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* \ ARN L A apt ILE TA REIN tow ' (RY vi 3 1 a A PORT @ PERRY Port Perry Ballard '"Lumbermen" improved their season record to 5 wins and 9 losses in the' Oshawa City and District league with two victories at home last week. The local club is currently fighting. to keep their play-off chances "alive" as they trail the fourth place Foley Plumbing team by two points and the third place Markham Aces by four points. Lumbermen-3 Whitby-1 The Lumbermen went in last Thursday nights game at the local park realizing that a win would help close the eight point lead the Whitby club currently in second place in the league held over them. Laurie Williams went to the mound for the local team and responded with a six hit, 17 strike-out performance, his best "outing'" of the season. The big hitter for the Lumbermen was Bill St.John who had a double in the sixth inning and drove in two runs; that proved to be the winning margin in the game. Other hits went to Brent Heard, Ken Davidson and Bill Wannamaker who had a triple to deep left-centre field. Loosing pitcher for the Whitby club was Bill Finlay who allowed only four hits and eight strike-outs. 25 IG FA WRAY, re A "2 A PEN VIALE NAY FORMAN. 4 FIA RS SR Mahia mesa ho ah ca eb wt RAWSON HA LES 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 14, 1976 Lumbermen-6 Foley-4 On Sunday evening on a rain soaked field the Lum- bermen continued their win- ning ways with a 6-4 win over the highly rated Foley Plum- 986-4647 AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER OUTBOARD DEALER Sales & Service LAWN BOY SERVICE Repairs to all Outboards & Lawn Mowers. bing Intermediate "AA' soft ball club. The game was a hard fought and at times "disput- ed" game with both teams having numerous disputes with the umpiring. The local club trailed 2-0 FRED THOMAS OUTBOARD REPAIR CAESAREA - COUNTDOWN - "3 WEEKS THURS., FRI, SAT., SUN. Aug. 5-6-7-8 _ SPONSORED BY PORT PERRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAR A aL A XD early in the game before Jody Williams tripled home Rick Beare who had singled to open the inning. Brent Heard tripled in the fourth inning to make the score 3-2, but the visitors made it 4-2 in the top of the seventh inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning Laurie Williams and Brent Heard singled and scored on Ken Davidsons third hit of the game, to even the score at 4-4 and set the stage for an exciting game winning rally. Gene Hurst opened the inning with an infield single and it appeared he would be stranded there when the next two batters "pop out" and hit into a "fielders choice", but Bill Mitchell's pinch-hit single to right field, and Brent Heard's walk loaded the bases, and when the shortstop couldn't field Bob Turcotte's hard grounder two runs were scored. * Thursday, SportsLand 68 Water Street - Port Perry 985-2174 Jim Burnett, prop. 10 Speed Racers Adidas C.C.M. Norco Raleigh Sekine Congratulations to Ed Olsen on being drafted in the fourth round by the London Knights in the Major Jr. A' midget draft. Ed is pictured above being honoured with the "Rookie-of-the-Year" Award by team statistician, Lew Hollett, at the Markham Waxer Provincial Jr. 'A'* Hockey Banquet held at the Hot Stove Lounge in Maple Leaf Gardens recently. Ed is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen, Prince Albert. Ken Goreski pitched the win for the 'Lumbermen" and scattered eight hits and had three strike-outs, while John Starkey was the loosing pitcher giving up twelve hits. This marked the first win for the local team over Foley's in two seasons of play. The next home game for the Lumbermen will be on July 15 at 8:15 p.m. when the Oshawa Motor Carriers will be the visitors. Lumbermen i improve league standing with 2 wins Ontario Summer Games Midget Tournament The -Ontario Summer Games Midget Tournament will be held in Port Perry this weekend, July 16, 17, 18. This tournament is being held to choose a team to represent the central region of Ontario in the Summer Games to be held in Ottawa on Labour Day weekend. Nine teams will take part starting Friday night and ending Sunday - North York, Willowdale, Richmond Hill, Stouffville, Peterborough, Scarborough, Lindsay, Oshawa and the local Port Perry Merchants. Friday night at 9 p.m. North York Amesbury will play Willowdale North- here July 16, 17, 18 tournament.. 'The tourna- ment is a double knock-out which means a team can lose one game but if they lose a second game they are out. All games are seven innings with any ties to be broken. Two lakefront diamonds will . be used. The winning team shall. receive a gold medallion, the 'runner-up a silver. Wedding Invitations available at the Port Perry Star minister to open up the 985-7383 July 16, 17 & 18 Port Perry, Ontario SCHEDULE OF GAMES FRIDAY, JULY 16 9 P.M. North York vs. Willowdale Amesbury Northminster SATURDAY, JULY 17 8:30 a.m. Port Perry vs. Stouffville 8:30 a.m. Peterboro vs. North Bendale 10:15 a.m Oshawa vs. Lindsay 10:15 a.m Richmond Hill vs, Winner of 1 12 noon Winner of 2 vs. Winner of 3 12 noon Loser of 1 vs. Loser of 2 1:45 p.m Winner of 4 vs. Winner of 5 1:45 p.m. Loser of 3 vs. Loser of 4 3:30 p.m. Loser of 5 vs Winner of 6 3:30 p.m. Loser of 7 vs. Winner of 8 w 5:15 p.m. Loser of 9 vs. Winner of 10 7:00 p.m Winner of 11 vs. Winner of 12 9:00 p.m Winner of 7 vs. Winner of 9 SUNDAY, JULY 18 2:00 p.m Winner of 13 vs. Loser of 14 4:00 p.m Winner of 14 vs. Winner of 15 6:00 p.m If needed. - =! A ------------------ CHRIS ALLEN YOUR LOCAL ALCAN DEALER Siding - Soffit - Facia - Eavestrough [ J tesco No Painting Guaranteed 20 years FREE ESTIMATES CALL 985-3747 vp = = = = = TF MIDGET ELIMINATION SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY 9 P.M. North York vs. Willowdale SAT 8:30 A.M. Port Perry vs. Stouffville Peterboro vs. North Bendale SAT 10:15 A.M. Oshawa vs. Lindsay Richmond Hill vs. Winner Game 1 July 16-17-18 -- PORT PERRY LAKEFRONT -- GAMES SATURDAY UNTIL 10 P,M. SUNDAY SEMI-FINALS 2 P.M. FINALS 4 P.M. ADMISSION: $1.00 per weekend.