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By John Thompoon (Third in a series previewing the Ontario Amateur Softball Asso- ciation Senior /'A" Championships to be held in Waterloo, host- ed by the Waterloo Fastball Association, Waterloo CHYM'rs and Carling O'Keefe Brew- eries, on Civic Holiday Weekend, July 30L August 3.) Teams from all t Your Residential Painting Experts t 2-Year Guarantee “THE ORGANIZED STUDENTS" COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL HILLSIDE PARK " WATERLOO 744-1 502 FAST, FASTBALL ACTION (ath At The "itft Annual c.- ", ammo : f / seulon‘ltn's 3‘; FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Regimeâ€"wide itiiiiiliftr' t9r>titlé 7:00 8:30 102m 40.. stock thteth-t M Urtttmrstty & Wow . (ACRES OF FREE PARKING) Thursday, July 30 to Monday, August 3 OPENING ROUND AWARDS BY taRLtttaO'ttEEFE Ten leagues from Ontario will be repre- seated. with the winner of the tournament " vnncing to the national championships in Ot- corners ot the province are preparing for the final no days prior to tti prestigious OASA imitation Tourna- ment which lagers to be the best in the 10- year history of the event. _ . usWiot2tym'rsvsStmttordTrammisaion "ttt-Edet_cattr'dqeGoms A9itttxrtMTthet"ftFhtttMtit;s $tmmtotettkqrttvuottbtth_t- 8trtiehetmeart+talesthtr%qhttthuitam 0-t)kxmdKmtmrtmvsWooatothttrmthm tle-tim-rd-ters-r' #rmt'txiersvsTottmtoFmaSpotts St tuihafmssttthttrtesartiatN MWnSMOmm cartt'rtalhtsvstimtrrrgf'utes" sstctimstmikottmmrmrtms thtt_tumsrotkASStrfmtts0at' Cats are back, repre: ‘senting the Oshawa Cilrm152rSi"l lava later in August. Four teams are sole ectries representing t eir respective leagues, and although 'the leagues may not eetloy popular status thrmtghout Ontario. the teams are contenders. A year ago, unheralded Cold Springs Cats ar- rived in London for the 1900 tourney. with the objective of honing their fastball pkilis for the Senior "B" tour- nament to be held later in the summer in Nia- gara-On-The-Lake. However, to the sur~ prise of many, not the least of thote being the Cats themselves, ami- serly defence and some clutch hitting powered the Cats to a perfect " record and the Senior "A" Crown. Kitchinov. ont. 5794900 9 mm. - 9 gm all?” om om: dam on!“ 03"”! tRtttigthttttrtiitttt 159 King St, $iuito 3 'ii-iii',? l C sxer" C,c40' Cr' Volvo 906 Rabbit 9296’” Mercedes ‘ kl Amnw:t\l\-\ “AAAI- Waterloo Canbar mosquitoes travelled to London Wednesday and came away with a 2-1 victory. . Because there are only four mosquito teams in the league, each team plays against teams one year in the Dieppe Park loop, and hopes to inF prove on the quick min- imum two-game exit of a year ago when single- run hoses to Cold Swings and Grimsby sent the team back to T.0. early. City and District League, minus slugger Mike Melvor who has been transierred to St. Catharines. Meivor's hot bat a year ago' paced the Cats attack of a dozen runs with three timely home Fred's Sports, a first place club at 24-5 last year in the Beaches League, now competes Winds/or Hauley's from the Greater F EA vssrnoucumc , Corby Adams RAINBOW ' 't't"rstroughirttt It's My Batman . Not A SvdeIme-Yeav Round “Seamus; Aluminum 'Soamless Galvamzed . Regan: . Qeanmg Dissatisfied with. present service? For expert mpaus call Mike or Klaus at Canbar wins over LondOn 43f) Cotwstogo Rd W Walerioo N. American models. 884-7640 Call Hans older (minor peéwee) and‘one year younger (minor mosquito), which often leads to one-sided wins or losses. Against compa- rable opposition Can- bar has won one, lost two and tied one. Fans will recall the pitching exploits of Jim Cowdrey, who returned to Agincourt of the Beaches Fastball League. Cowdrey, At talented wizard of the mound and clutch bat- ter, was the CHYM'rs. Conaquip meanwhile features George Cho- doriwsky, former shortstop ol-the Kitch- ener Fastball League Major Champions Big Bill's team. China Steel, 10%: Pennant winners wt an impressive 25-3 mark, feature two tal- ented hockey players, from Sault Grey- hounds, in the lineup. Second baseman Tony Butorac and outfielder Brian Gualazzi have hung up their skates for the summer and donned the spikes to help the Steelmen in their quest of the championship. manly of players from the Etoblcoke Welding team In the Brampton Fastball Lea ' are the other raralil entries. ' The northern border city of Sault Ste Marie sends two rival teams from the International League - Sault China Steel and Sault Coer aqulp. Winduu' Fastball Le " and Melton 'ifdli'l'tA'lUWllll In an evenly-played 576-81431 In the second half, spectacular work on the left wing by John Williams led to the winning goal scored by Scott Dillard.. London pulled one back near the end of the game on a free kick, robbing newly-returned goalie first half, Waterloo scored when the Lon- don goalie gave up a rebound on Scott Snyder's haid shot, which was calmly headed home by Joe Germann. . Four teams from the Nation's Capital dis- trict representing the Ottawa Metro Fastball League, bring strong credentials with them. Ottawa Turpins, league champions for six sue- cessive years, includ- Barrie American Hotel, with veteran Senior "A" Hockey star Corby Adams tending to business at second base, and Pick- ering Seaway Trust will also represent the Beaches. Fastball Tournament’s Most Valuable Player in 1979 when he led the Toronto Golden Bears to a third place finish behind the Newmarket Rhys. Tony Butorac __,,"_,_,_'_,,;:,_,, I my»... gums weerouM‘ PLACE WATERLOO cusm IlIl[irjj, AT gems CAMERAS WESTMOUNT SHOPPING CENTRE LET us custou mm: a nut voun FAVOURITE "crusts. .re DIPLOMAS. Isms PM!" ETC. All Work Done _ On Premises at Reasonable Prices' E:itt':ris',. Three other leagues are well represented at the tourney, with fiVe teams each from the prestigious Canadian Major Fastball Leagut? (Ontario Fastball League) and the Me- morial Fastball League, with fdur teams from the Inter- City Fastball league adding local flavour. These teams will be previewed next week in the final segmun of this series. . Strong efforts for Waterloo were turned in by Elias Mulamootil and Danny Howard on defense and Brad Kit and Chuck Dietrich on offente. Over the Att- gust holiday weekend, Canbar will host an under-12 team from Holland and meet them in exhibition play on Saturday Aug. 1 at Budd Park " a part of the Kitchener Invita- tional Soccer Tourna- ment. _ Williamsburg Pio- neers and Cardinal Pats, new entries in the Ottawa loop trom the defunct Dundas League could be dark. horse contenders, espe- cially Cardinal. A self- supporting club. the Pats, have added sev- eral players from Brockville to their now strengthened roster which is currently challenging the Tur- pins tdr {h ttposition, Jason Shanna of a shutout. full . in the tourney. wide croutons rival Ottuva Pypers will rely on the pitching Inn of Dave Dixie for their successes. Dixie is tossing the bail " fectiveiy, and set I standard earlier this year with back-to-ttack no-hitters in his home league. ing tive mu. an confident that their team will (are mecca- 886-5520 ':itj).i'i.t league's '.:?sR),