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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-05-01, Page 19la"derich a SIGNAL..STAR RECREAT 137 YEAR --18 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1,1985 50 CENTS PER COPY Anglers out in force but few fish caught on opening day Hundreds of angling enthusiasts descended upon rivers and streams across the province as the fishing season officially opened on the weekend. Many of those fishermen were in the tiny Nine Mile River at Port Albert Saturday morning but whether they were fishing near the fish ladder or at the mouth of the river, few fishermen had any luck of any kind. There were a few, fish caught in the Maitland River at Goderich but cooler temperatures and high water levels kept the catch in check this year. While winds kept the temperature cool it was still a good day for a father -son outing. (photos by Dave Sykes) Vikings boot Redmen in soccer The GDCI Senior Vikings remain undefeated in Huron -Perth Conference soc- cer play, following a win and a tie last week. Monday, in Clinton, the Vikings tied the Cen- tral Huron Redmen 3 - 3. Wednesday, in Palmerston, the Vikings defeated the Norwell Redmen, 3 - 1. The Vikings have a record of t%46 wins and a tie heading into home games Wednesday against Stratford Central and Thursday against St. Marys, who are also 2 - u - 1 in their first three games. Monday, the Vikings complete a three -game home stand, when they entertain the Stratford Northwestern Huskies. In Clinton, the Vikings and Redmen were scoreless after the first half which included a missed penalty shot by Dave Wright of the Redmen. The Vikings, who had mis ed several good scoring chances in the first half, clicked for two goals early in the second. '1 odd Graham scored on a free kick from the 18 -yard line and Trevor Erb beat the Clinton keeper after taking a pass from Juergen Schulz. rt. looked as though the Vikings should be able to protect their lead, but the Redmen came back with three straight goals, two by Sai Visouvath and one on a penalty shot by Thong Pham, to take a 3 - 2 lead. The Vikings showed great determination to come back and score the tying goal in -the last minute of play. Centre half Juergen Schulz moved in to head a free kick by Jeff LeBeau into the net to salvage the tie. Against Norwell, the Vikings again battl- ed their oppostion to a 0 - 0 half-time score, playing against a strong wind. In the second half, the Vikings controlled most of the play and piled up a 3 - 0 lead. Daryl Madge scored the first goal, kicking in a rebound following a throw-in by Chris Sideris and a head -ball by Trevor Erb. Dar- cy McGee then scored from the right side after taking a pass from Madge, following another throw-in by Sideris. Todd Graham kept up, his goal -a -game pace, scoring on a breakaway late in the half. Norwell ended Goderich keeper Kevin Telford's shutout bid with two minutes left in the game, when Jeff McClennan scored on a diving header of a cross. Pat Frayne and Ray Vanstone were solid at fullback and Ed Craig played well at the midfield for coach Dick Madge's Vikings. Junior Vikes sport perfect record after three contests The GDCI Junior Vikings won twice in Huron -Perth Conference soccer play last week, defeating Central Huron). - 0 in Clin- ton, Monday, and blasting Norwell 5 - 1 Wednesday in Palmerston. The victories gave the Vikings a perfect 3 - 0, won -lost record. This week, the Vikes play ,at home twice, Wednesday versus Stratford Central and Thursday against St. Marys. They have another home game next Monday when Stratford Nor- thwestern plays here. All games begin at 2 . p.m. Against Central Huron, the Vikings got all the scoring they needed when Bill Trebish scored on passes from Ray Westecott and Jeff Scott midway through he second half Gerry Kingsley, the.Vik- ings goal -keeper was steady in the net to record the shtitout. Ian MacKinnon and Tom Bean played strong games for coach Carl Ziebarth's Vikings. In Palmerston, the Norwell Redmen scored first, playing with the wind in the first half, but the Vikings tied it before the hall ended and then dominated play in the second half, scoring four unanswered goals. Bill Workman scored for the Redmen, Bill Trebish has two goals for the Vikings while Tom Bean, Jim Wright, and Ian MacKinnon had singles. Gerry Kingsley had another strong game in goal for the Blue and White. Viking athletes pick up medals at London meet The GDCI Viking Track and Field team competed in the 8th Annual Forest City, Prep Invitational Track and Field Meet last Saturday, at the University of Western Ontario in London. The God erieh athletes competed well at this standards deet against over 2000 high school athletes from Ontario and nearby states. Athletes com- pete for gold, silver and bronze awards, as well as against each other. An athlete win- ning a gold award has the potential to. reach an OFSAA final. Midget sprinter Erin Robinson won two golds and a silver. Robinson was first in the 100 meter spring (12.9 sec.) and the 200 meter spring (26.9 sec.). She placed se- cond in the 400 meter sprint (1:02.0). Junior sprinter Joanne Campbell won one gold and two silver awards. Campbell placed first in the 100 meter sprint (12.6 sec.) and second in the 200 meter sprint (26.5 sec.). She also posted a fine 1:02.5 time in the 400 meters. Joe Melady won the gold standard in the Senior shot put. Melady's winning throw was 15.81 meters with the 12 pound shot. Shane Worsell won one silver and two bronze awards. Worsell placed fifth in the 150 meter steeple chase and posted per- sonal best times in the Jr. 1500 meters (4:29.71 and the Jr. 3000 meters (4.41 01 Peter Nivins won a silver and a bronze. He posted 11.9 seconds in the Jr. 100 meters and 25.3 seconds in Jr. 200 meters. Christine Philips won a silver award with a personal best time of 11:44.2 in the Midgct=3Q00rneters. The following athletes won bronze awards: Shawn Rahbelt, Sr. 110 meter hurdles (16.9), Sr.100 meters (12.0), Sr. 200 meters (24.9); Darryl Bolaski, Mid. 100 Meters (12.7), Mid 200 meters (26.1), Mid. 400 meters (59.6); Debi O'Brien, Mid. 100m (14.2) , Mid. 200m (29.6) ; Rob Dunne, Mid. 100m (12.5), Mid. 200m (25.6); Kevin Beat- tie, Sr. 100m (11.9), Sr. 200m (24.5); Dave Almasi, Jr. 100m (12.3), Jr. 200m (25.1) ; Paul Nivins, Jr. 100m (12.4), Jr. 200m (25.6); John Thompson, Sr. 100m (12.0), Sr. 200m (24.8); Pam Fritzley, Mid. 100m (14.1); Scott Garrow, Mid. 200m (26.6); Sean Gosse, Mid. 100m (12.7); Grant Lounsbury Jr. 200m (26.4). Krm Fritzley was not at the Forest City Meet because she was competing with the Western Regional Track team at the Cen- tral Michigan University Relays. She ran the 200 meter leg of the Sprint Medley relay team that won and broke the Michigan. state high school record by twelve seconds. Tourism co-ordinator handed BMX. project suggestion Goderich's new Tourism and Industrial promotion co-ordinator Robin Stuart will be asked to examine the possibility of building a BMX ( bicycle motocross) track in Goderich, it was decided at the Apr. 25 meeting of the Goderich Recreation Board. The board has made previous efforts to research the situation, with little result, acting on written requests from local residents, asking the board to consider such a facility. The issue was revivied by a letter to the board from local resident. Brian Wiebe, which said "I think it (a BMX track) would be a big hit with the kids in Goderich," and also, "It would help build tourism in Goderich, since (BMX) racing brings peo- ple from all over Ontario." Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell felt the idea should be handled by the Stuart, as the letter suggested the track would be a potential tourist attraction. "I think that's what we hired him for," said Worsell. Quotes and quips more fun than catches and hits Baseball is a game of quotes. It's the. one sport where what's been done is often less important than what's been said about it. Currently, three of the game's most quotable characters are acting out an all too familiar drama. "The game isn't over till it's over," is an oft -quoted line, once uttered by colorful former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. Berra just became the former manager of the same team over the past weekend and for him, that particular game is definately over. Back in the Yankee driver's seat, for the fourth time, is volatile manager Billy Smith, about whom it was once said; "It's like you come to a controversy and a -ball game breaks out." For Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, awl -pan .who pulls the strings on Yankee personel shift`s and who was'once tluote`d'as saying, "I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the club at all," - it's all in a day's work. Martin's relationship with the Yankee managerial position could be summed up quite accurately using just part of Berra's quote, " It's_never over." Martin's regular resurrections are getting -to -be al rather commonplace thing: something you can count on in the otherwise unpredictable world of professional baseball. The only other thing that can be counted on with the same degree of assurance, is Martin's_in- evitable firing. The only real questions are how long he will last this time and how long will it be before he's back? Why anyone eles agrees to take the job during Martin's absences is beyond me. Does Steinbrenner lull them with promises of job security? Who would believe him. After Berra took over the failing Yanks from Martin mid -way through last season, he brought them back to a repectability. The team under Berra had the best second half in their league. Cause enough to in- spire some thoughts about settling into the job, you would think. But, even though Steinbrenner promised Berra he would finish this season at the helm no matter what, he was let go after only 16 games. Although some teams have to scramble for interm managers when a field boss is let go mid-season, the Yankees have no such difficulty. Martin, was as handy as can be, still on the team's payroll after the last firing, earning his keep as a scout. Ac- tually I doubt if he was totally "earning" his keep, as he still had four years to go on a five-year. $2 million contract when he was replaced by Berra in December, 1983. At any rate, the details of the situation are Merely mundane matters for the statisticians to ponder. What's important tom:$ BY PATRICK RAFTIS of course, is the torrent of classic verbage that has come out of all this. Newspapers have been running rampant with quotes, not only quoting fresh reac- ,tions to the firing, but also raiding their files to recycle quotes from weeks or even years ago. ----<Stainbrenneryvasinade to look vervilly ( not that he isn't) when the press -unearth= ed this quote, from last October. "The Yankees will not be making any changes --for 1985, Yogi Berra's contract will be honored. '- "I just cant understand all these teams changing managers the way they do. The laek-of--staability_is..alarming,_it's startling to me how many teams changed managers this year. It's getting so that you can't even make news anymore when you make 'a change." I wouldn't worry about not making news if I was you George. Meanwhile, Yankee General Manager Clyde King, who appears to have Stein- brenner's ear, said his boss "would rather fire 25 players than to fire Yogi, but we all know that would be impossible." Impossible? For a team that has hired the same manager four times? Not likely. Yogi himself is taking the whole thing rather well. Speaking to reporters after be- ing canned, Berra said, "All you guys need is.a headline that says 'Yogi is fired.' I have no regrets." Meanwhile the man at the heart of this mix-up, Martin, who's return, it has been said Will not -be -welcome in the -Yankee .. clubhouse, had a few remarks of his own to make about his tumultuous relationship with Steinbrenner and his team. "I argue with my mother tool That doesn't mean I don't love her," said Billy. Whether Billy loves his mother or not (and I'm sure he does) is totally uncon- nected to the whale Martin-Steinbrenner- Berra fiasco. However one thing that is certain, is that Martin is loving what's go- ing on right now - Steinbrenner too. The one who ends up on the bottom of this mess is Berra, a class guy, who got mixed in with the wrong crowd.