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Photo stirs memories of CAESAREA B IL PARK ANRINGS § 3 Do these faces bring back some memories? This Is the 1954 Cacsares fastball fear Ina Scusoe Christian School - will hold its fall - REGISTRATION 'MEET the TEACHERS NIGHT" - at the - SCUGOG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 166 Simcoe Street, Prince Albert 710 9 PM - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd All Visitors and Inquiries Welcome. For more information, call the office at PORT PERRY WADO KAI KARATE 4 wos. CLUB 50 Year-round Instruction for the Whole Family SUNDAYS & TUESDAYS at 6:00 PM At the LATCHAM CENTRE Quedn & Water St., Port Perry Demonstration & Registration at the Latcham Centre SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 13th - 7 PM MB Chief Instructor Dave Manara - Internationally Recognized 7th Degree Black Belt 1 20 Club Locations 'W 200 Registered Black Belts - "Al Japanese Karate-Doh Federation .W Teaching True Traditional 'Japanese Karate ® Separate Classes for Children "FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 986-5071 photo taken the day they defeated archrival Scugog Point. Many oldtimers will surely remember some of the faces. Back from left Bill Dysart, Ken Rae, Gord Thompson, Ron Parrett, Norm Dysart, Morgans Sears. Front from left Unkown, Doug Pyzer, Bob Hutchinson, Don Williamson, Tom Cross and Bill Rae. (Photo courtesy of Bob Hutchinson). (see story) ALES & LEASING REPRE SENTING Wiis PONTIAC - BUICK - GMC TRUCKS summers from the past in sunny Caesarea Back in the early 1950s, the place to be in Caesarea just about any Saturday or Sunday . afternoon in summer, was the ball diamond at Putsey Park. Do names like Dysart, Pyzer, Rae, Parrett, Cross and Hutchinson stir your memories? How about the Sadler boys and the Roberts brothers? The pace of life might have been slower then, some would say less complicated and easier, but when the Scugog Point and Caesarea fastball teams clashed, the action on the field was often hotter than the weather. "It was very competitive, almost to the point of violence out there," recalls Bob Hutchinson, who played third base for the Caesarea boys of summer in those by-gone days. Bob recently discovered the old photo re-printed on this page. It was taken in 1954, the day Caesarea defeated arch-rival Scugog Point for the league championship (the other two teams in the league that year were Blackstock and Williams Point) It was the intense rivalry between the two teams that has stuck in Bob's mind for almost 40 years. Most of the players on the Caesarea squad lived in Toronto and many played competitive fastball in the great city leagues of the times. They were all fine 10] id S\N BLY AY LOAN DAN Buffet: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 5:00 to 11:00 PM; Saturday & Sunday from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM; Closed Monday & Tuesday JOUR DAY Regular Menu aiso Available. SUNDAY BRUNCH starts 1 1 AM SUNDAY EVENING BUFFET 'gtarts 5 PM Soren, fv rid athletes. Doug Pyzer was an ex-Toronto Argo and left- Shirley Road, y STABLES 985-1598 We Serve Dinner to 11 PM Licenced by LLBO Reservations are not --_., ih it necessary AT GREYSTONE but appreciated. - REGULAR HOURS - 5to 10 PM wl WR + J handed ace Ron Parrett had been one of the top Junior pitchers in all of Canada. Bob recalls that Parrett on the mound was a force to be reckoned with, throwing the old "orthodox style." He would kick with the right leg, then bring the ball across his body, causing batters no end of fits as they tried to figure out his delivery. Every Friday night, the boys from Toronto would arrive in Caesarea to stay for the weekend in cottages near the marina. They'd have some fun, drink a little beer, take in the Saturday night dance at the Pavillion run by Fred Frayer, and play some tough fastball. Fan support for the two teams was just as intense as the action on the field, recalls Bob, especially from some of the more elderly spectators who would really "get on" members of the opposite team. From the Scugog Point team, Bob remembers vividly the Roberts brothers Joe and Craig, and the "Sadler boys," who were "real good athletes." On his own team which sported maroon sweaters with white letters, the Dysart brothers, Bill and Norm, were tough, hard-nosed competitors. Bob played on the squad for four or five summers, and during that time, Caesarea never lost a championship, despite the determined efforts by the fellas from Scugog Point. "I'd say we were a pretty brash Bunch of guys. We didn't take anything from anybody," Bob said with a grin on\his face. Especially rival téams. There was always a'lot of what ball players refer to as "chatter" back and forth between the benches, and it wasn't complimentary "chatter", either. Finding that old photo tucked away in a wallet brought back a lot of sunny, 'happy memories for Bob (who now lives on Scugdg Island and commutes to Toronto every day) Why, it was at one of those Pavillion dances whére Bob met his future wife Velma. He's kept in touch with some of the players, others he hasn't seen in years and isn't certain if they are even alive today. We're sure that some of the "old timers" in the area will get a kick out of seeing the photo and that it will revive some mighty fond memories of those long, hot, lazy summers of yesteryear. Our thanks to Bob for the loan of the photo and his recollecti