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ALONG THE BASE PATHS With the first half of the softball schedule drawing to a close we find the powerful Shift #1 team well out. in front of the pack. On the basis of. their record so far they could very well go through the . Season with an unbeaten record, 'The first four teams in the léague standings at the end of the schedule are slated to go into the playoffs with the top rung finishe# to take on the team winding up in the third Slot and the second place runner-ups to do battle with the fourth -placers, These initial duels will each be the best two cut of three series, The winners of the semi- finals will meet in a best three out of five series for the softball championship ~ of: Terrace Bay. 'This past week saw the first sericud outburst of bad feeling that our league . 'has witnessed this year. Umpire Bill Guest 'was forced to award a contest through forfeiture to Townsite when a Shift #3 play- er did not comply with his official ejection from the ball park within the time Limit seu out in the rule books, This was a bitter pill for the Shift #3 team to swallow as they were leading 11-2 at the time. The League Executive concurred with Umpire Guest in his actions and instructions have been issued to all team managers that any further occurrences of such a nature will result in suspensions for players invwved, On Friday evening Shift #2 outslugged Structural 12-6, Bill Herron led his team in basting will 5---straight hits including 2 home runs whilo pitcher Ed Aho managed to whiff 10 of the Structural batters, The Salaried aggregation regained their winning stride in a Sunday afternoon contest by edging Maintenance 8-6, Peter Rapke allowed only 6 hits while his counterpart Stan Zwaresh fanned 6 of the Salaried sluggers. i The Monday .evening game was featured by the Shift #2 hitting demonstration. The Brading Boys clubbed Hoover Wong for 16 hits and 21 rans. Included in the assortment of hits were 2 homers and 2 singles by Ollie Olsen, a homer and double for Ron Slattery, round trippers each by Bill Bohonis andDan Gillis and a triple and 2 singles by Bill Cavanaugh. One @ the better games of the year was" played Tucsday evening when Shift #1 just maraged to edge the Structural team 5-4 The Structural team looked like the champ- ions of last year and-on the basis of their performance last evening should not yet be (cont. on, next col.) Page 3 ALONG THE BASE PATHS (cont.) counted out of the running, Structural led in the contest by 3-0 for the first 3 innings but a home run by Henry Krahn reduced this mrgin and John Cavanaugh put Shift #1 ahead with a double driving in 2. suns, During the week Ed Aho set a new record when he walked 15 men in a game and the high number of 5 players in an inning, H, Anderson of the Townsite team committed 6 errors in this loose fielding game, Frank Whitfield is lining up a team to play in Schreiber in conjunction with the Kinsmen Karnival of July lst and all softballers interested in playing should hand their nare into their team manager or Frank himself, - FS STATISTICS UP TO JUNE 20TH BIG oe en ae E, Pineault 17 9 10 6588 E. Brady La 4 7, Bao E. Marostica 16 10 9, 562 C. Simmer 18 6 10- 555 R. Stachiw 21 8 11) aes Runs - W,. Sadowick - 13 Hits - K. Stachiw --- 11 R.B.I. - S. Zwaresh, H, Hall, E. Marostica L. St. Louis - 8 Doubles - J, Holancin - 4 H. R. - H. Krahn - 3 5.0. --E. Aho - 43 Pitching - F,. Whitfield --- 4-0 - = LEAGUE STANDING AT JUNE 27H GP ¥ PTS . Shift #1 "6 'ee 0 I Shits #2 7 5 2 10 Salary 5 3 2 6 Townsite. 7 3 4 ee Maintenance 5 2 B h Shift #3 Lh : 3 2 Structural 6 0 6 0 eo ' RE-SCHEDULED GAMES (a) The game originally scheduled for Sunday, June 28th between Shift #2 and Shift #1, has been re~scheduled for Sunday, July 5th commencing at 1:15 Sharp. Team Managers of Shift #2 and Shift 1 particularly are requested to make a mecial note of the starting time,