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i2The Barrie Examiner Saturday April 24 1976 Creemore coach is optimistic Coach of the Creemore Braves of the Simcoe Count baseball league Carl Gowan has high hopes that 1976 wi be Creemores year to get enough breaks to take the county championship We came close the last three years but didnt quite nuke itwe deserve some breaks replied the Creemore pilot when asked what he thought about Creemores chances in the coming cam ign After moments further reflection cautiously add the comment Of course it is too early yet to tell but if we get all of last years players ask we should have chance We expect to have most of Creemore finished on top loop last year with 19 wins eight losses and tie Then Braves went on to win four and lose three in the gayoffs Ultimately they were eliminated by Barrie Red in the semifinals after keenly waged series three games to two Mel Kennedy outiasted Terry Gowan in the deciding gme which Barrie won to but Creemore supporters stily pointed out that Creemore sluggers Randy Mac Mullan and Paul Walker were missing from their lineup in the south section of the coun MacMullan is now working in bank at Hamilton and lives during the week at Burlington But coach Gowan pointed out MacMullen goes home Creemore on weekends and he is counting on him playing for the Braves again One of the teams standout players MacMullan rates among the leagues top pitchers and Sluggers He performs in the infield and the outfield as well Creemore has been noted for its versatile performers Terry Gowan 22 and his brother Rick 19 are moundsmen of ability who also play in other positions Both are good hit ters as well When not pitching Terry usually covers third base in the Creemore infield while Rick frequently catches or plays at second Another top slugger Paul Walker catches and plays the outfield as does Barru Corby and RickMcArthur Wayne Fraser has moved to Collingwood and may not be available to the Creemore club But we are hoping hell change his mind once the season gets started stated the Creemore coach veteran of the sport who played some 20 years before becoming coach Carl Gowan and his brothers Bill and Norm were wellknown ball players in county leagues for years They were versatile performers too with Bill pit ching and catching and Carl laying in the infield and out field as well as behind the ate Norm whose death last November was deeply mourned in sports circles usually played shortstop HOPE TO BREAK MAJ ORS MONOPOLY Like other teams in the circuit the Braves will be endeavoring to stop the Orillia Majors in an effort to break up their monopoly on county baseball titles Records show Doug Howards team has won the county circuit honors eight times during the past 12 ears as well as the senior OBA championships in 1964 an 1969 Barrie coach Nick Owen was one of Orillias leading Sluggers in the 1969 win as well as later before joining the Red Sox The home run hitter is expected to concentrate on playing for the Red Sox this coming season rather than coaching and he should be of material help to Barries cause The Red Sox last year battled their way into the county finals before losing to the Majors four games to one The highlight of the series from Barrie viewpoint was sterl ing pitching duel in which Mike Gryba shaded Jerry Udell for to win for Nick Owens team Udell came back with fivehitter to gain to victory for Orillia in the closing game of the series former Barrie player Wally McMillan singled Murray St Onge home with the winning run to mark the close of an exciting season Udell also blanked Barrie to with onehitter in another brilliant mound chore But this is another year and things could be different remarked Coach Cowan of Creemore when the 1975 records were reviewed The Braves reached the finals in 1974 and 1973 losing to the Ma ors both times Ivy Leafs ca ture the county league honors in 1972 and Alliston Canuc were 1968 winners Orillia junior Pontiacs beat out the Majors for the county honors in 1969 and 1970 upsets due largely to superb pitching of Udell The latter who turned 26 in March is expected to be on the mound for the Majors again The Majors trimmed Ivy Leafs three straight in their semifinal last year after downing Collingwood Cavemen the same way in the first round playoffs The outlook for the 1976 season should be pretty well known after tomorrows league meeting at Ivy ALEXANDER SHINES WITH LEA FS Area followers of NHL hockey playoffs noted with degree of satisfaction the good showing made by defence stalwart Claire Alexander for Toronto Leafs against Philadelphia Flyers in the actionpacked series The brilliance of the harddriving former Orillia Terrier helped the Leafs make much better showing than an ticipated although rash of penalties from rough tactics also hampered the rampaging Philadelphia team Anyway friends of Alexander were pleased to see him picked as one of the Leafs stars of the series He was par ticularly outstanding for his defensive play in the to Leaf victory at Toronto last Saturday night The native of Collingwood moved up to pro ranks after playing leading part in helping Orillia Terriers capture the Allan Cup in 1973 Claire performed in the Central Pro circuit with Oaklahoma and later with Tulsa between stints with Toronto Leafs my Shelboume 43 with the Ivy 0R0 JETS fourth annual ladies hockey tournament swing into high gear Widay with five games at the Oro Community Cen tre Jets defeated Flyerettes bowing to 20 loss to Nobleton The tour nament continues today and resumes Sunday morn GATINEAU goaltender Bernard Belley is swamped by the Fiyers hne of Don Pagnutti 18 Paul Regan 10 and Phil Branston during second period action of last nights opener of the eastern Cana dian Allan Cup final Richard Aubry ties up Regan with Ted Yasbley looking for more Flyers Pagnutti scored twice in the 117 win Se cond game of the bestof five series is tonight with the third and possibly final game Sunday at pm Examiner Photo Fillers 10in freewheeling opener Gatineau Nordiques coach Laily Lalonde just wants to forget last nights 117 loss to the Barrie Flyers and con centrate on tonights game Eighteen goals were scored last night much to the sur prise of both the Flyers and the Nordiques Neither club expected such free wheeling highscoring mistakefilled opener of the eastern Canadian Allan Cup final But it happened with the Flyers now leading the best of five final 10 Winner of this series will meet the winner of the St BonifaceSpokane series for the Allan Cup Some of my players were in awe the fact that they were playing Canadian champions said Nordiques coach Lally Lalonde after the game We heard so much about Barrie that some of the guys stood in awe Some of the defencemen you saw tonight that looked absolutely horri ble are normally fine defenceman Flyers got through first period unscathed and leading 21 The Flyers defence was caught flatfooted on number of occasions by the quickbreaking Nordiques Pierre Lemire scored Gatineaus first goal when lefcti all alone in the Fiyers en Gatineau tightened the game with cal to open the second peri Four straight goals by Flyers ap red to have the game wel in hand Coach has been hired fired both on same day Lally Lalonde has the distinction of bein fired andhiredonthesame ay Lalonde no newcomer to coaching came out of retire ment so to speak to coach the Hull Festivals Junior team He became embroiled in great controversy with Festivais management over what he called the use of goon types in hockey As far as Lalonde was con cerned the use of these goons prevented good players from getting chance to play At pm Oct 30 1975 he was fired That same night he was hired by the Gatineau Nordiques of the Ottawa and District Senior Hockey League Lalonde has since helped guide the Nordiques into the eastern Canadian Allan Cup final with the Barrie Flyers Were secondyear organized club he said Last year we played intermediatesenior This year we played senior Its the first year weve gone into the senior playdowns ing Consolation and grand championship finals are scheduled to begin at 10 am tomorrow Examiner Photo Nordiques took 117 lick ing last night in the first game of the bestoffive eastern Canadian finals Lalonde was not pleased Errant passing killed us Lack of backchecking When we caught up to them 76 one backcheck would have saved that drop back pass it could have been picked up on the backchecking and we would have still been in the ball game it was Flyers Doug Acomb who gave Barrie twogoal lead at 1142 of the third period Barrie then went on to score three quick goals to put the game out of reach Lalonde expects much tighter game tonight think that now the guys are not so much in awe We scored seven goals against them and weve proven that we can skate and we can take advantage of breaks Were confident well put on pretty good show for the series Lalonde feels Nordiques will take the series to five games but admitted his club Je tsvedge Sheburne 43 Oro Jets tasted revenge last night It was against Shelburne in their first game of the fourth annual Oro Jets Ladies Hockey Tournament at the Oro Community Cen tre Jets edged Shelburne 43 led by the threegoal per formance of Louise Marshall It was Shelburne which knocked the Jets out of the champions circle at the re cent Brampton tournament for women from across Canada and the United States Janice Clark netted the other Oro tally In other play last night Brampton downed Pinewood Saints 81 Nobleton defeated the Ivy Flyerettes 20 Newmarket stopped Schomberg Kingettes 61 Lakeshore seniors clipped Woodbridge 53 it took genalty shots to decide Lakeshore Woodbridge match five minute overtime period failed to snap 33 deadlock iakeshore scored two goals on the penalty shot ruling Fiyerettes gave up mo goals in the opening period to Nobletons Heather Sander son and Barb Bulman ivy did manage to score just as the buzzer sounded to end the opening period The goal was disallowed ivy hit the post in the second period Earning the shutout was Lynne Lostchuk will have their hands full against the Flyers Big strength for Barrie is their laydown experience They ave lot of older players that steady down the youngsters They move the puck well and theyie real threat on loose pucks around the net Errors we made against weaker opposition we cant afford to make against this club such as leaving loose pucks around the front of our net TICKETS Tickets for tonights se cond ame of the eastern Cana ian Allan Cup final went on sale today at the Barrie Arena starting at pm until game time at 830pm The bestoffive series resumes Sunday at pm fourth and fifth game will be played Monday and Tuesday if necesaary Fiyers lead the series 10 following 117 win last ni ht Winner of this series wi meet the winner of the St BonifaceSpokane series for the Allan Cup NEED PITCHERS Barries Clifton Hotel softball team is holding practice tomorrow Sunday at MacMor rison Park at pm The team is looking for pitchers team spokesman said 7370800 quluiliig iwvmluls TIEDEN RENTACAR 34 BAYFIED STREET Not so as the Nordiques scored pair to end the period Goals came in spurts much to the delight of the 1430 fans in attendance Barrie opened the scoring in the third period only to have the Quebec entry pull within one goal with pair 38 seconds apart it was the Flyers turn next Four quick goals including captain Corby Adams second and third Shorthanded goals of the game in space of 15 GAME SUMMARY SUMMARY FIRST PERIOD FlyersMonteith Lyte Robinson 1051 Flyers McMillan Thomp son Acomb 1228 Gatineau Lemire Talbot Charette 1607 Penalties Fagan Gminor SECOND PERIOD Gatineau Cayer Moreau 112 FiyersPagnutti Branston 153 Flyers McMilian unass 312 FiyersKnapton ODonohue Smith 325 FlyersAdams Acomb 832 GatineauLemire Rheault Guay 1000 10 Gatineau Peterson Cayer Moreau 1730 PenaltiesPagnuttie Monteith ODonohue double minor Lemire double minor Monteith minor Third Period 11 FiyersMonteith Lyte Robinson 850 Regan 12 Gatineau Moreau Eagan913 13 Gatineau Fagan Moreau Cayer 951 14 Flyers Acomb Adams McMi lan 1142 15 Flyers Adams Acomb Thompson 1345 16 Flyers Adams unass 1416 17 FlyersPagnutti Regan Branston 1556 18 Gatineau Charette Loyneur 1925 Penalties Pagnutti Ploufe Gminor Duncan seconds settled the issue Adams is playing with broken toe picked up in the Ontario Hocke Association Senior fina series with Thunder Bay He sat out the entire fourgame series against the Durham Waikerton Huskies of the Continental Senior league His first goal came at 852 the second period to cap the Flyers fourgoal rally Adams initated his second scoring drive late in the third period by chasing down flick he had just cleared from own end to fire it past goaltender Bernard Belley Fifteen seconds later he was back on Belleys doorstep winding up to blast 15footer at the Nordiques net Instead Belley went down and Adams around for his hattrick Bob Monteith John McMillan and Don Pagnutti scored two goals each Ken Knapton and Dou Acomb ad ded the other yers goals Captain Lemire scored twice for Gatineau Michel Cayer Bob Peterson Daniel Moreau Greg Fagan and Al Duncan were the other Quebec scorers The Line of Adams McMillan and Acomb picked up eleven of the 11 Barrie goals Don Pagnutti moved in with Phil Branston and Paul Regan to plug gap left by the injury to Bob Baird Baird was hurt in the final game of the Durham series Although dressed for last nights game Baird saw little action Flyers outshot the Nordi ques 4230 with Grant Cole in net for Barrie UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Top Price Paid Cash For Can NORTHERN SALVAGE DISPOSAL 7139666 Danlop St ODeIUXe round trip lounges Bahama Mini Junkets 6251 Bathimt Street Willowdale Ont OFor adults over the age of 21 sportation via Air Canada ln flight open bar and dinner °Unlimited cocktails in the casino CANUSA Bob McFadden chairman of the proposed CANUSA Games has announced the dates for the first annual event to be held in conjunc tion with Auburn New York inOrillia0nt The Games committee is fleased to announce that the dates of August 678 have been set for Orillia to host the first annual CANUSA Games We feel we have something well worth promoting and are games dates announced looking ahead to future years when this joint effort will ow even arger McFad iisaid He said the concept of the games was to romotefriend ship and exc nge cultural ideas durin the Games The Games be made up of athletes senior citizens and other residents of both cities The com lete program of events will scheduled at meeting in Niagara Falls this coming Friday April 30 More winners listed at area horse show Riders at the Powys Hall Equestrian Centre at Hawkestone are vieing for spot on the team going from the centre to Barbados in June Barbados is holdin an in ternational horse ow as part of its independence celebrations The P0 Hall team is the first Cana ian team to be in vited tothecelebrations In story this week the followmg Powys Hall riders who took part in recent show there were omitted They are SHOW RESULTS Open Working Hunter Megan Leitch Chris Krol Geo Mundy Kelly Taylor SPORTS CALENDAR LADIES TOURNAMENT At Oro Community Centre EASTERN CANADIAN FINALS Gatineau at Barrie 830 pm Barrie leads bestoffive series 10 SUNDAY Ladies Tournament at Oro Community Centre final rounds begin at 10 am EASTERN CANADIAN FINALS Gatineau at Barrie pm Ridge Rd stm lay svmmPOOLs if John Campbell Cut the cost of moving anything anywhere Heidi Schafer Maukonen Working Hunter John Carter Elaine Westwood Dave Thomson Sandy Bishop Heidi Schafer iris tineKemp Junior Jumper Mike Len nox Sandy Bishop and Heidi Schafer Kelly Ta ior Chris Krol Megan Leitc Senior Jumper Margie Maukonen John Carter TomMaukonen Show Champion Chris Krol riding Irish Mist Barrie Reserve Champion Dave Thomson riding April Oro Station Third Sandy Bishop riding Wintario Barrie Margie TRY BARRIE EXAMINER WANT ADS PHONE 7282414 CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING Buy the name you know and trust GENERAL ELECTRIC 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