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Barrie Examiner, 3 Nov 1977, p. 16

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937 1o tho examiner Thursday Nov 1917 Whats Basketball goes strong By WERNER BERGEN Examiner Sports Editor Basketball is not just pla ed by Goliatls in the National Basketball Association in the United States Basketball is popular in Canada and there is highly competitive league in the Barrie area with competent layers The Georgan Bay Mens Basketga better and better all the time according to referee Bill McAleer McAleer is an rated official in the province and has travelled extensively across Ontario officiating games in various leagues of varying quality The Simcoe County Mens Basketball Leagueplays in the Georgian Bay Assocration and there are 11 teams in the Sim coe County League teams in the league The Dis the one game The Dis points last several years in the lea calibre basketball scholarship ty team at York University and pick up pointers teams others across the province two top teams in the lea any McAleer said exciting Althou Most of the teams can compare to intermediate calibre 52 in the Toronto League McAleer stated Our top three 22 teams could very easily play intermediate McAleer said the and Dis Peter Reino of Orillia and Stayner Mistics were the top four posers lost that game by five points while the Teachers won the championship game by more than 20 McAleer said the quality of basketball has improved in the gue and many of the players have layed university basketball He said three of the star ting ive players for Alliston were of university varsity In fact several of the players in the league had played col lege basketball in the United States Gary Inniskeep who went on to play professional football went to the US on Larry Deneau referee said the local teams were among the top clubs in their categories in the province He said there were more followers of the league this year than in past seasons but more spectators would be helpful Deneau said the league is very competitive and the competitiveness was bringing better ball players into the league He said one or two of the teams in the lea recreational clubs but the rest are competitive high calibre Greg Burns coach and player with the Peter Reino Hustlers said the teams in the league are fairly equal witt Burns played in Etobicoke with recreational league several years ago and rated the Simcoe County league as higher calibre and competitive league McAleer said it is pleasure to referee game between gue He said any one team could win any game and it made for exciting basketball There is no chipiness because they cant afford to have The basketball uality in the league is high and games are gli there are several weak teams they should improve as time goes on Being exposed to top calibre players can only help the younger and less experienced players if they dont become discouraged No admision is charged at the games and the worth watching Games are played Monday nights at Eastview Secondary School with the game starting at 830 11 Association is getting posers Alliston Marauders posers went to the semifinals of the Ontario 1n termediate championships last year losi tual provincial champions Sudbury Teachers The deciding Tournament was held in Timmins and the Dis play three games on one day while the Teachers played only ng out to the even posers had to No years ago team from the league defeated the varsi McAleer said the quality of ball now is the best he has ever seen in the league The refereeing in the league has helped the ball as well McAleer said We have the third best referee board in the province behind Toronto and Hamilton The referee board will sponsor tournament Dec 17 with 16 teams from across the province participating McAlea said the disappointing part is that there has been little fan interest shown He said including the wives and girl friends of players there usually arent more than 20 Spec tators at game He said high school players were showing interat in the league and are coming out to watch the games quality of gue are games are Grieses glasses cause trouble MIAMI AP Professional football players often have to contend with playing in the rain or snow But Bob Griese of Miami Dolphins has unique weather problem that could affect his gamefog Griese is the only National Football League quarterback who wears eye when he plays He got lot of attention recen tly when he appeared jokinglywwearing glasses equipped mth little electric windstueld wipers Siznoe then Griese has received more than 100 letters from farts off advice on his eye trouble One warns different type of problem He told me Ill have problems with my glasses when play in the cold we 216 Griese said Record exactor pays $2075 l0 igitztrig as uracil and gut now made new records possum hemmed4 get Barrie Race fr he sexone race he km 3yearold Gene Putney driven by Maurice Err1k Sr finally straightened out made no mistakes and won in wire to wire victory that id two people in the crow new record exactor price prled with Shiaway Shadowfax Dave Fuller driving the exactor paid whopping $207510 In the fwture seventh race Preffered Two Pace for purse of $1000 Larry Rose moved Dave Collins to the top with first quarter in 29 seconds half in 100 45 and mile in 212flal The mile in 202 was new track record for Barrie Raceway and new record for the fryearold Dave Collins The previous record of 202 115 was held by Scott Rowes Ken tucky Girl The attendance was 1236 and $87766 was handled lraGeway results WEDNESDAY llt elm ace mile 8400 ENOO NTER AGILE ANNIE NORTHWOOD PATRICK Time 22011215 EXACTOR and 220 2nd codn at mile use RED RU 4050 12 910 SHIAWAY SRADOWFAX 1300 090 COUNT IDMAC 510 Time 207 215 EXACIOR and $127510 3rd clm trot mile use DAMN ll JIM 400 200 210 illhll liliilON 200 210 DONll BOMBER 230 Time 10 EXAIYIUlt 01 mi no uh rim pan rill 340 50 450 TAR 101111101 an 40 no NEWELLA 17 10 1110 REPLICA itiZleml 10 Tim EXALNM 4m 40 In MI DANNV MM no no unummmumuw no 70 CHIMIIY 11 rmwmv 10 Time VI xxmrmt MM in oth clm pace mile 00 TOM QUINN 83 350 70 FARM TAARA 450 30 BLUE CRAIN 540 Time 20625 EXACIOR 4and1$4970 7th codn pace mile 81000 DAVE COLLINS 310 230 80 PUTNEYS CHRISSI 290 1110 MG SUSAN 720 Time 202 EXACTOR and 311150 801 codn gee mile 3700 DREAM ME 101 830 290 CANASTA HAL 830 270 ECONOMIST 10 Time 206 EXACTOR and $5560 001 clm pace mile 1700 WALTERS MARCH 1940 1230 800 KALEE MISSION 11160 910 FOLLOW FLIGHT 460 Time 208 EXACIOR and $10980 10111 elm plti mile 00 ROMAN WINNER 2320 740 550 REPLICA MAC 370 240 MAGS GIRL 280 Time 115 KXAIOll band 8111120 lilMlo $517 Paul Laking runninghnck for thc Rarric cntrul ollcgiiitc senior Redskins foolan tcnin cvudcs luckier during rc ccnt playoff game against ollingwood Linking will lcttd thc Redskins into the Simcoc ounty championship gnmc Fri day against Orillia and District ollcgintc and Vocational institute ihc gami begins at pm at the football field at cntral Ihc winner of thc game will host the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association championship ncxt week The Redskins won thc right to advance into thc finals with 421 win ovcr ollingwood whili Orilliii dcfcuted Alliston ilx amincr Photo Redskins battle Orillia for high school title WERNER BERGEN Examiner Sports Editor It worked for them for almost four football sczisons now and the Barrie entral ollcgiatc senior Redskins will go into Fri days championship game with few chzingcs in lllfll linc up or attack The Redskins host Orillizi and District ollcgiatc and Voca tional Institute at 111 the Simcoc ounty football chum pionship The winner of thc gami will host the Georgian Bay Secondary School Assrkiation championship next week Bruce lark who coaches the cum along with how Garland said there would be no major changes in the teams structuri We noticed few things 111 the last gamc lzirk said The Changes will be very slight and that could take ILSSIIIL off us ONE INJlRY The Redskins have only one injury bruised ribs on dcfcnsivc halfback Dave Britncll Orilha has strong attack and the 111 jury could hurt the Redskins defensively The last game was real dogfight liirk said rcgnrding the Redskins 70 victory over Orilliu carhcr this season Th0 seven points scored by thc Redskins was the fcwcst hiy have scored in rcccnt years lark said the Orilhn ltlflltt was the toughest his team has faced this scnson They put more pressure on us than any othcr tcnm lnrk Nick Steinfort ioins Falcons ATLANTA AP Fred Steinfort booted out of thc pla cekickers job with Detroit Lions by Steve Mike Maycr has moved back into the National Football League by replacing Michayirs brother Nick as Atlanta Falcons fieldgoal SprlilllSl Thats just part of the busi ness Steinfort said Wed nesday after the Falcons an nounccd his signing and lhc cut ting of Michnyir Mikc Mayer who has mud only scvcn of 10 ficld goal ill tempts this year said can forget this sczison and just look forward toncxt ycur Stciriforl lch footed kickcr ousted George Illzindu ill 111k land Inst year but was sidc lined by pulled groin muscle after seven games Going to championship The midget girls crosscountry team from Barrie Central Collegiate recently won the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association championship The team will be competing in the allOntario championships on Saturday in North Bay The team will be leaving Fridin 50 and return after the race Kneeling in front from left are coachcs John lrving Marie Sawick and William liuddleston Back from left are runners June McDonough Patty Medhurst Suzan larraway Sandy Garrawuy and Jane Cotter Examiner Photo All they did was pass pass pass for the first quarter and hall the coach said After that thcy had us pretty loosened up and started running at us Most teams dont run that good against us but lhcy lid lurk is confident his cum Will be able to defeat Orillia The Redskins will bc throwing one of the most potent offences in high school football at rilliu The Redskins havc two powcr ful running bricks 111 Paul inking and Tim Gleason Laking usually runs the swccps and rcvcrscs whilc Glcnson runs tor ynrdugc through thc Illlllfllt of llll hnc The Redskins also huvc it good passing attack to offset thc runncrs inc of thc kcys to thc Redskins success this year has bccn its printing ficldgonl kicking and spcciiilty teams NUT FORCED Thc Rcdskins llith not bccn lOlCttl to punt or kick too often this ycur but huvc workcd iilll1112ll when tbc occasion lfflnfllltltd lnrk said thc opponcnts in thc Gcorgizin flay championship will likcly bc Markham or lhornhlll lurk added Ncwmarkct lliil an outside chuncc of gctling llllO lbc llllill The Redskins irc undcfcatid 111 lllt prtVlmlS thrcc ycars and luivc not lost llIlS ycnr cnirzil has had only two points scored against thcni this season cnlrul currcnlly shares the title with Ihornhill Stayner wins 26 I4 finishes undefeated ALLISTON The Stayner junior football team finished the 1977 Georgian Bay Secon dary School Association foot ball season undefeated recently with 2014 victory over Ban ting Memorial High School The team played exhibition games in the junior league and finished with six wins and no losses Alliston scored on their first play from scrimmage on 90 yard run Alliston successful ly completed two point con version and led 80 Tom Scott scored Stayners first touchdown right after Alliston took the lead Tim Glencross converted the touchdown and cut the home teams lead to 87 Stayner then attempted short kickoff and Glencross recovered the ball Bill Nodwell gave Stayner the lead with six ard touchdown run Running ack Scott was injured on the drive and saw limited action for the remainder of the game With Scott injured Stayner could not run their famous sweeps and there was no more scoring in the first half The Stayner defence kept Alliston pinned in their own end in the third quarter and had good field position when the final quarter started Girl ioins as boy ST CATHARINES Ont CP seveiiyearold rl says she emailed in hoe ey school as boy because she was rejected when she applied un der her own name In September Janice Mussap applied at St Catharines Minor Hockey School but was refused because the school only permits girls under five years to receive lessons with boys She then applied using boys name and was accepted Janiccs mother Mary Mus sap said she and her husband support their daughters appli cation as boy because shes so enthusiastic about hockey She is forward in local Kiwanis novice league Janice attended the school for two weeks without anyone dis covering she was girl her mother said But this week she wrote the school telling officials of her masquerade Robert Turner secretary of the hockey school said the decision this week by the On tario Human Rights Com mission allowing girls to play competitive hockey with boys will not affect the schools policy The school has an enrolment of 1200 boys between five and 12 years Last second basket gives Kings victory By THE ASStKlATiIll PRESS New Orleans Jim couch Ill gin Ruylor was wcll awnrc of thc National iliiskclhull Associ ations policy against verbally That was atrocious Baylor said angrily about the work of ItftltQS Jack Madden and Tommy Nunez think if something was said more often assaulting rcfcrccs they would be more cautious llut llnylor did not flinch in wilhihcirjobs taking his bcsl shots ill who hc In olhcr games Atlanta considch sonic poor lfici lliiWkS whipped Detroit Pistons aling Wulncsdny mghl in lhc 10289 Chicag Buns edged Juuslnslsuond101102lmslo Philadelphia 76ch 103102 Kansas in Kings Buffalo Braves downed Denver Nuggets 104100 Cleveland zivzilicrs defeated Boston cltics 104101 Los Angeles Lakcrs topped New Jersey Nets 107 102 and Seattle SuperSonics outlzisicd Indiana Pacers loo 101 in ovcrtimc lsiiylor was particularly in ccnscd about an offensive foul called against Truck Robinson with six seconds remaining and the score 102102 He felt the foul should have been against KnnsnsCity lin surc lruck got fouled hc didnt foul anybody charged Baylor After the controversial call Kansas Citys Lucius Allen hit 10foot jump shot with one sec ond left giving the Kings the victory and ending New 0r lcnns fivegame winning streak Richard Washington led Kan 84157in with 22 points New Or lennss ietc Maravich scored 33 TAKE OVER TOP SPOT Atlantas victory gave the surprising Hawks 51 record and moved them into first place in the Central Division11 half gzimc ahead of New Orleans Ron Rehagen who suffered By THE CANADIAN PRESS Rookie defenceman Moe Rob inson sixthround draft pick of Montreal Canadiens last sea scored third eriod power play goal to lea Nova Scotia Voyageurs to 42 win over Hershey Bears in an broken nose in collisron with teammate John Drew while re bounding during the fourth pe riod led Atlanta with 22 points Drew had 20 and Detroits Bob Lanier scored 29 Lanier also suffered muscle spasms in his right eye and said he was seeing double He was to be ex amined by an eye specialist to day Artis Gilmore scored 30 in ts including the goa ead basket late in the fourth uar ter as Chicago the stum ling 76ers their third straight loss and fourth setback in six games George McGinniss 21 points paced Philadelphia Randy Smith scored 32 poin ts Billy Knight had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Swen Nater collected 14 ints in cluding two clutch skets in the final two minutes and 14 rebounds helping Buffalo end fourgame losing streak Rookie Anthony Roberts led Denver with 20 points Walt Frazier led Cleveland with 22 points while Jo Jo White was high for the Celtics with 20 Rookie James Edwards scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds and another rookie Norm Nixon tallied nine of his 16 ints in the final period inclu ing seven in the last 118 lifting the Lakers past the Nets John Johnsons baseline jum per with 21 seconds remaining in overtime lifted Seattle pus Indiana Gus Williams liillt off the bench and paced the Sonics with 27 points Indianas John Williamson scored 10 Voyageurs down Hershey Bears American game The win for the Voyageurs broke thicc umc slump in which they had won bcnlcn Ii in Rochester on lrridu night in Springficld Saturday and in New Haven on Sundny night Ilock cy League Jeff Hall scored touchdown for Stayner with Glencross con verting Alliston came right back with big play on long pass completion and cut the Stayner lead to 2014 The Stayner defence then Alliston and Hall scored on the last play of the game to clinch the win orStayner Hall rushed for 163 yards on 32 carries while Scott had 39 yards on three carries Roy Gabriel ran for 49 yards for took the ball away from Stayner sports shorts Junior Colts host Oak Ridges The Barrie Colts of the MidOntario Junior Hockey League face once of their toughest opponents tonight at the Barrie Arena The Colts take on first place Oak Ridges in an 830 pm game The Colts have just come off short losing streak when they defeated Owen Sound Kings Tuesday Oak Ridges has powerful team and Howie Forbes Colts coach will have gigh time figuring out strategy to defeat the first place in The Colts have hustling team that can outskate just about every team in the league The Colts travel to Thomhill Friday night for an pm game Larry Pleau iniures knee HARTFORD AP New England Whalers of the World Hockey Assocation will lose the services of left winger Larry Pleau for at least two weeks because of strained liga in his right knee team spokesman said Wednesday Right winger Tom Webster who missed Tuesday nights game with Quebec because of twisted neck is expected to play in Friday nights contest with Cincinnati Don McLeod asks for trade QUEBEC CP Goaltender Don McLeod of Quebec Nor diques has asked the team to trade him to any other World Hockey Association club Im not happy here McLeod said of Quebec City The former player with the defunct Calgary Cowboys of the WHA said he had not been able to find suitable home in which to settle his family Billy Casper takes lead RABAT Morocco AP Billy Casper of the USS shot fiveunderpar 67 to take twostroke lead Wednesday after the first round of the $70000 King Hassan 11 annual golf tour nament Two other Americans Lee Trevino and Ron Cerrudo each fired 09 to take second place McKinnis is on 5day trial VANCOUVER CP British Columbia Lions have placed veteran running back Hugh McKinnis on fiveday trial with the Canadian Football League team McKinnis 29 recently was released by Seattle Seahawks of the Na tional Football League He broke into the CFL in 1970 with Calgary Stampeders after dropping out of Arizona State University with one year of eligibility remaining Golfer Bert Yancey is jailed BEAUFORT SC AP Golfer Bert Yancey teaching professional on nearby Hilton Head Island was jailed on charges of lewd conduct Monday then tran sferred to state mental hospital in straitjacket af ter he became violent authorities said Wednesday Yancey 39 one of golfs top 50 alltime money win ners with $688000 in career earnings was charged with looking through the window of womans home indecent exposure resisting arrest and destruction of county property said Lt John Kistler of the Beaufort Coun ty SheriffsDe rtment Kistler sai the depart ment received prowler call at am Monday at home next door to Yanceys residence at Hilton Head Island Deputies said they saw man looking through rear window into the home The man approached deputy and exposed himself while making obscene gestures the deputies said BERT YANCEY Jailed Argonaut loss costs money TORONTO CP Toronto Argonauts 144 loss to Ottawa Rough Riders last Sunday cost the Canadian Football League club about $125000 in postseason gate receipts The loss put Ottawa in second place in the Eastern Confer ence behind Montreal Alouettes and left the Argonauts in third spot Hamilton TigerCats finished fourth The division of gate receipts by the conference gves the irstplace Alouettes 30 per cent of the money made from the Eastern semifinal final and Grey hip game Ottawa gets 26 per cent Toronto receives 23 per cent and Hamilton is awarded 21 per cent secondplace Argo finish would have meant more money in gate receipts for all Eastern clubs as Lansdowne Park where the Rough Riders will play host to the Argos in the Nov 13 EFC semifinal seats 20000 less than Torontos Exhibition Stadium Two Argo players are injured TORONTO CP Toronto Argonauts will be without linebacker Larry Bramc and safety Ike Thomas for their Canadian Football League season male Saturday against Calgary Stampeders Both players were injured in Toronto 144 loss lasf Sun day in Ottawa to the Rough Ridershrame tore calf muscle in his left leg and Thomas hurt his knee Free cat Kent arter or Ron Foxx currently on clubs iidzund list is expected to replace Bramc while Thoninss most likely rcpluccmcnt is Lewis Cook who played one game for the Argos before being cut to make room for conicrbnck Drivc Peanuts Thomas Terry OReilly has hearing MONTREAL itll llriun ONeill executive director the National Hockey League said Wednesday he had not formally lm maul suspension on Boston Bruin right win Terry ORc lly as msult of incidents in penaltyfl ed game with Boston 11mins playing at Minnesota against the NnrthtaisOcl 20 have reviewed video tape of the garlic ONeill said lint no formal susponshui will be made until after homing in Huston lmuomiw ilhnrsdayi morning cant tell you now what the suspcmion will be Published reports said Wednesday that ONeill after viewing video lapcs of the game had imposed threegame suspenshiii against ORcllly for throwing glove at referee llcnls Morel and bumping him alimitly ORcilly is scheduled to appear at todays hearing agar4

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