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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-01, Page 8PAGE 8—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1978 SPORTSPAGE Fishers lose two of three but remain on top in standings Doherty sparks Company BY DAVE SYKES Q Veteran Stan Doherty made an auspicious debut with the youthful Canada Company last week, after a year layoff and his presence inspired the team to three victories and sole possession of first place in the Dunlop Division. Doherty, who did not play industrial ball last year, was picked up in the player draft by Canada Company earlier this 'year. And the acquisition has already paid dividends for Canada Company. Doherty pitched 10 innings in the three games, giving up only six hits and chipped in with Goderich Bantam pitcher Tracy Jewell pitched a fine game and led her team to a 7-6 victory over Kinkora in a league game at Agriculture Park, Sunday. (photo by Jeff Seddon) Elevators gain two victories The Goderich Elevators humiliated the Clinton Cardinals with a 31-0 victory in Huron Central Ladies softball league action, Monday. The Elevators struck for 13 runs in the first inning and didn't look back as they added 18 more runs to that total over the final six innings for the win. The Elevators took advantage of several walks issued by the op- posing pitcher while Sue Kolkman and Karen McKinnon hit home runs. Linda Miller and Karen Pond scored five runs each for the winners. The Elevators racked up their second win of the week as they scored 10 runs in the first inning and coasted to an 11-7 victory over the Goderich Superstars. The Superstars opened the scoring with a single run in the top half of the first inning before the Elevators went on a 10 - run binge while batting through the order. The Superstars chipped away at the Elevators' lead scoring a single run in the second inning and they added five in the sixth inning but were retired in order in their final at bat. Karen Miller scored the final Elevators' run in the fourth inning. THE FARMER COMES FIRST "the farmer is the primary factor in the body politic" VISIT OUR BOOTH AT CLINTON SPRING FAIR A1n appreciation of the vital role of the farmer and agriculture.– Based on the teachings of the Baha'i faith. i i i 33 1 three home runs to lead Canada Company to three victories after they ad lost their opening game. Due to cancellations Canada Company was forced to play two games Friday night. They hammered Fisher 8-2 in the first game and completed the nightcap with a 9-2 win over French. They then won their third game of the campaign doubling Green and Parent 10-5 Sunday. Canada Company had lost their first game of the season before they launched the three -game win streak. The victories now give them six points on the season and sole possession of first place, two points ahead of Lakeport and French in the standings. Doherty worked a complete game in his first outing ag''ainst Fisher Friday limiting the Builders to two runs on just four hnits. He also sparked his team of- fensively with two homers that produced three runs. Canada Company opened the scoring with a single run in the second inning as Tom O'Brien singled in Mike Donnelly who had reached base on an error.' Doherty then_ sparked a three -run fourth inning rally with a leadoff home run and Bob Dick delivered a two -out double that scored Donnelly and Don Bogie. Fisher got back in the game with two runs in their half of the fourth inning. Doug Smith nailed Doherty for a two - out single that scored Bob McBride and Jim Bell. McBride led off the in- ning with a walk and Jim Bell reached base on an error, before Smith's single. Canada Company then put the game out of reach with a four -run outburst in the . top of the fifth inning that was again engineered by Doherty. Glen Tigert led off the inning with a walk and with one out Doherty slammed his second homer of the game, this one a two -run shot. Donnelly and Bogie followed up with suc- cessive doubles that scored Donnelly and Tom O'Brien then doubled in Bogie. O'Brien led the Com- pany offense with three hits in as many trips to the plate while Doherty and Bogie added two hits apiece. Jack McKinnon had three of the Fisher four hits. Canada Company seemed little the worse for wear in their second game Friday as they dumped French Dry Cleaners 9-2 on a six -hit performance by Glen Tigert. Canada Company capitalized on eight French errors, and two - run homers by Doherty and Tom O'Keefe to rack up their second win of the evening. Canada Company struck quickly and built up an 8-0 lead after four innings of play. Doherty got the team started in the first inning with a two -run homer that scored Tigert. The youngsters then struck for three runs in the second inning with the help of four French errors and a timely single by O'Keefe. Tom,. O'Brien, Mike Donnelly and Dave McKenzie scored, the Company runs. Two more errors in the third inning led to the Company's sixth run as O'Brien reached base on an error, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Donnelly's single. O'Keefe added to the Company lead with a two -run homer in the fourth inning that scored Tigert, who led off the inning with a single. Bill Durst scored the final company run in the fifth inning. French was unable to mount much of an offense through the first five innings as Tigert held them to two hits. They scored on a single run in the sixth inning on a George Sutton solo home run, his third of the season and Sutton was responsible for their second run in the seventh inning as he singled in Frank MacDonald. O'Keefe led the Company 10 hit attack with three hits in four trips to the plate in- cluding the two -run homer. McKenzie and Donnelly added two hits apiece. Ron Klages and George Sutton had two hits each for French. Canada. Company won their third game of the. week hammering Green and Parent 10-5 Monday. Canada Company struck for two runs in the first inning and then exploded for five runs in the -fourth and three in -the fifth inning. Green and Parent' had tied the game with two runs in the third inning but were only able to reply with a single run in the fourth inning and two in the fifth. 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BY DAVE SYKES Fisher Custom Builders had a rough week in Industrial League action This week dropping two of three league games. Fisher was unbeaten in their first two starts and managed to salvage the week's play with an 8-7 victory over Little Bowl after losing to Canada Company and Graham Electric. The win was the third of the season for Fisher against two losses and leaves them tied for first place in the Maitland Division with Little Bowl and McGees Pontiacs with six points. Both McGees and Little Bowl have a game in hand over Fisher. Graham Electric scored three runs in both the second and third innings and withstood a late Fisher rally as they chalked up their first victory of the season. Fisher had opened the scoring en the game with an unearned run in the first inning but after the Grisham rally they trailed 6-1 after five in- nings of play. They rebounded for two runs in the sixth inning and narrowly missed forcing extra innings with two runs in the seventh in- ning. But their rally fell short -and the Electrics racked up their first win in four games. Graham Electric nailed two Fisher pit- chers, Doug Fisher and Fred Pellow, for 11 hits in the game and ironically all those hits came in the run producing second and third innings. They had no hits over the other five innings. John Verway, Steve Haggitt, John Hoy and Fred Schoemaker had two hits each for Graham. .. Verway and Haggitt also scored two runs. Fisher managed eight hits off winning pitcher Verway, four of them in the two -run sixth inning. Bob McBride and John Hoy led the Fisher of- fense with two hits apiece while four other players added one hit each. In their only victory of the week, Fishers ex- ploded for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on six hits and overcame a 4-2 deficit en route to an 8-7 win. Fisher scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 2- 0 lead and held that lead until the top of the sixth when Little Bowl nailed Doug Fisher for four runs on four hits. Trailing 4-2 Fisher rallied for six runs in their half of the sixth inning on six hits to take a 8-4 lead into the final inning. They almost booted that lead as Little Bowl fought back with three runs in the seventh before they relinquished the final out. Dave Patterson hit a two -run, two -out homer in the seventh to narrow the Fisher lead to a single run after Glen Falkiner had scored. But Fisher managed to get Ken Doherty on a ground out to end the game. Dennis Lebrun, Jack McKinnon and Jim Bell led Fishers' attack with two' hits apiece. One of Lebrun's hits was a homer in the sixth inning and Bell chipped in with a triple and a double in three trips to the plate. McKinnon and Lebrun also scored two runs each. Falkiner was the top Little Bowl batsman with three hits in four times at bat while team-mates . Allen and Doherty added two hits apiece. Doug Fisher went the distance in the victory giving up 10 hits and striking out six batters. Terry Powell worked five innings for Little Bowl and gave up two runs on three its. Fisher returns to action tonight against Gord's Sports at 8:45 p.m. while Little Bowl battles Graham Electric in the first game. 101 ntrt'"a tz'atliti(►tial C`t3.?+tiie`trf . It-, a (•l/riti)lt•tt• j►(+autr .frt ;ttrttt .rel liter :tt1(1 that alt)nt• -- !„r � uttt I()(1 -- ari(1 \ ()LI t• Iat t SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU Rosemary Blois Beauty Consultant with Biot,erm beauty card products will be in our store THURSDAY, JUNE 8 available exclusively at.... �tl Etl�. Arrange An Appointment For A CONSULTATION anda FACIAL PIuirmacy at NO CHARGE Mite FREE GIFT PACKAGE PURCHASE Of l��lo HsaM PRODUCTS 14 SHOPPER'S SQUARE GODERICH