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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-16, Page 18• Page 2A Times -Advocate, December, 16, 1987 Sports Spotlighteill! , -:-, he NI:i k Iti.sel Scholarships a The idea of Canadian universi- ty athletic sports scholarships conjures up two distinct pic- tures in my mind. The first is a picture of "Moose" the CFL -bound, mus- cle-bound neanderthal whose only interest in university lies somewhere in the pom-poms of a cute little cheer -leader major- ing in pre -marriage. He takes up space in the classroom when the urge hits him,•and accepts pass- ing grades from a professor who has bowed to an education sys- tem based on high finance. The second picture is of seri- ous men and women who have honed their athletic ability to the peak of perfection and who hope to secure a sound educa- tion with the same dedication. They arc people with a talent and they should be allowed uti- lize it to its fullest potential. Moose and his cheer -leader are caricatures of course, but when I hear real-life athletic scholarship horror stories from American universities, I can't help won- dering if there's room for them in a Canadian system. What horror stories, you ask? Here's a beauty: According to an article in the Autumn addition of Champion Magazine, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association in the U.S.) recently revealed that not one basketball player at Virgin- ia Tech has graduated in the past five years. Kind of makes you wonder. Should we penalize the legiti- mate student -athletes because the U.S. scholarship system is flawed, or should we try to im- plement an improved version of our own? And before you answer that question, you have to deal with this one: Is the talent of a sprinter who can do the 100 me- tre in 10.62 seconds Tess valua- ble than the talent of a straight 'A' math student? Fitness and Amateur Sport Minister Otto Jclinek doesn't seem to think so. He's in the process of creating a S5 million olympic legacy fund", based on corporate money. Though the style of distribution hasn't been made clear, that little bundle would translate neatly into roughly 100 full athletic schol- arships. Jelinek has initiated the pro- gram in order to stop the annual two-sided coin drain of an estimated 500 Canadi- an athletes who go south attract- ed by scholarships. A quick glance at Exeter arca athletes seems to confirm such figures. Paul and Perry Pooley went to Ohio State on hockey scholarships and later played for Winnipeg Jets as free -agents; Dave Bogart, now coaching Ex- eter Hawks, left Wilfrid Laurier to attend Ohio University where they waved his tuition in return for his skills as a hockey player and an assistant coach; Ken Berg- man followed a scholarship to the University of North Dakota in the 1960's. But is Canada actually losing that talent or are the athletes simply pursuing an alternative? Swimmer Alex Baumann, who won two gold medals at the 1984 Olympics, spent less than a year at Indiana University in 1981-82 on a scholarship. He came home with a shoulder injury and decid- ed to stay, preferring the Canadi- an training techniques to those he had experienced in the U.S. Though Canadian universities don't offer full athletic scholar- ships, they do offer "athletic awards". These awards aren't available to freshmen, and the maximum sum is S1,(X)() -- not a huge figure when set against the cost of a single year at uni- versity. Those in favour of _ scholar- ships note that because Canadian university athletics are less com- mercially oriented, we will not have to contend with the U.S. problems. That may be true now, but it may hold little water 30 years down the road. I can understand university ad- ministrator's reluctance to accept a scholarship program. You need only look south to sec the cor- ruption and scandal which ema- nates from the American system. But by refusing to address the situation, they are turning their backs on one of the more lucra- tive career choices in modern so- ciety. On the professional level, sport has ceased to be an aimless pastime. It is a big business which employs thousands of people. P !aps it time that our insti- tutions regard athletics in that light and make positive steps forward to establish a "Moose proof" system with academic standing as the bottom line. Midget streak snapped Exeter Midgets had their knuckles rapped in Shamrock league play Wednesday night when St. Marys blanked them 8-0 in St. Marys. • Dominating play, St. Marys scored four goals in the first period and added two in the second and two in the third. Scott Schicdcl led St. Marys of- fensively with three goals. Exeter forwards Shawn Moore and .Eric McCann stood out from an otherwise dismal team effort with some good defensive play and penal- ty killing. Exctcr now has a record of eight wins and four losses for 16 points, but they continue to trail St. Marys in the league standings. Big V Bullets dominate Exeter Big V Bullets took Mount Brydges to the cleaners Saturday whcn they downed them 10-3 on foreign ice. Taking a 2-1 lead in the first peri- od, Bullets increased their lead to 4- 2 in the second and then clinched the victory with a rash of goals in the final period. Brad Thompson opened the scor- ing for Exeter after he connected with Greg Agnew early in the first. Mount Brydgcs responded with a goal of their own one minute later, but a well-placed shot by Jamie Rolph restored Exeter's lead. Shawn Webster drew the assist on the play. Goals by Rolph and Webster gave Exeter a 4-1 lead early in the sec- ond. Derek Beckett and Rolph were credited with assists. Mount Brydges scored late in the middle period to keep things close. Beckett opened the third period scoring before two minutes had elapsed in the third with an unas- sisted effort and then Jason McBride scored from Thompson and Scott Parsons. Mount Brydges scored to make it 6-3 with 10:08 remaining in the game, but by that time Exeter was well on the way to a win. Goals by Thompson, Rolph with two and Beckett followed, building a decisive victory for Bullets. Parsons and Thompson earned the assists on the final markers. Optimist Bombers run out of time Bombers took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Geoffrey Maver scored from Lawrence Cole and Ben Cottrell. Neither team was able to score in the second. Mount Brydges tied things up with 3:38 remaining in the game when Jason Pascoa connected with Michael Watson to score. To turn the game into a cliff - however. With 8:20 remaining on. hanger, Bombers waited until just the clock, the game was ended due 10 seconds showed on the clock to to following ice -time commit- make a reply. Maver broke away, rushed down the ice and pumped in a shot unassisted to win the game. Joey Bierling, in goal for the win, turned in a good performance. Bombers now have a record of seven wins, three losses and one tie. A lack of time decided Exeter Op- timist Bombers fate Saturday after- noon when Strathroy edged them - out 2-0 in Lambton-Middlesex No- vice action. Strathroy took a 1-0 lead in the second when Steve Skinner scored. They added to it early in the third with an unassisted goal by Chris Ataide. Bombers had little chance to reply mcnts. Chris Wilson earned the shut -out for Strathroy. Exeter turned things around Sim - day morning, defeating Mount Brydges 2-1 in three complete peri- ods. Exeter shuffleboard Exeter Shuffleboard club hosted 47 members for a pot -luck supper` and an afternoon of games Wednes- day. In a five game series'of mixed shuffleboard, Albert Hummel scored 460 to emerge with high score. He was followed by Mildred Thomson with 400. In third spot was Murray Greene with 385. Rhea Greene rounded out the scoring with 372. In a four game mixed series, Del- mar Skinner scored 365 to clinch first place. Pearl McKnight fol- lowed Skinner with 335 while Charles Tindall and Laverne Stone tied for third with 319 each. Phil Hern took top honours in a three game series, scoring 294 to edge Vi Hendy into second with 277. Oliver Jacques with 239 and El- don Heywood with 234 took third and fourth spots respectively. 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