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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-08-12, Page 21Sports GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1987—PAGE 7A Denommes beats Hayters in fastball action On Tues., August 4, Denommes beat Hayter's 12-7 in Goderich Industrial Fastball action. With Denommes ahead .6-3, Hayter's tied it at six. However, Denommes scored six runs in the top of the seventh. Gary Muxlow celebrated the birth of his new son with a three -run •homer, which gave Denomrhes an early 3-0m lead. Greg Beacom had a big night with two triples and three RBIs for Denommes. 'Wil Denomme's clutch two run singlebrought in the game -winning RBI. For Hayter's, Mark Frayne went three for four, scored two runs and had an RBI. John O'Keefe was two for three, two runs and two RBIs. On Wednesday, Goderich Tire won a close 2-1 game over Denommes in the bot- . tom of the ninth. The pitching was ex- cellent, as John Bogie allowed only four hits to Denommes, w -hi -le striking out: 107 Gary Muxlow scattered nine hits over nine innings. Goderich Tire went ahead in the fifth when Dave Gallow scored on an error. Muxlow singled in Jim Bell to tiethe game at 1-1. Goderich Tire won it in the ninth when they put three hits together. Dana Doherty singled in Dave MacDonald with the game winner. The Orioles beat Kirkey's 5-1 last Fri- day. Steve Arbour tripled -in Steve Frayne to give the Orioles the early lead. Kevin Adams had a two run double and Darryl Beattie had the game -winning RBI to round out the Oriole scoring. It was the pitching of Rob Plunkett, who allowed five hits to keep Kirkey's in check, that gave the Orioles the win. Sherwood -defeated the Juniors, in the nightcap 4-2, Sherwood scored all the runs pitcher John Peet would need in the first inning. Grant Langlois had a two run tri- ple and Tim Connelly had an RBI single as Sherwood exploded for a 4-0 lead. Jim Beattie scored in the first for the Juniors and Pete Nivins had a sacrifice fly to score Beattie for the second run. Orioles continued their march to the final four as they downed Denommes Sun- day. Jack MacKinnon singled home Dave MacDonald to give Denommes an early 1-0 lead. However, Orioles scored three runs in the fourth as Steve Arbour doubled and scored on Mike Frayne's single. Haggitt, the next batter, took second when he lined one off pitcher, John Verway., who left the game. John Wain singled Haggitt home for the insurance run. Paul Jewell 'and Rob Plunkett combined on nine,hits to win it for the Orioles. Goderich Tire mercied the Juniors 11-1 in the second game. John Bogie pitched an excellent game, his only mistake was a solo homer by Darryl Black. Goderich Tire managed only five hits off Junior's pitchers, Byron Bowman and Jim Beattie, but 11 Junior's errors cost them the game. Harold Peet had two of the hits. French broke open a pitchers duel Sun- day to beat Hayter's 6-1. Jim Martin homered to give French a 1-0 lead and they were up 2-0 by the fifth inning when they exploded for four runs on five straight hits. Myles Murdoch scored the lone Hayter's run. Jeff Dupree had a two RBI double and Don Bogie and Dave Schock each had RBI singles. Games continue Monday, "Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Goderich travelling team playing Palmerston here Friday at 8:30. • • ar Canadian Tire beats Chrysler in BY BREWSTER The 1987 GMSL Play-off are here and the upsets have started already. In "A" divi- sion, Canadian Tire scored 4 in the sixth and went on to defeat Goderich Chrysler by a 7-2 margin. Chrysler may have burnt themselves out in their quest for a first place finish as they now appear to be slum- ping...at the wrong time of year. However, they have played ball together for too long to allow themselves a major slump. Boyes Transport are also in a tailspin. Unfortunately they met the Coyotes who are peaking at just the right time. Randy Stoddart went 4 for 4 including 3 home runs to lead Coyotes to a 20-9 victory. Brian Reed and Don MacDonald each homered twice while _Dick Chalmers and Andrew Telford chipped in with one each. Port Albert Bulldogs were pushed to - their limit in a 4-3 victory over Thruway. - Tied 3-3 going into the seventh, Larry Lit- tlechild scored the winning run on a hit by Brian Draper. Chuck Vessey, team rep for • Thruway, has told his team this is not play- offs but rather a two month tournament! Must be working as they almost pulled off a big win against a mighty tough team! In the final "A" match -up, Ideal has finally risen to the top with a solid 15-8 victory over Sunys. Details of this game are not available! (I lost the scoresheet while camping - Sorry guys) In our "B" division, Suncoast blanked Sifto 16-0 in five. Ron Klages and Joe Jankowski each homered to lead the way while yours truly struck out to make Don Masse's day! Home Hardware, led by Bob Grahams two fly -outs, edged the Chiefs 7-5. The Chiefs, boasting new shirts, made it close with a 4 run rally in the bottom of the seventh but didn't have enough to pull ,it out. Dearborn Steelers scored six in the se- cond, then coasted to a 9-5 victory over Lakeland. Two for two on the night were Rick Rawson, Keith Rondeau, John Jamula, Tom Jackson, Don Thompson and Kevin Shiels. In the final B match -up, the Parkhouse power was too much for the Elevators. Home runs by Mark Frayne, Wally Pierson and Dwight Williams led Parkhouse to a 13-9 win. slow pitch In "C" division, Shanahans played tough but lost a 7-6 decision, in the seventh, to Little Bowl. Brian Bowman homered twice and Glenn Ferguson added one to lead local 1863 to a 13-5 victory over the Gators. In the final game, the Sudyk boys both homered as Chismolm TV coasted to a 16-4 win over Murphys Law. At the league level, the Elevators have successfully pulled off the tournament, despite- numerous set -backs. Though details won't be out until the league meeting on Monday; rumour has it that it was the most successful in several years. Congratulations on a superb effort! This team apporach to hosting major functions on behalf of the league must be working as we can now report that Clare Rodges and the local 1863 team have ten- tatively agreed to run the fall banquet. Details available later. Well that's it for this week. I have to go play ball then get back to the Pinery. Catch you next week with more standings and scores! "GMSL" Standings To: Aug. 7 Team GWLT Ideal 1 1 Bulldogs 1 1 Coyotes 1 1 Can. Tire 1 1 Chrysler 1 1 Boyes 1 1 Sunys 1 1 Thruway 1 1 Suncoast • 1 1 Dearborn 1 1 Parkhouse 1 1 Home Hardware 1 1 Chiefs 1 1 Lakeland 1 1. Sifto 1 1 Elevators 1 1 Little Bowl 1 1 Chisholm TV 1 1 Local 1863 1 1 BBs 0 0 Lakeview 0 0 Murphys 1 Shanahans • 1 Gatdrs 1 1 1 a F A Pt 15 8 2, 4 3 2 20 9 2 7 2 2 2 7 0 9 20 8 15 0 3 4 0 16 0 2 9 5 2 13 9 2 7 5 2 5 7 0 5 9 0 0 16 0 9 13 0 7 6 2 16 4 2 13 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 0 6 7 0 5 13 0 Orioles shotstop Kevin Adam's flips the ball to third base as Denommes Greg Beacom tries to beat the throw in industrial fastball action Sunday. The Orioles, behind the pitching of Paul Jewell lower left photo, scored three '\,runs in the fourth inning to take the game 3-1. (photos by Ted Spooner) Peewees advance to finals Goderich PeeWee boys fastball team ad- vanced to the O.A.S.A. (all Ontario) playdowns with two straight wins over Mitchell. - On Aug. 9 Goderich defeated Mitchell 9-6 in the most exciting game of the season. Down 6-1 going into the, fifth, they battled back for four runs in the fifth and four more in the bottom of the sixth to take the game. Steve Zuber, an addition to the team from Walkertonfor the playdowns, relieved Chris Clements in the sixth and pitched ' two solid innings. Bob Lumley,' Jamie Stanley, Mark . Phillips and Ian Wark led Goderich offensively. Goderich defeated Mitchell 7-5 on Aug. 5 behind the pitching of Wayne Pellow and Zuber. Excellent hitting performances were turned in by Bob Lumley and Clements. They will travel to Sudbury toplay in the All Ontario PeeWee C championships Aug. 27-29 and will also play the winner of the Wingham-NewHamburg series for the W.O.A.A. championship. The teams would like to thank fans, parents, and sponsors for their support. Bantams drop championship Goderich Bantam fastball team lost the championship game 6-0 to Belmore in a tournament played at Walton on the weekend. Jerry Hartin pitched a strong four inn- ings in Sunday's final and kept the score a close 1-0 contest until the fifth inning. Belmore scored five runs in the fifth and sixth and the Goderich bats were silent. Brian Lane hit a three run homer to lead Godericli to a 7-1 win over Mitchell in their second game. Hartin's fine pitching was backed up by strong hitting performances by Rob Dempsey and Mike Duckworth. The Bantams edged Monkton 1-0 behind a two -hitter by Mike Romph. Homph helped his cause by driving in Jamie Babel, who had singled, with a triple in the third inning for the only score. The Bantams start the O.A.S.A. playoffs this week, playing Meaford in a best two of three. Warriors defender Ray Swan, tries to move Mercenaries forward Chris Sideris out of the way of his goalie Steve Sager. The Worriors won the ball hockey game -6-3. As yet there is no word on when or if the annual ball hoekey tournament will be played. (photo by Ted Spooner) Newton's Apple Ted Sp®®ner ° The cream always rises to the top. I read a story in Sports Illustrated about the technological advances being made in golf equipment and how it is going to make a great golfer of anyone who ventures on the links. I have tried to play golf a few times and found it the most frustrating game in the world. The thought of somehow putting a little ball in a little hole 500 yards,away in only five tries seems impossible. Anything that would help people accomplish that feat appears to be a good idea. However, golf purists feel that square grooves on the club face which put more spin on the ball, increasing control and a two-piece ball with a plastic core and a surlyn cover which make the ball, go far- ther will take the skill out of _the game. The technology has been taken to the point they are putting golf balls in wind tunnels to test the best dimple pattern and they now have metal woods that are perimeter weighted to increase the size of the -sweet spot: According to Si, "- more players now use metal woods- the most accepted oxymoron in the English language- than the ones made from trees." To think that scientific advances will make everybody a great golfer and deteriorate the game to the point where people like myself can shoot 70s is ridiculous. The only thing these advances do is make the game more forgiving and allow a good player to become better and a bad player to enjoy the game. A touring professional knows know to hit the ball on the sweet spot every time -he has practiced all his life to have that ability. Enlarging the sweet spot for a pro may make him lazy, but not better. There are so many intangables involved in playing any game that what equipment • they use becomes considerably less impor- tant than what goes on in their heads and hearts. A number of years ago Prince manufactured a tennis racquet with an extra -large head and of course tennis purists said it was illegal. The large head made the sweet spot bigger but it did not make the player any better, it just helped cover-up his mistakes. If you hit the ball correctly -in tennis or golf -you have little need for a larger sweet spot. My racquet is the last of the finely crafted, regular -sized wood racquets and I have defeated many weekend warriors with all kinds of fancy gear. However, if you honestly believe your equipment will help you play better it probably will -it is called the placebo effect. People should not becometoo concerned about rule changes in sports either. Many years ago the NHL decided to introduce the red line to hockey and many complain- ed it would slow down the game. It did, but it in the long run produced players with the puck control and passing ability of a Wayne Gretzky. Of course, there is no tell- ing how many goals Wayne could score if Turn to page 8 • Hardball team wins at home The Goderich PeeWee hardball team beat Seaforth 11-4 at home and lost their OBA playoff games, 17-7 on the road to Walkerton and dropped a 3-2 decision to Kincardine in Kincardine last week. Goderich 2 Kincardine 3 Goderich pitcher, Todd Papple pitched a great game striking -out six and allowing 10 hits. Jason Volland grounded out in the first inning to drive in Paul Wheeler who had walked and moved to third following a walk to Papple and a single by Andrew McLarty to make the score 1-0. Kincardine added a score of their own in the second and the game settled into a pit- chers duel until ninth inning. Singles by Sam Hosack, John Wain and Ken McLarty gave Goderich a 2-1 lead. A double, two singles and a Goderich error allowed two runs to score and gave the game to Kincardine in the ninth. Walkerton 17 Goderich 7 Seven runs behind six strike -out pitching should be enough for a win, but Walkerton was able to make the best of every oppor- tunity they had to score a truck -load of runs. Goderich scored four runs in the fifth on six singles by Andrew McLarty, Paul Wheeler, Todd Papple, Jason Volland, Chad Papple and Hosack. Hosack had a great game with a double, a single and two RBIs. While pitcher Volland had six "Ks", he also gave up 13 hits and allowed nine walks. Goderich 11 Seaforth 4. Goderich buried Seaforth early as they scored two runs in the first, two runs in the second and two runs in the third inning to take a 6-3 lead. They added three more in the fourth and two in the sixth to complete the scoring. Andrew McLarty struck -out 10 and scat- tered seven hits to take the win. The win was a team effort and no one player was a stand -out. Every member of the team had a hit and contributed to the cause. Finlay sons win Approximately 50 members and visitors competed in a tournament held at the Goderich Lawn Bowling Club Aug 3. Art and Mary Finlayson of Seaforth took first prize in the tournament sponsored by The Standard Trust Company. Jack and Audrey MacDonald took se- cond., the Burtons of Kincardine took third, Mr. and Mrs. Cundari of St. Mary's were fou$h Reg and Margaret Robinson of Mit- chell finished fifth and Ken Cowan and Edith Hillen ended up in sixth. Cliff Ashton of Clinton and his partner won the consolation prize.