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Barrie Examiner, 30 Jul 1979, p. 5

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sports PITTSBURGH CP The Canadian national junior basketball team paced by Gerald Kazonowski of Nanai mo BC defeated the Pitt sburgh AAU AllStars 106105 in double overstime on Sunday Bob Fitzgerald of Brantford Ont forced the game into the second overtime period when EDMONTON CP Free agent Garry Unger says hes had four or five offers from National Hockey League clubs anxious to save him from put ting in ninth season at centre with St Louis Blues SHERBROOKE Que CP Two national records were set as the Canadian senior track and field championships concluded Sunday and one of the new marks belonged to the youngest competitor entered in the meet Helene Daviau 15 of Toron to who resembles doll and yet is still old enough to play with CAP DAGDE France AP Jimmy Connors took three hours to defeat fellow American John McEnroe 76 26 75 Saturday night in $75000 fourman tennis series Despite the loss McEnroe won CANTON Ohio AP Pro fessional football greats Johnny Unitas Dick Butkus Ron Mix and Yale Lary have been in ducted into the Pro Football Hallof Fame Unitas and Butkus both voted into the Hall of fame in their first year of eligibility Jones drives to first HOCKENHEIM West Ger many AP Teammates Alan Jones of Ausrralia and Clay Regazzoni of Switzerland claimed the top spots in the 4lst German Grand Prix establish ing their Saudi Arabianbacked team as the solid favorite in the Lou Graham holds sudden death playoff For the second time in as many games Barrie City Soc cer Club and Nottawasaga tied 11 in Newmarket and District Soccer Association league game Saturday in Alliston Nottawasaga held one man advantage for most of the game when one of the Barrie players was ejected for arguing with the referee Despite the disadvantage Barrie stayed with the Nottawasaga stde coming back from 10 deficit to tie the score on goal by Easy Patterson Terry Posylek Steve Knight and Brian Dawson all played well for Barrie On Sunday Barrie was knocked out of theRichardson Cup after being defeated 42 by Aurora United in Aurora The game was close taking two was third Cagers edge AllStars in overtime Unger considers move to Germany Two national records fall McEnroe wins tour man series Unitas Butkas into Hall of Fame Philadelphia Classic golf tournament after he won it and $45000 first prize money Sunday in Graham shot 7under course record and giving him tournament total of 273 AP Laserphoto City ties Nottawasaga Ii Steel wins Bishop yacht race Harris Steel sailing Grampion 26 named Brigus won the Barrie Yacht Clubs Bishop singlehanded race Satur day in slowtime of approximately three hours The reason for such slow time was the wind or the lack of it Very light winds prevailed and made the course to Shanty Bay and back very long ten miles Bob Bogardis sailing in Shark named Dolphin II took second place Rick Irvine also in Shark named Bish IV Fuller7266537 shorts he tied the score 101101 with basket in the final seconds of the first overtime period The score was 9191 after regulation time Fitzgerald hit for 18 points while Eli Pasquale of Sudbury Ont and Kerry Lichty of St Catharines Ont added 15 points apiece But if the compensation pro blem cant be worked out have twoyear offer in Germany Freiburgi for good good money Unger said in an inter view before celebrity softball game Sunday them set Canadian record in the fivekilometre walk when she completed the distance in 26025 bettering the old mark of 26337 The other record was also of the walking variety as Marcel Jobin of Shawinigan Que walked 20 kilometres in 89 118 topping his own previous Cana dian record of 130006 the overall first prize of $30000 in the sixday roundrobin series Connors and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina tied for se cond and received $17500 each Ilie Nastase of Romania picked up $10000 drew the biggest response from the enthusiastic crowd of several thousand persons Butkus said Saturday dreamed of being great pro football player as far back as can remember consider being inducted into the Hall of Fame as the top of my dream in Grand Prix final half of the Formula auto racing season Starting from the No posi tion Jones took the lead at the opening flag Sunday and sur vived late engine and tire pro blems for first place in hour 24 minutes and 4883 seconds over 45 laps at the 42mile 78 kilometre Hockenhcim track the trophy for the with Bobby Wadkins par 64 on the day tying overtime periods to decide winner The score was tied 22 at the end of regulation time Barrie goals were scored by Stan Laube and Steve Knight The score was tied at the same score at the end of the first 15 minute overtime period However Aurora scored short ly after the start of the second overtime and then scored with two minutes left on penalty kick It was very close game said Tom Delaney city presi dent Basically it was 32 game The loss took away any chance for Barrie to repeat as Richardson Cup finalists they lost in the Cup final last season ts Alcott charges for eagle and sensational victory Amy Alcott of Santa Monica California smiles as she holds the trophy she won at the Ladies Professional Golf Association Canadian tour held in Ste Julie Quebec Sunday afternoon CP Photo Barrie racer sixth at Mosport ollins finishes among best Gary Collins of Barrie finish ed sixth overall Sunday at the Canadian Motorcycle Gran Prix at Mosport The 7Up sponsored Yamaha rider placed sixth in both heats of the event the last for 750cc machines on the Gran Prix cir cuit Collins experienced some rearend problems with his Yamaha 750 but stayed with the pack to win $870 in prize money Patrick Pons of France plac ed first overall giving him bigger lead in the world cham pionship standings Also racing was Paul Stokes of Toronto on Honda 750 plac ing 15th overall Collins leaves Wednesday for Laguna Seca Calif where he will race in the seventh race of the Gran Prix Schedule in the second heat Pons caught Steve Gervais of Toronto near the finish line to finish in the runnerup position as the Canadian riding Yamaha ran out of gas half way around the final lap of the competition Pons riding Sonauto Yam Giften hammers Oakley at Brentwood tourney Giffen Farm Equipment of the Barrie and District Recrea tional fastball leagUe won the championship $500 prize money at the first annual Brentwood Athletic Association and Molson Golden fastball touma ment at the Angus Ball Dia mond Giffen went undefeated in two and half days of play winning the championship game 122 over tired Grenfel Oakley Motors team of the Vespra Senior League The tournament was played under double knockout for mat making it hard on teams who lost in the first round Oakley played six games over the weekend four on Sunday and two of them backtosback Oakley won the semifinal over Radio Shack 65 in close ly contested match Oakley had little more life than Radio Shack at that point it was playing its third game of the day while Radio Shack was playing its fourth Twenty minutes after the semifinal win over Radio Shack Grenfel Oakley Motors played Giffen who had played only one game that day Oakley took 20 lead after the first inning lasting until the third inning when the roof fell in Giffen scored five runs in the third six in the fourth and one in the fifth to dispose of Oakley 122 We lost with our heads up and $250 in our pockets said Oakley coach Jim McLeod We had played Giffen earlier in the tournament and lost 30 said Giffen The final was our fourth game we only had fifteen minutes to rest after our semifinal just told the guys to have fun raise little hell it was all we could do we were so tired Ironically even if Oakley had ANAF wins title with 50 shut out Anna Storey of Army Navy Air Force of the Barrie and District Ladies League held Hillsburgli to five hits while her team scored five runs to win the championship game 54 of the Ivy Ladies Softball tourna ment at Ivy Park Storey was chosen the Most Valuable Pitcher of the tourna ment as she led her team into the finals with firstround 54 win over Cooksville and third round 40 shutout over Cameron ANAF won bye in the second round of the cham pionship side Cooksville won the consola tion final defeating Fairbanks 30 COOKSVIIIC pitcher Joanne Palmer was chosen the MOSt Valuable Player of the Consola tion side after pitching no hitter against Fairbanks Palmer was also instrumental in taking her team to the con solation final with 61 victory over Milton Mary Cunningham of Hills burgh was chosen as Most Valuable player on the cham pionship side Cunningham hit three home runs during the tournanienttwa against Barrie Glass and Mirror in first roundgame and one against Ivy in secondround game In the championship game ANAF took 24 lead after the first inning Anna Storey and Laurie McFayden both hit singles and catcher Lyn Handy hit triple driving the two runs Handy hit single in the fourth inning and came home to score ANAFs third run In the fifth inning Linda Watson got on base on Hillsburgh error Pitcher Joanne Palmer was the star of the game as she pit ched perfect game Donna Podrecca hit triple for Cooksville while Fran Rider hit single Red Sox hopes dim with 21 loss to Hawks Barrie Red Sox are one loss away from elimination in the race for South Simcoe Baseball League playoff spot following 21 loss Sunday at Newmarket In one of the tightest games of the season Barrie pitcher Glen Laycock ruined onehit onerun performance giving up two more hits and walking in the winning run for Newarmekt in the bottom of the seventh in ning The loss was Barries 11th of the season compared to seven wins and tie won the game they would have had to play another game against Giffen because team had to lose two games before being knocked out of contention in the tournament think theyre going to do something about the format said McLeod Something seemed to go wrong it might have had something to do with only 11 teams playing in what was supposed to be lZteam tournament But Radio Shack also played four games in one day and thatsjust too many Radio Shack picked up $150 for its third place finish Three different leagues participated in the toumanient and the three top teams were clubs from each of the leagues Gif fen represented Barrie and District Recreational league Oakley the Vespra league and Radio Shack the Innisfil League Pitcher Al Gow of Oakley had strong showing over the tour nament He pitched nohitter against Minesing Friday night and also was the winner in the 65 win over Radio Shack Sun dav sports IOII Fastball pin hurrli Homes at Mr Transmisr sum N230 piii Wariiiiiister at Barrie Floor and Wall Queens Park Barrie and District IlitkIIlitillJttt Fastball League pm Optimists at ltilsoiis Milt pni Hilton Hotel at iiffen Fami Eqmp Barrie and District Recreational League pJII Minesuig at Barrie Midl1urst Grenfel at Rose Borden Base Borden tutti pni Mldhurst at Anttn Mills Iidhurst Hreiitaooti at Angus Base Borden tSliril Senior League Softball pin Radio Shack it all Real Estate 3130 111 Red Beards at Olym pia Restaurant Iiinisfil Mens League TIIISIIAY Basthall 630 pm risszi Bakery vs Starlite Pools Ierris Barrie Minor Baseball Assocuition ball north dIVISIOn 630 pm Superior Muffler vs Starr Electric Oakley Park HMRA Tyke south division iolf am Ladies Captains day and 3rd Electric Barrie Country Club Soccer 630 pm Downtown Centre vs Paler mo Railing Johnston St School Allan Cook vs Cholkan Maple Grove Lower Victoria anti Grey Trust vs Henry Verstraten todrington Kiwanis Club vs Cooke Cartage Radio Shack Ital Fashions vs Kinsmen Rnerwood Barrie Optimist Iinor Association Sqmrt 630 pm tivitan luh vs Optimist Club Steel Iollar Const vs Giovanni and Perri Maple Grove Upper Garner onst vs Free Methodist AsSikinatk Whelan Insurance vs Captain Kens Painswick Rotary Club vs New Lowell Legion New Lowell HOMSA Mosquito Softball 10 am Ivy at Mighty Millers Queens Park Ktnnettes at Allandale Raiders Shear lark Barrie and District Girls Softball League STE JULIE Que CP Amy Alcott answers questions the way she plays her golf shots straight and decisively Alcott 23 won the 3150000 Peter Jackson Classic in sensa tional fashion Sunday when she finished with 40foot eagle putt on the parsfive final hole in the fourround Ladies Profes sional Golf Association tourna ment at the 6434yard par73 Richelieu Valley Golf Club Prior to that she putted an almost equal distance to pick up birdie on the parthree 17th Asked if she had been wat ching the leader board and try ing for an eagle on the 18th Alcott bothered by laryngitis and viral infection throughout the tournament answered with alaugh When reached the 18th green in two shots wasnt looking for an eagle she said just wanted two putts and birdie but damned if didnt make it You never win without few breaks and had few today Im firm believer in that was really happy that played up to my potential BOGEYED 16TH Meanwhile Nancy Lopez 22 the sensation of the tour for the last two years took bogey five on the parfour 352yard 16th birdied the 17th but could only match par on 18 hole she had eagled Friday Lopez was locked in two way tie with Alcott for top spot at fourltunder when she bogeyed 16 Angels whip Combers tor Oro tourney title Elmvale Angels of the Barrie and District Ladies League won the championship of the Annual Oro Ladies Softball League tournament with 92 win over CBO Beachbombers of the Georgian League Sunday at the Adult Occupational Centre in Edgar Elmvale led 32 after four in nings In the fifth inning they exploded for six runs putting the game out of the Beach combers reach The consolation final was won by Davey Gravel of the rillia Ladies League when they defeated Barries Kolmar Oldtimers 104 Davey Gravel aha won the first of the two 25 lap lookilometre heats and was heading for second place in the second heat behind Swiss rider Michel Frutschi when an overheating engine forced the Frenchman to slow his pace Placing second would have assured Pons of the overall win However his reduced pace permitted Gervais to pass him Gervais 23 placed second riding behind Pans in the first heat So that finishing ahead of Ports would have assured him of the overall win Instead Gervaiss engine ran out of fuel halfway around the final lap As Gervais coasted to the fin ish line Pons overhauled him within sight of the checkered flag to take the overall title Frutschi finished third in the overall standings followed by Marc Fontan of France Dan Sorensen of Keswick Ont Gary Collins of Barrie Ont Andrew McKenna of Toronto Gord Meiklejohn of Toronto Werner Nenning of Austria and Raymond Roche of France The top 10 all rode Yamahas IIAI PROBLEMS Former Canadian champion Yvon Duhamel who came out of retirement for the race had his problems After leading the first heat over Pens and Gervais the trailed42 after four runs but came on strong in the fifth in ning scoring five runs to take the game away from Kolmar Sixteen teams from SIX dif ferent leagues participated in the tournament Elmvale reached the final by virtue of first round 91 victory over Rugby Scott Contractors 60 shutout of Hawkestone in the second round and 74 win over Treasure Chest in the third round Shortstop Brenda Columbus of Elmvale was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the championship side GARY OLLINS sixth overall Villa La Salle Que resident retired with transmission trouble Then in the second heat he dropped out with steer ing damper problems on his Yamaha after running with the leaders Ponss overall win gave him total of 98 points after the sixth race in the llevent series Johnny Cecotto of Venezuela was second with 79 and Frut schi third with 71 Cecotto missed the Mosport race to compete in Finland Barrie ousted in semifinal the examiner Monday July so 1970 firm This weeks mystery sports person no longer plays hockey he is stepping in to the coaching shoes vacated by former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Roger Neilson He Is an experienced professional hockey coach and will be reunited with the same general manager he worked under with the Buffals position if you know his name send in in his new yours Sabres along with your address and telephone number to Sports Hall of Fame co The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Winners are selected at random from correct entries received by Saturday Doris Hutz of Ashdale Crt in Barrie wins last weeks contest for correctly identifying Doug Shedden member of the Barrie and District Senior Softball League ontest winners will receive an eightslice Triple Strike pizza frotn Mr Tonys Iizzaria 47 Dunlop St Rairie Simcoe clinches league pennant Simcoe Hotel clinched first place in the Barrie and District Recreational Fastball League Sunday beating Oro 102 at Mac Morrison Park In the other league game of the night Canplas Industries overpowered Fisher Stoves 127 Pitcher Ron Charlebois led Simcoe t0 the league title with threehit performance Loser Ross Edmonstone allowed nine hits Simcoe scored the winning run in the second inning as Gerry Chico Ray stole two bases and scored on single by AIMaguire Stolen bases were the order of the evening for the Simcoe squad in the first three innings as Gary Helmakey Ray and Graham Stewart and Keith Cairns all took extra bases Simcoe scored three runs in the third inning and finished off with fourrun sixth inning Charlebois and Maguire col lected the biggest hits of the night banging triple each CANPLAS 12 0R0 Canplas Industries scored twice in the sixth inning finally taking the lead for good over Oro on the way to the 127 vic tory Dave Lowe went the distance for Canplas allowing seven runs on six hits Rob Guy took the loss for Fisher scattering 14 hits Shortstop John Poole went on hitting rampage for Canplas with two singles and triple The three hits gave him three for three record on the night in his first two trips to the plate he reached base on an error and fielders choice GRIZZLIES DEFEATED PITTSBURGH CP Pittsburgh Colts paced by two touchdown performance by John Knox defeated Toronto Grizzlies 567 in MidAtlantic Football League game Satur day The win raised Pittsburghs record to 21 and dropped Toronto to 12 Tight end Dave Smith scored the only touchdown for Toronto on 44yard pass play with quarter back Jim Ousley who also passed to Bob Riley for one point convert Newmarket takes midget title masQM Ar Barries Blair Powell of Adanac Lock and Safe midgets waits for the throw as Markham player leaps back to the bag during first annual Barrie Minor Baseball Association midget tournament at Eastview diamond Barrie won the game by default when iniuries and playerejection forced Markham to withdraw Examiner Photo by Cathy Heather yMw WW3 Pitcher John Kemp was the main man of the weekend The Newmarket player pitched total of 14 innings and gave up only nine hits leading Newmarket to the Barrie Minor Baseball Association Midget tournament cham ionship Newmarket de eated Orillia 64 in the championship final Sunday at Eastview Bolton took the consolation final with an 111 trouncing of Markham Newmarket reached the final in an unusual way losing in the first round but won the next two games in the sixteam modified double knockout tour nament Newmarket remained in contention despite 54 loss to Barrie Adanac Lock and Safe in its first game Barrie reached the semi finals of the tournament before bowing out defeating New market Markham was forced to default the second game when injuries and one player ejection left them without enough players to continue Barrie met Newmarket again in one semifinal game Newmarket pitcher John Kemp held Barrie to only two hits while Glen Vollebregt gave up nine hits for Barrie in the 51 loss Cosmos rock San Jose By THE CANADIAN PRESS Even without their top scorer New York Cosmos prov ed they could be awesome of fensively With Giorgio flinaglia sit ting out one suspension Cosmos rip San Jose Earth quakes 50 Sunday in North American Soccer League game

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