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Skip had been a stalwart for the Jewellers and other local teams for the past 12 years. A colorful yappy type of guy, who swung one of the meanest gats around. He Was always a favorite with the ans. But things hadn’t been going too good for Skip lately. He had undergone an operation for an ulcer the previous season. had aggravated the operation by continuing to play, and had seen little action before the All-Ontario. THE SKIPPER? 'l‘he upsetting part wasn’t so much that the Jewellers lost. It was because the player involved was one Bill “Skip” DeGeer. I had great plans for Skip'in that game. 1n my imagination, I had him coming off the bench and hitting a home run to spark the team on its way to a big win. Worse, than that, this turned out to be the last game Skip played. He claims that play, as bad as it was, culminated his career. "When I missed that play,” 36-year-old Skip was saying the other day, "I knew it was game over for me. That had to be it. I should have eaten the ball up. I just couldn’t get to it and when I did I booted it around. You've got to know when you’re finished.” Skip admits that he would have liked to play another two or three seasons. “But this finished me,” he said pointing to his stomach. “I’m all wired up and I just haven’t got it 'anymore. I can still hit. you never forget to hit, but I just don‘t have it defensively. “I don’t believe in hanging around if you can’t do your best. So I got out.” Skip may be out of the playing end of it for good but he's still very much a part of the game. ,Would you believe that Skip has turned bad, I mean. turned umpire? That‘s right. He’s currently umpire-in-chief for the Rich- mond Hill and District Softball Association which is quite a switch. _ “I enjoy it,” states Skip. “It’s just a case of calling strikes and balls and knowing the rules of the game. The most important thing is gaining the ’Wliiti did upset me was the one play that came in the fourth inning with the Jewellers and Windsor tied at 0-0. It was the play that eventually elimin- ated Richmond Hill from the 1970 Ontario Tourna- ment. ~~ Well, it didn’t happen. But you know about that. Two no-hitters thrown at our local heroes. This didn’t make me too happy, didn’t make me soar off into flights of heroic fancy. Stark reality. Life, agggh. What I mean is I’m always trying to turn fact inlo fiction, milk heroic situations out. of real-life plots. It’s great in theory but it doesn’t seem to always work in fact. ' In fact the last time I _ did it was in July of u . 1970 and, yes, it involved BILL SKIP DeGEER our dear old Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers who were participating in the All-Ontario championships which were being held right here in our own back yard. What drama, what this and that. as the Jew- ellers come on to win it all and go into the Can~ adian championships. The thing about life is ' that you never know, whether you’ve got a kiss or a kick coming to you around the next cor- ner. Sometimes you get both at once. When this happens, don’t panic! don’t get discouraged. Just throw up your arms. Surrender. a w SPORTS SUMMER TUNE-UP SPECIAL... $16.00 $18.95 RICHMOND HILL 395 Yonge St. N. 884-8118 VOL. 94, NO. 50 Change Points Adjust carburetor 6 cylinders (Continued on Page 14) CALL TOMMY End 01" Line? GAME OVER By Fred Simpson Plugs 0 Condenser I Service Air Breather Sport spots CHRYSLER ‘ DODGE LTD. RICHMOND HILL 889-1915 8 cylinders RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 197 Richmond Hill Kent Clothes Upshaw and Cook \vithla stolen Juniors dropped their second base sandwiched in between ac- and straight games in Rich- counted for the Kentsmen’s mond Hill and District Major only run. Winning pitcher was Fastball League action last last year’s Kent star, Al Griffin. week. m.“ :.._:-_._ ck“ _.._._._ m.“ . They were downed 8-2 by Bradford at; the town park June 1 and then were bounced 10-1 by Unionville in Unionville the (next night. The action started after Kin- nersly got hold of a Hames of- fering and blasted it far into right field and scrambled all the way home for what ap- peared to be an easy game tieing homerun. But it wasn’t that kind of “easy” night. Kinnersly was sitting on the bench ac- cepting congratulations when a London player took the ball and touched third base whereby the umpire ruled Kinnersly out be- cause he apparently had failed to touch third. ‘ This brought Manager Cripps‘ to the fore and he apparently said some unkind remarks about the umpire referring to him as a “donkey” which prov-‘ ed to be fatal. Out he went. Smith also went the same way for expressing his thoughts' with too much enthusiasm. The entire episode was aptly} summed up by a throaty fan; from the stands who bellowedl out that “this is better than Comedy Capers.” It was except the Dynesman weren’t doing much laughing. l ‘ Pitcher Billy Drennan hit a ‘game-winning home run with {one man on in the eight inn- ‘ing Thursday night of last week as Richmond Hill Dynes Jewel- ‘lers came from behind to edge Oshawa Gales 7â€"6 in an Oshawa‘ and District Fastball League: game at the town park. Drennan then struck out danâ€" gerous Bob Young with two out. and two on in the ninth inning: to preserve the lead he had‘ given the Jewellers with his own bat. Pitching wasn‘t really the name of the game this time out as both teams took turns get- ting their share of the blows. Winning hurler Drennan went all the way allowing six hits while striking out nine batters. Ron Taylor was whacked for 12 blows. Dynes appeared to have the game wrapped up in the very first inning as they jumped on Taylor for four hits and four runs. Derek Kinnersly and Brian 3 single by Taylor. Dynes moved into a 5-2 lead ‘on an error and singles by Downing and first baseman Don Lee. Oshawa responded with four runs of their own in the fifth inning to move into a 6-5 lead setting the stage for Drennan‘s late-inning heroics. These heorics came in the bottom of the eighth inning with two men out and John Mc- Donald on first base as a re- sult of a single. Drennan step- ped to the plate and lofted the second pitch by Taylor high and over the left field barrier. Ferry hit back-to-‘back singles: Cook relieved and was also victimized by the infielders’ lack lustre performances. Back to back singles by Barry The following evening in ionville the Kent team beaten by a 10â€"1 count by ionville but the squad sht flashes of form in the early ings before collapsing. Scotty Stirrat started tagged with the loss. Until that time, the Clothiers I had kept the score respectable‘ trailing by a narrow 4-2 mar- I gin. Bradford managed to add ‘ another two in the ninth off reliever Robbie Clepham to make the final score read 8-2. The only Kent runs recorded were both solo homeruns off the bats of first baseman Don McIntyre and outfielder Barry Upshéw. He was the victim of his mates’ shaky fielding and actu- ally looked effective in the five innings he worked. The game played loeally saw the Kentsmen remain in con- tention until the seventh inning when starter Marty Cool-z “walkâ€" ed” himself into trouble and then was touched for a two- run triple to make the final score read 6-2 for the visiting Bradford Queen’s Hotel. A small local gathering was impressed by the potential of the Kent youngsters and fans and knowledgable softball men expressed the feeling that the youngsters would win a few games before too long. Kent Juniors Dr0p Two“E To Bradford, UnionvilIeL Neither'was' big Bob Domik were sacrificed to second and who took his lumps in both third respectively, arid romped games as the Londoners treat- home on Les Downing’s single. ed him scandalously_ He was Bob Smith then brought Down- raked for seven hits in the first ing home with a four base blow. game and 12 in the four innings Oshawa got two of the runs he stuck around in the second back in the third inning on a game. Drennen came on in the double by Palmer Knight and This was only the beginning as Manager Russell “Casey” Cripps drew a flick of the thumb from the plate umpire in the third inning following a bizarre turn of events with the Jewellers trailing 1-0 at the time. Joining him seconds after was third] baseman Bob Smith who also had a few‘ words of advice to direct at the umpire. But it was left to the second‘fourth with two out an igame to take all the cake tor‘runs in to put out th ‘sheer nonsense and tomfoolery'London got to him for it as the plate umpire â€"- who run in the fifth inning 0} shall remain nameless out of and two errors. respect for his innocent rela- Hames was in control tives â€" wore out his rightithe way in both games ‘thumb ejecting the Dynesmen.leame up with seine fine ’ The first to go in the very ing. first. inning was Coach Stan That first game sau'hii :Thornington who protested vig- a four hitter \ihile striki orously when the plate umpire seven Jewellers ruled a hunt by Ralph Paterson He came right back a fair ball despite the fat-t it rolled foul by at least a foot. Thoi-nington surprised the um- pire \\ ho at first thought he was rushing up to' embrai'e him. In- stead he grabed him by the shirtâ€"front and- attempted to shake the stuffing out of him. ' L, UM'Amo, ’l'HL'RSDAI. JL‘NE 10. 1971 I)ynes Lose Two To London: 3-], 6-1,; Results games p lllll d Umpire Banishes 4 Dynes In Games} fr";*;";§~'":% By FRED SIMPSON Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers’ management and players spent more time in the showers than they did at the plate Sunday night as London TV Cablemen and Pitcher Dick Hames whipped them 3-1 and 6-1 in an Ontario-Michigan Fastball League doubleheader at London. Cries of anguish issued from the throats of no less than four Jewellers as they trudged from the diamond via the thumb of the plate umpire in the two seven-inning games. the first to “open Outfielder Dé‘ek fielder Derek Kinnersly got the thumb in game for reputedly telling the plate umpire your one eye, you’re missing a good game.” showed arly inn- and \\ as I The juniors play every Tues- day evening in the town park at 8.30 pm. Next Tuesday's iopposition will be Aurora Roll- ‘ing HillsA \ui‘n‘i’uui ' LOCATED JL'ST SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL - 889-9651 I ““““““l““““““‘Q Dynes appeared to have the game wrapped up in the very first inning as they jumped on Taylor for four hits and four runs. Derek Kinnersly and Brian Ferry hit back-to-‘back singles, were sacrificed to second and third respectively, and romped home on Les Downing’s single. Bob Smith then brought Down- ing home with a four base blow. Oshawa got two of the runs Pitcher Billy Drennan hit a.a single game-winning home run with’ Dynes one man on in the eight inn- on an ing Thursday night of last week Downing as Richmond Hill Dynes Jewel- Lee. lers came from behind to edge Osha“, Oshawa Gales 7-6 in an Oshawa runs of and District Fastball League fifth in] game at the town park. 65 In“; Dynes Edge Oshawa That first game saw him twirl a four hitter while striking out seven Jewellers. He came right back in the ‘ i'iâ€"i‘if‘ u i I’i i it ‘ i i i‘i) BRAKE REEINE SPEC UNE WHEEE i F REE V v r u ~ ~ 7 7 7 ~ v i _ i London scored its final run with two out and fournn the third as Charlie Winger n to put out the fire. reached first on an error. mov- I got to him for its final ed to second on Paterson’s sin- the fifth inning on a hit gle, and scored on Jim Brown‘s 7â€" FREE COFFEE SERVED IN OUR SERVICE WAITING ROOM TO MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE. PONTIAC- BUICK â€" 9612 YONGE ST.- 884-4481 an): liberal all of as he pitch- Oshawa threatened in its half of the ninth inning as Doug Cole and Lloyd Mapes both walked with two men out. This brought heavy-hitting Young to the plate and Brennan proceed- ed to strike him out to end the game. Oshawa 'responded with four runs of their own in the fifth inning to move into a 6-5 lead setting the stage for Drennan's late-inning heroics. These heorics came in the a single by Taylor. Dynes moved into a 5-2 lead on an error and singles by Downing and first baseman Don Lee. London closed out the game in the fourth inning with four runs on six hits including an error to second baseman Brian Ferry. The second game saw London opening the scoring in the first inning on two hits â€"â€" one being that controversial bunt by Pat- erson that Smith let roll foul but which the plate umpire, by some quirk of the imagination, ruled a fair ball putting run- ners on first, and second‘ Winger scored before the innâ€" ingr was out. single second contest and fashioned a six hitter including eight strike- outs. r The first game saw London'xansB: Pnotique Studios 14, take a 2-0 lead in the second Fmd’s TOWing 5- inning on two hits by Dale Tykes Will play a 13 week Gooding and Rich McCaw plus'SCh?d“le meludmg 3“ Monday an error charged to pitcheriholidays. Playoffs to start Aug- Domik. The big blow was“St 30' \' Gooding's triple. PEEWEES Dynes came back with a run‘ Rendezvous 15. Kenzie Phar- in the third as Domik doubled. mac-y 2; Richmond Hill Music went to third on an error andlls, Mac Heating 8: Ando-Cast finally scored on Kinnersly's Sanitation 10, Dynes Jewellers single. i6. The Jewellers play host to Oshawa Bunny’s tonight (Thursday) at the town park. Game time is 8:30 Richmond Hill's next On- tario-Michigan doublehead- er will be this Sunday at the town park against Sar- nia Remco‘s. Starting time is 2:30 pm. ;BILLY BRENNAN Game-Winning Homer For Fast Efficient. Service Call Now! : oi the imagination.’ .IIYNIOR GIRLS F iir ball putting I‘un- Perry Hill 11. Village Pizza 9. s “"51 and Second Heavy hitting by Diane Gro-i "9‘1 before “‘8 innigan. Leslie McCleave. Judy Il- ‘Bull and Margaret Butt led‘e 0105911 “Ht “‘9 game Perry Hill to win. Karen Nook- U I‘lh inning “'ilh fOUl‘iles hit the only homei‘un for f ix hits including anlvmage Pizza‘ ‘ Econd baseman Bum“ Richmond Hill Jaycees 5 1 Apollo II Coiffure 2 ilDarlene Harrison struck ‘ouHR :11 for the Jaycees allowing the'E Apollos only two runs in the I first inning. This was a home-{1 run for Julie Wells with one onlI- lbase. lb Gales 7-6 ‘iQuebec Cliampions 0nd Hill's next On- higan doublehead- be this Sunday at park against Sar- 3o‘s. Starting time eighth inning with t and John Mc- rst base as a re- ;le. ‘Drennan step- YOU PAY ONLY .35 Installed Plus Tax Most Chevs. & Pontiacs Also receiving framed pic- tures and crests were Mayor William Lazenby, Lion Presiâ€" dent George Chassie, President Tom Graham of the Richmond Hill Hockey Association. “Lib- eral” Reporter Mary Dawson, Harry Nelson. “No. 20”. Bob Ross and Bus Driver Grant Bur- ford. During the season the Rich- mond Hill Lions played 99 games, including 63 exhibition contests, 18 tournament en- counters and 18 league bouts as well as 43 practices. They racked up a record of 55 wins. 36 losses and eight ties. Mayor William Lazenby told the boys’ parents they should be very proud of their “young gentlemen, who are tremendous statesmen and are a credit to Each boy received a power players album with the compli- ments of Imperial Oil with the pictures to come at an early date. along with pictures of the team and of himself in action. It was an evening of presen- tations, with the team present- ing a framed picture of the boys who won the “B” champ- ionship in Quebec City, were finalists in Thunder Bay and finished in second place in the North York League, with the Quebec crest and jewellery cases‘ to Coaches Gary Smith and Ed Sackfield, Trainer Fred Beard and Manager Stan Hitchinson. ‘ Bruce Chaisson, who collect- Richmond Hill wherever they ed a total of 71 points in the travel.” 1970-71 season was awarded Lion President George Chas- the Australian Cup for the'sie, who has been associated Richmond Hill Lion Peeweefwith minor hockey ever since showing the most endeavor, at its inception in Richmond Hill, the annual banquet held at the on behalf of the sponsors, Lions Hall June 4. Danny thanked the boys for their ac- Jones was presented with the tive publicity. “You repay us yellow team jacket for the by winning hockey games and player with the most assists acting as young men should,” during the season. He had 46 he stated. and a total of 95 points for the Tribute was paid: “by Caach season. Ed Snow-ELM in mam, an..." Bruce Chaisson Awarded Trophy Best Endeavor Lions Peewees David Chepeloky topped the score sheet for Rendezvous with a grand slam homerun. BANTAMS Kinnear Pontiac 13, Rich- mond Hill Billiards 1; Eric‘s Cycle 6, Charlton Hardware 5. Kevin Smith hit a homerun for Kinnear. Charlton’s Wayne Hillaby and Bob Mills refused to go down without a fight. each having a homerun to their credit. Tykes will play a 13 week schedule including all Mon-day holidays. Playoffs to start Aug- ust 30. \- Ramsey Rec 15. Richmond Hill Auto Body 6: Tony's Esso 8, Kent Clothes 6; Tony‘s Esso 8, Kent Clothes 3; Rumble Transport 5, G. S. Wood Optic- ians.‘3: Photique Studios 14, Fred’s Towing 5. Ramsey Rec 15 Hill Auto Body 6: 8, Kent Clothes, 6; The roster of the 1970-71 Lion Peewee Hockey Team in- cluded: Ben Bourget, Glen Ta- tum, Robert Dynes, Chris De- Geer, Mike Ham, Bruce Chais~ son, David Forbes, Kerry Min- or, Mark Brillinger, Gordon Forbes, Mike Gallaughei‘. David Brook, Danny Jones. Gordon Bedwell, Mark Girdler and} Robert Wallingford. j Tribute ‘was paid by coach Ed Sackfield to many others who have helped the team in the past, including Jack Gor- don who sends roses to Quebec City to be given to the boys’ billets each year. and to Ken Addley and Bill Morrison who keep the boys’ skates sharpened throughout the season. Murphy Real Estate Mister Transmission Bob‘s Boys ‘ Dairy Queen Tovm Auto Body Hodgins Hardware N. S. Smith Scott Crawford with two hits in as many trips to the plate. (Squirts baseball is played each Thursday night from 7 pm until 8:15 pm at Bradtsock Park). in Mark Winje from third base. 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