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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May 1,1991 SPORT THOUGHTS by Brad Kelly Trying to decipher between what is the truth and what is a rumor is the backbone of journalism. It's always important to print the truth, but sometimes it can be fun to follow the adage, "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. ' Here's an opportunity for you to decide if the following following are true, or just good stories. ....Is there any truth to the rumor that the Editor Editor of The Statesman is busily preparing his resume resume so that he can apply for the general manager's manager's job that the Bowmanville Eagles are advertising? Speculation began last week when it was learned that an anonymous source had requested a bunker, similar to that of the late Harold Ballard, at Maple Leaf Gardens, be built at the north end of the Recreation Recreation Complex for the upcoming season. The Editor's name surfaced after much debate about the criteria for the job. Namely, who in town has enough cash on hand to construct the bunker, and is also crafty and ruthless enough to run the club? There's also a story floating around that his first priority would be to hire a coach. Which prompted the name of the Advertising Manager at The Statesman to be thrown into the hat of potential candidates. Surprisingly, one of the above two would probably probably consider taking over one of the positions if persuaded. persuaded. ....There are unconfirmed reports that the Durham Durham Senior Games, scheduled for this area in May and June, will be conducting mandatory tests for performance enhancing drugs. Also, one of the events had to be cancelled. The house that was going to host the sport of carpet carpet bowling has been sold. At this time, a suitable alternative site has not been found. One gentleman offered to stage the event, but his living room has hardwood floors, and it would have been too costly to install carpeting for the one-day competition. One alternative being suggested was to use the carpet centre at The Bay in tne Oshawa Centre and use the floors in the mall. Organizers quashed.that idea when they felt it was too difficult for the competitors competitors to throw the ball from the Bay, and hit the target at Sears. ....For golf nuts, there is a new item on the market market that is intended to speed up the game. Golf bags can be placed on specially designed carts that are operated by a remote control. Golfers are able to manoeuvre tneir carts from one shot to another with a hand-held remote control. Removing the time it takes to pick up and carry your clubs, or use a pull cart, this handy little invention invention is estimated to slice 30 minutes off the time it takes to play 18 holes. For those who can't afford that little gadget, there is an alternative. A velcro belt has been designed that is attached to the handle of a pull cart. Golfers simply wrap the belt around their waist and make their way up the course after each shot with their bag and cart trailing trailing behind. Believe it or not, one of the above items has actually actually been invented. SPORTS Vanderende an Alternate Another Bad Start for Redmen by Brad Kelly The Bowmanville High School senior boys' baseball team would be wise to borrow borrow a 'duffers rule' from the game of golf. On the links, golfers are able to use a 'Mulligan' and take another tee shot if they aren't satisfied with the first one. For the second straight home game, the Redmen could have used a 'Mulligan' following another dreadful first inning. After giving up six runs in the first inning of their home opener two weeks ago against St. Mary's, the Redmen Redmen spotted Dunbarton with three runs to start the game last Wednesday. Dunbarton 6 Redmen 4 Mr. Sub Advances to Finals Against Lange's by Sandra Haggett Mr. Sub bombed Checkers Checkers 6-0 in their first playoff game. ' Les McCrory began the scoring in period one with assistance from Ben Medd. In period two, Mr. Sub exploded exploded with four goals. Clayton Clayton Guest, Ben Medd, Jack Laverty and Peter Gadd came up with second period goals. Gadd and Laverty picked up assists with Guest earning a pair. Curtis Cour- neyea ended Mr. Sub's scoring scoring in period three. McCrory and Medd assisted. Game two found Mr. Sub facing Hoopers. The first goal of the game came in period period two when Courneyea capitalized on a shot from Laverty. McCrory scored unassisted unassisted when he picked up his own rebound and popped it in the net. Philip Foster and Steven Sargent played a strong game to keep Hoopers off the scoreboard. Sunday morning, Langes outpassed, outshot and out- skated Mr. Sub to secure a 5-1 win. Guest was Mr. Sub's sole scorer with Mike Arsenault and McCrory assisting. assisting. Later in the afternoon, Mr. Sub redeemed it self with a 5-2 victory over McRobbie. First on the scoreboard was Courneyea early in period one. At 9:15, Guest put one past the McRobbie goalie with help from Peter Gadd. Ben Medd walked in on the goalie and added a third goal to Mr. Sub's previous 2-0 lead. Brian Williams and Gadd assisted. Medd picked up his second goal of period two with Guest assisting. McCrory rounded out Mr. Sub's scoring with a goal at 3:26 in period two. McRobbie McRobbie scored one goal in period two and a second in period three. Mr. Sub put forth more effort following a coach's talk prior to the game reminding reminding them of their earlier earlier 5-1 loss to Langes. In Mr. Subs fourth playoff game the team played a defensive game to secure a 1-0 win over Dyk- stras. ■ Les McCrory scored at 1:05 in the opening period. Jack Laverty and Curtis Courneyea assisted. Goalies Steven Sargent and Philip Foster shared the shutout. Mr. Subs final playoff game was against Cutting Post. At the end of period one, cutting Post had a 3-2 lead. McCrory put Mr. Sub on the board at 9:16. With help from Matt James, Laverty Laverty scored Mr. Subs second goal. Period two was scoreless. Early in the third period, Laverty hit home the equalizer. equalizer. With 1:48 remaining in the game, McCrory capitalized capitalized on a pass from Clayton Clayton Guest to score the winning winning goal. Mr. Sub's five wins and one loss won them a chance at the 'A' Championship, against Lange's. Sunday afternoon was the first of a best-of-five series. series. Mr. Sub outplayed Lange's for a fast-moving game. Both teams were scoreless in the first two periods periods of play. At 13:36 of period period three, Lange's took a one goal lead. Mr. Sub worked hard, but were unable unable to put one past Lange's goalie. Game two of the 'A' Championship takes place Tuesday. 5H0U II ME IEJ , MONTEREY L ~T I magine having theater quality surround sound in your home. Sound so realistic you actually actually feel like part of the action. 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The teams traded runs in the third inning, and Dunbarton Dunbarton pushed across two in the fourth while Bowmanville Bowmanville replied with one of their own to cut the lead to 6-3. Jack Bentley came on in relief of Flemming to start the fifth inning, and did a masterful job in keeping the visitors off the scoresneet. He left a runner stranded at second in the fifth inning, and another one at third in the sixth inning. "I'm going to make him a starter, said Ross of her effective effective reliever. "He has been our reliever every game, but he has such good stuff and is so consistent that I need him to start." Down by three, Jeff McFeeters led off the Bow manville sixth with a base hit, and advanced to third on a couple of botched pick- off plays by Dunbarton. He eventually scored on a pass ball with two out for the final final run of the game. With no returning veterans veterans from last year's team, Ross has been very pleased with the play and determination determination of her club. "They are going to do all right. We have to finish at least eighth to get into the yoffs and that's going to tough." "The only thing I was miffed at today was a couple of the players lost their temper temper with the umpire. I'd like to see them turn their hostility hostility into more aggressive $he Redmen have a busy week ahead of them, as they will be hosting a double-. header on Friday against Dennis O'Connor at 1:00 p.m. and G.L. Roberts at 3:30 p.m. On Monday it will be more of the same, as they'll host Henry St. at 1:00 p.m. and Eastdale #1 at 3:30 p.m. All four games will be at Soper Creek Park. Chad Vanderende, who played for the Bantam Toros Toros this past season, was selected as an alternate defenceman defenceman at an under 17 camp held in Lindsay recently. recently. Chad competed against players from 'AAA' centres from Kingston, Peterborough and Oshawa. Should one of the other six defencemen be unable to attend future provincial camps, Chad will be the first to receive an offer to go. Although they gamely fought back, they couldnft recover from the early deficit deficit and dropped a narrow 6- 4 decision to the visiting Spartans at Soper Creek Park last Wednesday afternoon. afternoon. It was the second loss in three starts for the Redmen, who captured their first win of the season against the Paul Dwyer Saints on Friday, Friday, April 19, by a 6-4 score. Their scheduled game against O'Neill #1 on Monday, Monday, April 22, was rained out, and will be made up at a later date. It was the second home game in a row in which the Redmen had an opportunity to pull out a win after falling behind early. "Silly little things hurt us again today," summarized coach Doreen Ross. "A fly ball wasn't caught in left field and another in right field dropped in." "Our weakness so far has been bloopers. The players aren't aggressive enough to make the play and consequently consequently they are left standing standing there to watch." It was another rough beginning beginning for Redmen starter Todd Flemming, as Dunbar- ■ n" ' •*>»»» ' * " ***■ * - '■/ r : " I ' 'v' ' ' : V ■ : f.-V' ' ■ ' ■ ■ i -- i~ - '■ 'ii' •. >. \ 1^, ' 0 „> : ■ ™ 1 - ' . ' ' Bowmanville High School's Jeff McFeeters slides under the tag at third base during the sixth inning of a senior boys' baseball game against Dunbarton (Pickering) (Pickering) last Wednesday at Soper Creek Park. The Redmen were victimized by some early runs, and were upset by the visitors, 6-4. Boys' Slo Pitch Ready to Expand by Brad Kelly keep the league as simple as League convener Rick possible." Powell wants it known that Last year, in their inau- he isn't out to steal kids gural season, the league had away from baseball pro- 52 players who were dis- grams run by the Town of parsed among four teams. Newcastle Baseball Associa- There was no playoff format, tion. as the league opted for a one Rather, he is simply pro- day round robin tourna- viding an alternative for ment, those kids who aren't interested interested in playing hardball. So the alternative alternative for him was to start a boys' slo pitch | league. And the response , an SM was so good, that the league plans to expand Powell from four to eight teams for the upcoming upcoming season. "There was a void for boys not interested in the hardball program, but still wanting to play baseball a couple times a week," said Powell, of the reasoning behind behind starting the league. "There are no practices and no weekend games. A lot of moms and dads are interested interested in having their boys play ball, but want to go to the trailer or away on weekends." weekends." "I decided to keep the costs down (uniforms consist of a hat and t-shirt) and "As far as the games in the tournament went, they were all close," recalled Powell, Powell, adding that the fourth place team in league play were the eventual tournament tournament champions. This year, interest in the league has been so high that they will be expanding to two age groups. The juniors will be for boys aged 7-11, while the seniors will be from 12-16. With close to 90 boys already already registered, Powell hopes to be able to operate the league with four teams in each age group. The rules of the game are similar to the adult version. A 10 batter per inning rule is in effect, and the games conclude after seven innings or an hour-and-a-half. A mat is used to call the balls and strikes, and there ,is rio stealing.' ' ■ The 20 game schedule To ensure that all of the teams are equal, the league holds a ratings day prior Ito the start of the season where each player's skill level level is evaluated. Also, the league has; a two-week period where no games are scheduled. This corresponds with the summer summer holiday shutdown !at General Motors. ; "Kids get to work a lot on the baseball fundamentals because of the number of balls hit," explains Powell. "Regardless of the age, they, have an opportunity to step up to the plate ana hit the ball." "We encourage all the kids to swing the bat and not walk. We also move them around to different positions positions in the field." ; "The games are fast- paced, quick, and you always always have to be on the move. There's no time for standing around so it's inevitable inevitable tne players will learn a lot about baseball." , The league will be holding holding its final registration this Saturday at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Mall from 10-3. : ; If anyone is unable to.attend to.attend the registration 1 or would like to volunteer their game will begin after the long i time as an umpire or coach, weekend in May, and will contact Rick at 987-2200 or conclude with a tournament A1 Cole at 623-6280. on August 24. 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