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18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 20, 1979 SRO SP Sports Editorial After marathon 20-inning game by Danny Millar registered wins over Ontario The Canadian Tire Senior Motor Supply, Millwork, and Softball team from Port Scotia Bank, all Oshawa Perry completed what was teams. by far their busiest week of In the first game of the the season on Sunday, June tournament Port Perry 17th. They played six games came up against a stacked in a five day span, beginning Nestleton line-up that was with Wednesday night's ab- fortified with the additions of breviated loss to Yelverton. Kelly Neals, Brent Fallis and On the weekend they played others, and were blanked on five games in the McDon- four hits by Neals 4-0. ald"s Men's fastball tourna- The big inning for Nestle- ment at Oshawa's Alexand- ton was the second when ria Park. they got two runs off Port They split the six games righthander Jeff Hutton, who evenly, and finished in third was imported from Lindsay place in the tourney. They for the weekend. lost to Yelverton, Nestleton, Neals is one of the best and Palace Billiards. They righthanded pitches around po PERE Port Perry batter gets set to lay down a bunt during tournament action between Canadian ' PORT PERRY MINOR SOFTBALL ASSOC. MINOR SOFTBALL WEEK JUNE 18th to 23rd, 1979 SOFTBALL PARADE - JUNE 23rd (Leaves High School at 6:00 P.M. via Queen St. to Joe Fowler Park.) Come out and Support our Boys and Girls! 7:00 P.M. MINI GAMES 7:30 P.M. EXEC. vs. PORT PERRY FIREMEN The Minor Softball Association wishes to thank the following sponsors: Becker (7A); Brian's Towing; Dowson's Red & White; Emmerson Insurance; Flieler's B.P.; Gord Lewis Motors; Irwin Smith Music; Ken Murray Electric; Larry's Garage; Royal Canadian Legion; Lions Club; Mini Cinema; Mothers Pizza; Philp Pontiac Buick; Pink Dot; Port Perry Star; Port Perry Towing; Scugog Realty; Sportsland; Swamp Garage; Utica Auto Body; and Wayne's Auto Parts. in the sixth inning to give team a 3-0 lead. They adfled Port Perry senior team third in Oshawa tourney and he performed to his usual standard of excellence as he rendered to Port Perry bats helpless. He aided his : own cause by scoring a chs bunt singles. A sacrifice Port Perry got the winning run in the second inning when Jim Geer and Charlie Durward reached base on bunt by Mark Lee moved them into scoring position. a point in the final frame for the shutout win. One-Hitter In the next game Port Perry's big righthander Kevin Walker pitched a gem that was easily his best outing of the year. surrendered one hit and thanks to a double play, pitched to the minimum number of hitters. He de- feated Scotia 4-0. He Then Geer scored on an unusual play when Scotia hurler Paul McCrimon was called on an illegal pitch. In the next session rort's second run came home in the person of Ken Bryant when Doug Scott singled to right center field. They also add- ed one run in the fifth and sixth innings. (Turn to Page 22) Re od #opd Lo SEE Tire and Nestleton- Pontypool squad. Port Perry ran into a hot pitcher and lost this match 4-0. BEEN EpEEN SAVE ol Reasonable Prices SAVE SAVE WHY PAY MORE FOR HEATING SAVE ON PREMIUM QUALITY "a FUEL > oIL FOR ALL YOUR FUEL OIL NEEDS 1517 DUNDAS ST. EAST WHITBY Telephone Today! Call Collect 668-3381 Prompt, Courteous Service GCEEEEEEEEEEE. It'sa darn shame by Danny Millar At the present time there is no competitive Midget softball team In Port Perry. The teenage players simply will not come out and register and the reasoning behind this has mystified Minor Softball Association secretary Vin Walker. As far as he is concerned, the athletes will not come out to play ball until they find out who the coach is, and as of now there is no coach. No coach.....no players.....no midget team. The attitude of the young men who want to play ball Is awfully hard to understand. Sure, you have to be able to get along with a coach, who ever he may be, but to stay away from the ball yard just because you are not sure who the coach will be is downright stupid. Mr. Walker, along with Hillis and Carol Wilbur have been trying to locate a coach and he admits that this is getting harder and harder each year. It seems that some people have just too much to do and cannot be bothered to come out and offer some kind of guidance to 16 year old boys. About a week ago, Mr. Walker raised a very good point when he stated, 'Surely the boys at that age can coach themselves." Probably so, providing they were given the right equipment and had a place to practice as well as a method of transportation to out of town games. The only difficulty that arises is representation at league meetings or other official functions. They would need a coach or some other person in the know on league procedures. g Supposing there was enough people who came forward in the next couple of weeks to form a unit. Would there be an organized league for them to compete in? No. But what they could do is organize a series of games against teams from the York-Durham league (The league that they would play in) or teams from Oshawa. They could also enter tournaments in the area and would be eligible for OASA tournaments and playoffs. If this route was followed then the team would see as much action as any of the other competitive teams. There is one last point to consider. The Port Perry Midget tournament is coming up rapidly. On July 13-15 in this town, one of the major events of the summer sports calendar takes place. Teams from all over will be here and some of those teams could be among the top ranked in the province. Is it not going to look a little bit silly if this town hosts a tournament and the home town does not have a team to call its own? In fact a lot of people are going to be embarassed by it, and well they should be. The unfortunate thing about it is that the. people walking around with red faces may be the Walkers and the Wilburs and the others who have tried so hard to get a team there, and they should have nothing to be ashamed of. The ones who should feel uncomfortable are the young athletes who should be representing Port Perry and the individuals who could be coaching them. Besides, the financial aspect of the tournament must be considered. It is doubtful if the towns people will want to come out and watch complete strangers win a tourney that they have sponsored. 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