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Times Advocate, 1984-09-26, Page 9i Page 8 Times -Advocate, September 26, 1984 los Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Exeter will be represented in intermediate hockey ranks in Western Ontario this coming season for the first time in a number of years. Lewis Mitchell is president of the newly reorganiz- ed Exeter Mohawks and Doc Campbell will handle the managerial duties. Combining to take care of the coaching chores will be Bob Rowe, Jack Chipchase and Barry Baynham. The Mohawks will participate in the southern divi- sion of the Western Ontario Athletic Association in- termediate league along with Monkton, Drayton and St. Clements. Wingham, Teeswater, Ripley and Lucknow make up the central section and the northern teams will be Durham, Lions Head and Woodsford. The Mohawks will get their first exhibition start at the South Huron Rec Centre on Sunday, October 14 at 8:30 p.m. with Forest Boyds providing the opposition. They will hold their first practice this coming Sun- day morning at 10 a.m. and any prospective players will be more than welcome. • With the 11 other intermediate WOAA teams com- ing to town to meet the Mohawks, there will be lots of variety this winter at the SHRC. The junior Hawks will play their home games most- ly on Friday nights and the Exeter Molting Hawks will be back each Monday night following figure skating to play a lot of different clubs. Need rule changes Two recent bean ball incidents involving the Toron- to Blue Jays point out the fact changes are needed in dealing with these types of situations. The first incident occurred when Milt Wilcox of the Tigers threw a pitch high over the head of a Blue Jay batter and the umpire quickly warned both teams to desist from further brushoff pitches. All observers agreed the pitch wasn't close to hit- ting anybody. In the very next inning 'Toronto hurler Jim Clancy pitched close to Kirk Gibson of the Tigers and he was immediately ejected. Most pitchers try to keep the ball inside on Gibson and it would be absurd to suggest Clancy was trying to hit him especially with a runner on base. Under present rules. the pitcher who causes the pro- blem is only warned, but, if the opposing pitcher does the same thing he is automatically tossed out. It would appear much fairer it the second pitcher also gets the same type of warning before being ejected. The second focas occured when Dennis Rasmussen of the Yankees threw at Willie Upshaw of the Jays. A fight ensued and both were thrown out. American league president Bpbby Brown followed by suspending each player for three games. In this case, the Blue Jays were without the valuable services of Up- shaw for three games while the Yankee pitcher would miss only one starting assignment at the most. It could be possible for a pitcher in such a situation to not be affected at all. In addition the Yankee pitcher was the instigator. If he doesn't throw at Upshaw's head, then the Blue Jay doesn't run out to the mound in retaliation. In Upshaw's situation, it was the first-time he was tossed out of a game in his entire career. I)ra w well With one week to go in the major league regular schedule the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays are finished at home and both clubs set attendance records. The Tigers drew 2,704,794 to Tiger Stadium and are the only team to attract in excess of two million fans at home and away. The .Jays with 2310.009 hit the same magic number in their short eight years of existence. The Tigers hit the I0() victory mark to make their manager Sparky Anderson to win at least that amount in both leagues. When Sparky was at ('incinatti his teams reached the century mark at least three times. The Blue Jays need four wins in their last six games this week to reach the 90 victory mark which would be a new team high. Some fans may consider the Blue .Jays season a bit of a disappointment, hut. that isn't really true They will wind up with the fourth or fifth hest record of all 26 ma- jor league teams. General manager Pat Gillick has already indicated a number of changes will take place over the winter months. We would suggest the ,Jays could trade al (east one infielder and one mil fielder to get the much needed help they•need in the bullpen. Add to that al least one free agent and things should be a lot bel ter at ( F: Stadium next summer. MATHERS MOTORS Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge Dodge frocks Bob Lammie Bus: (519)235-1525 Res: (519)262-2134 ,� 136 Main St. N., Exotwr, Ontario NOM 1S0 Exeter and Area Junior Hawks Exhibition Games Thurs., Sept. 27 a p.m. Exeter vs Mitchell Sun., Sept. 30 2:30 p.m. Exeter vs Belmont Games played at Stephen Twp. Arena, Huron Park • A Goderich here today 1► Panthers split with Stratford in HP footba!I opener The Huron -Perth football season opened Thursday with the South Huron teams play- ing host to Stratford Nor- tnwestern. It was a successful start for the junior squad, defeating the Stratford team 25-0. However, South Huron's senior football team unfor- tunately came up on the los- ing side of a 10.0 score. This year coach Dave Cox • ,4 ONE OF FOUR — Scott Heywood (33) crosses the Stratford goal for one of the four touchdowns he scored to lead the junior Panthers to their lopsided win, Thursday. The downed Stratford players give evidence to the blocking which helped Heywood in his successful romp. GOING'NOWHERE — Senior Panther runner Bill Fisher is stopped by a swarming Stratford Northwestern defence in the football opener at the local school, Thurs- day. Fisher and his mates failed to gain much ground and ended up on the losing side of a 10-0 count. OFF AND RUNNING — Jon O'Connor (14) displayed some solid running as well as directing the offence in his initial game at quarterback for the SHDHS junior foot- ball team, Thursday. The young quarterback engineered his team's 33-0 win over Stratford Northwestern. ANOTHER FLAG - The South Huron senior Panthers were moved back on several occasions due to penalties in their football opener, Thursday. Above, Steve Batten puts the grip on a Stratford runner while Shawn O'Rourke and Rob Bryson -move in to help with the tackle, but it went for nought as a penalty moved Stratford closer to the goal anyway. Hawks Tose, Kicked in season kickoff The Exeter Hawks kicked alt their exhibition season at Huron 1'ark. Sunday. and ended up being kicked 8-2 by- 1he visiting 'Medford Browns in a hard-hitting contest that saw 31 minor penalties called Coaches Doug Latta and Keith Ilartwick sal out several of the returning players so they could see rookie hopefuls in game ac - I ion They dressed 2:1 players and saw several promising candidates and a handful of others who couldn't keep pace with Junior "i)" action. Exeter cluck with the Browns through the first two periods. but wilted badly under some heavy pressure in the third when they were out scored 4o Peter 1)eanng. making his first appearance on the ice this season, played the first half of the game in goal and midget graduate Jeff Vanllaarlem finished up and was the victim of the Browns third -period onslaught. but he kicked ant 16 shots to keep the visitors from running up an even Nigger margin. Exeter had only three shots on goal in the third Exeter struck first when Steve Gould capped a r powerplay attack at the 5:19 mark with Scott Brintnell and Scan Whiteford drawing the assists. Thedford evened the count before the end of the first stanza and took a 3-1 lead in the second before Dave Skea picked up the second Exeter goal when he blasted a shot through the goalie's pads on a passing play with Whiteford and Don Ilamilton From then on, it was all Thedford as their more ex- perienced squad took control of the game. Latta will dress some of the veteran players for tonight's ( Wednesday) game against the Irish in Lucan at 8:15, as he and Hartwick return to send their hopefuls against the team with which they played. has 30 players on the junior roster. Nineteen of these players return from fast year's team which made it as far as the championship game before being beaten by Goderich. In Thursday's match, Scott Heywood scored all of the ma- jors for the junior team. Heywood ran for four touchdowns and covered 154 yards in 21 carries. Larry McCarter was called on for short, tough yardage up the middle. Jon O'Connor kicked two extra points and Jerry Lam- port connected on a pass with Tim Moore for a two point conversion after the snap from centre was bobbled. Moore added one more point on a 60 -yard punt that sailed through the end zone with the help of a strong wind. This season the quarter- back duties for the junior Panthers are being handled by Jon O'Connor, a grade nine student. O'Connor passed for 35 yards against the Stratford team, completing three of six passes. Having never seen game action, the young quarterback handled the of- fence well, and coach Cox praised O'Connor's effort after the game. South Huron's defencive stars were Roger Ward and Vern Iskauskas. The whole defensive line played well as Northwestern was held to on- ly four first downs. After the game Cox stated that the win took a good team effort. "It was not just one or two doing the job, the whole team contributed to the win." Again today (Wednesday) it will take.a team effort to come up on, the winning side. The juniors face the defen- ding champs, Goderich. Cox expects a tough game. Goderich usually is the team to beat. The senior team did not fare so well on the field against Stratford Nor- thwestern, being shut out 10-0. - The big story for the senior Panthers was penalties and the inability of the offence to move the ball. The Panthers were charged twice for unnecessary roughness on retaliation of in- fractions which went unnotic- ed by officials. The penalty which hurt the team the most came after the Panthers had apparently stopped a Nor- thwestern drive that came within the ten yard line. However, on the third down play South Huron's defence lined up off -side. This allow- ed the Huskies one more at- tempt to cross the goal line. On this attempt the Huskies made no mistake about it and swept the ball three yards for the only major score of the game. Stratford added a two point conversion by running the ball across the goal line after a low snap from centre. Nor- thwestern's other two points came on a missed field -goal and a punt that was fielded in the end zone to be conceded for the single. Greys even in finals The Exeter Greys ladies fastball team split two games this week in the final series of the South -Perth league. The first game Tuesday night, after a three-week layoff, the girls lost 15-11 in a slugfest which saw St. Marys Blue Jays play a good style of fastball and deserving the win. The next game in St. Marys, the Greys executed much better and tied the five - game series with an 8-2 win. The next game in the series was last night in Exeter and the fourth game will he in St. Marys, Friday night at 8:30 p.m. If a fifth game is necessary, it will be Tuesday night - October 2 at 9 p.m. at the park in Exeter. Come out and support your local team' 0 SATELLITE RECEPTION EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS! Chanel Master' • Established dealer ` Soles 8 Installation • Leasing available * Visit our showroom for a demonstration Allen Stubbs Satellites & Antennas Main St., Thedford 296-5565/786-4848 A full line of color T.V.s available Seed Wheat Order Your Requirements Early Fredrick • Certified # 1 Registered 11 1 Foundation No. 1 Augusta • Certified ill Frankenmuth • Certified tl 1 Houser • Certified No. 1 O.A.C. Halton Winter Barley • Certified 11 1 We are buyers of • Seed Oats • Seed Soybeans • Feed Barley • Feed Oats • Mixed Grain • Corn Highest prices paid for your 1984 grain Please give us a call at 235.0770 1 This season coach Ron Bogart has chosen Scott Miller and Tony Jones to share quarterbacking duties. Jones was sidelined for the Stratford game after injuring his shoulder earlier in the week. The offence found it hard to get on the right track against the Huskies. South Huron picked up only five first downs and Miller passed for only 15 yards completing one for five and -having one in- tercepted early in the first quarter. The offensive line allowed Miller to be tackled for a loss on three occasions. The defensive story for the senior Panthers was the in- ability to shut down Strat- ford's sweep. The Huskies gained minimal yards up the middle and completed only one pass all afternoon. Coach Bogart was forced to make numerous subsitutions due to injuries. Running back Sean Whiteford was forced out of the game early in the second quarter after injuring his foot. Also forced to leave the field were Mark Penhale, Trevor Johnson and Liam Brennan. Brennan returned to the field for one more play Final soccer - standings Final standings for the Lucan and district soccer league. Squirt W .L T P Lucan II 10 0 2 22 Exeter 11 11 1 0 22 Ilderton 8 2 2 18 Nairn Il 8 2 2 18 Lucan I 7 5 0 14 Gr. Bend 5 5 2 12 Exeter 1 3 6 3 9 Exeter Il[ -1 7 1 9 Nairn 1 4 7 1 9 Arva 4 7 1 9 Denfield I 11 0 2 Bryanston a 12 0 0 Mosquito W L T P Exeter III 7 2 1 15 Lucan 1 6 2 2 14 Exeter 11 6 3 1 13 Gr- Bend 5 2 3 l3 Arva 5 2 3 13 Exeter i 5 2 3 13 Lucan II 2 6 2 6 Nairn 1 8 I 3 Ilderton 0 10 0 0 Atoms W L T P Arva 12 0 0 24 Exeter i 9 1 2 20 Ilderton 8 4 0 16 Gr. Bend 7 3 2 16 Bryanston 6 4 2 14 Lucan 11 7 5 0 14 Exeter iII 5 5 2. 12 Lucan i 5 7 0 10 Exeter Il 4 6 2 11) Nairn Il 2 10 0 4 Nairn I 2 Io 0 4 Exeter iI Exeter 1 Ilderton Gr Bend Nairn Pee Wee W L T P 12 2 0 24 8 3 3 19 8 4 1 17 5 4 4 14 4 10 0 8 after his initial departure, but found himself in too much pain to continue. Immediate- ly after the game Brennan was taken to hospital and was later transported to St. Joseph's in London with damage to his knee. The Panthers face another tough opponent today ( Wednesday) at the local school. Both football teams take on Goderich. The junior game kicks off at 1:30 and the seniors take the field at 3:00. All cheerers are invited to watch. It's Inventory Time and we'd rather sell it than count it. 20% off all Merchandise Special rack 50% Off Scott's Leather & Tack Shop 120 Sanders St, W. Exeter 235-0694 Are you between 60 and 71? This may be a good time to find out about your RRSP annuity options. Geo. A. Godbolt C.L. U. 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