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COURIER-POST, Thursday, Augut 1984 LEGION DASEDALL Brooklawn crushes Delaware team in Legion regionals I HAMPTON, Va. Brooklawn Lpimi Post 71 hitting lefties at the beginning of the year. But I guess we saw so many of them in the (Camden County American) Legion League we got used to them. Brooklawn disposed of the Wilmington team quickly as it scored 13 runs in the first two inning and 22 over the first five frames. The winners hit four homers that provided 1 1 of the 26 runs.

Mike Basara, Mike Lindner and Tim Gallagher each hit three-run homers and John McGettigan added a two-run blast "And we had a little bit of luck on the homers," Barth said. "The homers by Basara and Gallagher actually hit on top of the fence and fell over. But both balls were hit The 1 J-run explosion in the first two innings made things easy for winning pitcher Will Vespe, who worked the first five innings and surrendered three runs and five hits while recording five strikeouts and issuing one walk. Scott Bancroft and Mark Mushchak each worked two innings in relief. Brooklawn scored six times in the first inning on three walks, a hit batsman, run-scoring singles by McGettigan and Gallagher and a three-run double by Vespe.

After Delaware countered with a run in the bottom half of the frame, Brooklawn erupted for seven more runs in the second. The first three runs came on a three-run homer by Lindner, following walks to Herb Dubler and Basara. After two walks and a single by McGettigan loaded the bases, Vespe scored one run on a sacrifice fly and Bob Rivell followed with a two-run double. Basara later singled in the final run. The winners scored three more runs in the third as Vespe singled in one run and two others scored on an error.

Gallagher's three-run homer highlighted a four-run fourth, while McGettigan accounted for two runs in the fifth with his homer. Brooklawn completed its scoring with four runs in the eighth, with the big blow being Basara's three-run homer. This was a good start for us," Barth said. just hope it can continue." had three hits for Brooklawn, while Vespe knocked in five runs and Lindner.Gallagher and Basara each accounted for four. Brooklawn will play Boyertown, Pa.

tonight starting at 8 o'clock. Boyertown defeated Den- bigh, 9-6, while Laurel Park, Y. topped Midlothian, 1 1 -7 and Oxen Hill. Md. downed Wheeling, W.Va., 6-1 in yesterday's other games.

put on an awesome hitting display here yesterday as it posted an impressive 26-1 fie-tory over SUM Post of Wilmington, Del in the e-pening round of the American Legion Mid-Atlantic Regionals baseball tournament Brooklawn pounded out 19 hits, including four homers, and this output impressed even Manager Joe BarthIneverexpected anything ke this, Barth said. 'But I sure wouldn't mind a couple more days like today. We hit the ball hard and often. "I was a little concerned when I saw Delaware's starter was a lefty. We had some trouble MEM'S SOFTBALL Trojan Liquors snares 2nd crown in Bell Suburban ALL PRO: John McHugh led York-; ship Press past Wayne's Log Cabin, 7-3, with two hits.

Uncle Al's defeated Freddie's, 9-4, as Frank Coyle drilled four hits and accumulated seven RBIs. Rich Decinto and Ralph Bucci each banged three hits and Old Grads -slammed Thermaseal, 16-7, to earn a playoff berth. GLOUCESTER FIRE: Dan Tokolisb went 4-for-4 and Bob Wysenhour added three hits to lead Mt. Ephraim No. 2 over Gloucester No.

4, 19-6. Dennis Chiro smashed four hits. including a pair of three-baggers, and Ted Howard pitchedGloucester Police 4 Fire over Haddon Heights, 8-4. MARLTON: Phil Avila belted a two-: run single for the game-winning hit, Jim Gardiner drove in a pair on two hits, and Bottlestop stopped Pettit's Arco, 6-3. CAMCO SERVICES: Mike Chumley accounted for four runs with a pair of homers, Charles Chumley added two hits and three RBIs, and Silver Dollar won the league title with a 12-1 victory over Belts.

Fran Collins tossed a four-. Courwr-Posl Photo by Curl Hudson being over Safe fton Canning of Gloucester "Police and Fire beats the tag of Haddon Heights third baseman Davis for a triple in last night's Gloucester Fire Softball League playoff game. Gloucester won, 8-4. GOLF Most mail My thanks to all of you who wrote to me with questions about golf and your golf games. As space allows, I'll attempt to answer as many of them as possible.

Of the letters I received, the largest percentage of complaints registered were related to the very common bad habit of being over-anxious to hit the ball with the club. "You used the phrase 'hitting from the top' in your column what docs it mean?" asks J.W. of Medford. The "top" is the end of the backswing, or the beginning of the downswing, whichever your prefer. Hitting, a sudden application of force, at this point, with the hands andor arms (andor shoulders), causes more bad golf shots than any other swing fault.

Forcing the golf club down at the ball with upper body strength to initiate the downswing can produce a wide variety of bad shots. Slices, hooks, topped, soanked, weak and mis hit shots can all result from "hitting from the top." NEARLY EVERY golfer will hit one or more shots this way in every round they play. This premature application of effort is the result of anxiety and trying too hard. No one, though, is Immune to trying too hard. Lee Trevino, the winner of HORSE RACING .4 Trojan Liquors captured the Bell Suburban Men's Softball League title for the second straight year last night.

In defeating Parker Bar, 10-7, Trojan Liquors, 30-1 for the year, won the best-of-five championship series in threestraightand finished theplayoffs unbeaten. S.J. MEN'S LEAGl'E: Ciuseppe's Pizzeria won two games to capture first-place playoff for the American Division title. Giuseppe's, the Cherry Hill A's and Total Image were tied for first place with 19-8 record to force the playoff for the division. Giuseppe's beat the Cherry Hill A's in the first game, 12-8, as Hank Devil-lard went 3-for-3.

In the second game, Bill Brennan, who was 3 for-4, supplied the power with a grand slam and six RBIs in Giuseppe's 17-12 win over Total Image. Gino Chilberti also was instrumental, going 3-for-4 with a home run. Mo Dean's won the opener of a three-game quarterfinal series by trouncing DuBcll, 16-3. Bob Obre led the attack by going 5-for-5 with two RBIs. Warwick Tavern downed Shield's, 5-1 to capture the quarterfinals as Da ve Furman pitched a seven-hitter and Ken Pfafman hammered a three-run triple.

THIRD BASE: Ed Fanelli ripped a game-inning double that capped a four-run seventh inning, and Whistle Clean erased an eight-run deficit to nip Trophy Run, takea 1-0 lead in the quarterfinals. Trophy Run held a 9-1 margin in the sixth inning, but after Fanelli and Her-bie Scharle each cracked two-run homers, WhistleCleancutthe lead to 9-6 Scharle, JoeCasey.andJoeandMike Delaney hit consecutive singles in the seventh frame preceding Fanclli's game-winner. Ray Lodge and Fred Keating banged three hits each and combined for four RBIs as Old English Tavern took a 1-0 lead in the quarterfinals with an 11-6 decision over Lena's Cafe. Jim Bryson drove in two runs with two hits and Jim Silver went 2 -for-2 to help AmVets Raiders advance to the semifinals with a 7-2 rout of Creedon. PENNSAUKEN INDUSTRIAL: Rick Alexandercracked ivehits, Mike Lupacchino posted four hits, including a grand slam, and Gary Hartman added four hits as Subaru crushed Lehigh Press, 20-7, to take a 2-0 lead in the finals.

SPORTS OUTLET: Mike Quinn drove in four runs and went 4-f or-4, and Nick Paradiso's bases-loaded seventh-inning single provided the margin as Dual Aire nipped Jay's Elbow Room, 10-9. The win earned Dual Aire a berth in the semifinals. WINSLOW: Tom Persechino drilled three hits and Bill Royds blasted a two-run homer that provided Johnson's Towing with a 10-8 victory over Master Fence and knotted the semifinal series, 1-1. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL Fisher's Bar wins, Fisher's Bar rebounded from a 1-0 deficit in a best-of-three semifinal series last night by upending Murphy 's Tavern, 7-5, to advance to the championship final of the Camden County Parks Women's Slo-Pitch Softball League. Celeste Sawyer paced the offense with a 3 for-3 performance, which included two singles, a double, and the game-winning RBI in the fourth inning.

She was backed by Thersa MEN'S BASKETBALL Maureen's Card Shop CHERRY HILL Maureen's Card Shop moved to within one game of clinching the Jim Corea Summer Basketball Leaguechampionshipby registering a 100-94 victory over Jim Corea's last night. hitter for the win. VOLUNTEER FIRE: Bubba Swain pounded a two-run round tripper in the fourth inning to help Oaklyn even its semifinal playoff, 1-1, with a 3-2 squeaker over Berlin. Tony Merulla slammed three hits, including a homer, and Sal Lopez and Jim Govan teamed for six hits to lead Magnolia over Erlton, 12-10. Winning pitcher Don Ebersole added two hits as Magnolia evened the quarterfinal series at 1-1.

a pair of homer, Rich Barca added a. round-tripper, Terry Ahern pounded three hits, and Rup's Gym downed. Cobras, 1 1-7. Rup's knotted the semifinal series, 1-1. Bill Giberson and Tony Calabrese had three hits apiece and Reggie'sCafe' clobbered Mickey's, 13-8, to even the; quarterfinal playoffs.

VOORHEES: Bill LeConey hurled! his seventh shutout to lead Ashland Express past Wilcox Plumbing, 4-0, in the opening game of the championship series. Steve Algayer banged three hits and Joe Grinovics added an RBI on a pair of hits. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP: Steve Geloiotto slugged a key triple and Cap John grabbed a 2-0 championshiplead, downing Shooters, 9-4. BRISTOW: Mario Patrizzi clobbered two home runs and a double, Joe Chew ripped three hits, and Bull Pen edged Richie's, 10-8. The victory gave Bull Pen a 1-0 championship series lead.

AVALON: Hideaway Tavern blasted Chris Auto Parts, 20-2. Rich Bergamesco drove in three runs with three hits, John Monday hammered four hits, and Tom Angelucci pounded three hits, including a homer. gains finals berth Cooke, who contributed three singles and two RBIs. In other Camden County Parks! action, Kardon Toyota staged acome-, back in the bottom of the seventh to nip Ivy Viking, 10-9, in the first game of a best-of-three semifinal. Trailing 9-4.

Kardon recorded six consecutive hits, including a bases-loaded two-run single by Bonnie Sim-' mons to notch the victory. Kathy Yeager and Lea Moore combined for six hits to pace the offense. wins as Callahan hits 17 Kevin Callahan sparked Maureen's attack with 47 points, while Fred Mor-! gan chipped in with 25. Jim Kennealy led the losers with 42 points. Maureen's can clinch the title with a victory tonight.

anxious Starting times are liste in the Local Scoreboard on Page 4B. WEST JERSEY BENEFIT: Former New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle and Cy Young Award winning pitcher Sparky Lyle, who also pitched for the Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Phillies, will be in the field when the sixth annual West Jersey Invitational Tournament is held Sept. 17. The tournament, which benefits the West Jersey Health System and its hospitals in Camden, Berlin and Voorhees Township, will be played at Woodcrest and Tavistock Country Clubs. A field of 200 is expected, with Carol Mann, a Hall of Fame member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, hosting the tournament and conducting a clinic following competition at Woodcrest.

DIMES CLASSIC: The National Football League Players Association Celebrity Golf Classic will be Sept. 25 at Green Valley CC in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes programs in research, medical services and education in the fight against birth defects. The event is open to the public. Registration may be made through the March of Dimes at 215-972-0866.

Riverton's Lindstrom wins 15-and-over title IVYLAND, Pa. MikeLindstromof Riverton Country Club scored a 39-37-76 to win the boys' 15-and-over title in the Philadelphia PGA junior golf championships yesterday at the Hi-Point Golf Club. Lindstrom, who had two birdies in the round, sank a 25-foot putt on the sixth hole for a birdie three after hitting a nine iron on the green. He also birdicd the 500-yard 1 1th hole par-five from six feet Other scores included: Brian Patemo of Haddonfield 44-45-89 and Kerin Cunniffe of Medford 44-45-89. Troy Watson of Pennsauken scored an 86 in the regular flight, from those who failed to qualify for the championship round.

In the 14-and-under championship, Brian Ronaye of Haddonfield had a round of 43-45 88 and 13-year-old David Adams of Cherry Hill scored a 57-62-119. Porters finish 8th with 79 FLOURTOWN. Pa. Mr. and Mrs.

Mark Porter of Riverton Country in-iH In f'gMh fhrt with a 79 In the Philadelphia Class A husband and wife golf championship yesterday at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Codi, of Mosclem Springs Country Club, near Reading, scored a 37-35-72 to win the event. related to INSIDE GOLF By ROBEN SUTTON For The Courier-Post last week's PGA Championship, tried too hard on the 71st hole.

He hit from the top, producing a fat shot that landed in a bunker short of the green. Lee's skill with the sand wedge saved the championsip for him. His closest competitors, Lanny Wad-kins and Gary Player, straining for distance off the 71st and 72nd tees, both hit from the top, producing a hook and a slice respectively. It cost them any chance of catching Trevino. Do the best you can, J.W., as often as you can, by starting your downswing smoothly and easily.

Use all of you to make the swing, and not just the club. Maple Shade golfer H.McK "1 hit five or six fat shots every round "FAT" SHOTS (when your club hits the ground behind the ball) happen when your club gets to the bottom of your swing before your body weight gets onto your left leg. This premature Key To The Moon, winner of the Queen's Plate at Woodbine a month ago. He will be ridden by Angel Cor-dero, Jr. Greentree Stable's Steady Beat will be ridden by Jorge Velasquez.

Also listed are Evzone, recent winner of the Claridge Boardwalk Stakes, and Davie Dancer, which finished third in that same event; Wind Flyer, whose last outing was a third in the Omaha Gold Cup; Bold Southerner, winner of the Tampa Bay Derby and second in the Jim Beam Stakes; Pied A' Tierre, winner of the Pilgrim Stakes at Aquaduct and a $100,000 claimer at Saratoga in his last outing. Light Spirit, winner of Monmouth's Lamplighter Stakes; and Birdie's Legend, winner of the Gulfstream's Floridian and second in Monmouth's Haskell Invitational Poppa's Sons winner CORNWELLS HEIGHTS, Pa. J. Pcppa's Sens made a successful move up in company when he won the featured 1 1 ,000 Pen-nypack Circle Purse at Keystone Race Track yesterday. Claimed in hit prior outing for $16,000, Poppa's Sons made a quick tan bottoming out of your swing arc happens when you swing so hard your weight is not able to shift in time.

Watch for where your swing arc bottoms, H.McK. Give yourself time for the weight shift and see if your "fat shots don't thin out in number. D.S. of Moorestown has "a short follow-through" and hits "a lot of duck hooks." Chances are, D.S., you are hitting too hard and too soon. Golfers with short follow-throughs could also be called "hitters" as opposed to "swingers." Regardless of the designation, you must both rotate the left side of the body out of the way of the downswing and transfer most of the body weight onto the left leg before you make contact with the golf ball.

When you are trying too hard and hit too soon, you don't give yourself enough time to move your weight and your left side through before the club gets to the ball. And you know my opinion of what trying too hard and hitting too soon tends to do to your golf game. WOMEN'S SENIORS: The Women's Seniors Tournament of the South Jersey Golf Association has drawn a field 72 for the competition at The Links at Kings Grant in Marlton. return on that investment when he carried jockey Tony Black and 1 1 4 pounds to a length and a half victory in the allowance test His running time for the six furlongs was 1:12 over a fast track. Joseph Rambo and John Coyne's Lord Louie nosed John Newe's favored Rochf ord Bridge for the runnemp spot in the field of five -year-olds and upwards.

Trained by Keystone's leading conditioner, Bobby Siravo, Poppa's Sons was winning his sixth race in 1 3 outings this year and returned mutuels worth $6.20, $3.80 and $2.20. Betting on Arlington BENSALEM, Pa. Keystone Race Track fans will be able to bet on the Arlington-Budweiser Million, the richest thoroughbred race, Sunday. The Million, which will be run over a mile and a quarts on the turf at Arlington Park near Chicago, will be carded as a special 1 0th race on Sunday's racing program at Keystone and racing fans will be able to bet on the race anytime during the day once the mutuel windows opn. Jersey Derby tops 4 stakes at shore McKEE CITY Racing secretary FrankGabriel.Jr.hasaratherunusual task on his noontime schedule today.

He will be drawing post positions for the horses in four stakes races scheduled for the AtlanticCity RaceCourse on Saturday evening. The seashore oval has never had four stakes races on one program before, and neither have most of the nation's other thoroughbred racing establishments. These include the $15,000 Ventnor Stakes, for three-year-olds and up at one mile on the grass; $10,000 Mermaid Stakes, for two-year-old fillies at six furlongs; $10,000 Somen Point Starter Handicap, for three-year-olds and up at one mile ad one-eighth on the grass; and the $100,000 Jersey Derby, lor three-year-olds at one mile and one-eighth on the main tract AfieldoflOisnowscheduledtostart in this 22nd running of the modern-times Jersey Derby. History tells us that the first Jery was at Paterson in 1864 and had numerous renewals in that area before disappearing from the scene. It was revived by Garden Sute Park In 1960.

Heading the field for the Derby is the dnadian three-year-old champion ,4 nfl jijirT f- art ii a. a II ftl i il 11 ii.