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KFL History

1979

'Major' Champions: Big Bills Bargain Warehouse

KFL Major Division Tournament Winners: Big Bill's

Terry Stumpf Memorial Trophy (league MVP):
George Dziarski (Big Bill's)

Gery Derferd Memorial Trophy (OF best combining sportsmanship and ability):
Ken Brooks (Big Bill's)

'Major' Champion - Big Bill's Bargain Warehouse
Back Row (L-R)
Murray Schmidt (Treasurer), John Thompson (Manager), Rick Arnold, Ken Brooks, Stew Weber, Lyle Kurt, George Dziarski, Jim Straus (Coach), 'Big Bill' Tanchuk (Sponsor)
Front Row (L-R)
Joe Straus, Neil 'Bernie' Burnett, Bill Ballagh, John MacTavish, George Chodoriwsky, Dave Gossett, Bob Tjart, Ed Schnurr
In KFL playoffs, 1st place Big Bill's beat 6th place Evergreens 4 games to 1 in the semi-final, and in the championship series, Big Bill's beat Schendel's 3 games to 0, with the last game a 4-3 win in 13 innings. Big Bill's also won the Chepstow and Ripley Tournaments and lost 2-0 to the Waterloo Team Sports Juniors in the Mayors Cup Championship (KFL Champ vs Waterloo City League Champ). Big Bill's record for the season was 40 wins, 8 losses and 2 ties with 230 runs scored and 95 runs against.
Perfect Game - Dave Fransen
'Major' Division Final Standings
Team Won Lost Tie Games Played Final Standing
Big Bill's Bargain Warehouse 16 2 2 20* 1
Tien Hoa Inn 13 7 1 21 2
Schendels 11 7 3 21 3
Westmount Unisex 8 10 3 21 4
Sportco 8 12 0 20* 5
Evergreens 7 12 2 21 6
Doug Wright 7 13 1 21 7
Clemmers 7 14 0 21 8
* Unknown why this game was not played.