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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-07-29, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, July 29, 1981 Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Final strike One. two. three strikes you're out at the old ball game. Well it looks as if the current strike will deliver the third and final strike to the 1981 baseball season. The baseball strike which started June 12 is now in it's sixth week and doesn't seem to be very close to being settled. The bookmakers in Nevada have called off all future bets on the 1981 World Series and bets will be refunded. no matter how a particular team fared until the walkout began. Chief of the sports bookmakers at the Castaways Hotel in Las Vegas said Thursday that 15 of the 26 ma- jor league teams would be unable to complete 125 games at that time. By now likely all clubs would be unable to reach that mark. Lots of ideas have been fashioned as to how World Series contenders could be decided if the season indeed does get underway again. One would have the leader in each division at the time of the strike play the team which ends on top at the end .of the completed season for the right to ad- vance. How about playoffs like the National Hockey League does? That should give 24 of the 26 teams a shot at World Series participation. The big loser in this strike has be to the fan. It cer- tainly seems to be a strange summer without any radio broadcasts or telecasts of ball games. Add to this circumstance , the strike of CBC technicians and the cancellation of at least one game a week from the Canadian Football League on national television. • As the fans are the losers, what should they do if and when the strike ends? Many have called for a boycott of the games and let the players perform before empty stadiums. That likely won't happen as die-hard fans can hardly wait to get back to their favorite pastime. A complete boycott is not possible, but, how about a partial freeze with a cold shoulder for an inning or two. We would suggest that every fan at every ball park for the first game after the strike stay out of the stands fni- the first inning. Take a radio along so you don't miss the action, but, the players won't know. Get an extra hot dog to chomp on for the first in- ning under the stands and let the players perform in an empty park to symbolize the void they created for fans for so long. If you can't resist getting there early for batting or infield practice, no problem. But, get lost right after the National Anthem and stay that way for at least one inning. Someone should get the message. Hockey soon If the baseball season does not get back underway, there is one consolation. The hockey season at the national level starts in less than five weeks with the presentation of Canada Cup '81. The teams from six countries are scheduled to start round-robin play on Tuesday, September 1 in Edmon- ton and Winnipeg. Games will continue in the two Western Canada cities on the following Thursday and Sa turday. The scene then switches to the east with games Monday. September 7 and Wednesday, September 9 in Montreal and Quebec City. The semi-finals will go two nights later with the championship game set for the Montreal Forum on Sunday. September 13. That should be an unlucky,day for one of the two clubs. The Canadian team which has already been selected and will soon be starting their training process should have an excellent chance of winning all the marbles. We look for Wayne Gretzky to make the big difference for the Canadians. His expertise behind the opposing nets should mesmerize the European club. Gretzky will certainly not draw many penalties and that's the type of player needed in International com- petition: Team Canada's general manager Cliff Fletcher said his club must rely on speed to have any hope of beating the Soviets or Czechoslovaks. He added, to beat the Europeans speed is a must. It's been proven in the past that you can't intimidate these teams. Same old team When we left CNE Stadium in Toronto a few weeks ago after seeing_the Argonauts lose their first CFL game of the season. one comment "Same old Argos" was heard. That appears to have been far from an idle state- ment. If ardent Sculler fans still had hopes of a good season after the first three losses by only a point or two they were waylaid Saturday night. The Hamilton Tiger Cats rolled up more than 600 yards in slaughtering the Argos 57-13 and at least a dozen of these points were scored with Hamilton se- cond stringers in the lineup. New Tiger Cat coach Frank Kush gave everybody on his bench a chance to play and they came through with flying colours. The last touchdown came com- pletely on the ground and likely caught the Argos off guard after such a devastating attack through the air during earlier parts of the game. The 57 points given up by the Argos Saturday were the most in the club history. The previous high score came on September 21, 1957 when they lost 55-14 to the (it tawa Roughriders. It was the most points a Hamilton team has been able to score since they trounced the Saskatchewan Roughriders 67-21 in 1962. The only bright spot in the latest Argo loss was a runback on a kickoff by Terry Greer who went 109 '. ards for a touchdown. Before that the longest run for a Toronto player was a 95 yard gallop by Doug Smylie v,me 29 years ago. f •• Lose close one to Clinton Tigers romplo two victories over Thorndale The Dashwood .Tigers scored two victories in three starts this week in the Great Lakes senior baseball league. Wednesday the lagers edg- ed Thorndale 3-2 in the Middlesex county village and Friday back on their home field they trounced the same Thorndale club 18-8. Sunday the Dashwood Club travelled to Clinton and were edged 5-4 as the home club rallied to score two runs in the bottom of the last inning with two out. Singles by Doug Fairbairn and Rob Dickey sent Dave Robinson home with the win- ning run in the top of the seventh as the Tigers won Wednesday's game 3-2. The other two Dashwood runs crossed the plate in the fifth inning as Doug Fair- bairn walked and Luc Gagnon -was safe on an error and both scored on a couple of fielding miscues and a walk. Lefty John Burijns went the pitching distance for the Tigers limiting Thorndale to three well scattered hits. Along tJe way he recorded seven Strikeouts. The only other Tiger hit was a single from the bat of Rob Dickey in the fourth in- ning. The Tiger bats were boom- ing Friday night as they came up with 19 base hits in the 18-8 romp over Thorn - dale. After scoring three runs in the first inning and four more in the second the Tigers broke the game wide open with 11 runs in the third. The big blow was a bases loaded home run delivered by Jim Guenther. In the first inning, Rob Dickey. Kevin Hern, Bob Hoffman and Glenn Thur- man singled to send the first three runs across. Thurman, Hoffman. Hern and Dave Robinson provided singles in the second frame and Perry stover added a double. In addition to Jim CARPETBAGGERS WIN — The Exeter Carpetbaggers recently won the B championship of n rnr knr1,,o fnstboll tournament in Seaforth. Back, left, Ken Bergman, Jon Dinney, Jim Ralph, Rick Banks, Jim Russell and teff Raw". Front, Bill Brock, Doug Johnson, Scott Burton, Bill Farquhar and Jim Rowe. T -A photo THE JUNIOR WATSON — Whipper Billy Watson Junior was one of the contestants in Tuesday's wrestling card at the South Huron Rec Centre. Watson is shown leaving his dress ing room for the ring. Photo by Schwartzentruber Bowling jitney close, three tied for first place Three competitors were tied for first place in Saturday's regular jitney at the Exeter lawn bowling club. Deadlocked with two victories and aggregates of 30 each were Isobel Rogerson, Stella Taylor and Roy Blanchard. Tied for fourth place with aggregates of 26 to go with double wins were Olive Hicks and Clarence Down. Next came Rose Blanchard, Alvin Pym and Sam Bower with 25 each. Stan Mitchell built up an aggregate of 29 along with two wins to take top spot on Tuesday's competition. Two deadlocked in Kippen shoot Paul Middleton and Jack Mills identical scores of 25 led the regular Tuesday shooting competition at the Kippen gun club. Checking in with 24 apiece were Bill Stewart, Keith Cockburn Jim Butcher and Bill Cochrane while John Hessels, Dan Crerar, PaulJohnson and John Van Loo hit 23 targets. Mery Batkin and Edwin Miller scored 22, Bert Mahaffey 21, Rich Schroeder and Lloyd Venner 20, Dale Passmore and Bob Baker 19, Bill Smith, Hensel) 18 and Bill Smith, Clinton 17. A golfer is a chap who yells "fore", takes six and puts down five. Leone Brock was in the runnerup position with 24 while Stella Taylor and Bill Etherington were right behind with scores of 22 apiece. Completing the prize winning list were Edna Caldwell 21, Ray Smith 20, Ross Richardson 19 and Ted Lamport 18. Thursday night, a goodly number of Exeter members enjoyed a friendly match with their bowling coun- terparts in Seaforth. Whitecaps win over Blizzard The Exeter Whitecaps blanked the Exeter Blizzard 4-0 in a hard fought atom soccer game this week. Excellent defending by Greg Lamport and brothers Jamie and Frankie Wultenkens kept the Bliz- zard off the scoresheet. In another contest the Whitecaps downed Taxandria by a score of 4-1 to up their season record to six wins and two losses and second place in the league standing. Chad Miller scored three goals and Joseph Osmond added a single to take care of the Whitecaps scoring in their victory' over Taxan- dria. Red army is convincing Despite having only one substitute. Exeter's Red Army rang up a convincing 12-2 win over Canabis for their third straight triumph in the Huron Park arena summer recreational hockey league. Sunday. Bill Glover and Jeff Lindenfield potted four tallies each to pace the league leaders in their lop- sided win. The other four skaters tallied once. They were Paul Pooley, Dave Bogart. Dave Shaw and Steve Batten. • The only player to beat Rich Fletcher was G. Sauder who scored twice for Canabis. Pfaff Electric and the Islanders battled to a 5-5 draw. Brian Taylor scored a pair for the electricians, while adding singles were Preston Dearing, Scott Pin- combe and Fred Campbell. Brad England had two for the Islanders. In the other game, Sunday, Crediton and the Flyers also battled to a 5-5 stalemate. Numbers were not available on the score sheet to deter- mine scorers in the tilt. Van Gerwen scores 36 Six pars and a birdie enabled Paul Van Gerwen to score a 36 and the low gross score in the "A" flight at Tuesday's regular men's night at the Ironwood golf club. Van Gerwen's card was unusual in that it showed a four for each, of the nine holes played. Stu Homuth the low net winner at 31. In "B" flight, Lorne Kleinstiver posted the lowest gross score for the second straight week at 39 with four pars and a birdie. Mike Cushman recorded five pars to take the low net prize at 30. Brad Datars shot a 41 to lead "C" flight in low gross and the best in low net was Don Lee with a 29. Jim Scott was the low gross winner in "D" flight and Mark Edmundsen was low net winner. A HAPPY HAY RIDE -- More than 100 youngsters from the Exeter playgrond enjoyed n Friday hoyride to the farm of Donald Dearing where they saw a variety of farm animals Two of the three wagon loads of youngsters are shown here. T -A photo Guenther's bases clearing ping pitcher for the Tigers. homer in the third he also He scattered eight hits and singled as did Rob Dickey, struck out six opposition Glenn Thurman and Bob batters. Hoffman. For the latter two In Clinton Sunday, the players it was their third hit Tigers started scoring early each of the game. and were ahead 3-0 before the Colts hit the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Luc Gagnon was safe on an error as the Dashwood leadoff batter in the opening inning. He moved to second on Bob Hoffman's sacrifice and scored as Jim Guenther doubled. In the Dashwood third, Barry Baynham's double In the Dashwood fourth, Bob Hoffman walked and. rode home on Kevin Hern's home run blast. The final four Dashwood runs were sent home in the fifth frame on singles delivered by Glenn Thur- man. Kevin Hern, Pete Wuerth and Dave Robinson. Perry Stover was the win - Need future star skaters Wanted- 20 future Ice Capade skaters. A precision skating team will be formed in Exeter this fall. At an organization committee meeting an executive was elected to begin the precision team. The major objective of Exeter Precision skating team will be fun and par- ticipation. Skaters who ate not Interested or ineligible'! compete in single skating competitions will get great enjoyment from belonging to a precision skating team. While good basic skating skills are required for Precision skating , there are no test requirements. Precision skating is open to all skaters both com- petitive and recreational. Try -outs will be held in early October to pick a novice team of up to 20 members. Boys and girls from the surrounding area are invited to try out for the team. The team is open to in- dividuals from Grand Bend, , Zurich, Hensall Seaforth or any community in the area. Team selection will be based on skating ability, enthusiasm and co- operation, not on skating tests passed. Anyone 14 years of age or younger is invited to try out. The Exeter Precision team has submitted a request to the South Huron Rec Centre for an hour a week of ice time. The executive is seeking a sponsor to help defray the expenses. Most of the, Precision teams are sponsored by local organizations and carry the name of the sponsor to the many competitions that occur throughout the year. The main competition is sponsored by Ilderton, the birth place of Precision skating in Canada and the United States. Several Exeter girls now skate with the Ilderton winter club. Precision team registration will be held at the same time as the Exeter Figure Skating Club registration. Gary Birmingham is the club president, Karen. Davison will be vice- president and Liz Taylor will act as secretary -treasurer. Other committee members will be appointed at future meetings. 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