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Bob Dick ( top ) and John Brown show their form at the third annual Garb and Gear
Dominion Day Classic tennis tournament held at the Maitland Country Club Saturday.,
Jim Costello won the 'A' flight with Dick as runner-up and Peter Conlon won the 'B' flight
with Phil Cornish of Clinton as runner-up. (Photos by Darrell Kloeze
SECOND SECI'ION
Kirkey's Kar Kare team
climbs to second in GIFI,J)
Kirkey's Kar Kare continue to move up
in the Goderich Industrial Fastball League
standing with an 8-3 victory over
Denomme's and a 4-1 win over Hayter's.
Kirkey's are currently in second place.
Bruce Sheardown had a perfect 4-for'4
night against Denomme's. Sheardown is
now 9 -for -10 in his last three games. Paul
Kelly, Paul Bartliff and Scott McDonald
collected two hits each. Terry Johnston
pitched a strong game for Kirkey's giving
up three runs, all unearned, and five hits.
Johnston continued his strong pitching
against Hayter's, giving up one unearned
run and only four hits. Newcomer Riek
Pettipas of Kirkey's led all hitters with two
hits in the seventh win of the season for
Kirkey's.
Meanwhile, Hotel Bedford won their
twelfth of the year, 6-1 over French
Cleaners. Rob Plunkett's bid for a shutout
was ruined in the seventh inning when
Glen Lipner had an RBI double. Linner's
hit was only the second off Plunkett. Jim
Crawford and Glen Faikiner led Bedford
offensively with two hits each.
Earlier in the week, Bedford had played
to a 3-3 draw with Lakeport Advertising in,
one of the most exciting games played this
year. Lakeport scored three runs in the
sixth inning to tie the game and send it into
extra innings. Del Mitchelmore led Bed-
ford hitters with two hits while Lakeport
were led by Al Sygrove and Bill Gallow
with two hits each.
Lakeport Steel moved closer to the pack
with two victories, 8-0 over French
Cleaners and 3-2 over the Orioles.
Doc Miller had three hits, including two
home runs and three RBIs in the victory
over French. Brian MacKenzie had his
strongest game of the year, pitching a two -
hitter.
The next night, MacKenzie led off with a
home run as Lakeport jumped out to an
early 3-0 lead and then held on for the 3-2
win over the Orioles. Bruce Bowman of,
Lakeport Steel and Doug Vock of the
Orioles had two hits each.
Earlier in the week, the Orioles won just
their second game of the season in
defeating Canada Company 4-3. Kevin
Adams led the Orioles offensively with two
hits and two RBIs. Oriole pitcher Daryl
Beattie gave up three unearned runs on
three hits in registering the victory.
Canada Company bounced back to
defeat Lakeport Advertising 3-2 on an RBI
single by pitcher Mark Somerville in the
bottom of the seventh. Somerville also pit-
ched a four -hitter. Bill Peters led Canada
Company with three hits and two RBIs.
Greg Beacom added two hits for C.C.
C.C. then lost their final game, 6-4 to
Denomme's who snapped their four -game
losing streak. Willie Denomme led the way
with three hits. Barry Bloch added two hits
in the win. Brian Shewfelt and Bill Tigert
had two hits each for Canada Company.
Mike Frayne added a long home run in the
last inning.
Finally, French Cleaners hit Hayter pit-
cher Doug Fisher hard in a 14-3 romp.
Steve Johnston with four and Don Bogie
and Wayne Kennedy with three were the
leading hitters. Johnston, George Sutton
and Jim Martin had three RBIs each, with
Martin's coming off a three -run homer in
the first inning. Pitcher John Bogie gave
up just three hits to Hayter's, who were
playing in the absence of many regulars.
G.I.F.L. STANDINGS
( AS OF JUNE 29)
GP W
15 12
13 7
13 6
14 6
11 5
11 5
13 5
12 4
10 2
Hotel Bedford
Kirkey's Kar Kare
Hayter's
French Cleaners
Denomme's
Lakeport Ad.
Canada Co.
Lakeport Steel
Orioles
LTP
2 1 25
6 0 14
6 1 13
7 1 13
5 1 11
5 1 11
7 1 11
71 9
7 1 5
Bears remain undefeated
in Slowpitch League
Last Wednesday night, the Goderich
Chrysler squad found themselves in the
same situation as the Bears' previous 14
victims. Cranking open a cool one in the
back yard after the game, everyone had to
agree that the Bears are stronger this year
than ever before.
Coached by Ken Duncan, the Bears have
racked up 15 straight victories in league
play; seven of which were mercies. During
that stretch they have scored an incredible
253 runs while allowing only 54.
Defensively, they have speed in the out-
field, excellent pitching and a solid infield.
They'll boot the odd ball but not enough to
lose a game. Fifty-four runs against in 15
games spells solid.
If you're going to beat the Bears, you've
got to do it with the sticks — and that could
be tough to do! Coach Duncan was kind
enough to supply the following batting
order and stats.
Player On Base Home Runs
Dave Graf Per cent 67 2
Dave Martin 84 0
Dan Duncan
Brian Reeves
John McDonald
Gary Kloepfer
Mike Lajeunesse
Bill Wedlock
Glen Schwartz
Ron Ritchie
Ed Mannering
John Anderson
Clare Charron
Jerry Denomme
Brian Thompson
64 3
73 5
61 2
79 4
71 0
53 2
63 2
663
59 4
70 0
68 2
68 1
Injured
It's easy to see now how they scored 253
runs so far this year.
The Bears though, are more than just a
good team. They are well coached and
disciplined. They generally show respect
for the efforts of other teams and they are
very supportive of league functions. They
represent our league well in tournament
play. If we cannot beat them, it is not our
job to criticize but rather look at and ap-
preciate their reasons for success. The
Bears are a first class outfit.
In games around the league this week,
Goderich Auto Sales hammered Bluewater
22-3. Goderich Elevators were defeated by
a surprising Sifto Salt team 17-14 but later
in the week came back to edge Auto Sales
by a score of 9-8.
Coyotes blasted Meneset 17-5, Raiders
doubled Carla* 14-7 and Garb & Gear
finally hit the point column with a come
from behind 15-15 tie with Local 1863.
Port Albert Bulldogs pounded Goderich
Gas Rite 18-3 while the Bears mercied
Bluewater 29-1. Renegades defeated
Tickers 17-11 while Goderich Chrysler beat
Canadian Tire 15-5. Meneset blanked the
Harbour Park Raiders 10-0 and Little Bowl
rallied to edge Cedar Lodge 10-6.
The, league tournament is only a few
weeks away and to date, there are only
three Goderich entries. This function can-
not succeed without more local support!
GMSL STANDINGS -
TO JULY 1
GP W T L PTS
15 15 0 0 30
14 12 0 2 24
14 11 1 2 23
15 11 0 4 22
14 10 0 4 20
14 9 2 3 20
14 8 1 5 17
14 8 0 6 16
14 7 2 5 16
14 7 0 7 14
13 6 0 7 12
14 5 2 7 12
15 6 0 9 12
13 4 1 8 9
14 4 0 10 8
15 4 0 11 8
14 1 0 13 2
14 0 2 12 2
14 0 1 13 1
TEAM
Bears
Coyotes
Bulldogs
Auto Sales
Elevators
Chrysler
Cedar Lodge
Little Bowl
Renegades
Canadian Tire
Gas Rite
Sifto
Harbour Park
Tickers
Carlow
Meneset
Bluewater
Local 1863
Garb & Gear
Rebels continue win streak in league play
The Rebels picked up three points on a
win and tie to strengthen its hold on first
place in the Goderich Industrial Ball
Hockey League standings.
The Rebels, undefeated in season play,
almost had their 16 game string broken by
the fourth place Rink Rats Tuesday as the
Rats spotted the league -leaders a 2-0 lead
after one period and fought back with two
second period goals to tie the game 2-2.
The Rebels took a one -goal lead midway
through the opening period as Larry Boyce
scored after converting a pass from Jim
Mathers. The Rebels looked as if they were
headed for their 13th win of the season as
Brad Armstrong upped the count to 2-0 late
in the first period.
The Rink Rats gave notice that they
were not about to give up without a
struggle and scored in the first minute of
the second period. Kevin Meriarn scored
his ninth goal of the season to put the Rats
on the board, beating Jim MacDonald in
the opening minute of play. The Rats tied
the score six minutes later on Brian
Meriam's goal with Dan Maillet and Rob
Boak assisting.
The Rebels scored two goals in the final
three minutes of a league game Thursday
to defeat the Brewers 4-2.
As in the Tuesday game, the Rebels
jumped into a 2-0 lead after one period and
then watched as the Brewers fought back
to tie the game. Two goals in the span of a
minute, late in the game, lifted the Rebels
to the 4-2 win.
Mike Wedlock provided Most of the
Rebels offence as he struck for three of his
team's four goals, including the game
winner. Jim Mathers scored the fourth
Rebel goal while Jeff Denomme and Larry
Boyce chipped in with two assist§ apeice.
Tom Profit and Brian Mitchell scored the
Brewers goals.
The three-point week lifted the Rebels
season mark to 13 wins and two ties
against no losses for a league -leading 28
points. The Brewers remain in sixth sport
in the seven -team league with five points.
'‘Second place Sherwood Express kept
pace by defeating the Rink Rats 3-1
Thursday. The win was the ninth of the
season for the Express against two losses
and four ties, good for 22 points and second
place in the standings.
The Rats got on the board first as Rob
Standen scored his sixth goal of the season
after 15 minutes of play. Dennis Kerr got
thatone back for the Express before the
closeof the period and Sherwoods clinched
the win with two goals in the final period.
Tim Chisholm scored the game -winning
goal after eight minutes of the play in the
final period on an unassisted effort. Seven
minutes later, Mark Crawford scored an
insurance goal with Tim Lewis and 13111
Gallow acisisting.
In the other game this week, the Knights
improved their hold on fifth place with a 5-
1 win over the Auburn Falcons. Randy
Stoddart paced the Knights' attack with
two goals while Phil Wood, Hugh Hanly
and Dan McLean scored one goal apiece.
The win was the sixth of the season for the
Knights against nine losses and one hle.
In the only other league game, the
Auburn Falcons recorded their first point
of the season in a 3-3 tie with the Brewers.
The tie ended a 14 game losing streak for
the Falcons.
Sportsfest '83 will be taking plaeek=
Seaforth, August 12, 13 and 14 and ther'6,
are still a lot of openings in all of the
categories, If you are interested in Par'.
ticiPathui in badminton, darts, euchre, a
fun run, Aoftball, slo-pitth, tennis,
basketball or soccer (a total 019 events
wifl be held m all) give .the Goderich
Recreation Department a Oallat 521-2125.
Entry forms are also available at the of-
fice.
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Again this this feekend various athletic
events will be taking place which you may
be interested in watching.
The Parkhill Canoe Regatta will be held
in Exeter on Sunday, July 10. Contact Dan
at 235-2610e
Also on Sunday the Athlete's Foot Track
Competition will be held at Seagram
Stadium, Waterloo. Contact Pete Grin -
bergs, 12 HighSt. No. 3, Waterloo.
If you are interested in travelling a little
further, the Ontario Morgan Horse Show
will be held at the Sutton Fairgrounds,
Sutton on July 9 and 10. During the same
two days, the 16 and Under Ontario
Singlehanded Sailing Championships will
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lAikeplace at Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club,
The sixth annual Great Lakes 'Arabian
Horse Show Inc. Is being held at the
Western Pair Grounds in London on July
16 and 17, starting at 8 a.m. each day.
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The Port Albert Pirates annual
Slowpitch Tournament gets underway in
the village Thursday and continues
through Sunday. At press time 11 teams
were entered and organizers decided to go
with a true double -knockout format. Two
games will be played both Thursday and
Friday evenings and play continues all day
Saturday and Sunday. The host team
begins play Saturday morning at 8 a.m.
against the defending champions from
London in a rematch of last year's
championship game.
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Christine Phillips, 13, of R.R. 2 Goderich
placed first in her age category of 19 years
and under at the first annual Strathroy
Festival Turkey Trot road race this past
weekend. She ran the distance of 10 km. in
a time of 46 minutes, 38 seconds, placing
third overall among the female com-
petitors.
Pee Wees run into stiff
opposition at Kincardine
The Goderich Legion Peewees ran into
some stiff opposition at the Kincardine
baseball tournament on the weekend but
managed one win inthree games.
The Goderich team lost its opening game
of the tournament 9-6 to Petrolia but
rebounded, with aziextra-inning 9-8 victory
over Flesherttin iii—game two. Goderich
was eliminated from the tournament with
an 11-8 loss to Pelham in the third game.
In the opening game of the tournament,
Petrolia jumped on Goderich for four runs
in the top of the first inning and -coasted to
a 9-6 victory. Leading 4-0 Petrolia had a
chance to put the game away in the second
inning but a fine defensive play by Andy
Orr with the bases loaded held Petrolia to
a single run.
Goderich scored two runs in the second,
fourth and sixth innings.. Scott Garrow
knocked out two hits and scored two runs.
Goderich won its second game as Jason
Million scored the winning run in the
eighth inning in the 9-8 win over
Flesherton. Flesherton put two men on
base in the eighth inning but Byron
Bowman struck out the side to end the
rally.
Bowman, who also went four for four at
the plate and scored two runs and Bill
Whetstone, who rapped out three hits in as
many trips to the plate and scored two
runs alos, led Goderich offensively. Second
baseman Tim Harrison made an
unassisted double play in the sixth inning
to keep Goderich in the game. Milion also
scored two runs for Goderich.
In the third game, Pelham built up an 11-
6 lead after five innings and held off a
seventh inning rally by Goderich to win 11-
8 and eliminate the Legion Peewees from
further play.
Goderich led 4-2 after two innings of play
but Pelham erupted for three runs in the
third, four in the fourth and two in the fifth
to take a commanding lead. Goderich put
up a fight in the final inning as they scored
two runs and had the bases loaded when
the final out was recorded. Garrow and
Bowman each had a couple hits for
Goderich.
In exhibition play last week, Goderich
and Exeter played to a 13-13 tie. Brian
Lane, Bobby Allen and Dave Brown scored
three runs each for Goderich:
On Saturday Goderich will play in St.
Marys at 2 p.m. arid Monday, July 11
Goderich will host Exeter in a 6.30 p.m.
game at Agriculture Park.
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An arm wrestling contest held Friday afternoon at the Goderich and District Optimist
Club's fourth annual Nlusie Festival and Friends attracted about 20 contestants. In the top
photo, Kevin Kelly and Greg Little match muscles and in the bottom two photo-, George
Isziekouits (right) forces Jim MneKlanores hand to the table with a lean of the head.
(Photos by Darrell liloeze)