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DAILY SPORTS NEWS Sunday, August 21, 1988 66 j--' -Si Mv. i "Si. i I v. ra; i i -ir i GO WEST YOUNG MEN: Some of Gil HodgesTy Cobbs stars wtio visit California to open the Babe Ruth DeShan Serrano, Kertn Daipos, Jim Vidal, Jeremy Burke and Jim Maloney. have 10 of our players back from last year, but nine players played with us in the American Amateur Baseball Conference World Series in Rockford, 111., as 10-year-olds.

We finished fourth. And some of them traveled with us to the Continental World Series as 11-year-olds hen we finished third in 1 W. 5 2 Missouri. They are kids, but they have the experience." Righthander Jeremy Burke, one of six hurlers on the staff, won the pitching award in the recently completed Mid-Atlantic regionals in Cherry Hill, out of which the Brooklynites advanced to the World Series. Other righthanders are Jim HIGH SCHOOL BILL TRAVERS York on, 85-53, behind the scoring of Monte Barnes (18), Sean White (18) of Hempstead and MVP Dave Mascia (17) ofLynbrook.

The New York Juniors (17-year-olds) handled Philadelphia, 72-58, as Hempstead's 6-6 junior Kyle Jones scored a game-high 14 and won the MVP award. The Seniors (18-year-olds) made it3-for-3 when Hempstead's Lamont a 4 to Jessie Pena, Sean Heaning, biu.uiforce daily nbas Len Masucci, Maurice Ballard and Sal Linia and catcher Keith Dalpos played key roles in the Mid-Atlantic regionals with Dalpos, the MVP, hitting .706 (12-for-17 with 14 RBI). He was also the MVP of the state tourney. Rounding out the team are outfielders Louis Guttilla, Phil Moore, Ulysses Lebron and infielders Adam Belkin and Scott Losche. "Pitching and defense are our strongest points," Santigate added.

we did average 11 runs a game in Cherry Hill. Maybe we can put it all together and go all the way." That's something that has avoided Santigate all these years. He was second-best in the Sandy Koufax (14's) World Series in 1980 and last year. He's hoping the team steps to the altar this year. No more bridesmaids.

ors with 17 apiece. In the finals of the PAL Say No to Drugs tournament, St. Rita's and Hamilton PAL split. St. Rita's won the junior division with a 48-37 victory, while Hamilton came back with a victory in biddie ball, 55-42 behind the scoring of Keith McDonough (14).

DIAMOND NOTES The annual Greater New York Sandlot all-star game is on tap for Shea Stadium at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The game follows a 10 a.m. clash for the New York City Federation Junior title (teams still to be decided). Players from the CYO, Connie Mack, LIC YMCA, Kiwanis, New York Federation and Staten Island Federation will play for the Junior Mets (Tommy Holmes, manager) or Junior, Yankees (Ray Church, 13 year old World Series include (I.

Maloney and Jim Vidal. The southpaws are Jesse Pena, DeShawn Serrano and Sean Heaning. All are returning from last year and all play other positions when not pitching with Burke, Maloney and Heaning being vets. Four imports from Our Lady of Grace infielders Hough fed Brooklyn Tech's 6-10 Conrad McRae for a last-second basket and a 71-69 victory. McRae had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

MVP was Freeport's Eric Coates (23 points). Only the girls fell to Philadelphia, losing, 67-57, as Virginia-bound Dawn Staley paced the Philly attack with 29 points. Staley was the USA Today Player-of-the-Year. In the 9th annual Henry St. Settlement House Women's Summer League, the Douglas Center beat Milbank, 51-42, for the high school championship, with Keisha Games (13 points) and Wanda Hall (8) leading the way.

In the open class, it was Henry Street 43, Mike 38 with Linda Hill of Henry Street and the losers' Darlene Beale scaring scoring hon- (Slo)ISds llO ALIFORNIA, here we come again. It could be the theme song for the Gil Hodges-Ty Cobb baseball team when it opens the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series tonight in Vallejo. Calif. Ten of the 15 Hodges players were in the Golden State last year when it advanced to the Bambino (12-year-old) World Series final, only to drop a twinbill on the final day to Oakland, the host team. There's no substitute for experience and most of the Hodges players are World Series veterans, some for four straight years.

"Last year's merger of Hodges and Cobb organizations gave us a much stronger team." said coach Rich Santigate, who has coached in nine World Series and 11 regionals ith Ty Cobb until the merger. "Not only do we HE NASSAU Collegians are No. 1 in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. Despite losing two of their top players outfielder Robert Lambraia (.453 average) and catcher Brian McNamee. both of St.

John's prior to the playoffs and having to switch home fields from Mitchel Park in Union-dale to Baldwin Park, the Collegians beat the Scranton Red Soxx three games in a row after an opening setback for the title. In the opening double-header at Baldwin, manager Ed LaMarr's team fell 7-6 in the first game, but beat the Red Soxx, 5-4. in the nightcap on a ninth-inning RBI single by Adelphi's Helmut Bohringer. SL John's Eric Leimeister, a 220-pound rightJaander. was the MVP of Nass au Collegians conquer Atlantic the series with saves in Games 3 and 4.

At Scranton in Game 3. Nassau exploded in the first inning for seven runs and held on for a 10-7 victory. Then they blanked Scranton, 5-0, behind the pitching of Central Arizona's Rob Young. "Winning was rewarding," said LaMarr, the pitching coach at St. John's.

"We opened the season at 13-2 but injuries and poor pitching saw us slide, winning just eight of our next 25." Nassau won the Kaiser Division (21-18), while Scranton (24-16) paced the Wolff Division. HOOP HAPPENINGS: New York won three of the four clashes in the Coca-Cola' Reebok 33d annual In- ter-City Qlassic at Hemp- stead High School. In the midgets (14-year-olds), New.