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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-07-08, Page 9.0011111011. Sports spots It has certainly been an interesting past week in sports. Let's see now, the Canadian Football League had a few very entertaining games, the Toronto Blue Jays dropped to five games back of the Yankees, a Cana- dian almost won the Canadian Open, and the Outlaws lost another ball hockey game. Of course, all of the CFL bashers will recall from last season that those football games were the most important bit of sporting news to me. It seems the recent disbanding of the Montreal franchise has brought many amateur psychics out of the closet who can see into the future of the CFL. According to these people, the league is as good as finished. Here's a prime example of that. One of my sisters, a big Jays fan, called my mother's place in Mississauga during the Winnipeg -Ottawa game. Just before get- ting off of the phone she told my mother, "Enjoy the game, it might be your last," or something equally critical. Ah, yes, that's the way to lend your sup- port to one professional league in this country that is truly Canadian. Granted, the teams do have their share of foreign players, but at least the teams themselves are all from Canadian cities. CFL press coverage also tends to leave a bit to be desired. On any given day baseball is sure to get full coverage in all of the daily papers. However, you would think the day after a great football game baseball might be bumped back. Unfor- tunately, the only news I could find on the Hamilton Ti -Cats and the Edmonton Eskimos was a Canadian Press story that ran in the dailies. But, this colunvi wasn't meant to con- centrate on the woes of the CFL, so we'll move on. In regards to a few of the weekend games, the league couldn't have asked for much more. Following Toronto's 33-33 tie with Saskatchewan, you would almost Sports CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987—Page 9 swear the league is fixed. One thing the Roughriders could not af- ford was another loss with their atten- dance down and the doomsaYers predic- ting their collapse. The Argos were also searching for their first win of the season. So, what happens? The Argos pull way ahead of Saskatchewan, who in turn put on a crowd pleasing burst at the end df the game to tie it up. To add to the suspense the Argos scored in the first overtimethalf, and the Roughriders scored in the second. Sound fixed to you? Now, all of you National Football League fans, tell me again how the CFL is so bor- ing compared to the American games. You can't really get much closer, or more ex- citing, than a tie in two overtime periods. . Of course, Hamilton's 36-33 loss to Ed- monton was also a great game,•but we'll move from the CFL over to the Toronto Blue Jays. I won't pretend to know a whole lot about American League ball. I came pretty close to jumping on the Blue Jay bandwagon and writing a column about them when they were pulling away from the Yankees, but I held off. It was probably a good thing. Now, don't get me wrong. I am definitely a Blue Jays supporter; I support every professional team that comes out of Toron- to. It's just that I can't get too excited about a single game when I know there are so many to be played over the season. Before continuing this part of the column I thought it would be a good idea to check the sports section, and see that the Jays haven't moved about in the standings. It looks like some good news for baseball followers. With their win on Monday night, they climbed to half a game over Detroit, and only four back of the Yankees. After seeing (or reading about) them go- ing 11 wins for no losses in early June, it is hard to believe they have dropped to six wins and 21 losses since then. However, I'm not going to try and sound like I know what I'm talking about in this area, because I don't. One thing I do know was that the Jays finally got some of the recognition they have earned in a recent issue of Sports Il- lustrated. Although it was only a four page layout, it is a start. Canadian Open Did you know that in the 73 years that Canadian Open has been running, a Cana- dian golfer has won it only once. This occurred 34 years ago when the late Pat Fletcher was the winner. Well, Vancouver's Richard Zokol did his best to break the drought during this years tournament, and came pretty close. Going into the final round, he was even tied for the lead, but dropped back to seventh place by the finish. W Outlaws Well, those were a few national sporting events that caught my eye this past week. Before signing off however, just a brief mention of the Outlaws. So far our team hasn't been shining on in Clinton's ball hockey league. The closest we have come to a win, is two ties. However, we're still having fun, aren't we? Well, I am, anyways. Tykes win one in Strathroy ball tournament STRATHROY - The Clinton Tykes recent- ly competed in a Strathroy tournament where they came away with a one win, two loss record. In their first tournament garne this local team was defeated 6-5 by St. Thomas. The Tykes first run came from Nathan Burns. They were able to accumulate a few runs in the fourth inning when Blin Lobb drove out a double to send Bryan Watson home. Ryan Crawford hit Bryan home to br- ing Clinton up to three runs, one behind St. Thomas. After St. Thomas increased their lead with two more runs, Clinton almost tied it up in the seventh inning with a few runs of their own, but couldn't quite make it and ended up with the 6-5 loss. The Clinton boys had better luck in the se- cond game as they beat the host team, Strathroy, 14-10. They got off to a good start in the first inn- ing with eight runs off some strong hitting from Nathan Burns, Ben Lobb, Mike Horner and Neil Atkinson. Although Nathan Burns pitched a good game, Stratroy held their own until the fifth inning when Clinton pulled ahead 12-9. The Tykes drove in two more runs in the seventh to give them their only tournament win. Neil Atkinson started off the third game against North Park as pitcher with Nathan Burns acting as clean-up man. The Clinton team had a rough match in this final game as North Park defeated them 10-2. Nathan Burns hit Ben Lobb home for one Clinton run, and the other came when Brayn Watson hit Ryan Crawford in. The team will be playing in a Walkerton tournament over the, weekend. Their first game starts at 11:30 a.m. Smokies continue long winning streak The Clinton A Mixed Mites continued a five game winning stre2k in Goderich on Ju- ly 6. After a thrilling extra inning to break, a fifth inning tie the Little Smokies got in three runs in the' sixth to defeat Goderich No. 1 16-13. The next game is at the Optimist Park on July 16th at 6:30 p.m. when they face Stanley Township. On July 19 a Beef Supper will be held at the Clinton Raceway featuring "Martin Bums and Buccaneers tied in men's ball hockey standings GP W Bums 9 7 Buccaneers 8 6 Rattz 8 6 Porch Climbers 8 4 Flying Dutchmen 8 3 Fleming's 8 1 Skidz 8 1 Outlaws 8 0 Top Ten Goal Scorers GP G Bob Ladd (BUCS) 8 9 Rob Dupee ( BUGS) 8 12 ,John Scruton (R) 8 12 Wayne Smith ( BUMS) 8 5 Mark Cantelon ( BUMS) 7 9 Jeff Van Wyk (FD) 8 10 Randy Marriage (R) 6 9 L T Pts 1 0 14 0 2 14 1 1 13 3 1 9 4 1 7 6 1 3 7 0 2 6 2 2 A 14 10 10 13 5 4 4 PTS 23 22 22 18 14 14 13 Tim McGregor ( BUMS) 8 9 Ron McKay (R) 8 5 Vince Brochu (BUCS) 8 4 Top Three Goaltenders GP GA 1. Paul Seebach 7 14 2. Jeff Roy 8 19 3. Shane Durnin 8 22 .July 2 scores: Rattz 8, Skidz 4; Bums 8, Fleming's 3; Porch Climbers 5, Outlaws 1; Flying Dut- chmen 3, Buccaneers 3. July 9 Games: 7:30 Flying Dutchmen vs Porch Climbers; 8:30 p.m. Buccaneers vs Outlaws; 9:30 p.m. Skidz vs Fleming's; 10:30 p.m. Rattz vs Bums. 4 13 8 13 9 13 AVE 2.00 2.38 2.75 €,,peoting the Fruit of the. The Sonshi wnne Patch 6 • leet- • Crafts • Songs • Recreation • Refreshments kids will have an experience you'll never forget at Vacation Bible School 14 years to grade 6) Place: Ontario Street United Church Dates: July 13 - 17 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Feeds Pacing Final" under the Grandstand after the races. Tickets are $6.00 each which includes admission to the races. All proceeds go to support Clinton Minor Ball. Please come out and support this wor- thwhile cause. 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The six winners for the fourth game were Elsie Hulley of Goderich, Hugh Cook of Clin- ton, Isabel Rau of Seaforth, Karen Wood of Brussels, .John Dunn of Goderich and Joan Burley of Clinton. A special game was played before the fifth 1,000 jackpot game and the winners were Val Miller of Clinton, Mrs. Lapaine of Goderich and Grace Murray of Seaforth. Grace Murray also won the fifth regular game. In game six the winners were Ron Bower - bank of Exeter, Thelma Ellerby of Clinton and Edna Miellke of Exeter. There were five winners for garne seven and they were Evelyn Vandenburg of Goderich, Brenda Stewardson of Huron Park, Betty Switzer of Clinton, Isabel Rau of Seaforth and Kathy Campbell of Goderich. Before another special game was played Fred Howie and Phyllis Ryan of Goderich won game eight. The winners for the second special game. were Lillian Watson of Clinton, Jean Baechler of Goderich and Laurie Riopelle of Timmins. 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