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Clinton News-Record, 1983-05-25, Page 14ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET! ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET' ET ET ET E7; :ET ET EY E'T EYE.. ET. E7: ET ;ET ET ET EY ET Efi sT ,lcrt. ETr± PAGE 14— CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Stratford urea heal Rod's Report on Sports NHL playoffs un balanced By Rand Hilts Spouts Editor Although this year's Stanley Cup final was deemed "a classic match -up" the format which is used in the playoffs is still vastly unbalanced. The trail the New York Islanders took to this year's Stanley Cup final was much more difficult than the route the Edmonton Oilers took. The Islanders got to the final by defeating some pretty classy clubs. New York knocked off the much improved Washington Capitals, the surprisingly tough New York Rangers and the hard -nose Boston Bruins. The Oilers slid by the meagre Winnipeg Jets, doused the Calgary Flames and greased the Chicago Black Hawks, all without a lot of sweat. Perhaps the harder fight the Islanders encountered in their quest for the cup, better prepared them for the Oiler series. It seemed while the Oilers were rolling over their weaker opposition by pounding eight and nine goals in the net every game, New York's closer games made them dig a little deeper into their line-up. The closer games definitely made the Islanders a better team defensively. I think that the NHI, realignment made the playoff format unbalanced. There's simply too much power in the Prince of Wales Conference. Look at the divisions objectively. On the Prince of Wales side are the Boston Bruins, the Montreal Canadiens, the Buffalo Sabres, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Quebec Nordiques and the New York Islanders. The Campbell Conference features the Vancouver Canucks, the Calgary Flames, the Los Angeles Kings, the Minnesota North Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs. These aren't all the teams in both conferences but, it gives a realistic comparison of how the league's power is one sided. I suggest that when the playoffs start, two of the divisions switch conferences. A suggested format change might see the Patrick Division playoff winner ( Flyers, Islanders etc.) go on to meet the Norris Division winner ( Minnesota, Chicago etc.). These match -ups would eliminate the weaker teams and make the Stanley Cup final a more even battle. Phone in those game results The News -Record sports department would like to reinind all coaches and managers involved in sports of any description to send in those game reports! We intend to start a local sports round -up and without your contributions it can't be done. If you have sports results phone the News -Record sports hotline at 482-9502. est interest * 1 13�4% 5 ywrars Annual We represent many Trust c®mnpan s. 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CHSS brought a five wins, no losses and three ties record into the game, but lost their composure in the overtime periods. The Redmen, fresh from a 1-0 semi-final win over Exeter, played 60 minutes off fine soccer but ran into temper problems. With two and a half minutes remaining in the final overtime period, a bench -clearing brawl erupted on the field and referee Siggi Bochynek was forced to call the game off and award it to North Western, who were leading 3- 1 at the time. Linesman James McArdle called the incident the worst display he has ever seen in soccer. "The fighting was totally uncalled for. I've been in- volved in soccer for 10 years and I've never seen anything like this. I'II have to submit a report to the Ontario Soccer Association for further action," said a disgruntled Mr. McArdle. The overtime game resembled a ticking time bomb as both teams played chippy and a number of cheap shots were thrown each way. The Clinton team lost their composure after North Western's second goal and took at least four or five penalties in a row. The fighting altercation occurred deep in the Clinton end, after referee Bochynek had made a call against the Redmen. According to linesmen McArdle, "the Clinton players started mouthing off to referee Bochynek about the call, and Redmen Bill Tugwell took a run at a North Western player." Linesman Rick Mazzanti pulled Tugwell off the Stratford player, when Tugwell suddenly "struck" Mazzanti. The Clinton and Stratford bench emptied onto the field, where all the players began shoving and pushing. Linesman McArdle said Brad Forbes of CHSS was one of the first off the sidelines and into the fight. Earlier in the final 15 minute overtime frame, Forbes was given the red card for shoving a Stratford player from behind. After the melee cleared, linesman McArdle had the names of Tugwell and Forbes written down as striking an official. North Western Coach Ken Keegan said he was very disappointed in the fight and said, "it robbed my team of the thrill of victory and tainted the win." Coach Keegan said the turning point in the game was after his team's second goal. "CHSS got angry after our second goal and started to get rough. This is the first time we have won the Huron - Perth final. We've been a second half team all season and today we came through when we had to," said Mr. Keegan. Road Race coming The first annual Forest Ci- ty 10 KM Road Race, hosted by the City of London, will be held on Saturday, June 4 at 9 a.m. The certified 10,000 metre course begins and ends at J.W. Little Stadium, University of Western On- tario. This is the first road race of its kind in London and the organizing committee hopes to attract between 1500-211:1 entrants. The race offers medals and trophies in 16 dif- ferent categories, including ages from 14 and under to 60 and over, wheelchair athletes and corporate and open teams. The course is sanctioned by the O.T.F.A., and with the large field of runners ex- pected, it should prove a highly entertaining and com- petitive run for both the more serious runner and the more casual participant who EK -rT 5AY3j NEW E1E('TR/K'Sy gf 5 WE RUST LE'1, iti Tills OUR B SS MAKES MIS CONCE ' N WE KEEP i/I -' ry IidQBEi}iariar9 3lDNASE ELECTRIC CLINTON4 2-7374 prefers to run for fun. Incentive awards are of- fered to all entrants who raise $35 or more in pledge money. Proceeds from the pledges will be donated to the Thames Valley Children's Centre. The Cen- tre provides major 'habilita- tion and rehabilitation ser- vices and facilities for physically handicapped children from birth to 18 years of age, and serves Lon- don and the nine surrounding counties of Southwestern On- tario. The numerous community sponsors involved invite everyone to "Run For the Kids" on June 4. For further information and details about the race contact Peter Elkerbout, race director, at (519)681- 1295 or Katie Littlehales, community relations officer, Thames Valley Children's Centre, at (519 )434-7351. Hey Conch! C Uthe se game reports ori t^_> use Clinton News -Record 482-9502 e J i Ueruus Dolrrtage opened the scoring for the Redmen at the mid -way point off the first half. Dolrnage took a pass from Keith McClure and converted the ball past a sprawling Huskie goalten- der. The goal was rather soft, promptuig Stratford Coach Keegan to switch goalies. Redmen goalie Mike Segren made some fine saves in the latter stages off the half, to give CHSS a 1-0 lead after 30 minutes of play. The second half was doininated by the Huskies as they held a definite edge to en t w the territorial play. The Redmen ran into a rash off penalties, which caused them to lose their tempers_ NorthWestern tied the score near the end of regulation time, as Bob Leis snuck in alone and drilled a shot off the hands of a diving Mike Segren. The Huskies canoe close to winning it before the end of regulation time, when they blanketed the C'I-ISS zone and pummelled shots at the Redmen net from a variety of angles. A couple of incidents between CHSS player Bill ath in losi 'Tug well and North Western's John Koelewyn was evident as the second half wore on, with each player taking their share of cheap shots at each other. At one point, Koelewyn invited Tugwell to punch hire, but Tugwell wisely declined. The Huskies came out hungry for victory in the overtime period as they outhustled the CRSS squad in every department. With six minutes to go in the first 15 minute overtime period, the Huskie's Dave Gera shot his team into the lead for good with a perfect On Tuesday afternoon the CHSS Redmen lost the Huron -Perth final to North Western Huskies from Stratford by a 3-1 score. Pictured is the Redmen in action on May 20 beating Exeter 1-0 in a semi -fin. i match -up. (Rod Hilts photo) Canadian Park facilities improving By Russ Kisby We called up Sharon Budd at the Documentation Centre of Parks Canada to find out what's happening in Canada's National Parks these days. She kindly ieeplied by sen- ding us a half-dozen or so major studies commissioned by Parks Canada that aim to improve facilities for Canada's growing legions of campers while protecting the environment at the same time. "I'll be happy to send you some material," said Sharon, who sounds quite amiable, "if I'articipaction sends me some of its literature because I'm try- ing to lose some weight!" So, we put our popular booklet "Fitness: Head On" into the mail for her along with some of our other materials. Follow those guidelines, Sharon, and you'll be trim in next -to -no - time! (And if any readers want "Fitness: Head On", which we produced in co- operation with Occidental Life Assurance, just write PARTICIPaction, Suite 805, 80 Richmond St. W., Toronto, Ontario M5H 2A4. Please in- clude $1.00 for postage and handling.) At any rate, we read the Parks Canada material with great interest — especially a preliminary study conducted by Special Projects Officer Laurien Bruce on the crea- tion of backcountry shelters. See, while the Federal Government encourages the enjoyment off our National Parks, it also wants to en- courage a structured use — to prevent the kind, of in- discriminate camping that can leave wildlife crushed, trees scarred and the earth blackened by fires. One answer, accor+, ng to the l:•ruce study, would be the creation off an organized system of backcountry shelters in our 'parks featur- ' ing sleeping accommoda- tions, stoves and tables as well as sanitary facilities. These shelters would be large enough to accom- modate all those likely to be in the area — so peripatetic trailblazers won't set up where they could do even in- voluntary damage. These shelters would also be spaced somewhat less than a day's hike apart — for the same reason. The study calls this a "develop to preserve" philosophy. Turn to page 16 ® ParksPars Canal<:, Canada i NAGE Discover yt r hePitg NATr ! AE. PARKS Canada GEORGIAN y ISLANDS H.ney Harbur, Ont. ® <= .1<anPF ri4'f Limestone cliffs, unusual flowerpot formations. orchids and ferns greet the visitor to Flowerpot Island One of 20 islands comprising the western portion of Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Flowerpot is situated off the tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the pristine waters of Georgian Bay Vlsltor5 can travel to the island by private boat or on a commercial tug frorr Tobermory For information write: Parks Canada, Ontario Region (H) Box 1359 Cornwall, Ont. K6H 5V4 header into the net. CHSS players complained feverishly that their goaltender had been in- tentionally knocked down by Huskie players, but to no avail. North Western put the icing on the cake with about three minutes remaining in the final overtime period, as John Koelewyn pounced on a rebound to make it 3-1 for the visitors. Following the game, Huron Perth Soccer League Convenor Jack Mali said he had "no sympathy for the CHSS players after the game." ".Clinton played a good 60 minutes of regulation soccer but, there was no need for the fight to happen. Clinton are usually good winners but today they showed they're not very gracious losers," said Mr. Mali. Clinton Coach Joe DeGroot geforr was upset with the outcome off the game and par- ticularily with the of- ficiating .We definitely n. '"'< a big mistake having '"; three Stratford officio; ::'• all the game," sn-. °ped Mr. DeG root. According to Convenor Mali, all the Huron -Perth Soccer officials are from Stratford. Mr. Mali said the referee and linesmen did "a professional rob." ".Some calls were questionable, but that was for both sides," said Mr. Mali. North Western goes on to the Western Ontario Secondary School ( WOSSA) semi-finals today (Wed- nesday) to play Clarke Sideroad in London. The game will be sudden death and the winner will meet Sarnia. Clinton Colts defeat Walkerton On May 11 the Clinton Colts opened their season on a winning note by trampling Walkerton by a 5-1 score. Dan Colquhoun led the Clinton road show, tossing a two hitter and striking out nine batters. For the last four seasons Colquhoun has started the opening game of the season and for the fourth time has picked up a victory. Dave Patterson was the big gun at the plate for the Colts as his bases loaded single in the second inning scored two runs. He also stroked a double in the sixth and came home on Don MacDonald's double to right field. Brent Daw, in his first appearance as a Colt slugged a sacrifice fly to score a run. Other Colts hits were a single by Greg Burns and a well executed bunt single by John Hart. Clinton's May 19 encounter with Exeter was rained out and will be played at later date. The Colts next home games are on May 25 against the Exeter Sr's at 8 p.m., May 27 against Strathroy at 8 p.m. and May 29 at 1:30 against Kincardine. Sports study done A sport study, entitled "Athletes' Rights in Canada", will spark a new consideration of the issue among athletes, coaches, sport organizations and government, according to Ontario's Tourism and Recreation Minister, Reuben Baetz. "Athletes' Rights in Canada" was researched and written independently by Bruce Kidd, a University of Toronto professor and Mary Eberts, a lawyer with the Toronto firm Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington. In the study, Kidd and Eberts called on officials responsible for sport to en- sure at 'fetes civil liberties as citizens and landed &•- migrants be safeguarded ac- cording to the laws and tra r! `tions of Canada. They said athletes are entitled to procedures of natural justice and fairness in all matters, including team selection and disciplinary procedures. "Our sports organizations have grown swiftly during the last 10 years to meet the demands resulting from in- creased participation of both elite -level and recreational athletes," said Mr. Baetz. "The authors are to be con- gratulated for examining the issue of athletes' rights in a thorough manner. "The result is a document which offers new and pro- vocative insights. My Ministry will be distributing this report to the provincial sports governing bodies for their reaction." At a media conference on Thursday, May 19 in Toron- to, Joe Halstead, director of the Ministry's sports and fitness branch, added that while many of the concepts introduced by Ms. Eberts and Mr. Kidd are novel, others are already under consideration. In fact, said Mr. Halstead, the Ministry recently placed the respon- sibility of awarding elite athlete assistance grants in the hands of the provincial sports governing bodies, as the authors recommended in the study. "Needless to say, we'd like our reconunendations to be implemented as soon as possible," said Mr. Kidd at the media conference. "But before that happens, a full- scale public discussion of the need for athletes' rights is necessary. It is our firm belief that the best protec- tion of the rights of all par- ticipants in sport is the widespread recognition that such rights exist and must be protected." The study, published in soft-cover book form, costs $3 and is available at the On- tario Government Bookstore, 800 Bay Street, Toronto, M7A 1N8. ( 416) 965- 6015 or call toll free 1-800-268- 7540. Colt's schedule Date Place MAY 18 19 25 27 29 ,LUNE 15 17 19 22 23 2)6 28 .IUI,Y 6 8 12 13 15 20 22 24 27 29 31 Clinton Exeter Jr. Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton Exeter .Jr. Clinton Kincardine Walkerton Exeter Sr Kincardine Clinton Exeter Sr. Thorndalc (linton Clinton i ,ondon Clinton Arva Clinton Clinton St rat hrm Team Time Walkerton Clinton Exeter Sr. Strathroy Kincardine Exeter Jr. iondon Clinton Exeter Sr. Clinton (linton Clinton Clinton Arva ( linton (linton Exeter .Jr Byron Clinton Thornda le Clinton Walkertot Kincardine Clinton 8:00 6:15 8:00 8:00 1:30 8:00 8:30 5:30 8:00 8:00 1:30 6:15 800 8:00 1.30 8.30 800 8 30 8:00 8 00 130 8 00 8 • 30 2 00