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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, September 4,1991 Sport Thoughts by Brad Kelly The Return of Senior Baseball Whispers are circulating around town that senior senior baseball -- the real version of the game, with oases 90 feet apart, and the ball thrown overhand -- could make a return to Bowmanville as early as next year. Logical, yes. A probability? Maybe. A reality? Not likely. Initially, the popularity of slo pitch decimated oaseball at the senior level here in town. In a society society that has emerged as one that thrives on quick fixes and fast foods, slo pitch was baseball's answer. answer. Since that time, Soper Creek Park has undergone undergone a facelift. The addition of lights for night games stirred up the recent interest. It seems logical. There are many reasons why it could work. Home games could be on Sunday nights. For those with families, it would mean life at the cottage cottage or family retreat would only be cut short with an early departure on Sunday rather than eliminated eliminated altogether. It would also allow the shift workers the opportunity opportunity to play. There are those who have been away from the game for a few years, and are hungry to get back at it. Some have played at the senior level before, and realize thé type of commitment it takes - both playing playing and organizing - to operate a team. Perhaps if somebody were to step forward and take the bull by the horns, it wouldn't be too late to put something together for next season. • But, those who are interested should keep in mind the other bull that is associated with senior baseball. Playing Sunday nights is a terrific idea. But what happens when drawing up the schedule with a team like Kendal, who play their home games in the afternoons. Do you, for instance, play there on Sunday afternoon and then return to Bowmanville for a night game? And what about practices? With players continuing continuing to play a couple times a week in a slo pitch œ , are they willing to sacrifice another night? some of the players are on shift work, who is willing to come to the park when there might only be seven or eight others there? Those are just small examples. There is also a cost factor involved. Disregarding the rental of the diamond, and league entry fee, a team needs to be outfitted. With prices quoted from the Bowmanville Sports Shop, it would cost approximately $70-80 for each crested uniform and $150 for hats and stirrups to outfit 20 players. And that's just for starters. Add another $50 for a set of bases, and baseballs at $100 a dozen. That doesn't include bats and catchers' equip ment. Sponsorship could be the answer. But what bus! ness is left that isn't already sponsoring one team or another, that is willing to fork over that kind of money for a senior baseball team? This time of year is deceiving. It's difficult to get a gauge on how much interest there really is. There are always a lot of guys who are interested in playing playing baseball when tne temperatures are seasonable in April and September. It's keeping them interested in May, June, July and August that poses the problem. THE BEST ARCHERY SHOR Complete.line of Bows, Arrows and Accessories for the Bowhunter and Target Shooter. Owned and operated by a member of the Professional Archery Association P.A.A. 29 Caroline Street Newcastle (2 blocks south of King St. off Mill St.) 987-1147 GEMINI GYMNASTICS FALL REGISTRATION Sept. 10th 6 - 7:30 p.m. Bowmanville High School 49 Liberty St. N. Kindergym - Boys & Girls 3-5 years Rec. Girls 6-12 years For more info, call 576-9517 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS The Community Services Department is pleased to announce that both the Newcastle Lions Pool and the Orono Park Pool will remain open for public swims September 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for weekends only, weather permitting. SPORTS TONBA Standings As of August 16th Pagans Drop Playoff Opener by Brad Kelly For five-and-one-third innings innings of last Wednesday night's Oshawa City and District Fastball League playoff game, the Bowmanville Bowmanville Pagans played the first place Oshawa Navy Club evenly. In a seven inning game, however, that just doesn't cut it. Tied at 1-1, the Navy Club scratched out one run without getting a hit in the sixth, and two more on a home run in the seventh, to hand the Pagans a 4-1 setback. setback. Navy Club 4 Pagans 1 The loss put the Pagans in a hole. But not as deep as the one they dug themselves following another loss, 4-0, to Port Perry last Thursday night. The league has set up a round-robin format for the playoffs, with each team facing facing the four others - Navy Club, Port Perry, Brooklin, Oshawa Jrs. - once. The other team in the league, the Stouffville Jrs., withdrew withdrew from the playoffs. A lack of players due to school commitments was cited as the cause. The top two teams from the round-robin will square off in a best-of-three final series series to determine the league champion. Players on the Pagans felt it would take three wins to advance to the final series. series. With their 0-2 start, there is little hope of them advancing. In what was otherwise a flawless performance on the mound last Wednesday, one of the few 1 strikes that Pagans' Pagans' pitcher Joe Rose didn't throw on the night cost his team. And the throw wasn't to the plate. With the score tied 1-1 and one out in the sixth, Rose fielded a bunt in front of home plate. He wheeled and threw wildly to first, sending the ball down the line in right field. The mis- cue allowed the Navy Club baserunner to advance to third. He scored on a sacrifice fly to right field. It put the Navy Club ahead 2-1. The visitors added some insurance in the seventh. A one-out walk was followed by a two-run homer by John Wallace to give the Navy Club their 4-1 lead. The Pagans went in order in the bottom half of the inning. inning. In fact, Navy Club pitcher pitcher Jim Cooke retired 14 of the last 15 Pagans to face him. He had a string of 10 in a row from the third through fifth innings. That was broken by Chris Bailey, who reached first base on an error. Undaunted, Cooke set down the next four Pagans in order to conclude the The Navy Club scored in their first at bat, a solo home run with two out. The Pagans' next game in the round-robin is Thursday last game of the year, the night in Brooklin. On Oshawa Jrs. will be at Me- Wednesday, September 11, morial Park to conclude the in what will probably be the playoffs. game. "This guy (Cooke) is their team," said Pete Nowlan, nodding towards Cooke as the Pagans were batting in the seventh inning. "He threw a good game though, I don't want to take anything away from him. "The frustrating part is so did Joey (Rose). The only Pagan batter to have any measure of success against Cooke, was Rose. He hit a leadoff single in the first, and a one-out double in the third. Nowlan followed Rose's double with a single, accounting accounting for all of the Pagans' Pagans' runs. Team Mosquito Div. Shoppers Hunts Photo Co-operators Henry Buildall Mothersill A C&J Cleaning Burger King Petro-Can Snowden Rubber Orono Blues Optomist GP Won Lost Pts. 14 10 13 12 12 14 14 10 11 10 10 12 10 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 0 2 0 4 6 6 8 8 5 7 7 9 24 20 18 12 11 11 10 9 9 6 1 Pagans' starting pitcher Joe Rose closes his eyes, wishing that his team will score some more runs for him after he crossed the plate with his team's first run in their playoff game against the Oshawa Navy Club last Wednesday. Unfortunately, Rose's wishes didn't come true. His run would be the only one the Pagans could muster in a 4-1 defeat. There will be no game tonight, but next Wednesday, September September 11, the Oshawa Jrs. will provide the opposition, in what will probably be the final game of the year for the Pagans. Note: Burger King has two ties while Optomist, Mothersill Mothersill A, C&J Cleaning and Petro-Can have one each. Tvke Division Bleacher Creature 14 14 0 28 The Lawmen 14 10 4 20 Checkers 11 9 2 18 C.O.A.W. 13 8 5 16 Steve's Auto _ 10 7 3 14 Memorial Park 14 5 9 10 Orono 2 112 9 4 Heritage Farm 12 1 11 2 Courtice 3 9 0 9 0 Orono1 7070 Peewee Division Newcastle 14 10 4 20. Skylight Donut 10 9 1 18 Beaver Lumber 12 8 4 16 Mothersill C 15 7 8 14 Oddfellows 11 7 4 14 C.C. Motors 12 6 6 12 Orono Town Hall 11 5 6 10 Rivitts 13 3 10 6 Courtice 3 10 2 8 4 H.S.T. 10 0 10 0 Bantam Division Charlie's V-Plus 11 6. 4 13 Norm's Deli 9 4 3 10 Greenway 7 3 4 6 Pontypool Royals 7 3 4 6 Note: Charlie's V-plus and Norm's Deli have one tie each. Midget Division Dempsters 11 10 1 20 Hooper's Trophy 12 8 4 16 Courtice 11 6 5 •12 Heslin's Legal Beagles 14 3 11 6 Bowmanville Killer B's 12 3 9 6 Sports are on Orono Fair's Menu by Brad Kelly The 139th edition of the Orono Fair has an outstanding outstanding lineup of sporting events to entertain visitors this weekend. 1 Some of the highlights include include a demolition derby, an armwrestling tournament, a hunter show, and to close out the events, the harness races on Sunday afternoon. Demo Derby Back for its third consecutive consecutive season, the Demolition Derby is the event that attracts attracts a large following to the fairgrounds on Friday evening. It's so popular, in fact, that those interested in obtaining obtaining a seat for the 7:30 p.m. show, are advised to get there early. The 30-car field for the show was filled quickly. "We've been sold out for two to three weeks now. People People from ' the surrounding area are still calling trying to get their cars entered, revealed revealed Fair Manager, Ron Locke. Thrill Show Productions, who organized last year's derby, are back for the second second year in a row. "They put on a really good competition," said Locke of the organizers who run about 40 derbies throughout Ontario during the summer. "They really stress the safety aspect for the drivers and the cars. There's no fooling around with them." There will be 30 cars entered entered in the derby which is divided into three separate heats of 10 cars. Two winners winners from each heat will return return for the feature. The winner of that will be eligible to compete in the grand championship of the fairs, slated for Simcoe on Thanksgiving weekend. Arm Wrestling So, you think you're pretty pretty tough and in relatively good shape. If that's the case, then you'll want to include include yourself as a participant participant in the Amateur Arm Wrestling Tournament on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. With four different weight classes for the men, and an open class for the ladies, ladies, organizer Mike Kuche- rik is hoping to attract 50-75 entries. "Because I've never done a tournament at a fair before, before, I don't know what to predict," said the Oshawa resident. "The biggest one I've done before was the Southern Ontario Finals at the Oshawa Centre in '83, and we had 125 competitors." competitors." Weight classes for the men will be divided into flyweight flyweight (136-150), lightweight lightweight (151-175), middleweight middleweight (176-200), and heavyweight (201+). If there is enough interest at the weigh-ins, which are slated for 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning, an open left-hand division will be added. The fiÿ'lnat will be double^ eliminntin'n. The arm wrestling game isn't something new • to Kucherik, who competed as a lightweight at the World Championships in Timmins, Ont., from 1979-85. His highest placing was 14th out of a fiela of 86 back in '79. Also on his resume is a 5th place finish at the 1978 Canadian Championships. In case there is any discrepancies discrepancies during the competition competition -- which Kucherik doesn't expect -- he has enlisted enlisted the help of former World Champion Denis Menard to help with the officiating. officiating. Menard captured his world title in the late 70's. Registration for the event is a paltry $10. Hunter Show What is it that makes the Hunter Show, scheduled to begin Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. on the infield of the race track, so special every year? This year's organizer, Barb King, took no time at all when the question was posed to her. "The excitement of horses going over the fences, and MIHC The Newcastle AQUATIC CLUB Swim Team and ESSO PROGRAM Registration at the Bowmanville Mall Thurs. Aug. 29 6-8 pm Fri. Sept. 6 6-8 pm Sat. Sept. 7 . 10-2 pm For young enthusiastic swimmers .who want to learn how to swim well and fast. • Learn proper strokes, starts, and turns • Improve your swimming skills, strength and endurance. Join in the excitment of competitive swimming. swimming. * ESSO program is $45.00/10 weeks. Starts Sept. 28. * Swim Team starts Sept. 9. For further information contact. -■ Jeri Frisina 623-1204 Mike Dymarski 623-6384 m1 XTjar/ people having an easy time understanding.what is going on," she began. "It's a color- fill, fast-moving sport. There's always something going on. "People appreciate what goes into it. They realize it's not as easy as it looks." The mail strike has kept the registration numbers a little lower than usual to this point. But so far, King is pleased with the response. She expects close to 60 riders riders will be entered, many of whom will register for two and three divisions. A rider herself, King has participated for the past 14. years at the fair. She will restrict restrict herself to the saddle show on Saturday morning this year, so as not to break her streak. King was also very pleased at the calibre of the judge that the fair has been able to secure for the competition. competition. Grant Field, who is currently currently competing on the Grand Prix Circuit, will be in attendance throughout the day. The Stouffville resident resident is close to receiving a berth on the Canadian Equestrian team that will travel to next year's Olympics Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Harness Racing With some of the best purses on the Ontario fair circuit, the harness races at the fair draw a big crowd "1 every year on Sunday afternoon. afternoon. The races also signify the end of another year. At one time, the races were held on Friday evenings. evenings. But, over the years, the lighting at the track became became too dangerous for the horses and drivers. The two biggest races are usually the Lawrence Hooey Memorial and the Ina Brown Memorial Pace. Both of those races offer purses of over $600. Post time for the 10-race card will be 1:30 p.m. Other events to keep an eye out for are: the Farmers Olympics on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m.; Tug of War on Friday at 9:00 p.m.; remote control car and truck races Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.; and the piglet races, held every 30 minutes throughout Friday, Saturday Saturday and Sunday. Sports Injury Consultation Do injuries prevent you from completing a full season? Are you unable to play at full ability because of that nagging injury? Would you like to know what to do to have a full and Injury-free season? 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