Times-Advocate, 1983-02-09, Page 8f
Page 8 • Times -Advocate, February 9, 1983
Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
As indicated a week ago, most of our column this
week will be devoted to news gleaned from the recent
stop in London of the Toronto. Blue Jays caravan.
The five man delegation from the actual managing
'and playing roster was bubbling with enthusiasm.
Pitching coach'Al Widmer who has been in organiz-
ed baseball for 42 years said the Jays will take a back
seat from no one in the American League in the depart-
ment of pitching.
Widmar is only one of the old Si. Louis Browns still
around the baseball scene. The other two are Moptreal
Expos coach Bill Demars and Les Moss, a coach with
the Chicago White Sox.
The two Toronto catchers werein London and both
carried on theenthusiasm demonstrated firstly by Wid
mar and Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek.
Ernie Whitt said, "Last year's 78 victories was a
cornerstone for us." Buck Martinez in his 13th year in
baseball and considered to be one of the best handlers
of young pitchers said the 1983 Jays will be better than
the 1976 Kansas CIty Royals were. He was a member
of that team that won their division pennant.
While talking about. the Royals, manager Bobby
Cox says Kansas City manager Dick Hauser calls the
Blue Jays to win the American league eastern division
championship.
Hauser's prediction is probably based on the fact,
the Jays beat the Royals eight, out of an even dozen
games last year and won nine out of 12 from the Oakland
A's.
The first statement from Cox was, "We are good
in 1982 but will be better this year. Last year was very
gratifying. We gained respect all around the league,
especially with our pitching. We led the league with 13
shutouts.'
Cox is pleased with the acquisition of Dave Collins
from the Yankees. He said Collins is in a super frame
of mind and raring to go in Toronto.
Collins who stole 80 bases in 1981 for the Cincinatti
Reds before being picked up by the Yankees who out-
bid Toronto for his services said he was sorry he didn't
choose the Jays a year earlier.
The Blue Jays manager said he Will try to utilize
the speed of Collins and second baseman Damaso Gar-
cia in the first two spots in the batting order..
When we asked which of -the two would appear in
the leadoff spot Cox said, "That's hard to tell, but, if
I was saying right now it would be Collins."
Collins can play all three outfield spots and may be
used occasionally at first base and possibly as the
designated hitting spot against some left handed
pitching.
Asked if he would continue platooning as he did
most of 1982 at five positions Cox said, "Earl Weaver
has always done something similar -and it worked well
for us last year. I expect to use Jesse Barfield more
against righthanders this year."
Cox expects to go with a four man starting rotation
including Daye Stieb;.Jim.Clancy,,Luis Leal and Mike
• Morgan recently over to Toronto from the Yankees.
In answer to a question to any concerns for lack of
left handed pitching Cox replied, "Sure, I'm concern-
ed, :but, I worry ,a lot less with the four good starters
I have. -Morgan has a strong arm and we know what the
other threle starters can do."
The only southpaw on the roster will likely be Dave
Giesel used mostly out of the bull pen. The other
relievers on which Cox will depend are Jim Gott and
Roy Lee Jackson.
About Gott, Cox said, '`He will be our main reliever
and he is overpowering in short relief, probably as -quick
as anybody for one inning."
lie admitted the weakest spot on the club last year
was the designated hitter and expects -Cliff Johnston to
make a big improvement at that position.
One of the Jays to have only a mediocre year by
his own admission was rookie Lloyd Moseby and he said
heis confident he has improved his fielding abilities
tremendously and will also do better at the plate.
Tom Cheek reported that all 162 Blue Jays games
will be broadcast this summer on CKO-FM.
Cox said he has great hopes for rookie' third
baseman Jeff Reynolds who came to Toronto when John
Mayberry was traded to the Yankees. He added,
"Reynolds has lots of power and I feel he is only one
year away from the big leagues."
Shortstop Alfredo Griffin who was the only Jay to
play all 162 games last year is expected to get plenty
of competition for the job this year from rookie Tony
Fernandez. •
The Blue Jays open the 1983 season in Boston
against the Red Sox on Tuesday. April 5 and will be at
Exhibition Stadium for the first home game, Saturday,
April 9 with the New York Yankees supplying the op-
position. Game time is 1:30 p.m.
• In OSU record book •
Exeter native Paul Pooley has found his way into
the Ohio State Buckeyes,hockey record book.
With 75 career goals PaUI is ninth best in OSU history
and 143 career points ties him with current head coach
Jerry Welsh for 10th spot in all-time scoring.
Paul. is third in Buckeye scoring this year with 19
goals and 19 assists for 38 points. Ile missed four games
because of injuries. Twin brother Perry is only one -point
hack this year with 18 goals and 19 assists for a point
total of 37.
Y
Boost HOME
TOWN
Must beat Belmont Friday
Hawks keep playoff hopes alive with three victories
It will be "door die" for the
Exeter Hawks when they face
Belmont Bombers at the rec
centre in the final game of thea
season, Friday, but in com-
parison to the challenge fac-
ed by the locals in their
playoff bid last week, winning
a single game should be easy.
The Hawks trailed Seaforth
Centenaires by eight points in
the race for the fourth and
final playoff . spot with only
five games remaining, and
they won three of those to put
themselves back in conten-.
tion, surprising even their
staunchest supporters.
A win at home on Friday
would -actually leave the two
teams tied in points, but the
Hawks would advance due to
a better season record bet- •
ween the two f rth place
teams.
Exeter score a 6-3 win
over Lucan on Wednesday;
followed it up with a last -
second win against
Thamesford on home ice, Fri-
day, and a 12-3 thumping at
the hands of Tavistock on Never trailed •
Saturday. Then on Sunday, in In Lucan, Wednesday, the
a head-to-head battle with the Hawks never trailed as they
Centenaires, the Hawks scored their first win of the
scored a convincing 5-1 win to season against the defending
set the stage for Friday's im- OHA Junior "b" champs. If
portant battle with the the Hawks make the playoffs,
Bombers. they'll face those same Irish
Aiding the Ilawksrchances in the semi-finals.
will be the fact the game Goalie Mike. Tadgell, who
means nothing to Belmont. was one of the main cogs in
They've already sewn up se- the final week rally, made 35.
cond place in the southern saves to pace the locals to
drivision. Added to that is the-' their win over the Irish..
fact they've lost their scoring Seventeen of those came in
star due to a shoulder injury. the final period as the home,'
However, Belmont always crew battled to get back into
provides a stiff test for the the game as they trailed 3-2
tfaWks and they'll have toafter two periods.
continue their new-found en- Dean Armstrong and Bill
thusiasm and performance to Glover spotted the Hawks to
put the icing on an incredible a 2-0 lead in the first and Dave
finish. Jackson . scored on a
The schedule for the Junior
"D" playoffs was set at a
league meeting, Monday.
If Exeter beats Belmont on
Friday, their series with the
Lucan Irish will start in Ex-
eter this Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
with the second game in
Lucan on Wednesday at 8:15
P.m.
If Exeter loses or ties in the
Belmont game, Seaforth
would get fourth place and the
series with the Irish would
commence in Lucan on
Wednesday.
powerplay betwen Irish goals
by Doug Latta and Paul
Wraith in the second.
Jeff Craig pulled the Irish
into a 3-3 tie at the 11:01 mark
of the final period, but the
Hawks came back with two
goals in nine seconds shortly
after and then sealed it with
an empty net goal. Glover
scored his second of the game
and the *other third period
marksmen were Cd Willis
and Tony Underhill.
Steve Prout picked up two
assists in the game and
singles were recorded by Pete
Tuckey, Willis, Tony Jones,
Jamie Chaffe, Scott Brintnell,
Armstrong, Underhill and
Glover.
Paul Creighton made •24
saves for the Irish.
Wild finish
- Friday night's game with
the Thamesford Trojan
featured a Hollywood finish
before the Hawks .emerged
with a 5-4. triumph. A tie
would have been of no use to
the locals.
HEAVY GOING — there was plenty of action and body -work around the Exeter net when the local midgets
hosted St. Marys in their OMHA playoff opener, Wednesday. Exeter rallied to win the game by a 6-5 count,
but St. Marys evened the best -of -five series on their home ice, Sunday. The St. Marys forward attempting to
get the puck on the left is heavily dispatched by three local defenders.
Midgets tied with St. Marys
in OMHA playoff series
The Exeter and St. Marys
midgets are tied at one game
each in their best -of -five
OMHA playoff, while the
Stonetown bantams have
taken a one -game lead
against the locals.
Playoff action resumes
tonight (Wednesday) when.
the pee wees, bantams and
juveniles play in St. Marys.
The best -of -three juvenile set
swings to Exeter the following
night at 9:00 p.m.
The pee wees, bantams and
midgets will be at home next
Wednesday.
The Exeter midgets scored
a thrilling 6-5 come -from -
behind win on home ice to
open the playoff, but were no
match for St. Marys in the .
return encounter, Sunday.
losing 5-1.
St. • Marys had a 5-3 lead
with five minutes left in the
opener when ian Munroe
made two long scoring
rushes, thesecond one with
Scores from.
dart league
In Friday's regular play of
the Exeter mixed -dart league,
the Rowdy. Ones, Outlaws,
Evil Eyes and Swat each
scored four points.
.This week's scores were:
Rowdy Ones 4 Scotties 1
Outlaws 4 All in the Family 1
Evil Eyes 4 W's t .
Swat 4 Jaams 1
Crusaders -3 Winkers 2 .
Wubbu 3 CB'ers 2 ,
Out of Space 3 itchy Nit Nitcni2
Canscotts 3 Shiphunters 2
Friday's schedule is as
follows:
8p.m.
Jaams vs CB'ers
Shiphunters vs 4W's
All in the Family vs Out of
Space
Winkers vs Rowdy Ones
9:30 p.m.
Scotties vs Swat/
Evil Eyes vs Otftlaws
Wubbu vs Crusaders
Itchy Niters vs Canscotts
Molting Hawks
get even split
The Exeter Molting Hawks
gained an even split.in two old
timers hockey games played
this week.
Thursday, the lfawks'down-
ed the Wingham Oldtimers 5-2
and Monday they were on the
short end of a 7-1 count to the
• London Oldtimers.
Goal scorers for Exeter in
the win over Wingham were
Frank Boyle, Mike Cushman,
Walt 'Tiedeman and Bob
Jones.
in the loss to London, Bob
McDonald notched the only
score for the Molting Hawks
on a pass from Keith Ahrens.
just under _ a minute
remaining
Then, with only seven
seconds on the clock and the.
team playing two short each,
Novice winners
over Goderich
The Exeter novice hockey
team scored a 5-1 victory over
Goderich in Shamrock league
play at the South Huron Rec
Centre Wednesday night.
Jason Heywood who scored
four of the Exeter goals not-
ched the only score of the first
Period on a three-way effort
with Joel Smith and Allan
McFalls:
Jason Jeffrey registered
the only Goderich goal in the
second period to tie the score.
Jason Heywood fired three
straight successful shots in
the third period to ensure the
Exeter win. Brad Thompson
picked up two assists while
Ryan Lindenfield, Joel Smith,
Allan McFalls and Jeremy
Brock each helpell set up one
score.
The fifth Exeter goal was
notched by Ryan Lindenfield
with assists going to Ryan
Stewart and Heywood.
Steve Batten connected for
the winner on 9 play with
Scott $ogart and George
Pratt.
Former St. Marys puckster
Don Hamilton also scored
twice in • the game and the
other was notched by Pratt.
Peter Janssen had three
assists, Steve Gould a pair
and Mike Tiedeman one.
In St. Marys the Exeter
, crew took a 1-0 lead in the first
on a goal by Scott Bogart, but
from then on it was all St.
Marys. Only some fine net
minding from Scott Heywood
kept the score as close as it
was as the losers kept giving
the puck away.
In the opening bantam
game, St. Marys scored with
just under five minutes left to
take a 3-2 win, although the
short-handed Exeter crew
deserved a better fate in a
game in which they
£dominated play and hit three
goal posts.
Brian Quinn and Chris
Tiedeman scored for Exeter
with the assists going to Tim
Moore, Jim Lewis and Sean
Whiteford. .
Exeter had only nine
skaters suited up for the
contest.
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The teams were even at
three goats each entering the
third period and it stayed that
way until the 16:51 mark
when Ed Willis connected to
give Exeter a lead. •
However, the Trojans come
back with the equalizer with
27 seconds left in the game
and .then Tony Underhill
pushed the winner into the net
as the final buzzer sounded.
The goal was questioned
mildly by Thamesford sup-
porters, but a couple of
Seaforth boosters in atten-
dance were upset about the
goal and vet batty roasted the
officiating crew for alto ving
the tally which they claimed
had gone in after the buzzer
sounded.
Underhill paced the attack
as he scored three times and
assisted on another in the
game in which the Trojans
picked . up 14 of the 20
penalties galled. Both teams
scored two powerplay goals.
Dean Armstrong and Willis
notched the other Exeter
goals as Willis and Steve Pro-
ut picked up two assists.•
Single assists went to Bill
Glover, George Tomes and
Scott Brintnell. .
Mike Tadgell recorded 23
saves and Ron Jury had 25 for
the Trojans.
Spree halted
The • Hawks had their
playoff trip temporarily
halted on Saturday when they
were bombed 12-3 by the first
place Tavistock Braves. The
Braves led 5-2 after the first
and continued the barrage to
finish the season with five
wins and a tie against the
Hawks.
Tony Underhill, Dean Arm-
strong and Mike Clark scored
for Exeter, with George
Tomes picking up two assists
and Pete Tuckey recording
one.
Tadgell started in net for
Exeter and had 15 saves in the
first period before he was
replaced by Dave Rook. Rook
recorded 30 saves over the
final two periods as the
NO REBOUND — Exeter bantam netminder Scott
Heywood gathers in the puck as a St. Marys player
moves between two defenders in the playoff series
which opened at the rec centre, Wednesday. St. Marys
won that game by a 3-2 count.
Braves peppered a total of 57
shots at the two goalies.
Glover does his thing
Bill Glover scored three
goals and assisted on the
other two as he paced the
Hawks to their showdown win
over the Centenaires on -
Sunday.
Netminder Mike Tadgell
shared honors as he stopped
all but one of the 30 shots fired
at him by Seaforth.
Seaforth took a 1-0 lead ear-
ly in the second, but Glover
notched a pair shortly after in
a span of 39 seconds to give
Exeter a lead they never
relinquished.
Pete Tuckey upped the
margin to 3-1 in the first
minute of the third as the
teams were each playing two
men short and Glover and
Steve Prout added markers
later in the final stanza to cap
the win before the largest
crowd of the season who were
entertained with some
playoff -type action.
Also recording assists for
the Hawks Were Pinot. Willis,
Tuckey, Jackson and Jones.
Dan McClure recorded 31
saves for Seaforth. before
leaving with an injury in the
third period and .Keith
McClure made eight saves in
finishing up.
Exeter Hawks
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