Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 4 Aug 1976, p. 14

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l4The Barrie Examiner Wednesday August I976 SPORTSCORNER Losing arena blow to county By RANDY McDONALD The Examiner Sports Editor The blistered hulk of the Midland Arena Gardens remains sad reminder of something which will not be this winter The shockwave of losing an arena is still rippling through not only the town but through the county as well The obvious dilemma facing the towns heads of state is mic of money and where to get the needed funds to restore the buildings and facilities For thousands gap has been created which will not easily be filled The minor hockey system the figure skaters recreational and oldtiineis hockey leagues tournaments skating carnivals and good old fashion Friday night skating have all been wipcd out ltll knock developing hockey system back notch or two The Midland llyers of thc Midthifario Junior Hockey League have put in expensive seasons to build contending club liilcss the organiration rclocates the blow of losing one season possibly two will knock the junior club back to square DIK It could even spell the end of junior hockey in Midland llyers owner Ron Sative let it be known that he was not about to operate in the Junior League without some assurance of progressing to the Junior League in the junior level coin petition He tried to take the club info the Southern Ontario Junior llockey League but had his bid kicked out by the Ontario Hockey Association It was foregone conclusion that the lilyers would depart from the Midi ntario league after this season leihaps of greater concern is the loss of minor hockey system All Star teams will try and locate out of arenas itlitti driving range ot the town but it will ltic the house leagues dry for the inter Few places can equal the drawing power of an arena Its lii en tor players and parents alike You not have to coast around the two Barrie arenas during the inter months to realize what influencean arena has toiistantly you run into individuals who do nothing else dur mg tgc winter months btit eat breathe and talk hockey lts go mg to aiisc lot of heartachcs this inter ltlilt SOX Stlt ltlllI their heads and searched through the schedule trying to liiid that evtra win given thctn by the South Simioc Baseball League last eck lhc couldnt and eventually either could the league so iii stead in being one game Ill front of the ollingwood tmcmcii in the fourth and final playoff berth of the North Section the ltcd So touiiil themseh cs trailing by two games itayemeii came alic with wins last week gotiig into last nights game with the Midland liidians lt torccd do or die situation Red Sox came tip with one of their better games of rather dismal season but lost That all but eliminates the ltcd So doubleheader this weekend in ttccinorc is all that remains in the clubs lo game schedule It not been good car for the defending Ontario chain plutl jiiciil The tall from the top was qtiick btil iiol totally unex lt was known troin the first practice that the cliib would have to rebuild There were few of the veterans back and those who did show iouldnt be counted upon to be there on regular Iit There were lot of young players in the lineup Mistakes tlt lllltlt IlltIl ttiSl Lfiillllt But that not ottered as no eciise The pitching was tIItOttSlSr itil tlic hitting tar from dependable and overall just too many mistakes made on tliefteld to in ball games ttiltlfilt lllS lowys llall liqiiestriaii ciitre will hold it mini Olympic meet of their own Saturday and Sunday Olllr on to compete is team from the Barbados The lowys llall sent train of their own to the Barbados earlier in the summer to coinpitc in Independence Day celebrations Lake trout derby nets it rewards Rudy lirinaiisons didnt take long Sunday to put away the hon th annual Lake Trout lishingioiitist in troStatioii it in he caught the front that won llllll tincontest The two runners up III the contest slIItISOlttl by Dales Manila in Oro Station were lom tordinglcy ot lluttoiwille itli Itl eight pound two onncc llslt lii thi iinnor contest laul iiowliinst ot loronto won with an eight pound tour ounce ioii Illi lt ioid ttl the four year old lttl was ilelllSIltll last iit to it talc llts ltll was tiilltitls iZiilll ounies Iltt iiiLIisl ltsli llts tll Sit ii aiigl and shown at the my Jipounds litii Ibllt lului about tiii lltli tlll tisli hate lItl lir iiiaritia this tutltt Lttt tii outh of Hi $9in iilti ultil ISI hi1vll usit tas tiiilliitil feed illlllINl RIIH ERISINS right of loionto checks the weight of his prize winning fish caught Sunday Mr Er mansons catch weighed 15 pounds five ounces and took the first prize in the Lake Trout Fishing Contest spon sored bv Dales Marina in AJA 39 Williams wobbler on heavy test line About 44 fishermen and fiic junior fishermen took part in the contest wlitch ended at in Sunday for the official weighb in Only 18 liin were handed in tor weighing but lot of small trotit were put away in the trunksofcars be 16 grinning Doug Keans has just sealed win by the Slessor and leriard ln surance Juniors over hurch Mobile Homes at the llillsdale softball tourna WINNING IS SUCH NICE FEELING meiit Keans run gave the Juniors 21 edge ended the game and ptit the club info the tournament final against Beatrice lioods Beatrice won that game 30 The three teams of the Barrie and District Senior Softball League placed one two and three in the sixteam lOllltlttr iiieiif IIIIIV the Juniors and hurcli Mobile Homes inch to resechediiled game at QtlftIIS lark lame time istt pm Two lacrosse titles decided remaining series winding up Barrie laving Ltd lykcs are the proud holders of the lliiroiiia Minor Lacrosse tyke championship today thanks largely to Mark DAinbrosio DAmhrosio scored all goals for Paving en route to iwl vicr fury over Woolworths in the Eastview Arena ltiesday Both teams had gone undefeated to that point in the fiveteaiii roundrobin playdowns The key goal from DAni brosio came with just over five minutes left in the game and the score Ioolworths did everything but get that one back Willie Miller had three breakaways iii the last three minutes His best shot hit the crossbar bullet with to seconds left missed the net Miller had one of his teams four markers Others were scored by Stuart IIlltthI Richard llolst and Russ Liiiid IIIICWElI IIII II Another lluronia lacrosse championship was decided last night in the pecw ee di ision Overhead Doors and Rotary Club both of Barrie battled tooth and nail with Overhead finally coming tip with ltttt win Overhead captures the best ofthree final in two straight Clifton strikes early to dump Molsons 91 tlitton llotel erupted tor si runs in the lllSl inning enroiite to ltl win over Molsons llt play ot the Barrie leiis Recreational Fastball League at liclori lsOll lark Monday The siriin lurry resulted tronitourliitiiidtlircibackto back iilks littli Iliiltsiitl iiioiiiid toi tliiton llc lillll ball with the Molsons lllti totiiziti llit lttgtl lone till it tS ttl Oro Station The runnersup keep an eye on the scale and an eye on their fish llie arc in the rear from the left Rudy Mikelson of Toronto with trout eight pounds and two ounces and Toni tor dingley oi lluitoiiyille with catch of eight pounds homer lit the ioiirtli by Lobs mger liohson finished the game with si strikeouts On the llttillllil Ill losing tilllt last night was Spencer tlittoi scaled the game with run til the third inning and pan otiiinsiolntitli itt ltion had pat ot hits for litloit as did Ild iockbiiinaiidinicial rvai 41 tront is the la ul ounces Szttaig junior cbanipon ttowhurst of loroztto caught an eight pound tour ounce trout This is the tourth annual lake iron tisliiig contes it thi marina lianiincrlhoto Steve Mills and Billy lloare showed no mercy against Rotary accounting for total to points Mills had five goals and four assists lloare three First win taken by Altandale SlltOlD llandale on structioii defeated Barrie lror tolor 771 to take the opening game of the best of three novice championship playoffs series Tuesday Allandale was led by Adam trobel who scored five goals and Scott Brett and KenSteven son each scored once Darrin lorrie was outstanding in net the entire game for Allandalc Shayne Smith had one with iary ooper sinking pair in losingcaiise Newt game is I£lllt Arena in SPORTS CALENDAR II RICSS It li Tuesday at flame time is it Barrie Raceway post time tip in IttISSII Bell um ices at Midland SIB II Ilttltillllifltll lorrison Park in Mansfield vsttptimists t1tti in Bciitor well is on ertible lools SOFTB Il Senior League at Queens Park Beatrice Foods thnrch it to in Slessor and lertard it Ilttlllt SIB II South Siiiicoc Baseball League ly at lottiiihani League at Mac lt llDlZD Blink iitiii tl Toronto playwrights tarol Bolt and image ilkei ltaicbceiise lected for inclusion lll the 1978 edition ot tontcniporary lira IllulitS this book is part ot the drive ohiiim ictciciici tllt toiiiiiimraty iers it the Illllll Language published let laiii ltcss in two otk and loiidoi llll SI til siaiw Scotland tl itld ublxtfiics ittkwl foch St James Prev in in tortn it cttiii lti til llll liiifyiijv kit waiss who iitl ii fined tuitrsitf flit lllltllilllt itslly liiiivior bi lt ltt iii tt those tll ww mi iil llts ysti Ii ti Iit loan slit as lti iiiltiNii V0 LVO OAH nodels in stock OCOmpteie Service Complete Parts Dept Leosing KITCHEN MOTORS no Id III217 and three lltor Rotary llcnry Sien kicwic had four goals and one asisist and proved going coir ccrii for the Overhead defenders Dean Nutt and Greg Lynch had two apiece ln taking the championship last night Overhead was suc cessfully defending the title won last year BANIAM FINAL Les Bertram and Sons drew first blood in the bantam final earning 64 dicision over the Kinsmen luesday It was the first game of threertcam roundrobin playoff Andy Ayerst tallied four times for Bertram with Mike Hoffman and Hugh Beaten ade ding singles Daryl Nutt had three goals for the Kinsmen Jacques Mireault getting the other The series resumes tomorrow with Bertram facing Alliston at 730 pm IllINILII If we had an advantage Id so Mawfowwsmw II tRIIIIHIS takes breather during recent game of the lluronia Minor lairosse ssociatioi plaott between tiyitliead floor and Barrie Rotary ticewcis liiii was selected is SMULCASTER MICHEL TIRES FACTORY cosr Plus por ti PARKLAND TIRE say its our home rink Were 43 facing real good club and well have to really hustle But the home rink was out strong point over the regular schedule We lost only one home game Living Lighting coach Paul Mireault reflected before last nights encounter with East lwillimbury The home rink advantage wasnt enough Living Lighting bowed to iwillimbury 745 at the Hastideyy Arena in juvenile ac tion The roundrobin is decided by most poiints totalled from four games Lighting has now lost two and tied one lcnalties cost the Barrie squad in the contest lacing the winners were oates with three goals and Brumwell with two McQuillan and Wilson added singles For Lighting Bill riiiiiy had pair with Russ Ware Mike iartner Brian MacGregor and Alan Pinder counting one apiece this weeks Ponderosa Steak llotisc Player of the week tItlli and Overhead Doors wrapped up llltll peewcc Tuesday l1nniner Invoice on disphy iii our showroom sitltS lltiifii 726 2220 MAJOR LEA Win by Clarkson confirms berths flarksoii llofil ripped three runs in thcf th lIIIiIIII to defeat Nottiiwn Ichctric It in the only game of the Barrie and Disti iif Major lardball League at Queens Iark Tuesday The wni amiiriu larkson IIIIItI place of the league and giiaiaiitciu Bast ioidin Bravery INIIII iii the playoffs which start Sunday at Queens Iaik Noltawa posed the only threat to the trawu hold on the final playoff beith heading into IIl Illlllll rimliediiled game Nottawa was two games off the pace set by the Braves and needed Wins in the last two games of the season to force tie for fourth tttfillltifl llie Win by fliirkmii snapped II Willi the Braves tlarkson still him our wine remaining and thats against Minising lhiirsiday Nottawa and Barrie Iotlp fIfIffdI off the ilINlIlIIi in the inglitcap liiii MtAlllHltr was the wmn mg pitcher last night lelling blow me diliwred by fiarv Leduc in the fifth is triple sent two runs home Sunday Tlarkiion Hotel and first place Barrie 300p open their best of seven playoff writs at Queens Park and DriveIn tangles with Base Borden in the opener of their playoff series HIANIIINHH Pl up io AandW 19 laikmn It If Burden It 12 I9 Nollawa Miniinnit IT Barrie Skating School moves into 7th season at Arena While the sounds of illlllllttl resound outside the ntlflt Arena lltf crisp echo of skatea onicepiciailsinsidi The arena is ciiricntlv the home of the sewnth niniial BaitiiHittilitigScliiiiil lioiii mining to night six day week young figiiit skater are going through their part under the scrutiny of eight profissioiiiili Sschool adiiitiiisliator Mrs lat lirringlon said that fill female and three niali skaters aged to ll IIIl registered tliiis fat for the school whitI commenced Monday and tllfi thioiigh to Sept It The are priinaiily fitnn tame and nita btit one the the registrants ha conic limit orf McMiiiiayJilta Aplicafion Ilt IIII ac ciptcd lost for the full five wetks is $115 the last four weeks $123 the last three 892 and the last twotmo fit Mrs Farrington said school has had up to registrants in past years She added that two power skating schools have been scheduled for boys and girls wanting to improve their the too skating There are both begin Her and advanced classes The schools run from Aug to I4 and Aug 150 to Sept lost is sit Wttk for lIlfllv uarters of an hour of skatingdai Those interested In either the powr or figure skating schools are lthllttI to call Mrs Farr ington at the Barrie Arena at 35M Because of the hockey school Aug It to 28 figure skating classes then will be in the even tngsonly Instruction is in patch dance and free skating at various levels Each registrant has one basic StSHIUfl per day Red Sox playoff hopes smashed MIDLAND Red Sox hopes of slipping by the olliiigwood aveinen into fourth aiiil final playoff berth of the South Sim coe Baseball League took severe jolt Iuesday Midland Indians edged Barr rie 43 to virtually eliminate the Red Sox playoff hopes Barrie has doubleheader in ieemore Sunday Double wins in those final two games of the schedule could move Barrie in to fourth place tie with the aveineii provided ollnigwood fails to pick up point in its re niiiininggames Hen Laycock went the distance for Barrie The righthandcr squared off with Midlands Bob Dyinet in the seveninning game Laycock gave up to hits and struck oiil five Dymeiit had seven hits result from lits pit ches while retiring three on strikeouts Car slalom in Midland The Barrie Twin Lakes Motor lub will hold its Georgian Bay Slalom Sunday at the Zellers parking lot on Hwy 17 in Midland This will be the third year for this eyent in Midland and the usual good entry is to be expected ltiliing the main portion of the parking lot course will be set up with pylons and coin petitors will try to get the fastest time with three or more runs oiir the course and cars being ilassiticd as to weight engiiiesieiiidwlicclhiisc Registirition will open at ll noon with the first iiiii at in lintry is open to all licenced vlitiiis and the ltf is lot tnriai lltlttlllilltlll con tail iititicti Ll IIICt IIIIXS II II II Ill lf lllNllfl IIttglatid fl Spiitsiiiai tiiiitgtf iil Itf sans lzi itlxiiipii names should tn sitt lid ix tiiciii dltiti Tllt still sllitlllil build ipci iiiiii itliiipii il lilit ii= titreci am is ittitraitiii ltlliltl tllI lba all the Hip polii tat squabblii Klit It iiakaig iiii lilyjot fitllt the land lllLIshit of tii wo ltl 7370800 rpm 34 BAVFIELD SlREEl GLEN LtttK Midland Indians Red Sox opened the scoring with pair of runs iii the first inning lndians cut the lead in half with one of their own In the fourth Midland plated pair of runs to tie the game after Barrie had taken over the lead III the bottom of the inning Al iignacs deep fly ball sacrificed home the winning run in the fifth inning SIIl Illtl II ITH ireiinoie If IJ ttiillia III LI 29 Midland 12 25 wit it IH Bari It 17 ti l4 Sill III ITS ly JI listoii 12 27 cwiiiaikef ll 20 lteeton to Tnttciihaiii It It Lawn bowling tourney won by Tottenham team liin Btilleii led his rink from Iottenham to the top in the an nual Allaiidale Lawn Bowling tlubs mixedtournament lhe tourney was held on the tivic Holiday at the clubhouse on ISil Road The lottinhain rink won the Ferguson lrophy with the hiin score for dirt games Other rinks competing in the How high do YOU want to 90 GET INVOLVED Aw WITH THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES tournament were from Mark ham New loronio Stayner and Barrie Joe Besse and his Stayner group also won three games in the tournament while Kay Taylor led the Barrie rink to twowiiis The hiin score for one game win was registered by Millie lattendeti and second Barrie rink CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE 25 Sf ClOIrAve Toronto Ont 416 9666564 tm interested in hearing more about COrnbot Arms Group Please send me information withom obligation Nome Address City Postal Code NOTICE The Mobile Recruiting Team will be in Barrie on Thursday August I976 at the Canada Manpower Centre between 10 Lin and pm an 93 HR vn

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