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AMONG GRANT Wades duties as assistant race secretary at Barrie Raceway is overseeing the draw for post positions Wade left watches as ownertrainer Lloyd Spinks pulls an entry which is then allotted the number drawn by Jim Lin ess right from the bottle containin peas numbered one to eig In addition to his organizational tasks as race secretary Wade is the track announcer His association with the sport of harness rac ing goes back 10 years to his days as patrol judge at 0r Ono Raceway Examiner Photo Track announcer Wade doubles as assistant race secretary By PAlL DELEAN Examiner Sports Writer Its hard to imagine harness or thoroughbred racing without an announcer providing an ac curate rundown of whos where when Crowd noise is fine but it is more emotional than in formative The announcer tur ns the chaos into order gives the race semblance of plot Hes also an agent of credibility Something would seem amiss without Darryl Wells introductory theyre off or Grant Wades and theyreoffandtrotting Wade is the man who sorts out the trotters and pacets at Barrie Raceway T0 appreciate his contribution to the sport one need only listen to calling without actually seeing the race He effectiver conveys ac tion and drama in his delivery Can you believe it at Goshen New York they dont have track announcer com ments Wade He obviously finds it difficult to imagine His philosophy is that it helps to get people excited over whats going on upon the track From his vantage point up on the roof and with the aid of Andy Van Der Velden of the Central Collegiate juniors Stretches for the ball during Georgian Bay Secondary School Assoeiation volleyba action Tuesday in the Cen tral gymnasium Centrals idget and junior teams THE BIG STRETCH We will be CLOSED Tonight at pm to get ready for our binoculars Wade provides running commentary of each race on the card The 29year old started his announcing career just over year ago at the Port Perry Fair He joined the Barrie Raceway staff in November and took over the announcing chores in May did some hockey and baseball when worked at radio station in Cobourg My job started taking me to Kawartha Downs in Peter borough and thats where got involved with harness racing announcing called qualifying races there he relates The Newtonville native isnt aware of any formula for ef fective racecalling get asked how remember field dont know just associate number with name and do it from there guess its some kind of talent hesays As with any announcer there have been foulups in the course of his duties The odd time on bad night Ill confuse couple of horses Their numbers arent visible on the turn for home and that sometimes causes few problems One race two or three weeks after started called as winner horse who recorded victories over their Collingwood counterparts The juniors are now un defeated in two season mat ches the midgets evened their record at 11 Ex aminerPhoto See Pages 10 ll l2 and SEE Them tomorrow at am PAUL SADlON BARRIE 233 BRADFORD 51 72618 finished fourth Another time my mike was off for most of race he remembers Wade admits that although every effort is made to keep every race interesting his delivery tends to change the bigger or more exciting the race Youre always flashing your eyes at the half and threeL quarter poles for the possibility ofa track record he says Hes seen records established in two races that Ive had the pleasure to call Wade says he has no special reaction to the occasional spill tend to just keep on going with the race My priority is with the race Once in Port Perry called threehorse race after five fell going into the first turn spill is part of the game and theres no sense overreacting to it Wade has other duties at Barrie Raceway as assistant racesecretary One of them is handicapping His are the graded entries which appear three days week in the Examiner Id the most important factor in andicapping is hor ses past performance par ticularly how horse finished in his last six races If he was gaming on hes horse to wat Some people look at all elements including where the horse took its last drink lm rimarily interested in how he inished his last race Time is not really that much of factor look at each horse race as different athletic endeavor he said Wades selections however are not those that appear at the bottom of each race in the program Theyre made by the printers LTD Printing Limited of Orangeville Nor are Wades guesses those in the tip sheet sold on the grounds which are the work of the tracks publicity department In any event as member of the Raceway office staff the assistant racesecretary isnt allowed to bet Although he wrote an 11 art series on handicapping wh at Kawartha Downs Wade says hesnoexpert dont know if you could classify anyone as professional handicap er There aresomany eiemen in harness racing It always ils down to one thing horses are not machines Mississauga bowler wins Maypole tourney Oliver Bell of Mississauga is the 1976 winner of the annual Maypole bowling tournament atSheas Barrie Bowl Bell took top honors with score of 712 one better than John Topliss of Barrie Chuck Allen of Barrie was third at 710 The winner receives $250 the runnerUp $150 and the third place finisher $100 The prize money was guaranteed by AL las Coin Machines of Toronto There were 66 entries in the tournament which ran from May to September Bowlers rolled four games with their best three to count Atlas Coin vice resident Garry McIntOSh ma the pre Lauda looms as favorite MOSPORT Ont CP Thirtynine Formula drivers headed by defending world champion Niki Lauda of Austria are in the provisional entry list for Sundays Grand Prix of Canada auto race Lauda who leads the 1976 world championship standings with 64 points 17 more than James Hunt of Britain flew to Toronto on Tuesday from Saiz burg Austria to prepare for what his backers Ferrari hope will be the victory that clinches the title The lineup also includes Clay Regazzoni of Switzerland Laudas Ferrari teammate sentations to the winners Sun day atSheas Bowl Huronia Games logo sought The Greater Huronia Sports Council is nsoring contest to select ogo for the upcom ing Winter games The entries to be submitted before the middle of next week should be on lain white paper and contain words Huronia Games The logo will be used for winter games medals crests and teeshirts prize of $25 has been offered for the win ning entry The contest is open to everyone For further in formation Call Hellen or Bob at 7209300 extension 212 vice Proprietor Ron McCauley atrial Purl 3254424 McCauley Tractor Equipment Sales Form Industrial Sales Parts and Ser Ilvy Ito South of Orllio the In Sports focus on Football volleyball and crosscountry are in the high school sports forefront today with activities planned on several fronts Stayner 10 and Penetang 01 host Collingwoods junior 01 and senior 001 football teams respectively in after noohencounters There is exhibition girls Barrie schools basketball at Banting Memorial High School in Alliston with CentralCol legiate the opponent The basketball season commences Tuesday The crosscountry meet hosted by Barrie North Col legiate is takin place in the afternoon at Olsons Park Eleven schools are taking part Dallas drops Orillia in exhibitio ORILLIA Ont CP Dal las Tex Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League got two oals from Randy Holt on Tues ay and defeated Orillia Ter riers of the Ontario Hockey As sociation Senior League 74 in exhibition play Dallas led 21 after the first 11 play period and 42 at the end of the second but was outshot 3331 Other scorers for Dallas were Pierre Giroux Greg Vaydik Don Morris Jeff McDill and Dan Djakalovic Colin Wood Seott Mabley Tom MacLeish and Dale MacLeish had the Ori llia goals Curling groups golf event goes Saturday The second annual golf tour nament of the Simcoe Count mens curling association wil be held Saturday at Royal Downs golf club 7th Line of Essa Spokesman Pete Vollett said late entries will be accepted at the course The first teeoff time is 10 am About 40 people are expected to take par in the tournament each paying an entry fee of $20 which includes green fees din ner and prizes General Tire in Barrie spon sors the curling championship annually Oakland gains game on sputtering Royals By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland As have Kansas City Royals on the ropes Theyve got the momen tum conceded Kansas Citys Hal McRae after the As topped the slumping Royals 10 Tues day night That loss cut Kansas Citys lead in the American League West to 22s games buoying Oaklands hopes of overtakin the Royals in the home stretc of the 1976 baseball season Were just not hitting moaned Kansas City manager Whitey Herzog reiterating thought he has voiced with some consistency in recent weeks Maybe were trying too hard The Royals have turned runaway in the West into pen nant race with recent shoddy play losing six of their last seven games With the Oppor tunistic As on winning tear the combined results have dis solved most of hefty seven game lead held by the Royals as recently as Sept 21 The As can make things more interesting tonight in the last meeting of the West adver saries this season Larry Gura was nominated to stop the Kan sas City slide against Oaklands Paul Mitchell ORIOLES TAKE TWO in other American League games Tuesday night Balti more Orioles swept double header from Milwaukee Brew Table tennis club meeting Lovers of the fastmoving sport of table tennis are invited to attend meeting Tuesday at pm in the Sunnidale Com munity Centre which has as pu se the formation of tab tennis club If sufficient interest is shown at the meeting the community centre will be made available to the club every Tuesday even ing as its home base Tables and playing equipment may be stored at the centre aboutyou Come and tell us what youre looking for in job Tell us what you are today and what you want to be tomorrow Ask us if we can offer opportunities and challenges to match your needs No obligations on either side Well be glad to talk And we may have just what youre looking for But youll never know until you ask Visit our Mobile Recruiting Unit Canada Manpower Centre Barrie THURSDAY 30 SEPT I976 1000 mm 300 pm THE CANADIAN ers 75 and 73 Detroit Tigers took Cleveland lndians 40 in the first game of double header before losing the night cap 61 Boston Red Sox stopped New York Yankees 75 and Texas Rangers blanked Min nesota Twins70 Cricket club faces Orillia Barrie Cricket Club plays its final home game of the season Saturday starting at noan at Radio Shack field The oppo Central Collegiate quarter back Paul Finkbeiner gets away from the snap quickly during team practice this week High school football kicked off new season last Bradford Wins again Beatrice on the brink Doug Cook has become ma jor problem for Beatrice Foods The Queens Hotel hurler struck out 16 Beatrice batters Tuesday in Bradfor in the third game of the Barrie and District Senior Softball League final won by Bradford 20 Queens Hotel now leads the bestofseven Barrie and District Senior Softball League final series 30 with the fourth and possibly deciding game set for Bradford Tuesday Cook was the man who came off the bench in the ninth inning Monday to strike out two Beatrice batters after rally had loaded the bases the bases with just one out Bradford won that one43 Bradford took the lead nent is Ori lia MULCASTER MICHELIN TIRES OFACIORY cosr Plus 529 PARKLAND TIRE 7262220 Invoke on kphy in our showman ny avtho CONCENTRATING QUARTERBACK week and there are another eight games scheduled this week Finkbeiners team the Central seniors got off to fine start with 3821 road victory over Penetang They Tuesday in the fifth inning after Jeff Laforte sing after Jeff Laforte singled advanced to second on bunt by Ron Zielkie and raced home on double by right fielder Andy Purmals The games second run came in the seventh inning Zielkie singled went to second then third on 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