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RICHMOND HILL WINS HASKETT CHAMPIONSHIP YORK TAKES CONSOLATION Val Steffans nohitter sinks K and L in tournament final Hod Leonard of York Merchants rounds third base and heads home in a consolation semifinal contest Sunday in the George Haskett Mens Softball League Tournament York won this game 32 over then went on to win the consolation cham pionship NEWMARKET Val Steffan pitched a nohitter as Richmond Hill Auto Body defeated K and L Sports Sunday to win the George Haskett Mens Softball League Tournament Steffan who was named the tourneys most valuable pitcher allowed only two base runners He walked Norm Roberts and Dave McBurney in the fifth inning after setting down the first men in order Steffans nohitter was the third tossed in the tournament K and L pitchers Norm Roberts and Brian also hurled nohitters Roberts was the loser in the championship final He gave up two runs in the first inning on a solo homer by Glen Greenslade two errors and two singles and two more runs in the second on a twoout two run homer by Rob Forget Newhouse then came on in relief and gave up the fifth Richmond Hill run a solo homer by tournament MVP Glen in the fifth York Merchants won the consolation championship edging AW Lee in the final game Winning pitcher Bob who tossed a three- hitter singled to knock in Norm with the games only run in the fourth inning Richmond Hill Auto Body won five straight games to capture the title The champs opened with an win over Sneaky Petes The winning pitcher was while Jim took the loss The highscoring Richmond Hill club then beat Burling Builders 116 to advance to the quarterfinals Polhamus led the winners at the plate with a threerun homer Brian Jones homered in a losing cause Richmond Hill then ad vanced to the semifinals by defeating Lumber The winners took command early scoring four runs in the first two innings Winning hurler tossed a fivehitter Derek Duckworth and Doug Pullen scored one run apiece in a losing cause Warren Smith and Craig Benton pitched for Attridge Jim Clement tossed a two- hitter as Richmond Hill won its semifinal contest over Big D Delicatessn Bob Dixon and Dennis Lalonde had the only Big D hits K and L rode to the finals on the pitching arms of Roberts and Newhouse tossed a nohitter in the first game of the tour nament a 50 win for K and L over Aurora Copymasters Newhouse helped himself by scoring two runs Dave Mount Wallie Pottie and Frank Fitz gerald each scored one Roberts then hurled a no- hitter as K and won its second round game over the Tim Dave Mc Burney and Don Munro scored the K and runs They all came home in the third inning Roberts then tossed a four- hitter as K and downed Motors 31 in a semifinal con test Clague and Munro scored firstinning runs and Wally Vanos added another in the fourth Bob Wallen scored the lone Pfaff run on a two errors and a single in the third On the consolation side York Merchants lost their first game to Big D before defeating Persechini Fitness Drywall and AW Lee to win the title Bob Fraser slammed three homers for Big in the win over York Merchants Al Hache and Ken Strong also homered for the winners was the winning pitcher while Paul Haskell took the loss In their first consolation game the Merchants thumped 92 Haskell picked up the win while Rick took the loss Wilkinson tosses onehitter for Midgets PORT PERRY Pitcher Garry Wilkinson pitched a shoutout and struck out to lead the Aurora Knappett Jeweller Midgets to a win over Port Perry Thursday in a YorkSimcoe League game The win gave Aurora sole possession of first place with a 6- record Wilkinson walked four in Odom shuts out Petes NEWMARKET Pitcher Tom hurled a shutout and helped his own cause with three hits as The Radman blanked Sneaky Petes Wednesday in a George Mens Softball league game Nestor Pinga also had three hits for the winners and Bob chipped in with two Odom struck out nine while losing pitcher Gary Murphy fanned three In other action Wednesday winning Brian fanned nine as K and Sports edged Newmarket Merchants 3- Merchants pitcher Joe Simard struck out three Wayne Moores had two hits in a losing cause Ross belted three hits to lead Queensville to a win Tuesday over Oliver Drive Park Angels Don Thorns and Larry Dunlop had two hits apiece for the winners Morris had three hits including a homer for the Angels Winning pitcher Paul fanned seven while losing Ed Philpott struck out four In another Tuesday game Burling Builders shut out A W Lee 20 A Buddy had two hits Burling Barry Ingram John Avery and winning pitcher Paul Haskell had two hits apiece as York Merchants defeated Fitness Gary Cooper homered for and shared pitching duties with Ron Gallant Bob Dixon collected three hits to lead Big D Delicatessen to a win over Sneaky Petes Bob and Tom each had two hits for the win ners while Lance clouted two for Sneaky Petes Hugh Benson and Al pitched for the winners while Gary Murphy and Jim Cuppage were on the mound for Sneaky Petes recording his second straight shutout victory Brian Sheardown gave Wilkinson all the offensive support he needed slugging two a triple and a single Hugh Alcorn and Drew collected a double and two singles apiece while Mark clouted a pair of two- baggers and Craig Bonham hit one double Aurora had hits in all The Knappett Midgets lost their first game of the season last Tuesday at Fleury Park Sunderland scored a run in the ninth inning to edge the Aurora club 54 hurled the first eight innings yielding four runs and four hits He walked one and struck out eight Alcorn pitched the ninth inning and gave up one run while walking three and fanning two The Knappett club outhit Sunderland and committed three errors to the visitors five led Aurora at the plate with a home run and a single Alcorn slammed a double and Eric Hussey and Bonham rapped a single The Knappett Midgets will play in Markham tonight They will host Scarborough in an exhibition game Sunday at 6 pm at Town Park and theyll take on Thornhill at Park at 8 pm Tuesday in another league game Kim Smith of Zephyr reaches second base safely as Jib Lee drop the ball in a Saturday at Zephyr Sports Day Zephyr won the game to take the championship and went Del Wheeler scored three times for the winners In the consolation semi finals York scored three runs in the second inning then hung on to edge McKinlay 32 The winners collected their three runs on four walks and two singles Haskell was the winning pitcher while Diceman took the loss The other finalist Lee nearly didnt make it to the consolation side The Lee club tied its first game but CNR was given the victory for leaving more runners on base AW Lee then picked up its first victory in consolation action walloping Construction The winners scored five runs in the first inning and added four more in the fifth Roger Fountain was the winning hurler In the consolation semi finals Lee needed three runs in the last inning to edge the Copymasters With two out in the seventh Murray Cookson Don Mashinter and Steve singled and Don Rossignol followed with a double driving in the goahead runs Fountain was the winning hurler outdueling Eric Wooder and Peter Neuman Twenty teams from Newmarket Aurora and Rich mond Hill took part in the tournament The Haskett league will sponsor another tourney in August Atfvmaaacfe- Norm Roberts left and Dave Mount of K and Sports accepted a cheque for as in the Haskett league tournament K and L won its first three games then tost 50 to Richmond Hill Auto Body in the championship final All eyes are on the ball as Ross Shropshire grounds out to third In a first- round tourney game against Barrow Insurance Looking on are catcher Paul Hunter si f and umpire Dick Robinson The game ended In a 33 tie but Barrow was given the win for leaving more runners on base Lunney s drop ball doesnt NEWMARKET When Bill drop ball stopped dropping Downing dropped one over the right field fence The result a win for Oshawa Tonys over Newmarket Chubbs in an Ontario Fastball League game at the Fairgrounds With the score tied 33 Downing the leadoff batter in the eighth inning picked on a flat drop ball and drilled it for a home run giving the Tonys the victory The game was probably the worst of the season for Lunney the Chubbs ace lefthander but it was bound to happen con sidering he was coming off three consecutive shutout victories In league action Bill was not sharp manager Glenn Verge said after the game He couldnt get his main pitch the drop over But I guess hes entitled to one bad game However Verge was happy with the Chubbs offensive output Nine hits and three runs will win per cent of the ball games Verge is still expecting the hitting and fielding to improve once the club gets used to playing in the Were not as relaxed as last year but we outclassed the teams in the Be aches league so much If we made a mistake you wouldnt notice Now the guys know if they make a mistake its going to cost them Chubbs thirdbaseman Doug Hartley made no mistake In the second inning when he slammed a pitch over the centrefield fence to put Newmarket ahead 10 The Chubbs scored again in the second on backtoback one- out singles by Dan Lahey and Mike went to second on a fielders choice and Frank LaVerdi was walked intentionally to load the bases Hartley then walked on four pitches forcing in a run The Tonys got to Bill Lunney in the fifth and clipped him for three runs A hit bats man a single and a walk loaded the bases with one out then Bob Smith cracked a three- run double to centre The tied the score at in the bottom of the sixth and threatened to go ahead but Pete Landers came on in relief for and ended the rally Ally walked leading off the inning then stole second he went to third as Bob Shelston bounced an infield single off starting pitcher Dave Wilsons leg Cooper then smashed an oppositefield double off the first basemans glove scoring OQuinn Landers then took over and recorded a couple of strikeouts to end the inning Landers held the Chubbs to two hits the final three innings Mike Lunney punched a single to right in the seventh and Lahey picked up a basehit in the ninth Chubbs earn split BRAMPTON Rich Lunneys single knocked in Dan Lahey with the winning run in the inning as Newmarket Chubbs edged Brampton Globals 21 Friday in the completion of a suspended game from May In the regularly Gould signs NEWMARKET Newmarket Chubbs have an nounced the signing of Newmarket native Lee Gould Gould a speedy outfielder played with Toronto now Brampton Globals last season and was an Ontario Fastball League allstar He hasnt played at all this season but may be in uniform tomorrow when the play the Globals at the Fairgrounds It may take him awhile to get his timing back manager Glenn Verge said But Lee will definitely help us scheduled game Friday Brampton won Play had been suspended by curfew after 12 innings with the score tied Neither team managed to score in the 13th inning then in the Lahey led off with a single After sacrificed him second Lahey scored on base- hit Bill Lunney who compiled 21 strikeouts was the winning pitcher In the scheduled const est Brampton put together two hits and a sacrifice to score the winning run in the eighth Inning The had taken a lead on a fourthinning homer by Rich Lunney Brampton went ahead 21 with runs in the sixth and seventh then the tied it in the top of the eighth on an RBI single Lahey Don Crowley who pitched barings was the losing pit- f i-