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22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., September 26, 1979 Spor Danny Millar 0 \ --Softball season Review-- by Danny Millar The bats and balls are locked away for the winter. The bases are dusted off and shelved, waiting for another spring. It is that time of year again in Port Perry as one more softball season nears completion. In the end it must rank as a fairly suc- cessful year. Port Perry was the reci- pient of at least one league champion in this game of rounders. The Bantam Boys sponsored by the Lions Club, won the York-Durham championship with a two game victory over Union- ville. This year's version of the Lions was coached by Kevin Walker, who doubled as the ace righthander of the Juveniles pitching staff, and managed by Bill Fewer. They lost two hard luck skirmishes to Wellington in the opening round of Ontario Amateur Softball Associa- tion playoffs. One of these games was decided by a scant 1-0 margin. Students Walk-A-Thon provides new gym The Lions performed solid- ly in both Unionville games. They took the first one with a 6-3 score and stole the deci- ding game by one run in extra innings. Scott Patton, Phil Robinson, Sean Fewer, . and Todd Blayone were among the key athletes in the year's success. Basically, the Lions cap- tured most of their wins on a tight infield defence headed by shortstop Patton and timely hitting from Fewer and Blayone. One Port Perry unit came within two outs of winning a title. The senior team, Canadian Tire, lost the final Lake Scugog League series in fives games to Yelverton. Port triumphed easily in the first two games and led by a single run going into the final inning of game three. And then the roof fell in on starter Phil Cochrane, who had his problems in the finals, and Yelverton rallied for seven runs, turning what seemed to be a sure loss into a route. Momentum swayed as Yelverton took the next two, 4 3 the fifth with an entertaining 9-8nod. A controversial play in which Deane Beare was thrown out at the plate cost Port Perry the tying run, in the sixth inning. Beare tripled in one run and stopped after rounding third base. He changed his mind instantly but it was too late as the umpire ruled he had been tagged on an arguable call. Port Perry seniors were involved in one of the high- lights of the season when they bested Millwork of Oshawa in a 20 inning marathon in the McDonald's tournament in Oshawa early in the summer. Jeff Boyce and Jeff Hutton combined for the win. Port's next game of the meet also went extra innings before they were eliminated in the semi- final by Palace Billiards of Oshawa. The major disappointment of the season was the perfor- mance of the Juveniles. Coached by Bob Knapp and Ron Redman, the squad finished seventh of nine Gord Ingram and Michel Bauer stretch some muscles. Sl aero [ ¢) Brian Snider finds the strain a little rough. Photos by Cam Muir. teams in the Oshawa City and District League. Quite frankly, they had the poten- tial to go a lot farther and several team members believe that they could have reached the All-Ontario finals. The juveniles lost out in the second round of OASA to Williamsburg when they dropped the third and last game of the set in Napanee. This was a strife torn team, one of a couple of similarities they shared with the New York Yankees. Several players had trouble - getting along with each gther and this reached a pinnacle in the second match with Williamsburg, when Mark Jeffrey refused to come in to pitch for. Walker, who had re-injured his throwing arm. Also like the Yanks, the team showed early in the season that they could pull out a game in the fading innings, when it appeared as though that might be out of the question. Ironically, Ron Redman is one of the biggest New York rooters in Scugog Township. Fittingly, Mother's Pizza ended the same way as the deposed world champs - out of contention. Despite the problems, the season was not totally bleak for the Juveniles, and one of the brighter notes was their play in a major tournament in Sarnia late in the year. Although they only won one of three games at that event, they played solid ball and the victory was on the str. of a no-hit game from the arm of pitcher Kevin Walker. The Legionnaire Squirts finished second in York-Durham circuit standings with a 14-10 win- loss-draw slate. This team also could have finished higher but towards the end of the season could not seem to put it all together They bombed out in the final league tourney early in September as they dropped two games convincingly. . Outfielder Lee Wilbur, show- ---- Rick Young pushes the bars. ing a good glove, excellent bat, and hot temper, in that order, was the best player on the team. The Pee Wee team did not play in a league but the Todd Wilbur - Tim Thompson schooled group entered OASA post season play and lost out in the inaugural round to Campbellford. There was not a midget team in Port Perry this season because the players who would have come out refused to until a coach had been named. The lack of - a skipper kept the teen age boys in this bracket on shore all season. Prince Albert scored an upset when they outlasted the Greenbank Gamblers to win the Durham Softball League men's laurels. Randy McLeod paved the way with excellent hurling in the series. It's nearly time to put the gloves in moth balls and watch the world series on television. Fear not, it will be a short winter. Maybe. equipment by Ginny Burt and Lee Howsam On July 31st, 1979, the Port Perry High School Student Council purchased a univer- sal gym for the physical education department. The total amount of $3,539.00 was raised by our Walk-A-Thon last year. Great apprecia- tion is due to those students who spent a beautiful day in May walking the ten mile course. Without those people none of this would be poss- ible. Thank-you for your terrific support. If you're wondering exact- ly what a universal gym is then here's the answer. It consists of 14 stations of weights used for condition- ing and toning muscles. It is a unique compact unit and can be transported any- where in the school without difficulty. This system adds a new dimension to the phys-ed classes. If, on a rainy day, all the gyms are occupied and an outside class is forced indoors, then the students may easily use the universal, up to 32 people in number. This unique compact system keeps the class intact, with- out the disadvantage of hav- ing students being spread out in different areas of the school using different pieces of equipment. The universal is stored and used in one separate room. This system is being used by both male and female phys-ed classes, as well as every day in activity period, and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school. In the beginning, many fe- males were skeptical but now find it beneficial to their physical fitness. It helps tone the muscles, but does (Turn to Page 22)