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50style sunglasses and lowerpattern blouses are donning their husbands extra large team jackets with the ripped come next year to play it the spirit of the great American pasttime remains alone And judging by the increases this year there pro Baseballs back in town By GARRY FORBES Of The Examiner The lawnchairs are out being unfolded the ladies with kets and the kids are making nuisance of themselves the water fountain while Ralph warms up his chuckball arm in preparation for the season opener Ball is here again Baseball softball fastball slowball No mediumball Or goofball for the guys who want to really take it easy Those Whatever you want to call the game or however you want the same That spirit is involvement which explains why and how more than 20 ball leagues have come to be in the Barrie area mises to be at least 300 by 1985 Its game everybody can get ahold of Even beercan Ralph who couldnt find pair of hockey pants large enough to glide into can earn himself spot on Flos Takeout And mom and the kids can invade the bleachers if there are any to cheer to big guy on Anyone else around to view one of these locala ex hibitions is either direct relative heavy gambler seriously demented playing in the next game sportswriter ii oralloftheabove But in case youre not one of those casual spectators or worse not ballplayer BoliVianrhprcenary on leave say and youve passed by the bright lights of MacMor rison Park wondering What be this barbaric ritual here are some explanations of some of the things you might hear as you peer from beneath thegrandstand AVERAGE Better than most ballplayers BULLPEN Corner of the hotel where ballplayers gather after game EXTRA INNINGS More than two for fat guy FOUL TII When somebody tells you to bet on the Toronto Blue Jays DELIVERY An emergency situation during the occa sional tense game in the ladies leagues BAG The woman with the big mouth that doesnt quit from the first pitch to the last out FOUL TERRITORY Anywhere near bag PERFECT GAME When the bag doesnt show up SCREWBALL The pitcher that just hit the batter on the jaw with fastball THROW OUT What happens when the batter throws the bat at the screwball UNEARNED RUN When the home plate umpire calls you safe and you know you were out CIRCUS CATCH What an outfielder makes when theres two out and he has to go to the bathroom badly It HOLD TIIAT TICKER From the sleek skyscrapers of Wall Street where spon taneous tickcrtape blizzard greeted the victory to the un distinguishcd bars of ahundred neighborhoods where the toasts were in draft beers the shouted cry was Were number one At the intersection of 40th Street and Madison Avenue where the paper was kneehigh celebrators tied rolls of toilet paper to the radio aerials that were inching through the crowd Perched atop mailboxes on the corner two men drank fiom bottles of champagne pausing between sips to squirt passersby Blow your horn the crowd around them chanted at pass ing motorists and the motorists complied some no doubt just to get through the crowd but many clearly expressing New Yorks joy That passage was from the October 17 1969 edition of The New York Times the day after the New York Mets upset the powerhouse Baltimore Orioles And after Sundays hockey game the inhabitants of the Big Apples financial district are once again poised reams of tickcrtape in hand ready to greet their Rangers pretty good and possibly the mightiest practioners of sport most New Yorkers dont even understand Who would be so evil to deny such blindly loyal mass repeat of the 1969 celebration of Davids victory over Goliath So far the Montreal Canadiens seem willing enough to movc aside And if they step aside little more tonight half of New York State will be covered in paper by the time the teanis planes touch down Wednesday It all CENTRAL IDEA limHamilton Eastivew Secondary School teacher and convener of the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association ruggcr championship informs me that he was misunderstood last week about Centrals seeming guarantee of appearing in the title event The Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association championautomatically goes to the provincial competition slated for June 12 at Banting Memorial High School in Allis tioii and another GBSSA team from the north section gets to go as host team Central is the runaway favorite to win the GBSSA overall title and if they dont chances are they would be selected as the host team on the strength of their undefeated record And though Centrals chances are at least very good to show up at Banting they are still only chances Anything can happen in the rligger game says Jim and we wouldnt want to get anybody too down or Central too up for that matter before anything is finally settled WERE READING YOUR WAY Come and tell us what youre looking for in job Tell us what you are today and what you want to be tomorrow Ask us if we can offer opportunities and challenges to match your needs No obligations on either side Well be glad to talk And we may have just what youre looking for But youll never know until you ask Visit our Mobile Recruiting Unit Canada Manpower Centre BARRIE MAY 10 172431 1000 am300 pm nié Canadian Examiner Photo By DAVID FULLER Of The Examiner We played the best ball weve ever played said Debbie Emms of the Clifton Hotel hustlers Ontario volleyball championship victory Sunday Weve won the champion ship before she said but this was different Team spirit was what pulled us through Hustlers claimed their se cond Senior title in Ontario Volleyball Association play in as many years with an upset victory over Cabbagetown the firstplace team at the end of the season Nobody thought wed do it said Hustlers Julie McKnight The Hustlers finished the season in fourth place and entered the sixteam round robin semifinal with only seven players Twelve games later Cab bagetown felt the agony of defeat as Barrie beat them 1511 and 151 Missing regular starter Gin ny Gates who was on vacation Hustlers revamped their game strategy at the last minute Brenda Vasey moved to setter as did Emms taking some of the strength from Hustlers hit ting but McKnight and teamlt mates filled in well The seven players who brought home the champion ship are Jane Young Maryanne Stepulaitis Emms sports calendar TUESDAY Track and Field rlhe Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association Zone track and field championships to be held all day at Ban ting Memorial High School Alliston All local high schools entered Ruggir 1pm Brock High School Canningtoni vs Barrie North Collegiate GBSSA senior junior and midget games pm Barrie entral Collegiate vs Eastview Secondary School GBSSA junior and midgets games Eastview Soccer 630 pm Kiwanis Club vs Victoria and Gray Johnson St school Verstraten In surance vs Ital Fashions Maple Grove school Cooke artiigc vs Downtown Cen tre odrington School Kinsmen Club vs Allan Cook Radio Shack Palermo Railing vs Cholkan Real Estate Rivch wood Barrie Optimist Minor Soccer Association squirt division seasonopening games ycling 1231 pm The Simeoc ounty Board of Education continues its series of cycling safety clinics at Bradford Public School 6110 pm Opening night Barrie and District Ladies Softball League Shear Park Softball pm Ivy vs Complete Mobile Wash 1110 pm Barrie Glass and Mirror vs Queens Hotel WEDNESDAY Harness Racing 145 pm llnSI MS night 10 race card plus six il exhibition race Barrie Raceway Fssa Rd In support of Multiple Sclerosis ocicty Ball pm Rugby vs Shanty Boy Mould Fuels East ro vs rillia Small Motors Fudiis vs Hawkcstone Oro Ladies Soft ball League pin llnntwood vs Anten Mills Mitlhurst New Lowell vs Base Borden Angus 8110 pm Barrie Grcnfcl Midhurst Edcnvalc Mincsing Angus Vcspra Senior Fastball League Hugh pin Gravcnliurst vs Eastview Easlyicvi Secondary School pm Army Air Force vs Stevenson Mcfluskty it10 pm Elmvalc vs and Barrie and District Ladies Softball League APPROVIDAUIO anus salmon Nome of Service Excellence Cook Brenda Vasey Debbie Emms Julie McKnl McKnight Vasey Sue Flegel and Penny Green Flegel served 13 times in row at one point and Vasey up for seven serves in row made the last two count for aces to win the game against Toronto Mysphytts In the roundrobin Hustlers beat Cabbagetown 157 but lost Ontario Volleyball Association Sr champs Members of the Clifton Hotel Hustlers surround Clifton manager Lloyd Cook for victory celebration From left are Sue Flegel Marayanne Stepulaltls ght and front Jone Young Hustlers win OVA title the second game 715 Against Mysphytts they scrapped by winning154 and 1614 In the game against Windsor one of two teams invited to join the OVA championship along with Chatam Hustlers won the first game 158 and lost the se cond 1115 Chatham fell in two games 152 and 1510 spo Collingwood hurdlers take firstday meet lead Collingwood Collegiate In stitute led by Vince Sheffield grabbed the most laurels at the opening event of the 1979 Georgian Bay Zone track and field championships Monday at Base Borden Collegiate In stitute The opening day of the com petition was reserved for the hurdling events only with all other events slated for today All firstplace finishers at the zone meet and others meeting preset qualifying standards will advance to the Georgian Bay Championships May 22 at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium in Toronto More than 35 students fro eight schools competed in the hurdling events Brenda Young meet organizer said the competition went well despite the small number of participants Its about what we ex pected she said Its very difficult event probably the most difficult of all track and field events But Sheffield junior didnt seem to have tough time as he won in the junior boys 100m race and the 400m open In the 400m he beat the only other en trant Brent McMillan of Central Collegiate by almost five seconds McMillan also finished se cond to Sheffield in the 110m race 15 seconds back Ann McEachern was the other Collingwood winner cap turing the junior girls 80m run in 13 seconds only 110 of see cond better than Centrals Jen nifer Irving Collingwood also collected two thirds and one secondplace finish Other winners were Tom Sullivan of Allistons Banting Memorial High School midget boys 100m Leslie Petter tayner Collegiate Institute midget girls 80m and Michele Ethier Barrie North Col legiate senior girls 100m Ron Green of Stayner was the lone competitor in the senior boys event Host Borden showed in only one event the junior girls 80m race in which Lee Ann Moffatt placed fifth FINAL RESULTS GBSSA ZONE TRACK AND FIELD MEET HURDIES Senior boys Ron Green Sta 187 seconds Senior girls Michele Ethier East 183 sec AnneMarie Power Bant 204 Gayle Fairhead Bant 2l0 Junior boys Vince Sheffield Coll 158 sec Brent McMillan Cent 173 Ken Leitch Cent 183 Junior girls Ann McEachern Coll 130 sec Jennifer Irvine Cent 131 sec Michelle Bouchey North 135 Midget boys Tom Sullivan Bant 170 sec Brad Harris Stat 171 Steve Ritchie Coll 190 Midget girls Leslie Petter Sta 141 sec Sandy Walsh East 143 Bev Richens Col 149 Boys open 400m Vince Sheffield Coll 5965 sec Brent McMillan Cent 12043 The RIVERIA SCHOOL of SELF IMPROVEMENT Invites You To DANCERCIZE Special 2m offer Beginner Advanced Only per month Women were genuinely excited about this cause so dont miss out Classes starting now Evenings from lOMonThurs ENROL NOW GRAHAM roan SALES PRESENTS The Official Indianapolis 500 Pace Car only available automatic and 4speed overdrive Special custom exterior and interior 50 litre V8 engine Michelin TRX radials unique han dling suspension other features too numerous to mention See these exciting vehicles on display in our showroom CALL 7264723 Rangers hopes mount Nilssons ankle heals MONTREAL CP If Mon treal Canadiens think they had problems in the first game of their Stanley Cup final series against New York Rangers they havent seen anything yet Ulf Nilsson is back The rangy centre from Swe den is expected to see consider able duty in the second game of the bestofseven National Hockey League final tonight after recovering from broken ankle Nilsson and Anders Hedberg were acquired by the Rangers last summer as free agents after four seasons with Winni peg Jets of the World Hockey Association The expensive Swedish package became the hot guns of the team When Nilsson snapped his ankle Feb 25 he had scored 27 goals and had 39 assists Even missing the last 21 games of the regular schedule he had the fourthbest scoring total on the team Now with his ankle near nor mal hes getting into the final with the Rangers holding lead over the defending cham pions after 41 victory Sun day ANKLE IMPROVING Its coming pretty good Nilsson said of his ankle after workout Monday Its little sore but it feels all right For the 29yearold centre who played sparsely in the opener there are expected thrills in being involved in the Stanley Cup final Its great feeling Nilsson said Whenever youre in volved in final wherever it is its fun because you play against the best It may be fun for Nilsson and his teammates who are show ing poise and calmness that belies their inexperience with hockeys big showdown but the FOR BETTER PRINTlNG JOHN COCKBURN llMITED ob MORROW ROAD BARRIE 72882l Printers Since l960 pressuretested Canadiens arent happy Coach Scotty Bowman was upset with his teams flat per formance in the first game when blunders by the defence led to three New York goals We made some pretty bad mistakes Bowman noted When you make those kind of mistakes against team thats hot youre going to pay for it We were directly respon sible for the first three goals Bowman said the opposition sometimes forces miscues but the Canadiens did the damage themselves in this instance The Canadiens now have lost their home ice advantage but Bowman discounted its impor tance We kind of backed into the home ice advantage because 48 Anne Street So Barrie 7282496 0nlyTrilight youll find When it comes to light beer Nobody brews it lighter the Islanders lost he said We 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