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y i- istouftvilie carainalstfcoached by j i x ontario baseball association i junior championship a historic season that sawrjhe locals nine jdefeat r wheatiey for the title in a rubber v match played atport dbyerw midway rjpointbetween the two jgord eckardt now 60 and a member of that team recalled the excitement of jim thomas playeosetothe usbprder t height members gof thcchib took off sifpr aevejdandrattended an haencfeague game in the old municipal stadium while eckardt doesnt jrecall the j result jie remembers playerspdoling their resources to cover the 20 cost of hotel rooms it was the seedier side of the city he remembers we slept in shiftswith guards posted outside the doors thatdayy because of the design jafstouffville park free j- t efv accessfrom all sides the teamcouldnt charge f wejostthe first game at homer but won the admissionmoney was collected by passing the isecbnd m wheatleyaeinembers eckardt this set u vhattand in those daysclubs using the main flood- 0 me1stagefortriirdermounter 0-1- htiamond paid for power theinidaldefeatwastheresultofastrangetwist one night during a practice the lights were t of fate eckardt recalled stouffville was leading by a srturned off that hampered our efforts just a little f substantial score whenthewheateyrmanager he joked s t s called for1ameurement pitching k natural ability plus an intense desire to wm rubber and the plate kproved six inches short so proved an unbeatable combination cited eckardt v t moundwas reconstructed andthegamewas ill never forget third baseman ross madillrhe restarted the delay disnipted the cardinals con- had an arm a nfle andthrew straight as an n centration arid they tost y t7 airow ted suzuki had tremendous speed on the j was sweetrevenge back at wheadeyhowever bases heremembers he could run like a deer i stouffwlle administeredsevere beatmgori the and almost dared catchers to throw him out i j homesqiiad j t it s t following the htle victory at port dover the j every championship r requires a leader team returned to a heroes welcome eckardtit eckardt- said r the cardmals catcher don remembered a procession from ringwood into j that tyoe of player on and off the field stouffville atop the town fire truck t c tnefqster also included harry barberlynntaylor i in 1988theclub held a reunion marking the v enc barberbob stover ross madill ted suzukv 30th anniversaryoftheirchampionship achieve- i i john i little l ment everyonewas there managerhodgson has jt j wideman barbei and holderi shared the patching since passed on ii rwniioctiarhor rac inter crnntoh hu th5 cmtatmt v vwg were a teamback then and were a team friends for life eclcardt concluded thats is or should be all about 2 r 6w fc sbirited performance k- the jtbuftvillespirit jaiinches the public side of itsbffseason re tooling program this weekend at the rec complex vj t k v v the juhior a hodceyteam expects a team record 15 prospects to take part in its annual rookie camp n s since mespirifwasbbuncedfrom the second round of the provincial junior a hockeysleagueplayoffe in march team officials have been inter- viewing prospective players- the spirit had its jaest regularsea- son ever going 35932 and being ranked diird overall in the 37team league 1 having the kind of season we had has helped said ken burrows the teams general manager there are a lot of talented hockey players interest ed in playing here and our scouts dave dennis john mason and gary tobin and coaches did a great job of identifying players ron archibald the former general manager of the central ontario junior c champion tlxbridge bruins has v joined the spirit as assistant general manager t team officials had planned on holding two sessions this saturday or sunday with 100 players trying out the record response led the team to add a third session twohour scrim- mages will be held both days at 11 ken burrows new spirit general manag- ersays many players are jnterested in play ing in stounville this season this summer five of last years players are how too old for junior while others will be attending school outside the area r midget bantam and junior b and c graduates are coming from as far away as thunder bay saultste marie sudbury ottawa and belleville to try out l but most- are from the gta and surrounding area several whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association products are scheduled to attend including jordan v and 2ahd 4pm the public is mabley- blair loughead kevin welcome to attend there is no hayward michael root lee maxwell j charge- scott davis chris carruthers nick 1 1 about 12 players or half the teams hawkins lucas hunter and shawn 20002001 roster must be replaced burns h