City the underdogs

Press, 15 March 1980, Page 60

City the underdogs

Jaks United City goes into the senior men’s softball Champion of Champions final as the underdogs in its match against Jaks-United at Papanui Domain this afternoon.'

However, City has beaten Jaks-United once' already this season, . and its coach, Mr Arnie Hall, said last evening that the team was “fired up” for the game. - Jaks-United will be a hard team to beat, with plenty of match experience from the recent Pan Am national interclub softball tournament at Lower Hutt under its belt. The Jaks-United player coach, Bryan Mountford, said that the only member absent from his side would be the left outfielder, Mark McFar-

lane, who had to attend a wedding. However, Mark’s- brother, Paul, relished the outfield during the inter-club tournament and Mia Toa was playing brilliantly at short-stop, he said. Both coaches were looking forward to a good game. While City was the upset finalist in the A section, after beating Papanui 10-5 last Saturday, Albion, the team at the bottom of the competition, will meet a competitive Lyttelton in the B section, in an earlier game also at the Papanui Domain. Lyttleton always tries hard, while Albion will be trying to wipe out memories of being at the bottom of the points table. ' \