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page 8 the tribcne thur iguss 20 1970 victoria square wins league pennant clinch first place in final contest 1 playoff positions set victoria square victoria square became victorious square as they plucked the pennant out of the fire in the final game of the season tuesday a loss or a tie against markham would have lofted claremont into first place but the combination of power at the piate and a sparkling six hit effort by bruce mortson produced a decisive 135 win mortson who has lost 15 pounds due to a recent illness looked far from fit but you couldnt tell it by the scoresheet he struck out ten batters four of the last six to face him and didnt issue a single walk perhaps even more important his deter mination inspired the others to go all out claremont who put on a tremendous stretch drive had their chance for first place snatched from them by another surging force greenwood with stouffville also playing some of their best ball of the year the playoffs should produce real diamond drama although the semifinal schedule has not been officially drawn up the square will meet third place greenwood and claremont will square off with fourth place stouffville final league standings gp w l t pt victoria square 24 17 4 3 37 claremont 24 17 3 2 36 greenwood 24 15 8 1 31 stouffville int 24 14 10 0 28 brougham 23 7 14 2 16 markham 23 6 15 3 15 stouffville juv 23 1 21 1 3 hit kayos claremont doreen evans came through with the big hit lor claremont against blackheatli thursday she will attempt to repeat this performance against otterville in the next playoff round jas thomas doreen evans bank teller is money player claremont nineteen year old doreen evans is a teller on the stouffville branch staff bank of nova scotia shes also on the infield staff of the claremont girls fastball team and while she may look a bit different as she per forms the dual roles dont be fooled by the change of dress shes a money player all the way she proved it thursday night it was the second game in the first round of the all- ontario playoffs blackheath a community near hamilton were the visitors and leading 1 0 as claremont came to the plate in the bottom half of the fourth with two out and the bases loaded doreen grabbed a bat she picked out a high wide pitch and promptly slapped it into right field for a triple that was the beginning of the end claremont took the game 7 2 and the series in two straight while it was doreen s offensive effort that brought the crowd to its feet the pretty brunette was also superb at short in the 7th she completed a great play snagging a sharply hit grounder back near the grass and nipping the runner by an eyelash while trailing through part of the contest the outcome was never really in doubt it was just a matter of how soon and how many mary albright andpatti madill shared the mound chores with kathy macgregor completing the battery host lowville claremont claremont hosts lowville friday at 830 pm in the second round start of the orsa intermediate playoffs in the first series claremont downed eldorado 63 and 158 balloon logging was pioneered in canada greenwood to claremont it meant first place in the soc stan dings to greenwood it was just another ball game that didnt stop them from giving it their best their best was good enough to earn them a 54 win in a hardfought contest the big blow came when ken mctaggart belted a high pitch over the heads of the pasture brigade in the seventh inning for a home run that spelled the difference between a tie and a win greenwoods hickory handlers were in top form all night especially the mctaggart boys and the wilson twins they ac counted for 10 of the 14 hits given up by murray mc dowell on the hill for claremont ken mc taggart came up with a double to accompany his game winning blast brother bob clicked on a pair of singles john wilson was good for a solid triple and two onebaggers while jim was close behind with two safeties and then there was the jones boy murray who picked up two rbis by virtue of three scratch singles tom davis allowed eight hits and was only in serious trouble once that was in the eighth frame when jim hopkins unleashed a round tripper which accounted for two tallies and a gap of only a single run another jim jim redshaw collected two safeties to match gord mcdowells output bantams must win stouffville they really want this one stouffville bantams coach ray donn was explaining how his club felt as they prepared to go into the second game of the second round of the oasa playoffs with east gwillimbury after dropping the first game 10- 7 they must come up with a win tonight thursday if they are to stay alive game time is 8 pm corolla i belt ballantrae vandorfstouffvilles intermediate entry in the oasa jumped into a one game lead in the best of three series with ballantrae monday the second and possibly final game was scheduled for last night wednesday at the stouffville park bob parish once again couldnt be tamed as he pitched the betzvachon crew to a solid 72 win his improved performances lately and gord tarrs consistent hurling have given stouffville sup porters much to cheer about eric barber started for ballantrae and was charged with the loss before al barnes came on in relief sunderland first stouffville stouffville lga travels to cambray saturday and hoss the same team here sunday in the baseball league semifinals sundays contest is at 2 pm first place sun derland meets manilla sunderland ended the schedule on top beating stouffville 112 and 43 pending an upset these two clubs will meet for the cham pionship victoria square eliminated victoria square the orsa playoffs ended early for victoria square as schomberg upset them with an 84 victory sunday the square used ali three pitchers roger ball richard burton and bruce mortson in an effort to salvage the final game but a rash of errors and fine play by schomberg helped to eliminate them from further play fastback sprinter and stalionwagon fouronthefloor shift and features all standard sleek lively compact that outperforms any other car in its class rug ged 73 hp engine cruises at 78 and delivers more go when you need it luxury features are built in reclining bucket seats padded dash two speed wipers full safety features also standard only option c m g p g fa you need automatic transmission used butm mused car vjjp 1929 top quality low mileage likenew used cars 1969 sprinter lic 87312 1969 corolla lc 208080 villa motors of markham ltd highway 48 n end of markham 2945555 1969 lincoln continental 2door hardtop executive driven power seats power windows power steering air conditioning white walls wheel discs amfm stereo multi plex radio twilight sentenel vinyl top midnight blue with matching trim patrick motors ltd main west stouftvule 640w50 gmac terms to suit you juveniles swamp l wilcox otterville rivals claremont claremont girls have advanced to the ontario fastball semifinals the defending champs travel to otterville near tillsonburg thursday night tonight the return game is at claremont saturday the time is 830 pm squirts out stouffville the local squirts most of them new to organized ball gut a taste of oasa playoffs it wasnt a very pleasant taste however as they lost the first round to east gwillimbury after winning 117 in the series opener stouffville looked as though they might do very well but once east gwillimburys sluggers got into the swing of things there was little hope the second clash ended 178 and the final one 177 win on error claremont an outfield error with two away in the bottom of the 9th inning gave claremont peewees a 32 victory over hickson saturday in their series first game claremont travels to hickson sunday danny ellicott belted the fly ball with brad staley on base the drive was dropped and staley scored larry elson started on the claremont mound with staley coming on in relief billy carruthers com pleted the battery stouffville after struggling valiantly in the south ontario county fastball league during the past few months the stouffville juveniles finally smelled the scent of success by trouncing lake wilcox 143 in the first game of the oasa playoffs keith lewis showed his prowess both as a pitcher and batter as he lead the long overdue crew to victory he showed good speed and control as he sent twelve players to the bench with a third strike his home run in the fifth inning was one of his three hits he circled the bases the next time up as he blasted another long drive that baffled the centre fielder the lee sand and gravel boys never looked better in the timber swinging department as they tagged rick collins for 15 hits one perfect example was third baseman lome mitchell as he turned in his best defensiveoffensive game of the year a double three singles and four town teams in ontario playoffs stouffville last week stouffville had five teams seeking ontario titles at present four remain the squirts fell by the wayside but the peewees bantams juveniles and in termediates are very much alive the bantams and peewees have ad vanced to the second round while the juveniles and intermediates hold the upper hand in the first the schedule follows intermediate c first round aug 19 ballantrae at stouffville aug21 stouffville at ballantrae vandorf park if required second round aug 24 ballantrae or stouffville at greenwood or campbellford aug 26 greenwood or campbellford at ballan trae or stouffville aug28 if required first round aug 19 greenwood at campbellford aug21 if required see above for second round juvenile c first round aug 19 stouffville at lake wilcox aug2l if required zone finals aug24 mount albert or zephyr at lake wilcox or stouffville aug 26 lake wilcox or stouffville at mount albert or zephyr aug28 if required bantam b second round aug20 east gwillimbury at stouffville aug21 at east gwillimbury if required third round aug 25 port perry or lindsay at stouffville or east gwillimbury aug27 stouffville or east gwillimbury at port perry or lindsay aug29 if required peewee b second round aug24 east woodlands or markham at stouffville aug26 stouffville at east woodlands or markham aug28 if required seventytwo entries western horse show whitchurch twp the second annual all- western horse show held on the property of als tack shop vandorf road west of hwy 48 sunday attracted a record 72 en tries the purpose of the days activities was to assist financially with the con struction of an indoor riding arena known as project 70 at the site of the whitchurch centennial centre in spite of threatening morning skies the classes were completed on schedule the father and son team of vern and roy bonk mayflower farms rr4 stouffville won the first four competitions vern taking the open pleasure two rbis plus several excellent plays from the hot corner contributed tremendously to the teams success bob leger was consistent with three singles and a run-batted- in and larry gilroy counted a triple and a single the triple could have easily gone for a homerun had the traffic in front of him circling the bases shown more speed lake wilcox though spunky were never really in the game as they failed to connect with lewis pitches pitcher belts home run greenwood greenwoods tom davis is just as respected at the plate as on the mound but those who are not ac customed to his prowess with a bat may consider him an easy out that is what may have happened at camp bellford sunday he promptly belted a 2run homer and his team went on to win 43 it was the first game in the first round of the on tario fastball playoffs the return contest was scheduled for greenwood wednesday there was no score until the 6th ken mctaggart rapped out a single and completed the circuit on a double by john hill following tom davis roundtripper in the 8th hill was safe on an error he later scored on a single by jim wilson the winner of this series will meet either stouffville or ballantrae and open trail and roy the junior pleasure and junior trail other red 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