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Led by the excellent pitching of Reg Harvey, the Hublit Hotelmen emerged as Chapleau Fastball League champions for the second year in a row in 1978, the Chapleau Sentinel reported.
The Hotelmen defeated the Sportsman Hotelers in "convincing style" four games to one. They "steamrolled to 11-1, 10-2, 5-1 and 11-6 victories while absorbing their loss 9-7".
The Sentinel reported that Hotelmen hitters J.C. Cyr, George Swanson, Bill Pickering and Paul McDonald "incessantly provided clutch hitting" in each game.
Rookies Ron McLoud, Gary Murphy and Rory Edwards provided additional depth to their roster.
"Their performance on the field and at bat proved a decisive factor in the final outcome as they individually rose to the occasion and consistently outplayed many of the oppositions more seasoned veterans."
Defensively Ray Larcher, Andre Cyr, Allan Larcher and Claude Noel were very effective.
The Hotelmen extended thanks to their sponsor Dennis Hublit.
A special thanks was also extended to Jamie Doyle and Dave McMillan for their efforts on behalf of the league during ths season.
All games were played at the ballfield on Pine Street behind the old high school.
As a matter of historical interest, I checked 'Pioneering in Northern Ontario' by Vince Crichton to see where fastball was played in Chapleau's early years. I knew that in 1916, my grandfather Harry Morris was playing on a team called the Young Elephants coached by Father Romeo Gascon, the priest at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
Vince wrote that the first athletic field was located where the YMCA was eventually located (now where the liquor store is) but in 1908 when it was built, it was moved to a new site on Grey Street North.
Apparently it was on east side of the street and north of the cemetery. It extended over to what is now Connaught Street as there were no buildings in the area at that time.
Then about 1925, the area was divided into lots for homes, and the next location was across the river in the golf course area. This area did not prove successful as it was difficult to access so during the depression it was located on the playground behind Chapleau Public School.
In the 1940s, it was moved to the grounds behind the old Chapleau High School, and that is where the 1978 fastball title was decided, although the high school had been moved to "the hill" in 1966, and the Chapleau Civic Centre opened on the school site in 1978.
Thanks to Raymond Larcher for the details on the fastball championship. My email is mj.morris@live.ca
The Hotelmen defeated the Sportsman Hotelers in "convincing style" four games to one. They "steamrolled to 11-1, 10-2, 5-1 and 11-6 victories while absorbing their loss 9-7".
The Sentinel reported that Hotelmen hitters J.C. Cyr, George Swanson, Bill Pickering and Paul McDonald "incessantly provided clutch hitting" in each game.
Rookies Ron McLoud, Gary Murphy and Rory Edwards provided additional depth to their roster.
"Their performance on the field and at bat proved a decisive factor in the final outcome as they individually rose to the occasion and consistently outplayed many of the oppositions more seasoned veterans."
Defensively Ray Larcher, Andre Cyr, Allan Larcher and Claude Noel were very effective.
The Hotelmen extended thanks to their sponsor Dennis Hublit.
A special thanks was also extended to Jamie Doyle and Dave McMillan for their efforts on behalf of the league during ths season.
All games were played at the ballfield on Pine Street behind the old high school.
As a matter of historical interest, I checked 'Pioneering in Northern Ontario' by Vince Crichton to see where fastball was played in Chapleau's early years. I knew that in 1916, my grandfather Harry Morris was playing on a team called the Young Elephants coached by Father Romeo Gascon, the priest at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
Vince wrote that the first athletic field was located where the YMCA was eventually located (now where the liquor store is) but in 1908 when it was built, it was moved to a new site on Grey Street North.
Apparently it was on east side of the street and north of the cemetery. It extended over to what is now Connaught Street as there were no buildings in the area at that time.
Then about 1925, the area was divided into lots for homes, and the next location was across the river in the golf course area. This area did not prove successful as it was difficult to access so during the depression it was located on the playground behind Chapleau Public School.
In the 1940s, it was moved to the grounds behind the old Chapleau High School, and that is where the 1978 fastball title was decided, although the high school had been moved to "the hill" in 1966, and the Chapleau Civic Centre opened on the school site in 1978.
Thanks to Raymond Larcher for the details on the fastball championship. My email is mj.morris@live.ca
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