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Barrie Examiner, 17 Sep 1979, p. 5

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TORONTO CP Toronto Luebber and Steve Grilli from Luebber 30 appeared in 29 earnedrun average He joined of the 1978 season mill community shouldnt have it again when he had 23 Another holdover who got was goalie Glen Hanlon as be No said Neale ROCHESTER NY CP Dianne Groome of Tt ronto won Saturdays final race to give her fifth place in the final over all standings in the Inter national 420 class competiton of the world womens sailing championships on Lake On tario Cathy Foster of Britain had clinched the International 420 championship earlier Groomes performance was the best by Canadian sailor in weeklong the competition Lions with Rapp upset at the CP Laserpoto Edmonton Eskimos are mak ing it difficult to accept defeat gracefully coach Vic Rapp said Sunday after the Eskimos slapped his British Columbia Lions 408 rubbing it in with touchdown in the last six sec onds of Canadian Football Leaguegame That last touchdown was little too much humiliation for Rapp former assistant coach with the Eskimos lncensed he shouted unkind words at Es kimo coaches seeking to offer postgame condolences and stormed off thefield The temper tantrum ignited brief scuffle Players from both teams pushed and shoved with Edmonton head coach Hugh Campbell falling victim to lessthangentle poke from an unidentified BC player Were not the first ones to walk out of here feeling this way Rapp said referring to MEMPHIS Reutert US Open champion John McEnroe defeated JoseLuis Clarc of Ar gentina 62 63 Sunday to give the United States its fourth vic tory in five matches against Are gentina in Davis Cup American Zone tennis final play McEnroes victory was his seventh straight in Davis Cup play In other play Sunday Guil lermo Vilas won Argentinas sports shorts Jays purchase two contracts have purchased the contracts of righthanded pitchers Steve club of the Internatonal League baseball team this season with an 118 record and 341 free agent earlier this year after limited action with Minesota Twins of the American League Grilli 30 had 97 record with Syracuse and 201 ERA along with clubltleading 12 saves He was purchased by Syracuse from Detroit Tigers organization prior to the start Infielder Dave McKay native of Vancouver was called up from Syracuse following the conclusion of the Interna tional League playoffs Saturday night in which Columbus won 43 in 12 innings to take the bestofseven final 43 Two big Canucks unsigned POWELL RIVER BC CP Captain Don Lever is un signed entering the option year of his contract with Van couver Canucks and it looks like the veteran forward is out to improve his bargaining pow Lever won the first twomile run Sunday as the National Hockey League club opened its training camp in this pulp I20 kilometres northwest of Vancouver Lever 27 the Canucks firstround draft pick in 1972 and third overall that year also impressed on the ice He was one of the betterlooking people on the ice today said coach Harry Neale Im satisfied with the job he did last year as captain and cant see any reason why he coach Vic Rapp did not take kindly to the 408 drubbing his team took at the hands of the Edmonton Eskimos Sunday in Edmonton few choice words were exchanged after the game Blue Jays said Sunday they their Triple Syracuse farm games for the minor league the Toronto organization as er Lever replaced Chris Oddleifson as captain last season goals and 21 assists in 71 games while doubling as leftwinger and centre vote of confidence from Neale the club held its first two workouts and scrimmage of the weeklong camp Unless Hanlon continues his gymnastics the injured an elbow in fall from ladder at his Brandon home he has to Neale regards Gary Bromley as his No netminder and Curt Ridley will have to take that job away from him Ridley who played 77 games for the Canucks in the preVious two years was injured in training camp last year and spent last season with the Canucks farm club in Dallas Neale also said he was happy with the general condition of the 40 players in camp after sending out reminders during the offseason telling players to watch their weight Canadian sailors fifth Crewing for Groome was Char lotte deHinrich also of Toronto Fiona Kidd of Toronto fin ished 13th in the final 420 stand ings Sue Holt of Hudson Que was 16th Annette Henderson of Ed monton finished seventh in the Laser class for the best showing by Canadian in that division won by Marit Soderstrom of Sweden Karen McRae of To ronto who had been among the leaders early in the week fin ished ninth in fleet of 42 Judy Lugar of Halifax finished 11th at Eh Eskimos scoring habits Esks displease BC coach the lopsided scores the Eskimos had compiled in fashioning an undefeated 802 record In other games Sunday Cal gary Stampeders whipped Sas katchewan Roughriders 5210 and Montreal Alouettes beat Hamilton TigerCats 2H4 Sat urday Gerry Organs lastplay field goal gave Ottawa Rough Riders 2219 victory over Win nipeg Blue Bombers Rapp said the ground rules have been laid for the clubs next clash in Vancouver Nov The wheel keeps turning and some day some place some time things will change Of the game itself which put the Eskimos three points ahead of the Lions in the battle for first place in the Western Con ference Rapp said simply We got beat badly both ways man and zone Theyre an extremely good football team McEnroe keeps on winning only match when itas Gcrue laitis of New York retired with foot injury after leading 34 in the second set Vilas won the first set 97 The US had clinched the zone championship on Saturday when Stan Smith and Bob Lutz defeated Guillermo Vilas and Clerc in the doubles The US team advances to the Davis Cup semifinal Oct 10 against Australia in Sydney Villeneuve finishes seventh IMOLA ltaly Reutert Austrias Niki Lauda driving Brabham won the Dino Ferrari Formula One Grand Prix auto race Sunday with time of one hour three minutes and 5589 seconds Carlos Reutemann of Argen tina was second in Lotus and new world champion Jody Scheckter of South Africa driv ing Ferrari finished third The race did not count towards the world drivers championship which Scheckter clinched last weekend Laudas average speed was 1892 kilometres an hour I118 miles an hour Reutemann finished in lOt0298 followed vacheckter in1042111 Gilles illeneuve of Berthier ville Que in Ferrari wound up seventh with clocking of 11050322 Win Ontario cham ionshi the examiner Monday Sept 171979 Garners Sports sweep final series Barrie Garners Sports batter Karam Kennedy right takes big swing and stride at bat for Bantams Kennedy hit two doubles to lead the team at the plate in the first game against Sault Ste Marie for the Ontario championship Barrie won the first game l06 Pitcher Rick Orser left hurls the ball toward home plate in the first game in which Orser struck out seven batters Barrie won the second game 94 to take the Ontario title Strong pitching and hitting were two big factors behind Barries successful year Examiner photos by Cathy Heather Mr nears provincial final after defeating Milford in two fen fanned 17 of the batters he faced over the nine innings In the allOntario final next The Barrie Mr Transmission Junirs have advanced to the final in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Junior playdowns defeating Miford Juniors in two straight games Mr won 44 Saturday to eliminate Milford For the second consecutive game Mr Ts Ron Giffen came up with marvellous pitching performance Giffen nohit Milford in the first game last week This time Milford did come up with four hits but Gif week Mr will be pitted against Oneida The series will begin on the weekend but the times and location had not been Canadians hopes alive with victory over Aurora For Barrie Canadian Soccer Club its almost an instant replay At least theyre hoping so Barrie Canadian defeated Aurora Rangers 21 Saturday in Aurora in Newmarket and District Premier Division league game By defeating Aurora Barrie kept their playoff hopes alive As it stands Barrie is one point beind Aurora Hellenics in the league standings Barrie is third Aurora second and Brad tord first Barrie meets Aurora Hellenics next Saturday in mustwin situation only the first two teams in the final stan dings are promoted to playoffs The boys are going to be up for that one thats for sure said Barrie Canadian coach Ray Jupp Last season Barrie Canadian found themselves in very similar situation They had lost the only game they had played to Aurora and then met then in critical gamewhich Barrie won This season Aurora shutout Barrie 30 in the only league game between the teams to this point Naturally the team and coach Jupp are hoping they can repeat last years performance and defeat Hellenics at home Weve been having trouble taking advantage of scoring op portunities said Jupp We just cant afford to miss the chances weve been getting hope we hit few more against Aurora Jupp felt that 54 score would have been more in dicative of the way Barrie played their game against Aurora Rangers However he settled for the 21 win in which centre forward Murray Hadley scored both Barrie goals Peewees take lead in final defeating Collingwood 84 Barrie Vala Contracting Peewees took 10 lead in the bestofthree series for the YorkSimcoe Peewee league tilt lie when they defeated Coll ingwood 84 Saturday night Barrie actually had one hit less than Collingwood but took advantage of nine Collingwood errors for the victory Barrie scored two runs in the first inning and then scored three in the second inning when Collingwood committed several errors Barrie scored one run each in each of the third fourth and fifth innings Collingwood scored run in the third inning two in the fourth inning and one in the fifth inning Coach Carl Hanspiker felt the team played excellently We committed only two er rors which was just great said Hanspiker Danny Beamish made spectacular catch he usually makes one game in centre field Shannon Hanspiker led the Vala attack hitting double and single Derrick Car michael Steve Cuculick and Danny Beamish each hit singles Ray Foster and Robbie McAleer shared the pitching dutiesforBarrie The series now moves to Coll ingwood tonight for the second game Barrie could wrap up the title with win Heroes and Robson all tied For Howards Heroes and Peter Robson Carpet Mart it all comes down to the one game The bestofseven champion ship series in the Barrie and District Slow Pitch League is tied at three games each Georgian league champion will be decid ed by the seventh game of the series Peter Robson has had to rally from behind twice to tie the series Their latest rally came Sunday at Queens Park in the near title downing Simcoe Georgian Sports is within one game of clinching the title in the Barrie and District Recrea tional Fastball League after defeating Simcoe Hotel 31 in the final yesterday Georgian leads the series three games to one and can take the title with win in the fifth game which will be played Wednesday Georgian had taken the first two games of the series but Simcoe came back with an im pressive 70 victory in game three Mike Haley was in the pit ching circle for Georgian yesterday He silenced the Sim coe bats by limiting them to two hits although he walked six batters Georgian scored the games first run in the second inning Scott Brown got on on an error and then scored on Pat Grib bons single In the third with two out and none on Murray Lees blasted homer to put Georgian up by two In the fifth another unearned run made it 30 for Georgian Larry Woods got on on an error and then scored on another miscue by Simcoe pitcher Ron Charlebois Simcoe finally put run on the board in the sixth Keith Cairns doubled and scored on Graham Stewarts sacrifice but it was too little and too late Charlebois pitched an ex cellent game but was the vic tim of the two unearned runs He only gave up four hits and walked just two batters one game to decide champion second game of double header Robson lost the first game of the doubleheader to Howards and faced eliminaton in the second game But the Robson team came up big and won by an impressive 103 score Robons scored eight runs in the first inning led by the hit ting of Qarry Corbett who was four for four at the plate Jamie Parker scored once and went two for three and Terry French three for four for Howards In the first game of the doubleheader Howards won decisive 93 victory over Peter Robson giving them brief 32 lead in the series Roger French and Terry Agnew both went three for three for Heroes and hit home run each Rob sons scored all their runs in the fifth inning Mike Morrison hit double to drive in one run and Ernie McFadden followed with double driving in two more runs Peter Robson tied the series 22 Friday night when they edg ed Howards 65 Bruce Rad went three for three for Rob sons scored one run and hit triple Roger French was im pressive in losing cause go ing three for three hitting home run and scorin twice The seventh an deciding game is set for Tuesday Sept 18 830 pm at Shear Park confirmed as of presstime The game remained scoreless for the first two innings but Mr broke it open by scoring twice in their half of the third With two out Larry Murphy Gerry Maw Larry Giffen and Brian Scott hit successive singles Murphy and Maw scored In the fifth Barrie came up with two mor runs Again Mur phy Maw and Cott ignited the rally Murphy hit double scor ing on Maws single Maw then came around on twobagger by Scott Mr had nine hits in the game but five times stranded runners in scoring position They also had two runners gunned down on the basepaths On the other side only once in the game did Milford get run ner as far as third base The first inning was the only one in which Giffen did not have at least one strikeout In six of the nine innings Giffen had two or three strikeouts By CATHY HEATHER Of The Examiner Barrie Garners Sports Major Bantms are the 1979 Ontario Baseball Association Champions Barrie defeated Sault Ste Marie 106 and 94 to sweep the bestofthree finals two games to none and bring the cham pionship to Barrie It is the first time that any minor baseball team from Barrie has ever won an Ontario title In the first game Barrie displayed one of the talents that has led them to such we cessful season remarkable comeback ability Sault Ste Marie took 62 lead after the top of the sixth in ning But Barrie scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to go ahead 96 Catcher Regan Harris led off with single and scored on Rick Orsas single Billy Joe Muise hit single and Darryl Lynn made first on an error while Orser scored Steven Col lins then got on base on an er ror Karem Kennedy hit dou ble driving in two runs and then scored on an error to Saults first baseman Orser allowed the Sault 11 hits but struck out seven bat ters Barrie had 10 hits Ken nedy hit two doubles and Muise and Orser each hit two singles APPEAL PENDING Although there is an appeal pending on the game it is doubtful that the ruling will go against Barrie Sault St Marie appealed the game on techniciality stating that another appeal made by Barrie first baseman John Sharpe should have been made through the pitcher In the second game Barrie took an 80 lead before Sault Ste Marie finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning Barrie scored three runs in the first inning Rob Roy led off with single followed by Rick Orsers single Steve Collins hit single and Muise and Collins came home on Karem Ken nedys triple In the second inning John Hiltz led off with single and came home on single by Orser Orser scored on single by Collins Rob Roy allowed Sault St Marie only one hit over eight in nings and had nohitter going for five and twothirds innings Sault collected three hits in the ninth inning so Roy ended the game giving up four hits but struck out nine batters Barrie had 13 hits in the se cond game Leading the batters was Collins with three singles Roy and Orser hit two singles for Barrie COACHES PLEASED Coaches Bob Irwin Lloyd Preston and Tim Brown were all very pleased with the win All three coaches felt that the boys deserved the title by play ing good ball and also coming up big under pressure Preston believed that one fac tor in Barries success this season is that the team IS Bill Hake goalie John Duncan recorded the win but wasnt too successful in thwarting Olympic Restaurants Dan Perks on this particular play Perks scored to narrow Hakes lead to 2l despite remarkably well disciplined Nothing ever gets them down said Preston Not only did they show good discipline to rally when they were down against Port Colborne in the last game of the semifinals they did the same thing against Sault St Marie in the first game Their comeback ability is really something theyre just never out of it Everyone contributes Im proud of the class they showed and their good sport smanship said Brown They play well everywhere in the field pitching hitting Preston points out that Barrie had strong pitching corps and very good hitting In theseries Chicago Black Hawks sports hall of fame This weeks mystery sports person is former pro fessional hockey player and also former member of the Barrie Flyers hockey club Last season he played for Collingwood Shipbuilders in the intermediate Hockey League if you know his name send in yours along with your address and telephone number to Sports Hall of Fame co The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Winners are selected at random from correct entries received by Saturday Mike MacDougoll of Shanty Bay Rd in Barrie is the winner of last weeks con test for identifying Bobby Hull formerly of the onlcst winners will rcceiw an cighlslitc lhnc ilcm pizza from Mothers Spaghclti House 3H2 Hayfield 5L Harrie againt Sault St Marie Barrie played well defensively The coach credits the Barrie Minor Baseball Association for its strong support throughout the season and the parents for being especially helpful in driv ing the team to its games Preston mentions that an all Barrie York Simcoe league final could have been possible this year While Barrie Garners Sports won the South Division Barrie Green and Ross finished first in the North division but then lost in playoffs Barrie meets Midland in the first game of the York Simcoe league championship Tuesday 530 pm at Eastview Diamond Pizza Parlour and the efforts of Duncan and another Hake player to stop him Hake went on to win the Peewee title by defeating Olympic 32 Examiner photo by Cathy Heather Hake completes perfect season Bill Hake Engravers Peewee Soccer team capped off an undefeated regular season when they defeated Olympic Restaurant 32 to win the Peewee championship in the final of the Barrie Minor Op timist Soccer Association playoffs Saturday at Steel St Park For coach Hank Vander Velt the win as especially gratify ing Vnader Velt has been coaching for 10 years and brought his group up from the Atom division through to the Peewees Ive just taught them the basics said Vander Velt Im especially pleased with the girls on the teamI think its great they come out to play and think they help the spirit of the boys TOOK LEAD Bill Hake took 20 lead before Olympic Restaurant slid one by Hake goalie John Cun can But Engravers came back quickly with another goal to make the score 31 Restaurant scored once more but time ran out and Bill Hake were the new champions David Beckner Ian Martin and Allan Burton scored the goals for Bill Hake while Dan Perks and Sean Pope scored for Olympic Restaurant In the Bantam divison Mikes Milk house league win ners also emerged as cham pionship winners when they shut out Consumers Gas 60 Ian Llewyllyn led the attack for Mikes by scoring hattrick Ray Wright added two goals and George James scored another Tom Gapp had the shutout in goal for Mikes Maher Shoes edged Firenze Restaurant 21 to claim the Atom division title Darren Bumble and Robbie Martin scored Mahers goals while Jason Dumont netted one for Firenze Ital Fashions after upsetting house league winners Downtown Centre in the playoffs earlier defeated Allan Cooke to take the Squirt Division champiOnship Gabe Mussmacher scored ltals goal and Chris Laplante recorded the shutout Giovanni and Perri on top all season in the Mosquito division and house league winners also won the championship title when they defeated New Lowell Legion 32 Bruno Ranaesi and Frank Bosco scored goals for Giovanni while Teddy Kennedy and Jammie Vasvari scored for New Lowell Vander Velt feels that soccer is fast growing spot especiallt ly in the Northern part of On tario in places like Huntsville Gravenhurst and Barrie The Barrie league has about 36 teams Its physical game but it helps kids exercise and develop said Vander Velt

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