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Times Advocate, 1984-10-03, Page 101 Pooe,10 Times -Advocate, QctobMI' 3, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh He was consistent When talking about great baseball hitters, most times it is said he was much better in the friendly con- fines of his own park. That was not the case with Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals. In his long and great 22 year career all with the Cardinals Musial picked up 1,815 base hits in the parks of the other National league teams and ex- actly the same amount in St. Louis for a total of 3,630. While talking about great hitters, Pete Rose is get- ting closer to the all-time hit record of the fabulous Ty Cobb. Rose now as the manager of the Cincinatti Reds needs less than 100 singles and as the manager should be able to pick the right spots to accomplish this feat. One problem Rose the manager is having is with Rose the player. In a recent game, Rose a base runner was fined by Rose the manager for completely ignor- ing the third base coach and running through a stop sign. He was thrown out at the plate. Baseball fever While baseball fever is very high at the moment in Detroit, Kansas City, Chicago and San Diego, interest has been extremely high this year throughout both ma- jor leagues with seven teams setting single season at- tendance records. In addition to the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays who we have talked about before, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles have surpassed previous home crowd records. Add t� this, the more than three million fans atten- ding home games of the Los Angeles Dodgers and that isn't a record. They could be expensive A number of major league ball teams including the Toronto Blue Jays will have plenty of chance to improve their rosters for next year as the result of the number of major leaguers expected to declare free agency over the winter months. At the moment it appears a total of 79 players will test the free agency market not only to increase their financial status but get on with a contending or winn- ing club. There are a number of good relief pitchers amongst this crop, any of which would certainly be a benefit to the Jays, but, for some it will take a lot of money. Probably the most expensive will be Bruce Sutter of the St. Louis Cardinals who has been talking about three million a year. A quick look at the available list of pitchers reveals other fellows like Tug McGraw, Kurt Bevacqua, Rollie Fingers, Tom Seaver, Burt Hooton, Dave Rozema, Den- nis Eckersley, Scott Sanderson, Rick Sutcliffe and Steve Trout. The last four mentioned are current members of the Chicago Cubs. If they all switched to other clubs there certainly would be loud cries at Wrigley Field. It's certain that the Cub owners will have to take the elastic off their bank roll in order to keep most of their top pitchers in the fold. The only team which does not have a player eligi- ble for free agency is the Texas Rangers. The only Toronto Blue Jay is Cliff Johnson. In addition to Dave Rozema, the Tigers could lose Dave Bergman, John Grubb and Ruppert Jones. Tiger Fever is exactly what is currently sweeping over thousands of residents of the motor city and Henry Ford Hospital has established a crisis telephone hot line to help handle it. By telephoning 313-876-2800 a friendly voice will describe the symptoms and prescribe a treatment. Tigers verses Cubs After considerable deliberations we have decided to go out on the proverbial limb in making World Series predictions. In order to allow our readers to make their wagers which usually go against our predictions, it will be the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs in the 1984 Fall Classic. The playoffs in both leagues will go to the full five games before a winner is declared. Both the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals were more than under- dogs when the current season started. The Royals were rated so low, third baseman George Brett said this week, "We were listed at 100-1 to just finish the season. We turned question marks in- to exclamation marks". If one looks back to Sparky Anderson's record with the Cincinatti Reds in 1976, there would be little problem in picking the Tigers to go all the way. That year, the Reds cliched the pennant on September 2 and went on to eliminate the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games and the New York Yankees in four in a row. The Tigers should hold a definite edge in the pit- ching department as the Royals will be using three rookie hurlers. It will take the steadying influence of fellows like George Brett and Willie Wilson to hold the Royals together. Both have had injury problems all year long, but, are expected to be very influential in the outcome. If the Tiger offence has any weak spots it will be against left handed pitching and that's what Kansas Ci- ty manger Dick Hauser is expected to throw against them. In the national league, it's strictly sentimental in picking the upstart Cubs against the strong San Diego Padres. Mr. Cub Ernie Banks who never made it to a playoff or World Series in his long career in Chicago will be in uniform in an honorary capacity. With Blades Dave Rook who was one of the Exeter Hawks goalies a year ago has earned a regular job with the Junior C Strathroy Blades. Sponsors, coaches honnured minor oC ey and said the con- However Davidson Bill Batten Ray Brooks, Wright Beil Canada, Ken ns 1 said tit cation and b the Current sponsors six son sa' moneysaidKi rnen Icon Cowan Fuels press Q former coaches and executive tributed by sponsors and sup- one of the' most treasured Alvin Willert and Jack Under- and Betty Inch, Mac's Milk; Zehrs, Pi>Iza Train and without members were honored by porters of minor hockey benefits is that sponsorship of wood. Unable to attend to be Glen Stire, Exeter Roofing; Gainer-Kneale. support rep the Exeter Minor Hockey allows the kids to have fun; teams enables those team honored were Derry Boyle, Jim Veri, Exeter Produce; Eldon and Alva Heywood, guests, the associati Association at an apprecia- makes exciting things hap- members and associates to Jack Fuller and Harvey Dave Moore, Petro Canada; who have been faithful fans not function. tion banquet, Saturday. pen, such as watching a build up a "storehouse of Pfaff. Jim Barnetson, Exeter through two generations of It was indicated.tthat e While noting the tangibles Wayne Gretsky emerge; memories" that they'll never Mayor Bruce Shaw was Legion. local players, were special event would become anan- that sponsors provide for the allows youngsters to learn forget as they look back on master of ceremonies for the Sponsors unable to attend, guests at the event. nual one and that other young hockey players, CFPL- from their mistakes; helps their association with teams program and gave a thumb- but who were thanked, are In welcoming the sponsors former supporters future. would lie TV sports announcer John them, and their parents, to and those who played with nail sketch of the involvement Canadian Tire, Exeter and former coaches, EMHA highlighted in e Davidson listed several in- grow up; kindles an interest them and supported them. of each of the former tangibles that accompany in education through the pur- Davidson urged people to enthusiasts. that support. suit or attainment of an be generous when they 're Each spoke briefly about "Your money lets a lot of athletic scholarship; and asked to contribute money to his experience and noted that other things happen," the gives youngsters a sense of support minor sports Exeter minor hockey was guest speaker said, adding a community. "because it lets a lot of other blessed by having players vote of thanks from the local The leadership of current things happen". who have been supported by kids whom he said he knew sponsors challenges the Among the former coaches their parents and that made appreciated the assistance. benefactors to be the future and EMHA executive coaching less onerous. In addition to buying sponsors and organizers of members on hand to be feted They also noted the sweaters and sticks, David- community events, he added. were Ron Bogart, Ron Horn, greatest satisfaction was in watching the young players develop both in hockey skills and in their personal achievements as they pro- gressed through the system. "To see the progress of the kids ... that's what's so special", Bogart commented, adding that the majority of kids graduating from minor hockey ranks had met the goal of becoming fine young men. Horn, a past president of the association, said the suc- cess of minor hockey in Ex- eter has been that the people who have supported it have worked as hard as the kids do on the ice to achieve their goals. Among ,the sponsors on hand to be appreciated were Irene Jackson, representing the Exeter Legion Auxiliary; John McNeilly, Exeter's chartered accountants; Don SPORTSCASTER SPEAKS — John Davidson, right, CKPL-TV sports announcer was the guest speaker at the Exeter Minor Hockey Association appreciation banquet, Saturday. He's shown with master of ceremonies Bruce Shaw and EMHA presi- dent Al Quinn. REMEMBER WHEN? — Some former coaches and executive members werefeted at an appreciation banquet staged by the Exeter Minor Hockey Association, Satur- day. Enjoying some fond memories from the past are, from the left: Alvin Willert, Ron Horn, Ron Bogart, Ray Brooks and Jack Underwood. Hawks break even in exhibition action The Exeter Hawks com- pleted their four -game exhibi- tion series on Sunday and managed an even split with a win, loss and two ties. After being bombed by Thedford in their first outing, the locals rebounded to tie Lucan 3-3 and then posted a 10-3 win over Mitchell and skated to a 7-7 stalemate against Belmont. "Rookie coaches Doug Latta and Keith Hartwick have made most of their final cuts and will now take their charges into some practice sessions in preparation for the league opener on October 12. Pete Dearing, Jason Vanllaarlem and Kevin Oke have been signed as the net - minding trio. Dave Rook, a member of the squad for the past two seasons, has signed with Strathroy Blades of the Junior 'B" league. Mark Kirk and Steve Prout will anchor the defence along with four midget graduates, Jeff Pfaff. Trevor .Johnston, Bill Fisher and Sean Whiteford Forwards remaining in camp include veterans Bill Glover, Jeff Rowe. Scott Brintnell, Steve Batten. Tony Jones, Brian Horner and Dave Skea. Among the rookies are Scott Bogart, Steve Gould, Don Hamilton and George Pratt. all graduates of last year's Ex- eter midget team. In their Sunday exhibition closer against Belmont. the locals showed plenty of fire power. but displayed some need for defensive work as they battled to a 7-7 tie and blew a two -goal lead in the last four minutes. Horner paced the attack with two goals. while adding singles were Rowe, Pratt. Mike Bedard. Hamilton and Brintnell. Kirk drew assists on three of the markers, while Batten and Bogart had a pair. Help- ing out on one goal each were Rowe, Glover, Skea and Johnston. Tie with Irish In Wednesday's game in Lucan, the Irish and Hawks renewed their rivalry in a hard-hitting contest that featured several skirmishes and verbal exchanges. but lit- tle in the way of pleasing hockey. With both teams still ex- perimenting with various players and line combina- tions. the play was on the ragged as well as rugged side. Bill Glover, who gave several stick -handling and defensive lessons. gave the Hawks a 3-3 tie when he bat- ted a puck into an empty cage with just 36 seconds left in the contest. Bart Powell had made a save on a shot by Mark Kirk on a powerplay and was out of position to stop Glover as he picked up the rebound and blasted it home. Exeter jumped into a 1-0 lead in the first when Glover sent Brian Iforner into the clear after pulling the defenders to his side of the ice and the veteran winger made no mistake. The Irish evened the count at the 7:52 mark of the send when Steve Glenn finished -off a play with Mark Bannen Lucan then jumped in front by a 3-1 lead in the third when Rob Hardy's long shot found the corner in the first minute and Rob Stanfield blinked the light at the 4:36 mark with Bannen and Shawn Schaeffer drawing the assists. Don Hamilton whittled the lead to one goal for Exeter when he poked in a rebound off a shot by Jeff Pfaff on a powerplay just before the midway mark. Pete Dearing and Kevin Oke shared the netminding IRISH TONIGHT The Lucan Irish juniors will swing hack into exhibition hockey action tonight, Wednesday when they play host to the Mitchell Hawks at the Lucan arena. Game time is 8:15 p.m. The Irish under new manager Jim Hearn and coach Ed Parkinson travel to Thedford Sunday afternoon to meet the Browns. The regular OHA Junior "D" schedule for the Trish opens on home ice, Wednesday night October 10 when the Mitchell Hawks will supply the opposition. Two nights later, the Lucan club will be in Exeter to help the Hawks open their home schedule. duties for Exeter while Al Jones, Powell and Fowles played one period each for the Irish. The game indicated both teams have a long way to go to be contenders in Junior "D" action this season. The local hawks were not very generous in welcoming their namesakes back into the league after a year's absence as they thumped Mitchell 10-3 at Huron Park, Thursday. The locals put on their best display of the exhibition series as they took a 4-2 lead iri the first and then turned it on in the third with six unanswered goals. Jeff Rowe turned his atten- tion to hockey rather than the penality box and paced the team with three goals and an assist. Brian Horner and Bill Glover added two each and singles came off the sticks of Mark Kirk and Steve Prout. Horner added three assists, while Glover and Steve Bat- ten helped nut on two each. Drawing single assists were Dave Skea, Mike Bedard, Trevor Johrnton, Kirk and Scott Bogart. Jason Vanllaarlem and Kevin Oke shared the netmin- ding duties and the latter shutout Mitchell in his 30 -minute stint. Runners training South Huron runners are busy training under the wat- chful eye of coach Joe Fulop. Members of the cross country team have already attended several meets in the area and have shown well at each event. The most recent evert in, which South Huron runners took part was a meet at Ban - ting in London. Midget run- ners from the local school placed well at the Banting meet. On the boy's side, Less Bott led the South Huron run- ners to the tape, finishing 23rd in a field of 120 runners. Scott Hern finished in 41st position and Steve Anderson crossed the finish line in 43rd. Seventy runners ran in the midget girls' race. Cassie Van Dongen finished in 6th place and Sandra Relouw followed her across the line to take 7th place. In the junior category the local boys placed five runners in the top 35 in a race which saw 150 runners start. Mark Johnston finished fourth and followed across the line by Glenn Durie in 12th and Donald Wareing in 13th posi- tion. Murray Rundle and Ray Lewis finished the race in the 31 and 33 spots respectively. Jeanette Van Esbroeck, led South Huron's junior girls to the finish line, placing Ilth in the 77 -runner field. Irene Deitrich followed in 13th place, Lindy Dillon 18th, and Kathleen Little placed 21st. Not as many runners took place in the senior events. The only South Huron senior girl to run in the Banting meet was Sandra Hullebusch who finished 8th in a pack of 27 runners. Jeff Wareham led all the local runners in the senior boys race. Wareham placed in Ilth while Dan Morley finished 29th in the 54 runner race. Coach Fulop refused com- ment on his teams' chances saying that it was too early in the season to tell. Fulop looks forward to meets coming in October when South Huron runners travel to Westminster, Dorchester. and Saunders. The Huron - Perth meet and WOSSA are scheduled for October and both these important meets will be run at the Pinery park this year. INI— — — N S ■ i ;,Il;l"t�■ 1 Home, Farm, Industrial 1 ■ C.C. Rentals & Service 237-3456 Mt. Carmel NM IIII IMO NIP Ell Ill MI NI 19111 rnoTT9e."...,L NTMIITN MATHERS MOTORS 136 MAIN STREET EXETER. ONTARIO NOM 1S0 CHRYSLER C.F. (Cal) Wein BUS. PHONE 235-1525 RES. Phone 235-2635 PLYMOUTH 00001 D0001 TRUCKS AWARD HASSELBACK TROPHY — At Sunday's minor soccer windup, the Scott Hasselback Memorial trohpy was presented to Gloria and Pete McFalls for their dedication to the local minor soccer program. Making the presentation at the left is lost year's winner Martin DeBruyn. At the right is minor soccer president Simon vanDam. T -A photo SH field hockey team wins again South Huron's field hockey team recorded another win this week, .defeaeing St. Marys by a convincing 4-1 margin. Kendra Arthur opened the scoring for the local girls scoring on a penalty stoke. Pauline Brand was the offen- sive leader of the game, put- ting two behind the Stone Town goalkeeper. Pauline DeVries scored the fourth South Huron goal to cap off the scoring. Coach Jim Workman car- ries 21 players on this year's roster. The players include: Sueanne Adkins, Pauline DeVries, Ronalyn Bell, Jody McBride, Liz Martens, Marilyn Hamilton, Julie Wilkinson, Kim Crawford, Angelina Malik, Darlene McBride, Susan Boyle, Pam Cottrell, Kelly Johns, Julie Russell, Pauline Brand, Lee O'Rourke, Joel Lamport, Carol Willis, Wendy Coward, Kendra Arthur and Suzanne Wareham. Workman was forced to train new goaltenders this season. He chose two grade nine students, Kim Crawford and Julie Wilkinson, to share the duty between the pipes. Although both girls are inex- perienced they look promis- ing and show the potential to be excellent netminders. Coach Workman feels that his team is as strong as last year's. squad which finished fourth in the snow at OFSAA. The team is confident that they will be able to defend their Huron -Perth champion- ship once again, and with a little luck and continued hard work, the team may be able to repeat as contenders at the Ontario Championships (OFSSA) . 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