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Joyce S. Youse, membership director for the Greater Baltimore Committee, died Sunday at her home on St. Dunstan's Road after an apparent heart attack. She was 49.Services for Mrs. Youse will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter, 5513 York Road, where her husband, the Rev. Carol Henry Youse, has been pastor since 1977.She had worked for the GBC since 1985.At the Church of the Holy Comforter, she taught Sunday school classes, worked in youth programs and was a member of women's groups and the sister parish committee.

  SARASOTA, Fla. -- Roughly a dozen years after he fled the Orioles for the greener pastures of the rival New York Yankees, leaving behind a bitter fan base and a franchise that hasn't been competitive since, Mike Mussina will return to Baltimore this summer to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. The Orioles announced Wednesday that Mussina, who pitched 10 of his 18 big league seasons with the club, and former infielder Rich Dauer, whose entire 10-year career was spent in Baltimore, will be inducted into their Hall during an on-field ceremony Saturday, Aug. 25, at Camden Yards.

C At age 80, Walter Youse says he "is running out of gas," but he's got enough in the tank for one more trip to the Netherlands.Youse, the veteran Milwaukee Brewers scout who has been coaching amateur baseball in Baltimore for more than 50 years, leaves with his Corrigan's Insurance 20-and-under team for the Netherlands and the World Port Tournament tomorrow. This will be the team's third trip to the Netherlands in five years."We're the defending champion, but it won't be easy because Major League Baseball is sending a minor-league all-star team over there," said Youse, whose club, formerly Johnny's, is 20-6.

Swimming NDP's Meyers earns 4th gold at world meet Notre Dame Prep junior Becca Meyers finished off a stellar week at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in Coimbra, Portugal, on Saturday by winning her fourth gold medal and setting another meet record. Meyers, who was born deaf, swept all three individual events she entered in the third annual championships - the 200-meter, 400 and 800 freestyle races - and she twice lowered world championship records in both the 400 and the 800. In addition, she was part of the United States 800 freestyle team that set an overall deaf world record.

The final words from Walter Youse as Baltimore's sandlot baseball season ended last summer were unsettling.He was retiring. Probably.He was retiring, at the age of 78, after nearly four decades as general manager and manager of the city's best 20-and-under team unless a new sponsor came forward. Johnny's New and Used Cars, the team's sponsor for almost 25 years, no longer could afford to provide such generous support.Just such an angel has stepped forth, and out of Youse's past no less.His name is Bill "Lefty" Corrigan, who pitched for Youse in 1955-56 when the team was known as Leone's and who today owns Corrigan Insurance Agency.

Baltimore Orioles scout Dean Albany is chasing the legend of his mentor, Walter Youse, as his Orioles scout team that he named after Youse arrives in Johnstown, Pa., today for the 63rd All American Amateur Baseball Association tournament. Youse's Orioles are seeking their fifth consecutive national crown and 25th overall, both AAABA records. Youse, who won more than 3,000 games in 60 years of amateur baseball, led his Leone's, Johnny's, Corrigan's and Maryland Orioles teams to 20 AAABA titles, the last in 2001, including five in a row from 1979 to 1983.

A possible trip to Barcelona, Spain -- not to mention that eternal inner fire -- may lure Walter Youse back to the sandlot diamonds for a 39th season in 1994.For now, the 80-year-old Youse will savor his amateur baseball team's latest accomplishment and make a decision on next season around Christmas.Youse, a special-assignment scout for the Milwaukee Brewers, led the Corrigan's Insurance 20-and-under baseball team to a record 18th All-American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) National Championship in Johnstown, Pa., this summer, coming on the heels of a trip to the Netherlands.

Walter Youse used to say that "publicity is the backbone of amateur baseball," but to many, Walter Youse was the backbone of amateur baseball for more than 60 years in Baltimore. Youse, longtime baseball scout and amateur coach of the nationally known Leone's, Johnny's and Corrigan's teams that produced scores of major-leaguers, including Hall of Famers Al Kaline and Reggie Jackson, died of congestive heart failure at St. Agnes Hospital early yesterday morning. He was 88. Born and raised in Baltimore, Youse "was like the Babe Ruth of amateur baseball," said Bobby Ullman, a former Youse assistant coach.

In his 78th summer and after nearly four decades as th manager of Baltimore's sandlot baseball power, Walter Youse is ready to step down.He doesn't say he will and he doesn't say he won't. He says he might. It's not because of his age and it's not because of his cranky left knee. It's because the team's longtime sponsor, Johnny's New and Used Cars, no longer can afford to lend the generous financial support to which the club has been accustomed."This was my last year," Youse said. "That is, unless something unforeseen happens, like a sponsor coming forth with a lot of money.

The two ministers and longtime friends often conversed in an exaggerated Pennsylvania Dutch accent. The Revs. Arthur L. Mentzer and Carol Henry Youse easily understood their catch phrases in the heavy German dialogue.Details from Mr. Youse's last conversation with "Arsur", his "friend from up the road" in Taneytown, elicited hearty laughs from the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church yesterday. Hundreds had come to pay a final tribute to their 54-year-old pastor who had served them for 10 years.

In the past 30 years, two items stolen from the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Sports Legends Museums were recovered. Officials at the Camden Yards museum are hoping for similar luck after a ring was taken last week from a display case, part of a collection honoring amateur coach and Orioles scout Walter Youse. "We've provided all the information the police have asked for, and we're hopeful that it will turn up something here. Ultimately, the most important thing is the recovery of the ring," said Michael Gibbons, the museum's executive director.

Baltimore Orioles scout Dean Albany is chasing the legend of his mentor, Walter Youse, as his Orioles scout team that he named after Youse arrives in Johnstown, Pa., today for the 63rd All American Amateur Baseball Association tournament. Youse's Orioles are seeking their fifth consecutive national crown and 25th overall, both AAABA records. Youse, who won more than 3,000 games in 60 years of amateur baseball, led his Leone's, Johnny's, Corrigan's and Maryland Orioles teams to 20 AAABA titles, the last in 2001, including five in a row from 1979 to 1983.

LIKE MOST MOTHERS, I have used threats and intimidation to get my children to write thank-you notes for the gifts they receive. "You can not play with that toy until you have written a thank-you to Uncle Kenny." "You will not spend a single dime of that money until you write a thank-you to Grandma." "If you can't be bothered to write thank-you notes, then I will tell your relatives not to bother to send stuff to you." So I shouldn't have been surprised when I received a few thank-you notes in the mail.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Wearing the name of the late Walter Youse imprinted in white on their black under-sleeves, the Maryland Orioles rolled to a 19-0 rout of Johnstown in the All-American Amateur Baseball Association 20-and-under national championship game last night. It was Baltimore's record 21st national title. The previous 20 were won under Youse, who died last year. "The tradition Walter established means a lot to us," said Orioles coach Dean Albany. Shane Justis went 4-for-5 with two runs and three stolen bases, while tournament Most Valuable Player Kevin Hart (Maryland)

Walter Youse used to say that "publicity is the backbone of amateur baseball," but to many, Walter Youse was the backbone of amateur baseball for more than 60 years in Baltimore. Youse, longtime baseball scout and amateur coach of the nationally known Leone's, Johnny's and Corrigan's teams that produced scores of major-leaguers, including Hall of Famers Al Kaline and Reggie Jackson, died of congestive heart failure at St. Agnes Hospital early yesterday morning. He was 88. Born and raised in Baltimore, Youse "was like the Babe Ruth of amateur baseball," said Bobby Ullman, a former Youse assistant coach.

A Hanover man was killed Saturday when he turned his car into the path of a Chevrolet truck in Hanover, county police said.William Walters Youse, 64, of the 7600 block of Rae Road was pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m. at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.The truck driver, Joseph Francis Malinauskas, 35, of the 1400 block of Rio Grande Court in Severn, and his passenger, Douglas Noell, 27, of the 7800 block of LaSalle Court in Severn, were treated for bruises at North Arundel Hospital and released.

A Hanover man was killed Saturday when he turned his car into the path of a Chevrolet truck in Hanover, county police said.William Walters Youse, 64, of the 7600 block of Rae Road was pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m. at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.The truck driver, Joseph Francis Malinauskas, 35, of the 1400 block of Rio Grande Court in Severn, and his passenger, Douglas Noell, 27, of the 7800 block of LaSalle Court in Severn, were treated for bruises at North Arundel Hospital and released.

Two years ago at the World Port baseball tournament in the Netherlands, Johnny's amateur baseball team from Baltimore, representing the United States, upset a select group of Cuban All-Stars, 12-9, in 13 innings.It was the first time the Cubans had lost since the inception of the tournament in the late 1970s, but before they began to sulk over that defeat, they dreamed of a rematch."They came down on the field after we beat them and invited us back," said Johnny's coach Walter Youse, whose team lost to Netherlands in the championship game that year.

A possible trip to Barcelona, Spain -- not to mention that eternal inner fire -- may lure Walter Youse back to the sandlot diamonds for a 39th season in 1994.For now, the 80-year-old Youse will savor his amateur baseball team's latest accomplishment and make a decision on next season around Christmas.Youse, a special-assignment scout for the Milwaukee Brewers, led the Corrigan's Insurance 20-and-under baseball team to a record 18th All-American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) National Championship in Johnstown, Pa., this summer, coming on the heels of a trip to the Netherlands.

Cooperstown, N.Y. -- He came into prominence with the Oakland Athletics, and he will go into the Hall of Fame representing the New York Yankees. But it was in Baltimore that Reggie Jackson first attracted national attention.And it wasn't when he left the Orioles to become the marquee player in baseball's first free-agent pool in 1976. Jackson, who hit 47 home runs in his second full season in the big leagues, had established himself as a dominating performer long before that controversial, but productive, season.