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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-07-04, Page 13its, By Rod tints CFL preview '84 Argo -13.C. Cu The 1984 Canadian Football League (CFL) officially kicked off their season last weekend and all indications are that last years Grey Cup representatives will repeat this year. Football fans can expect to . see the Toronto Argonauts and the- B.C. Lions reappear in the Grey Cup showdown, although the Lions may get a run for theilr money from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Here's how they'll • EMT • Toronto Ottawa. Hamilton Montreal finish:" WEST B.C. Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton. Saskatchewan CFI East The CFL Eastern Division will literally be a dog fight for second, third and fourth place. First place will go to the defending Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts. The Argos have improved themselves both defensively and offensively. Their quarterback system of Condredge Holloway and Joe Barnes is the best combination in the league. One of the most " important additions to Toronto's potent run -and -shoot offense is running back Lester -Brown. Brown, who replaces speedster Cedric Minter (departed to the USFL with half of the CFL) looked. sharp in last Sunday's win over Saskatchewan. Brown should easily fill the shoes of Minter in future games. Look for wide receivers Terry Greer and Emanuel Tolbert to supply the Argos with a pass ' catching attack that will score an abundance of points- Although both are recovering from minor injuries, they should lead the league in the catching department (if Edmonton's Brian Kelly slows down! ). The acquisition of allstar defensive lineman Vince Goldsmith is a real plus for Toronto. Goldsmith, combined with another allstar David Boone, should provide the Argos with an excellent pass rush. Paul Bennett, another western allstar, joins the Argos for the second time in' his career and should provide the tearmwith an excellent punt returner and a seasoned defensive back. ' The Argos are still the pride of . the E ast ern Division and should be in Edmonton for the 1984 Grey Cup. Hamilton Ticats . Dieter -. Brock's performance at quarterback may well decide how the Ticats the major improvements are to the team's offense. . Roekie slotbackHenry Vereen,is expected to give the Lions some more power up the middle. Jir i Sandusky was added to the receiving corps - and mill complement Swervin' Mervyn Fernandez and Ned. Armour. • ' , Defensively, the Lions have the best quarterback rushing unit in the league. Jaynes. "Quick" Parker was swept out, of Edmonton. and the Lions wasted no time inserting him in the line-up as their rushbacker. The Lions front four are just plain mean. Nick Hebler, Rick Klassen and Mack Moore will resernble'a Mack truck in motion. The team could be weaker in the secondary positions, that is if the opposition quarterbacks can get the ball past the front four. Rookies Darnell Clash; Mel Byrd and. Andre Jones move in to replace Kerry Parker and Jo Jo Heath, who played, out their options. Fang can expect to see the Lions leading the western pack this season and a Grey Cup appearance looks promising. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alot of people pre4 ict that Winnipeg will battle the Lions for fi sit place in the west. Offensively, the Bo hers roster is almost untouched from last year. Tom Clements and John Hufnagel will split the quarterbacking duties and give the Bombers one of the better one-two combinations in the league. Running back Willard Reaves is back in top form after recovering from a knee injury. Reaves should lead the west in rushing and also gives the Bombers a quick out for short passes. The defensive secondary could be a hole in the Bomber's chances of taking the west. Paul Bennett, the cornerstone in the secondary i gone to Toronto and the replacement look shakey•at best. Calgary Stampeders The 'addition of two excellent receivers may be one of the biggest differences in the performance of ' the Stamps this season. Nate Johnson, former Eskimo Tom Scott • and- rookie import Rick -Massie should put some points on the board for the Calgary squad. Danny Barrett and Bernard Quarles will supply the Stamps with a quarterbacking ' system that should- function well. The quarterbacking situation in' Calgary has been an unsteady position for years. Defensively'. Danny Bass will .be missed as their solid linebacker. Lyall Woznesensky • p 7.7 will finish in the tight Eastern Division. joins Steve Wilburn, Randy Trautman and Brock still possesses one of.the most Walter Ballard as a quality front four. powerful throwing arms in the eague and The offensive .lineand secondary are has the . smarts to direct the team' basically the same as last season. • • offensively. Most of the Ticats are b$ick from last season, however, most of them are not of all- ' star ll-'star. calibre and this will be the biggest reason for the teams lack of progress. • Ottaway Rough Riders • The Rough Riders are in a similar position with Hamilton - much of the team's success • will depend • 'on the efficiency:- of their quarterback J.C. Watts. The Rider's line-up is virtually unchanged • from last season. New faces include veteran Canadian receiver Dwight Edwards and ex- Argo Ron Egleson on the defensive line. Skip Walker, who led the CFL in rushing last .season, will lead the Ottawa ground game. . , The, bottom line on the performance of Ottawa is based on the performance of Watts. If he can -lead the offense, Ottawa • • should make a determined run at second place. • . Montreal Concordes Despitesome changes inthe line-up, the Cords are destined to be -the doormats of the Eastern Division. M,pst of their hopes, are on rqokie quarterback. Turner Gill: If Gill doesn't pan out, look for veteran Gerry. Datillio to take over the- show. Still, a quarterback isn't going to carry the Cords very far: Their receivers have been inconsistentin the past, however, this is a reflection qn their quarterbacks as well. Defensively, Montreal has added rushbacker Steve Racquet from Holy Cross. He will have to. play like Superman to cover up for the rest of the holes in the Cords defense. Look for an improved performance from Calgary and a third place finish. Edmonton Eskimos •The once powerful Eskies have undergone a complete overhaul inall areas of the team. • Goodbye All-star quarterback Warren Moon, hello back, up Matt Dunnigan. It is , time to rebuild. Gon_ a is wide receiver Waddell.Smith and in is rookie -Brian Allen: Gone is -running - back Jim Germany in is Larry Cowan. Veteran, Brian Kelly will be the Eskies biggest receiving threat. David° Boone and Dave Fennell are gone from the defense. and Mark Schuinate and James' Hunter -will replace them. •With James Parker gone from the defense, Stewart Hill comes in. The bright spot in the defense is at linebacker, where veteran Dan Kepley and Danny Bass will be tough. • • • The teams mixture of veterans will .keep the once.proud Eskimos out of the Western Division basement, but the team is no threat for first. place. The time for rebuilding is now for Edmonton. • Saskatchewan Roughriders • The Roughriders have been clawing hard for. respectability but' I don't think they'll get it this season. . ' • The team has added ex-B.C. Lion .Joe 'Paopao as the team's quarterback, 'however, I think that Paopao's careerrhraS ''- ' reached the end of the line. Sammy Greene and Tim Kearse, both ex - Lions, Should help the offense but not enough to make the difference. Defensively,, a crew of ex -Argos are the main changes. Rick Mohr,' Matthew'Teague and Ken' McEachcrn will improve the defense that may need help after losing ,linebacker Frapk Robinson. , On Thursday night, the Clinton Pee wee Girls lost a. heartbreaker as Stanley. Township edged them 21-20. Pictured is a Stanley baserunner getting back to third base by the skin of her teeth. Clinton's record is now 0-2, following two close losses. (Rod Hilts photo) Lawn bowlers out in full ford CLINTON. - This month, the local jitneys ! held Tuesday and. Thursday evenings had a good turnout of bowlers. The winners for the month of June were: Audrey Walsh, - Watt Newcombe, Elmer Murray, Lois- Haines, Rose Wilkes, Don Ellwood and Della Slavin. • The Clinton Club's first outside tourna- West - B.C. Lions B.C. has made a number of changes but Grey Cup will go to the B.C. Lions Colts 1ose.3'2 to -Thorndale By Rod Hilts THOR.NDALE - The Clinton Fleming - Colts, baseball team travelled here last Tuesday night and dropped a 3-2 decision. The loss represents Clinton's fourth one -run defeat of the season. It was also the fourth time they've lost while outhitting the opposition. ' The loss left Clinton's record at 7-5, second in the Great Lakes Northern Division. The Exeter. Seniors have crept into first place with a 7-4 record. The Colts rapped out 11 hits to Thorndale's . nine but left -a total, of 16 runners on base; nine on second or third. Clinton opened the scoring in the second inning on Dave Bartliff's lead-off home run. Brent Daw .then doubled to left field and went to third on Bill Tugwell's single. Don MacDonald, who pitchedAnd took the loss. for Clinton, .then singled scoring Da* to give Clinton a 2-0 lead. . Thorndale tied the score in their half on a pair of singles and catcher interference. The game remained scoreless until 'thq sixth inning when Thorndale stored the winning run, which was unearned.' Williamson went all the.way to third on an error by the shortstop. Williamson then scored on a single by Nelson. -• Daw, Tugwell and Greg Burns led. the, Colts' attack with two hits each. Dugout Dust' Colts' first baseman Hans Leppington will be out two to three weeks with a shoulder injury. • The team will be having a big chicken barbecue on July 28 at the Community Park. -The Colts are hoping to bring in an American team to play an exhibition game on that day. Tickets will be available, for $5 each. The Colts signed veteran pitchers Casey Wildgen '.and Mark Nicholson to the team la3t week. The two are expected to join the team soon. Clinton's next home game is Friday night at 41 p.m: when they host Kincardine. 'Kincardine has slumped\ to 5-4 but has beaten the Colts.twice this season. .On Sunday, they host Thorndale at 7 p.m. and Wednesday they host Walkerton for an 8 p.m. game. - ment (Newcombe Family Trophy) was" cancelled because of rain. The club hopes to reschedulethe event. at one of .their outside (M.D.) tournaments. The first stage of, the P.L.B.A. -men's singles was held at Clinton with Lee• Ryan of Goderich - winning. Clinton club member Cliff Ashton was runner-up. We're at your service OUR EVERYDAY SERVICE PRICES RING CLAWS 4 Claws Retipped Each additional claw. RING SIZIN.G Sizing up - first size Each additional ,size up Sizing Down. - regardless of how many sizes �■ AH our service work done at An.stett Manufacturing Limited, by our own certified Goldsmiths Estimates and consultations^ at no charge. 24. 5. GOLD CHAIN Solder, �. WATCH BATTERY INSTALLATIONS .. . 4® NSTETT JEWELLERS Main Corner CLINTON 482.3:001 WE'RE NOT AGLCIIANS _ BUT... YOU'LL THINK IT'S MAGIC THE WAY WE CLEAN UP AND BEAUTIFY YOUR LAWN! call now for Summer Fertilizin Get great grass from By Rod Hilts CLINTON - The Recreation Committee released their budget figures last week, revealing an 18 per cent increase. ,in the town's 1984 recreation budget. The grant from the Town of Clinton increased. from $103,852 in 183 to $127,545.. This subsidy is raised by the town through taction. - VThe increase is primarly a p1oduct-of the rejuvenation of the whole recreation systein- within Clinton,. We're making better Use of - the town's facilities and ' resources," Recreation Director Kevin Duguay said: ExFenditures are anticipated to increase $58,716 in 1984 to $289,979, compared to , $231,263 spent last year. - Mr. Duguay ,explained .that there are a . number of factors. relating to the increase. He noted that the increase. is accounted for because more - recreational services are being offered. Wages and increased staff were the main items contributing to the budget increase. Mr. Duguay said that the Recreation Committee, has hired more staff than in previous summers because of an expanded pool and playground- program and the addition of the park maintenance project in conjunction with the Clinton Raceway Inc. A breakdown in the expenditures for 1984 reveals that arena staff wages are expected to increase. In 1983, the actual arena staff wages were $41,096, however, this year they are projected to increase by $11,541 to $52,637. The increase is due to wage hikes ( maximum five per cent) of staff and the hiring of a fourth arena -park person during the summer months. The hiring of a Recreation Director in the town is anticipated to increase costs $7,704 over • last year's part time employee's salary, who was paid $10,546. Mr. Duguay's salary for 1984 is projected to be. $18,250 - (excluding January, February and two weeks of March, before the hiring). The hiring of three hill time employees during the summer to work as a track maintenancecrew will mean salaries and benefits of $7,685 in 1984. Mr. Duguay said the project is a joint venture funded by the Recreation Committee and ; Clinton Raceway Inc. The project will be an attempt at maintaining ideal track and community park conditions. . The operation of another, concession booth under the grandstand, has meant another large expenditure, but additional revenue is expected to offset the costs. - "We've had to absorb staff wage requirements in operating two cocessions. The concessions. will be. open rcire often. Their' hours will compliment': oth • t 'e community park and arena activities," M. Duguay. said. The expansion of a second concession booth has meant an increasedexpenditure this year of.$9,000, representing an -increase of 0,520: Lastryear, the canteen expenditure was $5 480 • 24.'42 CALL THE WE GUARANTEE RESULTS With expansion iof the a een revenue is expected toiincrease $19,00A� An added expenditure this. year le: tinder the Experience '84 Art program. The Recreation. Committee has budgeted $3,223 for wawa and supplies for the, program. The committee is responsible paying•?§ per cent of . the • wages ,and; v *gated for materials ' • . The Committee erects a grant of .$2,192 from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture to offset the.cos.ts of this program, 'Because of the -expanded recreational activities being offered teo . the ..public,. advertising and brochures have been added. to this year's recreation budget. This represents a new expenditure projection of $2,200. Supplying some of the new recreational. programs• with materials and wages for staff has meant anticipated expenditures totalling $2,866. The new programs include Aerobics, Trim -a -size, Peanuts Palace; Sports n' Stuff and Movie Night. "The actual recreation program, in terms of contractedinstructors has increased," Mr. Duguay said. These programs are expected to bring in additional revenue of $4,168. An' expanded ball hockey program is expected to bring an additional $530 in revenue, to a total of • $1,200. Also in the ' budget is $1,900 for construction of a cement lime -storage shed, and improvement tothe ball diamond wiring system. Under capital expenses, the Recreation Committee is planning to purchase gymnastics equipment costing an estimated • $1,000. The gymnastics courses are anticipated to have extra revenue of $456 for a total of $1,950 in 1984. The $8,000 cost for a new wading pool is listed under capital expenditures even though the funds for the project were - received through donations from the' Bingo Committee and the Lions Club. The donation -- of $8,000 is also listed under revenue in the budget. • • Another de radon-ksted under anticipated revenue is '$5,103'coming frpm. the Clinton Raceway. That donation 'is part of a cost sharing venture between the Raceway and the Committee for a new water line that feeds the raceway and the pools. Mr. Duguay noted that when preparing a - budget the committee must, "expect minimum revenue and . -maximum- expenditure. We must prepare for. the 'worst in most regards:" Mr. Duguay. said the Committee has anticipated that ere will be an increase in revenue -throng . arena and auditorium rentals in 1984. "We're trying to mi'!te the -arena facilities more attractive;" Mr. Duguay noted. _ "There are - expenditures attributed to revenue items: • However, . we are, . - not -intending to lose money on there. We intend to break even," -Mr. Duguay added, Goclerich, ;.ALD • we carry in stock HERBRANDTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT with access to 156 other tool lines. Companies such as O.TLC., K -D & CENTRAL, CALVAN, LISLE AND MITUTOYO, ETC. yru�.Y SpEci�►L$1_ L ONG 7,16"o N WRENCHES ; • Phone: RoiBaxter 348 '8850after6p m. FOR MON! •LY- SPECIALS