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SOFTBALL NEWS INTERLAKE SERVICES! SHIFT #2 WINS FRASER-= BRACE TROPHY Last Thursday night Shift #3 met Shift #4-Struct, in the final game of their best 2 of 3 Semi-Finals, In the lst inning Nick Chopty walked four men and geve up three hits to allow Shift #3 to jump into a big 5-0 lead. For the next four innings, the two teams played on an even basis, Shift #3 taking a seemingly- sale 9-3 lead into the 6th inning. Shift # didn't believe they were beat tho! and went out to prove it imnediately. Getting four hits and aided a lot by 2 very costly #3 errors, Shift #4 had the crowd yelling by scoring six runs to tie up the game, In the 7th inning Henry Krahn applied the clincher for # when he blasted a long homer into deep left field, Shife #3 put 2 men on the bases in the last of the 7th with onely one out. The next man up hit a hard drive over second which looked like a clean single. Henry Krahn made the play of the series when he grabbed the drive and stepped on 2nd for a nice double play to end the game and put Shift #4-S,. into the Finals with Shift #2, Cliff Woods hit 3 for 4 for Shift #4. Chris Demas got 2 for 5 for Shift #3. Line Score Bey Wi pOube ee ie aN A RS pe ee) 2 Oe ine On iO! aD LO AERO nero Tony Bruno won the $4,00 draw prize. Friday night opened up the best 3 of 5 finals series between Shift #2 and Shift #4-S. The first 3 1/2 imings saw a tight pitcher's duel between Ed Aho and (Cont. on next col,) inning. Page 8 SOFTBALL NEWS (Cont. ) Nick Chopty. In the bottom of the 4th ". Shift #, fell apart and when the fireworks were over, Shift #2 had scored 3 runs on only 2 hits but with 2 errors by #4. In the 6th #2 scored their final 2 runs on 2 hits, taking a comfortable 6-1 lead into tho top of the 7th, #4's last chance, Eddie Aho went wild in this inning and walked three men. Shift #4 got one hit, scoring 2 runs, which tade the score 6-3 wi" the bases loaded. A great chance for #4, but they just couldn't buy another hit. The game finally ended up 6-3 for #2 ina good game. So #2 took a 1-O lead in the games, Louis St, Louis was the big gun for #2 getting 3 for 3. Line Score RB WW) SOc DP SMU ORS Diag « RE 9 IE Sa 0 fe) QO og Mee. ae Be Mearns Ken Weppler won the $3.00 draw prize. Sunday afternoon a good crown came out to support the kids and contributed a total of $47.35, which was excellent. Ken Hutchinson won the rod and reel donated by the Hudson Bay Company. The crowd saw a very colourful nine inning game between two All-Star teans from the league, the Sads, managed by #2's Bill Sadowick, and the Gills, managed by #3's Dan Gillis. The game was very close until the 8th inning when the Sads scored 2 runs to take a 9-6 lead and added 2 more in the9th:to finally win by an 11-8 score. No doubt about it, the fans went home well satisfied with what they saw and what they did for the kids, Thanks, everybody. Nick Chopty hit 3 for 5 while both Nick and Frank Whitfield got triples for th. Sads. Murdo Campbell, Ed Brady and Joe Heenan got 2 for 5 and Murdo got a trivts for the Gills, Batteries: Sads: Frank Whitfield pitchins, Johny Shritt' catching. Gills: Gord Rowlandson, pitehiue, Ed Brady, catching. R Hs £50 Oe ae Oe OA ee ee Oe MY ye OG Oe cae to aR Sunday night at the ball park you couldn't hear yourself thirkfor the noise. Everybody was hollering at the exc iting game between Shift #2 and Shift #4-Struct. It was quite a contest, ' The game was very even till the bottom half of the 4th inning, Shift #4 really ex- ploded, getting 6 big runs on only 4, hits, Shift #2 was very jittery in this iming arn helped #4 along with 5 errors. Shift #4 now had an 8-2 lead and it looked like the (Cont, on Page 9) Line Score Sads Gills