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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-05-15, Page 19Nit:leiU,i{ t1,M;fvhgll:tiU"Y 5 A '(��ni•I Etr��ij 7:a e:T twiCYrM S61!!-JII'itit NINT 1i .11 • Sen.ior Vikes remain undefeated The Gly Senor Vikings remained the only undefeated team in the Huron -Perth Conference soccer league, by chalking up a win and a tie in two games last week. Mon- day here, the Vikings shut out the Stratford Northwestern Huskies 4 - 0 and Friday in Exeter, the Vikings tied the South Huron 41 Panthers, 1 - 1. The Vikings, who ,\ lay an eight game schedule, had a record of five wins and two ties heading into the final game of the schedule Monday in Seaforth. A win or a tie in that game would clinch first place for the Vikings and give them home field advan- tage in sudden -death semi-final playoffs which will be played Thursday at 2 p.m. The Vikings, chid all of their scoring in the first half here Monday, denting the Nor- thwestern net four times en route to an easy win. Darcy McGee scored first on a looping shot, after taking a pass from Todd Graham. Scott Westecott got his second Goderich BINALS goal•of the season,, finishing off a play which began on a throw-in by Chris Stderis who took a return pass from Todd Graham and got the initial shot on goal. Darren Doak got the third Viking counter by banking in a shot off former Viking Jeff Wood, the Huskies' right fullback. Todd Graham scored the final goal on a fine individual effort, com- pleting a long run. , The shutout was the first of the season for Viking goalie Kevin Telford. Playing without three regulars Friday, the Vikings were hard-pressed to stay with the Exeter Panthers who had only lost once in their previous seven games. The teams played a scoreless first half which included a missed penalty shot by Exeter, a warded for a hand -ball violation by the Vikink: Martens scored for Exeter 10 min, .e: Into the second half on a play which the \ 'kings felt was offside, but Todd Graham salvaged the tie for the Vikings, scoring on a penalty shot with seven minutes remaining in the game. Goalie Kevin Telford had an outstanding game for the' Vikings. His aggressive play took several good scoring chances away from the Panthers. Fullback Wayne Bos, halfback Jeff LttBeau and inside right Trevor Erb also had good games for coach Dick Madge's Vikings. On Monday, the Vikes clinched first place overall with 2.1 victory over Seaforth, in Seaforth, in the final game of the regular season. Todd Graham, the team's scoring leader with 11 goals in eight games, scored both goals in the win over Seaforth., The Vikes will have home -field advantage for the Conference sudden -death semi-final, which will be played here Thursday, beginn- ing at 2 p.m. ,:„774,1117,14AT Junior Vikings droR two final league harries The GDCI junior Vikings absorbed a pair of defeats in the last two games of their Huron -Perth soccer schedule last week, los- ing 3-1 to Stratford Northwestern here Mon- day and 1-0 tothe South Huron Panthers, Friday in Exeter. The losses were the first of the season for coach Carl Ziebarth's Vikings who had four wins and a tie in the first five games of their seven -game schedule. The position of finish for the Vikings depended on the outcome of three other games played Monday. ,However, the GDCI team was virtually cer- tain of a berth in the sudden -death semi- final playoffs which will be played on Thursday. The Vikings scored the first goal of the 137 YEAR -20 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1985. 50 CENTS PER COPY Meeting Chicago White Sox ball player Tom Paciorek at an exhibi- tion game ,b'etween the Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays was the highlight of Shawn Thomuson's trip to Florida. At left, Shawn, 8, of Goderich with his newfound friend Paciorek. At right, Shawn poses with the souvenirs of his meeting with Paciorek and the White Sox, including an autographed bat, Paciorek's cap and a miniature White Sox uniform, complete with his favorite player's name and number on back. (photos courtesy Frieda Thompson) Goderich youngster has a big league buddy from the Sox BY PATRICK RAFTIS Baseball fans are a notoriously loyal lot. They've been known to stick with their team through thick and thin, through streaks and slumps – there's almost nothing that can cause the die-hard fan to switch allegiance from their chosen team. So, when eight-year-old Shawn Thompson, of Goderich, met a man at a Toronto Blue Jays–Chicago White Sox exhibition game, in Sarasota, Florida, during the March Break, who offered to get him a baseball if he would cheer for the White Sox instead of the Blue Jays, he didn't take him up on the offer right away. Instead, Shawn, from his vantage point in the handicapped seating section, continued to root loudly for the Jays, while his new friend cheered on the Sox. Meanwhile Shawn's mother Frieda Tlri;rripsuirwaar keeping -her eye orrher- on, who has cerebral palsy, from the bleachers and began to wonder who he was talking to; so, she went to see. Frieda and Shawn were boils suprised to learn that -Shawn tiad- been spending the afternoon watching the game with a real -live major league ballplayer. Tom Paciorek, White Sox outfielder -first baseman; was not playing -that ddy due to a bruised thumb when he noticed Shawn wat- ching the game. "Tom was impressed by Shawn's en- thusiasm and personality," and took to him right away, says Frieda. Not only did Shawn get the ball Paciorek hat: offered, he made himself a friend. After the game, Paciorek took Shawn onto the field, gave him a bat and spent some time lobbing him a few pitches. Shawn's mother was a little nervous dur- ing these proceedings. She says she was not so much worried about Shawn, as she was about Paciorek, who was standing pretty close to Shawn, while he erratically swung the bat. The game ended when Shawn caught hold of a pitch,. sending the ball to glance off his friend's knee. "That's enough!" cried Paciorek. The new friendship between the Thomp- sons and Paciorek however, was far from over. He invited them to a game the next day and they accepted. "Shawn couldn't :sleep that night," says Frieda, but the events of the next day were well worth a fitful night for a small boy. Not only did Shawn see the game, but he sat in the dugout, with Paciorek and the rest of the White Sox team, after joining them in the dugout, for a pre -game meal of fried chicken and Gatorade. After the game, Shawn went home loaded down- souvenirs, including _nne } of Paciorek's own bats, the cap he wore during the game ( spotted with real major league , dirt ), his wrist sweatband and batting glove and _a ball autographed-by.-the.enti re White Sox team. ( When Paciorek offered to have the first ball he gave Shawn autographed, Shawn replied, "Nobody's writing on my ba114"1 Toward the end of the Thompsons' stay in Florida, they agreed with Paciorek to keep in touch and true to his word Paciorek called from Baltimore to invite them to a pair of games in Detroit, May 4-5. After a second call, from Paciorek, this time from New York, they agreed and made arrangements to go to Detroit for the weekend as his guests. During their stay, they saw a lot of Paciorek, who has a wife and several children of his own. "He was with us morning noon and night, except when he had tr, he at the ball park," game here Monday, when Bill Trebish scored on a close -in shot, but Northwestern tied the game late in the half and scored two unanswered goals in the second half to win it. The victory gave the Huskies an undefeated season and first place in the final standings. Ian MacKinnon and Tom Bean had strong games for the Vikings. Friday in Exeter, the Panthers got the games only goal midway through the first half. Gerry Kingsley had an outstanding game in goal for the Vikings. His fine stops included one on the penalty shot awarded to Exeter in the second half. Jeff Scott and Brian Chambers also played well for the Vikings. Glousher homers twice - in women's slow pitch The Goderich Ladies Slowpitch League got their 1985 season underway last week, with a number of the teams in action. Go-4-ettes doubled All Ages 10-5, ire a game played Tuesday, May 6. Go-4-ettes ex- ploded for five runs in the first inning and never looked back, scoring two more runs in the third, two in the sixth and one .in the seventh ,to take the game. A three -run' se- cond inning burst kept All Ages close in the early stages but they couldn't mount enough offense to keep up with the winners. In another May 6 game, Nile overpowered' the North End Marina squad, to win 11-2. Nile took an early lead with a four -run first inning and continued to add to their total throughout the contest. Ron's Shell and Bruno's battled to a 9-9 draw, in a May 7 match -up, while Sifto Salt blasted Meneset 26-10 in a' slugfest, also played May 7. On May 8, Mac's Milk edged the Hot Shots 7-6. Mac's Milk managed to kee$the lead throughout the game, but the Hot Shots threw a scare into them with a five -run bar- rage in the fifth inning to make it close. Ron's Shell, led by the hqt bat of D'anne Glousher, with two home runs, one of which came on errors by the opposition, beat All Ages 24-10 on May 9. Sandy Braid, also homered for Shell in the game. `Let's get physical' says Recreation Department National Physical Activity Week (May 25 to June 2) is right around the corner and we're hoping to make it bigger and better than ever. The week is co-ordinated by Fitness Canada, in cooperation with provincial governments. In addition, many national health and fitness organizations like YMCA, CPHA and Participaction are taking part to make the weekan outstanding success. In Ontario, many communities, including Goderich have planned fitness and recrea-. tion to coincide with NPAW. The Recreation Department will once again by sponsoring a Scavenger Fitness Hunt, which is open to all children and their families. Flyers will be sent out to the schools in Town. More forms will be "available at the Recreation Office. Prizes and/or certificates will be awarded to all those who participate and to the top scorers. The Recreation . Department will be holding open houses at some of their evening recreational programs during N.P.A.W. Please call the Recreation Department at 524-2125 for information on where and when the Open Houses will be held. Softball Ontario, the Goderich Minor Soft- ball Association, and the Goderich Recrea- tion Department are holding a softball "Grass Roots" coaching clinic at St. Mary's School, Bennett St: in Goderich on Sunday, May 26. The "Grass Roots" program has been designed' to provide the house league, • recreational or beginner coach with an in- troduction to the basic skills of the game of softball. The Fee for the Clinic is $10.00 per person. There is no charge for Goderich. Minor Softball Coaches. Their fee is being paid for by Minor Softball and the Recrea- tion Department. To register, contact the Goderich Recreation Department at 524- 2125. The Board of MacKay Centre for Seniors has chosen Wednesday; May 22 for an Open House at the Centre from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. There will be free tours of the Hall. Witness some of the activities available such as Art, Crafts, Keep Fit, Shuffleboard, Dancing and Pool. Refreshments will be served: For more information contact Frances Worsell at 524-7694. National Physical Activity Week is a tune to celebrate the important contributions made by Canada's fitness and recreation leaders; it's a time to express pride irf our growing awareness of physical activity. What are you planning for National Physical Activity Week? Don't just think about it! On Monday, May 27, 1985, the Goderich Arena will be having a "Pink Roller Skating Night" from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Admis- sion is $1.00. Anyone wearing something "pink" gets in free! !_-(Skate Rental - 50 cents, Precisions - $1.00) Don't miss this op= portunity to get out and get physical. said Frieda. The Detroit trip afforded Shawn several new thrills, not the least of which was travelling from their hotel I where the team also stayed) to the ball park on• the team bus. Another surprise for Shawn was a miniature White Sox uniform, complete with Paciorek's name and number (44) crested on the back. The uniform is among Shawn's proudest possessions, and he wears it almost everywhere, says his mother. Paciorek, has been in major league ball for a lot of years, and is a leader on the White Sox team. He is also a "major leaguer" in the eyes of the Thompson fami- ly. "What a fantastic guy," says Frieda. "I've never met anyone so kind and loving in my life," she adds: For Shawn, whose cerebral palsy inhibits his .speech and ter as tronble_e_xpressing__T himself to new people who are unfamiliar with his way of speaking, Paciorek is a special person indeed. "He_lakes.._the ._-tlrne.. He ..steps and_.he___ listens," says Shawn, "Even 'if it takes all day". Later this month, Shawn, along with his another, father and sister, will he travelling to Toronto to see Paciorek in action against the Blue Jays. Shawn also plans to keep in touch withPaciorek through letters. His friendship with Paciorek has meant a lot to Shawn, as evidenced by this passage from a letter he dictated to his mother orrthe way home from Florida. "We are going to write each other and send pictures. I am sure going to miss Tom and he made my whole two weeks (in Florida) very excellant. He loves me and I love him." Raiders win one and tie one in minor soccer houseleague opening action The Squirt minor soccer house league kicked off its season last Wednesday. In the first game Bombers nipped Raiders 1 - 0 with Greg McLarty scoring the lone goal. In the second game Raiders and Giants tied 2 - 2. David Lumley tallied twice for Raiders. Jeremy Powell and Steven Linklater scored for Giants. The Raiders are again coached by Linda Lumley. This team features two players from last year's All-Star Team, High - scoring centre -forward David Lumley and rugged centre -half Dirk Wolterbeek. This team will have no problem in scoring, but may be a little weak on defense. Defending Champion Bombers, coached by Scott MacAulay, have a solid defense. Much of their offense will revolve around inside -forward Trevor MacAulay, their lone returnee from last year's All-Star Team. The Giants have a new head coach in Daryl Carpenter, assistant coach Murray Hunter, and a flock of newcomers. Carpenter will have to rely heavily on the experience of veterans David Hollingwor- th, Ryan Million, Steven Linklater and Jeremy Powell while the rookies settle down. Goderich Mosquitos will have their first practice under the stern and experienced eye of coach Dan McCallum this Saturday morning (May 18) at the arena field at 10 o'clock. All unsigned Peewee aged players (ages 12 - 14) are encouraged to register as soon as possible as head coach Ted Williams wants to begin work on their conditioning within the next couple of weeks. To register contact Mike Cox (524-9601) Goderich Atoms, coached again by Al Fisher, will also be starting workouts shortly. We all need some relief 'There is probably no single group o - 1111111.1111111.11111111111111111111.1 athletes that. sleep better at night than starting pitchers in baseball. Despite the demanding nature of their job, they have a security blanket to fall back on that few athletes, or anyone in. any other profes- sion; have at their disposal – the relief pit- cher. The starter knows well 'in advance when he will be pitching and he can also take comfort in knowing the game ' will begin your boss and with a sad shake of his head with an even slate. The score will be 0-0. If he walks' over to your desk and places a that were not security enough, he also hand on your shoulder. knows if he gets too far behind, there is "Hit the showers buddy. You did your alway some fireman sitting in the bullpen best," he says. waiting to bail him out (or take the heat if Personally, I can visualize no end of uses he --lose,.,),. Either ..wa-y..Abe..sta>:ter_has . -for_the relief reportekphetographer_ made. How comforting it would be to have a Conversely, the reliever must sit fretful- bullpen to turn to when, after struggling to ly on the bench day after day, never know- get half -a -dozen camera -shy individuals --frig-when-he-will-be ply --bis position for a_pi Lure, someone says, trade and never sure how big a mess the "Josie (who at first said she couldn't mAe game will be. in when he is asked to take it) just called. She'll be here in 15 over. minutes.''. Call in the reliever! –� never thought -mien -about the role of Or on a -Monday, wh -enhaljay's work the baseball relief pitcher until, strangely enough, a comment by a Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster during Sunday night's Chicago -Edmonton game, set my wheels turning. The Black Hawks were beating. the Oilers and well on their way to the second upset of the series, when Oiler netminder Grant Fuhr injured himself. The injury was not serious enough for Oiler bench boss Glen Sather to remove Fuhr from the game; but it shook him up. After the Hawks pumped a couple of goals by the recouperating goaltender, one of the ever-present color commentators wondered aloud why hockey goalies don't, "drop this macho routine," and adopt a system of relief goaltending. Although all hockey team dress two goaltenders, a change of puckstoppers is seldom made until things ace too far gone to be reversed. This insightful commen- tator suggested that goalies should be pull- ed at the first sign of trouble and definitely removed from the game when injured, however slightly. oh When you think about it, this may be the solution to most of the problems in everday occupations, as well as big league sports. If we can have "relief goaltenders", why not spread the idea to workers everywhere in need of relief. Imagine yourself struggling with a par- ticularly vexing problem at the office with say, no answer in sight. You say nothing. Mere- That's all for now. Time to hit the ly cast a defeated glance in the direction of showers. r BY PATRICK RAFTIS still remains to done at five o'clock and overtime (the equivalent of extra -innings in baseball) looms, just say "Sorry! I'm o'hly good for nine innings," and someone would be there to take over. A• relief columnist would come in handy on those days when dragging words from your head becomes like pulling teeth from a hen. Just bring in a fresh body to pound out the last five or six paragraphs and the day is saved. There are any number of occupations which would benefit by adaptation to the relief system. Wouldn't you feel better if your 4 p.m. dentist appointment was handled by a fresh pair of hands, instead of the same bored toothsmith that's been drilling around in other people's mouths all day. Of course once the system is started, we wn Irl have to see it didn't spread too far. If we had relief workers, sooner or later so- meone would suggest we bring in "pinch" workers or "designated" workers, who would handle only one quick assignment, before returning the job to the original toiler. That would defeat the purpose of the whole thing. Perhaps if the relief system were in place in sports broadcasting, the wit that put me on to this silly idea in the first place would have been long since replaced with someone who had something intelligent to