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Barrie Examiner, 25 Aug 1979, p. 10

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10 the examiner Sammy Judging from playoff in years Alliston on Tuesday evening 53 and 32 again Newmarket Hawks finals draw in the second game ter ing our best The defending Hawks play and Ray Flaherty ship business girls title Close battle for South Simcoe By 311 CURRAN games so far the battle for the South Simcoe baseball league title is likely to be the closest Four teams are still in the running with Alliston Canucks rated as slight favorites The firstplace finishers have been forced to fifth and deciding contest by the surprising Orillia Junior Pontiacs but have the advantage of home final It has been scheduled for Riverdale Park Diamond at Bill Edgars charges so far have won handily at home taking the Pontiacs by 172 and 82 scores Largely due to stellar pitching by Gerry Wingrove the younger team came back remarkably on home ground at Orillia where they won HAWKS SHOW MUCII IMPROVEMENT In the other current semifinal series Orillias defending champion Majors are fighting it out with Bill Jays Second to Alliston in the regular league standing the Ma jors soon found the thirdplace Hawks were no longer the easy opposition which bowed four straight in last years With Dan Cooney pitching sterling ball the Hawks demonstrated their progressive improvement early by upsetting the Majors to the tune of 73 in the opener Back at Orillia they blasted hurling star Brock Richard son for five runs in the opening frame to finish up with 77 BLAMES BREAKS FOR BLOWING LEAD We were very unlucky in that game noted coach Jay after his attention was drawn to the Hawks 71 lead going into the sixth We just didnt get the breaks at the finish former Scarborough player who is now playing his third season with the Newmarket squad Jay is playing coach who is smoothfielding secondsacker and consistent hit Asked what he thought of Newmarkets chances to take the league title he just smiled and answered Well be do Playing coach Barrie Cockburn of the Majors felt his team was off form but praised the strong finish after weak start ampions had to register four runs in the sixth and then two more in their last inning to gain the split in points Murray St Onge received particular praise for his tworun homer that tied the game Along with Cooney Bill Dunlop and Barry Greer have been sharing the main mound duties for the blue and white GOLFERS IN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY At Trehaven golf course near Hawkestone Garnet Flaher ty has been the first to advance to the finals in the top flight Veteran golfer Pat McCue of Hawkestone Dave Thomp son Cam Abernthy and Art Brennan are also still in the run ning Young Tim Teloar who is just 13 years old has reach ed the semifinals in another flight along with Herb Bone Finalist in the mens championship competition at Shanty Bay veteran golfer Bruce Gapp was beaten out in the senior semifinal by Dave Milliken Gapp will play the winner bet ween Lorne Knowes and Al Fraser for In the ladies handicap Laureen Harvey Jean Crump Audrey Dewsnap and Helen ldeson have reached the semi finals while Wendy Burton and Ann Smith play for the All indications point to an interesting deciding contest for Alliston fans Larry Halbert who was on the mound for both their easy wins is slated to be the Canucks starting pitcher while Coach Ron Johnston is expected to rely on Wingrove mens champion West holds lead entering final 18 ST JOHNS Nfld CP Stacey West of Thornhill 0nt has fight on her hands from an unexpected quarter as she tries to defend her five stroke lead today during the final round of the Canadian womens amateur golf championship West 21 expects battle to the wire with veteran Marlene Streit of Fonthill 0nt who has won the title 11 times since 1951 But Streit 45yearold mother of two has been strug gling with her game and trails Wests 54hole total of 220 by 10 strokes That leaves it up to Louise Angelillo and Denise Lavigne both of Montreal trailing West by five strokes Angelillo after two ordinary rounds this week fired blis tering 68 to jump into the tie for second place Her per formance which included six birdies and two bogies shaved four strokes off the record West set on Thursday and matched on Friday Lavigne had broken the old record 75 with an opening round 73 and followed that with rounds of 78 and 74 to maintain Alarcon pulls stops her secondplace standing Cheryll McConnel of Toronto is in third place at 226 followed by Lynn Cooke of Coquitlam with 228 Streit is tied with Betty Cole of Edmonton and Kathy Powers of Lunenberg NS at 230 Marilyn OConnor of Calgary is next at 233 and Christa Teno of Toronto and Nancy White of Roseneath PEI round out the top 10 with 234 West said she was hoping to play as consistentl as she has all week forcing others to mount charge The likelihood that she would be playing in threesome with Lavigne and Angelillo would only make her more com petitive she added Angelillo was ecstatic over the best round of competitive golf she has ever played The 26yearold who moved to Montreal from Quebec City in 1976 was coming off three year slump that resulted when she changed to heavier set of mens clubs was winging very light clubs before and iust lost my swing she said for fiveshot lead BRANTFORD Ont CP Conservative just isnt Rafael Alarcons style Alarcon is pulling out all the stops when he tees it up this afternoon with iveshot bulge and just 18 holes to play before he adds the Canadian amateur golf championship to his length ening list of accomplishments Five shots is great advan tage Alarcon said When go out tomorrow dont play match play play the course If play conservatively might shoota760r77 Thats one possibility the rest of the field just doesnt share Alarcon has sandwiched two outstanding rounds of golf around one good one to give him 54hole total of 208 Graham Cooke of Dorion Que is his closest rival at 213 Alarcon after stumbling Thursday to oneoverpar 73 at the tough 6598yard Brant ford Golf and Country Club re bounded with fourunder 68 Friday to gain his comfortable lead The 21yearold native of Guadalajara Mexico was naturally enough pleased with his round played little bit better to day than when did Wednesday 67 he said The course was tougher today and was hitting the ball better The best Alarcons rivals can hope for and theyre so far back he needs telescopic rear view mirror is for him to have an atrocious round But Alarcon has thoughts on that Usually have one bad round every tournament play just hope that it was yester day when he shot 73 Still Alarc0ns pursuers havent lost ho The lea isnt insur mountable claimed Cooke know its going to take an aw fully good round by me and notsogood round by him or me to win Cooke started the day trailing by single shot but the best he could manage was par 72 The thing is that hes such strong player know have to go out tomorrow and shoot real good round Tied for third at 216 are Doug Roxburg of Vancouver amateur champion in 1972 and 1974 and Greg Olson of Lucerne Que Roxburgh was just two back of Alarcon before Fridays round but his putting deserted him and he shot 74 threeputted five times he lamented cant even re member the last time did that have no excuse for put ting like that the greens here are in excellent condition Can he catch Alarcon MM Crowd turnout disappointing was Moses close to record MONTREAL CP Edwin Moses hasnt been working on his game nearly as hard as he had his rivals working in the mens 400metre hurdles at the World Cup II track and field meet on Friday night The world record holder from the United States blew past his opposition on route to clear win over secondplace Harald Schmid of West Germany and Vasili Arkhipenko of the Soviet Union on the opening program of the threeday meet This past week is the first time all year that Ive worked on anything technical Moses said later Ive just been bas icallytrying to draw from past experience His time of 4753 seconds just missed his world record best of 4745 set two years ago in Los Angeles But it wasnt good night for record holders or for the ro moters with paid crow of only 12567 about 18000 coun ting the freebies showing up for the first night opening cere monies and 11event program Olympic Stadium which can seat about 60000 for track and field events had subdued at mosphere early in the evening with crowd estimated at fewer than 10000 for the start of spa McLean strikes out 22 leads Optimists to win Giffen Farm Equipment pit cher Brent McLean held Georgian Sports to three hits and struck out 22 batters to lead his team to 85 victory in the opening game of their bestof five semifinal series with Georgian in Barrie and District Recreational league action Fri day at MacMorrison MacLean started slowly walking the second and third batters in the Georgian lineup and then giving up home run to Mike Haley that gave Georgian 31 lead after the first inning However he hung in and baffled Georgian hitters for the rest of the match allow ing only two more runs and two hits In other recreational league action Optimists took one game lead in their bestoffive semifinal with Simcoe Hotel when they defeated Simcoe 10 at MacMorrison Giffen batters took while to get going and Giffen scored on ly one run up the fifth inning But three runs in the fifth inn ing moved Giffen tied the score in the seventh inning forcing the game into extra innings Neither team scored until the eleventh inning when Giffen stung Georgian for three runs to earn the victory Jamie McLean led Giffen at bat hitting home run dou ble and single Paul Partridge and Danny Luck hit singles The PptimistsSimcoe Hotel match was deadlocked at 00 unti the fifth inning Jim Foulis hi single for Optimists and came home for the winning run on an error by the Simcoe short stop The game was essentially pitchers duel Optimists pit cher Jim Foulis backed up by strong fielding on the part of his teammates held Simcoe to one hit walked two batters and struck out three Ron Charlebois on the mound for Simcoe Hotel struck out three Optimists batters walked one and gave up two hits Both series continue Sunday at MacMorrison Georgian and Giffen play at pm while Sim coe and Optimists go at 830 pm the hourlong opening cere monies The meet continues today and Sunday STUNS RECORD OLDER Barbara Klepp of East Ger many stunned world holder Ma rina Makeyeva of the Soviet Union in the womens 400 hur dles while Evelyn Ashford of the US took world record set ter Marita Koch of East Ger many in the womens 200 Klepps winning time of 5583 was more than second off Makeyevas record time of 5478 yet to be ratified by the International Amateur Athletic Federation Debbie Esser of the US was third in race which saw veteran Canadian inter national Francine Gendron run her first major hurdles She fin ished credible sixth didnt understand the starter Francine said of her effort which produced time of 10091 wasnt in racing position when he gave the set signal Then said the Montrealer who normally runs the 1500 metres on the seventh hurdle caught my spike and had to finish the race with the spike missing Gendron earned her spot as the Americas hurdler by finishing second to Australian Lynette Young at the World Cup trials in Quebec City earlier in August In the mens 800 Kenyan Jams Boi Maina was declared the winner with time of 1t477 Howden into semis The next three runners were all timed in 1479 with second lace going to American James obinson followed by Willy Wulbech of West Germany and Olaf Beyer of East Germany COE ABSENT The absence of world record holder Sebastian Coe of Britain took some of the lustre from the race Coe set world standards over 800 and 1500 metres and onemile distances in 41 days earlier this year He was se lected for the Europe team in the 800 but withdrew Other winners Friday night Anita Stukane of the Soviet Union in the womens long jump 664 metres Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany mens javelin 8648 metres James Sanford US mens 100 metres 1017 seconds Miruts Yifter Ethiopia mens 10000 metres 27531 llona Slupianek East Ger many womens shot put 2098 metres East Germanys womens relay 3204 Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany mens discus 6602 metres There were no world records set although Ashfords time in the 200 was better than Kochs 2206 recognized by the IAAF But the East German has an even faster time pending The US team tops the mens standings after six events with 38 points based on an 876543 21 basis 4x400 via 2game sweep The Vespra Senior Fastball League quarterfinals began last week and one team has already made it to the semi finals Howden Auto Sales of Angus swept their bestofthree series two games to none over New Lowell to move into semifinal series against Eden vale Howden won the first game 82 and in the second game behind the pitching of Mike Hill Howden took 42 victory In the other quarterfinal eries Oakley Motors split their first two games one win apiece with Midhurst Suburban Transport Midhurst won the firs game 21 in extra innings but Oakly came back in the se cond game to win 43 The series features standout pit ching from both clubs Al Gow of Oakley has pitched both games and given up five hits and struck out 20 batters John Gratto of Midhurst has also been on thc mound for both games and given up nine hits and struck out 16 batters The rubber match is set for Monday at 830 pm Meanwhile the semifinal bestoffive series between Howden and Edenvale begins Monday Aug 27 at Midhurst 730 pm Barrie Fairs meet winner Michele Cadeau might have finished second in the high jump to Rosemary Weyer but she picked up two firsts in the bantam girls long jump and ball throw and added four seconds and third to win the trophy for her age group with total of 36 points five more than runnerup Kim Edwards at the Barrie Fairs 6th Annual track and field meet Cadeau was on of 48 boys and girls that took part in the meet Winners of each event received ribbons and winners of age categories received trophies In the mite girls category Heather Sullivan was the over all winner with 12 points five better than runnerup Sherri Cane Sullivan took firsts in the 50m and the ball throw Donna Verral won the high jump and IOng jump and took second in the 50m to win the tyke girls overall trophy win ner Bell won by six points get ting three firsts one in the 1500m ball throw and 800m In the Open female class Margaret Mulder took first Kevin Horner edged Richard Black by two points to claim the mite boys overall trophy Homer didnt win an event but finished second in four 50m 200m long jump and ball throw Scott Hunter and Trevor George also made it close finish in the tyke boys Hunter won by three points and had four firsts Jacco Spykerman showed his versatility as track and field sports SATlRIHY Lacrosse Alida Nowce Ontario Playdowns Eastview Arena Barrie Minor Lacrosse Assocmtion Novice Racing 745 pm Powder Puff for Daimand and Mini Barrie Speedway Oro 81h line at Hwy 11 Baseball 1230 Eastview Diamond Barrie Red Sox vs Hanover Eastview Diamond 2nd gameof Sr COBA playoffs SUNDAY Softball pm Bruce Webb Builders Shut terbug Photo Barrie and District Girls Softball Sailing 1030 am Niaid Cup Barrie Yacht Club Fastball pm Georgian Sports vs Giffen Farm Equipment 1130 pm Simcoe Hotel vs Optimists MacMorrison Park 2nd games of semifinal of Barrie and District Recreational League Adanac in championship Barrie Midget Adanac Lock and Safe earned berth in the York Simcoe Baseball Associa tion championship final by defeating Orillia 32 and winn ing their bestofthree series two games to one in action Thursday Glen Vollebregt was the win ning pitcher giving up eight hits and striking out six batters cabtear Michelle Cadeau narrowly misses on her second attempt at the high jump one of the events of the Barrie Fair track and field meet Cadeau took se cond here but won overall in her age class Examiner Photo by Cathy Heather athlete Spykerman competed Three firsts two seconds and saw the best competition of the in seven different events winn third helped Bobby Halliday meet between Mike Morrison ing four of them and taking se cond in the other three to give him the trophy as grand winner in the atom boys category Claim the overall trophy in the bantam boys category by seven points over Frank Walter In the open male category and Kevin Wrightman The overall trophy winner came down to the last event and Mor rison won to claim the trophy Canada advances to final VANCOUVER CP Can ada advanced to the quarterfi nals of the womens world field hockey championships Friday by defeating Ireland in tense penaltystroke shootout The teams were tied 11 at the end of regulaton time in the replay to determine second quarterfinalist from Pool of the litteam tournament Both teams had 111 records in ear lier roundrobin competition Canada got goals 0n penalty strokes from Dana Sinclair of Vancouver Sandy Drever of Calgary and Margaret Dalgarno of Toronto to win the shootout 3l Name of the Irish scorer was not available Both teams had five shots in the shootout Sandy Tufnoil of Victoria scored in the fourth minute of regulation time to give Canada an early 10 lead which stood until the 66th minute when Jenny Givan tied the score for Ireland just four minutes from regulation time Ireland and Canada had tied 11 Thursday in the last round robin game while the Nether lands had earlier advanced from Pool to the quarterfi nals with 30 record Canada ranked ninth before the tournament meets West Germany today in one quarter final matchup The others have Idcathedral cHeat Pump otimmmoN mm AMERICAS I0 SilllIIG HEAT PUMP ONE SYSTEM HEATS COOLS It DYKST BROTHERS HECTRIC 7261439 the Netherlands against Scot land Australia meeting Wales and England going against the United States Three consolation round games were also glayed Friday Bermuda an Fiji battled to 11 tie India blanked Hong Kong 60 and TrinidadTobago shut out Zambia 100 mm 359 Qi as moot my 5M an mammwa unfitum Shen Lijuan of the Peoples Republic of China during action in womens shot put at the World Cup of Athletics in Montreal Friday night Lijuan finished sixth with throw of 1646 metres it was the first appearance by Chinese athletes in international competition in 24 years CP Photo McDonalds owner fined $100000 Kroc upset by baseball SAN DIEGO AP San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc says he wont appeal his record $100000 fine for tampering but baseball as far as he is con cerned can go to hell Although the 76yearold hamburger king retains ownership of the club Kroc said Friday he would turn control of the Padres over to his soninlaw Ballard Smith 33 Theres lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball Kroc said The fine believed to be the stiffest in baseball history was levied last weekend by baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn Kroc disclosed the amount of the penalty Thursday Cincinnati Reds and New Orantes looksfor third win BROOKLINE Mass AP Defending champion Manuel Orantes of Spain moved into the quarterfinals and Americas last hope was eliminated Friday night at the end of the third round of the 52nd annual $175000 United States pro tennis championships at Longwood Orantes seeking to join Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg as threetime consecutive winner since Longwood salvaged the bankrupt tournament in 1964 swept past 13thseeded Heinz Gunthardt of Switzerland 63 Then 10thseeded Hans Gildemeister of Chile crushed the hopes of Mike Cahill 27 of Memphis Tenn by advancing to the quarterfinals with 62 63 victory Orantes will meet fifth seeded Johan Kriek of South Africa while Gildemeister will face Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in quarter finals today In other matches Jose Hi gueras of Spain will meet In dias Vijay Amritraj and Pavel Slozil of Czechoslovakia will play fellowcountryman Tomas Smid In afternoon matches Kriek and Lendl charged into the quarterfinals with thirdround victories HIT THE WHEELS Fri Tues Wed Thurs Sun Evenings 730 10 pm Sat Evenings Double Sessions First Session 100 930 Second Session 1000 midnight Silt 110 Bill FARM RD BARRIE 7372266 16ymofmlovor Sun Matinee 130 pm Closed Mon York Yankees accused Kroc of tampering after an Aug 13 in terview that quoted Kroc as saying he would like to go after Yankee third baseman Craig Nettles and Cincinnati second baseman Joe Morgan in the re entry draft this fall Canadian Kroc later wrote letters of apology to Kuhn and thetwo clubs and publicly promised that the Padres would no longer consider themselves eligible for Morgan or Nettles should they become free agents Kroc said the commissioner stuck it to me erby field is quantity not quality EDMONTON CP The purse for todays 50th running of the Canadian Derby will set an Alberta record but the qual ity of the field for the Immile race for threeyearolds foaled in Canada cant match the quantity Before the Derby draw Thursday there was speculation that not enough horses would enter to fill the starting gate But the draw produced 12horse field for the $50000added race The gross purse will be $72650 with the winner taking home $45769 But among those 12 entries are few topquality horses The best of the lot appears to be Enjoy The Canadian National Exhibition Easters Memory winner two weeks ago of the $75000 Mani toba Derby It should be really good race because nobody is over whelming said Bill Norris who trains Mr Kapacity Paddockhurst Stableowned gelding Calgary hotelowner John Laschuk whose Canadian Bill won the Derby on rainsoaked Northlands track last year has entered Kennedy Gilmour filly that was nipped in the Derby trials by Easters Mem ory from Calgarys powerful Canada West Ranches and Maple Leaf Stables Avoid traffic and parking problems Travel the relaxed worryfree way so 3v BUS TRAVELWAYS DIRECT DAILY SERVICE TO THE ONE ONLY 05° Inchdes Beuirn Tramponation And Goreral Adam For schedules and fares cull TRAVELWAYS 7264545 Departs from Continental Inn Innisfree Valley College inspected private high school offering individualized teaching full academic program country setting Grade semestprpd redit 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