CHATTER: HART'S MURRAY TO RETIRE.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer It's the middle of the week and Hart baseball coach Bud Murray sits alone at the baseball diamond. The sun shines on the bright green grass and sprinklers drop water on the field. It's a poignant moment because this is one of the last times Murray will do this. He has announced his retirement and the Indians have as little as one more game and as many as five remaining. ``It's peaceful for me to come out here and water and smooth the dirt out a bit,'' said Murray, dressed in blue shorts, Hart shirt, white socks, brown sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl and wraparound Wraparound A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. sunglasses. ``I think back on the years and the different kids.'' On this day, his mind reflects back to 1974. Lompoc beat Hart 3-2 in the playoffs and went on to win the Southern Section championship. ``We had a good team,'' Murray said. ``We had a call by the umpires that took us out of the game.'' Then he remembers the 1989 team - the only one he ever guided to the Southern Section final. Cerritos won that June day at Dodger Stadium • • [ . ``Lance Migita hit a shot in the gap. Their guy came over and made a nice diving catch. Chris Vasquez hit one to the base of the wall. We hit a few to the wall. If we were playing at a high school field. . .,'' he said. ``We haven't been lucky in the playoffs. This game of baseball, you've got to have luck.'' Hart's final chance to send Murray out a winner begins Friday against Arroyo. Murray said it's hard to be leaving after more than 30 years, but he'll be satisfied as long as one thing happens - the same thing he always has asked of his teams. ``If the kids play well, I'll go out of Hart High a happy man,'' he said. ``Winning a CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). championship wouldn't make me feel any different about this team.'' . . . Taft boys' volleyball coach Doug Magorien got off easy. If his team had won the City title last year, he would have had to shave his head. But since Taft won this year, Magorien only has to bleach his hair blond. . . . Jose Merino Merino Breed of medium-sized sheep originating in Spain that has become prominent worldwide. It has a white face, white legs, and crimped fine-wool fleece. Known as early as the 12th century, it may have been a Moorish importation. of Glendale, a member of the Vaqueros' state-champion cross country team last fall, won the 3,000-meter steeplechase steeplechase Either of two distinct sporting events: (1) a horse race over a closed course with obstacles, including hedges and walls; or (2) a footrace of 3,000 m over hurdles and a water jump. in the state junior college championships at City College of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden in 9:21.66. . . . Montclair Prep's football team will scrimmage at Harvard-Westlake Sept. 3. . . . Former Newbury Park softball pitcher Kristi Fox leads Long Beach State in eight pitching categories. Now, she leads the 49ers into the NCAA Tournament. The Big West Conference champions travel to Louisiana State for an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association regional. They'll open Thursday against Oklahoma. . . . Speaking of Newbury Park, defender Jennifer Preston has committed to play soccer at Ohio Wesleyan. . . . Mentu Daniel of Antelope Valley, the two-time Golden League 400 champion, will attend Long Beach City College. Last summer, Daniel finished fourth in the young men's 400 in the USATF USATF United States of America Track and Field (governing body for T&F, Race Walking & Distance Running) Junior Olympics in 47.24, the area's all-time sixth-fastest mark. . . . Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. (21-0) finished the regular season as the only undefeated softball team in the Southern Section. Fairfield High near Sacramento (31-0) is the only California school with a better record. Junior right-hander Jennifer Jenkins (20-0) beat Bethel Christian Thursday for her school-record 16th shutout this season. Jenkins has yielded just one earned run in 120 innings (0.06 ERA) with 166 strikeouts and 12 walks. - Kirby Lee and Gerry Gittelson contributed. |
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