Generally speaking

, ithe: most t dicey aspect ofa unfai

sports. reporter's job involves the danger of nose
bleéds from climbing all those steps to various

press boxes.

Mind you, there are those
other moments when. .you
look straight down and dis-
cover, you have a fear of
heights, or those  ex-
ceptiohally fraught filled

times when the line up to the
wash room «at. half. time
extends beyond any possible
retention time.

For the most part, it is a
sedentary vocation spiced
with occasionally . splashed
sweat from.an athlete's brow

-in the dressing room.

However,. there _ are the
other... times;
exceptions. when. ‘usually
through. accident, the
adrenalin’ starts ‘pumping and
every senseis alerted, —

It happened recently when
a sports figure decided ‘he
didn’t like. what a reporter
had written and had Jain in
wait.for the intrepid scribe.
Violence: was. narrowly
averted, -although. the
reporter was left a somewhat

° shaken individual for more

The North Shore Yics
continued to have problems
finding their stride this
season as they dropped a

pair of exhibition baseball.

matches last weekend in
Bellingham, Washington.

In the first game, Yics
dropped a 5-1 decision to the
Belli

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those rare .

-than.a few moments.

After all; it is never
pleasant to be .in imminent

danger of having your face _

re-organized.. _- However,
while we all decry this type
of behaviour,
certain’amount: of, under-
standing - not acceptance -.
but understanding.

Someone in professional

rt said, not too long ago,
dualing with. the press was a
no-win Situation. .

There..is..a frustration.

among. many in the: sports
( “that. - “the _ press

_controls and prints what they

want;- that if they : ‘decide-on
handling: @ situation’ in one
specific way, then there is no

way that. it canbe changed -
or altered, nor any way. that .

the individual can get his
point across.

When personalities . be-
come. involved, then the
situation is compounded.
The person being written
about often feels he is being

Mitchell pitching. Cam ‘Hair
scored the only run for Yics
with a towering home run.

In the second game, Yics

. were shutout .5-0 by the

Bells, with Rick Mosher

pitching for Yics.

_ Yics next game is

Thursday’ when they play
Ri

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doesn’t x tepres ‘that he can

get @ ‘fair shake’ from ‘the
writer.

’ After years of dealing with

these: ‘types:; of. situations, .
.. sometimes. things come toa

head as: they: ‘did recently.
And while we of the-media
can. protest. with. -Fighteous

-indignation “that we’ should —
“not be” physically’ attacked, ©
«we should alsd:try and learn
why the incident: occurred.

- Dealing.--with: the. ‘media

‘can be: for some a: very. trying -

task “and there. are. times
when ithe. individual's

. frustration: canbe “‘under-. ©
‘stood if not his actions.

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- An interesting. counter-
point. to -the media claims
that Manchester City
‘cheated’ the public in not
putting their best team on
the field::. will these same’
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their pre-season games with
a patch-work roster ob-
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ore losses for N. Shore. Yic

at 6:30 a.m. in Vancouver
Metro league action.

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| Tie for B B.C. track title

“Handsworth. “Royals and
defending-champion Bur-
naby Central’ Wildcats
finished in a dramatic tie for

first place with 85.points and

Carson Graham Eagles were
just three points back in the
team standings at the two-

day B.C. high school track —

and field championships’ at

_Swangard Stadium.

The tie for the title was the
first in the 15-year-old mect
and it was the first time three
schools from, one zone
placed im the top five.

schools. Hillside’s 63 gave
‘them fifth, five points behind

Max Cameron:
River.
Handsworth won the

of Powell .

_ North Shore championships
but: had. actually - finished

behind Carson Graham
(384) and Hillside (344) in
senior events points with 317
. in that meet. The B.C. meet

“js.all'6pén competition: -

Under head coaches’ Terry
Hooge, - Bill. ‘Parnell and
Allison Ross they. fallied to
improve. ‘their “North Shore
performances.

Lori Ewing and Louise
Pennington were superb.

Ewing won the 200m in 24.7

and was one-tenth of a”
second behind the 100m
winner. at. 2.0. Pennington
took in the 400m in
57.4, third in the long j ump
with 5.44m-.(1710"), .
fourth in the 109m tnitics at at
15.39.

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Andrew Dawson, in grade
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