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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-08-30, Page 42Page 10 More 13 Division teams MACNABS Ingersoll Bill Riddick Jeff Nancekivell Rob Johnson Ken Phillips Davis Landon Ron McKenzie Steve•Wilson Bob Rundle Brian Routledae Roger Thornton Max Kirby Robert Lindsay Greg Stewart Ed Collins Doug Harris - coach Joe Todd - mgr. WINGHAM B.P'S, Wingham Ed Daer Don Edgar Doug Petteplace Len Sangster Bob Armstrong John Leitch Bob Pegg Bruce Skinn Gary Lisle Bill Brown Doug Leitch Neil Bieman Keith Elston Ben Blackwell Grant Coultes Mike Montgomery Doug Neil - coach Joe Tiffin - mgr. SOUTHZORRA Woodstock Al Garner Ken Kitching Ken Fallowfield Vic Jeanson Steve Gregory Bill Flood Gary Walters Gary Hart Kevin Fraser Bob Viser Les Blanchard Ralph Flood Ray Atkinson Pete. Vernooy Brad Hollock Gord Mprshall Glen Gregory - coach Ken Bendall - mgr. DON DOUGLAS FURNITURE Ingersoll Jerry McGinnis Larry Bannon Larry Benjamin Mike Bartram Dan Fisher Dick Huntley Dennis^McCutcheon Gary Garton Bob Stephenson Wayne Chalkley John Simon Dave Fitzmorris ,Gene Way Laurie Rrddolls Ken Rine Gord Brown Gary Garton - coach Dave Fitzmorris - mgr. EXETER SAVEWAY Exeter Dennis Bierling Ken Bergman Barry Baynham John Gillespie Brian Hodgins Doug Johnson Paul McKnight Doug Pearson Brian Penhale Dave Watson Derwyn Hodgins Brian Taylor Dan Heywood Doug Johnson - coach John Gillespie,- mgr. CANADA COMPANY Goderich Terry Austin Brian Bow man Stan Doherty Mike Donnelly Bill Durst John O'Keefe Tom O'Brien Rob MacDonald Brian Sowerby Glen Tigert Casey Wildgen George Klumper Mark Frayne Pat Coulon Jack Evans - coach Jim Donnelly - mgr. Three full days of basebal' Four dozen baseballs, 31 games, gallons of beer, coffee and soft drinks, hundreds of hot- dogs and hamburgers, and a new grand champion team and the 11th annual Labor Day weekend fastball tournament is history. Three days of fastball from morning!til night. Incessant baseball chatter, the constant thud of baseballs hitting bats and gloves and one team emerges over many others as the best. The annual Goderich tournament is much more that just softball. Now,the largest tour- nament in Ontario,. it is a combination of fun, competition and hard work. As teams win their way through quarter and semi finals, rivalries build up to which fans and players alike react. At the outset of each new contest the fans pick their team and back it with the same fervor they would a home team. If the club loses the fans won't be -fickle but they will pick up on another team playing in the next game and offer them the same support they did the first team. The players develop some of the same competitive spirit as they begin each new game. More than just the financial benefits of winning games, they sometimes build rivalries between a team from a small town playing one from a city. In some cases, the teams may be from neigh- bouring municipalities and bring an old grudge from their own' league play to the tournament. Some of the teams remember the game they played against the same team in last year's tournament or they have heard rumors that - some club is powerful and will be hard to get by to the finals. Whatever the reason the players have for winning a game, they all add up to the same thing- desire. Desire to win big in this year's tourney and it is this desire the fans pick up on and react to, to help the three day contest to become a little more successful. The work involved in making that success is ,tremendous. The tournament executive begin early in the summer mailing out invitations to teams. Once they have received the allotted number of replies they set up the schedule ,and set the final gears in motion to kick off the event. Beer and liquor must be bought; food has to bebrought in for the players and their families; the diamonds raked, measured and marked; players' lists verified and checked at the outset of each game; schedules to maintain, the bar and food counter staffed throughout the three days; ground rules explained; money collected and counted; decisions faced by the hour; and finally as the final game draws to a close, the most valuable player for the tournament and the most sportsmanlike player have to be chosen and awarded their trophies. Throw a little socializing on top of that list of jobs and you come up with a very tiring weekend for the handful of hard working executives that each year throw their backs into the job to try to make this year's weekend better than the last. The whole thing adds up to success, the type of success that has carried the Goderich Labor Day Weekend Fastbal1 tournament from a one day, six team tourney to the biggest fastball contest in the province. The 10th annual tournament finished. The executive wrapped up the weekend in the bar nursing a cold One and making bleary-eyed plans for the l l th tourney -- the best one yet. Last year... The A division produced some slick defensive exhibitions, good pitching and equally fine hitting and tournament executive were put to a test in selecting the most valuable and sport- smanlike players. But the selections were good ones. Keith Helps, Petrolia shortstop was selected the most valuable player in the A division. The rangy shortstop, whose 'defensive play and throwing •arm were unrivalled in the toiirney •also batted .425 to lead his team to the cham- pionship. •His remarkable catch of a line drive in the final game that resulted in a double play when London was threatening was probably the turning point in that game. Bill Fairbairn, coach of London Ted Dilts was selected as the division's most sportsmanlike player. The choice 'again was a popular selection and one Ingersoll umpire commented that it was the best choice the tournament executive could have made. Welcome Fans, Teaffis, and Visitors of the 11th Annual Fastball Tournament While in Goderich, Come Visit: Huron County Pioneer Museums Open Daily Mon. thru Sat. Sunday Ticket Office Building Ticket Office Building 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Phone 524-9610 110 North St' Goderich Huron Historic Gaol Open Daily Monday thru Sunday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Phone: 524-697,1 or 524-2845 Come see this National Historic 181 Victoria Ste Site Goderich Group Tours by Arrangement "This is a Golden Opportunity to Visit these two Unique Attractions"