HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-07-31, Page 9THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSONS WELL- After the novice Seaforth lacrosse
players attended a lacrosse clinic here conducted by Owen Sound Northstars player
Plat Flannan, right, they won the game they played that very night. The next night,
the local team, playing for the first time this year, came in second in a tournament
In Kincardine. (Staff Photo)
#Race for second place
John Hessels,Goderich 22
Jim Sheardown,Londesboro 22
Darwin Cart er,Londesboro 21
?au! Mellar,Vanastra 19
Jeff Darling,Exeter 19
Pat Heenan ,Seaforth 19
R.Rattray,London 17
Charlie, Dalrymple 16
Ashley Gilbert 12
Results of Vanastra Trap Shoot
held on July 16 are:
Greg Potter, Goderich
Mery Batkin, Clinton
Jeff Darling, Exeter
Derwin Carter, Londesboro
John Hessels, Goderich
Paul Middleton, Clinton
Janet Potter, Goderich
Ashley Gilbert, Goderich
Results of Vanastra Skeet Shoot
held on 'July 19th are:
Allen Turner, St. Marys
Tom Allen, Londesboro
( Jerry Coleman, Seaforth
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Bill McNutt,
Bill Stewart, Goderich
Pat Heenan, Sgaforth
Jim Carter, Loridesboro
Greg Potter, Goderich
Wilfred Mullens, Stratford
Harrison Shaeck, Zurich
Glen MOgk, Bornholm
Ashley Gilbert, Goderich
Gary McPhee, Goderich
Mery Batkin, Clinton
Paul Mellar, Vanastra
Jim East, Clinton
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Seaforth Minor Hockey Association -
DANCE
Friday, August 1, 1975
Dancing 9:00 p.m. - 1 :00 a.m.
LINCOLN
Seaforth Community Centre
Advance Tickets $3.00 per couple
Tickets Available From:
Molly Kunder
Betty Bennett
Ray Anstett
and Coache s
Clive Buist
Jim Nash
Joyce McClure
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Vanastra Skeet, Shoot, July 26
BillMcNaughton,Exeter 25 Play 20 hours.
AllanTurner,St.Marys 24
JerryColeman,Seaforth 22
HarrisonShoock,Zurich 20 Tennis tournament
5th Annual
BruSsels Invitational Men's
Softball Tournament
AUGUST 1, 2, 3 and 4
Brussels Ball Park
Admission:—
Friday Evening - Silver Collection
Remciining Games 7 '1.00 per day
Children Free
ored by the Parks and Community Centre Board
GRAND OPENING
Winthrop Community Park
AUGUST 1, 2 and 3
Friday Dance
Saturday Afternoon
2:00 p.m. Squirt Boys
3:30 p.m. Pee Wees and Bantams
5:00 p.m. Midget boys
OFFICIAL OPENING by Murray Gaunt
Saturday 7:30 - 8:30p.m.
CKNX TRI-HARDS vs
WINTHROP WARRIORS
Saturday 8:30p.m.
Sunday:
12:30 p.m. Slabtown Stammers
vs. BP Oiler
2:00 p.m. ',VI:Ida:in Warriors r .
vs. Manley Mashers
3:0u p.m. Winthrop Warettes, vs.
Winthrop Wingers
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will try to end the Turf Club's
unbeaten streak as they face each
other in the early game while the
late game will see the Queens try
for their first victory as they face a
strong Travellers squad.
As can be seen by the
standings below these games are
important as the season quickly
dtaws to a close.
Standings to Date
Turf Club 11 `0 0 22
Main• Street 6 2 3 15
Texaco 6 3 1 13
Travellers 5 5 1 11
Village 5 ' 5 1 11
Firemen 4 7 0 8
Teachers 4 7 0 8
queens 0 11 0 0
Skeet
shoot
scores
PatHeenan,Seaforth 19
DerwinCarter,Londesboro 19
DaV eCallins 17
AshleyGilbert,Goderich 17
JimAngus,London 16
JimEast,Clinton " '11
Vanastra Track Shoot held July 23
Harrison Shoock,Zurich 23
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homer for the Duffers. grounds while the late contest will
Early Lead see the Firemen challenge the
At the Lions Park the early. .e1 Villagers.
game saw the Firemen build an
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At the Lions Park, Main Street
early lead then hang on to post a
10-5 win over the Queens.L.. The
Firemen used the long ball to•
advantage as Kevin Bennett, Don
Halley and Bill Salisbury all hit
home runs in a winning cause.
The Queens played well but
couldn't find their batting eye as
Don Hulley restricted the Queens
to just eight hits while his squad
came through with fourteen
safties off the savings of ,Eric
Chuter.
The late contest provided
, plenty of excitement as the
Village built up an early lead and
lead. 9-3 .but than struggled to
hang and and had to settle for a 9
all tie with a surging Main Street
Nine.1 Main Street showed signs
of old as they came from behind
and perhaps would have pulled
out the win if the game had
continued.
All Important
Action from here 'on in is all
important in the league standings
as each game is becoming more
and more important, Monday
splay will see the Teachers take
on, a slumping Texaco squad in
the early contest at the Rec.
0 ching pays,
throuph the lacrosse team Mem*
hers who passed on the time of
the clinics to their friends and the
information wee posted in the
arena.
Mr. Buist said the number of
spectators at the games are
"Really quite good," averaging
about 80 to 90 people which isn't
bad for a new sport.
This year the two lacrosse
teams are being run by the
recreation department just to get
'it on its feet Mr. Buist said.
Hopefully, in the future a
Ikresse association will be set up
to run the sport, he said. Next
year, Mr. Buist expects at least
twice as many boys to be
interested in playing lacrosse.
"One of the biggest things is the
sport doesn't have enough
coaches," he said.
Maybe Apathy
This could be partly due to the
fact that men don't know enough
about the sport, but the rules can
be picked up from a rule book and
clinics will be held in April for
coaches, he said. Maybe its
apathy he said.
Lacrosse is Canada's national
sport although it has not been as
popular as hockey. Nevertheless
it is one of the oldest organized
sports in America. Indians played
,a form of lacrosse called baggat-
away and would travel as far as
3,000 miles to participate in a
sport that had as many as 75 to
200 players.
The game is a combination of
hockey and basketball. The net,
penalties,five man team. plus
goaltender resembles hockey, but
the rules on the possession of the
ball follows basketball rules.
The resemblance to hockey is
not surprising, one of the instruc-
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in • Indust rial ball
The past two weeks have
tightened up the middle of the
standings as the league nears the
end of the schedule. The Turf
Club continues to dominate the
league as they are undefeated
*f- and have clinched first place in
the standings.- The Queens have
also clinched -the(cellar as they
have yet to come up with a win.
However, the remaining spots are
undecided as there is very little
difference between the teams.
Mondays action saw the Turfs
again pull through in the late
innings to score an 8-2 win over a
strong Teachers squad. With the
socre tied at 2 a piece, in the sixth
frame, the experience again
showed as the Turfs took advant-
age of several miscues and moved
in front to stay. Both teams
played well in the field and
several double plays early in the
game keptAhe Teachers even
until the sixth frame.
, The late game at the Rec. saw
* the Travellers pull an upset and
whip a lifeless Texaco nine by a
convincing 13-S count. The
Travellers took a 3-1 first inning
lead and control of the game as
the Duffers made several costly
errors. Kevin Hendrson hit a two
run 'homer for the winners while
Moe Huard replied with a two run
feorW the HorsarMotith
By Ken ,
At the Goderich Raceway Friday night in the first race, Pen Dins
Sob owned and driven by Bruce Volland of Goderich was fourth.
The second race winner was Scotts Boy owned by Edith Santis
and driven by Randy McLean both of Godericli.
Second was Reggie Ford owned by Charles Brindley and driven
by Jack Meriana both of Goderich.
The third race winner was Amber Arnie owned by Paul Johnson
and Lloyd Fahner, Grand Bend and driven by Dennis Jewitt,
Clinton. The mile was in 213.4 and the pay off 4.60.
Second in the fifth race was G. D. Direct owned by Ian and
James Riehl of Goderich and driven by John Muir of Seaforth,
Fifth was Judy Mathers owned and driven by Mac Sewers of
Londesboro.
Fifth in the sixth race was Will He Lochinvar owned by Janet
Benneeies and driven by Dennis Jewitt.
The seventh race winner was Single Johnnie owned and driven
by Johnny Muir. The time of the mile was 212.2 and the pay off
10.10.
At the Clinton Raceway Sunday afternoon in the first race
Benmiller Buddi owned by Verdun and Bradley Vanstone of
Goderich and driven by Dennis Jewitt was fourth.
Out of the money was Miss Direct Beaker owned by Lorne
Tyndall and driven by Frank MacDonald both of Clinton.
Third in the second race was Kerr's Boy owned by Vicky and
Shelly Horner of Brucefield and driven by Randy McLean.
Fifth in the fourth race was Streamdale Velo owned by Verdun
and Lois Vanstone of Goderich with Dennis Jewitt driving.
Fifth in the fifth race was Barbara's Billie owned by Brian
Rutledge of Brussels and driven by Dennis Jewitt.
Second in the sixth race was Rhythm's Nancy owned by Dave
Muir of Seaforth and driven by Johnny Muir.
• Out of the money was Scotch A Plenty owned by Brian Rutledge
and driven by Dennis Jewitt.
Second in the eighth race was Victor H. Volo owned by Fred
Fowler of Londesboro and driven by Frank MacDonald.
Fourth in the ninth race was Greenview Duke owned by William
and Wayne Shean of Stratford and driven by Dennis Jewitt.
The featuresrace at Clinton Raceway on Sunday August 3 will be
the Centennial Pace for a purse of $2,o00 with the winner also
picking up a large silver tray donated by the Kinsmen Club of
Clinton. ,
The leading driver at the Goderich raceway summer meet after
four racing nights is still John Muir of Seaforth.
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By Nancy Andrews
Seaforth residents, are seeing
the birth of a new spat
town.
Five Clinics vverg3held'for three
days last week Whelp the kids
learn to play lacrosse, one of the
()Iciest sports in North America. •
The clinics were sponsored by
the Ontgario Minor LacroSse
Association which is trying to
promote the sport.
Thursday afternoon, about 14
boys dressed in all types and
colours of shirts at Seaforth arena
to learn the basic of the sport
from two university students.
Clive Buist, recreation director,
said during the first day, about 35
boys came, with only about 50, per
cent having played the sport
before.
He said half the boys attending
the clinic on Thursday had not
come the day before.
Two clinics were held last year
and since that time interest in the
sport has really increased, Mr.
Buist said.
As a result of those clinics, two
teams were formed in Seaforth,
the Bantam Lacrosse team for
boys 12 to 14 and the Juvenile
team for those 14 to 19.
Both teams are in the Blue
Water League and play against
Owen Sound, Kincardine and
Wingham.
Just last Thursday both teams
had their first win of the season
with the Bantams winning 5-0 and
Juveniles winning 2-0 against the
Wingham team.
The last home game of 'the
season will be plgyed this' Thurs-
day against Owen Sound. The
lacrosse season lasts from May to
mid-August.
The clinics were advertised
Tennis was the big game in
Seaforth over the weekend as a
marathon doubles tennis tourna-
ment took oven the courts at'
SDHS.
The tournament was planned to
last about 12 hours on Saturday.
The quality of • the tennis players
was so good that most matches
lasted a lot longer than expected
and the tournament spilled over
into Sunday. The tournament
finally ended after 20 not 12
hours, at 6 p.m. Sunday night,
recreation director Clive Buist
said.
as S'eafprth teams
tors said, because the first linckeY
game was played with a lacrosse
stick.. , •
Hickory Stick •
tacrosse is played with, a
hand-made hickory stick, with
aleather netted pouch at the end.
A st ick of this kind could cost
from $10 to $45 or more, and is
still made by the Indians. It
Standard equipment would
include the lacrosse stick, mouth
guard and helmets , the hockey
helmet could be used.
Mr. Buist said, "One of the
biggest reasons for the sport
catching on, is it -is a great
substitute for ,hockey in the
summer and kids can use an
awful lot of their' hockey skills."
The clinic was being taught by'
Roger Boyd of Wiarton and Pat
Faleon of Ajax. Both are students
from Waterloo University and
each said they thought the other
would have been in physical
education when' they first met.
Actually Roger Boyd is in
biology and Pat Faleon starting
his Masters in statistics. Mr.
Faleon said lacrosse is probably
the best sport in the world for
physical conditioning and quick
thinking.
He said he believes lacrosse
has the highest percentage of
players with university degrees.
This is probably because players
don't have the dream of making
the professional class and there-
fore, don't quit school early.
Six Pro Teams
Presently there are six profes-
sional teams this year, two in
Quebec and four in the United
States, but, hopefully there will be
eight next year, he said.
Mr. Faleon said in 1968 a third
attempt to start a national league
failed. This year, Ontario has no
professional team mainly because
of insufficient numbers of specta-
tors at their games last year.
In spite of this, both instructors
said lacrosse is "very, very big in
Ontario," particularly in "certain
parts of Ontario."
Mr. Faleon, a member of the
North Star, a top amateur t earn,
said the future for players who
want to make professional status
has never looked better. In the
past, he said, most players never
thought there was anything in it
except fun. As a result hehaid,
the sport allows players to make
lasting freindships.
Presently, most professional
playerS are earning around
$10,000'but'this makes it relative-
lyeheap twsupport the. sport:he
said. .
Clive Buist, said lacrosse is
more of a contact sport than most,
much more so than hockey.
Fewer Injuries
Mr. Faleon said in the past,
lacrosse has been classed as a
violent sport, but a survey had
been carried out that showed
there were fewer injuries in
lacrosse than other contact sports
like basketball.
Mr. Faleon said lacrosse would
bean ideal Olynipic sport but the
last time it was played was in
1908 when field laciosse was
played,
Most matches were extremely
close, Mr. Buist said, "some took
an hour and a half to two hours."
There was a crowd of 'specta-
tors watching the matches "and
that',s Always good", Mr. Buist
said.
He 'said he expects the tourna-
ment to be run again next year.
Winners of the tournament' in
the various classes wsere: Teen -
John and Dennis Nielsen, Mixed -
. Gail and Bill Price; Mens - Pat
Hulley and Bert Dennis and
Womens. - Betty Anne Miller and
Judy Dennis.
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