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Clinton News-Record, 1977-03-24, Page 6D PAGE 6-T-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 201977 Colts finished for season The Clinton Colts dropped three games in a row and were eliminated from further action in the Intermediate "C" playoffs. The Colts had tied their best of seven Group final against Port Elgin at one game each, but then lacking manpower, they dropped the next three contests to the powerful Suncoast. The Sunocos won the series even without the help of high - scoring Dean Symons, who .was on vacation during the series. Last Tuesday night, March 15, the Colts, suffering from injuries and lack of spirit, dropped a 6-1 decision in Port Elgin, with Jim Guenther scoring the solo effort for the Colts, who dressed only 11 players. Colt netminder Dennis Fleischauer held back a strong Port Elgin attack last Thursday night in Clinton, as the Sunocos beat the Colts 6-3. Jim Guenther was again the strong man on the Clinton offensive line, scoring two goals, while Larry Haugh picked up the other tally. The Sunocos put the icing on the cake last Friday night in Port Elgin, winnin;, the series four games to one by thumping the Colts 11-0. The Colts had only 10 players dressed, and right from the opening face-off, it was obvious. the Colts were done for another year, the best they had in five years. Port Elgin now goes on to meet the Fergus Green Machine, winners of the other group finals. Figure skating club news The intermediates and seniors skated their final training session for the dulls season on Wednesday, March 16 with an unfortunate ac- cident. Intermediate skater, Janet Shanks, Kip -pen, fell during practice and, broke her ankle quite severely. We're very sorry, Janet, that you should start off your Spring Break holidays bound in a cast! We hope your recovery will be swift, sure, and that you will be back skating with our club in the fall. Our junior professional, Miss Olive Lapp, submitted her resignation on the last day. We appreciated Miss Lapp's loyal contributions to our club and wish her our very best wishes on her next endeavours. Seven Clinton skaters participated in the WOSW • Invitational Competition in Sarnia this past weekend'. They were Cheryl Beane, Brenda Dupee, Margaret Dupee, Peggy Jones, Kim Marsden, Shelley Middleton, and Karen Schneider. Brenda Dupep won a "first" in her flight which qualified her to skate in the finals 'on Sunday. Feeling miserable with a cold, she mustered up all the strength and poise she had and managed a fifth place standing out of nine com- petitors in the finals. I think this is the first time that a Clintonian has skated in the finals,Congratulations, Brenda You've put Clinton on the skating map! With 725 registered com- petitors, it's almost an overwhelming experience for "little" Clinton to even try to compete. However, . it's a stepping stone to greater Heard wins scoring title Although the season ended Clinton Mustangs last Saturday night, Robert Heard finished well ahead of everyone else to win the Central Jr. "C" scoring championship. Heard finished the season with 117'points on 69 goals and 48 assists to become the first Clinton player ever to do so. Randy Millar also of Clinton was a distant second. The Mustangs despite being eliminated enjoyed a good season considering there were approximately 12 new faces in the line-up and being a young team, they loot forward to bigger and better things to come in; future* seasons. The Clinton Mustang executive wish to thank all the fans and merchants etc. for supporting the team for the '76-'77 season. 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Some watched the fashion parade of colourful costumes while others took note of the interesting programs, beautiful choreography with some excellent music choices and dynamo jumps and spins that would "eat your heart out." The ten years and under class especially were the heart warmers. Cute as kittens and lively as bunnies, many of them provided some tough competition and some excellent entertainment. Invitations had been ex- tended to'clubs from Western, Central, Northern Sections as well as Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Atom champion tourney is set INSURANCE GAISER - KNEALE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. Insurance -Real Estate Investments Formerly K.W. COLQUHOUN LTD. Phone Office 482-9747 Len Theedom 482-7994 Hal Hartley 482-3693 C. Buruma 482-3287 ' JOHN WISE GENERAL INSURANCE — GUARANTEED IN VESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482-9644 Res: 482-7265 MIIIMMIIIMIMMIIIIIMININW BRYAN LAVIS INSURANCE General and Life Office: 10 King St. 482-9310 Residence: 308 High St. 482-7747 KARL C. LENTZ CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT - Wingham, Ont. Tel: 357-1087 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS . JERVIS ALUMINUM Sales and Service of Aluminum Doors, Windows, and screens. Ornamental Railing and Signs. Glass cut to size. 84 ALBERT ST., CLINTON. -. - - 482-9390 bu',4 i/odcIEn r- BE. e7, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 WestStreet Goderich, Ontario 524-2011 P.O. Box 307 The W.O.A.A. Atom Grand Championship composing of the six division winners from "B" group through "E" group is set to take place in Clinton this weekend. The championship is played in tournament style play and each team must lose. two games in order to be eliminated. The opening game will be Brussels versus Seaforth on Saturday at 9 ; followed by Walkerton versus Lucknow at 10:30 a.m and Chesley versus Ripley at 1 P.M. Injuries played a key role in the Clinton Colt's loss. in the Intermediate Group final played against Port Elgin. After tying the series, the Colts dropped three in a row and are out. Here trainer Newt Collins helps Greg Burns who was hit by a puck during Thursday's game. (News - Record photo)• WOAA sets meeting, umpire clinic planned The baseball seasons is brought up ,rt the meeting, just around the corner, and they should he in the hands of the Western Ontario Athletic the secretary by March 31. Association are having their All trophies should be annual meeting on April 20 in brought to the meeting also, the Town Hall in Wingham. or the teams could be Suggested changes to suspended. be discussed for the corning The WOAA is also planning season at the meeting wilt a series of softball and har- include increased entry dhall umpire clinics this fees; new classifications for spring including: Fergus, towns over 7,000; changes in April 2.1: Baden. May 1; the WOAA crest; and Goderich, May Wingham, automatic suspensions for May 1,1. Owen Sound, May 16; players, coaches, and and Ila lune ,r. managers ejected from I' urthr• details erre games. available frl>nr ,local officials If there are other amen- ur by contacting the \V )AA dments that should he office. OBA convention approves helmet Ap amendment was first Delegates argued that to produced by Southern call the hatta•r out would Counties ' Baseball change the game of baseball. Association calling for the The dele•;atie>n from batter to wear a protective- Toronto put fureh ,en anit'n helmet with both ears covered while running the bases as well as at bat. The delegate also asked for a penalty of calling the baserunner out should the that covers the car facing the runner not coniply. pitcher. dment to the amendment eliminating the penalty and changing the helmet from one which covers Muth ears it) one 11 Hahns eliminate Stangs 3-l. By Bryan Marriage The New Hamburg Hahns defeated " the Clinton Mustangs in OHA Junior C playoff action last Saturday night by a score of 6-2. In this semi-final series the Hahn's eliminated the Stangs in four games. 3-1. fn the opening period, the Hahns opened up a 3-0 lead on a . pair of goals -by Dave Schroeder and a single by Jamie Haun. The Mustangs narrowed the gap in the second period on goals by Mark King and Ken Robinson, but Rick Cressman put the Hahns ahead by two when he not- ched a single late in the second period. The Stangs tried in vain to overtake the Hahns, but failed to beat the strong goaltending of -New New Ham - burgs John Sweazey. The Hahns scored two more unanswered goals in the third period to finish the Mustangs for the season. Clinton man elected to Ont.Baseball Association Bryan Marriage of Clinton was elected' to the executive of the Ontario- Baseball Association at their 60th annual meeting over the weekend in Kincardine. Other members of the 1977 executive are Jack Lee of Thorold, president, Keith Weese of Corunna, first vice- president; Harve Bailie of London, second- vice president; Jim Frail of Hamilton, third vice- president ; and Carmen Bush of Toronto, Gerry MacLean of Thorold, Cliff Hocking, and Mr. Marriage, all executives. Ron Pegg of Flesherton was appointed to his second term as secretary -treasurer and Vic McCallum of Sarnia returns as supervisor of umpires. Outgoing president Jim Lutton of Oshawa, who is a scout for the National League Montreal Expos, blasted the new American League Toronto Blue Jays, and also attacked , the OBA Mem- bership. He said that internal problems are threatening the existence of the OBA. "I don't believe there is any association that - trusts the other. . . there's a lot of hackstabbing and mistrust. There's no co-operation between the secretaries of the individual associations and the OBA. If there is any, its very minimal," Lutton said. New president Lee agreed with Lutton that one of the ORA's main concerns is dealing with the mistrust and hackstabbing between associations. 'I feel it is diminishing gradually. A convention of this nature with little bickering, is helping. We are going to' have to sit down with all parties," Lee said. "But the calibre of people is improving ... not that people in the past were incapable'. But now we've got a lot of good educated people to ORDS N •: LIQUID 28 NITROGEN For Best Results on WHEAT, BARLEY and COR *rCustom application for bulk spreading dry fer-tilizer for plowdown with our no -track Terragator. BRUCEFIELD HENSALL ZURICH 482-9823 262-3002 236-4393 11.,1191 UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO 1 ! Can you r it tosetLItorIess ;1 Iban liebart rust ii• 1 proteiion. 1 When you buy your new car you will ' probably send at least five thousand dollars. I . 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Outgoing \president Lutton also blasted the Blue Jays for not promoting the game, by not sending speakers, or even little souvenirs like all of the other major league clubs. In other business, the OBA executive accepted a proposal to increase its membership to 1.8 associations with the ad- mission of the Ottawa -Carlton Baseball Association. The OBA had 9,714 players in its association, while the number of teams increased to 622 from 604 of the previous year. There also are no changes in the playing rules this year. An amendment presented by. the WOAA was carried which includes an extra category for tyke to midget teams-. Instead of only four categories, A through D, an E category will be added for the four divisions. Bryan Marriage, spokesman for the WOAA said the extra categories were introduced to encourage smaller centres to enter baseball teams. Teams are categorized now by merit on whether they will play A,B, C, D or E baseball. 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