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A news story was recently published by several local weekly papers. about a nine- yearâ€"old Markham area girl who was accidentally shot in the back while watching a base ball game in the Dixon Hill Pub- lic School playground. Two youths were arrested and charged with the dangerous use of a firearm. It is unfortunate that this girl was needlessly in- jured by the hands of an un- trained and unsupervised youth who. if convicted, “'lU carry a police record for the rest of his life. and. probably. a great many re-occurences of a bad memory. As a member of the Whitâ€" church Conservation Club. I would like it to be known that a course of instruction will be held by our club under the Hunter Safety Training Pro- gram of the Ministry of Natural Resources starting July 25 at 8 Pm at Vandorf Community Hall. Don Mills Road. one mile south Invitational Softball Tourn- ament, sponsored by the Rich- mond Hill Ball Association. to take the championship. The 16-team tourney was played at the town park with some of the "B" games being dispatched to Crosby Park. Play got underway Friday evening and concluded in the champion- ship round on Sunday. July 9. Participating were Eringate, C a n a d a Sport (Scarboro), Oshawa Ladies, Oshawa Wood- view. Waterford Motts. Cooks- ville, Thistletown T i g e r s, Queensville Clippers, Bridle- wood, Lakefield. Toronto Com- munity Merchants. Oshwegan Mohawks and Tonawanda. New York. There were no out-ofâ€"park homers, but a chick from Queen-sville socked an in-the- park homer and there were about half a dozen three-bag- gers pounded out. for a more exciting finish. However. ljichmond Hill's four runs in the sixth put the championship out of reach for Toronto. The Darts had plenty of op- portunities to get going. having the bases loaded on three or four occasions. The Hillers tightened up to escape with little or no damage in each case. In this slug-fest final. the local girls smashed out 19 hits which worked out to two each per player. Mary Williamson. team manager. who played a stellar game in centre field, managed three singles. Linda Elliott was the winning pitcher and yielded 11 hits in going the route for the cham- pions. Losing hurler was Nancy Brink who was yanked in the sixth. Gail Foster was the top Dart In this game Marion Foxi started on the mound for the locals and Eringate knicked her for two runs in the initial inn- ing. She was then shifted in favor of Linda Elliott. Both, clubs scored one. making the score 3-1 against the local ladies. Then. in the sixth inning, Marion Fox singled and Muriel Mortson doubled, but advanced all the way home on an error to tie the score. ed this way after the regulation iseven innings and was sent into extra innings. In the ninth Merrylynn Henry drew a base on balls. advanced to third on a double off the bat of Joanne Gallagher and scored the winning run as Judy Elliott singled. R. HILL' 8, OSHAWA 2 For the Richmond Hill Lad- Lakefield The game end» ies. their next opposition was Queensville 4. Bridlewood 2 " Toronto C. M. 1 0. 2nd Round “A” Richmond Hill 4. Eringate 3 Toronto Darts 3, Tonawanda 2 Queensville 4. Lakefield 2 2nd Round “B” Oshawa Ladies 3 Scarboro Can. Sport 1 Waterford Motts 9, Cooksville 3 Bridlewood 7, Com. Merchants 6 Oshwegan 4, Tonawanda 0 3rd Round “A” R. Hill 8, Oshawa Woodview 2 Toronto Darts 15. Queensville 4 3rd Round “B” Waterford Motts 1, Oshawa Ladies 0 Bridlewood 9, Oshwegan 6 Consolation Final Waterford Motts 6, Bridlewood 5 (10 innings) Final R. Hill 11. Toronto Darts ‘7 nchnurn Wnnrlvimv at 1n-2n amiâ€" NEEDLESSLY INJURED Dear Mr. Sports Editor: The home towners crashed home two more runs in the fourth to hold a 7-1 strangle- hold on the match. Two runs in the fifth for the Dart: breathed a little life back into the Visiting girls and they came back in the sixth with Richmond Hill's tall. blonde second sacker. Muriel Mortson. hit, reached second and was able to score on an error in the team's game against Erin- gate of Etobicoke. In the grand championship! In the first round of the game, against Toronm Dartsutournament Friday evening. the the Legion Ladies exploded forlLegion Ladies went against the five runs in the third inningJOshawa Ladies and edged them putting them in command andll-O on seven hits against four definitely having a demoraliz- for Oshawa. ing effect on the Toronto gals. Richmond Hlll's lone. but More th 3 11 3.000 people crowded the park to enjoy these games. Richmond Hill reached the'was Vice President Eric Stoness, finals by turning back Oshawa Who presented the trophy t0 Ladies 1-0. Eringate 4â€"3, Osh- Legion Ladies‘ Captain Merry- awa Woodview 8-2. Toronto lynn Henry and Manager Mary Darts won their first round Williamson. game by default as the Brant- Earlier he presented the "B" ford Debs failed to show. de-‘Ichampio‘nship trophy to Joyce feated Tonawanda 3-2 and‘Craddock and Sharon LeGros Queensville 15-4. ’of the Waterford Motts. GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP ‘ R. HILL 1. OSHAWA 0 By DAVE BARBOUR four runs. Richmond Hill Legion Ladies This prevented a complete overpowered the Toronto Darts rout by Richmond Hill and pro- 11-7 July 9 in the final game of duced some mild concern for the first Richmond Hill Ladies the eventual winners. making Invitational S o f t b a 11 Tourn- for a more exciting finish. ament, sponsored by the Rich- However. ljichmond Hill's mond Hill Ball Association. four runs in the sixth put the to take the championship. championship out of reach for .VOL. 96. NO. 3. Richmond Hill Legion Ladies captured the championship trophy of the first Richmond Hill Ladies Invitational Softball Tournament, spon- sored by the Richmond Hill Ball Association. the other weekend in four straight wins. On their way to the top, they defeated Oshawa Ladies 1-0, Eringate 4-3, Oshawa Woodview 8-2 and Toronto Darts 11-7. SECQN SECTION SPORTS legion ladies Win Big Tournament winning. tally came in the bot- tom of the sixth as Cathy Boa- gey singled, the next two bat- ters went down and Linda Elliott got on base on an error. ,scoring Boagey. Marion Fox, on the mound for the Hill. rec- orded 11 strikeouts. It is the hope of our club that accidents such as this will not be repeated and that youths may enjoy the out-of-doors in safety and with the knowledge and good practise of firearms which will allow others to enjoy it safely, whether hunting. hiking. watching a sport or the pleas- ures of the playground at home. The use of firearms can be a safe and enjoyable sport. whe- ther used in hunting or target shooting. Let us encourage the inexperienced to spend the time to learn the proper and safe methods which. if applied, will eliminate these needless acci- dents. - of the Aurora Sideroad. There will be one course only with a tee of $5 which comers litera- ture and instruction for at least eight hours by qualified instruc- tors. The course will be conclud- ed August 15. For further in- formation call 727-5996 â€" 888- 5996 â€"â€" 888-1214 or 640-3738. Gail Foster was the top Dart hitter, hanging out t h r e e singles. At the end of the game the players lined up on the foul lines with Richmond Hill on the left side. to receive the trophies and congratulations of the sponsors. Representing the Richmond Hill Ball Association was Vice President Eric Stoness, who presented the trophy to Legion Ladies‘ Captain Merry- lynn Henry and Manager Mary BILL RICHARDSON. RR 1. Gormley. Whjtchurch Conservation Club. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1972 acci- ‘ Saturday In the bottom of that inning. Jeanie Baert crossed the plate to conclude the "B" champion- ship game. when Mary Lou Pursley flied to left field with a hard hit shot. Making the play. the centre fielder muffed the catch. allowing Mary Lou to score from first base. Friday Eringate 9. Canada Sport 4 R. Hill 1. Oshawa Ladies 0 Each of the pitchers. Karen Pim of Bridlewood and Barb Columbus of Waterford was ex- ceptionally effective until the fateful tenth. Trailing 3-4 in the fourth, Sharon LeGros singled and was scored on a hit by Joyce Crad- dock. Joyce managed to man- oeuvre herself to third base and scored the goâ€"ahead run on 3 passed ball. This lead increased in the top of the sixth as Sue Imrie. who singled for Bridlewood. was pushed to third. In a sub- sequent play to throw out a bat- ter at first, which went askew. Sue dashed home to force extra innings. The consolation finals saw Waterford Motts roar up from behind. go ahead. get tied up. and then. in the third extra inning. push a run across the plate to defeat a game Bridle- wood team 6-5. Merrylynn Henry walked. Judy Elliott singled. Mary Wil- liamson got on on an error. Liz Fyfle and Joanne Gallagher hit into fielder’s choices with the play being made at the plate in each case. Lynn Olsen got on by the error route. scoring a couple, Cathy Boagey hit, Muriel Mort- son got a life on an error. driv- ing home another run. Linda Elliott singled as did Merrylynn Henry. making her second ap-1 pearance at the plate in the‘ inning, each driving in runs. ‘Finally Mary Williamson flied} to short to end the inning! which salted the game away for‘ the locals. The Hill team scar-1 ed once again 3 For the Oshawa team it was Cathy Stead scoring in the fifth and Lorraine Marchin safe on a fielder‘s choice in the seventh. She managed to find her way across the plate. WATERFORD MOTTS 6. BRIDLEWOOD 5 For the Richmond Hill Lad- ies. their next opposition was Oshawa Woodview, at 10:30 am Sunday morning. Four scoreless. fast, well- played innings went by before Richmond Hill ended the string of goose eggs, exploding for seven runs. R. HILL 4. ERINGATE 3 The Richmond Hill girls were pitted against Eringate in the first contest of the second round on Saturdayâ€"a real squeaker. In this game Marion Fox started on the mound for the locals and Eringate knicked her for two runs in the initial inn- ing. She was then shifted in favor of Linda Elliott. Both Oshawa Woodview 3. Cooksville 1 Thistletown Tigers 7 Waterford Mutts 5 Tonawanda won by default as TOURNAMENT SCORES In the above picture are seen (left to right) Coach Shorty Bowen, Playing Manager Mary Williamson, Captain and Catcher Merrylynn Henry and Tom Mashinter. Vice-President Eric Stoness of the Richmond Hill Ball Association (in the background) presented the “A” and “B” Championship Trophies. the Oshwegan team from the Bolton was playing under the Six Nations Reserve was late. worst conditionsâ€"their coach Toronto Darts won by default had just quit and they had as the Brantford Debs failed to exactly nine players. No doubt show. they were tired after such a Queensville 4. Bridlewood 2 long. depressing game for them, Lakefield 2. Toronto C. M. 1 but they took their defeat well. A battery company official has forecast that electric cars will be in use for limited purposes within five years. Edward J. Dwyer. who heads the firm making Exide batteries. said existing technology will be enough to produce practical electric cars to operate at limited distances. While these could be important in areas where traffic congestion and related air pol- lution are major factors. it is likely to be some time before the cars have been developed to the state where they can go for many miles without recharging. Car makers are undertaking a number of related research ventures. In addition to possible electric cars, indus- try teams are also looking into other means of pro- pulsion as well as refinements to the conventional internal combustion engine. 011 Grand Openings and Records With this being our grand opening week we intend to set records. So pop in and find out just how big our trade-in values are. While you're here have a coffee and donut on us. Watch for our next Car Talk Column Aug. 3rd. I note American plans to require car manufac- turers to install air bags as the form of passenger pro- tection replacing seat belts have been set back two years. Target date is now 1976. Federal safety offic- ials in the States said “time and money were the real problem. It could have been done by 1974,_ but, at enormous cost . . ." They expect the industry to begin offering air bagsâ€"which inflate upon impact and cushion the people in the vehicle â€" on some models in 1973. Car Talk Reports from the United States indicate that a seat belt interlock system is going to be on 1974 model cars there. This system will prevent drivers from starting their cars until everyone in the car has put on the seat belts. Research regarding this has been going on for some time, but, many difficulties have been encountered and it was only recently that import- ant advances were made by engineers. When per- fected on 1974 vehicles, the system will increase the rate of seat belt usage to more than 90 per cent. officials estimate. Unit cost is expected to be between $35 and $70 depending on whether the system is used in the front seats only. or in front and back seats. Automotive Research Intensities There’s no doubt about Nineteen Seventy-two being a year for record expenditures by research teams in the automotive industry. Nissan â€"- the makers of Datsun cars and trucks â€" and all the other car manna facturers are busy with a number of major research projects in the fields of vehicle safety and pollution control. I'm sure many of you are familiar with signif- icant advances made during recent years. While considerable headway has been made, there are a Ember of areas that merit watching in the months ead. 889-0972 9' 773-4661 169 YONGE ST. N., RICHMOND HILL (mnoto by Dave Bauour) Wide Open ’til 10 p.111. Monday to Thursday Friday & Saturday ’til 6 NEILL By IAN NEILL (Ebe liberal This time they beat Bolton 38-6 in a game that took three hours to play the seven innings. The Mic Macs went for nine runs in the first inning and never looked back. This game was considered a practice session by most Mic Mac girls and there was a lot of fooling around. both on the field and on the bench. Richmond Hill Mic Mac girls’ softball team won again last week. Two home runs were hit by Nancy Stoness. while Louise Brewer and Cheryl Lance each aceounted for one. Pitching duties were shared by Louise Bréwer. Bonnie Bryan and Carol Ann Rogers. The next Mic Mac game is July 27 at 8:30 at Crosby Park. Mic Macs Beat Bolton In Three Hour Game mumumulmmunmmmmumuumml«mmnuuwuummm mum“lll[llill111mlllllllll“ll!“llllllllllllllllIll“\llllllll\lll\lll“lll\lu Dynes Jewellers Time: 8:30 pm. THURS, JULY 20th At Town Park Admission 50¢ Students 25¢ Children 8; Pensioners Free Second prize for three wins went to the Harry Bramar rink of Stouffville. High for two wins went to the Doug Skelly rink of Agincourt and high for one win to the Bert Green rink of Cosburn Park, Toronto. A Richmond Hill rink, skipped by Floyd Perkins, won the Men's Trebles Dis- trict Tournament held on the local greens July 12. Other members of the rink were Ted Mansbridge and Dan Boyle. Toronto & District Softball League Perkins Rink Wins Trebles N.Y. C.C.M. LTD. VS. Your local dealer for Comet - Capri - Cortina - Cougar - Meteor Mercury - Montego and Ford Trucks SMOOTH RIING LONG 104” WHEELBASE 1800=cc.4-CYL. ENGINE TWIN HILLS MEBGURY FORD’S NEW IMPORT $2580 Presents Q COMFORTABLE SMARTLY TAILORED CAB TEST DRIVE IT TODAY PICKUP COVER NOT INCLUDED