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Rod's Report on Sports
Green Machine
in trouble
By ";od Hilts
Sports Editor
It seems the glory days of the green machine are a
long way from reality. At the beginning of the season, it
appeared the Saskatchewan Roughriders had a
legitimate shot at first, possibly second place in the
western division. Instead the Roughies have stumbled
this season, losing five of their first six games.
In an attempt to turn the team around, General
Manager John Herrera fired Head Coach Joe Faragalli
and replaced him with former B.C. Lion assistant
coach Reuben Berry. Berry wasted no time in making
changes as he placed Joe (747 )Adams on waivers. Also
gone is offensive lineman Don Swafford and running
back Jim Manz. Why would the Roughies release
Adams, perhaps the future of their offense? In my
opinion Adams has the potential to become a first
string QB. Look for him to come back and haunt
Saskatchewan.
It seems for every three steps the Roughriders take
forward, five giant steps backwards end up putting
them in a hole. This season is history for the team and
it looks like it will be back to the drawing board for
team management.
Last week Rod's Report on Sports went 3-1 in the
prediction department, improving my overall record
to 16-8. This week Rod's Report goes on record with the
following predictions:
Saskatehewan at Toronto
The Argos looked much better in last week's contest
against the Ottawa Rough Riders. Too bad Roughies.
Following last week's shake-ups, the Saskatchewan
crew probably don't know whether they're coming or
going. It's the green Roughriders turn for a loss this
week.
Argos by 14
Ottawa at Edmonton
Not much of a contest here. Look for the Edmonton
defense to nullify J.C. Watts and the Ottawa offensive
unit. This will not be the Grey Cup match -up of two
years ago.
Eskies by 15
Montreal at B.C.
Mismatch of the year. The B.C. Lions are the hottest
team in the CFL, while the Concordes are cold and
turning to ice. This game should give the B.C. bench
some work and offer a rest for starting quarterback
Roy Dewalt. The Lions defense should maul the pun-
chless Cords.
Lions by 15
Calgary at Winnipeg
The Stamps offense has been performing well lately,
especially since they've introduced a balanced running
attack. Winnipeg's offense was unable to penetrate the
B.C. defense but should get on track. (Contract
disputes can affect the efficiency of Brtick!s atm.)
Home field advantage is a big plus for Winnipeg.
Brock's Bombers by 10
Record: 16-8
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Flerni1T':C
od Hilts
There was good news and
bad news out of the Clinton
Fleming -Colts dugout last
week. First the good new -
the Colts are still alive in the
Ontario Baseball Association
(OBA) playdowns against
the Arva Athletics. The bad
news is the London Juniors
eliminated Clinton from the
Great Lakes league playoffs
on July 17 with a convincing
14-0 victory.
London 14 Clinton 0
The score says it all. The
Colts came up flat in the
deciding game of the best -of -
three semi-final series
played in Clinton last
Wednesday night.
Clinton Manager John
Leppington called the game
his team's worst of the year.
The Colts made nine fielding
errors and a number of
mental mistakes as 10 of
London's 14 runs were
unearned.
Brian Collar, the goat of
London's first loss of the
series, came back to pitch a
complete game victory,
limiting the Colts to four hits.
Collar walked in the winning
run on August 20 in Clinton's
6-5 victory.
London came out flying in
the first inning with Mike
Bushby leading off the inning
with a deep blast to left field
for a stand-up double. Rick
Cartwright followed with a
sacrifice, advancing Bushby
to third. A passed ball then
scored Bushby. Steve Bush -
by reached first on an error
to shortstop Dave Bartliff
and advanced to second on a
passed ball. Dave Blake beat
out a ground ball on a close
play at first. With Steve
Bushby on third, Richard
Thompson loo;. d a fly ball to
centre field that bounced off
the glove of second baseman
Greg Burns, scoring another
run. After Blake stole third,
Rick Roberts delivered a
bloop single to left giving
London a 3-0 lead.
The Juniors broke things
wide open in the fifth inning
as they scored seven runs.
London got their runs on only
three hits. It would be an
lts
understatement to say that
the Clinton defense
collapsed. A combination off
bad throws, booted groun-
ders and a general
miscommunication in the
infield accounted for most of
the London offense.
Scott MacDonald started
the game for Clinton and was
replaced by Dave Patterson
in the fifth inning. Neither
one of the pitchers could be
series with
faulted for the loss as the
defense behind them was
shaky.
Clinton Manager Lep-
pington requested that the
game be called after seven
innings with London leading
14-0.
The loss eliminates the
Colts from the Great Lakes
league playoffs and London
goes on to meet the winner of
the Kincardine-Arva series
for the league championship.
OBA First Round
Arva 9 Clinton 8
The winds don't normally
swirl out of the Clinton ball
park but when they do, a lot
of balls are launched over
the fence for home runs. On
August 20, the Colts hosted
Arva in the opening game of
Clinton Colt pitcher Casey Wildgen made it to home
plate, but not in time to earn the umpire's safe call. Casey
was caught between third base and home plate in a cat
and mouse run-down play in Saturday's game against Ar-
va. The Colts lost the first match in OBA playoffs, 9-8.
(Shelley McPhee photo).
Out All Knight wins third in a row at Clinton
By Lois Gibbings
Willvan Duke won the Ron
Feagan Memorial Pace at
Goderich Raceway on
Thursday, August 18, equall-
ing the track record set by
Derbys Gent exactly nine
years ago with his speedy
2.01.2 mile.
Jack Radcliffe trains and
drives the sixyear-old pacer
by the Thorpe Hanover sire
A.C.'s Achilles for C.E.
Clarke of Elmira.
A trophy was presented to
the winner by the Feagan
family, including Ron's wife
Susan and son Blair, his
sister .Gayle Kenyon and
grandfather George C.
Feagan, his uncle, Ben
Feagan and aunts Eileen
Sweeney, Mary Roebuck and
Isabelle Sparks.
,Bud Fritz finished second
with Sergeant Rick, while
Fred Sadler took third with
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Sprinkbank, the pacer that
was a winner for Karen
Fekete at Clinton on August
7 in 2.01.
A cooler (blanket) was
presented to the winner
Willvan Duke by Equiline
Products.
Ted MeIkaail gave his six-
year-old diae, Deep Run
Skipper, by Scram -Deep
Run Suehawk by Deep Run
Danny, co -owned by his wife
Alma of Goderich Township,
a new 2.08.3 record in;inn-
ing her first of the year ;inn-
ing
seven starts.
Randy McLean took se-
cond driving Sunrise Bingo
for Douglas Kerr of Dungan-
non while Ross Battin • was
third with Poplar Lynn for
Les Campbell of Seaforth.
Londesboro Lady had her
first lifetime win in 2.10.2
with Fred Maguire on the
bike for owner Robert Hog-
garth of Londesboro.
The three-year-old filly by
Keystone Mead — Miss Belle
Bars by Poplar Volo, has
also had two seconds from
five starts in 1983.
Rod Robblee drove Vesta
Herbert to a second place
finish for Clarence (Diggs)
Le Beau of Brucefield, while
Ross Battin took third with
his Princes Sister.
Randy McLean won the
third in 2.07.4 for Harvey
Revington of London, owner
of the three-year-old
• Keystone Smartie pacing fil-
ly, Sunny Seelster, narrowly
'holding off the fast closing
Handy Slipper in a photo -
finish. The latter is co -owned
by driver Carl Fisher and his
brother Grant of Goderich.
Handy Slipper now has four
wins, one second and one
third from six lifetime
starts, good for earnings of
$1,391 and a 2.06 pacing
record.
Ross Battin finished third
with Miss Janes Rip for
Harry Kerr of Goderich.
Jim Watt of Londesboro
won the fourth in 2.11.2 with
the eleven -year-old Ichabod
Crain gelding Mr. Super
Crain that he co-owns with
Tim Robinson.
Delightful Doll took a new
2.07.2 record in winning her
second of the year with Ran-
dy Henry on the bike for
trainer Art Hodgins and
owner Lorraine Hands of
Lucan.
Verdun Vanstone gave
Benmiller Bigshot a new
2.10.1 record in winning his
first of the year from five
starts. Co -owned. by Lois
Vanstone, the five-year-old
pacer by Way Kid Arnies
Girl by Tarport Arnie, also
has been second once.
Jays Brenna, trained by
August De Groof for Ross
Cottle of Woodham finished
third with John Muir on the
bike.
Ross Battin gave Joellas
Knight her third win of the
year, timed in 2.05.3, for
owner -trainer Bill Bennett of
Seaforth. The six-year-old
mare by Mamies Knight —
Kings Ardor by Shadow
Rocket, now has a (3-4-5)
standing from 29 starts in
1983, good for earnings of
$4,449. Lifetime, Joellas
Knight, has a total of $31,015
and a 2.05.2 pacing record.
Randy McLean finished
third with Lissas. Girl for
Bob and Ron Daer of
Goderich.
Noble Amy was second for
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®5 victry
the best -of -three OBA series
and lost 9-8 in a home -run
derby.
Ron Wells sparkled for the
Colts, going four -for -four at
the plate in a losing effort.
Wells has excelled this
season against Arva,
collecting eight hits with two
home runs in 15 trips to the
plate.
As has been the case in
Clinton's previous losses,
their inability to drive in
runners in scoring position
hampered their attack. The
Colts stranded 13 men on
base.
Arva took advantage of the
wind in the first inning with a
towering home run. Clinton
bounced back to even the
count in the second inning
when Wells parked one over
the fence with a line drive
home run to left field.
Arva picked up two more
in the third inning on three
consecutive singles. Clinton
got one back in their half of
the inning.
The wind blew strong in
the fourth inning as Arva
collected their second home
run of the game to go up 6-2.
The Colts battled back in
the their half of the inning to
make it 6-4 on four singles.
Butch Fleet and Halt s
Leppington both singled to
open the inning and scored
on RBI singles by Casey
Wildgen and Dave Bartliff.
Clinton took the lead for
the first time in the game in
the sixth inning when they
collected three runs. The big
hit of the inning was
delivered by Wells, a two -run
double with two out.
Arva tied the game in the
seventh with their third
home run of the game.
The A's took a two -run lead
in the top of the ninth and
hung on for the win as the
Colts could only come up
with one run in the bottom of
the ninth. Clinton .went out of
the inning with the bases
loaded.
Clinton 9 Arva 5
Clinton evened the series
on August 21 in Arva by
banging out 17 hits.
Dan Colquhoun and Cal
Fremlin had three hits and
accounted for two RBI's
each.
Although Clinton led 2-0
after 3'2 innings, they had
stranded six runners after
pounding out 11 base hits. `•
A lead off walk and three
consecutive hits by Arva tied
the game in the fourth in-
ning.
The Colts led 3-2 in the fifth
but that soon evaporated
when Arva stormed back
with three runs to take the
lead for the first time in the
Lame.
Clinton scored four runs in
the sixth inning and two in
the seventh for the win.
Dugout Dust
The deciding game of the
series will be played. on
Sunday, August 28 at 6 p.m.
in Clinton. The winner of this
game goes on to the All -
Ontario tournament in
Wyoming on the Labor Day
Weekend.
Come out and cheer your
Fleming -Colts on to victory!
Mosquitos end season
The Clinton Mosquitos
had to settle tor second place
following their final league
game on August 18 in
Goderich. Clinton ended the
season's schedule with a 4 - 3
victory over Goderich and a
season record of 7 wins and 5
losses.
Derek Jefferson came
through with the winning
goal Thursday night in
Goderich. Clinton's other
three goals were all scored
by Devon Colquhoun.
Outstanding goaltending
was displayed by Mike Cor-
rie with lots of help from
Jason MacLean and Brian
Kiss.
On August 20, the soccer
team travelled to Port Elgin
for the Mosquito Cup Tour-
nament. Their first game
matched them against Kin-
cardine, the • number one
team in the league, who
were yet to lose a game this
year.
•
The Clinton boys opened
the scoring early in the game
when Devon Colquhoun
scored on a 25 yd. free kick.
Before the half ended Col-
quhoun scored again with
assists going to Derek Jef-
ferson and Scott Brown. The
half ended with Clinton
leading 2 -1.
Kincardine opened the se-
cond half with two quick
goals before Clinton's Ricky
Lobb placed a fine pass to
Devon Colquhoun, . who
scored Clinton's final goal.
Kincardine went on to win 4 -
3. Special mention for a
strong game also goes to
Mike Ladd, Brian Kiss and
Mike Corrie.
The team and coaches
would like to thank all the
paents who cheered them on
and who also provided the
transportation to out-of-town
games, and treats on Cup
Day.
Hully Gully news
On Saturday, August 27
Hully Gully houseleague
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Maitland Valley Motocross
track north of Holmesville
between Clinton and
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and this Saturday is the day.
Registration and practise
start as usual at 11 a.m. with
racing beginning at 2 p.m.
The usual entry fee still
applies to all riders and
spectators will be admitted
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The Maitland track is on
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