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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-02-01, Page 10J Peat 10 TIm.s-Advocate, February 1. 1984 in lucan tonight Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Quiet optimism appeared to be the attitude of the seven members of the Toronto Blue Jays who were in London Thursday on one of their final caravan stops. Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek who was MC said the caravan has now made the trip "around the horn in Qanada". They were as far west as Vancouver in 1983 and this year were in the Atlantic provinces. Success of the Blue Jays last year certainly made a big difference in attendance at Thursday's caravan in London. More than 100 media people attended. We have been on hand in three previous years and the largest crowd to date was about 50. Manager Bobby Cox said he expected great com- petition in the pitching department in spring training. He indicated that Jim Clancy, Dave Stieb, Luis Leal, Doyle Alexander and Jim Gott would likely be the five starters with newcomers Dennis Lamp and Bryan Clark sure things in the bull pen. That only leaves three openings for pitchers. One of those batting for one of the final three spots Jim Acker said he welcomed the anticipated rivalry. Acker added, "Competition will certainly make us a .better team." Acker is just back from playing winter ball in Venezuela and is 15 pounds under his last year's play- ing weight of 212. He blamed the loss of weight on the difference in food. Pitching coach Al Widmar said he has been in the game for 43 years and feels his biggest find to date is Jim Gott. That's great praise when you find out that Widmar was coaching Fergie Jenkins when he broke into baseball at the age of 17. Widmar likened Gott to former Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Rex Barney who had problems of wildness early in his career. Branch Rickey once said "Barney would be great if we moved the plate high and away. Gott although he had only nine wins and 14 losses last year, improved considerably in the central depart- ment. He walked 68 batters in 176 innings during 1983 while striking out 121. Jim Gott said he would like to become a regular starter. He also feels the Blue Jays will be legitimate contenders saying "Everybody in the Toronto organiza- tion is positive people". Bobby Cox is looking for five or six more wins in 1984 which would be 94 or 95 and this could be enough to win the American League east pennant. A year ago he thought 92 wins would have been enough. Baltimore Orioles won a year ago with 96 victories and they cannot be expected to be as hot again in the last three weeks as they were in 1983. In comparing the Blue Jays with the other eastern teams Cox said, "Detroit has improved with the acquisi- tion of Darrell Evans, but, I think we have strengthen- ed more than any of the others." The Blue Jays are confident Willie Aikens will be a big help as the left handed hitting designated hitter and hope he will be eligible to play early in the season. Aikens who hit 23 home runs for Kansas City in 410 at bats should be a good balance to Cliff Johnson from the right side. Johnson was up 407 times and hit 22 home runs. In the runs batted in category Aikens had 72 and Johnson .76. In reply to a comment that Tigers manager Sparky Anderson has named the Blue Jays as the team to beat, Cox replied, "He's not theonly one. A year ago the Las Vegas odds on us were 100-1 now we are listed at 10-1. Detroit is 6-1. We asked Al Widmar if the Jays had tried to get Pete Rose. He answered, "No, he's not the type of player we are looking for." Tom Cheek said season tickets were going "like gangbusters" and looked forward to breaking the two million attendance mark this year. In 1983 crowds hit 1,930,915. Final call This is our last chance to talk about the llth annual Exeter Sportsmen's Dinner which goes next Tuesday, February 7 at the South Huron Rec Centre. A complete list of speakers and guests appears elsewhere in this issue. In a quick summary, the main speakers are American league umpire Marty Springstead and Toron- to Argonauts head coach Bob O'Billovich. Other guests include Sandra Post, Linda Findley, Susan Scherer, Elmer Hohl, Harry Eisen, Jeff Arp, Gary Cobb, Jim Gott, Jacques Villeneuve and Milt Wilcox. Cliff Maxwell will be master of ceremonies. [-Every week the Rabbit Diesel makes more 78716. -pq t�t001m 5.3 5.3 , mpg t'towm_ Everytime the cost of fuel goes up, you'll be glad youowna Rabbit Diesel. And the more driving you do, the more you'll appreciate d. And you will also appreciate the Upshih Indicator light, that helps you drive more efficiently. So, whether you are o do,ly commuter, or a weekend traveller, consider the Rabbit Diesel. It makes a lot of sense. •Ro,,,,9 bused an opemved frontport Canodo 'A' meehorb., tool ,ont,wnpkon .nr .ary, Auto -Rued Toll Ire, Exotor 1-•O0.265.7034 235.1100 Hawks increase season win mark The Exeter Hawks gained five of a possible six points this week in OHA western Junior D league play and in- creased their first place lead to 22 points over the second place Lucan Irish. The Hawks with four games left in the regular schedule now have a season record of 25-2-3. Lucan with 31 points is one up on Tavistock, but, the Braves haye played two fewer games. Seaforth with two games to go is ahead of Thedford by three points for the fourth and last playoff spot, but, the Browns have two games in hand. Tuesday, in Seaforth, the Hawks and Centennaires played to a 5-5 tie. The Hawks bounced back Friday night at the South Huron Rec Centre to double the score 4-2 on the Belmont Bombers and Sun- day night they downed the Seaforth Centenaires 7-3 in Exeter. The Exeter club visits Lucan tonight, Wednesday to take on the Irish, will be at home Friday to take on the Thedford Browns and travel to Tavistock Saturday night to meet the Braves. The Hawks final game is in Thedford on February 11. Allow few shots In Sunday's win over Seaforth, the Hawks dominated play and goalie Dave Rook was only called on to face 21 shots by the opposi- tion. His mates peppered 34 pucks at Seaforth goalie Mike MacDonald. After an even first period as far as the score was concern- ed at 1-1, the Hawks outscored the Seaforth club by three goals to one in each of the next two periods. Seaforth took the game lead at six minutes of the first period on a goal by Mark Mcllwain. With Mike Clark of the Hawks off slashing and less than two minutes to go in the opening session, Rich Lather scored on a solo dash to tie the score. In the middle 20 minutes of play, Brian Horner converted a pass from Steve Batten, Mike Clark scored on a pass from George Tomes and teamed with Mark Klrk to set up Bill Glover for a successful shot. The only Seaforth score in the second came from the stick of John Hicknell. Two of the three Exeter goals in the final stanza came on power plays. Bill Glover with his second of the night and Jeff Rowe were the marksmen on the extra man situations. Getting assists were Kris Bedard, Ed Willis, Brian Horner and George Tomes. Captain Peter Tuckey fired the other score on a pass from Mark 'Kirk. Seaforth's final goal, again by Hicknell also came on a power play attempt. Referee Charlie Roach handed out 29 penalties with the Hawks taking 14. EXETER PS WINS — The boys championship of Friday's area elementary school floor hockey tournament was won by Exeter Public School. Back, left, David Josephson, Shawn Forsythe, Steve Anderson, Jeff Dalrymple, John Windsor, Jeff Chipchase, Doug Clark, Frank Woodward, Terry Meikle and coach Rob Payne. Front, Tom Ralph, Rob McKnight, Chris Haugh, Don Perry, Doug Kells, John Steuer, Pat Hartman, Jason McFalls and Jeff Playfoot. T -A photo Pee woes get three SI.amrockpoints ` The Exeter pee wees were only Exeter goal in the draw in action in regular Shamrock with Ilderton. Kevin Leitch league action on three occa- registered the only Ilderton sions this week and came up score on a pass from Mike with three points. Thaur. They played to a 1-1 tie with The Exeter 8-7 win over II- Ilderton, defeated the same derton was accomplished club 8-7 and dropped a 7-2 with three goals in the last decision to Strathroy. two minutes of the third Mark Burton converted a period. With Exeter leading pass from Tom Rolph for the 5-2, Ilderton scored five Swat leads darts The Swat team scored four points Friday night to up their season total in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league to 67 points and an eight point margin over the second place Itchy Niters. All in the Family are third with 57 points followed by the Turtles one point further back. Next are the Crusaders at 54 and the Makeups with 51 points. This week's scores were: All in the family 4 Mem Wraggs 1 Snyde and Clyde 4 Smurfs 1 Swat 4 Outlaws 1 Makeups 4 Odd Ones 1 Scotties 4 Rowdy Ones 1 Turtles 3 Shiphunters 2 Trailers 3 Crusaders 2 Itchy Niters 3 Canscotts 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Snyde and Clyde vs Trailers Crusaders vs Merri Wraggs Outlaws vs Scotties Rowdy Ones vs Shiphunters 9:30 p.m. All in the Family vs Canscotts Itchy Niters vs Smurfs Odd Ones vs Swat Turtles vs Makeups straight goals before the Ex- Chipchase started the Exeter eter club closed with their come- back by scoring on a three quick scores to pull out three-way combination with the victory. Doug Clark and Harlen In the first period, Henri Tinney. DeBruyn, Jeff Chipchase and With only i4 seconds left, Rob McLelland scored for Ex- Clark tied the score on a pass eter on passes from Mark from Larry Lewis and Rob Burton and David O'Connor. McLelland fired what proved Colin Telford notched the to be the winning goal with a lone Ilderton score on a pass dozen seconds left on the from Tom Schofield. clock. Lewis again assisted. In the mi5idle frame, Jeff Chipchase ,scored his second goal of the game for Exeter with assists going to captain Larry Lewis and Tom Rolph and provided the pass for a successful shot by Doug Clark. Mike Thaur converted a pass from Mike Asselberg for .the only second period Ilder- ton score. Kevin Leitch scored two goals and singles were added by Mike Thaur, captain Jack Legg and Matt Talbot to put Ilderton ahead 7-5 with two minutes and a half remaining. Only 31 seconds later, Jeff WIN FIRST LADIES DRAW — A rink skipped by Sandra Tryon won the first draw of the year of the Exeter ladies curling club. From the left are Sandra Tryon, Gail Skinner, Judy McBride and Kathleen Sutton. T -A photo. Pineridge rally a Pineridge Snowmobile Club Incorporated Poker Rally held on Sunday, was a great. success with 227 participants. First prize winner was Shane MacDonald $50.00, with se- cond and third prizes going to Wayne Denomme $40.00 and Ed Kerslake $30. Receiving ;20 prizes were Dan Kerslake, Marg Cole, Stan Christie, Ruth Ann Quick, Ron • Dishman, Richelle Elder and Ross Riley and $10 winners were Cathy Cottle, Mike Bedard, Brenda Brunslow and John Passmore. The 1$5 winners were Robert Vanderlfoek, Rich Vanden- bussche, Dave Dougall, Deb- bie Dishman, Donna Perry, Marilyn Thiel and Kevin Regier. A draw was held for prizes donated by Bully Gully, Ron's Health Centre, Elder Enter- prises and Country Corners. Winners of the draw were Walter Westlake, $25.00 gift certificate from Bully Gully; Ruth Ann Ilaist, blanket donated by Ron's Health Cen- tre, Mary Brintnell, Pat Wallace, Heather Hodgins, Shirley Mousseau, Betty Lou Norris, Mary Brintnell, Sheila Corbett, Marcy Daly, Doug David, Jean Munn, John t - success Hamilton, Marily Thiel and Ross Corbett received hats donated by Elder Enterprises and Country Corners. Thanks goes out to the organizers of the event and the partic#pants for making the day such a success. Special thanks to those who donated the prizes for the draw. Jim D. Gunther Frayn• Chev-Olds Ltd, Business 235-0660 Home 235-1683 Aiming to serve your automotive needs In the loss to Strathroy, Jeff Chipchase converted a pass from Todd McCann and com- bined with Tom Rolph to set up Henri DeBruyn for the other Exeter goal. Score in second All four Exeter goals in Fri- day's win over Belmont, came in the second period with op- position getting single scores in the first and third periods. Jeff Rowe and Brian Horner took care of the scor- ing for the Hawks with two goals apiece. Chris Waldick and Jim Moore replied for Belmont. Come back to tie The Hawks were able to over- come a three goal deficit at the end of the first period on Seaforth Tuesday to gain a 5-5 tie in a closely played game. Seaforth outshot the Hawks by only one shot 33-32. ' The game was only five seconds old when Dave Melt - wain counted for Seaforth on an unassisted effort directly from the opening faceoff. The Centenaires upped the score to 3-0 on -goals by Greg Murray and John Hicknell. The latter's score came at 17:39 with the Hawks playing a man short. The Hawks were able to get on the scoreboard for the first time in a similar man advan- :u anodic! Canadia :uy Canadi. :u Canadia :u Cana•ia Buy ronadion to 25 games tage situation 35 seconds later as Bill Glover converted a pass frotn Rich Lather. The Exeter club dominated scoring in the middle period with three unanswered goals after Kevin Williamson counted for Seaforth on another power play. Scoring were Tony Jones on a power play, Rich Lather and Ed Willis. Assisting were George Tomes, Mike Clark and Lather. The fifth and tying goal for the Hawks came from the stick of George Tomes al 11:35 of the third period. Get- ting the assist was Bill Glover. Referee Marcel Vander- mark called a total of 19 penalties, 10 to the Hawks. All came in the first two periods. Junior Hockey South Huron Rec Centre Friday, February 3 8:30 p.m. Thedford Browns vs Exeter Hawks Draw for $25 food voucher courtesy Darling's IGA 1 1 Buy Canadian Buy Canadian Buy Canadian This Week Only A FREE 30 piece Ski -Doo tool kit with every snowmobile purchase. 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