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f m- m r - r m f The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 22, 1978 SEVEN i' 1 Morrow Babe Ruth team Over the Tee Cup ; , , ! I hangs onto league lead Horsemanship program for girls offered at Ukiah A busy weekend of action took place at Willow Creek Country Club, headed by a three-way tourney. The field consisted of men and women from Heppner, Kinzua and Condon. Al Nistad was low gross for the Heppner men, followed by Craig Cooley and C.C. Car micheal. Low net was awar ded to Elmer Palmer, second low net went to Francis Doherty, and third low net went to Clint McQuarrie. Closest to the pin on the second shot contest went to Al Nistad. Longest putt went to John Edmundson. Long drive went to Frank Bailey. Bob Jepson won the K.P. contest on the ninth hole, while Clint McQuarrie won the same contest on the 17th hole. Pat Edmundson won low gross for the Heppner ladies, and also won the K.P. contest. Roberta Klaus won low net and long drive. John Shaw won the low gross honors for Kinzua men, followed by Bob Meisner winning second low gross. Lee Bailey won second low net. Bayles also won the closest to the pin on the second shot contest. Lee Bailey won the 'longest putt contest, and John Shaw was the long driver for the Kinzua men. Helen Bayle received the low gross prize for Kinzua 's women. Ariel Wall won low net. Helen Boyle also won the K.P. contest and Ariel wall was the long driver. Jim Burns won the low gross award for Condon's men, followed by Ernie Wall and Dale Asherbetlor. Low net went to Bob Maley followed by Carol Holland and Carl Shel don. Closest to the pin on the second shot contest was won by Bob Maley. Dave Messen ger was the long driver, and Carl Shelden won the K.P. prize. Dee Hollen and Bethyl Burns split the low gross honors for Condon's women. Margaret Smith won both low net and the K.P. contest. Dee Hollen was the long driver. In Satruday men's play, Craig Cooley won low gross, and Gene Pierce won low net. Ed Hiemstra won least putts. Craig Cooley won the long drive contest and Dick Bige low won the closest to the pin contest. Indians in win column; LL season nears end Morrow County's Babe Ruth baseball league team held on to its first place lead during the past week, winning two games and dropping one. Last Thursday, Morrow County trounced Johns Mans ville ol Hermiston 17-9 in a woodchopping spree that re sulted in 13 hits. Johns Mansville, cellar dweller of the Babe Kuth league mus tered only 4 hits against winning pitcher Rick Cole. The entire Morrow County roster had a chance to join the action, with most players tallying hits. Denny Starr was 2 for 2 and Ralph Morter 2-3 with 2 runs batted in. Jeff Hams was Morrow County's standout defensive player in a home game at lone against Stanfield on Monday. Hams, the catcher, threw out four baserunners in a game that saw the Morrow County team give up no errors. Morrow County over powered Stanfield 6-1 on hits that included Rick Cole's second home run of the season. Cole ended the game with two hits out of three trips to the plate. Doug Holland got three hits in as many at tempts, driving in two runs. Hams was 2 for 2 with one RBI. The Indians entered the win column for the first time in 1978 Willow Creek Little League season play, with a 9-4 j,'Oset over the league leading Braves during a home game in lone last Thursday. On Monday, the Braves also met defeat at the hands of the Giants. Last Wednesday, the Dodgers topped the Giants 8-5, following a 10-9 victory of the Giants over the Indians on Tuesday. As of Monday, the Braves and Giants were tied 4-2 for first place in the second half of season play. Next were the Dodgers at 2-3, followed by the Indians at 1-4. Next Monday will mark the beginning of the final week of regular season play. At the end of the season, an all-star team will be chosen to compete in a double elimina tion Little League tournament in The Dalles. Sell Your Unused Items With A Classified 676-9228 HP MOVING SALE SATURDAYS, SUNDAY JUNE 24-25 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 360 N. Gale S Behind Arco Station J Furniture, Radios & TVs. Clocks, Sporting Equipment, Sr Books, Pictures, Misc. Items r T ITS CHEAPER BIFCIli 8. If you get up early and call before 8 a.m.; you save money. In fact this is the cheapest long distance rate in the book. It's a particularly good deal when you figure 8 a.m. on the west coast is 11 a.m. in New York. Or 10 a.m. in St. Louis. Actually, you get at least twice as much talk for the same money at 7:59 a.m. as you do when you call at 8:00 a.m. But be sure and dial direct, with out operator assistance. Winning pitcher Bob Bier logged four strikeouts during the contest. Craig Gutierrez stepped in to relieve Bier during the later innings, and was credited with a save. On Tuesday night, Morrow County lost by three runs to third place Inland Empire. Henderson, the Hermiston team's pitcher, held Morrow County to five hits, while their batters connected for base hits eight times,, including two home runs by Bob Frost. Morrow County's Shawn LaRue belted out a homer in the early innings and team mate Jeff Hams doubled. Despite the score, Mofrow County's defense had its bright moments, including another fine performance by catcher Hams, who threw out three baserunners. Opposing baserunners have yet to steal a base from Hams thus far this season. The regular Babe Ruth season will come to an end next week, after Morrow County plays in Hermiston tonight, returns to lone on Tuesday, then plays its final game in Hermiston on Thurs day. After Tuesday's contest, Morrow County stood at 10-3 in the win-loss column, one-half game ahead of second place Tum-A-Lum. 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