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dMBgKfA' "'yW UttHHf aV THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE Danville Kentucky Sunday April 19 1987 13 Simpson a 3 sport standout (Continued from Page 9) Lions won their only district baseball championship lot of people play on teams that have more overall talent around said Hurt helps some players appear to be better than they really are Doug have that luxury very always did the best he could no matter said Steve Sullivan football coach in 1985 and 1986 never com plained and played with pain a unique young Simpson had to play for three different basketball coaches and two football mentors Simpson however has no com plaints with his teammates or coaches anybody would rather play with a lot of talented players but Garrard County has Doug Simpson has been a leader on basketball baseball and football teams for the last three years Staff Photo by Larry Vaught been good to said Simpson guys I have played with have always tried hard and all anyone can ask my coaches stressed hav ing a team effort and I always tried to follow that advice We been as successful as I would have liked but enjoyed my Next year Simpson should be surrounded by quality players He is being recruited by several col lege baseball coaches and Hurt has no doubts that his star player will sign a baseball scholarship has a good arm in football and probably could play some small college said Hurt could probably also play a se cond guard for a small college basketball team if you take a look at what he has the chance to be the most successful at it would have to be baseball where his heart is Simpson grew up playing baseball and it still ranks as his favorite sport He laughed and said is too rough and basketball has too much said Simpson who has played in all 66 games Garrard has had since his freshman year baseball has just always been my favorite and it always will His first three years at Garrard he played in the infield when he pitching so Hurt could keep his bat and glove in the lineup This year moved to the out field liked playing the out said the senior can do more Pitching however is the Simpson still does best The hard throwing Simpson struck out 12 Burgin batters to open a game last week He finish ed with 17 strikeouts and allowed only one hit main strength is his said Hurt makes his other pitches all work If his curve and drop are on it makes it tough on hitters to get ready become smarter on the mound and is mixing his pitches up better He has really made great strides since he started as a He gave up most of his free time last summer to play American Legion baseball in Richmond He feels it was time well spent had invited me the year before but I said Simp son knew I would learn a lot about pitching and playing with the team did help Playing college baseball has been dream since he started throwing a ball years ago Still he never seriously con sidered playing only baseball at Garrard to enhance his college chances He felt an obligation to play basketball and football and despite the frequent losses has no second thoughts about his decision it would have been easier at times to have just played said Simpson had some long years but I always knew that a lot of people were counting on me because of who I was and what I had done let those people down I just had to reach down in side myself and find the will to play all three sports Now looking back I realize I would really have regretted it if I played basketball and football along with baseball I have good memories of all three Patrick new pro New Danville Country Club golf professional Stephen Patrick has already began his duties at the local club Patrick spent the last two years as a teaching professional at the Calumet Country Club in Homewood Ill in the Chicago area He served in some other positions prior to the Calumet Club The 28 year old golf pro graduated from erris State Col lege in central Michigan with a bachelor of science degree in marketing in 1983 He was also a part of the professional golf management program at the col lege which is a four and a half year program This is first head pro fessional position and he is excited about the challenge of his new job see this job as a big challenge for me and I am definitely excited about my new said the new Danville Country Club pro area is new to me but I like it already I have just been here a little over two weeks and we had much good weather during that time Hopefully this will improve fairly soon of my first prioritoes will be to reorganize or revamp the pro shop which I have already started doing I hope to give the shop a new look while bringing in good merchandise and offering it for a fair price I also hope to have a good teaching program Partick emphasizes that established tournaments such as the JE Butler Memorial for men Tee Cup for ladies and the Pat Invitational for youngsters will continue and become even better will also offer some different kinds of tourney events for the noted Patrick recently had something dif ferent in connection with the Masters Tournament We hope to do quite a few fun things that will create interest and excitement among our members am just beginning to get to know some of the people here I am still feeling my way around and hopefully in a few more weeks have myself better establish ed Coming into a new situation like this is not easy at first Lincoln wins STANORD Chris Caldwell shot a two over par 37 riday to lead Lincoln County to an im pressive 156 196 victory over Washington County at Dix River Country Club Todd Douglas added a 39 for Lin coln while Todd aulkner and Charlie Lewis both shot 40 Shelby Reed had a 42 for Lincoln while Bryan Pence shot 52 and Jimmy Burton 57 The win improved record to 2 0 Powder and Putt By Thelma Jones The ladies of Danville Country Club will open their 1987 golfing season with a luncheon meeting on Tuesday Lunch will be served at 12 noon with a meeting to follow Please sign the sheet for reseva tions in the pro shop Our Ladies Day play will start April 28 We invite all interestedgolfers of the club to join us Olathe road agaift JA W' fa" i' i JX 3 I Jr Id I AL our years ago Phi ister was on the road to possible heart trouble Like too many busy executives he was out of shape and physically inactive Now on the road to fitness And better health habits one of the many business people turned on by the excitement and fun of the Corporate Cup a healthy competition between businesses in the Louisville area Started to promote fitness healthier lifestyles and camaraderie among businesses the Corporate Cup has put hundreds of men and women like Phil ister on the road to better health proud of our sponsorship of the Corporate Cup and salute all those people who have participated over the years We hope many others will be inspired by their example to get back on the road to a healthier lifestyle Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky Inc a Mutual Insurance Company Registered Marks Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association IgP MBH Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky is proud to co sponsor the Kentucky Derby estival Mini Marathon with Courier Journal I sjBBki.