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Barrie Examiner, 16 Aug 1976, p. 10

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lOThe Barrie Examiner Monda Au ust 16 I976 IIUWAIHYS HEROES of the Barrie Mens Slow Pitch League were clubbing the ball with authority during the consolation final of tournament Saturday at Queens Park The game was halted after five innings with Howards ahead of Harris Auto Electric 193 Hero yne Batcliilder gets his ight behind this lob from Harris pitcher Berry Cook as catcher and umpire look skyward Exa miner lhotoi Potters come alive late in game to take slow pitch championship it took ollingwoods Blue Mountain Potters six innings to find the hitting groove in the championship game of the mens slow pitch tournament at Queens Park Saturday lhats dangerously close to the end of Sttlrltllllllg game The lotters however wotild iioi be denied this day and beat Reinhart Vinegars of Stayner t2ll to takctip honors ollingwood seemed hope lessly otit of it after five inir ings Rciiihart was sitting on 72 lead and appeared in coin plete control Reinhart even added another run in the top of the sixth More importantly however starting pitcher Hap Fisher left the game with leg injury If things had gone pretty much their way to that point they sure soured for the Vinegars as of the bottom of the sixth Reliever Bill Underwood was hit hard and often by the young ollingwood batsmen With the help of few missed catches ollingwood pitcher Tom Boll ing clubbed an inside the park home run that scored three runs Kevin Dineen stretched single between the legs of the Reinhart first baseman into triple bringing in one run He then scored on sacrifice fly Collingwood had rallied to within one Steven Jago smashed triple that scored another two rims and Collingwood had drawn ahead 98 Thats how the sixth inning ended Out to avenge the disastrous Howards Heroes healthy winners of consolation at Alliston Potato Fest Howards Heroes sounds more like television show or tnovie title than mens slow pitch baseball team The Heroes however proved their mettle Saturday by winn ing the consolation final of the slow pitch tournament held at Queens and Shear larks lliey smashed Barrie Auto Electric 194 iii gatiie called after five innings because of the Heroes margin Howards led to after two in lungs HI alter three 12 after four and added seven runs to the tiltli Harris simply couldnt get anything going against pitcher Bill Sharp who was strongly backed by his in field and loiir man outfield tyoure allowed rover in slow pitch talclier went llltcc John for Stephenson three tor the Heroes Jamie Parker Roger French and Howard Black were each three for four at the plate while Gord Gunning smashed home run Shortstop Walter Sturgess had two hits in as many at bats for Harris The losing pitcher was Barry took who was re lieved in the fourth inning by LoriieSmith Heroes and Harris both play in the Barrie Mens Slow Pitch League The Heroes however are an unspoiisored club the only one to play in Saturdays tournament They pay their own expenses including uniforms lhe Howards in Howards Heroes is Howard Black one of the players and the man who formed the team Most of the players are teammates in the winter on scrub hockey team Wins come in pairs for Raceway drivers lit the eighth and feature race at Barrie ltaceway Saturday William lcture scoied his sc coiid win ot the evening with Blllli lti llt ll beating out the odds on taorile tll HAL who biokiearly In the race and tiiiislicd back ol thctteld hi the tittli race comb tiotied pacc dricr lctliiic won lltllltlll behind ltltlllf lllItI going wire to wire with the scum year old ewport lltlkc tiialc Boll wiiis were clocked lll no lricr John Brown of Port lciclioll scored driving dou blc with Dagger Lobell iii the seieiitli and lollcigh itltlt in the Hair The latter was new lifetime mark for Folleigh tieiitc who paced the mile in not Ti llielastest iiiileot the evening Another new llftlllllt mark was set lll the second race when lac Fuller piloted ool taity to ltltll iii till tlowtl tit $7itio 364 agered Barrie Raceway Results Kl Fllibl paci llHit Moi JUH Eltil to itti IlllClx II to lli liilltxl to liine LXhltlli iti aot Sluith pair not aim ttkll lili il Nis wort Stlrllt lttt iir lunc ti iililli ltt IHlltli tiot llllll Star lltl ll lllil lll hi to HHlil it time ti lTtt lHh mate FIN Hlll pau Iiiiti 3min FUllFliiiiteril ioiuti its Vt ii at ltHt 51 lil Time tie lt llli ham en HI pau not mo ltlF lll st llrl ltllgtl use tt Fi to Lllllt ie EXAt lilx Ilil tt SPORTS CALENDAR SENIOR SOFT at Queen Park in Aurora Slcssor and Peria rd 830 iii Bradtord thurch ifirst gaiiicot quarter tuialsi MAJOR FASTB 730 tFB Borden and vs Borden and leads best of seven semil iiials 24M ll pate tiiilc flue Htltlttslltlt ai pin iltr lltlt llitltt too lltli MHNNHII iooo liiiic tlil Ft lttlx iiitt$ Illl pan iiIIII Shit ltttl Ii IHllt Bl lll ll llll liiiic oat fi ltil idltttlv at flhllllt pair niilc him HFll lttllI lill fill rgtllfliti itttl llli tune oh lti land is ot IIll puc llllll $0 LIMFll ivlhl Hlbli llillf tilt lt ttth na on tltl and Stet so IIHl pace llllll Moo tl lil ttllii ill Hi him lilo lt LU taiwilSJSoor itt iit It it in tbti it it lU too so fun tie ldo it tic iii gi the 41 itttl Bil tt The Heroes are actually third in the Barrie league standings behind Bertram Brothers and Barrie Tanning neither of whom participated in the weekend tournament Hill Refrigeration and Tollendal of the Barrie league did compete Tollendal bowed 1843 to Reinhart Vinegar of Stayner and Hill Refrigeration 2713 to the Blue Mountain Potters of Collingwood in firstround ac tion Howards meanwhile was losing so to Town and ountry of killingwotxl Another ollv ingwood team hristies beat Harris 52 to give the outrofr towners sweep of firstrround act ion over the Barrie entries Howards smashed Tollendal 103 and Harris walloped Hill Refrigeration 15st in the con solation preliminary Blue Mountain beat hristies 62 and lteinhart edged Town and ountry 74 to decide the chain pioiiship finalists inning Reinhart came out sw inging in the seventh The first batter popped bloop single over first that fell between Blue Mountain fielders The second batterdoubled two base hit by power hitter Brian Falls scored one runner to even the score Back to back singles brought in two more runs The inning ended suddenly for Reinhait how ever when one base runner tried to beat out the throw from the outfield on long fly He was tagged out at third The Potters took no time pro ving that the momentum was still in their favor bobble by Reinharts first baseman allowed their first batter on base Rolling brought him home with home run well over the centrefield fence The next three batters were on base when Brian Gilroy smashed an Underwood offerlt ing into deep left field to score catcher Bill Ralston for the winning run Blue Mountain and Beinhart botli play in the Georgian Bay Slow Pitch League with Reinhart considerable higher in the standings The Stayner squad had captured top honors in similar tournament in oll ingwood in July and had ac tually not lost game in either tournanieut until Saturdays final Chappel second in long jump Debbie happel of the lluronia Striders Track and Field lub placed second in the long jump at the anadian junior track and field cham pionships in Sudbury this weekend happcl lept 563 metres jump of 324 metres had earned her first place at the allthitario comtwtitioiis in Brantford the week before Barrie Civi tans win in Brampton tvitaii paperweights of the Barrie Minor Lacrosse Associa tion wetit undefeated and took top honors in tournament this weekend in Brampton Barrie beat Brampton and area clubs To 87 and Ho to Hawks tied for third Barrie all Real Estate iolden Hawks liae tive of their six remaining games ol the Uiitario Junior Lacrosse league scheduled to be played before hoiiic tans starting Sun day against Burlington The Golden Hawks are one ot si teattis tied tot third spot of the luiiior league London holds commanding lcad ot it points good enough for lllSl place itli Kitchener second at 13 points Barrie thiugacous tiak ille Burlington lloii Mills and lorontos St Andrews are next followed by Toronto Waterloo with such iiid tour points respeciii el and Game time Sunday is 301 it Steele Street Equrpmeiit Sales Form indUSNIOi Sales Parts and Ser Vice Proprietor Ron McCauley MIyIo ii MofOrllionflio in horril Port 5442 one oat530 pal Mon to fn Sci ma capture the series champion ship hi the tirst game lan lrice gave Barrie to lead before lierck Lee went to work firing tic goals iaig 0w ens scored the last goal of the game team sponsored by the Brampton Fire Fighters was Barrios second lttllll Lee again scored the times with tiwens getting three in the teamsafi victory lit the tinal game Lec over powered Braiiiptoiis Stone house Ford entry with eight goals pacing Barrie to the llti triumph Uwcns had the other three goalstorthelocals Jamie Gallant scored all the Braiiiptoiigoals Not surprisingly Lee was selected the most valuable pllil ot tlictotirtiaiiieiit IMMWSIW 17 00 728 OASA PLAYOFFS Aurora claims opener with win over Barrie The Aurora Juniors are mak ing life difficult for the Slessor and Periard Insurance Juniors of the Barrie and District Senior Softball League Thursday Aurora took must game their last of the regular schedule from Beatrice Foods to tie Slessor and leriard for fourth place in the standings The tie for fourth will be broken in sudden death playoff game tonight at pm at Queens Park Sunday Aurora administered 53 beating to Slessor and Periard at Queens Park in the first game of their bestofthree Ontario Amateur Softball Association playoff Compli eating the situation for the ln surance squad is the fact that Aurora gets the home ad vantage of the next two games Strong fielding and consistent hitting powered Aurora to the win Sunday They took the lead in the se AL IlEINiZMAN coiid inning lale ltofley sin gled and scored on triple by Benny lederson Pedersen went home on sacrifice fly by catcher led Gallone Slessor and Periard got one back in the same inning Neil larker crossing the plate after leading off with double The score held to the fourth inning when Aurora picked up one more run ut fielder Ken Nilsen led off with walk missed tag at second on an infield grounder by Roffey left two on base ledcrsen advanced the run ners with hunt An intentional walk to Gallone loaded the bases Nilsen scored on an iii field roller by Wayne Timbers When Aurora leadoff hitter Doug Woods clubbed triple to start the fifth inning Slessor and leriard starter Wayne McLeniian was pulled in favor of Henry Arts The side was retired Willi Woods stranded on third to the seventh inning Aurora NATIONAL RECORD SET BY FORGRAVE Barries Mike Forgrave 18 ran the Mittmetre hurdles in brilliant fashion Sunday set ting anadian record at the national junior track and field championships in Stidbtiry The time of 52 seconds was threetenths of second faster than his previous best at the distance Forgrave attributed his fine showing to the fact that did something never did before thought about the race ran it exactly as wanted to1 strides between hurdles in addition to his 400 hurdles victory Forgrave was third in the sionmetre spring and fourth in the 110 metre hurdles He ran the fastest lap as anchor man for Ontarios four by 400 metre relay team which finished third Forgrave next sees action in two weeks at the Canadian Senior Championships in Be gina where he runs up against competitors of all ages some of them participants in the recent Olympics The 400 metre hurles coin petition will include national champion Dave Jarvis and PreOlympics winner Glad 400METRE HURDLES CHAMPION stone Williams Canada did not have 400 metre hurdler in the lympicsi The junior championships in Sudbury attracted 400 athletes 10 years and under Forgrave was one of six athletes setting records at the championships Four were set Saturday including three in the mens and womens hurdle events BARRIE RANGERS ELIMINATEI Barrie Minor Soccer ssocir tioiis squirt diision all stars the Rangers held loronto St tldtcw to draw for the first halt ot their lintario tup contest at Steele Street park Sunday How er an unfortunate clearing pass into their ow net and let tip late lll the game that cost two goals resulted iii lit iicltat tol llic Hangers and clttiittiatioii ttoiii tiit ttict tliitaiio tup Sundays game was at the llllltl ili til illi tilti littl rte had iccencd byes tlic iiist two rounds large crowd Ill hand to cltcct the illit til lilt cotiipetitioti locals oti Hangers st tlllL pcttottiiirs Fra iik lIl rat iiu iitiitrcr Drop in om see us today llo lnnisfil St MUFFLER This Months Special iOUTSIDERS Sons jxat on any type tw redirects play toward tilt St Andrews goal with stilt kick lhough theu ttti titp aspirations are ended the are likely to competi llt other tour llttllltltls iiitore the end oi the llxaiiiiiwrlhoto lililtt ldttli of was of beauty 176 ied7dnce yCLJ installation extra AL 7262282 upped the score to +1 after Woods advanced after lead off single and scored on hunt by Nilsen Slessor and Periard managed their only real rally of the game in the seventh Terry Giffen tripled to lead off and scored on sacrifice fly by Parker Then Bill lhurlow smashed home run over the left field fence When Barry Nelly followed that with single Aurora starter Al Heintzman left the game Reliever John Len neville retired the next two bat ters to squelch the rally Aurora added an insurance un in the eighth Gallone singled and enabled Greg Timbers to get on base when he Jamped over Timbers infield grounder on route to second Rematch obscuring the second base mans vision enough to cause him to miss the bal Woods subsequently hunted but the peg was missed by the first baseman and the two lead runners scoredthat is until Gallone was called out for not touching third Timbers run counted Acrobatic catches by Roffey in the eighth and ninth innings preserved the win for Aurora Second baseman Pedersen was exceptional in the early inn mgs Aurora had nine hits left eight runners on base and com mitted two errors Slessor and Periard had five hits left four men stranded and committed one error The next game in the series is Thursday in Aurora tonight and semifinals The AuroraBarrie game to night at pm Queens Park will decide which club meets Beatrice Foods in semifinal playoff action of the Barrie and District Senior Softball League Both clubs are tied in the fourth and final playoff berth situation brought upon Auroras 6t win over Beatrice last week The other semifinal series has start tonight at Queens Park It pits first place Church Mobile Homes against third place Bradford Queens Hotel Its bestofseveii series and has at 830pm start CoOp is one win short of finals Barrie ptips moved to within one win of the finals of the Barrie and District Major Fastball League with 50 deci sion over Clarkson Hotel Sun day at Queens Park The win gives oUps first place finishers of the Major League 1H lead iii the best of seven semi finals In the other series and Driveln has chalice to ptit the stranglehold on the anadian Forces Base Borden Braves when they meet tonight at TB Borden Drive In has 30 lead in that best of seven series Ken Payne tossed tWohttr ter at Clarkson last night for his second win in as many starts in the series Dan Malloch contained ot Jp to five hits but was stung in the fourth and fifth innings by scorr ing sprees As in the second game it was errors which worked against frp Last night the third place finishers of the league committed seven errors three in the fourth which helped Co tip plate two opening runs Nick wcns singled ad vanced on the first larkson misciie than scored on an error on Keith owdens drive An er ror allowed Payne to reach base later in the inning and scored owden Errors proved costly in the fifth letc Landers tripled in the opening ritii and scored to an error Another miss allowed the third run of the inning and final of the game to score Payne finished the nine inning contest by striking out 10 and walking it Only larkson hitters to reach him for base hits were Britnell and Art Martin Cigorefles Grogeries SelfServe COMET GAS At Our Regular Low Prices Just North of Midhont on Hwy 21

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