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Times-Advocate, 1984-05-23, Page 16Page 2A Times -Advocate, May 23, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Yogi Berra's famous statement, "It ain't over un- til it's over" could be changed a bit to coincide with an upcoming event in the National Hockey League. It's barely over and starting again. That's what is happening with the June 9 draft when NHL teams pick up the most promising junior hockey players in Canada and the United States. This year's draft will be a little different in that it will be televised live on CBC' Sports Weekend from 3 to 6 p.m. with only a little time for the running of the Belmont Stakes. The celebrating in Edmonton will barely be settl- ed down when the 21'NHL general managers get down to business and try to strengthen their lineups with the best young prospects on the list. The general managers had to agree to a number of changes to,allow hockey fans who may number close to one million to watch the live draft action for the first time. In previous years, the NHL draft was held at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, but, that time has been changed for the television crews. The CBC is going all out to make this a topnotch production with Dave Hodge, Dick Irvin and Don Whit- man at the microphones and Ralph Mellanby as the ex- ecutive producer. The telecast of the -draft will probably take on a political convention aspect as the cameras will be right in the working area and we should be able to hear the draft picks talking of thein new general managers and scouts. - In addition to the actual selections, Hodge and Ir- vin will be conducting on the spot 'interviews with the major participants and a lot of action is expected in- cluding some trades in the first round. The Pittsburgh Pirates have already confirmed ' that they will choose Mario Lemieux of the Lavel Voisins as their first selection in the June 9 draft. Lemieux scored 133 goals and added 149 assists for a total of 282 points, breaking all Quebec junior hockey league records set by Guy Lafleur and Pierre Larouche. In the MemorialCup playoffs Lavel failed to win any games as the scoring prowess of Lemieux was kept tightly in check. A famous stallion We recently received an interesting item from John Barrett who found it in a wall of a building he was tear- ing down. It was a brochure printed in 1917 advertising the celebrated thoroughbred stallion Cobourg who was own- ed at that time by H. Bierling and J.J. Miller of Hay Post Office. Cobourg was one of the celebrated race horses own- ed by Joseph E. Seagram of Waterloo and won many important races and stakes. He was bred by G.B. Thomas of Dixiana, Kentucky and had for his sire Himyar who had a lasting influence on the American thoroughbred industry. The most interesting part of the brochure is that the fee for a live foal of Cobourg in 1917 was $10. Records in jeopardy While Wayne Gretzky gives the record keepers fits in the winter time while the National Hockey League is underway, two baseball teams are doing the same thing in the early going of the American League season. The Detroit Tigers broke the existing record of the best record for the most wins in their first 30 games and now are flirting with the mark of 16 consecutive vic- tories in games played away from home. As this is being written Monday morning, Sparky Anderson's tigers have won 14 in a row on the road and have their next nine contests scheduled for California, Seattle and Oakland. The Tigers continue to runaway and hide in the American league east with a percentage of .865 at the moment. The Blue Jays are the second best club in all of major league baseball with a winning percentage of .641, but, trail the Tigers by eight full games. The Jays also have an enviable record of winning their last 14 games, all by one run. Nobody has yet been able to determine what the existing record of winning by a single run consecutively is. One run decisions mostly on the losing end have been the bugaboo for the Blue Jays in their first seven years of existence, so this year's performance is a real highlight. After Monday's 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, the Toronto club was two games ahead of their 1983 per- formance and a year ago they were leading the league by a couple of games. The schedule gets a bit tougher for both Detroit and Toronto in the next four months as they play fellow easter division teams 26 times. In fact the Jays and Tigers meet seven times early in June. The results of these games should tighten the race4tonsiderably or put the Detroiters farther in front. The Baltimore Orioles are also on a tear and after a terrible start are well over the .500 mark with 22 wins in 40 starts. The Orioles find all kinds of ways to win, especially against the Blue Jays. The Tigers and Blue Jays meet in Detroit on June 4, 5, 6 and 7 and in Toronto on June 11, 12 and 13. As of Monday morning, the Blue Jays had four players in the top 10 in the American league batting average race. They were George Bell, Damaso Garcia, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw. In addition, Garcia leads the league in stolen bases with 19 and pitcher Dave Stieb is tied with Bert Blyleven of the Cleveland Indians with the most strikeouts at 51. George Bell is tops with an even dozen doubles. The excellent record posted to date by the Blue Jays is reflected in the attendance records which proves, fans will support a winner. In the first 19 home games, the Jays attracted some 430,000 fans, an increase of about 120,000 over a year ago. n t�winningo, a s co nve� Inng startiher Kraul, his second of the BrianinHodginsas doubled ngpitcin Dan season, and an RBI single by Heywood who had earlier Rob Snell. reached base on a fielder's Poplar Hill quickly tied the choice. score In the bottom of the In - Poplar Hill took a short liv- ning on the strength of two ed 2.1 lead in the bottom of the hits, two walks, and a hit fourth only to have Exeter batsman. regain the lead in the top of The winning run scored as the fifth on the strength of a Rob Snell walked, stole se - two run home run by Randy cond and scored on a single by The Exeter Royals con- tinued their winning ways in the Southwestern Fastball League as they won two games this week. In Poplar Hill, Tuesday a -run in the top of the eighth in- ning gave the Royals a hard fought 5-4 victory. The Royals opened the' scoring in the top of the third Barry Baynham. Winning pit- cher was Dan Heywood who worked four strong innings in relief of Hodgins. Also prominent for the Royals was Paul McKnight who stroked three singles in four at bats and scored a run. Thursday a dramatic one out home run by Jim Allison in the bottom of the seventh provided the winning man in in a 2-1 victory over West Corners. • Royal's starting pitcher Dave Prout hurled six strong innings, allowing one run on four hits. While striking out seven he did not walk a batter. Brian Hodgins was ex - streak cellent in relief striking out two of the three batters he faced, to pick up the win. The Royals, who managed only four hits, also received singles from Doug Pearson and Jim Allison and an rbi double by Barry Baynham. This week is a busy one for the Royals as they are slated to meet the defending league champs, Lucan Nish in Lucan Tuesday, face tough Bryanston at home 'Thursday and return to Luean Friday for an encounter with the Lucan White Sox. Now that the Stanley Cup is over and warmer weather returning, let's get out and support the Royals and enjoy some exciting fastball. 4 TENNIS CLUB EXECUTIVE - A new tennis club has been formed in Exeter and the executive is shown above. Back, left, Esmail Merani, president Ron Cottrell, Steve Johns and vice-president Damian Solomon. Front, publicity Gail Little, property manager Clay Murray and secretary -treasurer Katja Lohmann. T -A photo Dave Shaw wins three stars in Memorial Cup While the Kitchener two games against the St. Rangers failed in their bid to Louis Blues and one each win their second Memorial against Detroit and the New Cup championship in three York Rangers. years, one of their members In the four game stay with had a successful final series. the Nordiques, Shaw in addi- Exeter native Dave Shaw tion to regular shifts was us - scored three goals and added ed on power plays and penal - seven assists for a total of 10 tykilling situations. points in the four Memorial About play in the NHL he Cup Games for the Rangers. says, "It's a lot quicker, you After the Rangers won have to know what you are go - three straight games to • qualify for the championship R game they were downed 7-2 by the Ottawa 67's who also won the Ontario Hockey League title. It was a complete reversal from an earlier round robin game in which Kitchener won by the same 7-2 score. Dave Shaw was one of the three star selections in two of the playoff games. Commenting on the final game Shaw said, "We beat DAVE SHAW uttawa easily a couple of days earlier and I was confi- dent that we could win again. But, both clubs are so evenly matched and either team is capable of winning on any given night. They got the breaks in the final with two fluky goals to go ahead 3-1. They have a good defence and are tough when ahead." Shaw, who was the Quebec Nordiques first draft choice in 1982 has completed his junior hockey eligibility. Ile will be in Quebec City on September 18 when the Nordiques open training camp and is op- timistic of his chances of making the NMI, club. He added, "According to my agent, the Nordique were happy with my play during a four game stint in the NHL late during the 1983-84 season." In the NIL Shaw played koft'f Leather & Tack shop 120 Sanders St. W., Exeter Phone 233-0694 Western Boots Belts, Buckles and Hats Western Tack 8 Horse Health Supplies ing to do with the puck when you get it and be able to stay in position. Each team has a coach in the press box relay- ing messages back to the tench and they soon tell you when you stray out of position." In preparation for fall train- ing Shaw expects to do a lot of running and cycling this summer. acing starts at Hully Gully The Victoria Holiday weekend began Hully Gully's ATV racing season. Riders, from as far away as Minden Ontario converged on Hully Gully on Sunday for some wild racing action. The track was prepared to be hard and fast for the three wheelers that raced there, and toward the end of the day, the clay surface was cleaned off and squealing tires and burning rubber were the order of the day as the open class flashed through the shortened motocross course at tinily G Particularly good showing came from Mooretown racers Bart Baker and Chad Sutherland in the Novice 200 class, with Steve Stewart from Minden winning both Senior Open, and Senior 250 classes, local favorite, Chuck Collins of Varna finished se- cond in both Senior 250 and Senior Open classes. One of the highlights of the day was the inclusion of a celebrity race during intermission. CKGL Kitchener's Mark Burley, CKNX' Wingham's Dave Brown and BX -93's Matt Bradley from London squared off on three wheelers to see who the best rider was from the country radio giants of the area. After three laps of some questionable racing - a little cheating, a lot of hi- jinks, and a good measure of novice clowning around, the three riders lined up near the finish to provide the crowd with a photo finish tie for first. Hully Gully offers 3 wheel riders a place to race every Saturday during their regular House League program as well as special races such as Sunday's season opener. The highlight of the season will be an ATV Supercross race at the Delaware Speedway on August 11. Novice 200, Bart Baker, Mooretown; Steve Brown, London, Frank Gosnell, Brucefield; Novice 225, Chad Sutherland, Mooretown, Mike Kirk, Richmond Hill, John Parke, Varna; Novice 250, Rob Mcllugh, Ingersoll, Howard Postma, Richmond Hill, Rod Baker, Mooretol'n; Senior 225, Mike Rummey, Strathroy, Tom Delaney, Lon- don, Brent Van Moorsel, Mit- chell; Senior 250, Steve Stewart, Minden, Chuck Col- lins, Varna, Richard Lewis, Bothwell; Senior Open, Steve Stewart, Minden, Chuck Col- lins, Varna, Richard Lewis, Bothwell. Hully Gully's second house league race of the season at- tracted riders from as far away as Parry Sound. The track was fast and ready for the ATV Season Opener the following day. All week prior to the race, the track was be- ing. prepared for the ATV races, and for the next CMA motocross on June 3, as well as for the 125 and 250 Expert Nationals on June 17. Track irrigation was being buried to provide underground watering for the track, however this didn't slow down the action on Saturday. The next House League race is scheduled for Satur- day, May 26. ,Results: Junior A, Brian Blackburn, Exeter, Charles Webster, London; Junior B, Glen Emery, London, Dave Ferrington, Auburn; Novice A, Dan Mittleholtz, London, Greg Parsons, Exeter; Novice B, Kevin Lupton, Wat- ford, Kirk Shell, London, Glen Muhlethaler, Woodstock; En- duro A, Frank Mousseau, Ilensall, Andy Meining, Lon- don; Enduro B, Gary Lovie, Exeter; Enduro C, Spencer Clark, Sarnia; Pee Wee A, Jimmy Dickins, llensall; Pee Wee B, Cameron Kerr, Parry Sound, David Andrews, Clin- ton, Chris Young, Maidstone. PLAYOFF COLLEENS CHAMPS - Lori's Lassies won the Lucan Colleens ladies bowl ing league playoff champion- ship. Back, left, Norah Cowie and Helen Hearn. • Front, Debbie Wonnacott and Lori Quinn.Missing were Nancy Marshall and Judy Gnay. TOP BOWLERS - Don Watt recorded the high triple score and Ray Hands the best single score in the Lucan men's bowling league. Missing were high average Larry Decaluwe. T -A photo Holtzmann tops at Ironwood Dave Holtzmann fired a 38 to win low gross in the A flight of the opening session at the Ironwood men's golf club. Randy Evans posted the low net score of 35. In "B" flight action, Larry Johns carded a 40 to win low gross honours, while Larry Wein's 34 took the low net prize. • "C" flight saw Bill Steele shoot the low gross score of 47. Jon Geiser followed with a low net score of 34. Randy Gilfillan and Mark Tuckey shared the "D" flight prizes. Closest to the hole awards went to Brad Murray for a shot six feet from the pin on number four, while Jamie Gaul's lucky shot on number seven rested 10 feet from the flag. Anyone wishing to join the men's club can come out Tuesday evenings to the Iron- wood Golf course. It may not be the P.G.A., but it's the next best thing! 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South Huron Recreation Centre Summer Programs 41* EXETER AND DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL Program Registration: Wednesday, May 30th from 7:00 - 9 p.m. and Thursday, May 31st from 7:00 - 9:00 in the evening to be held at the South Huron Recreation Centre Hall. **Absolutely no registrations will be accepted over the phone prior to registration dates. LESSON SCHEDULE Mom's and Tot's FOUR - 2 WEEK SESSIONS - $14.00/session - Yellow, Orange and Tiny Tots - No. 1 July 2 - 13 - No. 2 July 16 - 27 • No. 3 July 30 - Aug. 10 - No. 4 Aug. 13 - 24 THREE - 3 WEEK SESSIONS - $21.00/session - Red, Maroon, Blue, Green, lifesaving 1, 2, 3 - No. 1 July 2 - 20 - No. 2 July 23 - Aug. 10 - No. 3 Aug. 13 • 31 GREY A WHITE - 30.00/session - Three - 3 week sessions - No. 1 July 2 - 20 - No. 2 July 23 - Aug. 10 - No. 3 Aug. 13 - 31 - 1 hour classes this season - a months - 3 years of age - 57.00 per week SEASON'S TICKETS - Children - 20.00 - Teens - 25.00 - Adults - 530.00 - Family - 545.00 TWO - 4 WEEK SESSIONS - Bronze - 545.00 - Leaders - 545.00 - Price includes books - No. 1 July 2 - 27 - No. 2 July 30 • Aug. 24 - For these two courses, an exam fee will be accessed of the end of the course SWIM TEAM - Competitive, fun Swim Program - Practice time daily plus participation in local meets - $18.00/person - Note: It is not necessary to be an exceptional swimmer - we are looking for any youngsters who are interested in swimming against other towns in our area, geared for fun and for participation. PUBLIC SWIMMING - Weekdays • 2:00 • 3:30 p.m. 7:30 • 8:30 p.m. - Weekends - 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. PUBLIC SWIM FEES • Children - .50 • Teens - .75 • Adults - 1.00 TRIM i SWIM - Mon., Wed. and Fri. - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - $15.00/session - No. 1 Wed. July 4 - • Fri. July 20 - No. 2 Mon. July 23 - Wed., Aug. 8 - Each session hos 8 one hour classes - - Exercise in shallow end so participants do not have to be swimmers - Instructors - Shari Burton & Marlene Moore - Both instructors ore qualifying through the YM -YWCA Fitness Instructor's Certification Program. ADULT SWIMMING - Public Swim (Deep end only) - 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. - Admission - $1.00 - Lessons available during this time period for 51.50/lesson. POOL RENTALS - available to clubs, teams, church groups, families, etc. • 530.00 /hour - call for bookings at 235-2833 SUMMER SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM • sports skills and participation program for youngsters aged 7 - 14 - operates Tuesday through Friday from 9:30- 12:00 and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - cost for participant is 55.00/week - program runs Tuesday, July 10th - Friday, Aug. 24th BERT AND ERNIE CLUB • play program for youngsters 4 • 6 years of age - operates Tuesday through Friday from 9:30- 12:00 and 1:00. 4:00 p.m. - cost for participant is 55.00/week - program runs Tuesday, July 10th - Friday, August 24th For information on Summer programs, call 235.2833 during office hours (weekdays •9. 12 and 1 - 5).