Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 24 May 2012, p. 7

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Cardinals booked title for town l's priceless. lludm llw dbu‘rniug ryc ul- Um ulmilIc's Murray Slewart and the keyboard skills of Srouflville’s Kevin McWhinnle. an all-page his» lurical hardback has emerged. doscrlblng the rapid rise of a sandlol baseball team In the status M an all -( )man‘o champlon. ~ linlillc-d Starring ofthc Champs. the ultimate (Tar- dinal saga spans a four-year pcriud in which a Sluufl‘villv entry. beginning in [955. climbed the laddm 0f success. cul- minating with a pm» â€" vim'iul litk‘ in-1958. . . With a [w warp- (hum. the same play~ vrs performed through luur classes of mmpu mion. bantam. midg- cl. iuwnilc and junior. Tho championship msu-r included Harry Barber. Murray Hold- en. Dun Haynes. (30rd lickardt. Lynn 'lhyior. Ross Madill. Eric Bar- ber. Tod Suzuki. lohn Link. Bob' Slowr. Glenn Iackson and mm with lim '1me lawn-nee Wideman. The coach was Murray Srcwan. T1“: rummage: wan Humid ‘lle" Hodgson. But omens~ like Roger Mask-v.1)“: Hammersley. Bill White. lim Spang. Wayne Redshaw. George McKny. Carl Arnold and Storekeeper John Lehman weren‘! excluded. For Murray Stewart. the book is the realization of a dream. However. he credits Kevin McWhtnnie with pulling it all together. “Kevin did the work.” he said. “When we started. it was ontyto be a few pugesbut Kevin suggested we should spread it out.” ' And spread it out they did. Many stories and photds wen ‘ {tom 1H- bunc newspaper files maintained the Stouffville public library. Someof these wen duplicated because Murray retained I filing system of his own. But one thing he mgrettahly doesn't have. It's the championship trophy. "We've looked everywhere." he sayx He's still hopeful it may eventually turn up in somebody's basement. thseveralweekatheawudheldapmminent place in the front window of Red Topping's clothing store.th toitahetthahnooneknows. While m of the book's about baseball. then: are related stones of which only the management and players wen.- aware. Such as a Sltm'dly in Sep tembet when an all~nlght dovmpour uninformed the Memorial Park infield into a sea of mud and water 1119 aituation was an cerium. a playofl game came close to being cancelled. But team manager llodgson saved the day. He acquired six ban of shav- ings from Schell Lumber. spread the content: over the wet spots. soaked the area with gasoline and set the filings ablaze. 11w heat was so intense. the entire diamond was dry in an hour. Harold than called the mmpetition and announced "game on‘. Barber and Don mm m mound player: and fans. Coach Murray Smuart am an ad onto the shoulders of his prams and On that mum home. a motor mvalcadt completed championship mlohmtinns. " Although lengthy stories and bold headlines recorded the Cardinals match to an Ontario title. nothing could eclipse deacrlpdves contained in the nthher match write-up that saw Stouflvtlle defeat Wheater 6-3 on a neutral Pun Duvet diamond. The book mounts the following: "A! the game's (Inclusion. buttery mam Harry MWuammmmmquu-m‘ WUMMGOM It's in the book. nam’ng hand with km '1 1mmas Ich was Murray Stewart. .e" Hudgwu. Hm uthcls' nmersley. Bill White. Jim "3: McKay. Cari Amold In unmn'l nvrh u‘m. C MARIN ATED 3.118%}? .- gig-{Egg Etgrii‘gig if‘irgggwt Egg. . hm. qefiJstHfi 518...; :55: Mdflmwnhhoktwmhou AsiamAnnAW-au uh- fiun (Bod-c1 stick my years up. Q1951” ., ,fi , , obnahdoucfuthu «menu SOUP Bo « â€"â€"BEEFâ€"â€" URGUIGNONNE 5:8} .10} 50% WIIAT’S FOR LHlETQEE UNTIL CLOSING SUNDAY, MAY 2 Hum: Mon. ~ Prl. moo-am Sat. 8:00-6:00 ~ Sun. 9:00-65!) 1 4476 16th Avenue (hm Wmfmcdy) (3" D' (905) 940-0655 WHAT if 'SHAP PENIN' UTSIDE '5 , Mbokflndn. nlé'hMM‘cl-mmuoult' m3“? W- 3' patio f E s g s F 3 will» Bali'swan-rnrln nag-n8} glf.§38 timfiun‘out31EI-ifil ilgtil‘rls’natlg a 18' cl. 2.? g 42.3 In 8 .. Egfi‘fiig rfiAii‘gvilki ngww REEfinEurgniIaII-ticn g Itzilruilflnhfilm-uyiflr {rs-Kl. anI-QIIBK-ikualg?’ {fining-3... i Unfit-galdtriilig i alignâ€"flit; Egigligg mu....mmw‘bflumhm..lnnbhbchfidh “anhlfl'fl-fl Mw'lhlvcdfllhu-QdIlhvutho-rflmw‘h‘nm wuum/uo. . “033%: â€"And... we‘l be nil-3m (Ith- “Coda mefinmmmcflmem-mm mmumwuâ€"dmmm MVIhWhM/IM Shock-mun wad-nib “MmWWc wlhvcaaoupbnfitfuyoulhtl (ah-to- uy‘Bncydnpdhd‘ Wuandhalm mgwml‘lhmmim THIS A was: SWORDFISH ‘ uw‘vlv ' EmRs . \EW "1“ n * Wm Afimddtomhhflu »WEDLYDBL1CIOUS+

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