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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-05-20, Page 57GODERICH SIGNAL. STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987—PAGE 9A ailors are raising The Toronto Maple Leafs are thinking about next year. The_ Detroit Red Wings are thinking about next year. The Goderich Junior C Sailors are not only thinking about next year, they are doing something about it. The Sailors will be trying to raise money all summer with a number of fund raising events. The money will go to clear past debts ( ice time expenses) and to get the team in a stable financial position for the upcoming season. The second annual community garage sale, held recently at Memorial Arena, raised $210 for the team. A supreme acheivement in clean amuse- ment is the motto of George Carden Circus and the Sailors are sponsoring the Circus for two shows at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sun- day, May, 24 at Goderich and District Memorial Community Centre, .The Circus guarantees the team $250 and splits the shows' profits 50-50. The best of circus entertainment will be on display with wild animals, flying trapeze artists, pretty ladies and 16 tons of elephants. The Sailors are currently selling tickets for a draw for a trip for two to see the Boston Red Sox. battle the, Cleveland Iri-, dians in Cleveland. The trip includes tickets for two games on Aug, 28 and 29„air fare, and hotel accomodation. The plane leaves London at 3:15 on the 28th and returns to London at 7:50 on the 30th. The winners will spend two nights at 'the Holi- day Inn Lakeside in Cleveland. Team executives will be canvasing the town trying to sell 3,000 tickets for $1 each. Tearn President, John Hoy said, tickets are available now at Ideal Supply and T. Worsell Plumbing and Heating and he hopes more area merchants will become involved. The Sailors slow pitch tounament will not be held this year. According to Hoy , it was not a money-maker. However, they will continue to develop ways and means of raising money, .he said. Elections ,Save been held for team ex- ecutive to give stability to the organization. President: Vice President: Secretary,Treasurer: Ways and Means: •Bookkeeper: Manager: . Player,Personel John Hoy Don Johnston Bill Rahbek Ruth Erb Jerry Rivett Don Larder Dave Wilkinson Sunset golfers. brave cold SPORTS SHORTS oney and .hopes As far as the on ice part of the team, Wilkinson said attitude and discipline will be stressed this year. The Sailors folded the tean just before the beginning of last season and got a late start on player recruitment when the team finally resurfaced. Wilkinson is' looking now for players to help the team. In ,spite of their poor record, there were players who could play. The age limit for Jr. C is from 16 to 20 years old and many 'of last year's players will be over age. These players will have to be replaced and that means the team . could have a whole new look. With the new look, Wilkinson hopes the team will have a new attitude, one that stresses the team rather than the individual. • The goal he said, is to ice a competitive team. When the team wins the players feel better and the town comes out to support the team. The team is allowed four imports; players from outside the area, and these players -have to be the heart of your team. The problem with most 3.• (2 organiza- tions, Wilkinson said, is there are not enough local kids•to make up a team. The imports must be good solid players. Wilkinson is looking now for players and has talked to some U.S. high school players and he has a connection with the Brantford Jr. B team to 'srtpply some talent. The team will practice the fist week in Sept. and will wait until the Jr.B cuts the last week in Sept. to set the roster. Last year's coach, Richard Madge said he might return this year if the conditions are right. A stable executive is the right condition, he said. The team has the potential to be better this year, said Madge, with a good local midget team to draw from. A team must be iced that is competitive with Hanover. The Sailors can play, with any team in the league but Hanover is the powerhouse, said Madge. Madge said the local player is. important to the team because kids are not going to play Jr. C away from home. If they want to play they will play in their. town not ours, he said. The Sailors are looking for a new at- tatude, a diciplined competitive team but most of all they are looking for community support and are working to get it. Sports celebrity Dinner is a success • from page 8A Byner says the Browns now possess all the offensive skills behind quarterback Bernie Kosar to make themselves heard around the NFL. -Bernie has proven. himself and we're not missing offensively,” he said. "We need some consistency, and we need to do the basics better as a team. We have good personnel and 'we have young players." The Browns chief opposition in the Cen- tral Division is Cincinatti Bengals behind its young quarterback Boomer Esiason. But with up and coming young players like Byner, McNeil, Kosar mixed with veterans like Ozzie Newsome, the Browns will be in goodshape for several years. RON ACCELTINE Veteran NHL and WHA linesman Ron Acceltine of Guelph was a welcome addi- tion to the sports dinner. After claiming that officiating' in the NHL was not acting as a proper deterrent, Acceltine said his solution would be to have Glen Weir, Leo Loucks and Earnest Byner referee hockey. "If .there was , a .fight, Earnest Byner could ' tackle them, Leo Loucks could kick them in^the head and then'Glen Weir could sit on them," he said. MARTY SPRINGSTEAD The highlight of theevening was the speech of American League umpire super- visor, Marty,Springstead, a favorite on the banquet circuit. - A major league umpire for over 25 years, Springstead said that the instant replay would never make its appearance in the game of baseball. "They did a test on the umpires and found that they had an efficiency rating of ' 97 per cent on all the calls they made," he explained. "Now, would you make any changes if you were getting anywhere near -that kind of efficiency from your employees." In January 1986, Springstead was called from the field of play and made the American League's supervisor of umpires. Officially, his office is. on Park Avenue in New York. - He said his new job now involves more• travelling than when he was an active um- pire. He is constantly travelling North America conducting clinics and observing the work of charges. While umpires are very much an in- tegral part of the game of baseball, Spr- ingstead says they are also very detached. "You don't get too close to the players or to ball teams. You have to be detached Sunset's 15th anniversary is well under- way beginning Friday with the Mixed Two - Ball. Despite a cold spell, forty-two par- ticipants braved the elements with Don and Betty Fuller claiming, top points. Joan and Bob .McDougall, Rosemary and Al Bcange, and Gloria and Art Burt were also winners. Further events held' were the Member's Opening Day featuring a Pan- cake and Sausage Breakfast and an oppor- tunity to win a 1987 Ford Tempo for a Hole - In -One. Ladies and Men's Nite will also spot complimentary specials for members. Results will he posted next week. Kathy MacDonald captured first flight low gross .ui May 7th's Ladies' Nite with Joyce Bolton taking low net. ('hris Reeve emerged as the sole victor in the second flight els well as Ruth Bushell in third flight. Judy 1ajeunesse won low gross in fourth !'lite unci second low gross winners were Sharron Lassaline, Steen Stapleton and Velma Hay low. . Low Gross ross and Net of the Day went respectively -tu 'Picker Mero and Harold Refflinghaus on May ' 12th's Men's Nite. Other winners were Tom Macre, Ron Bushell, Tony Bedard, Brian Stewert and Mike I,ajeunessc. The same 'Tuesday, Sunset boasted the honour of sharing a ro d of .golf with Wendell ('lark and "s eve Thomas and other celebrities attending the evenings' sport's celebrity dinner as well as a few home-grown sports talents. Be .a step closer to heaven. Golf -the Sunset in 1987. Cochrane,Moore take 1st place. Shawn'Thompson of Goderich was all smiles as he got to meet two of his favorite hockey players, Wendel Clark and Steve Thomas of the Toronto Maple Leafs, at a reception at Bruno's 'before the Sports Celebrity Dinner Tuesday. Later in the evening, Thomas pur- ch , ed a poster of Wendel Clark for $150 and presented it to Shawn. (photo by Dave es l . from the game," he said. "We don't look at it as a .three -game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City but as three days in Toronto9nGLthen three days in another city," Springstead recalled several humorous incidents from his years in the umpiring business that had the crowd roaring with laughter. AUCTION One of the highlights of the Kinsmen's Sports Celebrity Dinner was the auction- ing off of several sports items like bats, autographed 'baseballs, hats, pictures, tickets and related sports memorabilia - And those in attendace obviously ap- preciated the chance to own some of that memorabilia from the sportsworld as they generously bid on the more than 25 items. ' Toronto Blue Jay president, Peter Har- dy, was a generous bidder as he purchased Dave Wall's harness racing whip for $350 and Leo Loucks' boots for $130. A Jesse Barfield bat c;,mmanded a $240 price tag while head -table guest Ron Ac - 1 el tographedtineforked byover George$250 Bellfor, a Lloydbat Moseby and Jesse Barfield of the Toronto Blue Jays. An Ernie Whitt bat fetched $190 as did a Toronto Maple Leaf 'autographed stick. Colonel Cletus Dalton was the auctioneer of record as several sports items, in- cluding tautographed :rue Jay baseball bats and balls, and even pictures of Harold Ballard and Bob Eucker, were auctioned off for charity Tuesday. The bidding was fierce. (photo by Dave Sykes) Steve Thomas of the Toronto Maple Leafs paid $150, for an autographed posterW of team-mate Wendel dark in action and promptly donated the item to Shawti Thompson of Goderich. Interestingly enpugh, an autographed -hockey stick from the Detroit Red Wings, Norris Division champions, sold for $105 while an autographed picture of Harold Ballard, crusty owner of the Leafs, com- manded a price tag of $115. • Even Bob Eucker's picture only fetched $60 on the auction block, half of that paid for Ballard's mug shot. Even Earnest Byner got in the act, buy- ing a New York Yankee ball' and hat for - $125. The acution was capably and humorous- ly handled by Colonel Cletus Dalton who donated his expertise to the event. Money raised from the auction will go towards minor athletics in Goderich. Sporty celebrities know winning is the only attitude Glen. Weir is not a quitter and if they know what is good for them, nobody around him is either. Weir, a former star defensive lineman with the Montreal Alouettes, was in Goderich for the first annual Kinsmen Sports Celebrity Dinner. He was sitting. at a table, during the afternoon reception, with world champion kick boxer Leo Loucks and champion harness driver Dave Wall discussing what it takes to win. More importantly maybe, they talked about win- ning as a Canadian. It is impossible to win if you think your opponent can beat you, said Loucks, a Lon- don native. It is all attitude and mental preparation. But Americans never loose, said Wall, they always have an excuse. Wall races often in the U.S. and he remembers one weekend he went down and won seven of ten races and the Americans congradulated him on a great performance. The next day he rode weaker horses and actually did a better job of racing and managed to win three races and even made more money. Wall was very happy but the Americans felt sorry for him and hoped he would do better. Weir said there is no 'such thing as a Canadian attitude to spirt. Winning is the only way to think. Before a game the coach came up to Weir and said he would be playing against a uard wh s. was , with 'the Las ,Angles a Glen Weir, a former lineman with the Montreal Alouettes, delivers his speach at the first an- nual Sports Celebrity Dinner. Rams of the NFL,. The coach made it sound that if I made one tackle all day he would be happy, said Weir. That made me mad, an American coach saying I should be afraid of this American player. Weir had one of his best days that game. In fact the quaterback asked Weir if he would like his address so he could tackle him at home. He also had a message for young Cana- dian players. Don't sign with NFL teams. The Canadian kid likes the lure of American money, but he will probably get cut and then his bargaining power in the CFL is zero. The Canadian should say this is what the U.S. is offering me what can you (CFL) do. "Look at Loucks, he is world champion, ' not U.S. champion or Canadian champion but World Champion. There is nobody bet- ter," said Weir. Weir has three daughters and he said he is not a male chauvinist. Maybe its better I don't have boys. I aught have pushed them too hard, but I tell my girls to he the best they can be. My oldest was the only girl on her soft- ball team, said Weir, and I went out to see a gie, She hit the ball like a girl .and she ran tllt bases like a girl. She said, she did not want to make the boys look bad. I said what the hell, if you are good enough, beat them. You don't run like that when I am chasing you at home. Loucks in his speach at the dinner spoke about the winning attitude. An ordinary person looks at situations in life as either pain or pleasure, but a winner looks at those situations as a challenge. Reporter to Weir: What are you doing now , Weir: I am selling life insurance for Con- federation Life, he said, as he covered my shoulder with his hand and asked about my life' insurance. Reporter: Paid up! The Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club held a seven table game on 'Tuesday, May 12th. Average score was 70. North-South 1st and first overall 13i11 Cochrane and,Ron Moore 87. points; 2nd Eleanor Erskine and Mary .Donnelly 82.5 points; 3rd Louise Hetherington' and Jean Papernick '71.5 points: 4th 'Theresa I)onatis and Barb Howe 70,5 points. East-West 1st Auleen Curry and 1.)awna Sproule 76.5 points; 2nd A. Weerasooriya and P.K. Venkiteswaran 74 points; 3rd Cathy McDonald and Pat Striner' 71. pints: 4th Evie McDonagh and Prank 1)unnclly'67,5 points. • W il` en s '. ort to et a boost Women's Participation in sport will -be given a boost with the development of , a provincial policy The policy is in answinr to public con- cerns about opportunities, for females in sport and fitness. long and short-term strategies are need- ed to address the problem,: said John Eakins, Ontarir Minister of Tourism and Recreation. t"fhere is a need to• develop a more equitable range of administration, leader- ship, program, competition and participa- tion opportunities for women in sport and fitness," said Eakins. A four-phase study,•expected to be com- pleted within one year,. will be used to develop the policy. Phase one will focus on project planning to' develop broad general guidelines. Phase two will focus on information analysis and policy development with pro- minent sport and fitness representatives assisting in draft policy deveopment. A province -wide public consultation process will be implimented in phase three to 'get feedback on thedraft policy. In phase four the public consultation input will be incor- porated into a modified draft policy and presented to the minister for approval. Refflinghaus wins low net The men were out in force on May 4th for the first regular golf day of the season. Thirty-eight players turned out and Harold Refflinghaus turned in first low net, follow- ed by Bob Boak, Gary Hunter, .John Str- inger, i)on Stewart and 11 others. •The. following week, May 11, 37 men carved their way around the course with Bill Cochrane the big net winner. First low gross Was won by Dave Cornish. Back to your winning ways, eh Davey?) Closest to pin on number 1 was Mike Sully. Other winners were Q. Egener, Carl Campbell, and .John Alexander. The weather certainly hasn't been as warm as it was in MARCH, but there's not much we can do about it!' -if anyone out there knows how to control the wind and rain, give us a call and we can guarantee M least a free membership. The first day of scheduled play for the Ladies Golf Section was held on Tuesday, May 12. Twenty ladies turned out, eight in the morning and the rest in the afternoon and evening. Having to bundle up in sweaters and jackets to keep out the wintry blast didn't do much for our scores. but it was great to he out on the course again. Net winners in first flight were Rosemarie Evans, Verna Kane and Marie' Huff with fewest number of putts. Second flight: Joan McDougall, Jean Bell, Marg Evans and low putts Edna Looker. Third flight winners were Eleanor Erskine, Ber- tha McGee, isouis McGill, and Auleen ('urry with the hot putter, Some upcoming dates to remember: Ladies Rules Clinic at Walkerton on May 27th. Tennis ()pen House, May 27th. Play all day free of charge. May 27th, 10:00 a.m. Seniors Golf - 55 and over - call Recreation Board for more information. May 28th - in connection with Fitness Week - golf all day for $5.00.