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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-06-19, Page 17Sports SECTION B Port Elgin wins A championship at Oldtimers tourney Goderich reaches A ficial Photos by Patrick Raftis Rain tijreatend all day, but held off until after the fifth annual Goderich Oldtimers Soccer Tournament, held here Saturday, was completed. The day began at 9:45, with the Goderich team and the Lamper- theim, West (emy entry being piped onto the field is t, Lt opening ceremonies, which included the official opening kick-off by Mayor Eileen Palmer, who welcomed all the teams to town and even had a few welcoming words in German for the overseas guests. Goderich Oldtimers won their first two games to advance to the A final, but lost to Port Elgin, who took home the champion- ship. Kincardine, last year's A champs, lost their first game, but managed ' cap- ture the B trophy, with a win over Lamper- theim. In the Goderich-L,ajpertheim opener, Goderich gradually took the upper hand and eventually scored their first goal near the end of the first half. Tony Van Dongen ' crossed the ball over from the left wing for Harold Reflinghaus to head the ball into the goal. Lamperthiem, obviously showing the ef- fects of an arduous tour and suffering from injuries, were put on the defensive in the second half. Heavy Goderich pressure resulted in another goal for Harold Refl- inghaus, from a Van Dongen pass. The final goal and a hat trick for Harold Refl- inghaus came late in the game, after Rolf Gottshalk's earner kirk wag headed hnme again, resulting in a convincing 3-0 win for Goderich. Goderich beat Stratford in the second game. A shoot-out was needed to decide the winner in the 1-0 game, after the regular time ended in a scoreless draw. Port Elgin, after beating Anchor Bay in their first contest, topped Saugeen 2-1, in a fine game, to advance to the A final against Goderich. In the final game, Port Elgin scored a. very quick goal after a shot skidded past the Goderich goaltender. Gpderich tried to get back into the game but Port Elgin were playing well with a strong defence not allowing Goderich to get close to the goal. Goderich almost scored when Charlie Shand trapped a ball kicked out by the Port Elgin netminder and fired off a quick long shot, which just sailed over the bar with the goalie scrambling to get back into the goal. goal. In the second half, Port Elgin had the up- per hand and stifled all Goderich attempts to get the equalizer. Then, a penalty call against Goderich ended any hope of the home team drawing level. The score ended 2-0 in Port Elgin's favor and they claimed the championship. • In B division, Kincardine beat Anchor Bay and Saugeen before meeting Lamper- theim, who beat London on a shootout, after tieing 1-1 in regulation time in their second game. The fifth annual Goderich Oldtimers Soccer Tournament, held here on Saturday, featured eight teams and was an international event. In the top left photo, Ed Smythe (front left) Tong -time member of the Goderich Oldtimers orga}uzation and Mayor Eileen Palmer lead the way as members of the. Goderich team and the West German entry are piped onto the field. In the centre photo a Goderich Oldtimer, pursues a West German opponent, while in the bottom photo, members of the A champion Port Elgin squad show off their trophy. In the right-hand photo, Goderich's John Blok holds back an opponent during the A final game between Goderich and Port Elgin. A penalty was called on this play. All -Canadian World Series could be a `chilling' prospect I have to adroit to being one of the skep- tics. I didn't think it could possibly happen. but at the time of this writing Monday morning) the Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos, both sit atop the stan- dings, not only in their respective divi- sions. but in their respective leagues as well. It has happened before of course. But. in previous years. wheigeither or both of the teams were in first place. it could always be looked on as a bit of a fluke. There was always a chink in thearmor of both • squads, and always a better team waiting in the wings. to end the dream of an all - Canadian World Series. For the last several years, baseball writers have given us wishful pre -season columns expounding on the possiblilit'v of baseball's greatest spectacle being con- tested entirely in the Great White North. but who among us really believed it. Not 1. However, this year, for the first time 1 am willing to grant that it could con- ceivably happen. By no means is it yet a certainty, but no longer is it just the mad ramblings of demented sports scribes. The Blue Jays have plugged their porous bullpen. (the failure of the Blue Jay fire brigade in the last few games ran easily he shrugged off as an inevitable ai.1 tem- porar} shun.p and the Expos are at last beginning to look like the trading of veteran star , atcher {:,try Carter will not he the ohit Hat of the frinrhise The Detroit tiger,;. although still snapp- ing their jaws :it the .1a . heels did not get the magical Start the. g!nt last year - whic'h was the orii't thing; that kept the ,Jays from overtaking: t.heni in the late -season going. Shire the chanceS are good that ('anada's favorite ballplayers will at last meet in competition for something slightly more meaningful than the haphazard Pearson ('up challenge, it's time we looked ahead to 0 scene V hii h will seem natural to Canadian hall fans anri all but incom- prehensible to their American counter- parts. Remember now. that • the r•ornpletion .dates for the building of Toronto's domed stadium and the long-awaited roofing of ,Jean Drapeau's monstrosity of cx• travagance. Olympic Stadium are still years away. It is late October, midway through the seventh game of the Series. The setting is Exhibition Stadium. The score is tied at 16- 16, each team having made a series -record 21 errors and both squads are on their fourth pitcher in the fifth inning. BY PATRICK RAFTIS Bill ('aurlill is on the m •,:o1 for the Blue ,lays with the bases load -1 and no outs. dressed in an army sun r. parka, com- plemented with oven mitt, -Caudill doesn't seem ts. thawing his fastball with the same 7U he did in the regular season," notes one of the ever- , alert color commentator, Could it be that's he's feeling th. 'old Dick?" "No 1 don't think so," hi, equally -alert cohort would reply. "1 not], «d earlier that the Blue ,Jay relievers ha' e .i bonfire going in the bullpen and they are passing around what appears to be a hottle of Jack Daniels. No — I don't think he's feeling the cold. I dent think he's feeluw anything nut there Tom!" t Caudill fires a pit':li, losing one oven mitt in the process Although intended as a fastball, it floats like one of Phil Neikro's hest kni' Aleballs, high over the heads of the barer. catcher and umpire alike. The ,batter 1 more in an attempt to keep the cir- culation going than anything) takes a checked swing at it. but the umpire calls it a ball. "Here comes i Blue Jay manager 1 Bob- by Cox nut of the dugout," says astute col- or commentator No. L "He appar7ntly believes that ball was a strike Dick." "Well the umpire's not backing down. but Cox is really giving him a tongue- lashing Tom." replies astute color com- mentator No. 2. "They're going at it toe -to - toe, nose -to -nose. Oh no! I don't believe this Tom!" "Yes Dick, it appears to be true. Bobby Cox got a little too close to the umpire while chewing him out and now it appears Cox's tongue is stuck to the metal bars of the umpire's fate mask. This is definitely a World Series first." "The Blue Jays' trainer is out there now, trying to get Cox loose by applying warm water to his tongue, but it doesn't seem to be working Tom." "No Dick, apparently the water is too cold and is only making the situation worse. Wait, who's that coming out of the bullpen?" "Why. it's Gary Iavalle, Tom and he seems to have something with him. I think it's — yes it is— it's a bottle of Jack Daniels. Now I think we're going to get somewhere". The liquor is applied to Cox's frozen tongue I and then passed around the group gathered at home plate — each taking a liberal dosage internally) and the game continues. In the end, the Blue Jays triumph, main- ly because the Expos, wanting to go home to their warm houses, concede -in the seventh inning of a game that has taken nearly six hours to play, with the score 24- 22. Of the few remaining fans, none are even aware who has• won, having consumed record amounts of alcohol in an attempt to keep warm. The Zamboni is brought out to clear field in the rap aly emptying stadium, while in the Blue Jays dressing room, fights break out as frozen players object to having chill- ed champagne poured over them by team- mates still warm enough to celebrate. So when did they say they would have those domes ready'