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the HERALD HERALD Wednesday Augusts IB81 Paget NORTH HALTON SPORTS For Alt Your Sporting Goods Downtown Georgetown W0tf0O3 HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Pee wees at Brampton tournament Lions give it their best shot By COLIN BROOKES Herald Special The Georgetown Lions fresh from two victor at home travelled to Brampton on the civic week end to play In the 12th annual tournament For their first game the Lions were matched up with a strong team from York Steve McCarthy started pitching for Georgetown and hut York out through the first two innings The bottom of the third saw York get started with two triples and a double before Sean Milton play at short stop cut down one batter with an excellent infield pickup and throw to first base Brent came In to relieve McCarthy but when the dust had settled York had won to Ricky Fisher was Georgetown lone hitter with a double The loss moved George town to the consolation round and a game against HUTTPITCHES The game against began with Brent pitch ing Both team were held scoreless through the frst four innings giving the spec tators some excellent base ball action The first Inning saw Sean M tton and Greg Tuck come up w th diving catches to prevent sure hits by Brent came up with a super effort on the mound In the third Inning to strike out two batters and hold a Rex dale runner at third base In the half of the fourth Inning with two out and a runner at third the batter hit a hard ground ball to the shortstop Sean Mi who scooped it up and made the toss to first and retire the leaving another runner stranded ACTION STARTS The action began in the fifth inning with the Rex dale pitcher loading the bases on three consecutive walks With Mark Moody on third Pat McCarthy on second and Sean Milton on first Steve McCarthy singles and brings Mark home Greg Tuck lays down a but managed to force Pat McCarthy out at home Scott Mlsener then flee bunts and scores Sean With runners at third and second Kevin hits a big double to pick up two RBI and give Georgetown a four run lead Finish schedule Georgetown Pee Wee Lions an finishing their season In fine style Last week defeated Clarkson by a score of and this peat Wednesday hey beat Burlington 154 Brent Hutt was the winning pitcher against and on page The bottom of the ng saw Georgetown play well vely holding Ilex date to three runs The highlight of the inning saw a line by a batter deflect off pitcher Hulls glove and caught by Sean Milton In a spectacular vlng catch However the re saw the play different and claim Stan trapped the ball on the ground and disallowed the out It was beginning to appear our toughest on was ta ng to be the off The Georgetown uw Mark Moody sen on Rexdale error Sieve McCarthy came in to relieve Brent bottom of the allowing three runs and making the score Georgetown came to bat at top of the seventh and last Inning one run Greg Tuck leads off with two followed by Scott M sener and Kevin ground out lire I Mutt can tl the run it second and strong gr under let e eld and thnw to I i the y and i full I ght down the nt it was go to be iloie The f rsl node the catch but Brent is there in lime Once again our re friend saw It and the game ended Georgetown Well done team for a great of baseball Lecturing his players after a bad start against York in the opening game is head coach Jack Fisher The players arc right Kevin Ricky Brent and Jason Brown Herald photo ANNUAL this pilch which as he holds back from hitting Kevfn lor with a tournament in Brampton last Saturday Herald photo Industrial fastball action second invitational Merchants defeat Guelph in tournament By HANK Herald Spec The Georgetown Merchants walked away with the championship trophy as shut out Neighbours from The Consolation champion ship saw edge past Desmonds in a very exciting finish Georgetown Merchants allowed only one run against throughout the tournament behind some strong pitching performances by Chris and Bob In their opening game they defeated the Grand Valley Cards of the lliilsburgh League The Indusmin Rockets of the League put up a good battle before going down to defeat at the hands of the Merchants In the championship game Jim Parker the leadoff batter crossed the plate which proved to be all the runs the Merchants needed as they won the game over Mclllwraithe Neigh Chris slammed a solo shot over the left field fence in the third inning to give the Merchants their second run Bob A ladies turn their game around The A West tennis team of Georgetown have finally turned their game around by decisively defeating York Old Mill last Wednesday in throe matches while only los ng one and Pat Harris were the only pair to hove trouble against their opponents as they lost and Linda Rice and Allison teamed up for wins of 63 and while Ann Kennedy and partner Mary won cleanly in scores of and Sisnctt and Lola Elliot were impressive in their and victories Mixed tennis Gordon Alcolt Georgetown C Mixed entry in Intercounty tennis proved to their Regency Racket opponents that Georgetown had the better knack for scoring Georgetown won five matches of six with Sid Harris and Andy losing the only match In scores of and Bill Kent and John Rice won handily In scores of 16 and while Jim and Georgo Croft were decisive victors with and sets Mireille Taylor Jim Taylor defeated their opponents and while Pat Karris and Tony Hull outplayed Regency and Isla Allison and Linda Rice slashed their opponents to the tune of 60 and Better to look at positive than dwell on negative fanned eight batters In recording the win Tor the Merchants while Mclllwraithe pitcher Doug Neath pitched well and recorded six strikeouts Merchants catcher Jim Parker was credited with two in the 110 victory over Grand Valley Cards The first shot was a grand slam over the fence while the second was a inside the park ho meruit The consolation champion ship game seen a 10 lead Into the sixth Inning against Desmonds Dennis the Tournament MVP winner led off the game with single and scored on Glen McKcnile double to take a early 10 pitcher Jim won the most valu able pitcher award for the tournament as he allowed only five hits in their final game pitcher Ken Pilgrim struck out two batters in recording the victory while Desmonds pitcher Jim McBride fanned seven bat tern took a lead in the top of the sixth as Dennis Klrton crossed the Desmonds came back In their half of the Inning to tie the game at 2 Ray Bosch Bill McGrnth and Dennis crossed the plate for to take a lead Into the bottom half of the seventh Desmonds battled back as Dave McGlltoway tripled and scored on Doug Pratt s single The score was narrowed to as Doug Pratt crossed the plate The tying run was left on third base as Jules Russian flew out to right field to end the game with sal Attendance for the two day tournament reached over as the weatherman coopera ted In providing a beautiful weekend for ball Teams Involved in the tournament were the Georgetown Vnrian Abltibi Rockets Hawks Hills Furniture Tread Construction Desmonds Grand Valley Cards Mclllwraithe Neigh bours and Guelph Perry Fun Centre Sports in brief Raiders bolster exec The Georgetown Raiders hockey club Is busy bolstering its executive roster for the upcoming season The Tim Al Walker Ron Faulkner and Harry Allen will be joining the Raiders administration bringing the total number of executives to 15 It the largest front office ever club president Bob Hooper stales and at least three or four other people ore expected to be added to the executive in the future Dog day afternoon Last Tuesday nigh t proved to be a washout for the two local major baseball Bquads in Hills The Intercounty Glen Will lams fastball squad were rained out of their game Erin while the Legion Royalcttes of the Metro Toronto Ladies league were Idle when they should have been playing Cooksvllle Rob in Thunder Bay Rob Brown of Georgetown competed in the Ontario Junior Golf Championships last Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday but he dldn make the cut against the best 90odd junior golfers after he took ill Rob shot a In the first of four rounds but a flu bug kept him from completing the tournament He was competing in the 14 16 year old age category Rob said he was happy to be at the tournament which was held in Thunder Bay but he was disappointed at not be ng able to finish It took some lime before Georgetown Baseball Asso ciation Frank Moore could devote the time to become a coach In the Tyke league but now be involved four nights a week with base ball Moore Is a highly respect coach in the Tyke league who devote his time to ball I went to university at night but aa soon a I graduated I wanted to coach Moore said Hit two daughters Darnell 10 and Tiffany signed up for a season of baseball last summer and father soon enveloped coach father and Instructor Moore looka to the positive side of coaching when be his duties on the field Be lhat rewards from coaching come from advancing a Clevel player to player GBA coach gets pat on back from players improvement One player he remembers as involved in the game as he could have been Moore asked the boy to pitch for the team and he was soon in the thick of the game enjoying himself more than before Afterwards the boy told his coach he was sorry for a few hits the opposition batters had won off of his pitches Coach Moore praised his effort and emphasized the good of his pitching game such as his accuracy Instead of using negative comments be used positive reinforcement to encourage the young player to Improve further He also helped one young iter who was bat shy and used to jump away from the ball if it was an inside pitch After tome helpful lnstruc tiona Iheboyhlttwo runs the next day said Moore The rewards come long before the playoffs says the coach of his 10yearold Tykes I ve had my pat on back Just watching the kids improve he said but I get as much or a kick out of winning as they do He remembers once his daughter want to go to The Heralds Meet the Baseballs Frank Moore bat because there were two runners on base and the count was two out Her father the coach just told her that she had to give It her beat shot lhat the importance of sports Ills daughter revitalized by her father a talk proceeded to strike out Moore sees baseball and other sports as a good train ground for children In teaching them character building skills The success and defeats in sports help youngsters later on In life for when they perhaps are turn ed dawn far their first job Moore says They 11 remember what It was like losing in baseball and that if you try your best you have everything lo bo proud of Ho finds parents asking him how he has the patience with coaching but that aspect of the job bother Moore The youngsters on Moore a team arc treated to some thing that perhaps not all coaches do for their team He keeps statistics on each of the players batting averages and periodically hands out those results to the youngsters This way the kids and the coach can see if an individual Is Improving and perhaps whi I weak points need to be looked at Moore was born and raised in Toronto where he played a type of rep baseball for a Former Toronto Maple Leaf coach Roger was his brother coach one year at Talbot Park Moore remem Moore and his wife Judith have lived in George town since 1972 though enrollment is down in the Tyke league this year Moore hopes lhat base ball will remain as popular as it has in the past number of years First baseman Mike of the Georgetown Merchants makes a spectacular catch to pot Rocket base runner Joe The throw came from Chris shortstop and this particular play was remembered for the difficult decision the umpire had to make Perelra was out as the umpire proved to have made the right decision The Merchants woo the tournament by defeating Herald photo