The Columbus Lodge No. 2143 Order of Sons of Italy in America will play softball against the New York Jets' Matt O'Dwyer and his celebrity team this summer at Carmen Road Park in Massapequa, L.I.

Ed Bochynski, a corporate tax manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP and Pete Gisonda, a retired US postmaster, are the co-chairmen of the Columbus Lodge softball team who will be assembling members of the Order of Sons of Italy in America (OSTA) to play in this charitable event.

"Bring on the Jets," said Anthony Curran, 22-year-old member of the Columbus Lodge Matt O'Dwyer, the 6 ft. 4 in. 300-lb. former Big Ten standout from Northwestern University, was drafted by the New York Jets in 1985. Joining O'Dwyer's celebrity team will be professional wrestler Sunny Beach, from the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF).

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Carol Barteld. director of Special Events for the Arthritis Foundation, confirmed O'Dwyer, Sunny Beach and the OSIA's participation in the fund-raising event. For directions, date and time please call the Arthritis Foundation at 427-8272.

This summer, the Columbus Lodge No. 2143 OSIA will participate in several softball games to raise money for various Long Island charities. In addition to the Arthritis Foundation, the Columbus Lodge will be playing on April 1 for Easter Seals and April 22 for the Ronald McDonald House.