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Times Advocate, 1984-10-10, Page 14i Times -Advocate, October 10,1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Our World Series predictions were only half right as the Chicago Cubs failed to make it to the fall classic. Sparky Anderson's Tigers are as red hot now as they were all season and should be able to bring home the big trophy for the first time in 16 years. In 1968 we saw the three home games in Detroit and expect to be in Tiger Stadium Friday night for the third game of this year's big event. Sparky Anderson is only the fourth manager in ma- jor league history to win pennants in both leagues. The first was Joe McCarthy. He won in the NL with the Chicago Cubs in 1929 and with the New York Yankees eight times in 1932, from 1936-39 and 1941-43. The other two were more recent. Alvin Dark turn- ed the trick with the San Francisco Giants in 1962 and the Oakland A's in 1974 while Yogi Berra won pennants for the Yankees in 1964 and the Mets in 1973. NHL year starts The National Hockey League season starts tonight, Thursday and a lot of fans will likely be watching the Toronto Maple Leafs very closely looking for some improvement: • New coach Dan Maloney has promised a more ag- gressive brand of hockey. We took in an exhibition game more than a week ago against the Washington Capitals at Maple Leaf Gardens. There were three of four fights, but, that's about the only aggressiveness the Leafs showed in. a losing cause. We made the trip to Toronto with Harvey Smith, the top Toronto fan in the area and on the way home he remarked, "Looks like it will be another long season". Coach Maloney has indicated he will be shuffling players between Toronto and the farm team at St. Catharines until he finds the proper combination of players. The poor showing of the Leafs last year and not much better prospects this season may be good news for area fans as far as the chances of getting tickets are concerned. For two exhibition games in which tickets went on public sale, total attendance was about 8,000. Tickets for the other three games went to season subscribers. The night we were at Maple Leaf Gardens, the crowd was about 4,000 below, capacity. The Gardens box office opened Sunday morning to sell a limited number of tickets to the general public for various games throughout the season. Where oh where? The dome topic is again raising its head in Toronto with the Crown Corporation expected to make final recommendations within a month. It has not boiled down to four locations. Three are close to each other in the lakefront area of Toronto and the fourth in the Woodbine racetrack area on Derry Road East. This latter proposed would be very easily accessible for residents of Western Ontario. The three Toronto locations are near the CN Tower. on the present midway grounds at theCNEand at Cor- onation Park adjacent to Ontario Place. The big plus for the Woodbine site is a projection of from 23,000 to 25,000 parking spaces over 75 acres and four ramps designed so all spectators can vacate the stadium in seven minutes. The Woodbine proposed appears to be the best in the terms of taxpayer financing. Combining are Cadillac -Fairview Corp. and the Ontario Jockey Club. Cadillac will build a new stadium, put up to $60 million toward its construction and ensuing service im- provements, lease it for 25 years and then give it back to the stadium corporation for nothing. The Jockey Club would provide the site free in return for parking concessions and the total public money at Woodbine would not exceed $60 million. More new starts The OHA Junior '1)' hockey regular season gets underway at the South Eluron Rec Centre with the old arch rivals Lucan Irish and Exeter Hawks meeting. While they may be old rivals each club has a lot of new things for them in the 1984-85 season. Fans will see considerable changes in the lineups of both clubs from a year ago and the personnel behind the bench will also be different. For the Hawks, Tony Jones is the new manager and Doug Latta will handle the coaching duties. Latta will he helped by assistant coach Keith Ilartwick. Roth were 011 the Lucan Irish championship team of 1981-82. Bill Glover will also assist in a playing coach capacity. On the Irish side of the arena. former Lucan- Ilderten Jet Ed Parkinson will to coaching and .Jim Hearn is the manager replacing Bob Taylor who held the position for many years. Good luck to both clubs as they head into a long winter's schedule. Only up to 12 ' A recent press release from the Ontario Minor lloc•key Association clears up any confusion that some may have regarding the eligibility of girls to play for boys hockey teams. Girls can play on boys hockey teams only up to the age of 12 years and then only if there is no girls hockey team in the area for which they are eligible. The judge of availability is the rapidly expanding Ontario Women's Hockey Association. In actual practice, if a girl of 12 years or less registers on a boys team in the Metropolitan Toronto Ilockey League, Western Ontario Athletic Association, Ontario Minor hockey Association, or Northern Ontario Hockey Association. the Secretary -Manager of the af- fected Association must submit the information to the Ontario Women's Hockey Association who will check and report to the Boy's Association whether or not the girl in question has a suitable girls hockey team available to her. it is stressed that if there is a suitable girls hockey 1 1 Final ATV series at Hull Gull Sunday CRC Productions in con- junction with Hully Gully presents the Final Round of the ATV fall race series. See high revving three and four wheel machines take on the fast and smooth course al the Hully Gully track. Colne and see the crazy kamikahzies from the North take on the farm boys. from the South. Watch •these machines fly through the air over the dou- ble jumps and slide around the wide open corners There are classes for everyone to take part in. There will be a pancake breakfast from 9 - 11 a.m., Sign -in 11-12, practice 12 o'clock and racing begins at 1 p.m. Sunday. Special attration will be a U.J. race between CKSL and CKNX. Riders will be com- peting for trophys and cash as well the points cash fund. AT(' point standings as of Thorndale Sept. 21 250 Mod: Chuck Collins Varna 25, Jeff Howe Minden 24. Rick Lewis Bothwell 16, GET ATOM TROPHIES -- Jamie Ralph, Danny Martens, Jason Heywood, Anna Szabo and Jeremy Hern received individual trophies as the best players on the Exeter atom soccer teams. T -A photo BEST IN SQUIRT SOCCER - Individual awards were made to the best performers on the Exeter I and II pee wee soccer teams. From the left are Benjy Parker, Jamie vanDam, Sean McCann, Marty DeBruyn, Darryl Hartman and Julia Brand. HANDS UP The ball proved elusive for all the players in this portion of a senior girls' basketball game between South Huron and Bunting last week. The South Huron players are Jackie Cottrell and Irene Brand. CLOSE CHECKING The SHDHS senior girls' basket ball team hooked up with Bunting of London for on ex hibition game at the local school, Thursday Above. Christine Coates. Jackie Cottrell and Irene Brand move in to try a block on a shot by an opposing player. team available none of the tour boys oriented Associa lions is permitted to register any girl. Also it must Ix' pointed out I here must not he ani integrati•►n of girls over the age of 12 years. The number of youngsters playing organized minor hockey in Ontario this winter is well below the record set in 1976-77. The season of eight years ago at rac•ted 153,651 (1n- tario young hockey players while this upcoming year's figure will he 132,376 Bill Wallance Toronto 15, Stratford 10, Steve Brown Rick Roseler Plattsville 10, London 8. Rod Baker Mooretown 6. 200-225 Stock : Wally Gor- 250 Stock: Jeff Howe don Ingersoll 30, Brian Dale Minden 25,. Mike Rummey Clinton 24, John Parke Varna Strathroy 20, Bob McHugh In- 16, Terry Primok Richmond gersoll 15, Jim Bearss Hill 11, Jeff Bannister Thorn - Springfield 15, Tim Myer dale 10, Rich Saul Bothwell 12, Richard Lewis Camalachie 8, Dave Langford Bothwell 8, Paul Goddard Bradford 8, Chad Stuherland Cambridge 6, Brian Stewart Mooretown 5. Scott Matthews Mooretown 6, Steve Hartland Camalachie 4, Kevin Easter Woodstock 5, Kris Hall Sarnia 3. Wyoming 4, Bart Baker 200-225 Mod: Mike Rum- Mooretown 4, Rick Roseler mey Strathroy 21, Byron Plattsville 3, Kerry Micks Boyce Clinton 20, Brian New Market 3, Shawn Gan- James Kitchener 20, Kevin non New Market 2. Williamson Camalachie 15, 200 Solid: Sandy Innes Em- Mike Kirk Richmond Hill 15, bro 22, Shawn Hansford Bert Middegaal Blyth 15. Mossley 16, Bob Brulatt Dor- Dave Kukura Sarnia 6. Chester 15, Gord Inglis Open Mod: Chuck Collins London 15, John Parke Varna Varna 27, Jeff Howe Minden 12, Gary Ruddock London 8, 25, Mike Rummey Strathroy Ralf Eyre Bridgen 8, Jim 16, Bill Wallance Toronto 10, McBean Thorndale 6. Steven Randy Williams Toronto 8, Bean Brucefield 4. Rick Roseler Plattsville 8, 4- Wheel: Marty Jackson Rick Lewis Minden 6, John Listowel 30, Dennis Bains Stubbs Guelph 6, Dave Desat Stratford 12, Steve Carter Chatham 5. Player convicted A 24 -year old Toronto man was convicted Friday of assault causing bodily harm to a hockey referee during a game in the Lucan arena earlier this year. Steven Vale of Weston, who had been playing for a Downsview team in an April 1 tournament organized by the London district of the On- tario transporation ministry. admitted during a London trial last month he had lost his temper near the end of the game but had not realized he had struck the referee three times. Vale, who was released .on his own recognizance Friday by provincial Judge John Menzies, is to be sentenced in provincial court in London on Nov. 1 after a pre -sentence report is reviewed. Acting crown attorney Russell Monteith said he will seek a jail term. At his trial last month, Vale denied he had intentionally swung at referee Jim Austin of Ailsa Craig after Austin had stepped in to break up a fight between Vale and a player with the London firefighter;.- team. The 6'2" Vale testified he had been struck on the head by a London player and had lost his temper. Ile said he was grdbbed from behind and had swung out, striking Austin several times without realizing it was the referee. Austin was punched in the head, had his helmet pulled off and was knocked down in the melee after the London team scored the tournament - winning goal during a sudden - death overtime period. He told the court the blows from Vale "knocked the wind out of me...I was down and in a lot of pain". Austin. who was taken to hospital for examination, said he had to wear a neck brace for three days and was off work for a week. Testimony at the Sept. 25 trial indicated ‘'ale had vow- ed to "get the referee" after one of two penalties he had received earlier in the game. Hockey players and several other witnesses testified at the trial, and Menzies said their testimony was for the large part credible and show- ed Vale "had animosity toward the referee." The -judge rejected defence arguments that referees are to some extent at risk in what many feel is a highly com- petitive sport. Menzies said Vale, who plays in Toronto area house and industrial hockey leagues, had "lost his temper" and struck the referee "without any justification whatsoever." BEST RATE Investments Insured to '60,000. 12½%2-5years No Fees - Rates Sub ect To Change ABC ANNUITIES 53 West St., Goderich 524-2773 collect issa ruurE$•'...... Y[YYLR MATHERS MOTORS 136 MAIN STREET EXETER, ONTARIO NOM ISO C.F. (Col) Wein CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH BUS. PHONE 235-1525 RES. Phone 235-2635 DODGE DODGE TRUCKS r 1 Clip and Save Home Games for "Exeter and Area Junior Hawks Fri., Oct. 12 Fri., Oct. 19 Fri., Oct. 26 Fri., Nov. 2 Fri., Nov. 9 Sun„ Nov. 11 Fri., Nov. 16 Fri., Nov. 30 Sun., Dec. 2 Fri., Dec. 7 Fri., Dec. 28 Fri., Jan 11 Fri. Jan. !18 Fri., Jan. 25 Sun., Jan. 27 Fri., Feb. 1 Sun., Feb. 10 Friday games 8:30 p 2:00 p. 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