Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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PORTS,
JV baseball steals
championship from
Washington
Derek Wong corxrntnttcs on striking out bit opponent.
By Scpben Hcmcr
. TVLncltjuniurvanit) bucbalt
Irani recently rioWwd off iu season
vittt a relentlessly inspired winning
tireak whkh kn favorites MjAtecr
u4 Washington in uV- dust and landed
the Indians ia Hnt place.
WithiuccessnelMand tl-3viciwles
against Wuhicgtoi: in the All-
City eharnpuxtshins. folk'* ing a 17-3
mvaging of McAtter, the team
'wuncol back from its third-place
round robin finnh in doniinaic the
All-Citv tournament and snatch the title
from the strong but overwhelmed
WW El
Lowell had run up * 6-2 record In
regular season (round robin) play,
suffering early defeat* at the hand* of
bun McAtrcr and Washington, but
the .am r.-uned ground as it gained
experience. rapid!> turning a season
of rurrow victories and humbling
loues Into a thorough romp o.cr th*
rot of the league.
Key player* fur the Indians included
captain David Lee ("Everybody
can kind of rally around him." said
cuach Dm Lopez), and pitchen Neil
Nakajawa and Derek Wong, both
victorious in Uic two championship
{arocs against Washington.
Lopez bef ieved that despite A stuky
ttin, the learn** attitude and coofideace
became critical factors tn iu
success. **The team ihrnral lots of
chamter." he »»id. "They weren't
to Mire o; ihcimctvc* at ltr%t—thciii
were a tot of freshmen playing. Kwn
wl.cn we g ot blown out by McAtccr,
th*-y cime back. strung awl kept
believing in thetracltev'
Sophomore Tim Urn wrkiirrrd,
adding that the tcamtrutu*rd enormously
ova the course of ths %cawn.
"Unlike other teams, we improved
as tlte season progressed," he
asserted. "Each game, we became
better and better. In ihc beginning «f
the season, we tended t» rcUi and
had rut heads d*»wn toward the laicr
halfof the (Ante. A» the season went
on, thai was m> longer true: if we
wen* behind, we kept working li>
come back "
Freshman Ak\ Chan noted that the
Indians were "one of the rity's
hardest-practicing teams. We had
practices on the weekends and at 7:45
a.m.. and somettmes we'd |>ractkc
up to three hour* a day."
"Hc(lop«)w»agoodcoach. He
•*a\ able u> tell every t*xl> what their
«tcnsth> and Mc^ncuei v*erc. *o »c
cotild correct them in pn*tkc."
By ihe end of the *civjn, Lopez
•aid he h^d uojipal worrying about
any prookmi the tear* might have
had. "Iney developed a confidence
that mrrcJiixr a tuC of th; mzntal error*
thay they had made earlier in the
season, Once they learned to woiL
together, once they learned the team'i
tyiKni. I couU not ice u wtokneu
out there."
Golf takes All-City
By Katie Corrigan
Gctf. like baseball, can be a game
oftache*.
The varsity golf team demoescnur'
this m the All-City round robin rourrat
held M*y 6-8. In Harding
Park. Mancjiruj to obtain a strong second
place showing, the team lost to
Washington by only thtee strokrs.
The All-Cry golf uurwma.1 crvcred
tnroc days of C^T y^ition _
Twenty-four gcifm fmci the
varicuf hi^h schools began play, but
by the tetrad day, that Dumber wat
cot to half.
Five of Lowell'i: six member variky
team fentreed the sccuod day;
more players from Lowell made this
first eta than from any other team.
On me mird day of All-City play,
only debt young men were left, atdodicj
senior Aleck Wilson, junior
Alan IHhl. had freshman Joe
j retpecubk
second tn All-City, many team
member! Kit that they ihoold have
taken first.
"We cipected lo do better but it
wasjvuabadday. No one shot** hat
they ould." sutoJ junior Alan Dahl.
Lowell golfers, ou the other hind.
logged in Impressive rourrumcirt
with seme significant individual
events.
D>U led the tcati by capturing
third place while lawman and
WiUvn placed suih vJ seventh.
rcspctii\cly.
Wiiioa enjoyed an added dutinc*
tion by rir-ning a S25O John Suswo
SchoUrship given lo the lowest scoring
senior in 'he City's public
schools.
The :cam expects next year to be
even bener than dm year's svcccuful
A» Wilson remarked, "I ihmk they
should 4o better because only two
senien ure leaving, and there «iU be
more experience on the learn."
Coach Don Baker agreed, reflecting,
"One w*y to Improve is to win
The City title!"
Undefeated Softball
team captures crown
Crew is fast-growing sport
By Erie KaMlfT
"EtCi \ous pret\? Pane/ 1 " With
these fo-ir words, tSc n>o»t dranutic
and exhausting iporting ocnt brains
7hr boots tpred off th, trurruif
li*t'. Water %f*laihing. OIUHUJ/U
Sftraminx.tr doanmen untirungai!
tmifk the bt&inrung of a rro» - race.
The h»C art dtaj-nm at tiwy rnni
the i50 mrtrr mutk.
The French words i*. "Are >ou
ready? Co!" aic the tniditioru) starting
commands Ut a crew race.
Crew, more coir.iionly known a*
rcwing. i*oneM the f tt< United Su^s.
One boot ii called a ptml), Lus
Gatos kowing Club. Oakland
SUukn. and Berkeley High School
t
Crar b « sport of both strength aad athldk- ablUly.
SttxJenu participate in major regat*
tai in San Diego. Seattle,
Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
Dual meet*, faces between two
teanu, take place frequceUy in the
Boy Area. R icmg ceuoa. except for
two weeks in the Fall, is only in the
Spring. Oanroen compete in at most
30 races a year.
The boats begin heading for tl±e
finiA line. The beats are ro*
separated by only ft*-* seats.
Lowell juniors Katte Corrigan and
Valeric Neck row for the f
g
"1 joined crew because it is a yearlong
sport." said Corrigan. "It is
very demanding, but it is worth it."
"I got tira? of track." wid Neck.
"Crew h so much more tun physici!
ly end emouoiully."
In a crew shell, which is at most
14 incbes across and a foot deep (aad
tupponed by toe hull, or buoom.
wt&hi attoecn&ofuicchthxk),
the oarsmen ut to the bow. or front
and face backwards. A ooxiwau sits
in the uern, or back, of the sbeU su]
facet forwarf. The couwa*j steers
ihe boat ttsing ropes connected to a
rudder coder the nen, plots strategy
during r.ices. conuanuy yells encouragement
to the oanmen. and vets
as ihc ctu:h in the brat.
H "tth JO ttrvkes left in the race the
boats begtn to sprint. The behind boat
seems to be fighting buck, but the lead
beat refuses to concede its lead. The
pain is s.icrvcLitinjr A*r tne oarsmen.
Their lets ff on fire and they cannot
seen to breathe, but they continue
to row.
In a nee. boats arc aligned, the
starting command 1 en, and the
oanmen begin to row. The brgmning
of the race it recognucd by 30
jroLo towed at a fast rate
The rate (ten settles as the boils
challenge each crther down the
tiMftc. Couwa'ns caU power tens,
or ten strokes at the highest amount
race to tncrea* « kad or regain lort
water Jepending on position.
Oarsmen muit continue to row at full
pressure for the entire race.
With »pproxifnatc*y X strokes to
go. couwuns order an ICCTOBC in
the nee for the sprint. Tnis is the final
effort of the oanraco. At a high rsie
and fuQ force, me sbells cross the
finish line. Juu at often shells ire a
beat length (65 feet) or one seat (two
feet) apart.
The bekiiuibvas sticeeus in achieving
another even deadlock. Stroke for
stroke the hoazt are irutched. Flw
strokes are left.
The end of the race is marked by
physical exhaustion for the oanroen
and mental exhaustion for the coxs*
wu>. Fans on shore are emotionally
drained after cheering helplessly as
bcots race by. Oanntca at limes pass
out or vomit at the end of a race.
The wicning coxswain b always
thrown Into the wmtci from the dock
in eclebratioa ss tradition dktttrv
Wuh ihe last strokes the formerly
behindboats ptdU aheadbyonejoaL
As the bom cresses the finish tine the
coxswain raises his hand In \ietory.
Vie pain is over, the race won.
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