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WING of rt Motor and this name domino innit centennial ted softball championships for with audio 1min mm We wu formed clubs as Alinndnle Mine Ill Lowell mvule and mound mood dis hkt dick shortly after the the South Simcoe 3m no The town bl reached its peak in no Credit for this should be partially piled onthe shoulders pd Ken Gullfoyle whose pitching fonts for Allahdule and Barrie tam proved quite an attraction Allandule were the Yankees of Barrie and district Few clubs Intel with success against them and the rst serious challenge camel out of Churchill who were paced by the Reive and Constable broth era new section of the South Sim one was later formed and Barrie Capitals were entered Gullfoylc moved from the Allandalo team to this crew as the latter were making full use of Parker Mc Eillin at the time Softball took over the fan spot light from baseball Intertown rivalry crept in during the mid thirties as the Allandale Imperials with Ivan Gracey on the mound and the powerful Roxy Aces with Guilloer throwing staged some bitter contests It was nothing to usee close to 2000 fans line Shear Park for the meetings Roxy Acesoddcd terric shot in the arm with the intermediate softball championship in 1935 Graduallythesc clubs folded and Barrie Business College took up the slack with another brilliant young hurler Harry Cause of Cookstown When the Second Great War started softball declined and it was hard to encourage youngsters who could see no league to shoot for Softball did prevail however its belowgrade group was form ed with Garners Sports Harmony Grill andAngus the standbys Garners consisted mostly of Coll egiate talent with the exception of two or three imports from Camp Borden Harmony Grill who boasted most of the experienced players left in Barrie dominated the group They had such standouts as the Hines brother Stcvccnd Maurice Fred Norris Jack Turnbull HIde the veteran hurler Wes Perry Jack Stanwyck was the Isponsor and rather generouslfooT After the war the group grew bath in calibre and interest Har mony Grill became knowrgas Har many muons Prysons Grille pro vided rosin opposition nod though they bud plenty or youth just couldnt budge the wealth of ex pcriencc boosted by the Motor men with any consistency Gradually another strong entry grew in Canadian General Elecl trlc and while Prysoruwrthdrew 3mm Electric took their place to maintain the thrillpacked soft ball finals at Queens Park CGE took over the reign until lost your when the town league drop ped in calibrc due to floodlight ball This year the league decided to interlock with the once powerful South Simcoc group which boasted two of the countys lop humor5 Blake Constable and Harry Cousc Signs are good that softball once again Is moving back to the sport headlines and main attraction it held in the 30s big lift during the war was the entry of Camp Borden play crs Such was the case when Norm Bagncil tired for Angus and met Kcn Guilfoylc who then blaz cd for CNR along with Pat Pol and dynamic whlpball artist Scores were exceptionally closc but youth was out and it was the veterans who kept thc game oliveI Barrie has produced some sensa tional softball players Guilloylc was undoubtedly the towns most outstanding pitcher but he played with some good clubs behind him The Marshall brothers Earl and Arch were always dangerous with Earl rated one of the tricki cst batters of the era Steve Hines has always been local diamond star both in the field and at the plotc blurry Stransman stocky short second busomau could be considered one of the towns lop inticldcrs His huge hands and thorough softball knowledge all owcdhim to cover unbclicvablcv territory around the sack Bud Kashner the Sasos Tony and Joe Eddie Stransman Rod Storey and Bill Bell are some of the better outelders to have played here and Sandy Ncss was terric catcher although real showman on the sacks More recent years have produced wellknown names like Murray Richardson Ccc Cook Bob Flatt Bill Raycraft Larry Campcau Frank Hutchinson Murray Fife Harold Hopper Ab Bowen and Bob Mallion Softball has been proven fav orite with the fans and with lit tle accent on youth In able to re turn to coveted spot in Barrics sporting world Disappointment because of the absence of Dr Jamesmem of me Children =L Engines of Toronto who was BARRIES INITIAL Ontario Minor Hockey Association bantam Atltle came in 1950 51 under the Flyers banner Back row left to right Mike Browning John Moore Tom Garner Len Kirk John Christie Ray Wal ton Jack Kennington Bob Ii Jack Graves son Christie Ron Athletic Club Formed In I924 With an enthusiasm auguring chI for its future the Barrie Amateur Athletic Association was launched in April 1923 at ban quct held in the IOOF Temple and attended by about 100 rcprcscntd tivc citizens of the town Doylc who ever since coming to Barrie had taken keen interest in clean sport headed the new organization nndwas surrounded by strong executive compose of men who were well known to have the welfare of the youth of the town at heart was expressed to be the speaker but number of short addresses were made by local men and the absence of Dr Hughes did not dampen the en thusiasm of the meeting Doyle explained that the objch of the meetingwas to form if considered advisable an ama tour athletic association to control sport in Barrie to train and to properly supervise athletics among the younger boys thus attaining two cndsto have constantly fully developed material for the senior teams and to foster spirit among the boys that would make of them better citizens Mr Doyle said that if the or ganization was formed the officers would control all sport but there would be separate management for each branch All expenditures would be sanctioned by the cen tral body to whom all funds would be turned in In this way the nances would always be kept in dl good shape The main idea would be to educate the young fellows who were coming along and they would not only receive training do athletics but their morals would also be properly looked after He also had copy of the con stitution of the Oshawa Amateur Athletic Association from which be read extracts showing the pur lpose and something of the govern Iment of such an association Following Mr Doyles address several speakers were called on in all were warm in their ek gprcssions of approval of the idea font of the speakers deplored what the called the decadence of sport and was glad to see the organ ization formed as it was one of the greatest needs to look after the physical as Mall as the moral Iintcllcctual and spiritual develop Decision to form the association was made by an unanimous vote and nominating committee was named to select officers Ross Cowan Won Sprint Titles On Varsity Track One of Barries top sprinters in the early 20s was Ross Cowan who was small but swift on the tracks He still holds the looyard dash re cord at Barrie Collegiate with time of 10 seconds flat Ross reached the top in the sprint ing world on May 24 1924 when he czrpturcd the Canadian Interschol astic liloyard and 220yard sprint championships at Varsity Stadium Running under Barrie Collegiate colors Cowan won his loovyard heat in It seconds with Malbee of sized athletic classes Roxy Aces Sweep OASIA lnt Title On Emir colorful ooftbull clubs Roxy Aces capturod the OASA intermediate title vforthotowuiucctoberoflm defeating Byron Hitches near Bellevillc 41 In the lost of Miniseries sweep Coadereu hams top softball hurler lows Guilfoyle funded If on uncured two of on teams six hits us he paced the Ace to Ouwios highly prizcd crown The Ace reached the OASA nals in 1934 but lost out to Stoney Creek For their tilt with Wren weather conditions were poor Temperatures were close to freezing and cool wind swept van Valkerrburg Jack IDyte coach front row Danny Farrell Tim Hook Jerry Mc brlde Bob Miller Ken Pratt Bdb Garner Howard Forbes Greg Tomlin Borrie ReveIIecl In Sports In 805 Aroqu the 80s Barrie revelled in all kinds of sportshorse rac ing lacrosse cricket yachting and rowing The race course was con ceded to be the best mile track in Canada and the summer meets brought thousands of visitors to town during thelycars the track was open The fastest trottch in America circled this track and records were frequently broken As race track the property was later ren dered useless by the advent of the Hamilton and Northwestern Rall wny the rails being laid through the centre to Sophia Street and through Queens Park to the de pot at Sophia and Baycld Streets Barrie wasthc home for several years of two famous athletes Johnston the champion all round athlete and pole vaultcr of the world and William Hazlitt the champion walker of Canada Mr Johnston managed some large Mr Haz litt with white apron walked many mile and was also manager thq old Mary Street skating and curling rink In aquatics Barrie took fore most place and has been the scene of several important regat tas In 1878 and 1880 the fastest scullers in the world competed in second In the finals he again defeated Mobee running the dash in fourfifths of second faster He also competed in the 220yard sprint and though beaten by Mobee uCross the diamond Snow fell at variouswstagcs in the game The gamewgs won in the first inning as Roxy Aces scampered for three runs Earl Marshall and Jimmy Johnston walked and Man shall scored when Bud Kashner grounded to second Eddie Straus man lifted long fly to right field which the elder failed to over take and scored Johnston and made the rounds when the throw to the plate was wild Each team tallied run hi the sham After Gregg Coulson lived on an error Guilfoylc and Earl Marshall slammed successive sin gles to bring him home Thc Byron team and supporters were quite rabid and plate um pirc Doug Hedger threatened to clear the bench and eject some fans so the yelling subsided to large degree Helping Guilfoyle in the victory was Eddie Stransman with pair of doubles Archie and Earl Mar shall each collected single eVents lasting two and three days Water front extending from Bay field Street cast almost to Car of visitors watched Edward Han Ian the worlds champion Plois tead Courtenay and other noted scullers perform colored heavyweight Chicago who was upset at the start of race and narrowly es caped drowning few years later William OConnor another worlds champion rode over the same course to victory Barrie produced two very fast scullers George and Al May who participated in many an aquatic event There was also eet of sailing yachts on the bay notably the Dauntlcss and the Curlew which were iers The Curlew was owned by Captain Tebbs wealthy Englishman and one of the crew was Andy Carson Queens Park turned out some top notchers in lacrosse notably Jim Edmonson Will Edmohsonw Robert Cuthbert Archie McVittie John Reardon Fred Macey and WH Bennett Charlie Stewart was the king pin of the cricketers in the heat ran in the final in 232 and his services were frequently seconds for the sprint cha 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