After playing minor ball in Winnipeg’s Weston CC, he went to the Midget Westerns in Brandon with the Weston Midget 17 year olds. In 1980 with the Chalet Jets, he went to the Midget Westerns in BC, and 1981, to the Canada Games in Thunder Bay. The following year, he began play in Senior Men's Fastball. During the next 24 years, he developed into one of the Manitoba's top hitters whom teams repeatedly recruited to play at the Canadian Men's Senior 'A' Nationals and at the ISC World Championships. Repeatedly, he was named to tournament All-Star teams including as short-stop and as catcher. Scouring the Portage newspaper, we find these phrases -‘Dutiaume homered’, ‘double by Dutiaume’, ‘threw home to get the runner’, ‘homered for two runs’, ‘belted two homers yesterday’, ‘another home run’ and ‘another home run’. A immense talent deserving of Hall of Fame recognition.
