ugust27, 1982

RECREATION
During the past few days I
have listened to arguments
regarding the formation of a
senior baseball team for our
city. The idea was first
suggested to me by Brian
Pipes, a Montrose reisdent
who has considerable knowhow in this field. Brian has
had a hand in just about
everything from Little
League to senior baseball in
Uris area.
Last night, just to get some
other opinions I asked longtime Rossland athlete, ball
player, etc., Barry Seal,
what his ideas were on the
subject. Barry has four
youngsters. Since we have
no
minor
baseball
organization in Rossland, he
was very emphatic that he
wants his kids to have the
chance to play baseball.
To sum up this situation, I
would have to say that the
idea suggested by Brian has
its merit, but the people
interested in this sort of a
project will have to look
beyond the confines of the
Rossland area to man such a
team. Rossland has a
flourishing slow-pitch league
and a team in the Trail
Commercia l
Fastball
League. I have not had the
chance to poll the people
playing on these teams as to
their ideas on the subject.
The Legion team, the only

the metallurgical sciences,
or to do such other things as
the directors of the foundation may determine,
providing that at all times
these things are related to
the mining industry.''
Ralph will be leaving
Rossland on Monday to help
his brother celebrate that
anniversary and will be
accompanied by his brotherin-law, Bert McNicol from
Castlegar and his wife.
A lightly humorous slant
occurs to me whenever I
think if Ralph and Alec. A
long-time resident of
Rossland now living on the
shores of Shuswap Lake,
Fred Hackney, visited us in
the Legion recently. Fred
was a former president of
our Rossland branch and
was never caught off base
when it came to the sharp
quip. I asked him if he bad
evern met Alec during his

term in the territorial
customs office, his rejoinder
"Oh yes, he's the elderberry."
Tuesday was another
beautiful day on the upper
course as the Retirees swung
into action for their weekly
round, Phil Bateman and
Sammy Martin were in
charge of the 30-plus golfers
and we played low net,
hidden hole and longest putt
on No. 9.
H. Swanson came in with.a
32 and guess who was next
with a 35. Emil Kwasney
holed a putt on No. 9 of
around 18 feet while the
hidden hole was divided
between four golfers, Gil
Besso, Gerry Thomson, Guy
Morey and Cleve Cowland.
Next week's action will be
masterminded by Jim Scott
and Romeo DeBiasio and we

look forward to another good
turnout.
Last Friday was indeed a
red-letter day in my life. I
guess anyone who has ever
played the grand and
honorable game of golf looks
forward to the day when they
will acomplish the ultimate
pinnacle of the game, holing
out their tee shot. It was a
first for me and when I think
of the number of people
playing this game who are
far more able at it than I am,
I have to believe that there
has to be a lot of luck involved in the making of a
hole in one.
A number three iron shot
from the back of the tee on
No. 5 that I managed to get
up to the top of the hill took
the right bounce and dropped in. Joe Rosse, who was
waiting his turn on the tee
said "Harry, I think you've
got an ace." Rich Watkinson

and George Dyson were the
other members of our
foursome and were inclined
to agree, when we got to the
green I looked around for my
ball and Joe said "Why don't
you look in the hole." There
it was nestled in the cup
alongside the flag like it
belonged there.
My hearfelt thanks for all
the kind words from all the
poeple who expressed their
congratulations. I guess the
one I enjoyed the most came
from long-time golf partner,
John McFarland, who can
always be sure to deflate a
fellow's ego when it gets
inflated,
he
said,
"Congratulations, Harry,
good going" and added as an
afterthought, "I was reading
at work today where one
fellow has just chalked up
his forty-first hold in one."
Nuff said.

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League. I have not had the
chance to poll the people
playing on these teams as to
their ideas on the subject.
The Legion team, the only
fastball team in town, would
have to be the focal poiJ1t of
any investigation regarding
the fonnation of a baseball
team in our town. The team
has a number of super
athletes, some of them from
the Trail area.
Nonetheless a team in
Rossland would have to be
manned by players from out
of town. If this sort of an
effort can excite people in
our town to get behind a
minor organization to teach
our kids the game of
baseball, then I would be
willing to help.
We need a baseball
organization for our kids, its
been dormant too long and I
can't think of a better way to
boost that idea than the
formation of a senior ball
club in our town.
One of our D)OM respected
senior citizens in Rossland,
Ralph Berry, gave me a
clipping from a Yukon paper
a couple of days ago. It
concerned the establishing
of a fund to assist young
people who wish to pursue a
career in the field of mining.
The donor is Ralph's older
brother, Alec.
Now approaching his 86th
birthday, Alec has been a
resident, and a very active
one, of the territory for 60odd years . .As .a member of
the territorial council he
worked very hard putting
together the Mining Act for
the Yukon and says he would
like to be remembered for
his efforts in this direction.
The fund he has esbalished
will be administered by the
Yukon Foundation, the income from it to be used, "to
assist mature students doing
pOM graduate studies in the
fields of mining, geology and