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Times -Advocate, Auctusf •11,1982
Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Are they in danger?
With the recent decline in championship hopes of
the.Detroit Tigers and Montreal Expos lots of talk has
been flying around concerning the safety of the jobs of
the two managers. .
The Detroit News carried out a. telephone poll
Wednesday and 64 percent of the persons questioned
said they would favour a new manager to lead the
Tigers.
When asked about the result, general manager Jim
Campbell said, "When they took the poll they forgot to
ask myself and Mr. Fetzer. We are solidly behind
manager Sparky Anderson.
We heard Anderson being interviewed by a number
of Detroit media people just after the Tigers had blown
three consecutive games in the bottom of the ninth.
The census of opinion was that no matter how bad-
ly things -went the entire blame would not be out on
Anderson and he would likely keep his position until the
end of the current season.
We would go along with that theory and don't an-
ticipate any managerial shakeup at Tiger Stadium for
a while yet.
The Tigers have rebounded a bit, but, still have a
long way to catch the front running Milwaukee Brewers
who have an awesome batting order.
The Brewers who have recently been tagged .as
Harvey's Wallbangers since Harvey Kuenn took ever
as manager have tremendous home run potential from
fellows like Gorman Thomas, Ted Simmons, Paul
Molitor and Cecil Cooper to name only a few.
In Montreal we would guess manager Jim Farm-
ing's position is not quite as solid as Sparky Anderson's
in Detroit.
The Expos after last year's rousing finish when they
came within one game of the National League pennant
were expected to be a fairly safe bet to take it all this
season.
They may still come back, but, they are currently
six games' back of the Philadelphia Phillies and still
behind the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Expos added two players this week in an at-
tempt to get back into contention, but, neither came in
the pitching department where they have been woeful-
ly weak in recent weeks.
The newest Expo is Joel Youngblood and he set a
record when he became involved in a Montreal game
for the first time.
Youngblood became the first major league player
ever to compete for two different teems in two different_
cities in one day when he entered the Expo lineup in the
sixth inning of Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
Youngblood played three innings and got the game
winning 'run batted in for the New York Mets earlier
in the day against the Cubs in Chicago. He was then
notified that he had been traded to the Expos and caught
a flight for Philadelphia.
He arrived at Veterans Stadium during the fourth
inning of the Montreal- hiladelphia game and was put
into right field in the sixth inning for the Expos as a
defensive measure. •
The Expos who had used six different players at se-
cond base are giving newcomer Doug Flynn a chance
at that spot. Flynn, just over from the Texan Rangers
was acquired to help out on double players. His batting
average at Texas was an anaemic .209, so they could
soon be looking for number eight at second this year.
Youngblood's record of playing for two teams in one
day could be similar to Gene Michael of the Yankees
being fired as manager on two occasions in less than
one year.
Michael was sacked on September 6, 1981 and this
time in 1982 he was relieved of his position on August 4.
Sport history on parade
A spe^ial exhibit on the history of sport in Ontario
has been prepared by the Heritage Administration
Branch of the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and
is available free to any group in the province, subject
to arrangements.
Ontario Sports Scenes features a collection of
fascinating photos from the provincial archives and a
sports history quiz where people can test their
knowledge of former Canadian greats.
The HeritageFoundation also provide transpor-
tation and someone to set up and take down the exhibit.
For further information contact Elizabeth Price at the
Ministry of Citizenship and Culture at 77 Bloor Street
West, Toronto. The phone number is 416-965-4021.
Good .audience
Results of a survey released this week show that
the Labatt World Cup soccer series on CBC television
proved one of the most successful sports presentations
in history.
Figures show that 5.9 million people watched the
World Cup final between Italy and West Germany on
July 11. Viewers for the 1981 Stanley Cup were 5.7
million. 4.5 million for the 1982 Super Bowl and 4.2
million for the 1981 World Series.
One series proving more popular than the soccer
World Cup was the 1981 Canada Cup final that drew 7.9
million watchers.
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Irish win Lusn bale for Exeter honoi$
Exeter Saveway held their
fust fastball tournament on
Saturday, with . the Lucan
Irish downing the Lucan
Astros 2-0 to take lame the
"A" championship. Goderich
Lakeport Advertising took the
"B" Consolation title with a
3-1 victory over the Good
Time Chiefs of Exeter.
In opening game action the
Irish defeated Clinton
Bluebirds 5-0 with Randy
Kraul leading the way with
his first of three homers on
the day. Ron Glen allowed on-
ty ne hits while Lucan col -
1, eight hits off two Clin-
toapitchers. Mt. Carmel won
the first upset of the day as
they downed • Goderich 43.
Lucan Astros dropped the
Dashwood Hotel Jet Boys 2-0
and Poplar Hill squeezed by
the Chiefs 4-3 to complete the
first round.
In the second round action,
the Irish needed only five in-
nings to dispose of Mt.
Carmel 9-1. Kraut blasted two
lead the Irish into the finals.
more homers and Jamie
PACES TEAM - Luton Irish catcher Randy Kraul popped up in this trip to the plate in c. preliminary game against
Clinton, but he pounded out three homers to be the MVP in Saturday's tournament staged by the Exeter Saveway
fastball team. The Irish won the event, beating their home • n foes the Astros in the chain • ionshi • final.
Arearunner cops
Ontario gold medal
An Exeter area athlete cap-
tured the gold medal in the
400 metre hurdles at the On-
tario bantam, midget,
juvenile championships, this
past weekend in Ottawa.
Ideal race conditions and a
strenuous 'speed endurance
• training schedule combined to
give Susan McClure a time of
1:05.4 and first place among
a strong field of juvenile ag-
ed hurdlers from across the
province. The time was more
than two seconds under her
. previous personal best of
1:07.7.
"There was no wind and the
tartan track was extremely
fast", commented the 16 year
Playgrounds
plan washes
On Friday, the playground
held a film day at the South
Huron Recreation Centre. Un-
fortunately, the movie
"Jungle Book" was
unavailable, however, the
children were entertained
with "Chip and Dale" and
"Woody Woodpecker".
Everyone. enjoyed popcorn
with the film.
This week on August 11, the
children from Huron Park are
holding a car wash from 1:00
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The car
wash will be held at the A&K
Service Centre which is
located just south of Exeter.
The cost for a car wash will be
$1.50, so bring your dirty cars.
On Thursday, the Huron
Parkplayground is going on
a tour of Zehrs in Exeter.
They will also be visited by a
police cruiser. In the after-
noon they are planning to go
swimming at the Huron Park
pool.
Exeter playground will be
, holding a pop bottle drive and
car wash on Thursday. The
car wash takes place in the
• afternoon at the Save -U Gas
Bar from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. The cost of a car wash
will be $1.50.
Next week the playgrounds
are going on a tour of
Ferguson's Apiaries of Hen-
sall. They shall be learning
about the honey making
process.
Also next week, a bus trip is
being planned to Rock Glen.
This trip is still in the plann-
ing stages for Thursday,
August 19. They will be stay-
ing all day at Rock Glen and
participating in games and
hikes. A limited number of
children will be going and fur-
ther information will be sent
home with the children.
The special event planned
for next Friday, will take
place in Exeter. Both
playgrounds will be coming
together for a last day party
were spectral games will be
taking place. Further infor-
mation will be given out later.
old South Huron student, who
also competed in the print
hurdles and 200 metres.
It was a rigorous time for
Jackie Cottrell, as she ran six
races during the two. day
meet. The midget -aged
athlete earned sixth place in
both the 400 and 400 metre
hurdles, with respective
times of 1:00.7 and 1:06.6. Her
times of 12.8 in the 100 metres
and 26.8 in the 200 metres
were good enough to advance
her to the semi-finals of these
widely -contested events.
Both Cottrell and Matt
McClure will compete in the
Ontario Junior Champion-°
ships this weekend in
Sudbury.
In a league meet, Wednes-
day, area javelin thrower
Steve Pearce won the javelin
event with a throw of 56.04
metres. Although the throw is
well below the thrower's best,
it is notable in that it was
achieved with a practice
javelin. At the same meet,
Matt McClure ran his first
1500 metres in two years,
finishing sixth in a respec-
table 4:19.2.
Bantams get
past Hanover
The Exeter bantams have
advanced in OBA playoffs
after ousting Hanover in
WOAA play. 'The locals
scored a 6-0 win in Hanover,
Monday, after the northern
crew forfeited Sunday's con:
test scheduled between the
two squads.
Scott Lovie went the
distance to gain the shutout
win and he sent the Hanover
crew down in order in four of
the seven innings and allow-
ed just two runners to get to
third base.
He also scored the winning
run after walking in the first
inning and coming in to score
all the margin he needed.
Exeter scored three in the
third and two more in the
sixth to wrap up the win.
Scott Miller had a double to
lead Exeter at the plate, while
picking up singles were Sean
Whiteford, Steve Gould and
Scott Bogart.
The next opponent is not
known at this time.
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Evelefgh allowed five hits to
In the first consolation semi,
Goderich dropped Clinton 4-1
with Simon Langlois allowing
six hits while striking out
eight batters over the seven
innings.
In the other consolation
semi -real, the good Time
Chiefs scored three runs in
the 8th inning to defeat their
own league rivals, the Jet
Boys, by a 4-2 score. Dan
Heywood took the win, allow-
ing eight hits and striking out
nine, while Bill Brock allow-
ed just six hits and struck out
16 in a losing cause.
Lucan Astros and Poplar
Hill hooked up in a real pit-
chers' battle as Astros' Rick
Freeman outlasted Jim
Daniels in an 11 inning contest
that saw Freeman allow six
hits while Daniels allowed
just five hits. The Astra
emerged with a 2-1 victory
and a berth in the finals
against their crass -town rival
Irish. Poplar Hill had opened
the scoring in the top of the
7th only to see the Astros tie
it in their half of the inning. In
the llth, Butler singled, took
second on an error, then
scored as Wood doubled off
the right field fence, to give
the 2-1 hard-fought victory to
the Astros.
In the consolation final,
Goderich defeated the Chiefs
3-1 with Simon Langlois once
again the winning pitcher, as
he allowed just three hits and
struck put nine while hitting
a solo home run to aid his
team at the plate. Garry Mac -
Master chucked for the
3, : i :: /.
WIN LUCAN REC LEAGUE - The A division of the Lucan rec.ball tournament was won y Usborne. Back left
are Jim Skinner, John Morgan, Billy Joe Rowcliffe, Scott Morgan and Murray Parson. Front: Steve Hibbert, Brian
Taylor, Pete Sereda, Floyd Johns and John Cooper. missing were Brad Murray, Rob Morley and Larry Johns.
Photo by Schwartzentruber.
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u be allowed only four bits,
striking out none and walking
three.
In the championship final,
the match -up evetyooe was
waiting for, sit* Jamie
Eveleiga allow just one hit to
lead the Lucan Irish to a 2-0
win over the Lucan Astros.
The Irish opened the scor-
ing in the 2nd as Noyes singl-
ed, then scored as Nichol's
grounder was misplayed by
the Astro infield. In the 4tb,
Nichols scored on Windsor's
double to round out the Irish
scoring. • .
Rick Freeman took the loss,
after pitching 11 innings
against Poplar Hill, allowing
just four hits and sck out
six, but his teammatescom-
mitted three costly errors.
Not only did the Irish win
the "A" Championship, but
catcher Randy 'Kraut was
chosen the 'tournament's
MVP, as he ,connected for
three homers, while catching
all three Irish fames.
The ExetcSaveway
players and co4hes wish to
thank all those who donated
both time and trophies to the
tourney. Exeter\ Saveway,
RSD Sports and Exeter Sher-
wood all donated; trophies,
while Zehrs, MacLean's and
Centralia farm Supply all
gave needy items such as ice
PA systems and otheI
necessities that normally take
away from a tournament's
success.
A special thanks goes to all
the fans who came out and
supported either their local
favourite or to just watch
some good fastball, and help
make this first tournament a
true success and possible
yearly event.
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