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Whitby Free Press, 13 Jul 1972, p. 6

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Pie6, Th-ursday, July 1 3e 1972, WHITBY FREE PRESS____ sport0 MOTORING with Mike Burgess Camaraderie! The first National Slalom was held at var! ous locations across Canada last Sunday. Oshawa Motor Sport Cl1ub team- ed up with St. Lawrence Auto Club to ho st th! s regionts event in Kingston with twenty-some localities on hand to participate or give moral support. Approximatelyadozen of us compet- itors and organizors went to Kingston the day previous ta make arrangements, plan strategy (swimming, par ty-ing etc.) and to avoid the tiring drive down prior ta the event. The St. Lac boys had reserved a section of a local mot et1 for us, which soonbecame llttesha-Whitbyt for the weekend. lwontt go into the happenings that went on as they really had nothing todowithmotoring, but 1 certainîy hope that if the Kingstonians decide ta return t he visit w e will1 show them the same weî corne and friendship that they did us. Tour'namengt One of the major events on the sum- m er sports c a1 e nd ar wilI1 take place this weekend when some of the top Mid- get basebaîl clubs in the province wiII converge on the area ta compete in a tournament being co-sponsored by the Whitby Minor Basebaîl Association and t h e O s h a wa Legion Baseba Il Assoc- iation. GRAND CHAMPUIONSHIP» AWARD Tour nament D.irecto>r Gardon. Hanna reports that plans which have been un'- derway sinch M a r c h for thé big éý-vent a re n ow finalîized and ail1 that is re-- q u 1 r ed n o w is the cooperation cf the weather man to ensure ideal weather for the twenty-three games requi.red ta de- termine the winner of the' coveted Grand Championship Award, a tnip4ta Montreal ta s ee the Expos in action against the A t I a n t a Braves and the guests. of the ÇCity of Longuelul1 at their Summer Carn- i va I. Th e Mo ntreal1 suburb has been Whitby's 'twin' inaprogramof exchange visitswhichbeganseveral yearsagoand which has seen several athîetic groups visit back and forth. LOCAL PARKS SEING USED E a ch team wi1 Il1ppay a minimum of two games and four parks wiIl be used: K i nsmen Stad ium in Oshawa, E. A. Fair ma n in Whitby, Saper Creek in Bowmanviî le a nd Cedar Park in Ajax. On the opening day four games vvill ieD p I a y e d a t each of t h e panlr, andi on Surîday f o r the firs t round of tI ï. fivxý ai I1 p-rks vwili be used. For the seî- finqal garnes the' act ion: vil I at Kîin,ý- The Slalom (Drlving SkiIl Test, Gymkhana, call it what you wilI) was being h el1d simul taneously with eve'nts i n Surreyt Kelowna, Edmontoný, Sas- katoon, Brandon, London, Moncton and Hal ifax. AIli locations ran Identical courses, and classified entrants under iden tical rules with the results being tabulated at a central location via Tel- ex. Entrants at the 'Limestone City' loc- a t 1on numbered forty-seven, with the heaviest class being IB-sedan', withl13. 0. M. S.C. members took home two cl ass w in s with Hannu Helminen dominating 'C-Stock' in his 240Z Datsun, and Don Clement in 'A-Sedan' with his hot Z28 C am ar o. In '8-Sedani George Gliroy aI.t e For Whitby men Stadium and at Fairman, wvhile the Grand Championship tilt wvill be held at Fairman in Whitby 5:30 on Sunday. Theopening day wîlI see the elimin- ation of eight clubs. The entrants in the affair wvhich promises to be one of the top Midget attractions of the season in Ontarila, are Leamington, Sarnia, BurlIi n gton, Kingston, Newrnarket, Thorol d, Scarbarough-Birchmount, S ca r brough Vill1age, Mahoney Park, Brampton, Hamilton-Tirn Horton, Port Hope, Ajax, Oshawva, Whitby and an e n t r-y,>if!rn.om LongueiWl. Should Long- ueuit get ta tneè f ais, and wvin, the oth- er final ist w iIl re awvarded the trip to Montrealý. AI I games except the final1 wil1I be sev- en innings wvith a system using men left on base, strikeouts and wvalks being employed ta declare a winner in the event of a tie. SCHEDULE' One of the s ide i ghts of the events is a dance to be held on Saturday evening at the Heydenshore Pavill on. For infor- mation basebaîl boosters are asked to contact Winston Muschett or Mike-Mc- Arthur. Heard's Tai 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct.LUne at Arnold's Market 115 Brock* St. N. F Fer Yffr CeavemIen 150 PflPRY Sf.wtr3 Wayne and Jeff Chr is tie took turns dr iv- ing WayneAs I22SVotvo and placed eighth, tenth and eleventh-respectiveîy. Ralph-Robi'nson dr'ove his 510 Datsun tao a well1-deserved third place in 'C- prepared' fol lowed by Jimf Famme (Vega GT) in fourth, and Ruth Halliday (Vega GT) in fifth. And finally, 'yours truly' pîaced third in ?E-StockI. T hi1s Fri!da y at [Dr agway Park (Cayuga) is the Funny Car Cavalcade of Stars. The action starts at 8 p. m. and from what 1Ihear, i tshoul1d be 'a gas 1.. . er, la nitro'~ 'TII next wveek, Happy Motoring! r cHARTERW-Ays (O. LTDO Oshawa 723-7171 Bowmanville 623-7728 SCORING STATISTICS NAME G A PTS SHOTS PERC' .L.arry Shrtgley 21 39 60 83 25.3 Pat Vallon 24 30 54 85 2*8.2 Stan Cockerton 31 18 49 98 31.6 Murry Cawker 20 28 48 57 35.1 Terry Rowland 20 27 47 75 26.7 Jeff Masoni 19 18 37 75 25.4 Doug Bannuon 21 13 34 65 32.3 AI )rew 1 1 23 34 50 22.0 Tomn Rorabeek 1 ( 21 31 44 22.9 Chris Rone 12 14 26 35 34.3 Jo>hn Reed 10 15 25 48 20.8 We are proud to be the Oshawa Green GaeI carrierý POM 85 21 68 34 63 56 98 50 0 si 15 M I BROOKLI N HAR Y aur DW AR E PHONE 655-3831 Pmaînt Dealer Comple-te Line of Hardwvate --and Fai nts 58 BaldivînSt., B r okn Open 9-6 Fridlays tll i9 CF.ANGE-LJP TO, MICHELIN WMM1.4steelubelted radial Aiersley Tire Servce. ,sis ~.IPLUMB1MG DISCOUNT~ FIXTURES & SUPPLIES 701 Brock st. N. Whitby 20%DISCOUNT DIRECT TO YOU Hours: 9 arn. to 9 p.m. Mon--Fri K Sat9 a. n.to 5pr. 668m6601 ?*4 Jim Fammeputs hi sVega GT through lts pa c es at the First Canadian National Slalom, - PHOTO BY MI1KE BURGE SS Midget k-ý M w , 1

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