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VOL 98, NO. 6. I’ve got that disease again. Old devil sum- mer doldrums. Here we’re into August, holidays are shot, life is ebbing, sifting through my fing- ers, winter will soon be here. . It’s awful. I shouldn’t be this way but that’s me. I’m always happiest before the start of something. Simply big, bubbling over in the Spring. Summer is coming. All my life is before me. Holidays dead ahead, rest, relaxation, a chance to get away from it all. Then the first week is over and I start to brood during the second week. Just never want my holidays to end. u_:_... “Ann cuu. Then it’s August and everything goes wrong. The girl that gives me my morning take- out coffee starts to do me in. I always like my coffee with cream but only a touch of sugar. Soon as August starts she forgets and puts the sugar bowl and label in. Keep telling her but it doesn’t work. Just keeps dumping the sugar in. NO TEA BAG At home the other day I reached for a tea bag and the box was empty. A friend of mine had two cats in June and none in July so she got another one. The other two had mysteriously disappeared. This made me happy because I disâ€" like buving cat food. Come August the other two returned and there are now three cats. See what I mean? The final blow came the other day when another friend of mine announced he was getting married. Who will I play chess with now? Woe is. AH, DYNES There was a time I could rely on Manager Russell “Casey” Cripps and his Richmond Hill Dynes Jeweller fastball team in August. At least they were winners. Not any more. This past weekend saw them take their lumps at the annual Richmond Hill Carling-O’Keefes Fastball Tournament at the town park. The tournament was won by Angus. Hadn’t even heard of the place before. n. I’d always thought Angus was the first name of Mr. Philip who is president of the local umnire’s asociation. Everything happens to me in August. SUMMER OF DISCONTENT Yes, it’s been a summer of discontent. Have been so used to the Jewellers winning that it comes as a distinct physchological letdown when they lose. What’s ahppening? No Ontario championship this season, no Canadian Champ- ionship, no nothing? Right. I guess I knew it all along but it became really painfully obvious on Sunday that the Jew- ellers lack that one or two big “name” hurler. You might not win with them, you sure won’t without them. Hence that 7-3 loss to Winston Park Caterers which eliminated Richmond Hill who had lost their opener 3-1 to Scarboro and winnintr their second one over Chiovitti Bananas. In all due respect to Winston Park, can you see them getting seven runs off Wally Dick in a seven-inning game? Oh, well. I hope I’m not beinb unfair to the Jewellers’ staff of Frank Marshall, Andy Gionette, and Martin Cook. All three have had their fine games and are solid hurlers. But they had less than perfect efforts in the Ontario and the weekend tournament here. You’ve got to be there for the big ones. Then again, you can’t win all the time. Defeat has to come and undoubtedly this is a “summer fallow” season for Mr. Cripps. YIPPEE! One final remark on the tournament which, all in all, was a fine one and viewed by a sizeable crowd on Sunday. Yes. the good old LCBO came through. They allowed a permit for a “hospi- tality room" at the near-by arena. Mind you, it was only good from 9 pm to 1 1am Saturday and from 7 pm to 9 pm on Sunday. But they allowed it. Of course not too many turned up on Saturday because of the late start- ing time. Most people like a cool one during the long, hot afternoon of a long tournament. That’s heresy, however. Imagine having a drink be- tween ballgames in the afternoon? Horrors Mother Temperance, horrors. Just not done. Okay. okay, I’ll leave quietly. Like I said, it’s August. doldrums time. Elated to hear that Gerry Methe has signed with New England Whalers (terrible, terrible name. sounds like a sequence from Moby Dick?) of the World Hockey League. They now play in Hartford, Conn. Will always remember Gerry’s game with the Legion Midgets in that first international hockey tournament when he was the star of the tourna- ment. That was the one, of course, that saw By Fred Simpson Summer Doldrums (Continued on Page 18) MR. METHE RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1974 I he d simpson [York Simcoe Play Hill Peewee Lions First Place Finish Pitcher Inch gave up two walks, two singles, one dou- ble in the third inning only to 5 game Leading hitter Dave Allen and King single and were sent home on Billy Madden’s double. ' Bradford rebounded with Against East Gwillimbury Aurora 9 o 1 one run to narrow the Lion’s the Lions smashed out three Oak Ridges 8 7 1 lead to 6-5 and then tied the homeruns off the bats of PottageVille 7 7 2 game in the top of the sixth. .Matt Knights, Matt Zurich KesWiCk 3 13 0 They might have taken the and Dave Allen (his 10th King City 0 16 0 lead except for a fine catch one) as well as a double by LEADING HITTERS by Madden in deep centre- Tim King as Richmond Hill Allen .442 field to retire the side. garnered 15 hits. Gleason .416 Madden and Fournier walk- Dave Allen picked up his Zurich .403 ed in the sixth and Matt ninth win as he struck out Tuck .382 Knights reached base on a seven while giving up only Inch .376 fielder‘s choice. Matt Zur- five hits. Zurich scored five Dave Kane .348 ich then drilled the ball into times, Fournier and More- Fournier .337 g-lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllll‘ Richmond Hill Peewee Lions sewed up first place in the York Simcoe Softball League with back-toâ€"back 9-6 and 14-8 wins over Bradford and East Gwillimbury last week. _ _ . v..." a. Hmuv -Nn- The Bradford game saw Richmond Hill find- ing the going tough in the early stages July 29 at Crosby Park despite jumping into a quick 4-0 lead. Ted Inch reached first base on an error and eventually scored on a passed ball. The second inning saw Tim King, Gord Fournier and Matt Zurich singling while Inch tripled. uuu. LLD a luusu JILC- Aug Llulu vu v A . v N v u J 7 and the average guy can only last about 10 Ant}, Of Course, the day he signed the con- years. There are lots of things that go on tract w1t_h the Whalers will also always be a behind the line that people can’t see that cause big day in his life. _‘ 2llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll‘ll“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmll“Elm!llllllllllllllllllll\lllll“lllllllll\llllllllllllllllllllll\lllll\lllllllllllml\l\\lllllmm'3 lllllllllllllllllllll' \l see Bradford tie the this town on hand to cheer hockey player. Gerry, who was known in his minor hoc- key days by a nackname which he does not want to hear anymore, played on the town representative teams in all age groups from novice through to midget. “If I had to miss a dance one night, I hadatriptoMontreal a dance one night, I had a trip to Montreal that weekend, so I didn’t make any sacrifices. In fact I think I got much more from hockey than I might have lost through the years," he told “The Liberal”. In 1968 Gerry went to Oshawa to play for the Oshawa Generals, a major Junior “A” Club and after three years was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins and was sent to Fort Wayne. Indiana. a farm club in the internaâ€" tional League. For the past two years he has been in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as defenceman for Pittsburgh’s chief farm club. In fact, in 1972â€"73 he was the team’s top scoring defence- man Three years ago he married Susan Cooper of Richmond Hill and they are expecting their first child about October 1. They now live in Minden, but still consider Richmond Hill their home town. The Methes have found Hershey a very pleasant city in which to live and have made some close friendships which they hope will continue through the years. However, they believe is advisable to keep their friend- ships within hockey, to prevent running the risk of being used by outside interests. Gerry reports to training camp about Sep- tember 20, but doesn’t yet know where the camp will be held. Signs With New England Whalers Product Of Richmond Hill Minors Asked for advice for the young hockey player who is considering professional hockey as a career, Gerry replied, “If a kid doesn’t like rough going, then pro hockey isn’t for him. It’s a rough life. It’s hard on the body and the average guy can only last about 10 years. There are lots of things that go on behind the line that peeple can’t see that cause GERRY METHE Signs With WHA centre for a g three-run homer Inch retired the side in order to pick up his 7th win. Second baseman Allen led the Lions defensively as he engineered a double play, and he combined with Jamie Tuck at first for seven outs. Against East Gwillimbury the Lions smashed out three homeruns off the bats of Matt Knights, Matt Zurich and Dave Allen (his 10th one) as well as a double by Tim King as Richmond Hill garnered 15 hits. The first gradu- ate of training in the Richmond Hill Minor Hockey Asâ€" sociation’s program to Sign a major league contract is Gerry Methe, who has signed with the New England Whal- ers of the World Hockey League. The Whalers will be playing in Hartford, Connecticut, next year and when they come to Toronto to play the Toros, there will without a doubt be a large contingent from for their favorite a game-winning land three, Tuck, Allen scored once Knights drove in three runs with Allen and More- land two and one to Zurich. The Lions now meet Aur- ora in the league quarter fin- als and North York in the OASA playdowns. FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS Richmond Hill 14 East Gwill. 11 Bradford 10 Aurora 9 Oak Ridges 8 Pottageville 7 Keswick 3 King City 0 Richmond Hill Auto Body Fastball Team were the winners of the recent annual tourna- ment sponsored by the Richmond Hill Indust- trial League of which they are a member. They had to defeat the Town Auto Body Team in two games which left the results of the tournament in a hiatus for a couple of days, until the deciding game could be scheduled. the brawls that people do see in pro hockey. A player comes out of a game) if he’s lucky, only aching from head to.to§.” V I A L‘,_L 1n up L-v.. n.-.“ “I don’t know whether I can last that 10 years or not,” he said later, “But once I start getting tired of the game, I’ll hang up my skates. That is I will unless the money of- fered is so tempting I can’t turn it down.” Gerry missed about 35 games last season from injuries, although he shows few' scars from the hockey wars. , 1 “Hockey is a big business,” he continued, “and the money is the name of the game now. It used to be fun, but now it’s just a job.” Asked about his salary with the Whalers, he was hesitant about naming the exact amount but said, “I can say I will be making more in my first year there than I have made in all three years with the Pittsburgh organization.” three years w1tn the rlttsourgn organizauuu. The facts of life for a young hockey player entering professional ranks. as explained by Gerry, are that the drafting major league club owns the player body and soul. “You're really just like cattle. 0, they do let you skate around at training camp but they know when they draft you where you’re going and that’s where you go. You can’t compare junior with pro hockey. If you go into pro hockey chippy, they’ll flatten you. You’re fighting for a job and for your life. It’s strictly a dog-eatâ€"dog world. The most satisfying thing is the pay cheque, winning the league title and the sum- mers. My biggest asset is the fact that I don’t back down. Once you back down, they’ll run you right out of the rink.” ‘ 1 ,L v“ __a__ A professional hockey team plays about 100 games a season â€" 78 league, 10 exhibi- tions and the playoffs. Besides this the play- ers must attend a daily practic_e sessionjasting an hour and a half to two hours, which is strictly a work session, he explained. In his first year at Hershey, Gerry was in top condi- tion at the beginning of the season and weighed 180 lbs. At the end of the season his weight was down to 168 lbs. Gerry reports that his most memorable moment in hoekey to date occurred during the 1967 Tournaments Inc. Midget Tournament in the local arena when Richmond Hill and Ottawa were tied at the end of regulation time in the final game. The decision (by tournament rule) was arrived at by a shoot-off. Gerry shot the puck for Richmond Hill Legion â€" and missed. McSheffery, who is now playing for Vancouver in the NHL, shot for Ottawa and scored giving Ottawa the championship of this town’s first midget tournament. Methe thinks that the shoot-off rule is a good one, although he was the victim of it, “When you come to the end of a major tournament the players are so tired that if a game has to go into overtime the best team does not necessarily win,” he said. His most vivid memory of his years in Hershey will be the time he put a puck through the top window of the arena, “and it’s a long way up, and I still have the puck. It landed in the parkinLy lot and I got a trainer’s helper to go out and get it for me.” wick 3 13 0 g City 0 16 0 LEADING HITTERS Allen .442 Gleason .416 Zurich .403 Tuck .382 Inch 4376 Dave Kane .348 Fournier .337 Champions 0f Industrial league Tourney while Knights, and Madden all .uuummuumm\m\\mnu\m\m\u“mumumu\\\l\\\mn\\\uu\u\m-1 n- 28 20 19 17 Dairy Queen Mic Macs Take Second Round Richmond Hill Dairy Queen Mic Macs took the second round of the PWSU Playdowns last week. The juvenile girls played back to back games with Toronto Sherway, previously known as Alderwood. On Wednesday, in Alder- wood, they defeated them by a score of 8 to 5. In this game the calibre of ball these girls are playing show- ed strongly when they exe- cuted a seldom seen triple play in the first inning. With runners on second and third bases, a line drive was field- ed, on her knees, by short- stop Bonnie Bryan. who played the ball to Katie Mc- Manara, catching the runner off third base, Katie then fired the ball to Second Baseman Cheryl Lance for the third out. This play by these three girls set the tempo for the rest of the game. The second game of the xseries played Thursday night at Crosby Park, was a low ,scoring. hard fought game with Mic Macs playing catch- kup ball all the way to the .ninth inning. With the score ,tied 4-4, Ann McIntosh scor- |ed the winning run from lfirst base on an error by the Alderwood pitcher. who ov- erthrew first on a single hit by Cheryl Lance. Donna Querengesser pitch- ed for six innings, having seven strikeouts, allowing five hits, and giving up three walks, and was credited with the win. Bonnie Bryan came on in relief in the sev- enth inning of the eight inning game. The game had to be called after eight inn- ings due to curfew. Big hitters for the night were Ann McIntosh with a triple, and two singles, and Fran Berthelotte with a double and a single. Donna Querengesser went all the way on the mound, registering nine strikeouts. five hits. and giving up three walks. Due to injur- ies. Cheryl Lance. a centre fielder turned second base- man for this round, aceredit~ ed herself both defensively and offensively. with six put- outs, and hitting two dou- bles, a single and a sacrifice. Big hitter for the night was again fleet-footed First Base- man Ann McIntosh. with a homerun. a single and a sac- rifice. accounting for three of the five runs scored. The girls are now waiting for the start of the third round. when a winner is de- clared between Brampton and Woodbridge. Rangers Sweep To Four Wins Take Local Soccer Tourney The Richmond Hill Rang- ers put together four big wins on the weekend and ‘it I Richmond Hill opened the 'eight-team tournament Sat- .urday with a 1-0 win over 'Newmarket in a rough con- test which saw Allan Martin ‘scoring a beautiful goal. was good enough to win them their second straight local soccer tournament ag- ainst fierce competition. It was the 1-0 final game win against a rugged Aurora United squad that told the tale as the Rangers took ad- vantage of the one break in the game to capitalize. Enroute to the champion- ship the Rangers edged New- market 1-0. Richmond Hill United 1-0, Markham Sel- ects 2-1. In the meanwhile Aurora was disposing of Bradford 4-1, Collingwood 4-0. and Aurora Rangers 4-1. The Rangers‘ defensive corps played their positions perfectly throughout the con- test. They were assisted ably by Goalie Ron Binsell who came up with a solid effort. That one break in the final game saw Richmond Hill inside right Christy No- lan putting the ball home. In the above picture Casey Cripps, coach of the World Champion Dynes Jewellers Fast- ball Team, (right), who substituted for ailing league President Fred Simpkin, is seen pre- senting the Labatt trophy to Coach and Man- ager Bob Whitmarsh of the Richmond Hill Auto Body team, this year’s champions. HIt wvas another 1-0 win for Richmond Hill against__Rich- Enter Third Round W&P Beetles Win Second Series Take Bay Ridges In Two Straight The Bantam W&P Beetles continue to come up with the big innings as they swept the second series of their PWSU Playdowns against PMA Realty from Bay Rid- ges 11-7 and 16-8. The Beetles travelled to Bay Ridges July 30 and started right off with their big bats. Lori Mason walked but was thrown out trying to steal second. Vicki Rob- inson tripled. scored on Beth Shadoff's single who in turn stole second and scored on Lorretta King’s long fly ball. Cindy Sutton reached first on an error. and the girls all advanced when Laurie Barnett walked to load the bases. Brenda Buchan stroked a long fly ball which was caught by a tremendous effort by the centre fielder to end the inn- ing. Bay Ridges came back with one run in the first. Neither team scored in the sec~ ond, but the Beetles when Shadoff led off with a single, advanced to second when King grounded out. was sacrificed to third by Sutton and scored on Mar- tha Dynes’ double. Cheryl Clack got on with an error which moved Dynes to third, but Buchan struck out to end the inning. Bay Ridges scored one in the fourth and the Beetles came up empty to make the score 3-2. Neither team scored in the fifth, but in the sixth the Beetles started to find their batting eyes. Buchan led off with a single, moved to second when Jan- ine Bromley grounded out. then three consecutive sin- gles by Lori Mason. Robin- son and Shadoff started things moving. Loretta King smacked a long triple scoring three runs and scor- ed herself when Sutton sing- led. Dynes and Cheryl Clack singled to load the bases but were left stranded when Buchan struck out. but not before five runs were :cored. mond Hill United with Jan Dorst scoring on a penalty shot. Then came a 2-1 victory over Markham Select with Jim McKeegan and Andy Brennan being the big marks- men in this one. Aurora United, meanwhile, was winning against three to reach the finals. JUST NOTES The Ranger executive would like to offer a big thanks to all the teams that participated and made a great tournament possible 5“" . . . . a special thanks to the three referees, John Hilley.’ Don Ellis and George Rey-g nolds for their excellent of-I ficiating of all the games . to everyone for their fine! sportsmanship throughout. ‘ TOURNAMENT SCORES I R. Hill Rangers 1, Nlnkt. 0 Aurora United 4, Bradford 1 Markham 3, R. Hill United 1 ‘ Aurora R. l, Collingwood 2 l Bradford 3, Aurora R. 2 Aurora U. 4. Collingwood 0 R. Hill Rangers 1. Richmond Hill United 0 Markham Select 1. Nmkt. 0 Aurora U. 4. Aurora R. 1 Bardford 1, Collingwood 0 Newmarket 1, R. Hill U. 3 Richmond Hill Rangers 2, Markham Select 1 BantamTourney This Saturday This coming Saturday (August 10) will bring the 1974 bantam boys‘ tourney. sponsored by the Richmond Hill Ball Association. Activities will get under- way at 9 am. Both parka (Town and Crosby) will be used, going full tilt. as eight teams fight it out to see who will capture the top spots this year. Top calibre entries will come from Oshawa, East Gwillimbury, Willowdale, Pe- terbro. Fort Erie, Scarboro and Malton. Schedule Oshawa vs. Richmond Hill Town Park â€"- game 1 East Gwilllmbury vs. Bay Ridges came back with two runs in the sixth to make it .8-4. In the sev- enth Bromley led off with a walk. moved to second on a ground out by Mason and moved to third when Robin- son singled. Walks to Shad- off and King scored a run while loading the bases. Sut- ton popped up for the sec- ond out but Dynes singled to score Shadoff. Cheryl Clack struck out to end the inning. SECOND GAME Bay Ridges returned to the Town Park July 31 for the second game and looked as though they came for re- venge. They scored one run in the first and six runs In the fourth before the Beetles got untracked in their half of the fourth. Robinson got on first on an error, stole second and scored when Shadoff doubled and moved to third when King ground- ed out. Clack walked, Dynes flied out, but two more runs scored when Barnett wallop- ed a triple. Buchan struck out to end the fourth, but not before three runs scored. In the bottom of the new enth. Bay Ridges came up with three runs but they were not enough as the game ended 11-7 in favor of Beet- Ies. In the fifth Bay Ridges were put down without a run, but the Beetles came back strong in their half. Bromley grounded out, Ma- son reached first on an er- ror, Robinson walked, then Shadoft unloaded a homerun scoring three runs. King singled, Clack walked, Dynes singled to load the bases. Barnett walked to force in a run and Buchan doubled to score two more runs. Mason tripled to score two more runs, Robinson walked. then stole second, and two more runs scored when Shadoi’f singled. King flied out to end the inning. but 10 big runs scored before it was all over. Winner 3 vs. Winner 4 . Town Park â€" game 7 Loser 3 vs. Loser 4 Crosby Park â€" game 8 5 pm "A" Championship Winner 5 vs. Winner 7 Town Park â€" game 7 Consolation Championship In the sixth Bay Ridges scored one run but the Beeb- les came back with three of their own, Dynes reached first on an error and was followed by Barnett and Buchan who both singled to score Dynes. Bromley struck out but Mason reached first on a throwing error which scored both Barnett and Buchan. Score 16-8. In the seventh Bay Ridges were put down without scoring a run. The girls now await the winner of the Stouffville and Ajax series to continue their quest (hr the PWSU championship. Winner 6 vs. Winner 8â€" Crosby Park â€" game 10 Willowdale Crosby Park -â€" game 2 11 am Peterboro vs. Fort Erie Town Park â€" game 3 Scarboro vs. Melton Crosby Park â€" game 4 Grand Championship Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 Town Park â€"- game 11 Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 Town Park â€"â€" game 5 Loser 1 vs. Loser 2 Crosby Park â€" game 6 FASTBALL Toronto & District Softball League THURSDAY, AUG. 8 Time: 8:30 pm. WINSTON CATERERS Dynes Jewellers At Town Park Admission $1.00 Students 75¢ Children & Pensioners Free SINGLE GAME VB.