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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-08-24, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, August 24; 1983 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh a Pros are coming The final week of the 1983 edition of the Huron Hockey School will feature top performers and promising rookies f: om a number of National Hockey League teams. Area hockey fans will get a number of opportunities to see the pros in action. Stephen township arena manager Frank Funston reports that the pros will be in scrimmage action on the nights of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday August 30 and 31 and September 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. and spectators are welcome. Autographs should be plentiful for those with pen and paper. Summer hockey winding up The very popular summer hockey league being operated again this year by Frank Funston at the Stephen arena at Huron Park is winding up amid lots of excitement. Funston reports this week that playoffs will continue this coming Sunday morning and several nights throughout the following week. Competition has been very keen and close. Current- ly the Red Army and Parkhill are tied in the A playoffs and the Rink Rats, Centralia and Pfaff Electric are deadlocked for the B championship. Dog days are here Veteran baseball experts refer to the month of September as the dog days of baseball as far as pen- nant races are concerned. This year should be more ex- citing than ever with at least 11 teams still in conten- tion in the four divisions. Almost half of those 11 clubs are in the American league eastern division. Only the Chicago White Sox with an eight game lead in the American west appear to be home free and ready for a playoff to decide one of the World Series contestants. After a mini -slump the Toronto Blue Jays are back to their winning ways, but, it's tough to gain ground when the other top clubs keep on winning. The Jays have won eight of their Last 10 games and are still a game and a half out of first place and a tie for third place with the Detroit Tigers. The next. 15 games all against their own division con- tenders should tell whether the Jays have a chance at allthe marbles. Of the 15 games, seven are against the Detroit Tigers. Three are in Detroit this weekend with the other four in Toronto on September 2, 3 and 4. The final Detroit visit to CNE stadium includes a doubleheader on September 2 with the first pitch going at 5:30 p.m. The big problem facing Toronto, Detroit and New York in the American league east is the fact the two top teams Baltimore and Milwaukee keep on winning and gaining ground is very difficult. The last 21 games for the Jays are against western teams all of whom are already out of the running. This could prove to be disastrous for the Jays as the opposi- tion teams will be loose with nothing to lose but reputa- tion and better salaries for next year. The success of the Blue Jays continues to be centred around manager Bobby Cox and his very efficient platooning system. A perfect example occurred last week when in one game Garth Iorg hit a home run and two doubles against a left handed pitcher and when that changed to the right side, Cox quickly switched to Rance Mullinicks to pinch hit for Torg and he reached base safely. Improved pitching has also helped the Jays. Recent- ly Jim Gott and the hull pen headed by Roy' Lee Jackson, Dave Giese!, Randy Moffitt and Joey McLaughlin have come up with clutch performances when Dave Stieb and Jim Clancy have faltered a little. Cox's theory that it takes 25 ball players to win a game is used many times with. great results and he doesn't hesitate to make changes. Cox certainly should be a strong candidate for manager of the year in the majors. Taking a team from a tie for last place one year to contention for the pen- nant going into the last 40 games or so is a real accomplishment. In the National league east where four teams in- cluding the Montreal Expos are in the thick of the fight the situation is quite different than in the American east. The top four teams in the NL east have been losing quite regularly lately. On the weekend the Expos lost three of four games and gained one game in the standings. If the New York Yankees who are currently fifth in the AL .east were in the National east they would be. leading by three and a half games over the Philadelphia Phillies, the current leaders. Although the Los Angeles Dodgers trail the Atlanta Braves by three and a half games in the National west the race is a little closer than it appears. The Dodgers have three games in hand and with wins in those could tighten things up considerably. Stephen Township Arena Hockey School Sept. 5 - Sept. 11 1°4 10 hours Icetime '35.00 Registration 228-6425 Beat Strathroy handily Seek berth at Newcastle Express near title tourney , The Exeter Express are one game away from the On- tario Baseball Association senior "D" final playoff round. The Express scored a 12-3 victory over Strathroy Sun- day afternoon in the first game of a best -of -three preliminary series. The second game of the series wjtl be played Thurs- day night in Strathroy at 8 p.m. with a third game if necessary also in Strathroy either Friday or Sunday. The winner of the Exeter- Strathroy series will travel to Newcastle along with winners of five similar district playoffs throughout the pro - vin« for a championship tournament on Labour Day weekend. In Sunday's contest the Ex- press wasted little time in in- dicating they wanted to make the Ontario finals. They scored two rwis in the first in- ning and broke the game open with a seven run outburst in the next inning. They com- pleted the game scoruig with a single run in the fifth, two more in the seventh and one in the eighth. Ken Pinder went the full nine innings distance on the mound for the Express and allowed only seven very well scattered hits. He recorded seven strikeouts and gave up A TITLE TO HIBBERT — Hibbert won the A championship of Saturday's pee wee girls softball tournament in Cromarty. Back, left, coach Carolyn Harris, Michelle Harris, Joan Kerslake, Sherri Elliott, Debbie MacLeod, Leanne Lannin, Shannon Galbraith and Leanne Dow. Front, Cathy Smote, Trudy Quance, Lisa Gardiner, Bren- da McKinnon, Karen Norris, Jennifer Fuller and Tracy Quance. T -A photo. ELIMVILLE WINS B TITLE - The B championship of Saturday's pee wee girls soft- ball tournament in Cromarty was won by Elimville. Back, left, Sherry Kerslake, Christine Parsons, coach Corinne Weernink, Sandra Cottle, Carolyn Dykeman,. Wendy Ballantyne, Lynn Poortinga, Lisa Ellerington and coach Donna Prout. Centre, Vicki Burtch, Tracy Shute, Sheila Oke, Becky Seldon, Julia Wilkinson, Denise Kints, Sheila Dougall, Bernadette Verberne and Deb Pfaff. Missing were Lisa Grose and Arlene Hoonaard. T -A photo. Royals split four tilts, playoff pairings unsettled The Exeter Royals played four games this week in the Southwestern Festival league and came up with two wins and two losses to bring their record to 16 wins and 13 losses. The final game of the season w•asuplayed last night in Lieury and it will decide whether the Royals will play West Corners or Bryanston in the playoffs. Astros 7 Royals :t Lucan Astros exploded for four runs off Royals reliever Brian Hodgins in the ninth in- ning to pull nut a 7-:3 victory in the first game of .. double header. The astros scored first in the second inning as Doug Latta scored. The royals knot- ted the count in the second as Paul McKnight walked and scored on Jeff Lindenfield's single. The Astros scent up 3 1 in the fifth and the Royals tied the score in the bottom of the seventh as Dave Prout singl- ed, Dan Heywood walked and Gary Skinner singled then: home. The Astros took the game in the ninth as they scored four runs on four hits. Rick Freeman had the win for Lucan. He gave up seven hits while striking out seven batters. Brad Marsden went five innings for the Royals giving up seven hits while striking out one batter. Brian Hodgins took the loss giving up six hits while striking out seven. Royals :, Astros .1 -Dan Heywood threw a strong game to pick up the win in the second game of the twin bill giving up seven hits while striking out 11 hatters .The Astros opened up with a 1-0 lead in the first inning and the Royals scored four in the fourth to lake a 4-1 lead. Gary Skinner walked. Brian Hodgins, Paul McKnight. Dave Prout, Jeff Lindenfield and Al Lovell all singled to bring in the four runs. The Astros narrowed the count to 4-2 in the fifth only to see the Royals add one run as Barry Baynham tripled and scored on Brian Hodgins ground ball. The Astros finished the scoring in the sixth with two runs. Davidson took the loss for the Astros giving up seven hits while striking out four batters. Rick Freeman finish- ed up. Royals 2 Poplar Hill 1 The Exeter Royals edged Poplar Hill 2-1 in a pitcher's duel Thursday night. Poplar Hill opened the scoring in the third inning as Pierce reach- ed on an error and scored on an overthrow. The Royals notched their two runs in the fifth as Paul McKnight singled, .Jeff Lindenfield reached on a fielder's choice and one scored on a passed ball while Doug Pearson's ground hall trove in the winning run. Jim Daniels took the loss for Poplar Hill allowing three hits while striking out two batters. Brian Hodgins picked up the win allowing only two hits while striking out 10 Poplar Hill batters. Nairn 7 Royals 0 • The Royals left their bats at home Sunday as Randy Malcolm tossed a one hitter - as Nairn defeated the Royals Brad Marsden had the on- ly hit for the Royals in the seventh inning. Malcolm struck out four in picking up the win. DanHeywood took the loss giving up 'eight hits while striking out five batters. Brad Marsden finished giving up no hits in relief. only one walk and hit one op- posing batter. The first two Express runs in the opening inning came as Dave Atthill walked and Dave Parsons and Kevin Hern Motocross on the road Saturday. August 27 the Hully Gully house league rac- ing program moves to the Maitland Valley motocross track north of Holmesville between Clinton and Goderich. Once yearly Bully Gully takes the show on the road to the Maitland Valley course and this Saturday is the day. As usual registration and practice goes at 11:30 a.m. with racing beginning at 2 p.m. The usual entry fee for riders still applies but spec- tators are admitted free. The motocross track is on the Maaskent farm between Holmesville and Benmiller on County Road 31 just north of Highway 8. Races return to Bully Gul- ly with the season's grand finale Saturday, September 17. Murray tops Pepsi contest Tuckey Beverdges and Pepsi Cola sponsored a special occasion night for Ironwood Men club, Tuesday. Taking honours for low gross in A flight was Brad Murray with a 33 and Jamie Gaul won net with 32. ' The B low gross title went to Ernie Chipchase with a 36 and Gabby Molson net with :33. In C flight Dave Watson's 42 was best gross and Brian McLelland's 31 was best net and in D flight Bruce Shaw exerted his political influence to score a gross 42 and Don "Sandbagger" Keeping took net honours with 29. Brad Murray was closest to the pin and Mike Cushman had the longest drive. Other prize winners were Wayne Parsons, Doug Ellison, Paul Charrette, Bob Swartman, Brad Daters, Norm Whiting, Bill Carson, Don Jolly, Steve Homuth, Mark Crortyn, Peter Gryseels, John Bierling, Lee Webber, Roy Hunter, Al Taylor, Jerry MacLean, Cord McTavish Randy Evans and Ralph Astle. The men's club wishes to say thank you to Tuckey Beverages, Pepsi and to Bill Gilfillan for their generosity to the club. MATHERS MOTORS Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge Dodge Trucks • Bob Lammie Bus (519) 235-1525 Res (519) 229-6678 136 Main St. N . Exeter. Ontario NOM 1S0 followed with consecutive doubles. The Express sent 11 batters to the plate in the second frame with seven crossing the plate. With one out, Ken Pinder started the rally by drawing a walk, Dave Atthill and Brian Mercer followed with singles, Dave Parsons sacrificed for the second out and then the roof fell in on Strathroy. Kevin Hern was safe on an error, Doug Fairbairn singl- ed, Scott Burton walloped a double and Dave Bogart and Glenn Thurman singled. It was Thurman's second trip to the plate in the same inning. In the Express fifth, Thur- man collected his second straight single and scored as Ken Pinder sacrificed and Dave Atthill connected for a single and a run batted in. Dave Parsons singled in the Exeter sixth and romped home as Kevin Hern tripled. He scored moments later as Doug Fairbairn was safe on an error. The final Express run came in the bottom of the eighth as Kevin Hern blasted a bases emote t olf 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 TIPS by GIB DOW Ns MI Nil MI IN MI MI Ile 1 111 1 Jt SHORT WEDGE SHOTS TO THE GREEN Most weekend golfers try to vary the distance they get from o pitching wedge, by trying to vary the power or force of the swing. For better results, try to vary the distance you get by controlling the length of your backswing. 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