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Sports corner Barrie athletes celebrities By RANDY MCDONALD Examiner Sports Editor Jiin Corrigal Dan Maloney Mike Forgrave Cindy Shat to Cindy Nicholas Bob Baird Darryl Sly Wayne Carleton Red Storey Richard Lewis Al Charuk Paul Meger Gary lnskeep Earl Howe Jr and Clyde Gray will be there All are head table guests at the Barrie Ys Mens Club sports celebrities night May 12 at the Continental Inn And thats not all The Ys Mens Club is on the prowl for more celebrities Theyve got ouple of biggies in mind but would rather hold off making any premature an nouncein ents Posters proclaiming the whats and whens of the big night are beginning to appear in the city Were just really starting now said Don Johnson of the advertising committee Were in the home stretch The $25 cest of adult ticket is stiff as is the $15 charge for children under 12 At those prices only the serious sports buf fs will be attending Ys Mens Club would like to see crowd of 300 to help it fulfill pledge to the YMYWCA building fund The club has pledged $14500 to the fund The list of celebrities covers wide range of sporting in terests everything from hockey to diving Dan Maloney former with the Wings former Barrie resident National Hockey League Detroit Red is rugged per Maloncy was sidelined during the season by shoulder in jury and has been frequent guest of the Barrie Minor Hockey Association at its annual windup banquet Jim Corrigal another Barrie native was forced to the sidelines when he was injured at the start of the Canadian Football Lcague season The defensive end has been consistent allstar for the Toronto Argonauts lts town talent Mike Forgrave Collegiate is Canadian recor good to see the Ys Mens Club bringing in some home student at Barrie North holder in the mmetres and appears headed for one of his best seasons Earl ltowc Jr generalmanager of Barrie Raceway is there representing the harness racing interests Red Storey is another familiar name to sports peo result of his duties as releree in the League ple of Barrie as National Hockey Who can forget the Barrie Flyers Senior Hockey Club The organiuition has brought its performance lot of fame to the city with in the Senior League the Eastern Canadian finals and the one Allan Cup triumph Playingcoach Darryl Sly is the team Bob Baird consistent goalscorer experience behind the and Wayne Carleton the new breed of hockey player coming to the Senior Hockey League Gary lnskeep is an exHamilton Tiger Cat Shatto an Olympic class diver Nicholas long distance swimmer who has swam the aters of Lake boxmg enthusiasts ttiilv thing missing is Ontario Gray is there for the big name celebrity like Darryl Sitticr or Lanny McDonald surefire drawing card in organizers say theyre still looking with Cl lit tttlllt few replies Members have to contribute to GHSC The Greater Huronia Sports Council tGHSCi has been pondering the idea of special night to honor the out standing amateur athlete of the year in Hutonia Sure seem to have missed the perfect opportunity to work with the Ys lens lub on this idea What better timeto pay tribute to the achievements of one or two of the amateur athlet es in the area While on the subject of the sports council it seems it has reached the st agc in its existence where it has to get tough to survive The illSt has been nursing lot of sports and getting lit tlc lll return The council is in the red and looking to find ways to pull its head above water tine stop taken towards this has been to raise the mem bership fccs council belong to the council Last year Ho groups arount and insist all groups using the services of the the county used the services of the council in one form or other There were 18 sports in vol in he lliironia Winter Games which the GHSC put on Know how many sports attended the annual meeting Three Thats all just three The ouncil finds itself in financial biiid which it must loosen to survive Bob Baker executive director GllS is going to have to come says the up with one or two fund raising ventures to relive the financial strife Baker says the council is ove $3000 in the hole including the cost of stxinsoring the Winter Games ouncil has number of projects on the drawmg board for this year as lltironia Summer Games clinics fitness testing ctc Theyre not going to work unless the council becomes the ttitpttttttl effort of sports bodies using its services We want to get pmplc who are involved more involved Baker said There art groups who havent been relating to us prt iperl ilNll lttllIHopefully registered for the soccer referee more people have clinic this weekend than the one Baker had by TuesdayTimc is ticking away for those carriers looking to get to the Blue Jays game April 23oaches managers let us know if you have practice coming up and dont forget those schedules Brown returns in style wins invitational pace Doug Brown last years leading driver at Barrie Raceway returned from Mohawk todiivc Brets Counsel to win iii the 3000 invitational Pact Wednesday Frankie Direct with Garth Gordon up set the early speed with quarter mile in 3045 then Sliadyhill fhamp took over to carry the ficld to the half in to 13 Brown sitting fifth at the half moved Brcts Counsel as the horses entered the second half and up the backstrctcli to grab the second slot as the field moved around the upper turn As the horses entered the First il IIIIlI omt Mio llltlSSl it tttiY to oo 7o ANXIHI sllZX io to no Wtitilli ll lIl tilt ler it llXAt Hit tlll is to to Second pat iiilll cliii SL041 lriltslfi tall on it rim 7o lLASllJt lttlit oo no VllMilzltllJ ioo llll It lIXU ill and 11$ no Third trot lllllt coiitl Xioo li lit iyllllllt WILLUW llll ltHY llSS Allt St Itl flhlll EXM Il lt ltiiitl tittt 2o Foulth coml par niilr 70 IAlt lotl ll JCS SKlllY lAllilllflllL lllNSlVl PENNY llMlL It EXAtTHlt lamina ltti Fifth coiid pare mile 8000 titlrllllJllll llAZlllJltlIlII lAlllilS SKIZlLllIlt llMl trite3 fixlltllt 150 Sixth pat iiil Hut 31001 Mltrll Sltll Vle 15 lit 70 fill Jfl 4o 44 If 70 It Tilt Tl fill fill It 10 it ill lb ll 10 ll ll l0 ll tilt ill tit TIM lJ stretch it was Shadyhill Champ on top Danny Hartack in the secondhole and Brets Counsel on the outside In the last 16th Brcts Counsel showed his class and nosed out Shadyhill hamp and Danny llartack to win by three quarters of length and equal ed his liftime record of 204 It was an exceptional mile on good but not fast track Brown had second win in the eighth race with Mack Ack the sixyearold bay gelding owned by Ralph Donaldson of Norwood Ontario crowd of 1007 wagered $59625 SHADY lllllllAMl DANNY llAlllAtK fit 220 20 lIXttltllt and 37 Ill Scwntli trot mile road 8600 L1 Il lA Ill IlLSlI ll 40 ti 2t llASlWtN ll DUDLEY ill 21 40 590 0t llMlI ltiIlfi liXV lt lit ti and $225 00 Eighth cond Iilll mile 5950 MMK AtK 90 300 250 AltNllIMAltillltllth 400 290 LUCKY 230 lllllt 20315 llXAl TD and $27 00 IIiilh linlip pace mile 00 iAltlllSth TDN lltlDl lillll NANlKNlGHl IIMIC irisr liXttTtllt and $11 00 lcnlh com pare mili $500 WlL Ltllt lltllft DllSlY llt iMllAY lllltllSSt TIME 0015 lIXAt IDlt and SH 00 Allllltlfllllt 1007 llandlc 350025 Track good 20 50 60 till 60 270 390 30 230 20 230 90 14 picked forGames MUNlltllAl Ilt Four teen athletes liaVc been chosen to compete for anada in the Maccabiah Gaines this summer in Tel Avrv it was announced Wednesday It is expected that more than 100 athletes will be chosen for the Games to be held July 1221 Like the llyinpics the Mac cabiahs are held every four years and are limited to Jewish athletes Bob Coulson left accepts the Charles Lowe Memorial Trophy LEFT PHOTO from Vicepresident Harry Partridge as the most valuable player of the Colts Junior Hockey Club for the 197677 season The olts captain also trophy Rookie of the year award went to Brad MacDonald rlflhl won the scoring photo who won sports Trim Flyers 4l Twoin CllOW for Leafs with Flyers in Toronto By THE ANILN PRESS Theres nothing like win ning streak to keep people smiling during the National Hockey League playoffs The teams that are winning these lays Toronto Maple Leafs New York Islanders Montreal Ianadicns and Boston Bruins have compiled some impressive streaks The Bruins clubbed Los Angeles tr2 Wednesday night for their third in row over the Kings and the Maple Leafs trimmed the Flyers 41 for their second in row at the Philav delphia Spectrum Toronto had won only once in six years there before theplayoffs The loss extended the Flyers playoff losing string to six games including Montreals fourgame sweep in the Stanley Cup final last spring The islanders beat Buffalo Sabres +2 for the sixth coir secutive time in the playoffs on the third consecutive game winning goal by left winger Clark Gillies The triumph ex tended goalie Billy Smiths per sonal unbeaten string to 13 games over all and to eight coir secutive victories over the Sa bres The Canadicns bcat St Louis 34 for their ltltli consecutive playoff victory over the Blues and their sixth consecutive postseason triumph while ex tending their home unbeaten string to 36 games with 30 vic tories and six tics TAKE 20 LEADS The results gave the winners 20 leads in the bestofsevcn quarterfinal series But few people on the winning sides said positive things about their chances in the rest of the games if we are going to sit back and think we are going to win Cairns pcewcco of Thornton wrapped up thc season with it flourish on the weekend with successful showing in tournament play elude front row at left Roger lihiion John llllsworth Mikc Switzcr Todd ltcrricr Guy Laflcur continues to rake in points in the National Hockey League playoffs The anadicns ulstar has four goals and four assists in two games against St Louis we arc not going to win said Montreal left winger Bob iaincy We have great play ers but they lllt Bluest also work hard Are you kidding asked Boston coach Don licrry when questioned about the prospects of sweep if we get that third victory think that maybe it will be all over Brit weve got to gct that third game We know its far from over said Toronto right winger Lanny McDonald We cant take anything for gran ted said Maple Leafs centre Darryl Sit llcr in fact only the lslanders Gillies was willing to say It looks like otir chances are good since they tthc Sabres have to take fotir of the next five games as onus cu cu olts formall closeo the Bill Hake Trophy Hake president of the Colta organization was on hand to present MacDonald with his award The trophies were handed out Wednesday at an awards night Examiner Photo sports shorts Mistics even final series Stayncr McKeans Mist ics arent giving anything up in the final of the Siincoe County Mens Basketball League Mistics defeated and Disposers 8334 Wednesday at Eastview Secondary School in physical fourth game to tie the bestoffivc final at 22 The fifth and deciding game is slated for Stayncr on Tues day Stayncr rebounded from loss Tuesday in Stayncr to take 4125 halftime lead Disposers came within nine points of catching the Mist ics early in the second half only to watch the margin slowly increase Rick Husk paced the Stayncr offcncc with 28 points John Pretty had 15 Gary lnskeep had 17 points for the Disposers with Leo McBride Mike Patrick adding tZeach The game was not without its heated moments Disposers coach Peter Jensen was banished from the bench in the first half for verbal sassingof an official Broomboll Leagues owords night lnnisfil Mens Broomball League will hold its annual awards night celebrations Saturday at the Lefroy Arena The evening begins at pm at cost of $7 couple buf fet will be served with disc jockey to supply the music During the evening the league will fonrially honor its top performers over the past season Trophies for the top scorer top goaltender most valuable player and rookie of the year are among those to be given out Tickets can be purchased at the door Soccer registration is Saturday Registration for the Barrie Optimist Minor Soccer Association begins Saturday at Eastview Arena between the hours of 10 am pm There is another registration planned the next week at the Barrie Arena Cost is $10 player $15 for wt and $20 for three or more Wishes Barrie players best of luck Douglas Dalton of Einsdalc 18 miles north of Huntsville wrote The Examiner to congratulate few Barrie hockey players Dalton who lived in Barrie from 19tfr76 pointed out Jim Hamilton registered 92 points in his final year with the Lon don Knights He says llamiltoti is mobility and agility He draft in May Dalton also pointed out the feats of Glenn Richardson who posted fine year with Tulsa ilers of the Central Hockey League and Terry Martin playing alongside Gil lerreault of the Sabres He doesnt look out of place in the least Good luck Terry you have the knack and know how for fine and lengthy career writes Dalton similar to Bill Barber in size is expected to go high in the pro Cairns club end season with flourish Members of the club iii Joey Cochrane Steve McCann Gary Hurwcll ltnil Hrctt Jr and Andrew Laycock Back row at left Paul Brett manager John Laycock Owen Sponagle Scott Kerr Bobby Morrison Scott Everton Lloyd Ellsworth trainer and coach Luycock Photo by Rod Crooksron Harold season The hockey year ended for the Barrie Colts where it all beganover dinner at Miramar Gardens It seems like just few months ago that the executive of the Junior Hockey Club invited the media to gettogether to for mally announce plans for the upcoming season in the Mid Ontario Junior Hockey League The club officially wrapped up the 197677 season with its an nual awards night Wednesday Topping the list of award winners was Bob Coulson The Colts captain claimed the teams scoring trophy and was selected as the clubs valuable player Brad MacDonald was the unanimous choice as rookie of the year Coulson finished the season with 28 goals and 26 assists for 54 points He was the sparkplug of the Colts offence with the knack of making things happen when he was on the ice MacDonald in his first season with the Colts notched 14 goals and 13 assists He was persistent worker for Barrie Colts felt his absence when the forward was knocked out of the playoffs with knee injury It was not the kind of year the Colts expected They didnt match their preseason expectations finishing fourth and hav ing to meet the firstplace Oak Ridge Dynes Jewellers in the first round of the playoffs Oak Ridge knocked Barrie out in four straight games enroute to the league championship The year witnessed playercoaching changes Late in November the club replaced Don Crowe and Don Martin with Lorne Knowles did enjoy the year quite truthfully Knowles said He told the executive and players that he would have enjoyed better finish but overall considered it successful season from his point If things turn out and happen to be back again next year hope to have better season Knowles said Bill Hake president of the Otilts organization thought the club gave it good shot wish we could have gone little farther but all in all it was pretty good year There was sad moment to the evening Jack Garner direc tor of public relations called for moments silence at the beginning of the program in remembrance of Charlie Church who died Wednesday He was the father of Wayne Church who finished his second year on defence with Barrie He was very dear friend and great supporter of our club Garner said lim Short announced his intention to step down as manager of the Barrie Colts Junior Hockey Club Wednesday Short com pleted his second term with the olts and was instrumental in turning the olts organization into first class operation Short leaving managers role Jim Short is leaving the Barrie Colts Junior Hockey Club Short announced his intent ion to step down as manager of the club Wednesday at the annual awards night celebrations Short longtime supporter of hockey in Barrie just finished his second term as manager of the Colts He told the players he was giving up the role of manager because he felt he could no longer give it the attention it needs He said he couldnt give the job 100 per cent of his time anymore and shouldnt do it if he couldnt devote the proper amount of energy the role calls for Short played an instrumental role in establishing the Colts organizations as first class operation Im quite happy to be part of it and wish it all the best in the future Short said When we first started the season we had great expecta tionsWe didnt do quite as well maybe thought we would lie applauded the efforts of Knowles who stepped in to the coaching shoes at difficult time You have to give Lorne Knowles lot of credit for stepping in when hedid Short said adding that at the time it was felt change had to be madeand was Short said Knowles deserves another crack next year Short has noticed in his two years in the Junior hockey league system with Barrie that each year brings with it great change over of players In Junior Hockey you go many ways Year to year the team changes 50 per cent he said You cant depend on the same players year after year Short mentioned that one of the responsibiities or objectives of the hockey club was to help players wishing to go on to col lege on hockey scholarships We hope from the executive level that weve helped you loulson extended the thanks of the players at the close of the dinner He said the club appreciated the work the executive did for them We sure will remember what you tried to do for us he said One goal for Adams in Alexanders win WOODSTOCK nt tCll Brantford Alexanders took twogame lead in the Allan Cup eastern semifinals by de feating Woodstock Royals Til Wednesday Jack Egers lcd Brantford with three goals Bob ltoscllc Steve DcGurse Corby Adams and John McMillan also scored for Brantford Brian Paton Ted Brown and Brantford lead 10 at the end of the first period and went ahead 20 in the secand before laton beat Brantford goal tender Stan Worosz on penal ty shot Woodstock tied the score but two Brantford goals 23 seconds apart late in the second period took much of the fight out of the underdog Royals The third game in the bestof Don Jones replied for Wood scvcn series will be played Fri stock day in Brantford Ladies hockey tournament tonight The fifth annual ro Jets Ladies hockey tournament gets underway tonight at the 0m Township Community Arena Oro Rockets and Newtonbrook have the honor of formally kicking off the touniainent which runs to Sunday Game time is pm There are three divisions in the tournament 20 teams and total of