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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-05-27, Page 11Bridge Club scores There were nine tables in play when the Goderich Dupticar -13-ridge Chub met at the Legion Tuesday evening. Topping the north -south division were Jean Paper - nick and Auleen Curry. Second were Dawna Sproule and Sean Sullivan. Third were Rick Somers and Gord Rutledge. And fourth were Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine. Joanne Duck4"orth and Lee Ryan placed first in the east -west division. Louise Hetherington and Kay Whateley were second. Kay Duncan and Nuala Conlon were third. And there was a tie for fourth place between Arlene Gibbons and Theresa Donatis and Ray and Betty Fisher. The club championship game will be held Tuesday, June 2. McGee Pontiacs shut out French The McGee Pontiacs shut out French Drycleaners last. Wednesday night 4-0 in Industrial League Fastball action. Rick Sowerby pitched the four -hit game for McGees and chalked up five strike- outs. Sowerby also hit a home run in the fourth inning for one McGee run. Ron Klages and Paul Kelly rounded home plate in the , third inning for the winners, while Ron Sowerby added the other McGee run. However, the Pontiacs suffered a 9-7 loss Friday in a make-up game against Hotel Bedford. Rob Plunkett and Ron, Austin shared pitddrig duties for the winners, while Ken Daer and Rick Sowerby took turns on tbe,;mound for McGees. The Pontiacs took; a 50 lead in the first inning on runs from Ron Klages, Paul Kelly, Ken Daer, Rick Sowerby, and Mike-Frayne. It wasn't until the fifth inning that, L1U( itOla VIU soot VII the scoreboard with three Paas. Jim Crawford hit a home run with nobody on base for Bedford's first run, • then Charlie Crawford got to second through an error. Terry Austin hit a double, bringing Crawford in, then Bill Black's single brought in Austin. Bedford. exploded for six runs in the sixth inning to take a 9-5 lead. Ron Hunking and JLm ° Crawford were brought home by Rob Plunkett's triple, and Charlie Crawford hit a single to bring in Plunkett. With Crawford and Terry Austin on base, Bill Black hit one over the fence for three more runs. McGees managed two more in the seventh inning from Mike Frayne and Clare Harmon to make it 9-7. French Drycleaners handed Bedford a loss intern Sunday when they outscored them 114. French turned on the batting power early as they scored five in the first, five more in the second, and one in the third. George Sutton was high scorer for French as he rounded home plate three times. Bob Johnston and Don Bogie each scored twice, while Steve Johnston, Phil Turner, Rae Mathers, and Wayne Kennedy each got one. Bill Black scored three of the ,,Redfordruns. and.. Del Mltchelmore got one. The McGee Pontiacs get back on the winnipg track Sunday with a 7-4 win over the Canada Company. The score was tied at three after two innings. Mike Donnelly hit a triple in the top of the first for the Company and was brought home by Rob MacDonald, who dvaneed ki second un a passail .eDondld made it home after Brian. Bowman bit a single. McGees went ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the first with rims by Paul Kelly, Rick Sowerby and Ron Sowerby, who all got on base with singles. Tom O'Brien tied it up for the Company after hitting a triple in the second. McGees went ahead again in the third when Ron Sowerby bit a double and was brought home by Doug Spitzig's home run to make it 5-3. Canada Company's Ted Doherty made it 54 in the fifth with a run, but McGees wouldn't let up and scored two more in the sixth to gain the victory. Paul Kelly and Steve Berry got the runs after both hitting doubles. Fisher Builders blast G & P 10-0' In Industrial League Fastball action Monday night, Fisher Builders blasted Green & Parent 10-0, and Canada Company edged French Drycleaners5-4. G&P managed only one hit off Fisher pitcher John Verway and his fielders who matched that defensive play with several runs. Hits by Wally Pierson, John Hoy, and Jim Bell, enabled Denis Lebrun, Barry Block, and Jack MacKinnon to score in the first inning for a 3-0 lead. Pierson's double in the second inning brought Block home for another rim. Hoy and Verway scored in the third. Lebrun, Block, and Verway put Fishers way out in front 9-0 at the end of the fifth inning. Block chalked up his fourth run of the night in the sixth to complete the Fisher scoring. It was a closer game between the Canada Com- pany and French Drycleaners, however, as French came back from a 5-1 deficit yin the sixth inning to score three runs but couldn't get the equalizer. French got on the scoreboard in the opening inning when Phil Turner hit a triple to bring in George Sutton. The Company tied it up in the bottom of the first when Mike Donnelly also hit a triple and was brought in by Brian Bowman's single. The Company went ahead in the third after Ted Doherty was batted in by Donnelly. Rob MacDonald also scored to put them ahead 3-1. Bill Tigert and Brian Shewfelt rounded home plate in the fourth inning for the Company's last two runs. Don Bogie's home run in the sixth inning helped French close the gap as he batted in George Sutton and Bob Johnston, but the team couldr l get any hits in the last inning. Dean Doherty pitched the winner for Canada Company while Bob Johnston was on the mound for French Dryc lea ners. Father Ed Dentinger of St. Josephs Church, .Kingsbridge officially opened the new tennis. court at St. Joseph School, Saturday and shows fine form in delivering the first serve. Tennis dub members he'd ailaiii reatSaw Ilay.QPlIvivbyDaveSykesj Many close games There are many evenly - matched teams in the industrial Fastoau League as they try no establish themselves early in the season. Last Monday, May 18, Canada 'Company edged Lakeport Advertising 2-1, Fisher Builders outscored French Drycleaners 8-6, Green Si Parent beat Gord's Sports 6-5, and on Tuesday Gord's chalked up a 7-6 win over Hotel Bedford. Despite Simon Langlois' ten strilse-oats for Lakeport Advertising, Canada Company managed an extra run to win. Mike Donnelly scored one in the first inning for the young Canada Company, and Brian Bowman rounded home plate in the sixth for the winning run. Lakeport's only run came in the fourth inning when Len Kolkman scored. Dean Doherty pitched the winner for the Company allowing only two hits and staking out one batter. It was an even match for pitchers Doug Fisher and Ray Hurd in the Fisher - French game as they each pitched four strikeouts and allowed 14 hits each But the Builders came out on top of the8-6 score. French Drycleaners were ahead 3-1 at the end of the third on two ram from Wayne Kennedy and one from Willie Denonune. Jim Bell scored for Fishers. After another Wayne Kennedy run in the fourth, Fishers exploded for five run's to make it 6-4. Denis Lebrun, Barry Block, Jack MacKinnon, John Hoy and Bob McBride all scored for Fishers in that inning. French tied it up at six all in the sixth inning when first two batters Wayne Kennedy and Ray Mathers got on base with singles with none out and were eventually hit home. The winning runs from Fisher Builders came in the bottom of the sixth from Barry Block and Jack MacKinnon. . Grand Prix perfor=mance hits the road, It's an all-new Yamaha „the heart is a liquid -cooled; 2 -stroke $29RD350 super•sport bike. At its'`. '` I e twin for race -proven reliability. ateeretteette Comfortable Monocross suspen- sion. Slim styling. For road -racer performance in a street machine, SALES & SERVICE see it today! DI X41-l5i42 MENSALL - ONT�41-15i�2 MENSALL - ONT. W,, >. . , r'a;. ii ce r i% Reg. 52.499 Gord's Sports and Green & Parent each had ten hits for L_a_ 1f_-_ a but ' ha ai J L iaay 10 but it. was P-tilat came out en top v- 5. Jim Martin pitched six strike -outs for G&P while Dave Scholl dismissed three batters for the losing team. Gord's controlledthe first four innings as the team brought in three runs in the second and two in the fourth to G&P's one run in the first by Rick Whetstone. Bob Read, Rick McLean and Andy Moore scored in the second for Gord's. In the fourth, Andy Moore hit a triple, then Myles Murdock slammed . an in -the -park home run for the 5-1 lead. Leroy Meriauuit a double in the fifth for G&P and was brought in by Brian Rumig's ,innhlo Tho tanm runoht fire o-- i ll Ai° hist, t@°nNinnings to telq. the game with nuns by Steve Frayne, John Warr, Brian Rumig, and. Jim Martin. Gord's came through with a win the next night however, as Dave Scholl's nine strike -outs led them to a 7-6 victory. Rounding home plate for Gord's Sports were Andy Moore, Dave Scholl with two, Bob Riehl with two, Dennis Williamson, and Rick McLean. Jim Crawford scored twice for Bedford with Grant MacKinnon, Del Mitchelmore, Brun Sowerby, '` and . Doug Cruickshank batting in ,single runs. INDUSTRIAL FASTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF MAY 24, 1981 Team Lakeport Steel Fisher Builders Canada Company Gord's Sports McGee Pontiacs French Cleaners Green & Parent Hotel Bedford Lakeport Advertising W L T Pts. 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 Maitland news Twenty-one ladies braved the cool winds to play Tuesday, May 19. Winners of the 1st flights were: Low net Maxine Martin; Putts - Doris Paquette; 2nd flight: low net - Jean Knight putts - Joan McDougall; 3rd flight: low net - Joyce Shack; putts - Bud Elliott; 4th flight: low net - Irla Stewart; putts - Elaine Worsen. Schedule for season was given out and also work rosters for Sports Com- mitte e - The list for District 4 Ball Better Ball was passed around for those interested in playing. Ringer, putting and ap- proaching sheets were posted by Jean Knight, sports captain. The course is getting better. The trees are out in bloom. Hope to see all the ladies soon. Havewe got ajob forycth Just Phone or Visit THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE 529 Woilington &treat. London, Ontario NIA 292 Phone 479-5110 or our Mobile offices in the Federal Building 12:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Sarnia Every Wednesday Stratford.. lit and 3rd Tuesday of each month Goderich m i st and 3rd Thursday of each month Woodstock2nd and 4th Thursday of each month Tillsonhurg Last Monday of ench month ASK US ABOUT YOU THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981—PAGE 11 Lakeport Steel captures first Lakeport Steel has cap- tured first place in the Industrial Fastball League standings with two wins and a.tie in the team's- opening three games of the season. Last Monday, May 18§ Lakeport played their opener against the McGee Pontiacs and after keeping them runless after five in- nings, held'on to beat there 5 - Lakeport pitcher Brian McKenzie pitched eight strike -outs in those first five innings before allowing Ken Daer to hit a home run in the sixth with Paul Kelly on base. Claire Harmon scored McGee's other run in the seventh after hitting a don_,,,ihle. The Steelers scored four of their five runs in the first inning of play on runs by Frank MacDonald, Tim McLean, Bruce Bowman, and Brian McKenzie. The last run came in the fifth from Ron Miller. Miller walked tham advanced when Carmen Fielder's hit resulted in two McGee errors. Lloyd Tigert .brough Miller home with a single. The Lakeport Advertisers earned their only non -loss of .the season thus far against the Steelers May 20 when the teams went to a 1-1 tie. It was a pitchers' contest as . top league hurlers. McKenzie and Simon Langlois combined for a total of 19 stroke -outs over ir-.:..6o of. play. Lapgkis clalked up 13 of them. The Advertisers went ahead in the third when first batter Roy Fisher slammed a triple out and made it home. The Steelers tied it up in the fourth when Bruce Bowman hit a single then stole second base. Ron Miller Lawn bowlers open season Twenty-four hardy lawn bowlers braved the'. cool weather on the Victoria holiday weekend to officially open the 1981 season. On Thursday Kay 21, a delicious potluck supper was held in the Meneset Park Rec. hall. After, a business meeting was held with plans for the summer season finalized. The remainder of the evening was enjoyed by playing euchre and bridge. There will be open bowling on the Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. On the evenings of Tuesday. Thursday and Saturdays, Jitney bowling will start at 7 : 30 p. m. Anyone interested in lawn bowling may phone these numbers 524-7796 or 524-2086. brought him home on a double. The Steelers handed Green & Parent their second loss of the season on .Sunday evening by a score of 13-3. McKenzie allowed five hits for 25 at bat in the game which saw outstanding fielding by the Steelers. Two of. G&P's runs came in the fourth from Brian Rumig who hit a triple, and Jim Martin. Darryl Beattie scored the other in the fifth, also after hitting a triple. The Steelers scored six runs in the second inning to take a commanding lead. Tim McLean, Brian McKenzie, Ron Miller, Wayne Draper, David White, and Lloyd Tiieert all rounded home plate for runs. Draper and Carmen Fielder each scored in the third to make it 8-0 for Lakeport Steel. The fourth inning saw a Ron Miller run, and the sixth saw four more runs by Miller, Fielder, Draper, and White. GL'ARANTEEn 1 INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 71/2% BRUCE ERSKINE ao North 524-9533 Your authorized Dealer fur... ARCiIC CAT SNOWMOBILES ,SUZUKI MOTORCYCLES iONDA MOTORCYCLES (HWY. f4. NORTH OF HENSALL, LOOK FOR THE SIGNS) 262-3318 or 262®5809 TIRED OF CROWDED CAMP SITES? TRY 1ViacKenzie's Trailer Camp. 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