Former Cape athlete on
U.S. Navy All-Star team
By Dave Wells
Navy Seaman Jevon Wright
bears a striking resemblance to the
famous two-sport athlete Bo Jack-
son. But unlike Bo, Wright
knows baseball and the Navy.
The son of Barbara Wright of
Milton, Bo
Wright is one
of 25 sailors
selected from
Navy ships
and installa-
tions in the
Norfolk, Va.
area to play
for an all-star
Navy base-
ball team. WRIGHT
The team is
comprised of players from the air-
craft carrier USS Enterprise base-
ball team and oflmrs who were se-
lected through an open tryout.
The Navy team finished second in
the 1993 Men's Adult Baseball
League Fall Classic in Clearwater,
Fla. Wright, 20, was selected af-
ter two sets of tryouts and will
play right field and augment the
pitching staff on occasion as a
hard-throwing sidearm relief
pitcher when needed.
"Pitching sidearm is something
most guys don't see very often,"
said the 1992 graduate of Cape
Henlopen High School. "It helps
me catch a lot of hitters by sur-
prise."
The Navy team will play the
Colorado Silver Bullets, the only
all-female professional baseball
team in the country. Managed by
Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, the Sil-
ver Bullets consist of the top 22
female baseball players in the
country. The teams will meet
Tuesday, June 6, at Norfolk's
Harbor Park, and again on Sun-
day, June 11, at RFK Stadium in
Washington, D.C.
"I think playing the Silver Bul-
lets will be a great experience,"
said Wright. "I've seen the movie
'A League of Their Own' and I've
wondered if females could com-
pete at hardball. I've heard
they're good, and we'll be practic-
ing every day until the game, so it
should be interesting. We deft-
nitely can't go to sleep on them."
(Dm, e Wells is a journalist as-
signed to the Navy Public Affairs
Center in Norfolk.)
People
Continued from page 52
opportunities.
TRAINING TIME - Save the
$39.95 per month for the solo flex
machine. You'll never look like
the models in the commercial.
Boy, talk about Baby's got Back.
That woman looks like she's been
doing hamstring curls with lead
watermelons. Three solid months
of training with weights and run-
ning, biking and swimming will
prepare the competitive athlete for
competition in the fall. Adults can
smoke cigarettes and drink coffee
and your friends will think you
look wonderful. Most athletes
party more than they train. It's a
fact. The work ethic will put you
in the prime time.
SNIPPETS - Cape's baseball
pitcher and football center Ben
Evick must decide between the
Blue Gold All-Star football game
and the Carpenter Cup baseball
tournament. A player cannot par-
ticipate in both programs ... My
1966 New Jersey 16-foot, two-
tone blue speedboat with 85 horse
Evinrude is back in the water and
running with the horsepower of a
1966 Shelby. My idea of boating
is food forays to Norma's in Mil-
ton or to the Rusty Rudder in
Dewey Beach. Who wants to
catch some slimy fish that need to
he cleaned? We once trolled spin-
ning pepperonis off the beach at
Wildwood and scared up two Ital-
ian girls with beehive hairdos.
Better than false albacore or sea
rockin' robins ... The Flyers begin
a war this week with the New Jer-
sey Devils. Chicago takes on De-
troit in the other Conference final.
The last team that deserves to win
the Stanley Cup is New Jersey.
• Where will they have the victory
parade, Great Adventure or
Poughkeepsie?
CAPE GAZETI, Friday, June 2 - June 8, 1995 - 53
Tdsh Vwnon pheto
Gaff tournament raises funds for Sussex Family YMCA
The Sussex Family YMCA Annual Golf Tournament was held at Rehoboth Beach Country
Club Monday, May 22. Among the organizers are (L to r.) Bill 8ehab, committee person; Larry
Car]ton r.hRiwmsn .-.e] Powers, owner of Heaven in a Handbasket who donated the large
budket of golf goodies as a prize for the tourney; Debifle KilIeen, committee person; Jim Bart-,
committee person, and Lou , Sussex Family YMCA executive director. Powers' hus-
bend, Jim, the pro at Sussex Pines Country Club, donated all of the practical items in the bas-
ket, while Adele donated the "fun stun".
The winners include the low gross foursome (62) of Claude SmarreBi, Dave King, Seott
Thomspon and Mike Esposito, while second place low gross went to the team of Dr. Dave
Robinson, Roberta Robinson, Randy Kenworthy and Larry Anderson- The low net foursome
(49) consisted of Bern/e Batoman, Joe Burton, Bill Hitchenson end Jay Mebianus. Second low
net went to Rebecca Willey, Pete Townsend, Blair McNeil end Tim Rhodes, while third place
low net went to the team of Mike MeoH, Bob McCullough, Steven Andrews end Nora Andrews.
Other tournament winners included Steve Smith for longest drive; Milt Barrett and Roger
Reed for closest to the pin.
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