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Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Racing talk
With the sixth place finish of Sunny's halo in Satur-
day's Preakness at Baltimore, the hopes for a Triple
Crown winner went down the drain and that's about
whathappenedwben it appeared Sunny's Halo couldn't
handle the sloppy race track.
It is now quite likely Sunny's Halo will bypass the Bel-
mont set for June 11 and come back to his native land
to compete in the June 26 Queen's Plate.
There have, been 11 Triple Crown winners with Af-
firmed being the last one in 1978.
Twelve horses have won the first two jewels of the
Triple Crown but either missed or were unsuccesful in
the Belmont including Northern Dancer who finished
third in the Belmont Stakes in 1964. The last horse to
do this was Pleasant Colony in 1981 who was third in
the Belmont.
Nine horses have.won the Kentucky Derby and the
Belmont Stakes but were unsuccessful in winning the
second gem, the Preakness. The last of these was Bold
Forbes finishing third in the Preakness in 1976.
Thirteen horses have won borth the Preakness and
the Belmont, but either lost or did not start in the Der-
by. The last to do so was Little Current in 1974 finishing
fifth in the Derby and going on to win the final two
jewels. Seven of the 13 did not start in the Kentucky Der-
by including Man O'War in 1920.
Most people who wagered on Sunny's Halo in this
year's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs received $7
for each $2 wager, but others were more fortunate. One
of those was Patty Cross, the wife of David Cross Jr.
who trains Sunny's Halo.
In the spring when Las Vegas betting shops put out
their future odds, Sunny's Halo was listed at 100-1 for
the Kentucky Derby. Patty Cross put down a $200 bet
and when Sunny's Halo crossed the finish line in front
her ticket was worth $20,000. She says she might buy
a race horse.
Blues switch delayed
The National Hockey League governors dealt quite
a blow to the chances of the St. Louis Blues transfer to
Saskatoon, but, developers of the project are not giv-
ing up completely.
Our Saskatoon connection tells us that construction
of the new arena would have started Friday if the a ask-
ed for approval was granted.
In a recent meeting, Saskatoon city council
unanimously voted to provide Bill Hunter and Coliseum
Holdings with 40 acres of serviced land for the new
arena in the north end of the city. The land is valued
at about two million.
At the same time in a split vote, council agreed not
to collect any property taxes for 10 years and never to
collect amusement taxes.
Jays are chirping
Right from the first pitch of spring training we have
been very enthusiastic about the chances of the Toron-
to Blue Jays, but, their performance to date has been
Netter than even their hardiest fans could hope for.
The Jays have been combining every aspect if the
game during the past week to climb into a tie for first
place in the American league east and at the time 'of
writing have shutout the opposition for 27 straight inn-
ings. Two of those three games the opposition was the
Baltimore Orioles.
To add to the Jays glory, a Toronto player has been
named player of the week for two consecutive weeks.
Dave Stieb and Luis Leal were the selections and the
way Leal pitched against the Detroit Tigers Monday he
could be in the running again this week.
If one wants to look ahead to an entire season and
compare Dave Stieb's record to that of Denny McLain
of the. Tigers in 1968, the Toronto right hander could
easily eclipse McLain's mark of 31 wins in the last year
that Tiger fans have really been able to cheer.
During 1968 McLain started 41 games, three times
with only two days rest and won them all and ended with
a season record of 31 victories and six defeats with on-
ly four starts without a decision.
if Stich continues with any similarity to his quick start
he should have a good shot at the Cy Young award. Last
year he finished fourth, but, was named the Sporting
News pitcher of the year.
Stieb lists the five toughest men to get out in the
American league as Eddie Murray of Baltimore, Kan-
sas City's George Brett, Dwight Evans of Boston, Mike
Hargrove of Cleveland and New York Yankee Dave
Windfield.
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Beat Clinton 11-2
Pse wase yet off to flylag stw't
The Legion sponsored Ex-
eter pee wee baseball team
got oft to a successful home
opener, Friday.
Led by the stalwart pit-
ching of Steve Anderson the
local team defeated Clinton
11-2. Andertion pitched the en-
tire seven innings and gave
up two hits while striking out
18.
The offensive star for •Ex-
eter was Fred Gregus with a
triple and single. Fred knock-
ed in four nuts as well as scor-
ing three himself. Steve
Anderson had a double, single
and two rbi's.
Other hits were recorded by
J. Dalrymple, Kevin Wallace,
Frank Woodward and Brent
McDonald. The local team
has a record of one and five.
They opened the season
against St. Marys and came
up short losing 7-5. The local
boys outhit St. Marys but
GRAND CHAMPS -- The grand championship and the consolation championship
of the Exeter men's bowling league was won by the Panthers. Back, left, Dennis
Meikle, Bill McDonald, Mork Stephen and Dale Jones. Front, Mike Brunzlow, Jeff
Van Haarlen and Larr Mothers. T -A photo
"A" CHAMPIONS — The OB 8's won the "A" championship of the Exeter men's
bowling league. Back, left. Jack Fuller, Brad Murray and Bill Farquhar. Front, Wayne
Pearce Case Zeehuisen and Fred Wells. Missin • was Dan He woo..T-A • hoto.
PRESENT BIG BROTHERS AWARD -- Terry Wilhelm of the South Huron Big
Brothers Association presented o trophy to Exeter ladies and men's bowling league
presidents Donna Webster and Dan Brintnell for their fine support in Big Brothers
bowlathons. me tonskim ttosrrr
Usborne team
wins two games
The Ilshorne Royals ladies
fasthall tram is off to a good
start with two victories in
three starts.
They lost their first game to
the St. Marys Blue Jays, hut,
bounced hack with two con-
secutive wins.
The Royals started the win
streak with a win over
Wellhurn and continued by
downing Mount Carmel is -3
Monday -night.
Barb Skinner pitched a
strong game for the Royals to
get the victory over' Mount
Carmel.
Crerar best
Kippen shooter
M T'uesday's regular shoot
of the Kippen gun club, Dan
Crerar led the 26 competitors
with 50 straight scores.
Next with 25 hits apiece
were John Anderson, Bert
Nahaffey, Jack Mills, Terry
Baker, Fred Brall and Mike
Sass while Al Kyle, Jim 13u1 -
cher, Boh Caldwell, Harrison
• Schoch, Paul Webb, ,aim Rean
and John Hessels scored 24
each.
The remaining scores were
Bob Baker, Glen Mogk and
Wayne McBride 23, ,lack Bell
22, Uwe Wisch and Lloyd Ven-
ner 21, Jim Darling and
Harold Smith 20, Bob Steri 18
and Hoy Lamport,Kai Wisch
and Ray Perkins 17.
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KEEPING YOUR HEAD STiLL
Quick, jerky, and hurried movements in
making your backswing and foword swing
causes your head and your eyes to move and
inhibits your ability to keep your eyes on
the ball. You should start the club bock and
forward with a slow and deliberate move,
1 keeping your head still and your eyes on
the boll.
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Individual Lessons 7 lessons $70.
Group of Two 7 lessons for $60 ea.
Group of Four 7 lessons for $40 ea.
Juniors Special Prices
Call 235-1521 for appointment. A11
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numerous errors led to six St.
Marys runs being scored.
Steve Anderson was the offen-
sive star of the game getting
a double and single in three
times at bat.
The next game for Exeter
will be Thursday May 26 in
Seaforth at 6:30 p.m. The next
home game will be Friday
June 3 at 6:30 p.m. on dia-
mond no. 1.
Come out and encourage
the local pee wees in their
drive for the league
championship.
Royars up
in tourney
The Exeter Royals reached
the semi-finals in the Sylvan
fastball tournament on the
weekend as they edged Zurich
4.3 and Goderich Lakeport
1-0.
Brad Marsden picked up
the win against Zurich while
Dan Heywood had a strong
outing against Goderich.
The Royals play at 2:30
next Saturday against
Goderich Signal Star with the
winner to face either
Goderich or -Stratford
A.N.A.F.
In league play the Royals
meet West Corners Thursday
night in Exeter at 9 p.m. while
Tuesday they travel to Poplar
Hill.
The uniforms have been
changed to Tenas Ranger col-
ours from the original grey
because of unavailability- The
tops will be blue with white
and red trim and white pants
with red and blue trim.
The Royals are playing a
good brand of fastball and
would appreciate some
support:
Homuth best
at Ironwood
Stu Homuth was the low
gross winner in the A flight in
Tuesday's regular men's
night at the Ironwood golf
course while John Van Bakel
wort low net.
In B flight, Ralph Astle took
low gross honours while Ernie
Chipchase was best in net
while the gross best in C flight
were Dennis Rowe and Bill
Mickle with Bob Forrest and
Jerry MacLean excelling in
net scores.
Mark Edmunston and Bert
Brown were the gross win-
ners in D flight with net prizes
going to Ray Heywood and
Bill Slate. Ralph Batten was
closest to the pin.
Big weekend
for Hull y Gully
A weekend full of Motocross
excitement is in line for Bul-
ly Gully this Saturday and
Sunday, May 28 and 29th as
they present house league
racing Saturday and a double
header points race. Sunday.
Sunday's C.M.A. sanction-
ed event will feature all
classes, with riders from
across Ontario competing for
over $2,000 in trophies and
cash prizes. This will be the
final sanctioned event until
the Canadian Senior Cham-
pionships, July 9 and 10.
For further information
contact Chuck or Becky Col-
lins at 262-3318 or 262-5809.
TOP MEN'S BOWLERS — Winning the high single, triple and average trophies at
Wednesday's Exeter men's bowling league banquet were Brian Hogg, Jim Smith
and Rick Wood. T -A photo.
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TRIKERS WIN C• ' '• '• — e conso $tion c ampionship o the Exeter
ladies bowling league was won by the Strikers. Back, left, Lila Smith, Jean Crawford,
Susan Czypha, Carolyn Giffiflan and Donna Webster. Front, Dionne Skinner, Nancy.
Kuranyi, Cheryl Redegeld and Pauline McCann. T -A photo.
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