The Bradenton Herald from Bradenton, Florida • 31

Hie Bradenton Herald Tuesday July 26 1968 D-3 Local nows Local briefs Dog days of summer cut into area fishing JERRY HILL Lady Lancers sign Starke player Felicia Davis a 5-foot-7 guard from Bradford High School in Starke signed a basketball scholarship with Manatee Community College Monday Lancers coach Wayne Stellfox said A four-year starter at Bradford Davis sewed 946 points an average of 106 per game and had 1065 rebounds an average of 12 per game Davis was selected to the 15-under state AAU all-star team three years ago As a junior she was named to the Gainetville all-area team As a senior she was second team all-area MCC still has one scholarship left and is looking fw a post player Stellfox said Pirates at Cove tonight Members of the Bradenton Pirates of the Gulf Coast Rookie League will be at Cove tonight at 7:30 pm fw an auto- i graph session There also will be a drawing to see who plays putt-putt golf with the Pirates at 8 pm 1 Winners will receive Pirate caps Other prizes given away include T-shirts and an autographed baseball Pirates who will be there tonight include: catchers Darryl Green and Eric Nelson pitchers Rodney Byerly Brent Honeywell Jeff Neeley and Gary Wurm infielders Mike Wall and Wade Lytle and outfielders Valentine Henderson and Scott Bullett Cacic wins in national tournament Sandra Cade the No 5 seed beat Kati Edwards 6-2 6-0 in the second round of the USTA 14s Clay Court National Tennis Championships in Greensboro NC Mon- day Top-seeded Sheri Bash of Ostrander Ohio swept past unseeded Bridget Mikysa 6-0 6-1 while second-seeded Nicole Hummel of San Marino Calif got past unseeded Susie Bowman 6-3 6-3 Marina Bennie Parrish says fishing in general is on the slow side but a few grouper are being caught along the Intra-Coastal Waterway and some decent flounder are coming in Mias Cortaz Dsspssa Fishing Boat Fishing aboard the all-day boat was up a bit the last few outings with the exception of Saturday The six-hour trip is still as hot as the weather the four-hour is producing ample actum Harmon's Bait and Tackla Bill Harmon says dog days are putting a on fishing in die Manatee River ana other north county locales landing John Reasoner says Braden River-Evers Lake fishermen are doing better thaw the rest of the area Warren Robinson is connecting with a good number of decent-sized bass by waiting out the heat and fishing around sundown with crank baits Bill Snow and Dave Rubek caught 75 keeper bream and released another 50 or so they want to clean using crickets along the south shore of the reservoir Very few speckled perch are being caught Dog dayi have put a bite on local fishing With a few exceptions it was hard to get anyone to say much positive about hook-and-lining the last few days i Anna Maria City Pier Fishing has slowed a bit on the long pier A few mackerel were caught trout are still fairly dependable at night and some unseaaonal sheepshead are showing along with whiting Castnetters are getting a few mullet Rod and Roal Piar Mangrove snapper provided the bulk of the action over the weekend The snappers were in die 12-to-14-inch class and hitting live hrimp Bait and Tackla Jack Slocum reports saltwater fishing is off A few snook are being caught He says there are still reports of bank and pier fishermen keeping snook despite the closed season which extends until Sept 1 Dan Carden fished Evers T-nfa and caught a nine-pound bass Bill Hawthorn used live shiners to catch bass weighing seven eight and nine pounds from a private pond Bradenton Beach City Pier Bud Lucas says the pier on Anna Maria Sound is is little more productive Flounder spadefish redfish mangrove snapper some small sharks and a few black drum are cooperative in the daytime At night big speckled trout are the nim of the game A few pier anglers are using snitch hooks to snag mullet Buckltead Ridga Marina Pat Shank says Lake Okeechobee is braced for Manatee County weeks The bass schooled along the outside edges between Pearce Canal and Tinhouse Cove are mull but limit catches are the norm Artificial worms have been the way to go the last few weeks Few flyrodders have been working the rim canal but the worm dunkers have been having a field day with bream and shelter ackers Big Leaguers win opener QfiSaKEmmSEl? Juniors hang on win 6-5 Special to The Herald I 4 BOB McCOMAS Herald Sports Writer I TODAY Pro baaobaU Gulf Coast League: Dodgers ve Pirates at McKechnie Field 12 pm Rangers va Braves at Pirate City 12 pm White Sox vs Mete at Twin Lakes Park 12 pm Expos vs Yankees at Payne Park 7:30 pm Little League baseball Manatee National in Section 4 tournament at the Central Little League Complex in Sarasota Junior League baseball Manatee National in Section 4 tournament at the GT Bray Complex in Bradenton Senior League baeeball Manatee National in Section 4 tournament at the Chuck Ross Complex in Fort Myers Parimutuels Dog racing at Sarasota Kennel Club 7:30 pm Radio sports Baseball: Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners WQSA (1220-AM) 8:30 pm Pittsburgh Pirates vs St Louia Cardinals WBRD (1420-AM) 8:36 pm WEDNESDAY Pro baeeball Gulf Coast League: Yankees va Pirates at McKechnie Field 12 pm Expoa vs Dodgers at Twin Lakes Park 12 pm White Sox vs Rangers at Port Charlotte 12 pm Braves va Meta at Payne Park 7:30 pm Parimutuels Dog racing at Sarasota Kennel Club 1 and 7:30 pm Radio sports Baseball: Chicago White Spx vs Seattle Mariners WQSA (1220-AM) 2:30 pm Pittsburgh Pirates vs St Louis Cardinals WBRD (1420-AM) 8:36 pm FORT MYERS Daryl Forsberg struck out nine over seven innings and Kevin Mulligan scored twice to lead Manatee-En-glewood to a 6-2 victory over South Pinellas County in the Section 4 Big League (17-18-year-olds) baseball tournament at Terry Park here Monday The Manatee-Englewood team representing District 16 tied the game at one in the top of the second when Mulligan sewed on a wild pitch Manatee-Englewood scored two runs in the third when Bill Schob singled in Shawn Carbey And Forsberg went home on a wild pitch Ricky Ruhle had a two-run single in the top of the fifth to give Manatee-Englewood a 5-1 lead Guy sacrifice brought Mark Humphrey home for the sixth run Manatee-Englewood plays today at 6 pm against the winner of the Fort Myers-North Pinellas County game BUCS From D-1 A five-run lead going into the final inning almost enough for Manatee National in the Junior League (13-year-olds) Section 4 baseball tournament Monday night at the GT Bray Complex After scoring four runs to take a i 6-1 lead at the end of six innings Manatee had to hold on for a 6-5 win over Northeast St Petersburg guys want to give me a a relieved Manatee manager Ed Murphy said afterwards like to have fun at! my 'With the win Manatee moves into 8 pm bracket final against Fort Myers Fort Myers blitzed Tarpon Springs 19-6 in first game Tarpon Springs and St Pete play in elimination game at 5 pm Manatee National had two chances to put final game on ice early but failed to take full advantage of a pair of bases-loaded opportunities A no-out line drive in the third inning by Lance Carter resulted in a double play However Manatee National sewed twice before the third out was recorded to take a lead it would never relinquish A scoring opportunity the next inning was choked off by an inning-ending DP St Pete got an unearned run in the top of the fourth off Manatee National pitcher Robby Cox to dose the gap to 2-1 Neither team threatened again until the bottom of the sixth when Manatee appeared to put the game Seniors pounded by Pinellas Park Special to The Herald FORT MYERS Pinellas Park exploded fw 10 runs in the sixth inning and cruised to an 18-6 victory over Manatee National in the Senior League (14-15-year-olds) Section 4 baseball tournament here Monday at Ross Complex Manatee will play the loser of Tarpon Springs-North Fort Myers game Wednesday at 8:30 pm Manatee led 5-3 after three innings but overcome Pinellas two-run fourth and 10-run sixth Fw Manatee Jimmy Woodrow had a double and three RBI and Duke Williams had three RBL CHRS MKULABradwitan Hanld Lance Carter digs for first base in the Junior League tournament in the first six innings slapped three hits off Cox in the seventh to make things interesting Manatee managed seven hits off two St Pete pitchers no player had more than one hit for the on ice with four runs A two-run double by Charles Tomeo keyed the rally Ground-outs by Brent Southall and Val Cablish produced the other-two runs But St Pete limited to five hits fine not too terribly disappoint-ed we get a big-name receiv-: er in the said Carter with a sly grin that says he knows his job -remains secure it surprise me got a lot of young guys on the But those young guys will re- main on the verge at least until they can beat out the old man In other news: Quarterback Testaverde complained of a sore throwing shoulder in Monday practice The shoulder stiffened up and Testaverde was excused midway through the work- out Perkins was not overly con-' cerned hold him out of practice until the arm feels Perkins said has been in camp over 1 two weeks and had him' throwing a lot All a arms get a little sore at some point in Other Buccaneers nursing mi nor injuries include: running backs Kerry Goode William Howard and Lars Tate as well as offensive guard John Bruhin and defensive end Harry wayne Thus far the" Bucs have avoided serious injury in training camp Perkins waived seven players Monday morning They were: widew receivers Solomon Miller and" Derwin Williams linebackers Pat Teague and Miles Turpin kickers' Peter Drew and Van Tiffin and" nose tackle Dan Coleman An eighth player defensive back Tommy Powell retired There are now 92 players in camp out ready to do whatever Coach Perkins What Coach Perkins is asking Carter to do is lead by example and get the job done as a starring wide receiver Carter is just Gerald Perkins said have that much speed He depends on his smarts to get open always been able to catch the On his leadership role Carter says: definitely not a rah-rah guy Never have been sorta quiet but I go out and work hard I lead in that In eight seasons Carter has missed only one game due to injury a dislocated finger kept him out of the 1986 game against the Cardinals He ranks fourth on the all-time Buccaneer receiving list in both receptions and total yardage with 239 catches for 3443 yards He has 17 career touchdown receptions In strike-shortened season Carter grabbed 38 passes for 586 yards Prior to the 1988 college draft speculation was that the Bucs would go for a wide receiver or two in the form of the University of Michael Irvin or South Sterling Sharpe But the Bucs take a receiver until the 11th round when they picked up Tennessee Frank Pillow And look for Pillow to make the final cut Perkins decided to go with the receivers he has to catch the passes thrown by quarterback Vinny Testaverde That suits Carter just paces Pirates and three runs scored Hernan Cortes 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs and Jose Herrera 3-for-5 Ken Juarbe went six innings allowing just four hits and striking out seven fw the win Jorge Centres took the loss fw the Dodgers Mot 7 Rangers 3 Kyle Washington had a home run and a double to lead the Sarasota Meta to a 7-3 victory over the Port Charlotte Rangers at Port Charlotte Doug Saunders had three singles for the winners Fred Brown went eight innings and gave up five hits to record the win Manuel Garcia and Jose Hernandez doubled fw the Rangers who had all their hits in the fourth inning White Sox 3 Braves 2 Lennie Bratcher went seven innings giving up seven hits and striking out four to lead the Sarasota White Sox to a 3-2 1 victory over the Bradenton Braves at Payne Park Fw the Braves Waldo Apolonario went 2-fw-5 Melvin Nieves 2-for-4 Andres Polo 3-for-4 and Lee Heath 2-for-4 Pennyfeather William Pennyfeather drives in two of the Pirates' four runs in their 4-2 Gulf Coast League victory over the Expos Monday at Pirate City Herild staff report William Pennyfeather drove in the first run of the game in the second inning to lead the Bradenton Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Bradenton Expos at Pirate City in Gulf Coast League play Monday Pennyfeather finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBIs teammate Derek Tinnin was 2-fw-4 Starting itcher Gary Wurm went six innings giving up four its and no walks to get the win Chris Skyrd went three innings fw the save Yankees 14 Dodgers 3 Mike three-run home run capped a five-run third inning and the Sarasota Yankees went on to a 14-3 victory over the Sarasota Dodgers at Twin Lakes Park Rhodes went 2-for-4 scored three runs and had five RBIs Darrell Tingle went 3-for-5 with a triple GULF COAST LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIVISION PcLGB White Sox 24 I 750 YaftOM 21 12 436 3 Dodgm 18 14 463 6 Rongon IS 14 463 6 Expoo 16 17 485 84 Meta 13 406 11 Pirttei 11 22 433 13k BmM 9 24 473 15k Hosdiy'iGaMi Pkitaa 4 Expoa 2 YMkNil4lDodgas3 Mete 7 Ranoera 3 White Sox 3 Brim 2 Expoo Yukon Payne Pat 740 pja Dodgera xt Pintos McKochxio Fald 12 pa RxngonaBnvoo1PinteC3y112pji White Sox it Mote Twta Lskoo PM 12 pin PIRATES From D-1 benches along the first- and third-base lines with aluminum seats and other concrete work Runnells said At the top of wish list are lights at McKechnie But until the spring training facilities are a line item on the TDC budget eliminating the uncertainty of yearly requests he said he cant make plana for the estimated $120000 project "If I could be assured that I was going to get $50000 $30000 a said Runnells we could go ahead and wwk on a program to borrow the money and put the lights The Bradenton Pirate Boosters Club meanwhile has already started wwk on its annual improvements The club bought a $9000 thatcher to be used for grooming at Pirate City and McKechnie The plans fw a 40-foot by 80-foot permanent batting cage at McKechnie also have nearly been finalised said boosters club president Jack Stuhltrager The facility which is estimated to cost $30000 will be situated where the old cages are down the right-field line Renovation of the termite-damaged main concession stand is also in the plans said Stuhltrager said But Kiel said it that the Pirates deserve more money The TDC had to tighten its hold on the purse string because of new entities requesting money and others requesting more money than ever before Runnells said TDC member Ed Chance made the suggestion fw the Pirates to reap the benefits of the resort tax xuipliu The committee's six members unanimously supported it The money is slated for improvements to McKechnie Field and Pirate City that include reroofing the McKechnie grandstand replacing the wooden The spring training facilities received just $15000 from the TDC last year Runnells said Runnells made an appeal to the TDC two weeks ago to improve upon its $30000 allocation and won a narrow decision for the committee to more closely consider the matter on Monday Runnells based his argument upon a University of Florida study that states that the Pirates bring $182 million into the economy each spring The Pirates therefore should receive a greater percentage of the resort tax pie he.