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Blue Jays pitcher Jerry Garvin th hibition Stadium and it was promptly banged out of the park by Detroit Tiger leadoff hitter Ron Laflore Jays nip Tigers 108 in chilly home opener Jays fans the examiner Saturday Aprll15 1918 By SCOTT IIASKINS Examiner Sports Editor TORONTO It Fridays homeopener of the Toronto Blue Jays is any indication of things to come Exhibition Stadium is going to be popular place for Toronto baseball fanatics in 1978 The visiting Detroit Tigers and Blue Jays forgot about the cold winds and odd snow flurry long enough to belt 24 hits Friday Jays finally won the slugfest 108 thanks mainly to sixrun uprising in the sixth inning when they sent 10 batters to the plate The game was surprisingly similar to last years home opening 95 win over the Chicago White Sox The only thing missing was the white stuff Playing baseball in Toronto in April is like swimming in Lake Ontario in Januaryfivery risky If it hadnt been for the excitement of the game which gave the spectators chance to get up and cheer and restore the feeling in their toes Toronto hospitals might very well have been overrun by cases of frostbite IT WAS COLD The temperature at game time was No one can do anything about the weather so theres no sense complaining about it Roy Hartsfield skipper of the Toronto club said after the game It the weather is the same for every player so the team that makes the adjustment usually comes out on top The Tigers made the adiustment first but Hartsfields theory fell through when the Jays battled back to win the game Ron Leflorc Tigers allstar centrefielder gave Blue Jay pitcher Jerry Garvin taste of what its all about when he sent his first delivery high over the 400 foot sign in centre field Garvin got Lou Whitaker to ground out but walk to Rusty Staub and towering home run by Jason Thompson gave Tigers 30 lead before many of the spectators had even settled in their seats In the clubhouse after the game Hartsfield was asked how he felt after the first inning felt Id put in full days work he laughed certainly thought it was going to be long day but was confident the way we were swinging the bat Jays got their act together in the bottom of the inning and scored two runs to get right back into the game BOSETTI LEI OFF Rookie Rick Bosetti belted Jim Slatons first pitch for double and scored on single by Roy Howell Tommy Hutton then doubled to knock in Howell Last year Doug Ault was the instant hero He belted two home runs in his first two major league at bats This year Howell stole the spotlight and went fourforfive at the plate knocking in three runs and scoring three others Howell the clubs regular third baseman played left field in the opener and he said he still hasnt mastered the new position up on giant new $25 miili ed however as they went on Photo rew the first i978 pitch in Ex he run was promptly lit COME SEE THE lEASING PEOPLE long tom loosing on oil nickel MOUOII of con and trucks strange TORONTO Staff Toronto sports fans have always been known as strange lot but the Toronto Blue Jay supporters are starting to carry the tradition to new heights Last year the Jays launched their inaugdral major league campaign by outlasting snowstorm and the Chicago White Sox 95 before crowd of 44649 This year the script was strangely Similar crowd of 35761 showed up wearing everything from snowmobile suits to six layers of blankets to ward off the odd snow flurry and wold winds which dropped the temperature to at game time For the second year in row Jays didnt disappoint the dedicated fans as they beat the newlook Detroit Tigers M8 in game that lasted two hours and 57 minutes Toronto fans are indeed dedicated The National Hockey Leagues Maple Leafs havent won the Stanley up for years and the anadian Football Leagues Toronto Argonauts havent won the flaty Tup since Moses was even though he played few games there with the Texas Rangers in 1974 dont really like it out there There arent any bases Howell said after the game You have to keep your con centration on every pitch because you have to make sure you cover up for the infield or the guy playing beside you Howell was his own modest self when referring to his fine day at me plate The pitcher throws it and just try and wait for my pitch he added Sometimes you get lucky and everything falls in but other times you can really pound it but it goes right at someone NO SWEATER Howell was one of the few players who refused to wear long sleeve sweater under his regular sweater He joined the club midway through last year so he didnt have to put up with the cold weather It was awaful cold out there but no one can do anything about it he said dont like wearing sweater It hampers my play All the guys are staying away from me he laughed They all think Im kind of crazy Last year many of the fans started leaving after the third inning By the ninth inning of Fridays game most of the fans were still glued to their seats waiting to see what strange event would happen next If 24 hits and 18 runs doesnt excite you nothing will Every Jay except Dave McKay the clubs token Canadian reached base in the game and both clubs sent four pitchers to the mound Jays sent Garvin Baylor Moore Don Kirkwood and Tom Murphy to the mound while Detroit countered with Slaton Tim Wilcox John Hiller and Bruce Taylor The only pitcher to have any measure of success was Kirk wood The tall righthander shut the Tigers out four innings and then gave way to Murphy in the top of the ninth Kirkwood picked up from the White Sox earlier in the week was rewarded with the win Wilcox who was tagged for five runs took the loss Bob Bailor last years most valuable player for the club Howell Hutton and Gomez were the main ingredients in Jays Sixrun uprising in the Sixth inning All four players ctouted Singles and Bosetti Howell banor John Mayberry Hutton and Alan Ashby all scored runs Tigers helped out Jays by committing two errors in the in ning Whitaker booted ball hit by Bosetti and then the usually surehanded Leflorc let ball get away from him in centre field and it rolled to the fence scoring two runs After that Jays settled down and let Kirkwood earn his salary Today in another 130 pm start Jays will send their other lefthanded started Tom Underwood 01 against Jack Billingham Hi while Jim Clancy goes against Dave Rozema in the series finale Sunday BARRIE DRIVEACAR 43 Essa Rd Barrie on scoreboard Jays werent discourag to win the contest i08 Examiner By BILL CURRAN With 1978 winners to be settled the 33rd annaul Orillia spring bonspiel is the centre of major attention of area curlers today Final round for the primary OKeefes trophy is the main event and among the county rinks which qualified was the redhot Paul Brock crew from Collingwood In qualifying play the Brock curlers took the Dan Whipple rink of Orillia edged the Shannon foursome of Barrie and then trimmed Eric Milnes classy outfit from Unionville The latter was rated as somewhat of surprise as the Milne rink had looked particularly impressive in winning twice previously Don Dykstras Barrie rink downed Fenelon Falls in first round game then lost to Don Lebano of Orillia But the Dykstra crew came back strong to beat out Bob Wilde in the Kitchen Tire trophy consolation first game Skip Art Walsh of Angus guided his rink to victory over Tim Brethour of Uxbridge in other first round Kitchen consolation play Dave Cowan of Lindsay beat out the Shannon crew of Barrie in another bid for this trophy Stroud rink skipped by Bill Korpatnicki qualified for todays Wainwright trophy secondary playoffs by taking former GovernorGenerals trophy winner Ed Luterback and then Dan Whipple of Orillia Al Dupius of Penetang curled exceptionally well to lead his curlers to wins over Art Huddels Stroud crew and Jerry Funks Brampton rink in the Wainwright series Both Luterbak and Huddel came back to win their first games in the Bartaco trophy secondary consolation The ormer downed Jim Johnson of Omemee while Huddel riumphed inter Orieghilds of Fenelon Falls BURDEN TROPHY WINNERS CONGRATULATEI Among the 64 rinks taking part in the Orillia bonspiel were curlers from Toronto Hamilton London Kingston and Parry Sound including some toprated players Visiting curlers joined in congratulating the recent Orillia Burden trophy provincial winners Ron Wills and Dave Reynolds who skipped the victors of this Silver Tankard consolation competition were given special attention The Area curlers in light wellknown Orillia baseball pitching ace Jerry Udell was member of one of the winning rinks skilled curler as well as standout hurler Udell has played on two Ontario curling winners during the last couple of years He was also with Orillias GovernorGenerals trophy cham ions of 1976 In hosting Ontario GovernorGenerals finals this sprint Orillia had some of the leading curlérs in the provmce playing there Harry Hunter and Dennis Moulding skipped the Ottawa Hyland rinks to this championship defeating Chatham Granites in the finals Locally at Orillia veteran curler Boyd Merkley skipped the club champions for the current season But Boyds crew didnt have much luck in the spring bonspiel dropping three in row Winning rinks in the Orillia spiel will be receiving their trophies and awards at banquet following todays curling action As the teams prepare to enter the second round the National Hockey League playoffs are stirring increased interest of sport fans Around Beeton way followers of the NHL are still talking about the fine achievement of goaler Jim Rutherford in blanking Montreal Canadiens when Detroit Red Wings registered an upset to victory in their last scheduled game The formidable Montrealers had away the best record of any NHL club with 59 wins 10 losses and 11 draw verdicts To gain the shutout the first time Canadiens were blanked in 67 games Rutherford had to turn in an extraordinary performance The Detroit win marked the first time any goaltender has held the highflying Canadiens scoreless on the road since Nov 17 1976 when Torontos Mike Palmateer blanked them to Besides rating as star hockey netminder Rutherford is wellknown to area sport fans for his baseball ability He has been fine field and hitting secondsacker for Beeton Beehives in the South Simcoe circuit for some years Another Beeton baseball player who has been performing in current NHL playoffs is Johnny Gould of the Atlanta Flames opponents of the Red Wings in the Norris Division Breaking From The Scrum Members of the rugby team from Eastview Secon dary School are preparing for the season which opens Monday as are the teams at Central Col legiate institute and North Collegiate institute Coaches at all three schools are worried about the inclement weather conditions which have caused local fields to become soggy quagmires Ex aminer Photo Wayne Gretzky and Bob Smith dominate Jr coaches poll TORONTO CP Bob Gretzky was touted the best unanimpus mum in the 17 Smith of Ottawa 67s and rookie playmaker most dangerous in C8t€g0FIES sensation Wayne Gretzky of the goal area and in the smar Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds test player ratings earned 11 were dominant in this years first place votes the only poll of coaches in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League The two outstanding players Smith has already been tabbed as the No draft in Junes National Hockey League draft by Minnesota North Starshead up three categories each in the poll Smith who scored record 192 points this season was listed as best on faceoffs top penalty killer and best stick handler He shared the faceoff honors with Peterborough Petes defensive specialist Mark TERM INSURANCE on THE 5251 TERMS $5000000 20 Year Reducing Term with fifth ear renewal option Costs only 13800 annually at age 35 can Tom Delaney Incidental life of Ida 28 Dunlop St West Barrie Ontario MANUFACTURER ton Gingras had hardest shot Dino Ciccarem Of London Following are the top three in Knights who topped the league goal scorers with 72 was se Sigmcategory With the 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