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Times-Advocate, 1982-10-27, Page 8Times -Advocate, October 27,1982 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh It could happen A week ago we sort of predicted that Billy Martin would be the next manager of the Cleveland Indians bringing Billy Ball to Municipal Stadium in the Ohio City. At that time Martin was still the manager of the Oakland A's. Since he was fired a few days ago the chances of him cooling to Cleveland are enhanced tremendously. The only fly that could get in this ointment started buzzing when Gene Mauch decided to resign as manager of the California Angels and Martin could be interested in that position too. Apparently Cleveland boss Gabe Paul has offered Martin a four yearcontract at a •value of about four million dollars. Martin 's arriv' 1 in Cleveland would cer- tainly spur sagging attendance and possibly arouse bet- ter performance from the players. Stars retiring Two big names in harness racing circles in the last few years have been retired by their owners. Merger who won one leg of the triple crown of stan- dardbred racing this year in the United States is being retired to stud by his owners. As a two year-old Merger set a number of track records for owners Dave Morrissey, Peter Oud and John Campbell before being syndicated by a New York • group earlier this year. One of the most popular pacers to perform in Western Ontaxio made his last trip around the half mile track at Western Fair Raceway Saturday night. He is the 11 year-old Derbys Gent owned by Bill Cad- man of Parkhill. and James Cadman of Strathroy. One of the largest ovations at the London track came when Derbys Gent won the 1976 edition of the Labatt Invitational Pace in a record track time of two minutes even. The personal best for Derbys Gent was recorded over the one mile track at Wolverine Raceway in Detroit in one minute and 58 seconds. In nine years of racing, Derbys Gent won 57 races, was second eight times and finished third on 11 occa- sions to amass a total of $353,721 in earnings. An error on drafts To prove that publications of any size can make mistakes as many of our readers will tell us, we would like to point out a goof we found in a recent Hockey II- lustrated Special. In a rundown of each of the National Hockey League teams and their prospects for the season just started, the magazine said the Quebec Nordiques were counting heavily in the next couple of years on their number one selection in the last junior draft. Quebec's first draft pick was identified as 18 year-old Scott Stevens from the Kitchener Rangers. All hockey fans in this area know that statement was very incorrect. The Nordiques number one draft choice was Exeter's own Dave Shaw. Stevens who was Shaw's partner on the Kitchener defence when they won the Memorial Cup was chosen by Washington Caps ' Action galore this weekend While the game of hockey on ice gets all the headlines, the sport of field hockey is growing by leaps and bounds, especially in high school ranks in Ontario. Not only is field hockey becoming popular at South Huron District High School, but, the team is very successful. With coach Jim Workman at the helm, the South , Huron girls team is undefeated this year. They won the Huron=Perth championship this week and will be hosting the WOSSA championships this coming weekend. All of the top girls field hockey teams from Western Ontario high schools will be in town beginning Friday and plenty -of exciting action is ensured. ' Spectators will be very welcome to drop up to the South Huron High School grounds anytime Friday after- noon or all day Saturday to find out how interesting field hockey can be and at thesame time support the local team. They will appreciate it. NHL player changes A recent NHL statistic reveals that the Washington Capitals made the most player changes during the off season in an ,attempt to improve their standings this year. The Caps began the season with 11 players who spent at least part of the 1981-82 .season in another organization. At the other end of the scale were the Chicago Black Hawks. Los Angeles Kings and the Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders who brought no one in from outside their own fold. • The other dubs with most changes were the Detroit Red Wings. Hartford Whalers. New Jersey Devils. Pitt- sburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues with seen each. . • Others with the fewest changes were Vancouver and Winnipeg with one apiece and Montreal and Ed: monton with two apiece. Still on the NHL. Calgary Flames general manager Cliff Fletcher is having a television satellite dish anten- na installed at his home so he can pick up out of town games of other NHh games other than those in which the Flames are involved. Fletcher expects to be able to pick up at least 300 games during the regular season and he will have them all taped. [Boost /ARE TOWN 1 1• Get split with Thedford Hcawks get first victory of year The Exeter Hawks posted their first win of the young season as they split a pair of games with the Thedford Browns this week. Each team won on the other's ice. Oddly enough, one player managed to play for the win- ner in both games. Dale Tinm- tnermans, the young Parkhill minor product, was with the Hawks when they won 1'2.-6 in Thedford, Wednesday. and he suited up for the Browns as they posted a 4-3 triumph at the rec centre: Friday. Tirnmermans was declared ineligible for the Hawks due to the distance of his residence from Exeter and the Browns quickly signed • r BEST INTERMEDIATE GIRLS r Winners in the intermediate girls division in the re- cent Huron -Perth Separate School cross country meet were from Mount Carmel. From the left are Laurie Glavin, Kim Van Dongen, Barb Nedzo, Jeanette Kook, Julie Glavin and Suzie Koricina. T -A photo h MOUNT CARMEL BOYS WIN = The team championship in grades five and six in the recent Huron -Perth Separate School cross country meet was wore by Mount Carmel. From the left are Justin O'Rourke, Henri DeBruyn, Jamie Wulterkens and David O'Connor. Missing was Peter Conlin. • T -A photo Irish continue strrk with win over Browns The Lucan Irish continued their undefeated streak in the OHA Junior "D" western grouping with an 8-3 win over the Thedford Browns in Thed- ford. Sunday night. The Irish under the direc- tion of new coach Walt Parkinson have three vic- tories and a tie in four league starts. They were in Mt. Brydges last night Tuesday, will be at home to Belmont at the Lucan arena tonight, Wednesday and Friday travel to Tavistock to meet the Braves. Four unaswered goals in PD Day specials at SH Rec Centre By Lynne Farquhar Area youngsters can take advantage of some "PD Day Specials': offered at the South Huron Rec Centre Friday. November,5 there is a free skate from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Youngsters return after lunch for the "Muppet Movie" scheduled from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Admission for the day is S3. • Youngsters are not required to pre -register and should bring their S3 after lunch. Wednesday. November. 24 we have -another free skate from 10:30-1110 and our afternoon feature is called "It Came From Outer Space" in 3-D. 3-D glasses are included in the S3 admission price and the movie begins at 2:00 p.m. .Bring a friend'. Scores from • the darts In regular play in the Ex- eter mixed dart league Fri- day night. the outlaw and Scotties scored the maximum five points v.hile the Crusaders. C'B'ers. Evil Eyes and Swat' each chalked up four points. This week's scores were: Scotties 5 4Ws 0 Outlaws 4 Shiphunters Crusaders 4 Jaams 1 CB'ers 4 Itchy Niters 1 Evil Eves 4 Rowdy Ones I Swat 4 Winkers 1 Wubbu 3 Out of Space 2 Canscotts 3 All in the Family 2 Friday's schedule is: . 8 p.m. 'Rowdy Ones vs All in the Family 4Ws vs Jaams CB'ers vs Shiphunters Out of Space vs Winkers 9:30 p.m. Swat vs Itchy Niters Crusaders vs Evil Eyes Canscotts vs Scotties Outlaws vs Wubbu We're still trying to get ladies volleyball rolling on Wednesday evenings. This is definitely recreational and there will be no set teams picked. If interested call the rec centre at 235-2833. We will be starting next Wednesday, November 3 at 8 p.m. in the new gym. ' Ringette started Saturday and we have a good looking crew of 13 years and under girls. Anyone interested in playing should attend prac- tice from 8-9 a.m. on Saturday morning.. Registration for ringette is $40 . For information call the rec centre at 235-2833 the first period sent the Irish well on the way to Sunday's victory over the Braves. Captain Paul Wraith started the scoring at 3:11 as he converted a pass from Jamie Shipley and 26 seconds later Art Gregory made it 2-0 on a pass from Steve Glenn. . With four minutes left in the period, the same two produc- ed the third Lucan goal. This time Glenn pulled the trigger and Gregory gained the assist. In the last two minutes of the first session Hugh Dietrich scored on a pass from Jamie Shipley. Dave Egan on a three-way passing effort with John Medd and Geoff Edwards up- ped the score to 5-0 at 6:27 and nine minutes later Jamie Shipley registered on a play started by Hugh Dietrich and Randy Turner. Mark Thomson scored the seventh Lucan goal on a pass from Dave Paton late in the middle period. The two se- cond period Thedford goals were shot by captain Carman Bessette and Ron Livingston. In the third period, Steve Glenn notched the final goal for the lrr-h on a pass from Mark Thf,r::,son and Bill Grat- ton repho' for Thedford. him after seeing nim in Browns duo of netminders action. made 33 saves. This week the Hawks Only 70 people were on travelled to Mitchell last night hand to watch the teams in a (Tuesdays for their first cleanly played contest that meeting with their namesakes and this weekend they'll be at home both Fri- day and Sunday. Port Stanley Lions are here Friday and the Hawks will be seeking to avenge an earlier 8-3 loss to that squad. while the Tavistock Braves are in town, Sunday. It is also the first meeting of the season for the Hawks with last year's division winners. Halt losing string The Hawks tuned up their scoring eyes in Thedford. Wednesday. to halt their los- ing string at two games. They took a 4-2 lead in the first and after seeing the margin drop to a single tally in the second, came on with seven goals in the third to win going away. Huron Park minor graduate Tony Jones led the scoring parade with a four - goal effort, while' Ed Willis contributed a hat trick. Snipers for single tallies in- cluded Dean Armstrong, Paul Johnston, Pete Tuckey. Mark Vandergunst and Dave Skea. Willis added four assists and Tuckey contributed six to give the two veterans a seven - point night each. Scott Pincombe recorded three assists and contributing one each to the cause were Scott Brintnell, Jones, Ted Hodgins, Johnston and goalie Mike Tadgell. The latter turned aside 37 shots to pick up the team's first win in. the nets. while the saw the Hawks pick up eight of the 13 minors called. Lose it in,the second A penalty and two defensive lapses in the' final five minutes of the second period • spelled defeat for the Hawks on their home ice, Friday. The Browns scored two goals in the final 29 seconds of the period to get the margin. Dave Skea opened the scor- ing • for Exeter at the 6:08 mark of the first on a play with Paul Johnston and'lan Munroe, but the Browns came right back in just over three minutes to get the equalizer: With defenceman Steve Prout in the sin -bin, the Browns took a 2-1 lead at the - 14:03 mark of the second. but Pete Tuckey got that one back quickly on a nifty passing play with Bill Glover. The defence crumbled on two occasions in the last 30 seconds to leave Browns wide • open in front of Tadgell and they took a 4-2 margin into the third. • Dean Armstrong pulled the Hawks back to within one at the 15:00 mark of the final stanza, but they couldn't get the equalizer. Tadgell . was the busiest man on the ice as they turn- ed aside. 35 shots, while Joe Ansems made 27 saves for the Browns: Again, the penalties were at ininimum as the teams sat out six minors each. SH runners win H -.P cross country South Huron's cross coun- try team tame home filthy and freezing yet jubilant from the Huron -Perth race last Wednesday. Exeter won both the individual and team championships in the senior girls and placed second as teams in both midget and senior boys. All runners qualified to run ;at WOSSA this Friday at the Wildwood Conservation Area near St. Marys, the same site as Huron -Perth. There were thoughts of cancelling ate meet because of the fierce winds, rain and hail. However the hardy run- ners managed to survive the miserable weather which caused the course to be ex- tremely muddy and treacherous. After much deliberation, coach Joe Fulop moved all his midget and junior girls up to senior ranks. The move in- sured their Huron -Perth championship but will make South Huron what Fulop thinks will be "one of the four schools that should win WOSSA this year. Catherine Patterson is the 1982 Huron -Perth senior girls champion as she finished the 5 kilometre course in 22:35. The bronze medal went to Mary -Lou Rundle. Colleen Regier, a junior was fourth in the senior girls race while midget Irene Dietrich placed fifth. South Huron's score was 13 ( perfect score is 10). Eight other runners placed well for South Ifuron. • The midget boys team had the best finish since cross- country began in 1969 at South Huron. Their second place finish to Stratford Central allows all nine boys to run at WOSSA where Fulop feels they "could easily be in the top 3-5, if they run as well as at Huron -Perth." Ed Thuss: a grade nine. was the first Exeter midget in, placing fourth in a time of If you're tired of spending your FOOD MONEY on FUEL then BUY A RABBIT - gas or diesel - THEY CAN'T BE BEAT! Call Billy Joe Rowcliffe Auto Rund Main St. Exeter 235-1100 Toll Free - 800-265-7034 19:59 for the 5 km race. Brian Topp finished tenth while Ted Lawson and Raymond Lewis were twelfth and fourteenth respectively. . The senior boys teams ran well against • the probably WOSSA 'champs from Strat- • ford Central. Stratford had se- cond, third. fourth and fifth positions while South Huron captured sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth. Mike Van Raay despite shoes that were too small and a sore foot managed sixth place in the over 8 km race which he ran in 32 minutes John Van Esbroeck finish- ed seventh. Ninth and tenth places .were held - by Jim Regier and Dan Reid. Five junior boys.moved up to senior for Huron -Perth. South Huron had 13 senior- boys eniorboys qualify for WOSSA. Ile feels the senior boys might place in the top five at WOSSA if they run as well as they did last Wednesday. The weather will hopefully be better for Friday's WOSSA races at Wildwood. 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