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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-06-29, Page 16PAGE 16 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983 Rod's Report on Sports Overtime alive in the NHL By Rod Hilts Sports Editor Overtone in the National Hockey League. The debate has been around since Hector was a pup. Last week, the NH1.', Board of Governors voted in favor of a five- rrunute tit ei-tiine period to break ties during regular season games. Surprisingly enough, the main point beyond the over -bine decision was to satisfy the wishes of fans. Yes the fans Marcel Aubut, the president of the Quebec Nor- diques, presented the overtime resolution to the Board of Guy t'rile rs and his eonunents sum up a point that has been uverlooked riot only in hockey but in all professional sports. "The main point of the !notion was that this is the fans' wish. They're the Kings - they pay the players' salaries and they pay our salaries." It can be argued, from a fan's point of view, that watching a hockey game intensely for 60 minutes, only to have the teams tie 3-3 can be a major disap- pointment. Each team walks away with one point and the thrill of victory is lost to both the fans and the players. The approved overtime period will commence im- mediately after the teams have changed ends following regulation time and will last for five minutes. Following the five minute overtime period, if the teams remain tied, they will each receive one point. This stipulation brought about heated opposition from Islanders' general manager Bill Torrey, Bruins' general manager Harry Sinden and Red Wings general manager Jim Devello. Harry Sinden's complaint held the least water. Sinden wos concerned about paying more money to ushers and concessions staff. A pretty petty complaint from a GM whose last concern should be money. Bill Torrey complained that the overtime would solve nothing if the teams emerged tied after the five - minutes of play. A valid complaint. Jim Devello was concerned that the overtime favored high scoring teams. If that's the case, then high scoring teams deserve to win. Will that extra five minutes of play take a lot out of the players over an 80 game schedule? Not likely. You could look at it this way, the players are being paid big bucks to render their abilities on public display, so it's just a part of their job. The fans deserve their moneys worth. Will the overtime help the league in the long run? It will mean the weaker clubs will earn less points in a season and the strong clubs will get better. Another issue that overtime brings up is television time. It will make production costs soar. Five minutes of air time may mean an hour extra of broadcast time. Only time will tell whether the NHL Board of Directors made the right decision in introducing overtime. -1--++ Look out Steve Rogers. Move over Dave Steib. There's a 111 -}ear -old kid in Meadville, Pennsylvania that could be a future candidate for your jobs. Dom I)iNardo, in his first game of the season, pit- ched a perfect game. The kid struck out 17 of 18 batters and ripped two home runs to help his own cause. Here's th• • amazing part, he has appeared in six games this season and hasn't allowed a hit. In the 69 outs recorded all but one corneas a result of strikeouts. Two batters hit fair balls against him, and his team- mates committed errors on both plays. As a batter, he hit .679 while adding 14 extra -base hits and batting in 18 runs. Looks like a star of the future may be developing! Peewee A,rir°ls lose to 17 irtgharit 13-10 Clinton I'et' Wee (;u'Ik travelled to WVingharu on June 2,,. .1illiough they playt'cl a ,,trim' game, the final ••r ni t' ttae 1.; - til for This brings their season record to 3 wins and 2 losses. Then' next home game is .July 4 at 6:30 p.m. against Formosa. (volts By Rod Hilts The Clinton Fleming -Colts are charging hard for first place in the Great Lake Baseball League after winning four out of five games last week. League standings as of June 26, show Clinton trailing division - leading Kincardine in the Northern division by a few percentage points. On June 26, the Fleming - Colts' bats were alive as they bombed Walkerton pitching for 34 hits and 29 runs in sweeping the double header. The double header marked the end of team batting slump where Clinton raised their team batting average from a meagre .209 to .311. In game one, the Fleming - Colts waltzed over Walkerton 13-1 and in game two, the story took the same tone, as they crushed the home town squad 16-2. Casey Wildgen picked up the victory in the first game striking out five and allowing four hits and one base on balls. The Fleming -Colts spread their scoring out, collecting runs in the last five innings. Clinton banged out four triples in the game, with Brent Daw collecting two of them. Don MacDonald and Ron Wells led the attack with three hits a piece. Cal Fremlin, Hans Leppington, Brent Daw and Dave Bartliff each had two hits. Game two saw Clinton dominate as they did in the opening . game, hitting anything Walkerton could throw at them. Dan Colquhoun was 11 four spectacular on the mound, giving up no earned runs. Colquhoun allowed five hits, struck out four and gave up two bases on balls in recording his fifth win of the season. He also helped the Flerning-Colts offensively, knocking in five runs. Del Mitchelmore slammed his first homer of the season in the first as the Fleming - Colts came out of the inning with four runs. Cal Fremlin and Colquhoun each had four hits followed by Don MacDonald with three and Casey Wildgen with two. Kincardine 2, Clinton 1 On June 23, Clinton dropped a 2-1 game to host Kincardine. Don MacDonald pitched a strong game on the mound despite the loss. MacDonald gave up eight hits and allowed one base on balls, while striking out four. Kincardine opened the scoring in the first inning when lead off hitter Petter belted a triple and scored on a single by Wilken. The Fleming -Colts deadlocked the game in the fifth inning when Greg Burns led off with a single and scored on a double by Hans I,eppington. In the eighth inning Kin- cardine scored the winning run. Headley singled to open the inning and scored when Bell's drive to centre field got by John Hart. Clinton's inability to capitalize with runners in scoring position led to their third loss of the season. The Fleming -Colts stranded 11 runners, seven of which, ut f ive; sweep Iwo were in scoring position. Petter pitched for Kin- cardine, allowing one run on eight hits, walking four and striking out one. Clinton 7-12 Exeter Sr. 3-6 On June 22, Clinton swept a double header from the Exeter Seniors on home turf. In game one, the Fleming - Colts trampled Exeter 7-3 and doubled the Seniors in the second game 12-6. Dave Patterson picked up the win allowing three runs on seven hits. Patterson walked one and struck out three. Don MacEemald led Clinton at the plate going three for four in the first game. A five run first inning carried the Fleming -Colts to victory. Consecutive singles by Dave Patterson, Butch Fleet and Richard Welch highlighted the five hit in- ning. Clinton scored one run in the fourth and another in the sixth to seal the win. In game two, the Fleming - Colts scored two runs in the first and six runs in the le he second inning an coasting to victory. Mike Williscraft picked up the win pitching four innings. Scott MacDonald earned the save, shutting down the opposition by allowing only one unearned run. The second inning decided the game for the Fleming - Colts. Dave Patterson led off the inning with a walk and Butch Fleet singled. Can) MacDonald, making his first plate appearance this year, unloaded on the second pitch for a three run homer over the left field fence. Mike Williscraft then walked and singles by Greg Burns, Dan Colquhoun and John Hart scored three more runs for an eight run lead. dors Dugout Dust Clinton's record now stands at 9-3 and they will be participating in the Sarnia tournament this weekend. Game time is slated for 1:20 p.m. on Friday against the Sarnia Juniors. If the Fleming -Colts win their first game they play at 3 p.m. on Saturday. If they lose they play at 1 p.m. On July 9, Clinton is hosting the Great Lakes - Southern Counties fourth arinual All-Star game. The best players from both leagues will square off at 6 p.m. Last year's MVP was Clinton's Don MacDonald. Admission is $1 and teams from 22 towns and cities will be represented. Last week the Clinton Fleming -Colts played superb ball, winning four out of five games. An unidentified Colt is pictured ducking this throw to first in a double header sweep over the Exeter Srs on June 22. (Rod Hilts photo) McKnight rides Dunnville Scamp to win By Lois Gibbings When Norm McKnight Jr. comes to town he usually sets records. Last year he turned in the first two minute mile ever at Clinton Raceway with the grey Smog colt Ideal Wilco in 1.59.4. The then three-year-old pacer was owned by the Wheeling By Stables of Grand Bend, but has since been sold to Victoria Silver- man of Floral Park, New York. This year, Norm repeated his feat by equalling the 1.59.4 track record with Dunnville Scamp in the se- cond division of the Ontario Sires Stakes for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers. This was also a track record for that age and sex, as well as a personal best for the speedy colt by Scamp Direct-Enuff Pride by Good- nuff, owned by Ross and Margaret Warriner of Burl- ington and the McKnight Stable Inc. Ross Battin finished se- cond with Harvest Sunshine for Todd D. McGlynn of Lon - J t 0' E CLINTON ARENA _I ROLLER SKATING Wednesday, June 29th 7 to 8:30 p.m. - Public School 8 to 10 p.m. Highschool and up Friday, July 1st "OPEN SKATE" ...from 7-10 p.m. don, while Bill Lambertus took third driving G.G. Tar- zan for Gorrie Livestock Auction of Walkerton. Shanes Mint, by Alert Bret -Key To Mint by Good- nuff, owned by John Medwid of Shelburne, won the first division in 2.01.1 with Charlie Lawson on the bike. This was also a new track record for these pacers but it only lasted until the next division. Greg. Dustin drove Twin B Jade to a second spot for Rogers Grover Inc., Leamington and Jean -Guy CLINTON SWIMMING POOL SWIMMING LESSONS Storting July 5th, '83 OPEN SWIM TIME 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Phone 482=3920 Poulin of Strathroy, while Brian Tropea was third with Stars All Over for Norman Tropea of Orangeville and Bruce Cantelon of Caledon East. The third division went to Looker, by Jonquil Hanover - Dexterity by Race Time, owned by the Looker Stable of St. George, with Norm McKnight Jr. driving for trainer Jean Poulin. Jerry Duford was second with Curlys Choice with another Poulin trained pacer for Rogers Grover Inc. of Leamington, with Laurie Bako third with Spring Jinx for Cliff H. Barwick of St. Thomas. Keith Waples finished fourth with Hi Richard, a Springfield - Muddy Phyllis colt with a 1.58.1 record taken at Windsor on June 12, and the only one of the 24 competitors that had beaten the two -minute mark prior to Sunday's races. Each of the three O.S.S. divisions were going for a purse of $11,324. Other familiar drivers competing were Dave Wall, Terry Kerr and Doug McIn- tosh, as well as Ray McLean and Dave Shewfelt. Ted McLean of Goderich won Building Centre Values insulated siding from Hunter Douglas 1 I'in,tnc Siding has a layer of polyurethane in- . ),.tlle,r) hnnclrcl right on the hack. Lowers your Add', r curlity to the siding S11 75 oer )00 sq I, J Heavy Duty Picnic Tables 0,10 Ivo ,1 ',0v,10.41 Purl rr,11n04 Cedar 6 ft 564.95 Outdoor wood 6 11 559.95 Spruce 6 41 539.95 r- , I1 L ,.)r, . , •n. I .101h,, 11.... N.1' .I'• I Wood Mini Barns H xH iii!, 10'x1? size $28995 $39995 Prices in effect 'till closing July 9. 1983 h Yards To Serve You ,)L1[ F fl MITCHELL. 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Jennifers Beauty, a three- year-old filly by Way Kid - Astra Blaze by Blaze Hanover, owned by Ernest Brown of Clinton, was fifth in her first lifetime start with John Muir driving for trainer Walter Oster. Fred Maguire finished se- cond with Scarlet Dakali for Harold Eyre of Dublin in the first, while Frank Mac- Donald was fourth IA ith Cen- tinare for May and Walter Pepper of Clinton. John Muir took third driv- ing Red Oak Express for Gerald Schenk of Crediton in the fifth, while Dale Ken- nedy was fourth with Mitola Hi for Joe J. Lane of Seafor- th. Jim Watt of Blyth was also fourth with G G Greentree for George Corrie of Watford in the sixth, as was Ross Bat - tin with Nans Contestant for James D. Taylor of Hensall in a 2.06.1 mile in the ninth. Countella, co -owned by Turn to page 17 Fleming, (volts Great Lakes Baseball Kincardine Clinton Exeter Jrs. Exeter Srs. Walkerton Arva London Jrs. Byron Strathroy Thorndale Northern Division Southern Division W L 9 0 9 3 5 5 3 7 0 11 W L 13 1 7 4 2 4 1 6 1 7 Labatt's Balloon coming to Hully Gully The skies of midwestern Ontario will be a little bluer on July 9 and 10. The Labatt's Balloon will fly over the Labatt's National Senior Motocross Championships at Hully Gully, weather permit- ting. The Balloon will serve as a Camera platform for LTV's Wide World of Sports as well as the vehicle that will take up some lucky spectators during the races. The Balloon is a familiar sight as the star of many I,abatt's T.V. conunercials and the Senior National Motocross races are the chance for you to see it in person. The appearance of the Balloon is just one of the many things to expect at the Senior Nationals. The Labatt's Senior Na- tional Motocross Champion- ships are presented by the London Free Press at Hully Gully near Varna, Ontario. CLINTON RECREATION COMMITTEE Calendar for July Grand Bend Trip THURSDAY, JULY 14 Open to all ages. Tour of lambton Heritage Museum and afternoon at the beach. Bring money for lunch. Cost of '6.00 (to cover expenses). Register at Arena July 6th from 1-4 p.m. Senior Citizens' Trip to Blyth Summer Festival THURSDAY, JULY 21 Featuring "Maritime Faces" with Robbie O'Neiii & Ted Johns. Cost of '16.00 Includes matinee TICKET and all -you -con -eat LUNCH. Register at Arena July 13th from 1-4 p.m. Science Centre Trip THURSDAY, JULY 28 Open cell ages. Bus leaves at 8:00 a.m. trom arena, return at 6:00 p.m. Cost of '13.00 includes bus and admission. Bring lunch money. Registration - July 13th and July 30th from 1.4 p.m. Inquiries: 482®7731 or 4823997 ®PRIZES *DISCOUNTS *FREE COFFEE & DONUTS ®SUMMER CLEANUP Saturday, July 2nd (CLEAN YOUR BIKE ON US) 'MEET OUR FACTORY TRAINED MECHANIC YOUR MY AUTHORIUD DEALER THIS SIDE OF TORONTO & LONDON