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CAPE MAY - The 1961 Men's Softball League kicked off the season with a flurry of action last week. The league has once again improved, With as many as 10 of the 15 teams capable of challenging defending champion Kramer

Beverage.

County softball teams have gone beyond the county to flex their muscles, competing in tournaments throughout New Jersey and as far away as Pennsylvania and Virginia, and gaining respectability wherever they have

played.

THE MOST successful, tournament achievers in recent years have been Kramer Beverage, winners of the i960 Somerville and Scotty Ireland Tournaments; Kona Sports, Rick’s of Rio Grande, Laws Printers, L & R, Burkes and Grandes Bar. By the looks of this year’s overall league balance, the regular season and championship playoffs will prove to be a legitimate dogfight down to the wira. IN EARLY SEASON action Captain Sig’s Seafood hooked into first-year team Richardsons Air Systems for a 23-8 verdict Winning pitcher Jim Conrey and Ken Raker paced Sig’s with 4-for-4 hitting performances. Gary Osmundsen contributed a fine 3-for-3 effort as well. Ricks of Rio Grande jumped out to forge a quick 2-0 record by nipping L & R 12-11 and holding on to thwart Captain Sig’s 15-8. In their win over L & R Rick Burke and Herb Hudson led Ricks with 3 hits

each. Bob Hoskins stroked four consecutive hits and Bob Matthews and Gary Montgomery laced three safeties during Rick’s scal-

ing of Sigs.

BAY8HORE LOUNGE split a pair of one-sided games. First they nailed R.C. Eldon, the rookie squad, 20-4 behind a Mike Kelly grand slam and Barry Lynch’s 3 hits before running into hot-hitting Laws Printers. Laws floored Bayshore in the first inning by pushing across 14.runs and cruised to a 194) decision. Offensive stars were John Fuller (4

for 4, 8 RBI’s), John Vogel „ (3 for 4), Mario Franco (3 r „ 0, !f ’ •-•*-* •* Grange

hits) and Bill Cook (3 hits). THE DUEL BETWEEN league newcomers Richardson Air Systems and R.C. Eldon Builders was won honorably by Richardson by 16-10 count. A two-out, seven-run, fifthinning rally was the game’s

turning point.

Rounding out the firstweek play. New Miami Inn burned Avalon Realty 12-7, Kona blotted Laws Printers 15-4 and the Coast Guarg Training Center torpedoed New Miami Inn

8-2.

of Rio Kramer

Ricks

.-j— and Beverage remained v unbeaten through last week in the Cape May Mens Soft-

ball League.

Kona short-circuited the Coast Guard Electronics Station 13-0 with an early

hit barrage.

Rick's of Rio Grande came from behind to storm past R.C. Eldon Builder 18-

5.

Kramer Beverage distilled L& R 11-9 in a closely contested skirmish GRANDES BAR cleared out Avalon Realty 20-2 behind the scorching bats

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The Coast Guard Bears then knocked Grandes from ,the undefeated rank with a stirring 10-9 victory in nine innings. Following a two-out triple by Bear’s pitcher Sam Rhodes and an intentional walk, Bob Pullinger promptly strokes a single to center field to win the game. f - Avalon Realty in mild upset surprised the Coast Guafd Bears by outscoring them 12-5 on the heels of their emotional Grandes

win.

CAPTAIN SIGS Seafood hammered R.C. Eldon Builders 22-7 with a bevy of» extra-base hits. Laws Printers came on *

strong from the fourth inning on fo bomb Richardsons Air Systems 11-3. Laws then nipped a tough Burke Motor squad 43 with some clutch hitting and tight defense. Mario Franco drove in . three runs for the winners including the game-winner in the seventh inning.

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COURT HOUSE - A world record weakfish may earn a $15,000 cash prize for some lucky angler fishing in the 1981 Lower Cape Optimists Club weakfish tournament in Delaware Bay May 23,24

and 25.

This club is sponsoring the tournament to raise funds for the Optimist Club Scholarship Fund. Preregistration is required. Entry fee is $10 for two or more of the tournament days and $5 for any one of the three days.

A $500 CASH prize will be awarded for the largest fish caught in the tournament and a graphite rod and spinning reel will be awarded for the largest fish caught each day during the three-day event. All fish must be weighed in by

9 a.m. each day.

Information on the tournament and entry registrations can be had at Jim’s Bait and Tackle, Rle. 109,

Cape May; the Miss Chris fishing docks, Cape May, and Joe Rodia’s Tackle Shop, Rte. 47, Rio Grande. All three locations will be official weighmasters. Jim Wagner, tournament chairman, said the world record anglers are shooting will be the all-tackle weakfish record which is currently listed by the International Game Fish Association at 17 lb. 14 oz:

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