[Alsfastball] DD - Wed news - KITCHENER UNDEFEATED; JARVIS nips INNERKIP in thriller

[Al Doran]

ISSUE #4 - By John Thompson 
<mailto:sstj99 at yahoo.com>sstj99 at yahoo.com 
Wednesday August 31, 2005
KITCHENER UNDEFEATED; JARVIS nips INNERKIP in thriller
On Tuesday,  Kitchener Hallman Twins played once, 
and maintained the sole unblemished record, 
disposing of Saskatoon Aspen Black Sox by a 5-2 
score. The Twins are perfect at 4-0, in 1st 
place, one-half game ahead of the host St. Thomas 
Evergreen Centennials and Nova Scotia’s Mulgrave 
Eagles. (Mulgrave suffered its first loss, bowing 
5-1 to Newfoundland Impact Signs).
In the evening, rain may have deterred a few 
fans, but the faithful were treated to a superb 
doubleheader as the round-robin competition 
reached the half-way mark. Jarvis Merchants, in a 
re-match with Innerkip Bright Cheese House Eagles 
from the OASA Provincial Championship game 
several weeks ago, scored 6 runs in the top of 
the 1st inning. It appeared that a rout was in 
progress. However, a poised Innerkip squad scored 
a pair in their half of the inning to provide a 
hint of what was to come. The Eagles continued to 
scramble, and the fans were treated to a superb 
and determined late – game rally. Eagles pulled 
within one, and had the tying run on base in the 
7th, before succumbing  to Andrew Phibbs, in 
relief of Scott Wagar. Final score – Jarvis 7, Innerkip 6.
In the night-cap, defending champion Saskatoon 
suited up for their second match of the day 
against host St. Thomas. The Centennials got on 
board first, with Craig Crawford drawing a 
bases-loaded walk to open the scoring. The Black 
Sox tied it at one apiece, until the 6th when 
Crawford plated his 2nd RBI, and then scored an 
insurance run on a Sean O’Brien single. Final 
score St. Thomas 3, Saskatoon 1. (For Saskatoon, 
dropping two on Tuesday halted a 13 game winning 
streak: 10-0 last year; 3-0 in 2005).
ON FIELD COMPETITION is fierce here at Doug Tarry 
Sports Complex. And, off-field, jockeying and 
bidding is already generating interest for the 
2006 season. Word out of Owen Sound via 
Broadcaster Fred Wallace suggests that the Bay 
City, arguably the most successful Senior team of 
the new millennium (3 Canadian Championships in 
last five years), will be operational again in 
2006
. Apparently two groups are aligning 
stakeholders in two factions - #1, with an 
operating budget of $100,000 and a goal to bring 
a 6th Canadian Gold medal to Owen Sound. And 
faction #2 – an American-based group, represented 
by “different” Owen Sound interests, has a 2006 
Budget of $200,000 (US funds), and a goal to win 
the 2006 ISC, that will be hosted in Kitchener. 
Owen Sound’s “deep throat” suggests that both 
parties have met with their “money men”. Here in 
St. Thomas, a Canadian Champion will be crowned 
this week. In Owen Sound in September, perhaps a 
future Canadian Champion will be hatched. Could 
it be Owen Sound Selects, or Owen Sound Smokers, 
or Owen Sound Bay (River) Sharks, or Owen Sound 
Spirit/Travellers?  For up-dates,  check Al’s 
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