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VOL. 98, NO. 8 All I can say at this point is that if you’re going to be down at the town park (and/or Crosby) Friday, Saturday and Sunday, please, be careful. Remember, I warned you. -1 u u n n u L . No, it’s not a raid, It’s the Ontario Police Association’s Annual Fastball Tournament to de- cide the provincial champions. What a line-up! There will be policemen from Windsor (they’ve won it the last three years), London, Halton Regionals, Metro Toronto, RCMP (Ottawa), Ottawa Police Department, Vanier (Ottawa), and, of course, our York Regionals. I should also say at this time that I had a very nice chat with York Regional Constable Calvin Ceballo about the tournament. I say nice because he was out of uniform. For some reason I really only see policemen when they are in uni- orm. Calvin is player-coach of the team and has been since its inception some three or four years ago. “You could say I do a little bit of every- thing,” said Calvin indicating that he keeps the score, chases the bats, organizes things and all that. I’ll even break .the news to you quickly. There will be something like 126 policemen there at one time or another. And they’ll be wearing gloves and carrying bats. At one time or anâ€" The York Regional boys played in the Aurâ€" ora Town League last season but this time out they jgst play “_f1‘iend1y”.‘g.21_mes. -1 n,1,,3,_ other “Hug ‘y “\... r..-“ “We havlen’E_HeHeyalluthat well,” said Calvin in a “drop it” tone of voice. I dropped it. I’m a motorist. The locals participated in the same tourna- ment last season in Ottawa and got as far as the semi-finals before bowing out. It should be emphatically stated that this tournament isn’t a “fun” one, The boys play to win and the c‘alibre of ball is good. If you’ve ever seen policemen play against one another you’ll know what I mean. The York Regional line-up possibly, others) the _follpwiqr_1g:d Catcher, Tony Caven; Pitchers Keith Lewis and Ted Longhurst (good fastball); First Base, Mel “Grand-daddy" Vail (aside to Mel, that’s what the coach told me) ; Second Base, Dave Far- quharson; Shortstop. Wes Bonner; Third Base, John Hope. The outfield consists of Dino Tsin- onis, Gord Mason, and» Coach Ceballo. The tournament kicks off Friday night at 7 :30 pm with a game between the Metro Police and York Region. Calvin tells me that this should be qiute a bitter contest. The two have been rivals for years. “Last season we beat them three out of five games we played them. They didn’t like that.” I could add in passing that the Metro police have also been rivals of mine for years. My record hasn’t been quite as good as York Regionals. In fact I don’t think I’ve won a game. Anyway, the tournament will continue from Saturday at 9:30 am through Sunday. It will be a two-game knockout with the “A” and “B” winners meeting in a grand championship Sun- day afternoon at 2 pm. Friday night’s opener between York Region and Metro Toronto will see Regional Police Chief Bruce Crawford throwing the first ball. Games will be divided between the town park and Crosby. I would be remiss in not mentioning that Coach Ceballo has a lot of credentials going for him other than ball. He was a member of the Trinidad Police Force before coming to Toronto. In Toronto he temporarily shucked his uni- form to become a drummer with a Latin Amer- ican Calypso group but gave it up “because we travelled from one end of the country to the other. Too much travel.” A happy influence in “giving it up” was wife Dora and four children, Steven, 8; Kathleen 12; Debbie 10, Marlene 6. Calvin still has his drums but. of course, he’s playing to a different drum- mer these days. It would be a misdemeanor of no slight pro- portion not to mention that the convenor of the tournament will be affable Policeman Wes Berâ€" seth. Wes, as you probably know, is pretty big around Richmond Hill and he’ll be keeping things moving on th_e weekend at the ball park, Finally, I might drop around m:vself. If I get out in time if you know what I mean. Here now, what’s this all about? Here I am hearing about h0ckey news already. Why it’s only August. Well, still August, isn’t it? 7 Someone also told me tHe icé is in the arena, the town representatix’e hockey coaches have By Fred Simpson Shall We Gather (Continued on Page 18) JUST FRIENDLY LINE-UP HERE EX-DRUMMER EEEK! Sport Spots ECHMONFHILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1974 will see (among, }Go Again Tonight 5Dynes Win Two gCNE Tourney The Jewellers capitalized f on two errors by Scarboro to lwin their Sunday game and at the same time defeat nem- iisis Doug Webster of Rich- ;mond Hill who tosses for the 'Lindal Home boys and has beaten The Jewellers con- sistently this .season. Dynes' Frank Marshall tr‘ssed the shutout ball allow- ing only five hits in the seven inning game while Iwalking four and striking f‘ut eight. Webster gave up lfive hits, walked two and ‘struck out five but was vic- timized by the aforemen- tioned crucial errors of his teammates. Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers put together two winning efforts on the week- end. downing Mr. Karass 3-1 Saturday and Scarboro Lin- dal Homes 2-0 Sunday in the annual CNE Bulova Watch Tournament. They are slated to play their third game tonight (Wednesday) against either Toronto Global's' or Chio- vitti‘s. The winner of the Wednesday encounter will play in the finals Saturday night at 8:30 pm. Richmond Hill opened the scoring in the third inning as Mickey Hancock singled, was sacrificed to second, got to third on an infield out, and then scored on an error, It was the same Hancodkl starting things off again in the fifth as he doubled and then came round to score as‘ a groundball by Bob Smitlfl went through the legs of the I Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers opened their OASA 'Senior “A” playdowns on a losing note Thursday night of last week in Oshawa. Their hitters came up shooting blanks as they went down 2-0 to Oshawa‘Falcons in the first game of a best- of-three regional semi-finals game. The score remained 1-0 until the seventh when Leam- mg helped his own cause again by singling. A ground- ball by Bill Malychuk to Rodger at short was thrown into right field by the latter The second and possibly final game of the series will be played tomorraw night (Thursday) at the town ,.park at 8:30 pm. The series winner will go against Chiovitti Bananas of the Beaches League who downed Scarboro Lindal Homes in two straight games. Oshawa's Dave Learning had an easy time with the Jeweller bats allowing them only singles by Dave Russell in the second inning and Larry Rodgers in the ninth. Russell’s single was short- lived as he got picked off first base on a throw by the catcher. Learning struck out four and walked one. Losing pitcher was Frank Marshall who allowed only five hits while walking four and striking out 10 in the nine inning game. LEAMING DOUBLE Oshawa’s Learning aided and abetted his own cause in the second inning as be doubled, was sacrificed to third. and scored on Joe Piontek’s single. By FRED SIMPSON MICKEY HANCOCK Four For Seven HANCOCK HOT Dynes Lose Ist OASA Game I Big stickers for the Jewel- ‘lers were Derek Kinnersly and Hancock with two for three. Hancock incidentally. led The Jewellers in the two games with four hits out of seven trips to the plate. GIONETTE SHINES Saturday‘s 3-1 win over Mr. Knrass saw Andy} Gion- tctte pitch himself out of a first inning predicament to ‘toss superb ball the rest of ‘the way. He allowed one hit awhile walking two and strik- ‘ing out 15 over the seven {innings He struck out seven ibatters in a row at one junc- ture and 10 out of 11. The Jewellers got a break in the fourth inning when Scarbnro loaded the bases on two walks and an error with one out. What appeared to be a sure-fire ground single hit a runner who was automatically out with the bases still loaded. Marshall then got the next batter himself and The Jewellers were out of difficulty. Lindal Homes’ shortstop Richmond Hill was whack- ‘ng out eight hits against Paul Nadeau in the mean- time. He walked one and struck out one. Mr. Karass scored its first run in the first innings as A1 Robertson led off with a single. He went to second on an error and to third on a sacrifice. He then scored on a passed ball. Gionette hit the next two batters but then settled down to retire the side and was never in trouble from then on. Richmond Hill tied and won the game in the sixth inning scoring all their runs. Smith singled and Dave Rus- sell was safe on an error Brian Lancelotte t h e n singled Smith home. Bob Shelston then hit into a fielder's choice with Russell nipped at the plate. Danny Boyne then singled to score Lancelotte. There were two out when Gionette drove in Shelston with a single. with both runner ending up on second and third respec- tively. Marshall then hit a wild streak and walked Pion- tek to load the bases and did the same to Harry Hayden to force in the secOnd and final run. An indication of the in- ability to hit as displayed by The Jewellers was the fact they only managed 28 bat- ters at the plate in a nine- inning game. Oshawa. in the meanwhile, left runner on second and third in the first inning and the bases loaded in the seventh. AURORA: Alan Dean, 35, president of the Aurora Soc- cer Club, lost his right leg recently following a collision on a soccer field. It happened between older members of the Aurora Soccer Club and members of a new Greek club. Dean attempted to kick the ball at the same time as an opposing player. His leg was fractured and because of complications had to be amputated in an attempt to save his life. The Jewellers play the second game of their best- of-three OASA Senior "A" playdowns against Oshawa Falcons tomorrow night (Thursday) at the Town Park at 8:30 pm. 2-0 Falcons This is a “must” game for The Jewellers who dropped the opener 2-0 in Oshawa. ‘ WON IN SIXTH SMALL CARCENTER- LTD ' huge ss. N., nichnignafim; = *‘massagsm or 7734542 Oshawa 5, Richmond Hill 2 red its first Fort Erie 12, Willowdale 11 mings as A1 Malton 12, Scarboro 0 off with a J Peterboro 13, E. Gwill. 10 Carpenters Wini B Championship After capturing the “B” Championship in the Rich- mond Hill Bantam Softball Tournament August 10, Rich- mond Hill Carpenters faced a super Oshawa Club for the grand championship tilt. The results proved to be one of the most exciting and evenly matched games ever played locally as Oshawa eked out a 1-0 victory. Richmond Hill‘s Glen Moreland struck out the first three batters to face him and Oshawa Chucker Jeff Boyce returned the favor. The top of the third saw Oshawa’s Third Baseman Curtis Lang- staff pop up to RH Short- stop Paul Philip for the first out, then Moreland fanned the next two. RH Catcher Chris DeGeer opened the second with a well-hit sin- gle. Phil Wood flied out to right field and the next two batters struck out, leav- ing De‘Geer stranded at sec- ond. The third inning saw both pitchers fan all three outs for their teams. The fourth inning proved fatal for Richmond Hill as, with one out, Oshawa Catcher Steve Baker doub- led and eventually stole l home before Moreland and Hill Shortstop Philip reached first on an error and eventually was left stranded at third as Boyce once again fanned the Hillâ€", ers to retire the side. A solo effort by Moreland in the sixth left Richmond Hill lwith only the seventh inning ito tie the score. DeGeer got another single with one jout. Wood’s deep hit to centrefield raised a cheer fbut steady fielding proved it? ‘to be the second out. The‘ third and final out was a‘ strikeout by Oshawa’s Boyce} Oshawa got their one run on one hit and Richmondi ‘Hill failed to score on two‘I hits. Oshawa’s Boyce had 17‘ strikeouts and Richmond Hill‘s Moreland had 15. Rich-‘ ‘mond Hill Catcher Chris De-Geer singled twice in the' losing cause and his counter- 1part from Oshawa doubled 1and scored the only run of: the game. I l Centrefielder Greg Walton could retire the side. Rich- mond Hill fought back in their half of the fourth as with two out, DeGeer flied out to Oshawa First Base- man Larry Posacki. Moreland and Walton com- bined efforts in the fifth al- lowing no Oshawa runs. but once again Oshawa held off Richmond Hill as Wood grounded out to second and Boyce fanned the following two batters. “B” CHAMPIONSHIP R. Hill 8, Willowdale 3 GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP Oshawa 1, Richmond Hill 0 Thanks are extended to the Richmond Hill Umpires Association for both spon- ‘oring and officiating at the tourney; Bob Davie, who even with a sore leg, ran a good ship as head convenor; and to all the scorekeepers. announcers and helpers all along the way. Richmond Hill Rangers and Richmond Hill United hooked up in a duel Satur- day and fought one another to a 1-1 stand-off in soccer action at Pearson Park. United, Rangers Battle l-l Saw-off The Rangers had the sun find the edge in the first half and United Goalie Ivan Brown had to come up with some sharp saves. But the Rangers finally prevailed as Ian McKenna broke into the clear to score. Goalie Brown got a piece of the ball but it reached the net. It was United’s turn for the sun in the second half, and they finally broke through five minutes from the start as Frank Unger beat Rangers’ Ron Binsell in goal with a long, dropping <hot into the corner of the net. Oshawa 8, Malton 4 Richmond Hill 8, Scarboro 1 Peterboro 15, Fort Erie 4 Willowdale 12. E. Gwill. 11 “A” CHAMPIONSHIP It was cut and thrust from thereon in as the Rangers roared to the attack with United’s Keeper Brown and fullbacks John Connelly and Van McGinnis, and half backs Attilio Lombard. Klas Scho- mann and Richard Simpson coming through with excep- tional plays to hold the Rangers at bay. United also came close to scoring on occasions with the Rangers' defence rising to the challenge. United’s next game will be against Kleinberg in Klien- berg Saturday. Draw for the semi-final of the Jim Richardson Cup competition has been an- nounced and United will play Aurora United in a couple of weeks. Oshawa 9, Peterboro 5 RESULTS The/Richmond Hill Swim Club swam their way to a decisive victory Saturday in the annual York County Summer Swim League Championships at Thornlea Pool. Coach Nicci Robinson ac- cepted the winning trophy from Markham Recreationl Director Don Costea. Coach Robinson observed that “all teams in this league have been training very hard since July 1 for this particular meet. Of the five Judo contendâ€" ers from Ontario, three re- ‘turn with medals. Alan Tak- ‘ahashi from Ottawa won the ‘gold medal in the 127.6 lbs. l'division; Joe Toule from Thornhill Budukai Club won ‘the gold medal in the under 143 lbs. division and Alan ‘Riddell of the Toronto Judo Education Centre won a bronze in the under 187 lb. divisioni After competing in Ed- monton the five Ontario lads flew back in time to enter the International Open Youth Judo Championship at the CNE August 16. Winâ€" ners once more were Alan Takahasi from Ottawa and Joe Toule from Thornhill took second place in the un- der 127 lbs. and under 143 lbs. youth division, respect- ively. Richmond Hill compiled a total of 4061/2 points to lead :econd place finisher Mark- ham East with 3141/2 and him place Newmarket with 1871/2. “Each swimmer is allowed to swim six events out of a possible seven events in his or her age group. A club can only enter two swimmers per event, so competition con- sisted of only top swimmers from each club." Ontario Judoists Win At Edmonton Each Canadian province selected five competitors, one for each weight division in Judo, to represent it in the Canadian Youth Olympics August 14 and 15 in Edmon- ton, Alberta. The competi- tions were held in the kins- men Fieldhouse of the Uni- versity of Alberta. to, also placed second in the youth over 187 lbs. and Ron Angus from Burlington was champion in the Brown Belt under 154 lbs. division. Hugh and Ron were the other two contenders sent to Edmon- ton to represent Ontario. “fivu‘gh Goodman of the Budokan Judo Club, Tororn- It’s got to be winning smile from Rich- mond Hill Swim Club Coach Nicci Robinson minutes after her team won the'York County Summer Swim League Championships Satur- Some of the more out- FASTBALL THURSDAY, AUG. 22 Time: 8:30 pm. Dynes Jewellers At Town Park Admission $1.00 Students 75¢ Children & Pensioners Free 0.A.S.A. Playoffs OSHAWA Hill Swimmers T he Champs standing swimmers from Richmond Hill were: Ten and underâ€"Jill Har- ris, Darrel Bynoe, and new- comers Janey Stephenson and Greg Shin; 11 and 12, Kathy Lund. Rod Graham, Steve Shannon, Ian Ball; 13 and 14. Ian Bynoe, Brad Shannon, Allana Jones. Cathy Buck; 15 and 16, Errol Jones. Sean Gentry, Kerry Chapman, Nancy Welsh (Nancy was exceptional plac- ing first in five out of five events); Senior. Karen Pfen- ning. Cara Welsh, Kirk Mar- P.S. We’re also your headquarters for the great, shall. Steve Dengate, Koop SWeeped his age group plac- Heilbron. George Barr. and ing first in six out of six Joe Coleman. George events. ERIC GEORGE for Regional Councillor (Photo by Susan Samila) day at Thornlea Pool. Miss Robinson is shown accepting the winning trophy from Markham Parks and Recreation Director Don Costea. Second place went to Markham East. LET ‘GEORGE DO IT! new “Dasher”