The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-07-01, Page 43Sports
PAGE 6A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
Jennys Scamp wins first race of the season.
The rain held off on Thursday ni zht leav-
ing the race track fast for the Opening of
Guderich Raceway. The first race was won
Jennys Scamp a five-year-old mare. loss
l;attin piloted the mare across the wire in
a quick 206.2. Good Time Vic, the winner of
the second race, was driven by
driver/trainer Colonel Schneider Jr. in 208.
l 1, winner of the first race combined with
winner of the second race composed the
iy daily double which paid $70.70, a good
. off for those horse racing fans who bet
daily double combination.
late double, in which a bettor must
!H, both the winner of the ninth race and
.('inner of the tenth, yielded'a pay off of
1,1 to those who picked Tag a long Joey in
iie ninth and Cool Contender in the tenth.
,or Lee a three-year-old colt was the win-
ncr of the 4th race in a quick,,, 205.4.
! aider/driver Allan Shelton guided the
1r rhhro Topper colt to his second win in
tlu't•t, starts. Topper Lee's performance on
Thursday evening indicates that the colt is
one to watch .for in future races.
The eights) and feature race was the
quickest mile of the evening. Driver Barry
Graham was in the sulky behind the lour -
year -old mare Daylon Harmony who paced
the Goderich oval in 204.2. Daylon Harmony
beat second place finisher J.C. Flanagan
driven by Fred Sadler, by a length. Gypsy
Rip, driven by W.R. McLean was third.
Thursday, July 2 is the second night of
Goderich' Raceway. Local Merchants will be
donating blankets to the winning horse of
trach race. Blanket night is always an ex-
citing evening as drivers compete not only
!or purse money but for a blanket.
The ninth and -feature race promises to be
Horses and drivers power up the straight, during the second race
on opening night at Goderich. raceway. Good Time Vic driven by
exciting as Daylon Harmony takes on J C
Flanagan, Gypsy Rip, Omniscient and
Sharp Scamp again; as well as newcomer
Smartie Frances. Post time is at 7:30 p.m.
on Thursday evening
John Smallwood of Flint Michan competes in a friendly match held at the Goderich Lawn
Bowling Club last Wed. Between 50 and 60 bowlers from Flint and Goderich enjoyed games
all (lay. The visitors were greeted by club Chairman Bea Aberhardt. Before the bowling
started, Mayor Palmer, Commissioner of Works Ken Hunter and Tourist Director Robin
Stuart welcome the guests. Stuart also conducted a bus tour of Goderich for the
visitors.(photo by Ted Spooner)
Colonel Schneider Jr. won the race in a time of 208. The early 4-2
Daily Double paid $70.70: (photo by Ted Spooner)
Thursday's raceway entries
Thursday, July 2, 1987.
Post Time 7:30 p.m:
RACE 1 - PACE
Claiming $2500 with allowances
SALES TAX
FAGUS
DEEP RUN SUPER
LINDAS CAN AM
""BRETS NUFF'Y.
KINTORE SMARTIE
SCOTTY ZIP
RACE 2 - PACE
Claiming $1500 with allowances
CHEYENNE SPRINGER.
PLAY IT SAM
WILLAS ROGER
VIOLAS WOE
CLAYBROOK LINDA
DAVID STAR
NIFTY COUNT
SLICK FERRA
TERRIFIC ENUFF
'RACE 3 -PACE
Maidens
FOXY FIGHTER
JOSEDALE PATRICK
""G G MICHELE
TERRIFIC HOLLY
""STRIKER JONES
MINNEKEN
LINLAR WRITE
BETTY NORTH
JOHNIE RAYS EAGLE:
RACE 4 - PACE
Claiming 52000 with allowances
COMMERCE GOLD
BOLDSEEISTER.
VELLAS'SIMOES
AIRBORN ACE
BiG JOE BYRD
BYE BYE TIDE
GHERKIN
KEITH (.ANDS
RACE 5 - PACE
Claiming handicap 53000-$4000 w
IMAGEDDON
LIAS VAL
"BANDO FREEWAY
RACY JANET
PERFECT SCAMP
JENNYS SCAMP
JENNIE WtLLVAN
RACE 6 - PACE
BLANKET NIGHT
Purse 5575
R. Windsor
S. Bossence
W. McLean
R. Battin
C. Schneider Jr.
W. Preszcator
K. Calloott
Purse $500'
F. Sadler
R. Batton
R. Woodburn
A. Sadler
R. Henry
'C Schneider ,Jr.
D. Ruddick
.G. Gaynor
F.Sadler
Purse 5500
1. Sadler
R. Battin
R. Henry
• .1. (.ester
Schneider .Jr.
R. Catlin
13, Vanstone
R. Campbell
It. (thione
Purse $550
Claiming 51500 with allowances
COOL CONTENDER
APOPKA BYRD
-HIGHLAND DREAMER
TERRIFIC FLING
SAND MAN SEEIS'I'F:R
WARREN EAGLE
CONRAY QUICKPACE
('ARA LOMANS -
CASH A COUNT
RACE 7 - PACE •
N/W 2 Races or $750 Life
CHEYENNE DREAM
FiT TO BE TIDE
GOLDEN FRED .
LiNLOR TRUI,EE
RENY GO PACIN
• •1,1 ZS RYE BYE
TAG ALONG JOEY
• R. Henn}
K Roberts
R. Windsor
R Vanstone
R. Battin
G. Gaynor
W. Mci.ean
l'l' Schneider Jr
Purse 5625
ilh allowances
A. Shelton
V. Vanstone'
R. Battin
K. Roberts
R Battin
R. Battin
R. Mathers
Purse $500
RACE 8 - PACE
Maidens
"COLOR MY DREAMS
MINT TIME
MISS TAXi
WII,i OWAY WENDY ,
KAMI HERBERT
DRIVE: WITH PRIDE:
.(INK AND WIN
TRIPLE R V DEAN
11A'l'TIE DUKE:
R. Battin
R. Battin
•C. Windsor
F. Sadler
D. Windsor
R. Henry
D. Windsor
F. Lancaster
Purse $550
T. Coates
W. McLean.
R. Henry
B. Vanstone
S. Henry
J. Minter
V. Vanstone
Purse $500
W. Mclean
R. Windsor
R. Henry
C. Fisher
R. Battin
F. Sadler
V. Vanstone
R.. Campbell
P. (.ester
RA('F:9 - PACE,
N/W 1 Races or $2500 Life AF claiming
allowances Al-. n/w 555 last 6 starts
SHARP SCAMP
DAYI1)N HAiRMONY
SMARTIE FRANCES
J('FLANAGAN
OMNisciEN'r
GYPSY RIP
lA('E f0 - PACE
(• iming $1500 with allowances
LI LOR I,EE ,
HES SPECIAL
(;RAYF'RIARS PAYE
LADY S(.'ARI.ET
DF:(+i:P'FIVPI.Y.
('ROLLER
STAR DREAMER
GOOD TiME VI('
TERRIFIC GIL6,
Horses Drawn
Horses Entered
Total ,Purse
Purse $675
55000 with
Newton's
Apple
Ted Spooner
The CFL is
not dead yet
• R. Battin
R. Battin
W. McLean
F, Sadler
A. Shelton
R. Battin
Purse $500
D. Windsor
A. Shelton
V. Kennedy
R. Mathers
R. Henry
E. MacDonald
C. Windsor
(': Schneider Jr.
P. i.ester
80
. 88
$5475
Suncoast beats Canadi
BY BREWSTER
In the much publicized match -up_ bet-
eti ncoast Restaurant and Tavern and
Canadian Tire, Suncoast gained the "kid-
der' status with an impressive 20-4 mercy
Mier Canadian Tire. Game MVP Ron
hl.lges led the way going 4 for 4 including
two home runs and 6 RBI's. However, in
lit' true spirit of slowpitch, both tearns
;alhered out at I,aithwaites Apple Or-
chard for a post game analysis and
ref reshrnents. Oh ... and by the way the
joking began!
As the GMS(. heads down the back
stretch of the regular season round robin
the standings reveal the emergence oT
three distinct divisions. Just for fun, Lets
take a moment 'to look at these!
if we were to use natural point boun-
daries to produce divisions, we would see
only 6 teams in "A" Division ... six teams
separated by only four points! Wouldn't
that be a heck of a play-off series. In "B"
'Division we would see 16 teams with only 6
points separating 11 of them! In "("' divi-
sion. we would have only 3 teams ... and
what a defensive battle that would turn in-
to. No doubt you have already determined
that we have a, huge log jam in the middle
of our league. As the month of July un-
folds, we,.will see this pile up at centre field
Infold. One way or another, we will end up
with two : 8 team divisions and one - 9 team
division for play-off action. Your schedul-
ing chairman would appreciate your co-
operation. if pnt-entially good teams, such
as the Elevators and Suncoast, would get
off their butts and start winning and some
langerotis teams like Murphys and BBs
would start losing when they should, then
all things Would fall into place. That is the
trouble with this league ... no (one does
.what they should! Hellof a thing to plan
tor .. but a true beauty to watch unfold!
Oil the scoreboard this week, we saw the
Chiefs scalp Shanahans 26-1 but lost to
Home Hardware 11-10, who, earlier in the
week also edged Chisholm TV by a 10-8
margin. Lee,. Nobby and the boys from
' 1,akeland laid a 33-7 beating on the Gators,
but lost by an impressive 13-10 score to
ideal Supply and 17-12 to the Coyotes. Lit-
tle Bowl had a big week', edging the
Cosmos 8-5, upsettin'"g.Thruway (Formerly
called hosing the Firemen) by .ani„ 11-10
margin. but then losing to the Lrtlrev1ew
Ranchers by a 12-7 score-
. Murphy's Law scored the hat trick this
week, losing to the BBs 13-2, blanked by
Ideal 28-0 and caged by the Coyotes 29-5
That is a 70-7 loss for pie week! The BBs
also posted an impressive 12-11 victory
over a slumping elevator team.
Shafters suffered a 13-2 beating by the
Parkhouse but rebounded with a 7-7 draw
against the highly favoured Chrysler team
under the aged but solid influence of game
MVP Donald C (two balls) Johnston.
John Banter had his Canadian Tire team
round as they picked up two more wins this
week. They pounded Local 1863 by a 20-4
score in five and posted the upset of the
week with a 7-6 victory over the highly
regarded Port Albert Bulldogs.
Sunys lost a close 7-4 decision to the
Tire in keyan match
Local but rebounded with a solid 6-3 vic-
tory over Suncoast Restaurant and
Tavern. Earlier, Suncoast broiled the
Gators 20-1 in five. Boyes Transport
pounded Parkhouse, 17-1 and Lakeview
Ranchers 24-14.
Dearborn Steelers lost 18-7 to the
Bulldogs and were edged 3-1 by Chrysler.
Thruway Muffler super tuned Chisholm
TV by a 20-8 margin to round out the week.
Team reps are reminded of the July 6th
General Meeting at 9:00 p.m. Thruway,
BBs, Shanahans, Suny's, Lakeview,
Gators, Bulldogs, and Cosmos are thanked
for their support, of our support, for minor
ball, through our fine System. Our league
tournament draws near. For information,
please call Earl Pennington!
"Newsflash" It has happened ... Diane
Neville amd Refflinghaus
tie for first low gr�ss
You might say the regular men's night
on Monday, .June 22nd was a wash-out, in
view of the fact it poured most of the day.
However, 31 hardy souls sloshed around
and managed to card average scores.
Ralph Neville and Harold Refflinghaus
tied for first low gross, while Al Mac-
Donald came in with first low net.. Q.
Egener was closest to the pin on No. 5,
again. We're expecting a hole -in -one any
day noW •'Q' . Other winners were Vic Fin-
nie, Jack Hinton, Mike. Sully, John Str-
inger, Ken Hall, Bill Ross and Dave
Cornish.
The couples' Guest Night held recently
had an entry of 46 with the following win-
ners: guests A. Tanguay° and Denise Roi
- from Quebec were followed by Kay King &
Pete Bettger, and father and daughter
twosome, Bob McDougall and Marlene
Huff. Next Couple's night will be held on
Sunday, July 5th.
The Ladies regular golf night on Tues-
day, June 23rd took the form „of an' In-
terclub Tournament, - with guests from
Goderich Sunset and Bayfield Bluewater
ioining the regulars. We had a good turn -
ON THE
BALL
o:
°
at the Maitland
out of 51 and were lucky enough to have '
perfect weather. First Flight winners
were: Kay Sharp, first low gross. First
low net was Verna Kane, second Bev Jef'
frey, third Pat Jewell'of Sunset and fourth
Chris Reeve of Sunset. Second flight, first
low gross Joan McDougall, first low net
Edna Looker, second Bess Smith, third
bora Warwick of "Bluewater and fourth'
Mary Lapaine. Third flight: first loci '
Gross, Jean Knight, first'low net Bertha
McGee. second Grace Neville, third Ruth
Bushell of Sunset and fourth Joyce Hart of
Bluewater. Fourth Flight: first low gross,
Auleen Curry, first low net Kay King, se-
cond Lynn Edward, third Irla Stewart and
fourth Pat Tyndall.
Keep your eye on your Bulletin Boards
for various tournaments which may he
coming up, either at other clubs or here at
Maitland.
Reports concerning the demise of the
CFL have been greatly exaggerated.
Sports writers have taken the fall of the
Montreal Alouettes as an omen that the
league itself is about to- fold at any mo-
ment. The reasons why rhe league has sur-
vived over 100 years is a complete mystery
to them.
When two good teams play the Canadian
game it is more exciting than anything the
Americans have to offer. The wider,
longer field and the extra player make for
a wide-open, anything -can -happen game,
and three downs forces teams to make
things happen fast. However, when a team
of American imports, who have never wat-
ched, much less played Canadian rules,
try to show us how it is done, the results
are usually less than spectacular.
What can be expected from an NFL cut
who arrives at Pearson Internatignal Air-
port, is given a CFL rule book and told to
read it quickly before suiting up for that
night's game. Turnstile football, as it has
been dubbed in the East, hinders the
game. -Who in their right mind believes a
Tampa Bay Buccaneer reject is a saviour?
Yes, I am a hard-core, die-hard CFL fan
and before you discard this column as the
fevered mutterings of an obvious lunatic,
let me tell you what happens to a Canadian
city when its team wins the Grey Cup.
I was watching the 1982 Grey Cup, bet-
ween the Toronto Argonouts and the
British Columbia Lions at domed B.C.
Place, from the cozy confines of the EL
Macombo Tavern in downtown Toronto
When suddenly the city went mad. People
were dancing in the street; hanging from
lamp' posts and hugging and kissing total
strangers- Did the Leafs win the Stanley
cup? Did the Blue Jays win the World
51eries? Not in vember; the Argos won
the Grey € p1,,.: en Winnipeg won - the
Cup a few years ago, hangovers lasted for
Weeks and can you imagine the party if
either 'the Calgary Stampeders or the
Saskatchewan Roughrider had won. Time
would stop for a moment in Regina.
A sport that can generate such pride and
emotion is not dead. ,However, I am not so
naive as to think' there are no problems
with the league.
Fan interest is low, attendance -
throughout the league is -down and . more
than one franchise is being held together
with chewing gum and prayer and the gum
is beginning to crack.
The problems go much deeper than the
financial woes of professional - teams.
There is little grass roots support and few
big, strong , Canadian boys dream about
playing in the CFL. I read a report that
fewer than five per cent of the population
plays either touch or tackle football. The
success of any pro sport is directly' propor-
tional to the strength and enthusiasm of
the amateur ranks that -support it. Ten
years ago,'pro basketball' was dead but the
college game became' so popular it saved
the league. Fans watched Magic Johnson
and Larry Bird in college and continued to
watch them in the pros.
Ltalked to.Glen Weir, former star defen-
sive lineman with the Alouettes and a
Canadian, at the first Goderich Sports
Celebrity Banquet, and he felt Canadian
players were not respected and quite often
Turn to page 7A •
(Milchelmore) Siemon has played a game
in the GMSL. Though She is better than
half the guys in our league, this has set the .
precedent. What next ... no sliding at se-
cond or a rose for MVP or complete in-
tegration .... Possibly maternity leave for
two league players!
"GMSL" Standings to: June 26.
Team G W L T F A Pt
15 12 1 2 208 85 26
81 24
107 24
75 23
129 23
124 22
120 19
120 18
112 -18
132 16
90 15
129 .,14
82 14
129 13
130 13
1,58 12
90 10
158 10
148 10
152 10
149 158 8
70 228 .8
23. Shanahans 13 1 12 0 49 233 2
24. Cosmos 14 1 13 0 44 212 2
25. Gators 15 0 15 0 61 325 0
Re -Schedules: 20/7/1 from June 19 to July
19, 2:00 p.m. Signal, 12/9/23 June 28 to July
5 5:00 p.m. Signal.
1. Chrysler
2. Ideal 14 12 2 0 218
3. Boyes 15 12 3 0 216
4: Bulldogs -14 11 2 1 201,
5. Sunys 15 11 • 3 1 185
•6. Canadian 16 11 5 0,-192
7. Thruway 14 9 4 1 169
8. Chiefs 13 9 '4 0 154
9. Coyotes 14 9 5 0 180
10. Horne 14 , 8 6 0 150
11. Suncoast .14 7 6 1 133
12. Lakeland 14 7 7 0 -173
13. Sifto 14' 6 „6 2 98
14. Dearborn 14 6 7 1 128
15. Parkhouse 15 6 8 1 158
16. BBs 13 6 7 0 117,
17. Elevators 13 5 8 0 103
18: Local 1863 14 5 9 0 127
19. Little Bowl 14 5 9 0 140
20. Lakeview 15 5 10 0 105
21. Chisholm 13 4 9 0
22. Murphys 14 4 10 0
Peewee team
reaches 'semis -
Godericki Peewee softball team lost 12-2
in the semi-finals of an open tounament in
New Hamburg June 28-29 to a team from
Scarborough.
oderich was in the tough A division and
ha to play teams from larger areas, but
they defeated New Hamburg 25-5 and'Sim-
coe 9-8 to reach the semis.
Phillips hit a double to score Lumley in
the fourth inning and Jason Cook's triple
scored Lumley again in the sixth to com-
plete the scoring in their final game.
The' Simcoe game was the tightest
match of the tournament as .pitcher Pellow
had a three up three down seventh to hold
onto a 9-8 win. Their big -inning was the
third as Phillips, Cook and `Lumley singled
and Duckworth doubled and they scored
four 'runs. Goderich was down 8-7 in the
sixth when Cook, homered and Mellick
singled to score Lumley to take the lead
9-8.,
Duckworth had four hits, including a
homer and Phillips homer as well to give
Goderich a 25-5 win in a laugher over host
New Hamburg in the first game. Goderich
Pitcher Chris Clements struck out seven to
lead his team.
Every Goderich player had at least one
hit in the game. %w
Pritchard, Watson
Atoms drop
season opener
Last Wednesday the Goderich Atoms
soccer team opened their season on the
road with a 7-0 loss to Exeter.
Coach Al Fisher said despite the one-
sidded score Doug Hanson, Terry Pardys,
Steven Linklater and Brian Livesey were
standouts on the team. '
According to Fisher, the Exeter team
controled the ball 'throughout and should
be commended for their deft passing.
finish second
The team of Larry Pritchard and Frank
Watson finished second in the darts com-
petition at the District Senior' Games in
S@af6rth June 22, 23.
More than 400 competitors in 14 events
attended the games from Huron, Perth
and Middlesex Counties. ,
Mitchel won the overall title for the third
year in a row with 103 points. Seaforth
finished second with 96 and Parkhill took
third with 42 points.
Other Goderich residents who placed are
as follows: in mens' golf 26 handicap and
up Tom Stuart, third; in ladies' golf 26 han-
dicap and up Ruth Keene, second; the
bridge team of Viola Montgomery and
Irene Harnock finished third.
The Goderich Recreation Department
congradulates all those who participated.