Thrashing ends softball

Press, 23 February 1977, Page 6

Thrashing ends softball

' A makeshift Papanui Shoreline side suffered its biggest defeat for several seasons w-ien it was [thrashed. 10-0, by United-Ascot [in the final of the twilight softball competition la-t evening. Shoreline was without a num [her of its: top line-up—notably Gordon Phillips and Colin t■>.<><■ j—and was ioreed to call on a [schoolboy plater iGary Bishop: and its coach Keith Single.. > to fill the gaps. Ascot failed to get a runner .on first base in the first two ■innings but once Mark Mel ar ilane scored in the bottom of the [third frame it was all Ascot. Six runs were scored in the bottom of the fourth when Ascot iwent right through its batting order and the game finished two Honings later when another three [base-runners came home. Date Bradbury. Mark Mr Far lane and Bills Rintoul- 'he three [ Ascot batters at the bottom of the order—actuallt scored seven |of their side's runs and provided more than half the nine bits. Ascot's top batters were Paul McFarlane who hatted s<-0 and [hit a three-run homer over left field, and his olde- brother, , Mark, who managed three safe s mans appearance- in the bat'er s box I Shorelines barters, on the lot'-ter hand. nerform.d dismaiiv '—Single' and an iniured Brian ' Waine were the onlv batters to '■get on base. ’ Bingler put a beautiful hunt down the first base-line in the ■ top o' the second innings and the side's onlv other Mt came > four innings later when Waine jcracked a boomer over centre

■ field; unfortunately the rotund [ first l.aseinan s pulled leg miD »> ■> restricted him to limping around • to second base when a Lome run • vxould normally have been po<stible, Dave Bradbury struck out sexen of the 16 Shoreline batters • lie faced. i fhe womens final resulted in i a deserted 5 3 win to Glas>kraft > oxer Burn.side with tne vt<for out-hitting its opponent b\ seven to tour. > Burnside enioxed an earl” lead when Anthea Feaver came home ! in tLe bottom of the first innings but P( nnx King and Vai < i. m- ■ bees put Gtasskraft ahead. 24, iifter scoring in the top of the • third innings. , Carol Rennex and Danae Goo«- . nun added further mo* for Glasskraft in the top «>f •'«» ourth innings and two innings . Liter Rennex came home again r a'ter hi*t.ng a three-bagger In ■ repl\ Bumside could on!\ offer I runs io Ramu Hapi and Susann.h Carroll , n the fourth and lifth i innings tespectiveh. I I here was sttu a glimmer of a chance lor Hum ide. ttaiimg. ' !.? K ,d M " ! ’ ni ‘<“ fi-ive in ! nin„ V P e ,e '<“’’h ir bu, „ *' sth Soonan fed out ,0 "’field for the thud out P|.iii| SSk n f ’ ' ,op hf "<er« urre Phillipa Wyatt and Rennev w o , both collected two hits w. , tI iinl'ickv not in «core fn t - e on the final innings wh»i s«•’# ' and P w-s a e' P '' tl'-l’d bart I an n easily lapsed. ' for Rumr-rf' S,rak *r batted Mt ;iou r t B ofU,re7 m “‘ ein '