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THE HERALD Wednesday October CM Former Expo wanted them to expos Bill Stoneman CLAIHMO NT Sport editor the Montreal Expos lost out in their bid to capture the Base ball Leagues cast division Sunday many Canadians and not just or sports funs were saddened One Georgetown resident was especially disappointed as the final race these last few weeks had brought back many fine memories from a decade ago Stoneman was one of the games finest young pitchers in 1969 when be became one at the first players don an Expos uniform for Canada first major league baseball team when the team set up shop at on old diamond in downtown Montreal call Park Today years later he is the manager of a Royal Trust Savings branch in Mlsslasauga Monday evening he sat down with Hi reporter and talked about the Expos pennant race and recalled with fondness his four years pitching for the then new expansion team IT WAS A SHAME It was a shame they were beaten said I was excited I was pulling for them like everybody else I was In Montreal earlier in the year and saw Atlanta play I expect them to do this well A few gomes over maybe Nobody a super year Everybody had a good year and that all you have to do A good solid year and nobody slumping And they It Stoneman should know what it takes to have a good year He has had a few As an Expo the right had good years most of the time In his first year he threw a no hitter than in 1 he had IT wins and in 1973 he had another no hitter His credentials speak for themselves He came up through the Chicago Cubs organization and in signed th them He spent a couple of years there and then went to the Expos where he left to go to California Angels for a year before retiring bock to Montreal where his wife was from Expos simply stopped hustling and scoring runs said They had to be tired with all the double headers they had in September Under the scheduling they did okay The scheduling beat them And so did the Pirates That nothing to hang your head about They deserve the credit SECOND BASE Stoneman took up with the trust company in and two voars ago they moved him and their He took up residence here In nearby Georgetown Just a few weeks ago be was transferred to For him that Is great as he likes to be closer to home that he can get more Involved in community life This summer he was a second basemen for the CIS Plumbing team in mens fastball league Its great He was named the teams most viluable player He and some of the players went to Toronto to see a M nncsotn Twins and Blue Jay game compliments of his former Montreal manager Gene who was also In a pennant race in the American League west division Nobody knows the game better than says Stoneman Managing baseball is as much a motivational thing as anything You have to make sure the players they give all they have Dick Williams Expos manager this year d d just that to help the team get where they got says He had them wanting The Expos arc a much different team than when I was with them Steve Rogers is the only one left ho came the first year I was there Then they brought Rusty back from Detroit Gene Mauch was a disciplinarian Tie Expo team this year have a lot of talent but thrive on little discipline They have awfully young and talented elders where it la hard for a guy like to break into the lineup Even at first Is no Tony Perez but he con still Their pitching staff be in pretty good shape for next year Dan Schatzifcr Dave Palmer and Scott Sanderson look good They re and have real live arms They It probably use some of the pitcher as trade bait Maybe even Steve Rogers LOVES GAME Rill Stoneman played eight years In the major leagues and still loves the game even though his work schcduleand ball schedule make it difficult to catch all the Wednesday night games he like But playing Is still his real love as one can sec when he talks about his local fastball team Asked whether he would like lo get back into baseball s big league again says You mean with the Blue Jays I don think they want a manager a trust company SHOOTS Putting Mi all Into this throw In a player on the Guelph men team who are battling it out against Georgetown In en soccer play downs ne two teams play a liebreaking sudden death final tomorrow eve ning In Georgetown came back In this game last Wednesday to lie up the stIm with a J- 1 victory Remember Mother In Law Day is Sunday October 28 She li be mod beyond word Hor Bouquet illy created to send or to Law Cfl now 82MIIIStrMt Hills Tin Pssst Want to buy a Rabbit The are here Buz Motors Ltd Guelph St Georgetown 8775286