best available copy a r rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 tribune leasing today s easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 as makes and models a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 28 1989 betz pools win twice in extra inning games by bruce stapley after running themselves out of the game in a 20 home loss to greenbank wednesday the betz pools fastball team came back to take two extrainning contests later on in the week and betz coach dave webster couldnt be happier with the turn of events the pools platoon coming off a moraleboosting tournament win in oshawa the previous weekend allowed the greenbank gamblers to gain measure of revenge wednesday for betz tournament semifinal win over the gamblers in oshawa the gmen turned a couple of betz errors into a second inning 20 lead and despite pools pit cher john annis holding the gamblers to two singles the rest of the way the betz bats couldnt bring any of their eight base run ners around to score on two occasions betz base runners were easy outs trying to take extra bases ruining promis ing rallies but in oshawa thursday night betz came up in the clutch edg ing the merchants 32 in eight inn ings on mark joslins timely single and as if that wasnt enough of a show of character they pulled another rabbit out of a hat sun day besting greenbank 21 in nine innings with gary grant stroking the game winning base hit webster said afterwards the two extra inning road victories were just what the doctor ordered i like to call them character builders he offered its star ting to come together for us now were getting more intense webster feels the players are succeeding in combining keen competition with fun the guys are having fun and they are maintaining their edge at the same time they are star ting to jell as a team doug webster the coachs brother gave betz six and two thirds innings of near flawless pitching in oshawa thursday with darryl moxley striking out three in an inning and a third of stellar relief sunday it was moxley going all the way firing a six hitter betz plays york sundance at home tonight wednesday then travels to buffalo to participate in the annual corky florko memorial tournament pho bruce stapley the big bats for the stouffville buttermakers mites team were from left dan tardella and jeff hassard last week the teams undefeated record was helped by tardellas five runs batted in he also went three for three at the plate and had two doubles hassard scored three had two singles a double and two rbis the club beat port perry 207 last week mites remain undefeated by bruce stapley bobby lewis and kevin hackert combined for a four hit ter at the town park wednesday evening as the stouffville mites buttermakers softball team thumped port perry 207 the win left the little butters with a perfect record in league play so far this season the mites have virtually walk ed over all comers up to this point and wednesdays game was no exception boyds midgets top scarborough 1918 photosteven bhovvn throu the grapevine stouffville youth jay bathija right took a few friends to meet the inimitable don cherry at his grape vine in unionville last sunday after winning a draw at dickson hill public school for a luncheon with grapes hamming it up are from left michael horsley dean shonkas cherry hans bathija and jay i gajrbutt to compete in track i stouffville special olympics athlete tracey gar- butt has earned another place on the york region team to compete at this years competition in august tracey a special olympics veteran who already holds gold and bronze medals for swimming in the past qualified this year for track and field shell run in the 100 200 and 400 metre events as well as the softball throw and long jump tracey 17 was named most valuable player in track by the york south association for communi ty living last friday shes one of two competitors who will represent york region at the special olympics being held aug 1013 at york university by bruce stapley the momentum just keeps building for the stouffville boyds sports midgets softball team boyds who captured the lome ford midget tournament in willowdale june 18 returned to league play by outslugging scarborough 1918 in a road game wednesday the midgets who are prepar ing for the ontario midget elimination tournament this weekend in hagersville hit for seven runs in the first inning wednesday salting the game away with a sixrun uprising in the fourth jamie miller led the way with a home run a triple and a single rob parcells had three singles while peter fintelman chipped in with two hits and three runs scored rich burkholder and keith piette contributed a double each pitching ace byron baranieski was give a rest after throwing two shutout innings with chris burkholder going the rest of the way midgets coach howard burkholder feels his team is ready to challenge for the on tario title this weekend wednesdays game was good in that it gave us a chance to hit and to make some plays in the field and the tournament in willowdale gave them the chance to see they could do it winner of the hagersville pro vincial competition goes on to play for the canadian midget championship in victoria british columbia the first week of august lewis fanned 12 port perry batters and was in control ex cept for the third inning when hackert was called upon to come in and retire two port swingers dan tardella was the big gun at the plate for the butters driv ing in five runs with two doubles and a single while scoring three times jeff hassard went three for three with two rbis and three runs scored while billy wray crossed the plate four times derek emmerson scored three runs with hackert and mike brett each counting a pair of runs the visitors managed to make a game of it for the first three inn ings but the stouffville club put the game away with a nine run ouburst in the fourth frame i followed by a five run rally in the fifth and final inning i tournament returns there will be approximately 2400 up for grabs this weekend as the stouffville buttermakers host their eighth annual slowpitch tournament the competition which commences friday evening at six oclock will include 12 d level teams and from 1220 dd squads depending on the number of last minute entries the majority of the teams will be from the markham- stouffvilleuxbridge area with one team scheduled to come in from quebec to compete the buttermakers report there will be several masters teams and say they will be taking team entries right up to tour nament time the buttermakers team itself will not be taking part on field unless they are needed to fill a spot the tournament will feature a beer garden and food booths will be manned by the buttermakers and the stouffville classics oldtimers hockey club the tournament is scheduled to wind up sunday afternoon with 600 going to the winning d level team the top dd outfit will receive 500 john annis still making his pitch for betz pools call it understated reliability or just plain dayin dayout consistency whatever it is john annis has that quiet confidence of a man who has watched the fastball shooting stars come and go with their fragile egos and their dreams of super stardom annis who in recent years has been relegated to second fiddle stature due to his advancing years is the stabilizing force of stouffvilles betz pools mens fastball team bryan emery while giving me the rundown of the betz lineup last spring when he was coach told me that annis was a crafty veteran who pitched with his head i john will always find a way to get batters out said emery i remember my anxiety when early in the season emery chose to start annis against league power house greenbank leaving ace jimmy chilvers on the bench two batters into the game it was 20 greenbank and i wanted to disappear so as not to have to witness the impending slaughter but annis proceeded to shut down the gmen the rest of the way and it was only a fluke dou ble play that left betz on the short end of a 21 final score with chilvers gone to play for the prestigious scarborough am bassadors this year annis con tinues to march out to the pit- sport notes bruce stapley ching rubber providing one third of what has come to be seen as a most credible hurling corps along with newcomers darryl moxley and doug webster annis two shutouts were the feature of betz recent tourna ment victory in oshawa and he continues to provide that quiet quality so badly needed by the pools platoon in league games this year while annis is the picture of composure out there on the rub ber he claims it wasnt always that way i used to be the hottestheaded sob there ever was he laughs reflecting back to the ear ly stages of what has been a 20year career in intermediate ball but that changed with maturity annis says he has long aban doned any delusions of grandeur he may have once had in a game so dominated by pitching he prefers to blend in with the others to be just another player on the team he has his memories they in clude an appearance in the all- ontario finals with port perry in 1983 he remembers the night he struck out 17 batters while pit ching for the stouffville juniors 18years ago he fanned 20 three years back in a tournament game and of course he was a member of the betz team that took the intermediate b provin- i cial title two years ago but these days hes just happy to get out there and pitch he claims it helps him remove himself from the responsibilities i and concerns of his career as a piano salesman j born and raised in brouham annis calls altona home these j days and as he heads into the twilight of a memorable career john annis is happy to head back home after a game win or lose and put it all behind him after all he says its only a game t 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 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