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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-01, Page 43Sports PAGE 6A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987 Jennys Scamp wins first race of the season. The rain held off on Thursday ni zht leav- ing the race track fast for the Opening of Guderich Raceway. The first race was won Jennys Scamp a five-year-old mare. loss l;attin piloted the mare across the wire in a quick 206.2. Good Time Vic, the winner of the second race, was driven by driver/trainer Colonel Schneider Jr. in 208. l 1, winner of the first race combined with winner of the second race composed the iy daily double which paid $70.70, a good . off for those horse racing fans who bet daily double combination. late double, in which a bettor must !H, both the winner of the ninth race and .('inner of the tenth, yielded'a pay off of 1,1 to those who picked Tag a long Joey in iie ninth and Cool Contender in the tenth. ,or Lee a three-year-old colt was the win- ncr of the 4th race in a quick,,, 205.4. ! aider/driver Allan Shelton guided the 1r rhhro Topper colt to his second win in tlu't•t, starts. Topper Lee's performance on Thursday evening indicates that the colt is one to watch .for in future races. The eights) and feature race was the quickest mile of the evening. Driver Barry Graham was in the sulky behind the lour - year -old mare Daylon Harmony who paced the Goderich oval in 204.2. Daylon Harmony beat second place finisher J.C. Flanagan driven by Fred Sadler, by a length. Gypsy Rip, driven by W.R. McLean was third. Thursday, July 2 is the second night of Goderich' Raceway. Local Merchants will be donating blankets to the winning horse of trach race. Blanket night is always an ex- citing evening as drivers compete not only !or purse money but for a blanket. The ninth and -feature race promises to be Horses and drivers power up the straight, during the second race on opening night at Goderich. raceway. Good Time Vic driven by exciting as Daylon Harmony takes on J C Flanagan, Gypsy Rip, Omniscient and Sharp Scamp again; as well as newcomer Smartie Frances. Post time is at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening John Smallwood of Flint Michan competes in a friendly match held at the Goderich Lawn Bowling Club last Wed. Between 50 and 60 bowlers from Flint and Goderich enjoyed games all (lay. The visitors were greeted by club Chairman Bea Aberhardt. Before the bowling started, Mayor Palmer, Commissioner of Works Ken Hunter and Tourist Director Robin Stuart welcome the guests. Stuart also conducted a bus tour of Goderich for the visitors.(photo by Ted Spooner) Colonel Schneider Jr. won the race in a time of 208. The early 4-2 Daily Double paid $70.70: (photo by Ted Spooner) Thursday's raceway entries Thursday, July 2, 1987. Post Time 7:30 p.m: RACE 1 - PACE Claiming $2500 with allowances SALES TAX FAGUS DEEP RUN SUPER LINDAS CAN AM ""BRETS NUFF'Y. KINTORE SMARTIE SCOTTY ZIP RACE 2 - PACE Claiming $1500 with allowances CHEYENNE SPRINGER. PLAY IT SAM WILLAS ROGER VIOLAS WOE CLAYBROOK LINDA DAVID STAR NIFTY COUNT SLICK FERRA TERRIFIC ENUFF 'RACE 3 -PACE Maidens FOXY FIGHTER JOSEDALE PATRICK ""G G MICHELE TERRIFIC HOLLY ""STRIKER JONES MINNEKEN LINLAR WRITE BETTY NORTH JOHNIE RAYS EAGLE: RACE 4 - PACE Claiming 52000 with allowances COMMERCE GOLD BOLDSEEISTER. VELLAS'SIMOES AIRBORN ACE BiG JOE BYRD BYE BYE TIDE GHERKIN KEITH (.ANDS RACE 5 - PACE Claiming handicap 53000-$4000 w IMAGEDDON LIAS VAL "BANDO FREEWAY RACY JANET PERFECT SCAMP JENNYS SCAMP JENNIE WtLLVAN RACE 6 - PACE BLANKET NIGHT Purse 5575 R. Windsor S. Bossence W. McLean R. Battin C. Schneider Jr. W. Preszcator K. Calloott Purse $500' F. Sadler R. Batton R. Woodburn A. Sadler R. Henry 'C Schneider ,Jr. D. Ruddick .G. Gaynor F.Sadler Purse 5500 1. Sadler R. Battin R. Henry • .1. (.ester Schneider .Jr. R. Catlin 13, Vanstone R. Campbell It. (thione Purse $550 Claiming 51500 with allowances COOL CONTENDER APOPKA BYRD -HIGHLAND DREAMER TERRIFIC FLING SAND MAN SEEIS'I'F:R WARREN EAGLE CONRAY QUICKPACE ('ARA LOMANS - CASH A COUNT RACE 7 - PACE • N/W 2 Races or $750 Life CHEYENNE DREAM FiT TO BE TIDE GOLDEN FRED . LiNLOR TRUI,EE RENY GO PACIN • •1,1 ZS RYE BYE TAG ALONG JOEY • R. Henn} K Roberts R. Windsor R Vanstone R. Battin G. Gaynor W. Mci.ean l'l' Schneider Jr Purse 5625 ilh allowances A. Shelton V. Vanstone' R. Battin K. Roberts R Battin R. Battin R. Mathers Purse $500 RACE 8 - PACE Maidens "COLOR MY DREAMS MINT TIME MISS TAXi WII,i OWAY WENDY , KAMI HERBERT DRIVE: WITH PRIDE: .(INK AND WIN TRIPLE R V DEAN 11A'l'TIE DUKE: R. Battin R. Battin •C. Windsor F. Sadler D. Windsor R. Henry D. Windsor F. Lancaster Purse $550 T. Coates W. McLean. R. Henry B. Vanstone S. Henry J. Minter V. Vanstone Purse $500 W. Mclean R. Windsor R. Henry C. Fisher R. Battin F. Sadler V. Vanstone R.. Campbell P. (.ester RA('F:9 - PACE, N/W 1 Races or $2500 Life AF claiming allowances Al-. n/w 555 last 6 starts SHARP SCAMP DAYI1)N HAiRMONY SMARTIE FRANCES J('FLANAGAN OMNisciEN'r GYPSY RIP lA('E f0 - PACE (• iming $1500 with allowances LI LOR I,EE , HES SPECIAL (;RAYF'RIARS PAYE LADY S(.'ARI.ET DF:(+i:P'FIVPI.Y. ('ROLLER STAR DREAMER GOOD TiME VI(' TERRIFIC GIL6, Horses Drawn Horses Entered Total ,Purse Purse $675 55000 with Newton's Apple Ted Spooner The CFL is not dead yet • R. Battin R. Battin W. McLean F, Sadler A. Shelton R. Battin Purse $500 D. Windsor A. Shelton V. Kennedy R. Mathers R. Henry E. MacDonald C. Windsor (': Schneider Jr. P. i.ester 80 . 88 $5475 Suncoast beats Canadi BY BREWSTER In the much publicized match -up_ bet- eti ncoast Restaurant and Tavern and Canadian Tire, Suncoast gained the "kid- der' status with an impressive 20-4 mercy Mier Canadian Tire. Game MVP Ron hl.lges led the way going 4 for 4 including two home runs and 6 RBI's. However, in lit' true spirit of slowpitch, both tearns ;alhered out at I,aithwaites Apple Or- chard for a post game analysis and ref reshrnents. Oh ... and by the way the joking began! As the GMS(. heads down the back stretch of the regular season round robin the standings reveal the emergence oT three distinct divisions. Just for fun, Lets take a moment 'to look at these! if we were to use natural point boun- daries to produce divisions, we would see only 6 teams in "A" Division ... six teams separated by only four points! Wouldn't that be a heck of a play-off series. In "B" 'Division we would see 16 teams with only 6 points separating 11 of them! In "("' divi- sion. we would have only 3 teams ... and what a defensive battle that would turn in- to. No doubt you have already determined that we have a, huge log jam in the middle of our league. As the month of July un- folds, we,.will see this pile up at centre field Infold. One way or another, we will end up with two : 8 team divisions and one - 9 team division for play-off action. Your schedul- ing chairman would appreciate your co- operation. if pnt-entially good teams, such as the Elevators and Suncoast, would get off their butts and start winning and some langerotis teams like Murphys and BBs would start losing when they should, then all things Would fall into place. That is the trouble with this league ... no (one does .what they should! Hellof a thing to plan tor .. but a true beauty to watch unfold! Oil the scoreboard this week, we saw the Chiefs scalp Shanahans 26-1 but lost to Home Hardware 11-10, who, earlier in the week also edged Chisholm TV by a 10-8 margin. Lee,. Nobby and the boys from ' 1,akeland laid a 33-7 beating on the Gators, but lost by an impressive 13-10 score to ideal Supply and 17-12 to the Coyotes. Lit- tle Bowl had a big week', edging the Cosmos 8-5, upsettin'"g.Thruway (Formerly called hosing the Firemen) by .ani„ 11-10 margin. but then losing to the Lrtlrev1ew Ranchers by a 12-7 score- . Murphy's Law scored the hat trick this week, losing to the BBs 13-2, blanked by Ideal 28-0 and caged by the Coyotes 29-5 That is a 70-7 loss for pie week! The BBs also posted an impressive 12-11 victory over a slumping elevator team. Shafters suffered a 13-2 beating by the Parkhouse but rebounded with a 7-7 draw against the highly favoured Chrysler team under the aged but solid influence of game MVP Donald C (two balls) Johnston. John Banter had his Canadian Tire team round as they picked up two more wins this week. They pounded Local 1863 by a 20-4 score in five and posted the upset of the week with a 7-6 victory over the highly regarded Port Albert Bulldogs. Sunys lost a close 7-4 decision to the Tire in keyan match Local but rebounded with a solid 6-3 vic- tory over Suncoast Restaurant and Tavern. Earlier, Suncoast broiled the Gators 20-1 in five. Boyes Transport pounded Parkhouse, 17-1 and Lakeview Ranchers 24-14. Dearborn Steelers lost 18-7 to the Bulldogs and were edged 3-1 by Chrysler. Thruway Muffler super tuned Chisholm TV by a 20-8 margin to round out the week. Team reps are reminded of the July 6th General Meeting at 9:00 p.m. Thruway, BBs, Shanahans, Suny's, Lakeview, Gators, Bulldogs, and Cosmos are thanked for their support, of our support, for minor ball, through our fine System. Our league tournament draws near. For information, please call Earl Pennington! "Newsflash" It has happened ... Diane Neville amd Refflinghaus tie for first low gr�ss You might say the regular men's night on Monday, .June 22nd was a wash-out, in view of the fact it poured most of the day. However, 31 hardy souls sloshed around and managed to card average scores. Ralph Neville and Harold Refflinghaus tied for first low gross, while Al Mac- Donald came in with first low net.. Q. Egener was closest to the pin on No. 5, again. We're expecting a hole -in -one any day noW •'Q' . Other winners were Vic Fin- nie, Jack Hinton, Mike. Sully, John Str- inger, Ken Hall, Bill Ross and Dave Cornish. The couples' Guest Night held recently had an entry of 46 with the following win- ners: guests A. Tanguay° and Denise Roi - from Quebec were followed by Kay King & Pete Bettger, and father and daughter twosome, Bob McDougall and Marlene Huff. Next Couple's night will be held on Sunday, July 5th. The Ladies regular golf night on Tues- day, June 23rd took the form „of an' In- terclub Tournament, - with guests from Goderich Sunset and Bayfield Bluewater ioining the regulars. We had a good turn - ON THE BALL o: ° at the Maitland out of 51 and were lucky enough to have ' perfect weather. First Flight winners were: Kay Sharp, first low gross. First low net was Verna Kane, second Bev Jef' frey, third Pat Jewell'of Sunset and fourth Chris Reeve of Sunset. Second flight, first low gross Joan McDougall, first low net Edna Looker, second Bess Smith, third bora Warwick of "Bluewater and fourth' Mary Lapaine. Third flight: first loci ' Gross, Jean Knight, first'low net Bertha McGee. second Grace Neville, third Ruth Bushell of Sunset and fourth Joyce Hart of Bluewater. Fourth Flight: first low gross, Auleen Curry, first low net Kay King, se- cond Lynn Edward, third Irla Stewart and fourth Pat Tyndall. Keep your eye on your Bulletin Boards for various tournaments which may he coming up, either at other clubs or here at Maitland. Reports concerning the demise of the CFL have been greatly exaggerated. Sports writers have taken the fall of the Montreal Alouettes as an omen that the league itself is about to- fold at any mo- ment. The reasons why rhe league has sur- vived over 100 years is a complete mystery to them. When two good teams play the Canadian game it is more exciting than anything the Americans have to offer. The wider, longer field and the extra player make for a wide-open, anything -can -happen game, and three downs forces teams to make things happen fast. However, when a team of American imports, who have never wat- ched, much less played Canadian rules, try to show us how it is done, the results are usually less than spectacular. What can be expected from an NFL cut who arrives at Pearson Internatignal Air- port, is given a CFL rule book and told to read it quickly before suiting up for that night's game. Turnstile football, as it has been dubbed in the East, hinders the game. -Who in their right mind believes a Tampa Bay Buccaneer reject is a saviour? Yes, I am a hard-core, die-hard CFL fan and before you discard this column as the fevered mutterings of an obvious lunatic, let me tell you what happens to a Canadian city when its team wins the Grey Cup. I was watching the 1982 Grey Cup, bet- ween the Toronto Argonouts and the British Columbia Lions at domed B.C. Place, from the cozy confines of the EL Macombo Tavern in downtown Toronto When suddenly the city went mad. People were dancing in the street; hanging from lamp' posts and hugging and kissing total strangers- Did the Leafs win the Stanley cup? Did the Blue Jays win the World 51eries? Not in vember; the Argos won the Grey € p1,,.: en Winnipeg won - the Cup a few years ago, hangovers lasted for Weeks and can you imagine the party if either 'the Calgary Stampeders or the Saskatchewan Roughrider had won. Time would stop for a moment in Regina. A sport that can generate such pride and emotion is not dead. ,However, I am not so naive as to think' there are no problems with the league. Fan interest is low, attendance - throughout the league is -down and . more than one franchise is being held together with chewing gum and prayer and the gum is beginning to crack. The problems go much deeper than the financial woes of professional - teams. There is little grass roots support and few big, strong , Canadian boys dream about playing in the CFL. I read a report that fewer than five per cent of the population plays either touch or tackle football. The success of any pro sport is directly' propor- tional to the strength and enthusiasm of the amateur ranks that -support it. Ten years ago,'pro basketball' was dead but the college game became' so popular it saved the league. Fans watched Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in college and continued to watch them in the pros. Ltalked to.Glen Weir, former star defen- sive lineman with the Alouettes and a Canadian, at the first Goderich Sports Celebrity Banquet, and he felt Canadian players were not respected and quite often Turn to page 7A • (Milchelmore) Siemon has played a game in the GMSL. Though She is better than half the guys in our league, this has set the . precedent. What next ... no sliding at se- cond or a rose for MVP or complete in- tegration .... Possibly maternity leave for two league players! "GMSL" Standings to: June 26. Team G W L T F A Pt 15 12 1 2 208 85 26 81 24 107 24 75 23 129 23 124 22 120 19 120 18 112 -18 132 16 90 15 129 .,14 82 14 129 13 130 13 1,58 12 90 10 158 10 148 10 152 10 149 158 8 70 228 .8 23. Shanahans 13 1 12 0 49 233 2 24. Cosmos 14 1 13 0 44 212 2 25. Gators 15 0 15 0 61 325 0 Re -Schedules: 20/7/1 from June 19 to July 19, 2:00 p.m. Signal, 12/9/23 June 28 to July 5 5:00 p.m. Signal. 1. Chrysler 2. Ideal 14 12 2 0 218 3. Boyes 15 12 3 0 216 4: Bulldogs -14 11 2 1 201, 5. Sunys 15 11 • 3 1 185 •6. Canadian 16 11 5 0,-192 7. Thruway 14 9 4 1 169 8. Chiefs 13 9 '4 0 154 9. Coyotes 14 9 5 0 180 10. Horne 14 , 8 6 0 150 11. Suncoast .14 7 6 1 133 12. Lakeland 14 7 7 0 -173 13. Sifto 14' 6 „6 2 98 14. Dearborn 14 6 7 1 128 15. Parkhouse 15 6 8 1 158 16. BBs 13 6 7 0 117, 17. Elevators 13 5 8 0 103 18: Local 1863 14 5 9 0 127 19. Little Bowl 14 5 9 0 140 20. Lakeview 15 5 10 0 105 21. Chisholm 13 4 9 0 22. Murphys 14 4 10 0 Peewee team reaches 'semis - Godericki Peewee softball team lost 12-2 in the semi-finals of an open tounament in New Hamburg June 28-29 to a team from Scarborough. oderich was in the tough A division and ha to play teams from larger areas, but they defeated New Hamburg 25-5 and'Sim- coe 9-8 to reach the semis. Phillips hit a double to score Lumley in the fourth inning and Jason Cook's triple scored Lumley again in the sixth to com- plete the scoring in their final game. The' Simcoe game was the tightest match of the tournament as .pitcher Pellow had a three up three down seventh to hold onto a 9-8 win. Their big -inning was the third as Phillips, Cook and `Lumley singled and Duckworth doubled and they scored four 'runs. Goderich was down 8-7 in the sixth when Cook, homered and Mellick singled to score Lumley to take the lead 9-8., Duckworth had four hits, including a homer and Phillips homer as well to give Goderich a 25-5 win in a laugher over host New Hamburg in the first game. Goderich Pitcher Chris Clements struck out seven to lead his team. Every Goderich player had at least one hit in the game. %w Pritchard, Watson Atoms drop season opener Last Wednesday the Goderich Atoms soccer team opened their season on the road with a 7-0 loss to Exeter. Coach Al Fisher said despite the one- sidded score Doug Hanson, Terry Pardys, Steven Linklater and Brian Livesey were standouts on the team. ' According to Fisher, the Exeter team controled the ball 'throughout and should be commended for their deft passing. finish second The team of Larry Pritchard and Frank Watson finished second in the darts com- petition at the District Senior' Games in S@af6rth June 22, 23. More than 400 competitors in 14 events attended the games from Huron, Perth and Middlesex Counties. , Mitchel won the overall title for the third year in a row with 103 points. Seaforth finished second with 96 and Parkhill took third with 42 points. Other Goderich residents who placed are as follows: in mens' golf 26 handicap and up Tom Stuart, third; in ladies' golf 26 han- dicap and up Ruth Keene, second; the bridge team of Viola Montgomery and Irene Harnock finished third. The Goderich Recreation Department congradulates all those who participated.