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7 % i yPe ~nealatincre .:. , _*_ a+ § M o e s iscc c e . in t o 1 TAasy + > { 4 $ The Cobden Sun, September 2, 1981â€"Page Two f > j a N LN einl e Gereenedenese e | 8 | | I § \ * ; | ; By definition, a marathon is a 26â€"mile race but last doubled to score John Brooks, who was running for ! > j |. Wednesday night Stricklands of Eganville and the Fleurie. | 3 i _ Queen‘s Line engaged in a slightly different type of The next 12 innings went scoreless. Np one was f 4 marathon â€" a 20 inning softball game. allowed to cross the plate and as each inning began, { And when it was all over, three and oné half hours there was tension among players and excitement in j â€" Tater, Queen‘s Line had a 2â€"1 win and a\2â€"0 lead in the stands. â€" 3 t j the best of seven final series. The break in the game came in the 20th inning 1 1 { The game was a classic pitching dual between when., fittingly enough, Ron Eckford walked and was v > | Queen‘s Line Ron Eckford and Stricklands‘ Lennox driven in from second by Dan Buchanan. E ; 1\ Sterling, who both went the distance. Eckford allowed 10 hits and fanned 23 Eganville | The game went scoreless through five innings. batters. Sterling gave up seven hits and chalked up _ |a Then in the sixth the Line took a 1â€"0 lead when Rob 19 strikeâ€"outs. Queen‘s Line left 12 men on base and ; |â€" Bell walked, stole to second and scored on Ron Eganville left 14 stranded. éfI 3 | Laronde‘s single. The marathon game was the talk of the day for | Stricklandsâ€" tied. the score in the seventh when sports buffs in the area. Not in recent years can anyâ€" t Terry Eleuric led off with a single and Mike Sterling one recall such an exciting contest. 4 jomske @5 rompmmnemmm y nog: What made the marathon all that more interesting f ts 7 i [__, was the fact that one week prior, Eckford had pitched B ; a 16â€"inning game when the â€"Line won the semiâ€"final a iB s â€"â€" (@@e series against the Red Bargain Barn of Pembroke. 18 â€" ~s The final score in that three hour battle was 3â€"2. 18. 4n ; 6 s | E . *-Ԥ: is B § . lt & 3&& ‘.\ F r«‘é % g ; , ' | : \ t ; $ +23 1 6/ l i R | S 7 ‘ & 4 (sathe : hy 2 2 ;@«"W es 4 mc 2. â€"~~ c [ ic OA se â€" . TF 1e o c o &&{’:» l ;. Ron‘ Eck‘f:rd remalmed on the mound for Queen‘s | is y en is P ® O _ woline for the complete Oâ€"inning game and was ennox Sterling hurled the full 20 innings for awarded theâ€"victory. Only six days prior to mei : | Stricklands last Wednesday night as Eganville and _ game, Eckford! pitched a 16â€"inning game against . Queen‘s Line played a marathon bail game. When | Red Bargain Barn, knocking that team out of the it was all over, the Line won by a close 2â€"1 score. _ sem|â€"finals. | & f j ; r ,“ . & \ * ; ' & ( # i::" ¢ ; ? e '