Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1981 Page: 9 of 15
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PAGE l« POUTLANO NEWS Thur»4*y. Juw I), IW1
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school lessons at the H.E.B P *
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registei a: the H II pool
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DOUG HURST
designated hitter
.Sit im l.vssons
Still Avuilublv
For All ifers
Adult swimming lessons are
still being offered at the Com-
munity Center poo1 and pre-
school lessons at the H.E.B
pool
Persons interested must
register at the H.E.B pool of-
fice on a first-cot ne-fi-st-serve
basts Each weekly session is ID
per person
The H.E.B pool will be
reserved exclusively for adult
lap swimming from 8 to 9 p.m
on Tuesday and Thursday,
from 11 a m to noon on Satur-
day. and on Sunday from noon
to 1 p.m
Intermediate classes will
begin on June 15 in three, two-
week sessions June 15-36. June
29-July 10 and July 13-24
Classes are from noon to 1 p.m.
and the charge u> 55 cents per
lesson
Additional pool information
may be obtained by calling 643-
8622 or 643-7571
VINCE MUELLER
Outfield
RONNIE MILLER
Second base
CECIL STARCHER
Catcher Unanimous
TODD BURKE
Second loom pitcher
and second bate
RANDY PALMER
Honorable mention
MIKE KRIEG
Pitcher
Giants Brat
Pirates 12-3
The Giants beat the Pirates
12-2 in a major league game
this past week with Mat Gildon
the winning pitcher
Gildon gave up two hits,
walked five and struck out
eight.
Getting hits for the Giants
were Michael Morgan. 3-4;
Gildon. 2-4; Jamie Chapa. 1-3;
Lance Barton. 1-2; Kacy
McDowell. 1-2; Santos Garcia.
1-2; and Doug Savage, 1-3.
Intiiuns W in
(her Giants
The Indians of the majors
were the winners over the
Giants by a score of 10-4 on
June 1 with Chuck Hobbs and
Brett Hardin pitching for the
Indians
Hobbs and Hardin combined
to pitch a no-hitter while strik-
ing out 13 batters in six innings.
Catching for the Indians was
Jason McRae
leading hitters for the In-
dians were Hobbs. 2 for 2, plus
a walk; and Hardin. Brian
tamper, Michael Smith. Jimmy
Quinet and McRae each having
1 for 3.
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Seven Cats Make All-District Team
G-P dominated the all-
district baseball team as pick-
ed by the coaches of the
district, and announced this
week by Coach Tom Robison
G-P placed five players on
the team. Calallen three,
Tuloso-Midway two, and
Kockport-KuKon one.
In addition to the five men on
the first team, G-P put one man
on the second team and two
made honorable mention
Cecil Starcher was a
unanimous selection as catcher
for the select group. Not only
was Starcher a top flight cat-
cher, but be had a batting
iverage of .395 this season, in-
cluding five home runs.
Mike Krieg. who turned in an
amazing 14-1 record, was nam-
ed to the spot reserved for the
pitcher. Krieg had an earned
run average of 0.32 this year.
He struck out 170 batters, and
issued only six walks Krieg pit-
ched a no-hitter early in the
('.veil Starcher Unanimous Selection As The Catcher
season
Ronnie Miller, hustling se-
cond baseman, was named to
this key spot on the team
Miller had a batting average of
352 and was tied with Rey
Castillo for the second largest
number of stolen bases 1131.
Vince Mueller was picked for
one of the outfield spots
Mueller batted .310 for the
season and led the team in
stolen bases with 21
Doug Hurst was the team's
designated hitter Hurst had a
batting average of .365 and was
credited with 17 runs batted in
to lead the team in this depart-
ment
Todd Burke, who was
Robison's all-around utility
player, was named to the first
base spot on the second team
Burke also filled in at all other
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COAL and NUCLEAR
will help keep
electricity costs
down
N
I othing will ever return
South Texas—or the rest of the
nation—to the good old days of
cheap energy But use of coal
and nuclear fuel to generate
electricity will enable CPL to
Keep costs lower than they
would be it we relied totally on
natural gas
CoMo Creek Power Station CPI •
first coaf hred plant
The tacts are that natural gas
costs have nsen dramatically—
and will continue to do so And
as gas becomes more and more
expensive, the wisdom ot
switching to these alternate fuels
will become even more apparent
Why coal and nuclear7 Both
are available now. and neither of
them awaits the development ot
any new technology Both will be
in good supply in the future, and
both will be less expensive m
the future than natural gas
Do we plan to abandon the
millions of dollars Of investment
in our existing natural gas fueled
plants7 No. as a matter of fad.
gas will continue to be our major
fuel for some time to come But
over the next couple of decades,
we will be making a gradual shift
from natural gas to coal and
nuclear
South T««as Nuclear Prcpecl
In short, we plan to hold down
the rising cost of electricity as
much as we can CPL intends to
Keep eledricity a reliable energy
source tor the future—at the
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tmoftrw Career and Scum rVarr Syamm
spots in the infield. He hit 325
for the season and had a pit-
ching record of 7-3, including a
no hitter
Burke was also accorded
honorable mention as a pitcher
Randy Palmer was also
recognized on the honorable
mention team Palmer had a
batting average of .220 for the
season.
All of
the Wildcats are
seniors with the exception of
Hurst, who is a junior.
However, Hurst will be lost to
the Cats next year as his family
is returning to Oklahoma to
live.
In Quarter Finals
Inability To Hit
Dooms The Cats
Faced with the only left-
handed pitcher that they had
batted against all year - and
probably one of the best also -
the G-P Cats failed to get the
hits when they needed them
desperately, and as a result,
they gave up a grudging 1 to 0
win to South San Antonio West
Campus in the final game of the
quarter-finals last Friday In
San Antonio.
"We played a good ball
game," Coach Tom Robison
admitted, "We just couldn't
hit...”
Todd Burke gave up four hits,
pitching one of the best games
he has pitched all season. Two
of the hits were scattered, and
several tunes Burke managed
to get through tight innings, but
in the sixth the Cougars put
together a single and a double
to send the all-important run
over home plate.
The Cats had dropped the
first game of the quarter-finals
to San Antonio in Corpus
Christ! Wednesday night 3-0,
with the final game moving to
Burrows Field in San Antonio
Ricky Walker, the left-
handed Cougar pitcher, kept
the Cats going his way most of
COACH TOM ROBISON
Diitrictand Bi District
Champions
24 5 Season Record
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the night. He is credited with
eight strikeouts, no walks and
threw a total of 89 balls. He
gave up one hit, that to Cecil
Starcher; however, superior
fielding by the left fielder took
a possible double from Ronnie
Miller and the third baseman
tagged a "rope" blasted by Tab
Black that looked like a sure
hit.
The Cats went down one, two,
three in the first four innings.
In the fifth inning Starcher lin-
ed out the first hit of the day for
the Cats and G-P's hopes came
to life. Starcher got to second
on a stolen base, but there he
stayed as Walker worked his
magic to get a strike out,
ground ball and another strike
out to retire the side.
In the sixth Trey Edwards
got to see first base when the
third baseman muffed his
grounder But again Walker
settled down and left Edwards
stranded on first base.
The bottom of the sixth
brought bad news for the Cats
James Canty got a hit and then
stole second base, bringing up
Floyd Haman, who blasted a
double into right field. Haman
attempted to stretch it into a
triple, when it appeared that
the ball was going to be over-
thrown, but Mike Krieg cut the
throw off and relayed it to
Black on third for the out.
down
but
and
the
Burke tightened
retired the side,
damage had been done with the
BIG run on the score board
With time running out, and
the seventh inning at hand.
Krieg got things stirring as he
made it to first base on an er-
ror. He moved to second as
Starcher sacrificed With the
tying run on second, and only
one out, things looked good,
but, there was still Walker to
contend with Hurst went down
the strike out route and Mueller
popped out to the short stop to
retire the side and give the
championship to South San
West by a 1 to 0 score
Indians INud^e
Pirates 3-2
Brett Hardin and Chuck
Hobbs each pitched three inn-
ings on June 3 to beat the
Pirates by the score of 3-2 in the
majors.
The Pirates were able to get
only two hits while striking out
16 times.
Catcher for the Indians was
Jason McRae who also was
their leading hitter with 2 for 2.
Other leading hitters for the In-1
dians were Hobbs, 1 for 1; and
Hardin and Brian tamper with
1 for 2.
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1981, newspaper, June 11, 1981; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871857/m1/9/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.