Waukesha Daily Freeman from Waukesha, Wisconsin • Page 10

By GREG MELENDES Freeman Staff Mike Jurewicz has tasted the sweetness of the big times. Jurewicz, 27, could be in the big leagues now. He thinks so. Stan Landes, a former National League umpire has said so. And every batter in the Land Lakes has hoped so for the past five seasons.

But instead the 210 pound hander is pitching from the mound of Field. And while it is one of the nicer parks in the county, a far cry from Municipal Stadium, and Comiskey Park, and Yankee the big times. really hurts to see some of the guys I played with getting the big the mustachioed hurler said. But as he continued it was easy to tell there was more than money involved, and more to Mike Jurewicz than his pitching arm. really care about making thfe big league Jurewicz claimed.

let my goals run my life. just like to go out there and pitch just one game so I could satisfy myself just to be able to do Now if you think Jurewicz is starting to sound like your basic Walter Mitty, his baseball experiences over the past ten years will show you not dreaming. signed with the New York Yankees out of Pius XI High School at the age of 17. He pitched his way up the ladder from the Rookie League in the Appalachains in 1963 Page 10 Waukesha Freeman to the Florida State League in and to AA ball with Columbus, Georgia, where he pitched a no-hitter in He made it to the Yankees in September of 1965, just in time to celebrate his 20th birthday in pinstripes. He said he even cried when over 60,000 people paid tribute to Mickey Mantle on his When the Yanks broke camp in the spring of 1966 Jurewicz was still with the big club.but shortly afterwards he developed arm troubles and underwent elbow surgery before the season ended.

He came back in but was weakened by a case of hepatitis. He bounced back again in giving up only one earned run in 31 innings while Syracuse in AAA ball. Yet the Yankees wanted to move him down to AA. Jurewicz balked, asked for his release and, poof, from Yankee Stadium to field. really had little trouble adjusting to the fact I he recalled.

the Brewers got here it was especially hard, though. I used to see guys who used to be easy outs for me hitting line drives all over the park. I saw pitchers in the big leagues who used to look to me as the stopper of the But instead the big man ended up in Lannon, Wisconsin. He ended up stopping the entire Land Lakes. we played an exhibition with the Milwaukee Fire Department and he looked pretty good in relief against recalls former manager, Rudy Dubnicka, the man who brought Jurewicz to Lannon.

we found out he lived in territory we just got him a Dubnicka said, adding with a smirk, knew what he could do but we caught them in a weak real reason I came to Jurewicz noted, because I want to play in the Milwaukee city leagues. People out here think that this baseball is minor league and they really appreciate the game. People in the city come out only to hassle players, so why should I go out and play if going to get a rough The conversation turned from the concrete to the abstract. biggest thing I had to adjust to when leaving pro ball was leaving behind relationships with other all had so much in he explained. and the same interests, the same goals, the same problems.

Even when we went on the road our wives lived really miss those relationships now. I want a forced relationship. In society everybody lives in their own bubble, and nobody even gets to know their own Jurewicz, along with his wife Mary and daughters Jennifer, 6, and Juliet, 5, will be moving to Tampa, Florida August 6. He will be transferring to a new job within the General Motors Acceptance Corporation. wife and I always wanted to live in Florida.

Maybe just something we have to get out of our Saturday, August 4, 1973 systems. If it turn out to be the Utopia we think it is, we could be Hitters around the league may be praying he finds his Utopia for other reasons. Lannon has had its full of pitchers since Jurewicz joined the team in 1969. First there was Ron Popp, then Jay Toubl and now Rick Clee. The result has been spot pitching for Jurewicz.

But consider last year for instance. Jurewicz pitched just five Eastern Division games. In one game he struck out an amazing 24 batters. He had another game of 21 strikeouts, and still another with 14. He struck out another 22 batters in a game this year.

Some of the Eastern Division honors Jurewicz has held are: Most Valuable Player in his rookie year, batting titles in 1969 and 1972, most runs in the division one year, most hits in the division another, most doubles still another and the list goes on and on. bat has been the real surprise. He has a lifetime .391 division batting average and has consistently hit with power as well. successes with Jurewicz on the team are no secret and an integral part of it. The .391 batting average speaks for itself and Lannon has lost just 16 games (while winning 82) while been with the team.

The Stonemen have also won three Land Lakes Grand Champions the last four years. 1 Brewers Lose To Indians. 9-4 CLEVELAND (AP) The first of Oscar two home runs climaxed a tiebreaking four-run uprising in the sixth inning that lifted the Cleveland Indians to a 9-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Friday night. 14th homer of the baseball season, a two-run shot, came after the Brewers committed errors by shortstop Tim Johnson and first baseman George Scott in the inning which led to three unearned runs. The Brewers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning when Darrell Porter blasted his 13th homer following a walk and Dave single.

The Indians tied the score in the fourth and kayoed Milwaukee starter Bill Parsons. The rally began with a double by Chris Chambliss, who came home on two walks and a wild pitch. An infield out brought in The numbers in parentheses indicate in order, times at bat, runs and hits. Milwaukot 4 Coluccio (4-2-2), Garcia (4-0-0), Mav (4-1-2), Scott (3-00), Porter (4-1-1), Briggs (3-0-0), Brown (4-0-1). Johnson (4-0-1), Vukovich (2-00), Lahoud (1-0-0), Heise (1-0-1), Parsons (0-0-0), Velasquez (0-0-0), Linzv (0-0-0).

Totals: 34-4-8. Cleveland 9 Bell (5-1-3), Gamble (5-2-2), Chambliss (5-1-3). Ellis (4-1-2), Spikes (4-0-0), Hendrick (4-2-1), Lowenstein (4-0-0), Torres (0-0-0), Brohamer (4-1-1), Duffv (4-1-1), Timmerman (0-00), Hilgendorf (0-0-0) Totals: 39-9-13. Score by innings: Milwaukee 300 000 8 3 Cleveland 000 304 13 0 iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiifiiiiimiimmiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiimimii another run and Jack Brohamer doubled to tie the game at 3-all. Carlos Velazquez, who bailed Parsons out of the fourth-inning jam, was greeted in the sixth by George infield single.

error with one out on grounder set the stage for Frank tiebreaking single. Buddy Bell and Gamble homered in the eighth for the Indians. and fo Defend City Softball Title and Tap has a lot to think about during this 12th annual fctty of Waukesha Slow Pitch Softball Tournament. and is a two-time defending champion no team has ever won three straight titles; and and could tie with the most victories ever four. The tournament will begin at the Saratoga Softball Complex August 20 and runs through August 26th.

The field has already been filled (32 teams). The tournament is a double elimination one. The Waukesha Slow Pitch Softball Tournament will also be held at Saratoga with an eight- team field competing August 25 and 26. Each team entered (except Major League teams) may pick up two players from within their own league from teams which are not also competing in the tournament. and Tap has just a 10-7 record in this Major League standings while Hut (the basic old team) and iiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiimiiiiiimmiimiimiiiim PAST CITY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS MEN DIVISION 1961 Bud and Al's 1962 Strand Tavern 1963 Supreme Beverage 164 Strand Tavern 1965 Strand Tavern 1966 Becker's Sporting Goods 1967 Becker's Sporting Goods 1968 and Tap 1969 Becker's Sporting Goods 1970 Becker's Sporting Goods 1971 and Tap 1972 and Tap WOMEN'S DIVISION 1971 Heale Mfg.

1972 none Shell are leading the way in that prestigious league. Hut appears the team to beat at the moment. The has an eight-game winning streak which matches the best winning streak of the year in the Major League Shell has the other eight- game streak but not currently). Shell does have one streak going which it would probably just as soon forget about. For two straight years the club has copped third place in the tournament.

The tournament several firsts. Last year there enough teams entered to hold a tournament A1 Alt, a pickup player from Waukesha playing for Lannon game Friday night. Menomonee Falls catcher Jay Mein the Erv Miller baseball tournament, make it Dowell had the plate blocked. The umpire is Stan Landes, home in this play at Field in the championship Lannon Comeback Catches Falls In Title Game LANNON Trailing 6-1 going into the last inning, Eastern Division Land Lakes baseball team pulled out a championship in the Erv Miller First Annual Baseball Tournament at Field Friday night. Mike Jurewicz, the winning pitcher, started out the winning six-run rally that carried Lannon to a 7-6 victory over Menomonee Falls with a single.

He came to bat again in the inning with the bases-loaded, two men out and the Stonemen trailing, 6-5. He singled for the tying and winning runs and was named the Most Valuable Player. Scott Rott was the losing Menomonee Falls pitcher. The Most Valuable Pitcher of the tournament was Ron Pritchard while Dick Gruetzmacher of Lannon took the hitting trophy with five hits in nine trips to the plate. Pack Expects Anything MILWAUKEE (AP) The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears arrived here a day early for their Saturday National Football Conference preseason opener, the 24th annual Shrine Game.

The Packers scheduled a light workout without pads at County Stadium Friday evening after a football clinic for area youngsters. The Bears had meetings slated Friday night and Saturday, but no workouts before the 8 p.m. game. know we can expect just about anything from the Dave Hanner, Packer defensive coordinator, said. will probably throw 100 different formations at He said the Packers would meet and look at movies as final preparations for the contest.

not going to concede an inch out Packer Coach Dan Devine said. expect the players on the field to play up to or above their capabilities at all The only starter expected to miss the game is guard Bill Lueck. He remained in Green Bay to undergo treatment on an injured back. Town of Brookfield Keeps Brooks 7 Title Hopes Alive Homers Don't Help International Harvester in Industrial Tourney Two home runs one by Kevin Johnson and the other by Dan Samuels, enough to save International Harvester in the first round of the Wisconsin State Industrial League Softball Tournament at Saratoga Park Friday night. Oshkosh Truck defeated International Harvester, 9-7.

In other opening round games Kohler ripped Hein Werner No. 2, 220; Wisconsin Centrifugal defeated Husco, 9-2; RTE-ASEA topped Gid- denings Lewis, 7-3; RTE No. 2 defeated Winnebago Credit Union, 12-9; Bradley Corp. topped Hein Werner, 12-9; Mercury Marine defeated Wisconsin Centrifugal No. 2, 16-8 and Waukesha Motors blanked Waukesha Foundry, 9-0 as pitcher Manuel Gonzales allowed just four hits.

Home runs were hit by Bill Delmore of Waukesha Motor, Tom Cat- tarazlle of Centrifugal No. 2, John Gross of Bradley, John Reese of RTE No. 2, John Hamilton of Centrifugal, and Tom Stranberg of Kohler. RTE No. 1, the defending champion, had a bye the first day but will be in action today.

games begin at 1 p.m., followed by 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. games. schedule begins at 1 p.m. with games every hour through 5 p.m.

The Town of Land Brooks baseball team kept its slim title hopes alive Friday with a 7-4 victory over Wisconsin Centrifugal. Oeonomowoc has finished its season with a 6-1 second half record and the best the Town of Brookfield (4-1) can do is tie. The Waukesha Gremlins are also 4-1. In another league game Friday New Berlin topped Hartford, 6-5. Steve LaChanee went four-for-four and knocked in two runs for Brookfield while teammate Ken Bach had two hits and three runs batted in.

One of hits was a bases- loaded, three-run double in a four- run sixth inning which decided the game. Tom Koch was the winning pitcher while Dave Loden took the loss. Both pitchers went the distance. Tom Bichanich had three of nine hits. New Berlin had a four-run second inning, added a two-run third inning and then held off a late Hartford IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIHIIIHI The numbers in parentheses indicate in order, times at bat, runs.

hits. New Berlin (6) Switowski (4-0-0). Kuczkowski (5-0-1). Mansch (4-0-0). Sell (3-1-1), Roe (4-2-3).

Barutha (3-1-0). Peeler (4-1-2), Trueblood (3-1-0), Hamilton (4-0-3). Totals: (34-6-10). Hartford (S) Wolf (5-0-1), R. Lor rigan (5-1-1), Timm (3-0-1), Christianson (4-1-1), Nettesheim (1-2-1), J.

Lorrigan (3-0-2), Sonn (2-1-0). Katona (2-0-0), Lack (3-0-0). Totals: (27-5-7) Scora by innings: New 000 0-6 10 0 Hartford ..............030 011 0-5 7 2 Brookfield (7) Schaich (4-1-2), Svkes (4-0-1). Schmoller (3-2-1). La Chance (4-2-4).

Bach (4-0-2). Smirl (4-00), Koch (3-0-1). Wallshlaeger (3-1-0). Eisenach (3-1-2). Totals: (32-7-13).

Centrifugal (4) Noel (4-0-2). Kuhtz (4-1-1), Nelson (4-1-1). Buhanich (4-1-3). Ellenson (3-1-0), Melendes (2-0-0), Loden (2-0-2), Williamson (2-0-0). Sack awietz (2-0-0), Nimmo (1-0-0).

Totals: (28-4-9) Score by Innings: Brookfield ............001 024 0-7 13 2 Centrifugal ...........300 010 0-4 9 4 surge. John Kuczkowski was the New Berlin starting pitcher but he had relief help from Bill Barutha from the second inning on. Gary Roe and Steve Hamilton had three hits each from New Berlin. Two of hits were triples and Hamilton had two runs batted in. County Tennis Meet to Begin Monday At KM Six of last years titlists will be back in action as the 12th Annual Waukesha County Cup Tennis Tournament begins on Monday at the Kettle Moraine High School courts in Wales.

Two of the six will be able to defend their crowns, while the others have moved to the next older age division. Heading the list of defenders will be Bill Glasgow of Brookfield in the Mens Veterans Division. Glasgow took the crown last year after two successive runnerup finishes. The other is Bob Christiansen of Mukwonago, who will see tough competition in the Boys 18 Under bracket. Moving up the next brackets will be both of the 1972 14 and Under titlists, Jim Elwing and Julie Waite of Waukesha.

Two Hartland netters also will take a step up. They are the 1972 titlist in the Boys 16 Under, Tony Bruno; and Chris Davis, the former 12 Under champion. The tournament also saw a record entry for 1973. 126 players, a thirteen per cent jump over last all- time high, will see action during the three-day event. The schedule of matches has the 12 Under and 14 Under divisions playing in the mornings, while the 16 Unders play in the afternoons.

On Monday evening the matches feature the mens, womens, and the veterans categories. The 18 Under Division will open play on Tuesday night. Unless rain delays some on the tournament action, the championship final matches are scheduled for the Kettle Moraine court complex on Tuesday afternoon and throughout the day on Wednesday. All matches are open to the public without charge. 12th Annual Waukosha County Cup Tonnii Tournamont Final Schobulo Match TUESDAY (2:30 p.m.) Bovs and girls 16 and under divisions WEDNESDAY Bovs and Girls 12 and under divisions (10:30 am) Bovs and girls 14 and under division (10:30 am) Girls 18 and under division (7:10 p.m.) Bovs 18 and under division (8:20 pm) Mens open and womens open (8 20 pm.) Mens and womens veterans divisions (0:20 p.m.) Tom Weiskopf 31-33-64.

Gibbv Gilbert 35-32-67; Jerrv Barber 32 35 67, DeWitt Weaver 34-33-67 Bob Murphv 35-32 67; Bruce Crampton 33-34-67. Jim Wiechers 35-32 67, Hubert Green 33-35 68, Bruce Devlin 33-35-68, Rod Runseth 35-33-68; David Graham 32-36-68. Gene Littler 35-33-68. Jim Jamieson 34-34 68, Rov Flovd 34 34 68. Frank Beard 35-3368.

Richard Crawford 34-34-68 Uons Beat Redskins WASHINGTON (AP) Errol only successful field goal in three attempts gave the Detroit Lions a 17-14 victory Friday night over the Washington Redskins in the first exhibition game of the season for both teams. 10-yarder came in the fourth quarter after he had missed attempts of 31 and 32 yards. The kick built the lead to 17-7 over the Redskins, last National Conference champions, but losers in the Super Bowl to Miami. Mel Farr, the seven-year veteran running back, gave the Lions a 14-7 lead in the second quarter when he romped 47 yards for a touchdown through the middle of the Redskins vaunted defense. Farr broke through a wide hole, and once he hit daylight outraced the last two Redskins defenders.

Ex-Yankee Farmhand Has Made His Mark for lannon in East LOL Joeck's Field Far From Yankee Stadium for Jurewicz Frggman Photo by Larry McCormack Mike Jurewicz of Lannon rares back and fires. a sight many Land Lakes Eastern Division players have learned to fear and walk away from after three strikes..