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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-07-05, Page 9I'1" .. acro; returns to Go drich E.acway Thursday night ... Returning to action after a two year layoff, Goderich Raceway opens for the 1979 season with what should be an evening of exciting harness racing action. Featured on opening night will • be three divisions of the Ontario Sires Three Year Old Pacing Colts and Geldings. With each division going postward for a purse of over $5,500 there should be some excellent miles fashioned from. this.group. The first division,, with eight starters, contains this season's top.,, three year old pacer, Dangerfield Bruce. Owned by Dave Morrisey of Aitsa Craig and -Peter Oud of Hensall, the son of Armbro Nadir -Curtsy. Hanover will be: teamed by___ Harold Stead.-. and score from the number one post position. - - Devon. Rainbow, the chestnut colt has a personal mark of 2:00.1 this year for owners Bruce and' Glenna Clements of DBbbinston,. Included in the second division, with seven 'starters, are Com- missions, Jorge Herbert an Mooreland's Dick. ined by Fred•• List, Commissions paced Leamington's half mil oval in 2:03.1. The son of Zip Tar is owned by the Penn Rich Farms of St. 'Marys, Jorge Herbert comes from the most ' powerful owner -trainer - driver combinations in Ontario. Bred --and owned by William Herbert"- of Lambeth, Jorge Herbert is trained and driven by former Kincardine" resident Dave Wall. Moor'elandLs Dic,k - is owned and trained. by Bruce and Wayne Dupee of Clinton. The third --division should create the most local interest. Camper's Scamp••... and-.. Blackbro... Garken were the two standout three year olds -in London during May - and Rine. Both took marks of 2; 03with the.ir• last halfs in 59 seconds. Camper's Scamp is Owned by Sadie Habkirk' of Aylmer and driven'•by Bill Habkirk. ' Blackbro Garken is ovine• -,y, an -----471-3-1n471 Blacker` of'•St. Marys and - driven by Terry Kerr. The Walkerton con- bination of owner Eugene Forbes• and, trainer - Among his opposition will he Jack Stollar's Arrochar Mist, who drew —post. position two. A $64,000 yearling pur.chase... at Toronto, Arrochar Mist just defeated - Dangerfield Bruce last rtday`ixr2 : 00.2. Also in the field of eight are Carmen Hie's Record Knight and , Larry Walker's: .Autumn Glo. Autumn Glo ais a.. homebred , owned by former Lucan; resident Th tti o tgin . The "s econd:.division is headed by another one from Larry . Walke's stable,' Devon Scout. A son of Tarport Count - driver Wm. "Bud" Fritz has Sulkyshaker enteredin. this division. Sulkyshaker took a two year old mark of 2:05.1 and has been timed in 2:02 this year. Dave Wall has Jumbo Dynasurge entered in this divis'i`on. Winner of $87,000 in the -two year old stakes, Jumbo Dynasurge took a lifetime mark this year in .Leamington in 2:01.2 and in the process lowered the track record. In addition to being owned by Dave Wall, Dynasurge has local ties in that he was bred by Ross Forster of Ripley. of only is it an ex- ( mor s �le cellent field of horses, but CJI the drivers are standouts in 'their profession. second after win Wall has established himself as one of the best stakesman around. Last year Wall's horses earned in, excess of $250,000 -in the Ontario Sires Stakes. In . 1979 Wall's best performance to date came on June 25 at London, setting a new. track record in 1:58.1. Bud Fritz and Bill Troy spend most of their time. at Orangeville Raceway where both rank high in the UpRS. Rod and Jerry Duford are two brothers who have become -recognized 60DFRICH SIGNAL, -,STAR, THURSDAY; JULY 5, 1979—FAGE'9 • as ,capablq. horsemen. Jerry. _splits his time between the,, OJC and Windsor R eway with the occasional trip to the United States. Rod looks after things at home, Dresden, and can usually be found teaming something ..at •London or Windsor. With a -little help from the weatherman, /here is the distinct possibility of a near record breaking performance. This is the ...first •off..nine Thursday night meets this year with post time set for 7:45. 110 L or Harold Harold Stead, Larry Walker and Carmen Hie are three Of _the top teamsters on the Ontario Jockey -Club circuit. Walker, a former Owen Sound resident, is perennially" ranked in the top ten in purse earnings` and races won. One of ' the younger' teamsters . on the OJC circuit,' Stead, has com- peted in several 'driving championships, including one against European drivers this winter and United States drivers this spring. Dave Wall and, Terry Kerr can usually be found e top five driveTS at London. Earlier this season, Kerr won six of nirle'rates he drove in on one racecard. In the past six year Gords. Sports" slipped,- -into a tie with-€4-shers for second place "in the Dunlop division with a 4-2 over Green and Parent in _industrial ...acti.on, ._ Sun- day. The win was the seventh of the season for th-e Sports against four losses. They have two games in hand over Fisher-. Gords scored all their runs in a second inning outburst and hung on_tQ... claim the 4-2 win. Gor-ds combined four singles and an. error in their half of the second inning to score. four runs. Bob Riehl, Dave.Scholl, Myles Murdock and .Jim_Ginn had second inning hits. • Greener and Parent seared—run -i-n-- the second .mining on errors and_ scoreds'fheir second rt n in the sixth inning as Larry- Donnelly, doubled._ home John Warr. Riehl and Scholl led the Sports eight hit attack with two hits apiece. Scholl also went the distance in the win allowing two .nuns on six hits while recording 14 strike outs. • Area racing enthusiasts will be bad( laying down ' Thursday is 7.95 p.m. and official opening their bets at the Goderich Raceway this Thursday ceremonies will be at the finish line following after a two-year absence.' Post'time for races this the first race. (photo by Dave Sykes) - hursday night race entries Leroy Meriam had two • hits for -Green and Parent RACE• No, t Maidens :300 A.E. I:C('AIy BOY Clarence Young JOANNADALE Brad Vanstone • •while. Warr and Donnelly chipped in with a double apiece. Jim. Martin was tagged with the. loss giving up four runs on eight hits. ROLLABE1d.E: ' Jim Wolsey • UALAGItAPH Glen Woodburn .HILEA BRAD Keith Coates- DELC'REST I)AN . DennieJewlli ORANGE RAIL Gerry Roebuck .MISS KRISTA HAL ,Jack Meriam " ' PRINCESS PENN Rbcs Bat tin A E. E:P'S G4 -HL W'ilham E'ritz L'r.N'',. ' M. NT 'Larry Walker Claiming 3.15110 with allowance MCKES;HMMY,LYNN.. . Gerry Roebuck; RACE No. 3 .._ .3300 Claiming 82000 with allowance -BE:NiMILLERSAMMY Verdun Vans'tone • • BAHL() CHAMP Bill Caldwell • SKIPPY DEL 13.i11 Bennett t'I,AtBROOK ROMEO- - Randy Herr• Ft A.I IS' TREit:;.t,R•E-• . • 'Dennis „ - SYLVAN STREAKER, FeedSadi'er OAKHURSTGERI Dick Mitchell NANCY MEADOW "Gerry Roebuck. AZUCAR PRINCESS Ftandy Henry NOTA SIATPOKE Witham Ben- nett RACE No. 5 Pace $5,872.54 _DA NGERFIELD BRUCE. Harold stead BOLD ZIP • Diqs_Mitc hell , CAROL:LION BA WI, ES Wendell RECORD KNIGHT C'arinan LATISS IM US DORSI . Bill Troy FIGHTER ATOM • Rod Dotard AUT.LIMN GLO Larry Walker LADY ELM Bill German bEEp_RUN PENN W.0, McLean :IEEE Earl Hyatt , TOOTER BILL Glen WoodbUrn JAVDDN•SUSIE Ken Houston. GREEtiWAY BYE BYE: Bill JOLLY KII:LEANfGercy Roebuck FERRIC D 'BUY . Gary Keays TIMN.TAM'S TRIGGER Robert Greco N -W races or 1000 lifetime • V O. NIL:LEAN W.O. McLean BELLE DAR1EL • "-Dennis Jewitt DEEP RUN SHELTY Rapson, EMMA C LEE John Duckworth WINNIE ENSIGN Verdwin Van - MacDonald NW 400 L6 A.E• $4000 claimers with , KEYSTONE SHAWNEE John Muir • DAINTY MEADOW Rrad V,atistone LATE AFFAIR ___Gerry,J32oe buck - WIDOWERS TUX Keih Coates MARL YSS CHECK Rost Battin CLAYBROOK KAOLA John Shaddick (.HECK : �EYOVER D'at'e Wall . D1A'N j ('AMI' •- Dale Kennedy . 'PRACE;Y DIRECT • 'ferry Kerr -- ”-13A-F.E-HOST A • ' Wayne Duper .• - HAZY DARES- ' Haruki Stead LE:AHAVEN JEWEIJ. Dennis . Jewitt ' A good, oful-1 day of 'soccer Was enjoyed .b"y"" about '250 players and spectators at the' Annual Soccer. Tournarrient held at Agriculture Park, sty team- wins soccer eSunday. The six teams"in the tourney' were evenly matched and the two final teams were. not decided until' the final ..round - of - play Bay` City took the tournament "cha'm- pionship with a 3-0 vic- tory' over Grand Bend ,in the .. -tournament . final. Shannon McCoy opened - the scoring in the game for Bay„Citiy and although Grand' Bend held the r own ""MCCoy scored his: second goal of the game JelbitI ' •- AN.DY'STERRY Rhss.f -actin "CARELESSANDY John Muir A E --- n MUDDY ROYAL H',O. Jerry ,.DILLERS`DEMON Tine Robinson a • HAtF: Na. 4 3400 Claiming 33000-$350(1 handicap with allowance ", " . . bllIE:('T BY PASS , Ross Bastin tournament to'boost Bay City into a pionship win.. two -goal lead. The Bay City team". The final.. goul of the . opened the tournament. game was scored.byGary •with a 3-2 Win- over Schneider and assured "Goderich. United ' In the Y sham Ba Cit the first game. The Michigan • • • • ,,game of the tournament. Bill Clark, .Jan Paterson and':' Craig Davidson scored fir London while Ga-ry Schneider and Louis Pavydef scored the Bay City goals. • squad. maintained a fast • -pace in the early part of the game and built up -a three -goal lead by half time. Nick Turov, Gerry Anifezcyk and Shannon McCoy scored first half goals for Bay City. , Goderich went all out in the second half and got two goals goals from Randy Little to .narrow the Bay City lea'to a single goal . but time ran- out in the second half. In other first round play Clinton and Kin- - `zardine battled to a 1-1 tie and Grand Bend and the —Ge•r--rn-an-----Gal adle-rts- of London played to a -scoreless tie. In the'first game of the' second round the German Canadians•') edg`ed Bay. City 3-2 in the hest soccer m SIR BLITZEN Ken Mclean •BLACKBRO GARKEN' 'Terry Kerr • Rod Duford SUMBODYNASURGE Dave Wall Fred List • " Post -time 7:45. 'gumber of entries Lonnie in box 105, — Draw made by. Ken Heirilurch, Lois Vanstone, W.O. McLean. Goderich Raceway Entries for Thursday. 'In oth.er_-s.econd round action Goderich and Kincardine played to a 2-2 tie. .Despite defeating Bay, City, ' the . German Canadians• lost their next game to Clinton 1-0 on a -lone. goal by Brian Kennedy, Grand ' Bend. also , advanced as they recorded a hard fought 1 '' 0 win over the host United Club. In semi-final _play Clinton -.battled-_.Bay Gi-ty- to determine 'one finalist and a lone goal by Gary.. Schneider gave Bay City a berth in the tournament final. In the other semi- final game Grand Bend defeated Kincardine 2-0 to earn the right to play Bay City in the cup final. MOORELANDS DICK Wayne . Dupee COMMISSIONS McCorkle JORGE:HERBERT Dave Wall thletic briefs • • • The Goderich R•ecreation Board passed a motion at its last regular meeting restricting use of the track al Agriculture Park. From now on the training of horses mill beliermitted„until .• 8- p.m. fro'm Monday to Saturday and„up until • 1.30 p.m. Sunday. There has been somedoncern about youngsters attempting tocross thetrack The Goderich Sports 'Committee will proceed with work on the basehalTdia mond so it can be used fOr both baseball and sOftball. After several meetings with ball groups it was agreed that four light pllsts near home _plate will be moved. The cost of mOving two poles, and adding two additional poles and lights is $8,600. Users of the mond have been asked to donate towards the project- It,ds. not known if the light poles will be move,d-in-fin-re for,the Industrial Labour Day acKenzie hurls no-hitter for Lakeport Steel Brian MacKenzie pitched the first no-hitter of the Industrial League season as Lakeport Steel. ", blanked French 6-0 in league play, MondaY. Mackenzie turned in a near -flawless' per:- -tossing the no-hitter and „allowing only four French runners to reach base.\ He gave up -a first in-. ning walk to_ deorge Sutton and three other French runners reactitd- first on Lakeport errors-, „But no French Iptter___ reached second ,base ,Lakeport i*ked up formance combining six hits and five French errors to score siv vet A member of the Goderich United soccer team grimaces as his shot is blocked by a Bay City defender. in action at The Annual Soccer tdurnatnent held in Goderich; Sunday. Bay 'City defeated Goderich 3-2 in the opening game of the tourney and went on to win the championship with a victory over Grand Bend in the final. Six teams took part In the one -day tournament. (photo by Dave Muffitt) . Jones led the taker:451-1 offence, with two hits in three trips to the plate inclUding a'qun- scor.ing triple in the fourth inning. MacKenzie chipped in with a third inning single that drove in two ruhs. .Tfhe win was the sixth - of the season for Lakeport against six losses ancLleaves them in -- third plaCe the Maitland Division with'12 point's, two behind French and one ahead of fourth place Ziebart. Lakeport returns to action Sunday in a 5.30 Bowl and Monday they • take on Canada CoMpany at 8.45 p.m. at 'Agriculture park. This year the Lake Huron Zone Recreation •Association will host Sportsfest 79 in Listowel. • Applications for the many events offered at Recreation.office on Waterloo Street. . - The Goderich ReCrenfrorr-J3--nrd has agreed td supply some stone dust for the diamond at St. Marys SchOol to bring the diamond' up to a better' playing level. • -.Ball hockey is operating at the .Goderich CornmUnity Centr6 Thursday evenings and , turnout for the new sport has been good. The ___grotip-is trying to for,gn a house league of four tea,ms and anyone intereSted-ran contact the Recreation office. The Goderich -Summer Special Events- Prograni will begin' July 9. Jeff fiaechler, Nan1„:,y Fisher, and Judy Langridge are in • The 10 km Fun Run Classic scheduled for Icily 14 in Goderich had attracted 2i entries up to last wock Lind organiiers are looking for more runners and joggers to partitipate.