The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-15, Page 11pi
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THURSDAY, MAY 15., 1969
SECOND. SECTION
Minor hockey players receive trophies during. banquet
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Jack Meriam, (left►,holds a trophy which he accepted on behalf'
of his son Ken, Jim Good accepted his own silverware and Warren
Moland holds Tom Crawford trophy. All three trophies were
donated by Warren Moland °anc) were presented to the Most
Valuable Players in Squirt; Juvenile_ and . Midget leagues. Tom
Crawford and ,Ken Meriam were not in attendance Saturday night
at. the Arena 'When the awar'.ds were presented. •
Sheafer White Dots wererunnerr"s yup in the Pee Weeleague and
Jim Mullen;1(Ieft) accepted the Norman Miller Memorial Trophy
on behalf of his team mates. Jerry Fritzley .displays the Roy
Stonehouse Memorial Trophy,which went to Goderich Motors,
Pee Wee Champions
Denomme Flowers captain Ted Crawford holds the silverware his
team won as Bantam Champions and Neil Elliott of Remingtons
IGA accepted the Bantam House League Runt ers up trophy. Neil
was the captain of his team.
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handicap .system to
Claybird'
:More than 5200,000 in prizes
'will be awarded , in the,, 1969.
WinchesterClaybird
Tournament under a totally new
handicapping system designed to
insure parity' among shooters.
The new handicapping rules
and the extent of the prize
structure were announced here
by John E. Feldhaus, president
and general manager of
Winchester -Western (Canada)
Limited, sponsors of the trap
and skeet; tournament.
"We've made a number 'of
vital changes in the structure, of
the tournament for 1969," Mr.
Feldhaus said. "The `class'
system used in the past has been
dropped in favor of a new
method of categorizing shooters
to insure .that everybody has an
equal opportunity to win the big
prizes.
;`There will be two categories
this year," he continued.
"Categ'o'ry I is for `scratch'
shooters — (hose with an average
of 95.8 or higher; Category II is
• handicap and is open to , all
shooters with an average lower
than 95.8.
"The most important thing
for prospective entrants to
remember," Mr. Feldhaus
stressed, "is that everyone must
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Mrs. Aileen Fritzley is shown presenting the Gerry Fritzley
memorial trophy to Jerry Fritzley.*The Gerry Fritzley memorial. -
trophy was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Mac • Fritzley and is
presented each year to the most olatstanding goalie in thel'ee Wee
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Paul .Schaefer proudly holds the
Fred Thorndike Memorial
trophy, which he won for being
voted .the best goaltender in the
Squirt House League.
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SKEET TRAP
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Skeet Shooting is an competitive fields of precise,
American invention, circa 1910. constant specifications.
The word "skeet" itself is an Although both sports are
archaic Scandinavian word for ' followed throughout . the world,
"shoot." The average skeet their greatest popularity is in the.
. squad is composed of five people, . united States.
each of whom shoots a round of Trpshootirig dates back to
25 shots. The similarity to trap 18th century England.
shooting ends there. " Trapshooters (usually five in
The skeet field is.laid out in a number for.a "squad") fire from
semi -circle (or • half -"clock") five adjacent ;positions in a
crescent-shaped formation 16 or
with eight stations for shooting. more yards behind the "trap."
Seven stations are positioned at Shooting is done in rotation
•e qual distances on the perimeter
with the person in number one
of the "clock" with the eighth in position firing first and so on.
the middle on a line between Each person fires at an
position one and seven. (Station
individual target. After each
one would be the name 1 12
on a: clock; position seven would person fires five shots from a
be the. numeral "6.") High particular spot on the crescent,
targets are thrown from station all move one position to the
one at one end of the right until each has fired from all
semi -circle; low targets from positions — for a total of 25
station seven at the other end. shot's.
" The trap houses at .station one The "trap" is concealed in a
and seven are called the "high low concrete building -ahead of
house" and "low house." the shooters. Clay targets are
Targets are always thrown in the thrown out of the building at
same pattern of flight, but the various angles unknown to ,the
angle of the shot varies because shooter. The clay targets usually.,
the shooter changes positions as sal from 48 to 52 yards and in
the skeet squad moves from any direction within a 45 -degree
station -to station. Two targets angle. A perfect score (25
-- are -shot- from each__ oL.the_eight __ ._ w
stations — one from each .house,
Cherubs
'win
"'-__ Doubles, where targets are
thrown simultaneously frorfn
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both houses, are then'shot from •
stations 'one, two, six and seven. •
in soccer qcf'Ion
The 25th shot is called
"optional," for it is a repeat of Thursday, May 8, the Legion
the first miss. If the shooter Cherubs and the Lions played
breaks all of his first 24, he can their first game of soccer. The
call fora target from any station new coach for the Legion
or house as his optional shot.• Cherubs was Warren Moland.and
The National Skeet Shootingthe new coach for the Lions was
Association is the regulating Sandy Crawford.
body of skeet and issues ali rules ' The soccer field Was covered
governing the sport's formalized, with water in a lot of places and
registered tournaments. Skeet is it was a ° very cold and dirty
shot over competitive fields of night.
precise, constant specifications. Both teams were soaked to
Skeet is followed throughout the their skins and they were cold
world - with its greatest when they came off the field.
. popularity in the United States •Sandy Crawford was very
pleased with the way the Lions
TRAP and SKEET are two played through the mud and
separate shotgun sports. They h to cone The
a refereswelle,
j Carbforf uirthe
are based on the,shooting of clay
targets thrown from a device situation that the field was in; he
known as a "trap." had cold feet when he was
Both TRAP and SKEET are finished.
organized sports with regulating.
The beaten the Lgo s 2-0.
ion Cherub had
national associations,(lord
tournaments, and governing Goals were by
rules. They art shot over McLeuam and Jorin Panminaer.
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consecutive hits)
"straight."
Doubles, where two targets
are thrown simultaneously, .are
shot from the 16 -yard line. A
round accounts for 25 pairs,
50 targets.
is
called
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or
have an established average."
,Shooters with no average may
ei t-er . but will be placed
automatically in the scratch
category.
• The prize structure. also has
been changed in 1969 to give
shooters at the club level a
better chance to win substantial
awards. _
The first -place winner in the
scratch category and the .first
four winners in the ' handicap
category at each club will receive
Winchester M1400 shotguns,
their choice of trap -or, skeet
grades. -
Additional prizes will be
awarded in both- categories,
depending on the number of
entrants.
As in the past, shooters at
each club will compete for the
five slots on the club team. Club
teams compete for ,fiveregional
Championships (four in the U.S.
and one in Canada). The regional
championship teams win
all -expense -paid trips to the
Bahamas: •
While in the Bahamas, the
regional champions will compete
for the grand championship and
the top prize :of.. $1,000 per
Shooter on the winning team. A
bonus of 81,000 will be awarded
Tim Robinson, left, captain of Mills Motors .in the Squirt house
league holds the champions trophy:while- Steven "Meriam -holds
the cup won by O'Brien's Market ^fR r. being. runners up. Both
trophies were donated by Branch 109'Royal Canadian Legion.
., 'aa
r.•
urney.
to each member of . the. grand
championship . team who has
used Winchester shotguns
throughout thetournament.
Local eliminations will
consist of. 200 targets (100 each
in trap and skeet) and will be
shot on one of three weekends
in September. The choice of
dates is up to • the individual
• clubs„
Regional eliminations will be
shot on Oct. 4, with Oct. 5 set
aside as a tiebreaking date. These.
also will consist of. 100 targets
each , in trap. and skeet for every
team member.
The finals will consist of 200
trap and' 200 skeet targets per
team shooter.•
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The 1969 tournament will be
shot in 12 gauge only and in the
local, regional and final
shoot -offs, Winchester -Western
factory ammunition will be
required. -
Members of more than 20
Canadian gun club's spanning the.
nation from Nova Scotia,to
British Columbia have ben
invited to participate with
American shooters from the four
U.S. regions. °
Defending champions. in the
Winchester Claybird
Tournament are .a hot -shooting
The Goderich Rangers Soccer
Club. defeated. Delhi German
Home 4-1 Saturday. in the first
home game of the season for the -
local squad. 'I game was
played on a waterlogged
Agricultural,Park pitch.
First goal for the Rangers
came 12 minutes into the first
half when right half Ron
McClure Ls -lid one in behind the
Delhi goalkeeper on a neat
• Ranger play'.
Goal number two was the
most picturesque of the game
and', started with a pass from
inside right George Love, that
put Goderich into the Delhi goal
zone. The pass,waspicked up by
centre forward Tom Love, who
made a quick -play to right
winger Rickey Fisher, who
passed.,4, .hard and fast to inside_
;eft Jahn -Gottschalk. He made
no mistake and slammed the ball
hard into the top of, the net
from close in •
The score stayed at 2-0 for
Goderich for the' remainder of
the half.
Goderich opened -the scoring
in the second half with a pretty
pass from Rickey Fisher, who
lofted a high one into the goal
o.
mouth. Tony • Verhoef got _his
head under it and it was 3-0 for
Delhi scored their only ,
Mark of the game, when Frank
Kegsler headed one past goalie
Carl Moll& from a corner kick.
Goderich put the game under,
' Larry Deer (left) captain of the Mite house league Flyers hold the:
Joe and Kay Taylor Trophy presented annually to the champions.
Steven Meriam hold's the Legion trophy for Steven Arbour, .
captain of O'Briens Market who, were runners up in the Mite
league:
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fivesome from the, Tampa -St.
Petersburg area who set a record
in winning the 1968 event. This
team, along with their Wvives,-just
returned from 'a 17 -day sewing
'through dive South Ameridan
countries. where they shot with
local shotgynners in Bogota,
Lima, Buenos Aires, and
Caracas.
• Championship teams in the
past have included housewives
wraps 'when Verhoef put the -
fourth goal into the Delhi net
'off a defensernan after hitting a
long shot from the wing. .
Bouquets for performance
should go to Moller, who played
a first-class game despite an
injury late in the first half; to
and :schoolboys.' Two years in a.
roW 7 1966 and' .196'7 — the'
tournament • was Won by squads
from an Diego, California. Both
squads included' young
housewives',' and . the 1967 team
featured a 12 -year-old boy .as the '
No. 5 shooter. '
In 19.68, the Winchester
Tournament attracted nearly
•1,000 shooters in the U.S. and
Canada.
ener 4-1
Harry Gottschalk for all-around
play and an honorable mention
to 'TomLbye ,for his work up
front'.
Coach Walter Gottschalk's
line-up was as follows: Carl
Moller, goal; Murray McClure,
•-right-' back; Evert Middel, left
back; Ron McClure, right half;
Harry Gottschalk, centre half;
Len Bakelaar,• left half:: Rickey
• Fisher, right wing; George Love,
inside right; Tom Love, centre
'forward; John Gottschalk, inside
left; Tony VanDongen, left
wing. Tony Verhoef alternated
on the forward line and Gurnis
James and Tom Profit alternated
on. defense.
Next regular . 'season home
gatne will lye -on June -1-4, against
St, Columban.
, First .round ' of the Sinosic
'Memorial Trophy will take place':
May 31 and• could be .drawn for
a home game for the Rangers.
We will' have more on that later.
Goderich play in London
Saturday against the Roma
Football Club. Kick-off 6 p.m.
Goalkeeper winded "
Goderich goalkeeper Carl Moller ran smack into his own defense
during the game against Delhi Saturday and was down for a while
getting his wind back. He didn't leave the game, however, and was
one of the stand -out players that contributed to the Goderich
win. -- staff photo- F`
Soccer action
at the .,park
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The Goderich Rangers Soccer Club chalked their first home win
Saturday when they defeated the Delhi German Home team 4-1.
Goals were scored by Ron McClure, John Gottschalk and two by
Verhoef. The game was not as one-sided as it seems as goalie Carl
Moiler had many shots to clear from the Goderich goal area and
was aided by a strong Goderich defense shown holdin F1Japk the
Delhi attackers in this photo. — staff photo