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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-08-13, Page 23orts C1 eap8ea by Paul Hartman Tennis just wasn't tennis without Johnny T -Ball playe in local actio ball to go str Christopher Fielder rears back in the photo at left, preparing to slug the ball last week. In the second photo, his powerful swing hits the stand causing the ight up. (photos by Dave Sykes) Hayter's edge Juniors 4-3 in fastball Moore delivers two-out,.two-run single in first inning to lead way On Tuesday, lAugust 5, Hayters squeezed out a victory o er a surprising Junior team by a score of .4 3. Hayter's sco ed three runs in the first in- ning on the str ngth of a two -out, two run 'single by Andy Moore. The'Juniors s ored twice in the fifth with Darryl Black p unding out a two run single to bring in the uns. Hayter's sco ed the eventual winning run of the gam by walking and then scor- ing on a passed ball. The Junior's added one more- in the seventh inning. Scott Stoll singled to lead off and Pete Ni ins came in to run. He pro- mptly stole se and and went on to third when the throw rom the catcher went past the man coveri g second and in to the out- field. Gary Erb then brought Nivins in to score with a sol d single to right. • On Wednesd. , Denomme's took over first place in th r division with a 7-2 thum- ping of Kirkey s. ,Denomme's scored at least one run in each of thefirst four inn- ings. In the fou h they rallied for three runs to seal the ictory. Barry Bloch ent 3-3 and Gary Muxlow went 3-4 to lead enomme's to the win. In thesecon game of the evening', Goderich Tire clawed their way back in to first place with a 4-1 victory over Sherwood. ' Goderich Tire, scored first Mike Ryan's hit brought Harold Peet in to score. Sherwood tied the game in the second in- ning when Sy L ngois came in to score. Goderich Tire iced the game in the fifth when Dave Gall w scored on an RBI single by Harold Peet. eet then raced home for the insurance ru when Glen Faulkner lac- ed a single to ce tre. Pitcher John ogie'had a great evening for Goderich T' a as he shut Sherwood down on only tw hits. On Friday', Fr nch defeated the Orioles in a close 3-2 contest. ' Pitching in this game was excellent as Greg Gordon of. the Orioles gave up only five hits. Jim MaMrtin of French held the' 0 - position Orioles do six hits. Bob Johnston gave French the win when he slashed a two -run homer' in the fourth inning. The Orioles were ahead 2-1 at the time. The defensive- plays of the game were . two spectacular catches made by Kevin Jewell in. the top of the seventh inning to preserve the wiri for French. The Goderich•Men's Industrial Fastball League schedule is winding down. On Mon- day night Denomme's played Goderich Tire and the Orioles played the Juniors. On Tuesday, French met Hayter's and Sher- wood clashed with Denomrne's. Results for these games were unavailable at press time. Tonight, Wednesday, Goderich Tire will ,take on Kirkey's and Juniors will play French in the final two games of the regular season. There are still several rain games to be made tip before play-offs can begin. The Industrial Fastball .Representative ' team will be playing off in a round-robin tournament next week against St. Mary's and Tara to decide the two combatants for the division championship. . Each team will play one away game and one home game, providing a total of 4 games for each team... The two winners will play off in a series to decide the divi- sion champion which will go on to the regional tournament in,October. MEN'S FASTBALL STANDINGS (as of August 10) MAITLAND Goderich Tire Denomme's Sherwood Kirkey's Dunlop Hayter's French's Orioles Juniors GWLTP 21 16 4 1 33 21 15 6 0 30 23 14 9 0 28 21 • 8 12 1 17 20 11 8 1 23 21 ,11 10 0 22 22 7 14 1 15 21 1 20 0 2 ON BASE PERCENTAGE (minimum 40 at bats or appearances) 1. Garry Muxlow 2. Harold Peet 3. Ron Corriveau, 4. Brian MacKenzie 5. Dave Scholl 6. John Hoy 7. Ken Linner 8. Brian Moody 9. Del Mitchelmore 10. Dave McDonald (Goderich Tire) ERA LEADERS ( minimum 21 I.P. ) John Bogie Jim Martin John Verwey Garry Muxlow Sy Langlois BATTING AVERAGE (minimum 40 bats or appearances) 580 1. Garry Muxlow 518 2. Harold Peet 452 3. Brian MacKenzie 435 4. John Hoy 426 5. Bob Graham 419 6. Dave Scholl 409 7. Jim Bell 406 8. Brian Moody 394 9. Barry Bloch 391 10. Steve Haggitt 11. Del Mitchelmore STRIKE OUT LEADERS 1.81 John Bogie 1.97 Don Bogie 2.18 ' John Peet 2.21 Terry Johnston 2.72 Sy Langlois 541 500 404 358 356 352 352 345 339 333 333 104 83 75 73 72 He's been ,called "Motor, Mouth," "Mac the otherinames that "Super aptly describe him as the baddie of tennis. But whether you like him or not, you have to admit that the impressive return of John McEnroe to tennis at the Volvo Inter- national tournament on the weekend is good for the game. to lose his McEnroe, expected by many, first-round match, fought, clawed and swore his way to the semi-finals before bowing out to Boris Becker. In a sense; it was a victory for 'Mac,' who's been away from thee six months -enough time to get Married to Tatum O'Neal and have a baby ( not necessarily in that order). A long lay-off from any sport can be devastating and ten- nis is no exception. For McEnroe to do so well is indicative of his prowess on the court and his desire to win. It's a victory for tennis as well. I'm not saying that tennis hasn't been exciting while McEnroe's been gone. It has. Players like Becker, Lendl, Wilander and others•have provided plenty of excite- ment on the court. But the game has been -well, it's been a little sterile. Wilander is.the perfect gentleman on the court. Becker is the bright and cheery, up- and-coming kid that everybody loves. Lendl almost qualifies as an on -court bad - die but falls short in that most of his temper tantrums amount to little more than nasty looks and a bit of glowering. 'Mac' is the only acceptable candidate for the title of "Guy That Everyone Loves To Hate." His antics are entertaining in a strange sort of way. When he disputes calls, swears at line judges, hits balls at photographers and makes wise -cracks to the crowd, we love it. His displays, add a little color to a game that is sometimes a little bland because players are so stoic in the face of contests which clearly demand Hi -Way Ford Squirt team wins Wiarton tournament On August 23 the Hi -Way Ford Squirts won the annual Wiarton Squirt Boys Fastball Tournament by defeating Meaford 16-5 in the final game. Enrout to the finals, Goderich defeated Chepstow, 11-3 and Paisley 7-6. The first 2 games both went 5 innings. Goderich, after being down 5-1 to Paisley after 2 innings, came back to take the win with 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning. The team was led by the pitching of Sean Pellow and Nathan Burns, a strong defence which made several fine plays and an explosive offence led by Jamie Stanley, Jason Cook a d Jeff Beange. The next to rnament for the boys in the O.A.S.A. Squ rt D Provincial Final to be held in Goderich, August 23-24. In other squirt action, the boys came up short against a strong Wingham team last week, losing 14-11. The Squirts lapsed defensively, in the first inning, getting tagged for six runs before they could shut Wingham down. Jason Wolland, Jeff Beange and Paul Wheeler each scored two runs for Goderich in the losing cause. _ Goderich Elevators Ladies' Fastball team'. defeats fierce competition to take tourney The Goderich E evators Ladies fastball team defeated fi rce competition at the annual Port Elgin ouble Knock -Out Tour- nament on the ugust 1st weekend to emerge as champ ons. Their first wi came Friday night against the Walke ton A's, 3-0. Heidi Elliott took the win with eammate Jan Rutledge taking MVP honours for the game. The Port Elgin Kleos fell prey to the Elevators mighty bats Saturday morning dropping a 13-5 .decision. Denise Mit- chelmore went the distance for the Elevators, giving up only three hits. Barb Petrie led the way with three hits in as 'many attempts. Mitchelmore wads hot again on Sunday morning as the Elevators edged out the Hanover, Jets 9.7 Elaine Phillips ac- counted for five of thi Elevators' runs with • i 1 dot le in the third and a two- The Elevators were plagued by errors in a bases the a rp run double in the sixth. Hanover chose Phillips as the MVP for the game. Theresa McGee led the Elevators against Kitchener Unitron on Sunday night with a strong pitching and batting perfor- mance. McGee gave up three hits and wet three for four at the plate in the 8-0 win. Mitchelmore threw a no-hitter against the Port Elgin J.P.'s in an exciting 1-0 game. The only run of the game came in the fourth when Elliott reached first on a walk, advanced to third on McGee's dou- ble, then scored on Mitchelmore's sacrifice fly. The Port Elgin , win advanced the Elevators to the championship undefeated,. which meant the Guelph Steelers would have to beat them twice to take top honours. A • A 4j 4i the first game against Guelph and took an 8-4 loss. The girls managed to get their form back for the second game, hammer- ing the Steelers with seven hits in the first inning to score five runs. Their bats con- tinued to work throughout the entire game ending up with 14 hits and one Steeler error to givegthem^an 8-1 win. Mitchelmore held Guore Elliott relieved her andh to two hits the sixth forthe save. Denise Mitchelmore • was chosen the Most Valuable Pitcher of the entire tourna- ment with an earned run average ort) of 0 . The entire Elevators team put a strong effort all weekend with Jan Rutledge, Elaine Phillips, Barb Petrie, Theresa McGeeHeidi O'Brien all playing outstanding iott and Cindy ding ball. emotion. Whether they like to admit it or not, a lot. of 'tennis fans were probably secretly disappointed when McEnroe announced r a father had mellowed him That uecos .. -__ and he was going to be a nice guy, on the court. Those same fans•were likely glad to condemn him when he smashed a ball at a photographer who was standing too close.; But either way they're paying attention -something that might not have been said a few months back when McEnroe was on leave of absence, The vast, amount of attention that has been heaped on the world's former number one player will focus on Toronto in the next two weeks as McEnroe brings his circus to the Player's International. Wish I could be there to jeer him on. New fishing licence for 1987 SPORTS SHORTS Ontario will introduce a resident licence for sport fishing in 1987, Ontario Natural Resources Minister Vincent Kerrio has announced. Mr. Kerrio said the licence will be re--. quired of most Ontario residents aged 18 to 64. Senior citizens and the disabled will be exempt, as will Status Indians fishing on their reserves or treaty areas. The annual licence will cost $10 while a short-term licence to fish for fout consecutive days will cost $5. "In public meetings held across the pro- vince, and through angler surveys, we have received strong support for this licence," said Mr. Kerrio. The licence will be widely available through the Ministry of Natural Resources' (MNR)' network of private licence issuers,which includes sporting goods stores and tackle and bait shops. The network will be expanded as required to meet the demand for the licence. MNR district offices will also distribute the licences. In January, Cabinet ,gave approval in principle to the proposed licence. Since then, the Ministry of Natural Resources has held more than 30 meetings across the province to hear public views. Denise Mitchelmore was chosen the Most Valuable Pitcher of the entire tournament with an earned run average of .06. Goderich Elevators Ladies' Fastball team won the tourney in Port Elgin on the long weekend. They beat Guelph 84 in the final game. 9 Minor Hockey Registration Aug. 18 a:tid 19 Even though it's still summer, parents should start thinking about registering their kids for minor hockey in the fall. Ice is available on .September 8 this year, so the Goderich Minor Hockey Association will be holding registration on August, 18 and 19.