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CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, June 9 - June 15, 2000 - 95
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Major Cubs cruise to victory No. 13 with 18-3 romp
Above left, Scan Tappan moved to shortstop after recording six strikeouts on the
mound for the Cubs in the 18-3 victory. At right, Jarrid Dulin of the Dodgers slides
safely into second base as Cubs second baseman Chris Donges applies the late tag.
Lewes Little League team
aims for undefeated season
By Dave Frederick
Greg Mack relayed a great quote about a re-
cent Cubs game at the Lewes Little League
Park.
"Sean Tappan was heading for home with
Jay Marsh close behind. Sean crossed the plate
and turned around and said, 'Look out! Here
comes Meals on Wheels!'"
Any pitcher in the Lewes Little League will
tell you that the top of the Cubs lineup has been
feasting on opponents all season. Chris
Donges, Tappan and Marsh have combined for
14 fence-clearing home runs in 13 games.
Players Billy Cunningham, Jimmy Gill,
Donges, Tappan and Marsh have been in the
Majors since they were 10. The Cubs are two-
time defending league champions looking for a
three-peat and undefeated season to close out
their careers at the Lewes Park.
"This may sound funny when speaking of
12-year-olds, but this is just a classy group of
kids," said manager Ed Gill. "There is never
any dancing around the bases or finger-point-
ing or other exhibitions of poor sportsmanship.
They have handled all the success very
humbly."
Lanky Tappan, well on his way to matching
Continued on page 97
'Dan Cook photos
Bryan Mack goes afer a bat-
ter with high heat to close
out the Cub victory over the
Dodgers Wednesday evening,
June 7.
I'm fatally attracted to the sagas of the sea, but...
UNDER PRESSURE! - The
Washington Redskins signed 32-
year-old Dione Sanders June 5 to
a $30 million contract which in-
cluded an $8 million signing
bonus. Already this year, the Red-
skins have signed free agents
Bruce Smith, Mark Carrier, Jeff
George and Adrian Murrell. They
ais0 traded to get two of the top
three picks in April's draft, choos-
ing Penn State linebacker LaVar
Arrington and Alabama tackle
Chris Samuels. The Skins have
set themselves up for the big fall!
Anything short of a Super Bowl
victory will be money poorly
spent. I remember Dione was a
guest on the Letterman Show the
night the Punkin' Chunkers took
Under Pressure to the Big Crab
Apple. For two hours the John
EIIsworth and Doc Pepper Pneu-
matic contraption hurled footballs
down Broadway. But when it
came time for the live show,
Dione didn't want to come out in
the rain. What a turf toe wussy!
Here's the rub-a-dub-dub! Both
Dione and Darrell Green will
bounce off of big running backs
like checks on a college loan.
Durability may be a problem. The
PEOPLE IN SPORTS
Dave Frederick
Redskins appear to have no weak-
nesses! But just wait until the Ea-
gles get a hold of them!
RED RIGHT RETURN! - The
great thing about Sussex County
is that everybody knows what
they know and they all know pret-
ty much the same thing minus
some important facts, which never
are allowed to stand in the way of
a good story. I once ran a Boston
Whaler over a submerged jetty in
Rehoboth Bay trying to get back
into the canal after visiting the
Rudder. I kept red on my right
but, unfortunately, Rehoboth Bay
is still inland so red meant "haz-
zard, not right return. However,
Roosevelt Inlet leads to open wa-
ter and just ask your homeless os-
prey who knows that big and
small boats alike should keep the
light on their right or, at the very
least, not run over it. And "No
Wake" means don't bury small
boats tied to fixed docks with gi-
ant swells. I am fatally attracted
to the sagas of the sea but I've run
aground lacking the imagination
to piece together a local tale that
will only grow in legend. If
you're from out of town you are
lost, but not to worry. Red on
right return!
NOT GUILTY! - Three years
ago a graduated Cape student/ath-
lete stood in front of Judge J.B.
Melson in Magistrate Court.
Lewes Police officer Bo Gooch
stood next to him.
"Son you are charged with mul-
tiple traffic infractions all on the
same stop, including running a
stop Sign, excessive speed, cross-
ing a double yellow line, failure to
signal when turning; reckless dri-
ving expired tag and no proof of
insurance. What do you have to
say for yourself?."
"Everything officer Gooch says
is absolutely true," the young man
said.
"Then why are you pleading not
guilty?" Judge Melson queried,
but not in a bad way.
"'Because Fredman said, 'Al-
ways plead not guilty'"!
The World According To Fred-
man! I didn't do it!
COP A PLEAI ' You go out
there and hinder the prosecution
in a double murder trial and then
try plea bargaining down to a mis-
demeanor with a sentence of 12
months probation. The Ray
Lewis murder trial deteriorated
into an assassination of the justice
system. It is a tapestry of travesty.
Part of the deal is that Lewis has
to pay for the labor intensive in-
vestigative work where cops fol-
lowed false leads. That just
shines a .spotlight on the face of
American justice, which is all
about money. Remember when
Linda Kasabian of the Manson
family was granted total immuni-
ty for her testimony? How'd you
like to butt in front of her at the
Super G.
"Sorry ma'am, but this is the ex-
press line! What is that you have
carved in your forehead?"
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
- I was walking down the Board-
walk in the early morning week-
end hours when a biker wearing
an Hawaiian-style Bloody Mary
shirt (lives on Tabasco Row)
screeches his breaks and yells,
"Beep!" (or was that Beck?). It
was Dave Knoblespiece, a Board-
walk fixture only because he
moves so slowly. On both morn-
ings last weekend there was the
sight of two veteran Rehoboth
Beach Patrollers forced into early
retirement jogging near the water
wearing their red trunks. Why
give up a great lifestyle?
But those big rickshaw family
bikes have got to go. Every other
summer one of those motorized
trams in Atlantic City squashes
somebody. "Watch the car
please!" What am I supposedto
do when I hear that fairy little bike
bell? Jump out of the way? How
about people who smuggle lap
, Continued on page 97