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c PW mas! m P Monday night at Bechtel Park returning to Interâ€" County play, Optimists seemed to at least have their heads in the game, more than could be said for most of the weekend. s But when the final linesâ€" cores were added up against Kitchener Falcons, they showed Waterloo with only four hits and worse yet comâ€" By Rick Campbell Chronicle sports Editor Those watching Waterloo Optimist midgets in the Waâ€" terloo Days baseball tourâ€" nament ~were probably thinking things couldn‘t get much worse. Bill Breene, Lon. 400 _ 14 Larry Ellins, Br. 400 9 Nick Noonan, Br. 38e 1 Bill Martin, Kit. 315 14 Brian Walters, Tor. .361 9 Individual Leaders â€" 31 or more at bats es o ooo t e l n eens lose to Kitchener in ninth] ::=$3$,â€" Jim Taylor Dave Byers Gary Dix Terry Boegel R. Williams M. Collison Ken Briggs, Br. Randy Mercer, Lon Joe Ivan, Wind. Brian Schnurr Individual Leaders â€" 20 or more innings Rick Williams Mickey Kozlowski Jim Hodges, Cam Cy Elvin, Cam. Kurt Felker, Wat. 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Even when they fell behind 3â€"0 they kept plugging away until they were rewarded with four runs on three consecutive hits in the sixth. But Kitchener came right back with the tying run in the seventh and the nightâ€" mare of errors plaguing Waâ€" terloo lately returned as they committed one in the eight and the costly two in the ninth. to go from here?"* Puncher said q his enigmatic crew as he along with coach Jerry Scharlach shrugged in the dugout following the game, *"How many times can you go back to squareé one (funâ€" damentally). We can‘t preach the same thing to them any more, we‘ve said all we can say." In all, Waterloo commitâ€" ted at least one error in every inning except the first and seventh, which comâ€" bined with their lethargic hitting, has proven to be a deadly combination. ‘‘They didn‘t play one of their worst games, they were, well in it mentally, but we‘re still playing too much as individuals," said Puncher. ‘‘We had a talk with them before the game and I told them they were like spokes in a wheel, when one spoke breaks, it weaâ€" kens the whole wheel." Waterloo‘s four hits were distributed among the first three hitters. Leadâ€"off man Todd Sheridan drove in a pair of runs with a solid triâ€" ple to right centre in the sixth and Kevin Schnurr and John Bell followed with rbiâ€" lowed the increasingly siâ€" lent Waterloo bats only four hits, which Waterloo field manager Paul Puncher doesn‘t have to be told won‘t win many ball games. Optimists, now 6â€"5, . play host to Kitchener Sunday at 2 p.m. and will likely face ace hurler Tom Heinbuch. 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