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f gt k the stourtyiuf thsuke tkntbr october i 1959 tie game gives markham jrs berth in league finals markhams junior aces i matthews singled jim john- had to be satisfied with a split ston lashed a double into the in the points on thursday night j outfield and rich conlin belted but it was enough to give them j a twobagger to push johnston berth in the claremont com munity league finals they battled peachs to an 84 tie in seven innings markham had previously registered one vic tory and a tie in the semifinal series the game featured some bril liant fielding plays by both clubs geo clarke and earl brooks pan oiled a wide out field area tor peachs and gath ered in some welltagged balls from markham bats don mid- dleton drove brooks back near the rightfield fence in the fifth inning but he grabbed the drive over his head geo clarke made a diving shoestring catch off bruce holdsworth in the second inning richard conlin gathered in two wellhit balls from the bats of eric pilkey and bill nigh peachs held an 86 lead as markham came to bat in the bottom half of the sixth inning bert beckett and keith beckett were retired in order but ted across with the tying tally nebbie cayman flied out to end the inning peachs went down in one two three order in the top half of the seventh rich conlin handled a big bat for markham he whacked out three doubles and scored two of his teams 8 runs jim johnston bill johnston and ken beckett connected for twobase blows geo clarke poled a home run and a single for peachs best plate effort he was hit by a wild pitch in the first inning and walked in the fifth he completed the circuit three times bill nigh bagged a tworun double in the fifth gord pilkey and eric pilkey each poked out singles mark- hams ted matthews and pea chs jim noble worked the dis tance noble was clipped for eight hits matthews allowed on ly five safeties peachs com mitted five errors markham had two bobbles cardshagrersville baitle to 33 tie in eleven innings manager assistant mgr evicted from game claremont to battle aces for community ue title a leags it will be claremont and markham in the community league finals markham oust ed peachs on thursday night nnd claremont knocked off greenwood on monday the fin als will open on thursday eve ning of this week at 8 oclock greenwood held a 43 edge as claremont came to bat in the top half of the seventh inning on monday before the third man was out four runners had crossed the plate and jack ren- nies squad were sitting in the drivers seat with a 74 lead greenwood were held off the score sheet in the bottom of the seventh bruce rcdshaw was the mound hero for claremont he worked the entire game veteran receiv er dave beverley provided much of the teams plate power with four hits in four trips bill max well who fired a nohitter in the series opener was the victim of the loss neil pascoe took over his duties in the seventh but the damage had been done it will be claremonts mound strength against markhams plate power in the series final bob and bruce redshaw form a potent pitching twosome markham has a question mark mound staff consisting of four hurlers ted matthews barry nelson bert beckett and ron hiltz matthews is considered to be the best at the plate the aces possess plenty of plate strength in don middleton law rence gayman jim johnston bill johnston and rich conlin if they can be held off the base paths then claremont could win quite handily if the red shaw combination cannot cope with the markham plate power then claremont could be snow ed under a portion of the story will be told on thursday night spend 72674 the pickering twp recrea tion committee spent a total of 72675 on softballs this sum mer according to a report filed with council at a special meet ing on monday night some members felt that the figure was exceedingly high councillor ross hawthorne explained that the committee had operated a total of 36 teams comprising 32 boys clubs and 4 girls teams he suggest ed that the organization was de veloping into a largescale pro gramme he noted that their budget had climbed from 500 to 2500 in a single year councillor hawthorne pointed with some pride at the accom plishments of the frenchmans bay peewee team which had ad vaneed into the provincial fin als stouffvillle and hagersville battled to a 33 eleven inning draw in a hectic marathon provincial playoff contest in the memorial park on saturday afternoon only the intervention of darkness forced umpire tom hulme to halt the game it has been declared no contest siouffvllle can retain the junior c title with a victory at hagersville on saturday afternoon of this week a loss would force a rubber match back in stouffville on the following weekend the cards took the opener 54 a huge crowd watched the tense struggle that lasted almost four hours hagersville forced the game into extrainnings when they scored two runs in the top of the ninth on three singles a walk and an outfield error tempers flare hagersville found themselves almost minus a manage ment when both the manager john maggio and his assistant grant kett were ejected from the game by the officials mag gio was the first to get the gate kett followed in the tenth inning umpire hulme threatened on two occasions to award the contest to stouffville if the management failed to comply with his orders maggio aroused the ire of the plate official by insisting on directing his club following his ejection from the game he finally took a seat in the grandstand but later returned to a location near the players bench a final warn ing forced him to retreat to a more neutral site well matched on the days play there was little to choose between the teams the cards left the bases loaded in the first inning hagersville loaded up the sacks in the second but failed to score bob stover carried the wouldbe winning tally across the plate in the eighth inning but umpire hulme ruled that he left the bag before the ball was caught outfielders roger stover and ted suzuki collided in an attempt to grab a fly ball from the bat of glen vanevery in the ninth and two run ners advanced harry barber hurled a sparkling nine hitter over the eleven inning route hagersvilles glen vanevery worked ten and twothirds innings he like barber yielded nine hits win sardine did a brief relief stint in the eighth to put out a stouffville rally both barber and vanevery were under surveillance by a scout with the detroit tiger chain potent batter catcher gord eckardt continues to belt long balls from the offerings of rival pitchers he lashed extrabase blows off creemore moundsmen and has been equally successful with hagersville hurlers on saturday he smashed a double and a single in four trips he was intentionally walked in the ninth lynn taylor enjoyed a good day rapping two singles into the outfield harry barber belted three singles in six tfmes at bat ted suzuki keith scott and roger stover each had one hit frank demille tapped out three hits for hagersville don smith whacked a pair glen vanevery poled a home run over the left field fence double plays the white sox have nothing on the cards when it comes to completing double plays stouffville came up with two twinkillings in saturdays tilt hagersvilles brian mel- enbacher hit into the first dp in the second with the bases loaded barber gloved his ground ball and flipped to catcher eckardt for a forceout at the plate eckardt blazed the ball to firstsacker keith scott to hip the batter melenbacher was again a double play victim in the fifth this time the play went from second baseman lynn taylor to short stop roger todd to firstsacker keith scott bench strength hagersville didnt lack for reserve bench strength in the late innings they tossed pinchhitters and pinchrunners into the contest in a reckless gamble to produce a gamewinning combination altogether thirteen players saw action for the visitors ml zion bows to selkirk 61 in finals opener mr zion will be out to square their final series with selkirk when the two teams meet un der the lights at brooklin on saturday night at eight oclock selkirk chalked up a 61 win in the opener all the damage was done in a single inning mt zion moved out front 10 in the top of the third when grant jones round ed the sacks and scored then cc o0mt be fooled by the pbjce of paint alone llwhsliiib oc like piw ttaii 35ni6re with a combination like this how can we lose those are the hopes of p t instruc tor jim rehill as he leads his stouffville high school junior recruits into their first regular league games this week with a cheerleading sec tion headed by pretty jean- ette montgomery and a strong- armed quarterback tike john roxborough stouffvilles chan ces should be very good the local team has been placed in a group comprising mark ham woodbridge and picker ing college last season they advanced to the central on tario secondary school finals save racenmanrnberaeihe cost wfjhfftejjjk troubletree onecad vinyl wg tjasifl get the facts gmtc in or pbone traiy a h max a tlm jou aa sotm tgst biding powsr superior perforaimml costs less to use uridfalo touchup odorless fastdrjfeg all types of pumps and water systems plastie mipe fittings betz supplies wholesale retail market street stouffville phone 200 came selkirks turn to show proof of their plate power ten players paraded to the box to whack out six hits including a home run and collect six runs that was the ball game neither club could push another man across in the remaining six in nings mt zion left enough men stranded on the sacks to win three contests no less than fif teen men were marooned on base they left the bases loaded in the first and sixth innings selkirk stranded nine john hill connected for the lone extra- base blow of the game for the local squad he belted a triple in the third inning to score team male grant jones mur ray jones stan mcmullon wes evans and grant carson each poked out singles lindsay poled a home run for selkirk ron jones worked the nine inning distance for mt zion he was clipped for nine hits he registered a creditable 13 strike outs his mates com mitted four errors some timely hits by mount zion at the right time could i have broken the game wide open murray jones grant jones and john hill were park ed on the sacks in the first in ning but alan carson flied out to left field in the sixth inning wes evans ron jones and grant jones loaded up the bas es vern ferguson was a strike out victim to end the rally the locals threatened again in the seventh and ninth innings but once again they failed to con nect for key hits they hope to turn the tables on their home diamond saturday night eenter community league open october 20 the highly successful stouff- an oha or orha team all ville community hockey lea- six clubs will gain a playoff gue has been reorganized for berth gormley congratulations to mr and mrs ray winger evelyn ben nett who were married satur day afternoon at tiie home of her uncle and aunt mr and mrs harold wideman the reception was held at the youth centre congratulations also to mr and mrs ian pitts shirley alen who were married at bethesda united church satur day with the reception at ga vins restaurant mr george french spent fri day with mr frank harvey another season the regular schedule will start on tuesday evening oct 20th a pre-sched- ule practice night will be held on oct 13th six clubs have reentered the group including claremont ringwood peachs brougham altona and ballantrac each team was represented at a meeting in the arena on sun day afternoon representatives were claremont ross red shaw lloyd pascoe kingwood clarence fockler jake har- man peachs jim thomas brougham les wilson don beer lome disney ballantrac lou mortimer altona how ard forgie rep morris procenko and len henderson of mark ham were interested in filing an entry but the local league could not cope with an addition al club another group may be formed at unionville and the in dividual winners may meet at the conclusion of the regular league playoffs there will be thice games every tuesday night the first contest will start at 815 the second at 930 and the final at 1045 polly minton will be the head referee admsion will be 35e per adult children are admitted without charge each team will be permitted to sign 20 players including a regular goaltender and a sub netmindcr all players lists must be i the hands of the sec retary by oct 27th all players must compete in four scheduled games to qualify for playoff ac tion only one member of last seasons clipper club will be permitted to sign with a com munity league entry no player will be eligible to play in the league who is performing on the league representatives agreed to support the head offi cial in curbing any unnecessary rough or unruly play by individ ual players on advice from the referee each incident will be dealt with by the management arena manager w t ronnie was appointed to the board as a seventh man tuesday- jan 19th has been left open for an injured players benefit night two additional evenings have been reserved by the skating club a complete schedule will be drawn up as soon as pos sible the nightly fee will in clude 50 ice rental 16 for referees and 1 for scrapers the manager of each club will collect 1170 from his team to cover this cost now and then an entire week passes with no new brand of cigarets being announced it i sy mr donald prentice a quali fied baseball scout with the de troit tiger chain was in at tendance at theeleven inning junior contest in the stouffville park on saturday afternoon he was watching the performance of both starling pitchers harry barber of the cards and glenn vanevery of hagersville he has seen both hurlers ic action on previous occasions important game plan to attend the exhibition game in the stouffville arena on friday night oct 9th be- tween the whitby dunlops and the kitchener dutchmen the contest has been arranged by the local lions club and all profits will be used for charit able purpoes claremont evens series on greenwood errors after dropping the semifinal opener by a 42 count clare mont roared back to chalk up an 86 victory over greenwood on thursday night of last week greenwood booted the game away in the early innings they committed a total of eight er rors four of their fumbles oc curred in the serond inning they made three additional miscues in the fifth greenwood built up a 31 lead in the first inning but it quickly disappeared as the game pro gressed riding on the big bats of gord allman bob redshaw and dave beverley claremont held an 83 advantage going into the top of the sixth green wood staged a threerun rally in the sixth but it was not en ough to pull a victory out of the fire catcher beverley suffered an injured hand in the third in ning and was replaced by coach jack rennie greenwoods glenn carter was their best batter he singled in the first inning and beat out an infield bunt in the fifth jim cruikshank poled a tworun double in the first normle nell bob cherry and bill allan each bagged singles bruce redshaw and bob redshaw shared the seven inning distance for clare mont he was clipped for seven safeties norm neil started for greenwood with bill maxwell working in relief