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p4 weekender august 9 1986 weekender comment sine sinking or sunk we await the decision of the in quiry probing the conflict-of- interest allegations against sinc lair stevens yorkpeel member of parliament with interest re gardless of its findings it would appear that mr stevens will have some explaining to do to his stouffville constituents this paper is on record as sup porting mr stevens as a hard worker for yorkpeel and howev er muddied his reputation becom es as testimony mounts his per formance on behalf of his riding was exemplary shirley walker his special assistant has admitted working for mr stevens family com panies while on the federal payroll its also alleged that his wife noreen received a huge in terest free loan from markhams magna international which re ceived millions of dollars in grants from his department most recently his secretary and a receptionist each testified they noticed papers and visitors linking mr stevens to business activities as well a chartered accountant told the inquiry he twice met with the cabinet minis ter about ways to increase mr stevens company profits each new bit of testimony seems to sink sine we may be watching a very public ending to mr stevens public life ig league ball big league fun there are no umpires in this league if you cant stop in time you just run right past the base each hitter gets three chances to hit the ball with his own teammate doing the pitching and the water jug has been known to contain more than stouffville pure its monday night baseball stouffvilles concession to out of shape men who still have what reggie jackson calls the little boy living within them theres absolutely no press ure to perform mistakes are greeted with good natured hoot ing and win lose or draw all participants head back to the greens after the game for a good oldfashioned bull session there is a feeling of timeless- ness to this local institution in a world of constant change press ure and uncertainty monday night baseball provides a wel come playtime that remains the same year after year the cast includes the likes of toronto maple leaf oldtimer bob hazzard local hockey hero keith acton councillor jim sanders some lawyers preachers truck drivers far mers and a columnist from the weekender whose batting skills are somewhat suspect and of course theres jim brazier the leagues mascot a commercial artist jim paints all those signs that adorn the boards at maple leaf gardens during professonal tennis tournaments gentleman jim exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship fair play and mild inanity that the league has come to be known for one of the founders of the organization jim is a member of the motley outfit that was once called the brew jays be fore the boys decided to go legit and adopt major league team names this once proud band of long- ball hitters has fallen on hard times of late with victories coinciding in regularity with appearances of blue moons no matter insists jim the teams manager no one else would take the responsibility we may play like girls but we have a lot of fun and it gets us away from our wives for a few hours recently when his team eked out a close win jim provided both local papers with a press release proclaiming that the squad had extended its winning streak to one game when the team tied its next game he was back at it again saying how the towns firetruck was being lined up for a victory ride down main street if this phenomenal suc cess was to continue the leagues most outrageous individual has to be czech exile bill shena who is reputed to have made a clean catch once bill plays catcher so it is his job to rule on balls hit fair or foul his judgment tends to be a little off on occasion something to do with his unbridled enthusiasm for the game or his excitement at living in a free country bills thunderous cries of fol bol can be heard as far away as richmond hill hes the only player in the league who takes it extremely seriously conse quently bill ends up sitting by himself in the greens after some games bill takes more than baseball seriously and this occasionally causes his teammates mild anxiety a few years ago he opened up the hood of his car to find out why it wouldnt start only to be winged by a bullet from a shotgun rigged up to the engine by a questionable ac quaintance for the next few monday nights nobody on bills team wanted to stand too close to home plate let alone use bills bat no telling just when his friend might pull another practical joke but above all else monday night baseball is a bunch of mediocre jocks who get a kick out of running throwing catch ing and hitting a baseball the odd nearbrilliant play is thrown in just to prove we can still cut it after all we cant let the kids have all the fun economistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402100 6492292 jim thomas don bernard editorial department news editorjo ann stevenson reporters greg coatos paula 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