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22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Sports Port Legion and Greenbank Gamblers miss the finals Richmond Hill captures local tournament Strong pitching and timely hitting led Richmond Hill to victory in the 13th annual Mens Fastball Tourna- ment held in Port Perry over the weekend. In the championship game late Monday evening, Richmond Hill Calin he Port Legion's speedy Bill Bridge came within ganged up on Whitby Legion and came away with a relatively easy 8-0 victory. Doug Webster limited the Whitby batters to just four hits, all singles. He fanned four batters and con- stantly had the Whitby hitters guess- aa a ae ey a few inches of beating out an in-field hiton this 9-1. play against Ajax Robinson Haulage. Legion had - --- a tough time all over the field in this one, losing ing with his devastating change-up. The Richmond Hill batters touch- ed up the Whitby pitchers for 15 hits, as they took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back. Centre-fielder Kevin Wier led the way with four hits, while Gord Port Perry Legion third baseman Larry 9-1 to Ajax, the first loss for the team in 14 Pilkey made this out during tournament play Monday morning. But Legion fell apart in losing straight games. Woolnow, Steve Wood and Jeff Wood punched out a pair of hits each. John Annis started on the mound for Whitby Legion and was relieved in the fourth by Brad Vaughn. For Richmond Hill, Webster went the distance and was never in serious trouble. The game was marred in the 5th inning when Whitby catcher Doug McMillan took a hard foul tip flush on the left knee cap. In great pain, he was unable to move and had to be taken by ambulance to Port Perry Hospital. His knee cap was badly bruised, but it is believed there were no broken bones. The championship game was worth $5( to the Richmond Hill squad. They picked up a total of $950 travelling money for their un- defeated efforts in the tournament. For Whitby, they went home with $350 cash. Sixteen teams were entered in this top-calibre tournament hosted by the Port Perry Legion Fastball Club, and Scugog Township fans were pinning their hopes on Port Legion and the Greenbank Gamblers. ' The Gamblers managed to ad- vance as far as the semi-finals before they were knocked out 3-2 by Richmond Hill. They enjoyed wins of 10-0 and 4-0 over Udora and Sunderland in round robin play, before losing 4-3 to Port Legion Saturday night in a game that didn't get underway until after mid-night. The Gamblers advanced to the semi-finals on Monday morning Greenbank Gamblers Bill Myers with a 4-0 victory over Oshawa Mothers, thanks to a strong four hit pitching performance by Russ Korbak. Fans at this game got a look at Pete Landers on the mound for Mothers. Landers, a powerful south- paw, is almost a legend in Oshawa and area fastball circles. It was just the third time this season he has pit- ched and he threw three innings before he was relieved. In the consolation final, Agincourt Juniors had little trouble with Udora as they breezed to a 9-1 victory. The Agincourt squad featured three players from the Port Perry area: catcher Brian Hendrick, "second sacker Jeff Bricknell and Brad Bricknell who plays regularly for the Port Bantams. Brad threw the final inning {or the Agincourt team and retired the side. For: the host Port Perry Legion team, the tournament started well as hoys ran their un-defeated streak to 13 straight games, thanks to vic- tories over Sunderland, Udora and Gamblers. But in the first game of the cham- pionship round on Monday, the wheels came off in a big hurry as Legion committed a host of fielding: errors against Robinson Haulage of Ajax. When the game was over, Legion was on the short end of a 9-1 score. On top of all the sloppy play in the field, the bats went cold as well as Ajax pitcher Dave Robinson was never in serious trouble. Team manager Doug Scott said (Turn to page 23) managed to duck under Oshawa's Pete Landers and was safe at first on this play Monday afternoon. Gamblers won the contest 4-0, behind the strong pit- ching of Russ Korbak.