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y Rod Hilts
Sports Editor
The Clinton Junior "C" Mustangs are urging all
players, who have received invitations to training
camp, to send in their registration forms to Manager
Wayne Wiggins before the August 15 deadline.
This year the Mustangs have sent out 90 invitations
to players in the area and the response "has not been
the greatest," according to Mr. Wiggins.
Training camp opens on September 10 at Huron
Park.
McKechnie coaches
Walt McKechnie will no longer be playing hockey for
the Detroit Red Wings. In fact, the NHL veteran will no
longer be lacing up the skates to participate in the 80
game grind. Last week he announced the signing of a
one-year contract with the Minnesota North Stars as a
player -assistant coach with their Central Hockey
League farm club in Salt Lake City.
Walt once mentioned that he wanted to get into
coaching and it looks like this is the break he has been
waiting for. Sorry Rick and Willie, it doesn't look like
Walt will be washing dishes or flippin' burgers at your
restaurant this fall!
Turning to CFL action, last week, the Hamilton
Ticats stunned the Eastern Division leading Toronto
Argonauts 31-18. I mentioned a possible upset by the
Ticats in last week's column but thought the home field
advantage would give the Argos their fifth win. The
Ticats get full credit for their victory. For the first time
this year a CFL team finally displayed a balanced run-
ning and passing attack. In last Saturday's win,
Hamilton ran 33 passing plays and 29 running plays.
That was the key to victory.
Once again quarterback Dieter Brock coordinated
an incredible air attack as the "Brock's Bombers"
held off a late surge by the hapless Montreal Concordes
and emerged as 30-25 victors. Brock has definitely
turned Winnipeg around this season and they could end
up playing the spoiler role in the west.
As predicted, the Moon rose over the Saskatchewan
Roughriders 36-21. The Roughies defense is definitely
hurting. As far as the Eskies go, they just keep on get-
ting stronger.
B.C. looked sharp in their win over Calgary and next
week the Lions will be put to the true test.
Rod's Report on Sport is, now 11-5 and stands behind
the following predictions for this week:
B.C. at Edmonton
This may very well be a preview to the western final.
Both clubs come into this game with identical 3-1
records. I have a gut feeling that B.C. will be the
western representatives in this year's Grey .,Cup. In
this game, however, the Eskies will prevail. Home turf
will be the deciding factor in what will be a classic en-
counter.
Edmonton by seven
Ottawa at Hamilton
A few minor adjustments to a shaky secondary will
do little for the not -so -rough Ottawa crew. The Ticats
are coming off their biggest win of the season and
should belt the Riders into submission. Look for a
Hamilton Mountain avalanche to fall on Ottawa.
Ticats by 15
Toronto at Winnipeg
A rash of injuries to the boatmen may put them up
the creek without a paddle.
The run and shoot offense may have fired its last po-
tent shot, at least for a couple of weeks. Condredge
Holloway is still nursing a sore hand that swells when
its hit. Running backs Bob Bronk and Cedric Minter
are both out and Bronk will be lost for the season.
Linebacker Bill Mitchell will be out for a few weeks,
leaving the Argo defense with a large hole. Without the
Toronto offense functioning at 100 per cent, the
Bombers stand a good chance. I'II go out on a limb on
this one.
Winnipeg by five
Calgary at Saskatchewan
Statistically, Calgary is the better team out of the
two. The Roughies defense has played terrible this
season but then Calgary's offense hasn't exactly been
burning up the stat sheets. I look for Saskatchewan to
upset the Stamps, with those traditionally faithful
Taylor field fans cheering the Roughies to victory.
`Saskatchewan by seven
1
By Rod Hilts
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On August 5 the Clinton
Fleming -Colts came up with
their biggest win of the
season at a key time in the
schedule as they posted an
11-1 win over the Kincardine
Royals.
The win, on the last game
of the schedule, meant the
Fleming -Colts moved into a
first place tie with the
Royals. Each club finished
with identical 17-9 records.
At a meeting in Dashwood
on August 8, league officials
awarded the Colts first
place. The Colts will face the
London Juniors in the first
round of league playoffs,
commencing Friday night at
8 p.m. in Clinton. The series
will be a best .-two-out-of-
three affair.
London finished second
behind Arva in the southern
division and split their two
game series with Clinton this
year.
Clinton 11 Kincardine 1
The Fleming -Colts rattled
out 17 hits against the Royals
in posting their 12th win of
the season at home.
Casey Wildgen shone on
the mound, going eight in-
nings to pick up his fifth win
off the season. Wildgen
allowed only two hits, while
walking two and striking out
six.
Don MacDonald showed
why he won the team batting
crown as he hit two singles,
two doubles and collected
two RBI's in the win.
MacDonald finished the
regular season with a .440
batting average, just one
percentage point above
teammate Dan Colquhoun.
In their last six home
games the Colts have taken
advantage of the opposition's
mistakes, particularity in
the walks department. In the
first inning Ron Wells
reached first base on a walk
and eventually scored on a
ground ball hit by Hans
Leppington. Greg Burns'
ground rule double was the
hit that set up the first run.
Clinton added three more
runs in the third inning when
Don MacDonald started
things off by stretching a
single into a double with
some heads -up base running.
Ron Wells' fly ball to right
field advanced MacDonald
to third and Greg Burns
followed with a single up the
middle to score MacDonald.
Hans Leppington reached
base when his chopper to
first base bounded over the
fielder. Leppington went to
second as the throw by the
second baseman went into
the Clinton dugout. Butch
Fleet then delivered an RBI
bloop single to right field
scoring Burns. The Colts
made it 4-0 when Dan
Colquhoun's ground ball
scored Leppington from
third.
Four more runs in the
fourth inning put the Kin-
cardine Royals behind the
eight ball for good.
Again the Colts led off the
inning with a walk when
Dave Patterson was issued a
free pass. Patterson then
scored on a stand-up double
by Don MacDonald. Ron
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Wells advanced MacDonald
to third and MacDonald
scored on Greg Burns'
single. Burns advanced to
second on a throwing error
by the Royals shortstop.
Clinton continued to batter
the Royals pitching staff as
Hans Leppington hit a
looping double, scoring
Burns to make it 7-0 Colts.
A single by Butch Fleet
moved Leppington to third.
A wild pitch then scored
Leppington.
Clinton closed out the
scoring in the fifth and
eighth innings and the
Royals countered with only
one run. The final score 11-1
in favor of the home -town
Colts.
Scott MacDonald came in
to relieve Wildgen in the
ninth inning to seal the win.
Wildgen had faced only 29
batters over eight innings.
Clinton 3 Strathroy 1
On August 2, Clinton
travelled to Strathroy and
walked away with a 3-1 win.
Dave Patterson pitched a
strong g.:me for the Colts,
allowing no earned runs on
six hits, two walks and one
hit batsman.
The Colts jumped into a
first inning 2-0 lead ak Don
MacDonald started the rally
with a single to centre field.
The centrefielder bobbled
the ball allowing MacDonald
to scoot into second. Cal
Fremlin was then hit by a
pitch to put men on first and
second. Butch Fleet
executed a perfect bunt
advancing the runners to
second and third base. After
Hans Leppington popped out
to the second baseman, John
Hart lined a single to centre,
scoring both runners.
Strathroy put runners on
base in each of the first three
innings and all were thrown
out trying to steal third by
the rifle -like arm of catcher
Butch Fleet.
Greg Burns made it 3-0 in
the fourth inning when he
reached base on a walk,
advanced to second on a
passed ball and scored when
Dave Bartliff singled to
centre.
Fel-rete rides Springbank to $2,000 Pace win
By Lois Gibbings
Karen Fekete had only one
drive scheduled at Clinton
Raceway on Sunday after-
noon but she easily defeated
the "boys" while winning the
$2,000 Molsons Invitational
Pace with the four-year-old
Springfield pacer Spr-
ingbank, owned by Harvey
and Nadia Neff of Delaware.
Karen holds the World
Record on a five-eighths
mile track for women
drivers after winning in
1.56.3 with Bets Sparky at
Greenwood Raceway.
Springbank took a new 2.01
record in defeating Willvan
Duke with Jack Radcliffe up
for C. E. Clarke of Elmira
and Crawford McKeen driv-
ing Stepalong Joni for N. E.
and J. F. Paisley of Ilderton
and Susan Gordon of Wind-
sor, followed by Rock N
Wave and Sean Hanover.
Trotter G F Dillon return-
ed to the races on a winning
note after a three month
absence with
'John Mytr on
the bike for trainer Walter
Oster and partners Victor
Hargreaves of Brucefield
and Barry Miller of Kirkton.
Fred Sadler was second
driving Alissas Lad for
William Campbell of Seafor-
th.
Fred returned in the se-
cond to give Nuke Alert his
third win of the.year from 18
starts, equalling his 2.06.1
record taken on July 17 at
Clinton.
The three-year-old colt by
Alert Bret - Valleycreek Nuf-
fy by Goodnuff is owned by
Kevin Carter of Blyth and
trained by Paul Taylor of
Clinton.
Ross Battin took third
driving 0 W Dalrae for Clif-
ton Walsh of Brussels.
John Muir was second with
Kawartha Navaho for Alfred
Grummett of Stratford,
while Jim Watt of
Londesboro finished third
with his Miss Dawnglo in the
fifth.
Bill Budd gave Time Ticks
Bye, a nine-year-old gelding
with a 1.57.1 pacing record
and earnings over the
$150,000 mark, his first win
from 31 starts this year, tim-
ed in 2.07.2 in the sixth.
Second place finisher,
Merrywood Liz, a seven-
year-old mare by . Mer-
rywood Rick - Merrywood
Lady by Direct Noble, owned
by Ella Mcllroy of Grand
Bend and trained and driven
by Don Larkin,. was claimed
for $4,000 by Jim Taylor and
George Parker of Hensall.
She has a 2.03.1 record and
lifetime earnings to date off
$46,686.
Out All Knight, a seven-
year-old free -legged pacing
mare by Excel Knight -
Lesia Belle by Irish, had her
first lifetime win in 2.08.1 for
co -owner -driver Ron
Williamson and Bruce La-
mont of Seaforth, while John
Muir finished second with
Miss Krista Hal for Charles
Brindley of Goderich.
Randy Henry was third in
a 2.06.1 mile with Lissas Girl
for Bob and Ron Daer of
Goderich, while Jack Lemon
of Seaforth finished fourth
with Cane Cutter, a 12 -year-
old Meadow Al gelding, with
earnings of over $63,000 and
a 1.59.1 record.
Ross Battin won the tenth
in 2.08.4 with Dell Ridge Dus-
ty, owned by Alvin Johnston
of Granton, giving him three
wins for the day, as he had
also won with Missy
McBride and Midnight
Model.
The Ontario Sires Stakes
for two-year-old filly trotters
will be the featured event on
Sunday, August 14 at Clinton
Raceway.
Post -time is at 1:30 p.m.
with three qualifying races
held at 12:30 p.m.
Blazing Shot, a winner of
the $1,000 Preferred Pace at
Clinton last week, took a new
2.01.4 record at Elmira
Raceway on Friday night
with Ross Battin on the bike
for owner Larry Jeffrey of
Goderich.
Speedy Gesture, owned by
Frank Cook and Nancy
Holmes of Clinton, took a
new 2.03.2 trotting record at
Greenwood Raceway in
Toronto on August 5, while
competing for an $8,000
purse.
Countess Janet won in
2.06.3 at Elmira Raceway
with Ross Battin on the bike
for owner Ken Parke of Var-
na on August 1.
Ross also drove Dinos
Lady to a third place finish
in a 2.07.2 mile for Ron Kerr
of Goderich.
Ray Mathers was second
with K D Champ for the
Broken M Stables of
Goderich at Hanover on
August 3.
John Lester also finished
second with Johnny Freight,
co -owned by Ken Parke of
Varna in a 2.03.3 mile at
Dresden on August 7.
Three divisions of the On-
tario Sires Stakes for three-
year-old pacing fillies, going
for a total purse of $32,544,
were featured at Goderich
Raceway on August 4.
Trudy Omaha and driver
Wm. (Bud) Fritz won in
2.01.3 for owner Eugene
Forbes of Walkerton in the
third division, just one-fifth
of a second slower than Der-
by Gent's track record of
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2.01.2.
Dave Wall finished second
in this division with George
K Boyce's With The Wind
after winning both of the
earlier divisions with Dovers
Fancy in 2.04.1 and Dovers
Dottie in 2.03 for owner
Robert Chapple of Chatham.
Ross Battin was second to
Dovers Fancy with Fan-
tastico for Wally Yantz of
Bloomingdale.
Poplar Lynn won her
fourth of the year with Ross
Battin up for owner -trainer
Les Campbell of Seaforth in
a photo -finish over Sunrise
Bingo, driven by Randy
McLean for Douglas Kerr of
Dungannon.
Ted McLean finished third
with Deep Run Skipper, co -
owned by his wife Alma.
Dave Wall won the second
with Senor Painter for
Melvin and Keith Wilson of
Kerwood, while Randy
Henry finished second with
Roger B Quick for Art
Hodgins of Lucan.
Arnies Doll, a two-year-old
Scram" filly, was third for
owner Marianne Langille.
Handy Slipper was scratch-
ed from the third.
Peter Wave won his se-
cond in a row and took a new
2.07.1 record with Ross Bat -
tin on the bike for Bert
McBride of Goderich. John
Muir was second with Red
Oak Express for Gerald
Schenk of Crediton.
Rex G Ames took a new
2.09.4 record in winning his
second of the year from six
starts for owner Rex
Duckworth of Goderich with
his brother Jack on the bike.
Randy Henry was second
with Delightful poll for Lor-
raine Hands of Lucan, while
Chipwood „Muffin ended up
third for driver Carl and
Grant Fisher of Goderich.
Fred Sadler gave Annies
Redstar, owned by Clare
Woodburn of Parkhill, his se-
cond win in a row with a
2.05.2 mile in the eighth,
while Ross Battin took third
with Joellas Knight for Bill
Bennett of Seaforth, followed
by Gerry Roebuck with
Rustic Helene for Charles
and Clara Brindley of
Goderich.
Ross Battin had his third
win of the night in the tenth
with Noble Amy for trainer
Gord Kerr and owner Koop
De Groot of Goderich, while
Becky Hi was second with
Dale Kennedy up for Rene
Dupuis of Seaforth.
August 11 will be M.S. Day
(in aid of the fight against
Multiple Sclerosis) at
Goderich Raceway with
post -time at 7:45 p.m.
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Strathroy scored their lone
run in the fifth inning on a hit
batsman and a Fleming -Colt
error. Strathroy
threatened again in the last
inning when they loaded the
bases but, Dave Patterson
sent down the last two
batters with strike outs.
ugout Dust
Fans are urged to attend
Friday night's opening
playoff game in Clinton
against the London Juniors.
The Juniors beat the Colts 8-4
in London and the Colts
came from behind to beat
London 11-10 in Clinton. The
series swings back to London
on Sunday and returns to
Clinton on August 17, if
neccessary.
Clinton ace Casey Wildgen
is expected to start on
Friday night. Wildgen has
come on to pitch well this
season, filling a spot vacated
by Dan Colquhoun.
Colquhoun isn't expected to
pitch again this season,
however, he is back in the
lineup playing first base. His
bat is definitely a welcome
sight for the Colts as they
enter the playoffs.
Colts Manager John
Leppington says the Colts
are expected to play Arva on
August 20 as the Ontario
Baseball Association (OBA)
playdowns are expected to
begin.
sports
Fleming -Colts
Don MacDonald
Dan Colquhoun
John Hart
Cal Fremlin
Brent Daw
Cam MacDonald
Mike Wildgen
Hans Leppington
Butch Fleet
Ron Wells
Dave Bartliff
Greg Burns
Del Mitchelmore
Casey Wildgen
Scott MacDonald
Dave Patterson
Mike Chisholm
Other
Total
Final Stats
Pitching
W LSR BB
1 0 7 8
1 0 9 16
0 1 1 1
2 1 8 13
3 0 26 25
3 0 21 9
1 0 22 9
11 2 94 81
Dan Colquhoun 5
Casey Wildgen 5
Mike Wildgen 0
Scott MacDonald 2
Don MacDonald 2
Dave Patterson 2
Other 1
Total 17
AB RBI AVE.
100 21 .440
57 14 .439
67 10 .388
69 14 .362
24 6 .333
16 4 .313
3 0 .333
68 20 .294
49 8 .286
44 6 .273
68 9 .265
88 14 .261
44 8 .227
23 4 .217
10 3 .200
52 11 .192
28 0 .071
7 2 .142
817 154 .307
H SO HBP ERA
34 35 1 1.50
28 36 1 1.88
3 3 0 3.00
19 15 1 2.70
50 24 1 5.52
20 12 1 5.35
21 7 0 37.15
175 132 5 4.28
Clinton Mosquitoes
bow to Kincardine
The Clinton Mosquitoes
were defeated in their last
home game by Kincardine
on August 8 at Flemings Soc-
cer Field. The strong Kin-
cardine team outscored the
Clinton boys 6-5.
Kincardine opened the
scoring with two quick goals,
followed by a goal from
Brian Kiss, assisted by
Devon Colquhoun. Within
minutes, Kincardine went
ahead 3-1. Devon Colquhoun
came back with two quick
goals, one being a penalty
kick before the half ended.
The second half began as a
new game but Kincardine
came out strong and soon
were two goals up. Clinton
again had a penalty kick and
Colquhoun was able to net
his third goal of the night.
Mike Ladd rounded out the
Clinton scoring with assists
going to Stephen Vandendool
and Brian Kiss but were
unable to catch Kincardine.
A strong game was played
by Andrew Dykstra on
defence, our U.S. import,
Whit Wylie at halfback and
Derek Jefferson in goal.
Clinton travels to Goderich
next Thursday night for their
last scheduled game of the
season.
The Mosquito Cup Tourna-
ment will be August 20 in
Port Elgin, to round off the
'83 soccer season.
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