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PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS frýti m . ýI-". l- Lost to Ajax 6-0 Inexperience hurts Merchants This Ajax player was called out but thie visiting Thunderbirds beat Whitby Merchants 6-0. Free Press Photo by Blake Purdy Inexperience hurt N-thitby Merchants in an Eastern Ontario Basebaîl Association Senior contest against Ajax Thunderbirds last week. The Merchants dropped a 6-O decision to the visiting Thunderbirds on Tuesday, thanks in large part to six fielding errors. Dave Allan, pitching in his first senior gaine, struck out eighit Thunderbirds while allowing only two earned runs eighit hits. The bulk of the damlage camne in the tliird inning when Ajax scored four runs. They also scored one in each of the sixth and seventh innings. Whitby got three bits. Coach Tony Van Doleweerd reflecting on the loss, said the Merchants is SaturdaY "I think this is inexperience. when they play host t.0 As time goes on, we should Bowmanville. Game fiie is look better". 2 p.m. at E.A. Fairman Park. The. next home game for Oshawa Tony'Es are back on 1350 Join Bob Burr & JimGilchrist SundayEveni ng at 7.30 as they bring you the. play by play action of the Tonyý's hosting Woodstock Judo Medal Winners Four members of the Formokan Judo Club won medals in the respective weight and age divisions at the recent Ontario Junior Olympics in Brampton. In front row from left are Brigitte Gebauer, fine, of 15 Meirose Street in Oshawa, winner of a bronze medal for third place; and Eddie Peters, 10, of 79 Applf-wood Crescent in Whitby, winner of a gold medal for first place. In second row are Glenn Nolan, 14, of 156 Garrard Road ini Whitby, winner of a bronze; and Cindy Formosa, 13, of 909 Hutchinson Avenue in Whitby, winner of a gold. In the background is their instructor Charlie Formosa. Free Press Photo Eighth basebali season opens 10 a.m. Saturday Presidcnt of the Whitby Basebali Association Don Kennedy reports that things are A set for Saturday for Whitby's traditional "Opening Day" ceremionies to kick off another basebaîl season, the eighth/for the W.M.B.A. which stacted back in 1969. The day's events will start with a parade of the association players leading off frorn Kinsmen Park on Walnut St. at 10 a.m. The parade, under the direction of Parade Marshall Alex Fillier will be led by the Whitby Brass Band under the direction of Stan Red- fern and will pass throughi the downtown area to Trent St. and east on Trent to Peel Park. At Peel, the traditional openîng cerernonies will be hel d involving municipal figures. Mayor Jim Gartshore should be in good shape to make the opening pitch, having ironed the kinks out of his armn performing similar duties at the opening of the Whitby Merchants Seniors at Fairman reeently. Others expected to ýparticipa-te in getting the new season officially under way are Durham Regional Police Chief John Jenkins, Whitby Recreation Department repre- sen tatives Director Wayne Deveau and. Deputy Director Fred Beekette, Councillor Joy Thompson and Ed Crouch of the Whitby Fire Department and his Deputy Ron Hawkins. Continued Page il WHITBY COMMUNITY BINGO' Every Monday Night 7:15 p.m. firsi Early Bird game BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE Ileydenshore Pavii011 JAYCEES KINSMEN KIWANIS OPTIMISTS