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Barrie Examiner, 21 Oct 1977, p. 14

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vb Hm Hm REGGIE JACKSON hero much if one New York fan wa won the final game for Ne World Series But isnt it the same in al It goes to show how fast people change in player is hero they forget about all the trouble in the past and want to get on the bandwagon with him doubt very end of Tuesdays game when he almost singlehandede Billy Martin on national television He then nearly came to blows wrth Martin in the dugout during game in Boston Many fans as well as players turned against Jackson It had to bea most unbearable season for Jackson who New York owner George Steinbrenner paid $29 million to get when Reggie was free agent But Jackson came through and was worth every cent the New York teamspent Jackson was voted the Series Most Valuable Player with record of five home runs and series average of 450 In the series he broke the record for the most home runs most runs scored 10 most con secutive homers in two games and the most total bases 25 The total bases record was previously held by Mar tin When Martin was told that Reggie had broken his record Martin said Reg gie is super guy next year will be lot easier for him ports When booing Reggie Jackson at the York and consequently the sports How often have you been at ball game or hockey game where the fans have been on player and booed his every move Yet with home run or couple of goals the past is forgiven gt Sports is the most cruel anything to do with If you occupation that have had atch the various games on TV and read the accounts of sports in the newspapers you will know what mean have seen soccer players attacked by fans for making couple of mistakes that COSt their team the game have seen hockey players razzed so much that they have raised their fists to the fans In couple of instances the player has become so angered that he has gone after some of the fans Some years ago there was Pong He was good jocke Len was always among the le lot of compi lead with just few strides back onto the track Only Lens pride was hurt When he got up the fans instead of being concerned about whether he was hurt began to boo him In span of couple of weeks Pong fell off two more horses during races The papers started calling him Fall Off Pong and the fans would boo him as soon as he went on the track They forgot about all the great rides that Len had made Through the constant pressure put on him he began to ride less and less Owners started to believe that he might also fall off their mounts has to be loser and someti man only hope that Reggie Jac few ments from the press and lot of cheering from the horse race fans But things turned sour for Pong It started in handicap race at the Greean Race Track then known as Woodbine when his horse took the Amplefr leads jockey by the name of Len riding on the Ontario circuit ading jockeys and was getting go Pong fell off the horses Yes everyone likes winner But people forget that there mes the loser is far greater kson can stay hero for if he 52 should slip he will soon be forgotten senior scoring CAMBRIDGE Ont CP Tim Ampleford of Whitby Iroquois has onepoint lead in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior Storing race Ampleford has seven goals and six assists for 13 points Wayne King of Barrie Flyers Chuck Kelner of Thunder Bay Mus Bob Peace of Cambridge Hornets and Rick Kessell of Whitby have 12 points each and share second place Steve Cardwell of Whitby leads in goals with eight while Ron Hawkshaw of Whitby and Peace have the most assists nine Bob Dupuis of Cambridge leads the regular goalies with 275 average while Cambridge defenceman Ralph Hopiavuori has the most penalty minutes 32 Pim AmplefordW 13 King Ba 12 KelnerTB 12 KessellW I2 Peace BC 12 23 ByerleyTB 11 HawkshawW 11 CardwellW 1013 TitanicW IO MartelC 10 Flyers play host to Mississauga Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Senior Hockey host to the Mississauga Golde Arena at 830 League play Arrows tonight at the Barrie The F1 ers are undefeated ori home ice this season and hope to exten its winning streak wi th victory tonight The Flyers have had trouble on the road and they are forced to win tonight iftheywishtotakepartina tou The tournament will select mament later this year club from the league which will take part in an international tournament in Czechoslovakia ear ly in 1978 Andretti clocks fastest Iaptime TOKYO AP Mario An dretti of the United States clocked the fastest run Friday during the first day of official time trials for Sundays Japan Grand Prix the last race of the 1977 Formula season The 37yearold Andretti School cu driving John Player Special Lotus 761 was timed in one minute 1223 seconds over the Fuji International Speedway track located southwest of Tokyo Andretti has won four Grand Prix races this year rling clinic scheduled curling in Barrie at the Barrie Curling clinic will be held Sawsday for high school students 11 The clinic starts at am and continues until pm All in terested students are invited to attend Registration fee is $5 and also covers the curlin registration for the 197778 season Students at the three gh school curling High school curlin practice The lrstdraw starts 0v schools are asked to contact their coach or just go to the club Saturday sessions begin Oct 25 and 27 Doug Holt runningback for the Central Collegiate junior Redskins gets tackled by swarm of Eastview School Wildcats Thursday in Georgian Bay spo In second place JIM ANGUS Scores BOB COULSON Two Assists Secondary Secondary School Association junior football game The Redskins came from behind to edge the Wildcats 1412 Converging on the pile are John Hoak 99 and Pete Cole 60 Central players Chris Skelton 65 and Rob Tikkala move in to help Ex aminer Photo Colts rally to triumph By WERNER BERGEN Sports Editor We got rid of the lOfoot hockey sticks and the miners hats with the lights after the first period said Howie Forbes coach of the Barrie Colts in the Mid0ntario Junior Hockey League The Colts came from 41 deficit early in the second period to defeat the Owen Sound Kings 65 Thursday night at the Barrie Arena to take over sole possession of second place We got rid of those sticks they went fishing for pucks with and the hats they were using to see in the corners with and started to play hockey Forbes said jokingly SKATING Forbes said the clubjust did not skate or hit in the first period and the Kings built upa 1H lead They outskated us in the first period he said We pulled it out but we have to stop winning this way But two points are two points Colts Kings Forbes said the team has been coming from behind to win games this season but the 41 deficit is the biggest the Colts have overcome LEAVE 41 think we should leave 41 as the biggest he said There was one good hit in the first period and that was by Graham Giffen Forbes stated In the second period they started hitting and skating and afterall that is what hockey IS all about Forbes said the defence came through and gave goalie Dun can Brownell some assistance He added Brownell played good game in the second and third periods and didnt play all that bad in the first PULLED our It was the skating that pulled the Colts out of its hole especral ly the skating of Jim Garner and the rest of his line The Colts started going after the Kings in waves of attack and the second efforts starting paying off Brent Underwood Tom White and Mark Goetz scored in the first period for Owen Sound Eric Cummings scored late in the opening period on powerplay with Rick Jeremy assmting With only 37 seconds played in the second nod Pete Cor mier scored for the Kings Cummings Bra MacDonald and Jim Angus scored to tie the game for Barrie wrth Angus goal coming on powerplay MEN SHORT The Colts were two men short late in the second period and early in the third but managed to kill off the penalties With Owen Sound tying the game early in the third period the Colts started pressi even more Bob Coulson scor what proved to be the winning goal With five minutes remaining with Angus assisting The Colts take on first lace Oak Ridges on Tuesdavin Oak Ridges The Colts trail first place club by four pornts but have one game in hand Hawkins defeats Hardhitting defence dominates senior game By WERNER BERGEN Sports Editor Defence dominated Thursday afternoon as Barrie Central Collegiate Redskins over powered Eastview Secondary School Wildcats 210 in Georgian Bay Secondary School Association senior foot ball league game The Redskins defence held the Wildcats to one first down and picked off asses and recovered several umbles The Wildcats held Central scoreless in the first quarter and held the undefeated Redskins in check until late in the second half The Redskins scored two touchdowns in the second quarter They also scored late in the fourth quarter RUNNING It was the running attack of Paul Laking and Tim Gleason that dominated the game Both runners ran for over 100 yards rushing It takes heck of good defence to stop our offence and good offence score on our defence Dave Garland Red skins co coach said Garland said the Wildcats played good defensive game UP FOR GAME Bruce Clark Redskins co coach said the teams were up for the game He said that would account for the blunders and fumbles the offence made early in the first quarter The Wildcats offensive line has caused the team problems all year and Thursday it did not come through again The Red skins defence sacked quarter back Dave Beauchesne on several occasions and stopped runningbacks in the Eastvrew backfield regularly Jim Brady Wildcats coach said he did not know what to do about the line He said he was pleased with the way the defence played HARD HITTING It was probably one of the hardest hitting games of the season with players from both sides going off with injuries The runningbacks on both teams were brought down on most occasions with gang tackles Central 21 Eastview Dave Britnell received the opening kickoff for Central and ran around the whole Eastview team to centre field penalty moved the ball back to the 40 yard line Gleason ran the ball 15 yards on the first play but the Wildcats then shutoff the runn ing game throwing the Red skins for losses Central was forced to punt the ball and Eastview returned it to the 45 yard line FIRST PLAY On the Wildcats first play of the game Paul Cherry recovered Eastviews fumble on the 41 yard line series of Central mistakes and bad lateral paSSes ended up with Mike Quesnell picking up fumble and running the ba to the Central 25 penalty called the run back but Eastview had first down on its own 46 Eastviewwent to the offen sive for the second time in the game and first down pass was intercepted by Rob Hall Hall ran the interception back to the 33 but then Central fumbled the ball George Jewell recovered the fumble NO OF FENCE Eastview was forced to punt after it could not generate any offence and Central took over at its own 53 yard line Gleason and Laking then alternated in carrying the foot ball to the Eastview five yard line Britnell carried the ball in for the touchdown The convert was good and Central led 70 Eastview and Central then exchanged several punts and Central took over deep in the Wildcats end after bad punt MOVED BALL Gleason and Laking again moved the ball deep into Eastview zone with running plays and receiving screen passes Dave Waldock threw 15 yard pass to Laking in the endzone for the touchdown After the convert Central led 140 third down gamble by Cen tral went for 20 yards and set up the teams next touchdown Gleason ran in the ball from the 10 yard line for the major score Central takes on undefeated Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute on Tuesday at Central Eastview travels to Collingwood on Wednesday Late Aust touchdown gives Redskins win 19 yard tackle breaking run by Steve Aust lifted Barrie Cen tral Collegiate junior Redskins to 1412 win over Eastview Secondary School Wildcats Thursday in the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association football league The loss by Eastview elim inated the team from playoff competition The Redskins trailed 127 with only minutes remaining to be played Several Eastview penalties allowed Central to move to the Wildcats 19 yard line HANDOFF Aust took the handoff and plunged up the middle of the ine on delayed run He was stopped cold at the eight yard line by three tacklers but managed to break free and run over two more Eastview players before crossing the goal line We were lucky said John Montgomery Redskins coach Aust and Terry Ellis played hell of game Redskins Wildcats Montgomery said the Red skins had several fortunate breaks with penaltias and his team was able to take ad vantage of them BURIED thought we had them buried said Gerry Hendry Wildcats coach Hendry said he thought the Wildcats outplayed Central but just could not put the game out of reach Central took 70 lead in the game on their first play from scrimmage Aust ran 80 yards for the score on an end sweep ALTERNATED Mike Edwards Greg Bren nan and Bill Merrick alternated carrying the ball for Eastview as the Wildcats marched downfield for touchdown Ed wards scored after three at tempts from close in The two point convert attempt failed In the second half Tim Taylor moved Eastview into scoring position with series of handoff reverses Pete Morgan moved the ball to the 13 yard line and then Edwards carried the ball in to score The convert attempt failed again With time running out for Central Eastview started get ting roughing and procedure penalties The penalties allow ed the Redskins to move downfield and set up the winn ing touchdown by Aust North Collegiate captures area crosscountry title Barrie North Collegiate has captured the school champion ship in the Georgian Bay Secon dary School Association cross count meets Nort led the schools with 107 points while Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational In stitute is second with 93 points Third is Barrie Central Col legiate with 32 points Canadian Forces Base Borden is fourth with 29 points while Stayner Collegiate In stitute has 26 Collingwood has 23 points GIRLS DIVISION Orillia led the girls division with 44 ints while North has 27 Thir is Central with 26 North won the boys division championship with 80 points while Orillia has 49 Coll ingwood is third with 20 North dominated the three boys divisions taking first place in each category Collingwood and Orillia were tied for second in the midget division with Cen tral and Stayner tied for third SECOND Orillia is second in junior boys with Borden third Orillia is second again in senior boys with Stayner third Central won the midget girls division with Orillia second and Borden third North and Orillia are tied for first in the open girls classification with Stayner second Alliston Collingwood and Central are tied for third place Rick Dickey of Stayner won the midget boys gold medal with Nick Brindeau of Coll ingwood taking the silver medal Bob Graves of North won the bronze Autry becomes Angels president Camp of Sweden EDMONTON CP Bob Hawkins of Edmonton made perfect freeze with his last rock on the final end Thursday to de feat world champion Ragnar Camp of Sweden 85 in the first round of the World Open Cur ling Tournament of Champions Hawkins had tworock lead coming home and ap red in trouble when Camps irst stone was freeze to count one Hawkins miss with his last rock would have left Camp an easy draw for the tying rock Camp and his partners have two chances left in the $50000 tournament which opened with 64 rinks Among other firstround wins in Section Gord Trenchie of Edmonton whipped Tom Reed Of St Alberttwice an Alberta representative in the Canadian championships91 Also onesided was an 83 vic tory by Ron Northcott of Cal gary threetime world cham pion over Dr Lloyd Nattress of Lloydminster Sask Stan Trout of Edmonton bounced Don We of White horse YT 105 Wayne Soko losky of Calgary 1977 Alberta champion had 98 Section victory over Al Wilson of Ed monton Bernie Sparkes of Vancouver whipped Doug Johnston of Ed monton 93 Paul Savage of Toronto four time Alberta champion downed Vic Wintoniak of Ed monton 96 while Larry Pineau of Thunder Bay 0nt bowed 745 to Brent Giles of Vancouver ANAHEIM iAP Back in the Saddle Again Gene Au trys theme song when he was cowboy movie and radio star has new multimillion dollar arrangement He is taking over rsonal direction of his California Angels baseball team whiclieinvested heavily in highpriced ballplay ers but produced lowpriced finish in 1977 Autry 70 chairman of the board of the American League team will install himself as president and plans to bring infor mer San Diego Padres president Buzzre Bavasr as executive vicepresident Last winter the Angels spent the millions in longterm con tracts acquiring freeagent outfielders Joe Rudi and Don Bay lor formerly Oakland As and shortstop Bobby Grich for merly of Baltimore Orioles The potential for an American League pennant or diviSion title for the first time in the Angels 17year history wasn bor ne out Serious injuries to Grichs back and Rudis hand held them to total of about onehalf season Poor to mediocre years for several other Angels contributed to fifth place finish in the American League West Division with 7488 record Arthur Red Patterson the Angels president the last three years will stay with the club to handle public relations and other duties Autry says Harry Dalton who has been executive Vice resrdent and general manager since 1971 will stay in the atter post as Bavasi moves into the vicepresidentsjob formal announcement of the changes Will be made Monday the Angels said Autry added in an interview that the srgung of Bavasi whose son Peter is general manager of the ALs Toron to Blue Jays isnt completed as yet but definitely we Will make deal WON JUNIOR Ernie Desroches of Midland won the junior boys gold medal with Stu Finlayson of Orillia placing second John Scott of Orillia is third overall In the senior boys division Al Miller of Orillia placed first overall with Gary Cooper of Collingwood second Brian McKeown of Stayner won the bronze medal Marie Harvey of Stayner won the midget girls gold medal along with Jane McDonough of Central Pam Rogers of Orillia is second and Selina Bullen of Orillia third JUNIOR GIRLS In the junior girls division Mary Ann Oschefski of Orillia is first with Sue Brown of Ban ting Memorial High School of Alliston second Louise Donovan of Orillia is third Angie Schmidt of Midland is first in the senior girls division with Chris Brown of Col ingwood second Leslie Black of North is third and won the bronze medal Islanders cquire Bergeron UNIONDALE NY iAP New York Islanders acquimi right winger Michel Bergeron from Detroit Red Wings for centre Andre St Laurent in National Hockey League trade Thursday Bergeron the Red Wings fourth selection and the 63rd player drafted in 1974 scored 32 goals as rookie in 197576 In 174 NHL games with Detroit he scored 64 goals and had 46 as sists for 110 points St Laurent the Islanders third draft choice in 1973 played 261 games for New York scoring 38 goals and 83 assists for 104 points

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