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IGA Goodguys Boost Lead In Fastball LoopIGA Goodguys padded their lead atop the Peace River District Men’s Fastball League last week with a 4-3 win over AGT, now tied for second spot with RCMP.The Goodguys now boast a record of five wins and only one loss for 12 points or a .857 percentage. AGT and RCMP both have three wins and four losses, while Traveller’s Motor Hotel are In last place with two wins and five losses.Three games were played last week. Besides the IGA win over AGT, RCMP nipped Traveller’s 4-2 behind the three-hit pitching of Brian Honek, and Strong Creek downed UCT 13-10.No games were played Sunday Two were rained out and will have to be replayed.The RCMP-4GA game was called in the fourth inning with the score tied 2-2. The AGT— UCT contest was called In the third with AGT leading 5-2. Both games will be replayed at a later date.The regulation game that is called because of rain in fastball is five innings. Strong Creek - Traveller’s game had previously been rescheduled and was to be played Monday at Strong Creek.Following are complete resumes of last week’s games:ance for the winners, picking up his fourth straight win of the season. He allowed only three hits while striking out six and issuing three bases on balls. The loser was Jim Hunter relieved by Jim Gentre in the fifth.Roger Payne led the winners with a double. Singles came from Buck Heibgen, Irwin Honke and Jim Munroe. RCMP scored one run in the first inning and three more in the fifth on a walk, two Traveller’s errors and Payne’s double.Traveller’s scored twice in the fourth on a walk, a single by on MacKenzie and a double by Bert McClusky. The only other hit for the losers was by Nick Tascbuk.STRONG CREEK 13 - UCT 10Norm Skrudland led Strong Creek witb a single and a double. Singles were hit by Bruce Lambert, Mike Yaremchuk, Fred Rheaume, Milt Woods and Keith Sheehan.UCT led by Lawrence Hawthorne who singled, doubled and tripled. Herman doubled and tripled, and singles were hit by Kloberdanz, Ken Hornelund, Lloyd Devine and Henderson.Milt Woods was the winning pitcher, yielding nine hits while striking out one batter and issuing two walks.Roger Caucbon was the loser, relieved by Henderson in the fifth inning.*****RCMP 'a a b .500Strong Creek 3 4 6 .500UCT 3 4 6 .429Traveller’s 2 5 4 .286TOP TEN BATTERSAB R H Ave. Auchsteatter IGA 16 6 8 .500 Munroe, RCMP 13 4 6 .462 Ron M icKenzie,Traveller’s 24 7 11 .458 Wally Arychuk,Traveller’s 22 7 10 .455 Ken Davies, AGT 22 11 9 .408 Ruban Lange,IGA 24 7 9 .375 MacLeod, IGA 19 7 7 .367 Worrall, IGA 11 2 4 .364 Dick Dunn, AGT 20 7 7 .350World SoftballTournamentPlannedCALGARY (Special! - The Canadian Amateur Softball Association announced plans to stage a world tournament for men and women. The games would take place in Winnipeg at the same time as the 1967 Pan-American games.President Ed Corbett says the association has requested a $6,600 federal grant to help hold the tournament as a centennial project. It would not form a part of the Pan-Am games. Corbett also announced the -Association plans to initiate jun-
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Peace River Record Gazette
Peace River, Alberta, CA
Wed, Jun 22, 1966
Page 10
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Grace H.
CA 11 Sep 2017
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