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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-11-07, Page 22 (2)Page 2A Times -Advocate, November 7, 1979 Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Physical tests, We spent an interesting hour at a recent teacher Professional Development Day listening to former Canadian Olympic female star Abby Hoffman. Hoffman who is a hard worker foe women's rights and equality not only in sports but in the work force as well spoke to teachers from South Huron District High School and the six area elementary schools. Ms Hoffman who represented Canada in the last four Olympics is now supervisor of Sports Services for the Ontario Ministry of Sport and Recreation. Her main claim to fame has come with her ac- complishments in the 400 and 800 metre runs in the last four Olympics in 1964. 1968. 1972 and 1976. She first hit the sports pages when she was nine years old in Toronto and was barred from playing on a boys hockey team. Due to the fact she was dressed at home for the games and driven to the areas by her parents she was able to compete for several monthson a boys team before it was discovered she was a girl. She said the old theories that women are not suited for some sporting activities are changing. Back 15 years ago women were not allowed to run more than a half mile. Now they compete in cross country and marathons up to the full 26 miles. The former Olympicstar said there was no truth that girls are not as physically capable as boys the same age. She added. '-Girls of 8.9 and10 years are actually better co-ordinated than boys the same age. She suggested that lack of participation in certain sports by girls was a great handicap and one test used to show that boys are stronger than girls is not fair. A popular test of strength is a softball throw with boys throwing considerably farther than girls. Ms. Hoffman said there would be very little difference in a softball throw if boys and girls threw with their op- posite or non-dominant arm. We took this test to the parking lot of the T -A last week and some of her theories were not too far wrong. Editor Bill Batten was able to toss a softball 55 feet with his left hand. Tom Creech was next at 48 feet with his opposite arm. the right one and I could only manage a distance of 35 feet. Next we coaxed another staff member. Debbie Lord to try her stamina. Deb was able to toss the ball a total of 54 feet So. if you want an interesting test. throw the ball with your opposite arm. It really isn't as easy as it may seem. Later. we lured advertising manager Jim Beckett to the testing grounds. He said he was normally right handed. But, we are not too sure about that. Beckett heaved the ball 77 feet as a southpaw. Ms. Hoffman said athletic abilities are not genetic or inherited but more to do with practice and oppor- tunity. She pointed out that the gap in track and field records of men and women have changed drastically in the last 25 years When a man first ran a four minute mile women took about four minutes and 48 seconds to cover the same distance or a difference of 20 percent. With high level training and participation some women have cut the gap to less than 10 percent. She said most males are much more active and the physical fitness potential of most women remains un- filled. Ms. Hoffman suggested most of the problems of the sex stereotyping role were created by women themselves. She commented "It begins in self limita- tion imposed by a woman herself saying I can't do that or it's not appropriate." One of the first breakthroughs for women in sports came in 1954 when 16. year-old Marilyn Bell swam across Lake Ontario. Shesuggested the feat by Marilyn Bell wasn't as spectacular as it appeared to be. She said. "There are good reasons why a woman should be the first to com- plete a big swim. The extra fat that most women have helped in easier floating and was very convenient as an energy source.- ' Some of the statistics provided by Abby Hoffman proved that we can all improve .as far as physical fitness is concerned and it should begin at an early age. . Quoting from a Manitoba survey. Ms. Hoffman ..•----said,- Fitnoss.plobletns.begin.at.an early- UP, _Q#_14,-: 000 kindergarten to grade six students tested, 25 per- cent were overweight and it bacame more serious in grade 12 where 78 percent of the girls were considered to be obese being 15 to 20 pounds overweight to an un- healthy degree.. She challenged the teachers to provide more physical fitness and athletic opportunities for girls saying. "The schools provide a fertile ground for change." HURON MOTOR PRODUCTS DAVE GROOT SAVE Zurich We con offer you double savings by buying a new Pontioc,Buick, Cadillac or G.M.C. Truck by financing through G.M.A.C. at 13.8% Come in and take advantage of this unbelievable rate. Deadline Nov. 12. HURON -PERTH CHAMPS — The South Huron District High School senior boys team won their division championship of the recent Huron -Perth Conference cross country meet. Back, left, Murray Wareing, Rodney Mosnico, Mike Fleming and Doug Medd. Front, Jim Regier, Mott McClure, Mike Von Roay and Kevin Eosterbrook. T -A photo Senior Panthers lose, juniors in semi-final One South Huron District High School football team was defeated in a bid for a Huron -Perth Conference championship while another has reached the semi-finals. Ron Bogart's senior Panthers were defeated 31-16 by the Goderich Vikings in Goderich Saturday af- ternoon. The difference in the scoring was two long runs by Goderich on a punt and kickoff return. The South Huron juniors blanked Stratford Nor- thwestern 22-0 Tuesday to complete an undefeated regular schedule. They played host to Listowel in the semi-final playoffs yesterday. Tuesday in Exeter. If successful they will meet either Goderich or Stratford Northwestern in the Conference cham- pionship to be played in Exeter Saturday afternoon at 1.30 p.m. In Tuesday's win over Northwestern coach Doug Ellison said. "It was our best game of the year." We played well offensively and defensively, but, will have to continue this type of play to stay in contention for the ch- ampionship." A good kickoff by Dave Shaw put the Stratford team deep in their own end and allowed the South Huron team to get good field position for their first series of plays. Good runs by Gary Spurn and Norm Regier took the ball in close and Spurn went over from two yards out. Doug Fischer booted the convert. • Midway through the second period, Mike Clarke sacked the Stratford quarterback and gave South Huron the ball on the 25 yard line. A third down Dave Shaw to Jim Siddall pass moved the ball to the five yard line and Gary Spurn carried in for a major score. The convert failed. Shaw played well and had several good runs. Senior football The football season for the South Huron senior Panthers ended Saturday in Goderich as they dropped a 31-16 decision to the Goderich Vikings in the Huron -Perth Conference final. Despite the season ending loss, coach Ron Bogart described the just concluded season as "fairly suc- cessful." The Panthers made it to Saturday's final with a 1-0 win over StratfordCentral in the league semi-final. The Soui.h Huron team started off in fine style in Saturday's championship contest played in Goderich. On the first series of plays, the Panthers moved the ball from inside their own five yard line all the way to the Goderich 15, but. had to settle for a field goal. Doug Hoffman kicked the three - pointer. Good running by Rick Lindenfield and Rob Pryde, a diving catch of a pass by John Byrne -and a 40 yard pass and run play from Dave Bogart to Brian Mercer put the Panthers into scoring position. The South Huron defence showed well as they forced Goderich to kick after two unsuccessful plays. The second Panther series failed to gain the necessary 10 yards and they were forced to kick. This is where the tempo of the game changed. The ball was kicked to Randy Little of the Vikings and he ran it back 74 yards for a touchdown and the convert was good. In the second quarter, several dropped passes, four fumbles and a blocked kick restricted any South Huron scoring chances. The Vikings scored a touchdown and two field The South Huron defence came up big early in the final period to stop Stratford at the five yard line. A quick kick by Dave Shaw took the Panthers out of danger. Gary Spurn intercepted a Stratford pass to set up a 40 yard kick and single point by Dave Shaw. • -Norm -Kegler -seared the final Panther touchdown on a 12 yard run and a Dave Shaw to John Kernick pass was good for the two point convert. Coach Ellison credits great play by corners Jamie Chaffe and Scott Turnbull in taking away the Stratford wide running game. Frank Vermaeten, Doug Fischer and Dave Under- wood played well as defensivesafeties to help stop the Northwestern passing game which is the best in the league. Jim Siddall and Gary Spurn were credited with strong games going both ways and signal caller Dave The CB&G are coming to town 1 1 1 Lose to Parkhill Marauders win streak ends The Centralia Marauders winning streak of four games in the South Huron in- termediate hockey league came to an end Sunday night as they dropped an 8-5 decision to the North Mid- dlesex Merchants in Parkhill. Thursday night, the Marauders scored their second straight win over Kettle Point by a score of 7-2. The Marauders will be in action Thursday night when they meet Thedford and Monday night they take on the Grand Bend Mariners. Both games will be played at the Stephen arena at Huron Park at 8:30 pm. In Parkhill, Sunday, the home club jumped into .a 4-2 lead at the end of the first period and the Marauders were not able to catch up completely. goats in the final minutes of the first half to take a 21-3 lead on the scoreboard. There was no scoring in the third period. The Pan- thers bounced back early in the fourth quarter and quarterback Dave Bogart scored a touchdown on a roll- out from six yards and Doug Hoffman booted the convert and the Panthers appeared to be back in contention. Any such ideas werg short- lived. On Ulf following kickoff Randy Little of the Vikings grabbed the ball and after being apparently contained, bounced off a couple of South Huron defenders and rambled 80 yards for a major score. For all intents and pur- poses that was the ball game. The best offensive play for the Panthers came on the last play of the game. With two seconds left Dave Bogart found Brian Mercer in the clear over the middle and hit him with a perfect pass on the dead run. Mercer galloped 108 yards for the touchdown. Coach Bogart's final comment was, "The game ended on a high -note for us, but we were 16 points short on the scoreboard." Despite the loss, the Panther statistics were good in comparison to Goderich. The South Huron team gained 13 first downs as compared to 11 for Goderich and outdistanced the op- gtion on total yardage ained by 393 to 226. Each team gained 80 yards on the round while the Panthers were ahead 218 to 106 yards in the air. Craig Degraw led the Panther defensive corps with eight key tackles. Joe Becker was next with six big stops and Ed Hunter-Duvar, Greg Prout and Ed Willis were in on five key stops apiece. The gamewaslessthan two minutes old when Dick Lord counted for the Marauders on a pass from Mark Cronyn. That was the only time the Centralia club held a lead. Parkhill roared back with four straight goals from the sticks of Gary McLeod, Rob Thoman, Eric Bolgin and Bruce Furtney. Cec Nickleschalked up an unassisted goal for the Marauders before the first period - ended. Randy Somerville scored the only Centralia goal of the second period on a solo dash while Rick Zapancic and Bruce Furtney replied for Parkhill. Dennis Carty and Blair Hearn registered the final Centralia goals in the third period. Each picked up an assist on the other's score while Cec Nickles added a pair of assists. Scoring for Parkhill in the third period were Rick Zapancic and Gary McLeod. Three unanswered goals in the first period put the Marauders into a com- fortable lead in Thursday's 7-2 victory over Kettle Point. Dennis Carty completed a three-way passing effort with Blair Hearn and Cec Nickles at 11:04 to put the Centralia club on the score sheet. Only a min to later Matt eller hit on pass from R Funstonan at 8:17Cec Nick nted ith assists going to uerth and Rob Funston. . Matt Muller registered his second goal of the night at 4:47 of the middle frame on a play started by Ron Funston and Perry Knee before Glen George notched the first Kettle Point score. In the last six minutes of the second period, 8i11 Hodge and Ron Funston scored for Centralia and Glen George hit again for Kettle Point. Assists on the Mara u der goals went to Mark Cronyn, Cec Nickles and Matt Muller. The only goal of the third period came with only a minute and 36 seconds left. Captain Ron Funston was the marksman. Assists went to Mark Cronyn and Bill Hodge. Kettle Point took 14 of the 21 penalties called. The Marauders scored three power plays while one of the Kettle Point scores came when Centralia played short handed. MIDNITE MADNESS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 THAT'S WHAT OUR PRICES ARE! JUST TAKE A LOOK • 6:00 P.M. TO MIDNITE SAVE' 10.00 CEE BEE TERRI WARM-UP . SUITS ALL IN -STOCK T-SHIRT TRANSFERS '1.00 (reg. '1.75) N.H.L. Posters 75( Rings Kids 9.00 Adult '1.95 (Reg. '-1.00 (Reg. 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