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A leek at Haltons rural ballparks I Wed June WORN WOODEN BLEACHERS on the first base side with the sturdy block third base bleachers at the Campbellville ballpark where village faithfuls watched sluggers like I Cairns KenNioore Stan Henderson and Elmer Dredge tear tin cover off a lot of during the 50 s and s The baseball capital of Halton now has younger blood on Its diamond aiming at the Ontario championships Andrews famous teams won during those two decades I BY a left field light standard the brand new ball diamond at has the most modern equipment of any in North Halton The Brookville Selects junior girls team and minor clubs have been using it to put Brookville on the Ontario softball map at Omagh duces compoti Alfle has been in topnotch shape since Ire in the from the for arm on the Seventh Lane 1 1968 for his contribution to baseball programs in VOICE OF the Glen ballpark is Earl Red Cuthbert who works the PA for all Halton Hal ton minor and tournament games there Red keeps fans in the game with inning by inning line scores BALLPARK is set in a vale which allows spectators an excellent view of from the side of the hill in the foreground The park is used every night during the summer tor minor softball and men s and ladies fastball games Photos by Denis Gibbons IP live of sports activity during the summer They ve been the subject of city jokes dreamed up by envious visitors and sometimes cursed by losers who missed their because of ball bad hopping off a stone or an out field rut which wasn t supposed to be there but the rural ballpark of Halton are dear to the baseball and softbali fans who fill them every summer Drop into Campbellville on a Sunday after noon and someone will show you exactly where Earl Cairns cleared the trees with a blast beyond the right field fence or tell you how many times Stan Henderson rapped drives off the side of his own house beyond the left field fence In the Glen you can wonder at the topnotch condition of a park which the pride of residents there has rescued many times from Credit River spring floods Second base at the Glen was once the middle of a swamp Some of the province s best fastball pitchers have blazed em by batters in Hornby at the an nual Hornby fastball tournament in August The parks are more than just places to play ball They re a social gathering place for rural residents to gain a respite from the day s chores chat about days CONSTRUCTED ON land leased from Cliff Davidson the Glen Williams ballpark has vived spring floods and winter ice jams on the Credit River to maintain its reputation as one of the best in the Region Glen ball teams maintain the park Independent of the town of Halton Hills