Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 10 May 1979, p. 17

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flftiflg notes Smart moneys no fun anyway fig By DAVID FULLER Of The Examiner fi New York Rangers pulled off the upset they said they would Tuesday and Im $4 poorer because of it said the Islanders would meet Montreal in the final and even went so far as to back it up with few paltry green backsjust to keep the City Editor honest We both won figure He gets the money and get the satisfaction of watching smart money do down the pipe never was enough of mercenary to bet With the odds and against the sen timental favorite Leafs in the Stanley Cup they ask me Sure say but Ill bet on the Islanders and the Habs otherwise the folk at large will call me philanthropist and Ill never get raise Thanks Rangers go back to betting with the sentimental underdog favorite again So tonight Im tempted to go with the Bruins they certainly qualify for the underdog label although the Ilabs did their level best this season to play the part However say the Habs will win Sentiment is one thing but lets not be dumb about it It WALT TKAZUK upstart Ranger Motorcyclists from across the country and the Northern United States will be in Simcoe county May 2627 for two day qualifying enduro You may not see them darting among the trees along the many trails in the area but theyll be there trying to win place on the anadian or American teams that will compete if in the Olympics of motorcycledom the International Six Day Trials The local favorite in this test of rider and machine is Jim Ilamilton member of the Canadian contingent last year at the 150T in Jonkoping Sweden Hamilton finished last years lSl with bronze medal due to gremlin in his gas tank but this year hes hoping to win gold Sunday the Barrie Motorcycling Association sponsors of the ISIYI will hold another type of trial an observed trial Foreign to most North Americans not familiar with the gt more esoteric events in the sport trials is the gymnastics of motorcycling It also rivals golf as one of the most frustrating things person can do Sixctators are welcome to attend there is no admission charge For more information call meat the sports desk 7266537 Krul helps Harper to 21 win llarvey Krul and John Kiesenbrink each scored one goal to lead Ilarper Tire to 21 victory over the American Ilotcl in Barrie and District Recreational Soccer League tion Wednesday llarold Young scored the lone American llotel marker In other games Leitz Midland shutout ltobertos 20 kstra ltrotliers beat Midland ll 10 and Italian Sportsmen battled to 22 draw with Bax tcl Tim Hughes scored the lone goal for league defending champion Dykstra John lngriselli came up with both goals for Leitl Midland LOLIER CREDITS MOM NEW YORK AP Amy Al cott one of the players on the womens professional golf cir cult credits much of her suc cess to her mother was HARDYGLENWOODS MOTHERS DAY WAREHOUSE SALE TRAYS PLACE MATS RECIPE BOOKS AT REDUCED PRICES OPEN Thurs Fri May 10th Ilth to 900 pm OPEN Sat May 12th 900 to 500 Elected Neptunes president Foster gets involved By DAVID FULLER Of The Examiner Bob Foster has good reason to get involved with the Barrie YMCA Neptunes swim club When youre up at am standing around the pool theres not much else you can do but get involved he says Foster joined the club three years ago when his daughter Cathy began swimming com petitively and at the clubs re cent annual general meeting he was elected president suc ceeding Terry Paddison He served two years as chair man of the Neptunes swimathon committee and last year was vicepresident He became club treasurer the first year he arrived In hockey town such as Bar rie Foster is keenly aware that swimming attracts fewer par ticipants yet his problem goes further Our problem is wed like to grow but the size of the YM Chi pool limits membership to about 30 swimmers he says Its not surprising then that one of the clubs plans for the future includes building new pool Although thankful for the support of the Barrie YMCA Foster realizes the club will not grow without larger pool than Braves want fired Chicken ATLANTA AP Ted Turner the owner of the last place Atlanta Braves of baseballs National League is continually searching for win ner but apparently will settle for chicken However its not any or dinary chicken its the KGB Chicken Ted Giannoulas of London Ont who made the chicken famous performing his antics at San Diego Padres games has been fired and barred by court order from using his feathered costume BOB FOSTER Neptunes new president the 20ltyard facility members practice in now All we can do is hold novice meets he says the pool isnt big enough to hold any official swim meets On the less ambitious side Foster says the club purchased new lane markers and back stroke flags to make life in the pool easier The kids have done ex To You District The Economy Unemployme Energy Unity Housing Which Issues Are Important Ron Stewart cares Authorized by the official agent of the Progressive Conservative Candidate in Simcoe Electoral Fwestouccif EVE PUT OVER 16 MILLION tremer well this year he says and the secret is they swim against themselves Theyve improved their times tremendously Foster inherited the one big problem faced by all club members scarcity of coaches Our big shortfall is coach Foster says We need one Connie McBrien headAcoach this past year left the club when her work took her to Orillia If she finds work here she could return until then Foster must find new coachagain His overall goal is to get peo ple involved If the kids are busy swimm ing they dont have to hang around plazas and its healthy TERRY PADDISON former president too Hurons beat Orangeville The Barrie Hurons peewees scored three times in the final period to defeat Orangeville 74 in minor lacrosse exhibition action Wednesday at Eastview arena Nolan Keogh led the Barrie attack with two goals Scott Colman Danny Burlington Peter Byers Gerry Price and Mark DAmbrosio scored one each David Lee and John Warman shared the Barrie net minding duties Next 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