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By Danny Millar The brand new Port Perry Juniors softball team opened its history books with a pair of games last week. They tied Atlas Polar 44 in a curfew shortened match and then lost to arch-rival Mill- work 12-8 in front of a home town crowd. Port Perry, sponsered by Mother's Pizza, plays in the "B" Division of the tough Oshawa city and district league. The Port Juveniles and Midgets performed in this loop last year. Against Millwork, with whom Port had several disa- greements last year, the Jrs' bats were working but the pitching was not. Mark Jeffrey started and was removed after Glenn Dixon touched him for a home run to lead off the fourth inning. Righthander Kevin Walker came on in relief, giving up the eventual winning run in the fifth. Jeffrey was knocked around in the third inning as he yielded five runs. The key hits were a double and a single to left field that drove in two runs each. Port Perry coach Bob Knapp went out to talk with his hurler after the fourth 'run. He decided to leave him in and the righty subse- quently uncorked a .wild pitch that surrendered another run. Jeffrey could not complain about the support he received since the Port bats- men gave him a 3-0 lead in the home half of the first. Their first two runs came on a variety of errors that looked comical. With John Butler on third base, Jeffrey got caught off second. A relay throw hit shortstop Doug Willoughby, who wasn't paying attention, in the shoulder and went into left field. Jeffrey Gibson slipped in the outfield, thus allowing Jeffrey to score. The Junior's third run of the frame was scored as a result of conventional soft- ball. Tim Thompson singled, was sacrificed to second, and then scored when Carl Durward lined a two out single into left field. Bob Lindsey, another righthander, went the distance to gain credit for the win. He did not throw particularly well, he received strong offensive support. In fact, Millwork scored at least one run in SUMMER BOWLING ..Team Standings: Hn iums 12; Orchids -11; es -10; Pansies - 9. WOMEN: H.S. May Raby 303 H.S.W.H.: Marg Pelow 325 H.T. Vivian Rider 802 H.T.W.H. Vivian Rider 802 MEN: H.S. Don Sprunt 214 H.S.WH. Don Sprunt and John Grieve 234 H.T. Jim Rider 597 H.T.W.H. Don Sprunt 629 orts with Danny Millar every session except the first and seventh. Port staged a minor comeback in the final inn- ings thanks mainly to utility man Kevin Harris. The speedster cranked out a run scoring triple into left field and 'then brought in two more with an inside the park home run in the bottom of the 'ninth, Harris has: good versa- tility. In the first two games he played right field and second base. Last year he worked in center and left field, as well as shortstop. Harris was not' the only player to see revolving duty in the first two games of the regular season. No Port Perry player started the second game in the same position he had in the first. * 'There were also bright spots in the Juniors' opener at Durham Fields against Atlas, most notably the pitching of Thompson. He allowed only two runs in his five inning stint, the first on an unearned run after second baseman Carl Durward's error. The other Atlas run came in a bases loaded situation when catcher Mike Healey had trouble retrieving the ball from the screen. Shortstop Dave Dickson scored the first official run in the team's history in the top of the fourth. Dickson reached base, was sacrificed to third by Thompson and came home on an infield miscue off a hard drive by Phil Seott. Dickson also got an RBI in the fifth session when he singled to drive in Todd Wilbur. The thrower to the plate hit Dickson's bat and deflected into the screen. Realizing they were gain- ing rapidly on the 8:15 pm curfew, Port Perry scored twice in the top of the seventh to go ahead 4-3. Healey came through with runners on the corners, bring ing home Dennis Franssen. Wilbur scored from third when the Atlas shortstop couldn't hang on to a live drive by Dickson. . An error by Dickson in the bottom of the seventh and final inning cost the Jrs and Walker their first win of the season. The Juniors are comprised mainly of last year's Juve- "nile and Midget athletes. Wilbur, who has shifted from second to first base, Harris, and Butler are just three of the first year players who will add strength from the Midgets. Durward, Steve Redman, and Greg Fedyk are among the key players returning from the Juve- niles. But perhaps the most significant addition is big catcher Healey, who will hold down the fort behind home plate. He was with the Intermediate men's team for the past few summers, as well as the Juveniles two years ago. Taking the first plunge | uniors open season with tie, loss The Star caught this group of Scugog teenagers last Thursday as they became the first swimmers to brave the cool waters of Lake Scugog. Although the water was cool the kids managed to sit still long the group are, Angie Stone, Bill Doupe, Paul Ivenson, lan Dickson, Carl Kroonenberg, Chris Bartley, and Paul Kinston. The Kinsmen swimming area was also in use this past weekend as many visitors to Port enough until this picture could be taken. Members of Perry cooled themselves in Palmer Memorial Park. ~ Port Midgets settle for 7-7 draw Two extra innings failed to settle the issue so Port Perry Malmont Farms Midgets had to settle for a 7-7 tie with South Pickering in the York- Durham league opener play- ed at Port Tuesday, May 19. The game was called after neither team scored in the ninth- York - Durham league contests are slated for seven innings. Righty Phil Robinson started for Port and was tagged for a first inning homer by Ron Metsger. The Golf season for ladies underway by Vera Brown Opening Day at Sunny- brae was a beautiful day. 26 ladies turned up to golf in the morning group. Low gross was Vera Brown with 49. There was a three-way tie for the least putts at 16 - Andrea Weir, Gwen Rennie and Marilyn Wallace. Most Honest golfer was Becky Pennycook with 139. 2nd Jane Jennings 107. Most putts was Georgie McLean with 30. Honourable mention to Madge Lovelock, Marie Charles, Gwen Rennie and Vera Brown who all had chip-ins. For the evening group only 4 ladies showed up. Low gross was Jo Lintner with 56 and she also had least putts 17. The league has~--grown this year with the addition of several new members and we are looking forward to an exciting year of golfing. New members are still welcome as teams have yet to be made up. blow failed to clear the fence but sailed over centerfielder John Vaz's head. Port got the tying run back at its first opportunity in the home half of the same frame. Pete Christie led off with a walk and then scored when burley Rick Bower mishandled Robinson's bunt and threw low past first base. Port left runners on second and third base, some- thing that would repeat itself later on. Two runs crossed the plate in Pickering's half of the third frame. Both came in with two out. Errors by second baseman Ken Harmon, who with the presence of second year initial sackers Christie and Keith Trembley in the line- up, switched positions, and right fielder Stan Glass Jr. hurt the team. Trembley brought in Harmon in the third but once again left two runners in scoring position. The same lack of clutch hitting occur- ed in the fourth and then stranded Brian Hendricks in the eight. Those innings brought the total number of Port runners left in scoring position to eight. The home team's most productive frame was the seventh when they mugged Bower for four runs. Christie and Harman connected for back to back triples to score one run and Trembley brought in another with a base hit through the box. Peter Oosterholt popped a safety into shallow left field and Trembley trotted home on a sacrifice fly by Vaa. Mark Goreski struck out to end the inning with Oosterholt on third base. The teams exchanged runs - in the first overtime inning. Eric Thompson drove in Pickering's in the top of the eighth with a base hit past shortstop Hendricks. Char- acterically, it came with two out. Christie lined a shot up the middle that eluded center- fielder Randy Wray long enough for him to round the bases and score.