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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-06-11, Page 14Times -Advocate. Jim* 11, 1986,, , �rs,a Before the $06 major league baseball season started many area fans including this reporter predicted the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers would be in a battle in the American league eastern division. The Jays and Tigers are certainly doing battle, but not for first place armost people expected. As of Monday morning, the two clubialong with the Cleveland Indians are virtually tied for last place or fifth spot if one tends to be optimistic. We were in Detroit Sunday afternoon, and the way Toronto and Detroit, played it shouldn't be too long before they move much higher up in the standings and could still be contenders. It would be a long struggle, but far removed from impossible. In taking two of three weekend games from the Tigers, the .Jays pitching staff held the Detroiter,; to only six runs in 27 inn- ings and now seem to be reaching their expected potential. The highlight of Sunday's game for the Jays was the fine per- formance of long reliever Mark Eichhorn who came in after Jim Clancy walked the first two batters in the Detroit fifth. Eichltorn struck out seven of the 12 batters he faced to take his team through the eighth inning and the Terminator Tom Henke finished off the night with two strikeouts. The young sidearmer had the Tigers baffled, and completely off balance with a variety of tantalizing pitches along with the odd fast one. He struck Lance Parris out twice. The first time was on three pitches. We were sitting down the right field foul line beside the Jays bull pen and had an excellent look at the pitchers warming up. ottl :t. %: 4 ran end of AL east Although Bill Caudill didn't get`intd'the game his pitches made bullpen coach John MacLaren's glove pop. The big blow for the Jays teat made the difference on the scoreboard was a fifth inning Jessie Barfield homer which hit the ninth row of the upper deck. Pitchers of both teams were tough. Of the total 54 outs made during the game only 10 were on catches by outfielders. Sports Spotlight by Ross Haugh It's a real pleasure to visit Tiger Stadium, a ball park built specifically for baseball and there are very few poor seats anywhere. We remember very vividly attending the 1968 World Series and our seats in the third deck press box on the right field foul line and a good view of the entire field. Most true baseball fans still prefer the old fashioned open air parks with real grass. Plan wrestling show Wrestling on television is becoming extremely popular and local grappling enthusiasts are getting their chance to see a live show. • On the night; of Friday, June 20, six bouts will be offered at the South Huron Rec Centre including Gentle Ben, the bear. Gen- tle Ben was in town Wednesday for a' visit to line up the date for the Exeter program with the help of his handler Dave McKigney. If you don't believe Gentle Ben is a real bear and huge just ask Lynne and Joanne at the Rec Centre. They were very careful where they stood for a picutre with the. bear. Trivia answer Here are the answers to last week's trivia: The only player to have his,number 44 retired by both the Atlanta Braves; and Milwaukee Brewers is Hank Aaron. The closest to a shutout in a Super Bdw1 game came in 1972 when the Dallas Cowboys trounced the. Miami Dolphins 24-3. The question regarding brothers playing on the same team was worded incorrectly. There were two sets of brothers to enjoy World Series action at the same time. They were Dizzy and Daffy Dean with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930's and Ken and George Brett. with Kansas City in 1980. This week's questions are: Who is the only pitcher to appear in an all star game without recording an out? Who are the four current major league managers whop were pitchers during their active playing careers? Name the five ways a batter in baseball can reach first base without touching the ball with the bat. Kendra Arthur wins Panther award .1 5NiiI$ banquet The Panther award was presented to Kendra Arthur at Wednesday's an- nual athletic banquet at South Huron District High School. The grade 13 student who was recently named to the Ontario field hockey team was chosen for outstan- ding achievement and contribution to athletics at South Huron throughout high school by a graduating student. Athlete of the year awards went to junior girl Kim Crawford, junior boy Fred Gregus, senior girl Lee O'Rourke and senior boy Scott Bogart. Others nominated for these awards were Leanne Dietrich, Laurie For- rester, Sandra Relouw, Henri DeBruyn, Jon O'Connor, Frank Wulterkens, Kendra Arthur, Irene Brand, Diane Willis, Mike Clark, Scott Miller and Sean O'Rourke. Two members of the Kitchener - Waterloo Board of Approved Officials Bill Moffatt and Don Thorne were on hand to present the Mike Moser Memorial Scholarship to Irene Brand. Basketball players from 25 schools in Huron, Perth and Waterloo coun- ties are eligible for the award. Moffatt said the annual scholarship has been increased this year from $100 to $400. Rob Tait and Irene Brand were win- ners of the Mike Prendergast Memorial award. This award goes to senior male and female basketball players who combine excellence in academics and basketball. The John Peters Memorial award went to Scott Lovie, Mike Clark and Scott Merrylees for dedication and ex- emplary contributions to the overall basketball program: The guest speaker was Dr. Iris Marshall who showed slides and com- mented on the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She was one of five doctors .accompanying the 437 Canadian athletes. A former star player with the Milverton Suns ladies fastball team and now practicing at a Youth Clinic in Toronto, Dr. Marshall talked of the great improvement being made by female athletes. She said the only Olympic sport where women were more vulnerable than men to injury was gymnastics. The balance beam caused numerous injuries. The former SHDHS student traced the great strides by women in Olym- pics. In 1896 all participants were male. In a slow rise, the 1984 Cana- dian contingent included 133 women of a total of 437. She predicted females would catch up with male performances in the marathon by 1990, swimming by 2050 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR — Kim Crawford, Lee O'Rourke qnd-Fled Gregus are shown with their plaques as athletes of the Year at SHDHS. Missing was Scott Bogart. T -A photo Stingers win again The Huron Park Stingers upped Penhale singled. their unbeaten season record to four Carol Windsor, Willie Dimmers and games in the Tri -County ladies Sheila Penhale loaded the bases in the fastball league with two victories on sixth, but were able to move any far - the road this week. 0.-'ther. Heather Smith doubled in the seventh. Tuesday the Stingers edged Tillson- burg 2-1 and Sunday they scored decisive win 13-4 over Belmont. The Stingers will be back home Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Huron Park diamond to take onllder- ton and an exciting contest can be expected. "• Two runs in the top of the fourth in- ning were enough to give the Stingers their Tuesday win. With one out, Chris Beach singled and came home on a triple delivered by Carol Windsor. 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Oil 1 change includes Fram filters and Quaker State 1 Oil 1.1 EEEI Ei• Ei III Clip and Save l NI MO In UN MR ♦ 1 fn 0 z 0.1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 GETS PANTHER AWARD — SHDHS athletic director Ron Bogart presents the Panther award to Kendra Arthur for outstanding achievement and contribution to athletics at South Huron throughout high school by a graduating student. T -A photo Bantams edge Dashwood The Exeter Big 0 bantam baseball club defeated Dashwood 5-4 in their WOAA opening game at Dashwood Tuesday night. After spotting the host club a three run firstipning lead on a pair of walks and a singlt by Butler and Todd Laporte's double, Exeter tied the score at three in the third inning. After a lead off walk to Mike Kingma, a walk to Ifarlen Tinney and an infield single by Mark Burton, Doug Clarke cleared the bases with a long single to tie the game. Mike Zimmer opened the fourth in- ning with a long triple and scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of G. McBeath to put Dashwood ahead 4-3 but Exeter came b ck with single runs in the sixth and seventh inning for the victory. Mark Burton paced the locals with two singles and two runs scored. Doug Clarke also had two singles and three RBI's while Brent McDonald tripled and Laurie Chalmers singled and scored in the sixth. ' Scot Russell went the full seven in- nings for the Exeter club and picked up the win. Russell scattered five Dashwood hits while striking out 11 and walking four Dashwood batters. Al Rader and Todd Laporte shared the Dashwood pitching duties. PLAN VOLLEYBALL Emmanuel Baptist Church has begun a summer program of recrea- tional volleyball. Itis designed for any youth ages 13-30. The games will be held outdoors, Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. until sundown at the church grounds, 187 Iluron Street West. There is no fee, but they do require energetic young people looking for an exciting, enter- taining and exhausting evening. If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact the Church youth sponsors, at 228-6455. SPECIAL AWARD — At T urs. ay's HDHS athletic banquet Bill Mof- fatt and Don Thorne of Kitchener present the Mike Moser Memorial Scholarship to Irene Brand. Basketball players from 25 schools in Huron, Perth and Waterloo counties were eligible for the award. Hing by 2077. Involved in the athletic banquet program were athletic director Ron Bogart and students Murray Rundle, Beth Sweeney and Trevor Cottrell. Carol Arthur, thanked and con- gratulated athletes and coaches on behalf of parents. • CLINTON RACEWAY opens on FATHER'S DAY SUNDAY. 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