Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 9 Jul 1979, p. 5

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Beats former soccer cup finalists Only Barries Peewee team survived the weekends Ontario Cup soccer playoff games and advanced to the next round The Barrie Optimists Minor Soccer Association team defeated traditional finalists Torontos St Andrews 20 at Eastview Sunday but Barrie Minor Bantams ran into an awesome North York Cosmos club and lost 71 ending their bid for the Ontario Cup Barries Junior squad lost to Guelph 51 and was also eliminated from further com petition Simone Bottone and David Jupp scored for Barrie Bot tones goal came on cross in front of the St Andrews goalkeeper in the first half Jupp scored on powerful drive from the right side in the se cond half following several ex cellent missed scoringr op portunities Bot tone missed sure goal on header minutes earlier and Shots by several Jupp and arts Editor David Fuller7266537 teammates came close to mak ing the score much higher St Andrews threatened brief ly in the second half but was unable to control the ball in the Barrie end Lee Ellison gave Barrie Junior Bs 10 lead in the first half of their game played Sun day at Eastview however the hat took its toll and the stronger Guelph club stormed back in the second half to score three goals within three minutes to take commanding lead Tom Kelly saved Barrie Minor Bantams from shut out with his goal early in the first half Saturday in Toronto giv ing Barrie the early lead North York took the lead 21 before the end of the first half and scored five unanswered goals in the second to earn place in the next round of cup play Barrie Peewees opponents for the next round will be an nounced Thursday by the YSA Borg looking at greatness Wimbledon go Borgs fourth ti tle win was to be surpassed later in the afternoon LONDON AP Just moments after his greatest triumph Swedish tennis star Bjorn Borg was already thinkr ing of future achievements My goal is to win more big titles and be regarded as the greatest player of all time said the 23ycai=old ace after beating American Roscoe Tan 1101 01 IHS 0711 64 Saturday to take the Wimbledon mens singles title for the fourth straight year Borg became the first man since the First World War to win four singles titles in row but his appetite for success is insatiable have won 28 straight mat ches at Wimbledon and Rod Lavcr won 31 so want to go for that record next year he said The normally impassive champion sank to his knees in relief after taking nearly three hours to subdue the hardserv ing Ta nners brave challenge When won for the first time in 1976 never imagined could do it four times running he said This is the biggest thrill of my life The final was match of great tension and even Borg usually the calmest of players felt his legs turning to jelly in the final moments ADMITS BEING NEItVOlS was unbelievably nervous at the end he said almost couldnt hold my racket But as great moments of Billie Jean King the un crowned queen of Wimbledon followed Borg on court to play with Martina Navratilova of Dallas Tex in the womens doubles final against Betty Stove of the Netherlands and Wendy Turnbull of Australia And the 35yearold veteran knees crisscrossed with scars went on to win record 20th Wimbledon title with 57 63 62 victory It was Kings first Wimbledon title in four years but her great record was tinged with sadness Fellow Califor nian Elizabeth Bunnyi Ryan with whom she had shared the previous record of 19 Wimbledon titles died Friday nightatage88 was just sorry Elizabeth Ryan wasnt here said King was sorry couldnt talk to her That took some of the thrill of it aan LAST ONE IN 1912 The last man to win four straight Wimbledon titles was Anthony Wilding of New Zealand who did it between 1910 and 1913 Two of the old timers did even better in the early days Willie Renshaw and Lawrie Dochcrty each won it five times in row But in those days the defending champion only had to play the final or challenge round taking bye through all the preliminaries Greg Johnston of Barrie Barrie dums St ye at 10 takes on St An drews opponent in Ontario Cup soccer action Sunday Barrie won the playoff 20 over the highlyrated Toronto club and advances to the McNabbs powerhitting drives Transm Bayfield Furniture felt the force of James McNabbs bat Sunday night and went home +2 losers to Mr Transmission of the Barrie and District In termediate Fastball League In the other game of the night played at Queens Park Starr Electric pasted Clarkson Hotel McNabb belted tworun homer in the fifth inning for Mr Transmission driving in the winning run The shot scored Dave McMaster who drove in Ernie Cummings with single Winner Don Penfold gave up six his pitching for Mr Transmission Bayfields Jim Fife allowed only five hits in taking the loss Bill McAICer drove in Bayfields first run of the game with single that scored Brian Hiltz who reached base on one Optimists run away with district track title l1ikii lilil11t ttillltiilltti it shine one at ILiiiie lliilllllhl Track and Field tliibs top athletes Saturday at the ltoval anadian Legion district finals Rocehio won all three eiiits she entered and helped lead the tlpl imists incdly relay team to first place finish Ian Llewellyn equalled Roe chios ptitorinance winning his three ewiits ltoth athletes will take part in the Legion pro in eial finals in Burlington Jul ZR Rocchio won the 100m 300m and 400m rates Llewellyn won the 100m 200m and longjump Flcwn members of the Bar rie club qualified for the proviii cial funds with first place ftll shes Marg luldcr won the midget girls 300m and 13mm and ran leg of thc winning relay pen foriiiaiicc Pull Built on tile lmntum girls 400m and long jump Julie lnslcy won the baiitam girls 800m Iaul itltllltl won the midget boys shot put and ja eliii events but lost one of his strongest events the high jump to team mate Iikc Ior rison Gautier finished second Allan lahcy won the midget boys 100m hurdles by virtue of his being the only entry Lisa howling also won the 800m midget girls hurdle the same way Both club members earn trips to the provincial finals for the placing Fahcy also won the discus and finshcd second 111 the triple jump Optimists won the midget class for the district finishing first in both the boys and the girls divisions The bantam girls finished second overall There is no Bantam boys team from Barrie Other members of the Op timists competing were Lisa Davenport Christine Rocehio Colleen Iiurnferd Stuart ll ingtoii Adam Dilllllttk and Peter John tolin Llewellyn won the midch boys 400m Barries Colleen Durnford crosses the finish line ahead of her opponent at the Royal Canadian Legion district track and field finals Saturday Durnford finished the 800 race in third place Photo by Bob Warner Chiefs fell Timbers 20 in NASL cellar battle Atlanta hiets sent Portland plumnietingtoitssixth straight loss with 30 win over the Timbers in the only North American Soccer League game scheduled Sunday The outcome left both teams at T1t and last in their divi sioiis On Saturday Detroit Express outlastcd Chicago Sting 65 Tulsa Roughnccks blanked Toronto Blizzard Van couvcr Whitecaps downed Seat tle Sounders 31 New York Cosmos beat New England Tea Men 21 California Surf came from behind to edge Memphis Rogues 32 Minnesota Kicks defeated Washington Diplomats 31 Houston Hur ricane beat Philadelphia Fury 42 San Diego Sockcrs shaded Los Angeles Aztecs 21 and Fort Lttlltlttdtllt Strikers defeated San Jose Earthquake 21 of two Transmission errors Barry Turnbull drove in Bayfields Dave Rugman in the seventh inning but the rally was shortlivcd as Turnbull was thrown out attempting to steel third base STARR IARKSON Starr Electric had afield day with Clarkson Hotel winning 91 Coming off tough 20 loss to Bayfield Furniture Friday Clarkson gave up 13 hits and committed three errors allow ing Starr to return to the win column after series of IOSses Dan Duffy held Clarkson bat ters to fourhits for the win Ron Dwinnell gave up 13 hits for the loss Trouble started in the first in ning for Transmission as Pat McDaid singled and continued around the bases on two passed balls Norm Tetlock hit sacrifice fly that brought McDaid home for Starrs first run Duffy put his bat to good use in the second inning hitting onerun single that scored Steve Micks who walked and took sc cond base on wild pitch McDaid earned his only RBI of the game with one run single that brought Duffy in to score Partridge caused confusion among the Clarkson fielders with his hit that came on an er ror The play scored Starrs Ray Jeffreys and Bob Skinner but Partridge was thrown out trying for third base Tim Clark burned Clarkson for two more runs in the fourth inning on an error as he drove in McDaid and then scored on an error at second base Jeffereys and Partridge earned an RBI each with singles in the seventh inning to put Starr ahead SH Clarksons only run came on single by Gary Leduc that scored Brian Shaughessy Rifle shoot planned Muzzle load rifle enthusiasts are invited to the Ontario Federation of Hunters and Anglers Zone Five champion ships by the lslington Sport smens Cub July 14 15 near Bolton Spectators are welcome Ad mission fee is $1 for adults 50 cents for chilren and $250 for family pass Shooting starts at am Saturday and ends noon Suns day Awards presentation takes place at 130 Sunday The shoot will also feature knife and tomahawk throwing and trap shooting The site of the competition is lslington Acres located three miles east of Mono Mills or miles west of Hwy 50 Turn south on the fifth line of Albion 300 yards next round of the 64team playoff Barries two other teams are still fighting in cup playoffs were not so fortunate and suffered elimination Examiner Phot by David Fuller JAMES McNABB tworun homer issio DAN DLFFY fourhitter Wins gold despite yelling SAN JUAN tCP Sherry Hawco wondered whether civil war had broken out at gie Roberto Clemente stadium dur ing her performance on the balance beam Saturday night As the 15yearold Cam bridge Ont gymnast began her routine the fans in the up per seats at the end of the arena began to whistle vell chants stamp their feet and clap hands The fans were upset because the apparatus was located out of their sight and despite the efforts of gymnastic officials on the floor to keep them quiet they continued their uproar throughout Hawcos program The mob indignation didnt appear to affect her She won the gold medal BYC sails away ith Lake Simcoe Open Rick Irvine left of the Barrie Yacht Club catches the wind on Kempenfelt Bay with his spinnaker as he starts the run to Shanty Bay Saturday in the Lake Simcoe Quarterton Open Bill Porter of the BYC manoeuvers into the win on the right Alan Redwood of the BYC won the first leg to Shanty ndrews Ca rew tops AL voting NEW YORK AP Rod Carew topped the American League allstar voting for the fourth time and became the on ly major leaguer to be elected in all 10 years of fan balloting final tabulations announced to day by commiSSioncr Bowie Kuhn show Howevci the California Angels first baseman who started the last three allstar games at first and the previous six at second base will be out of manager Bob Lemons lineup for the clash against the Na tional League at Seattles Kingdome on July 17 because of ligament damage in his right thumb The replacement at first for Carew who drew 3997081 votes tops of any player in either league will be Cecil Cooper of Milwaukee Brewers who drew just over million votes He will join shortstop Roy Smalley of Minnesota Twins catcher Darrell Porter second baseman Frank White and third baseman George Brett all of Kansas City Royals and outfielders Jim Rice Fred Lynn and Carl Yastrzemski all of Boston Red Sox in the star tinglineup Smalley whose major leagueleading 362 batting average netted him 2572331 votes will be making his first allstar appearance Also elected for the first time were White and Porter whose 2046505 votes ended the cat ching dominance shared by New Yorks Thurman Manson and Bostons Carlton Fisk The National League starters announced Sunday are first baseman Steve Garvey and second baseman Davey Lopes of Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Larry Bowa and third baseman Mike Schmidt of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Ted Simmons of St Louis Car dinals and outfielders Dave Parker of Pittsburgh Pirates George Foster of Cincinnati Reds and Dave Winfield of San Diego Padres Rosberg CanAm winner WATKINS GLEN NY AP Keke Rosberg led from start to finish Sunday to win the CanAm sports car race at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix rac ing course Rosberg 30 who was born in Finland and now lives in Heidelberg West Germany got the checkered flag in his Spyder NF11 to win the $20000 firstplace share of an $80000 purse Rosberg drove the 300 kilometre 1857mile race at an average speed of 11458 miles an hour and finished 26 seconds in front of Geoff Lees of England Vern Schuppan of Scottsdale Ariz came in third one lap behind The victory moved Rosberg into first place in the CanAm standings with28 points Jacky Ickx of Belgium had been leading the CanAm series with 24 points but didnt get any points Sunday when he finished eighth Bay in moderate winds followed by This weeks mystery sports person Is long distance runner from the Barrie Optimists Track and Field Club She regularly places well in her age group at meets around the provincethat is when shes not winning them She is also stu dent at St Josephs High School If you know her name send in yours along with 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 Tommy Pelletier of Vernon Street In Angus is the winner of last weeks con test for indentifying George Carre of Barrie Floor and Wall from the Barrie and District Intermediate Fastball League Contest winners will receive an 18inch special pizza from Mr Tonys Iizzaria and Spaghetti House 47 unlop St Bar Bombers revenge lost on Steelers Revenge for quarter back Paul Finkbienners broken leg did not come to the Orillia Silver Bombers Saturday Looking to avenge their star ting quarterbacks injury suf fered in the two teams last meeting the Bombers fell out of contention by the half and went on to lose 277 In other Northern Football Conference games on the weekend Oakville Longhorns hammered North Bay TiCats 527 and Stoney Creek Patriots downed Sudbury Spartans 317 Tony Bianchi Maurice Bren nan and Jim Hannigan scored touchdowns in the first half to give Steelers 211 lead Orillias point came on punt into the end zone by Jeff Reid Jim Divenzo kicked the con verts for Steelers In the third quarter Bianchi scored his second touchdown on handoff from Adrian Vilaca Al Quinn scored midway through the third quarter on handoff from Orillia quarter back Sandy McConney two point conversion attempt by McConney failed Quinn led Bombers rushing gaining 73 yards second was Joe Joseph with 19 and Ken Maheu with 18 McConney completed nine of 16 passing attempts for 108 yards gained Steelers rushed 41 times for Neil Fenton and Jim Kotras all of the BYC Fenton beat Red wood on the return voyage Kotras finished third again The return win gave Redwood the overall victory by half point over Redwood with Kotras third overall Examiner Photo total gain of 194 yards Quarter back Divenzo completed six of 13 pass attempts for 86 yards gained Steelers lost all three fumbles of the game but they came up with three interceptions to Bombers two Bombers record now stands at two wins and four losses Stealers are even with three wins and three losses Rick Morenz scored four touchdowns and set club rush ing record for Oakville Long horns as his team bcat North Bay Ti Cats 527 In the first half Morenz the leagues leading rusher scored twice first on twoyard drive up the middle then later With an 11yard carry He set the club record with an 105yard sprint for his fourth touchdown Mitch LeBlanc Al Bower and Terry Rattray scored the other Oakville touchdowns Kicker Ron Coleman converted all seven and kicked 31yard field goal in the Saturday game at Oakville For North Bay Brian Dufoe scored touchdown on one yard pass and Jerry St Louis added the convert Giffen belts Georgian Giffen Farm Equipment Juveniles surprised Georgian Sports with fourrun third inn ing Sunday winning the Barrie and District Recreational Fastball League game 85 In the other game of the night at Mac Morrison Park Molsons defeated Canplas ln dustries 54 Five errors in the fatal third inning reuulted in all four runs by Giffen including the winner scored by Bob Murphy Pitcher Mike Naley finally escaped the inning striking out two batters and giving up sacrifice fly to Jim Bertram that scored Giffens sixth and winning run Bill Luck and Brent McLean combined to give up six hits for the win Loser Naley allowed 10 hits Giffen scored twice more in the sixth inning Georgian came up with fourrun inning of its own in the third but could not add to the total except for one more run in the sixth rally by Canplas Industries fell short by one run in the other game of the night Winning pitcher Kevin Gillies gave up two doubles sacrifice and single in the seventh inn ing as Canplas scored once to narrow the margin to 54 The rally died as reliever for Canplas pitcher Doug Casey Dave Lowe and leftfielder Greg Osborne hit flyouts to end the game Jim Borhos home run made the difference for MOISOIISIH the fifth inning putting the Win ning club ahead 52

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