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c8 fcxumjmlst sui uctubek 5 1988 rekai johnson banisters solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 all mates and models a metroland community newspaper reliving glory days cardinals reunite after 30 years v k by bruce stapley they came from guelph peterborough and fernie bc to relive one year of baseball glory the 1958 all ontario hardball champion stouffville cardinals got together last saturday for a reunion after 30 years and when they lined up for their team picture they were all there looking like they could march out onto the field in port dover and win it all over again the anniversary celebration was held on murray stewarts property at hwy 47 and bloom- ington road stewart who had cocoached the cards along with stouffville resident harold ike hodgson turned his garage into a memorabilia centre for the event the bulletin board on the wall contained old press clippings of the teams cinderella victory trek there were crests team jackets a team uniform and stewart even dug up the caxdsw old canvas equipment bags con taining outdated gloves balls bats and shin guards bob stover who helped organize the event spokein glow ing terms of his teammates who showed up en masseas he ad dressed the group before a celebration dinner y its indicativebf the spirit we always had that we got 100 per cent attendance tonight he said j the players some of whom hadnt seen each other for 25 yearsvasted no time renewing acquaintances and sharing anec dotes of the glory days jharry barber the fireballing righthanded pitcher for the cards came bursting out into the back yard to where former cat cher don haynes was standing who was that guy that came sliding home and you caught the ball and tagged him square on the head asked barber laughing at the memory he had resurrected yeah he had spiked ross madill earlier in the game respoded haynes picking up the incident as if it were yesterday and the ump told me the guy deserved it right after for third baseman madill the reunion was an emotional time between barbsand digs at his old teammatesjv the 50yearold caretaker at stouffville district secondaryschool admitted he had almost been brought to tears when i saw lynn taylor tonight and realized he had come aiphe way from british colum bia to be here it was real emo tional he said when i read the story in the tribune about mur ray stewart i almost cried tedsuzuki the fleetfooted centre fielder who helped win the championship game in 58 with a spectacular running catch wondered where the years went the second street stouffville resident now works for a mechanical contractor is mar ried and has two children i cant believe its been 30 years he said shaking his head haynes who lives in etobicoke has three grown children and is currently working on a second family with an 18monthold son hes a vice- president of sales with moore business forms harry barber 48 lives near guelph with his wife and five children and is a manufacturing engineer his wife pat brought a vintage scrapbook she assembl ed during the cardinals heyday retrieving it from theattic for the reunion second baseman taylor known now as doc in fernie bc arrived in stouffville fojvthe second time in two months after returning in august for a 50lh wedding anniversary for his in laws a geologist he is married with two sons coach hodgson still lives in stouffville where he is an active member of the lions club up un til recently a player in the mon day night mens threepitch league he works at mccowan mobile mix in agincourt murray holden who had been the junkthrowing lefthander on the cardinals now lives in peter borough with his wife and three children an employee with iga holden plays baseball and hockey i play slowpitch he said the pitching is about the same speed as i used to throw with the cardinals he joked in reference to his sneaky slow curve i bought a new pair of skates a few years ago he added so i guess im going to have to keep playing hockey until i wear them out lawrence wideman 48 came from his home in belleville for the reunion a bank manager there wideman has two children and a collection of fond memories of his teammates they were a great bunch of guys i have a lot of memories but you couldnt put some of them in the paperhe laughed eric barber the team kidder lives in uxbridge and works for the town of markham they paid me ro play for the cardinals right gord he said to teammate gord eckardt who played a major role in organizing the reunion there were times we paid to keep you away eckardt shot back aside from the fun and games of the event barber paid tribute to coach stewrt all the credit should have gone to him he said in challeng ing stewarts claim that anyone could have coached the cards john lit tle 49 drove from peterborough to attend a parttime farmer and tractor trailer driver he has two daughters he still plays a little ball having competed in a three- pitch tourney in the summer bob stover also lives in stouff ville and works as a human rela tions specialist with the york region board of education he has a wife and three children eckardt is president of assinck bros on hwy 48 and lives just outside of stouffville the former first baseman and catcher was thrilled with the reunions success its great just great a 100 per cent turnout he said i hadnt seen lawrence wideman and murray holden for 25 and the players wives were also caught up in the excitement including pat barber who still recalls the championship year vividly it wasa great exciting time she remembered i dont think that kind of could happen now with theitown so involved jim thomas of the tribune sup ported the cardinals so well and she creditedthe players for their 30 years of loyalty to the cards they all went off and got mar ried shortly after they won the championship she said ahd they all cared so much about each other photos 6 thomas reunited the stouffville cardinals were together again after 30 years this weekend from left in the back row are murray stewart ted suzuki eric barber murray holden john little ross madill harold hodgson in front from left are lynn taylor bob stover harry barber don haynes lawrence wideman and gord eckardt catching up don haynes of toronto the mainstay catcher for the cardinals talks about the glory days of the team right photo with catcherfirst baseman gord eckardt of stouffville in the top photo at right lynn taylor of fernie bc reminisces with a cardinals scrapbook with murray holden right of peterborough and harry barber centre of elora getting back into the swing of things from 30 years ago may not be easy but john little at left above of peterborough ted suzuki centre and bob stover of stouffville at right were willing to give it a try at the anniversary of the cardinals winning the ontario championships there was a 100 per cent turnout for the event