Opener April 22 against Hawaii “Last year’s team was good, but this year's will be loaded,” declared Ray Poitevint, director of player personnel for the Milwaukee Brewers, parent club of the Baseball Canadians. “It may be hard for your fans to believe, but I think Van- couver’s pitching staff in 1980 will be better than in 1979’s and I can promise you a stronger hitting club.” So far, Poitevint's predictions have held true, as spring training progressed in the Brewers: sports complex at Sun City, Anzona. New manager, Bod Didier, has met with most of his prospective players, and drawn rave reviews. “He can pick up where John Felske left off,” said Buster Keeton. second only to award winning Mark Bomback in wins on the 79 Vancouver staff. “He was a catcher like ‘Ski’ was, and that helps a lot. He’s already helped me to be more consistent with my delivery.” The 1980 C's include many holdovers from the club that made it to the Pacific Coast League playoffs in 1979, and according to some _ ob- servers, the team will have many piayers who could crack starting lineups with other parent clubs. “We consider ourselves to be veyy fortunate in that we have an abundance of talent, young talent,” explained Brewer general manager Harry Dalton. “That used to be the trademark of the Yankee organization, but now ours is second to none.” What will encoprage C’s fans is that Dalton and Poitevint can back up what they say. Buster Keeton and Rich Olsen are two of the top pitching prospects on the continent, and they figure to be the axis of Vancouver's Starting rotation. Young Mike Henderson’ con- tributed to the Baseball Canadians’ success during last year's pennant stretch, and he'll be back at second base. Slugger Craig “Rocky” Ryan is coming off a strong winter season in Mexico and figures prominent in skipper Didier’s plans. Eddie Romaro set many PCL all-time defensive records at shortstop and led the team in game-winning hits; he'll be back at short- stop. Timmy Nordbrook, 1979’s_ inspirational leader and newcomer Larry Rush will spht the duties at third. Included in the outfield corps is Marshall Edwards, a speedster from last year, and fellow gazelle Bobby Glen Langara takes volleyball title Langara Community College Falcons, Men's Volleyball team won the Canadian National Collegiate Volleyball Championships this _ past weekend in Red Deer, Alberta. The finals featured Langara Falcons against the Mont Royals College of Calgary. The gold medal went to Langara Falcons with scores of 8-15: 15-10; 1- 15; 15-10; 15-10. 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