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u 12 the tbsuhe twidiif kirjvil if 1566 pickering shut out ff claremont 4 to 0 lead series 3 to 0 pickering sofiball team took a stranglehold on the community league playoffs monday night downing claremont 4 to 0 to lead the series 3 games to 0 the big break came in the fifth inning when earl robinson keith rogcron and jim closs all scored jerry brett was also on his way but was tagged out at third jim clos scored again in the seventh prior to this point pickering had not been able to get a man past first base claremont threatened in the first the fourth and the seventh but left men stranded on the bases each time five claremont batters were felled by the pitching of earl robinson on strikeouts and jim rcdshaw sent four pickering batters down swing ing claremont despite the loss played tight ball and nipped closs and rogerson with a double play in the third hedges to vernon claremont girls beat greenwood greenwood behind the steady pitching of jackie pascoe and brenda flanni- gan claremont girls held greenwood to only 3 runs in a pickering township uvenile softball game in greenwood park on thurs day night at the plate claremont showed good power and counted a total of 19 runs the two pitchers plus debbie avery were the teams top batters shirley smith filled in for green w oo ds number 1 pitcher marg lloskins roberta hill was also absent and this left a hole in the in field that was hard to fill greenwood currently fighting for a playoff posi tion has one rained out game remaining in the schedule against brougham water poloeducational and athletic experience baseball team of yesteryears revives many memories how many of these fine young baseball players do you recognize from left to right they are robinson iaul boadway norm dales del scott m murchison v 1 mather shine davis stan muston mill storey george smith wes boadway and kred thompson bat boy k h eau1k markham minor water polo as an organized sport for boys in this prov ince has similar aims as minor hockey and minor softball competition be tween communities in onu- lio in swimming is encour aged and icgulated tin- is the primary aim bm not the whole leason for existence boys must have the experi ence of playing the game to win not for the prize or material gain nor to win at any cost an important prin ciple of life is put into ai slots in minor sport that cer tain goals are worth achiev ing jn life in themselves the most important goals are won not by passively letting the other fellow en joy them without a struggle but by actively competing for them spott can be and should be an educational experience for its partici pants to build character as well as brawn the york county water polo association is organiz ed with this pus pose to al- iovv tt placets to hae an eppdrtuniiy to put every ounce of dcire to win ints action under supervision to teach its players that to win with good sportsmanship is mast important and to learn nv peel for authority wheth er it is the referee or um pire or the system of law and older in society the properlj trained athlete in waterpolo hockey or other organized sport will become a better citizen in life kw tss 3hun pitcher leads atters pickerin 9 twp g iris softball standings as of july 28 juvenile girls w h v bay ridges in i 20 claremont 6 6 12 east woodlands 6 1 12 greenwood 5 6 10 pickering t s s brougham 2 s 4 minor girls west shore n 2 is east woodland 7 1 11 bay ridges b 2 6 1 bay ridges a 2 9 1 sunderland no match for stouffville stouffville glenn jackson struck out seven as stouffville iga defeated sunderland 131 in the last regular scheduled game of i he victoria independent league at stouffville park sunday dave slack hit the only home run as he and george mckay shared the scoring honours with three each terry vestley scored twice for sunderland two of sunderlands runs came as a series of errors in the last inning allowed iwo men to cross the plate clare thompson and mike cadieux playing for sunder land scored sunderlands other two tallies barry mclean and cadi eux joined the visitors when sunderland arrived with on ly seven men stouffville if pitchers cant hit someone forgot to tell glenn jackson of the stouffville iga team at the conclusion of the regular schedule lie led his team with a 155 average in 11 trips to the plate this season he had 20 hits and scored 16 runs runnerup was larry spang with 111 as a pitcher he collected 91 strikeouts also tops in this bill lehman 61 10 20 32s department ted suzuki 44 12 11 31s ab k ii pel dave slack barry mclean 72 20 25 19 6 5 261 250 glenn jackson 11 16 20 loo ross madill 30 6 7 233 larry spang 2t 9 12 414 strike outs bv harry burnett 5 0 2 400 pitchers ken aida 53 10 21 396 glenn jackson 9t mike cadieux 23 7 9 391 mike cadieux 56 jerry lewis it 15 21 3s9 roger todd 13 roger todd 5s ib 22 379 larry spang 12 tom millar 60 1t 22 36t ted suzuki george mckay 06 is 20 357 tom millar 1 wins silver meda beverly boys of pickering defeated susan knight of australia to win a silver medal at the british empire and commonwealth games on saturday afternoon beverly didnt win the event until the last of five optional dives only a tenth of a point separated her from miss knight plate power wins for pickering claremont is there a pitcher in the claremont community league that can hold pickerings homerun power in check if not then the teams march to the title will go unchecked it erupted again on thurs day night with outfielders bob moffatt and george wil son belting the big blows moffatt slammed a triple in the 1st and wilson hammer ed out a jourbagger in the death takes two wellknown gormley district residents ray hill to coach altona oldtimers altona when the altona oldtimers take to tlie field in claremont on friday august 19 it will be ray hill who will call the signals from his oncefami liar 3rd base coaching box ray one of the most sue- essful cf coaches in the community league guided altona to five champion ships in ten years he now lives in collingwood a club practice will be held in the claremont park on friday august 12 at s oclock any past players who xs yet have not been contacted arc asked to get in touch with cliff dunkeld at 6192132 by evelyn m1lsted gormley the gorm ley community mourns the loss of two more wellknown residents mr allen pope passed away at his home on monday evening after a period of lingering illness he is survived by his wife and one son lawrence of gore bay and three grand children the funeral was held on thursday at st mary immaculate church at richmond hill with inter ment at st peters ceme tery pcterboro during tuesday night mr george french slept away after spending many months in the bricrbush hospital mr french was in his 91st year he is survived by one daughter mrs roy nigh the funeral was held on friday afternoon at hcisc hill church with rev wm vanderbcnt preaching the service congratulations to mr and mrs lawrence ash who were married on saturday afternoon in newmarket mrs roy brillingcr and he his om veibiesi ht new bunti mrs roy widctnan are spending several days with mr and mrs abram leh man of carlisle pa mr and mrs arnold nigh of hagersville had dinner on thursday with their grand parents mr and mrs jos hcise mr and mrs ross brill ingcr and boys arc spending this week at roxbury camp meeting in pennsylvania mrs ella thompson and miss becky thompson of markham mrs fred pugh of stouffville and mrs viola evans of stayner visited their cousins mrs a hawkins mrs n koch and miss edith raymcr mrs c milsted and charlccn arc spending this week with their uncle and aunt mr and mrs j j duncan of vermilion alberta enroute to the pacific coast mr allan doner is in charge of the milsted store for three weeks assisted by mrs woollen in the store and miss freda henderson in the post office the clearance sale is continu ing all this month miss helen anne and fayc taylor were counsel lors from gormley church at the girls divisions of the trail of the pines camp at stayner mr and mrs don weeks rendered special music at both the sunday morning and evening service at the um church major and mrs fred lewis attended the wedding of their grandson mr travis l sugdcn of bcthesda and miss valleryc winn of unionvtllc at the markham united church on saturday mr and mrs stewart williams and mr and mrs g jewel of ottawa mr and mrs harry lewis of cinn- cinatti ohio mr and mrs ross henderson and mrs e avery of toronto visited with mr and mrs e elliott en sunday 6th that was enough to give pickering a 42 playoff victory over claremont and a series lead 2 games to 0 tom benson and bruce kedshaw completed the cir cuit for claremont benson scoring in he 4th after whacking out a double rcdshaw worked pitcher keith fertile for a walk and crossed the plate on a sin gle by catcher eric jones fertile was in command all the way limiting the claremont club to three hits ray ward connected for a double in the 4th claremont went down in order in seven nut of the nine innings ken vernon and george rcd shaw shared the claremont pitching chores together they were tapped for 10 hits in addition to the extra- base blows by moffatt and wilson jim closs and clyde johnston also showed good power for pickering each with two safeties closs pull ed off the defensive save of the night with a brilliant catch in the 6th or a drive by george rcdshaw thief escapes through window claremont a thief caught in the bedroom of a claremont home escaped through the aluminum screen and ran down the road with the neighbours dog nipping at his heels but in spite of his close call the man made good his getaway with about 40 in cash and a radio mr and mrs dick ward surprised the intruder when they returned about 10 pm but didnt realize a breakin had occurred until they checked the interior of their house other homes entered in cluded the residence of roy ward harold hopkins dean evans and tom davis mr and mrs davis are away on vacation ken lloysts dog gave the burglar a run for his money but the owner thinking he was a native called tiicir pet off largest crowd sees goodwood beat brougham 62 goodwood proved just too strong for brougham in their playoff softball league game tuesday night at the claremont park winning k- 2 more than a hundred and fifty fans largest crowd of the season was in the stands goodwood jumped into an early lead scoring three limes in the first innings and once in the third fourth and fifth brougham countered with a single run in the first but only three men an innings faced ken may on the good wood mound until the 6th a rally put three men on base but only one run resulted goodwood threatened lo add to their lead in almost every innings and teed off on gord tans curves con tinually errors too played a big part in the goodwood loss family now is the lime lo really save a good dollar during our august family shoe sale many excellent buys are featured here some with a good range of sizes available others with sizes somewhat limited whatever your shoe needs drop in now and check these buys ladies flats ladies shoes reg- 195 with queen anne heels reg 195 clearing 298 clearing 5 italian sandals lovely styles imported dircci from italy two groups of excellent buys in sizes ranging from i in 10 r6g 595 keg 19 mens shoes select from oxfords and slipon styles sizes mostly from ih to s keg 795 lo 1095 clearing at 595 ladies high illusion heels stock limited so hurry reg 795 to cllak 495 tremont shoe store nd shoe repair 121 main west stouffville irwin family hold picnic around 35 members of the irwin family enjoyed a pic nic in stouffville park on sunday members were pres ent from toronto st catha rines newmarket and stouffvil mr les hodgson 3 stouffville was the oldest gentleman presonl and jcn- ifor francis of toronto was the youngest now 95 now 395 childrens sisman scampers balance of stock reduced down to a low low price to clear special to clear 298