the cxaminer Sqï¬urday Aggut 1979 county sports Ivy title By BILL lItIt With the South Simeoe league schedule coming up to its final week of play Ivy Leafs are rated good chance in their effort to win their first title in six years by coach Monty Elliott We have the potential but great deal depends on the playoff breaks commented the Ivy pilot after pointing out the team has risen to the heights at times when at full strength Elliott considers thdefenling champion rillia Majors are still the team to beat for the championship Ivy dropped 41 decision to the Majors in league game on Thursday evening But we defeated them for the title few years ago he observed referring to Ivys 1972 championship and we are going to try again The one time Ivy pitching star who hurled for UBA Championship Leaf teams back in the tilts rated his present pitching staff with the best in the circuit Ed Patton Waviie lethons and Don McMaster are righthaiiders while terry Falls is southpaw with good sweeping curve SIttlllHELIlNi INFIEH IRAISEI smoothrtielding infield which has been formidable factor in keeping the Leafs in the league race usually has lion McMastcr at first Tom Arnold at second John llass at short and Monty Elliott himself at third Craig Shewell moves in from the outfield to first when McMaster takes his tiirnat pitching Allari Elliott has done most of the catching this season Itltlitrs Wayne iethotis and Ed Patton alternate in the out field along ith Bob Elliott who also is assistant coach with till Irwin The league schedule calls for trillia Mayors to travel to Allistoii Sunday while ollingwood plays host to rillia Ionr tiacs Barrie Red Sox visit Alliston Tuesday to meet the anucks Except for postponed games the schedule concludes next Thursday with Urillia Juniors playing the Red Sox here in Barrie League rules provide for the top six teams in the filial standing to participate in the playoffs The Majors downed Newniarkct Hawks four straight in the finals last fall LIZ ItS NILIERS AT TREIIAVEN Former champion Garnet Flahcrty is again out in front of golfers currently trying for the 1979 championship at the Irehaven course on ro line to near Ilawkestone larnet shaded Ray Flahcrty in close match to be the first to advance to the quarter finals Among other golfing leaders in the mens division are veteran golfer Iat Mctnc Dave Itionipson Tom Mercer Reid and Glen Steedniaii Lynn iamnioii llerb Bone am Abernethy and Paul Law reiicc to mention few and Marg Lawrence chances good Leaders ii the womens division include Lois Gammon Betty Perry Vivian Mctue Marg Webb Marg Edwards Jimmy Webb and Pat Mctuc are leaders in the senior By ATIIY IIFIIIER If The Examiner It was labor of love And now the canot du nord is ready for its first big test the 27 mile oyagenr Race from rillia to Barrie on Aug liver too hours of labor went into the lake Friday when the handbuilt 26 foot replica of the old fur trading canot dn nord fnorth canoe was successfully launched at Tyndale Park For Barrie Canoe Club paddlers give their canot du nord trial run Paddlers are front to back Jim the first time in the four year history of the Kcnipenfest Voyageur Race the Barrie anoe lub has its own canoe to paddle Were really excited about paddling our own canoe said leorgc Drought one of the lit itial instigators of the canoe binlding project Drouin emphasizes that building the canoe would not have been possible without the help of Radio Shack who has Hobbes Sandy Giffen Jamie Bulawka Ron Paul Arnie Cheshire George Drought Examiner Photo sponsored the oyageur Race for the past three years and lent warehouse space to the Barrie club so they could build the canoe tIMILEIIIS WURK lose to so people have been involved in one way or another in the canoe project The canoe is cedar fibreglass sandwich construction with ash gunwales and white pine seats However five people did most of the work over the seven months Jan to Aug that it took to complete the canoe anoe labor of love paddlers who will compete in the Voyageur race took it out on trial run and were most cii thusiastic about the canoes performance It really moved nicely across the water you should see us go said Jim Hobbes GIVES SlIItIRT The canoe building venture unning Were number in Canada By IAN ILLGREW Of The Examiner Barrie is the running capital of Canada says Terry Connellan as he puffs his way up short hill Of North America onnellan is president of Human Energy North running club started in Barrie last year by Bob Maludzinski There are about 30 members in the club now but as Connellan says its heading for Zoo The club is behind this years Kcmpenfest race a5 km run that organizers expect to attract runners from all over Already tonncllan claims dozens of entries have been received onnellan himself is getting back into running after months layoff that left him heavier but no less enthusiastic He travels to Toronto often bearing his message that Barrie is number one In sense hes right but in another sense hes having fun with statistics SHOWS INTIZRICSI The claim is based on the last race in Barrie held by the club It was cold 727 degrees But more than 43ft runners still came to run It was phenomenal success liven Barries population and lorontos population on per capita basis Toronto would have to attract 47pm runners to show as much interest as Barrie innstered Maybe onnellan has been the moving force behind Human Energy North now for several weeks and has been plugging the run wverywherc lie goes It isnt competitive club he says Were out for fun Run for fun dont train forpain was initiated by Drought and Bob Hollywood of the Barrie hambcr of onimerce Hollywood convinced the chitiiiber to support the project financially while the Barrie anplas knows it wont be easy beating ptiniists when they start the firstround play off bestofthiec series It fifth He drew up several objectives for the club when he ran for president and still adheres to them He says the club should foster an interest in and develop distance running He accomplishes this in several ways The club holds races and training sessions as well as social functions It is also medium through which members can ar range for travel and accommodation for rices that are out of town The club sponsors and conducts regular clinics on the various aspects of running It also provides monthly newsletter to its members Membership fees are only SIS year for family and there is no age limit There are about 1ft marathon runners now in the club On Wednesday nights at Sunnidale Park it holds what onnellan calls fun runs These are runs open to the public that lean towards social occasions rather than sOIItRIS training sessions Theyre open to the public and begin at to put toiincllans expecting good turnout for Monday mornings race Entry fee is $3 at the post and the run should begin at in He recommends yott arrive about am if you plan on running though so stretching and arm tip exercises can be finished Whether is many runners as tonnellan predicts come or not remains to be seen in the meantime hos running off the ex cess baggage he picked up and taunting every North merican community that has runners to prove its the capital of North America challenge them he challengcthem says Canplas 37 victory big boost for playoffs Itistrict Recreational fastball league game at MacMorrison The game was tied after two innings fanplas took the lead Alic rii other action and Seed 51 Molsons downed tro Partridge Feed With the win anplas held inning on the strength of single by Ted McNabb triple by Dave Lowe and another double by Rick week but they showed that in the they are capable of winning when they defeated ttptnnists IlI Friday in section along with Allan Lauder The senior county chain pioiisliip tournament is at Barrie ountry club course on Frr day August to ladies tournament for present and past members is Canoe Club also finance the venture which cost about 51401 Drought estimates the Jim Hobbes did most of the cedar stripping and the fibreglass layup Drought also down fifth place in the final standings two points ahead of Barrie and Molsons planned for Saturday August 18 ing special attention from area golfers Midland oinscott August It and 12 BIRMINGHAM Mich iAPr Ben trensliaw Tom Watson and Jerry Pate say there will be no super snlrpar rounds in the tilsl IA thampionship to day or Sunday but fonrAtimc someone winner Jack Nicklaus dis agrees tlakland Hills Iias never played easier said Nicklaus whose It just made the cut can shoot or or so tttfl be right The annual invitational for 31000 in prizes at Golf Haven near Giltord is among other current weekend events receivr The cigliti annual toooo Island open is to be held at Monster course PGA challenge in this Im saying 65 or tit can besliot Ijust havent done it Crenshaw leader with one lilti does not think it unreasonable that assemble subpar rounds on the the 70H an yard par7o course that Ben Hogan dubbed The Monster The course is playing soft trenshaw said You can hit at most any club to the green and it will stop The fairways are onest roke will TORONTO itli hicago manager Tony LaRussa is hnn gry so his players served up victory to appease his appetite Im hungry manager said thc new leader of the White Sox after Iiicago ended sevengame Iosiiig streak by heating Toronto Blue Jays 83 American League baseball game Friday night want the Sox to be re spected and you cant do that unless you play hungry night in and niglitout LaRussa took over as man four Editof David Fuller7266537 Sox defeat Jays give LaRussa win farm club Iowa aks of the American Association After the last out Friday night Mike Squires gave La Rnssa the game ball LaRussa said he thought the first inning was key when To ronto took 31 lead on two run Iioiner by Roy Howell his ttlth off Chicago starter Steve Trout and put two runners in scoring position with just one out But Trout pitched out of trouble to earn his sixth win in Itidecisioiis Trout scattered to hits worked on the cedar stripping and coordinated work parties Sjaak Brcg professional woodworker spent about so hours laboring on the gunwales and seats Arie Snellman painted the birch bark design on the canoe liant Sinclair organized transportation when the canoe had to be moved The work has paid off The canoe is magnificent in zip pcarance and moves well across the water Five of the six RON STEWART MP Constituency Office 93 Dunlop St Suite 201 Barrie canoe would sell for about $4000 from manufacturer The builders used book con taining detailed record of how the north caiioe was biiill as well as other sources in coir structing the canoe They hope to use it III races but eagerly an ticipatc its maiden voyage Jim Hobbes Elly Stewart Sandy Giffen Ron Paul Arnie Cheshire and ieorge Drought are paddling their canot du nord in the Voyageur race Auto AirConditioning Battery Sales Service Licensed Battery Technician General Auto Repairs Motor Vehicle Inspection Station Class 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