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GOOD PLAYERS DEPRIVED Up until now I have been talking about teams as a Whole playing more games throughout the season. What I am talking about is the usage of a “B” to represent a town. The way it stands presently. unless a player is one of the fifteen best in town, he will be shipped to the house league. Two or three of the better players from the house league may be brought up to the All-Star team from time to time in order to fill in for someone on holidgys ip a league game or to play in a tournament. This definitely hinders a player's development, as he may be playing way over the head of everyone else in the house league except for two or three players, but those couple of players are just enough to keep him in the lower echelon of competition, instead of allowing him to play against boys who have roughly the sgme ability capacity as him. of why not let each house league in Richmond Hill form their own All-Star team for the tournaments to be held in Richmond Hill this summer. The answer was that it was against the OASA rules and that a house league All-Star team would get bombed. Well, I personally feel that the various house leagues. in Richmond Hill have some pretty good tal- ent in them and that, although they may lose in a tournament with “A” teams, that they would not get shelled and would more than likely put up a good fight. I know that a "B" All-“tar team from the peewee house league in Richmond Hill could have knocked off at leaSe two teams in the Richmond Hill Peewee tournament held several Saturdays ago, although they would have had trouble with the other six. But, one thing that I feel should be innovated Into house league softball is already being practised in hquse league hockey. So. therefore, unless the player is one of the top eighteen players in town for his age group, the chances of him ever being able to play against top competition, even though he may be say the twenty- firstjest player, is very remote. A perfect example of this could be demonstrated right here in Richmond Hill this season. The Richmond Hill Peewee House League is better this year than it has been for quite a few years, and maybe better than any one in past his- tory. It is one of those years where an abundance of choice players seem to congregate in one house league It is not likely that the league will be as good for at least several more years, as a league only comeiup with this much talent once in a long while. .- vnevu .u u. suns vvuuc. The reason for this being such a good league with top players can be directed towards the fact that this season’s version of the Richmond Hill All~ Stars happens to be one of the best in Ontario. therefore other good players in Richmond Hill must suffer. 7 As far as it being against theflgulvésmt‘o “file-1;? a non-OASA team competmg in a tournament with OASA teams, I feel that something should be done about it. Namely. get a. movement going where there would be tournaments for “B” ranked All-Star teams such as there is in hockey. This would prove to he more interesting for fhe players themselves and would also supply them with the extra games. Probably the most obvious solution is to have an arrangement where every second week the teams in a certain league would play two games, with one game being played on each week between. The agreement or arrangemEnt between two minor ball organizations to play an interlocking schedule between the teams from the two different towns. POSSIBLE SOLUTION Although it would entail a lot of extra work, the situation, the way it stands now, does not have to remain this way for many more years to come. Althofigh {hat is the more obvious and simpler to organize of the two solutions, there is one that couliprove to be more interesting. T am not trying to say that All-Star teams should be forced to play less baseball than they already are. but that house league teams should get the chance to play a little more ball in a season than they already do, even if they still fall quite a ways short of All-Star teams. Plus. when you take into account the fact that the All-Stars get ali those extra innings, it is pos- sible that they receive as much as three times the amount of playing time as a house league team. Come the end of the season most All-Star learns usually end up playing“ more than twice as many games as even the most active house league team (approximately forty 01' so games for an All-Star team. twenty-twenty-twn games for a good house league team. others even less). The numerous All-Star teams not only get more games to play, but also play more innings (peewee house league five innings, peewee All-Star seven innings). Of course All-Star teams participate in more league games as well, as they usually have two and sometlmes even three games a week. All-Star teams for example usually participate in anywhere up to five or six tournaments a year, while on the other hand the house league teams are treated to one tournament a year. I am not blaming the minor ball association in this town or any other town for this lack of playing time, as I realize there are only so many umpires and diamonds which can be used. But, this does still not detract from the fact, that. most house league teams do not play often enough. 12 infiriiy estimation this is just not enough ball a week for boys and girls who are avidly inter- ested in playing: as much as possible: House leagues in most towns. and in particular Richmond Hill. have game: scheduled for one night, a week, with the coach possibly calling one practice a week as well. This Week I am going to bat for all house league players in general, but particularly the better players. It has been my opinion for quite some time now that house league teams and players in every age group are not getting a chance to play enough base- ball in one season. {kt a s‘of‘tt3all meqting hgld in April.»the question House League Players Deprived THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thur; DOUBLE THE TIME All Sorts Of Sports By BOB CARTON Susan O‘Connell was the win- ning pitcher as she hurled her first game of the year. She recorded six strikeouts during the one-sided contest. Richmond Hill Bantam Girls continued to roll along last week as they won two more games, They remained undefeated in league play and piled up their highest score ever as they crushed Maple 52-0 in a game that lasted only three and a half innings because of the time limits Every player on the Rich- mond Hill got at least five hits in the game. Leading the way were Carol Hunsdale. Barbara Jean Moss and Denise White who had four homers each: Susan O’Connell and Sue Char- bonneau had two homers each and Donna Querengesser. Kim Hoare and Darlene Harrison smacked one each. Their second victory of the week saw the girls defeat an older team of all stais from the house league 23-12. Donna Querengesser was the winning pitcher. striking out seven bat- ters and aiding her own cause with two home runs. The two pitchers for Rich‘ mond Hill gave up four hits, four walks and had four strike- outs while their team com- mitted four errors. Big hitter for the Legion was Tl' Muriel Mortson with two hits, Cons with singles going to Judy hank Elliott, Merrylynn Henry, Mary ther Losing pitcher was Linda Elliott with Merrylynn Henry catching. Muriel Mortson start- ed on the mound for the local girls but was relieved by Linda in the fifth. Winning pitcher was Sara Paxton with Karen Dew catching. Sara gave up seven hits. one walk, had one strikeout, and her team committed five errors. Would You Believe It? 52 Runs In 3V2 Innings The season is now about half over and the bantam girls have a record of 14 wins and one 1055. They have scored 435 runs against their opponenu and have allowed 101 runs in return. Leading pitcher is Donna Querengesser with a perfect 10-0 record. Denise White leads in home runs with 15. followed by Donna Queren- gesser and Barbara Jean Mass with 11 each. Legion Ladies Win One 'Lose Ist In League Play I The girls have a fantastic The Legion Ladies scored three runs in the first inning when Merrylynn Hem-y hit a single and scored on Mortson's double. Muriel scored when Linda Elliott made a triple out of an error to Barrie‘s right- fielderi Linda then scored on Williamson's single. The only other run was scor- ed in the second when Cathy Boagey singled and then stole second and third and scored on Henry's single. Community Merchants 6 Legion Ladies 5 Thursday night the Legion Ladies travelled to Dieppe Park to play the Community Mer- chants. They were defeated by the Toronto team 6-5 in their first loss this year. Bantam Girls Batting Av. .715 Linda gave up only two hits. five walks and had four strike- outs while Richmond Hill play- ed errorless ball. Anna gave up nine hits, no walks and had three strikeouts while her team mates committed three errors. Big hitter for Richmond Hill was Mary Williamson with three hits. followed by Merry- lyn‘n Henry with two. Single hits went to Cathy Boagey, Muriel Mortson with a double. Janet Sommerville and Mars Mackan. May, July 20, 1972 Wednesday, July 12. the Rich- mond Hill Legion Ladies defeat- ed the Barrie Beavers 4-0 at the lawn park. Winning pitcher was Linda Elliott with Merry- lynn Henry catching. Consolation Trophy During the day the tarp could be rolled out when rain threatened and could he watched by the groundskeeper for theft. For the few minutes it would take to roll out and roll up the tarp. a lot of games could be prevented from being cancelled. The chance of theft after 11:00 at night is very slim, just walk by there yourself some night after eleven and see how many people are even in the Vicinity of the park. But, the use of the terp could be determined strictly by the weather. On nights when rain is predicted a few employ- ees of the Works Department could roll it out onto the infield. 0n nights when there was no chance of rain. this procedure could be avoided. _0f cohrse the chance of theft is one factor yzhlch might defer from buying of such a needed 1 em. Over the weekend there were two tournaments washed out because of the torrential downpour. The bantam girls on Saturday and the midgets on Sunday. I feel that in order to prevent future tourna- ments and games from continually being postponed because of wet grounds, that some movement to buy a tarpaulin to cover the infield should be made. Instead of having a useless; sometimes danger- nus scoreboard in centre field at town park, I feel that a tarp would be much more useful. TOURNAMENTS WASHED OUT Donna Querengesser Darlene Harrison Carol Hunsdale . . . . Denise White Sue Charbonneau .. Susan O‘Connell Julie Wells . Denise Barclay Barbara Jean Moss Janet Whittingham . Kirsten Bruhn Kim Hoare Susan Purves .. . team batting average of .715‘ Individual batting records are: MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 20 Tonight (Thursday) at Dienpe Park. the East York Ladies All-Star Team will meet the Agineourt Senior Ladies Softball Team. The all stars chosen from the Richmond Hill Legion Ladies are: Pitcher Marion Fox, Cate-her Merrylynn Henry, First Baseman Lynn Olsen. Second Baseman Muriel Mortson and Short- stop Linda Elliott (also a pitcher). Coaching the all star team will be Shorty Bowen and Mary William- son. The Legion Ladies won the Consolation Trophy at Fair- banks Park, July 15-16. Fur- ther notes on that next week. Community Merchants scored one run in the first inning on two Hill errors. They scored one more in the second on two walks and a double and four runs in the fifth on two hits, two walks and one Legion error. i ‘Mortson's hit. The Legion Ladies scored’ two runs in the first when Irene‘j Bryson was safe on an error and! advanced to second on a wild‘ pitch. She scored on MUrieI Muriel scored when Merrylynn Henry was safe on an error and advanced to second on a wild pitch. She scored on Muriel Mortson’s hit! Muriel scored when Merrylynn} Henry was safe on an error. Richmond Hill scored its last run in the seventh when Judy Elliott hit a single and advanc- ed to third on Muriel’s single. Judy scored when Linda Elliott was safe on an error. Richmond Hill scored two more in the fifth when Marg Mackan started off with a double, then Judy Elliott was safe on an error and Margscorâ€" ed when Irene Bryson was safe on an error. Judy scored when Muriel Mortson was safe on a fielder‘s choice play. Hitters for the Community Merchants were Diane Norlnck with a double and Bev North. cote. Sara Paxion and Bonnie White with singles. Williamson. Liz Fyfle and double by Marg Macken. Open Mon. - Fri. ITS NOW! RIGHT NOW! SAM/.4 - BODY RUB WE'RE OPEN HAIR STYLED THE CENTURIAN’S SAUNA BATH & BODY RUB 10 LORNE AVE. RICHMOND HILL 884-9511 RELAX IN THE MOST MODERN SAUNA - BODY RUB ESTABLISHMENT NORTH OF THE CITY 848 _800 ‘774 ‘754 724 ,705 692 .692 666 .634 615 572 556 In the Men’s Doubles Tourn- ament played in Thornhill on July 9 all finalists in the con- solation round were from this club and it was won by Kieron Lennon and Barry Munro. Today lThui‘sdayl. Markham plays here in the York Simcoe \League.- so that means the ‘courts will be booked Thursday levening until approximately \9:30 pm. Next week the local {Majors play at Pine Point on Tuesday and the local club will be hosts to Brampton on the same evening. On Thursday the York Simcoe Team will play here against Barrie, and the courts will be in uSe both those nights until about 9:30. Unfortunately the 1‘0 u n d robin tournament scheduled for last Saturday had to be cancell- ed due to the uncertain weather. but our club championships will be coming up at the end of next month, so anyone wishing to play in a double event should get his or her partner lined up now. ' There will be a men's doubles tournament at Credit Valley Saturday and a mixed doubles at Brampton on August 5. Both these are Inter-County League events. Starting next Monday there will be a tennis clinic for junior members of the club at the Hen- don Gate Tennis Club, Yonge Street at Finch. This has been This week, on July 18, North York played here in the Inter- County Major League, and in the Inter-County “B”, we play at Central Park in the same night. aneaa 1-0 m tms contest untul 1n the fifth‘ with one out and DeGeer walked, fqllowed by the 'bases loaded. Diego Min- Peter Beatty's solid two-run chem. in fihe field, made a homer. In the third: Timldlspect‘acular catch to double off Moreland. Greg Machllan a"d‘the- runner on first. In the DeGeer all singled as the-VLions' fifth. they put. n. all to- DUShed tWO 1‘1"“ across the’gether. as they scored five runs plate. [to lead 7-3. MincheHa Shasth In HMI fourtlh the Lions saHed a singlp. Tipnld reached firsl away the game with seven run‘s‘nn an errnr, and Moreland and a’s Philip. 'Nye, Tipold. More-I Philip hmh singled. land and MacMilIan all slngled‘ The Hillers adde two more Peter Beatty singled, Chris DeGeer walked. followed by singles by Chris Nye and Paul Philip. Ross Querengesser and Moreland walked as the Lions led 8-1. Philip closed out the scoring by adding one more run New Dundee actually Went’ ahead 1-0 in this contest until DeGeer walked, followed by Peter Beatty's solid two-runl homer. In the third. Tipold‘l Moreland, Greg MacMillan and‘ DeGeer all singled as they‘ pushed two runs across thev plate. ‘ Eringate crossed one run in: the third before the Lions erupâ€" ted with six runs in the fourth to lock up the game. in the fifth. Pitcher Moreland struck out. 15 batters in put the Lions in the division of the tourney. LIONS 11, NEW DUNDEE 1 Paul Philip‘s sparkling two hitter over five innings paced the Lions to an 11-1 victory over New Dundee in the second game. So effective was Paul that be accounted for 12 strike- outs of a possible 15. Owen Sound Tourney R. Hill Lions Peewees Reach Finals The Lions had earlier defeated Eringate 9-3, New Dundee 11-1 and East Gwillimbury 93. The Hillers opened the tourney against Eringate, winning 9-3 on Glen Moreland's three hitter. The Lions scored a run in the first as Pete Tipold beat out a single and later scored on Dale Strang's solid single. Moreland aided his cause by singling and eventually scoring. Richmond Hill Peewee Lions were nipped 7-6 by their hosts last. Sunday night in the final game of the “A” Championship of the Owen Sound Tourn- ament. Stop ’N Shep DISCOUNT MARTS One of THE LARGEST SELECTIONS in the Metro area Brigham ° R&H ' Peterson ’ Medico, Etc. T0 ST‘. Richmond Heights Centre 884-6423 Mon. to S By Advance Appointment Sat. 8: Sun. arranged by the Inter-County Association. while Dale Stranz doubled and Beatty smashed his second ho- mer of the game. Philip mowed down the New Dundee team in order as the game ended after five innings because the Lions led by 10 runs. 7.‘_- Ivan-Ulla, nu icon. 0‘0. Owen Sound rebounded again to tie the score on a single and LIONS 9, EAST GWILLIMBURÂ¥ 3 The. Lions were "0‘" 1“ thelhome run after two outs. sgml-flnals fl‘nd met. EaSt GWLl'l In the fourth. Tipold singled, llmbm‘y. Wllh Philip. 0" t” epvas sacrificed to second, stole monsdggévuIlLTEeI-Igy 5:;glllgirlcll and scfm’edflon Strang‘s age. ‘ ‘ ~ ’5 a ow sacri ice y. runner. The Hillers tallied In the bottom nf the sixth. twice in the first 85‘ TiDOId Owen Sound crossed two more singled, Moreland walked smell| . runs on three singles to finally Strang reached first on an er- win 7,6. ror. “H '1‘“ ‘ ' In the third Gwlllimbury tapped Philip for four singles as they scored twice to lead 3-2. Moreland replaced Philip on the mound and retired two batters. SPEEDWAY WNW-Indefiin m 75" on “RED CAP" $10,000 . -. AWAAOJ' RACES [Ari-moot; STOCK CAR lET'S PLAY TENNIS J. Beresford Anderson Phone 884-2115 Richmond Hill Tennis Club .V The Lions scored two runs in the first, as Tipold singled. Moreland walked and DeGeer singled. In the second. how- ever. Owen Sound tapped Pit- cher Moreland for two singles and two walks to lead 3-2. and two walks to 193d 3-2. The Hillers bounced back with three runs as MacMillan. Philip and Nye all singled. with DeGeer walking, to lead 5-3. under the light; the Lions 1051. a close one 7-6 to Owen Sound. The Lions had a bad break in this game as Philip, who had scored. was sent back to third base when the umpire ruled a wild throw had hit a spectator and Philip could take only one base. Another Lion had belt- ed a solid homer, but was ruled out because he failed to touch first base on his circuit. These two runs could well have Won m the bottom nf the sixth. Owen Sound crossed two more runs on three singles to finally win 7â€"6. the game and the éhralgpionship for the Lions. BUY 'r OYO TA 55:8“; m JAPAN CAR SALES CANADIAN SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS EDMONTON, ALTA., AUG. 30 - SEPT. 4,1972 $22]. RICHMOND HILL DYNES FASTBALL CLUB w. & P. MOTORS LTD. EH3 Om thing has always been to make the Bug solid, dependable and practical. Bm lately, some people have been taking our thing, and doing 1heir own. llike adding cule flowers and kinky paint jobs) Frankly, we're delighted. 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