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By DAVE BARBOUR A two-hit pitching performance by Wilf Diceman carried Town Auto [0 a 24) victory over Barrow’s Insurance in Richmond Hill Men’s Fastball League ac- tion la5t week. The win put the Auto boys back into a first-place tie with the same (eam. Diceman Struck out 12 batters. Town’s two runs came in the second inning as John Uprichard tripled in Diceman and Steve Black. Luke Lefevre took the loss. Barrow‘s regained a share of fifSI place with a 743 come-from- behind win over Richmond Hill Auto Body. The Hill attack was led by Val Steffan who hit a two-run homer in the firSt inning and Billy Hunter who hit a bases-empty one in the third. Rob Forget socked a two-run doub1e in the fifth giving the Hillers a four-run cushion but i( wasn’t enough. Barrow‘s pitcher Billy Hamilton sparked a comeback in the sixth inning with a two-run triple. Roger Ball also knocked in a pair of runners. Luke Lefevre was the winner in relief. Steffan. with relief from Jim Clement. took the loss. EXPLODED Town Auto exploded for eight big runs in one inning to crush Richmond Hill Auto 104. Larry Black led Town with a two-run double and Rod Chap man accounted for four runs on a hit-and-error play. Rob Forget doubled in a pair of runs for Hill Auto and Kenny Faulkner doubled in another. Richmond Hill Auto salvaged some of the week with a 7-2 win over Linear Sound and Video. Ken Faulkner was the big gun with a two-run double. Jim Clement gm the win, Craig Shuttleworth the loss. Linear remained in contention by bouncing Kinnear Leasing 7-2 with a seventh inning rally. Al McWilliams sparked the rally by baning in Cliff Hartnett. Four more runs followed for Linear. DEBUT Wilkinson. making his debut on the rubber in the league, was very impressive in claiming his firSt win. He gave up just three hits. Dave Webster took the loss. Jack 81th Real Estate and Pizza Press Split back-[oâ€"back games with 81th winning the firm one 12-2, Pizza the second. 8- Tie for first Home runs by Al Shaw and Rick Collins. a double by Bob Bartlett plus seven walks, did it for the lakers in the first game. The Richmond Hill Cadillac Baif Juvenile girls were gracious hostesses in more ways than one on the weekend. Jim Cook was the winning pitcher. Bill Jackson took the loss. Enroute the Richmond Hill CB’s defeated a strong Aurora team 5-3 in the first game at the Town Park. Donna Roberts pitched a strong game againsr a fine Aurora team. Nancy Schneider, Maclnnis, and Seeley accounted for the five The second game saw Pizza Press build up a threeâ€"run lead and then hang on to win. Winning pitcher Terry Legge helped his own cause with a threerun homer, Vince McLean had (wo rbi’s and scored a run himself. They hosted a tournament and lost it by a narrow 3â€"1 score to Bendale in the ‘A' championship final. Doug Farrell had two triples and Glen Wright knocked in a pair of runs in a losing cause. Cadillac loses tourney Jane Toporowski Big winner mama; 0%, ClNDOOR SHOWROOM A Qv" 00PEN7DAYS "7) ~ 0|NDOORSHOWROOM ’95 °0FF HWY. 7 BETWEEN YONGE AND BAYV I 889-3161 nil: The Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers have suddenly come up Wllh xhe surprise one-two pit- ching punch in the Beaches Major Fastball League (his season. It was a busy weekend for local track and field athletes with {he Colgate Women's Games being held [851 Saturday and Sunday at Eiobicoke Siadium. and the fifth Annual Brampton Flower FeSIival Track Meet also on Sunday at Chinguacousy Park. Brampton. Surprise, at leasu [0 the other Beaches' clubs. First it was young Blair Charles Howitt school wins big Their first game win was a continuation of a game previously called on account of curfew at the end of the fifth inning with the score tied 5-5. The regulation second game saw Wilson Nibleu's Paul Wannamaker pitch his second onehiuer of the season as he tamed [he Grimsby visitors Toporowski is tops at meet The Struggling Richmond Hill Wilson Nibleu fasxball team managed to scratch out three wins and a couple of ties in eight games lasr week in OFL action but, again, it wasn‘t easy. The Niblett team commenced ‘its latest gruelling run of games by defeating Grimsby Peach Kings twice Tuesday night by 6-5 and 3-1. . Fine defensive play by Steph Clarke. Deb Howorth, and Darlene Harrison behind the The second game pitted the CB‘s against Don Victoria who they hadn‘t defeated this season. Two quick runs in the first inning by Kathy Ceballo and Darlene Harrison put Richmond Hill into an early lead which saw them come out the winners by 10-3. The fifth inning saw Richmond Hill solve the issue by'scoring seven runs thanks to Howorth, Ceballo. Maclnnis, Harrison, Schneider, Trumbull. Seeley. and Clarke. Jay Kerr, 11, makes a valiant effort to clear one meter 10 centimeters in the Area 3 elementary track and field meet held last Wednesday at Langstaff Secondary School. The Grade 5 D yn es ’ hur/ers shine Wilson Nib/e tt finding wins come mighty tough Being singled out for special By BOB THOMPSON was young Blair Libéral The following day at Brampton the tall blonde discus thrower was awarded the ‘Female Athlete of the Meet‘ award for her three consideration on both days was 19-year-old Jane Toporowski who appeared on the television repon of the Saturday Colgate Games plus press coverage in one of Toronto‘s major Sunday newspapers. McBramey coming up with a tremendous pitching effort albeit a losing one 1215; Thursday night against John Oliver‘ McBramey had a no-hitter going for him in a 0-0 game going into the nimh inning when the bubble burst. With one out, John Oliver's plate helped the cause The ‘A' championships saw Richmond Hill and North Ben- dale go at it with the latter scoring two quick runs in the first inning on two hits. They were the only two hits Debbie Howorth was [0 give up for the remainder of the game. Bendale pitcher Susan Pearel only gave up three hits. The Richmond Hill team is playing progressively better each game and are on a collision course for (he PWSA playdowns Augusz 4. Nexm i[ was a 3-3 tie in the firsr game of a doubleheader in Kit- chener the following night. .The second game turned out to be a disaster as (he Nibleu team lost 18-5. walking none and striking out nine. Wannamaker's no-hit attempt was squelched in the ninth inning when Grimsby's Greg MacAnally singled but was rubbed out on a double play. Mike McLeod tossed the firm game tie walking one and striking out four. Ron Schnobb’s two-run triple in the third inning was the key blow here. Sunszruni took the loss in the second-game debacle which saw Preszcator. an outfielder, Wednesday, June 27, 1979 wmg Toporowski, who leaves in Augusx to commence her fourth- year athletic scholarship at Drake University in Iowa. con- ceded that the two days were busy and exciting. first-place finishes in high jump. shoz-put, and discus and a fouth in (he javelin event. ~ “Afxer the TV, coverage and newspaper phoros on Satur- day,“ Jane told the Liberal. “I of the night off McBratney. Poulton advanced to second on a passed ball and then scored on veteran Brian Lancelox's sharp single [0 centre. The final score was 1~0 as the youthful Jewellers couldn't dent The Wilson squad managed a 5- 5 (ie in the second game with Wannamaker striking out six and walking two. McLellan's two-run double was a key blow in this one. Owen Sound was the visitor Saturday for a single game and Wannamaker was the man.of- the-hour again as he came up with a three-hitter as Wilson Nibleu won 2-1. Sunday night in Si. Catharines saw Richmond Hill losing an 8-7 game which saw five home runs barrelled over the fence. All of Richmond Hill‘s runs were accounted for by home runs with Preszcator swatting a three- run blow in the sixth. Notes: The Wilson Niblett squad heads for Kemptville the holiday weekend and the All Ontario Senior Men‘s fastball final. They open Friday night against Cardinal their league record is now 8 wins, 15 losses and 5 ties. 1-0 loss in Owen Sound in [he first game of yet another doubleheader. Wannamaker was the loser despite giving up only three hits. His downfall came in the fourth inning as two singles and a sacrifice resulted in the lone run. pupil from Joseph A. Gibson Public School (Maple) made the jump and it earned him second place. (Liberal photo by Steve Pearlstein) Bruce Poullon ground a single through the infield for the firs: h'u Jeff Wood also contributed a two~run double. finishing up the game for [he Nibleu team. Kitchener Stroked 18 hits. The Richmond Hill team regrouped enough to go down [0 a Moreland was in control of the game most of the way after having a somewht shaky first inning when he allowed The Sox two hits. The only other threat against him came in the sixth when Sox pitcher Steve Crum- mey doubled but was left holding second base bag. WHIFFS 10 Moreland struck out 10 batters over the nine-inning game. Dynes got eight hits off Crummeyt Their biggest lumpâ€"in-ihe- throat moment came in (he lasx of [he ninth when Ben Bourget singled wiih one out. He ad vanced [0 second as Chris DeGeer grounded outi Then it was McBratney lifting a short fly to left field which almOSt dropped ‘in. It was caught as Bourget crossed the plate. End of game. Tough for McBramey. MORELAND WINS It was a similar story but with a different ending the new night as it was Glenn Moreland's turn to do the heroics as he spun a four- hitter at the league-leading Sox team at Kew Beach and beat them 40. This game saw Harold DeGeer gel the winning run in the top of the eighth inning on a four-base blasx. The Jewellers added some insurance ice cream in the ninth with three more runs. Steve Madden started it off with a single, Shane McKenzie walked. Pitcher Moreland then doubled both runners home. Moreland later scored on a sacrifice fly. The holiday weekend finds the Dynes team in Grimsby for the annual All Ontario Junior softball saw-offs. The Jewellers. who now stand at three wins and six losses, meet Midas Muffler tomorrow night (Thursday) in a doubleheader at (he Town Park beginning at 7:30 They should be a [h‘reat to any team. Especially with Moreland and Bramey in top form. had a 45-minute interview with a Toronto paper reporter that was enough. I thought, for one weekend but winning the award on Sunday at Brampton brought another round of photos and congratulations . . . I con- fess it tired me out." ' Toporowski was one of seven local (rack athletes (hat com- peted at the Brampton affair who collected six medals. and placed home plate despite threatening on several occasions. CLOSE Section B Scott Low led the hitting with three including a triple and\ a homer run. Repth had three hits while Negri had two. Bel] smacked a grandslam. Leonard piayed a good game a: second base. DEFEAT Home runs [old the story in the “A” Championship finals, as BIG WIN The third game saw Richmond Hill grab a 3-0 first inning lead and go on to defeat a good Bay Ridges club 9~0. Rbbbie Bell threw excellent ball as he allowed five hits while fanning four and walking two. The hitting went like this: Negri, five hits with a home run. Scott Low four hits and a triple. Rob MacMillan and Dave Repath with three hits, Repath getting a home run. while Jim Hughes. Paul McWatt, and Leonard each had two hits. Another gold medal winner at the day-long competition was 15- year-old Lori Bordignon in the midget girl high jump with a leap of 1.44 metres. Chepelsky again picked up the win in this game as he went four and one third innings giving up six hits and struck out three. Robbie Bell retired [W0 batters. all entries into {he finals of their respecrive evenls‘ “It was cold all morning and didn‘t warm up until well after lunch“ said Lori, “and I'm sure that accounted for the low per- formances turned in by all the Dave Repath, Cesidio Negri, and Mike Leonard all had two hits in this game. LINDSAY??? The second game provided the Dairy Queen boys with lots of running exercise as they destroyed Lindsay 29-3 in only four and a half innings. Top individual competitor of the day was Howitt’s Diane Balogh who swept the field in the intermediate girl‘s division with It was business as usual for Charles Howiu Public School of Richmond Hill in the annual Area 3 West Division {rack and field junior championships last Wednesday, ‘ Robby Chepelsky went (he distance on the mound allowing only three infield singles, while striking 0m four. . followed by Kleinburg with Pine Grove 22, Woodbridge and Sixteenth Avenue 3. “We jUSI seem to have the jump on the other schools.“ commented Phil Horsman. who was in charge of the meet and was also one of (he Howiu commented Phil Horsman. who was in charge of the meet and was also one of (he Howiu coaches along with Joan Cowe and Mariane Gosling. The meet was held at Langstaff Secondary School. The Hillers opened the day with a 11-1 beating of Beamsville in a mercy rule shortened five inning game. The Richmond Hill Dairy Queen Squirts almost made it two tournaments in a row as they were narrowly edged in the “A” Finals of the North York tour~ nament last Saturday. Tournament Ladies lose first The ladies IOSt to a strong Malton team by a 4-1 score. Malton pitcher Kelly Barnes had a good game Striking out eight while allowing only three hits. Richmond Hill pitcher Darlene Nelson produced her usual good effort The Richmond Hill Intermediate Ladies softball team saw its eighlâ€"game winning streak end last Wed- nesday night at the Town Park. Hi// squirts in to ugh loss MEETING ROOMS FOB COMPANIES PARKWAY HOTEL HWY. 7 f: LESLIE ST‘ Division winners and points: Junior. Howiu 37, Gibson 18 Woodbridge 14. Pine Grove 4 Sixteenth Avenue 3. Senior: Hewitt 62. Gibson 23, Kleinburg 11. Intermediate: Howitt Gibson 35, Pine Grove 17. Low put the Hillers in from with a tremendous three-run homer‘ With two out in the bottom of the seventh inning, a bad bounce home run to centrefield gave Glenfield the victory. Bell surrendered eight while striking out ten in game. LEAGUE League competition saw (he Hill boys remain atop the Squirt division of (he Elobicoke Softball Association. as they downed Bramalea 4-0, defeated Alder- wood 12-4, and [hen (ied Bramalea 7-7. Richmond Hill had only six hits, with Low getting three of them. The second game againsr Bramalea was one in which neither team appeared to want [0 win as Richmond Hill errors and Bramalea walks made for a less than classic contest. Intermediaie Boys. Jay- Kerr, Gibson. 11 points; Senior Girls, Magda‘Pappas, 12 points. Richmond Hill lost [0 (heir nemesis, Glenfield, by a close 4-3 score. v Richmond Hill had nine hits with Low and Repayh getting two each. I The firSt game was a real pitcher‘s duel as Robbie Bell allowed Bramalea only two hits and recorded 10 strikeouts. The Alderwood contest saw the Hillers pounding out 14 hits with Low getting two home runs in- cluding a grandslam. while Negri also Named a home run. Hughes and Bell both tripled. while Repath had four hits. Repth led the way with three hits while MacMillan had two and Negri belted a double and triple. Glenfield scored one run, and then a twoâ€"run shot in the sixth inning knotted (he count at 3-3. Bell fired a sixâ€"hitter to gain the rviczory. Bell allowed only five hits and fanned 10. Other winners in the various divisions were: Junior Boys, Doug Schomberg, Joseph A. Gibson, 9 points; Junior Girls. Allison Young, Hewitt, 13 points. The previous day. at Etobicoke, Toporowski. Lori, and sister Dianne Bordignon all easily qualified for further competition on the Sunday bUt the three girls opted out of the Colgate Games in favor of the Brampton FeStival because of the larger number of age events available in the Flower City meet. Another impressive performer was Clayton Crawford, also of Howiu, who achieved 13 points winning the standing jump, Shot put. long jump, 200 metre run. and was also on the winning Howiu relay team. jumpers.“ 15 out of 15 possible points. She was first in the high jump. triple jump, 200 metre run and was also on the winning Howiu relay xeam. striking out six batters and only allowing four hits. She also scored the only Richmond Hill run. Richmond Hill also committed six errors. Not one of their besz games. Hopefully, they‘ll bounce back tonighx (Wednesday) at 8:30 pm. a: the Town Park. Final note: This week is (he laSI chance to pur- chase a 50-50 draw ticket to raise money for the (eam. The draw will be held July 4 at the Town Park. 881-2121 hits this