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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-09-07, Page 13MidgetsAidgets wiiz chatnpi , Goderich hlidgeit-C Martha Blyton drew a I &V went on a scoring walk and scored on a •spree 1.111 the fourth and Goderich error. fifth iiining•of the second Karen Melady started game of a three game set the Goderich third with a with Fonthill Saturday single and walks to Tracy and hammered Fonthill Jewel and Robin 15 -fit° win the Provincial McDonald loaded the W o m en ' O Softball bags. Patti Botz singled Association Midget C two more runs in putting championship_ Goderich Goderich up 5 - I_ opened the series here with a 14 - 11 win August 26. Goderich sent eight batters to the plate in the opening inning and came away with a 3 - 0 lead. Heidi Elliott singled to start things off and -with • two out Sandy Rowe chipped a single setting up Karen Melady's two run triple_ Melady scored on a Fonthill error. they opened a 13 - 4 lead Fonthill got one run and all but cLinebeel Abe_ Fonthill closed the gap to, one in their half of the third with a three run rally_ Janet Stayzer singled and scored on a triple by Kathy Weller. Cathy Moffatt drew a walk and Martha Blyton smashed a double to score Warren and Mof- fatt_ Goderich bats began to click and in two innings Mitchelmore got en with a fielder's choice to start the rally and moved around on a single by Sandy Rowe. Jackie Meriam singled Mit- chebmore home and Tracy Jewel smashed a two run double to boost Goderich into an 8 - 4 lead. Heidi Elliott started the fifth with a single moving down on a sacrifice by Jenny More. Denise Mitchelmore singled off an error to score Elliott and an error on Sandy Rowe's hit put runners on the corners_ Karen Melady walked to load the bags but Jackie Meriam hit a fielder's choice that cut off the run. Tracy Jewel, Robin three more Goderich runs before Fonthill could retire the side_ Fonthill managed two runs in the bottom of the fifth brat • Goderich used six Font -bill. errors in the sith and seventh to add o more to their total_ Heidi Elliott got the win giving up 21 hits and fanning three. In the first game of the series Goderich pushed four runs over in the sixth inning and hung on to edge Fonthill 14 -- 11. A two run homer by Denise Mitchelmore in the bottom of the third put Goderich into a 10-9 lead until the four run burst in the sixth. Elliott singled to start the third and Jenny More used an error nshi blast_ The winning rally in the sixth started with Karen Melady's single. Robin McDonald moved Melady to third after Jackie Meriam sacrificed and Dori Oke scored both with a single. Oke-stfile second and third and came over on an error to the catcher for the Goderich in- surance run. Kathy MacDonald waited out a walk„ moved down on Elliott's -single, used a pass ball to get to third and scored on a sacrifice by More to run the Goderich score to 14_ Fonthill managed to close the gap to three in the top of the seventh before Goderich closed the door. Dorothea Keller to _ get_ aboard, _for J3IIit=-.-singled, Theltaitire-s Weller's triple. SPORTS. P 4111MINSW t - • ^ " •7"-' -4; n• BM Gallow of the Goderich French Dry Cleaners Team prepares the tenth annual Goderich Industrial Softball League tournament to take a hard swing as the Bryanston catcher waits for the ball to held on the weekend. They were defeated 6 to 2. (Photo by Joanne come to his glove. The Goderich team was unable to beat the Walters) Bryanston team to win the consolation game of the B division at° Petrolia Hard Oil wins third straight championship • Petrolia Hard Oil has built a dynasty. The sleek Petrolia squad dazzled capacity crowds at Agriculture Park with timely home runs, stingy pitching and slick defensive play as they won the Goderich Industrial League' fastball tournament for an unprecedented third straight year. And ironically Petrolia nailed down their third consecutive cham- pionship in similar , fashion to their first win three years ago, with a hard fought victory over London Ted Dilts 4-1. These two teams and the A championship have become synonymous in the last five years of the tournament and each encounter- between the equally matched dubs.in the final produces top quality, exciting softball.:•, • And the diffeske: between • tha.teama th'e4:- Championship Monday was one pitch. London pitcher Marty Reynolds gave up only five hits to the powerful Petrolia bats, but Hard .011 first baseman John Robinson rode a Reynolds pitch Well qver the left field fence in the dad` inning of that final game that brought three runs and virtually nailed down the win. The teams played scoreless through the first two innings before Petrolia rallied in the top of the third. With two out Reynolds walked- Petrolia's Bill Fairbairn and Alex McEachern reached first on a routine ground ball after the first baseman pulled his foot off the bag. The error cost London the championship, in this grudge match as Robinson followed with his game winning three run homer over the left field fence. But still trying desperately to get that final out �f the third in- ning London committed two more errors and a sct Mto o wild pitch that flowedfrom ark Ketch third base with the fourth ftaplia run. " ndon scored their run of the game in the fourth inning, an inning that had great run scoring potential but was thwarted by a spec - teenier defensive play by shortstop Keith Helps. Gord Brooks and Pete Allen led off the London fourth with • successive singles. With none out Reynolds hit a line shot in the hole between short and third that looked like a sure base tut and would have at least loaded the bases for London. But Helps dove to his right, snared the line drive and recovered to throw to first base and double up Brooks who was on his way to second_ London salvaged a run out of the inning but Helps double play took the sting out of their attack. Don Smith went the distance on the mound for Petrolia and gave up one run on five hits, three of those hits coming in London's rim producing fourth inning. The only ' other time Smith ran into trouble was the first inning when he gave up a lead off double to Chuck Humbey but then retired the next three batters. Mark Kelch led the Petrolia batters with two Both Stratford pitcher hit a in fqur trips to the Dave Stacey and plate. Hhitibey of London 'also had two.hits. The win for Petrolia in the final game was their fdurthgtiralglif-- Of the tournament. They scored three runs for championship Petrolia. against Petrolia. The road to the championship was a • difficult one following their opening victory and Petrolia relied on home runs to carry them. They defeated Dor- chester 6-4 in the second game on the strength of homers by Doug Peters, John Robinson and Mike Graham that accounted for five of their six runs. Henry Anjema and Smith shared the mound duties in the game. The semi-final contest with Stratford was. probably Petrolia's toughest challenge as the teams battled nine in- nings before Alex McEachern won the game with a ninth inning home run for a 1-0 vic- - tory. hammered Orangeville 16-9 in the first game of the A division Saturday morning as Doug Smith went the distance and added four hits in five fillies at bat. He also • Petrolia's Larry Forbes • pitched admirably. Forbes gave up just two singles in the game and • Stadey had relinquished only, two singles in eight innings " before McEachern drilled the game -winning homer. London took Kitchener Evergreens in their first game 5-2 and then defeated two Sarnia tearns to enter the - THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 107,8••••PAGE 13 Weller - scored on Moe fatt's hit but Goderich got a force to end the inning and the game . In Western Ontario Athletic Association playdowns Goderich hammered WingInam,13. 7 5 to take a One game lead - in that three game set. Earlier ,Goderich got by Kincardine too in two Straight games _winning the opener 5 - 3 and rallying behind a no hitter by Denise Mit- chelmore to win the series with a 3 - 0 victory in Kincardine. Sarnia wins Goderich Lawn inwling.;Xlin.b.Alostettm= ladies' triples tour- nament and pot luck supper on Wednesday, . August 30. Players were present from Wingham, Lucknow, London, Atwood, Sarnia and Goderich. The winning skips and prize winners were: Laura Machan,„ first; Irene White with an excellent team of Margaret Allison, Helen Falkiner, Goderich, second and; Wilma Kerr, Wingham, third. A consolation prize went to skip Jane Treleaveane's team. ..E.:t•-••••1 Jim MeWhinney, catcher for the Goderich French Dry Cleaners team, accepts congratulations from Jim Bell, chairman of the Goderich Industrial Softball League's tenth annual tournament held on the weekend. The French Dry Cleaners team made it to the consolation game in the B division but were defeated by Bryanston 6 to 2. (Photo by Joanne Walters) Walton wins B crown _McDonald. -islet likely to forget the Goderich Industrial Fastball League tour- nament for a long while. And the hundreds of tournament players and fans who thronged to Agriculture Park for the 10th annual tournament aren't about to forget about McDonald either. McDonald, the lanky Walton pitcher, almost, single-handedly took Walton to the B Cham- pionship with his near perfect pitching and booming bat. He pitched all four games that his team was involved in, allowing just _..one unearned run in four games, and if that isn't a remarkable feat in itself, he smacked a home run over the right field fence in ' the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Walton to a 1 - 0 victory over Wingham in the B Championship. Needless to say McDonald was selected as .the B division most valuable player in the tournament and there wasn't a more obvious choice in the park. Grant 'Coulters, Wingham BP catcher, was selected as the division's • most sportsmanlike player. It was odd that a team would rely on a one man pitching staff; but it game became abundantly clear in. the bottom of the seventh -inning- of that „game that McDonald was the only weapon Walton needed. McDonald gave up a single to Wingham in the second inning of the final game and -then held them hitless until the seventh inning. With two out in the final inning he gave up a walk and Bob Armstrong then stroked a single to provide •W ingham with •their biggest threat of the ball - game. But the threat ended as McDonald got the third out on a ground out that set the stage for his last inning heroics. Wingham pitcher Don Edgar retired the first Walton batter before McDonald lofted a -high drive over the right field fence. It was a $420 hit, the amount Walton pocketed. for their •championship win. Walton defeated the Lucan Irish Nine in their first game of the tour- nament 6 7 1. Lucan's unearned run in the third inning of that game was the only run McDonald allowed in the tournament. He pitched.i., three consecutive one -hit games before Wingham touched him for two hits in the final. McDonald played a major role , in Walton's offence in the first game.. smashing a first inning triple .that scored two runs and his fifth inning • Meneset Park catcher, John Hakkers, reaches for the ball after a member of the Port -A -Po Stinkers team from London takes a swing and-misso. Both teams were participating in the Signal -Star Paper Leafs second annual Slow Pitch tournament on the weekend. Lo don beat the Park team 15-3 In this game and went on to win the (nurnariten Photo by Joanne Walters) sing,le scored...another. Murray Houston was the top Walton batter in that game with three hits, including a triple, and he scored two runs. In the second game they defeated Zurich 2 -0 in one of their toughest contests and wouldn't you know it, McDonald knocked in both runs and pitched a one -hit shutout. Houston singled in the firstinand McDonaldfnoilnlogwed with a two -out double that socred what proved to be the winning run. In the sixth inning Roger Humphries walked and again with two out McDonald tripled to score the insurance run he needed. Houston and McDonald combined for . ;Walton's five hits ino vak-t•ame. Walton downed Port Lfianmbton4- Ointheserni- aland despite his second straight one -hit shutout, McDonald's ,presence was rather ..unobtrusive. It.. was. the.. only game in which he did not figure in his team's scoring. Walton got first inning runs from Houston and Gary Bennitt and Murray Lowe • and Paul Hum- phries scored • fourth inning runs to clinch the win. Wingham was equally impressive in the tour- nament and displayed a brand of play worthy of defending champions. They won their first game 3 - 0 over Bryanston and then dumped Goderich Canada Company 6 - 0 in the second game. Wingham had played shutout ball until the semi-final when they defeated Corruna 5 - 1. Corruna's only run came on a solo homer. The teams were evenly matched as evidenced by the 1 - 0 score in that thrilling final 'game that was perhaps the best of the tournament, despite its defensive nature. London team wins slow pitch tourney The London entry in last weekend's second annual Signal -Star slow - pitch tournament emerged - overall champions Sunday night after . walloping Dungannon. A crowd numbering almost 200 turned out to watch the London team • easily handle Goderich:s Paper Leafs 10-4 on Saturday morning and walk Over Mitchell 14-9 on Sunday before meeting Dungannon in the final game. Kingsbridge slammed Goderich's Denomme 12-0 Sunday afternoon to take the "B" championship in the consolation round. Seven teams from Goderich competed in the 12 -team tournament, described by organizer George Vanderburg as "very • successful Squads showed up from Kincardine, -Mitchell, London, Kingsbridge and Dungannon - Dungannon advanced to the "A" final by virtue of a bye, gained after a 12- 8 win over the Firemen on Saturday morning and an 11-6 victory over Stothers Bridklayers. The Bricklayers met Dungannon after they'd squeaked out a 3-2 win over Kingsbridge in the tournament's second game. After beating the Paper _Leafs. London went on to meet Mitchell who had handed Goderich's 1863 team a 7-2 loss. London then blasted Meneset Park 15-3 to advance to the final game. Park made it to the semi-finals a(ter dropping Kincardine 4-3 and the Goderich Coyotes, 3-1. Before the Coyotes were stopped, they had managed to beat Denomme in their first game 11-6. Denomme clobbered Kincardine 11-7 in the next round and advanced to the "B" final through a bye.' Kingsbridge's ascent to the finals came by Way of an 18-0 drubbing of the Firemen and a 14-4 win over the Paper Leafs. After losing their first game to London, the Paper Leafs advanced to the semi-final "B" game with a 3-2 win over 1863. Vanderburg said on Tuesday that the tour- nament might be ex- panded next year to in- clude 16 teams.