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Lee May of the Cincinnati Reds, since return- Ing‘r'from an injury back into the starting lineup early in May, has outhit Stargell in home runs since that time. At this writing he is a mere seven hom- ers behind the Pittsburgh slugger, and is hitting home runs at a more consistent and continuing rate. Again, another man who has not great amount of publicity in comparison may very well take the home run lead Willie. Sci, if by the end of the season Lee May is lead- ing the majors in home runs, do not be surprised, and remember that you read it here first. With the two division leaders in the National League in slumps as of late, many people may be getting the feeling that the season long reign of Pittsburgh in the east and San Francisco in the west is coming to an end. 7 > _ > r _ A Perish such thought, as it could not be further from the truth. Pittsburgh, who are now only a meagre four games ahead of second place St. Louis Cardinals, have often been said to be the best team in baseball today. They can throw out a great starting lineup on the field of either lefthand hitters or righthand- ed, and still have a bunch of top rate players sitting on the bench as backups. t the last month and "a half his bat has quieted down, and at this writing seems stuck at 39 homers nu “"Ah‘é‘t‘iwé?“fiéssibiiity for thirty, but who in my opinion will not make it, is Canada's own Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs. # * i t I MAYBE NOT WILLIE ’The man the big bat in the majors this year is Willie Stargell, who, at {he beginning of the season was hitting home runs like they were going out of style. PITTSBURGH AND SAN FRANCISCO IN FIGHT FOR PENNANT This fact, along with the knowledge that both St. Louis and Chicago have been playing very incon- sistent baseball all season. should ensure Pittsburgh of a berth in the fight for the National League pen- nant uuxu I am speaking about another southpaw named Mickey Loiich, who hurls for the currently second place Detroit Tigers. At this writing he has Won 19 games. and as of late has been pitching better than Vida Blue. San Francisco seems to be the team that every- one is down on, especially since Los Angeles and At- lanta are closing the gap between them and the Giants. y ..... if you have not guessed who I anxtandng a- bout by now,\ shame on you, as it is really not that hard. A I‘ This is mainly due to the fact that San Francis- co has been playing so poorly lately, not that either the Dodgers or the Braves have been playing that much better than before. Admittedly Atlanta has been improving in the calibre of ball they have been playing as of late, but not to the extent that they will catch the Giants. l COVle Lllv yllllnwv-v v u vâ€"J â€"<_V 7 , But, in my opinion, there is another pitcher who I believe may have a chance to hit thirty. Because he has not received nearly as much publicity as young Mr. Blue, quite a few people have more than likely not given much thought as to his possibilities of “dnning thhty5'when reaHy he has qufie a good chance. _ _ Mark my word. by the end of August the Giants will have opened up the kind of lead over the other 1wo contenders that they have held most of the season. PLAYOFFS AND WORLD SERIES With over a month and a half left until the end of the season. there is no way I can be sure who will end up in top spot in each of the four divisions. So, basing these predictions on the way I feel each div- ision will end, I will pick the winners in the playoffs in both leagues and in the World Series. IIVLUIV Univ -v. -7.- At the tinie’of fliisfi writing he had won 22. so barring any injury I believe that he will definitely reach the pinnacle every-one feels he will. 7L -_. __.'L.‘ In the National League I would pick Pittsburgh over San Francisco in the full five games. Pitts~ hurgh I feel has a better team. but the Giants are winning the season series with them. so they should be tough. Also, the fact that the Pirates were fair- ly good last season. but in the playoffs they just laid back and died as they had a tremendous amount of difficulty in hitting the Cincinnati pitching, tends to indicate a five game series. lauu ntlucutuag ........ ., After watching him pitch briefly in September last season. and the way he has been stunning the opposition to date in this season. many people involv- ed in the game of baseball and fans alike have been predicting that he will win thirty games or more before the 1971 seasonendsfq _ . ‘ IIIâ€"n . . Major League Opinions With a full six weeks left in the season before the major league schedules in both the National and American Leagues come to an end, many ChangeS could occur that would differ quite a bit from the present time. In my column this week I would like to take a personal glance into the future and give my own predictions on just what might take place by the end of September. # it I t t TWO THIRTY GAME WINNERS Almost since the outstart of the season base- ball fans have been following very closely the won- Ioss record of a 21-year-old southpaw on the Oak- land Athletics, namely Vida _Blue._ nl . H A 77",“ The American' League playoffs should also go the limit, with the key factor being how good Jim "C at_f_i§hl" liunter pitches for Oakland. With Blue and Dobson, I feel the Athletics can win two from the Orioles. Hunter is also capable of knocking off the World Champion Baltimore Team. but Oakland lacks another pitcher. who. under nor- mal circumstances, can pitch well enough to gain a victory over the Orioles. Regardless of which team ends up making it in- to the World Series, from the American League, Pittsbmjgh will come out on the losing end. Either Oakland or Baltimore aré capable of knocking off the Pirates in five or six games, but there is no way that it will go four or seven games. MAY BE RIGHT These are my own personal viewpoints on sev- eral issues that will concern baseball fans before the season is completely over in October. You may agree with some. disagree with others. But, you never know. I may actually be right. or it could turn oui that I do not know what I am talking about and get them all wrong, but let us wait and see. THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Aug lINE DRIVE BASEBALL ROUNDUP - By BOB CARTON received \a to Stargell, away from In ICTA "A" League play on August 12, the locals met West Kingsway. The match termina- ted on a contentious note, with the ladies double segment not being played. It appears that the visitors came short one woman player and had no valid excuse lie, sudden illness or injury) for her not being there. A similar maneouvre had been pulled by the same West Kings- way Club earlier in the season No matter which day or night one chose to View the matches, one was almost assured of see- ing tennis at its finest. Watching the best players in the world ekecute shot after shot with ‘seeming ease and precision- honed skill would inspire even the most inept. tennis player to attempt to improve his or her game. The pros make it look so simple. but we club players know differently, don‘t we? 10‘ 1k * it Although the Richmond Hill Club was buzzing over the Open, we did manage to get in some tennis at our own level. Our ICTA “B” Team’s August 10 encounter with Pine Point was‘ rained out and will be played‘ this week. The Richmond Hill ladies hosted Wards Island on August 11 in ICTA Ladies Lea- gue play and registered a oneâ€", sided 8-1 win. With our girls‘ improved play of late, they have moved into a neck and neck struggle with the Mimico Club for top spot. Helen Butterwortli and Lou Holland (lst couple)“ won two of three sets 6-0. 6-2, 5-6, against their Wards Islands, competition, while Monica Ver-' meuflen and Eleanor Lloyd tal-, ‘lied 6â€"1, 6-4, 6~l wins. The third couple of Joy August and Peggy Freeman swept their three sets 6-5, 6-2, 6~3. The West Kingsway captain? felt the match should have been awarded to his team, since {Richmond Hill declined to play ‘the ladies doubles. However. iRichmond Hill's posture appears ‘to be a rightful one, in view of* the stipulated league rules governing competitive play. The “dispute will be reviewed by the league director and a decision made as to who rightfully won the match in question. Incident- ly, of the five matches that were played, Richmond Hill only ldropped one. All three mens doubles pairs were successful on the night's play. Don Paul and John Marais won 6-2. 6-3; Phil August and Brian Bullock bested their opposition by the same count. while Henry Smith and Sam Malcomson triumphed 64, 1-6. 6-3. Joy August and yours truly were winners in mixed play. 6-2, 6-1. Only one “A” League regular season match remains for the locals before the playoffs begin: North York hosts our club tonight (Thursday). COMING EVENTS Saturday, August 21 â€" ICTA Ladies Doulbles at Mimico. Sunday. August, 22 YNL Mens Singles at Aurora. Entry fee $2.00. Starts at 10:00 am. Monday. August 23 â€"- Septem- ‘ 1w" y Although the Richmond Hill Club was buzzing over the Open, we did manage to get in some tennis at our own level. Our ICTA “B” Team‘s August 10 encounter with Pine Point was Okker. Rosewall. Goolagong, Drysdale. Newoombe. This was merely a random array of the celebrated names being bandied about at the Richmond Hill Courts this past week. To the tennis addict these personalities are household fixtures. They are today's international net stars. Most of them were in Toronto this week past to do battle in the Rothmans Canadian Open Tennis Championships at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. A goodly number of our club's membership was fortunate enough to get down to see some of the action in this, Canada’s richest and most prestigious tournament. It was a particular thrill for many. to see Austra- lian, MlSS Evonne Goolagong. the 20 year old heir apparent to Tennis Queen Margaret Court, competing for the first time on North American soil. and in that instance the Richâ€" mond Hill team sportineg al- ilowed a girl that was on the roster to play twice. However. fon this occasion. our ladies dou- ‘bles pairing felt that to permit la substitution when there was no excuse offered for absence of the player in question, would make a sham of the league playing regulations. Admittedly the Richmond Hill club did bend the rules to a, degree in the earlier instance in allowing an individual to play twice. However, this was merely a sporting gesture on a single oc- casion and did not represent a warrant of procedure to the West Kingsway Club for future encounters with our club. Ob- :viously they felt they could get tawny with the same move a 'second time. Accordingly. our ladies doubles duo refused to play. Ace Driver Barry StatherWins O'Keefe Feature And $2,350 Stouffville's Barry Stather led all the way in the big 75- lap O‘Keefe Championship Fea- ture Saturday night at Pine- crest and the victory was worth $2,350 for the young driver, in only his third full season of driving at Pinecrest. Following Stather most of the race in second spot was No. 48â€"Norm Lelliott of Wilâ€" lowdale, who picked up $1,500 for second place. Lelliott won the big race in ‘67 and ‘69. A {trio of American drivers were next in line: Carl Smith. Mar- ‘vin Smith. and Don Gregory. 'all of Columbus. Ohio. Carl ,won $1000 for fourth. broth- :er Marvin won $700 and Gregâ€" ‘ory took 5500 Right behind Gregory came Pinecresl regu- ‘lars Les Groves, Fred Bullen, and George Rueffer. Barry qualified for the Fea- ture event by placing 22nd in the time trials, the last posi- tion available and it got him‘ the inside pole position for the race. He battled the lead away from Don Hawn of Streetsville on the lst lap and survived four restarts to take home the O'Keefe Trophy and $2.000‘first prize. The lead driver for each lap (after the first five laps) is awarded $5.00 additional for being No. 1 so that brought in another $350 for Barry. Stather also won the Group "B" Qualifier Race. for the 12th to 22nd fastest drivers from the time trials Land that was worth $75. It was ‘Stather's third feature win at Pinecrest this year. and the popular stox star holds down ‘fifth spot in the O'Keefe l310.000 points standings. the race that continues each week |for a whole season at Pine- crest. I Fastest car in the time trials'; - !\vas Earl Ross in his ’69 Chev~§SWlm Meet sathday elle, who posted a time of 16.115' seconds for the quarter-mie ' ' ' lap. That was worth $100 to HI”; Thornhl” the Ailsa Craig resident but it also gave him 22nd position Richmond Hill will compete in the feature. Ross won the against Thornhill in a swim- event last year with the same;ming due! at the Thornhill car running in the same posi- Pool Saturday starting at 9am. §tion but he. only lasted 15 laps It will he a resumption of this time. dropping nut with the annual Thornhill-Richmond problems in the differential.,lâ€"lill trophy races featuring in- ISecond fastest driver was Mar-dividual and relay competitions. YNL Men’s Singles, Aurora Sunday 19, 1971 75- . Pea- ine- )rth ver, iSOl’i Tea- : in rosi- him for .ead of and ,ake and . . Richmond Hill's Bob West opened a few eyes by running to the excellent time of 16.85. Bob finished ninth in his qual- ifier race and 17th in the 75. lapper. George Rueffer, the present O'Keefe points leader, had the third fastest car at the track, with a time of 16.30. An eighth in the feature and a 7th in the qualifier assured George of a $170 paycheck. Lelliott won the. qualifier consy and placed seventh in the qualifier race, and with his second in the feature pick- ed up $1,570. COMING EVENTS lSaturday, August 21 â€" ICTA Ladies Doulbles at Mimico. Sunday. August, 22 â€"â€" YNL Mens Singles at Aurora. Entry fee $2.00. Starts at 10:00 _am. Monday. August 23 â€"â€" Septem- ber 11 and 12, Richmond Hill. lSenior Club Championships. Entries close Thursday. lThe entry lists looks pretty sparse, thus far, so get your names up prontol). I Monday, August 23, September 11 and 12 â€" Richmond Hill Junior Club Tournament, boys and girls under 16. Singles only. Entries close Thursday. Sunday, August 29 â€"- YNL Ladies Doubles at Thornhill lprovisionally scheduled). The West Kingsway captain felt the match should have been awarded to his team, since Richmond Hill declined to play Brampton driver Bruce Gow- land, the rookie points leader at the track. was involved in‘ one of the closest races of the evening when he battled with} Maple‘s Bill Burrows in the‘ non-qualifier second consy. Gowland lost the 1ead on the last lap in the north turn when! he was spun around by Bur-i rows. who was trying to avoidi another car which was in his: way. 1 Vin Smith with a time of 16.23 mlllll"(IllllmllllllllllmllllIllllllllllllHlIllllNlllllulfllmumllllll1W Swim Meet Saturday Eveready, Joe's Win mmummmum“munuummmum“munmumummunmmm Richmond Hill will compete against Thornhill in a swim- ming duel at the Thornhill Pool Saturday starting at 9 am. Maple Sugar Girls down- ed Ottawa 26-9 in a PWSU game Saturday to eliminate the former team in two straight games. Maple won game 25-21. Ottawa indicated It would protest the 26-9 lame claiming interference in a play durinz the game. Full details were not av- ailable at press time. Maple Team Beats Ottawa LET'S PLAY TENNIS Richmond Hill Lax'vn Tennis Associatlon By Alex McCrao Plume 884-3408 the first The 1971 Richmond Hill In- dustrial Softball League semi. finals opened Monday night at the town park with Eveready Flooring and Joe's Garage reâ€" cording victories in their res- pective series. Eveready dowued Eric‘s Cycle and Sports 2-0 with Joe‘s coming up \riih a 4-2 win over Out in front most of the way was Miss Fox who, in Manager Williamson’s eyes, “was back to her top form this season. She had control trouble last year but that seems to be a thing of the past now. She says she’ll be back next season and that’s good news.” As a matter of fact, Mary wanted to play foot- ball at one time. I mustn’t forget to dwell a trifle on the make- up of Mary’s team this season which has come up with superlative efforts most of the way. These include (don’t get mad at me if I don‘t mention everyone, please) players such as Cathy Boagey, Merry Lynn Henry, Lyn'n OISen, Sue Daw- son, Linda Elliott, Sandy Glass, Muriel Mortson, Jan- et Thompson, Liz Fyfle, Sharon Clarke, Judy Elliott and Judy Hopkins. One final note on Mary. Her and husband Moe (Moe you will remember played ball for a number of years with Dynes Jew- ellers as well as local hockey teams and still is act- ive in ball in the city) have two girls. Sarah Ann, 9. and Heather Joy, 4. Mary’s also a registered nurse working in the office of Dr. Bette Stephenson of Willowdale who was the first woman president of the Ontario Medical Association. Mary and her coaching staff of Tom Mashinter and “Shorty” Bowen will have a lot of other good, young players goingifozf them negct year, foo. ‘ Auto Body after trailing “I was one girl among five brothers and I had to be good at sports. Funny thing, is that I was about the only one who was ever interested in sports.” The one exception was a brother who played football with the Richmbnd Hill Indians. “Even minor hockey doesn’t bother about them. They have girls playing hockey in Willowdale. Why not here? They don’t care about girls.” But the girls have got a lot goingufor them as long as Mary is on the scene and she figures to be on the scene for awhile yet. At least until she wins the PWSU. That is, next year! I swore upon my blood that I‘d never mention their individual ages but I assure you, none of them are really that old. Honest: Mary is one girl who figures the girls really don't get any breaks in Richmond Hill. She even blamed me for ignoring her team. I assured her it wasn’t out of malice. Never Would I bear malice toward females. Maryfspeaking of Mary, has been interested in sports ever since she was is wee one. -..o -v- ...-. In his first year at Don Head, young Tod (who, incidentally models part-time as well as playing a rugged brand of hockey for the Richmond Hill Min- or Midgets) won three athletic awards at the school. He was selected the Outstanding Sportsman, was Junior Trampoline Champion, and was also se- lected as the Junior Boy of the Year. Those are three awards I never even got a smell of when I went to school. Tod also received some four plaques for his endeavors. All I can say is wow. _ ‘ “I wanted to try out for the Metro Ladies Pro- fessional Football Team they had two years ago but my husband wouldn’t let me. But I play hockey in the winter. It keeps me in shape.” _ I’ve been intending to mention something about 15-year~oid Tod Price of 223 Baker Avenue, 'Rich- mond Hill, who had quite a past year in sports go- ing for him at Don Head Second‘ary Schogi.‘ l 1 “’fadwzfis-(Igéofed well in thé serious end of it with marks in the 90’s. He beat me on marks, too! All I can say is congrats and even better luck this Mary went on to explain that down the middle â€"- Catcher Irene Brysnn, Pitcher Fox. and herself. who plays centre field â€"- “we represent a total of over 100 years.“ ' I chewed on my'pencil in sheer disbelief. “Don’t mention our individual ages,” she warned. “But our total ages average over that. But after that the team’s average age is 18 or 19.” year. Had a sportsman of some note visiting from England the past six weeks 'in the body of Fred Palmer. Fred, who lives in Herne Bay. England. is a Steward in the press box at Wimbledon and is a former viceâ€"chairman of Richmond and District Football League in Surrey. He stayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Duncan of Trayborn Drive. Always nice to welcome“ a visitor from afar. Fred‘s his: complaint about Canada (the only one. he says) was that the football results from England took so long to reach him here. Well! Mary was quick to stress that she’s not upset with the team. Not at all. She's proud of them. Just disappointed at the vagaries of womankind, that's all. “We've beaten Cobourg consistently in tourna- ments", she said. “Things just didn't go for us in the playoffs." “We’ve’got a young team. juniors.” A pause. an ahem of us who wouldn’t qualify." “That last game we just tightened up and it was all over. Errors killed us." Mary. in an outburst of belligerence, figures next year has got to be it. (Continued from Page 9) they scored two runs." Game the third game. the 7-2 defeat. Received a nice letter from a Miss Hilary Bal- mer of Newmarket thanking “The Liberal” as we]! as other area papers for coverage of the Canadian Equestrian team§ ’ghroughgut the year. ___.. -.:JnM-1 â€"1â€"v~~--v~ V Says hfiss Bahnerz‘Tn years past our fiders went unnotked and unsuppofied but atlast they are \vhere they should be â€"â€" on the sports pages Canadians should fise and sahfie these superb ath- letes and continue to give their generous support so that our country may continue our fine equestrian record in the future." “sportsman. FINALLY, FINALLY TO CONCLUDE THANK YOU 100 YEARS ‘.' TOD PRICE to the fifth inning DaVe Webster was the win~ ning pitcher for Joe's and Bob Mackenzie the losing pitcher for Auto Body. ' The next games go tomorrow" night (Friday) with Joe's meet-‘ ing Auto Body at 7pm and“ Eric's going against Evereadyfl at 9pm. Both games will be. played in the town park. ]_ First Playoff Games They could play as “Well, there are three mumummulmun“umtu\uuumummuum“nunmuuumumu Hill Lifeguards McMaster Meet The Oak Ridges Bantams won their best-of-three Ontario Rural Softball Association Play- offs in two straight games down. ing Hm‘nby 8-4 in the first game August 5 and 8-1 in the second one August 11. Both contests were played in Homby. Oak Ridges Bantams Oust Hornby 8-4, 8-1 Dave Stewart also contributed a home run. The second game saw Heintz- man surpassing his first game effort. with a fine display of pitching. mumuunmuuuumuuumuumuuumum“umnnmmnm“mm Torry Legge hit a home run for Oak Ridges. The series between Oak Ridges Peewees and Woodbridge in the OASA Playdowns was won by Oak Ridges by default ‘when the opposition failed to ‘show up for the game. Winning pitcher in the first game was Allan HeintzmanA Winning pitcher was Dan Laskowsky. Losing hurlér was Gary Wilkinson, who hit a homer. Ron Dukelow also hit a home run. Oak Ridges Had won the opener by a decisive 20-3 score. Oak Ridges Peewees also[ downed Bradford 5-1 ‘in the first} semi-final playoff game in the King Township league last week. Oak Ridges Squirts dropped a 15-10 game August 10 to Pottageville. It was their first league loss of the season. The peewees opened the second round of the OASA playdowns in Stouffville Mon- daymight. Winning pitcher was Tom Dukelow who went all the way. Brian Neilley was the losing pitcher. MORE SPORTS 0N PAGEJ AND I6 Three swimmers from Richmond Hill. Mark Grif‘ fiths. 19, Stuart Malcolm. l7. and John Clement, 18. plus alternate Doug Bonâ€" neil. will participate in the Ontario Lifeguard Champ- ionship meet today 4Thurs- day) at 6pm at McMaster UniversitY. Fourteen teams. each consisting of three men and three women. compete in three events. £14553 The competition Is or- ganized by the Nation Life- guard Service of the Royal Life Saving Society. 117: moi; STOCK CAR SWIMMING POOL SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE WHITECAP POOLS LTD. ABOVE GROUND 24’ ROUND 4" TOP RAIL 24' ROUND 6" TOP RAIL 24 x 16’ OVAL 6" TOP RAIL 18‘ ROUND 10” TOP RAIL All Complete With Skimmer, Ladder, Cleani: SEE OUR POOLS ANYTIME In A Natural Outdoor Setting 3412 HIGHWAY NO. 7 EAST THORNHILL. ONT. â€" REDUCED 1'0 SELL In this game Baker‘s “came of age“ as they refused to quit even though they were down 5-2 in the bottom of the sev- enth. 6-5 in the eighth. and 7-6 in the 10th before coming up with two runs in that same inâ€" ning to win. Lorne Davidson pitched the entire 10 innings allowing eight hits while striking out eight and walking five for his best performance of the season. Squirts games are normally sev- en inning contests. They were losing 5-2 with only three outs left in the scheduled seven inning game when Greg MacMillan singled followed by Chris Nye‘s tow- ering home run. Davidson tied Richmond Hill Baker's Salesythe game when he stole homO and Service Squirts defeated after reaching the base on a Ban-is Clothes Closet Cubs 8-7 fielder's choice. in a lo-lnning cliff hanger last Barrie led 6-5 in the eighth Saturday in the Barrie Squirt inning but Steve Madden beat' Tournament. lout a single and then scored. :FULL PRIQE $2454.00: Baker Squirts Edge Barrie Team By 8-7 new In! «txwm’g NORTHERN Poms: I““‘I!‘III“I“ NEW MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE IN PRICE INCLUDES: Installation, Pool. Filter. Skimmer, Maintenance Kit. 7756 Yonge St. (1/2 Mile. N. Steeles) 889-5484 O 7 Indoor Courts 0 Perfect Playing Conditions 0 Locker and Lounge Facilities 0 Lessons Please visit 32 Doncaster Avenue, Willowdale (Yonge at, Steeles) or Phone 889-6351 Mayfair Tennis Club INDOOR TENNIS TEN-YEAR GUARANTEE JAPAN CAR SALES WINNER OF 1971 DESIGN AWARD Niagara â€" Mark II Pool 884-7008 Plumbing, Electrical. Clean Up, Earth Removed 22’ x 36’ with 7' - 6” Hopper THORNHILL Cleaning Kit, Jacuzzi Filter r ' \ Undaunted Richmond Hill came fight back as with one Rout when Querengesser lashed {a triple. Greg MacMillan then .singled Que‘rengesser home and lcame all the way round on the ‘same play as the outfieldgr fumbled the ball. Barrie led 6-5 in the eighth inning ‘but Steve Madden beat' out a single and then scored. on Ross Querengesser's double. Barrie scored a run at top of the 10th to lead 7-6 Bedlam broke out as Rich- mond] Hill players and fans celebrated the winning of a game which appeared to have been lost on several occasions. Rain postponed the remain- der of the tournament which will continue this Saturday with Richmond Hill meeting another Barrie team in the semi-finals 699.00 799.00 999.00 699.00