Russian baseball team to practice in Placid

LAKE PLACID "" Russia's top baseball team, on tour in the eastern United States, will stop in Lake Placid Wednesday, July 25, to visit the Olympic sites managed by the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA).

Their itinerary will include a stop at the Wednesday Wet and Wild freestyle show set to occur at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex at 1 p.m.

The Russians are in the midst of a 20-game schedule designed to prepare the team for the European Championships to be held in September in Barcelona, Spain. They will play Meron's Expos Friday at Chip Cummings Field on the Plattsburgh State campus.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of baseball in Russia. Since 1992, 11 players from the former Soviet Union have signed minor-league baseball contracts to play in the United States. Last year, the Minnesota Twins signed lefthanded pitcher Nikolay Lobanov to a minor-league deal.

The Russians will practice in Lake Placid on Wednesday, July 25, from 2:30""5 p.m. at the North Elba Show Grounds on Rt. 73 outside Lake Placid.

Bush, Osborne win Ti's President's Cup

TICONDEROGA "" Rick Bush Jr. and Linda Osborne captured the President's Cup last week at the Ticonderoga Country Club while Judy Englert, a past club champion, scored an eagle last week.

Bush shot a 65 to beat Fred Shaw by four strokes. Osborne won in a match of cards after finishing tied with Mary Beth Sambrook at 66.

Englert, of South Carolina, scored an eagle on the 12th hole using her driver, a 3 wood and an wedge.

It was witnessed by her daughter.

B'town youth volleyball camp next week

BEEKMANTOWN "" The Beekmantown Youth Commission will hold a volleyball camp the week of July 31-Aug. 4, from 9-11:30 a.m. It will be at the Town Hall Volleyball Court and will be open to boys and girls ages 9 and up.

The resident fee is $2 and the non-resident fee, $25. For more information, call the Beekmantown Town Hall, at 563-4690.