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M Wed June A leek at Haltons rural ballparks WORN WOODEN BLEACHERS on the first base side tn I with the sturdy block third base bleachers at the Campbell lit ballpark where village faithfuls watched sluggers like I irl Cairns Ken Moore Stan Henderson and Elmer Dredge teirlhe cover off a lot of horsehide during the s and The capital of now has younger blood on its diamond aiming at the Ontario Andrews famous teams won during those two decades TALL LIGHT standards tower over the ball diamond at which in spite of the size of the community annually produces competi minor softball teams MR HORNBY PARK Alfie Brigden has been keeping three diamonds in shape since ball clubs moved there in the 50 s from the for Wngglesworth farm on the Seventh Line wasnonored in 1968 for his contribution to the adult and minor baseball programs in Hornby VOICE OF the Glen who works the A ton minor and tournament keeps fans in the game with scores LOWVULE BALLPARK is set in a vale which allows spectators an excellent view of games from the side the hill in the foreground The park is used every night during the summer for minor softball and mens and ladies fastball games Photos by Denis Gibbons THE POPULAR Hornby Garden Party held in July and mens fastball tournament early August make the neat and tidy Hornby ballpark a beehive of sports activity during the summer months They ve been the subject of city jokes dreamed up by envious visitors and sometimes cursed by losers who missed their chamDionsh because of ball bad hopping off a stone or an out field rut which supposed to be there but the rural ballparks of Halton are dear to the baseball and softball fans who fill them summer Drop into Campbellville on a Sunday after noon and someone will show you exactly when 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 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 best fastball pitchers have blazed em by batters in Hornby at the an 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 chores and chat about days goneby CONSTRUCTED ON land 1 Davidson the Glen Williams vived spring floods and win Credit River to maintain its