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Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Back again
It's difficult to get back to work and concentrate
on writing a column after a holiday of two weeks, but,
here goes.
Part of our holiday time was spent, in the
Bracebridge area. On the way' back on a Wednesday
night we dropped into the Barrie Raceway to take a
ark look at their brand of harness racing.
While the crowd and betting total. -the ig t e
were there didn't come close to Western Fair in Lon-
don, we found it a very fine facility.
The grandstand is completely glassed in and the
tote board while not too attracitve was one of the
fijiest we have ever -seen as far as submitting informa-
tion is concerned.
The board listed the exact prices that each horse
would pay if it was a winner and changes were made
very often. Not periodic changes but a continuous run-
ning total was given on the totals bet on win. place and
dhow.
Tracks like Woodbine and Greenwood show the
approximate `exacta pa-Ioffs on television monitors
usually located underneath the stands near the betting
areas.
In Barrie. the exacta payoffs were listed on the in-
field board and they were constantly changing.
Another interesting innovation involved around
the triactor which calls f9rr--a bettor -to pick the exact
finish of the first threeho*ses.
. Track officials do not announce which race -the
triactor will be eased on until the race before. The ob-
vious reason is -that so little notification gives no time
for any attempts to pre -determine the outcome of
the race.
Friedsburg days coming
The annual Friedsburg Days in Dashwood ane
soon approaching and the sporting events connected
with the popular annual event should- be bigger and
better than ever
When we say bigger than ever we mean exactly
that. One ofthecontestants in the arm wrestling con-
test weighs a Measly 292 pounds.
He is Bob Snarey of Shakespeare who won • a
similar test of strength at the Zurich Fair Saturday
and was the arm wresWing champion at the last
Sportsmen's show in Toronto. .
Crediton area farmer Dennis Lamport who was
the Friedsburg arm wrestling champ last year was
defeated by Snarey in Zurich, Saturday. We expect .
Lamport will be practicing for the next two weeks in
order to defend his championship successfully.
More entries are needed in the tug-of-war and arm
wrestling competitions. The latter event is graded as
to weight of the contestants. so. only the big boys will
have to face the Shakespeare strong man. -
Anyone with questions on either sporting event
should call sports chairman John Becker at 237-3628.
Tug-of-war teams from Dashwood; Mt. Carmel
and Port Franks are expected to compete in both
ladies and mens divisions. -
Saturday, August 5 is the big sports day at,
Friedsburg. The two day event opens. the night before
with a talent show and the selection of a beauty queen.
A look at football
This is the first chance we have had to make some
predictions on the already started Canadian football
action.
We have to disagree sharply with Tom Creech our
cohort with the Zurich Citizens News. Two weeks ago
Tom called the Hamilton Tiger Cats to represent the
East in the 1978 Grey Cup.
. We would like to suggest that at least two clubs
will finish ahead of the Hamilton team. They would be
the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes
and the Argos from Toronto.
'Some are suggesting that a change in head
coaches at Montreal will hurt. The Alouettes have a
veteran club and are' well known for their defensive
toughness. New coach Joe Scanella was in charge of
the special units with the Oakland Raiders especially
on the defensive against punt and kickoff returns.
During spring training sessidhs. coach Scanella
said Dorchester native Glenn Weir was the best con-
ditioned player with the Montreal club. Weir appears
to be stronger than ever this year and should have. a
good crack at. repeating as the top defensive lineman
in the east.
In case some people forget, the Toronto Argos
have won Grey Cups in the past.- But. the last one was
so long ago. It came in 1952 when Jim Corrigal, the old
man of this year's team was only six years old.
, The same year present Argo coach Leo Cahill was
coaching a military football team in Japan.
Wheg appearing at the 1978 Sportsmen's dinner -in
Exeter. Leo Cahill said the Argos would be a real con-
tender.
They won their first game in handy fashion with
newly acquired star Terry Metcalf gaining more than
160 yards.
Then the Argo fans were silenced a bit when their
team ran into the tough Montreal defence.
Sorry, Tom but the Tiger Cats will be fortunate to
finish in third place
Hockey already
Received a note from Exeter Hawks junior
hockey coach, Ron Bogart, informing that he is calling
a skating practice for Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
The ice is going back into the South Hurorl Rec
Centre this week ready -for hockey school operations.
Bogart is asking any junior players to come out
for some preliminary skating workouts Sunday mor-
ning.
tl
PEE WEE•S WIN IN WINGHAM - the Exeter pee wees won
similar
the consolation championship of
here. Back, left,
a recent bas ball tournament in
Wiikhom and over the weekend were the host tear) for a tourney manager Arn Laithwaite, Rodney
Do on. Brent Atthill,L John Kernick and coach Jim Pfbff. Centre, Darren Vanciergunst, Steve Laithwaite, Doug Cooper, Ted
Oke and Baan 8lockburn Front, Jeff Pfaff Steve Merner, Mike Tiedeman and George Pratt. T -A photo
Stopped for second time
Centennials on losing streak
Taxandria Falcons started
with an awkward ,first-half
goal and woe It into a
blanketing 5-0 defeat of Ex-
eter Centennials in Ausable
district soccer S,tinday -
It was the second straight.
loss for Exeter who, until a
1-0 topping by Nairn the
week before. had gone un-
beaten in league play.
Ray Mason got Taxan-
dria's first goal on his club's
home -grounds -by rollingthe
hall through a scramble at
the Exeter net at 20
minutes. -
In the second half. Mike
Beynen scored atthe game's
50 and 85 -minute marks. In
between them. and with ex-
hibitions of superb ball con-
trol. striker Mike Klyn
collected goals at 60 and 80
minutes on,breakaways.
Taxandria. coming off -a 4-
0 upset by Lucan the
previous Sunday. began
applying pressure at the
start Exeter reacted in con-
fusion but, after practically
giving away Mason's score
in a goal-rpouth mix-up.
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seemed to he gaining control
at the close of the first.half
Taxandria turned the
Centennials around.
however, and blunted just with the ball off or over the
about every. Exeter attack - goal -frame on about three
•for the rest of the game "Ex- occasions. and about twice
eter's few chances ended- onto the keeper.
The Centennials play at
home Sunday as hosts .to
Grand Bend Game tittle at
Canner's field is 2 p.m
Minor soccer_ teams
get victory and tie
Exeter soccer teams play-
ing away against
Thamesford Monday. night
won 1-0 in a rnosquito-
didision game and tied 1-1 in
a squirt match.
Blayne Epp•scored the
gdal for the mosquito win
Exeter goalkeeper Scott
Lovie logged the shut -out in
a game to which half -hacks
Kim Parsons. Sean
O'Rourke and Dennis
‘Eisenschink contributed
much of the control •
The Exeter squirts went
into their game with only
nine players against a full -
sided Tha'mesrord club. and
yet managed to dominate
the play with hard work and
clever soccer to get a draw
Thamesford went ahead in
the first half with a goal on a
ball that clipped the Exeter
goalpost to get'beyond
keeper Tim Moore. In the
second. Exeter missed. -on
several chance_ until the
closing minutes
Then. in a neat sequence.
Jeff Kints relayed• a throw-
in from Shawn Moore to
Paul Mellecke. who again
passed the ball off for Brian
Quinn to score.
Friday night the Exeter
mosquitoes dropped an ex-
hibition game° 4-3 to Huron
Park. Exeter goals in the
.loss were shared by
Lawrence Fink with two.
and Kenny Boersma with -
one.
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Strathroy wins tourney
The grand championship
in the third annual Exeter
ler wee baseball tourna-
ment was won Sunday by
Strathroy
The Strathroy youngsters
downed Watford 11-4 in the
final on Stu Matheson's se-
cond no-hitter of the
tourney.
The consolation title was
won by Wyoming as they
defeated -Hanover 20-5
Wyoming after losing 12-0 to
Strathroy qualified for the
consolation by 'drubbing
Dashwood 13-2
Hanover lost 10-8 to Wat-
ford in z series opener and
advanced IT a bye to con-
solation play.
In addition to the wins
over Wyoming and Watford,
Strathroy downed Wingham
by a score of 6-2.
Watford reached the
championship finals by
defeating Hanover 10-8 and
Exeter 8-0. Wingham beat
Dashwood 9-1 in their first
round game. Exeter was
awarded their first game by
default when Kincardine
failed to appear
The Exeter youngsters
were able to get only three
hits in their 8-0 lass to Wat-
ford. John Kernick -cracked
a double and Ted Oke and
Rodney Dobson contributed
singles. Kernick was the Ex -
etcher allowing
Winghaterpim eight hits.
Tony. Smith and Dave
Hayter were the stars in a
losing cause for- Dashwood
in their 9-1 loss to Wingham.
Hayter collected two singles
from his clean-up position
while -Smith singled and: --
turned in a strong pitching
performance with 12
strikeouts -in 12 innings.
The most valuable player
in the tournament was
Strathroy pitcher Stu
Matheson Ile received the
Discount Dave trophy from
Meter branch manager
Wayne Pearce.
Dave Kirk presented his
championship trophy to
Strathroy captains Dale
Labrittain. Greg Payne and
Don Featherstone with the
assistance of tournament
organizers Arn Laithwaite
and Jim Pfaff.
The consolation trophy
was presented to Wyoming
by Exeter mayor Bruce
Shaw
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lowest gross score in this
week's regular play of the
ladies league at the Exeter
golf and country club.
Lois 'Snell was the best in
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required the least number of
putts. - -
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