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W5- '.Canadan Champqion, Frlday, June il1 199l Long bail booms in slo-pitch The 1999 men's slo-pitch season is off to a roaring start and Division B's Wally's Meats has charged out of the gate to lead the pack. They are folîoweti closely by ReMax anti The Dickens. r In Division A, Halton Pool current sits atop the heap. Teams struggling to finti their miti-season form are Bruce Hood, Primus, Key Centre, Brancier and the talent-laden Waltzing Weasel. Morgan in forsu early Notable performances inclutie an opeming week home mun bar- rage by Aim Lock's Mike Morgan, who belted five dingers as part of a nine homer outburst against the Weaseî. Perhaps it's the new baIl? WaIIy's Bruce Rankin clobbereti home runs off both Bruce Hooti andi Re/Max - who were also taken long by Chris Heath. Meanwhile, Rantiy Novak crusheti one off the fence against The Dickens. Also going long were MSE's Rick McTracb against The Key Centre, Terry Rowley versus Brancier and Harry Barens with a whopping tbree homers against Wally's to go along with Scott Prior's pair anti another by Dale Sharpe. Bill Flipping enjoyeti a 6-for-6 performance against Brancier. Key Centre' s Terry Young tattooed a three-run shot versus MSE anti Dwight Warti hati a three-run homer against WaIly's, Other standout efforts came from Glen Shoebridge andi Je Vanderwater, who regîstereti a grand sîam anti three-run triple respectiveîy. Halton Pool's Steve McCutcheon's posted a bases-clearing honier as well while Paul Lemmon went 5-for-5 at the expense of ey Centre. Forwards taken in 1 OHL draf Milton Merchants' Chris Rowan anti 1 R yan Stewart, both freshman forwartis 1 with the club this past season, were picketi 1 up in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) 1 OPEN T< entry tirafi Saturtiay, : FRIDAY, J Rowan - a 6'Y', 200 Ibs. left winger - was taken in the fourth round, 63rti overall 1 2625 Meadomi by the Brampton Battalion. Meanwhiîe, L------ the Plymouth Whalers useti their seventh round pick (IS4th overaîl) to acquire Stewart a centreman who stands 6'l1" anti weighs i at about 175 lbs. Bigger thinga Y The MTHL gratiuates each helti their own in thse playoffs this spring anti shoulti coming season, as the Milton Jr. A's have lost most of their offensive firepower with the exit of Kevin O'Flaherty, Geoff Schornogyi, Eti McGrane, Nathan Gilies anti Ryan Robichauti. Despite having a year of junior expert- ence now unider his bell, tiefenceman rAtiam Sturgeon was too young to be taken in either the OHL's entrY draft Or the con- troversial new bantam draft. VJeif Thomas cards a sixth Milton's Jeff Thomas swung his way to sixth-place honours at last weekenti's Diamonti Back Junior Open in Richmond The 15-year-oîd golfer shot rounds of 82 e4t&, «A~a trj anti 85 at the tournament, a stop on the odel j/,ý Canadian junior Golf Association (CIGA) Buick Tour, which featureti 55 top flight competitors. He tlnisbeti 14 strokes back of the win- ner - Brampton's Mike Leon, who regis- tereti a caree-best 73 Sunday while play- ting in a foursomne with Thomas. 'he Weasel's Doug Ranch had a grand slam against Wally's. Brancier's Ernie Nemmret went 5 tor-6 with t 'o doubles anid a triple, Mike Sidnell had a 5-for-5 outing versus Primua. Clive Huhhard scoreti from first on Dunc Cumre's triple. Yes, speeti can kili you. Primus's Mark Yorke stroketi a long ball against The Dickens. The Dickens' Duane Stark poppeti one out againat Primus. The Legion's Vince Bruzzesse collecteti three triples and a dou- ble against Aim Lock. Milton Men's Slo-Pitch Standings as of June 3 Division A W L T I>TS Halton Pool 6 1 2 14 Aim Lock 4 3 0 O8 Legion 2 2 4 07 Primus 3 7 0 06 Bruce Hood 1 5 1 03 Weasel 1 6 1 03 Divisionf B W L T PTS Wafy'9s 8 1 0 16 Dickens 5 1 1 il ReMax 5 3 1 10 MSE 4 2 1 09 Brancier 1 5 2 04 Key Centre 1 5 1 03 H &u DEN ~h TÂL WAEHUS SALE'1113 )NDITIONED HOME AND INDUSTRIAL POWER PRODUCTS Kodiak Pressure Washers 47 YKGenerators h< i I ' e*Yard Sprayers eWeiders 41 l eand more! M.adowvaieBWv. 0 THE PUBLIC FOR TWO DAYS ONLY UNE 18,' 10-6 & SATURDAY, JUNE 19, i-4 ieBlvd e Mississauga (Winston Churchil & 401 West)I ONGS ON THE WATER For Rose Cherrys Home Father Mark Curtis Sksdlek Residlence Dublin Line I km north of HWY #7 in Acton rv-ftar LWa Walesti F«& &aèèsi YArcherPoury Y~LdWmud ed 77 Sffliy W or&Çsf C.,munktos I a