Clinton News-Record, 1979-02-08, Page 7Ramblings from the area racetracks
By Lois Gibbings
Willas Ferric paced to
a new record of 2:08.1 at
Greenwood Raceway in
Toronto on January 29.
The four-year-old soli of
Ferric Hanover -Wills
Wonder, owned by Bruce
Lamont of Seaforth and
TO Lamont of Waterloo,
was driven to his second
win this year by Mel
Corbett.
From four starts in
1979, Willas Ferric has
earnings more than
doubling his previous
total of $2,859 through
1978.
The good broodmare
Willa Wonder is owned by
Mary M. Shobbrook of
Blyth and her first four
foals are all racing at the
present time. Willas
Vickie took a new record
of p. 2:06.2 last year, as
Members of the London Rotary Club were busy in Potter's Garage in Clinton
last Sunday,_pounting lip pledges and writing out receipts for the Crippled
Children's Snowarama that raised more than $12,000. High winds and blowing
snow cut the final tallyto less than half last of year's $27,000. (News -Record
photo)
Old Colts
Accused of fixing game
To. following article by
George. Hayes entitled
,-!.Applesauce didn't mix"
appeared in the January
22 edition of the Wood-
stock Sentinel Review. It
was sent to Percy
Livermore of Clinton by a
friend in Ingersoll who is
a member of the
recreation committee
there. He thought that
perhaps old sports in
Clinton would recall this
series played in 1925.
The Clinton hockey
team whose picture
hangs in the arena was
composed of George
Elliott, Fred Elliott, Jack
Bawden, Jack Nedigar,
Ken Robertson, `Dick
Rare; Lennie O'Brien,
Joe Higgins, and Weldon_
Hovey.
Percy, who was
working at the piano
factory 55 years ago; says
he remembers going
down to Ingersoll to the
game by train, staying all
night at a hotel, and
coming back to Clinton
Saturday at noon.
"Applesauce didn't
mix" -
"Did you ever hear of
the "Applesauce
Series?"
"Well it was a long time
ago but I'veheard this
story so marfy times I've
practically.. memorized it
word for word.
"Back in 1925 Ingersoll
had a pretty good junior
hockey team. They had a
lot of good players with
Thorny Noe in goal, Stew
Hutt, "Dewey" Vallee
and Joe Huntley on
defence and forwards,'
Archie Munroe, "Mouse"
MacMillan, "Weiner"
Smith, Bill Jackson and
Elliot Huntley. Reg Stone
was the coach and Dolph
Staples the manager.
"They played off With
London for the group
championship and. it was
a total -goal: home and
home series.
."The first game was
played in Ingersoll at the
Mason Arena and it
ended in a tie. London
was tough at home and
Ingersoll was given little
chance to win. Ingersoll
ran a special train and
the old Queen Street Rink
was packed to the rafters
and the London gamblers
were offering odds.
"There were also a few
fights in the crowd.
"It was a` battle full of
thrills and when the final
bell sounded the score
was Ingersoll 3, London 2.
The orange and black
clad Ingersoll team had
two heroes that night -
"Mouse" MacMillan and
Thorny Noe. MacMillan,M
who could thread the eye
of a needle with his shot,
scored all three goals and'
Noe in goal played a
tremendous game.
"I've heard it was a
wild train ride home that
night.
"It was Ingersoll's first
junior group cham-
pionship.in over 10 years
and they entered the
Ontario Hockey
Association playdowns.
"They- drew Cliriton in
the first round and it was
also- a two -game, total
goal series.
"The first game was in
Clinton on ,a Wednesday
night and the return
game here on Friday.
"In order t� get to
Clinton the team had to
leave in the morning on
the CNR and change in
London and take the milk
train into Clinton. Now, if
you never saw the old
arena they had in Clinton^
you missed something in
architecture:
"There was a cement
wall on one side and the
toilet was cut out of a
corner of the playing
surface and a gallery at
one end where the
tobacco chewing fans
used to spit on the visiting
goaltenders. Noe said he
should have brought an
umbrella along.
"Ingersoll won the
game 3-2 and a big supper
was arrapged for after
the game at the hotel
where they were to stay
overnight: After the
players had polished off
their roast beef, big bowls
of applesauce were
brought in. While the
players were devouring
the sauce one waitress
kept saying, "You might
have . won the game
tonight but'you won't win
on Friday."
"She kept repeating,
"You won't win on
Friday."
"On the train ride home
the next day some of the
players started to feel
sick. When Friday came
all of them were sick but
two.
"They were the ones
who didn't eat any ap-
plesauce.
"Most of the team
dragged themselves out
of bed and played.
"The waitress was
right! Clinton won the
game 4-1 and the round 6-
4." t
Smile
"Did you kill the moths
with the moth balls I
recommended?" asked
the druggist.
"No, I didn't," said the
customer, 'truculently. "I
sat up all night and didn't
hit a single moth!"
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did Willas Marnie with a
remarkable time of p,
2:01 for the mile and
lifetime earnings of over
$42,000 as a five-year-old.,
Willas Ferrica also
paced her fastest mile in
1978 with a time of 2:06.
Willa Wonder's fifth
offspring is a two-year-
old son of Lynden Dodger
that has _ just returned
home to the Shobbrook
stable after a stay at the
Clinton Turf Club Barn
where he was introduced
to the harness and race
track by trainer Lorne
Tyndall of Clinton. Watch
for Willas Dodger.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979PAGE7
At Flamboro Downs on
January 30, Miss Blaxe
Mac; co -owned by Orville
Workman of Kippen
picked up a third in a
2:10.1 mile with Ray
McLean up. Randy
McLean was second with
Ima Jerry for H.O. (Bud)
Jerry of Goderich and
third driving Captain
Betty for his father Bob
McLean of Goderich at
London on Saturday
afternoon. Last year Ima
Jerry raced 35 times with
six wins, fivd seconds and
three thirds for earnings
of $5,053 and anew record
of p, 2:07 as a five -year -
SAVE 0
old, while Captain Betty,
at four, had a standing of
2-5-1 from 24 sitarts, good
for $2,662.
Bobby Tar owned by
Jim Riehl of Goderich
was second at Flamboro
on Sunday night. In 1978,
from 39 starts, he had six
wins, one second and six
thirds, ta} pick up $4,836.
At London on February
5, Tony Bay finished
second for trainer -driver
Randy McLean and
owners . Ross McEwan
and Lorne Brown of
Clinton. Last year as a
seven-year-old, Tony
Boy, had earnings of
$3,048 from 24"starts with
six wins, six secongis and
five thirds plus a new
record of p, 2:07. Randy
was also fourth with
Victoria Pri-ncess for
Richard Lowthian of
London.
The two hour CBC
presentation of Harness
Racing on Ice on the
Rideau Canal at Ottawa
was thoroughly enjoyed
by many viewers in our
area last Sunday afi
ternoon. One of the horses
participating was Father,
Thistle, who raced here
for Walter Oster as a
four-year-old back in.1973.
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