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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-01-09, Page 8Whatever Your Sport . . . SHOP HERE FOR A COMPLETE LINE OF TROPHIES Trophies, Plaques and Silverware For Any Award Presentation' ON-THE-PREMISES ENGRAVING JERRY MacLEAN & SON AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Our Peril Si Sig Enough to Serve You, Needs iv? Smog if natigh to Alf friendii Gistet 235.0000 While the recent Toronto. Maple Leaf trades are still keeping many sports fans buzzing, the swap a month or two ago between the Montreal Expos and Detroit Tigers was also very important. Some Detroit Tiger fans were shocked to hear that their favorite .centre fielder and base stealer for several years was headed to the National league and the ExpoS. Ron LeFiore had become sort of a fixture in the Tiger lineup ever since he got an early parole from Southern Michigan prison in 1973. In six full seasons with the Tigers, LeFlore es- tablished a batting average of .293 and stole close to 300 bases. When the trade was announced, Tiger manager Sparky Anderson commented, "The Expos will win their pennant next year with LeFlore's speed being a big advantage." Harold "Batch" Wolfe who has built up a reputa- tion as the most dedicated Tiger fan in this part of the country was shocked by the trade. A few days later Wolfe had recovered and in- dicated his allegiance had switched to Montreal and was planning an October vacation to attend the World Series at Olympic Stadium. We would like to share Wolfe's enthusiasm that LeFlore will give the Expos the momentum they need. But, would caution that the Pittsburgh Pirates and their strong man Willie Stargell may have some say in the 1980 National league champion. The Expos apparently are banking on LeFlore making the big difference in being a close contender and a winner this year. It's an all or nothing shot this year as LeFlore is expected to become a free agent for the next season and he will probably head back to an American team for bigger bucks. Interesting interview While flipping the television dial between halves of the football games Sunday we hit for a few moments a flashback sports program. One of the stars of yesterday appearing was Bill Cowley of the Boston Bruins of 40 years ago. Cowley was in his prime at the time of fellows like Eddie Shore, Tiny Thompson and the Kraut line of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer. Bill Cowley was best known for his great stick handling and playmaking ability. He suggested that Bobby Orr was the best hockey player he has ever seen and Eddie Shore was second. It's funny that both were Boston Bruins. As a member of the 1940 Stanley Cup champions, Cowley said he received $11,000. His basic salary that year was $4.500. There has been quite a change in salaries for athletes over the past 40 years. Those were the days when player agents were unheard of and each athlete negotiated his own contract. Cowley said in the interview Sunday that one year he went to the boss for a raise asking for the same salary as star goalie Tiny Thompson. He was surprised to find that his own salary was higher than that of Thompson. After watching the show we dug out our collection of NHL hockey pictures some of which go back as far as 45 years ago. We were able to find pictures of Cowley, Shore, ThOiripspn, Schmidt, Bauer and Dumart along with many others of those days and some more recent. Our moits-,Kized possessions and probably the oldest are team pictures of the Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens of 'the 1934-35 season, We also have individual pictures of • Aurel Joliat and Sylvio Mantha of the same Montreal era. Our oldest Toronto Maple Leaf pies include King Clancy, Hap Day, Red Horner, Bill Thoms, Buss Boll, Charlie Conacher, Turk Broda, Andy Blair, Busher Jackson, Art Metz, Don Metz and Bob Davidson. Our team picture of the Maroons of 1934-35 does not contain any names, so, if anyone else has a similar picture with names we would certainly appreciate hearing from you. The Canadiens team roster is iden- tified, Dinner closer Don't look now, but, the 1980 Exeter Lions club Sportsmen's dinner is only four weeks away. The date is Tuesday, February 5 at the South Huron Rec Centre and an excellent list of sporting celebrities have been lined up. Just a reminder that the two headline speakers are former New York Yankee great second baseman Bob- bie Richardson and former NHL referee Red Storey. Chairman George Godbolt and his hard working committee expect to have representatives from the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers to go with Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos. On the subject of hockey, one Lion who shall re- main anonymous said, "We don't know whether to get a Toronto Maple Leaf or a hockey player." BELMONT TOPS IN HAWK TOURNAMENT — The third annual Exeter Hawks junior D tournament held over the weekend proved to be a big success with the Belmont Bombers capturing,the top spot as the result of a win over the Mitchell Hawks. Presenting cuptoin Bob Brulotte and coach Brian Abbey with their $500 cheque and banner was president of the Exeter minor hockey association Shirley Pratt. T-A photo High school wrestling team enjoys exchange with Michigan Dixie Great Taste ... • Chicken • Salads .0 Seafoods is FRIED CHICKEN & SEAFOOD Exeter 235-2665 tournament victory, while The tournament .at acted the Mitchell crew took home go.Od crowds through° t and. should end up in the ack, SAVE ON THESE- A-1 USED MACHINES st '79 Tiger 6000, low Mileage. '79 Tiger 60011, test, '71 Ski Poole 340 twin. '72 Yamana 292, new track. 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January 9, 19$0 Edge Mitchell in final The Belmont BoUthera oVeretIM.e. twoloal deficit to post a. bard,fonght. 4-3 win. over Mitchell to win the third annual ,Junior "D." tour- narnent played at the South Huron rec centre over the weekend, The Bembers,,wholead the southern division of the area junior loop and have lost only one game due to a protest, evened the count early in the third period in the Sunday night championship tilt and then came back quickly with the winner over the defen- ding tournament champions. Machine traded two goals each in the early minutes of the second and then the Hawks took control of the game and pulled it out of reach with two tallies in the final Stanza.. In the third tilt, the Exeter Hawks took to the ice and were never headed after Kerry Bedard gave them, quick lead after only .03 seconds had been played against. Cayuga Red Wings. Exeter ended up with a 5-2 win over the southern league entry as Bedard had two "It wasn't a foreign ex- change, but, rather an ex- change among friends." That's the way South Huron District High School wrestling coach Doug Ellison summed up a recent trip by his team to two high schools in Michigan. The South Huron team along with the wrestling Rodney Masnica was seventh. Brian Westelaken was judged the best South Huron wrestler, Frank Vermaeten was the most improved and Ed Hunter-Duvar came up with fastest pin. A four point performance Friday night has moved the Sassenachs into first place in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league with 55 points. The Evil Eyes and Winkers are deadlocked for second place with 51 points apiece. The Doublers are fourth with 47 followed by Out of Space and Family Affair at 44 each, Scotties with 43 and Outlaws and The Chances all even at 42. The Rowdy Ones, Nicky Tams and DR's are tied at 41, Itchy Niters have 39, Shiphunters and Canscotts 37 and CB'ers 35. In the individual depart- ments, Doris Dobson and Marg Hedley lead the women in games won with 18 while Bill Lenk with 22 is best for the men. Ellen Knight has the high Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Dave Todd Scored three of the winners. goals and Dale SCott added the :fourth in a game that saw only 15 Penalties. The western junior "D" teams showed their supremacy in the tour- nament as they sent four representatives from other leagues home after the. preliminary games. on Saturday. The Lucan-Irish got some spectacular netminding from Kevin Woods to beat St. George Lions 54 in the opener. Paul Medd was the squad from Banting High School in London spent two days in Columbus and Napoleon, Michigan, about 20 miles south-east of Jackson, just before Christmas. In December of 1980, the two Michigan schools will be making a two day return visit to Exeter. Nicky Tams 4 - Chances 1 Rowdy Ones 4 - Scotties 1 Sassenachs 4 - Itchy Niters 1 Doublers 4 - Canscotts 1 Family Affair 3 - Evil Eyes 2 Outlaws 3 - CB'ers 2 Winkers 3 - DR's 2 Out of Space 3 - Shiphunters 2. Friday's schedule is as follows: 8:00 p.m. Scottiesys Winkers CB'ers vs Sassenachs DR's vs Rowdy Ones Family Affair vs Doublers. 9:00 p.m. 3 Nicky Tams vs Out of Space Itchy Niters vs Outlaws Canscotts vs Evil Eyes Shiphunters vs The Chances. top Shooter with two goals, while adding singles were Rick Freeman, Tom. McGorman and Jeff Mar- shall. The, Irish scored on three power play opportunities to mark the difference in the game. Woods was: at his best in the final, minutes of the contest as. St. George battled to get the equalizer. The Mitchell Hawks took the second game with a convincing 5-2 win over Fergus, one of the top teams in the northern league. The In keeping with in- ternational competition, the Canadian and American students ekchanged gifts before the wrestling got underway, South Huron won only six of 30 matches. Winning in their respective weight divisions were Tyler Goudie, Andrew Martens, Tim Martens, Brian Westelaken, Greg Sangster and Ed Hunter-Duvar. Ellison said the Michigan wrestlers start their school programs in grade four and are well advanced. Back in Ontario, Saturday, the South Huron team finished third in a 10-team tournament in Woodstock. Coach Ellison said it was his team's best performance of the year as they compiled 61 points, only five back of the champion College Avenue School from Woodstock, Doug Raymond of South Huron with two victories won the 165 pound championship. Placing second with four wins each were Tyler Goudie, Phil De Haan, Frank Vermaeten and Brian Westelaken. Tim Martens and Ed Hunter-Duvar managed third place finishes, Tim McQuiggan and Greg Sangster were fourth, Andrew Martens fifth and markers to his credit and Ron Bilcke, Dwight consitt and Paul Haggitt added singles. Preston Dearing helped on two of the tallies, while drawing one assist pach were Dennis Preszcator, Ken. Varley, Bryan Baker, Dave Atthill, Dan Bell, Larry Dawson and Bedard, Exeter netminder Steve Wells had only 16 shots to handle in the game, while the Hawks drove 35. at Cayuga netminder Fred Elliott. In the final preliminary game on Saturday, the Belmont Bombers jumped on Meaford Monarchs for two quick goals in the first two minutes and then went on to post the most lopsided win of the tournament with a 10-2 margin. Meaford trailed 4-1 at the end of the first and while they held Belmont to only one goal in the middle frame, the Bombers scored five unanswered markers in the third. Irish ousted Byran Baker, Dave Kinsman and Dwight Consitt scored for the Hawks with Preston Dearing and Kerry Bedardaiding on two of the markers and Terry Caldwell assisting on one. Steve Sararas worked between the pipes and had 23 saves, while Dave Weaver had 25 for Belmont. Exeter picked up only four minor penalties compared to the 11 served by the Bombers and they scored on two of those chances. Coach Ron Bogart said after the game that with a couple of 'breaks, his chargers could have ousted the highly favored Bombers. Kerry Bedard was chosen as Exeter's top player in the Cayuga win, while Dwight Consitt earned that honor in the Belmont contest. Goalie Kevin Woods was named top player for the Lucan crew in their win over c"- George and Paul Medd's t-trick got him the section in the semi-final loss to Mitchell. The top players in each game received trophies from RSD Sports Den. Belmont won $500 for their Friday, the South Huron team will be in Stratford competing in a six team tourney and Wednesday they will be hosting teams from St. Thomas, London and Forest. Sassenachs first in dart league score for the women with 180 and Brian Chappell with 174 tops the male darters. This week's scores were: Belmont wins third junior .Hawks tournament