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It was almost an afterthought last Tuesday night when the Kinnear-Leasing squad blitzed Barrow's Insurance 7â€"0 to win the Richmond Hill Men's Fastball League championship in three straight games. W'I‘h‘e’y réally won it when they sneaked into the fourth and last playoff spot a few.v_veeks ago. Kinnear was literally un» beatable after that sweeping by defending champion Town Auto llody in two straight before meeting Barrow‘s. HEAVY Pitcher Dave Webster threw his weight around both on the mound and al bat in lhal wind-up formality spinning a seven-hitter and also thumping a three-run out fer dubious glof‘y will be’six teams. In order of nice guys, not necessarily ability, they are The Bombers. Old Jays, The Misfits. Sudsers‘ the Ball Machine arid-or The'J‘Red Eyes. There‘s still four days to go and already tension is mounting. I got so nervous the other day I cleaned my teeth and then had something to eat. The worst part is I put the Sandwich Spread in the medicine cabinet and the tooth paste in the refrigerator. With my luck it‘ll stay there until I make my next sand- wich. I‘ll forget and probably think it’s meat spread. I just dunno. 1 ,L ,UL Jâ€" r Pfiefirllarps I should explain. I’m not all un-nerved about the current Montreal Expo-Pittsburgh Pirate baseball drama unfolding in the National Alfea‘gue.‘ It‘s much more vital than that. I'm talking about next Sunday‘s “Super Bowl” at the Town Park and Crosby. That‘s when the second annual Richmond Hill Slo-Pitch tournament unfolds, or is it folds up, for the year. iz-râ€"rivorrlvl-Slfikiidding. They‘re all nice guys. It's just that I‘m prejudiced because I‘m the batboy for The Bombers. It wasn‘t eaSy getting to be bgtboy: I'Vgér-néarfil;way \t’here by dropbing fly balls in right field, centre-field, left-field and second base. In one inâ€" ning. That‘s versatility. SUNDAY In any case the drama will begin Sunday at 9 am. at both the Town Park and Crosby. It‘ll be a double- elimination bash which means you play a minimum of two games. The BombersVare so confident of winning they're already planning an afternoon picnic with their mistresses. They open at Crosby against the Old Jays while the Red Eyes meet the Sudsers at the Town Park. Then it's the Ball Machine meeting the Misfits at 10:30 am. at the Town Park. You figure it out from there on. The final cham- pionship game will go at 7:30 pm. at the Town Park. TENSION I don‘t know about the other teams, but I know the Bombers are apprehensive at meeting the 01d Jays. That‘s mainly because the Old Jays bombed them something like 20-8 in final scheduled league game of the season last Sunday. ‘ ' It was due in part to the resurgence of Old Jays‘ outfielder Bill Greenhead. ‘ Greenhead. who holds the world record for striking out three times in one slo-pitch game, fought back with three long drives that drove the Bombers‘ pitcher back to the edge of the mound to grab. No wonder we're all ap- prehensive. FUN In all solemnity. Bill had some good hits and I suspect there will be a lot of hits, some great catches, and some. well. great misses. Sounds like an afternoon of fun so drop around and see history repeated. if not made It all starts at 9 am. door Coming up this Friday night there will be a “Sports Dance“ at the Richmond Hill Legion. It's $4 a head and the Capri‘s will be supplying the live rr_1usic. Interested followers of the Ontario Fastball League might be surprised to learn that Owen Sound and Kit- chener are battling it out in the finals with the Sounders leading the best~ofâ€"five series by one game as of writing. Both St. Catharines. who won the Canadian Men’s Fastball championship, and Oshawa were eliminated Shocking. NICE GUY Oh yes. Rod Smith of Mutual Life of Richmond Hill, is happy with the way his Pleasantville girls softball team has gone this year. Great year girls and just to show his gratitude. Rod is going to sponsor you for the next 100 years. Nice guy, Rod. It’s going to be quite a week for sports. Just hope it doesn‘t snow. Finally. don‘t forget to buy an arena “Seat”. Coming up October 9 the Richmond Hill Provincial A Rams will play last year‘s champion Peterboro Petes in an exhibition game at the arena. General admission is $2.50: No children‘s season passes will be honored. The game Don‘f forget to atténa the big wind-up Richmond Hill Minor Soccer championship day this Saturday at Crosby Park. starts at 7:45 pm. You can also buy a seat for $50 if you so desire. All proceeds will go toward supplying the arena with those new seats so get out and support the arena and your own pocket books. NOTES Some short items here to help me find my way to the CAMPING Svcxw’oopm 7 DAYS 061’) OINOOOR SHOWROOM A ‘ OINDOOR SHOWROOM °0FF HWY. 7 BETWEEN YONGE AND BAYVIii 889-3161 QV‘V' OOPEN7DAYS ‘4') 4% Super Bowl? homer in the third inning that put the game really oul of sight. [I gave the winners 8 5â€"0 lead. Webster also walked only one baller in his nine-inning slim while striking out seven. II was his second shutout of the playoffs. Losing pitcher Al Underhill went five innings giving up five runs on seven hits He struck out four batters. Bill Hamilton finished up surrendering the final two runs and four hits. ALLOVER It was all over in the second inning as the first Kinnear run crossed the plate as Dave Ber» seth walked, went to second on a passed ball and scored on ‘rookie' Bob Viverette's single. fred simpson Then came the bié, third inning Libéral as Gordie Woolnough singled and Bob Smith was safe on an error. (‘atcher Mike Thompson then doubled Woolnough home to set the scene {or Webster‘s blast. Kinnear scored its final two runs in the seventh inning as Thompson and Berseth singled and Webster brought Thompson home with a single. Steve Wood lhen singled in Berseth. GOOD RECORD Kinnear Manager George The new look ()ak Ridges Junior B Dynes Jewellers look a couple of periods to introduce themselves lo each other but they made friends in a hurry after Ihat. ' They turned a 2â€"2 tie at the end of the period against Orillia Travelways into a crunching 8â€"4 triumph Monday night as lhey opened their 1979-80 Central Ontario Hockey League schedule at Bond Lake Arena. “l was a little concerned before the game.“ said coach Pele Arlemchuk. “We were going againsl an experienced and good ()rillia learn and we didn‘t have one line still inlaCI from last vear, “The score was a good in- dication ofjust how long it took us to get it together.“ LA'I‘HVIER SOLID Artem'chuk praised goalie Steve Latimer “for keeping us in the game in that first period in particular. We started to come in the second period and arrived in the third" ‘ The first period was scoreless but Lalimer had lo be sharp on occasions as the Jewellers were kept IO their own end for most of the period. ~ [{elurnee Karl Taylor opened the scoring for Dynes at 1:24 01 the second from Brent Dobson and Ed (iundert. STARS it was the start of a fine evening for Taylor who went on to assist on two other goals and pick up the second star of the game First star went to Shawn McDowell, a new recruit from last year‘s Richmond Hill L giun Midget defence. and third to Brent Dobson. Homebrew Glen Wright knotted the count at 16:02 as he look passes from McDowell and Taylor and lifted one from the blueline that bounced off the pad of the Orillia goalie and into the twtnes. ()rillia tied the game al 2:27 on Doug McDonald‘s goal and then moved in from at 15:45 on Stu Burnie's counter. EXPLODl-I The third period saw the Jewellers explode with two quick goals at 6:00 and 6:59 from Brian Risk and another rookie. (lino (‘avalini. (‘avalini was another pleasant firsrgame surprise for Artemchuk. “Gino's only 16 years old." said Artemchuk. “but he looked very good am there. And he's big at 200 pounds." II was Dobson making it 5-2 at 9:50 from Wright before ()rillia struck for two of their own to lighten the score. Dobson then broke it open with an unassisted goal at 12:53 followed by counts by Robin Searle at 15:04 and Risk. with his second goal. at 16:58. EARLY YET Artemchuk admits that “it‘s hard to tell how good a team is after one game but at least we have some idea of what they can do under game conditions." Jewellers explode in third He was particularly happy with his penalty-killing combination of Say one for me Wednesday, September 26, 1979 (‘lark agreed that his club had most of its problems during the regular league just sneaking into the playoffs but also felt that “it just seemed we had a shaky season". He pointed out that “whenever we came off a tournament win we‘d lose our first game in the regular league. I guess it was a sort of letdown." A check of the Kinnear season long record bears him out. “We were Shorthanded two men on a couple of occasions and they did a fantastic job of holding off ()rillia,” he said: ‘ NOTES Dynes' notes: Artemchuk still expects to fill out the roster with one or two more names. That includes the pick-up this year of ex-Ram Phil Wood who he figures “will give‘us some good fire power i . i Co~coaches this year with the Jewellers are have Stuart.,an ex~Ram and Jeweller standout. and Garry Methe. “I‘m happy to have (ierry with us." said Artemchuk. “He's always been a fine defenceman and he can't help but be a plus for our young players“ Methe was a former professional hockey player in the now-defunct World Hockey Association. ()ther executive members of the Jewellers include Manager Ken McBride and General Manager {Bill Woloski. Earl Deamond and Danny Henderson. SITTLER ()pening night ceremonies saw Mmmmh The team. with Berselh and Webster taking [urns on [he motmd, played a total of 74 games. winning 54. losing 16, and lying four‘ They competed in seven tournaments winning three of them and going into the finals in two of them, SPARK PLUGS Sparkplugs of the team of- fensively during the season and playoffs were third baseman Two swnllows don‘t make a season but you couldn‘t have blamed Richmond. Hill Provinâ€" cial Junior A Rams' manager Sil Sieffan fighting off a gulp or,1wo. The reasons were obvious. His newlook Rams had just been lhm Oak Ridges Dynes Jeweller goalie Steve Latimer held his team in during the early part of Monday night's Junior B opener with Orillia Travelways until they got untracked and exploded for an 8â€"4 victory in the opening game of the season. ,Liberal photo by Bruce Hogg). Toronto Maple Leaf star Darryl Si! l ler on hand to drop the official puck in company with Richmond Hill (‘urnival Queen Lorrie McDowell. ' His new-look Rams had just been thumped 13-3 and 7-2 by Dixie Beehives and Wexford Raiders respectively to start the Section B Music was provided by the Richmond Hill High School band Hill Rams lose two in jittery beginning Jennifer Sheppard shows the style that won her the triple crown Saturday at the Rich- mond Hill Tennis Club's championship finals at Crosby Park. (Liberal photo by Ian Kernohan). Gordie Woolnough (who was also a standout defensively) and catcher Mike Thompson. They hit .331 and 328 respectively. Coaches on the team were A] Webster and Wes Bérseth. Team members are have Webster. Dave Berseth. Tom Hughes, Bobby Howard, Wayne Ellison, Bobby Mills. Larry Kimble‘ Dave Mullen. Clyde "I'm obviously not happy." said Steffan. “but I'm also not pushing the panic button. Not at this stage of the season anyway." ROOKIE FEVER Steffan figures his team was suffering from “rookie fever" in the 13-3 loss to Dixie Beehives at home Friday night. regular schedule off on a losing sour note. and coach Arlemchuk was happy to see them there. “This is the third year they've been at our home opener and we‘ve won every one. They‘re becoming synonymous with our winning in the same manner Kate We were also playing a team MEETING ROOMS FOR COMPANIES PARKWAY HOTEL HWY. 7 8 LESLIE ST Formal presentation of the championship trophy. along with all other awards. will be made at the league‘s annual Fall dance November 10 at 8 pm. at the Richvale Community Centre. ‘ Dimmell. Gord Woolnough. Bob \‘iverette. Dennis Lougheed, Bob Smith. Steve Wood, Mike Thompson and Jim Anderson. The 1979 York County Secon- dary School field hockey season is about to get underway with Bayview Secondary of Richmond Hill expected to be another potent force in the southern division. 'l'hey defeated King City 3-0 in the first game with Debbie Murray scoring two goals and Jennifer Lord the other one. They then went on to take Dr. G. W. Williams of Aurora 3-1 with Cathy Rumney scoring two goals and Murray getting the other one. Tickets are available at the door‘ Al‘ least that seems to be the feeling of some of Bayview's opponents in that division in- cluding 'I‘hornhill Secondary School‘ loaded with 15 veterans which didn't help. They played their posit ions where we ran around all over the place. We weren‘t even hitting them; _ Steffan added than “we just have to stick to basic hockey. l've gol to convince them you go in a straight line and not in a circle. Big year for Bayview Bayview started out in grand fashion last week in an exhibition warm-up tournament al Thor- nhill‘ Smith is with the Philadelphia: Flyers, [want [0 especially [hank them for coming ouL“ “We're a team with few stars which means we've got to work together. keep driving all the time. I've also got to have more leadership from our veterans. I didn‘t get that on the weekend.“ COLLAPSE“ The Rams managed to look respectable in the first period against the visitors but it was collapse-ville from the middle of the second period on. They fell behind 1-0 with only 59 seconds gone in the game but bounced back at 1:11 on Andy Hawe's score from Darren Ross and Mike Donnelly‘ The Rams went into the second period trailing 3-1 but looked good for a comeback on a goal by Garry White at 1:02 to make it. seemingly. 3-21 The Jewellers have a week off before they go against Milton next Monday night at 8 pm. at Bond Lake Arena. The Rams managed a 1-1 tie in the opening period on a goal by Bowers but Wexford rammed in five in the second period to decide the issue. Mike McDougall scored the Rams‘ final goal in the second from Garry White and Oliver. The Rams are at home next Friday night to Wexford in an 8:15 pm. game. They go back [0 Wexford next Sunday. Dixie went on to whistle nine more goals past Rick Warren in the twines led by the three-goal efforts of Bob O‘Brien and Bob Poirieri Richmond Hill's other goals were scored by Steve Bowers from Glen Oliver; and Peter Glynn unassisted, BRIGIITSPOT ()ne‘of the few bright spots in the Hams' loss in Wexford Sunday night was the play of goalie Ian McDonnell who stopped 35 shots in a losing cause Bowers: a Richmond Hill product. showed up well in both games with two goals. ILLEGALSTICK This key goal was wiped out when a Dixie complaint aboul the extreme curve on the blade of White‘s stick was upheld‘ The result no goal. a Hill penalty. and a powerplay goal which finished any Rams‘ hopes for the nighl. 881-2121