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Herald News D4 Tuday, July 8, 193T Bartolomeo, Montelbano Lead Orioles Adidas ABCD Notes WHAT: High school basketball summer showcase. WHEN: Through Thursday, WHERE: Rothman Center; Fairieigh Dickinson University, Hackensack. FREE THROWS: General admission for the camp is $5. Tickets can be purchased at the door Games are played simultaneously on three adjacent courts Today and Wednesday, games begin at 1 p.m. and continue until around 1 1 p.m., interrupted by a short dinner break.

Thursday, all the championship games will be played, beginning with semifinal contests at 9: 15 a.m. A game featuring the camp's top 20 seniors will be played that night at 8 p.m The lone local representatives are Paterson Catholic's DeShaun Williams, a 6-foot-2 junior guard, and Shawn Crosbie, a 6-5 senior forward. Former Paterson Catholic player Jamel Porter, a 6-7 forward who transferred to Valley Forge (Pa.) Military Academy, is also participating New Jersey, however, is well-represented. The 16 Garden State natives participating in the camp also include: Todd Billet (6-1, Jr. Christian Brothers), Clayton Brown (6-6, Sr.

Palmyra), Raheem Carter (6-3, Sr. Long Branch), Robert Cheeks (6-5, Sr. St. Anthony), Maurice Jackson (6-9, Jr. St.

Anthony), Dahntay Joes (6-4, Sr. Hamilton East), Joshua Moore (7-0, Jr. St. Anthony), Troy Murphy (6-10, Sr. Delbarton), Darnell Tyler (6-9, Sr.

Long Branch), E.G. Walden (6-7, Sr. Long Branch), Kyle Williams (6-6, Sr. Burlington), Mark Jarrell-Wright (6-4, Jr. St.

Benedict's), Harold Wrotten (6-3, Sr. St. Benedict's). -Keith A. Idee Herald Sews Garfield resident Kevin Montelbano spun a complete game, three-hit shutout and Anthony Bartolomeo snapped a scoreless tie with a single in the top ot the seventh to lift the Ridgefield Park Orioles to a 2-0 victory over the Clifton Phillies in a Met League game at Nash Park on Monday.

It was the third time a game between the two teams was decided in the last at-bat. with Ric Lutz and Mike Lauterhahn stringed together back-to-back singles before Bartolomeo's base hit brought home the game's first run. Troy McAllister drove in Ridgefield Park's second run with a sacrifice. Montelbano did the rest, striking out six and walking just one, to improve his recored to 3-1 on the year. Ridgefield Pork (13-5) MO 000 2 1 i 0 Clifton (9-8) 000 000 0 0 3 1 IB: RP Mike Louterhohn.

WP: Kevin Montelbano (3-1); LP: Steve Ob- erhelman (5-2). Met League Camp: Serious Business For Top Players Continued from Page Dl (Fla.) High before his senior season, was lucky to be invited to last summer's camp. This year, less than a month after McOrady signed a $12 million endorsement deal with Adidas, seven Mount Zion players were invited. Other players have come from just about every nook and cranny of the country hoping to fulfill their hoop dreams. Places like Rancho Cucamonga, Farm-ervllle, Piney Woods, Rocky River, Ohio; and Mouth of Wilson, Va, are all represented at the camp.

Not all players are merely trying to establish themselves, though. Like past years, ABCD has its VIP list. Vincent Yarbrough (6-6, forward, Cleveland, Rashard Lewis (6-9, center, Alief, Texas) and Paris London (6-7, forward, London) are the top rising seniors playing this year, a signif-cant distinction given the fact thattwo summers ago, the camp's top three incoming seniors were former Paterson Catholic star Tim Thomas, Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O'Neal All three are beautiful. You've got rich kids, you've got poor kids, you've got white kids, you've got black kids. "YouVe got kids with all different backgrounds, learning how to blend with one another, on and off the court.

Some of them are already NBA players. For those without NBA futures but who are good enough to earn college scholarships, ABCD's a place for them, too. "(The ABCD camp) could be a very positive experience because, during the course of the day, they're emulating a college said television commentator Dick Vitale, a Passaic native and former. East Rutherford High coach, who counseled the campers on Monday. "They're going to class, they're mingling with other people.

That's what makes this so used to being the number one op tion, and now all of the sudden, they find out there are kids as last week to be examined by the Rangers' team doctors, and they confirmed what the Panthers' doctors told him at the end of the season his knee is fine. Although the dollar figures on both players' contracts are impressive, they both said they got similar offers from other teams. For Skrudland, the deciding factor was how much Smith and the Rangers showed him they wanted him, something the Panthers apparently didnt express as well. "I wanted the Panthers to show me the type of interest other teams were showing and I think that influenced my final decision," Skrudland said. "Neil called my agent (Barney Harris) every day, sometimes two three times a day, just to check in.

I want to play. I told Neil and Colie both that. I want to be a big contributor." Keane also said the money wasn't that important, though he did indicate that "Colorado's offer wasn't too reasonable." Once he ruled out the Avalanche, Keane felt the Rangers were the team that gave him the best chance to earn his third Stanley Cup ring. "The Rangers are a team that always gets better," Keane said. "This is a team that doesn't stand for sub-par seasons.

Believe it or not, money was not-a factor. It's winning Stanley Cups that was the deciding factor." With his two prime free-agent targets from other teams now on board, Smith says he will turn his attention to re-signing his own free agents. He again refused to comment on whether he's talked with Messier or his fatheragent Doug, but it's likely he will speak with them some time this week. Any day now, the Messiers are expected to return from a deep-sea fishing expedition to their home in Hilton Head, S.C., and Smith will also be in Hilton Head this week to attend the American Hockey League meetings. If they don't talk there, they will certainly run into each other at Mike wedding on Saturday.

Although Smith wouldn't ad-' dress the Messier situation, he did admit the signings of Keane and Skrudland mean he won't be re-signing all of his free agents. Most likely not to return are left wing Pat Flatley, left wingcenter Esa Tikkanen and right wing Russ Courtnall, who are now ex-' pendable because they play roles, similar to Keane and Skrudland. Rangers: At Last, Smith Gets His Men Continued from Page Dl prove the Rangers' depth at forward, which was their biggest weakness last season. They will likely team with holdover left wing Bill Berg to form one of the best checking lines in the NHL, finally giving coach Colin Campbell a formidable trio to counter Philadelphia's Eric Lin-dros and his Legion of Doom. Although the additions of Keane and Skrudland do address the Rangers' biggest weakness, Smith wasn't ready to say they are enough to make New York the favorite to win the Stanley Cup next season.

"The message it should send is that we think we have a team that can be very competitive and we think it was the right fit for us," Smith said. "We're certainly not saying we're the heir apparent or anything like that." But Keane and Skrudland will definitely improve the Rangers chances of winning another Cup while Gretzky and Mark Messier (if he re-signs) are still around. The 30-year-old Keane was probably the most sought-after unrestricted free agent available. He agreed to a four-year deal worth $8 million. The gritty Keane, who measures 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, registered 10 goals and 17 assists for the Avalanche this past season.

He won a Stanley Cup with them in 1996 and one in 1993 with Montreal. Keane was the Canadiens' captain for nearly a year before being traded along with Patrick Roy to Colorado in December 1995. Skrudland, who will turn 34 on July 31, signed a three-year contract for $5.2 million. A former teammate of Keane with the Canadiens from 1988 to 1993, the 6-fobt, 195-pound Skrudland was the only captain in the Panthers' history. He had five goals and 13 assists in 51 games in 1996-97 before missing the final 15 games of the regular season, as well as the playoffs, with ligament damage in his right knee.

Skrudland said he had two partial tears of his anterior cruciate ligament and a Grade 3 "stretch" of the medial collateral ligament. He flew to New York Moonachie 7, Paterson 0 Malt Rubino drove in four runs and three Braves pitchers combined on a five-hitter as Moonachie snapped the Macs' three-game winning streak in Paterson. Rob Moore worked the first 5'A innings for the win, with Adam Liccardo and Eric Larsen completing the shutout. Bob Gandolfo added two hits and two RBI for Moonachie, and John Penatello had three hits and scored three runs. Moonachie (11-8! 103 112 0 10 2 Paterson (5-14) 000 000 0 0 5 4 2B: John Penatello 2, Matt Rubino.

3B: Bob Gandolfo. WP: Rob Moore (3-0); LP: Dave Chavez (2-4). American Legion good as they are." And some just as everyone at the Adidas ABCD camp realized last summer with Tracy McGrady are better. drive in runs. I think that's what they got me in here for.

And guys have been on base in front of me all year. I just dont want to let my team down." Or, tonight especially, his Passaic 4, Kearny 0 Manny Pujols pitched a two-hitter and drove in two runs with a seventh-inning double as Passaic won this Bergen Area Legion game Monday at Kearny. Pujols struck out eight in raising his record to 2-2. Jose Nova, Oscar Carranza and Glen Guichardo each had two hits for Passaic. Carranza also drove in two runs.

001 000 3 4 9 1 000 000 0 0 2 1 -Kolllnoer: Passaic (5-7) Kearny 2B: P-Manny Puiols; K- WP: Puiols (2-2). Connie Mack seemed to be less of a feat than the way in which the quiet, unassuming Martinez has taken to New York. "I love it there," Martinez told them "It's a great place to play. I wanted to come there. Obviously, there's an adjustment period, getting used to your new surroundings and what not.

But it's a great place to play, a fun place to play. You can make it as good as you want or as bad as you want." Martinez and New York are a perfect fit. When they won the World Series together, it was not seen as some great coincidence. "I relaxed and started playing my game," he said. "I wish it could have happened sooner than it did, but that's the way it goes." And now he is here, the fans' choice at first base, batting cleanup in baseball's annual showcase of stars.

"Basically, I just try to produce runs," he said. "Produce runs, No Chaw for All-Stars? With Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-Cliffside Park, prodding both sides, Major League Baseball and the players union will ask players not to useany tobacco products in particular smokeless, or spit, tobacco during tonight's All-Star Game. Interim commissioner Bud Selig and players association executive director Donald Fehr wrote Lautenberg last week in response to the senator's request for a tobacco-less game. Lautenberg's office released the letters on Monday.

Glen Rock 6, North Haledon 5 First baseman Matt Peluse slugged a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning that drove in what turned out to be the winning run in Glen Rock's West BergenPassaic Connie Mack victory over visiting North Haledon. Shortstop Doug Walden went 3-for-3 for Glen Rock, which picked up its fourth win of the season. Jan-Michael Giglio belted two doubles for North Haledon North Haledon (10-6 000 301 1 5 9 0 Glen Rock (4-7 001 032 4 10 2 2B: NH Spinello, Klassen, Jan-Michael Giglio GR Brian Hirschberg; HR: GR Matt Peluse. WP: Tom Dumbroskv (3-1); LP: McMame (1-2). Mickey Mantle Martinez: Another Surprise By Yankee Star Continued from Page Dl Griffey, Mark McGwire, etc.

are quicker to arise. "I don't look at chasing the record," Martinez "I don't think about that at all. It's fun to be up there with them, but those guys are great power hitters: If they go out and hit six or seven home runs real quick, I'm not going to go out there thinking I've got to catch up. I'm just going to stick to my game plan. "I know I've had a great first half, but when I look at my numbers, I know I would have to hit more than 30 more home runs in the second half.

That's a lot of home runs. So, I don't even think about it. I just want to have a good, consistent approach the whole season." For Yankee fans, such an approach has helped ease the transition from Mattingly for all concerned, although questions about Martinez's predecessor still persist, mainly on occasions when the national media gather. Occasions like this one. "It was a difficult situation coming in, but I made it more difficult on myself by trying to do too much too fast instead of letting my natural ability take over," Martinez said.

"I was overanxious at first. I wanted to prove to the fans and the organization that I was a good choice to come to New York. I was trying to hit home runs every time at bat and I dug myself a hole." To a group of outsiders, exorcising Mattingly's memory Lodi 10, Saddle Brook 3 Tommy Pirog went 2-for-3 with two RBI and Nick Noreika added two hits, an RBI and two runs scored to lead the hosts to the victory in Lodi. Saddle Brook (3-9 002 010 0 3 34 Lodi (10-3-1) 004 033 X-10 10 5 2B: SB Ralph Heavey; Carlo Mule; 3B: SB Montgomery Byrns. WP: Adam Wasielewski (3-1); LP: Mike Liddle (1-2).

Amateur Baseball Van Gundy: Extension Provides A Little Security Continued from Page Dl "The only thing a contract does for you as an individual coach is it gives you personal security," Van Gundy said via conference call Monday. "But in New York, and I'm not saying this to joke, the thing I've figured out is that whatever you have on your contract, subtract two years and that's what your real contract is." Van Gundy, who signed a two-year, $1 million deal before last season, is expected to be paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million per year courtesy of his new contract which is still a far cry from the multimillion-dollar deals pulled in by his Atlantic Division coaching including former mentors Rick Pitino with Boston (10 years, $70 million) and Pat Riley with Miami (five years, $30 million). "There are 29 of these jobs in the world and to think that I would ever have a chance to have one when I came into the NBA eight years ago was so far-fetched I never even dreamed about it," said Van Gundy, who has led the Knicks to a regular-season record of 70-35 and a 10-8 playoff mark, including two consecutive trips to the Eastern Conference semifinals. "To think it would happen with a franchise like the Knicks is way beyond anything I could have imagined," he said. Knicks president and general manager Ernie Grunfeld wouldn't elaborate on the length of Van Gundy's new deal, but called him "one of the bright young coaches in the league." "It was a fair deal that both parties were happy with.

We do believe that stability is very important to the success of a franchise. He came back last year with a whole new roster, with seven new faces, and it's never easy to get a team like that to perform. Jeff did an excellent job, we won 57 games and he was rewarded for a job well done." Last spring, after Van Gundy chalked up the most wins by a first-year coach, New York led Miami 3-1 in the semis and head ed to a confrontation with Chicago in the Eastern Conference finals. But they lost the final three games, the last two after five players, including Patrick Ewing, were suspended. Van Gundy had some doubts last season as to whether he'd even be back, especially after the Knicks struggled at the start of the season.

At the time, they were trying to integrate three new starters high-priced Allan Houston, Larry Johnson and Chris Childs with Ewing and Charles Oakley. With Ewing in the fold after inking a four-year deal Wednesday to remain with the Knicks, and with Van Gundy getting his extension five days later, the coach believes the Knicks are ready to put the past behind them. TODAY MET LEAGUE Fair Lawn at Saddle Brook, 6 p.m. Paterson at Secaucws, 7:30 p.m. NORTH JERSEY MAJORS Butler ot Ridgewood, 6 p.m.

Allendale ot Glen Rock, 8 p.m. Clifton at Oakland, 8:15 p.m. Foirtawn ot Fort Lee, 8 p.m. Boyonne at Hoboken, 8:30 p.m. Bergen ot Palisades Park, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY. MET LEAGUE Hackensock at Moonachie, 6 p.m. Secaucus at Belleville, 6 p.m. NORTH JERSEY MAJORS Bergen at Boyonne, 7 p.m. Fort Lee ot North Bergen, 8 p.m.

Hoboken at Passaic, 8 p.m. THURSDAY MET LEAGUE Ramapo ot Belleville, 6 p.m. Clifton of Fair. Lawn, 7:30 p.m. runs in the eighth wliile watching the All-Stars cruise to a 5-3 victory.

While the Cleveland Leader wrote the contest "lacked that spice," and the Plain Dealer noted that "many an amateur battle has been crowded with features more stirring," the game accomplished its goal It raised $12,931 60 for the grateful Joss family. Spurred by the loss of one of its greatest stars, baseball had made history with the benefit game for Addle Joss. And while a logistical nightmare, the "first" all-star game showed the tremendous appeal of bringing the. game's greatest together for one game. It would not be until 1933, however, when there would be another.

Fueled by the new popularity spearheaded by Ruth, baseball's All-Star Game between leagues was created to celebrate The Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. That "second" All-Star Game proved so successful it has endured ever since. Cleveland, meanwhile, has hosted four official All Star contests before this year's, the first in 1935. And on Aug. 16, 1978.

the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee waived its 10-year major league service requirement rule and ad-mltted Addie Joss to Cooperstown. Jack De Vries is a free-lance writer now-supportive Ban Johnson, the game would be played at Cleveland's League Park on July 24 a travel date for the American League. If it rained, there would be no game and it would not be rescheduled. Despite the promise of a long train ride, reaction from the players was extremely positive. With the best American League stars committed to the contest, the committee knew the game would have no trouble attracting fans.

To raise the most money possible, ticket prices in the League Park grandstand were raised to $1 and special boxes were available, costing $10 to $100. Fund-raising efforts centered around the game were tremendous. Both Naps owner Charlie Somers and Chicago White Sox owner Charlie Comiskey contributed $100. The Boston Red Sox sent $30; the Detroit Tigers, $74; the Washington Senators, $90; the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees), $100; and the St. Louis Browns, $110.

Joss' teammates raised $120. But perhaps the best testament to the hurler's popularity were donations by three National League clubs totaling $75. and a $140 gift from rival White Sox players. Despite hitting under .240 for his career against Joss, the cantankerous Ty Cobb also had a soft spot for the late Cleveland hurler. He donated $100.

and played despite being "drawn in 1 All-Stars: Game in Cleveland Laid the Groundwork Continued from Page Dl high fevers, malaria and back problems, only to return with outstanding results. But in 1911, he reported to spring training looking gaunt and then fainted on the bench during an exhibition game. Diagnosed with pleurisy, he returned home to Toledo, Ohio. On Friday, April 14, the 31 year-old Joss died of tubercular meningitis. Joss' death shocked his Cleveland teammates, and they immediately made plans to attend his funeral in Toledo the following Monday, April 17.

But American League President Ban Johnson had other ideas. Having no sympathy for the Naps (Cleveland's team name before becoming the Indians), the absolute power in the American League decreed: "The Cleveland-Detroit game will be played on Monday as scheduled." Absolute power or not, Cleveland first baseman George Stovall refused to play. "If all you fellows stick with me," team captain Stovall told his teammates, "well force the Detroit club to cancel." ft the face and handicapped with a heavy cold" Cobb also wore the enemy's colors. Forgetting his Detroit Tiger uniform, he had to wear a Naps shirt and pants for the game. Getting along with his new all-star teammates was no small feat for Cobb even for the one game.

He wasnt speaking to Tiger teammate "Wahoo" Sam Crawford and was at war with Philadelphia A's standout Frank "Home Run" Baker over a spiking incident. Most of the AL team that assembled at League Park would later make stops at Cooperstown. The outfield included Cobb, Crawford and Boston's Tris Speaker, another all-time great; the infield had Hall of Famer Eddie Collins of Chicago at second, Baker at third, and Bobby Wallace of St. Louis at shortstop. At first base was New York Highlander Hal Chase, a player with a dubious reputation as a gambler and cheater but also one of the game's all-time great glovemen.

The catchers were Washington's Gabby Street and the A Paddy Livingston. The all-stars' pitching staff consisted of Walter Johnson of Wash lngton, Boston's Smokey Joe Wood, and New York's Russ Ford. Washington's Germany Schaefer, also an all-league comedian, handled the public address megaphone and "chief coach" duties, and was joined by team- 4 After a team meeting in his hotel room, Stovall circulated a petition which was signed by the entire team, saying the Naps would not play on April 17. Cleveland manager Deacon McGuire chided Stovall when given the petition, saying that, as team captain, Stovall should have opposed the strike. "I may be captain," Stovall snapped, "but I'm still a ballplayer." The Naps did not care what Johnson, McGuire or anyone thought there would be no Monday game.

Stovall led his team to Toledo, where they attended Joss' funeral at Masonic Temple. Former ballplayer-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday delivered Joss' eulogy. Some members of the Tigers, including Ty Cobb, were also on hand to pay their respects. "It was the first time," the Cleveland Press wrote, "a lot of ballplayers were able to budge Ban Johnson. Joss had not only left behind his Naps teammates, but a wife and two small children a 4-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son.

Inspired by the devotion of Stovall and the Naps, the idea for a benefit game to raise money for Joss' family was born. To attract the most fans, Cleveland president E.8. Barnard decided the Naps should play against an American League "all-star" team. Barnard formed and served on a committee that selected the all-star squad. Working with the mate Clyde Milan.

Washington manager Jimmy McAleer ran the club. Across the lines, Cleveland had a few Hall of Famers of their own. The magnificent Nap Lajoie, for whom the team was named, shared first base duties with StovaU, and Cy Young took the hill for the home team. Also playing was the best player never enshrined at Cooperstown "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, in the midst of hitting a career-best .408 that year. League Park opened its gates at 1 p.m., and stands filled with 15,272 patrons, a bit under the park's capacity of over 17,000.

As the Cleveland Plain Dealer noted: "The tvent was what Addle would have wished. There was no mourning save that the flag hung at half-mast from the pole in center field." The paper wrote of a festive atmosphere, but a "quiet crowd" probably overwhelmed by the great collection of stars. The game like many All-Star Games to follow was an ticlimactic. The Naps needed Addle Joss to have a chance against the AL stars, not the pitching of creaky 44-year-old Cy Young. The All-Stars ripped Young for three straight hits by Speaker, Collins and the 442-hlt-ting Cobb, scoring two runs.

The Naps got a run in the second on hits by Stovall and Joe Birm Ingham, but would not threaten again, adding two meaningless.