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Whitby Free Press, 14 Jun 1973, p. 9

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r * p SPORTS REPORT THE WHITBY TIREMEN SOFTBALL TEAM The Whitby Tiremen, the C ounty town's newest entry in the Oshawa and -district softball league will be going ail out this week to get a wrn string going. The Tire- men have dropped their first four games of the young sea- son. Whitby will play host to Falcon T.V. on Tuesday ni- gbt and have hopes of gar- ner ing their initial win of the season. Pitching bas been good for the Tiremen to date with Ken May from Stouffville, Stu Higham and Alex Buksa doing the chore. The Tire- men also have two or three other fellows who can (ire a few innings in relief if needed. Manager Jack To- wnson jokes that 'they are al pitchers.' Coach Larry Batherson b- as been somewhat dissappoin- ted at the battiiîg strength of some of bis Qbarges. He bas been working bard to get the fellows batting eye back so they can get somne hits together and produce a few runs to back up their pitching. Manager Townson annou- nced tbat be along witb Co- ach Batherson and the play- ers will be making the trip Up to Zephyr on Saturday for the big "Zephyr Softball Tournament." From eigbt to ten teams are expected to compete. Whitby are the defending champs having wo- n the tournament last year. The softball fans in Whit- by are in for another real treat on Friday night when Oshawa Tony's and Lucky One will hook up in a reg- ular league contest here in the Whitby town park. Ga- me time for this one is sch- eduled for eight o'clock. Thi- is wiII give the local fans a good chance to see wbat kind of competition tbe, Tire- men will be up against when they play host to Tony's, R.H. Cabinet play a partial scbedule in this league as do Tony 's. DAIRY GOGIS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT WHITBY FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1973, PAGE 9 The rewarding art of ýSeif-Defence. The best protective equipment against job accidents is already yours- your eyes, your ears, your brain. Keep alert, work defensively, and you'11 stay on the job. Seif-defence is the secret of safety. You've got a lot to live for; work defensively, and enjoy life. .The sure way to safetyuis Self- Iefence. YourWorkmen's Compensation Board and The Safety Associations, Ontario The Canadian Dairy Foods Service Bureau, representing the EDairy Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Minor Lac- rosse Association, annually host the Dairy Foods Pee Wee Lacrosse Tournament f- or 10 - 12 year old boys. In tbe past 6 years, the tournament bas grown from 36 teams to its present 125 teamis and 2,300 participants. Teams from virtually ev- ery part of Ontario will com- pete at tournaments in St- ratford, Etobicoke-Toronto, South Porcupine and Nepean Ottawa on June 23. The winners will represent their regions at the Provincial Ch- ampionsbips held concurren- tly at Peterborough and Harn- ANDERSON WINS AL ONTARIO -RUGGER Anderson's Senior Rugger Team won the AIl - Ontario Senior Rugger Championship on Saturday June 2nd at Centennial Collegiate in Guelph. Earlier in the week A.C.V.I. defeated the schools of the Lake Ontario Secondary Scbool Association whicb encompasses the secondary scbools from Bowmanville on the east to Dunharton on the west to earn tbe right to go to O.F.S.A.A. On S aturday Anderson had to win all four games in order to take tbe Ontario crown. This is the first time tbat a team from Anderson has won an aIl - Ontario crown. ln tbe first game,-A.C.V.1. defeated Glen Forest from Peel County by tbe score of 15 - 3. In tbat game points ~ were registered by Ken Twining and Greg Cartwright. The second game ended in a tie 6 - 6. Tbis gm a against Frontenac from Kingston. Anderson waasn'traiin 6 - 0 witb less than one minute to play but gained a tie. In the overtime Peter Parninder scored to advance Ander- son to the semi - final. Other scoring was by Harry Van Hees and Ken Twining. In game 3 Anderson defeated Trinity College 8 - 6. In this game Anderson scored on the last play of the game. TIhe scoring was accomplished by Greg Cartwright and Doug Miller. Game 4 left two teams from the whole of Ontario witb undefeated records. Tbe finals. were a match up between King City and Anderson. This game was extremely close with the score 0 - 0 after regulatiorr time. - The game si went into sudden deatb overtime and Doug Miller scored to give Anderson the victory 4 - 0 and this made tbem the Ail - Ontario 7-A-Side Rugger Champions for 1973. The cbanpionsbip was won by a solid determined teamn effort. Congratulations to the team, its coaches Mr. Hawke, Mr. Rison and Mr. McConnell and to A.C.V.I.L Il

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