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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-08-07, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, August 7, 1985 Strike settlement comes after eleventh inning talks When is a strike a strike? In most situations the answer would be when it is not a ball. But, during the current walkout of baseball players, nobody will be hav- ing a ball. While owners and players alike" cry about their financial pro- blems they are forgetting the most important people involved in fi the game. %' The are the fans who hal been footing the bills of in many in- stances exorbiant salaries by buying tickets at increased prices each year. There are many cries of boycotts when the teams do get back to business and this time the fans may be a lot more serious than they were four years ago. At the conclusion of the 1981 strike, most fans took the attitude of let's give them another chance. This time around it may be _different. _ , While there are a number- of- exceptions with ounger ball players who have just made it to the majors at the minimum sa ary which is $40,000 per annum, we can't generate much sympathy for the established players. Several players have said they need the money to make the payments on their investments. That shouldn't go down very well with the ordinary worker who has to struggle to support his fami- AamazgAWOMagaaMbanaMagtanigkftneganantinA Top teams entered Royals tourneyon The Exeter Royals fourth Annual mond one pits last year champions fastball tourney is set for this Wingham B.P.s. who were recently weekend. August 9. to and 11 with 16 runnersup in a Shakespeare tourney top teams from all. OM' Ontario corn- against Parkway Sheet Metal featur- peting for $1,800 in travel money. ing, former London pitcher Barry There will be trophies for the win- Harvey who threw in the Memorial aper and runner up and individual league and in the Ontario elimina- awards for best pitcher and player. tions: Wingham has all four pitchers The tourney kicks off Friday at 7130 back and should be tough to beat. as the strong Lucan Irish Nine, meet On diamond. two- Nairn from the the. St. Marys Stonetown Chargers led. Southwestern Fastball league with by Doug.Kennedy and local Kirkton veteran pitchers Randy Malcolm and area player Jim Siddall. Ernie Schlegal facing Ingersoll Mac On diamond two (he Lieury seniors Nab. winners of the London and fresh off a win in the Zurich Buckeye district' league and runnersup in the tourney will lake on St. Marys Baird intermediate A championship. They Lumber Kings who have won the are a young team with good speed and South Perth league several times. pitching. This year they added pitcher Mark Saturday morning at 9a.m. the Kit- Dooust from Stratford to their chener Coasters from the top city already strong lineup. They finished third in last year's tourney. At 9 p.m. the feature game on dia- league in Kitchener take on Dor- chester who have former memorial league pitchers John Kaufman, Terry ► 1 ORIGINAL TIGER RETURNS — Carl "Jake" Wein, o member of the original Dashwood Tigers of 1947 returned for the weekend Friedsburg Days. Above, he renews acquaintances with another T A photo Tiger Bob Stomes. Gregus golfnight proves successful. The Gus (;regus Construction night special event at Ironwood was a suc- cess with some notable performances. In D -flight first Ions. gross winner was Norm Whiting at 44 and second low gross awarded to Jerry llarris at 49 on countback from .lack Urquhart . First low net winner -was Gus (;regus at :32 who being (he sponsor surrendered his title t o Ron Heywood in at :33 just ahead of Jon Van llaarlen and ,terry Harris with 34's. Most honest P) -flight golfer was Bill montgomer-, in ('-flight the lora gross best was .ferry \lac•Lean at 44 on a countback From Carl Farr who won first low net. second low gross - Gary MacLean at 45 second lows net - Larry Taylor at :33. one stroke ahead of Trevor Nesbitt. the new hospital ad- ministrator. \lost honest golfer- was Fred Wells. in 13 -flight Dennis Row won low gross at 40 on countback from run- nerup Larry Johns. Best in low net %aS Arnold \lathers at :12 followed by Al T.uvhr. :14 and Don lirintnellat :35. Most honed golfer award went to Bob Forrest In :1 -flight Wayne Pearce took Swim-A•Thon Exeter Swimming Pool Aug. 13 1:00 - 2:00 Help raise money for Huron Hope Everyone welcome' Pledge sheets are available at Exeter Swimming Pool honours in low gross at 36. one stroke ahead of Stu Homuth at 37. Randy Evans also in al :37 was awarded low net for countback from Scott Burton. Both finished with a net 33. one stroke better than Alan Oakes and Bob Flet- cher. The most honest golfer was Mark ('ronyn. Iv much less worry about investtnents. Most fans and including this one do not really know what the strike is really about and what the arguments are over. The only strikes we care about are those thrown by Jack Morris or Dave Stieb. We have loved the game of baseball for a long, long time. But all this strike talk could make that feeling wane a little. Baseball has always been special and don't ask for any sensible Sports Spotlight by Ross Haugh -reasons:-Maybe-it's-the oppor-tunityloTetain the little boy in each o,!e or because the new season, coincides with the end of cold weather, bringing new warmth and promise of an exciting season and pennant hopes of our favourites. Most sports at the major league level have for a long time been a game in name only. Let's face it. It's business and big business. weekend Daniel and Marty Reynolds. On diamond two the Tavistock Mer- chants with Joe Yausie and Ross Yantzi former Culleton and Tavistock junior hockey coach leading the way against London Tornado with top hurler Dave Cassidy on the roster. Cassidy recently tossed a no-hitter against Parkway. At 10:30 on diamond one last years runnersup Verschoyle Gunners with Rob Johnson and Brent Van Parys giving them top pitching against Richmond Hill from the city leauge. They should have a strong squad although not much is known about them. On diamond two Petrolia who recently beat out . the Royals in O.A.S.A. play meet a team from Onondaga. Onondaga near Caledonia plays in the Tri County League where they have only one loss. They are led by pitcher Reg Smith who toiled with Mount Hope, runnersup in the Ontario Eliminations in Stratford two years ago. The touney continues on both diamonds all day Saturday and one diamond Sunday with .the final somewhere around 4 p.m. There is no admission charge to the tourney and refreshments and barbecued• food is available at the agricultural buidling. A draw will be held Sunday before the final game on a bushel of bats. If you are interested in top notch fastball drop over to the rec centre this weekend and help support the Ex- eter Royals. Some of the best teams in Ontario are here with no admission. Drop by for a few hours. Competitors seem to care more about net earnings, compensa- tions and arbitration than homers. base hits, stolen bases or saves. While the strike has slowed down the hopes of Pete Rose in reaching Ty Cobb's all-time hit record. two other veteran per- formers did reach magic number on what could quite easily be the last day of the season. Sunday afternoon Tom Seaver of the White Sox recorded his 300th major league pitching victory and Rod Carew bashed out his 3,000th base hit. Rose, the playing manager of the Cincinatti Reds needs 25 more bingles to equal the mark set by Cobb. - As far as we are concerned both sides are responsible for the current problems. Most of the players appear to be greedy. but nobody heisted the arms 01 fellows like George SIeinhrenner and Ted Turner 10 otter large salaries. We would guess it the players were all n ed to take it secret rote. the outcome nury be (1i•tterenl. They are being advised b> negotiators who are not baseball men. To conclude our comments on the strike, let's just say that the players are the ones that are being hurt in the pocketbook and the fans in the heart. Just as this page was ready for the dark room we learned the strike was over..Oh, well, we got some beefs off our chest, anyway. ROOKIES WIN AT CREDITON The Shipka Rookies won the "B" championship of the weekend slowpitch tournament in Crediton. Back,. left. Paul Hogins; John Dietrich. Paul Brennan, Les O'Neill, Joe Arnold, Dave Ratz and Mike Brennan. Front, John Hayter, Rob Dickey, Jim Dietrich, Jim Guenther, Don Weigand and Jim Sweitzer. Missing was Will Coeck. T -A photo Scores from ladies league Ladies Slowpitch action of tugusl had Good Times over Sundowners 13-1. Exeter Indianettes downed Canadian Tire 21-9, Downtown Dollies edged Albatross Angels 15-12; and South Huron Hospital defeated JJ's. Sundowners and lndianettes played their rescheduled game of July 4, with Sundowners winning by a 6-2 score. 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