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MeLean wins first Ron
Feagan Memori l Pace
Ray McLean and
Kintore Lady shared the
spotlight last Thursday
evening at G.derich
Raceway. cLean-
steered Kintore Lady to
victory in the Ron
Feagan Memorial Pace
•for his • fourth winning
drive on the evening's
,card.
Kintore Lady, owned
by Ray and Dorothy
Davis of Thamesford,
paced the mile in 2:0.6
over a track listed as
sloppy, Fossil Ridge,
owned and driven by
13rian Hodgson of Lon-
don, finished second two
,; lengths back while
Southgate Pride ended up
third for owners Ken and
JoanBryantBryant Of Dor-
ohester and • driver Bob
Taylor.
Derby's Gent, the early
pacesetter faded to fourth
after cutting fractions of
30:3; 1:03.3 and 1:35.2.
Gurkha, Samuel Seelster
and As A Rule N rounded
out the order of finish.
Samuel Seelster found
the footing not to his
liking along the rail and
broke leaving. George
and Gary Feagan
presented a blanket to the
winner who also collected
$1400 of the purse and a
service to Title Holder for
one of Davis' mares.
In addition to his win
with Kintore Lady,
McLean also steered
Southgate Joe, Gotcha
The new grandstand was officially named the Ron Feagan
Memorial Centre at special, ceremonies at the Raceway,Thur-
sday. Several family members were on hand for the dedication
ceremony including Ron's sister, Gayle Kenyon, his mother,
Gertie; son, Blair, wife, Susan and grandfather, George Feagan.
.The• race card also featured the. Ron Feagan Memorial Pace won
by,. Ray McLean with Kintore Lady in 2.06. (photo by Dave
Muffitt)
Lakeport wins finalt�urneybert.h
Battery mates, Wayne
Draper and Carmen
Felder combined for two
timely hits to . score a
single run in the sixth
inning and lift Lakeport
Steel Co a 2-1 win over
Gords Sports in
Industrial League action
Sunday.
The win gave Lakpeort
the fourth and final berth
among Industrial teams
in the Industrial League's
Labor Day Tournament.
After 18 season games the
teams were tied for the
final slot and played a
special game Sunday to,
decide the last .Goderich
entry.
Lakeport took a one -
run lead in the second
inning with Larry
McCabe scoring. Fielder
led off the inning with a seventh but were shut
single but was cut off at down •by Brian
second base on McCabe's MacKenzie.
g'roundy,,� ball. McCabe Dennis Williamson led
advanced on a wild pitch - off the Gords seventh
and scored on Ed Jone's with a single and was
single. - sacrificed to second on
Gords tied the game in . Jim ginn's bunt. With
the- fifth inning as Jim only one out, Williamson
Ginn hit a one -out single reached third on a wild
and scored on Bob Riehl's pitch, but MacKenzie
double. Riehl was left struck out Riehl and
stranded as Lee Arbour Arbour to end the game.
lined out and Jon Ginn Draper and Fielder had
popped up. two hits apiece for
The Steelers scored the Lakeport while Warren
winning run in the bottom Watt had two of Gords
of the sixth as Draper hit eight hits in the game.
a one -out single and Last Wednesday,
scored on Fielder's triple. Lakeport racked up their
Fielder was caught 11th win of the season
trying to score to end the with a 1-0 victory over
inning. Canada Company.
Gords threatened to tie Tim McLean scored the
the game in the top of the winning run for Lakeport
A member of the Goderich Blue Jays midget baseball team hustles safely
back to first base after a pk koff attempt in a game against Listowel, Sun-
day. Last week the Jays dumped Crediton 10-5 and edged Listowel 6-5 here
Sunday to grab a share of first place in the WOAA league standings. (photo
.by, Dave Muffitt)
in the sixth inning to
break up a pitching duels
between MacKenzie and
Stan Doherty.
McLean lead off with a
single, advanced to third
on two ground outs and
scored on a passed ball.
Canada Company
threatened to score in
both the sixth and
seventh innings but were
shut down by some fine
defensive work by
Lakeport. The Steelers
committed two errors in
the last inning but again
got out of the jam.
MacKenzie gave .up
five hits in the win while
Doherty allowed the one
run on four hits.
Pen Din, and Careless
Andy to victory.
Reflective Eagle, a 95-1
longshot upset Prima
Dixie in the first race in a
Utile of 2:13.1, Wayne
Duee drove the three
year old daughter.of J R
Henry - Sunshine Sue to
her maiden victory for
owners Harvey and Gary
Eagleson of Parkhill. .
Whitefoot Dan
collected his first win in
two years trotting. the
mile in 2:.14.3 with owner
Jack Pollard of Ripley
driving. Clarence Young
guided Lucan Boy, to
victory in the fifth race,
his third win of the year.
Harlo Champ -collected
his "'first" -win in 16 starts,
this year .with William
Caldwell driving in the
sixth. Skippy Dover took
the seventh with Frank
Macli'onald driving, for
his fifth .victory in nine
starts lifetime. Betting
favourite, Ma-ud's
Knight, won the ninth
with, Fred Maguire on the
bike.
Once again the winning
drivers on the ten -race
card received a Goderich
Raceway mug .courtesy
of Kirkey's Car Care
while the winning horse
in each race received a
blanket. Dave Wall
received a stop -watch
from Les Ehrlick .Har-
ness for his second place
finish in the fifth and
Fred Maguire received a
pair of driving gloves also
courtesy of Les Ehrlick.
The crowd of over 1500
wagered $51,000 on the
evening's card.
oderch players.
dominate tennis
Last weekend Sport-
sfest '79 was held in
Listowel. On the tennis
scene, Jim Costello
dominated the boys under
18 singles draw, defeating
another Godetlich
competitor, Neil Sager in
the final.
Ma r -g -.,.Conlon.. won- -' a
surprisingly tough ladies'
competition, defeating
excellent players from
Hanover and Wingham in
the semi-final and final to
win the gold medal. Barb
Conlon received the
bronze medal after
winning the consolation
championship.
On ; Sunday,_._ -a large
number of Goderich
tennis players competed
for medals in double
competitions. In ladies'
doubles competition
Marg and Barb Conlon
lost a close first round
match 7-5 to the eventual
champions -from Port
Elgin. They went on_,to
win the consolation
championship and 'the
bronze medals. Lucy
Turcotte and Ann Marie
Murphy won their first
match and then lost to the
Port Elgin champions 6-3
in the semi-finals.
The mixed doubles
competition was a repeat
of the Port Elgin tour-
nament with Bob Dick
.ra.d Marg. Canl-en
defeating Jim Costello
and Lori Hassell 6-4, 0-6,
6-1 in a tough battle. The
gold and silver medals
. were awarded after the
match. Marg Hill and
Neil Sager also competed
in the mixed doubles
competition.
In men's doubles
competition, Neil Sager
and Jim Costello lost in
the "semi-finals to a
Kincardine team. Paul
Brown and Bob Dick lost
a pro set, after an ex-
citing tie breaker, 8-7 to
the eventual defending.
champions from Owen
Sound, 1 Chris Edwards
and Jim Van Wyck.
Hats off to all the •
Goderich tennis players .
who enjoyed two days of
competitive tennis.
Plumbers chase lastplayoffspot
The Goderich Little
Plumbers had their hopes
of reaching the final
playoff spot in the Mid-
western Ontario Ladies
Fastball League dimmed
after a tough 11-9 loss to
Waterford in 13 innings
here, Friday.
The Little Plumbers
must win their final
league game against
Moorefield, Thursday to
grab eighth position in
the 10 -team league and
the final playoff spot. Ln
the only game between
the teams in
Goderich,June
Moorefield won 8-5.
In the game against
W'a'terford, Goderich
scored p single run in the
bottom of the ninth inning
to send the game into
extra innings but'- ;the
visitors countered with
two runs in the top of the
13th inning to win 11-9
Goderich held the lead
early in the game racking
up a 7-4 lead after four
innings but Waterford
chipped away at the lead
and with two runs in the
22,
�ntiacs wrap up Division
The McGee Pontiacs-
wrapped up the Dunlop
Division pennant winning
two, games in, Industrial
League play last week.
On Sunday the Pontiacs
dumped Little Bowl 4-0
behind the two -hit pit-
ching of Rick Sowerby
and -Monday they ham-
mered Gords Sports 12-1
in a five inning game.
The victories com-
pleted the schedule for
McGees and they took
first—place—with a record
of 14 wins, six losses and
two tics for 30 points.
Graham Electric finished
five points behind in
second place.
The Pontiacs pasted
Little Bowl pitcher, John
Crawford for nine hits in
the game Sunday, five of
them for extra bases.
John Phillips scored
the first run in the third
inning as he singled and
scooted home on Clare
harmon's triple. Phillips
scored again in the fifth,
nailing a one -out double
and scoring on Harry
Kerr's single.
Doubles by Doug
Spitzig and Ron Sowerby
produced a ?tin in the
sixth and Pu1 Kelly
added the final run with a
solo homer in the
seventh.
Harmon and Phillips
led the Pontiac nine -hit
attack with two hits each.
Little bowl managed just
two hits off Rick
Sowerby, a fourth inning
single by Rob Snell and a
sixth inning double by
Jim Crawford.
On Monday,': McGees
put together seven hits
and.' four Gord errors to
score 12 runs in a five
inning romp.
Kelly led the assault
with a double and single
in two at bats. He drove in
a run and scored two.
Harmon . and Deb
Shewfelt_. hit triples and
Russ Pruder chipped in
with a run -scoring
double.
Ken Daer picked up the
win allowing one run on
four hits and he struck
out four batters. Gords
scored their lone run in
the second inning as Don
bogie singled to score
Warren Watt.
In the first round of the
Blue Jayswin two- to
climb into tie for first
The Goderich BlueJays
won two games in WOAA
midget baseball play last
week, defeating,
Crediton, 10-5, in Crediton
Wednesday, and. edging
Listowel, 6-5, here
Sunday. The victories
leave the Jays with a
record of 10 wins, one tie
and three losses in league
play and put them in a
virtual .deadlock at the
top of the WOAA southern
group standing with
Listowel.
The Jays had little
trouble with Crediton 'as
they swept their four
game season series with
that team with their win
Wednesday. The Jays got
10 hits off Nick Nedza, the
losing pitcher for
Crediton. Larry Madge,
Dan Maillet and Don
Elliott each had two hits
for finrlorieh Willir'
Denomme, Rick Stahl, even split of two victories•
Dave Moore, and Chris and two losses with the
• Pitre had one hit apiece. A's.
Both • of Maillet's hits Dan Maillett went the
were for extra bases, one distance on the'mound for
of them a home'run over Goderich, giving up eight
the right field fence. hits including out -of -the -
Moore and Elliott each . park homeruns by Kirk
had dbubles. Vines and J.P. Stone.
BlueJays coach Dick Goderich collected a
Madge used four pit- total of nine hits off
chers. Chris Pitre, the Listowel starter Todd
starter, was the winning Newbigging and reliever
pitcher, working the first Marc Hodgkinson. Larry
two innings and pitching Madge had three hits,
shutout ball. Dan Maillet Dan Elliott two, and Dan
and Larry Madge also . Maillet,. Willie Denomme,
pitched two innings each Dave Moore and Jim
and Ted "Split Finger" Fritzley one each for the
Doherty threw in the BlueJays.
seventh and final inning. The Jays have two
Sunday's game here rained -out games to
matched- the two top • make up with Exeter in
teams in the league in Exeter but otherwise
their fourth and final have completed their
meeting of the regular schedule and are
schedule and the Jays preparing for the up-
vietory gave them an corning WOAA playoffs.
playoffs the ,Pontiacs will
meet fourth place Fisher
Builders. The first game
of the best -of -three series
Is set for Sunday and the
second game will go
Wednesday at 7.15 p.m.
ninth inning took the lead Wright took over and
at 9-8 for the first time in finisEed the game.
the game. Goderich manag•edi
.'-orri-y-`nine runs despite 17
The. Little Plumber hits. Mary Kolk-rnafi led
fought back with a single the assault with four
run in their final at bat by ''t'singles in six at bats and
Norma Walter to force scored two runs. Carol
the extra innings. Cruickshank and Norma
Walter had three hits
apiece and also scored
two runs each.
Team-mates Sue Kolk-
man and Karen Pond
chipped in with two hits
apiece and scored one
run.
The final season game
will be played in
Moorefield, Thursday.
Walks hurt Goderich as
the first two batters in the
13th were issued free
passes and scored on a
two -out double by Lynn
Cochrane. With<two out in
their half of the 13th,
Goderich got singles from
Bev Wright and Sue Kolk-
man but they were left •
stranded.
Waterford scored 11
runs on 12 hits off two
Goderich pitchers. Heidi Race Entries
Elliott started the game
for Goderich but left after
four innings with injured
ligaments in her knee and
it is expected she will not
see any more action.
pages 11-12
Goderich Little Plumber pitcher, Heidi Elliott, pitched four innings against
Waterford, Friday before giving way to Bev Wright in an 11- loss in 13 in-
nings. Elliott injured her knee and is likely finished for the sea on. Goderich .
must defeat Moorefield' Thursday to take the last playoff spo in the Inter-
mediate Ladies League.j(photo by Dave Sykes)
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