The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-03, Page 9G ODE RICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1 978—PAGE 9
ost team wins swim meet
BY BARB CONLON
The Goderich swim
team was tlisf host for the
Lake Huron Zone
Association dual swim
meet last Saturday.
Seven teams participated
from communities in
Exeter Elmira, Tara,
•Clinton, Kincardine, St.
Marys and Goderich.
Goderich won the meet
decisively with a total of
356% pts. Kincardine and
Elmira trailed the host
team with scores of 238
and 2121/2 respectively.
Keen competition and
Andy Miller of the Elmira swim team waits
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patiently for the starting gun in the boys backstroke
event. Goderich hosted a swim meet at Judith
Gords Sports raked
Canada Company pitcher
Stan Doherty for five
runs in the sixth inning to
lead the Sports to a 9-7
win over Company in
Industrial League action
Sunday.
Trailing 6-4 after five
innings of play Gords
erupted for five runs of
four hits in the sixth to
hand the Company their
fifth loss of the season.
The win was the ninth Of
the season for Gords
against eight losses.
Gords took a one -run
•lead in the top of the first
inning on a sole home run
by Phil Petrie. But
Canada Company
produced some big bats
in their behalf of the first
sc_oring five runs on six
hits.
Gords added three runs
in the second inning to
narrow the Company lead
to 5-4 but Canada Com-
pany got a single run
from Bob Dick in the
third to retain their two -
run margin.
That lead stood until
Gords belted Doherty for
five runs in the sixth
inning. Rick McLean
started the rally with a
lead off home run and
Dennis Williamson, Des
Courtney, Jon Ginn and
Phil Petrie added the
other runs, to boost Gords
into a 9-6 lead.
Courtney retired the
first two men in the
Company seventh before
Dave MacKenzie hit a
,home run to pull the
Company within two
runs. Bob Dick followed
with a double but
Courtney snared a line
drive back at the box for
the third out.
Brian Rumig led the
Gooderham Pool Saturday and easily won the
seven -team competition with a point total of 354.1/2.
(photo by Dave Sykes)
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Gords 10 -hit attack with a Glen Tigert and Bob Dick
double and single in four had two hits apiece for
at bat. Mike Donnelly, Canada Company.
Tykes begipplayoff
series with Walkerton
The Goderich Victoria
and Grey Tyke all-stars
ended their WOAA
regular schedule Sunday
losing to Walkerton 16- 11
in a game played in
, Walkerton.
One big inning spoiled
the tykes chances for a
win in their final season
game as Walkerton
scored eight runs in the
third inning. ta clinch the
victory.
Walkerton fell behind
in the game as Goderich
scored four runs in their
first at bat. Jim Beattie
walked, Graham
Weatherby followed a
single and Matt
Buchanan drove the pair
home with a triple.
Buchanan also scored as
Kelly Allin delivered a
two -out single.' Kevin
Telford scored the other
run.
Walkerton took control
.,of the game as they
scored four runs in the
bottom of the first inning
and with eight runs in the
third led 12 - 4 after three
innings of 'play.
They led the game 16 - 5
after five innings of play
but Goderich rallied Ir
six runs in the top of th
seventh inning.
Weatherby, Allin, Joey
Fitzpatrick and David
Almasi with a triple had
hits in the Goderich
seventh inning..
Weatherby led the
Goderich offence with
three hits, including a
triple.. He also scored
three runs. Team-mates
Buchanan and Allin
added two hits apiece.
Goderich finished in
fourth position in the tyke
league standings and now
enters a best -of -three
playoff series with
Walkerton. The first
game will be played in,
Walkerton tonight and
the second game will be
played at Agriculture
Park, Goderich Saturday
at 10 a.m. A third game, if
necessary, will be played
in Walkerton Monday.
two -hitter.
John Crawford spun a
neat two -hitter and Mike
Wildgen and Dave
Patterson blasted home
runs to lead Little Bowl to
11-1 win over Ziebart in
Industrial League action.
Thursday.
Little Bowl came
through with one of their
most productive,nights at
the plate labelling Simon
Langlois for 11 runs on
nine hits in the five inning
game. '
Little' Bowl scored two
runs in the first inning,
three in the third, five in
the fourth and added
their final tally in the fifth
Wildgen started
the onslaught with a lead-
off home run and Glen
Falkiner added the other
run in the first inning as
Little Bowl built up a two -
run lead.
Wildgen led the Little
Bowl offence with two
hits- in four at bat in-
cluding the home run. He
also scored three runs.
Patterson chipped in -
with a two -run blast in the
third inning that scored
Rob Snell and Falkiner.
Crawford came up with
his finest performance on
the season ' limiting
Ziebart to one run on two
hits in five innings. Ron
Qorriveau had both
Ziebart s hits, a second
inning single and a fifth
inning double, and scored
their only run in the fifth
inning.
Crawford walked one
batter in the game and
faced 18 batters.
The win was the
seventh of the season for
Little Bowl and they
remain in fourth place in
the Maitland Division.
The loss evened the
Ziebart record at nine
wins against nine losses.
outstanding individual first in butterfly 3rd in
performances were ,the °front crawl. Boys 13 and
feature of the clays events 14 -Tim Goddard 5th in
with an enthusiastic r freestyle, 4th in
crowd supporting the Individual Medley and lst
home team. The in butterfly. Girls 15 and
following individuals led over Margaret•Conlon 1st
their age group in freestyle, individual
categories: Girls 8 and, medley and butterfly.
under -Susan Cook 5th in Boys 15 and over -Kevin
freestyle, 9th in Breast Bosworth 1st in freestyle,
stroke, and 2nd in but- 2nd in backcrawl and 1st
terfly. Boys 8 and under- in individual medley.
Steven White 3rd in Additional standout
freestyle and Br6ast performances were
stroke, 1st in butterfly. recorded by the following
Girls 9 and 10 -Lisa Kisch •• swimmers: 13 and 14
girls: Judy Gallow 2nd in
2nd in freestyle and 4th in freestyle and 3rd in back -
butterfly. Boys 9 and 10- crawl. 11 and 12 girls:
Peter Conlon 1st in breastroke; Debbie
freestyle, breast stroke Mitchelmore, 3rd. Trish
and butterfly. Girls 11 and Robarts girls 13 and 14
12 -Katie Gracey 3rd in breastroke, a 2nd place.
freestyle .and butterfly
and 4th In backcrawl. Claudette Richard, a 1st
1 place in girls 15 and over
Boys 1and 12 -Andrew breaststroke and Kevin
Telford 2nd in freestyle
and 4th in butterfly. Girls Telford a 2nd place in
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13 and 14 -Barbara Conlon boys 9 and 10 breast-
stroke.
Relays exemplified the
total team performance
with Goderich winning 6
of the 12 relay races in
addition to two 2n4 place
finishes two. 3rd place
finishes and freestyle 4th
place finishes.
Coach Sam James and
the officials are to be
congratulated on the fine , •
organization of the meet.
After the meet the vic-
torious team gathered at
St. Christophers beach
for a wonderful Pot -Luck
Supper which was
generously contributed to
by team supporters. The
swim team is looking
forward to its next meet
in Elmira on August 5.
Winner of the "name the
swim team" contest is
Cathy Sowerby for her
submission of the name
"Goderich Laketown
Races". Congratulations
Cathy!
French record is best
French Dry Cleaners
built up a four -point lead
in the Maitland Division
race over Canada
Company with two league
victorieslast week.
French edged Fisher 4-
3 Sunday with a two -run
rally in the sixth inning
and chalked up their
second victory with a 4-0
shutout over Gord's
Sports, Monday.
The victories improved
the French record to 14
wins in 18 games'for 28
points, four ahead of
second place Canada
Company who lost their
only game of the week.
Pitcher Don
McWhinney gave up
three homeruns to Fisher
bats in the game Sunday
but a sixth inning single
by Rob Standen brought
in two run § to lift the
Cleaners to a 4-3 win.
Ron Klages broke up 'a
scoreless game. in the
third inning with, a lead-
off homerun. French
added to the lead in the
same inning as Bill
Gallow and Clare Har-
man hit hack to back
singles and Gallow
scored on an error.
Fisher tied the game in
the top of the fourth as
Gerry Durst hit a two -out,
solo homer to narroWAhe
French lead to a single
run and JohnHoy
promptly followed with a
homer to tie the game.
Durst was rather in-
sistent oh, putting Fisher
in the lead and smacked
his second consecutive
homer in the sixth inning
giving Fisher a 3-2 lead.
But- French responded
to the challenge and
scored two runs in their
half of the sixth on suc-
cessive singles by. Don .
McWhinney, Frank
MacDonald and Standen.
McWhinney went the
distance for French
giving up three runs on
five hits. He struck out
five batters.
Losing pitcher Fred
Pellow gave up four runs
on eight hits. Ron Klages
and Frank MacDonald
led the Fisher attack with
two hitaapiece.
Durst with two home
runs, was the top Fisher
batter.
French racked up their
second win downing
Gord's Sports behind the
four -hit pitching af
McWhinney.
The • game was
scoreless through the
first four innings of. play
and Gord's pitcher Phil
Petrie held French
hitless until the fifth
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inning. French finally got
t� Petrie for three runs on
four hits, a single, two
doubles and a triple.
Wayne Kennedy
started the rally with a
double and Klag s and
MacDonald follow d with
a triple and jtouble,
respectively. 6allow
knocked in the third run
as his single / scored
Klages. ,
French scored their
final run in the seventh
inning as Don
McWhinney's single
scored Gallow from
second.
French tagged Petrie
for six hit § in the final
three innings for the win.
McWhinney picked up the
'shutout stopping Gords
on four hits, three of them
doubles.
The loss was the eighth
of the season for. Gords
and leaves them in third
place in the • Maitland
Division, four points out
of first place.
Fr.ench returns to
action Sunday against
Graham Electric and
Gords will play McGee
Pontiacs, Wednesday at
7:15 p.m.
Bridge Club scores
Auleen Curry and Jean
Papernick combined for
a point total- of 88 to win
the north -south division
of play at the August 1
meeting of the Goderich
Bridge Club. There were
seven tables ihplay.
Mary Donnelly- and
Eleanor Erskine finished
second with 85 points and
Mary Ann and Bob
Dempsey were third with
70 points.
Bill Cochrane and Roy
Hilton took top_honors in
the east -west section with
65% points while
Charlotte Cooper and Bill
Ewchuck were second
with'64% points. Bernice
and Bob Miller finished
third with 62 points.
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