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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-05-06, Page 12involving more than 50, jople have been meeting to formulate plans to host this year's championships. rage .4a limes -Advocate, May 0, 1 YV 1 Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Another Jay sets record Over their first four years in the American baseball league the Toronto Blue Jays have set a number of marks for losing. Saturday during their doubleheader loss to the Baltimore Orioles. backup catcher Dan Whitmer became the first catcher to appear in a game without handling a pitch. With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth, regular signal caller Ernie Whitt was thrown out of the game by the umpires after the decision on a trapped . ball was changed allowing Jose Morales to get another crack at the plate. Whitmer took over for Whitt behind the plate. but, on the first pitch Morales doubled to send the winning run in and the game was over without Whitmer getting to touch the ball officially. Despite a poor start the Blue Jays are only a half game behind the Boston Red Sox and two games back of the Detroit Tigers who suffered through a long 10 game losing streak. The Jays have looked real good at times and then there are other occasions, especially when their pitchers seem to lose sight of home plate. In Satur- day's twin bill. the Orioles drew 19 free passes from Toronto pitchers. One bright spot on the Jays pitching scene is the performance of Mark Bomback who was picked up on April 6 in a trade with the New York Mets Bomback spend the first two weeks with the Toronto farm club at Syracuse before being called up. Since that time he has won three of four starts and in Sunday's win over Baltimore he retired the first 16 Oriole batters in order. His earned run average is a very respectable 2.17 over 29 full innings. The lowest ERA's are held by Jackson and Garvin at 1.30 and 1.62, respectively. To date each major league has .had one very ex- citing happening. In the American league it's the fast start by the Oakland Athletics who have won 20 of their first 25 games. Bill Martin has his club in high gear. In the National it's a rookie lefthander of the Los Angeles Dodgers by the name of Fernando Valenzuela. He has won all six games he has started and has allow- ed only two runs in 54 complete innings for a remarkable earned run average of 0.33. Valenzuela who speaks no English and needs an in- terpreter is the first six game winner in the majors this season. In Sunday's game against the Expos he retired 21 batters. in succession. Looks like another Sandy Koufax in the making. Maybe.. he can't speak any English now, but, that will certainly change by contract time if he continues at his present pace. The Expos who were off to a great start have fallen off a bit and are not tied for second in the National league eastern division with the Phillies, one full game back of the league leading St. Louis Car- dinals. Getting back to the Oakland A's situation, it proves fans support a winner. In their first 11 home games this year the attendance was more than the en- tire 1980 season of some 81 games. What a difference a winner makes. Molson Cup winners For the first time in;Ihe nine year history of the Molson Cup three -star selections, a tie existed and it was in Toronto. Darryl Sittler and Wilf Paiement each received 65 points for the Leafs followed by Derlago 55 and Salm- ing and Vaive 50 each. In Montreal Larry Robinson was the winner with Guy Lafleur second followed by Langway 70, Sevigny and Acton 50. Rookie Dave Christian led the Winnipeg Jets in the three star selections with 55 points. Next came Babych 50 and Dion. Hamel and Lindstrom 35. For the Calgary Flames, Kent Nilsson was away ahead with 95 points. Next came Lemelin 65, Riggin and Chouinard 60 and Lever 55. For the fifth straight year a goalie has won the honours on the Vancouver Canucks. This time it was Richard Brodeur with 95 points. Dave "Tiger" Williams was second with 70 points followed by Brasar 55. Smyl 50 and McCarthy 45. The big winner overall by a long country mile was the Wonder Kid himself Wayne Gretzky. He amassed a total of 145 points Glenn Anderson was the runnerup for the Edmonton filers with 75 points and Mio 60, Siltanen 45 and Messier 35 trailing. Named most valuable The most valuable player on this year's Cornell University hockey team was Geoff Roezler. The selec- tion was made by his team-mates. Geoff is the son Of Grant and Doreen Roeszler now living in Chatham. hut. formerly of Crediton. 1 Camp -Out Trailers Hwy 8 west, Stratford, 393-5938 Your Headquarters for • Hardtop tent trailers • Travel trailers - from Lightweights right up to Park Models Truck campers and caps Dealer for Prowler, Go/den Falcon, Trillium, Lionel. Sales, Rentals, Parts, Service 2ental and Sake RR 5 Stratford, Ontario N5a 656 1 mile west of Stratford on Highway 8 Telephone 393-5938 L 4 CAMPOUT 1 ( 1 Two local girls on team > Milverton to host junior fastbaII finals The Milverton Millwrights junior ladies softball team will be playing for the Canadian Junior Ladies Softball Championship in August this year. As host team, the Millwrights automatically have a place in the schedule. George Wicke, who spent several years as coach of the Milverton Suns, senior ladies softball team, has been signed as a coach of the Millwrights this year. George will be out to take his team to the finals as hedid for the Suns when they hosted the senior ladies Canadian championships in 1979. In 1979 the Suns lost, the champion§hip to British Columbia, so George knows what it is like to be close to the top. This year he intends to reaeh the top. The Milverton Millwrights ball club was organized in 1973 when Bob Harrow, Dennis Huston and Bill Dale were coaches. Olive Bell has been the team's 'manager from the beginning, and along with Arnie Arand is co- chairman of the organizing committee for this year's Canadian championship. Other ,coaches for the Millwrights through the years have been Rick Ament, Dennis Fleischauer, Sade and Wilda Widmeyer, Arnie Arand and Perry Keller. This year, assisting George Wicke as coaches are Arnie Arand and George Nahrgang. The Millwrights, in their beginning year, won a silver medal in the Ontario Sum- mer Games in Ottawa. That same year they won the Ontario Junior A cham- pionship. The following year the team won the Ontario Junior AA title and was defeated by Saskatchewan in the Canadian cham- pionships. Since that time the Millwrights have played in several provincial cham- pionships. Many graduates of the team have found positions with the Milverton Suns. If the Millwrights' determination to win this year gives them the Ontario title, the runner-up Ontario team will represent the province at the Canadian championships in August. Regardless, the Millwrights will be part of the 1981 Canadian Junior Ladies Softball Championships in Milverton --August 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Players from this area have been members of the team for two years. They are Sheila Penhale, Elimville at third base and Patti Down, Exeter, a pitcher. There will be 12 teams competing for the Canadian title this year -one from each province, the Northwest Territories, and Milverton as host. The Yukon has advised the organizers It won't be sending a team this year. The Milverton Millwrights executive put in a bid to host the 1981 championships at the annual meeting of the CASA last year and was successful. Since that time a a number of committees 1 TOP MINOR BOWLERS — Trophies were presented to the top individual bowlers in the Exeter Minor bowling league. Back, left, Cheryl Webber, Lorraine Warwick, Dennis Meikle, Bill McDonald,Jeff Van Haarlen; Susan Durand and Nancy Durand. Third row, Chris Chanyi, Shannon Westlake, Dianne McQuarrie, Shelley Skinner, John Stuer and Patti Bierling. Second row, Chris Haugh, Melanie Phillips, Jeff Latulippe and Melissa Van elle. Front, Mike Kingma, Crystal Bierling, Billy Geady and Clyde Kooy. T -A photo South Huron team wins badminton A mixed doubles team from South Huron District Dart finals The playoffs in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league have moved to the final round with the cham- pionships to be decided Fri- day night. In second round playpffs, the Doublers defeated the Evil Eyes, the Scotties beat the Shiphunters, Last Chance eliminated the Outlaws and Out of Space sidelined the Rowdy Ones. In consolation play. the Winkers ousted the Itchy Niters, Family Affair dis- posed of the CB'ers, the Jaams took care of the Canscotts and the DR's defeated the Sassenachs. 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