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Barrie Examiner, 18 Oct 1979, p. 14

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14 tho examiner Thursday 09 18 1970 izi Pirates mob relief pitcher Kent Tekulve lower right centre as Willie Stargell and Tim Foli l0 and Mike Easler 24 rush forward to join the group Wednesday after the Bucs beat the Orioles 4l and won the 1979 World Series at Baltimore Stargell was named the series most valuable player AP Photo lnnisdale challen es Central Marathon surpasses its quota Human Energy Norths Run for the Colors Half Marathon will go this Sunday and applica tions are still available at the Examiner Terry Connelian president of Human Energv North said many prizes have been donated for the event The race is basically meant to be for fun so the prizes which include equip ment bags running shoes as well as other running apparel will be distributed in hidden placing fashion IIAIIEiII Conneilan also said that crosscountry runners from In nisdale Secondary School have challenged their counterparts from Central and that competi tion at the 12 kilometre distance will be an interesting sideiight The racing will be at two distances The half marathon will begin at Utopia Communi ty Centre and end at Molsons Park The Utopia Community Centre is on the sixth line oft Highway 90 west of Barrie That race is 21 kilometres For more casual runners and the high school racers the run will begin at ivy and also end at Molsons Park ihat run is 12 kilometres Once the racers get to Molsons Park there will be barbecue for all the com petitors The prizes will be distributed at this barbecue Connellan reports that there has been lot of interest shown Tony Panacci Examiner Sports editor Sturgeons saga Hockey fans viewing the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Rockies last weekend may have noticed Peter Sturgeon who was taking semiregular shift on the left side for the Rockies The saga of Peter Sturgeon is very interesting one in that it shows that talented hockey player should never give tip hope on one day making it to the National Hockey League Sturgeon route to the premier hockey league in the world is the most unlikely one since Claire Alexander was persuaded to give up his milk run in Orillia to join the Leafs iOOllJlNlOR Sturgeon had very good junior hockey career good enough to be thiidround draft choice of the Boston Bruins in 1975 He attended the training camp of the Bruins but during it his knee gave out on him Sturgeon was farmed out by the Bruins and his career began to go into tailspin Last year his third in the minors Sturgeon was playing for the Western llockey League known butcher loop when he decided to pack it in He and his wife gathered their belongings and headed home to Brampton Brampton is hop skip and jump from Georgetown The Georgetown Raiders heard Sturgeon was back in the area and contacted him about playing for their ciiib in the OilA Inllllllltll playing in this year The Intermediate League the loop the Barrie Flycrs are league is much stronger this year than it was in 1978 79 There were some real turkies in the league last year STICK OIT Sturgeons first game in the league was against the Orangeville Cougars club that on an exceptional night would have trouble beating incdicorc industrial league team and needless to say the Raiders newest acquisition stuck out like sore thumb remember people in the arena that night asking Who the liell is that guy and whats he doing in this league Peter Sturgeon going at half tilt left his opponents for behind and was one of the major reasons the Raiders took the league crown At the end of the season Sturgeon decided thit he was go ing to give hockey one more serious shot He quit drinking totally and got himself into excellent physical condition llc then wrote Rockies coach Don Cherry lllt man who had drafted him for the ituins back in 73 letter asking toi tryout Sturgeon got tiic tryout with the Rockies had an excellent training camp iiid was one of three newcomers to earn spot with the team SHORTS Tonight is Mary Brown Night at the Barrie Colts game ll spectators to the game receive lrec coupon tor Marv Browns and also snack box it tiic game The Colts ill also be paying special tribute to senior citicus ilic Rariic Mnioitiptiinist Soccer ssociation ill hold its annual general meeting October 23 at it to in at the Con tiiiciital inn tor anyonc interested in soccer Opening dinner tor the Barrie Curling Club Ladies Sec mm is titI lit ti to The new cxcciitiy tor the club has been chosen and loan Osbornc is this years president tak mg er from past president Jeannette iws ticrtrudc Cook is vicepresidcnt iiid secretary is it lct itegor in the run At first expected anywhere froin 50 to 100 run ners now think there will be about 150 taking part he said CLINIC Before the running gets underway at 12 noon there will be clinic beginning at am and ending at 1130 Chris Hastings podiatrist and Bob Maiudzinski an accomplished marathoner will run the clinic Three runners from Human Energy North ran the Skylon marathon last weekend in Niagara Falls All three record ed excellent times Maludzinski covered the 26 miles and 1583 yards in two hours in 47 minutes Peter Clarke also broke three hours making it in two hours and 59 minutes and Peter Clarke came in at three hours and two and half minutes bettering his previous best time by 21 minutes All three of these runners are ex pected to take part in this half marathon Applications can still be pick ed up at the Examiner Con neiian also said that post en tries are more than welcome Just show up at Utopia half hour before the racing begins and you can run the race There is competition in six divisions and certificates will be given to all finishers Gows score three Gary Gow scored three goals and recorded three assists to lad Pauleyanna Sports to 130 thumping over Prossers BPS in an Innisfil Mens Broomball League game Sunday in Lefroy Steve Penfold also scored hattrick for Pauicyanna and had one assist Shelswells goal gives Oro point Doug Sheiswell got his third goal of the game with less than one minute showing on the clock to give the Oro 77s 77 tie with Penetang in Georgian Bay Junior action last night The tie against the leagues defending champions keeps Oros unbeaten record intact They have three wins to go along with the tie The game was tied at two after the first 20 minutes ro led 53 at the end of two periods but lcnetang fought back to earnthetie Three Oro players took care of the scoring Aside from Shelswells three Murray Hadley and Neil McDonald had two each Rick Gilbank was between the pipes for 0m and he made 29saves This Sunday Oro travels to Gravenhurst for what should be tough test Gravenhurst bombed Huntsville in their last outing Rotary Peewees even their record Barrie Rotary Peewees hockey team evened their record at two wins and two losses in exhibition play when they defeated Brampton 10 but then lost to Brampton 52 and Toronto Red Wings 10 in major pecw ee hockey games Nolan Keogh scored the only goal in Barrics 10 win over Brampton assisted by David Ciocklord and Todd Marrow Barrie had three minor penalties in that game llllt Brampton have five ininois Brampton took +0 lead before Barrie got on the scoreboazd in the liiial two minutes of the second period in the 52 loss to Brampton Graig Perry scored for Barrie assisted by Tim Henderson and Brian Catiili Mike Dubois marked the second Barrie goal assisted by Adam Wrobel The game between Toronto and Barrie was scoreless until the third period when Toronto scored shortlianded goal at the 130 mark to go ahead ltt Bariic had several power play opportunities as Toronto had seven minor penalties but fail ed to take advantage of the ex tra man situations Grizzlies surprise veteran squad Ailiston Sports Marauders is an exlxrienced team that is ex pectcd to show lot ot poise Tuesday night iariudcrs lost their poise wliiic ticoigian Itlllies acted like cperienc ed etctaiis is Georgian upset Allistou will in Siiiicoe toun ty Mens Basketball League game Steve Dantoid and tilen Walpoic led Georgian to the upset scoring Iti and IS points ltStKtlHtl liavc More hail the game high 31 points ltit Allistoii but in losiiigcaiisc liiIlics coach Jim Martin tell that superior Ctilllltlltlllllll was big tacitir iii lils ittlll win Were young team lint ot the guys are tub in their lust year ol coilcgc so worn in good shape said Martin We ran hard all night we pressed them and kept mov ing Alliston was Sinicoc Countys runnerup last season The team is tXptlltlltHl compared to Georgians inexperienced young club The win gives Grizlies record of two wins and no losses Our mistakeTuesday the score between Queens llotei Sports and Peter Reino was iii coirectly reported as 3914 The actual score was 7843 Mr Ontens High scorers in the game were Barry lurnbiill with 2n and Leo McBride with 15 for Queens Stu Reynolds with 34 and Fred Sisiilak with lit for Peter Itciiio Homer wi es out Orioles Willie explodes for Bucs BALTIMORE iAPi Led by Willie Stargeiis tworun homer and stalwart relief work by Grant Jackson and Kent Te kulve Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles Wednes day night in the seventh and de ciding game of the 197$ World Series establishing host of historical and statistical mile stones for major league base ballsfalifinaie The Pirates became only the fourth team to come back from 31 games deficit to win bestofseven series and the first ever to do it twice They also accomplished the feat in 1925 against Washington Sena tors Other clubs to come back after being down 31 were the 1958 New York Yankees and 1968 Detroit Tigers With tworun homer and pair of doubles Wednesday Stargeil the Pirates captain finished the series with seven extrabase hits breaking series record The old mark of sis was held jointly by New York Yankees Babe Ruth in 1928 Detroits Ervin Fox in 1934 Brooklyns Duke Snider in 1952 St Louiss Lou Brock in 1968 and the Yankees Reggie Jackson in 1977 TIES MOST HITS MARK Adding single to his three extrabase hits Wednesday Stargell also became the 40th man to collect the series record of four hits in game and the fourth to do it this year Pitts burghs Dave Parker and Bill Madiock along with the Ori oles Kiko Garcia also had fourhit games The quartet of fourhit per formances tied series record The only other series which fea tured four players who had fourhit games was the 1946 edi tion in which St Louiss Enos Slaughter Whitey Kurowski and Joe Garagioia along with Bostons Wally Moses had fourhit games Stargeil also powered his way to 25 total bases tying Reggie Jacksons alltime series mark set with the Yankees in 1977 Relief ace Tekiiive who re tired the side in order in the ninth to nail down the chain pionship became the first pitcher in history to save three games in series under rtiies Smiling Garner relishes victory BALTIMORE APi Phil Garner uncorked wild throw at the start of the World Series He popped open bottle of champagne at what was for him and the rest of the Pitts burh Pirates successful fin ish Id like to sit down and spend three days just sipping this the second baseman said Wednesday night with placid almost dreamlike smile amid the noisy clamor of the Pitts burgh clubhouse after the Pi rates 41 victory over Baiti more Orioles in the decisive seventh game of major league baseballs fall finale In the frigid opener here last week Garner made numbfin gered throwing error that helped Baltimore to fiverun first inning And the Orioles ultimately took 31 lead in last Saturdays game in Pittsburgh established in 1969 The record of two was ac complished five times most recently by Cincinnati Reds Will McEnaney in 1976 Pittsburgh second baseman Phil Garner batted 500 12for 241 to join only six other reguv lars who hit 500 or better over the course of series and tie record for sevengame set The alitime record is Babe Ruths 6125 hit in the fourgame series of 1928 IN DOLHIE Fltilltlis By having five players with 10 or more hits iStargcll Gar ner Omar Moreno Parker and Tim Fall the Pirates set series record in that depart ment Many pinchhitting milestones were established The Orioles used 23 pliltllv hitters over the seven games breaking the old record of flu set by the 1973 Oakland As Baltimore pinchhitters got total of six hits tying the mark also held by the Yankees in 1947 and time and by the As in 1972 Baltimores Terry Crowley and Pat Kelly each appeared in five games as pinchhitter ty ing the series standard Eight other players hold the mark the most recent being Oaklands Angel Mangual in 1973 The Orioles established an other record by using five pitchers in the ninth inning Wednesday tTim Stoddard Mike Flanagan Don tanhouse Tippy Martinez and Dennis Martinez The old mark for one inning was four held by six other clubs the most recent being the 1968 St Louis Cardinals Pittsburghs Phil Garner pit ticipated in nine double plays at second base series record The Pirates five sacrifice flies broke the old mark of three held by four teams old Pirates Willie Stargell looks up at scoreboard in eighth inning of final game of World Series against the Orioles Wednesday night in Baltimore in the sixth inning Stargell hit two run homer to put Pittsburgh ahead AP Photo Tearful slugger named MVP BALTIMORE tAPi Willie Stargeil who preaches philos ophy of never getting too high when you win or too low when you lose was choked with emotion Wednesday night after leading Pittsburgh Pirates to major league baseballs 1979 World Series There has been closeness on this team that cannot prop erly put into words said the teaifui giant his voice nearly inaudible at times We scratched and we clawed We are family and thats not said to be sassy or fancy That thought typified our ball club tworun Sixthinning homer by the 38yearoid Pirates cap tain one of four hits he collected in this decisive seventh game started Pittsburgh to its titleclinching 41 victory After helping the Pirates back from 31 gamesdeficit against Baltimore Orioles Stargeli was unaiiiniousiy chosen as the most valuable player of the series The man they call Pops talked softly about the team he led physically and spiritually to the National League pennant and the Piiates fifth World Series title The first perfect small car Total Economy Project Toyota will be the first to tell you that theres thing as perfect that they will never stop trying to perfect to improve the automobile introducing Tercel such as snatchin the Phase Economy Car for the crucial years to come Front Wheel Drive Toyotas Tercel combines front wheel drive with new 15 litre SOHC longitudinal engine 4wheel inde pendent suspension transmission linkage direct 2500mm 98 wheelbase and special suspension geometry The Tercel has been designed to reduce to minimum the tendency of some front wheel drive vehicles to veer with celeration or deceleration Test drive the amazing Tercel at your Toyota dealer TRY Jackson Brothers Ltd In designing Tercel with foreandaft longitudinal engine Toyota has created powerplant which is ex ceptionally 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