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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
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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.
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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
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•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
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,,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
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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
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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.