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new London Tigers' team
GiIson ex ect�n good year with
expecting
By Wayne Proctor
EXETER - The new London Ti-
gers have high expectations going
into their firstyear according to
General Manager Bolt Gilson. The
team finished in first place when it
was in Glens Falls and Gilson ex=
pects to do as well this year.
Gilson was in town recently to
speak at the Exeter Lions. Sports
Celebrity Dinner at the South Hu-
ron Rec Centre.
"I will be disappointed if we don't
average 4,000 a game attendance at
Labatt Park," said Gilson.
Gilson, who is new to the Tiger
organization, said he has already had
an indication of what type of player
fans can expect and he expects the
team to be strong in centre field,
catcher and pitching.
One of those pitchers hoping for
a chance is Mike Lumley, of Lu -
can, who was recently drafted by the
Tigers.
"Mike Lumley will likely start
the
the year in "A" ball in Lakeland and
if things work out as planned he
has a good chance to move up to
London in June. We expect a lot of... -
great things from Mike. He is a
great kid and he should have a great
year and has a great attitude."
Lumley left last week for spring
training in Lakeland.
At the end of last season the Ti-
gers decided to move their "AA"
team from Glens Falls New York
after some intense negotiations
with the Tigers, Gilson, a long-
time Tiger fan, and others con-
vinced them to move to London.
The London Tigers will play in
the Eastern Baseball League, which
is just two steps below the major-
league level. The step of "AA" ball
for the Tigers is the Toledo Mud
Hens and from there it is on to the
big league.
London is one of eight teams in
the Eastern League. The Albany,
(New York) Yankees, Reading
(Pennsylvania) Phillies, Canton
(Ohio) Indians, Williamsport
(Pennsylvania) Mariners, New Brit-
ain (Connecticut) Red Sox, Harris-
burg (Pennsylvania) Pirates and
Haggerstown (Maryland) Orioles.
He added that the quality of base-
ball should be very good because
Roger Clemens and Matt Nokes are
just two of many players wha
played in the league recently and
have gone on to star in the Major
Leagues.
Gilson is going into the season
with a just a few reservations. He
thought the idea of having a Tiger
Panther's lose - The South Huron District High School Junior
Boys' basketball team fell short in their semi-final playoff bid to
Stratford's Northwestern 71-32 at South Huron. Here, Pete McAl-
lister, of South Huron, gets the ball stripped away by a Huskies'
player.
Panthers advance to finals
By Michelle Ellison
EXETER - Last week, South Hu-
ron District High School's senior
girls volleyball team attended two
tournaments at Stratford Northwest-
ern Secondary School.
On Tuesday, thc girls picked up
five of six wins in a regular -season
lr nrirr tolimament.
The Panthers played well against
the Goderich Vikings taking two
easy victories 15-8 and 15-10.
The girls next opponent was F.E.
Madill. The Panthers claimed the
first game 15-10 with little difficul-
• ty. The second game brought some
the Panthers bur they
'-''"•c amc away With a 17-16 victory.
The Panthers only loss of the day
came in the first game against St.
Marys when South Huron was de-
feated 15-13.
The Panthers came hack, howev-
er, to thump the Salukis 15-3.
On Thursday, the Panthers attend-
ed the qualifying Huron -Perth tour-
nament at Northwestern. This
tow ilanient qualified the top five
times to attend the final Huron -
Perth tournament. South Huron
came away with a perfect 8-0 record
to place first.
The Panthers defeated Norwell 15-
3 and 15-9, St. Michael's 15-5 and
15-9, L istowei 15-13 and 15-10 and
Clinton 15-12 and 15-11.
_, Jw gis 3-.. dv.anced to the final
Huron -Perth tournament yesterday
(Tuesday) in Listowel.
Mini Hawks split pair
HURON PARK - The Stephen
Township Mini Black Hawk Atoms
split their two games last week.
They were edged 1-0 by St. Marys
"at the Stephen Township Arena in
an exhibition game on Thursday and
on Saturday they blanked Blyth 4-0
in Blyth.
On Thursday, St. Marys scored
the first and only goal of thc game
on a mad scramble in front of the
Mini Hawk net.
It was an excellent hack -and -forth
game with neither team giving the
other one an inch.
'the !its[ period against Blyth was
scoreless, but Billy Connor opened
the scoring , with his first of two,
from goalie Tom Connor, in the
team in London was great because
of all the Tiger fans in the area be-
cause Lohdon is half -way between
Toronto and Detroit, he thought the
loyalties might be split down the
middle.
Gilson, who is a long-time friend
of Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw, said
the Tigers are planning an Exeter
night down at the Labatt Park, to-
wards the middle of the season.
A number of other special days
are planned as well. ,They include,
Senior Citizen's night April 10,
Button Day April 15, Seat Cushion
Day May 6, Mug Day May 27, Ce-
lebrity Autograph Day June 25 two
appearances by the San Diego
Chicken and former Londoner Ted
Giannoulas, celebrating his 15th
birthday, June 29-30, Fan -Player
Photo Day July 16, Pennant Day
July 16, an appearance by the clown
prince of baseball Max Patkin, who
appeared in the movie Bull Durham
August 14 and Fan Appreciation
Day August 20, just to mention a
few. Other special nights are
planned.
And a long season it will be. The
team plays 140 games in 146 days
which doesn't leave a lot of free
time. In addition the team will play
16 pre -season games in Florida. The
season gets underway April 7 at
Labbatt Park when the Tigers take
the fieldgainst Albany.
Gilson also feels having a profes-
sional baseball team in London will
do a lot for the area.
"It really puts London on the big -
league map," he'said. "The econom-
ic development that will go on in
the area is tremendous and we have
heard nothing but positive things
from London City council and busi-
nesses because of the large amount
of Tiger fans in the area.
Rob Thompson, of Sarnia, will
be a coach for the new London
team. He was also in Exeter to
. speak at the Celebrity Dinner.
Thompson, 25, was an up-and-
coming catcher in the Tiger organi-
zation and played one year of "A"
ball in Lakeland but an injury forced
him out of action and into the
coaching ranks. He is the youngest
coach in the history of the Tigers'•
organization. He said he is very ex-
cited about having a team in Lon-
don as well because it is so close to
his home.
At the dinner Thompson spoke
about new manager Chris Cham-
bliss and what he will mean to the
young players. He said if the
players can't show commitment to
play for a guy like Chambliss they
will have an even harder time for a
major-league manager.
London Tigers - Bob Gilson, right, of the new London Tigers, and
coach Rob Thompson, said they expect Mike Lumley of Lucan to
be in a London uniform by June. They said they also are planning
an Exeter night in Labatt Park later in the season.
Petite Ringette sweep quarter -final series against Mitchell
MITCHELL- Exeter Petite Rin-
gctte team swept their quarter -final,
best two of three series with a com-
manding 9-0 win over Mitchell,
Saturday.
The local girls managed four
goals in the first half. Danielle
Miners accounted for two of the
goals, with Cara Gardner assisting
on. both. Sonya Lawrence and Judi
Wilson each added singles, while
assists went to Wilson Miners and
Amy Edwards.
Exeter's Cheryl Wein, started the
second half scoirng on a pass from
Wilson and Miners, at 14:21. Jo -
Dee Rowe set up Gardner for her
lone goal at 13:48. Two minutes
later Lawrence whipped one on on a
free pass. At the 11 minutes mark,
only 28 seconds after Lawrence's ef-
fort, Miners struck again with Gard-
ner and Rowe assisting.
Miners rounded out the scoring
with 6:14 left. Teresa Stire and
Heather Davies added the final as-
sists.
Exeter took advantage of three
power play situations and dominat-
ed for most of the game.
Jana Webster got the shut out for
Exeter, after playing a very strong
game.
Later, the Petites played a fun
games against their parents. Both
teams were shy players, but were
able to play a tight game that ended
in a; 5-5 tic.
Amy Edwards played a great game
in net for the Petites, saving many
shots. Pa Wilson and Ma Gardner
handled the net well for the parents.
Tonya Richt, one of the Petite
Refs, helped the parents with two
goals and the assists went to Pa
Stire and coaches Alan Hodgert and
Rambo Miners.
Pa Stire was successful on two
shorts and Pa Edwards was "lucky"
on one. The parents showed their
girls some great moves over the 40
mintucs of play.
The Petites got three goals from
Cara Gardner and singles from Jana
Webster and Danielle Miners. As-
sisting on the goals were Judi Wil-
son, Cheryl Wein, Heather Davies,
Sonya Lawrence, Teresa Stire and
coach Michelle Hodgert.
The Petite team will play Forest
in the semi-final round, in Hensall,
Friday at 7:30 p.m. and again at
4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Team circus gets back to racing after slow -start
KIRKTON - Team circus has
been plagued by less than ideal rac-
ing conditions and machine set up
this alleged winter, but, has gotten
it together these last few weeks.
Team circus returned home Sun-
day night February 12th from the
Canadian World Series at Waterford,
Ontario victorious in a total of sev-
en classes along with one second
and three thirds.
On Saturday at Waterford Brian
Eickmeicr riding his Phazer won B
and C Improved stock. Due to Tre-
vor Edwards work commitment he
drove the tatters Yamaha XLV to
victory in one class and placed sec-
ond and third in two others.
Sunday Edwards returned to the
line up and nailed down first in D
stock, first in C stock and third in
B stock. Eickmeicr won first in
both C and B improved stock and
third in A improved stock on his
1985 Phazer.
The team has been wanting to run
in some oval and Le Mans races as
they usually do every winter, but,
due too low prize money and ex-
treme travelling distances they have
stayed on the maximum speed ice
drags.
The Bruce Peninsula Snowmobile
Racing Association hosted the On-
tario championships this past week-
end. The boys proved that they are
definitely a team! After racing was
over on Saturday, Brian Eickmeier
Atom Broncos eliminate
Lambeth in series 3-1
LAMBETH - The Exeter Atom
Broncos eliminated Lambeth three -
game -to -one in the best -of -five
playoff series, winning the deciding
game 5-2 in Lambcth last Wednes-
day night.
In the next series, Ridgetown
took a 2-0 lead after winning the
opening game 3-1 and 4-0 in the
second game.
Exeter's Chris McDonald opened
the scoring against Lambeth at
3:03 of the first period. Eric Clay
picked up the only assist.
Lambeth got that back with only
16 seconds gone in the second and
Exeter took the lead for good with
36 seconds left in the second when
Chad Gilfillan connected from Clay
and Brent Urlin.
second...
In thc third period, Andy Glavin
scored his 34th goal of the year,
from Ken Dcsjardines and Billy
Connor.
Later, Billy Connor got his sec-
ond unassisted and Pres Lavicr
rounded out the scoring with an un-
assisted goal.
Tom Connor record his seventh
shutout of the year for the Mini
1lawks.
Hern helps club to title
BURLINGTON - London's Skat,
ing Club Novice Precision skating
team Ice Picks, which includes Ex-
eter's Kelly Hern, finished second
at the Western Ontario sectional
championships on the weekend in
Burlington.
As a result of their good show-
ing, the team qualified for the Ca-
nadian Championship in Edmonton
Alberta, April 5-11.
London's pre -novice Ice Magic
was fourth, while the London-
Ilderton senior team, Synchronici-
ty, was fourth also.
Exeter added three more tallies in
the final frame. Jeff Sararas scored
from Adam Hern, McDonald scored
from Adam Jean and Hem and Ben
Guenther scored from Sararas.
In game one of the Ridgctown
series, Exeter's Rob Lynn scored
first, from Urlin and Sararas in the
second period, but Ridgctown
scored with less than a minute to
play in the second to tic the game
and took command in the second
with a pair of unanswered goals.
In game two, Ridgctown's Josh
Fralcigh turned aside all shots fired
at him by Exeter players in record-
ing the shutout, while they scored
twice in the first and second periods
to take a commanding 2-0 lead in
the series.
was overall high point leader with
Trevor Edwards close behind in
fourth. This was managed with each
of our drivers only running one
sled.
The driver in the second point po-
sition was running three machines
and only eight points back of Eick-
mcicr. After a short meeting the
two team drivers decided to pool
their efforts and guarantee the over-
all high point, championship for the
good of the team.
The strategy proved to be correct
as using two machines instead of
one Eickmcicr maintained his lead
over thc nearest competitor who had
used the three sleds on both days.
Eickmeicr finished off the weekend
with 275 points, Edwards, still rid-
ing, but, in only two classes Sun-
day maintained his forth overall
standing!
Crew members Mike Kclls and
Rob Baxter, as well as help from
Bob and Gerry Edwards were pushed
to the limit as thc multiple classes
and torque converter trouble with
Eickmeier's machine and carburetor
jetting caused grief _with Edwards
sled.
Full team effort prevailed and
they came out overall high point
leaders and also high points overall
for improved stock!
Bringing home the high points
trophy sponsored by CFOS radio
station in Owen Sound, a lawn
mowcr from Clairs Small Engines
Wiarton, jacket from Kendall Oil
and snowboots from Tindall Shoes
Wiarton, as well as, much appre-
ciated cash.
The team was cstactic with their
accomplishments and their racing
sponsors Royal City Cycle,
Guelph, Aarcor Equipment Kirk -
ton, B & K Tire and Battery Brod-
hagcn, Reynolds Fabricating, Van
Moorsel Insulation Mitchell, Roe -
tin Runners of Burford, Signs and
Shirts, Hensall, Vcals Meats and
MacLcans from Exeter.
Also a special thanks to the Ex-
eter TA and the St. Marys Journal
for their faithful newspaper cover -
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