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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-09-15, Page 10t^s •.. 10 Times -Advocate, September 15,1982 Repeat for 'A' champs Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Good reading To be released in the near future are four new hockey books which should provide interesting reading for the long winter months ahead. . The one to probably draw the most interest is writ- ten by Punch Imlach with help from his close friend Scott Young and deals with Imlach's career in Buffalo and later Toronto after fired as general manager of the Leafs in 1969. This is the first time Imlach has gone public with his side of the story of turbulent times in the two cities. It has been suggested by a Toronto sports writer that Toronto's present coach and former Leaf Darryl Sittler will be the targets of some of Imlach's more caustic comments. If you are interested in hockey fiction there is another tale twirled by Scott Young. It's called That Old Gang of Mine about a Canadian hockey team playing in a future Winter Olympics in Moscow. The third interesting book is simply called Grapes. Guess who is the auther? You are absolutely right. It's written by Don Cherry and is a vintage look at hockey. Cherry's business partner Gerry Patterson says, "He tells it like it is botli'privately and as a hockey coach and I would guess some people in hockey will be extremely mad at him." The final new book is the crea- tion of Toronto hockey writer Frank Orr. It's called Puck is a Four Letter Word and is dedicated to Toron- to Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard who has been fueding with Orr for years. More on racing Intertrack wagering started only a month or so ago between the Fort Erie thoroughbred race track and Woodbine at Toronto has been successful to the point the operation at Fort Erie for next year is absolutely certain. Before the new system whereby fans at Woodbine can watch Fort Erie races byy television and do wager- ing, the Fort Erie track was in jeopardy of closing. That is not so now. The 21 day meet at Fort Erie produced attendance of 230,991, an increase of 64.5 per- -cent over a year ago. Similarly, betting handles were away up. The com- bined Fort Erie and Woodbine totals were $29,729,556, an increase of over 81 percent. Toronto fans bet far more than those at Fort Erie did. The per capita Wood- bine figure was $153.15 while at Fort Erie the average person wagered only $107.79 per day. The same system is now being used in harness rac- ing where fans go to Greenwood and bet on the races actually being run at Mohawk Raceway, located near Campbellville. It's time to get additions After six years of competition in the American baseball league, the Toronto Blue Jays have reached the edge of respectability and many baseball experts suggest. they need only one or two big name players to be a real challenge for the World Series. The Blue Jays with currently 66 victories and more than 20 games remaining in the regular schedule will certainly 'break their single season win mark of 67 games. " The chance for the Jays to improve their roster comes in early November when the annual free agent draft is held and this year 46 players are up for grabs. There are very few possibilities in the category where the Toronto club is the weakest and that is in left handed pitching. At the moment they don't have any southpaw starters and only Dave Giesel and Gerry Gar- vin in the hull pen and the latter has disappointed this year after showing great promise a couple of years ago. The best lefty prospect is Floyd Bannister of the Seattle Mariners and he will be high on the list of many clubs interested in adding pitching punch. Paul Split- torff of,{. ansas City could be of some help to the Jays. Champs Congratulations to the Downtown Dollies on winn- ing the ladies slo-pitch championshipover Huron Park. One of the new champs offered tis poem? Down Town Dollies is our name, Slo pitch. slo pitch i4 our game, We hit 'em - we catch 'em, 0! See us run. Down Town Dollies are number one. Red Army, Pfaff fake summer hockey files When Stephen Township arena manager Frank Funston talked RSD Sports Den and Pfaff Electric into donating trophies for the sum- mer hockey league, he was pleased with the generosity shown by the two firms. Sunday night, he had reason to question the generosity as he had to give the trophies back as teams representing the two firms skated off with the trophies after the final playoff action. The RSD Red Army crew, despite being short-handed, skated to a 6-2 win over Hen- sall to recapture the "A" title, while Pfaff Electric whipped Team Canabis 641 to take the title. The Red Army, losers of on- ly one contest over the past • two seasons, were missing four stalwarts for the final game. Dave Shaw was at the camp of the Quebec Nordi- ques, while John Kernick and Tom Coates were opposing each other in a Junior "B" contest in St. Marys. Brian Mercer was playing fastball. In addition, the champions lost another of their top scorers when Paul Pooley was banished from the game after picking up its third penalty early in the third with his team leading by a 3-1 count. The champs started off with an early goal in the Cult when Bruce Shaw rapped in a tally on a play with Paul Pooley and Dave Bogart, but Hensall knotted the count late in the stanza. It came from Ken Varley with the Red Army playing two men short," a situation they faced for over seven minutes. Perry Pooley upped the count to 2-1 midway through the second and Paul notched his lone goal before departing to make it 3-1 at the end of two. In the third, goals by Dave Robinson, Steve Batten and Perry Pooley put the game ' out of reach of Hensall, although Dave Kinsman reduced the margin to four goals when he triggered the loser's final tally. Pfaff Electric also blew their game opep in the third with three goals to stop Team Canabis. Peter Dearing registered the shutout. Preston Dearing and Larry • Haugh paced the win with two goals each with singles com- ing off the sticks of Jim Guen- ther and Fred Campbell. In preliminary games, the Red Army bombed JMR 12-4 and Hensall thumped Seaforth 11-3 in "A" division play. Pfaff took a forfeit win from the Flyers to gain the "B" final, while Canabis skated to a 7-5 win over Parkhill. Brian Mercer paced the Red Army in the preliminary with five goals, while Paul Pooley had three and Perry Pooley added two. Bruce Shaw and Dave Robinson triggered singles. Matt Muller picked up all three goals for JMR. Dave Kinsman paced the Hensall verdict over Seaforth with four goals. Brad Taylor popped three and Ken Varley had a pair with singles com- ing from Jamie Caldwell and Terry Caldwell. Paul Johnston, Tony Underhill and Jeff Rowe replied for Sea forth. Randy Kraul triggered two goals to pace Uanauis witn singles being registered by Peter Cornelissen, Dave Smith, Ray Snell, Ron Ken- nedy and Rick Appleman. Paul Taylor netted two for Parkhill and singles were rapped in by Rick McLellan, Bill Knapp and Tim Poore. Coaches & Managers Meetin COMMUNITY CENTRE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 7:30 p.m. PARKHILL - Upstairs Arena, Fairday, Saturd September 25, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. AILSA CRAIG - Garage beside Foodland, Saturday, September 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. FEES - Tykes $30.00 Novice to Midget $50.00 Juveniles & Girls over 16 $55.00 LATE REGISTRATION $10.00 EXTRA PRE -REGISTRATION McGEE FARM SERVICES LTD. Anyone who would like to donate small hockey equipment, please bring it op Registration Day. Maybe somesmaII boy can play hockey this winter. NEW JACKETS CAN BE ORDERED ON FAIR DAY YQUR NEW EXECUTIVE President - Tye Barnes First Vice - Phil Miller Second Vice. - Bloke Smith Treasurer - Norm Eagleson Secretary - Hein Hofland CHAMPS REPEAT — RSD Red Army skated off with the championship again in t e Stephen arena summer hockey league, Sunday, when they posted wins over JMR and Hensall. The team has lost only once in two seasons in the loop. Back, left, Steve Batten, P. Pooley, Bruce Shaw, P. Pooley, Dave Bogart. Front row: Bill Glover, Rich Fletcher, Dave Robinson and Dan Brintnell. Missing were for the champion- ship' • ame were John Kernick, Dave Shaw,Tom Coates and Brion. Mercer. AT ALL ZEHRS MARKETS WIN "B" TITLE -- After being upset in the first playoff round, Pfaff Electric rebounded to win the "B" title in the Stephen arena summer hockey leaguewwith a default win over the Flyers and a.6-0 triumph over Canabis. Back, row, from the left: Jim Guen- ther, Larry Haugh, trainer Geary Penhale, Bill Pincombe, Steve Pfaff, Ron Bilcke and Preston Dearing. Front: Joe.O'Rourke, Jim Pfaff, Peter Dearing, Fred Camp- bell and Doug Brooks. �• .0 -�,_•- New year starts for dart loop The Exeter mixed dart league opened the new season at the Legion Hall, Friday night. The Evil Eyes were the on- ly team to take five points and four points were taken by Wubbu, 4W's and Scotties. This week's scores were: Evil Eyes 5 Out of Space 0 Scotties 4 CBers 1 Wubbu 4 Rowdy Ones 1 4W's 4 Itchy Niters 1 Swat 3 All in the Family 2 Shiphunters 3 Crusaders 2 Canscotts 3 Winkers 2 Outlaws 3 Jaams 2 Friday's schedule is: 8 p.m. Out of Space vs Jaams Rowdy Ones vs Shiphunters CBers vs All in the Family 4W's vs Winkers 9:30 p.m. Canscotts vs Evil Eyes Outlaws vs Itchy Niters Wubbu vs Swat Crusaders vs Scotties Minor Hockey zehrs fine rnarkets of fine fad'. Registration Sat. Oct. 2nd and 9th 10:00 a.m. till Noon '40.00 each October 16, 1982 Skate & Equipment Exchange For More information please call Mr. Doug Fick Home 228-669 or Bus. 2213-6597 Exeter Minor Hockey Now On Sale For The First Time... DOWNTOWN DOLLIES WIN The Exeter Downtown Dollies won the champion- ship of the area ladies slo-pitch league. Bock, left, Michelle Vandergunst, Gayle Spencer. coach Jim Rolph, Cherie Seldon, Marilyn Waldeck, Melanie Hackney, Pat Cottrell, coach Lorne Turnbull and Sue Rolph. 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