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Travel costs, politics send Bulls to Jr. C league
The Brussels Bulls Junior Hoc
key Club took another step in their
team history when they were
accepted into the Western Jr. C.
League.
Citing a major increase in travell
ing and behind the scenes dealing
between certain clubs in the Jr. D
loop the Bulls’ executive, who have
talked of going ‘C’ the last two
years, decided to make the change
in leagues and classification.
The majority of Junior D teams
in Ontario are based in the London
Sports Brussels
Midgets
lose squeaker
Too late
It would appear that this young Walton player was just a little
late getting to first base, as the Belgrave first baseman caught
the ball. Walton team did, however, defeat the Belgrave team
10 to 9.
Walton, Listowel win
at Mite tournament
area and it was becoming increas
ingly obvious to the northern teams
who was running the league. For
example all league meetings were
held in Belmont because it was
central for most teams. As well the
Bulls travelling costs were increas
ing. Last season Brussels played in
a group with Seaforth, Mitchell,
Exeter, Lucan, Wellesley and Tavi
stock. A motion was defeated that
would have seen Lucan, Exeter and
possibly Mitchell join the London
conference while Brussels, Sea
forth, Wellesley and Tavistock
would have joined Ayr, Paris,
Burford, Delhi, Langton and
Ohsweken.
Instead the southern teams ma
jority voted in a partial interlocking
schedule and the Bulls were forced
to add Lambeth, Mt. Brydges and
Alvinston to their schedule. Lam
beth who have been in the league
two years, claiming two all-Ontario
Championships including an unde
feated playoff season, were given
their choice on which division they
would like to play in.
Brussels Midgets came up on the
short end of a pitcher’s duel to drop
the first game of their WOAA
Major Midget Softball Playoff ser
ies with Shakespeare Friday.
Andrew McCutcheon pitched
nine strong innings, of four hit ball
and struck out 11 for Brussels but
unfortunately Tim Yantzi was even
stingier for Shakespeare. Yantzi
allowed only two hits and struck out
15 as he held Brussels scoreless in
the 2-0 game.
A home run in the eighth inning
helped Shakespeare’s cause. It was
the first game of a best of three
series.
Man charged
in Walton incident
An altercation between two Wal
ton residents on Saturday after
noon resulted in one charge of
aggravated assault.
Mr. Morley Shepherd has been
charged following a property dis
pute during which Mr. Robert
Walker received minor injuries
from a chain saw wielded by Mr.
Walker, an OPP spokesperson
said.
The incident is still under inves
tigation by the Wingham police.
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The folding of the Pt. Elgin
Bears had reduced the midwestern
Jr. C. League to Wingham, Goder
ich, Mt. Forest, and Hanover with
Walkerton a question mark. Rum
our was the league was trying to
talk Grand Valley and/or Stayner
to come into their grouping for a
viable league. The Bulls executive
made a phone call last Monday
night about possible entry into the
league. Tuesday night the Jr. C.
teams held an informal meeting
and last Thursday the Bulls were
accepted along with Grand Valley.
Normally a change in classification
must be proposed to the OHA in
April but with the juniors reputa
tion of running a solid organization
plus the possible demise of a
hockey league the OHA gave their
blessing to move without a formal
application.
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The Bulls, founded in the sum
mer of 1983 had played Jr. D in the
now defunct Grey-Bruce League for
two seasons before moving to the
Western Junior D League for the
past four years. In its six year
history the Brussels team has
advanced to the group finals three
times. In 1985 they lost a hard
fought seven game series to the
eventual All-Ontario champion
Grand Valley Harvesters.
In 1987 the Bulls won the
Western Jr D North Division title
before losing again to an All-On-
tario Champion, the Lucan Irish in
a semi-final series. In 1988 Brus
sels lost to the Exeter Hawks in a
four-game sweep of their division
finals. Last season, with a rookie
laden squad, the Bulls finished in
second place before losing in the
opening round of playoffs.
Attention Farmers
The TriCounty Mite Girls held
their playoff tournament on Satur
day, August 12 at the ball dia
monds in Brussels. There were 16
teams participating in TriCounty
Mites this year. The top eight
teams in the league competed for
the “A” division trophies and the
other eight teams competed in the
“B” division.
The teams competing in “A”
Division were Fordwich, Walton,
Brussels, Bluevale, Wingham ‘A’,
Blyth, Wingham *B’ and Monkton.
The “A” Championship trophy
was presented to Fordwich after
defeating Wingham “B” in the
“A” Final Game. They had also
defeated Walton and Brussels to
advance to the final. The “B”
trophy for the “A” Division was
presented to Walton after they
defeated Monkton in the final
game. They had lost to Fordwich
and then defeated Bluevale to
advance to the final.
Game scores were: Fordwich 15,
Walton 13; Brussels, 21, Bluevale,
12; Blyth 26, Wingham “A” 15;
Wingham “B” 28, Monkton 10;
Walton 10, Bluevale 9; Fordwich
12, Brussels 9; Wingham “A” 25,
Monkton 27; Wingham “B” 19,
Blyth 13; “B” Final Walton 19,
Monkton 17; “A” Final Fordwich
32, Wingham “B” 13.
The teams participating in the
“B” Division of the Tri County
Mite Girls included Belgrave, Sea
forth, Winthrop, Atwood, Listowel
I, Gowanstown, Listowel II, Bel
more. The “A” Champion trophy
was presented to Listowel I after
they defeated Listowel II in the
final game. The “B” champs were
Atwood after they defeated Bel
more in the final game and they
received crests.
Game scores in “B” Division
were: Seaforth 10, Winthrop 8;
Listowel 133, Belmore 10; Gowans
town 17, Atwood 16; Listowel II 26,
Belgrave 15; Belmore 23, Winthrop
13; Listowel I 18, Seaforth 17;
Atwood 34, Belgrave 18; Atwood
26, Belmore 20, “B” Final; Lis
towel I 14, Listowel II 7, "A”
Final.
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