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Pam Olley of Oakville and her partner Maggie Jacobs of "Montreal, Que. were defeated by Peigi Fairs of London, Ont. and Mary Anne Gaskin of Cambridge in the women‘s overâ€"45 doubles ginal of the Martini Masters enior _ National _ Tennis Championships in _ West Vancouver, B.C. earler this week. Scores were 6â€"4, 6â€"4. In the semiâ€"finals, Olley and Jacobs beat Paula Brocklebank of Vancouver and Veronica Leung "of Richmond, B.C. 6â€"3, 6â€"4. _ Participants comes from as far _as California, Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Five locals will take part â€" Dirk Kneulman, Jim _Belford, Chris Hains, Gweneth Crook and Canadian national Ian Brown. Defending champion Peter Commette will compete against the likes of U.S. national champiâ€" on Bart Hackworth and BYHC past _ commodore â€" Jerry Thompson. Trophy presentation is Sunday afternoon at the club. Forty to 50 boats will be in the field. Three races wil go today, three more tomorrow and one or two on Sunday. The Bronte Harbour Yacht Club will be hosting this year‘s North American Snipe Championships opening today and ending Sunday. Josef Karas, 14, registered a silver medal in midget pole vault with a height of 2.85m. He was also sixth in discus with a PB throw of 17.96m, eighth in javelin with a PB distance of 27.52m, and recorded PB‘s in 300m hurdles (48.75 seconds) and long jump (5.14m). Jaime Deswert sliced 14 secâ€" onds from his previous PB to finâ€" ish fifth in midget 800m with a time of 2 minutes, 5 seconds (2:13.0). He also notched a PB in midget 1,500m in finishing sixth with a time of 4:13.04. Sean Milligan, 14, took home a silver medal in bantam pole vault with a PB height of 3.0m. He was also sixth in bantam javelin with a distance of 31.02m Randy Jenkins, 13, recorded a PB in finishing fourth in banâ€" tam 800m with a time of 2:16.95. On Sunday Barrett earned a bronze medal in bantam javelin with a heave of 40.50m. Although only bantamâ€"aged, Barrett moved up one age categoâ€" ry. He recorded a personalâ€"best throw of 28.32 metres. Richie Barrett, 14, of the Oakville Athletiques Track and Field Club captured a gold medal in the midget hammer toss at the Ontario Bantam/Midget/Junior Championships at â€" York University Saturday. THE OAKVILLE BEAVER | Gord Scott tossed a completeâ€"game fiveâ€"hitter in Oakville Picâ€"Aâ€"Deli‘s 2â€"1 decision over Waterford in Triâ€"County Men‘s Fastball League action last week at Lowville Park. The win bumped the locals‘ record to 13â€"6. Scott walked one and struck out seven. Picâ€"Aâ€"Deli scored both its runs in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI triple by Brian Prowse and a runâ€"scoring single by Scott. At the Ontario senior championships in Ottawa two weekends ago, Picâ€"Aâ€"Deli posted a 2â€"2 record. It thumped Scarborough Thunder 9â€"2 in a game called after five innings because of fiveâ€"run mercy rule, doubled Ottawa Stittsville 6â€" 3, lost to Waterloo 5â€"3 and fell to Napanee 6â€"0. Prowse led the way against Séarborough, going 3â€"forâ€"4 with a double and two runs scored. Recentlyâ€"signed Mark Hirdle went 2â€"forâ€"3 with Scott‘s fiveâ€"hitter lifts Picâ€"Aâ€"Deli fastballers Now Miller is in charge of close to 200 umpires ranging in age from 12 to what Miller calls "the elder statesmen" of the game. Trained through indoor and outdoor clinics, wouldâ€"be umps learn the ins and outs of baseball as well as the more esoâ€" teric umpire laws, such as how to anticipate a play and get into proper position to call it. Successful candidates are awardâ€" ed the official blue umpire shirt and are ready for duty. "I guess as you get older you realize you can‘t run, throw or do anything anymore," says Miller. "So you change." One of the more difficult things to teach an upâ€"andâ€"coming umpire is how to withstand critiâ€" cism according to Miller. While It is also the kind of challenge that keeps umpires like Tom Miller coming out every week. Thirtyâ€"nine yearsâ€"old and a 15â€" year baseball vet, Miller recently took charge of the 189 umpires working the Oakville Minor Baseball Association (OMBA) beat. A job transfer and advancâ€" ing age made Miller trade in his baseball gloves for the umpire‘s gear. The whole play seems to hapâ€" pen in an instant. Is the runner safe, or out? So this is why umpires wear protective gear. Okay, let‘s set the scene. It‘s Tuesday night at your local baseball diamond. It‘s the fifth inning. Team A has two batâ€" ters out and runners fidgeting on every base like nervous butterâ€" flies. At the plate the batter watches wideâ€"eyed as two strikes and three balls whiz by him. Finally his bat makes contact with the pitcher‘s next throw. The ball spins into the air but faster than you can say "fair ball," it‘s caught and tossed back to home plate. There runner and catcher tangle in a balletic heap and either another run has scored or Team A will trudge disconsolateâ€" ly out to the field. By IRENE GENTLE Special to the Beaver UMPS: Needed but unappreciated "Here, we‘re probably five to seven years behind the States just because they play more," says Knox. "But that‘s part of our job, to make baseball grow here." Helping the umpire flow could be considered the mandate of Bryan Ralph, and a 16â€"year While interest in Canadian baseball is peaking thanks to the success of the Blue Jays, Knox says there‘s still a ways to go before it reaches U.S. levels. Given the speed of most plays, the Doyle school plans to devote its umpire division to teaching a wellâ€"rounded approach to making calls. For example, take a play where a runner is being tagged at second base. "In that situation you would look for the runner‘s foot on the bag and listen for the ball to hit the glove," says Knox. "You use sight and sound." "it‘s kind of in the planning stages now," admits Scott Knox, Doyle‘s regional director. "It would be instructive, it would be working on technique. Learning the strike zone, being consistent, learning the positioning. An umpire‘s only got a split second to make a call." For serious umpsâ€"inâ€"waiting, further training will soon be offered at the Oakville branch of Doyle‘s Baseball School. The Doyle Schools, known traditionâ€" ally for player and coach training, have been operating in Florida for 15â€"years. Having opened the Oakville branch in 1988, Doyle baseball is now developing an umpiring division. "It‘s very easy for a parent to come down on a young umpire," Miller acknowledges. "With young ones, we try to teach them not to have rabbit ears â€" in other words, don‘t listen to all of them. Don‘t look at them. As soon as you do that you‘ve established a conversation, and that‘s not what you want to do." Miller says the standard image of ump and coachâ€"standing nose to nose and kicking diamond dirt at each other are exaggerated, temâ€" pers are sometimes bound to Defensively Oakville turned two double plays. Hirdle was 2â€"forâ€"4 with an RBI and Rick Hames was 2â€"forâ€"3 with a run scored. Scott was the winning pitcher. He allowed the two runs (one earned) on seven hits and two base on balls. He whiffed five. Paul Teague blasted a twoâ€"run homer against Stittsville. Scott Smith was 3â€"forâ€"4 with an RBI and run scored. Hames went sixâ€"andâ€"oneâ€"third innings on the mound for the win. He allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks. He fanned three. Hirdle got the final two outs for the save, allowing no hits or walks. two RBI and two runs scored. Scott was 2â€"forâ€"3 with two RBI. Steve Moss had a single and scored twice. umpire official. As umpireâ€"inâ€" chief for four different leagues in the Golden Horseshoe area, Ralph, 41, is in charge of making sure that his 50â€"odd umpires, almost exclusively male and TETE A TETE: Home plate umpire Steve Hart gets an earful from Oakville senior White Sox assistant coach Bill Christensen during a recent game at Oakville Park. So why do Hart and others in his ilk subject themselves to situations like this? Mere love of the game. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Hames tossed a completeâ€"game fiveâ€"hitter for the win. He walked one and fanned five. Smith drilled a pair of runâ€"scoring triples. Jeff Inrig and Moss added runâ€"scoring singles. Oakville got all three of its runsin the sixth on Moss‘ twoâ€"run triple and a sacrifice fly by Hirdle. Smith and Teague both went 1â€"forâ€"2 at the plate. In recent league action, Picâ€"Aâ€"Deli doubled Brantford 4â€"2 at Lowville Park. Scott took the loss against Waterloo. He allowed one earned run on nine hits and no walks. Hirdle was the starting and losing pitcher against Napanee. He went five innings, allowing six earned run on eight hits and two hits. He struck out four. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1993 PAGE16 averaging in at age 36, cover every game. Having played ball in his younger days, Ralph cites a love of the game as his reason for logâ€" (See ‘Criticism‘, Pg. 17)