p8 tribune july2a 1991 st stouffville it was a fatigued band of skullys who walked off the main diamond at stouffville s memorial park as the sun began to go down sunday night but along with the weariness aches and pains picked up by playing six games in one day the pink shirted skullys got to take home the 600 in firstplace prize money as champions of the fourth annual mcasphalt tarbabies slo- pitch tournament the iron man victory helped erase the teams memories of how they let the championship elude their grasp in this years butter- makers canada day tournament when the skullys dropped their last two games to the mississauga rebels the neversaydie skullys per formed a weekend long tightrope act en route to the title in the 24- team dd recreational event they started off with an 1110 squeaker over the bouwmeister as then snuck past the spring lakes tigers 54 but a 1615 loss to the clare mont classics sunday morning put the skullys in the position of having to win five in a row to claim their crown they flipped the as once more by a 64 count before airing it out in an 183 rout of fenway the skullys emerged victorious against stouffvilles telxon outfit qualifying them for a run at the previously undefeated ajax beer- men needing to dump the beermen twice to take it all the skullys pulled another rabbit out of the hat in the first match claiming a 13- 1 1 extra inning win in game two the skullys dou bled up the beermen 105 to com plete their amazing run the skullys made up primarily of stouffville area junior hockey players were without the services of buffalo sabres prospect brad may mays car was broken- into sev eral days prior to the tournament with his knee brace being pilfered the exniagara falls thunder star is required to use the brace when he plays ball to ensure against the possibility of reinjuring a knee he hurt last fall other local teams to make strong showings at the sun drenched competition were the claremont classics and the host tarbabies both teams were still in the run ning going into sunday after noons deciding contests in the fourteam coed competi tion it was the munsters a good wood area squad downing the nesters a stouffville crew in the final the winners claimed 500 in prize money sll stingers defeat uxbridge the stouffville stingers scored six times in the second inning at the town park last thursday night to provide the decisive margin in a 104 victory over uxbridges preci sion auto ladies softball team allison lowerys triple with the bases loaded proved the key blow in the stingers second frame upris ing wendy williams had a pair of singles and crossed the plate three times for the winners tammy grove also contributed two singles and scored twice nicole ellis banged out a pair of safeties as well grove pitched the first four innings for the stingers with sheila fockler coming on to finish the game on the pitching rubber stingers coach cliff dunkeld was pleased with the way his hitters were able to make contact in the game we played a good game said dunkeld weve got batters who rarely strike out so the ball is always being put into play the win enabled the stouffville squad to maintain its hold on sec ond place in the south lake sim- coe ladies league standings the stingers host mt albert tonight game time is 830 at memorial parks diamond two backseat drivers mike ricci of the philadelphia flyers gets lots of advice on how to line up a putt at the keith acton annual golf tournament at mill run golf and country club friday the back seat drivers and putters include stouffvil- utes from left to right behind ricci dave wood keith acton himself wayne jackson bob slack and glenn jackson photosteve somerville t limber up that bleep its arm wrestling time time for all the muscular macho men and women out there to limber up the old arm and show just what you can do for this saturday has been slated for the first annual franks pizza place arm wrestling champi onships frank spataro the proprietor of the hwy 48 and fletcher blvd ballantrae establishment tells us hes put together quite an afternoon of science and skill a fourth place finisher in the 1988 canadian mens arm wrestling competition frank has given his event instant credibility by inviting the mighty bouwmeis ter family of fine arm wrestlers to participate this coed collection of wrist wrenchers hold their own yearly competition and have a truck load full of trophies to commemorate their many victories throughout the years just the thought of sitting at a table and locking grips with behe mothsized gary bouwmeister is sport notes bruce enough to make most men cringe not to mention the humiliating prospect which has become a reali ty with some egodeflated males of having marilyn bouwmeister drag your arm crashing to the table saturdays competition will pit right handers against right handers and lefties against lefties in the various male categories there will be an open class for the ladies and frank is hoping to stage a kiddie contest for young sters over 12 frank has assembled trophies for all the winners and promises a first class afternoon of entertainment anyone wanting to get in on the fun should call frank at 6422500 the weighin is scheduled for 11 am with the first match scheduled to get underway at 130 pm saturday is also the day members of the mens and womens canadi an national softball teams come to town to put on a clinic for local young players the players who have been selected by a draw held by the whitchurchstouffville softball association will be shown the ins and outs of the fundamentals of softball by the visiting hot shots the clinic is to run from 7 to 9 pm at diamonds one and two of the stouffville town park the instructors will then rejoin their teams and head off to the pan am games in havana cuba next week the clinic has been arranged by siloams bob abbot a director of softball canada who also finds the time to help coach the stouffville stingers intermediate girls rep team speaking of siloam stouffvilles keith acton held his annual celebrity golf tournament for the childrens wish foundation at the mill run golf and country club just outside siloam last friday the 185golfer function included the likes of buffalo sabresbound brad may who is spending the summer at his mother and step fathers markham home also present- were hockey night in canadas ron mclean along with global s wild and crazy sports commentator mark hebscher acton has signed a oneyear con tract with a oneyear option with the philadelphia flyers with whom he has played for the past two sea sons the former montreal canadienminnesota north staredmonton oiler player reports hes happy to still be able to cut it in the nhl and hopes he can con tinue on in the bigs for as long as possible he says he still might consider playing in switzerland when his nhl days are done but that he wont consider that option until the time comes