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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-07-26, Page 8PAGE 8 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979 French catcher Bill Gallow waits for the relay throw from centre field as Green and Parent cat- cher, Chip Wilson bears down on home plate in agame between the teams Tuesday. The ball and runner arrived at the same time but Gallow put the tag on Wilson for the final out of the game to seala 4- 1 win for French in Industrial League action. (photos by Dave Sykes) McGees lead by four points The McGee Pontiacs increased their lead in the Dunlop division to four points over second place Gords winning two of three games last week. On Monday July 16 McGees edged Gords 4-1 on the strength of two, two -run 'homers by Rick Sowerby and last Friday they shutout Green and Parent on a no-hitter by Ken Daer. On Sunday they lost their fourth game of the season losing a 3-1 decision to Canada Company. In their win over Gords, the bat of Rick Sowerby was all the Pontiacs needed as he nailed a two - run homer in the first inning and' another in the fifth in the 4-1 win. 1io Sowerby.. also went the distance .on the mound and allowed Ggrds just one run on their seven hits. McGees -managed only five hits in the game. The Pontiacs recorded their llth win of the season last Friday blanking Green. and Parent 5-0 behind the no - hit pitching of Ken Daer. Daer almost pitched a perfect game and retired the first 16 batters he faced before hitting Jim Harrison with a pitch. Harrison was the only G • and p batter to reach base. Daer's performance was backed up by solid defence as he did not strike out any batters in the game. Sowerby provided the margin of victory in the first inning with a solo home run. The Pontiacs added two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to seal the win. Paul Kelly doubled and tripled in three at bats, scored a run and drove in two others. Clare Har- mon, Doug Spitzig and Harry Kerr chipped in. with one hit apiece. The Pontiacs have now won 11 of their 15 games and are four points up on second place Gorda Sports. They will return to action Sunday in a 4 p.m. contest against lakeport Steel. SPORTS PAGE Four year old pacers featured Company sports best league record Canada company in- creased their lead in the Maitland Division to five points with two victories in Industrial League action. On Monday,July 16 the Company ripped Little Bowl 13-4 and , Sunday they edged the Dunlop 'Division ,leaders, McGee Pontiacs, 3-1. The victories improved -Canada Company's record to 12 wins against fourlosses for 24 points. Against Little Bowl, the Company piled up a 7-4 lead after fourinnings and then struck for..'s.ix runs in the top of the fifth. Canada ,Company lashed out 11 hits in the game and Rob MacDonald and Brian Bowman combined for six of the team's hits. MacDonald nailed two singles and fourth inning homer in four at bats and scored three runs., Bowman connected for a single and two triples in three trips to the plate. He scored three runs and drove in four. Team-mate Glen Tigert chipped in with two hits and scored two runs. Little Bowl also had' some luck with the bat in the early innings as three of their six hits went for extra bases. David Patterson nailed a run - scoring triple in the first inning and added a run - scoring double in the third. Glen Falkiner singled in the first inning and scored and tripled in a run in the third inning. Stan Doherty pic,ked-'up the win while John Crawford was tagged with the loss. Canada Company racked up their 12th win . of the season Sunday with a 3-1 win over McGees. The Company scored all three runs in the fourth inning on a walk, an error and two hits. With two d'ut, Stan Doherty drew a walk and Bill Durst reached base on an error. Casey Wildgen doubled to score a run and Mike Donnelly followed with a single to score Durst. The Pontiacs got their only run in the fifth as Ron Sowerby led off with a double and scored on sacrifices. Doherty picked up the win allowing one run on five hits. Daer gave up three runs on five hits in the loss. Wildgen led the Company offensively connecting .for three• of their five hits. He hit a single, double and triple in three at bats. B1ueater Bantams lose two leauge contests The Bluewater Internationals were defeated in both of their scheduled games last week. On Sunday July 15 they travelled to Clinton and were defeated by a score of 5 - 4. Clinton led 3 - 0 after the second inning and Goderich came back with four runs in the fourth but Clinton then went ahead with one in the fourth and. one in the fifth. The Internationals had eight hits, leading was Kevin Adams: With three and one each to David Gallow, Denis Kerr, Mike Chisholm, Scott MacDonald and Del Bedard. Runs were scored by Gallow, Chisholm, MacDonald and Bedard. Adams and Kerr were the pitchers for the Internationals. On Saturday Goderich played host to Dashwood and were outplayed by a score of 11 - 2. The score was 2 - 1 for.; Dashwood after the fourth but then they broke loose in the next three innings. for nine runs. Goderich just couldn't get hack in the game. David Gallow, Kevin Adams and Mike Chisholm all had three hits apiece and two for Denis Kerr. The Inter- ) nationals only runs were scored by Kerr in the • first, and Gallow in the seventh. Chris Pitre went the distance on the mound with eight strikeouts. Jays improve record .with .two wins The Goderich Blue' Jays boosted their. won - lost record to 6-3 in WOAA midget boys baseball play with two wins in three starts last week. Wednesday, the Jays dropped a close 4-3 decision in Chesley but Friday they won a close one, 2-1 over Listowel in Listowel. Sunday here, the Blue Jays had an easier time of it, defeating Crediton 14-8. The Jays managed only three hits off a com- bination of .three Chesley pitchers. Hard -throwing Rob Emke emerged as the winning pitcher fol' Chesley a5' his mates broke a 3-3 tie with one run in the home -half of the fifth inning to get their margin of victory. Larry Madge was also impressive ori the mound for the Jays, giving up only five hits and walking none in the seven inning game. The Chesley pit- cher gave up a total of six bases on balls. Willie Denomme had two of the Goderich hits and scored one run. Ted Doherty had the.:other hit and crossed the plate once: Jeff Denomy ac- counted for the other Goderich run, scoring on' errors after he was walked by Emke. Dan Maillet threw a two hitter at Listowel in .4 another' pitchers' duel Friday. He • walked two and struck out four in a' fine effort- for the Jays. Bob Johnson was the loser for Listowel, giving up two runs.on five hits. Rob McDonald had two of the Goderich hits and scored one of the runs when he came homeon-a hit by Maillet which got by the Listowel out- fielders, allowing -Maillet to score the winning run: Larry Madge and Ted Doherty had the other Goderich hits. The Blue Jays jumped off to an 11-0 lead Sunday against Crediton. Larry Madge pitched -no -hit ball for three innings but came out with arm trouble and was replaced by Dave Moore who was touched for five runs in the fourth. Dan Maillet pitched ., the next two innings for Goderich, giving up one run on two hits. Southpaw Rob McDonald came on in relief in the seventh and surrendered a pair of rubs on three hits. . The Jays put together an 11 hit attack and capitalized on numerous Crediton errors for their 14 runs. Larry Madge had three hits, Willie Denomme and Dan Maillet got two each and Ted Doherty, Rob McDonald, Jim Fritzley and Don --"Bowser" Elliott had one safety each. The Blue Jays' next start is a home game next Sunday at 2 p.m. when Owen Sound, a new entry. in the league, will be the visitors. Monday, the Jays travel to Kincardine for a makeup game from a rain -out earlier in the season. Showing horses is a family thing for Johns of Auburn Showing horses is a "family thing' for the Johns of R.R. 2 Auburn. And that• family thing has turned into a time consuming but ('tin hobby for the Johns , who on most summer weekends - will be found at a local fair or horse show. Gord Johns and his wife, Dianne, have been showing quarterhorses in the Huron County ar-ea for seven years and their daughters, Jennifer 14, and Laura,11, have become competent riders in their four years ex- posure to the show cir- cuit. That competence was evident at the Zurich Fair, Sunday as T aura and her pony,. Freckles tied for show champion with Carole Minhinnick of Lambeth in the Molpons sporisored High Point Championship Horse Show. Laura's showing in Zurich was somewhat of a surpirse considering that her nnmi, went! a clean round over jumps of three feet, nine inches in the first round: The jumps were subsequently raised to 4 fe'etl inches. For her effort, Laura split the prize money with her counterpart and received a silver tray. But ribbons, trophies and trays are nothing new to Johns. girls. Every shelf and mantle in their home is decorated with show awards. ' Laura hs won the Nothers Trohy in Port Stanley "(,r 12 year-olds and under and also was tops in the junior 10 and under English com- petition in Owen Sound last year. Jennifer was the top rider in Exeter in both 1977 and 78 and also won at the Kincardine Fall Fair last (year. Gord claims' muchof. the credit is due to his wife Dianne, who acts as trainer and coach to the girls and nursemaid to the horses. The Johns fol l,w the li)cal .how (irruil I I competing in Kincardine, Ripley, Strathroy, Zurich, Lucan and. Lucknow as well as most Mid -Western Horsemen's Association competitions. The showing is• mainly a hobby with the family considering that the amount of money made 'at shows or fairs is negligible when stacked up against travelling and • entry fee costs. • • "It's just a family thing and we're not sending them out to do something," Gord said. "It gives them respon- sibility and teaches them discipline in ' training., working and conditioning •-thehorses," .- Dianne added that the work with horses not only teaches the girl's a lot but also keeps them out of mischief. The Johns. take their. hobby seriously and have built a barn and arena at their R.R. 2 Auburn farm. And everyone spends a great deal of time in the arena jtigt doing the family thing,, In last Thursday night's feature, Fleet Fighter caught Nor Lea Lynn midway down the stretch to 'capture the Champco Pace in a time of 2:04.4. Owned and trained by Wayne Horner of Brucefield and driven by Randy Henry, the four- year-old son of Alley Fighter out of Mira Dell collected his fourth win of the year and upped his earnings to $7,744 this year. Nor Lea Lynn cut out the early fractions.of 30; 1:02 and 1:34 before Fleet Fighter caught her in the stretch. Sent off as the betting favourite, Fleet Fighter combined with Nor Lea Lynn for an exactor Of $9.60. The original field of six was reduced to five when Wendy's Duke injured himself warming up. ' In. other. _. action last week, Lucan Boy owned by Clarence Young of Lucan and Jolly Killcan owned by Lionel Arbour of •Goderich collected their' maiden victories in 2:11.2 while Missy McBride, G D Direct, Yvonne's Jeff.and Whispalomgeach mde it to the winners' circle for the first time this year. A crowd of ap- proxiniately 900 wagered $35,533.00. A group of four -year- olds will have the spotlight tonight, July 26, when the OHHA - Radio Shack Four Year Old Pacing series makes its stop in Goderich. This is .the tenthofsixteen. le.gs_in.. the travelling series with the top eight point ear- ners being eligible for the final in Orangeville later this year. Tonight's leg is split - into two divisions and will . be run as the seventh and ninth races. In the first division, Red Dodger is just corning off a win in 2:01_at Rideau Carlton in an earlier [cg` He will meet tough competition from the current point leader, Happy Chips and Ky Punt Time: 7: 13 pint. lta1.1•: No. l $;too. NIA WENS 1•: N•W 33110 t'I.AVIM O IK 5115'1'1' Verdun 1l flst 1)1' CHRIST( WI\Robert Colvin Ti u)'CF:R E311.1. Glen Woodburn FA\i'1' SLIYi'Elt • Carl Fisher I.AI)Y ELM • Hill German scorns RUSE G H Brad 51ntlonald JE:N NI(' DAWN Herbert Cranston AEI F51 ME; J)UN' (terry Roehuc•k AE:2 SI'SAN ANN ,lack Meriam No. 2 Eaoo i o m} .• . (:laIng.I.,onmat Winners of last 2 races ineligible 1LA(:'i'IME: KID Jack Merlon) \IISSR'11.MINOI'\ 'Slarcell'an Landuyt 513 THGATE JOE Ross Hatt in 1 11 APPY HElulFI.t-I' Bill Rapson. SKIi'l'YDF:t. Run\5'llhamsim JI )ANNA DALE: Brad Vanstone G 1) DIRECT ^ John Muir AF:I DONNA DALE PARKER Russ 13 a1110 AE2WILL GUN T 11 A It 5) E. No. :1 '1'1t1 t)mitl R.t('E No. 3 Trot 3330. N -IA $425 Lfi A E: $25110 claiming with allowancesA E N.W 2 races i 155 earnings excluded 1'LEVF:k RO,IE: (till Ge'r'man 5(•:\1{LET WALHCIi handy Henry 151311:5 DUCHESS Arnold Campbell SPEED \SMcKE: 't;eraldSloan 1,15 PENDENS Gerald flirting 5,1!2 l'F:Fut)TDAN .Jack Pollard 'FLAME 311a5ENGEit }3ill 1{apsnn Keaton, who is fifth in the current standings. Although it appears Dynamite Leray will be sent off as the favourite, he should receive stiff competition from Neil McRann's Smokey Fella, a recent winner in 2:04 at Clinton, Pike -Pole, seventh in :current standings and Future Fortune, a winner in 2:02 at Sudbury in an earlier leg. H\<F:No:4 8330. 1'la)n ing$'2uuo. with al]nwances CARELESS ANDY John Muir A1)11)5 VICTORY Dennis Jewitt .\rt I)DYROYAI. HO. Jerry ft H It( IVAl, Fred Maguire IRON CHIPS Dave Wilkinson i'ABUNG.\ REBECCA .: Ro'hert. Colvin . NUKES JIMMY LYNN Gerry • .Roebuck AEI SHAMII.AR Marcel Van Landuyt. AE:2 DILLERS DEMON Tim Robinson RACE: No. 5 . 8325. N -W $750 lifetime );111:1 NWA1' B1_I':. YE.__.. _Bill Woodburn EMMA (' LEE: John Duckworth WIIATAFIGHTE:R Fred Sadler GOLD PAINT GiRL Clarence Young ORANGE RAIL T It A. RUN PENN W 0 McLean MISS KHISTA HAL Jack Meriam AEI 1113131' 1(15 SIIELLEY Bill Rapson :\F:2 131:1.1.1: DAIt.1EL Dennis Ji•wi11 1(.\('F: No.6 1:175. ("la um ng 52500 with allowances Al .EX uE' LONDON Robert Rundle LAD YS LASS B)I1 Leitch LUVF:LY BILE:T Les Dixon DIANE CAMP Dale Kennedy HYATTS'1'RE:ASI'RE • Dennis Jewitt HIGHLAND BIRTHDAY Dennis lew'ltl YVONNE:S.IEFF Dennis Jewitt AEI DILL1H5 DEMON Tim Robinson 1{ 5(1':'No.7 1:1.1130. Est. 1)llll;\Radio Shack 4 • year old plieiiiK aeries 1'AI'1. V01.0 Ray McLean NAVAJO 1.1:1: Bernie Wilson In the first leg at London in May, Dynamite Leray was parked the entire mile and held on to win in 2:04. He has continued to improve with every start, his most recent being at Greenwood last Saturday evening: In this outing against some of the top pacers . in Canada,-.. Dynamite Leray finished second to Rock N Wave in 1:57.3 ' NORLEA LYNN RED DODGER HAPPY CHIPS • MH JON BOB KY KE:A'rON Bob Taylor Gerald Sloan Kevin Wallis Hay McLean Carl McArthur RA('F. No. h - 1425. i'laiming $3(X)043500 handicap with allowances AUBURN FORBES N Randy Henry MISSEY McBHIDE Dave Kirby NUI{WOOD Mike Glavin SPITFIRE SCE Dennis Jewitt BENMILI.ERBIDDi Verdun Vej)nstone NANCY MEADOW Gerry Roebuck - KEENSSHUW Wtllram Gehring RACE No -9 ...... .......134011 -Est. UHHA-RadioShac•k 4 year old pacing series A LF':\('A Francis McNeil. K (' COUNTESS - Ray McLean DYNAMiTE1.ERAY Les Dixon PIKE: PULE; Carl McArthur Ft T( RFFORTUN•F. r-s.A.. AR511tROTHAMES William nchring SMOKEY FELLA Neil McRann 135(•E: No. to .142,. N -W 5:1511 1,6 A F. 54000 claiming with allowances A.1: N•W 5500. in 1'979 ('1.AYBk(X)K KAOI.A Shaddtek • (lt'i('K ALMAHI•RST Jewitt .1 I) PRIDE Glen Woodburn IMA JERRY a H () Jerry RAYS PRODIGY Lloyd Haskell KNIGHTSPR ITE Randy Henry WIDOWERS Tl'X Keith (bates AEI CI NDA MEADOWS Rob Jerry AE:2 HONKY TON Lloyd Haskett John Dennis Number of Etltries in Box 111 N(iTE_At time of draw only an estimated purse was available for the Radio Shack series Jennifer Johns and icer pony Copper and Laura, with Freckles, have made impressive showings at local fairs And MWHA competitions in their four years of showing. Showing horses is a family thing with the Johns family of R.R. 2 Auburn. (photo by Dave Sykes)