Concord Monitor from Concord, New Hampshire • 21

Dribble dribble twirl swoosh ree throws are routine to Smith The press release told of an 11 year old Concord boy who won some sort of foul shoot ing contest Said he was New Eng land Regional champion and would compete tor me national title next month in Springfield Mass Word had it he was good for at least 20 of 25 foul shots on a regular basis 80 percent Sure igured put the kid Sloan Smith to the test at the Racquet Club of Concord his home court during the winter see what you got With baggy blue North Carolina shorts that hung down to his tiny knees white shirt wire rimmed glasses and a few freckles Smith 5 foot 2 90 pounds stepped to the line Two dribbles and a twirl of the ball Every time Yours truly stood in the back ground scribbling on a note pad ex pecting 40 to 50 percent maybe 60 1 wanted him to feel my presence I wanted him to perform under pres sure Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh 22 of 25 Nice shooting Tex unce i naa timsnea chewing my last piece of crow I sat down with Smith to hear his story earned it Last Saturday in front of 500 people in the Springfield (Mass) Cen tral High gym Smith hit 18 of 25 foul shots good for 72 percent to win the Elks Hoopshoot New England Regional cham pionship and a earn a berth in the Nationals April 19 at the Spring field Civic Center At 11 could you hit 72 percent of your foul shots? Under those condi tions? Hell could you do it now as an adult with no pressure? always told me games are won on foul Smith said I get good maybe one day hit a game Smith attends Saint Re ll See SMITH Page 7 Second I Wind Ray Duckler KIM BRENT or the Monitor Sloan Smith 11 demonstrates his free throw technique yesterday at the Racquet Club of Concord Smith of Concord regularly shoots 80 percent from the line HMrL Stan the Music Man: The st Louis Cardinals ended their 57 year affili ation with St Petersburg la Tuesday on a musical note A sellout crowd of 6616 attending the game between the Cardinals and Phila delphia Phillies at Al Lang Stadium heard Hall of amcr Stan Musial play two ren ditions of Me Out to the on the harmonica Brick by brick: Nick Anderson of the Orlando Magic has started working with shooting coach Buzz Bramen to im prove his free throw accuracy Said Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Sun Times used to tutor Shaquille Keep up the good work all from grace: Terry Reed bn why his son Neil is transferring from In diana: went up there believing (Coach Bob) Knight was a godlike figure (But) Knight was a false god If you question him then kicked out of Repeat? Try defeat: Michi quest to become the first team in 25 years to repeat as college na tional champion was crushed last night in a shocking 3 2 upset by Boston Universi ty the last school to accomplish the feat Page 4 Cheat like Mike? After Michael Jordan free throws the result of a dis puted call were the difference in a victory over Seattle last week the Sam Perkins was clearly upset have to go out and go after them like they go after Perkins said have to cheat like they cheat do whatever is necessary to NHL NY Islanders 6 Boston 3 New Jersey 4 NY Rangers 0 Hartford 5 Tampa Bay 2 NBA Chicago 96 Toronto 83 Atlanta 103 LA Clippers 88 Houston 107 Cleveland 89 San Antonio 97 Orlando 93 College hockey Boston 3 Michigan 2 North Dakota 6 Colorado College 2 Sports ast Break Li They haven't' negotiated his salary yet a bribe to keep his mouth shut" General Manager Sandy Al Scoreboard 6 Comics 8 CONCORD MONITOR riday March 28 1997 Dye handedness fits better on their club Hopefully going to be something that works out well for both On Tuesday Atlanta sent outfielders David Justice and Marquis Grissom to the Indians for Lofton and pitcher Alan Etnbree The deals mean Andruw Jones will start in the outfield for the Braves Not now Howe: Gordie Howe who last played hockey in 1980 and wants to become the first to play in six consecu tive decades has been rebuffed in his at tempts by the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League The Crunch which had planned to use Howe in game canceled his ap pearance yesterday saying it could not af ford to have him make a cameo appear ance because it is vying for a playoff spot By the way Tuesday just happens to be April Day Bye Dye: Two days after blockbuster deal for Kenny Lofton the Braves sent outfielder Jermaine Dye and reliever Jamie Walk er to Kansas City for outfielder Tucker and infielder 1 Keith Lockhart our young up MMM coming star for their MMlijMBHM young upcoming Royals Manager Bob Boone said right handed ness fits better on our club and left ancemenxoy 3935 a mighty cut during favorite son takes a mig i rHJ 1 Lt wiiMHHkz ear 1 1 I 'T a I nHs if IMkiU fAwL 1 I fti 4 Uj Mik 0 I 1 WESRf ur 11 I I oIHSm An a I 'f i t' ejst I Ik th MMmSSKZIh iAJM1 1 I A 1 MMMSHIr i I 'i i I i i W4 ib? 'i 'Wij Nmii'' 1 HkHTs A iV 1 rnjui u'uindalu derson of the Oakland Athletics on Barry $229 million contract extension with the Gi ants iaHtairt Rolfe travels the road from small town to big leagues mfe' II The first in a three part series Leaving an early impression on many including the Yankees Coming tomorrow: The second in a three part series A stellar career a premature end By YURI PRIDE or the Monitor fit he three day Penacook fishing li I censes left on top of the doorway 1 hint at a different era With a few wipes of the thumb the dust disappears to reveal familiar names: Bobby Doerr Bill Dickey Tommy Henrich Joe Gordon Charlie Keller lorence Randall remembers some of the visits to the camp on Lake Winnepocket in Webster with a smile Mention her younger brother Bobby Rolfe later known as Red and the smile widens sometimes turning into a girlish giggle always complemented by the twinkle in her blue eyes lorence now 91 remembers the time she and Bobby went blueberrying down by farm in Boscawen Bobby nad filled his bowl and put it down only to find it empty when he re turned A grazing cow licked its blue lips nearby lorence laughs out loud looking out at the glistening water remembering She laughs often when the subject is Bobby Never do her thoughts of him bring sadness or dismay Robert Abial Rolfe was bom Oct 17 1908 the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Rolfe who made their money in the fam ily lumber business first sight was Penacook No omens attended his birth not an inkling of the times to come the nine years with the Yankees the years managing the Tigers the five World Series championships the four All Star selections or the 13 years as athletic director at Dartmouth Col lege Not an inkling that here was a boy who would play with Lou Gehrig Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio who would ar gue balls and strikes with Ted Williams at the plate in Boston Not an inkling that here lay a blue eyed red haired boy who would become Red Rolfe a plain honest good man who always gave more than he received never gave up and became the first na tive of Concord to sign with a big league ball club lorence Randall much of a girl Not like the other three sisters at least lorence even liked haying some thing she never remembers Bobby do ing and with good reason nobody liked haying She remembers playing catch too There was no Little League no Babe Ruth League Ruth was still with the Yankees when Rolfe made his debut at shortstop in 1931 There was nothing ex cept the neighborhood kids They played everything kids played in those days sometime basketball mostly baseball One time Bobby and his friends chal lenged a local team to a hoop game Bobby used to play in his bam where there was a single hoop Bobby and his friends were walloped lorence recalls The outcome faze him He wanted a rematch might beat him at pingpong or gin rummy or said Don Ran dall of Contoocook son that be the last game al ways say go Baseball was true love See ROLE Page 7 NIT Michigan 82 lorida St 73 Connecticut 74 Arkansas 64 What is the record for overtime periods In the men's Division I NCAA basketball champion ship game? iequieMO pus sesusyi jeeq suiiojsq qyoN uatM 7S6T uj t1 ll i KM! 4 r'iLr" l'.