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Invited to bicycle tour By ED HARPER Chay Tom Parry the jovial chairman of the Ontario Recrea tional Cycling Association once again invited me to par ticipate in his annual Ladies and Gentlemans Invitational Bicycle Tour which took place last Saturday The route was from Orangeville to the Bmokdale Park Inn Barrie This event is always highlight of the touring cyclists season and it was an honour to be invited by Tom Before set out was hoping that could better my last two per formances The first yearl managed to ride about 40 miles of the tour before pulling up with leg cramps Last year bettered my old mark by bout two miles This year had trained diligently for the tour and was confident that if everything went well would complete the tour The trouble is that some of the riders set quite fast pace and me being an exbicycle racer hate to have anyone in front of me so usually have spent all my energy after about 40 miles But this year having shed about 25 pounds and in great shape had an easy time Only few young riders finished ahead of me Mike Adams local lawyer and Ellen Ander son of Barrie also finished the tour The weatherman treated us kindly with perfect riding weather Tom Par always writm an interesting invitation to the gders and following is the letter he sent to me before the ur To Lord Edward Harper of Stroud Manor Again it is our pleasure and your delight to announce the highlight of the Ontario CycloTouri rig calendar The Ladie and Gentlemens Invitational Tour will arrive in the City of Barrie on August 26th We the beautiful people feel it is our duty to mingle with the public at least once year after all the cyclo jet set must not be seen to be an insignificant and unpeopled body It is our pleasure to formally invite you as the highest member of our cycling aristocracy to lead the lesser but still noble youp of cyclo socialities from their gathering point in Orangeinlle to the overnight watering hole in Bar me As usual the Brookdale Inn will attend to our every whim to ensure our complete enjoyment We look forward to seeing youand your beautiful city on Saturday Your humble servant Sir Thomas Parry with chain ourt ycloJester There were approximately thirty riders in the tour this year We started at central shopping mall in Oraiigeville at 10 am and our course took us through the beautiful Hockley Valley to Loretto on to Alliston from there to Bax ter then Thornton and on to the Brookdale Park Inn in Bar rie where the riders swam in the pool partied and had the tsual delightful dinner then danced to the wee hours with few refreshments in between Toni Parry the organizer of this tour lives in Freelton Ontario He is known all over Canada for his ability to organize bicycle tours Tom is busy from early Spring till late Fall each year and seldom weekend goes by without tour somewhere in Ontario It takes hours and hours of endless work getting good bike tour together and Tom Parry gets very little credit for the work that he does More and 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League finals against Bayfield Fur niture After chasing Hayfield all year for first place COOP ran into the hot pitching of Greg Giffen and finally succumbed desoite superb display by Ron McKee Last years most valuable player and standout on the mound again this year McKee gave up only five hits and struck out 11 Giffen batters but gave up two runs in the third and one in the fourth Giffen took advantage of an error by third baseman Wayne Neely to score fourth run Tom Johnston reached first on the error and was credited with the runltbattedin when Scott Brown scored Giffen pitcher Greg Gifieii gavt up six hits in the game and relied on his fieldcrs to hold C0 OP to single run Jeffeiys homer in the third came after centrefielder Jim Angus reached first on wild pitch with one out Ross Downey threatened to continue the rally with single but John Gibbons ended the inn ing with his ground out to McKee Dave Doucetter singled in the second inning and scored on Keith Cowdens double for C0 Ps only run of the game COOP had the opportunity to score as they left 11 men on base Iour batters were walked by Giffen including two in the third inning but the Giffen defence made key play at third throwing out Neely to hold off run Doug Eves missed chance to score when he tried for home on single by McKee but was tagged out at the plate McKee shutout Giffen in the final four innings and threw seven of his 11 strikeouts Toronto sailor wins regatta only two classes in doubt KINGSTON Out inly two of nine classes racing it the Canadian Olympic Rc atta Kingston ORKi vere illll in doubt as the competition entered its final day today Thursday Hans Fogh of To xmto won the Soling class in lifflianger finish and Mike Lllew easily wrapped tip wm in the 505 class In five other classes the top skippers had built up insurmountable records leaving the other sail on to fight out second place Only the Albacore and Finn standings were still to be dc cided as went out for their final race of the week Thursdays highlight was Foghs wm in the powerful Solr mg class The lead had changed hands throuin thc wetks and going into the final race less than two points separattxl the top three skippers Glen Dcxlcr of Halifax Fogh and Bill Ab bott Jr of Sarnia Ont Everything went Fogbs way He came sound Dexter and Ab bolt came eighth and ninth rc spcctively and that was that The stocky former Danc has had good year in the Soling so far He has won the European diaiiipionship and the Kicl Week regatta in Germany In addition he was sccond in the worlds in Brazil OUTSLS RIVAII In the 503 class which also sailed its final racc young Mike Glcw of Sarnia yearold Queens liiiyeisity student sailed to first place well ahead of arch rival John lulvermann of Washington who placed ninth Five of the other classes are also wrapped up as far as the firstrplacc finishers are con ccrncd iiiong them was Larry Woods of Winona int who stood grinning on shorc whilc his follow lornado skippcrs headed out for their sccoiid last race In IIIS first seven races Woods won six and placed fourth oncc That put him too Georgian leads series shuts out Firefighters Georgian Sports ltStIIVHI some of tlicir hitting power for the future Thursday as they shut out Barric Illtllgllltis It to take one game lead in the bestoffiye finals in the Barrie and District Itccriational Fastball League Ralph Lambert started things early for Georgian with his single to lead off the bottom of the first inning and eventual ly scored on Fred Haughtons single to give his cum the win Tom Posic convcrtcd ficldcrs choice into run when he scored in the second inning on single by Don Partridge Doug Posic finished things off lor tbc night Willi twoout homer in thc third inning litchcr Bill Edgcrton gave up only two bits in the fourth lll mm to win thc game for Georgian lat Gribbons took lhc loss for Firefighters after Iikc llalcy failed to save thc gnmc ftlltl Gribbons gave up only llYt hits lxfori lciiiig lhc gami liiifiglitcis INI chantc to scori camc Ill Illt fourth inning whcn Gary Atkinson rcachid second basc on Al Lccs single liowcycr IIdgcrton struck out iIIIItII and Rick Alicrn grounded out to third liasiiiian Fred Hastings to end tlic inn mg Gmrgiaii lcads tlii series with singli win lhc playoff cont units lucsday at in far ahead of the pack to be caught so be packed up his boat and became spectator Richard Palmer of Hudson Ouc is in second place in the class with Brian Palfreeman closing in from third spot In the Laser class raig llcaly of Pt Richmond Calif had wrap xi up the top spot followed Andrew Mcnkart and Dirk Kiiciiliiiaii of Oakville in flirt Stephen Benjamin of Miami had clinched the 70 class by lhursday winning six of eight races Tani Matthews of To ronto was fighting doggedly to hold second place despite late challengi by Jerry Roufs of Moritrcal Tim Walsh of Toronto neednt wci his bull in the final race of the International class today to takc first place laul lcl aiighlin of Toronto was sec nod and Doug Mann also of To miito third raig ilIINII of Weston onn cannot lose in the Fire ball class livc Robertson of lickcring Ont holds sccond aftcr win lhursday ahead of Phil Lcitch of Saimichton In the Finns and thc Albar coris the wiiiiicrs were still in doubt Finn skipper Dayc Bucmi of Annapolis Md had slight liad ovcr Lawrcncc Lcmicux of Ildmonton with James Hahn of lklgciiaicr Md third In Illt Alabacorcs Andy iimniing of Toronto was fighting to stay out in front of Roger Grccn of Hawkcstonc nt David West of Ottawa is third IIic regal ta ends today IOIIIATION DROIIED NEW YORK Ali The esti mated population of the western Arctic herd of caribou has dropped from 250000 to mom in six years says National Geographic This crisis has thrcatcned the lifestyle of people in the north where himtcrs still depend heavily on caribou for food in winter Hartstield eXpected worst his Blue Jays gave it to him By DENNIS NTIIIER Of The Examiner Roy llartsficld had no illii sions of grandeur when he took over as manager of the flcdglr ingloronto Blue lays in I977 guess you could say we wcnt into it expecting the worst and lot of times wc got it he told The Examincr recently llarlsfield and his American League club clash with the pen nant contending alifornia Angels Sunday at Exhibition Staiduni Approximately 400 Barric residents are expected to be in attendance at the game which has been dubbed Barrie Day limited number of tickets arc still available at The Ex amincr office The Blue Jays are presently sitting at the bottom of thr Amcricaii League East with dismal 53778 mark but Ilartsficld in his second year with the club refuses to bc discoiiragrxl We have to concentrate now on providing competition anti gentrally exciting baseball for the Toronto fans said Harte sfiold in due time we hope to start reaping the benefits of our efforts Managing an expansion ball club can become slightly discouraging at times Hart sfield says Sometimes its little dif ficult for the players to keep their chin up night after night he said But it just means we have to work that much harder and keep hustling Errors were not expected because of the Blue 12in went into the I977 draft with an eye WM Management felt that it could sacrifice few trying years with voung talent in order to ROY ILARISIVIELD cxpictcd worst build potential pcnrianl con In some ways it is easier to work with youngsters lhaii it is to inherit ball club with wealth of expcricncc llart sfield said suppose if was managing the New York Yankcss with their enormous payroll Id cx pcct them to do fantastic job every day he said You wouldnt expect the little mistakes or lack of hustle Experienced players should know better theyve been around long liriic With young kids you cxpcct little less at first Big things are expected of two young pitchers nghthander Jim Clancy and hard throwing southpaw Jerry Garvin Neither of which have matched 22 years of ago said llartsficld Largo qucst ion marks can evolve when it comes to development of youthful talent llartsfield says While there are promising youngsters at the farm love these days that You just dont know when theyre going to develop Suri you get disappointed sometimes he admits But Q15 37 you get some supriscs too The Work of lefthandcdr pitcbcr loin Underwood and righthandcr Victor Cruz Wcrc referred to by Hartsfield as two of tlic morc pleasant surprises in the I978 season ruz has been sailing along for much of the current season with an armed run average below one Underwood while not enjoy ing the same success was to date respectable 610 won lost record and 449 ERA The confrontation Sunday with the falifomia Angels prolt rnises to be an interesting one The Angels have been challenging Kansas City Royals all year in their quest for their first ever American League West pennant As of August 28 the Anels were just onehalf game behind the lcaguelcading Royals Theyre fine ball club contending ball club says llartsficld of the Angels But we usually play them pretty tough Michele Cloughley shows the way with her hunter In recent show at Powys Hall Good hunters jump with smooth high arc says Examiner columnist Helen Mason Examiner Photo by Dave Fuller Helen Mason on horses Hunters play to train HELEN IASON Good hunters are well balanced horses who stand off llltll fences and jump smootth III iiici arc huiilcr should take off as far in front of the obstacle as tlic jump is high For cxamplc hc should stand back about foot from 36 jiiriip asked Maiiricc Brown the director of lyrolcan Village Iklllthlrlilil cntrc in ollingwoixf and If jiidgc for his suggestions on training hunters Set up jumping lane he replied Jumps should be apart anti about 26 hiin Thc spacing allows the horsc to put his feet down in lllllt to take off again Hc suggcslcd that riders play WIIII tbcir horscs ihioiigh ihisjumping lani The horse will lcam to space himscll Later twcnty four foot spread biitccnfiiiccr allow for one stridi III lliiiitcr Equitation lasscs judgcs look fora illlil lcg positioned bchind Ihc girth It should be steady on llic horsc not swining Many ridcrs show daylight bctwicii IIItlI legs hid the horses sides This is symptom of poor lcg contact Ridcis should look straight ahead II the obstacle Hlll their hands following the horses moth Keep straight linc from your elbow through yoiii riders Thcy have good legs Roth Don llargravc and Maurice Brown emphasised the iniportanciof sound flat work Maurice suggests practising controlled circles at trot and cant er Turn the horses nose in the direction he is turning Bend his whole body around your inside leg Don talktd about basic hard flat work slow sitting trot cxtindcd trot collected canter Most riders dont do enough flat work he complained Many come to shows unprepared for the classes in the flat the horse should be relaxed and able to work wit contact or on loose rem At home riders should have course of at least six to eight jumps with frequent course changes lsi figurecight course to test the horses flexibility Many hiiiitcr riders keep their mounts too slow often causing them to chip under fence come too close before takingoffi Spccd depends on the preference of the judge Maurice likes hunter to move forward in an extended canter not gallop lhc huntcr is trained to pursue fox He should look as though hes going somewhere Hunters are judged from the moment they enter the ring Rearing refusal to cater or picking up the wrong lead are hands to thc mount mouth Bctwccn jumps maintain it balanch position iii the ccn trc of thc horse Maurici noted IIlt problems many pony iidcrs have com pct mg against horscs in lliiiitcr lasscs The spread and distancc of thc jumps is mcasurml for horscs stride lic said lony riders will bayc to accept that thcy arc coiiipct mg WIIII thc txlds against thcm Don Hargraves senior Ill jiidgc talked about IIII in flucncc of lhc liltiropcan sytlc of riding Iliintcr ridci must use llic basic clcmcnls of contact with hands and lcgs to balance the horse he said Mr trained llargravcs most successful huntcr was ilii assutii Hc emphasised drill of basics like contact with llic bit and pushing the horse down into contact with the hands Itidcrs should feel the horses month without pulling on it lic cxplaincd Good cquitation ridcrs arc good Illlliltl Argos slump with star all uotcd short Many judges consider the salute waste of time Keep it Bell and brush boots re not allowed in hunter classes The judge may riiakc an exception at Schooling Shows if the ground ifs exceedingly slippery lliiiitcr faults are calculated differently thanij pers knock down with the front feet counts faults hind knock down only two Knocking down standard counts for four faults The first refusal at jump counts faults the second more third means elimination Fa ll of horse and or rider also means elimination Heavy hits of crossbars may be considered faults at the discretion of thejudgc Thc judgc is looking for the best round compared to others in the class An average round one day may collect red the iicxi Metcalfe hopes to halt skid TORONTO Ii lerry Mctcalf is well aware that as he goes so go Toronto Argonauts know if can excite my ItiIIIIIililltS good things hapr pen said the speedy running back who has seen his pcr formanti skid along with that of thc aiiadian Football League club Mctcalf who signcd riiiilti year million dollar contract with the Argos after five sca sons with St Louis ardinals of the National Football IAilflllt was the rushing lcader in lhc Eastern onfcrciicc month ago with 251 yards on 48 car rics 52yard average and two touchdowns At that point Toronto was in first place with 2H record But since then the team has dropped three in row and tumbled into third spot After seven games Mctcalf now has itle yards on it carrics it yard avcragc and three touch downs In St Louis Mciciiif was known as The Franchise be causc of his valuc to thc iirdi nals and was expected to fill similar capacity with IIlt Argos But last week Toronto fltll triil manager Dick Sliatto took verbal shot at the running back and was quoted as saying Mctcalf has gone downhill Will the rest of them When Tony Mctctilf does that its lot easier for the rest of them to justify slackingoff Mctcalf admits his con cent ration has been slipping Im down because weve lost Once in row bill havent lost my enthusiasm or my will to win he said My coucon tration has been lacking though Ive got to play with Last original bully sold Watson ioins Colorado PHILADELPHIA AP Defenceman Joe Watson the last remaining member of the 1967 Philadelphia Elyers ex pansion club has been sold outright to Colorado Rockies the National Hockey League Flyers said Thursday Watson played in 746 games in his 11 seasons with the Flyers scoring 36 goals and adding 162 assists He had also played one season with Boston Bruins Hes one of the greatest competitors lvc evcr sccn general manager Keith Allen said of Watson He was an in tegial part of our team during the Stanley up years Hes very respect ed more intensity and try to break it big one ach time carry the ball have to take it upon myself to bccomc the team leader by playing headsup football We all have to do that for 60 min utes because until we do things wont change Turnbull returns to tennis stardom NEW YORK AP Wendy liiriibull who burst into the up per ranks of womens tennis by beating Rosie Tastils Virginia Wade and Martina Navratilova in last years United States Open before bowing to hris Evert iii the finals is celebrity again The 25Ayearold Australian sccdcd fotirlli this year de fcated Katja Ebbinghaus of West Germany 62 75 Thurs day III firstround womens singles match at the US Open on lay in which rain forced pistjxincnicnt of twoltthirds of the scheduled matches Before the rains came 15th seeded John McEnroe ad vanced to the third round in mens singles by defeating Jaime Fillol of Chile 64 67 while in womens firstround matches sixth seeded Dianne liromholtx of Australia beat Kathy llartci till and StYtllIIISltdtd Betty Stove of the Netherlands defeated Terry Ilolladay tilt 62 Marjorie Blackwotxi of Ot tawa dropped 62 64 decision to Nthseeded JoAnne Russell of the US Matches that were rained out were rescheduled for today in cluding the completion of sec ondiound mens singles match between fourthseeded Vitas Gerulaitis and Vic Amaya that was interrupted by rain Geru laitis Iiad won the first set 62 but was trailing 545 in the sec ond when play was stopped Also postponed by rain was secondround singles match be tween secondseeded Jimmy omiors and Steve Docherty of Australia and firstround match between ninthseeded Manuel Orantes of Spain and Adriano Panatta of lta SHIPS WILL RACE NEW YORK AP group of tall ships from the 1976 Br centennial will race in com petition for the Cutty Sark Tro phy starting June 24 The ships will begin in Victoria BC and will finish in San Francisco