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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-08-27, Page 27Goderich Squirt, Jamie Stanley squeezes a throw from the plate as a Sydenham player slides for the bag and the umpire waits to make the call. Stanley's tag nabbed the runner to get the Hi -Way Ford team out of the second inning. Stanley, picked up the Most Sport- smanlike Award for the tournament which Goderich lost in the final to St Clements. (photo by Paul Hartman), Squirts make it to final Posting two thrilling come -from -behind victories to make it to the final of the O.A.S.A. tournament, the Goderich Hi - Way Ford Squirt baseball team ran out of gas in the championship game and bowed to St. Clements 12-1. The opening games of the championship were played at Benmiller after rain delayed the play for some six hours. Open- ing cermonies were forced indoors to the Goderich and District Community Centre by the storms. The Goderich Squirts got off to a slow start losing their opening game to a tough Conestoga team 12-2. at Benmiller on Saturday afternoon. With the rain delay the team was forced to play four games on Sunday. 'In the first game, they walloped Sydenham 13-1. Bill Ingham tossed a one - hitter and struck out eight on his way to the win. Offensively the team was led by Jason Cook who belted a home -run and scored three runs. Jamie Stanley scored three runs as well. The Squirts collected 10 hits off of Sydenham pitching. In their second game of the day, the Squirts rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to post an 11-10 come -from - behind victory over Tamworth. ze r., Trailing 8-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the team collected four runs on a two run double by Jason Volland and a two run single by Jason Cook. The team went on to score one run in the fifth before ex- ploding in the bottom of the sixth for their six runs. Paul Wheeler scored the winning run. The Squirts third game on Sunday was against the Lucknow team and Goderich rallied from a 9-4 deficit in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 10-9 decision. Jeff Beange scored two runs and Mark Phillips notched .a home -run to lead the Squirts offensively. The victory propelled the team into the final against the team from St. Clements. The string of three games in a row took its toll however and the Squirts lost in the final, 12-1. Mark Phillips scored Goderich's lone run in the first inning. St. Clements pitchers struch out 10 Goderich batters. Special mention should go to Jamie Stanley who won the tournament's Most Sportsmanlike Player award, Jason Cook who took the golden glove competition and Mark Phillips who batted over .500 over the team's five games. Drowning in the sports pool The only sure things in life are death, taxes and sports pools. You may not have heard this version of the age old adage. Understandable. I just made it up —but this in no way detracts from its accuracy. Pools will be sureties as long as there are spectator sports. For, as long as there are spectator sports there will be those who believe they can ac- curately predict the outcome of said sports. And so, for as long as these experts insist on predicting, there will be oppor- tunists around willing to pocket the money that the experts so foolishly bet on their predictions. Perhaps these ramblings are confusing to the layperson or anyone else not cursed with knowledge of sports pools. Let me cite a.case in point. Recently, my editor invited me into his office. "Ya wanna be in a pool?" he asked smugly, from behind his typewriter. He puffed on a large cigar, as editors are apt to do, and his beady eyes seemed to look in- to the very depths of my soul. I broke into a cold sweat. "No way," I answered. "I was into that stuff a long time ago but its all ancient history now. I'm clean." "C'mon," he urged, "just one more for old time's sake. You can't really beleive that you're gonna get hooked on the stuff again." As he spoke, he shoved an NFL schedule in my direction. "Go ahead," he encouraged, "it's.. harmless." I feltolike a trapped. animal. I wanted to run and hide and never look at papers such as these again. But I couldn't move. I was,; rivetted to my chair. The schedule and the pick sheet that was attached to it, held a horrible fascination for me, one that I thought I had exorcised from my mind forever. But even as I sat there, the vivid memories of my past pools and the pure pleasures that they brought me came rushing back. It all started harmlessly enough. One of my friends asked if I'd like to help him make his picks for the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament. Sure no problem. The activity immmediately caught my interest and from there it snowballed. I remembered the hockey pool, the baseball pool, the- curling pool, the wrestling poo:, the swimming pool, the car pool. I remembered how I would spend countless hours trying to predict outcomes of spor- ting events, forgetting in my obsessive frame of mind to eat, to sleep, to go to work. I spent a veritable fortune on pools, not concerned that I made none of the money back, not concerned when my car was repossessed, not concerned .rivhen I was evicted from my apartment for not paying the rent. Not concerned until one day I woke i'p on a park bench clutching a duplicate bridge schedule in my hand. I realized then that I needed help. I went to a meeting of an organization designed to help people with problems like mine. You may have heard of it. It's called P.A. (Poolers Anonymous. From there, I embarked on the long road to recovery. It was marked by periods of depression and withdrawal, but eventually I was clean. "Hey, snap out of it," my editor barked. "Are you in or not?. The memories proved too much. I stood up and looked him straight in the eye. "Sure, no problem." Duplicate Bridge Club plays game A total of 245 cyclists from Ontario and Michigan competed in the Goderich Pro -am Cycl- ing race, over 80 in one of the senior divisions alone. Top, Jo-anne Sibley of Niagra Falls, takes a well-deserved rest after sprinting for home and edging the third place competitor by half a length. Above, Jo-anne Agar of Peterborough watched as her husband com- peteded and stood at the ready in case one of his tires went flat. Riders eompete in sixth Goderich pro -am A total of 245 cyclists from Ontario and Michigan participated in this year's. Goderich Criterium Pro -Am Cycling Race. A total of 71 participated in the amateur races* and 174 participated in the profes- sional races, compared with 140 total last y'e'r. AMATEUR: Citizen Races 8 to 12 years 1st - Michael Barry, Toronto; 2nd - Marcel Ziefun, Toronto; 3rd - Greg Wilson, Kincardine. Citizen, Races 13 to 15 years 4st - John Kirk, Brantford; 2nd - Mark McDonnell, Blyth. Novice Under 18 years 1st r Brian Pederson, London; 2nd - Mike Hooker, Hamilton; 3rd - James 'Duffy - Waterloo Novice 18 years and Over (Male) 1st - Dave Brown,Hamilton; 2nd - Edwin Deleon, Windsor; 3rd - Ed Clarini, Hamilton. Novice 18 years and over (Female 1st - Julia Biedermann, Toronto; 2nd - Nicola Keegan, Ajax; 3rd, Valarie Cooke, Mississauga. PROFESSIONAL Veterans 1st - A.M. Bryce, T ronto; 2nd - John Parkinson, Waterloo; Srd - Kevin O'Brien, Cambridge; 4th - Jaime Antonio, Scar- borough; 5th - Harry Baartz, Scarborough. Cadets 1st - Robert Chiocca, Toronto; 2nd- John Fonseca, Toronto; 3rd - David Orchard, Amherstburg; 4th - Jerry Zelle, Windsor; 5th - Michael Caturay, Windsor. Tit to page 2• SPORTS SHORTS The Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club played a nine table Mitchell movement on August 5, directed by Mary Ann Dempsey. The average score for the North-South direction was 84. Aelian Weerasooriya and P. Venkiteswaran were first overall with 107'/2 pts. Second place went to Joe Martin and Bill Cochrane with 106 points. Evy McDonagh and Frank Donnelly were third with 1011/2 pts. Foprth place went to Jean Papernick and Louise Hetherington with 971/2 pts. The average score for East-West was 941/2 pts. First place: Jim and Rebecca Kalbfleisch with 11812 pts.; second: Marg -Hall and Verna Worthy with 109 pts.; third: Arlene Gibbons and Barb Howe with 10212 pts.; fourth: Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine with 98 pts. On August, 12, Mary Ann Dempsey directed a nine table Mitchell movement, with the average score being 84 pts. First overall: Dawna Sproule and Mary Ann Dempsey with 107 pts.; second: Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan with 92 pts.: third: Frank and Jim Donnelly with 9012 pts., fourth: Jean Papernick and Louise Hetherington with 90 pts. The average score for East-West divi- sion was 94'2 pts. First: Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine with 111 pts.; second: Louis Stadleman and Al Beacroft with 102 pts.; third: Audrey Tobin and Helen Gard- ner with 99' 2, pts; fourth: Barb Howe and Marion Lane with 95'2 pts.