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Times-Advocate, 1982-11-10, Page 8.r orate, November 10.1992 442011111.1111111 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh It could happen Here comes the answer to our baseball trivia ques- tion of a week ago. Clow can a baseball team hit.three triples and three singles in one inningiwithoutscoring a run? The fust batter in the inning triples and promptly picked off third or is out trying to steal home. The next player does exactly the same thing and there are two quick outs. The third batter also triples. The next man up beats out an infield hit while the runner remains at third. He 4 • then steals second and is followed by another infield hit leaving the bases loaded. The final batter hits a ground ball which hits the runner at third base for the third out and the batter is credited with a single. Rowdy Argo fans The great performance this year of the Toronto Argonauts seems to be too much for their fans to take. Especially in a recent win over Saskatchewan at CNE Stadium, the home team supporters went a little wild and some of their antics were more than disgusting. Saskatchewan president has suggested the recent unorderly conduct by Toronto fans may have been pro- mpted by ‘)eer consumption at the park. He went on to say, "In Regina we have the only park in the league where beer isn't sold and we've said we won't take a stand on whether it should be sold or not. But, we will probably end up with a stand on the issueifthere are more incidents like the one in Toronto." More credibility For a team that has been in the major league for only six seasons, the Toronto Blue Jays are gaining a lot of credibility. A week+ago, Damasio Garcia was named to the Associated Press as the. second baseman on their all star team. -Now pitcher Dave Stieb has been selected as the top American league pitcher by the "Sporting News and fourth choice for the Cy Young award in the junior •circuit. Stieb says his next goal is to win the ,Cy Young award. He suggests the Blue Jays need an established hitter and a reliable left handed starting pitcher to become a contending club. We really expect the. Jays will loosen up the rub- ber band on their money supply and get in the free agent bidding game for one or two top notch performers. We just received the Blue Jays review for 1982 and it is very interesting. Toronto pitchersshutout the op- position on 13 aocasions, and most for any team in the American league at the plate Blue Jays hit 45 triples, the third best in the league. They diopped considerably in the number of dou- ble plays completed to 146. That may sound like a negative fact, but, it isn't. For -the first time in their six year existence, they allowed less opposing runners to reach basethledecreasing the chance for twin killings. By finishing 17 games behind the pennant winning Milwaukee Brewers the Jays set an American league record for the fewest games behind an American league leader for a last place club. This record is actually shared by the Cleveland Indians who were tied for last with Toronto. The previous mark was 19 games set by the Detroit Tigers in 1974. The major league record is 11' and a half games by the 1973 Philadelphia Phillies. It's interesting to note that the Blue Jays drew bet- ter crowds on the road than they did at home at Exhibi- tion Stadium. On the road they attracted 1,392,194 fans while 1,275,978 supporters showed up at home. When talking about the Cy Young award, here is another trivia question. Cy was only a nickname. What were his full given names? Answers again next week.. Three strong NHL clubs . - After some 15 games in the 1982-83 National Hockey League season. three teams are standouts and of two their performances were expected. The defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders and the Minnesota North Stars are starting exactly where they left off last year. The good getaway by the Montreal Canadiens may be surprising to some. but. it shouldn't. After early elimination in the playoffs for two straight years, the Habs are off and flying and one of the reasons is the resurgence of Gtfy Lafleur. The Canadiens upped Lafleur's salary considerably to half a million a year on the stipulation that he would lose some.weight and he has done that. Teamed up with Doug Wickenheiser and Ryan Walter, Lafleur is approaching his superstar status of a couple of years ago. Their line is one of the hottest in the league right now and has hada lot to do with the Montreal team being atop the Adams Division. While the Islanders are well ahead in the Patrick Division and the North Stars lead the Norris Division. the real battle is shaping up in the Smythe Division with all five teams within a couple of points of the top As this is being written. the Los Angeles Kings lead with 15 points and %bile the Winnipeg Jets and Edmon- ton Oilers have 13 each and the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks are at the bottom with 12 points. only three off the lead. Tests .for skaters Members of • the Exeter figsne skating club will be participating NST badge tests for beginners and novice skaters at the South Huron Rec Centre. Monday. November 15. The tests win be held at the regular skating times and parents are urged to come out and encourage the young skater&. There are presently 90 skaters registered for the 1912.83 season. In a note from., the ex- ecutive. parents are asked to be informed. "Pick up a copy of the minutes of the last meeting. Better still. attend the next meeting, December 9 and give the executive some input. Help Build a better club for your children." *14 Lucan in Exeter, Friday Hawks lose by Iarge and close scores The Exeter Hawks had a frustrating weekend as they lost both their outings On borne ice. Friday. the Hawks couldn't do anything defensively as the first place Tavistock Braves trounced them 12-2 and in Thamesford. Sunday, the locals couldn't do anything offensively as they lost a 2-1 squeaker to the Trojans. The two losses leave the Hawks in fourth place with six points. but both Seaforth and Mitchell have a game in hand and are right behind with four points. Tavistockopened their loop lead to three points with wins over the Hawks and Seaforth. while Thedford moved up to second with triumphs over thetn math to cheer about as Pori Stanley and Seaforth to they • were completely give them 11 points. dominated by the'Braves who The Lucau Irish hold down gave than a lesson in passing third place with nine points as and skating. they won their only outing. a It was the worst showing to 7-6 win over Mitchell. date by the locals, who This week. the Hawks host repeatedly gave the visitors the Irish for the second time. clear access to the nets on Friday and toy a strange guarded by Mike Tadgell and scheduling quirk. will have to Dave Rook. face the Braves again at the . Tadgell was removed after rec centre on Sunday. That the first period with the locals will complete the three visits trailing 4-0, but Rook didn't by the Braves. while the get much more support from Hawks have yet to play in his mates as he allowed three Tavistock. in the second and five in the third. Blown away Friday was senior citizen night at the rec centre. but the youthful Hawks a didn't give Rob Froese paced the Braves with four goals as they fired a total of 50 shots at the two Exeter netminders. Pete Tuckey and Ed 'llis scored for tbe Hawks, who gave up on hockey and started to run at the visitors. They picked up 16 penalties. including a costly match penalty to Mike Clark that will send him to the sidelines for at least three games. The Braves served only seven minors. Blew trances The Hawks managed to re- bound from their thumping to come up with a strong effort in Thamesford. Sunday, and while they dominated play throughout, couldn't put the puck in the net. The Hawks enjoyed a 35-22 margin in shots on goal, but clicked on only one, while the Trojans made the most of their's with two successful shots. The Trojans were out -shot 154 in the first period and escaped with a scoreless tie and then clicked on two of their six shots at Dave Rook in the second to gain the margin of victory. The Hawks didn't hit the sheet until the 14:07 mark of tbe third when Tuckey finish- ed off a play with Ian Murine. 1'he Trojar>c served 15 of the 23 penalties 'called but the Hawks again proved inept on the powerplay. They have scored only two powerplay goals in their fust nine games while giving up 10. UP FOR A THROW — Lori Brand of the senior girls basketball -team tries for a bask a recent game against Stratford Central. At Charlene Verbeek. T HUNGRY HAWKS — Shown utilizing their good appetites at Saturday's Exeter Hawks poor boy luncheon were .players Mike Clark, trainer Ralph Batten, Ion Mu`nroe,Dave Rook, Bob Rook and Mike Tadgell. Mohawks ups season record to three with wins over Centralia, Zurich The Exeter Mohawks ran their record to three wins and a loss in South Huron Hockey League action, with a pair of wins over the Centralia Marauders and the Zurich Buckeyes. At home Thursday against the Marauders the Mohawks scored five unanswered goals to break 4-4 tie enroute to a 94 win and Sunday they blanked the Zurich Buckeyes 7-0. Jim Guenther opened the scoring Thursday at the 32 se- cond mark of the fust period on 'a . pass from Barry Baynham. Three minutes later Matt Muller tied the scored until 7:05 when Tom Ryan assisted by Luc Gagnon put the Exeter squad ahead 2-1 which lasted until Rick Funston scored for the Marauders. Brian Taylor rounded out the first period scoring giving the Mohawks a 3-2 lead. In the second period Brad - Taylor assisted by brother Brian and Barry Baynham opened the lead by two but the Marauders fought back to tie the score at tour with goals by Rick Funston and Matt Lucan Cup filled The 16 teams have been selected for the 1962 edition of the Lucan Challenge Cup hockey tournament. Lucan Cup president Tom Hardy said he was pleased with the calibre of teams which will be playing at the Lucan arena December 3. 4 and 5. The London Quakers led by former Lucan-Dderton Jet Ed Parkinson will be back to de- fend the "A" title they won a year ago along with the finalists from Black Creek who won in 1980. . Other top notch clubs par- ticipating will be Hoffey Con- struction of % i dsor. winners of the Canadian rec and in- dustrial championship in Ed- monton and Kitchener Downtown Texaco, funlists m tournaments in Sudbury and New Liskeard last year. They also spent two weeks inex- hibition play in Austria. Three teams will be in from Detroit. They are Griffin Sports. Page Toyota and Bench Pub. Also playing will be Toronto International Stick. Kitchener Screaming Eagles. Windsor Pit Martin Pub, Ilderton all stars. Goderich all stars. Mitchell all stars, London Ted Dilts Gems, Gormley and the Lucan all stars. Muller both getting their se- cond of the.game • Brian Taylor put the Mohawks ahead to stay at the end of two periods with Rick Lindenfield drawing the assist. In the final period it was all Mohawks with Brian Taylor completing his hat trick while Tom Ryan and Jim Guenther both scored giving them two for the night and Jeff Fuller notched a single tally assisted by Doug Fletcher and Ryan, • Sunday '•afternoon the Mohawks traiielled to Zurich to take on last year's cham- pions but the Buckeyes. who are suffering from a shortage of players: were no match for Exeter who won handily 7-0 in a game that featured some slick penalty killing and the shutout goaltending of Tom Steeper. In the first period after sur- viving a five minute span in which they were two men short Brad Daters opened the scoring assisted by Mike Des- jardine and Dave Robinson. Doug Fletcher stepped out of the penalty box in time to put his team ahead by two at the 2:02 mark of the second. The combination' of Daters. Desjardine and Robinson teamed up once again to make the score 3-0. Ten minutes later two goals in eight seconds by Fletcher his second of the game from Luc CITATION' SS e (net at an e_ r.r•_� s-. D'ores stoeeii 1. ✓1*e j �_ - - - '�����rIe **dr Mr,Tr 011: 7✓,e iJ.7 ie 7-eo e - Sri e S.isc,e sey -'rye i'..e : rrD • .1, 'rJ'•=p 7 7.Jr:S CITATIONS 4500/45005 do'r7rjr,� 7�IJSy2r� J ]P_'s-X-4,:r• slos. i:S; prd•y r7s1fr Y riF!'rr 7"•� ate:• r `- !.: : as. ',•)- i rr,_e a 3500 a 0,11,7 S $0 'Jr's fish err r.e O'31JSiZJ� t'J2 %s.7_t, r sit • S:S:f! ' /3' trr 71 neck/ - eras. rJl`.Se r -s 1' a 'lee) 4r; 7 S� _r, "..; sae r rJ'JKrrd YJ D Ste^ is -..),,res. 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