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1 0 1 THURSDAY, JULY 6 1 989 aCountySun Neagle tabbed for first pro start Arundel grad to hurl for Minnesota Twins' rookie farm team By Chris Marti definitely want to make a good impression. I want to let everyone know I'm not a fluke. At the same time, I don't want to change anything I've done in college. I'll just pitch like I know I can. I won't try to do anything different." DENNY NEAGLE Minnesota pitcher I if i 120 pitches.

I think I can go nine innings). I just want to stay ahead of the hitters." Nevertheless, the Gambrills resident admitted to being anxious on the eve of his first professional start. "It doesn't matter if I'm pitching one inning or nine innings, I'm always nervous," said the southpaw. "If you're not nervous, you probably shouldn't be out there. But I can turn the nervousness into my favor.

The adrenalin can work for me." Neagle said his mental approach to the game as a starter is different than the mind-set he took as a reliever. "When you come in relief, you tell yourself to let it all go for two or three innings. When you start, you have to pace yourself for the end of the game. You can't cut loose on every pitch," he said. Manager Ray Smith, for one, is confident Neagle is up to the challenge.

"He's a good competitor," Smith said. "He's a bulldog. He wants the ball. He's going to be a good pitcher. He's what we expected.

In fact, he's better than what we Staff writer Denny Neagle's moment of truth as a professional baseball player has arrived. The 20-year-old Arundel High graduate is scheduled to take the mound for the Elizabethton (Tenn.) Twins tonight against the Bristol (Tenn.) Tigers, marking his first pro start as a member of Minnesota's Appalachian League affiliate. Though he already has made three relief appearances for Rookie League Elizabethton. Neagle (0-1) does not attempt to downplay the significance of his debut as a starter. "I definitely want to make a good impression," he said.

"1 want to let everyone know I'm not a fluke. At the same time, I don't want to change anything I've done In college. I'll Just pitch like I know I can. I won't try to do anything different." Neagle, selected by the Twins in the third round of the June draft, is making his first start since earning a complete-game victory May 16 for the University of Minnesota. He finished his junior season with 71 strikeouts in 78 is scheduled to make his first pro start League Elizabethton (Tenn.) Twins.

Sports shorts Arundel High grad Denny Neagle tonight as a pitcher for the Rookie diate medley and eigntn in the 1 00 butterfly 1 1 5.58). Joan Chidester of Croftcn, also 12, finished a close second to Betz with 29 points. Chidester placed second in the 50 freestyle (29.61) and 100 breast stroke sixth in the 400 and seventh in the 400 Intermediate medley Chidester's time in the 100 freestyle was a United States Swimming National Age Group "Top 16" time. Twelve-year-old Brian Basye of Annapolis placed fourth in the I boys 100 butterfly sixth in the 200 intermediate medley (2:41.71) and 200 butterfly and seventh in the 400 intermediate medley Fourteen-year-old Jamie Puro-maki of Glen Burnie placed fifth In the boys 200 butterfly and eighth In the 100 butterfly (1:06.71) and 100 backstroke Matt Shelby of Bowie was the only Navy swimmer attending the meet to achieve a personal best time In each of his events. X-3Wn re Arundel i innings for the Golden Gophers, en route to being selected to the All-Big Ten Conference team.

Despite the seven-week layoff between starts, Neagle is confident his limited duty on the mound will not have a significant effect on his performance. "I was working out of the bullpen to get my arm in shape," he said. "I think I can go seven, eight or nine innings. My limit will be Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Severn Valley Racquet Club on Route 3 in Millersvllle.

The tournament will feature "one up, one down" doubles competition with each team having an able-bodied player and one who has a disability which requires the use of a wheelchair. In announcing the tournament, Joe DiRenzo, III, chairman of the County fitness commission, expressed the group's enthusiasm for the response and support being given to the competition during the planning stages. "Through this tournament. It is our hope that more of our citizens will be inspired by the example of the outstanding athletes who will be taking part," DiRenzo said. Ten to 12 teams will participate.

Gov. William Donald Schaefer has been invited to throw out the first ball. Governor Schaefer, County Executive Jim Lighthizer and Annapolis Mayor Dennis Callahan are issuing proclamations designating the day as "Athletes With Physical Disability Day" in Maryland, the county and Annapolis. Local officials and several celebrities figures are expected to be in attendance, including members of the Baltimore Blast professional indoor soccer team. The tennis tournament is the first of several seasonal events being planned by the commission to focus greater public.

attention on the benefits of fitness, youth sports and health. 1 Information; 757-1954 757-7838. Kif li: Golf tournament to aid cancer society The Mid-Anne Arundel Unit of the American Cancer Society will conduct its annual golf tournament Wednesday, July 19, at Fort Meade Golf Course. The tournament Is played In the scramble format with three handicap divisions. Winners In each division have the chance to advance to the state championship at Prospect Bay County Club.

Six teams will advance to the national championship in Miami, Fla. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. Information: Robert Johnson, 672-3677, or the American Cancer Society, 72 1 -4304. Navy swimmers compete at meet Five members of the Naval Academy Junior Swim Club recently competed in the Pepsi Age Group International Long Course Swim Meet. A total of 34 swim teams representing Canada, the United States and Great Britain attended the meet which was held in Toronto, Canada, on June 16, 17 and 18.

Twelve-year-old Amy Betz of Annapolis led the Navy swimmers with 33 points. Betz placed third in the girls 200-meter backstroke and 100 backstroke fourth In the 50 freestyle (29.85) and 200 butterfly fifth in the 400 Interme A section of The Baltimore Sun a Times Mirror newspaper, distributed in Anne Arundel County each Monday through Friday with The Sun and The Evening Sun and each Sunday with The Sunday Sun. News of Anne Arundel County also appears throughout the week in other sections of The Sun, The Evening Sun and The Sunday Sun. OFFICES: The Horizons, Suite 206, 8028 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, Md. 21 122 If needed, toll-free phone for all departments: 1 -300-492-5020 Rec department sponsors camp The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks is once again offering its popular Wilderness Challenge Camp for youngsters 8 to 16 years old.

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