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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-05-23, Page 16man was pleased with her greatest throw ever in shotput which gave her a ninth. Other results were Terry Cox, who placed 13th in the discus, Kevin Scheiminger, who took seventh in high hump, Julie Howson, who placed eleventh in high jump, Bryan Boyce, who set a meet record lastweek managed a fifth in high jump and Calvin Kerr took a 12th in the Javelin. Eighteen competitors took part in the meet and the Clinton athlete's placed in the top two-thirds. In all CHSS has had a good track and field team as previous meets have shown. Scott Millar will noiv be competing in the Chatham regionals this weekend. VANASTRA RESIDENTS Trash Pick -Up Friday, May 25th at 1 p.m. Chamney Sanitation 12 filAYaa't *4;1; 1%1004 • .'T4ifi h arts eport on Sports By Rod Hilts Soviet boycott easily predicted a Moscow request to dock a cruise ship in Long Beach Harbor to serve as a Soviet headquarters during the games. The Soviet Union's boycott of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics is nothing more than a pay back for the U.S. led boycott of the Moscow Games held in 1980. It could have been predicted four years ago. Four years ago, the United States led a 56 - nation boycott of the Moscow games because of the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. The boycott all but ruined the Moscow Games but more importantly it tarnished the pride of the Communist Super Power. The Soviet Union is dominant in most Olympic sports and when their 1980 showcase of Soviet superiority was ruined by the boycott, the scar was more than skin deep. Political circus It's too bad the Olympic Games have to turn into a political circus - but that's the way it is. The Soviet Union and the United States are expected to do well in the Olymics because they are the world's top political powers. The actual battle on the track pits Democracy vs. Communism. Sometimes athletic ability is a secondary consideration when politics plays such a prominent role in the games. Soviets scared? The Russians continue to justify their position to boycott the Olympics by saying they cannot send their athletes because of security risks. Their main concern seems to be that Soviet athletes may be the target of terrorist groups and kidnappers. Granted, Los Angeles is not quite as safe as the streets of Clinton might be, but the United States government had assured the Soviet athletes' safety. On top of the commitment, the U.S. government had agreed to allow at least 25 charter flights by state-owned Aeroflot into the country. The government also approved Athletes suffer Runners, high jumpers, shot putters, javelin throwers and all other Olympic. competitors suffer when boycotts occur. At present 10 Russian -allied . nations have pulled out of the Los Angeles games and the number seems to be escalating daily. Years of training and devotion are thrown out the window because of some political games. Individual pride is shelved for a national cause. Lack competition Let's face it, athletes winning at the Los Angeles Games this year won't be 100 per cent satisfied. The world's best will not be there. The western athletes virtu) trained so hard to go head-to-head with the Soviets will be robbed of the challenge. The medal, literally won't be worth it's weight in gold. Fans suffer Since the games with be lacking some of the world's best athletes, interest from a fan's stand point will be squashed. No one wants to watch the second-best in action. The ABC network also stands to become big losers over the boycott situation. The broadcasting company spent $225 million for the television rights of the games, and stand to lose because of reduced ratings. An alternative? A simple solution to avoid these boycotts is to hold the Olympics on neutral ground. Hold it in a country that is not politically bound to the super powers. Perhaps the games ')'should return to Greece, their original birthplace. One thing is for sure if the political gamesdon't stop, the athletic ones will cease to exist. Huron Foster Parents Canoe race raises 8300 Despite wet snow and cold temperatures' on Mother's Day, th ,_•Huron County Foster Parents 12 mile canoe race starting south of Wingham and ending in the Wawanosh Con- servation Area attracted 66 participants and raised over $300 for the foster parents' association "If the weather had been better, we would have had better participation. But, you can't really cancel a canoe race since there are so many scheduled throughout the season," says organizer Dick Kloss, of Brucefield. Winners of the senior men's cruising class were: first, Peter Slowiak and Edward Plaice; second, Tony Gibbings and David Construction Ltd. For ail your: °Window °Door °Siding needs Authorized Deal,er for, tw iwm winnows mc. Alcan asorn.r o... Dublin 345-2405 Pullen; third, Ian and Richard Day. The junior men's cruising class, winners were: first, Phil Wood and Matt Dynes; second, Max Gunby and Phil Lovel; third, David Capling and Peter Locke. Mixed cruising class winners were: first, 'Urb Bawalbe and Wendy Bawalbe and se- cond, Rene Makoux and Martin Beaudine. Family cruising class winners were: first, Sid Strahge and Darryl Cadieux and second, Paul Doxsteder and Sherry MacDonald. In the senior kayak class, Max Zupan was the only competitor. Junior kayak winners were: first, Trevor Rickwood and second, Rob Pollock. Senior men's racing class winners were: first, Ted Cowan and Dean Rutledge; se- cond, Rick Kloss and Rene Boogemans; third, Dick Kloss and Chris MacDonald. Junior men's racing class winners were: first, Rob McLellan and Len Helay; second, Greg Scroggs and Dan Van Loon. Mixed racing class: first, Don Williams and Peter Harbochian and second, Gary and Tricia Hawkins and junior ladies' racing class win- ners were: first, Dana Kloss and Robin Novak; second, Karen Cowan and Lisa Glanville and third, Rachel Bunn and Bar- bara Hawkins. BACHERT MEATS `Try our own smoked pork chops for the bar -b -q season' ''r,� CUSTOM KILLING, FREEZING Cutting & Wrapping Ng. KILL DAY ON TUESDAY All meat Gov't. Inspected on the farm . 1 MILE EAST OF WALTON 887-9328 Coach pleased with Colts' performance By Rod Hilts CLINTON - A lack of practice time for the Fleming -Colts was evident in last Wednesday night's season opener as the team was slow out of the starting gates in dropping a 6-5 game to the Kincardine Royals. Mental mistakes on the base paths and a couple of fielding errors plagued Clinton, in a game they trailed from the outset. Despite the loss, Coach Brian "Sly" Kennedk was pleased with his club's performance. "We played quite well for our first game, especially considering our lack of practice time-;" Kennedy said. Brian Catto picked up the victory for the Kincardine Royals, going two and two- thirds innings in relief of starter Joe Mussellman. Veteran fast -bailer Mike Petter came in with two out in the bottom of the seventh to earn the save. Clinton's Andy Flowers took the loss in his first debut as a pitcher in Senior C Ball. Flowers relieved starter Mike Williscraft in the top of the fourth before giving way to Don MacDonald in the sixth inning. The lack of practice on Clinton's behalf was obvious early into the first inning as catcher Dan Colquhoun missed a foul pop-up 12 -feet behind home plate. A lack of direction from his infielders played a big part in Colquhoun's miscue. Walks costly The Royals got on the score sheet in the second inning when a lead-off walk eventually led to a runt. Dave Cooper earned a free -pass on five pitches and stole second on the next pitch. Archie Pickett's ground - shot double under the glove of second baseman Greg Burns scored Cooper. The Royals continued their strategic advance of base' runners as Mussellman beat out a grounder and advanced Pickett to third base. Williscraft then issued a walk to Randy McLeod, loading the bases •for Petter. Petter drew a walk and the Royals were up 2-0. Newly -acquired shortstop Mark Robinette' from Seaforth got Clinton out of the inning as he snagged, a line drive and threw to third base, where Dave Bartliff stepped on the bag for the out. Clinton got their act together in the third inning when a walk issued to- rookie Bill Tugwell got the ball rolling. Pitcher Williscraft then looped a single to centre field to put men on first and second. Some good base running by Tugwell prevented the Royals from picking him off at second base on the play. After Del Mitchelmore flied out in foul territory, Burns grounded out to advance the base runners. Veteran Colquhoun then demonstrated the meaning of timely hitting when he sliced a double to left field scoring both Tugwell and Williscraft. Hans 1Leppington struck out to end the inning. Double trouble The Kincardine crew bounced back in the fourth inning as they teed off on relief man Flowers and the Fleming -Colts' outfielders. Rob Davidson swatted Flowers' first offering off the centre -field fence for a stand-up double. After Pickett flied out to left field, Mussellman scored Davidson Scott Miller, an 18 -year-old grade 12 student at CHSS recently became the WOSSA champion for his shotput abilities. He will be competing in Chatham in the western competition next Saturday. ( Wendy Somerville photo) We have 4 Greenhouses full of Bedding Plants bursting into bloom Take the time to look through our entire collection before choosing this year's plants! ON SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY! 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In both instances the Clinton outfielders were playing too shallow. McLeod drove in Kincardine's second run when his grounder to short got past Robinette for another double. Petter grounded out and Dave Wilken flied out to end the Royal's rally. Clinton showed signs of a come back in their half of the fourth when Mike Chisholm and Tugwell walked with two out. Flowers grounded out to end the inning. A walk cost the Fleming -Colts a run in the fifth when Kevin Hedley walked and was driven in by a sharp single to right field by Pickett, making the score 5-2 in favor of the visitors. Bad judgement Don MacDonald, the league's most valuable player during the 1983 season, will be the first person to admit he made a base - running error in the bottom of the fifth, inning. MacDonald led off the inning with a hot smash deep to left field and appeared to have a stand-up double. Instead of settling for two, MacDonald turned on the after burners and dug for three but was nailed cold turkey at third on a good relay throw. Bltrns followed with a walk and advanced to second on a blooper to right field by Colquhoun- Robinette struck out but went to first after the catchers missed the ball. Bartliff ripped a single into left field scoring Burns and Colquhoun to make it a one -run game. Series of errors A blotched pick -off attempt cost •the Fleming -Colts the winning run in the sixth inning. Pitcher Don MacDonald tried to pick off Pollock but the ball dipped into the dirt past rookie first baseman Ian Peck. Pollock advanced to third on the play. MacDonald walked Hedley and again tried to pick off the baserunner. Again, the ball got past Peck and Pollock scored easily from third. Clos but no cigar The seventh andfinal inning was almost a savior for Clinton. The Fleming -Colts sent seven men to the plate but only managed to come away with one run. Colquhoun led off the inning with a walk. After Peck struck out, Robinette walked. Bartliff singled to left but Colquhoun was out on the force to third. Kevin Adams followed with a walk, loading the bases for rookie Rob Blake. Blake responded by slapping a grounder that the second baseman bobbled, allowing Robinette to score. Go with the power The Royals went with fire -bailer Mike. Petter to face Flowers with two out and the bases loaded. Petter, who possesses possibly the hardest fast ball in the league, disposed of Flowers in four pitches. Following the game, Manager John Leppington said "We've had four or five guys in the game that haven't seen a ball all year." Veteran Dan Colquhoun summed up the game by saying "It's not the soundest game we've ever played." Colts take season openers against WaIkrton Fleming's Clinton colts got their first two wins of the season after an opening day loss defeating Walkerton 10 - 5 and Southwest London 19 -15. In the Walkerton game on Friday night the big hit came off the bat of Clinton rookie Andy Flowers with the bases loaded m the eighth inning scoring all three. Scott Mac- Donald got the win allowing one hit in relief' of Dan Colquhoun over the last four innings: Don MacDonald and Dan Colquhoun had three hits each to lead the Colts. Clinton opened the scoring in the first with two quick runs and added one in the second for a 3 - 1 lead. Walkerton came back with runs in the fourth, fifth, and two in the sixth to take a two run lead. The Colts had a chance to break the game open in the fourth when they loaded the bases with nobody out but Walkerton got Clinton's second, third and fourth hitters in order to end the rally. Clinton tied the score in the seventh and then came up with five runs in the eighth for, the win. Monday night's game in Byron had to be seen to be 'believed. The Colt's took a 1 - 0 lead in their half of the 1st inning but then the wheels fell off. London came storming back with six runs in the first and five in the second for a 11-1 lead. By the end of the fifth inning London had upped the score to 14 - 4 and were really rubbing it in when the local boys decided enough was enough and .ex- ploded for 15 runs in the sixth and a 19 - 14 lead. Clinton sent 19 men to plate in the inn- ing on 10 hits and six walks. Clinton rookie Randy Keys got the win going three and two- thirds innings in relief of Mike Williscraft allowing four runs on three hitsFour walks and hit on batter. Don MacDonald got the save Dan Colquhoun and Del Mitchelmore had three hits each for the Colts with all three of Del's coming in the sixth • inning: Dan Colquhoun and Greg Burns had four and three RBI's respectively. Don MacDonald and Dan Colquhoun are leading the Colts at the plate batting .700 and .727. , The Colts next game is on Wednesday night at 7:30 against Exeter and then they are off Until June 8 when they, host Walker- ton. Practices Sunday morning at • 10 a.m. Come out and see the Colts: WOSSA champion Scott Millar advances to regionals By Janet Tench At the WOSSA Competition on May 17 and 18 the only one Central Huron Secondary School student finished with a placing that would advance him to the Regionals to be geld this weekend. Scott Millar added another medal to his collection by placing third in the shotput. This is the event he will be competing in at the Regionals. As well, Scott placed sixth in the Javelin. Many personal bests were achieved at the two-day WOSSA meet. Austin Roorda plac- ed fifth in the triple jump with his longest leap ever. (Figures not available at press time). Roger Strykey sprinted his fastest 400 m. ever to take 8th place and Jackie Nor- * SIX MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM * WELL BUILT, DEPENDABLE, DURABLE * PERFORMANCE, HANDLING & COMFORT * MORE VALUE FOR YOUR.MONEY VOLVO A car you can believe in. 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