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who ll although the planning season months and season tickets smootherrunning operation manager draft affairs club in the city way to be sold 80354 didnt play enough games who goes wimier going overseas season paper together on the ice been severed lot of hockey savvy like operation is back as vicepresident The latest addition to the assistants Two seasons to hockey year By RANDY MCDONALD Examiner Sports Editor There are two distinct seasons to each hockey year The one were most familiar with starts in late September and stretches to May even lat er This is what we call the onice season The other not as colorful is equally as important And thats Teams are kneedeep in planning right now for the winter But what uncertainty Who is returning Who is to coach Do we have enough sponsors What about advertisements All are problem areas needing prompt action to ensure Steve Cripps knows all about the loose ends which have to be cleared up before team steps on ice for new season Hes been involved with the Barrie Flyers management for number of years the last two as general manager Cripps recently signed with the Flyers for third con secutive term But this time the signing marked the time the Senior club has employed fulltime general The reasoning is simplc necessity Hockey is big business Cripps said Theres always the unexpected problems to deal Willi Take the OlIA Senior League for example The league came up with an ambitious proposal to draft overage junior players thus taking advantage of some of the excess hockey talent now around after the National Hockey League The draft was to have followed soon after the NHL had chance to pick over the crop of players but was postponed to July 20 to give Belleville and Whitby time to settle their Belleville is the newest team in the fold and apparently had to iron out some scheduling problems with the Junior The Senior League is waiting official word on the status of the Whitby franchise which was reported to be well on the The meeting in Toronto is expected to have the answer to the Whitby question as well as reveal schedule for the 197778 season21 schedule which may include 48 games this Last year was just too short Cripps said we just The meeting may also set up the format which will determine the method to select which Senior lub will be going overseas Dec 10 to 24 to play series against teams of the Czechoslovakia National Hockey Federation Cripps mentioned the possibility of the top two teams at the end of 10 games meeting in brief series to determine There have been suggestions of roundrobin toumament amont the four top teams sometime in November With the The Czechs will be in Canada to play the teams of the Senior loop from Dec 28 to Jan Still to be decided is whether or not the senior league will continue with the two division setup it first tried last The Barrie Junior Colts have had contending clubson olts never really ptit This may be the year for the Barrie Colts One by one the strings attached to last years rather dismal finish have Jim Short was the first to go He announced his retirement from the junior hockey scene in the spring taking with him Short had spent two years as the olts manager and was instrumental in turning the club into wellrun biismess Bill flake stepped down as president to allow Harry llad den to move in Doug Jermey is viccpresident and flak Par tridge stabilizing force on the Colts executive for years Doug Raymond was appointed the new manager of the Colts with Steve Douglas accepting the position as publicity director for the Junior 13 hockey club Forbes who has come from the ranks of minor hockey teams to take crack at coaching junior hockey organizat ion Hell haVc Ray yr and Bill Clayden as fulltime coaching ill AROlND Theres meeting tonight at the YMYWA for anyone interested in helping form boxing club Apparently there is an official boxing ring available to club members if they can just find place to put it Tonights the night the 24 teams entered in the fifth annual Molsons Fastball Touniament find out who they meet in the opening round Tickets for Barrie Day are on first come IllSIASClVCd basis so dont hesitate vi winning combination Colts family was Howard Wardle leading Speedway racers to retire for the night leaving the field open for Jerry Dunlop of Barrie to take the checkered flag Walter Cook took firstplace Late model point leader Don Wardle of Midhurst blew an engine in semifinal heat Saturday at Barrie Speedway and Mike Shaughnessy of Bar rie took advantage of the op portunity to win his third feature of the season Shaughnessy defending late model champion got off to slow start this year but is stars ting to make move and is ex pected to be with the top drivers when the season ends Shaughnessys win moved him into secoiidplacc tie in the standings with llerb Erh of Barrie Each has 211 points 24 behind Wardle Carl Fleet took second place in the feature with John Eacott finishing third Garf Peacock of Midhurst the current pointleader in the ministock division rolled his Datiisn in the first heat and had honors in the street stock feature by edging out Fred lloldaway Point leaders at Barrie Speedway after Saturdays races LATEMODEL Don Wardle 745 Herb Erb 771 Mike Shaughnessv 721 John Eacott 201 Al Boyd I75 MINI STOCK Garf Feaax 301 Jerry Dunlop 213 Peter Schotanus 17 Merv Walt 18 Bert Jollic 13 STREET STOCK Ray Bernand 716 Fred Holdaway 205 Walter Cook Wt Ron Scarlett 17 Ron Beleskey 17 VIAU tyke team upsets McDonalds Viaii Real Estate upset McDonalds 1311 in the tyke division of the Barrie Minor Baseball Deague Monday at Steele Street School Both teams came up with six runs in the first inning McDonalds took the lead With one run in the second inning But VIAU came back to take control of the game with six runs in the third inning Damiy Beamish started on JuvenHes to defeat Barrie Graham Allan Auc tioneer Juveniles had only eight players in Orillia Tuesday but managed to pull the game out of the hat winning Hi In other play of the Huronia Minor Lacrosse Association Barrie Yanch Heating went down in defeat at the hands of Orangeville 123 Huntsville stopped the Jim Walters the mound for VlAl and got relief help from Darryl OBrien The two pitchers limited Mclhiiialds to only one hit OBrien was also the hitting star of the game as he went two for three at the plate The Will improved Ats record to five wins four losses and one tic good enough for third place in the ykc IIVISIOII hang on Orillia midgets 87 Harper bumped Midland SH Dan Roberts led the Barrie club with four goals with Marc Mireault having strong game up front with three goals John Elliott Paul llanman Glenn Scaiilan Frank Buss Steve Stanga and Les Williams handled the Orillia scoring in the seesaw contest The Kevin Faragher of the Barrie Harper Tire Tykes takes well deserved drink after coming off the floor during the first period of tyke division game in the lluronia Minor Lacrosse Association Tuesday at the Eastview Arena Faragher was instrumental in the win as he checked well and held the Midland attackers at bay as Barrie coasted to 94 win Adrian McKendry scored eight of his clubs nine goals Examiner Photo McKendry scores eight goals to pace win by Harper Tire Led by the outstanding per formance of Adrian McKendry Harper Tire coasted to 94 win over Midland in tyke division game of the lluronia Minor Lacrosse Association Tuesday at the Eastview Arena McKendry hit for eight of his clubs nine goals and made his Allan McLean to coach Oro 77s McLean new coaCh Oro Junior club Finally after weeks of waiting for decision the Oro 77s Junior Hockey lub has named coach for the first year of operation Allan McLean Deputy Reeve of Oro lownship was named to the post at meeting of the clubs tXtClll ive lucsday McLean is no stranger to the people of Oro lownship and is now serving his lllh year on Orotoiincil took the job because am interested in Oro and wanted to help out the new cltib if could McLean said was approached to coach the team and igiHd McLean Wouldnt make any predictions on the upcoming season but tIltI give the other teams word of warning Well have good eontcn over the other teams will know we were in the league he said Alvin Smith of RR Barrie was named the assistant coach for this year and will also act as the trainer for the club We still dont have manager McLean said The executive is interviewing pco plc for the post and the person should be announced soon McLean was always in tcrestcd in hockey and played on the Wonder Valley team in the 50s which had strangle hold on the Oro League Chain pionship He was the backbone of the club and was able to play either defence or forward when called upon He also played Junior and Intermediate hockey in the area and is now running dairy ding club and when the seasons lilrm Dalston sports calendar BASIC MAI in Ncwiiiarkct it lotteiihaiii IIARNIISS RACING 743 Banic Raceway SOFTBALL 7pm Queens Park hurch vs Slessor and leriard 830 til Bradford vs Rcatricc Foods Senior lAaguc pin and vs Ivy Shear Park West fiend vs Hustlers 830 pm ITY IASIBALL LEAGIE Starr larkson no game Optimist llanic Floor and Wall Molsoiis 1liftoii Giffen Simcoe ti iii MEICMDIlliOll Iark Recreational IiiSiottl 83011111 Molsons vs Georgian Sports oiivcrt ihlc lools vs Barrie orp BOXING 71opm vlllOtllllL at YWYMtA preSence felt every time he was on the floor Chad Metcalfe scored the other Banie goal and also drew an assist on one of McKendrys goals Other assists went to Jeff Elliott and Kevin Faragher Barrie led 50 at the end of the first period as they continuallv bottled up the Midland attack before it could get started Harper Tire intercepted numerous Midland passes as they tried to break up the floor and any chances they did have were thwarted by strong defensive showing and the goaltending of Ricky Warman who made numerous key saves Barrie led 62 at the end of the second period as Midland put on more pressure and Wayne DesJardine scored two of his four goals for the night DesJardines first goal was picture play as he reced down the floor beat the two Barrie defenders and went in alone to score on Warman Larry Hitchon Brent Mees and Faragher were instrumen tal in the win for Barrie as they forechccked and backchecked very effectively in the game Midgets lose Albert Walker picked up six points for the Jim Walters midgets Monday but it wasnt quite enough to stop Huntsville from rolling to an 87 win in minor lacrosse play at the Bar rie Arena Walker scored three goals and had an equal number of assists Jacques Mireault fired pair of goals with two assists to his credit while Terry Keogh added pair of markers and backed one other goal Paving nipped former llarrie minor lacrosse player came back to haunt Barrie laving in novice exhibition game in Scar borough Tuesday Shane Smith scored four goals to lead the home club to win over Barrie It was hardychccking game with Pet er llyers Brian Larnicr Richie Webster and ltrad Iratt billing for Paving The exhibition game served as warmup for the upcoming playoffs for laviiig Eaflylead evaporates The Yanch Heating tykes led at the end of the first period in game Tuesday against Orangevillc but that was to be all the scoring for Rarric Orangeville came back to win 123 The shortestaffed Barrie club couldnt keep up wit the strong rushing of the home club raig Owens Mike Miller and Jeff Fife handled the scoring duties for Barrie Fife also had an assist in the opening period Barrie is in Elmvale tonight for game Summer Games coming at the Elmvale Arena There is also juvenile tournament in Ten events this weekend will introduce Huronia to its first set of summer games Three competitions the following weekend July 23 24 will complete the Huronia Summer Games program involving an estimated 3000 athletes coaches and officials The Summer Games are sponsored by the Greater Huronia Sports Council GHSC in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Recreation Local bulk of the games workload ports organizations within Huronia are handling the It is the work and effort of these many dedicated volunteers that will make the ecutive director of the GHSC games success said Bob Baker ex The Councils role has been deemphasized in these games so that the Huronia Games can be more self sufficient Softball lacrosse cycling cricket soccer and equestrian events are among the Games activities Softball which starts this weekend with three divisions com peting in three separate communities ranks as one of the ma jor sports of the Huronia mult is ports competition Teams from Central Ontario will meet at McGuire Park Penetanguishene for the ladies softball toumament Twelve teams are expected to compete in this tournament which st ans Friday and runs to Sunday The newlyformed Barrie and District Girls Softball League is the backbone of tournament for bantam girls teams at Steele Street and St Monicas schools of Barrie Saturday and Sunday up Ball diamonds in Edenvale and Minesing will ring with the sound of squirt peewee bantam and midget tournaments this weekend hosted by the Vespra Minor Softball Association Final games will be played at Doran Park field in Midhurst LACROSSE Saturday will be big day for lacrosse with four registered tournaments ready to begin play The Oro Arena is the site of an eightteam novice toumament with eight teams at the Eastview Arena to compete in peewee tournament Midland is hosting the bantam tournament which will be held sports City Fastball League Brett delivers key hit to lead Optimist wi Two games were scheduled in the Intermediate Fastball Divi sion Tuesday at Queens Park before the rain came and resulted in the cancellation of the opener between Clarkson Hotel and Starr Electric Barrie Optimist Club and Barrie Floor and Wall made up for any slack in the evening program with closely con tested game Optimist won 21 in low hitting game which was decid ed by tworun Optimist flurry in the second inning Barrie Floor and Wall com mitted three errors in the nine inning game with two of them coming in the second which were to have direct bearing on the outcome of the game Gord Beilby took advantage of throwing error to get on base in the second John McFadden who ended up with the loss got the next two bat ters out when another error against the Floor and Wall iii field plaCed Glen Laycock on base Barry Brett then delivered tworun double to put Optimist out in front Jim Angus and McFadden kept the hitting to minimum in pitching duel won by Angus There were only nine hits in the game with the Optimist Club picking up five Angus fanned five with McFadden retiring six Optimist batters on strikeouts Angus had six innings of no hit ball under his belt when Jim McLeod singled to start off the seventh for Barrie Floor and Wall What followed was walk to Gus Eyers with McLeod reaching third on passed ball Eyers was forced out at second with Dan Birch flying out Murlt ray Lees reached Angus for base hit to score McLeod Mike Morrison with two out dotible in the eighth and single by Eyers in the ninth rounded out the scoring for Floor and Wall John Gavin had two hits for Optimist Mike Lesage double with Bob Toffan the first hitter to reach McFadden He slamm ed triple with twoout in the first inning only to become the first of six Optimist left on base Barrie Floor and Wall strand ed four rumiers Optimist 020 tltlll 0002 It Floor 000 000 ltltlI ll STANDINGS Pts PeterReino 11 24 Cop 15 Fl and WI Convertible 12 Mr ptimist It Starr larkson Dre ver eeki ng 3rd title IIAWKIISION Stall Don Drever of Circle liiie golf club at Base Ilordeii will In seeking the annual Molson trophy for third time at Siiiicoesidc golf tournament here Saturday July It Drever has twuc before Woi the open tournament which one of the highlights of HR clubs golf season aka444 Orillia Saturday and Sunday YCLING There will categories for all competitors at the Bicycle races at Georgian College Sunday over course laid out over campus roads The tournament is open to recreational cyclists with com petitors able to register up to half hour before competition which begins at 10am SOCCER The best Harrie minor soccer teams will meet their counter parts fmi the Georgian Bay League Sunday Squirt atom and mosquito divisions are blocked in for mom ing games at Maple Grove School with the peeweeuand senior games to noon go at the Steele Street School in the after challenging rosscountry course has been included in the equestrian event Sunday at the Windy Ilaugh Farms Conces sion One of Oro Township Equitation hack jumper and hunter classes are part of the equestrian competition which has bee registered with the Na tional Eqiiest an Federation registered iudgc will be present to provide riders with proper assessment of their performance Registration takes place the morning of the commtition at 10 am Cricket track and midget girls softball tournament will wind up the multi sports competition July 52 24 tricket teams from letertxirough and Mississauga join Bar rie and Orillia teams liily it at the Orillia Huronia Regional fcntrc and Park Street Collegiate Eastview Secondary school is the site of the track competi tion July 23 when 14 events will attract athletes from across Huronia There are five age classes for male competitors and four for female athletes This meet allow athletes With top perk formances to qualify for the Ontario Summer Games in Kit chencr Final date to enter is July 18 Entries can be made by con tacting Wayne Batchclor Caroline St Barrie Ken Hauck of Molsons takes mighty cut during recent game in the Recreation Division of the Barrie City Fastball League Molsons broke game winless streak Tuesday with 42 win over Clifton The win moved Molsons to within four points of the seventh place Canplas Industries Examiner Photo Molsons snaps streak with win over Clifton It took long time coming but Molsons upset Clifton Hotel 42 in the Recreation Division of the Barrie City Fastball League at MacMorrisoii Iark luesilay The win was Molsoiis first of the year and broke winless streak of 13 games They did manage to pick up three ties over that stretch Molsoiis is in last place of the eightteam league but are now only four points behind the seventhplace anplas Iii dust ries In the other Recreation Divi sion game Tuesday Simcoe llotel edged Giffen Farm Equipment 64 to move to within two points of the second place club Both teams have played 14 games and each has nine wins to their credit Ralph Lambert started things off for Simcoe in the first inning when he walked went to third on double and scored on twoout clutch single by ferry ltay iifiin tied the score III the se coiiil inning on walk to Bob llioiiipoii two sacrifices and single by ireg Giffen but Sim coe came right back with two runs iii the third inning to take the lead again as Bob oulson delivered twoout double Giffen got one run back in the fourth inning but Simcoe came back with three runs in the sixth inning to take control of the game The big blast was threerun home run by Doug Thompson Giffen closed the gap with two runs in the seventh inning No game in Elmvale The Barrie and District Senior Softball League game Tuesday between Bradford and the Elmvale Merchants was cancelled because of rain The league has dou bleheader scheduled tonight at Queens Park Church Homes plays Slessor and Periard In surance at pm and at 830 pm Bradford plays Beatrice Foods but that was all they could manage and went down to their third defeat Ron Charlebois was the winn ing pitcher for Simcoe He gave up seven hits walked one and struck out seven Bill McNabb was the losing pitcher and gave up seven hits walked one and struck out five GEORGIAN WINS Georgian Sports beat Clifton Hotel 52 in rained out game that was played Monday at MacMorrison Park Georgian scored all their runs in the first three innings and then held on for the win It was Georgians 12th win of the season against one loss and one tie Bill Edgerton was the winn ing pitcher and Gary Walker took the loss for Clifton STANDINGS TIts Georgian 12 25 Giffen 20 Simcoe 18 Firefighters 12 CFB Borden 11 Clifton 10 Canplas 10 Molsons 10