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Sports Amateur captures first place at Perry Classic By VETO F. ROLEY Sport* Editor Stephen Keppler likes to play at Perry Country Club. Last year, he took it all, winning the Perry Classic. This year, Keppler spent the first day of the Classic staking out his argument as owner of the greens and the holes, burning up the field with a first round score of 66, three strokes better than any other golfer. But, a repeat was not to be. While back trouble could not force him out of the tournament, it did cause him to have a bad second day. Keppler finished the second 18 in 79 holes, taking 13 more strokes than he did the previous day. Keppler finished the tournament with a 145, tying him for 20th at three over par and 10 strokes off the winning pace. Into the void left by Keppler's injury, stepped amateur Todd Ormsby, a senior on the North Carolina State golf team. After the first day, Ormsby was tied for second with a 69. On the second day, Ormsby tied Keppler for the Classic's best round, shooting 135 over the two day event. The 135 was good enough for a three stroke win over Louis Brown, who took home the $2,500 first place check as the leading professional in the tournament. However, Ormsby just made the tournament, getting in the tournament only when the field was expanded to a record 205 golfers. Perry Country Club head professional Bill Hobbs said the tournament was expanded due to the floods that hit the area around the cut-off date. The flooding caused the mail to be slow, preventing many golfers from I K" ■ I»V -J ■ I SpL - SSSSSm . —e ' "^, / • Kr /* * - 8 Lit. ‘ '■ *s! ig ST' ~' •**-!. - i i ■ t' \ Jerry Rogers of Edwards-Harper puts the winners jaci<et on the back of Todd Ormsby. Orrnstoy. a tefe enf/y /n the Perry Classic, won the tournament after shooting a 66 on the second day. Perry Hospital offers free sports clinic for area school coaches Perry Hospital will hold its sec ond annual free seminar on athletic injuries for high school and middle school coaches, said Chip McCarty, next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27, 1994. McCarty said that Tuesday will be spent covering American Heart CPR Course C. The seminar will start Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., and last until 12:30 a.m. Tuesday afternoon will feature a golf tournament at Houston Lake Country Club. Mc- Carty said this was the only event of the seminar that carried a fee. On Wednesday, the seminar will feature talks in the morning, fol lowed by a breakout session giving practical experience with athletic in juries, said McCarty. Mike Slater will speak on safe athletic equipment, John Hayne will speak on Stretching and flexi PHPC members ring awards at summer/spring banquet By PAUL FELTY Special to the HTJ Five members of the Perry Horseshoe Pilchers received special certificates and patches at the summer/spring league awards banquet last week. Club members also selected Jerome and Joanne Kennedy to represent them at the World Tournament in Syracuse, New York later this month. Pat Kovak was recognized for having the highest average in league play. John Racklcy tossed the high game in league play. Joanne Kennedy pitched the high game over average. Club officers selected Bob Ackley as most improved player. Maravclle Jenkins was selected by vote of the club members to receive the league’s sportsmanship National Fairgrounds and Ag Center bility and Keith Webster will speak on head injuries. The break out session will con sist of six 20 minute sessions. Monroe Abrams will talk about an kle injuries, Stan Robinson will talk about c-span injuries, John Haye will talk about turf toe and Paul Hicks will talk about shin splints, among others. After a catfish dinner, Bob Bof fen, a certified strength trainer, will talk about strength and condition ing, Quinton Lawson will talk about sports nutrition and Roy McWilliams will talk about speed training. The seminar will take place at the Houston County Ag Extension Office at 733 Carroll Street. McCarty said the only charge was $23.10 for golf at Houston Lake. Sales and Marketing Representative Don Nelson in Syracuse to promote attendance at the 1995 World Tournament which will be in Perry. Several thousand competitors will attend the two-week event. Club President Davis Cosey reminded members of the important role in being the host team for the 1995 World Tournament. He said that approximately 5,000 competitors and their families will be in Perry for the event next July. Cosey informed the local year old club that it is not only the newest club in the state, but also the largest. The summcr/fall league pitching will begin Monday at 7 p.m. at the horseshoe courts at the Ag Center. Anyone desiring information about the club may contact Cosey at 987-2443 or Perkins Jenkins, league director at 987-2132, or visit the league play Monday. getting their entries for the Classic in on time. Hobbs said, under the conditions, it was difficult to establish a fair cut-off for the tournament. The field was first expanded from 136 to 156, and, then to 192. When the tournament kicked off Monday, July 18,205 golfers teed off. "We wanted to bring in the top players in the state," said Hobbs. "It was a fortunate situation for Todd (Ormsby). He got in through the expansion. Marlins perfect in senior league By VETO F. ROLEY Sports Editor While the Florida Marlins strug gle to be competitive in the Na tional League East, the Ochla hatchee Marlins have created his tory, being the first senior league team to finish a season undefeated, finishing the year with a perfect 14- 0 record. "Anytime you have an unde feated season, you have to have had some breaks," said Marlins head coach Neal Pope. However, Pope also pointed out that the Marlins had some talent to go around. "We did have some good ballplayers," said Pope. "Our 13- year-olds helped us a much as any body's (13-year-olds) did. They re ally carried us through." The Marlins had three batters to hit over .600, with two finishing above .700, as the team compiled a .500 team batting average. Joey Pope paced the Marlins of fence, hitting .733 with four home runs. He also scored 45 runs, lead ing the Marlins in trips across the plate. Ben Hulbert was close be hind, finishing with a .711 mark and five homeruns. Burke Murph was third on the team batting lists, finishing with a .656 mark. Three Marlins finished above .500 on the season. Matthew Hul bert led the second group with a .576 average. Joe McDaniel chipped in a .560 average, while Shawn Outdoors Fishing provides relaxing fun Have your ever just wanted to run away from it all; go way back into the woods, to the old creek and just sit and watch the ripples and leaves go floating by? I can remember when (about a hundred years ago) when I was a snot...opps...runny nose kid in the country; I would walk down to the creek that formed just behind our farm and flowed toward highway 341. Back then, I didn’t have to be afraid of anyone bothering me or trying to do anyone harm. I just kinda roamed around the neighborhood. I remember quite well that 1 would start out on Saturday morning early to go hunting. I must have been no more than 13 or 14 at the time. I would get my old bird dog and we would start out toward the back of the farm. Eventually, I would end up on that old creek making our way to Mrs. Charlie Harper’s house. Mr. Charlie had died some time back and she always seemed to look for our company. I would always get there about the same time each Saturday and she would have have a coke waiting for me. If I had been lucky on the way over, I would always offer her the quail that me and my old bird dog Sue were able to scatter. Of course, this visit would also serve another purpose since at that time I was kinda sweet on a girl who lived in Perry. This way I could call her ELBERTA PEACHES William L. Brown Farms Monday - Satuday 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sunday 1:30 - 6:30 p.m. 472-8767 • Montezuma Second pecan orchard on right Highway 49 North Houston Times-Joumal Padgett finished with a .537 mark and five dingers, including a 370 foot shot. Normally, Brent Owens' batting average would lead a team, but he MB? jpgppil. Members of the 1994 Ochlahatchee Marlins are Billy Hughes, Matthew Br °°*s> Bobby Baker, Ricky Garza, Josh Willard, Joey P °^ e, ,nhn Hulbert an* ine McDaniel Not ohotoed are Shawn Padgett, John Scott, Matthew nuioeri and BurkeMurph Coachesfor the Marllns are Nea, Pope, Skeet Hulbert and Gene Owens. The Marlins finished with a 14-0 mark. Gone Fishing David and Susanne Andel without calling long distance from my house. As long as we talked, me or my parents couldn’t have stood the pressure. Yes, those were the days that will no longer come to past. I’m not certain if I really miss them or not. There were some real bad times for us during that phase of our lives. Dad had a terrible time trying to beat out a living farming and it took all we could muster to keep food on the table and clothes on our backs. A lot of people laugh today,, not believing that those times could really happen. Even today, I sometimes have the urge to just go to some creek or fish pond and sit and look at the water and try to completely void my mind of all the problems and headaches. If only for a little while you are able to do this, I think is some of the best therapy in the world. Fishing has been that type of outlet to a lot of people, including myself, in the past. Today, a lot of psychologists are finding out this is a very worth while therapeutic tool - Saturday, July 23,1994 "Houston Times Journal Page 6A "Everybody looks forward to coming to Perry," said Hobbs, who added that the Perry Classic was the second largest tournament in the state. Ormsby also had to survive a two-and-a-half rain delay to take the win. "I didn't think we were going back out," said Ormsby of the rain delay. After making eagle on the sixth hole, Ormsby had just hit his approach shot on the seventh hole when the tournament was delayed. Please see Classic, paqe 8A brought up the rear of the Marlins' regulars, finishing the season with a sterling .449 average. Pope and Ben Hulbert paced the Marlins on the mound. Pope fin in getting people to relax from a stressful environment. I don’t know if there is some sort of chemical reaction that seems to , V ■AferittAL IT | h| H • TiJjf VJM Dropping a baited hook in the water provides relief from a stressful day as well as giving a lifetime of fun memo ries and experiences. Moon Times Solunar/lunar times accurate within 1 minute SOLUNAR/LUNAR TIMES Perry Ceo rpf i a Area SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES ' 1004 A. M. r. M. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28 Jut- -Ulnar. 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Opposing batters managed a slim .225 batting aver- Please see Marlins, page 8A relax the individual but I do know from personal experience that it works. I can go “fun fish” as Please see Fishing, page 8A