua orrow Ruthers bounce back Riding the crest of a four game win streak, Morrow County's Babe Ruth baseball team now stands in third place Willow Cr. stars list cut to 20 A current group of 20 hopefuls will be narrowed to 14 All-Stars who will represent the Willow Creek Little Lea gue in All-Star play in Culver July 27-30. Now participating in the practices from the Dodgers are; Rodney Cole, Greg Con nor, Ken Gochanuer, Jay Hayes and John Sumner. Representing the Giants are; Tom Huston, Bruce Way, Archie Lucas and Mark Way. From the Indians are; How ard Levitts, Roger Morter, Ann Marray, Scott Barnett, Darren Padberg and Casey Farger. Braves players in the group include; Bob McEwen, Buddy Marlin, Pat Parker, Jay Keithley and Russel Brannon. The team will be managed by Ted Toll and coached by Bob Ployhar. The Braves and Indians finished in a first place tie for second half season honors. In final overall season standings, the Giants led the loop with a record of 11-7 followed by the Braves at 10-8, the Indians at 8-10 and the Dogers with a mark of 7-11. Harrison-Gribble win team contest Thirty-two members of Wil low Creek Country Club took part in the annual flag tour nament, July 4. Harold Kerr and Norma Harrison won the contest. Kerr fired an even par 30 and finished six inches from the cup on the 11th green. Harrison shot a 45 and finished just off the 11th green. Taking second and third prizes for the men were Jim Wishart and Herman Winters. Monica Jones and Joyce Winter finished second and third for the women. Bill Padberg and An netta Klinger fell back from the field and finished last. Winning the long drive con test were Charles Rawlins and Monica Jones. Taking least pulls were Gary Hunt for the men and Kav Anderson and Cindy Kerr for the women. Results from the men's team play Dave Harrison and Low ell Gribble won the 11-week contest followed by Ron Jones and Mike Schwartz in second. In a third place tie were the teams of Gene Pierce and Clint McQuarrie and Bob Jepson and Harold Kerr. el"'. MORNING LEAGUES ATTENTION --n ...,ut if Mill IS NlU MIXED LEAGUES STUDENT LEAGUES-SATURDAY A.M. SIGN UP NOW FOR FALL WINTER LEAGUES STARTING SEPTEMBER 1,1977 CALL 676-9208 676-5805 T0DAY OR 676-9263 r0( DON'T HAVE TO BE A PRO TO IHJ0Y BOmiNGl BEGINNERS WELCOME! i KM? He'll f I! BOWL in the Hermiston Babe Ruth Baseball League with a 4-7 league mark. The team's third win came over Inland Empire Bank on June 28 in Hermiston. Fifty -one runs were scored in the 9-in-ning, 3'2 hour slugfest with Morrow County coming out on top 26-25. Morrow County exploded for eight hits and 12 runs in the fourth inning but Inland fought back to even the score at 22-22 after regulation play. Les Thompson lead the team in the batting department with a perfect 5 for 5 performance at the plate. Other strong efforts were turned in by Doug Holland and Shawn LaRue, both going 4 for 5 with 5 and 3 RBI's respectively. Rick Cole also played well and collected two hits in four trips to the plate. Morrow County kept the win streak going as they defeated Stanfield on June 30. Stanfield took charge early scoring seven runs in the first four innings. John Bier came in to relieve Craig Gutierrez in the fourth inning and held Stanfield's batters to only two hits for the rest of the game. The local batters finally got untracked, scoring nine runs in the last three innings to overtake Stanfield and pull out a 9-7 win. Rick Cole was a standout at the plate going 2 for 2 and knocking in three runs. l..lltMMltltlUiiMwMWI.MMMttt...M.Mlt.l.ttM..MWMIMlMMIMlWM...M..MMMWWWM.ttMi lid yora osi n? If you're about to lose, we can really help you. Put in a ValleyCenter Pivot, right now. 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Gary Kemp had three RBI's but failed to score himself. Bobby Greene, Delbert Bin schus, Buck Query, and Dan McBride also played for the winning team. Kinzua met PTEE in the next game, played last Thursday in Hermiston. Kinzua handed the home team a 16-6 loss in a game that ended in six innings. Heppner started it off in the first with Mike Smith and Bobby Greene hitting singles. Jamie Sands slammed a triple while Marvin Lane, and Mike Rowell added singles. Kinzua scored one run in the third, when Sands got on base with a single. He was brought in by Gearl Seal's single. Mike Rowell was left on third. PTEE took the lead 6-5 before Kinzua exploded for 10 runs in the fifth as Mike Smith, John McCabe, Mike Rowell, Gearl Seal, Delbert Binchus had singles while Sands and Gary Kemp hit doubles. Kinzua scored two runs on PTEE errors. Kinzua wrapped up the scor ing in the next inning as Buck Query scored on Bill Baker's double. This week the Kinzua team hopes to move into second place when they take on the second team in the league Roemarks. Scott Martin named to stars Nine Morrow County players were nominated this week for the Babe Ruth All-Star baseball game. Scott Martin was selected to the 14-15-year-old squad and Les Thompson, John Bier, Rick Cole and Shawn LaRue were selec ted as alternates. The 14-15- year-old games will be played at Hood River, July 21-25. Doug Holland and John Mur ray were the first two 13-year-old's selected. Also chosen was Donny Lott and Rick Klaus was selected as an alternate. The 13-year-old's games will be held at The Dalles starting July 14. Doe tags down The Fish and Wildlife Com mission, meeting in Portland last Friday, reduced the num ber of controlled unit permits authorized this year for antler less mule deer by some 54 per cent. The reduction came partly in the wake of a reevaluation of winter range conditions, some of which have put on a spurt of forage growth from recent rains, but mainly at the insistence of some eastern Oregon legislators. After looking at several ways the cuts requested by the legislature could be made, Department staff decided a flat percentage reduction applied straight across the board to all the units in which antlerless permits had been authorized u i i. f i i mm l tun t lUb. ' - " I II l.li Western Family Sliced Bacon ii2ib.Pkg. $1.99 U.S.D.A. Choice Round Steaks Full cut $1.39 lb- Rump ROAST $1. 09 lb GR0CERIESGROCERIESGR0CERIESGR0CERIES Nalley's Magic Blend Salad 32 oz Dressing 89 Smucker's Strawberry 18 Preserves 79 Western Family Tomato Sauce oz. 8 oz. 6$l Underwood Devilled Ham 4V2 0Z. MJC Rice Mixc 3$l Parkay Margarine i ib. 49 PRODUCEPRODUCEPRODUCEPRODUCEPRODUCE Nectarines 49 LettUCe 4 heads $i Broccoli 39c it- Peaches 49 ib. 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