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p14 weekender september 21 1985 weekender sports 2942200 6402100 bbs captures unionville title who says mens house league slowpitch isnt competitive here neil downs of capricorn pools has a determined look as he attempts a slide into third base during tuesdays unionville mens slowpitch league championships bbs electric third baseman chris sylvester might have made the out but couldnt hang onto the ball bbs took the title with a 1910 triumph sjoerd witteveen markham man a racing buff by francis king sports editor youve just gotta envy markhams gary mcarthur the 31yearold mccowan rd resident has pulled off one of those ultimate job accomplishments turning his 4x4 truck racing and exhibiting hobby into part of his duties at markville toyota but pulling this off didnt require a lot of cajoling or armtwisting with mcarthurs bosses in fact it was dave lalondc and don lloyd who convinced him to enter the sport two years ago theyre the instigators of it said mcarthur in a recent interview they got me involved with 4x4 truck racing and ive been on my way ever since lalonde and lloyd went out of their way to get him going supplying a stock toyota pickup sponsored by service tire stus tire auto center ar collision and bf goodrich then encouraging mcarthur to set up a local racing club so far such an organization has yet to be created im very interested in setting it up mcarthur explained ive made a couple of attempts in our advertisements but i havent received much response so maybe this article will help meanwhile he went ahead and orga nized the markville toyota truck show contest last month the event involved various classes of show competitions and took a lot of prepa ration we had to organize the food and entertainment and get a hold of some celebrities but it came off really really well mcarthur has also exhibited his truck and others in competitions at last years buttonville airport air fair and at the speedorama held at the markham fair grounds he also won the peoples choice award at the 84 canadian national exhibi- tion speedorama and his final project is helping to orga nize a major york region offroad race for next fall things are still in the pre liminary planning stage but mcarthur says that a major manufacturer has already agreed to sponsor it when he first jumped into the 4x4 sports world mcarthur recalled that he ex- pected to be moreorless there on a display basis rather than racing it obviously hasnt worked out that way but you wont hear him complaining mcarthur has participated in about 15 races finishing no worse than third in any of them its exhilarating he said explaining the attraction once you do it the racing gets in your blood and you want to do it again and promote it mcarthurs latest competition was dur ing the labor day weekend where he grabbed a pair of firsts all this success has given him top spot so far anyway in the ontario fourwheel drive racers association mens stock obstacle racing standings and since last season was moreorless just a tester year this campaign is his first in that category all these strong finishes are probably from the support i get from the people ive met mcarthur explained and i guess i learn from trialanderror too but what about the danger factor is there a good chance of cracking ones skull open in a metaltwisting collision fourbyfour racing is safer than driv ing in the street because of the way the vehicles are built he replied ive never seen a guy hurt even though theyre driv ing more than 100 milcsperhour over very rough terrain but you really have to have your wits about you when youre racing my truck is not built for wheeltowheel racing he pointed out and in canada there arent enough drivers to fill that class but if there were more vehicles we could put together a race and id eventual ly like to get into that providing my em ployers can be talked into it its really good publicity not even the toronto blue jays could overcome the sort of deficit that eventually doomed capricorn pools in tuesday nights unionville mens slowpitch league championships capricorn found itself behind 101 after two innings and never caught up dropping a 1910 decision to bbs electric the con test took place at crosby park barry mckean came home to put capri corn the visiting club ahead 10 in the top of the first frame but in the bottom of the inning keith macallister gary grant chris sylvester bill fleming george has- sard and ed markson all crossed the plate for bbs which moved it ahead 61 things went from bad to worse for capri corn afterwards macallister tom ed ward dave gilmore and gary hill all scored in the third while capricorn went down 123 sylvester scored in the third for bbs then hill and bill rodman came home in the fourth meanwhile after coming up with nothing in the third mike avey neil downs and barry townsend crossed the plate for capricorn to close the gap to 114 capricorn retired the side in the fifth and scored once on its own garry mulholland coming home barry mckean crossed the plate in the seventh with eighthinning runs coming from bob bell jim spalla jimmy guest and sid cucini but it was too little too late bbs had already put the contest out of reach thanks to a fiverun seventh inning macallister and hill with their third runs of the game grant doug carter and gil scott did the damage also on the bbs roster is al burton others on the capricorn squad include ber- nie anderson barry hitchman and al clyne the leagues consolation title went to george minor insurance which knocked off kemac pools 143 stouffville gains 2 ties betz pool clipper oldtimers opened their season last weekend with three games in the epson tournament in scar borough the hockey squad tied two matches and lost the third which eliminated the men from further play stouffville evened the scoring with pick ering pro sports in the opener 11 bob mckinnon prevented the loss with a last- minute goal terry weatherill earned the assist and keith betz played a strong game between the pipes the clippers tied st benedicts 11 in game two mckinnon again slapped home stouffvilles lone marker with steve ellis assisting a 21 loss to the canada transport relics in round three eliminated stouffville mckinnon scored his third goal in as many games on a perfect pass from bill pee wee corner gary mcarthur shows off his 4x4 stock racing truck after one of his recent competi- tions left it somewhat dirty mcarthur has been remarkably successful at the sport despite being in it only two years hes also won several exhibition awards francis king