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Times-Advocate, 1979-10-24, Page 8 (2)Pogo 8 Times -Advocate, October 24, 1979Juniors tied for first Sports Spotlight ROSS HAUGH It's over The 19793Vorld Series is now history despite the fact celebrations are probably still going on in Pittsburgh. The Pirate power proved to be too much for the Orioles, but. all in all it wasn't a good series as far as the brand of ball was concerned. Before we get too critical it should be pointed out that the extremely cold weather was probably respon• - sible for a lot of the miscues. We would guess that the best perfomances turned in by anyone „connected with the seven game Classic would be by the umpires. The players made errors, the managers could be faulted on several occasions. but. the men in blue were excellent in their calls. There were no serious arguments at all. The only instances close to arguments came on 'a balk and an interference. play and_only amounted to discussions.' This bears out our theory that in most cases in Most sports if the players didn't make any more mis- takes than the officials we would have -pretty good and exciting entertainment. Oriole manager Earl Weaver who has a reputation as an umpire baiter was extremely quiet throughout the series. Earl is the fellow that pulled his team off the field in Toronto a couple of years ago when of- ficials refused to move a tarpaulin from near the foul lines. Despite the shoddy fielding at times, the just con- cluded series was exciting from a spectator stand- point. We didn't get the. speed on the bases that was ex- pected.. Pirates speedy outfielder Omar Moreno failed to steal any bases. There were three reasons for Moreno's failure on the base paths. Baltimore left handers Scott McGregor and Mike Flanagan kept Moreno in check. In fact. several times, Moreno was heading back to first when the ball was on the way to the plate. Secondly. Moreno didn't find first bast very often in the first five games and when .he did the threat of Rick Dempsey's strong throwing arm. kept •him in check. While Moreau didn't burn up the base paths, his wife was the highlight of the'series as far as one of our colleagues was concerned. Her charming smile and expert whistle tooting caught many times by the television camera won the heart of our fellow employee. New construction When the Toronto Blue Jays take to the spring training field come next 'ebruary there will be many changes. The most visible -will be the amendment to their official logo and the appearance of a new manager. The current Blue Jay crest. will be joined across the top by:an "(ander Construction" sign and Bobby Mattick will be the manager. • When his appointment was first made, the favorite comment was "Bobby Who". .Mattick has an im- pressive record as a scout and is responsible for the "bird dogging" of a lot of name players now in the big leagues; In making the announcement Toronto general manager Peter Bavasi said Mattick had three impor- tant qualities: They were his "good communication, strong instructional ability and imagination". - To be added to that is a very important ingredient of patience. Mattick now at the age of 63 has worked for many years with young ball players and he has to possess a lot of patience. - All that remains to be seen is if the Blue Jays fans and Toronto press have the same patience as the new manager. The Jays have been faulted during the past year for not going after name players in the free agent market. As far as we are concerned there is'lots of time for that. Let the young players have two or three years to mature. then. go after a big name or two and possibly the same thing in a manager and work for a pennant. Just remember it took Montreal Expos iJ.years to,. _-_get into .serious-contentm6h7We' would be willing to wager a small amount that the Blue Jays will be close to a pennant by at least the year 1985. Fish were scarce - The only thing missing from the weekend -fishing derby in. BayiieId.wasthe_fish-themselyes. -Biltett rainbow _trout- derby:: ttieoy •proved'to-very' -elusive. In fact no rainbows were caught. - Derby organizer Joe Brannon of Rainbow Valley Camp said dirty water and an abundance of Chinook salmon were responsible for the scarcity of trout. Despite the absence of trout, there were a number of good sized salmon caught. - Varna area bean farmer Gordon Hill won first prize for Chinook with a 22 pounder. Fortner Exeter- resident xeterresident Jim Parsons who now resides in Woodstock landed a 14 pounder. - - At the presentation of prizes Sunday or the non- presentation Joe Brannon said all prize monies for rainbow trout would be frozen until next year. This will make the top prize for the biggest rain- bow trout caught in hayfield for the 1980 derby, 1400. Second prize will be 1200 and 1100 will go for the third bigges trout landed. Fishermen are always dreaming of catching a big one. Here is your chance to dream all winter of the big one waiting for. you next October in Bayfield and the large.si;!,ed cOrtelliatwift,g0 Writh'• -" y41uvtting fees up Fees for all Ontario hunting licences were' increased recently. This -increase was the first since 1970 with pie exception of moose hunting licences. The or resident huntersare: moose $20; deer 115; farmer deer 110; small game 15; summer $5; raccoon dog 15; raccoon night 15. Seniors in playoffs Grid clubs continue winning streaks The two South Huron District High School football teams continued their winning ways in Huron - Perth Conference play this week. The junior Panthers chalked up their fifth straight win by a score of 33- 20 over Norwell. Thursday and are tied for first place with Stratford Nor- thwestern. The juniors travel to Wingham tomorrow, Thursday and will be on their home field Tuesday to meet Stratford Northwestern in a battle for first place. The first junior playoff game for the Panthers will be Tuesday November 6 at 2 -p.m. with either Goderich or Listowel supplying the op- position. The South Huron seniors clinched second place Thursday by defeating Stratford Central 18-13. The senior playoffs start tomorrow, Thursday here in Exeter at 2 p.m. with a re -match between the Pan- thers and Strafford Central. The other semi-final series has Listowel travelling to Goderich. also Thursday. The senior final is set for Saturday. November 3, probably in Goderich. Penalties hurt In the early part of the junior game, South Huron continued to get penalties resulting in poor field position. Their only point in the first quarter came on a single point punt by Dave Shaw. Early in the second period Doug Fischer sc&ed a -South Huron touchdown on a seven yard sweep and also kicked the convert to go ahead 8-0. Shortly after Dale Ker- slake ,intercepted a Norwell pass to set up the next South Huron score. A Dave Shaw to Doug Fischer pass put the Helm gets soccer trial Richard Helm, an Exeter high school student, spent Sunday in Toronto for open trials held by the Toronto Blizzard soccer club of the North American Soccer League. He was one of about 100 players invited from throughout Ontario for appraisal by the Blizzard as future professional players. Rich. a goalkeeper. came up with a shut -out during a 30 -minute mini -game he played in. The 16 -year old plays regularly in goal • for the Grand Bend bantams. this year's Sarnia and District champions. He's also the regular keeper for Huron Park in. the Ausable soccer league. In addition, he is assistant coach of the Grand Bend Pee V1'ees. and serves as a referee for Huron District minor soccer. Rich is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Helm of 108 Carling South. Exeter. Hamm best at Kippen George Hamm scored 50 straight hits tolead the Kippen gun club competitors Sunday -afternoon. Al Kyle was next with a score of 25 followed by Dan. �Crera tiftt HatSmitti and John Gedanis with -24 each. Jack Bell. Ken Smith and Paul Middleton were deadlocked. with 20 each,. Todd Caldwell hit 19, Cliff Smith" 17 and Wayne Smith Hockey ... At l t'a Best! SOUTH HURON -s. RECrrCENT,RE WED., OCT. 24 - 6 3 St Marys vs Exeter Pee Wees 7 45 - 5t Mays vs. Exeter Bantams 9 00 - Ilderton vs. Exeter Midgets FRI., OCT. 26 Mitchell vs Exeter Hawks 830 p.m SUN., OCT. 28 4:00 - Mt. Br,ydgesFv Ex etei.440vite - - 5 15 -.London vs Exeter Atoms 6:30 - St. Marys 2 vs -Ex- eter Midget -2 Seaforth vs, • Exeter Hawks p.m. ball in close and Gary Spurn ran eight yards for the score. Fischer again converted. The Panthers upped the score to 21-0 early in the third quarter as Norm Regier dashed 40 yards off tackle. The convert attempt failed. Norwell hit the scoreboard on a 20 yard pass play and a two point convert. Norm Regier scored . the next South Huron major after a Dave Shaw pass to John.Kernick off a punt. . Norwell came back with another third period score to cut the Panther lead to 27-14. 'Each team scored a- six - pointer in the final period. Dave Shaw ran 25 yards for the South Huron TD. Dave Shaw was named the best offensive Panther while Dale Kerslake with 10 key tackles was tops on defence. Jamie Chaffe contributed six tackles and Gary Spurn and Daye Underwood made five big stops each. Another slow start The senior Panthers also got off to a slow start, Thursday. Coach Ron Bogart com- mented "We were lucky to come out of the first half down by only 7-1. We played poorly." Dave Atthill picked up the only SH first half point on a 40 yard kick. The Panthers moved ahead in the third period when Dave Bogart hit Rick Lindenfield with a screen pass good for 50 yards. Doug Hoffman was good on the convert. Paul Herwynen scored a major with about three minutes to go to put Strat- ford ahead 13-11. The Stratford kickoff .was returned 25 yards by Mike Burke to give. the Panthers possession on their own 45 yard line. On the next play, the ball was given to Brian Mercer on a counter play left. He outran two tacklers for a touchdown. Doug Hoffman converted and the score was 18-13. Doug Hoffman led the South Huron defensive corps with nine key tackles. Next came John Byrne and Rob Pryde with seven key stops each and ,Ed Hunter-Duvar made five stops. On the ground Brian Mercer gained 68 yards on six attempts, Rick Lin- denfield picked up 30 yards and Wayne Smith " got 27 yards. i YAMAHA SALE 10% OFF CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES SNOWMOBILES AT AFFORDABLE PRICES We repair all models. Open 7 days a week. PORT FRANKS YAMAHA PORT FRANKS 243-2703 Spitfire The lightweight champ . - 275 pounds of frolic set in motion by a 340 free-air powerplant Unique direct -drive system has about 40 fewer parts than in most larger sleds. Canted ski spindles for better stability. Aluminum slide -rail suspension Mikuni carb. Heavy-duty shock cushions the ride McCURDY JUNIOR TITLES — The junior girls and boys team championships in the recent area elementary school cross country meet were won by J.A.D. McCurdy School at Huron Park. At the bock are the junior girls Brenda Wilson, Julie Russell Paulette Rothbauer, Tina Grubbe, Christine Smith and Michelle Rock. Front, junior boys Mars Sutherland, Scott Hern, David Hamilton, Ewan McGregor and Craig Schott. Missing were Shawn Reeder and Steven Greb: Hawks fail to win openers, but, give fans some hope The Exeter Hawks didn't win either of their first two starts in the western Junior •'D" loop this week, but they may have won some con, fidence from local fans with two creditable showings . Facing a mammoth rebuilding program, the Hawks were not given much chance by many fans this season, but the young club gave a good account of themselves in both contests and indicated they won't be pushovers for anyone this season. In their home opener, Friday, the locals stuck with the powerful Lucan Irish for the first two periods, before dropping 6-4 verdict. SundayP' night, they travelled to Port Stanley and were nipped by only a one goal margin as the Lions won 7-6. Friday night, the Hawks will face their namesakes from Mitchell at the rec centre at 8:30 and Sunday they'll play host to Seaforth in a 7:30 start. After dropping a 12-0 exhibition verdict to the Irish, the Hawks showed a complete reversal of form, Friday, as they hung with one of the teams expected to be near the top of the loop this season. Exeter opened up a 3-2 r lead in the first and the teams were tied at three apiece at the end .of two before Lucan capped the win with three tallies in the final stanza. Cam Haist opened the scoring for Exeter on a solo effort at the 5:16 mark and Dave Kinsman made it 2-0 on a play with Dwight Consitt and Dennis Preszcator before the Irish hit the score sheet on a power play effort finished off by Keith Hart - wick. Ralph Wells evened the count for Lucan at the 11:53 mark on a play with Hart - wick before Preszcator shot the Hawks back into the lead at the 18:39 mark with the assists going to Bryan Baker and Doug Fletcher. " Wells scored his second of the night for Lucan near the end of the second on a power play to send the teams into the third with three goals each. The Irish took a quick lead when Ralph Davidson blinked the light, but Preszcator notched his second of the night for the Hawks on an unassisted effort at the 2:33 mark to even the count at 4-4. However, Dean Densmore popped the eventual winner only 25 seconds later and Paul Medd put the game out of reach with another marker at the 18:26 point of the final stanza. Steve Sararas stopped 23 shots for the Hawks, the same number recorded by Murray Jamieson for the Irish. Referee Ivan Bryce handed out 22 penalties to the Lucan crew, including three majors and a major misconduct. while the Hawks had 18 penalties with two majors. Blow lead In Port Stanley on Sunday. the Hawks again failed to hold a two -goal margin for the first'period.as they went down to their second straight defeat of the young season. Port Stanley evened the count at 2-2 with the only scoring of the second and the teams really turned the guns loose in the final period with the home crew outscoring the Hawks by a 5-4 margin. Dan Bell was a two -goal man to pace the Hawks in their scoring attack and he added one assist. The single tallies were fired home by Ken Varley, Preston Dearing, Dwight Consitt and Kerry Bedard. • Earning two assists were Bedard and Brad Taylor, while helping out on one goal each were Tom Coates, Dave Pssst..- Wanttobu a Ra obit ? • Don Taylor Motors Limited MAIN STREET, EXETER/235-1100 Kinsman, Consitt, Dave Atthill and Bell. Steve Wells worked bet- ween the pipes for Exeter in a game that saw the Hawks pick-up 13 penalties and the Lions 12. Cam Haist had six of the Exeter trips to the sin bin, including a 10 -minute misconduct in the first. Port Stanley scored three power play goals and two when they were short han- ded, while the Hawks could muster only one scoring play with the man advantage. Nipped in exhibition The Hawks were clipped 3- 2, in their final exhibition game last Tuesday in Seaforth. They led 2-1 going into the third but again saw their opposition win with a third period rally. Dave Atthill scored Exeter's first tally on a solo effort, while Dwight Consitt recorded the other on a play with Ken Varley. JOHN DEERE Rideallwinter onus. Ii"aKhl•Frvn•.r.n E+,,. ..• Dee.e 'rx'tde Nnao" ,.- 4 `• . .. 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