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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-24, Page 8PAGE 8=GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 24, l979 The F.E. Madill goaltender watches closely as a free kick by GDCI senior Viking Eric Mitchell nears the net in Huron -Perth soccer action in goderich, Tuesday. The seniors won their final game of the season over Wingham, 4-0 and begin semi-final action against St. Marys here Friday. The juniors defeated Wingham 1-0 in their final league game and will also play St. Marys • in a semi-final game, Friday in St. Marys. If both. teams wirl'their games they will advance to the final on Wednesday, May 30. (photo by Dave Sykes) PORTS P Pontiacs remain undefeated BY DAVE SYKES The McGee Pontiacs remain the only un- defeated team in the Industrial Fastball League after racking up two wins this week. The Pontiacs were held to a 1-1 tie in their opening game by Graham Electric and then dumped Little Bowl 9-2 Wednesday and doubled Fishers 6-3, Monday. The victories boosted McGees into top spot in the Dunlop Division with five points, one ahead of Fishers who have four points in three games. The Pontiacs weren't overpowering in their win over Little Bowl, scoring nine runs on just seven hits. But they capitalized on walks and errors in scoring two runs in the first inning, three in the third and four in the sixth inning. Rick Sowerby was the_ only Pontiac with twohits in the game, a run producing single in the first inning and a two -run double in the third..Mike Pitre, Clare Harmon, •Deb Shewfelt, Ron Sowerby and Paul Kelly had one hit apiece. Little Bowl raked Ron Sowerby for nine hits but could only produce single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Glen Falkiner. had three hits for Little Bowl in four trips to the plate and scored a run. Team-mate Dave Patterson added two hits including a double. .McGees added their second win of the week Monday, scoring six runs on eight hits.in the first inning against Fishers and hanging on for a 6-3 win. • The Pontiacs drilled two Fisher pitchers, Fred Slowpitch action continues in town Pellow and Doug Fisher, for eight hits , while collecting•, six runs in the first inning. Clare Harmon and Doug Spitzig led off with back to back doubles and Paul Kelly, Shewfelt, Pitre, Dennis Lassaline and Harmon, • with his second hit of the inning, added singles, .. Fisher tamed Pontiac bats over the next five innings giving up just three hits but his team- mates were only able to produce three runs. John Hoy, Jim Bell and Frank MacDonald scored the Fisher runs. Fisher, Bell and Barry Bloch Action continued in men's slowpitch play with five teams winning two games each. The, Oldtimers racked up two wins with a 15-13 decision over Tickers and a 19-7 victory over Champion. Stothers increased their winning streak to three games with a 46-9 rout over Carlow and a 24-6 win over Denomme. The Signal -Star won their opening two games of the season dumping the Coyotes 24-8 and then • added Tickers to the list with an 18-3 win, Sunday. The Firemen also chalked up their victory in as many games defeating 1863 and shaDING Coyotes, 11-10 in a Tuesday game. . Realty World (R and D), a new entry in the • league struck for two wins after losing their opening game of the season. They hammered Carlow 30-13 and defeated the Orphans 22-7. In other league games games and Meneset Park the Teachers defeated the dumped Denomme ' 25-4 Orphans 23-10 for their for their first win of the second win in as many season. GDCI romps Madill. The two GDCI soccer teams ended their regular schedule here Tuesday with -victories over Wingham. The senior Vikings romped to an easy 4-0 win over Madill of Wingham and were undefeated in season play. The seniors ' will play St. Marys semi-fifnal action GDCI Friday afternoon. The junior Vikings also won their final game of the season with a 1-0 victory over Madill. The junior team will also play St. Marys, in' the semi- finals Friday in St. Marys. in at Lakeport Steel defeats French Brian MacKenzie's three -run homer in the first inning and Tim McLean's solo shot in the sixth inning lifted Lakeport Steel to a 4-3 win over French in Industrial League action, Monday. The win was the second of the season for Lakeport while the loss evened French's record at a win and a loss. Lakeport jumped into a quick.3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on MacKenzie's home run that also scored Frank Hagan and Wayne Draper. French got one run back in their half of the first inning as Ron Klages singled and scored on suce'essive singles by George Sutton and Don McWhinney. • French narrowed the Lakeport lead to a single run in the fourth inning as Wayne Kennedy singled and scored on an error on a ball hit by Ron Klages. Lakeport extended their lead to• two runs with McLean's solo home run in the top of the sixth. French threatened in the seventh inninng as Bill, Gallow was hit by a pitch and Phil Turner walked but Lakeport only allowed Turner to score and chalked up the 4-3 win. Sutton McWhinney and Kennedy rapped two hits apiece for French in the loss. Five Lakeport pfayers had one hit apiece. On Wednesday French played Green and Parent and Lakeport will battle Little Bowl Sunday at 7 p.m. at Agriculture Park. Soccer teams lose It was not a par- ticularly good weekend for the senior soccer teams in Goderich as both the United teams and the Under 19 team lost their games in London and District Soccer League play. On Saturday, St. Bartolomeo' dumped United B 4/1 in, a game played of Agriculture Park. In the second half of that' soccer doubleheader, the White Eagles rallied from a one -goal deficit to edge the United A team, 2-1. Harold Refflinghaus scored the Goderich goal. The ,Goderich Under 19 team made its debut Sunday and despite a strong performance dropped a 3-1 decisibn. Mike Reynolds scored the Goderich gqal. All three Goderich teams are idle this weekend and will play out. ,of town the following weekend. The United B team 4nd-Under 19 will play tide Hungarians in Nilestown June 2 and United A Will play in London, Jure 3. combined for six of the Fisher nine hrts in the game. Harmon, Spitzig, Kelly and Shewfelt had two hits apiece for the Pontiacs. Ken Daer went the distance on the mound for McGees and gave up three runs on nine hits while his team-mates Canada Co. maintains lead in Division Canada Company maintained a share of the Maitland Division lead splitting two league games in Industrial Softball action. The Company edged Green and '`Parent 3-1 Wednesday behind the one -hit pitching of ,Stan Doherty but v'ere bombed 9-1 by graham Bridge Scores Margaret and Bill Sutherland combined for a point total of 871/2 to win the east -west section of play at the May 22 meeting of the Goderich Bridge Club. There were seven tables in play. Evelyn Galbraith and Dawna Sproule were second with 82 points and Joanne Duckworth and Lee Ryan were third with 661/2 points. Ray Fisher and Ted Plante teamed upf to take top spot in the north -south section with 681/2 points. Eleanor Erskine and Julie Sully were second with 661/2 points and Jo Berry and Edna Overholt were third with 641/2 points. At the next meeting iof the Goderich Bridge Club, Tuesday, May 29, a local charity game will be played with the proceeds going to the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded. Electric, Monday. The split leaves Canada Company with two wins and a loss in three games and in .a first place tie wltWr Lakeport. Canada Company scored two runs in the first inning and added an insurance run in the sixth relying on the arm of Doherty to hold Green and Parent at bay. They got first singles from Glen Tigert, Tom O'Keefe and Doherty scoring two runs. Bruce Bowman score the third run in the sixth inning as he singled, "stole second and scored on a passed ball. The only hit off Doherty was a second inning triple by Pete Frayne that didn't figure in the Green and Parent lone run. Green and Parent scored their only run in the fifth inning on two Company errors. John Warr reached base on an error and scored as Brian McLean's hitwas booted. Tigert and Bowman topped the Company offence- with two hits apiece afid scored one run apiece. O'Keefe and Doherty had the other hits. Doherty picked up,his second win of the season and Jim Martin took the loss. Mark Frayne put a dent in Doherty's pitching record Monday as he slammed two,two-run homers in leading Graham Electric to,,a, 9-1 win over Canada Com- pany. Frayne almost single- handedly beat The'^ Company driving in four runs with the homers and ' scoring two others. He drove in glen Linner with • a two -run shot in the first inning and in his second at bat in the third inning hit another home run scoring George Klumper. Graham Electric added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings and scored three runs in their • final at bat. Canada Company scored their run in the first inning as Tigert doubled and -scored on Casey Wildgen's single. Frayne, Klumper and Mark Kernighan had two hitsapiece for Graham with Klumper adding a run -scoring triple in the seventh inning. Klumper picked up his first win of the season, stopping the Company on four hits and striking out 12 batters. They have now won one game, tied one and lost one. Graham will play French in a 4 p.m. game Sunday and Canada Company will play Fishers at 5.30 p.m., Sunday. Lawn bowling season opens The Goderich Lawn Bowling Club opened its 1979 season with 28 men and women playing two eight -end games on Monday afternoon, May 21. The weather was on the cold side, but the bowlers enjoyed this first outing of the year. • Winners were: William Jervis and Lorna Vincent 2W-1-20, Terry Ryan and Del Jervis 2W+19, Edna Overholt and Willa Williams 2W+17, 'Frank Bowra and Carole Best 1W+23, Bea Aberhart, Les Evans, and Alice Anstay 1W+15. ,Following the bowling, •a potluck supper was served in the Picton comm tted _four_-._errors___Str-eet Club House•with behind him. Edith Lockhart McGees returns to: action Sunday against Gords at 8.30 p.m. Fishers will play Canada Company at 1.30 p.m.,Sunday. charge. The day was completed with the •ladies enjoying cards and the men holding a business meeting ih in re suiting a new slate of officers. Past president Harold Knisley, president is William Jervis assisted by Frank Bowra, Harry Williams is secretary, Lee Ryan is 'treasurer. Frank Bowra and Harry Williams are in charge of the grounds and Lee Ryan and Fred Richardson are in charge of tournaments. The bowling schedule for the year was established with Monday evenings, Men's Jitneys, Tuesday evenings, bowling, Thursdays, Ladies' Jitneys. There will be organized bowling on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. New bowlers are welcome. Ladies' fastball returns to Goderich again After an absence of several years, Inter- mediate Ladies Fastball is returning to Goderich. The- - G-oder-ieh--Ho-f-f=- meyer's Little Plumbers are a new entry in the Mid -Western Ontario Ladies' Fastball League, resurrecting in- termediate ladies ball that was disbanded 10 years ago. The Little Plumbers open .their season this Friday at Agriculture -Park - against Milverton- at 8.30 p.m. In the league goderich will play Dublin, Osh- weken, Tillsonburg, Milverton, Kitchener, Waterford, Waterloo, Guelph, Moorefield and G1anworth. Goderich supported an intermediate team for 30 years and during the 1950-'s the ladies won two Provincial Cham- pionshilSs in a row. The Little Plumbers will play all their home games on Friday evenings at Agriculture Park. Mike Reynolds of the Goderich Under 19 soccer team collides with 'a team-mate as they challenged for the ball in L�ndon District Soccer league action at Agriculture Park,Sat rday. Goderich played a strong game in their season opener but lost to Marconi 3-1 with Reynolds scoring the lone Goderich goal. (photo by Dave Muffitt) e