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rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffvillc ontario 6408100 or 6493555 all areas of general practice second section sports classified a metroland community newspaper v leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 ab makes and models wednesday july 1 1987 barn swallow third baseman ken marvin swallow peter waits to make the play on mar- khams sounds in motion runner during the dd division final at the buttermakers slopitch tournament sunday afternoon markham won 75 to take the championship alan shackleton 1terry bowles oshawa resident terry wmplmes joined betz pools stouff- fe monsfastbae team mainly horiinrn ap r ak 1- il iheard that stouffville was rming what sounded like a iod squad he explained ffijim audi have played on the wfeeteanrin osbawa for the jastjfiveyears and he con- 1 vinccd meto give it a shot up here r pchllvers a stouffville resi- fdent had been a top pitcher in oshawa but when the chance to fonce again play fastball injiis chltmetowri came up he jumped tat the opportunity he also brought some of his oshawa teammates with him jbowles 25 had also played ragainst betz manager bryan bemery and he had a lot of re- ect for him as a ball player ftthls also influenced his decision to play in stouffville so far bowles has not regret- iedthemove north this is a 601 well managed disci plined teifmhe saidof the jbetzsqiiad theyre a great ach of guys and there a real- y ijood atmosphere with lots of team spirit p fftbowles who was born in oronto has lived in oshawa for the last 12 years and works at atlantic sugar files been playing ball since he was seven both fastball and baseball but never slopitch hes most comfortable at the hot corner third base which is tete he usually starts for p tetz hes also the leadoff hit ter a role he is happy to play paul sinclair paul sinclair is the youngest member of the betz pools stouffville niens fastball team for an 18yearold sinclair is playing ball at an extremely competitive level but the gifted athlete is more than holding his own against the wicvs wiley crafty veterans all of whichshould be ho sur prise to anyone who kriowspanl sinclair he was the assistant captain of the midget clippers hockey team and one the keys ito their winning the ontario championship this season sinclair who works parttime at betz pools heard there would be a mens fastball team this year and decided to try out last 3 season he played slopitch on the betz squad and before that fastball in goodwood he admitted thatit was a little tough trying to crack the line up of an older fastball team af- ter playing slopitch the pre vious season but hes made the adjustment quite well the fact that he played slo- pitch with some of the players on the betz squad this year helped as did the presence of paul boynton who lives across the street from sinclair the speed of the ball coming in and all the movement is a bit tough at first but its a much more exciting game he said sinclair will be entering grade 13 at stouffville district secondary school next year and along with preparing for college he will be kept busy as president of the student admi nistrative council he was awarded the schools homes tead trophy this year given to the student who contributes most to the entire athletic program betz battles to draw by alan shackleton sports editor last wednesday nights mens fastball game between betz pools stouffville and greenbank is one neither team is going to forget for a long time with a huge strawberry festiv al crowd at memorial park and a carnivallike atmosphere the two squads battled to an 88 tie in extrainnings the game was called after nine frames and nearly three hours as oshawa city and district league rules only allow two extrainnings this one started strangely with the greenbank gamblers jump ing out to a 50 lead in the top of first due to mainly to betz errors and if got weirder in the third inning stouffville exploded for eight runs to jump ahead behind the strong pitching of john annis and jim chilvers the betz boys looked certain to hang on and win but three greenbank runs in the the sixth forced extra- innings betz and greenbank were dead locked in more ways than one af ter the tie they sit atop the league with identical 821 re cords and it looks like the fight for first will between them the rest of the season betz manager bryan emery said the tie was an unsatisfying result but he was pleased that his team overcame the early five run deficit it was nice to see the team gut it out and come back like that he said however having five runs scored against in one inning was not encouraging a lot of those balls were hit hard though and they were tough plays to make emery ex plained tonight as part of stouffvilles canada day celebrations betz hosts the claremontmarkham juniors at memorial park begin ning at the special early time of 7 pm royals beat greens to win buttermakers tournament by alan shackleton sports editor two local teams battled it out for the c division championship in last weekends stouffville but termakers annual canada day slopitch tournament the stouffville royals even tually triumphed over greens restaurant in a dramatic two game final sunday afternoon to earn top spot and the 400 dollar first prize the runnersup collected 200 the royals had gone undefe ated through the tournament in the highly competitive c division until the first game of the final when greens knocked them off 52 greens had lost a game earlier in the tourney while the royals had not slopitch tournament rules dictate that the undefeated team must be beaten twice in the final for the challenger to win greens first game victory set up the possibility of an upset and made for an emotional and enter taining second game which the royals won 137 to gain the cham pionship it was an intense match with town bragging rights on the line and both teams took it very seriously also the royals compete in the york major slopitch league and greens plays in the york- durham loop so there was the added pressure on the players of maintaining their respective leagues honor the royals took a 72 lead in the second inning and never looked back though greens did threaten for four runs in their last at bat despite the hard play once the final out was made both teams showed good sportsmanship and every one was soon back to being neighborly there were some 24 teams com peting in three divisions c d and dd at this years buttermakers tournament which featured beautiful weather and a huge fan turn out at memorial park the tourney is part of stouffvilles canada day celebrations during the week long strawberry fes tival in the dd division fan favo rites the barn swallows lost in the finals to sounds in motion of mar- kham 75 the swallows dressed in their colorful shorts and rubber noses were impossible to miss during the tourney and their irreverent style of play gained a large follow- ing of fans however sounds in motion did not find them amusing in the least and the dd final was a sur prisingly rough game from which two markham players were ejected j the swallows and sounds in motion had met up saturday afternoon in a game the swallows were in no condition to play sounds in motion finished them off early winning 100 the swalj lows were saved further pain in this one by the mercy rule in the d division thornhilb thunders and north york night hawks met up in the chami pionship and it took north york two games to gain the title thornhill took the first game 12j 2 before the previously undefe ated nighthawks regrouped to win game two 115 2 the champions the stouffville royals won the c division cham pionship in last weekends buttermakers slopitch tourney with a dramatic two game final victory over greens restaurant royals were undefeated through out the tournament until the finals sunday when they lost the first match but won the deciding game 137 team members are al thompson doug wray steve rendall alonzo richard blair emraerson danny maillet warren skinner jim ohara jack watson- mike ridley bill wray ron walls joe altimari mitch amers and jim skinner j traeey takes gold stouffvilles traeey gar- butt won three gold medals at the ontario special olympics last weekend in belleville garbutt 17 took gold in the 50metrc and 400metre races her time of one minute 26 seconds in the 400m was a personal best she also won a gold medal in the running long jump and her powerful running in the anchor spot led the 4xl00m relay team to a silver medal charity polo matches by alan shackleton sports editor this weekend the gormley polo centre will be the site of some great international competition in order to raise funds for the heart and stroke foundation of ontario the polo for heart series is now in its eighth year and organizers are hoping to raise over 200000 this year to aid research into heart and stroke disease director of the foundation bob luba of crown life insurance said that the series not only raises money but increases public awareness about heart disease tickets cost 10 and along with the polo theres lots of food and musical entertainment from the 78th fraser highlanders pipe band the gormley polo centre is on bloomington road one block west of leslie street follow signs south to the centre parking is free the gates open at noon and there is no admission charge for children under 12 barn swallows are rare birds baaaaaaarrrrrnnnnn swallows that was the sound heard most often during last weekends stouffvil le buttermakers slopitch tournament as the barn swallows a team of former laurentian university students invaded the town the di amonds the beer garden and anything else too slow to get out of their way this was the fifth year at the tourney for the swallows and their colorful uniforms glasses rubber noses and bizzarc antics have made them a crowd favorite their popularity in stouffville just keeps growing the swallows got the tournament off to a perfect start friday night with a lighthearted exhibition game against the buttermakers and friends which provided the large crowd with lots of laughs home team was determined by a race from second base to home between the buttermakers wayne nugent and the swallows brian fish swallow trevail fish just beat a sliding nugent to the plate the race also settled an old score between the nugc and fish as to who was fastest we feel nuge is a heck of a guy but he learned the hard way that when you take on a swallow youre gonna lose big explained bill jumper swallow stephens team spokesman jumper was designated team spokesman because he never stopped talking and was for the most part coherent the swallows had vowed to humiliate the buttermakers in this game and after three innings the buttcrmakcs left the field trailing 32 to be replaced by the nads a team of english gentleman lots of laughs stunts and a bit of ball followed and the color commen tary by jerry howarth made the game even more entertain ing everyone was too busy laughing to remember the score but it may have been a tic while the swallows arent quite the harlem globetrotters or the king and his court they could do quite well travelling the province and playing in ton ma mens if they wanted to but stouffvillc is the only town lucky enough to sec their unique talent this is the only tournament we play in jumper said we wait all year for this one it takes us that long to recover stouffvillc is fortunate that resident mike boadway is an original barn swallow and the team has chosen to flock to his town annuaily while here the swallows nest at the boadway house at last report it sidelines by alan shackleton sports editor tribune sports editor shackleton centre was trying to interview the barn swallows when they set upon him with rubber nose and glasses took his camera and refused to let him go unless he posed for this photo jumper swallow was still standing the swallows were hatched at laurentian university in 1979 and have been going strong ever since the team members all lived in the same residence at laurentian and formed the squad as a joke to show- up another team at the school called the barn owls we formed the swallows to bug the barn owls jumper said the owls won a tournament one time and it was all they ever talked about they walked around going hoot hoot hoof at each other so we started chanting barn swallows and it took off from there the owls have died but the swallows survived were still alive because weve built a strong infrastructure within the team to help bring up the young guys while the majority of the swallows now live and work around toron to some players travelled from as far away as sarnia sudbury and timmins for the tournament despite their comic approach the swallows are pretty good ball players when they have to be and they reached the finals in the dd divison of the tournament before losing 75 to a tough markham squad also the swallows were selling all manner of souveniers over the weekend including the groucho glasses and nose and they donated the profits from this some 220 to the markhamstouff ville hospital build ing fund whitchurchstouffville councillor wayne emmcrson called them a great bunch of guys who i cant say enough good things about and invited them back for next years tourney however not all was roscy for the swallows in stouffville the large styrofoam glasses and nose which rode on the front of the swallows convertible was stolen sometime friday night were offering a reward of 1 million or a night out with the swal lows whichever is cheaper jumper said the members of the barn swallows and their nicknames i was afraid to ask how they got them- arc peter bean oboylc brian fish trevail steve gator long eugene chip adamo bill jumper stephens john head sa vill john chico bogdanis ken marvin peter rick rcaby strait darryl sock socolosky rick stucy stuart mike boad boadway mike whitey whalen mark mook boadway john johnboy farrell henry finland tokola dave har harris and manager don sparky sheik