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Old Dame Rain the Winner 3-4 â€"â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. July 28, 1976 RICHMOND HILL â€" Old Dame Rain caused cancellation of several games last week in the Richmond Hill Minor Soccer Association which will be re- scheduled as soon as possible. Mexico Our Richmond Hill Lions” squad performed in admirable fashion last week in Mexico City winning two games and losing two. A full report on the trip will be available next week. Girls division â€" TRT The bantam and mosquito divisions were cancelled due to the Olympic games at Varsity Stadium. Mutual Life Atoms 3, Don Mills Kiwanis 1. Allison Kirk was the big gun in this one scoring all three Richmond Hill goals. The girls came through despite the pouring rain that fell throughout the game. Tournament Richmond Hill hosted a very suc- cessful tournament for the Mosquito and Bantam age girls for the first time July 18 under, believe it or not, perfect weather conditions at Langstaff, Pearson and Crosby fields. Our club has been commended by the chairman of the girls‘ committee, OMSA, for our efforts and only favorable comments have been received from the participating clubs. Special thanks are due to all those who assisted and supported us in Our endeavours particularly Sam Morelli, Joan Cone and Stephen Rowe; It could be a kick-off or a convert in a football game except that it isn't. It’s Adam Cox of Baymar showing perfect style as he puts toe to Bantam Visiting teams came from Armour- dale, St. Andrew and Niagara Falls: The Richmond Hill Cadillac Bait" girls came up with only 11 players but tried hard but were unable to outlast the competing teams with 15 and 16 players in their lineup. V First place in the competition went to St. Andrews followed by Armourdale, Niagara Falls and Richmond Hill. This was a very well-matched series with no more than two goals scored in any game and five shutouts including a scoreless draw. Mosquitoes Clarkson walked off with first place honors in this segment of the tour- nament which included teams from St. Andrew and Armourdale. NORTH YORK â€" The Richmond Hill Peewee Lions travelled to North York last Saturday and won their second “A” Championship of the season. Clarkson had the same win-loss record as St. Andrew but were granted top honors by virtue of outscoring the former by 15 goals to 11. The Lions started the day off in im- pressive fashion as they defeated Grand Ravine 11-0 in a five inning game behind the noâ€"hit pitching of Glenn Apps: Third filace â€"went to Armourdale on the basis of goal average since its win- Only three runners reached base via two walks and an error as Apps struck out seven batters. Offensiver the Lions had trouble with the extremely slow pitcher as only Apps and Wayne Smith could come up with two hits. Apps and Paul Harrietha both tripled while Mike Smith came through with his eighth homerun of the season. Defeat Barrie The second game of the day saw the Hill boys come out swinging as they scored seven times in the first inning and then held on for a 13-10 victory over Barrie. Peewee Lions take ’I The Lions pounded out 13 hits in this game with Lawrence Millard having a St. Andrews By Jane Stel Clarkson tops It's a football kickoff? Naah. loss and goals scored was identical to the Richmond Hill Dan’s Auto Service girls. - ‘ Joan Cone’s girls deserve special recognition because they started the day short-handed and held Armourdale to a tie with only seven players in the final contest. Minor Mosquitoes TRT Richmond Hill Liberal 1, Armourdale 1. Both sides showed some fine soccer thrusts in the first half. Richmond Hill’s Brian Mason scored direct from a comer kick after nine minutes but Armourdale came back to tie the score on a hard shot just before halftime. The Hill crew launched an allâ€"out offensive in the seond half but couldn’t break through despite several close misses. Major Mosquito Gamma Foundry 3, St. Andrews 2. A short-handed but determined Gamma gang edged the visitor’s in overtime on a well taken penalty shot by Paul Durigon. The Hill boys found themselves behind two goals to zip but fought back to tie the game before halftime on goals by Jimmy Gourlay and Greg Pearson. Outstanding for Gamma was goalie Mark Stevens who came up with some daring saves to keep Gamma’s hopes alive to the end. Gamma will be at Port Colbourne on the weekend of Aug. 14 and 15. Gamma 7. Aurora 0. Another fine display of attacking soccer for Rich- mond Hill with Jimmy Gourlay coming up with another hatâ€"trick. 'The other goals were spread between Kenny Jensen, Danny Summerhill, Neill Smith and Greg Pearson. Gamma 1. Armourdale 0. The lone goal was again scored by Gourlay as the Hill crew again survived a lack of players due to the summer holidays. A dutstanding defensively were Kevin McMurray, Stevie Rockarts and Neil] Smith along with standâ€"in goalie Mike Briggs. perfect four for four game while Wes Whitaker was three for three. Nmourdale Richmond Hill Willowdale Yorkview Aurora St. Augustine Jim Barton had two hits as did Harrietha. Harrietha, Whitaker, and Rob McKenzie all homered with M. Smith adding a triple. Apps started on the mound for the Hill squad. but a three run homer in the third inning saw him being replaced by Harrietha. Paul pitched effective ball until the seventh inning when he ' tired and surrendered a grand slam homerun. He was then replaced by Smith for the final out. ~ Glenn Apps picked up his second win of the day in this game. Another No-Hitter The third game saw the Lions unleash a tremendous hitting attack as they scored eight times in the first inning and continued to sail along to a 19-0 thrashing over Galt in only five innings. This game featured another brilliant The three pitchers combined to give up 11 hits while walking eight and fanning seven. Stevens outstanding Shutout for Briggs 3 for Gour/ay soccer ball in this Richmond Hill Minor Soccer League game against North York Trophies in North York Premier competition Monday night Standings â€"TRT (as of July 14) Squirts Yorkview Richmond Hill Willowdale St. Auguskine Aurora Downswew Richmond Hill Armourdale Yetkview St. Augustine St. Jan'e Francis Flemingdon Edgely Armourdale St. Jane Francis Richmond Hill St‘ Augustine Edger Yorkview St. Augustine Richmond Hill Armourdale Yorkview St. Jane Francis Downsview Aurora St. Jane Francis Downsview Richmond Hill Yorkview St‘ Augustine Aurora Edger pitching performance as Mike Smith hurled his second noâ€"hitter of the season recording 13 strikeolits in the process. Downsview Yorkwew Aurora Richmond Hill Willowdale Wayne Smith and Rob McKenzie lead the hitting barrage with three apiece including McKenzie’s second homerun of the day. Lawrence Millard had two hits and three rbi's while Mike Smith helped his own cause by smacking two hits in- cluding a triple. Armourdale Rexdale Edgely Richmond Hill Aurora Edge Grantham In Finals The championship game was the toughest of the day as the Hill Lions came up against a hot Grantham team. The 'Liofis continued their torried hitting and it carried them to a 7-5 victory and Athe_ “A” Championship _ St. Francns Yatkdale Dawnsview richmond hill soccer , The'Lions broke a scoreleés tie in the third inning by stringing five hits in a row together Millard, Whitaker, M. Smith, and Harrietha all getting rbi‘s. Harrietha's was a homerun. Going into the top of the sixth the Hill squad held a reasonably comfortable lead of 7-2. But. three hits topped off by Moms Minor Division Atom Maim Division Mosquito Minor Mosquito Maior Peewee Minor Bantam Minot Peewee Major Bantam Maior of this week. It was a good kick but alas and alack the bad guys, North York, won by 3-1. Dave Sanderson Gulf 6, Aurora Bowl 0. Two goals apiece from Vincent Wong, Chris DePiero and John Higham. Cadillac Bail 1, Midway Machinery 0. Cadilla won by default as Midway couldn’t field enough players. A friendly game was played. Atoms Jakma Construction 6. Invictas 2. David West and Glen Dimpfel scored for Invictas. Peter Breck got three goals for the winners with Richard Gray getting two and Mark Rothwell Don Deb Construction 1, Aurora Ford Sales 1. Richmond Hill came on the field intent on repeating the defeat of Aurora of last week and looked capable of doing it in the first half. Richmond Hill Armourdale House League â€"- Squirts one Leading the assault up front were Ian Mitchell and Stephen Riswick but Aurora’s goalie Chris Bishop was very sharp between the posts and the first half ended scoreless. Along came Aurora’s Brook McCarthy and Jeff Barton who teamed up to tie the game. Royal Canadian Legion 1, Aurora Sports 0. Game to the Legion by default as Aurora failed to show. Peewee North York Trophies 3, St. Andrews 2. Scorers for North York included Rudy Franke with two. Future games: Squirts, Aug. 3, Cadillac Baif vs Ratcliffs; Dave Sanderson’s Gulf vs Midway Machinery; Deciantis and Caesar's Palace go to Aurora. The early part of the second half saw a good shot by Tim Rowe come spinning along the grass and bounce out of Aurora goalie Bishop’s grasp to give The Hill a short-lived lead. Atoms, Aug. 3,'Jakma Construction vs Concord Ford; Midas Muffler vs Invictas; and Tournaments go to Aurora. Mosquitoes, Aug. 5, Don Deb Con- struction vs Aurora Sports; Royal Canadian Legion vs Peter’s Excavating. Regaional Sport goes to Aurora. a homerun put Grantham right back if‘lgééivee, Aug. 2, no games scheduled due to the Civic Holiday. into the game Mike Smith then settled down and struck out the next five batters in a row and ended the game with an easy groundout to preserve the victory. ai'l'liie Lions 1i hit attack was paced by Harrietha with three while W. Smith, Millard. and Whitaker all had two hits apiece wrdnflthe other side pitcher Smith allowed five hits while fanning 17 batters. Captain Whitaker accepted the trophy on behalf of his teammates for the victory the Lions truly deserved, as they played well from start to finish with no letup in between. Tournament In Elmvale The next day the Lions travelled to a little “bush” tournament in Elmvale. The first game saw the Lions play the host team Elmvale and defeat them in Kinnear is big winner VuIEQereheiroh the team played well and contributed at some time during the day. Mosquitoes Shutout for Gulf G oa/ies sharp 3 for Breck (Photo by H099) RICHMOND HILL â€" A new twist will be added to Richmond Hill Minor Ball’s annual wind-up tournament day for house league players to be held next Sept. 18.. Special competitions will be held featuring a select group of players from each team in each division who will compete in running the bases, distance and accuracy in throwing the softball, hitting‘for distance etc. A series of tryouts will be held by each team to select eight players out of 15 who will compete on tournament day. These try-outs will be held until the end of Aug. 9 with the competitors to be an- nounced Aug. 15. Idea behind the new competition is to “en- courage the teaching and execution of some of the basic skills of softball.” Tourney data Tournament sheets that were given out to all ‘coaches, conveners, and players last week on the diamonds have to be changed slightly. Pleuase rfiaké note of these changes on your original tournament By Anne Thorpe RICHMOND HILL â€" Kinnear Pontiac bombed City Wide Rentall 22-7 in Peewee-Bantam action in the Rich- mond Hill Minor Ball Association with Don Grasse pitching a solid game for the winners and also tripling. Big hitter was Gerry Lawlor who went four for four including two homers. one a grandslammer, and two doubles. Larry Jaillet blasted out two doubles and a triple. Playing strong games for City Wide were Joey Rush, Andy Arai and Brian Dunnett. Other peeweeâ€"bantam activity saw: Bob’s Bottoms and Up 18, Dave’s Esso 11. This was the first win for Bob’s and a welcome one. Bruce Routledge led offensively with four for four inâ€" cluding a homer, two doubles and a triple. Also hitting well were Gary Sutherland, Paul Buxton and John McLaughlin. Impressing in a losing cause were Brad Marinoff, Gary Foch. and Pat Guyton. Grand slam Dynes Jewellers 9, Summit Tran- sportation 5. Paul Mashinter socked out a grand slam homer for the winners with brother Dave right behind at four for four including a homer. John Glen played a good defensive game in the outfield. For Summit it was Scott Renshaw catching two pop fly balls with Joe Avolio hitting well. Glen Sutherland pitched a strong game and scored a run. Peewees 2m 3 row Bob’s Bottoms and Up 17, Dave’s Esso 9. This was the second win in a row for Bob’s with Bob Horton tossing in fine style for the winners. John McKinlay also caught a great game. Frank Rossi was alert at shortstop while Paul Buxton played steadily at third. For Dave’s it was Craig Ham whacking out two homeruns with Pat Guyton outstandingrat shqytstop. _ City Wide Rental] 15. Kinnear Pon- tiac 9. Darrell Lewis came up with a big hit in the fifth inning and was also good in the infield for City Wide. The Gilchrist brothers were alert on the diamonds playing a solid game. Summit Transmission 13. Dynes Jewellers 10. Tom Jellicoe, Brian Gates and Bill Gamble played effectively for R.F. Mote 27. NS. Smith Real Estate 12. The Mote team compiled 16 runs in the fourth and fifth inning with Pat Lannon connecting for a grandslam homer. another homer and two triples. Summit Roger LaFleur socked out a triple with two rbi‘s while Jimmy Wiggins tripled and also drove in three runs. Richard Murphy doubled and had 2 rbi's. For the Smith boys it was Bert Ball going three for three including a triple. Mark Hoogenboom made a good catch at shortstop while Gary Robertson played well at first. five innings by a score of 3-2 Paul Harrietha picked up the victory as he allowed only one hit and set down eight men sw_ing_in_g. The Lions had trouble getting hits themselves as they could manage only six, with Matt Thompson knocking in the winning run with two out in the last inning. The second game was the “A” Championship which saw the Hill team coming up against a team which had a pitcher and a whole infield with one exception that were Bantam age. w:Alilrof these players had beenâ€"on last season's OASA Peewee “C” Chamâ€" pionship team. Neédless to say with a Bantam pitcher throwing from Peewee distance the Lions had their backs to the wail. The Hill boys could manage only one hit and went down via the strikeout route a total of 21 times including 12 in a row at one point. ’ The Lions ‘did hold the lead for a while as Harrietha’s two run single in the first inning held up until the fifth. 76 big runs sheets and advise all players as well. The changes basically occur only in the number and ages of players to qualify in the different divisions of house league ball. The changes are as follows: Changes One girl player per team, one boy player per team; Junior girls. one player per team, 9 years and under, one player per team, 10 years old and up; Senior girls, one player per team, 12 years and under; one player per team, 13 years and up. Tyke, one player per team. 7 years old; one player per team, eight years old; Squirt, one player per team, nine years old; one player per team, 10 years old; Peewee-Bantam. one player per team, 12 years and under; one player per team, 13 years and up. Eligible ones All girls and boys registered in the house league are eligible to participate in the tryouts for the four events which are: Running the bases. fastest time; throwing the 'richmond hill minor ball Bender Rugs 13. RH. Auto Body 11. Ralph Durston was the winning pitcher in this one. Andy Walton got the only homer of the game with Tim Van Halteren playing an excellent game at first. ' Junior Girls Perry Hill 20, Loughlin Lumber 19. Perry Hill was short of players due to summer vacations but still pulled out the win due to the excellent playing of Debbie Forsythe, Christine Foch, and Heather McKenzie. They were on loan from their own teams. Powell Fencing 23, Pop City 14. Tracy Rice had four for four for the winners as did Nancy McClelland and Lori Abernathy. Carol Querengesser hit a grand slam homerun for Pop City. Rice‘s Flowers 19. Dairy Queen 17. Michelle Surowiec went three for three at bat including a homer and also caught two infield flys. Janet Gerritse went three for three with a single, double and triple. Good infield plays by Lisa Dunford. Michelle Surowiec and Cheryl Edwards. The Dairy Queen team was playing Shorthanded with only, eight players. Baymar Spun: Town Auto Body Fisher Bros. Sports Water Refining Co. Limited Shoe World Raiders York va. Ambulance SQUIRTS Ruchmond Hill Auto Body R. F. Mote Limited Bender Rugs N. S. Smith Real Estate JUNIOR GIRLS Dairy Queen Pop City Powell Fencing Perry Hill Rice's Flowers Loughlin Lumber TYKES Ramsey Rec. Ziebait Rustproofing Powell Plumbing Photo Hut PEEWEE-BANIAM T-BALL City Wide Rentall Dynes Jewellers Kinnear Pontiac Summit Transmission Dave's Esso Bob's Bottoms & Up SENIOR GIRLS A homerun at that point tied the game and a three run homer in the following inning proved to be the margin of victory. LeCuyer Electric Rumble Transport Hanson's Flowers Record Shop But: the Lions never said die as they scored a run in the seventh and had the go ahead runs at second and third but could not push then} across.__ Mike Smith hurled an excellent game in his own right as he allowed only four hits and claimed 14 strikeout victims of his own against Bantam players. The bright spot of the entire day was the fact that when faced with an almost insurmountable task the Lions went in head first and never quit as they hustled and gave everything they had throughout the whole game. Following the game the entire team voted and decided they could not accept the trophy for being the finalists and returned it as they felt the tournament had been run unfairly. In league play last week the Lions tied East Gwillimbury 2-2 and are still in first place. Homer for Surowiec Rice goes 4 for 4 Walton homers softball, distance and accuracy; throwing the softball. accuracy; hit- ting the softball, distance. All ages as per registrgtipr}, Jan. 1,‘1976. In divisions such as junior girls where there will be two groups con- sisting of a girl aged 8 years and one girl aged 9 years old. both girls will be competing together, with one winner in each division. ' Conveners Conveners of each league will choose the night for qu'alifying rounds. In any house league players are absent due to summer vacations during the tryouts there will be three or four days put aside for these boys and girls missing the first tryout. These dates will be announced later. The executive hopes that “all coaches and their assistants will do their utmost in assisting us with this tournament, making sure that all children are aware of it and given equal op- portunity to participate in each of the four events.“ Standings PWLTPB 0010 010