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gig Pitchers are valuable commodity on any fastball team and this weeks mystery sportsman is one of the best member of the Ontario intermediate championship squad in i978 Slessor and Periard insurance this fellow is steady performer with an arm that wont quit if you know his name send in yours with your address and telephone number to Sports Hall of Fame co The Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ontario L4M 4T6 Winners are selected at random from correct entries received by Saturday Kim Davenport of Highcrolt Rd Bar rie wins last weeks contest for identifying Jody Evans of Central Collegiate Jr Wx¢i EV finest sports shorts Bishop sails away Contest winners will receive an 18inch special pizza from Mr Tonys Pizzaria and Spaghetti House 47 Dunlop St Barrie Kempenfelt Bay to capture the ME Barrie Trophy Fenton finished in third spot help in Saturdays Kempenfelt Open The start was delayed and the course shortened for the 1st annual handicap event won by Frank Vanderheyden of the Barrie Yacht Club in his 25ft and Runnerltup for the top award the RC Raikes Trophy was Adrian Vaneikirk 0f the Barrie City Marina Bob Graham of the BYC took third spot The Yacht Club team finished with winning score of 19 points to the Marinas 40 Horsemen raise $3300 The Simcoe County Horsemen and Breeders Association has collected more than $3300 in pledges for the Simcoe County Rescue squad after its annual 20mile Rideathon Saturday Thirtyeight riders from across the county took part in the event with David Harrison of Stayner collecting top prize of saddle for his accumulation of more than $700 in pledges May Jelly of Orillia was second with $350 in pledges The ride began Saturay morning at AlHer Stable two miles east of Stayner and wound its way through horse trails in the northwest section of the county Erbs back on top Barries Herb Erb is back on top of the Limited Late Model heap at Barrie Speedway after winning his second feature in four season tries Saturday Erb beat out Al Boyd of Orillia in the feature event to boost his season pointsearnings to 185 10 better than secondplace Boyd In the Diamond class Barry Sweeney of Barrie maintain ed his firstplace standing by winning the feature and one heat and placing second in the trophy dash Gord Graves of Midhurst was second in the feature and one Diamond heat moving him up to fourth place in the standings Newcomer Darren Putman came out on top in the Street Stock competition defeating pointsleader Jim Whitney of Orillia Whitney also won one heat and placed second in the other to help his points total In the MiniStock division Garf Peacock of Midhurst mov ed ahead of Randy Slack of Cayuga winning the feature and one heat and placing second in the consolation event Another newcomer Dave McKnight won the consolation placed third in one heat and finished second behind Peacock in the Mini feature Nottawasaga dumps Aurora 62 Ron Bobbette and Steve Patterson scored two goals apiece to pace the Nottawasaga Soccer Club to 62 victory over the Aurora Hearts in Newmarket and District Soccer Association Premier Division play Saturday in Alliston The win boosts Nottawasagas season record to two wins two losses and on tie The club has scored 14 goals and allow 11 11 41 Maude Semmens presents Garnet Plaxton with honorary plaque Plaxton honored at Allandale Garnet Plaxton Barries grand old gentleman of lawn bowling received commemorative plaque and honorary membership from the Allandale Lawn Bowling Club in special presentation ceremony Saturday The honorary membership awarded Plaxton for more than 50 years of service was the first ever granted by the club Plaxton first joined the Essa Rd club in 1919 He later in terrupted his membership to go on the road with Canadian National Railway Construction but returned in 1955 and became president of the club He retired from the CNR three years later and devoted good part of histime to club activities The presentation was made by longtime club member Maude Semmens with president Bob McFarlane and former president and greenskeepcr Tom Pattenden on hand John Bishop steered his 24foot Shark to wins in both divi sions of the Barrie Yacht Clubs Series III race Sunday on Terry Waterhouse was second in both divisions and Neil The winds more than generous in Sundays races were no By GARRY FORBES Of The Examiner crowd of more than 1500 people rose to give Don McFad den and the Barrie Church Mobile Homes softball team standing ovation Saturday in Owen Sound The Barrie and District Senior Softball league club had just been eliminated from the 1979 Canadian International Fastball Tournament in gruelling extrainnings loss to Saginaw Mich but the ova tion was ample reward for three spectacular per formances which left the teams critics in awe They werent supposd to do what they did Organizers of the prestigious tournament which attracted topnotch entries from New York Chicago the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas had told Church coach Murray Perry weeks before the event that they were anxious about his clubs ability to compete But compete they did The record shows Church opened with 20 loss to Saginaw pitcher Kevin Herlihy New Zealander who throws riseball more than 100 miles an hour comes with $25000 plus house and car price tag and is touted as the best righthanded softball tosser in the world McFadden pitched threehitter Herlihy allowed two Due to extrainning games DON McFADDEN crowd favorite on opening day Barries first outing didnt end until am Saturday morning McFadden drove back to Barrie to pick up his wife and kids got little rest and drove back to start pm game against the Hamilton Scrappers He allow ed only one hit single in the seventh inning with two out and Church won 10 Fifty minutes later McFadden appeared in the muggy heat once again to take on Saginaw in the division semifinal He gave up five or six harmless singles and got out City winsu contest MURRAY PERRY happy coach of basesloaded noneout jam during regulation time as the game ended in scoreless draw In the ninth the second overtime innning McFadden was faced with another jam this time Saginaw batter drifted single to centre field to end the game Thr0ughout the three games Church was on par defensively with any of the 16 teams in the competition McFadden finished second in the voting for best pitcher Bill Lunny pitcher for the cham pion Newmarket Rays polled Cup game called The Barrie City Soccer Club didnt have much trouble with its Selaccion Columbia op ponents in their secondround Ontario Cup game Sunday at the Eastview Athletic Centre but referee Tony Oliva had lot of trouble with the rankled visiting team supporters Olivia called the game with six minutes remaining giv ing Barrie 20 victory after warning the spectators five times to back off from the sidelines Barrie officials estimate more than half of the crowd of about 250 people were Columbia supporters and several said Barrie City president Tom Delaney seemed to have had few too many beers The crowd kept inching its way nearer the sideline preventing linesman John James from performing his du ty and didnt pay much atten ton to Olivas repeated efforts to get them to move back Once said Delaney Oliva was kicked from behind after approaching the sideline In desperation Oliva asked the Columbia team to get their fans to move back But they didnt listen to the players either Finally Oliva decided to call the game Once again he was kicked from behind Delaney said Its the responsibility of the home team to protect the of ficials the president said When he called the game that really caused rumpus Their players joined the crowd and at least two tried to go after the referee think couple actual ly reached him but it was nothing severe only scuffle We got our players in between in time Asked what might have Canadian notches fourth season win The Barrie Canadian Soccer Club equalled its 1978 Nemarket and District Soccer Associaton First Division season record of nine points after beating Alliston Wanderers 53 Saturday at Eastview Athletic Centre The team now has 4+1 wonlosttied record Five points have been earned in other towns last year the team never picked up point on the road Murray Hadley led the Cana dian attack with three goals in cluding one on penaltykick John Watson and Andy Smith scored the others Alliston slipped two past Bar rie goaltender Glen Hreljac in the first quarter before Barrie surged back to tie it at the half The host club never let up from that point and Hreljac took some steam out of Allistons comeback efforts by blocking late penalty kick happened if the Barrie players hadnt got there in time Delaney said It could have been ugly The police were called when the referee went to his dressing room but things had settled down by the time they arrived No charges were laid They cooled down pretty quick when they saw what they were doing sid Delaney After they were pretty apologetic about it James declined to say whether or not he had been assaulted He reported what he saw to the referee who will add it to his report and the Ontario Soccer Association will handle any disciplinary action he said Delaney said the OSA will take careful look at the whole incident but doesnt think Bar rie will be adversely affected The Barrie team did all it could to fulfil its responsibilities he said Barrie City advanced to the second round after winning an OSA appeal of its opening round loss to Toronto Friuli In Sundays match Steve Knight scored both Barrie goals and Wally Berko earned the shutout Delaney said the Toronto team never had good chance to score and Barrie dominated play from start to finish The club is now awaiting word from the OSA on date location and opponent for its thirdround Cup match In Newmarket and District Soccer Association Premier Division game Saturday Bar rie City lost 24 to host Wood bridge The loss dropped the teams season record to two wins two losses and one tie any Two members of the Orangeville Novices put the squeeze on an Eiora player during firstperiod action in the championship final of Saturdays Bar rie Minor Lacrosse Association Novice Tournament at Eastview Arena Orangeville beat out defending champion Barrie in the semifinal and won the championship game 62 Examiner Photo ions eight votes McFadden had five and Herlihy got three The 16 teams were divided in to four divisions Newmarket won Barries division with 10 win over Saginaw and advanc ed to the final with 40 victory over Grimsby Peach Kings of the Ontario Fastball League OFL Newmarket then dumped the Owen Sound King Farms also of the OFL 20 in Sundays cham pionship game The Rays leagueless this season after winning the OFL title last year shut out every team they played In other division finals Grimsby beat Niagaraonthe Lake 31 Chicago dumped the Virgin Islands 43 in nine inn ings and Owen Sound eliminated Buffalo 20 In the other semifinal Owen Sound defeated Chicago 20 Though invitations have been sent out to Barrie teams before in the tournaments eightyear history this was the first time Barrie team had entered Perry said his was the toughest divison and he was proud and happy as hell at his underdog squads per formance We showed everybody what we could do the playing coach said There wasnt one guy on the club that didnt play to his capabilities dont think we played over our heads but we surprised lot of people in this tournament and lot of people in Barrie Barries defensive abilities were working far better than their hitting but Perry says weve never seen throwers like that before The teams lone run came in the first inning against Hamilton when Bob Browning doubled and Dietrick Ghetko sent him in with single McFadden who was invited to play in the Ontario Fastball League 10 years ago but declin ed said the other teams pro bably took Barrie for granted One of the guys was saying somebody yelled at him in the outfield in the third game that We thought you guys were bunch of bums guess we showed them we arent CMW ramps to title Patti Purves allowed only five hits in three games as Bar rie Complete Mobile Wash romped to the championship of the annual Hillsdale Ladies Softball Tournament Sunday Purves allowed only two hits and two walks as the Barrie and District Ladies Softball League club coasted to an 112 victory over Diamond Lils of Orillia in the championship game Teddy Tetarenko and Debbie Emms each hit twice and col lected two RBI apiece to led the CMW hitters in the final In the teams tournament opener Purves allowed two hits and no walks to beat Queens Hotel 72 and tossed one hitter in the CMWs second game 32 win over Barrie ANAF Janice Clark was the losing pitcher in the opening game and Anna Storg took the loss for ANAF Holly White knocked in the winning run for CMW in the vic tory over ANAF Other teams taking part in the oneday single knockout event were Elmvale Midland Collingwood and one other Orillia squad ped Orangeville had to prove their worth by beating the defending champion Barrie Harper Tire Hurons before cruising to the title of Satur days fifth annual Barrie Minor Lacrosse Association Novice tournament at Eastview Arena The Barrie team was led by Craig Owens with two goals and one assist in its tournament opening 54 victory over St Christophers House The Orangeville club put half to Barries advance in the second round however by knocking them off 84 Orangeville had beaten Oshawa 76 in their opening game and went on to hammer Elora 62 in the championship Oshawa dumped St Chris tophers House 135 in the first game of the consolation round before thrashing Gloucester of Ottawa 90 in the consolation ti tle game Other clubs in the tourna ment came from Bridgenorth and Guelph Adrian McKendry also notch ed pair of goals in Barries lone win Kirk Gillespie scored one goal and Derek Lee racked up three assists Goaltender Rob McHattie notched two assists in Barries second game Owens scored two goals and Brent Yanch and Lee added singles The BMLA will host peewee tournament July 14 flying catch is fine thing is dropped Thats what happened to this unlucky Newmarket first baseman and the Barrie Gethons Tyk Tyke Baseball Tournament to see but the whole effect is ruined if the ball es batter made it to base In the BMBA annual emifinal game at MacMorrison Park Saturday Barrie won the game and the championship Examiner Photo by Garry Forbes Whites homer clinches Tyke title for Barrie Jimmy Whites finalinning homer proved to be the dif ference for the Barrie Bill Gethons Tyke as they edged out Alliston 76 Saturday for the championship of the third an nual Barrie Minor Baseball Association Tyke Tournament The Barrie team beat Newmarket 1445 to earn berth in the final and blasted Flesher ton 124 in the toumament opener Eight teams all from the YorkSimcoe Baseball League competed in the oneday event played at Shear Mac Morrison and Queens Parks The Barrie Rotary Club Iykes the citys second Tyke team composed mainly of 10 yearolds lost its opening game 21 to Bolton before being eliminated by Collingwood 224 Alliston considered the best club in the league held an early 30 lead over the Gethons squad The hosts bounced back however with several hits in cluding key tworun triple by Marty Parker which helped them to 74 lead after their finalatbat Gethons starting pitcher Mark Ziegler was removed after six innings under the seven inningmaximum rule for the tournament and Lorne Sawkin was brought in cold to face the Alliston hitters Sawkin allowed two runs but stopped Alliston when they had the tying and winning runs on base Scott Hutchinson started the game for Alliston and was relieved by Darryl Shannon who hit two doubles in his three trips to the plate Though the Rotary club lost its opener the outcome was pleasant surprise for their fans Starter Keith Cyr contained the Bolton batters while his club one of the youngest and least experienced in the league came up with several hits in cluding two singles by John Franckom Franckom scored the teams lone run by stealing home Ironically Bolton player successfully executed the same daring play to score the winn ing run In the teams second game Jeff Fife hit homer to score two of Barries four runs Collingwood went on to win the consolation championship with an 188 victory over Midland Bombers taste first defeat Longhorns rally to win 2116 The Orillia Silver Bombers received their first taste of defeat Saturday as the Oakville Longhorns bounced back from 100 deficit to take the Nor thern Football Conference mat chup 2116 Saturday in Orillia The loss was the first for the Silver Bombers in three games Orillia quarterback Sandy McConney handed off to half back Joe Joseph at the Oakville threeyard line for the games first major early in the first quarter Kicker Tom Finlayson con verted the touchdown and booted field goal minutes later to give the host team 10 point lead Oakvilles passing game came alive however and the Longhorns rebounded for two converted touchdowns before the half McConney hit Steve Flook with 20yard fourthquarter pass to give the Silver Bombers the edge again but the visitors answered with another touchdown with four minutes remaining in the game Oakville completed 14 of 28 pass attempts for 198 yards in the air McConney completed of 12 for 42 yards On the ground Orillia fared better with 179 yards to the Not yet says Billy COLUMBUS Ohio AP Blustery Billy Martin denied Sunday he has reached agree ment with owner George Stein brenner to take over as manager of New York Yankees That is absolutely not true Martin said when asked if he had been named the Yankees new field general Im just listening to you guys the press rattle on about it Longhorns 146 Running backs Al Quinn 109 yards and Ken Mayheu 35 led the Orillia ground game McConney added 32yards The Silver Bombers Stu MacMillan picked off two er rant Oakville passes and Steve Ford found another Orillia had no passes in tercepted match tion several times in the day ing them he said Slessor finds key in Thurlows hitting Bill Thurlow blasted key hits in three games to power Bar rie Slessor and Periard Insurance to the championship of the annual Vasey Softball Tournament Saturday Thurlow started things off for Barrie in their opening 54 extrainnings win over Bradford by hitting first inning belted threerun triple for all the runs in the teams 31 victory over the York Merchants and hit two run homer in Slessors 50 win over host Vasey in the title Wayne McLennan pitched for Slessor in their first and third games and in most of the game in the win over York McLennan went in for Henry Arts in the second inning of that game after Arts was hit in the ankle with line drive York from the Etobicoke Centennial League were the tournament defending champions Other clubs in the oneday event were the Elmvale Mer chants and Warminster both from Slessors Barrie and District Senior Softball League Bramalea and the Barrie Orphans makeup team from the Intermediate League Vasey reached the final by knocking off both Bramalea and Warminster by scores of 20 Slessor defending Ontario Amateur Softball Association Intermediate champions were threatened with elimina Their first match scheduled to go five innings was stret ched to nine by the fiesty Bradford club Rick Saunders fifthinning single knocked in the tying run to send the game into overtime Bradford from the Toronto Beaches League surged ahead again in the seventh inning with two homers but Glen Richardson on loan from Beatrice Foods tied it up once more for Barrie Slessors Terry Giffen singled to send in Gerry Raycraft for the winning run in the ninth frame Manager Gary Calvert attributed Slessors relatively easy time of it in the final to Vaseys inexperience Theyre just not used to the kind of pitching we were giv Paul Finkbeiner the Silver Bombers other quarterback will be sidelined for the rest of the season team spokesman said Sunday Finkbeiner received broken leg in last weeks game against Sault Ste Marie Next outing for the Silver Bombers is Saturday in Sud bury against the Spartans an RBI in the we