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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-12-09, Page 10Page 10 6 Times -Advocate, December 9, 1981 YIP \ Sports Spotlight To honour Derry Boyle, Friday 4,441 By Ross Haugh Who got the best of the deal? That is the question asked in variably after every time sporting teams trade players. The Detroit Tigers recently swapped their highest salaried performer Steve Kemp to the Chicago White Sox for Chet Lemon, another top - notch outfielder. Rumours had it that the Tigers wanted to get rid of Kemp not only because of his request for at least one million dollars a year. but because of the fact he has only one year left before attaining free agency. We heard Detroit manager Sparky Anderson on a radio show Monday night and he said free agency had nothing to do with the trade. His state- ment makes sense as he gets Lemon who is also eligible to sell himself by way of free agency for the 1983 season. Anderson said the trade was made strictlyon baseball ability and indicated he was one of the driving forces in securing Lemon. The Tiger manager said the acquisition of Lemon. who bats right handed as opposed to Kemp from the left side will mean the Tigers should face fewer left handed pitchers during the 1982 season. With Lemon on the Tiger roster they now have six black players and that's the most they have ever had on a 25 man roster in a black -majority city. Statistics have shown the Tigers throughout their history have the whitest team in baseball. General manager Jim Campbell said race had nothing to do with the Kemp -Lemon deal. The only race that really counts we suppose is the pennant race and the White Sox would appear to have a better shot than Detroit. The new owners of the Chicago White Sox have been spending money like it was going out of style contrary to Detroit. They put together $20 million dollars to purchase the team with the announced intention of buying up talented players, paying them the going rate and then market their product to Chicago fans through extensive pay television. They expect to show 112 games next year and have signed Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson to multi-year six figures contract to do the play by play. In comparison the Tigers have a much lower key pay television setup. Last year they showed only 20 games. A year ago the White Sox brought veteran star performers Ron Leflore, Greg Luzinski and Carlton Fisk to Coniskey Park. Now they have Kemp and are making serious overtures to Reggie Jackson. The Chicago brass are not just sticking to players when it comes to high contracts. They have hired two top notch coaches intim Leyland, a very experienced manager from the Detroit organization and the legendary batting coach Charlie Lau. Lau's salary is about $90,000 a year. When Sparky Ander- son started at Detroit in 1979 his salary was $110.- 000. Good reading If you have a hockey fan on your Christmas shopping list that would enjoya good book. we have a suggestion. On a recent radio commentary, Stephen Lewis talked about a new publication called The Game Of Our Lives. He said it was the best hockey book he had read in a long time. We have only scanned the book very quickly and it appears that Lewis knew what he was talking about. While the book features mainly the successes of Wayne Gretzky and Edmonton Oilers, it covers hockey past and present with an easy presentation. The Game Of Our Lives is written by Peter Growski. a former CBC radio and television host and editor of Maclean's magazine. He spent the 1980-81 season travelling with the Oilers around the NHL circuit. Growski's book ranges from the small town kids who reach stardom to the incredible performance of the Oilers and also about hockey's past including stars such as Howie Morenz. the Richards. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe. The hook goes behind the dressing room doors and tells the real story about the heroes mostly barely out of high school. the sudden temptations of quickly accumulated money. adoring fans and the early glory that goes with early and fantastic ;acres Another good hook just off the presses is. }ll,. The World of Professional Hockey". It's written by Frank Orr. .lay Greenberg and Gary Ronherg who have covered the NHL heat for many years Orr and Greenberg still cover the Toronto Maple Leaf and Philadelphia Flyers. respectively while Ronberg followed the New York Rangers for ;one tirne Featured are numerous officials and players, the strategy. history. highlights andstars of the NHL. The stars range from the days of .lack Adams through the Richards. Plantes and Conachers to the present day breed including the Stasny brothers from riechoslovackla. Several errors appear in the hook A picture of the new .ioe Louis arena in Detroit is identified as Olympia Stadium and on the same page it says the Scotty Hoesman who played for the Red Wings in 1935-36 is now the coach of the Buffalo Sabres and t hat is not correct For baseball fans there are a number of good honks available ranging from the George 13rett story to baseballs 10 greatest games. baseball's pennant races a nd an informal biography on.Joltin' .Joe Dimaggio In the story On George Brett. batting coach Charley Lau who has just moved to the White Sox Sold Brett could hit buckshot with barbed wire. 'Phe hest 10 games include Bobby Thomson's immortal homer off Ralph Branca and Don Larsen's World Series perfect performance. In Lucan tonight Hawks gain split in The Exeter Hawks split a pair of games this week as upsets highlighted Junior •'D" action on several fronts. The Hawks blew an op- portunity to move into first place as they dropped an 8-6 count to Mitchell at the rec centre, Friday, but they rebounded for a 12-7 win over Seaforth in a shoot-out in another home game, Sun- day. The league leading Tavistock Braves suffered two defeats and now lead Exeter by a single point, but still have one game in hand. The Lucan Irish started the week on a fast clip as they dumped both Mitchell and Tavistock, but then fell victim to Belmont. Mitchell, coming off their big win against Exeter, were beaten by Thedford. The Irish are in third place with 22 points, a margin of three over Mitchell and eight behind Exeter. Exeter travels to Lucan tonight (Wednesday) for a meeting with the Irish in one of the more important games on the schedule, which is now into the second half. Friday night,. the Bothwell Barons will be in Exeter and on Sunday the Hawks will host Mt. Brydges. Friday's Stephen teams busy schedule The Stephen minor hockey teams were busy this week with mid -week and Saturday games. In the first game during the week the Stephen and Zurich bantams battled to a 3-3 tie. Eugene Glanville's goal on an unassisted effort with 14 seconds left gained the tie for Stephen. Mike Moffatt notched the other two goals on passes from Bill Lessard and Dean Allen. In pee wee play, Stephen downed Zurich 6-1. Jerry Lamport, Mike McCallum and Lee Watt each scored two goals for the winners. Getting two assists apiece were Lamport and Dale Allen while McCallum, Mike Conlin, Dave McDonald and Steve Watson each picked up one assist. Peter Conlin fired the only Stephen goal in a 10-1 atom loss to Zurich. In the first Saturday game, the Stephen house league novice team blanked Grand Bend 6-0. Steve Dubarry won the game single handedly with five goals. The other counter was fired by Peter Gibson. Assisting were Steve Glavin and Chris Foran. Jerry Lamport and Mike McCallum were the marksmen as the Stephen pee wees dropped a 7-2 decision to Blyth. Dean Allen's two goal effort led the Stephen bant- mas to a 4-3 win over Blyth. Mike Moffatt and Paul Johnson added single scores while Eugene Glavin added two assists and Steve Lightfoot and Mike Moffatt each helped on one goal. Stege Morrissey fired two goals and Bob Rook added a game will be appreciation night for Derry Boyle. The Hawks have been hit with injuries in their games over the past week. Larry Dawson is out with a shoulder seperation. Bill Glover hurt his shoulder in the game against Mitchell and Preston Dearing has been out with a back problem. Shooting spree After taking a 1-0 lead in the first period in Sunday's game against Seaforth, the Hawks blasted six goals in the middle frame and added another five in the final stanza to beat the hapless Centenaires. Captain Brian Mercer was the top marksman for the Hawks as he clicked for four goals and three assists. Dave Couse, John Kernick and Ed Willis contributed two each to the goal production and singles were recorded by Pete Tuckey and Rick Lindenfield. week of muny Jamie Chaffe, Tuckey and Tony Underhill duplicated Mercer's three assists while adding one each were Preston Dearing, Kernick, Lindenfield and Brian Baker. Mike Tadgell recorded 22 saves, while Seaforth's Dan McClure stopped 23 in ad- dition to the 12 which eluded him. Each team scored once on the paver play as Seaforth served seven of the 12 minors called. Lead all the way The visiting Mitchell Hawks scored after just over a minute of play in Friday's game and were never headed as they went on to beat their local namesakes by a n 8-6 count. The arch -rivals have now split their first two meetings, each winning on the road. John Kernick and Dave Atthill scored a pair each to lead Exeter's attack, while singles were record - upsets ed by Doug Brooks and Steve Prout. Brain Baker had two assists to lead in that department, with singles going to Prout, Brian Mercer, Dave Couse, Ker - nick and Brooks. Exeter scored on three power play attempts a e visitors had seven of the 12 penalties called. Mitchell scored one of their tallies while playing short- handed. Netmind'er Rich Fletcher stopped 23 shots, while Mike MacDonald recorded 25 saves for the visitors. GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE FROM $10 A GIFT CERTIFICATE OF $30 COULD BUY • 5 clays of golf at Ironwood • A day of Golf with dinner & wine for two • or be applied to a membership • or be applied to pro shop merchandise Prices in effect until Jan. 20th 1982 Junior - Husband and 18 and under 80. wife - 235. Ladies - 80. Man - 160. Mon and Junior - 235. THREE 1 i WAY TIE — Exeter, Hensoll and Stephen Central public school boy's volleyball teams were tied three ways in a volleyball tournament at Hensall, Friday. The Exeter team is: (back, from left) Terry 7.nchPr, Mike Berg, Tim Long, Bryan, Quinn, Dave DeVries, Brian Topp, Darryl Simpson; (front, from left) Dave Russell. )nmie Beuerman, Ron Loucks, Scott Heywood, Derrick Misner, Angelo Vitas, and Darren Tinney. Also shown is conch Jim Bishop Irish win twice The Lucan Irish scored Iwo victories in three starts this week in the O}HA Junior western division. Tuesday. the Irish travelled to Mitchell and defeated the Hawks ti -2. on home ice, Wednesday they heat the Tavistock Braves 6-4 and Saturday might in Belmont they dropped an 8-6 decision to the Bombers. The Irish are hack on home ice`tonight. Wednes- day when they play host to the Exeter hawks. In Saturday's game. Doug Wtntcrmute of Belmont went nn a scoring spree with sive successful shots to almost take rare of the Irish by himself The first two Lucan goals came in the last minute of the first period as Steve Glenn scored on passes from Ron Glenn and Kevin Hartwick and .John Medd counted on a play started by ,Jamie Shipley and Geoff Edwards John Medd was hack at the 11 second mark of the middle • trame with his second goal goal and an assist as the Stephen midgets lost 9-3 to Blyth. Assisting on one goal each were Bob Rook and Colin Tripp. The atom team dropped a lopsided 9-0 decision to Mitchell. Chris Smith, Stefanie Jones and Brenda Wilson scored the Stephen goals in a 10-4 ringette loss to Listowel. Family & ( children up and including 18) 175. IRONWOOD PHONE 235-0707 • with Shipley and Edwards again contributing assists. In the final 20 minutes of play Shipley hit from Edwards and Kevin Hartwick. Edwards con- verted a pass from Steve Glenn and Medd notched his third goal of the game on passes from Steve and Ron Glenn The sixth Lucan goal was the only one not coming on a power play attempt. Three of the eight Belmont scores came with the Irish playing a man short. In Wednesday's win over Tavistock all Irish scoring came in the first 40 rninutes of play. Keith Hartwick, Doug Latta and Dave Paton registered in the first period with Ron Glenn getting assists on all scores and Jamie Shipley and Steve Glenn adding one assist each. Ron Glenn scored two goals in the final stanza to bring his game point total to five. The other Irish score came from the stick of Keith Hartwick. Assisting were Steve Glenn. Keith Hartwick, Steve Thompson, Doug Latta and captain Paul Wraith. Scoring for Tavistock were Rob Freese. Tim Bean. Ken Wcttlaufer and Kevin Rieger Scoring for Lucan in Tuesday's win over Mitchell were Steve Glenn, Keith Hartwick. Art Gregory, Ron Glenn. Dave Egan and Kevin Hartwick. 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