Famous News (Nov-Dec 1981)

H.O. Baseball @ e Picnic a Smash re) Hit! Cold, wet weather can’t put a damper on our Famous Head Office baseball team! Saturday, September 26, they drove the 40-odd miles out of Toronto to Elly Weinhold’s farm in Uxbridge for their annual picnic. Elly works in the Personnel/ Employee Benefits Department. Somehow between showers they were able to get a barbecue going, enjoy a corn roast (from freshly picked corn!), and demolish all of the homemade goodies which included salads, cakes and pastries brought by the individual members of the team. Games, dancing and plain old chit-chat, while sitting around a warm fire indoors, rounded out the day with everyone agreeing they had a ‘ball’ in spite of the weather. A Tough Challenge from Dorval, Quebec The ‘Dorval Expos’ (Cinemas Dorval), had a great 1981 softball season with a record of seven wins and only one loss! As champions of their league, the ‘Dorval Expos’ would like to challenge any teams who think they can beat them. Anyone wishing to contact them may do so in care of the Cinemas Dorval they eagerly await your letters or telephone calls. The ‘Dorval Expos’ will always be on the ball! Hey it’s stopped raining, let’s have a corn roast. Audrey Hogan and Dale Stark try to talk Dave Bambrough into finding some dry logs. Some of the H.O. Baseball Team members on a sunnier day in Niagara Falls where they were trounced 10 to 8 by the Pyramid Place Baseball Team. Standing from left: Steve Armbruster, Butch Coles, Kevin Shannon, Paul Hions, Steve Hayden, Sean Callagher, Bob Telford, Ed Lew, Merle Victor, Audrey Hogan and Ray Yonkers. Front from left: Dale Stark, Leslie McCarroll, Martha Ferency, Marlene Brown, Urelle Smith, Elly Palaroan, Shelagh Belbin, Debby Lang and Sharon Paradis. front row from left: F. Germano, B. Tache, C. Bourdage, D. Dipietrantonio, S. Bean, J. Germano rear: K. Marleau (mgr./coach), N. Medaglia, B. Moir, R. Crupi, J. Wilk, S. Gagnon, C. Coffin, S. Moir, B. Perry. (photo by R. McKay) others on the team but not in photo: M. Boman, A. Buckingham, E. Chapman, T. DeSousa, T. Idone, R. McKay and S. Pare. **Place de Ville Villains’’ 1981 Ottawa Champions This is the first year an intertheatre baseball league was organized in Ottawa with teams _participating from the Elgin, Rideau, Capitol Square, Place de Ville theatres and the Airport Drive-In. Their season started in early May and continued until the end of August. At that time there was a three game round-robin played between the Elgin, Rideau and Capitol Square Cinemas with the Elgin eliminating the other two teams in the third and deciding game. The following weekend, four teams played a best of three semifinal series. Place de Ville won its series two straight against fourth place Elgin, and the Airport DriveIn played all three semi final games before defeating second place Nelson. The finals also consisted of the best of three. The first game was won by Place de Ville but, the challenger Airport Drive-In won the second by one run. The final game was the best of the series with both teams playing defensive baseball. The score was 6-2 in favour of the ‘‘Place de Ville Villains’’! Afterwards, the victory was topped off with the opening of champagne, courtesy of Shadow’s Cafe, a local restaurant. All of the teams involved enjoyed the challenge of an inter-theatre league and are looking forward to © the baseball season next year. e November/December, 1981 9