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10 The Barrie Examiner Friday February 18 1977 When Silky fell short By ED HARPER Chay In my sports room among the thousands of sports mementos have pair of front plates horseshoes that were used on horse called Silky Sullivan when he won the Santa Anita Derby in 1958 also have picture of Silky Sullivan standing in his stall with his head out nuzzling his trainer Reggie Cornell The reason am writing this piece about Silky Sullivan is to show my readershow they can be fooled into betting on horse because of his reputation Silky Sullivan got lot of publicity because of two races that he ran as three year old at Santa Anita Race Track In 612 furlong race early in the year he was more than 40 lengths behind the field at one point in the race but came on in the stretch to win going away Then in the same year at the 1958 Santa Anita Derby he came from almost 30 lengths back to win again this time by three lengths The great Willie Shoemaker was the regular jockey on Silky Sullivan who was beautiful big impressive looking chestnut horse His good looks and exciting style of coming from behind had all the fans and the sportswriters making Silky their hero The sportswriters were filling the sports pages of papers all over the world with stories and pictures of Silky dont believe that many other horses up to that time had received the kind of publicity that he did Silky Sullivan was made the favorite to win the Ken tucky Derby that year and when he was shipped from California where he had won those few races in impressive style coming from what seemed like impossible distances behind the pace to win handily he had special train to take him to the Derby He was everyones favorite and no matter where you went the talk was about the super horse that could come from 30 or 40 lengths back and win But actually Silky Sullivan the wonder horse wasnt good horse at all He had just beaten some of the mediocre horses when he won the few races out in California One per son who knew this was his jockey Willie Shoemaker but Willie liked riding Silky for he was good horse to ride and never gave the jockey any problems Reggie Cornell one of the top trainers in the US also must have known that his horse wasnt good enough for the Kentucky Derby but with all the publicity the horse had received it was almost an impossibility not to take him to Kentucky for the biggest race of all People were coming from all over the world to see the wonder horse and to disappoint the fans who pay the dollars would have been foolish So on Kentucky Derby day in 1338 Silky Sullivan was in the race and if any horse in the field looked like champion as they paraded onto the track to the musical strains of My Old Kentucky Home it was Silky Sullivan Big muscular and proudlooking as he went postward As soon as the horses left the starting gate Silky went to the back of the field but this day he was running with the best and there was no way that he could make up ground to the likes of Tim Tam who went on to win the race The bubble had burst for Silky as he finished 12th in field of 14 and was beaten 20 lengths by Tim Tam The fans all believed that Silky Sullivan was not at his best on that day and began to tout him for the Preakness Most of the news media jumped on the bandwagon and Silky was once more the wonder horse who had bad day in the Kentucky Derby but Would redeem himself in the Preakness Sullivan the wonder horse But it was not to be and Silky went back to California beaten horse Tim Tam had won the Preakness also leaving Silky Sullivan away up the track in eighth place In two big races the fans had made Silky the favorite when he shouldnt have been Those who were at the Kerr tucky Derby and the Preakness in 1958 would not that they saw Tim Tam win but that they had seen Silky ORAN GEVILLE ENTRIES First Raceline Mile Trot lm 835i Ren Willowhill Boy Tourbai Byroii LcBlanc Campbell Jets Ena Hopkins 5Gladys Brooks Ruff StacyC Dixon DarnLJtm Archdekin l1 Merrywood Malone 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abstained However Stewart said the players were willing to talk with Barons majority owner Mel Swig While players gathered Thursday at Stewarts home in nearby Hudson Swig met with Barons coach lack Evans at the Coliseum then left for his home in San Francisco Evans relayed what Swig told him to the players but Stewart said there was nothing new Although 27 players in cluding seven minor leaguers received salaries due Feb this week they did not get cheques due Tuesday They have the option of seeking free agent status if they are not paid within 14 days Three Barons and 16 minor league players went unpaid and became free agents at midnight Thursday night Evans said Swig told him 27 players were paid because Coli seum owner Sanford Green berg who offered to buy the franchise said he would assume only 27 contracts When Greenberg dropped out the NHL stipulated they would give Swig only enough money to cover 27 players Evans said His Swigs han ds were tied BOWLING Tuesday Mens Major Bowling League Pts ANAF No1 19 and Sports 13 Chucks 12 Giffens Farm Equip 12 Armstrongs Hardwear 1t ANAF No2 Jim Mould Barrie Welding Leisure Craft Marsdens Trophies High single flat Ken Hogg 337 High triple flat Ken llogg873 Good Friends League Kemp view Bowl standings Groovy Gals Cool Cats 63 Wacky Witches 61 Bionic Beauties 59 Fearless Fonzies 53 Feathcry Flirts 53 Funky Females 47 Dempview Cuties 47 Crazy ironies 44 Lucky Lassics 3t Slick Chicks 32 Dynamic Dames 22 High singles flat less Hamilton 281 lligh triple flat Louisc Crane 683 thK ilBRthS of the Owen Sound GreyBruce Steelers looks back in anguish as shot by Eric uniniings of the Barrie olts ripples the mesh of the net hiin to his glove side top right It was one of two goals for umm ings in the contest won 85 by Barrie The will kept alive Barries hopes of finishing the MidOntario Hockey League and thereby tliid in Junior standings avoiding Oak Ridges in the first playoff round Ex aminer Photo Barrie Colts return to third place with lacklustre win over Owen Sound Ry lll DELII Ewiniiichtaff Writer The Barrie olts arc hack it third place bui how long they stay there is up to the rillia Travch ays lhc olts clipped thc Owen Sound ircyABrucc Stcclcrs it at the Barric Arciia lhursday in the only Mid ntario luiiior llockcy lciguc contest The win gives Barrie 17 points with one game to play rillia has 1163 points with two gumcs to play Both teams are in action tonight the Colts meeting last place Midland and rillia travclling to wcn Sound Should the oils finish fourth theyll havcthc unciiviablc task ports Whitby moves to fore in Senior standings Entering the final weekend of regular schedule play in thct ir tario Hockey Association Senior League new leader has emerged Whitby Warriors far back in the early stages of the new season capped an amazing comeback Thursday by assum ing the lead in points after 14 overtime victory against Brant ford Whitby is now one point up on Cambridge two on lhundei Bay and five on Brantford Barrie Flycrs arc to ptillllS back of the new lcadcrs rillia 15 Greg Bodncr scoin at of overtime to give Whitby the win in Brantford lhc Alexanders who have now completed their schedule and can finish no bct for than fourth fed 24 at the aid of the first period but Whit by moved ahead It by the end of the second Steve Atkinson scored for Brantford with less than lhrcc minutes remaining in the third period to send the gainc iiilo overtime Mike Noonan lord Mctosh laul Rayner and Mike Kernan also tallied for Whitby onlshot 343 John Gofton Jack Egcrs Win and loss for Thornton Thornton Minor llockcy had playoff winner and lostr attcr games in chroy Thursday Eastern Greenhouses atoms edged chroy to win their series while the Emory Millcr bantams bchd 511 to chroy to lose theirs Mike Madden Wayne Bictt Steven Wright and lcll Lucas scored for the Green houses Todd lcarson Bcinic Roth and Rick Graccy tallied for Emory Miller Walton bows out of series Walton Insurance minor midgets bowed 774 to rillia Thursday and were thus cl iminatcd in their best offin York Simcoc Minor Hockey League playoff goal by rillia late in the second period broke 44 tic and paved the way to victory Dave Milts lavc Mayor Anr dy Browning and Doug Loug hccd scored for Walton CHARGED EDMONTON 31 Calgary Cowboys players Bruce Greig and Peter lriscol will appear in provincial court here March 16 on charges of common assault They were charged after WHA game here lasf Sunday between the Cowboys and Edmonton ilcrs spectator 4ycarold Jumcs Loughlin of St Albert claims he was assaulted by the players in an incident near the penalty box hiring be game andJohnllcldscoredloiltrant futtl tairn has chance to maki iip some ground on Bronttoitl tonight hosting rillia at tho larric Arinu at lo in Brantford is the oiin tcam lhc flycrs can catch and to do so IItilIRS Regan well ahead thcy mustnt lose any of their final three games The playoff structiirc pits first against lourth second against filth and third against sixth Only rillias placing sixth isdcfiiiitc Hillllt has three games rc iiiaiiiiiig ainbridgc two Brunlford nonc rillia onc Whitby one and lhundcr Bay two With two wins lainbridgc mild takc It all The itllttS sum lSSllltti of one with an en counter Sunday in Mississauga That makes thcir home test Saturday against the Flycrs thc biggtst match of tlic wccktnd llii Whitby Thunder Bay con tisl Sunday will also have majorbcaiingonthcfiiialslaii dings thlAf vomimiiou It if 11 lllttt ill lli IAA At iirw it in no ow Hi tli inn 4ivt It lit Human no 11 io IIt 11 11 innit 71 ior 21 If Antsot ii ll Hymn vault wont intuition unriva Muir omqbi rillia iii as schedule ends Russ Elliott of the Thunder Bay lwins Is narrownigthc gap on Ontario Hockey Association Senior League scoring lcadcr luul Regan Elliott gained four points on Regan in the last wcck and now stands 11 points back The regular schedule ends this weekend with the lilycrs play ing three games Thunder Bay two Barrii hoststnillia tonight and Lindsay Sunday travelling lotainbiidgcSaturday llic championship which up pmrs ciiichcd unless Elliott goes wild against Mississauga Saturday will be the sccond in three years for Regan lttllllr matc Bob Baird won it last year Baird is fifth in the most cent standings with hope ol moving up Only two points scpuratc third and flftil lcain mate lhil Bianslon is in third tied with Bob Peace of am bridge Gary Lyle of Barrie could also makc run for bird with good weekend He stands seventh right now five points out ofthird Baird Regan Branston and Lyle arc the only Flycrs in the top 28 scorers according to thc most recent lcagucslalisl ics Brantfoid has six in the top at Thunder Bay fch Whitby rillia and ainbridgc four apiccc Lindsay onc Brantlords Rick Biucc leads in penalty minutes with 115 Flycr Bob Montcitli IS within slrikingdislanccal l7 GARY LYIII Leading goaltender is lhuiider Bays John lraicus at 343 followed by Stan Worosl of Brant ford 351 and Bob llupuisof ambridgc 365 Whitby however has the litst overall average 136 lliAI1lSttiltlfilts lts 112 46 7t goalsragainsl Regan Barrie Elliott lfi 47 iii Branston Barrie 26 Ill 56 Peace Cami l7 5t Baird Barrie 33 22 515 Lutcs rill 113 52 Lylc Barrie 24 27 51 Del icro 25 25 5t Martel ainb 23 25 5t lkilislc Climb 15 Ill 17 of facing the Oak Ridges llyiics in tlic scini final series llicyd have to win four gamcs out of scvcn against team thats lost four gamcs oiil of 1m Thursdays game offered no indication that the olts would be up to that kind of per lor iiancc After lirst tlllift that otliilid iiiioiig lbi most win of tin scasoii tliiolts got their lilltllst and skating into gear tor uirly ttttllth Slllft liliiin iit in the third pciiod thcy rcycrttd to shoddy itftll siycpluy andstraiigcpcnaltics And llal llakc had sonic cmbar rassiiig moments in the Barrie nct We should have scvcn or cight goals Thats been our bogI problem we ltt up and boom icvc let them back in tlic gainc commented coach ftlllt Knowles altci tht oiitisl Knowles igrccd that lhi lclciicc ncidid iiglitcning up Wc gnc thi puck away tot much Wcliziyctodosoinclhing about iiir dclcncc or it will bi ourdownlall won by It liccainc apparcnt curly what kind of game it would be wcn Sounds Kcvin Barbii scored at tifttt Willit thc tttllil was man short Barbii managed to tilllllt himscll lrom his oli checker as ilt itisscd thc blucliiic Mcan whilc llikc had rushed wcll out ol his lllt and Barbcr mcrcly sidcstcppcd liiiii and lolliid lllc rangifroinwclloiit lannc Laws tiwl it up for the mic at it 1mm tip Ill at til Zlil similar tip in workcd against tlic lolts Stcclci Scott AchilHi allowed to pttlk himscll on litlktttllttp Is The olts wcrc two 11 short at the lllll Way nc huich huv ing liciii pcnalicd for holding the puck alter liiii laydcn had goiicoll loi CHHHHIItl With so seconds to play 111 thc ptlltitl laydcns sliipshot lroin thc bluclinc wound its way through innc of players and past rookn goalic Rick lib bons llicpciiodiiidcdll Burrit upped thc count to ittci llic Stciillil iiiinutcs laiiiic lurnci scotttt lrom scramblc ll ill loliii llaiiur bcal Gibbons with wrist shot from closc lll at ll 51 and Eric uiniiiings liiiishcd ill pic turc passing play with Rick Jcrincy at 17 12 on two on on break wcn Sound pulled to witlnn two at of tlic third period llukc coiiiplctcly inisjudgtt soft llSt shot lioiii Mark Ktiaiiiin got piccc of it but it trickled in behind him Jim Angus made the score 62 with one of his regular bullets from the blueline Gibbons didnt inakea move on the play At that point Gibbons play started to deteriorate The young goalicwasbackpedalling iiilo tilt nct when Doug Ray mond scored alter solo rush at 71 The puck seemed to get past Gibbons solely on the momentum of Raymonds sprint not by the accuracy or vclocilyofliis shot lhcn thc olts let up and Owen Sound scored twice Barbcr notched one at 818 flip ping the puck past flake while being allowed clear access to the toll netminders crease Thrcc minutes later lob by McKclvic from the faccoff cirr clc fooled llakc liric Cummings got his so mud goal of the night for the Colts at 13 4o banking in the re bound of John Garner who had been foilcd on breakaway And thus it ended 85 Notes Barrie llaycd without olin Wilson Brad McDonald and Bob oulson all of whom are injured Knowles said that with luck they could retuni to the lineup next week small crowd took in the inalcli There were only four spHtators on the visitors side of the rink Turner got minor 10 ininutc misconduct and game misconduct protesting high sticking call in the third period In the evenings main cvcnl Raymond and Sleeler lcff Nicholls exchanged pun chcs Raymond responded with flurry after Nicholls con nccicd with the first shot The Slcclcr forward managed four minors and major on the night siiiis 15 lik ltidgcs it 85 lliornlnll It 16 It 41 ltaiiii It til 17 iillld l7 l9 36 Min Sound ll 25 ll 25 Midland 24 ti Four games in men curling There were four games in the Barrie Mens Curling League tcdncsday night at the Barrie ountiytlub Rcvcl International edged by the Barrie lolicc 76 Unemployment Insurance oiiiinission beat the Royal Bank 117 Regional Assess mcnt flicc beat the Wiscmen 1H and the Registry Office beat the Dental Association 83 Large contracts loom for talented rookies NEW YORK AP loiiy Horstll Ricky Bcll and him drcds of other collcgiaiis can expect to be offered millions of dollars next April tlianksto the arrival lhursday of labor peace iii 11 National Football League For llircc years the league and the players union had con ducted business as usual with out basic labor iigicciiicnt And the NFL might well how bccn content to coiiliiiiic in that fashion had iiol the long arm of the law reached in Last year federal court rulcd the NFL college playcr draft illegal The system by which the league rcplcnishcd it self each year was in jeopardy and only labor agreement containing some sort of draft wouldsavcit Complicating matters was decree lroin commissioner lctc ltozcllc which prohibited teams from talking contract with potcntiul rookies until draft was conducted Without the draft there was the threat of lawsuits from those rookies indllicirugciits The absence of draft would have resulted in chaotic conditions said Bob Woolf one of those agents It might even have put pro football out ofbusincss VOTE NEXT WEEK lhose fears apparently have now been allayed However the agreement between the repre sentatives of the NFL managtL incnl council the owners bar gaining agent and the NFL Players Association must still be ratified by all the owners and union members next week Sargent Karch executive di rector of the management council and Ed Garvey his counterixirt with the NFLPA announcwl the agreement in principle on collective bar gaining agreement that iii cludes modified draft The Associated Press has learned that draft is set for April that it will involve eight to 11 rounds instead of the 17 of past years and that it will con tain limelimil of between six weeks and three months on talks between the teams and drafted collegians Playoff thriller Barrie Coops and rillia went on scoring feat in their York Simcoc Minor Hocke League major midget playof opener Thursday at the East View Arena It ended 98 for Barrie in overtime taken by Coops Doug Shedden had four goals for Barrie including the tying goal with 30 seconds to play and the first goal of overtime Jim Miles Bernie Hute Murray Hadley Randy McIntyre and Jim Stevenson also scored for Barrie smred twice in the last and half minutes of regulation time to tie the game at 66 The Coo led in the early minutes ofovertirnc then 87 thcn97 Orillia rounded out the scoring with two Seconds to play the Coops Bob Holden and Jim Fenton each scored three times for rillia Kevin Crowther and Barry Wilde getting the others The best threeoffive series resumes in rillia Sunday Teams from EaStview too much for Central By STEVE NEELY led Central with 20 points Ros Holt added 19 points in the loss have Bethum led the winner with 17 points while Mik Chambers continued to pla well for Eastview scoring points The Central midgets finishe one of their most disappointin seasons in their history as the ran out of steam after 171 half time score Paul Hoppe led Eastview with 18 point while Kevin Johnston scored pointsfor Central Both Eastview and Centra teams will see action Feb Eastview Collegiate picked up two important wins Thurs day in Georgian Bay Secondary School Association CBSSA basketball action played at Eastview The Eastview seniors downed Barrie Central 5553 to clinch the final playoff spot The juniors downed Cen tral 5752 to win first place in the junior division In the senior game Eastview managed to keep the lead throughout Eastview led 3016 at the half but Central closed that margin to 38430 at three quarter time Central tried late game rally which just fell short Steve McCron led the Eastview attack with 25 iints with Dave Gorly also ding points for Eastview Mike Peever led Central with 21 points while both Paul Laking and Paul Finkbeiner netted in evening in the city champior ships to be held at Eastviei Collegiate starting at pm Central senior girls vol leyball team just keeps on win ning as it downed both Siayner Collegiate and Banting Memorial of Alliston earlier thisweek Cathy Casey starter on Cerr losing cause tral senior team iE now Central which led 2725 at the recovering from surgery on her half ran into foul trouble late in knee the third quarter and lost two of their starters Glen Greensides Sports Calendar Senior Hockey Orillia at Barrie Flyers 830 pm Barrie Arena Junior Hockey Barrie Colts at Midland pm Also Oak Ridges at Thomhill and Orillia at Owen Sound The high school spers renew column starts next Thursday SPOR TS SH 0R TS ed Orillia 62 in the first the Cardinal net the first in the Eastview Arena frame 26 at the Barrie Arena Karen Mair Ea stview tral Husband replied for ro two Orillia routed 62 by Cardinal Barries Cardinal Cash and Carry minor peewew slamm game of their York Simcoe Minor Hockey League playoff series Thursday Allan Fear led the locals with two goals singles going to Greg Lynch Sean Kirkpatrick Gary Bertram and Kevin Roulston Lynch and Grant Bouchey had two assists Barrie ledtrl at the end of the first period rillia actually outshot Barrie 2521 but Rick Schaly was equal to the task in The second game in the series goes tonight in rillia Kinsmen take quarterfinal lead Barrie Kinsmen major atoms made trip to rillia Thurs day worth their while stopping the home team 21 It was game of the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League quarterfinal series bestofthree Andy Walton and Shayne Corson scored for Barrie Paul Taylor contributing two assists The second game in the series is Wednesday at 715 pm Civitan eliminates Richmond Hill Richmond Hill forced the match into overtime but there was no stopping the Barrie Civitan minor bantams in game three of the bestoffive OMHA playoff series Wednesday Goals by Gary White and Eric McConnell in the overtime powered ivitan to win at the Eastview Arena Mike Hoffman had scored in the first minute of the game for Barrie Richmond Hill tying it in the second period The win means sweep of the series for Civitan which meets wen Sound in the next round The first game in Feb Screaming Eagles defeat Orillia Barrie Screaming Eagles clipped the Huronia Regional Centre of Orillia 167 in floor hockey action this week Andy Trainor led the locals with seven goals Frank Lloyd had five Dave Cleverdon four The Screaming Eagles next game is Feb 25 in tour nament in Ottawa The team still needs players so those in terested are invited to call 7287044 Central crosscountry power Barrie Central Collegiate won all four divisions in Barrie high school crosscountry meet Wednesday at Sun nidale Park The results were as follows Boys 15 and under 4kilometre Peter Vass Central Don Klein Eastview Scott Cam bell Central Boys 16 and over 4kilometre John Buc land Central Kevin Jones North Bill Mauch North Girls all ages 35kilometre Anne Foley Central Jeanette Seifert Heights Relay 25 kilometres Central Eastview Cen Kilpatrick in form for Danbon The Stroud Danbon Novices got three out of possible four points in games this week against Oro and Lefroy John Kilpatrick got both Stroud goals against Oro as the teams battled to 22 tie Robby Venkins and Craig Tuesday night Stroud beat Lefroy +1 Kilpatrick scored goals for Stroud with singles going to Robbie Mac Donald and Sean Newton Jim Inglis replied for Lefroy Duck caller to defend his title Orillias Al Taylor the 1976 duckcalling champion at the Canadian National Sportsmens Show in Toronto Will be Allandale among the top contenders in this years event Taylor also the Canadian champion is entered in the Moose and Duck Calling Contest sponsored at this years show by the Toron to Star Also participating is Charlie ODale of Midland last years moosecalling champion The contest is one of many features in this years Sportsmens Show the tuttiannual which runs March 18 to 27 in the Coliseum Building at the CNE Thornbury skier cinches crown Thornburys Martha Hall is the winner of this years Ladies Southern Ontario Cup alpine ski series Her title was confirmed this week after victories in two events over the weekend the giant slalom Sunday at Devils Glen and the slalom Saturday at Craigleith Ski Club With one event to go she has 29 point lead over Muffy McLeod of Gormley win is Worth 25 points