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best available copy ii it i 1 5 rekai johnson banisters solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 second section sports classified leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 a makes and models a metrolarid community newspaper r r betz get more than they bargained for from visiting scar m bass actors by bruce stapley betz pools fastball team manager bryan emery got more than he bargained for when he wanted his troops to have ex posure to a toplevel ball club the visiting scarborough am bassadors downed his squad 73 in a challenge match at the park wednesday the ambassadors with four players bound for the canadian national team for the world softball championships in saska toon unleashed an llhit attack combined with some shoddy betz fielding the ambassadors onslaught had emerys club run ning for cover the ambassadors were led by pitching sensation jim calgary who played for the canadian champion rempil brothers saskatoon fastball club last year as well as the canadian team that won the gold medal at the pan american games four years ago he has also been on three ontario championship teams calgary displayed tremendous speed against the betz squad spotting the ball effectively and keeping hitters off guard with his changeup he shut down the betz offence entirely for the first five innings before the home team found their hitting groove in the sixth brad vaughan became the first betz batter to make solid contact with a calgary offering driving a dou ble gary vaughan and steve brooks followed with singles breaking the shutout jini chilvers socked a single to right to score another run and bruce beare finished off the uprising with a base hit up the middle that cashed in a third but calgary bore down in the seventh and final frame striking out the side to ensure the victory in the exhibition game betz end ed up wth seven hits a credible effort against calgary emery who is pulling out all the stops to get his team up for the upcoming playoffs was pleased for the chance to square off with the ambassadors but felt his boys could have perform ed better you cant make the fun damental errors against a top- level team that we did several times tonight he said ambassadors manager john macdonald explained that his organization has set out on a threeyear program they hope will lead them to the canadian fastball championship and perhaps the international soft- ball congress championships we want to bring back fastball as a major game to the southern ontario area he said macdonald and his coach bob simms both were members of the 1971 richmond hill dynes fastball team that won the world fastball championships betz plays at home tonight in regular season action against port perry at 830 stingers zap zephyr kellies twice j- jim calgary of the scarborough ambassadors made short work of jistoiiffviiies betz pools entry this past week calgary is one of the top i pitchers in canada and his repertoire of fastball pitches stumped the i betz batters all night bruce stapley by bruce stapley five stouffville teens left for europe tuesday in what pro mises to be a soccer holiday worth remembering the five belong to the stouffvillcrichmond hill pan thers of the national soccer league their coach alfonse rubbins has put together a three country tour that will see the under 16 year old level team play in two international tournaments rubbins a resident of ballan- trae has been working on the junket for almost four years the charter president and founder of the whitchurch- stouffville soccer club will be accompanied by his 22 year old son erik a veteran of several such trips as well as the is members of the panthers soc cer team the five stouffville residents are travis white giles fran cis frank nardi aaron sluga and guy biadi the contingent was to fly to amsterdam where it was to be met by contacts from bochum west germany the team will then go to bochum where they will be put up in german homes in the same way that members of a bochum soccer team were hosted by stouffville residents seven years ago the panthers will play an ex hibition game against a team from the west german city on july 29 they will then travel by bus to aalborg denmark for a danish tournament involving teams from 10 to 15 european countries then it is on to holland for a week where they will compete against teams from 21 i coun tries for the haarlem cup in one of the largest tournaments in europe the trip which will last 20 days in allhas been fully fund ed by the players themselves reports rubbins by bruce stapley the stouffville stingers tightened their hold on first place with a twin sting of the zephyr kellies last week winning 1613 on the road tues day they seemed unbeatable as they went on to take a 97 victory at home wednesday and while the first game was a ragged affair the followup was a classic tussle sheila fockler the diminutive shortstop with the great range led the way with her bat and her glove she led off the first inning with a home run then con tributed an infield single in a big fourth inning outburst but the play of the game came in the sixth when with a runner on first the zephyr batter hit a sharp grounder that deflected off pitcher denise daviess glove fockler reacted instantly chang ing her direction racing over to snag the ball she stepped on second and fired a perfect strike to allison lowery at first to complete the double play she also threw out a zephyr hit ter in the fifth inning with a throw that had tony fernandez written all over it the stingers took a 20 lead in the first zephyr scored a run in the second then hit for three in the fourth to take a 42 lead but doing what they do so well the stingers came from behind with their fourthinning explo- stingers first baseman allison lowery takes a quick throw from denise davics in last weeks game against zephyr the stingers topped their visitors twice to remain at the pinnacle of womens ball in the area this zephyr runner was out at the bag sion lisa blanchard was the in stigator with a base hit to lead off the frame diana buchanon socked an rbi double then singles by sheila fockler and tracy park loaded the bases catcher debbie gold then punched a tworun single the hit knocked out pitcher jackie dempster whose replace ment marlene riddle was quick ly solved by the stingers allison lowery walked wendy williams singled and denise davies walk ed finished off what she had started with a tworun single the tuesday contest was error- filled and the stingers watched a 91 lead turn into a 1210 deficit in two innings trailing 1312 going into the final frame the stouffville squad put together singles by allison bruce stapley ashton sheila fockler debbie gold wendy williams and denise davies to win it williams was the offensive star going 4for4 with four runs batted in the pitching assignment was shared by denise davies and candy brown the stingers are at home thursday game time is 830 bob golds team having memorable year bob gold insists its not the rough treatment at the hands of his charges that leads to his alter nating years as coach of the stouffville stingers ladies soft- ball team its simply a matter of time limitations there are only so many hours to go around in any persons life 1 gormley tops stouffville missionary 72 in christian mens fastball action friday j by bruce stapley spurred on by the pitching tandem of paul boynton and steve sayers the gormley mis- j sionary church mens softball team handled their stouffville missionary church cousins 72 at victoria square friday night in i whitchurchstouffville christian mens fastball league play sayers who alternated innings pitched with boynton swung a hot bat as well he had rbi singles in both the first and fifth innings and his two run homer in the third proved to be the game winning blow the gormley pitching pair combined for 11 strikeouts in the six inning contest yeilding only three hits stouffville jumped out to a 10 lead in the first on a lead off triple by lome michell and a ground out by gerry lewis but after that it was all gormley as sayers and co found their batting shoes they 8- steve sayers of the gormley missionary church team steals third base during friday nights match in the christian mens fastball league stouffville missionary church player steve buck awaits the throw at third bruce stapley scored one in each of the first two innings adding two in the third and another pair in the fifth they closed out their run produc tion with a single in the sixth just before the game was called on ac count of darkness they might have added a few more runs in the fourth frame were it not for a spectacular over the shoulder catch by stouffville second baseman norm wideman wideman ran into cen tre field to haul down a short pop fly off the bat of gormleys corey yake then fired to first base man keith lewis to double off the gormley base runner stouffville mounted one last of fensive thrust in their sixth with darren mccool banging a double and scoring on a keith lewis single keith lewis started in the pit ching position for stouffville but had to hand the ball over to his brother gerry in the second a calf muscle pull sustained several weeks ago was causing him considerable discomfort gerry who had trouble locating the plate at times still managed to strike out five gormley batters the gormley squad upped their record to 732 with the vic tory while stouffvilles record fell to 861 but you cant help get the im pression bob is glad hes at the helm this season long time stingers manager ted lowery is smiling a little more these days as well for the summer of 88 is fast becoming a campaign to remember for the girls of sum mer stouffville chapter after a hohum beginning that is so com mon to teams which end up runn ing away with all the marbles the stingers have proceeded to sting their opponents with near predictable regularity any reservations one may have about womens baseball as an at traction quickly vanish with one look at this outfit not only do they hit pitch and field with authority but they are entertain ing as well the girls are serious yes but not obsessed there is something delightful about allison lowery or a debbie gold hauling down a pop up or nabbing an off target throw or seeing the athletic denise davies throw ten consecutive strikes to dispose of the first three batters of the game at a thursday night home date and you just end up shaking your head in amazement when tiny sheila fockler muscles a fastball into the gap at left centre for a home run then follows it up by turning a textbook double play from her shortstop position the stingers are having one of those seasons where the clutch nil is almost as predictable as the july heat allison lowery capped off a monster week at the plate recently by blasting a two out final inning home run to send the stingers on their way to victory in a tournament at bradford debbie gold cathy carr and alison ashton arc hitting the ball far and often and candy brown pitches or patrols the outfield with style and grace while also contributing with her bat sure they may be a little short of the standard they set when they won the provincial womens- title back in 1985the past weekend saw them lose two out of three in the pw tournament in arnprior but coach gold was pleased with their effort claim ing they were beat by a super team the stingers are however odds on favourites to repeat as south lake simcoe ladies league champs this season if they do they may well be the on- ly championship team produced by stouffville this year so well see you at the town park this thursday night so you can check out this crew for yourself diamond two at 8301 promise you wont be disap pointed hockey school set for august highland hockey school will have two sessions in august students from all over york region will take part in training beginning august 15 for more information call- 8414092 program lineup under review the whitchurchstouffville recreation department is reviewing and preparing its pro gram lineup for the fall and winter sessions the department welcomes ideas suggestions and input towards programs for the whitchurchstouffville community please submit your ideas in writing to the recreation office ninth line north by july 31