The Citizen, 1998-09-16, Page 10CLINTON MINOR HOCKEY
REGISTRATION
Wednesday, Sept. 16 6:30-9:00 p.m.
and
Saturday, Sept. 19 10 a.m. - 1 p.
Upstairs Auditorium Clinton Community Centre
PRE-TYKE (5 + under) $25 (No draw tickets)
TYKE $200 (includes draw tickets)
NOVICE + UP $300 (includes draw tickets)
Family Rate & Payment Plan Available
Late registration will have to have executive
approval. If you are not registered on time, you
may not be playing. There will be an extra fee of
$25 if approval is given.
POWER SKATING WILL BE
AVAILABLE $125 (All Season)
For further information call
GARY WALDEN 482-7675
411
FORM 9
SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC AUCTION
The Corporation of The County of Huron
Take Notice that the land(s) described
below will be offered for sale by
public auction at 10:00 o'clock in
the forenoon on the 6th day of
October, 1998 at Huron County
Court House, 1 Court House Square,
Goderich, Ontario N7A 1M2
Description of Land(s)
Minimum Bid $
(set out the cancellation price
as of the first day of advertising)
1. Lot 4; Plan 133
$19,456.66
As per Instrument Number 197348
As per Instrument Number 311231
Township of Tuckersmith, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
2. Lot 5; Plan 133
$18,720.82
As per Instrument Number 197347
As per Instrument Number 310792
Township of Tuckersmith, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
3. North Part Lot 29; Plan 133
$15,905.62
As per Instrument Number 138948
Township of Tuckersmith, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
4. Part of the South Part of Lot 19; Concession 10
$2,481,88
As per Instrument Number 186978
Township of West Wawanosh, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
All amounts payable by the successful purchaser shall be payable in full at the time of
sale by cash or money order or by a bank draft or cheque certified by bank, trust
corporation or Province of Ontario Savings Office.
The municipality or board makes no representation regarding the title to or any other
matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters
rests with the potential purchasers.
This sale is governed by the Municipal Tax Sales Act and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules.
The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount bid plus accumulated
taxes and relevant land transfer tax.
For further information regarding this sale, contact:
Treasurer
Corporation of the County of Huron
1 Court House Square, Goderich, Ontario N7A 1M2
Personal information contained on this form, collected pursuant to the Municipal Tax
Sales Act will be used for the purposes of that Act. Questions should be directed to the
Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at the Institution responsible for the
procedures under the Act.
By Hugh
Nichol
Major league
baseball has
struggled in
the 90s. Inci-
dents such as
the Pete Rose
gambling
scandal, Marge Schott's racism, and
the politics surrounding the
cancellation of the 1994 World
Series have sent consumers looking
elsewhere for entertainment.
Baseball needed reviving. It
begged for a hero to step forward
and breathe life into a stilled body.
ht 1998 that plea for help was
answered as major league hitters
took aim at a 37-year-old record.
The result was exactly what
America's pastime needed with
stories about the new challenging
the old becoming front page news.
Until this year only two men in
baseball history, Babe Ruth in 1927
and Roger Maris with a record
setting 61 in 1961, had reached the
immortal status of hitting 60 or
more homeruns in a single season.
As the schedule progressed the
legacy of these two men became
intertwined with a third, each of
whom has added to the long and
distinguished history of baseball.
Babe Ruth was destined to star in
New York City. Bubbling with
character and personality he
epitomized what the roaring 20s was
about. Babes, booze and baseball
were his passion, a tidbit not
unnoticed by the producers of the
brisk tea commercial. In 1930 while
demanding an $80,000 a year
contract it was explained to Ruth his
salary would be more than that of
Herbert Hoover, President of the
United States. His simple reply was,
"I had a better year than he did".
So powerful was his legend that
even today Yankee stadium is better
known as the house that Ruth built.
Roger Maris had his best years in
New York but they were definitely
not his happiest. Maris shied away
from the spotlight, his off-field life
private and personal. Despite
wearing the Yankee pinstripes his
removal of the Babe's name from
the record book was regarded as
almost sacrilegious by the hostile
New York media and fans. Their
outcry eventually forced baseball's
In two straight games, the Lon-
desboro Midget Girls outplayed
their Seaforth opponent to capture
the B championship.
The first in the series, Aug. 26,
was a very tight match, going two
innings into overtime to settle the
tie.
After allowing Seaforth three
runs in the top of the first, Londes-
boro doubled it in the bottom.
Londesboro went into the fourth
up 11-7, but were unable to hold
off the offense. Seaforth pushed 10
home then held the home team to
only three. The visitors took the
lead for the first time, 17-14.
Londesboro tied the match in the
bottom of the fifth with four runs,
having kept Seaforth to only one.
The sixth was blanked before
Seaforth put up five in the seventh.
On the ropes, Londesboro was
forced into action in their at-bat.
They came through with six runs
for the 24-23 win.
The Aug. 30 game was not such
a nail-biter as Londesboro took a 9-
5 lead through two.
They nudged ahead 11-6 after
three and captured the champi-
onship after each team racked up
establishment to place an asterisk
beside his name in the record book
with the explanation that Maris had
the advantage of playing a longer
schedule than Ruth.
Mark McGwire, in the words of
his long-time manager Tony
Larussa, is a better person than a
player. At no time during the record
chase did he forget his respect for
the Maris family, nor the love for
his son. And at no time did he ever
deny taking androstendedione
simply because in his profession it is
regarded as an over-the-counter
vitamin, as easy to purchase as a
bottle of Flintstones.
Despite what is written all men
are not created equal. McGwire had
a God-given talent and to imply that
it is drug-enhanced or that McGwire
himself is an addict simply suggests
that the pressure faced by athletes is
also faced by the media who must
find ways to sell their story, even if
it means attacking someone's
reputation.
Whether McGwire's record is
tainted by his use of a possible
steroid in no way took away the
excitement I enjoyed in watching
the record fall. In fact, his
performance leading to the record
probably enticed me to follow the
daily box scores more closely.
The fact that androstendedione is
a banned substance at the Olympic
level is an unreasonable
comparison, for their list of steroids
includes everything from nasal
spray to an ordinary headache
tablet.
Perhaps the supreme compliment
to McGwire's achievement is that
George Steinbrenner, who has never
met a microphone he didn't like has
allowed the homerun chase to
remain front page news despite the
fact his present day New York
Yankees are on the verge of
recording the greatest season ever in
major league history.
With all due respect to Sammy
Sosa, who undoubtedly will also
break or set the record, baseball
needs and owes McGwire a debt of
gratitude.
His accomplishments hopefully
will shed light on why Roger Maris
has never been inducted into the
Hall of Fame and in time may allow
baseball's World Series to once
again be known as the fall classic.
six in the fourth.
Londesboro's strong pitching
came from Amanda Anderson.
ports
Swing and a hit
Annette McCutcheon, playing for the Walton Ladies'
takes a swing during the year-end slo-pitch tournament
on Saturday in Brussels. Water Rats beat TFA for the A,
Walton took the B defeating the Bookies and the Bombers
downed the Gators for the C. The men's tournament on
Sunday was won by Crushers,. while the Devils claimed
Pr B. (Mark Nonkes photo)
Belgrave loses
to Ethel
In the final contest of a best-of-
three series, the Belgrave PeeWee
Girls slipped in the last inning to
give Ethel an opening.
Belgrave was held off the board
in the first, as Ethel tapped in three
in their at-bat.
The visitors pulled to within one,
with two runs in the second, only to
watch Ethel pull ahead with three
of their own.
Down 6-2, Belgrave blasted out
of the gate in the third with six runs
to get them back in the match.
However, Ethel was not to be
beaten, pushing in three then hold-
ing Belgrave to three in the top of
the fourth.
Ethel found themselves behind
11-9 for their final turn at the plate
and captured a resounding victory
with eight runs.
Ethel took the B title.
Jenni Skinn and Lisa Black
shared mound duties for Belgrave.
Tigers
move on
The Brussels Tigers continued
their WOAA semi-final play with
the Wroxeter Rippers, and earned a
6-5 victory in the third and
deciding game.
The Tigers got off to a quick start
as Tim Fritz hammered an opposite
field homer. Steve Fritz then
cashed Murray Pipe with an RBI
single to make the score 2-0.
Brussels made the score 4-0 as
Ken Higgins cashed Todd Uhrig
and Doug Conley with a double
down the line in right.
The Rippers however scored four
in the fifth to knot it a four. The
Tigers answered with a single run
in their turn in the fifth as Conley
plated Uhrig, who had singled to
lead off the frame.
Wroxeter scratched out a run in
their last at-bat to tie the game at
five. In the Tiger seventh, Higgins
led off with a single up the middle,
Ron Strome then singled.
With Higgins on third and no one
out Brett Clarkson chopped one to
the shortstop who threw Higgins
out at the plate. Strome moved to
third on the play.
With runners on the corners
Doug Shaw lifted the- first pitch to
centre deep enough to plate Strome
with the winning run.
In Huron County Fastball
playoffs the Tigers are up two
games to none on the Exeter Braves
on the strength of a 4-3 victory in
Exeter and a 4-1 Home win Sunday
night.
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From the sidelines
The new challenges the old
Londesboro Midgets capture B