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FREEPRESS Page 8 Colby Free Press Monday, July 29, 2002 SSSPORTSPORTS When Ozzie Smith inducted bad golf into the Hall of Fame By JOHN KEKIS Smith was introduced, he came on gets worse AP Sports Writer stage wearing an Afro wig with a Pa- COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — dres cap. He wanted to break the ten- I’m sure they’ll refer to it as This was even harder than getting sion because he was nervous. ‘The Day Those Tattooed Hooli- around on Tom Niedenfuer’s fastball In a summer that has been hard on St. gans Came From Colby And Ru- in the playoffs 17 years ago. Louis fans following the deaths of ined Our Golf Course’. “This is tough,” said Ozzie Smith, longtime Cardinals broadcaster Jack I’ll think of it as ‘The Day We halting to brush away a tear after his Buck and pitcher Darryl Kile, Smith Had To Drive All The Way To son, Dustin, read the inscription on his gave them and the audience of 19,000 Scott City To Golf And Got Yelled plaque. “I’ve faced many challenges in a reason to smile. At’. my career, and if I was to rank them by “I sincerely believe that there is My friends, who shall remain difficulty, this moment in nothing truly great in any man or nameless (for now, anyway), are Cooperstown would rank at the top of woman, except their character, their already calling it ‘Darrel Should the list.” willingness to move beyond the realm Have Known Better And Now Smith, a dazzling shortstop during a of self and into a greater realm of self- 19-year career with St. Louis and San lessness,” Smith said before reading a Darrel Diego, was inducted into the Baseball poem he dedicated to Buck, a lover of Pattillo Hall of Fame on Sunday, the only poetry whose memorable call of player to enter the shrine this year. Smith’s game-winning home run Flanked by 46 Hall of Famers, in- against Niedenfuer and the Dodgers in On cluding former Cardinals greats Stan the 1985 playoffs urged fans to ’Go The Musial, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock and crazy.’ • Red Schoendienst, the “Wizard of Oz” “Giving back is the ultimate talent in Ball accepted the honor with an eloquent life,” Smith said, calling it the pot of speech. gold at the end of the rainbow. “That is WE Can Never Golf In Scott City PAM AUGUSTINE/Colby Free Press Comparing his baseball odyssey to the greatest trophy on my mantel.” Again’. Sean Mengel was on the mound for Colby Saturday in the first game of the K-18 state tournament. Mengel Dorothy’s journey down the Yellow Smith elevated the defensive stan- There we were, all bright-eyed and the rest of the Colby K-18 squad shut out Lucas 6-0. Colby heads back to Lucas Tuesday night to Brick Road in “The Wizard of Oz” and dard for shortstops during his time with and caffeined-up, headed for Scott play at 6:30 p.m. in the semi-finals against Osborne. The championship game will take place Wednes- holding a copy of the famed children’s the Cardinals and Padres. He holds six City at 125 mph to participate in day night. book in his hands, Smith recounted his career fielding marks for shortstops, our first and last ‘Three Guys and rise to stardom. He even orchestrated including most assists (8,375), double a Girl Charity Golf Benefit’, sing- the ending, with a tape of “Somewhere plays (1,590) and chances (12,624). ing road songs and fantasizing Colby K-18 advances to semi-final Over the Rainbow” playing in the Smith won 13 straight NL Gold Glove about Phoenix, Ariz., which has background as he spoke. awards. about 70 golf courses. By PAM AUGUSTINE forced Elliott out at second but was safe ine had a home run and 1 RBI, Jer- Smith said his recipe for success was He revealed how he became such a Little did I know that five hours Colby Free Press on first by an overthrow, advancing to emy Dietz had a single and 1 RBI, simple: He had the mind to dream that deft fielder. Money was scarce while later we would be fleeing Scott The Colby K-18 baseball team second. Deke Elliott and Travis Powell each the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to he was growing up in Watts in Los County, police sirens wailing in traveled to Lucas on Saturday for the Sean Mengel and Jeremy Dietz both singled, and Jordon Cranston was believe that the Tin Man ached for and Angeles, and Smith’s first glove was a the distance. (Alright, they may first round of K-18 state baseball and walked and Mitchell Gatz then singled credited with an RBI. Colby’s other the c-c-c-c courage of the Lion to per- paper bag. That helped him practice have been wailing in the distance came home with a big win, defeat- scoring Quenzer. Mengel scored on two runs came on wild pitches. severe. getting rid of the ball quickly. because Scott City was having a ing Lucas 6-0. Jordon Cranston’s walk. Colby’s next Colby K-18 is coached by Jeff “Ozzie Smith was a boy who de- He also would lie on the floor of his fair parade, but it makes for a more Colby went into the tournament as score came on a wild pitch, scoring Krzycki, Russell Rodenbeck, cided to look within, a boy who discov- house, close his eyes, and toss a base- dramatic picture, don’t you the number one seed with a record Dietz. Wayne Sulzman and Lyle Saddler. ered that absolutely nothing is good ball in the air, then catch it without think?) of 16-0 in K-18 play and 28-14 over- The third inning started off with Matt Team members are Jordon enough if it can be made better, a boy looking up. He even tried to throw a I should have stayed home and all. Lucas was the number four seed Augustine taking a walk, Elliott with Cranston, Travis Powell, Matt Au- who discovered an old-fashioned for- baseball over the roof, then run around went to garage sales. out of the east regional with a record a single, followed up with a single by gustine, Deke Elliott, Dusty mula that would take him beyond the and catch it. By now you must be saying to of 10-6. Dietz which scored Augustine. Elliott Quenzer, Sean Mengel, Jeremy rainbow, beyond even his wildest “No, I never caught it,” he said with yourself “Get to the point, On the mound for Colby was Sean scored on a wild pitch bringing the Dietz, Mitchell Gatz, Trenton dreams,” he said. a smile. “But it never stopped me from Darrel.” Nope, not gonna do it. Mengel. Mengel, in a strong perfor- score to 5-0. Augustine homered in the Powell, Heath Bieker, Kyle The 47-year-old Smith, who retired trying. Luckily, I didn’t just experience There’s too much comic material mance, had seven strikeouts, and 4th inning to round out the scoring. Withington, Brian Saddler, David after the 1996 season, thanked every- the dream for a moment and then dis- to be squeezed from this incident gave up only 1 walk and two hits. Colby threatened in the 5th and 6th Voss, Aric Grob, Eric Paulsen, one from his mother, Marvella, to his miss it as foolishness.” for me to wrap it up now. Stay with Colby was scoreless the first in- innings with Gatz singling in the 5th Adam Perkins. high school coach, to the man who Also honored were longtime Detroit me. You’ll enjoy it. ning but came back strong in the 2nd, and Travis Powell in the 6th. Colby Colby will be in action on Tues- brought him to St. Louis in 1982, sports writer Joe Falls, who was given Also, by now, you’ve realized scoring three runs. was unable to capitalize and stranded day night in Lucas at 6:30 p.m. in former manager Whitey Herzog. the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for his six that me and my gang of merry Deke Elliott hit a hard ground ball five runners in these two innings. semi-final action. Colby will play Smith had said he didn’t know how decades of work, and Phillies broad- golfers must have committed to the shortstop but was safe at first Mitchell Gatz lead the hitters with Osborne, which defeated he would act at his induction. There caster Harry Kalas, who accepted the some kind of heinous crime. Aside on an error. Dusty Quenzer then two singles and 1 RBI, Matt August- Phillipsburg 16-14 Sunday night. was no trademark back flip, but when Ford C. Frick Award. from our golfing, which could be considered a horrible crime against the sport, nothing is fur- ther from the truth. So what could a group of fun- Hampton loving golfers do to get banned for life from the Scott City Country Club? struggling BUSINESS DIRECTORY The following is a list of of- fenses that I would consider ex- treme enough for banishment for in Colorado To have your ad placed in the Business Directory, life: MILWAUKEE (AP) — For Mike Felonious assault. Arson. Gross Hampton, it’s become downright hu- ULTRA LITE STYLE negligence. Selling crack to the miliating. call Crystal or Mandy at 462-3963. other golfers. Excessive nudity. “It’s past the point of embarrass- FAMILY OF LENSES Using a putter to chip from twenty ment,” the Colorado Rockies pitcher yards away for no good reason.

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