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vx Canadiens still fastest even in parade busi starts MONTREAL CPi Setting records is nothing new to Montreal Canadiens but the one they established Wednes day over the eightkilometre route of the Stanley Cup viclt tory parade came under difficult circumstances After trouble getting their open float started the Cana diens who won their fourth consecutive Cup title Monday night With 41 National Hockey League victory over New York Rangers switched to an opensided sightseeing bus and covered the route from their Forum home to City Hall in 90 minutes No one could remember quicker trip Gary Collins of Barrie sits astrlde his Yamaha 750 at Mosport Sponsored by 7UP this roadracing motorcyclist finished highest Canadian at Daytona and managed to come away with few of the allimportant dollars in his pocket Examiner Photo by Ian Mularewl Jacques Lemaire with the prize to wave and return shouts The Stanley up sat in an empty flower box lining the roof in view of the crowd below which broke into cheering and chants of Were No when one or another of the players hoisted the trophy aloft No outburst was greater than that which greeted Guy Lafleursappearance sports calendar TIIIIISIIAY Baseball pni chuiiarkcl iillia Jrs South Siiiiroc Baseball League Fastball pm Harrie Floor and all Harrie iytip 330 Stan lilectiic Hayfield Furniture Queen Park Harrie and District IIiltrlllldlillt Fastball League pin Firefighters Molsons Kiln pin Merchants Illltll Fariii IIqtiipiiienl Mirlorrioii Park Barrie and liistrict Rttlldllttlilll Fastball league Softball iiiii IIlim ilc Koliiiai kilo pin Ivy Queen Ilotcl Shear Iark Harrie and District Ladies Softball league Soccer 630 pJII Ihilpnit Spring Seriice KOIISN Electric Assikiiiack Stellar onst Hill Hake Steel St Park Ihunibpriiii Ohnipic Restaurant Maple irmc luppci ILiriic tlptlltlhl Minor Soccer Association petcc games 6210 pin 11 and lliinitiiiig Fticiic Restaurant Johnson St Schilil Luffiiililgraiii lnscr lcllco lell beans odriiigtoii St 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at more than 100000 but the Canadiens had found the answer to piercing the throng in riding in one vehicle In recent parades players coach Scotty Bowman and other club personnel have ridden in pairs in jeeps more vulnerable to being sur rounded and stopped by admiringfans Its unbelievable said right winger Mario Tremblay There were people shouting people crying people pulling their hair Once at City Hall the players mingled at reception with those few fans lucky enough to make their way in while thousands more milled outside cheering whenever one of their heroes ventured to the edge of secondfloor sun deck Get the Slessor right Slessor and Periard In surance took up where they left off last year Wednesday beating Beatrice Foods 52 in the first Senior softball game of the year at Queens Park In the nightcap Church Homes lost 61 to the newest team in the league War minster Slessors Wayne McLennan held Beatrice batters to only three hits and pitched five of the seven innings without givlt ing up any Butch Boyd took the loss for Beatrice giving up only five hits three in the fourth and two in the fifth inning Neil Parkers double started things off for Slessor in the fourth inning Graham Giffen and Parker came across to score on Gerry Raycrafts dou ble setting up Raycrafts winn ing run on Doug Keans single Optimists slam Fisher Barrie Optimists broke open If close game in big way Wednesday Already leading hard fought game 82 Optimists rammed home eight more runs in the seventh inning to clobber Fisher Stoves 162 In the other Barrie and District Recreational Fastball League game of the night Clif ton Hotel downed Oro 82 CORRECTION Canplas Industries defeated Barrie Merchants 72 Tuesday 55 at Midhurst Park report in gt The Examiner Wednesday reversed the scores in error original Mulching Mower Quick usy one pass morning No bags no takes no cleanup Loss work less utter Smoothstarting 317 hp Briggs Stration engine Cuts grlss all summer cleans up leaves in tall IFIIIIC ire nevus Oat RODQIISOH and model No 0619 Bolens makes short work of it MM 0N LY $24995 Available at these dealers BARBIE ONTARIO Calvin Madill Bolens Sales SerVice 13 Woodcrest Road ORILLIA ONTARIO Parnham Small Motors RR STAYNER ONTARIO Bellamy Equipment Ltd Racing By IAN MULGREW Of The Examiner MOSPORT Ont The pits here are like dungeons dark cramped and noisy Everywhere men and pieces of machines are scattered It doesnt matter what time of day or night on any race weekend its the same Gary Collins of Barrie is here for the Victoria Day Sprints This is the first big Canadian race of the motor cycling season and hes aiming at first in the 250 cc expert class and fifth place finish in the expert unlimited class He wont make it but hell be close second and sixth Collins has raced since 1974 when he began ice racing on homemade 125 cc machine Hes never looked back Collins walked away from the big Daytona race few weeks back with money in his pocket and was the top Canadian finisher Interspersed between com ments on tires aluminum swingarms that are warped and the need for more oil he talks about his goals raced nearly every weekend last year he says Im being more selective this year Its too expensive and Ive got to pay off the bike Collins says this is the only time you can really race in Canada Other Canadian road races dont have the competi tion Mosport attracts because they cant pay the purses The drivers however arent sure Mosports way is the best though The top American rider Dale Singleton of Dalton Ga received money to show In the pits its rumored to be $10000 Later in the press lounge Singleton confirms the rumors If theyd take the money they give those riders and offer it to the other riders in prize Hornets coach says no to team executive offer By DAVID FULLER Of The Examiner After guiding the Alliston Hornets to the midOntario Junior hockey championship this year coach Roy Weatherbee says he will not be back because of conflicts with the teams executive Im definitely out of it said the 46yearold physical education and recreation in structor from Canadian Forces Base Borden John Fiesen general manager of the Hornets said Wednesday he still hopes to convince Weatherbee to come back next season Im in charge of getting coach Friesen said and my first priority is to get Roy back Weatherbee said he was tired of the conflicts that arose bet ween himself and some members of the Hornets ex ecgitive and wanted out of the JO Weve been sorting things out for three or four weeks now Weatherbee said Ive had enough hassling Hornets won the midOntario Junior championship in March but lost to Pene tanguishene Kings in the Ontario Hockey Association playoffs Weatherbee said he is out of hockey now but might coach peewee team for Borden next season money wed all be better off Collins says We dont even know the prize money just now Id like to make the bucks get paid forjustshowing up want to move up few notches before calling it quits He says money could be the spoiler It costs about $400 to race on weekend not in cluding luxuries like food and drink And his friends the guys that work on the bike till am so its ready to race need few pints Collins cant pay them and he cant do it without them work all winter to pay for the summer racing slap five CARS VALLEY RENTALL NEW EQUIPMENT RENTAL SERVICE ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION 7266666 I6 MAPLE AVE or six away week for Daytona and just think about the sun At General Electric in Bar rie he manages to swing shifts too so he can get away for the racing He puts in his 40 hours to pay for it trained for three months before Daytona Collins says But should go back to the Barrie YMCAi again Had trouble on the back straights hanging on The bikes reach speeds of about 165 miles an hour on the back straights here and it takes lot of uppper body muscle to stay on Skinny Collins needs all the help he can get slip going into corner off that TRUCKS TILLERS LADDERS SPREADERS ROLLERS the examiner Thursday May 24 1979 15 straight can mean disaster The crashes arent bad it you can walk away its the ones you cant walk away from thathurt Last year he wiped out twice once flying 15 feet in the air before slamming into the tar mac But it isnt the pain so much as the possibility of ruining the bike Half house is in that rustproofing SALE PRICE CAR OF THE WEEK I977 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD This door sedan is one of GMs finest luxury cars fully equipped in black on black and grey upholstered velour interior Auto PS PB door locks windows antennas 8way power seats tilt wheel cruise control lighted vanity mirror sentenal lights opera lights in termittent wipers AMFM track stereo automatic climate control air conditioning ming glazed finish $10800 TRY JACKSONS SALES AND LEASING 140 Bradford St Barrie Gary Skinny Collins loves doing it but motorcycling is no cheap pastime bike one of the guys says It would be all over if its gone But it isnt and Collins is sit ting on it staring straight 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