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sv tribune july 26 1989 c7 rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 tribune sports a metroland community newspaper leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 as mates and models wednesday july 26 1989 in g dedicated to stan miller betz pools edge oshawa merchants 43 they all stood up to pay tribute to uncle tom before the game started wednesday night at the town park and when it was all over the betz pools mens fastball team had treated the fans to a thriller stan long tom miller would have thoroughly ap proved of j john annis struck out wayne hautenen with the tying run on second base in the final inning to give betz a 43 win over the oshawa merchants in a game the stouffville squad dedicated to miller a regular fan and expro ball player who passed away july 15 players of both teams along with the fans observed a moments silence for miller before the game commenced betz pitcher darryl moxley threw a ceremonial opening pitch to catcher john tait in millers memory after which team sponsor marvin betz presented a ball signed by all the betz players and officals to betz player mark fockler fockler a nephew of miller received the gift on behalf of the miller family betz also announced that the teams portion of the 5050 draw 100 would go the canadian cancer society in millers name the game itself was sheer entertainment with the pools platoon taking maximum advantage of their four hits while annis and betz starting pit cher moxley surrendered a total of 12 safeties and were constantly pitching their way out of danger moxley gave betz a 10 lead when his single to right scored john tait who had walked in the se cond inning taits second consecutive free pass with the bases loaded made it 21 for betz in the third and was followed by steve schells two out two rbi single which upped the score to 41 oshawa got on the board with a solo home run in the fourth and finally broke through again in the top of the seventh the merchants loaded the bases with none out scored one run on a sacrifice fly and another on a single but annis bore down retiring the final two bat ters jo preserve the narrow victory the game was worth four points in the standings because of a previous rainout involving the two teams betz assistant coach wayne allen felt his pit chers had showed their mettle in pulling out the win our pitchers were in trouble every inning but they got themselves out of it and the defence was great the victory helped betz erase the memory of a 10 loss to the merchants in oshawa the week before for stan pliolobruce stapley there was an emotional start to the betz pools game at the town park last weekend the club passed tribute to its biggest fan stan miller who died july 15 here team owner marvin betz hands a ball signed by all team members and officials to millers lined up along the baselines to pay homage to the former ball player and longtime supporter of local teams the match was played out in earnest by both clubs and team officials said it was the type of game miller enjoyed most when he visited the local ball v if steve schell was the big slugger for betz pools in the 43 win over oshawa last week he bashed a nephew mark fockler before the game both teams diamonds victory for the team the betz fastball team honored longtime fan stan miller by dedicating the win to clutch twoout single that provided the margin of him stouffville midgets capture markham tourney against tough hometown squad in 43 decision by bruce stapley byron baranieski struggled weekend with a sore finger on his pitching hand but it was his bat that finally bade the difference as the stouffville boyds sports midget softball team captured the markham midget tourna ment sunday baranieski whose problem with his hand resulted in his giving up more runs in the tour nament than he usually does stroked a sacrifice fly to score chris burkholder from third base in the eighth inning to give stouffille the game 43 and the tournament in the champion ship match against the host jwarkham team i markham had taken a 32 lead into the final regulation in ning of the title contest but boyds tied it on an rbi triple by basil luciano baranieski held markham at bay in the home half of the seventh setting the stage for his eightinning sacrifice fluy the stouffville outfit had started off the tournament saturday with a 102 win over scarboro with chris burkholder cracking boyds on ly home run of the competition they edged brampton 43 then lost to owen sound in extra innings when an ejection left boyds with only eight players causing the umpire to declare the game a forfeit burkholder took a stint on the pitching rubber as stouffville beat millbrook 53 on sunday baranieski came back to beat bramalea 98 to put boyds in the final the game was a rarity in that baranieski rarely surrenders such a high total of runs to op position batters but the lanky righthander was sharp in the title match against markham helping his team avenge a big loss at the ontario championships earlier in the month the midgets return to action thursday hosting bradford at the town park game time is 830 squirts win two but miss at niagara the stouffville choko design he big inning to regtsterftwo i victories in league play last week but fell slibrt at a weekend tournament at niagara falls the squirts scored nine times in the fifth inning in east gwllliriibiiry to burj the home team ljs tuesday r evan ibbyd arid graham crowder both scored twice dur- ing the big uprising v w the big blow of the game was ian ellis round tripper stouffville hit for seven runs in their last at bat to score a 1411 come back win over bramalea at home on thursday s tim smart and tommy ham mond reached base four times each but it was chokos pa tience that paid off as they were issued 10 walks the squirts won two of three games played at the falls on the weekend but it wasnt c n o u g b a s tli c y were eliminated from championship play with a convincing 102 loss to guelph choko opened the tourna- i nient with a hardrfouglii 75 vic- tory over the host niagara falls team the stouffville out fit fell behind 40 in the first but ellis once again led the offence with a pair of hits and four runs hatted in choko racked up 10 runs in the second inning to run off with a 131 win over gratham in game two crowder belted a grand slain jioine run and ellis and smart had two flits each to key the boyd walked four times and scored three runs but against guelph choko was limited to one mild upris ing in the sixth when they sent six men to the plate and scored both their runs experts i 8046 yonge street thomhill near royal orchard blvd dont pay that traffic ticket you could face a substantial increase in your insurance rates as a result of a traffic ticket conviction at traffic ticket experts your first consultation is free we are staffed by expolice officers who will advise you of your options and act as your agent 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