PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1977, WHITBY FREE PRESS Join us this Weekend At à Montreal expos at St. Louis Saturday August 13 Broadcast Time 7:50 Sunday August.14 Broadcast Time 2:00 p.m. Mary Louise Reddick Latest World Champion Since the days of the Whitby Dunlops in the 1950's, Whitby has become known as a town which produces world champions. Whitby's latest world champion is Mary Louise Reddick, 17, of 401 Centre Street South. On July 30 she won the World Strutting Solo Champ- ionship for her division of the American Youth on Parade Conference, held at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. She also won medals for placing in five of the six divisions she entered. The American Youth on Parade Conference is consi-. dered the baton event of the year, when thousands of competitors assemble to test their skills. Besides solo competitions, Corps championships are h:d at this event. Mary Louise is a duet partner of Caroline Srige, 16, of Oshawa, who won four medals and a first place trophy. On April 23, 1977, the day after Mary Louise moved to Whitby, she and Caroline Srige won the Ontario Duet Championships at Toronto. Mary Louise has taken part in solo competitions for seven years and has an im- pressive record. In 1973 she won the Canadian Strut Junior Division Championships, and held the Ontario champion- ship for two baton and flag in 1975-76. In 1976 she was first runner-up in the Miss Central Canada Champion- ships at Kitchener, and in 1977 she won the Ontario loop Championships. Mary Louise has been interested in the baton ever since she saw some baton twirlers in a parade when when she was six years old. She lived in Oshawa all her life until moving to Whitby last April. She is the oldest of five children and attends Whitby loses in New York Whitby looker Chev Olds Stars suffered a 10-9 defeat in single knock-out play at the Cinderella Softball Tourn- ament in Corning, New York. The Hooker Chev Olds stars drew Corning Americans last years defending champs and pushed them to 10 innings before losing George Huff- smith, President of Cinderella Softball stated "It was the best game ever played in the 19 year history. The excitement generated by the two teams in the ten innings had the 3000 plus crowd on the edge of their seats. Marion Verkuyl pitched 9 innings striking out 14 yield- ing 12 hits and won 6. Whitby jumped off to a 2-0 top of the first lead. Susan Bissell led off with a bunt single, Cathy Allin singled with Marion Verkuyl following with a single to drive in a run. Tricia Glaspell produced a single to drive in the second run. Corning scored 3 runs in the bottom half of the inning on 2 weeks and consecutive singles. Whitby went ahead 4-3 in the top of the 2nd on 2 Works and 1 error. Whitby mainutained the lead until the bottoni of the fourtli when 2 doubles, 1 single and an error produced 3 runs. Cathy Alin, Tricia Glaspell and Laurie Kirkton crossed the plate in the top of the 5th to take a 7-6 lead. Corning scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th to jump ahead 8-7, one walk and 2 singles produced the 2 runs. Whitby scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th for a 9-8 lead in the bottom half of the 7th. An interference call on the catcher changed the complex- ion of the game instead of 2 outs and a runner on first, Coming got a reprieve with runners on 2nd and 1st with only one out. A throwing error on the next batter allowed the tying run to score. The game was suspended at the end of 8 innings and was resumed on Sunday with Corning scoring the winning run in the bott om of the tenth. Renata Gross had 5 sin gles for Corning with Kim Colley punching out 3 hits 2 of them doubles. Shelley Overstrom also contributei 3 singles; Roseann Cavallerç contributed 2 singles. Cath: Allin stroked out 3 single with Marion Verkuyl also contributing 3 singles, Susai Bissell, Tricia Glaspell, Laurie Kirkton, Paula Gaudet and Marlene Brown added singles. Roseann Cavallero, the third Corning pitcher picked up the win. Susan Bissell won the Queens competition from a total of 27 contestants. This competition was based on a speech delivered at the banquet, what Cinderella Soft- bail mneans to me. This competition was covered by the CBS Television Network. Susan's win was done by a non American in the 19 year History. Put It Back Two business partners had never had an argument in 20 years of working together. One week, one of the pair came down with the flu qnd missed a week of work. About the third day of his ab- sence, the sick partner received a call from his associate, who told him, "I Y just found $10,000 missing d from the safe. What should I o do?" His partner replied y quickly, "Put it back!" Mary Louise Reddick, a Whitby resident since April, is the winner of the World Strutting Solo Championship, at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. Here she strikes a pose with the baton, showing one of the various manouvres she had to do to win the championship. Free Press Photo Eastdale Collegiate. Her father is prjncipal of Ritson Road Public School in Oshawa. After finishing university she wants to teach baton and dancing and be a judge at competitions. She presently teachers for a dance studio in Oshawa and was in the 1977 Oshawa Fiesta parade. Mary Louise is a versatile young lady. In addition to her baton work, she is a figure skater, and a ballet for the m dancer (both of these comple- ment the baton she says), and she plays classical music on the piano. In order to win her world championship she had to do a combination of prescribed manouevresinvolvingmarching ballet, kicks and leaps and baton movements. She says that her work with the baton has led to an opportunity to travel and meet many difficult people. 1350 a .e