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By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor TORONTO - Shortage of pitching. Silent bats. Crucial errors. There were many opinions voiced, and many fingers pointed, but the fact remains t Waterloo Expos failed in their bid to _ t as Ontario Baseball Association jun- champions because of one simple fact. Whentheyhadtobe, they werenotthe best team. The lights went out on Expos attempt to capture the title late Monday afternoon at Talbot Park when Chatham, the only thorn in Expos side all weekend, erupted for six Actually, Expos could have made it much easier for themselves by beating the same club Sunday. After a b4 come-from-behind victory over Chatham and an easy 9-4 win over Welland in opening action Saturday, Expos became the only undefeated team in the toumey. A win over Chatham Sunday would have sent Expos into the finals Mon- day at noon against Toronto Wexford, but because Chatham exploded for five runs in the eighth to win H, Waterloo was forced to play Toronto to earn the right to advance against Chatham in the final. runs in the third inning against fatigued Expo hurlers to begin the blueprint for their 13-7 title victory. _ _ - That they did by easily outclassing the Toronto club bi. But in the final, Chatham lambasted the exhausted Expo pitchers Rick Williams and Micky Colison for 16 hits while Expos could manage only eight against winner Jerome Roy and Ron Dupuis, far below their game average. “I hate to say it. but they (Chatham) were definitely the better ball club," said Expo president and GM Merle (Champ) lassford "They had a lot of desire and de- rminatitm to come back like that, espe- ially on Sunday. But Pm still happy. We were the champs, and we didn't defend, but we lost to an excellent club. We'll be back. don't worry about us ., Williams. who won the first game and the Monday game against Wexford with route- gomg efforts. started the final but was knocked out of the box in the third after giv- ing up four straight hits (Tollison came on and allowed four more before the Chatham bats were silenced. The Western Counties SEPTEMBER SPECIAL KEYS CUT A, ONLY " EACH REG. we”. g -.w- . I V “VI I L" T - N / _ 1/. Applies to almost all single-sided (ris't) keys cut during the month of September. 3;?” 0m Seed (brmiiiiau, ltd. " Kb. St. S. at Ere, Wanda 0 886-2990 OVER 85 YEARS OF GROWING SERVICE FREE PARKING IN REAR entry then scored five more in {We later iiT ninss to can? itsye1I tp 9.e ctamyio?ship. Dan Colliaon doubled in the final game for Waterloo. Dune MacDonald along with Williams probably Waterloo’s best hitters on the weekend, clubbed two singles as did Larry Crooke while singles went to Dave Barrett, Williams and Terry Boegel. MacDonald doubled and singled against Wexford as Expos scored all six runs in the first four innings. Mickey Kozlowski and Williams collected two hits with singles going to Brian Schnurr, Crooke, Boegel and Micky Collison. In game three Expos appeared headed to victory as they assumed a 6-2 fifth-inning lead. But starter Scott Hannah tired, giving way to Dan Collison, who did a fine job until the eighth with two out. He walked Graham Campbell and then Micky Collison tossed the ball surprisingly to Brian Schnurr at second for a force out attempt on Tom Ar- nold when Micky Collison was but a few steps from the base. Chatham then sent an- other six batters to the plate, scoring five runs all told in that inning to win " had many opportunities to retire the side afterwards. But the error had a snowball effect on them and they never did really recover from it. It would trdioothardy to-say that that play cost Expos the title, as the Waterpo dub MacDonald had three singles in a losing effort while Micky Collison, Dan Collison and Kozlowski each doubled and singled as Expos outhit Chatham 12-8 Terry Boegel doubled and Schnurr and Williams singled. and singled, Schnurr tripled and singled, Kozlowski tripled and Micky Collison and Jim Taylor doubled. Crooke had two singles and MacDonald one. Micky Collison went the distance against Welland for Expos second win as Expos pounded out 16 hits, Williams led the way with a homer, triple and two singles in four at bats, Dan Collison tripled. doubled twice The opening game victory over Chatham was made possible when Crooke tripled in Taylor and Dan Co1lison in the seventh. 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