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SPORTS Beg MacsKnocked Out by Kingston in Playoffs The 1974 Eastern Ontario Basebaîl Association playoff in the Bantam Series is'novv history and if the Whitby Big Macs could rewrite the last week they would like the opportunity of replay just about five minutes of the last five days because they liad the E.O.B.A. Bantam "A" crown in their grasp but let it slip away and were [ouled in their attempt t0 overcorne what almost seemed to be a conspiracy against them of weather breaks and basebal "politicking". The club xvas knocked out of contention by a strong Kingston Lions club in the two out of threc series which went to four games when the two clubs battled to an Il inning 2 - 2 ' mini-miarathion tic inIllte tli rd gamne forcing a fourth gaine slîowdownl. The series opetier was a 9 - 1 vicbory t'or thc Big Macs Who srised. tie Kingston club who hiad been demiolishing oSUof1thir opposîýon ail'scason and ic. ,loss.was a stt'il- ning Lupset fdr thieastenr.Th eodgamne-of the set- plàyed at Kingýtôn's. Megaf'fen Stadiun would' rallier be forgotten by the Big Macs Who showcd a complete reversaI of forrn, did notling to distinguish ilheniselves and wcre handcd a 2f 1 drubbing.' TheLions jumped on Whiitby pitching for'17 hîts. îhirec of thcern rounid-trippers witli men on, and in the field the Big Macs disgraced thieniselves withi a listless display committing 12 errors. The Big Macs came up with four hits, singles by Jody Turner, Doug Shearer, Greg Tushingham and Fred Petryshyn. Whitby hurlers Dave McWhirter and Mark MacDonald got littîe support fromn their mates and a club just cannot give away runs and expect to win. The third and what should have been the deciding game was the.highlight of the- series. The game was surrounided by. considerable discussion created by a strange decision by the E.O.B.A. to have the gamre pîayed in Belleville. The league miles very clearly state that the club which is higher * ip the standings' hosts the odd game, and the Big Macs as league leaders should have had the third 'game and were prepared to arrange for use of Kinsmen Stadiumn so the game could be played under liglits, but in contravention of the book ýthe E.O.B.A. ordered, the- third game, played in Belleville, the "mid-way point", 89 miles from Whitby and 49 miles from Kingston. To make the situation even more farcical, when the Big Macs arrived in Belleville they found * they were té flip a'coin to determine Who had the homne game advantage and'"were thus compîetely stripped of advantage of a first place finish,. Kingston winning the toss! - The score-was i - i atter one inning, Kingston went in front 2 - 1 ini the fourth, 'and the BigMacs squared it up 2 - 2 in the sixth.. That was ail the scoring as.the clubs bpttled nip and tuck throughi eleveh innings be fore the um- *pires were forced to cail the game ,on account of darkness. Cam Murkar, 'Who had pitched* the'opener, was on the mound for the Big Macs and came through with his finest performance of the season as he went aIl the way throwing as hard, or harder in the eleventh as in the first. He gave up nine hits, but his strength was in his con trol, giving up only two walks, and striking out 14. His mates again were slipshod with six errors and time and again s Ioppy fielding got the Big Macs into trouble putting Kingston runners in scoring position but the'Whitby left-hander reached back every time to corne up with one or two big strikeouts and remove the threat and no one in the crowcl would have blamed him if he sued for non-support at certain points in the gamre. In the second inning Dave McWhirter, playing first collided with a Kingston runner and il appeared as if he might be seriously injured but he gamely shook off his injury, continued on the next inning and came up with a big play snaring a uîne drive and doubling off the munner at first who was off with the pitch. Doug Shearer piayed being thc only Whtby hiâter until the ninth inning Mien Turner picked up his second two bagger and Ford Definncy and Doug Shearer added singles. The Big Macs were hit- ting tic bail frequcntly and oftcn hard but always it seemed right .at a Kingston fielder and their frustration at nul having their hits drop in probably helpcd unsettle their fielding play. Cam Murkar started and through the first six innings had seven strikeouts and yielded six hits, but by this lime he had pitched the equivalent of three coinplete games in five days and when his arm bçgan to stiffen coach Gary Steane wisely took hirn out of the game rather than risk any injury to his arm. Fred j Petryshyn finished on, the mound. And so the season ended for the Big Macs, a successful year in which Gary Steane and Bob Shearer devote d hours of time to the boys and deserve the thanks of the aümmunity for working with the young fellows of the.Big Macs. [n the semi-darkness of Bellevilles' Cent ennial Park a solitary player of the Whitby club sat on the bencèh, bone weary after the eleven inning affair. The'rest of the crowd had departed for the parking lot, and as this pl'ayer sut removing his basebail shoes he mnade a simple.comment to no one in particular, because there was nobody around' - "I tried s0 hard". This is what sport should-be ail about. there is a sweet taste to victory, but if a player'on any club can say "I tried so hard", then lie has done his best and hie and only he knows whether lie has given hiis ail, and this is the really great reward of sport. letersto he.eâ Sr KllyB i A M .iDELA D R WHITBV FREE PRESS. 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