Bob Mackin

News Reporter

‘A 10-day hiatus comes
to an end for the North
Shore Indians’ senior B
lacrosse team Thursday.

The Burnaby Lakers travel
to Lonsdale Arena to begin a
best-of-five West Coast Senior
Lacrosse semi-final . series
‘against the league’s second
place Indians...
The Burrard Inlet rivals shift
the seties to Burnaby Saturday
night and return the next day
‘ta Lonsdale Arena. Games four
and five, ‘if necessary, will be
‘Tuesday in- Burnaby and
~ Thursday ar Lonsdale Arena, if
necessary. Game time at
- Lonsdale Arena is 8 p.m.

The, winner, meets either .

7 Langley, Knights or Ladner
~~ Piongers inthe wcsl. champi-

two games of the regular sca-
9-5 to the’ Port Coquitlam
ts and 10-8 to the Knights.

The “Langley ‘loss: gave their:

one-point edge, first
place overall: and home floor
—e through the play-

Indians ‘already ©

‘fne-ronid bye, some-.
“Lakers ~didn’t - get.

¢ Burnaby : side. had to’ dis-

tch thie Saints in 4 two-game

rep |. best-of three quar-

gain
ver’s. Li Sd ea

69th

of the Saturday.

“We think we have the
advantage,” said Indians’ assis-
tant manager Glenn Rivers.
“We basically had the same
team, all these guys played

together since junior B.”

“The, Lakers, meanwhile,
made a scries of trades to shore
up their team in preparation for
hosting the President’s Cup
national championship tourna-
ment in late August. The trans-
actions have so far paid off: in
the Lakers’ last 12 games, the
tcam has 10 wins and two ties.
The last time Burnaby lost was
June 11 when North Shore
registered an 11-8 victory.

The Indians beat Burnaby
13-7 on May 15 but lost 12-5
on July 3.

“We have the advantage of
knowing each other better on
the floor,” Rivers said. “We
have a young team, we’re one
of ‘the faster teams in the
league. We have a lot of speed,
so hopefully that will come
through.”

The Indians, the league’s

‘offensive powerhouse, placed

four players in the WCSL top-
10 scoring table and five in the
top 11: Kono Douglas led the
league with 6+ assists, while
Don: Mathias was the goal
scoring champ with 38.

' 'Tewanee Joseph, Yul Baker

- and. William ‘Prince finished

ninth through ‘11th with a
combined. 164 points.
As_a. team, the. Indians.

a had: 266 gos! als ~ 56 more.

“which ended 1 Sunday, with 176° medals is (84
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than the Lakers.

The Lakers’ biggest scoring
threat is Andy Holland whose
19 goals in 19 games and 42
assists were good enough for
seventh place in the league.

Rivers said the sertes will
have added drama since ex-
Indians Wayne Baker and
Richie Baker are suiting up for
Burnaby.

Wayne Baker, coincidental-
ly, is part of the senior A
Indians’ management team.
Rivers said he wanted to join
the senior B squad but there
was no room on the roster.

Rivers said Rick Mang is
the Indians” goaltender for the
balance of the playoffs. He'll
be backed up by Chris Levis,
who has seen action in the
WLA this season. Dennis
Joseph is the third goalie.

The Indians are dedicating
their playoff run to the 1936
North Shore Indians,- recently |
inducted to the B.C. Sports
Hall of Fame and Museum, -
and late player Justin Baker.
Baker played in’ 10 games this
scason, scored cight times and
added 10 assists. Rivers said he
died in June at age 24 after
choking. Players are wearing
an arm patch with Baker’s ini-
tials on: their jerseys in his
memory.

“This. is the year for. the
North Shore Indians.’ These
guys really want to win.”

_ The President’s.Cup goes
Aug. 26-30 in Burnaby.

North Vancouver Blue Ladies came close to" *

Winning the provincial Midget Cc softball title -
ly,4 in Abbotsford. : :
The’'Blie Ladics breezed through the

round

in with a 3-3 record and put

ey together another three wins in the playoff

Summerland.

‘Rob.C Cullen ‘won

Byers: Beker of West
er of; ‘the, daser- I

-round over. - Coquitlam, Mission and"

Sorameriand met North Vancouver in the

Q
loss); :.vs.. Burnaby (4-1 win); playoffs. vs. ~

- Coquitlam (9-7. win); vs. Mission (6-3 3 win); .
8. ‘Summerland (6-3 win): ;

likely“ bad old days, when wages

re lousy and agents were
unknown, screwbails not only

: were tolerated. They thrived.

¢ century.”
“y"There’s a reason for this, on

don’t stand : a chance, In the -

“While the evidence is all

anecdotal, let’s have a go,

starting with the all-century

1 =. screwball infield — Art Shires

at first, Germany Schaeffer at
second, Rabbit Maranville at _

“ short 2 and Arlic Latham at .
third.

Shires played for the
Chicago White Sox in th

Sy ans Rin start bake

"ate

DO nae aM PI aN TT

i_and called himself “The
.Great.” In a game at

Washington, a leather- lunged ° ”

"fan yelled at him: “tley, Great’
* Shires, how’re ya goin’ to hit |’:
it? You're just a busher.” Shires

shouted back: “Yeah, hang ” :
your wash on this one.” He =

then banged a line drive triple -

off the wall on the first pitch.
- At the start of the century
Schaeffer played for the Cubs

~~ and to his fans. Such as the ©

time he was out by 10 feet at

: home, but tried to convince
“the umpire that: (A) he beat ©
the throw; (B)} he had knocked

the ball from the ‘catcher’s
hand; or (C) the catcher had
missed ta g him.

When the ump vetoed each
suggestion, he tured to the

« stands and shouted: “Ladies

and gentlemen; can somebody —
think up another excuse? I’m

ca

ROD Craig of North Vancouver, was the winhet of the 1999 Bay

water swim race. He completed the epic Sandy: Cove to

Kitsitan

event Sunday morning in 183 minutes and 51. ‘seconds. He was. 10th:

ROD Craig of North |
Vancouver was the

first to cross English

Bay in the epic 10-
kilometre Bay

Chalienge open water

swim race on Sunday.

Craig won’ the Sand
Cove to Kitsilano Beac

- event in 193 minutes and 51

seconds.

He was almost three n min-.

utes ahead of runner-up

Chris Hindmarch- Watson of

Vancouver.: .
“Third place
_Surrey’s Katrina -Walters.

‘Walters ‘was also the first:*>
:aveman to finish and-record;*

ed a tiine:of. ‘198, 40
“The race was first held in

1931 when 40 \swimmers -.

sede eewae

went “to”

Final overall results
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193:51 Rod Graig ©
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80's REVIVAL. °
Brent Hobbs

~ David Silverman

_Paul McGivern, :
4 PLAY".

followed Canadian swim-. «4;

ming legend Percy. Norman

from Lighthouse Park to:

‘Kitsilano’ to: celebrate. the-: n

opening of a pool there.

The crossing event was -
re-established in 1983 from. .
-Lighthouse Park to: Spanish

Bariks. It became j part of the
‘Vancouver Ope

“Water 3.
“ Swim Series eight years ago. |
Swimmers are challenged’

_by_ tides, temperatures and ©.

rough water.

plumb out of them myself a

: — Bob Mackin of

Stengel. an

Maranville was another old-.;:. make up the all-ceri

tine Cubbie and much given -
19 liquor and cigars, 2s were ~

‘many, if net most, of his con-

temporaries. Given a 50-cent, °
(a very expensive onc in

» gar
’ the 1920s) by a friend just

- before a game, he put it in his
back pocket. Shortly after he
went into third standin

ed

: and was tagged out. As

* cent ci

RR Fa AR ta Ed

. why he didn’t slide, he replied:!

What: slide and break i a50- :
, Lat am who | played. for the.
long ago St. Louis Browns, ?
completes the infield on the: -
basis of a bunt down the first
baseline. Instead of running
into the fielder and being.
tagged ovt, he did a hand-
Spring, went aver his head and
was safe at first.’

Pepper Martin, Casey:

cate ey

ary,
- ball outfield’ Martin was gui
tarist on the Mudcat Band o
the 1930s St. Louis Cardinal

. When pitcher: Bill McGee was :.

sent to the minors for seaso:

"ing, Pepper nioaned:.“My

_ only fiddler and they farmed
him out.” When McGee. . ..”
returned later in. the season, |”.
Martin rejoiced: “He's better. .
than ever but only ¢ on the: 7
\ fiddle.” ' b woh
Stengel. had many right -
hours and days as a screwball,

. Theze was a time he captured

a‘small bird in left field, hid ic.

under his cap and then, as he

“trotted in at the'end of the:

inning, lifted the cap so all
_ could see, the bird fly away.”

! There also was the time he
™ noticed a sunken water con- -
~ nection box in the outfield :-

BOTTOM FEEDERS*

Chris Hindmarch: Watson a
Katrina Walters: Aa

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pulled a cigar from his

“and, when the writer, off

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