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He believes that one of the most important aspects of coaching at this level is to build harmony among the players both on and off thé ice. "Close contact with the players is important," he . told the Star in an interview last week. He is enthusiastic about the game, and says he will bring this enthusiasm with him to the arena for every game and practise. Mr. McBeth will also bring a lot of practical hockey knowledge and experience with him both as a coach and former player. Originally from Kirkland Lake, he came to Oshawa in 1950 and spent four seasons as a defenseman with the Junior A Generals. He then joined the Senior Whitby Dunlops, and paired on defense with Harry Sinden, the current G.M. of the Boston Bruins, Mr. McBeth tasted victory in 1958 World Championship played on an open air rink in Oslo, Norway. a His coaching background includes leading the Stouff- ville Juveniles to an all- Ontario championship in 1974-75 season. And he was at the helm of the Junior C Stouffville Clippers the following season. One aspect of the game he says he will stress as a coach this coming season is solid, disciplined defensive work, having the defensemen stand their ground in front of the net to clear away attacking forwards. The coaching spot became vacant this year when last year's skipper Paul Kane who took over mid-way through the year, stepped down because of commit- ments to a new job. The team executive advertised for a coach and interviewed several appli- cants before selecting Mr. McBeth. The MoJacks are coming off their worst season since joining the Junior C loop a decade ago. The team never seemed to be able to get on track last year and finished out of the play-offs for the first time in its history. Mr. McBeth feels that stepping in fresh without any knowledge of last season will be to his advantage in assessing the squad for the coming year. Training camp for the MoJacks will get underway in the latter part of Sep- temper with the first home game slated for Sunday, October 11 against Stouff- ville. The ten team league will be the same as last year, with the bottom two teams, missing the playoffs. Each team will play 36 games. There have been a couple of significant rule changes for the up-coming season. One is the elimination of the centre red line for off-side passes which should speed up play in the centre ice zone, and the other will force a team to play the full two minutes short during a minor penalty even if the opposing team scores. As well, all teams will be permitted to dress 19 players for a game instead of just 17, which was the rule last year. Softball Booster Day Saturday, June 20 The Port Perry and District Minor Softball Association will hold its annual Booster Day this Sat- urday to kick off Minor Softball Week in Ontario which runs from June 20th to 27th. . The Port Perry Associa- tion has about 350 youngsters registered for softball this year, and starting at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, they will be taking part in a parade which will begin at Port Perry High School, make its way along Queen and Water Streets to the Joe Fowler Diamond where opening ceremonies will be held. As a feature of Booster Day this year, Softball Ontario will bring its Sports TT ET A Cavalcade trailer which has films and information on softball and other sports. Part of this display will be a mechanical pitching machine, and the public will be invited to try for a hit off this machine. . A bit of competition will be added as three girls from the Port Perry Blues team will challenge three guys from the Port Perry Juniors to a hitting contest against the machine. Following the opening ceremonies Saturday after- noon, Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor, councillor John Williams and Ontario Soft- ball president Keith Fleming of Oshawa will also try to get a hit from this machine. hci Don McBeth, a member of the 1958 Whitby Dunlop 'Sports Member of 1958 World Championship team Don McBeth named MoJacks coach for 1981-82 season team which won the World Championship has been named coach of the Port Perry MoJacks of the Junior C Hockey League for the coming season. Lights on Ball Diamonds by Danny Millar Port Perry ball fans must be the envy of their Chicago counterparts in at least one respect - Port now has two lighted diamonds for night games. . While Cub fans at Wrigley Field do not haye the luxury of witnessing their last place teams under the lights, Port Perry aficianados will now \be able to attend evening games at the old park, also known as the Lakeshore Diamond, as well as the Fowler Memorial Diamond. Less than a year after approaching Jerry Taylor. and Township Council with the idea, the lights are up and the 1000 watt bulbs are brightening up the evenings for a lot of teams. . . Last summer, Vin Walker, a Port Perry and District Minor Softball Association Executive member since its inception, led a contingent to a council meeting asking for financial support for the idea. The council responded with $3000. Total cost of the operation came to "A little under $4000" according to Walker. The remainder of the money ~came from Minor softball's account. Mr. Walker -is extremely proud of the accomplishment as he praised the community business and the workers for Juniors show impressive form by Danny Millar Righthander Kevin Walker carved out a near flawless pitching masterpiece at the expense of Atlas Polar as he checked them on three hits through the nine inning Oshawa City and District fastball game Thursday, June 11. ' His Port Perry Mother's Pizza Junior teammates provided solid support as they clubbed losing hurler - John Thain for 12 runs en route to an easy 12-2 victory. - Walker, a veteran who has performed in front of Port Perry crowds for several years now, fanned 11 batters. He threw with overpowering velocity from beginning until end and did not allow a-run until the: top of the fifth inning. That run was unearned - as a result of errors by catcher Carl Durward and first basema Todd Wilbur. ta BE Walker is a 'pitcher who sometimes does not field his position well. He lias a habit of throwing underhand to first base when he picks up a "ground ball hit back at him. He threw in this manner during the fifth and Wilbur DERI TSS couldn't hang onto the ball. The runner came around to score when Durward, attempting to throw him out at third, fired the ball into left field on a bounce: Up to that point, Walker was riding a no-hitter. That prestigious plateau remain- ed in the offing until the seventh inning when, with two out; Rod Tustin lined a base hit into right field. © Of the three hits Atlas touched Walker for, Tustin 'had two of them. The second came in the top of the ninth as he drove in the second run with a single to left field. He eventually was thrown out at third base when shortstop Tim Thompson made a good fielding play to tag him out. Thompson was spiked on the play and remained on the turf for a few moments. Walker bobbled an infield grounder in the top of the ninth that could have been ruled either way. Port Perry scorekeeper Bill Fewer 'judged it to be a hit, which would ultimately bring the hit total to three and charge the bulky thrower with his fitst and only earned run. Wilburn supplied Walker ESR TR SS ET with two runs in the home half of the second frame when he hit aclean inside the park home run to deep left field. The Atlas player field- ed it without error but passed up a chance to nail Wilbur at the plate when they failed to hit shortstop Mike O'Malley with the cut- off throw. . Thompson preceeded his teammate across the plate after singling into centerfield. Walker had a perfect game going before giving up two walks in the third. The first free pass came on a rule technicality when Durward threw to first base on a full count. He figured he had dropped the third strike, but, of course, it was only the second. The throw to first was counted as ball four. Port's 'most impressive inning was the fifth in which it shelled Thain for five runs. They did most of it by hustling down the basepaths. Greg Fedyk, a' Pete Rose prototype, legged out an infield single and " stole second. He was sacrificed along by Steve Redman and scored when . John Butler, who collected three safeties, ini great accomplishment says Vin Walker their spirit. The extra help received from the other PPDSMA members helped keep the cost down. In other parks, Durham Fields for instance, costs were astro- nomical compared to Port. When Durham put in a set of lights %ast year, it cost $24,000. Of course, those lights are more efficient than Port Perry's. Mr. Walker says some parks in Toronto cost as much as $60,000 to enlighten. The old diamond now has four poles with two sets of lights on each. The newer, bigger diamond boasts of six poles and a total of 12 lights. But the work is still not completed .*"The concern now would be to get another pole" he explains. The extra lights would go up in center- field but that project is another couple of years down the road. , A more immediate project will be add another four feet of fence to the top of the left and centerfield fence on the old diamond. The PPDSMA first started work on the project last fall. - The poles arrived and were followed by the lights and fixtures, which it received shortly before Christmas. The work putting them up ° took about three weeks this spring. It was held up for a (Turn to page 15) Defeat Atlas Polar 12-2 beat out a bouncer to second sacker Jim Wagner. Dave Dickson kept the rally alive with two outs by wrapping a base hit to left field that produced a pair of runs. Dickson scored on a long double that missed cleaning the left field fence " by no more than a foot and Durward followed with a run scoring double. Port's hard running on the basepaths produced five "straight stolen bases before Fedyk was nailed at second base. A fielding gem by Wilbur 'preserved Walker's no-hitter for two outs longer leading off the seventh. The infielder scooped up a bunt by Thain and nipped him at first with a perfect throw to Butler covering. - Port got another pair of runs in the seventh frame. Pinch hitter Phil Scott reached base and eventually scored when O'Malley drop- ped high pop up by Walker on the left field grass. Dickson brought home Walker with a sacrifice fly to the same field. (Turn to page 15), STs Tin poh os ana ae on bE MU Ree: - Se ap em da ARE meron