Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 21 Apr 1977, p. 15

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our athletes play the sport they excel in grams south next year centive to stay in Canada many years foundland this year last year tickets for half price High schol sports Losing athletes to US Colleges By STEVE NEELY With all the worry about selling our oil and gas to the United States maybe we should look at another resource More and more of Canadas better athletes are lured to the by offers of free college education and chance to Canadian universities are not allowed to give out scholar ships Because of this we lose we lose our best athletes and the level of competition is reduced The problem with the Canadian setup is that it lacks the expert coaching system which is evident in the United States The facilities in the US are also superior to that of Canadas the weather is factor as well The main reason for these advantages has to be the amount of money the colleges spend on their athletic pro Many athletes from Barrie have attended or are attending US colleges Jim Corrigall went to Ohio Mike Laycock is playing goal with Brown University and track star Mike Forgrave student at Barrie North Collegiate has offers to The only way we are going to stop this is to invest more money in our athletic programs and give our athletes the in Barrie and area high schools haVe done well this year in track and field events At the recent indoor Georgian Bay Secondary School Association tGBSSAi meet North Col legiate finished first Stayner Collegiate second with Eastview third and Barrie Central fourth Some top performers have emerged from each school Mike Forgraves is in class all by himself He is the holder of the Canadian junior indoor track record in the 400 metres with time of 486 seconds He also holds the GBSSA record of 681 seconds in the 50metre hurdles Forgrave was fifth overall among the top 400 metre run ners in the country at the Canadian National indoor track and field championships at Montreal in February He recently returned from Canadian Track and Field ksociation junior training camp in Bermuda the third in as Debbie Chappell of Eastview Secondary School was also invited to the Canadian training camp this year She is the holder of two GBSSA records 573 metres in the long jump and 604 seconds in the 50inetre sprint Chappell expects to qualify for the Canada Summer Games in New Centrals top performer is Glen Greensides He set new GBSSA indoor long jumb record last month of 624 metres Greensides still holds the junior triple jtunp record he set NTCICIA NOTES Two major events will be held April 26 the GBSSA girls gymnastics championships at Central Col legiate and the Eastview Secondary School invitational track meet The first Toronto Blue Jay teen night will be held Friday May teenagers will be able to buy $4 $3 and $2 Jets defeat Mariners to take lead in series By THE CANADIAN PRESS Mats Lindh was university student and Willy Lindstrom an army truck driver in their na tive Sweden before the World Hockey Association provided them with chance in profes sional hockey Those were only parttime jobs for the pair They were teanrinatos on Frolunda team in the Swedish First Divi s1on and both were members of Swedens national team When Winnipeg Jcts of the WHA beckoned with pro con tract two seasons ago Lindli and Lindstrom came to Winni peg together and both signed with the team on the same day NERING EXCLUSIVE IN BARRIE BAY TIRE AUTO ELECTRIC LTD 15 John St DRIVE unit FURTHER mm wan THE comm On Wednesday night Lindh hit for two goals and Lindstrom got the other as the Jets downed San Diego Mariners 30 The win gave the Jets at 32 lead in the quarterfinal series going into Friday nights sixth game at San Diego where the Jets can wrap up the bestof sevcn series In the other quarterfinal Wednesday night rookie Morris Lukowich scored three goals as Houston Aeros downed Edmonton ilcrs to take lead in their hesiofseven series The teams return to Houston on Friday where Ed monton hasnt won game in more than two seasons TIRE ttUIZ What famous European STEEL BEL TED RADIAL has ALL these benefits for domestic car owners Over 25 years experience building rodials XRAY inspection of EVERY Tire to insure UNIFORMITY Two phase SECTIONAL moulding to insure ROUNDNESS Steel REINFORCED bead areas for more STABLE handling REINFORCED decoupling grooves for improved COR 40000 mile tread lite guarantee stating tire rotation is NOT necessary No charge udiustment on MEG defects for lst 4000 Rod hazard insurance prorated CN75 THE ANSWER IS Surprised NEW YORK AP Reggie Jackson doesnt get paid to pull batting orders out of hat which he did Wednesday Hr gets paid to hit which he also did Wednesday It looked like another long af ternoon when the expansion Toronto Blue lays scored two runs in the top of the first in ning off Don Gullett who was trying to end the New York Yankecs fivegame losing streak But in the bottom of the iii ning the Yankees grabbag batting order which Jackson drew by lot out of manager Billy Martins cap scored three runs The first twu came on single by Jackson following leadoff walk to Willie Randolph and Thurman Munsons double which ended an iforH slump for the American Leaguos most valuable player of 1976 Chris Chambliss whose Carters cant help MONTREAL lIJ Gary Carters threr home runs Wtlt riot enough to privcnt Montreal Expos from losing 86 to litts burgh Pirates on idnisday The Expos lcll bchind early but Carters IlOllltlS led comeback charge which itll just short as the Pirates snap ped threegame losing streak with the National Leagut baseball triumph lhcrc new no hiap onis said Piratcs manager fhuck Tanner They were all can nons The one he hit at third in 7280740 rm Winners lot the Morsdens Trophy Don Marsden centre was at the Barrie Curling Club to pre sent the rink of Barry Mitchell with the Marsdens Trophy for their efforts in winning the second schedule Sunday Mix name Jackson drew for the No position singled home the third run Randolph led off the next inning with his second major league homer and the previously punchless Yankees10 games 26 runs 232 team batting averagewent on to collect 14 hits in IS American League baseball victory over the Blue Jays Well use the same batting order Martin said of todays fourth game of the series with the Blue Jays Im doing this to relax the guys Thats the purpose ofit IlSIIltIISGI0lI The l4hit outburst dispelled some of the gloom that has per vaded the Yankees clubhouse during their 38 start in defence of their American League pen nant Although he was shaky in the first three innings and finally homers Expos the eighth inning dont know how llhili Garner made the play if he had been able to get it up in the air he would have had four ed competition Janet Mitchell at left was lead Barry Mit chell skip with Earl Spring second and Judy Spring lead Examiner Photo Yankees grabbag hitting order was chased in the eighth Gul lett the celebrated free agent pitcher who played out his op tion with the worldchampion Cincinnati Reds posted his fir st triumph after two defeats Loser Steve Hargan who was kayoed in the second inning thought he was throwing as well ashe can If throw that way every time Ill win my share of games he said But they the Yankees came out smoking and it just didnt mat ter The Blue Jays jumped on Gullett in the first inning on oneout walk to Hector Torres singles by Bob Bailor and Otto Carscallen turns pro TORONTO CPi Susan Carscallcn of Toronto one half of the Canadian senior lance championship team will turn professional next month with the Stars on Ice television show Tarscallen is the third Tana ham to retire from amateur skating this week On Tuesday singles champions lton Shaver and Lynn Nightingale who had disappointing performances in the world Championships at Tokyo announced they were turning pro with the ice alt padcs Youll Have To HURRY to get new 76 VOLVO at savings of up to $1 OO°° We have only Left and were Selling them now till April 30th 77 OUR COST Choose from 244 DL SOLD wer Steering 244 DLO SOLD overdrive 245 DLO SOLD automatic 245 DLM wagon speed 242 DLM speed 244 DLOCSw automatic 242 DLOs speed overdrive All cars have the full Volvo warranty See them today at KITCHEN MOTORS 178 Essa Rd 282287 Opp Barrie Raceway TORONTO CP Toron to Maple Leafs discovered Wednesday they lost more than game in Philadephia on Tuesday night Doctors for the National Hockey League team said goaltender Mike Palmateer will be out for the remainder lUlnlShlllgS Velez and Doug Aults infield out They added run in the third on singles by Torres Ve lez and Ault their last hits until the eighth Toronto scored its final two runs with one out in the eighth on Aults single double by Gary Woods and Dave McKays bloop single After Gullett walked Alan Ashby Sparky Lyle relieved and retired Stetve Bowling on forceout He iit Pedro Garcia with pitch to load the bases but got Hector Torres on soft fly to right Come into our VW Compinobile Make yourself comfortable in IiVing room choir and admire the double bed that converts into on upholstered bench for riding 0r eating clothes closet wrth mirror Sink wrth running water refrigerator dining room table the examiner Thursday April 21 1911 16 of the playoffs with torn ligaments in his left ankle The young netminder ap parently received the injury during thirdperiod pileup in front of the Toronto goal Doctors said one ligament was torn through another partially torn and child Leafs lose Palmateer The ankle was placed in cast this morning Doctors said it was unbelievable that Palmateer finished the game won by the Flyers 20 to give them 32 lead in the bestofseven quarterfinal series and sleeping accommodations for adults Then lust sit and relax and try to figure out how we got all that into vehicle thats feet shorter than conventional station wagon Certain features illustrated like the Camper Tent ore Optional at extra cost P3l model illustrated Auto Haus Barrie Ltd 60 FAIRVIEW RD 7370100 Test Drive the new Diesel Rabbit Also no our tine line of used cars orli about our loan plan on all make and model speedy which dont At Speedy what weve done for the muffler business were doing for shocks Like no extra charge for installation The parts are nothing less than the best And fully guaranteed And the Standard Replacement Shocks Normal driver Normal car Unconditionally guaranteed as long as you own the car $2750 pair installed Spring Shocks More stability less rollfor heavier loads Unconditionally guaranteed as long as you own the car $5450 pair installed Barrie whole thing comes with all the Somebody treatment were famous for We may never get anyone to laugh over new set of shocks But we wont be happy with anything less than smile HeavyDuty Shocks For fullsize cars $36500 pair installed Extra HeavyDuty Shocks For really big cars $4150 pair installed All unconditionally guaranteed as long as you own the car Air Shocks Extra lift with controlled air capacity up to 150 lbs Guaranteed 24 months or 24000 miles $89 75 pair 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