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Sue O'Connell Stars Bantams Beetle, Girls Smithville Tourney The Beetles held a 6-4 lead after five innings thanks mainly to the big bats of Vicky Robinson and Sue O'Connell and the errorless play of the Beetle fielders. But the final innings saw the game break wide open as Mississauga scored five in the top of the sixth only to have Richmond Hill come right back with five of their own on back to back homers by Vicky Robinson and Sue O’Connell to make the score 11-9 with one inning to play. Al’s wife’s name is Rena and he has two daughters. Daughter Mary White (along with Mary Ann Palmer) is also active in helping to direct the recreational activities in the town. So, in a way, like dad, like daughter. The date for the tournament is June 28 to July 2 at Burlington. Don’t forget to mark that down on your calendar. Should be a wowser of a tournament with such powerhouses as Oshawa’ Tony’s, Newmarket : Rays, etc. . . . not to mention a fellow by the 1 name of Billy Drennan pitching for Burlington. 1 And then there‘s Lefty Pete Landers. Mmmmh. , He added that “we are also getting tremend- ous tennis facilities with four new courts at Crosby Park. There will also be lights at Ozark Park at Bond Lake.” ‘ My, how time flies. Have hardly got the softball season going when I receive a schedule for this season’s OASA Eighth Annual All-On- tario elimination tournament. At writing, the line-up is still in a state of transition but there’s no doubt they have the pitching in Bob Domik and Wally Dick. 14 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 7, 1973 The Jewellers have won it the last two sea- sons and should have a good go at making it three in a row. The Beetles came to bat in the seventh needing two runs to stay in the game. Brenda Buchan singled with one out and then scored on Robinson‘s double. Robinson then scored to tie the game on O‘Connell‘s single and Darlene Harrison reached first on an error. O'Connell stole third but was unable to score as Les McLeave struck out Wells and grounded out to first. “There are still things to be done,” he said, “but I think we compare equally with any other community of this size. We have swimming all year around. There are facilities available in the schools for physical education programs, and so on I, Four big runs sc’oredi fdr Mississauga in the seventh to give them a 13-11 lead. I should definitely add that Al is of the opinion that the citizenry of Richmond Hill should be reasonably happy with the recreational facilities available. It was their fourth straight win of the day. They opened with a 107-win over Bertie, \vaIIOped Burlington 22-12 and Sarnia 25-14. The game went into extra innings with O'Connell fir- ing fine ball for the Beetles to put Mississauga down in order. The Beetles came to bat needing only one run to win but Nancy Berseth be- gan by striking out. Cheryl Clack came in to pinch hit and knocked a shot to deep centre. She raced around the bases and broke for home as the throw came in the plate. Clack slid in and the catcher dropped the ball for the winning run. Stars of the day were Sue O'Connell and Vicky Robinson. O'Connell, who was selected by the team as captain earlier in the day, pitched the Beetles to _their final two victories. She also hit three singles, a triple and a homemn in the final game. Steadiest performer was Shortstop Vicky Robinson, nicknamed "Smoothie" be- cause of the way she handles the ball. She made no er- rors in the field and hit a single, double. triple and two homers in the championship game. _ unau- uuunbu vvv. mun. _, -w-... :AI’s other-than-sports activities also included three years as a town councillor and a short stint as a welfare administrator. “Oh, I'll keep on enjoying myself. We’ve got a cottage and, of course, I’ll still be lawn bowling. I’ve been a member of the club for, gosh, 35 years.” He was still shaking his head when I left. Where do all the years go? The Richmond Hill W & P Motors Bantam Beetles squeaked to an extra inning 14-13 win over Mississauga Saturday to win the “A” Championship in the Smithville Softball Tourna- ment. That final game was a thriller all the way l and went into extra innings before Richmond; Hill could come up with the win. ‘ (Continued from Page 13) Si! Steffan “helped get the first lights at the town park ball diamond. That must have been in the late fifties. Do you know they’re using the same) poles for the lights at the main diamond now.” Then he was a member of the arena board when the first artificial ice was installed in the old arena; and he was one of the original members of the Richmond Hill Curling Club. On and on and on. “You don’t realize how fuzzy you get on exact dates,” he said. “I’ve been involved in so many things over the years”.- ‘ . Guelph Tr The first All-Ontario Girls Track and Field Meet for high schools was held at Guelph. on the weekend and Markham High won top hon- ors for the best track and field showing in Ontario. Led by Midget Donna Summerland with three vic- tories. and Eleanor Mahal with two wins. the Markham team required but a third M V-“Céâ€"rhâ€"(‘eâ€" 10v think of it I've been involved in sports most of my life.” , What about retirement? Al shakes his head. The Beetles‘ opening 10-7 win over Bertie saw Debbie Howorth striking out eight batters to register the win. Beth Shadoff smacked a home run and Nancy Schneider hit . . . sport Spot; ALL-ONTARIO Howorth again recorded the win bringing her seas- on’s record to 7-2, Julie Wells hit a grand slam homer and Darlene Harrison knocked a solo blast while Laurie Barnett and Brenda Buchan were outstanding de- fensively. The Beetles came from be-‘ hind to defeat a stubborn. Sarnia squad 25-14. The girls trailed 14-7 halfway through the game but a grand slam homer by O'Con- nell, her second of the game. set the big bats booming. Homeruns were also hit by Harrison, Shadoff and Wells while McLeave was the most consistent batter with three doubles and a triple. Den-‘ ise Barclay and Berseth wvere defensive standouts. O'Connell was the winning ‘ pitcher. a bases loaded triple to round off a seven run third inning. Lauren MacInnis and Sharon Apps also played well for Richmond Hill who entered the “A” division of the tournament with this victory. Burlington fell next by 22-12 as the Beetles scored 15 runs in the third and fourth inning to put the game on ice. The girls received a tro- phy for their win. Last season they were "B" win- ners in the tournament. League action saw the girls faring less well as they lost their last two games in the new midget league last week by 15-14 against Wil- lowdale and 10-7 to Ames- bury. The Willowdale game was halted by curfew with no warning given to the Rich- mond Hill squad. The hurl- ers were also made to pitch from 41 feet. six more than usual. For this reason a protest has been made to the league executive and a de- cision will be forthcoming. Joanne Di Monte had three hits in a losing cause for the locals. The Beetles tangled with the powerful Amesbury crew and put up a tremendous battle before finally bowing 10-7. Next week the Beetles be- gin to play in a bantam league which finally has got- ten started and on the week- end they visit Oshawa for a second tournament. lclnnis playing played 1-5. Th The extremely high calibre competition at both the boys and girls final meets must be attributed to the in- creased interest by track and field clubs in training high school athletes 12 months of the-year. Led by Midget Donna Summerland with three vic- tories. and Eleanor Mahal with two wins. the Markham team required but a third place finish in the mfdget relay to amass the points needed for victory. Donna won the midget 80 metre hurdles, the 100 me- tres, and the long jump. a personal record which will stand a long while in high school competition. Eleanor won the junior girls 100 and 200 metres in record times of 12.3 and 25.2 seconds. At the Ontario finals for boys. held in Toronto, lo- cal athletes were hard pressed to make the final sessions, with only Greg Binkley of Richmond Hill, in the 400 metre hurdles, and Bill Milley of Wood- bridg‘e. successfully avoid- ing elimination in the semi finals. Blnkley finished fifth in this event while Milley toss- ed the shot 50 feet to end up in fifth position also. The Toronto high schools were liberally represented by young men who had train- ed consistently for 12 months and this training made for fast sprint times, and longer jumps. The only other local ath- lete to make a final heat ap- pearance was Woodbridge’s Liz S‘rebrounjak with a third place finish in the midget 200 metre race. ' Placing of these athletes supplies an indication where they rate in Ontario with all other high school athletes. Unfortunately none of the local participants came up with their best effort which in most cases would have Markham Team Wins Guelph Track Meet The Richmond Hill Club got through a full quota of matches last week, in spite of overcast skies and fre- quent showers. On Tuesday the majors at home to Osha- wa played some entertaining tennis although losing the match 2-4. Also the B Team, playing at York-Weston. lost 1-5. Things picked up as the week wore on, the ladies. playing on Wednesday morn- ing, won their match 3-1 against Rosethorn while in the York Simcoe League on Thursday Richmond Hill had a very close win â€"â€" by two games â€" would you believe. On Saturday the juniors won one and lost one. The boys had a 6-2 win at Law- rence Park while the girls went down 3-5 to Rudding- ton. Two new names on the girl’s team are Sandy Mc- Millan and Nancy Shier. All very competitive of course, but there is still a lot of social tennis played at the club, mostly later in the evenings when it’s not so busy, just a few friendly souls and the occasional mosquito. Speaking of social tennis the ladies now have Tuesday mornings back again for their practice per- iod. Peggy Freeman extends a welcome to any lady who would like to practice her strokes and her chat. Re- freshments are planned for these occasions, you lucky Photique Studios Bantam ‘ talent, help to round out a Town Representative Teami well balanced team. has started the 1973 baseball! Catching are Chris De- season in a winning way. So! Geer and Doug Lewis. The far the team has a record of' pitching staff is strong with six wins and no losses. Glen Moreland, Mike Galâ€" At Crosby Park last Fri-‘ lagher, Paul Philip and day the boys “on their first | Marc Brillinger. At first base league game against Thorn-l are Gallagher and Craig hill 20-3. Glen Moreland'Clack with Dale Strang at went the full nine innings : second, Ben Bourget at third and pitched a good. steadyl and Paul Philip at short- game. Marc Brillinger‘ stop. The outfield is strong smashed a homerun and with Peter Beatty. Mark Chris DeGeer hit a solid Schiller. Marc Brillingel‘, triple. It was a fine team John O‘Connor and Jeff effort. showing that this Moore. year's bantams have the' Coaches Paul Black and: makings of a really fine Tom Price feel they have a town representative team. yteam Richmond Hill will be‘ At Crosby Park last Fri- day the boys Won their first league game against Thom- hill 20-3. Glen Moreland went the full nine innings and pitched a good. steady game. Marc Brillinger smashed a homerun and Chris DeGeer hit a solid triple. It was a fine team effort. showing that this Hill Bantams Start Season With Six Wins, No losses Seven players are first year bantams, coming up from a well-coached peewee Lions team of last year. The remainder is made up of second year bantams who, with their experience and Juniors Urged To Attend Saturday Morning Practices ‘ Binkley of Richmond Hill, lJohn Cook of Bayview. and ‘ Shot Putter Milley of Wood- bridge all performed below their standard. Milley. in par- ticular, has passed the win- ning toss of 52‘ 2" on several occasions but failed to put it together last Saturday. Most of the local types will now concentrate on the On- tario track season where they will have a second chance to achieve the goals which evaded them during the high school season. The Richmond Hill Ath- letic Club will be compet- ing on two fronts this com- ing Weekend with 12 jun- ior athletes heading for a meet in Brantford, and the Atoms - Tyke - Mite crowd heading for Toronto for the Moose Club meet. Leading the juniors will be John Cook. steeplechase, and Greg Binkley. 400 metre hurdles. along with Steve Davenport, Bill Schell, Tim Magee. Joe Durant, Sue Ste- phenson and Janet Wright. The meet in Brantford is the last chance for junior com- petition prior to the Ontario championships June 23, A strong contingent of atoms will be competing in Toronto with Rusty Cochrane a sure bet to win the high jump. Already, 11 year old Rusty has bettered the older bantam standard of 4', 5". Other local runners com- peting will be Irene Vande- brdnd. Sandy Turner, Kathy Higham, Robbie Steele. Lo- raine Davidson, Carrie Col- lett, Lori Wright and Danny Smith. The Moose meet starts at 9 am Saturday at the CNE Stadium and runs through until 4 in the afternoon. Another big event is the Juvenile, Ontario trials, at ’Birchmount Stadium June 16. The juvenile team from Rich- mond Hill is training nightly in preparation for this test. T'he Newmarket games are scheduled for June 23 when Richmond Hill Athletic Club will encourage all athletes to compete in an effort to win the Shannon Invitational Team Trophy. been sufficient for a victory I know. personally, that it‘s tough getting out of bed on a Saturday morning, but you juniors should make the effort and get to the courts then for your practice ses- sion 1the Spartans) turn out to help with this worthy cause, so shake a leg you aspiring tennis players. In- termediates commence at 9 people Hill Ball Midgets Winners Two Games at 884-6232 See you all . . . for infor- mation call Joan Armstrong The Richmond Hill Mister Transmission Midgets edged Oak Ridges 3-1 Monday night in a squeaker at Crosby Park. The Richmond Hill team managed four hits and com- mitted two errors to Oak Ridges' one. Winning pitcher was Dave Berseth who allowed six hits. The Mister Transmission team plays host to Stouffville at 8:30 pm Monday night at Crosby Park. Top hitters were .Tonyl Robinson with a triple, John Tipold with two singles and Barry Locke. Friday night of last week the Hillers walloped Aurora 15-5 with Jim Clement de- clared the winning pitcher. Coaches Paul Black and Tom Price feel they have a team Richmond Hill will be proud of. Home games will be played at Crosby Park every Friday night at 8:30. All Richmond Hill fans are urged to come out and cheer t h e t o w n representative teams on to victory. LET'S PLAY TENNIS Richmond Hill Tennis Club By Trevor Stanley Phone 884-4127 In their first game against Oak Ridges, the Hillers took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on a single by Matt Knights and a home run by Jamie Tuck. Oak Ridges came back strong in the second with three runs. the score remain- ing 3-2 in favor until the fifth when Richmond Hill came up with five hits and three runs to end the scor- ing at 5-3. 8 - Team Industrial League Is Underway Squirt All Stars Win lst 3 Starts Richmond Hill Squirt All- Stars are off to a fine start this season, winning all three games so far in league play by scores of 5-3, 23-7 and 5-1. Coach Bob Davies thanks Frank Gallant, owner of Richmond Hill Dairy Queen for sponsoring the team and promises that the boys will do their best to bring a league championship to the town. Winning pitcher was Glen Apps. The second game in Kes- wick was played on a rain- soaked diamond May 28. After the first three innings Richmond Hill trailed Kes- wick 5â€"3. then the bolls started hitting, including a homer by David Allen, and never looked back until the final score was 23â€"7. The third game saw the Richmond Hill Squirts go against East Gwillimbury in a close game. The locals held EG scoreless until the sixth inning. then allowed only one run while they gar- nered five. including a home run by Apps. The eight-team Richmond Hill Industrial Softball League got underway Fri- day at the town park with Richmond Hill Auto Body playing Joe's Garage and the Black Hawk Motor Inn play- ing Lake Wilcox. Winning pitcher was again Glen Apps. Pitching for Richmond Hill were Tim King and Apps. In the first game Rich- mond Hill Auto Body defeat- ed Joe‘s 5-4 in an error- filled game. In the second game the Black Hawks defeated Lake Wilcox. a very much improv- ed team, 7-5 after being down 5-1. Black Hawk Pitcher Bob Kennedy started off slowly but settled down after the second inning and threw a solid game. Jim Lawson‘s thrcw from deep left field to home plate for a tag out on a Lake Wilcox runner was the big turning point for the Black Hawk club. Monday night's games saw Jenkin Garden Supply (for- merly Kent Clothes and El- gin Auto Servicei defeat the Senators ta new team) 7-4. In the second game Town Auto Body defeated Barrow Insurance 6â€"0. Bruce Sim was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts and Dennis Sex- ton the losing. Goalie Gabriele Stohr and centre-half Sheila Oakley came up with good displays. Greatly missed were Karen and Cindy Lamoureau. At full strength, however, the BAIFs should have a very good season. They were also missing three of their defenders which hurt their effective- ness. May 28 Armourdale Gems 4. BAIF 0 The local girls fared bad- ly in their first league game of the season played under wet, slippery conditions at the Bayview field. Footnote: Welcome back to Mary Beth Eckersley follow- ing a foot operation. Her BAIF teammates sure missed her. HOUSE LEAGUEâ€"ATOMS May 29/30 Priority Travel .6 Emerald Isle Motel 0 The More] youngsters came up with a good game despite being on the short end of the score. Scoring for the winners were Steve Harris, two, Doug Macklin, Eddie Main, Tim Rowe and Doug Rae. Spartans 2, Expos 1 Winning Coach Mervyn Evans had to pull all stops for his to prevail in this one. Expos played a good game. Bobby Petroff and Hugh Fagan scored for the winners with Chris Vamshura for Expos. Richvale Scaffold 1. Lions 1 The Scaffolders tied the lion‘s tail in this one and a 1-1 tie was fair. Mention must be made of one out- standing performance â€" that of Neil Smith for Richvale who scored one goal. A coun- ter_ by John Luchasvich saved the game for the Lions Sanderson Gulf 1, Black Hawk Motor Inn 1 Allen Evelyn scored for the gasmen and John Mc- Lennan for the Black Hawks. John‘s and Reno Dimoti's performances were outstand- ing. HOUSE LEAGUEâ€" SQUIRTS Dan’s Esso 6, BAIF 0 Three penalty kicks pretty well finished BAIF. There were three awarded and all resulted in goals for the E550 men. Scorers were Kelly Grams, two, Scottie Ross, two, Glen Strother and Jamie Bakonzi. Jim McCleave was out- standing for BAIF in a los- ing cause. Ratcliff's 4, Lazenby’s Leaders 1 Defending cup winners Ratcliff‘s got off to a fast start on goals by Kevin Rowe, two, Dennis Wintjes and James Lazenby. Barton Graham replied for the Leaders and Billy Stonehouse worked hard throughout only to come out on the losing end. GIRLS SOCCER (Scarboro League) l The senior girl‘s (aiso IBAIF) will p'lay the girl‘s ’team prior to the tourna- l ment finals August 6 at noon. NEWMARKET LEAGUE League play starts this week for Richmond Hill‘s three teams (in three divi- sions) with Orangeville pro- viding the opposition. TOWN LEAGUE RESULTS in the above tournament. Coaching the teams respect- ively will be Sam Johnston. Jim Wright, and John El- liott. Town team and other house leagues will be pub- lished next week. Convenors please send results to Les Trotman. No phone calls re- garding results. please. OTHER NEWS Locales for the house league teams are as follows: Squirts. Tuesdays, Crosby Heights: Atoms, Tuesdays and Wednesday. Bayview; Mosquitos‘, Wednesday and Thursday. Don Head;Peeâ€" wees. Thursday. Bayview; Bantams (to be announced}; Girls, Monday, Bayview, CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENTâ€"JUNE 23 ‘Things are progressing for our first tournament in Richmond Hill which is one of the association's Centen- nial projects. Seven teams have already confirmed their entries from Etobicoke. Scar- boro and North York minor soccer associations. The 10- cal association expects an- other nine entries at least. INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Perhaps the best news of the week was the final ac- ceptance of three Richmond Hill teams into this Inter- national tournament to be played June 29 to July 2. First and foremost. the Squirt Town Team of Art Gossman's, Dynes Jewellers, which has done remarkably well over the past two years in the North York Premier League. will be participating. Something new was the ac- ceptance of two of the Rich- mond Hill‘s girls teams in the higher age brackets. Both BAIF Associates and Lazen- by‘s Lassies will be entered and can expect to come up against some tough opposi- tion from teams in the Uni- ted States. While schedules are not finalized for this tournament it's expected that the locals will play at least some of the teams from Virginia, Ohio, New York, etc. Also, two teams are ‘jetting' up from Mexico City for this one. ONTARIO CUP Five teams have been en- tered in this annual event sometime in mid-June. They are Dynes Jewellers, Squirts; Travelways, Atoms; CFGM Radio. Mosquitos; BAIF, Peewees; Scholastic Publica- tions, Bantams. SPONSORS The association wishes to thank all those who have continued their sponsorships this year and welcomes the following new sponsors: Can- adian Legion, Baymar Sports, Concord Auto, Flair Uphol- stering, Super-Save Food Market, BAIF Associates tGirls). Good Weather, Good Games Feature Centennial "100" 3rd Round Commercial Credit 13, Kinnear Pontiac 8 Maple 1 3. Top Drug Mart 0 The championship game June 10 will be Maple 1 against Commercial Credit. TEE-BALL Town Auto 20. Loburco Carpet 19 Baymar 22. Westview 21 . Winners. Town Auto and Baymar Sports. Will play June 10 to determine the champions of this diVision. SQUIRTS BANTAM BOYS lst Round R. F. Mote 18, Oak Ridges 0 N. S. Smith Real Estateâ€"Bye Hodgins Hardware 11, Kleinburg Pirates 0 Murphy Real Estate 6, Kleinburg Cubs 3 Thornhill PSA 6. Worldwide Shipping 4 Dairy Queen 2. Thornhill Florist Sovereign Water Conditioners 4, RH Jaycees 1 2nd Round R. F. Mote 4. Smith Real Estate 1 Murphy Real Estate 4, Hodglns Hardware 2 Dairy Queen 7, Thornhill PSA 0 Sovereign Water Conditionersâ€"bye 3rd Round Dairy Queen 2. Sovereign Water Conditioners 0 R. F. Mote 8, Murphy Real Estate 2 The Dairy Queen and R. F. Mote will meet June 10 tondetermine the champions in this division. JUNE 3 SENIOR GIRLS JUNIOR GIRLS Richmond Hill Minor Ball Association expresses deep appreciation to the members of the York Summit Radio Club for helping in communication between parks during the first half of the tournament. The linking of the parks by radio helped in assigning umpires and teams and relaying scores and messages, assisting in keeping things running smoothly. This club does a lot of parking control work as well as search and rescue and aid to .the police. 2nd Round Oak Ridges Panthers 12, Oak Ridges 6 Rumble Transport 10, R. Hill Auto Body 2 Thornhill North York TV 8. Tony’s Esso 8 3rd Round Thornhill North York TV 5, Bramalea Nurseries 1 Rumble Transport 14, Oak Ridges Panthers 8 In the finals Thornhill North York TV will be matched against Rumble Transport. TYKES Thanks are, also due and extended to the visiting clubs who brought along umpires, scorekeepers, etc. to help in this 100-team tourney. First Round R. H. Billards 15. Thomhill Baythorn 7 Kinnear Pontiac bye Charlton Hardware 10, Kleinburg Expos 8 Commercial Credit 6. Kleinburg Road Runners 5 Top Drug Mart 16. Aurora A & W 5 Rendezvous 11, Aurora Kiwanis 10 Maple 1 7, Stouffville 1 3 Maple 2 15, Stouffville 2 0 2nd Round R. H. Billiards 4, Kinnear Pontiac 6Commercial Credit 10. Charlton Hardware 5 Top Drug Mart 14, Rendezvous 7 Maple l 4, Maple 2 3 Micro Mets 16. Markham 1 York Simcoe Sports 11, Oak Ridges Bells 0 Aloi Bros. 10, Stouffville 0 Hanson Flowers 18. Aurora Cable 4 2nd Round Aloi Bros. 13. Hanson Flowers 8 Micro Mets 9, York Simcoe Sports 4 Aloi Brothers will meet Micro Mets in the finals Allencourt Fish & Chips 6, Oak Ridges Copacleurs 1 Bramalea Stars 8, Apollo 11 5 Bob‘s Girls 2, Bramalea Vampires 1 Perry Hill 16. Bramalea Angels 6 ’ 2nd Round Bramalea Stars 9, Allencourt Fish 8: Chips 5 Perry Hill 17, Bob's Girls 6 The finals will be between Bramalea Stars and Perry Hill. lst Round G. S. Woods Opticians 2, Oak Ridges Eagles 3 Rumble Transport]. Bramalea Expos 2 RH Auto Body 15. Thornhill Music 6 Thomhill North York TV 10, Ziebart Rustproofing 1 Tony‘s Esso 16, Thomhill Building 1 Bramalea Nurseries 15, Thornhill Lions 4 Ramsey Rec. 11.'0ak Ridges Panthers 11 In the last game Oak Ridges was declared winner on the basis of the number 'of runners reaching first base safely. THANK YOU lst Round lst Round