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Times-Advocate, 1982-10-06, Page 8..a t •itE1 } • a .r • Tftnes-Advocate. October 6.1982 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Blue Jays improve We drew plenty of laughs in early April when sug- gesting the Toronto Blue Jays would win as. many American league games as the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. Not too many are laughing right now as the Blue Jays have just completed with most successful season since the team was established six years ago. The Jays under new manager Bobby Cox won 78 games, only three short of a .500 record and ended in a tie for sixth place in the eastern division with the Indians. The Toronto club was able to beat the Tigers and the Yankees seven games to six in each of their in- dividual series and held complete superiority over the Kansas City Royals, Oakland A's and Texas Rangers. The Blue Jays defeated Oakland in nine out of an even dozen starts and beat Kansas City and Texas eight games to four. If the Jays had been competing in the league's western division they would have ended in fourth place. Our hope now is that the Blue Jays brass will get very active in the next free agent draft and acquire a couple of players needed to make them a real contender. The pitching staff with Dave Stieb and Jim Clancy in particular were almost unbeatable in the last couple of weeks. Although the Jays double play combination of Damaso Garcia and Alfredo Griffin is one of the best in the majors they dropped in that category this year. The big reason for fewer double killings by the. Toronto infielders is the fact pitching and other aspects of the defence have tightened up considerably allowing for fewer opposing runners to reach base and lesser dou- ble play possibilities. It appears the Detroit Tigers need a complete house cleaning similar to their hockey counterparts before the memories of the 1968 World Series can be revived at Tiger Stadium. Every year since Sparky Anderson took over the cry has been the same, "Wait until next year." The expected great performance next year has not yet happened and many staunch Tiger supporters are calling for the replacement not only of Anderson, but, also general manager Jim Campbell. On paper, the Tigers this year looked powerful. When they took to the field everything seemed to change. Particularly in August the Tigers were unable to hang onto substantial leads going into the ninth inn- ing and lost many games which they appeared to have in the win column. In Montreal, the Expos will have a new manager next year in an attempt to become a pennant winner. Jim Fanning resigned Sunday to the surprise of no one. Nqw the question will be, "Who will replace Fanning?" The Expos certainly have the potential of reaching the World Series with their present roster. Their pitching staff could probably use a little strengthening but, the rest of the club seems pretty solid led by fellows like Al Oliver, Gary Carter and Tim Raines. Tim Wallach surprised a lot of people with his home run bat this year and he should be a big help next season. • • v �t ,LY yrd, y , , r. pc F r.;1Maftve o r 0415721411404 Host Belmont. Seaforth on weekend lit exilibitlontest rookies Hawks Sgamos, Park, the Hawks dumped moat of them will be back in department and on Sunday they'll with singles Seaforth Centennaires 9-5 and action in this week's exhibi-. tackle Seaforth again. Ing to Mark Vandergunst, then took as 12-3 drubbing at tiontilts before team manage- Brent Atthill paced the Jeff Rowe and Atthill. the hands of the Thedford ment decides who will be in scoring attack against The Hawks were no match Browns the following night. • the starting lineup for the Seaforth with a pair of tallies for Thedford on the latter's Twenty-six different season opener a week later. with singles being recorded ice as they trailed 7-0 before players saw action for the Friday night, the locals will by Dave Skea, Ian Munroe, they hit the score sheet. Tony Hawks in the two contests and host Belmont at the rec can- Jones scored twice for Exeter and Mike Clark notched the other. . Picking up assists were Ed Willis, Steve Prout, Scott Pin - comes, Jeff Rowe and Ian Munroe. Thedford took 15 of the 25 penalties called in that tilt, while against Seaforth, the locals had 19 penalties com- pared to the 15 served by the visitors. The Exeter Hawks split a pair of exhibition games this week as coach Bob Rowe and manager Don Campbell con- tinued to test some of the rookies seeking spots on the squad. Thursday night at Huron NHL season starts The 1982-83 season for the National Hockey League starts this week and the so-called experts are quite united in picking the New York Islanders an4 the Ed- monton Oilers as the two top clubs. Despite the occasional optimistic comment from Harold Ballard the Toronto Maple Leafs do not appear to have much chance of improving much over their record of a year ago. If the exhibition schedule was counted in the regular standings the Leafs would be pretty close to being out of the playoffs before things really got going. With very iew changes from last year's roster, Mike Nykoluk's charges won only one of their first 11 exhibi- tion games and that was over the Edmonton Oilers. The other lowly club of a year ago the Detroit Red Wings appear to have a better chance than the Leafs in improving their image. Promotional material in Sunday's Detroit Free Press indicate new Red Wings owner Mike flitch means business in putting his club back in the limelight. One of the ads says, "Watch the new Red Wings put excitement back on the ice." Spectators at each Red Wing home game this season at the Joe Louis arena will have the opportunity to win a new car. Ilitch who took over the Detroit hockey franchise from the Norris family made a clean sweep in the front office and coaching departments. Jim Devellano is the new general manager and Nick Polano has taken over.the coaching reins. It was sporting We can't let this opportunity go by of just mention- ing that yours truly won the newspaper division cham- pionship for media plowers at the International Plow- ing Match at Lucan Wednesday afternoon. We just want to report that we won the title strictly on efficiency on the tractor and not with help from some of our good friends on the committee as suggested by Our editor. Broom Ball Players WANTED for a team in Lucan Sunday Night, Mixed League Phone 229-6508 1 1 TER• FIGURE SKMI MOM OUT 4, EoDREss�s �IaTs US SKATES GETTING NEW SKATES — At the Exeter figure skating club skate exchange Wednes- day night, Doris Weigand negotiates a change of blades for Carlie Tiernan. At the right is her mother Heather. T -A. photo SIGN UP FOR SKATING — Exeter figure skating club professionals Brenda Pin- combe and Marg Carey accept the registration of Suanne Adkins as prospective skaters signed up Wednesday night. T -A photo Register for gymnastics, ringette clinic planned By Lynne Farquhar • Saturday morning gym- nastics held its registration last weekend at the Rec Cen- tre. If you missed it, you can still register weekdays with the Rec Centre staff.. Registration remains at $20 again this season and classes will begin Saturday, November 6 at the high school. Participants are reminded that they are to enter through the back door of the school next to the cafeteria. Return- ing gymnastics staff Catherine Patterson, Sandra McCurdy, Starr Jesney and Lisa Rundle are lining up the program this year and levels will be established for classes so' youngsters can see their progress throughout the 15 week course. We are offering a "Ladies Morning Break" program at the Rec Centre Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10-11 a.m. The program consists of 10 weeks of dance -fit classes for the two days per week. Babysitting will be available if interest warrants and cost for the program is $30. We need at least 15 ladies before we can go ahead so please lei us know if interested. We are still looking for enough ladies for Wednesday night recreational volleyball at the high school. Any in- terested parties should call the Rec Centre and leave their name and number. Any girls wanting to register for the ringette clinic to be held Saturday, October 16 should get their $2 in to the Rec Centre as soon as possible. Our ice surface is now ready to go so it's time to get those dull blades out of the closet. And speaking of dull blades, the Rec Centre now has a skate sharpening ser- vice available for $1.50 a pair. Anyone still wishing to sign up for figure skating should contact Gary Birmingham and any late registrations for Exeter Minor Hockey should contact Bob Whiteford. The Junior 'D' Hawks have their first home exhibition opener this Friday night against Belmont at 8:30 and Sunday at 8:30 they host Seaforth at the Rec Centre. Ice rentals are available to groups this year at $38 per hour. For information on book- ings and programs call the Recreation at 235-2833. Watch for our ice schedule weekly in the T -A. Tony Underhill, Mike Clark, Dean Armstrong, Tony Jones and Brian !Ceding. Paul Johnston, Scott Brint- nell, Dean Armstrong and George Tomes had two assists each to lead in that Patterson leads cross country win Catherine Patterson had an place. excellent run Thursday in In the tough junior girls Stratford to lead South field South Huron had an in - Huron's senior girl's cross complete team, as in the country team to first place. senior boys and midget girls. Patterson, a grade 12 student However strong individual came second behind Deb Mit- performances were turned in. chelmore of Goderich and in Colleen Regier placed thir- front of Faye Carnochan of teenth in junior girls. Irene Seaforth. Dietrich, a second year Mary Lou Rundle and midget was fourth with team - Esther Van Oss also finished mate Sheila Regier finishing well to set South Hump at the sixth in the midget girls race. top. In the senior girl¢ com- The cross country team has petition the next Huron -Perth a busy schedule as it team behind South Huron was prepared for the Huron -Perth Stratford Central, the host race in St. Marys on October team, in seventh place. • 21. Tuesday they travelled to The midget boys again Westminster in London. To - showed a good performance. day some team members will As a teamtheycaptured the- race in Dorchester, bronze. The first Exeter run- The Chickopee ski hills will ner in was Ed Thuss in fifth be the site of the demanding Kitchener Oktoberfest race Shiphunters• lead darts Thanks to a four point per- formance Friday night, the Shiphunters have taken over sole possession of first place in the Exeter mixed dart league with a total of 14 points. This week's scores were: Shiphunters 4 Out of Space 1 CB'ers 4 Winkers 1 Swat 4 Evil Eyes 1 • 4 -W's 3 All in the Family 2 Outlaws 3 Scotties 2 Jaams 3 Rowdy Ones 2 Wubbu 3 Ca scotts 2 Itchy Niters 3 Crusaders 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p\m. Scotties vs Rowdy Ones All in the Family vs Outlaws Winkers vs Crusaders Wubbu vs CB'ers 9:30 p.m. Evil Eyes vs 4 -W's Jaams vs Swat Itchy Niters vs Out of Space Shiphunters vs Canscotts on Friday. Next Wednesday South Huron hosts its meet through MacNaughton Park, the river bottom, fields, hush and the Ausable River. Har- dy spectators are welcome. Field hockey tournament For the second time South Huron's weekend field hockey tournament was postponed. Coach Jim Workman was disappointed when three of the six invited teams were unable to make the rain date of last weekend. The International Plowing Match seems to have been a bigger attraction. However the tournament is set togo again October 23, barring rain or any other mishap. 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