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Barrie Examiner, 8 Oct 1977, p. 13

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County Sports Pro hockeyist for 10 years BILL CURRAN Now playing his second season with Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Senior circuit veteran Wayne Carleton had 10 eventful years as hockey pro before joining the local team The Beeton native started in pro with Punch lmlachs Toronto Leafs after moving up from the Marlboroughs in junior ranks back in 196566 In one of his first National Hockey League games he received great deal of credit for assisting Frank Mahovlich for an important goal Still of junior age at the time Wayne was sent to Tulsa Oilers in the Central Professional loop for more pro ex ggzience The former Beeton player who learned to play key in the Simcoe County sportsminded village shone for the Oilers in the playoffs when he registered three goals and four assists in five games Carletons finalround hockey displays at Tulsa earned him chance to show his wares to Punch lmlach at Leafs camp the following fall In making good with the Leafs he showed the same fast skating and sharpshooting skill he ex hibited at Tulsa Then he ran into series of troubles which hampered him considerably for time Knee injuries required three opera elbow But despite the handicaps which would have kept less courageous player on the sidelines Carleton continued to play sometimes with the Leafs Rochester farm club and with the Toronto NHL team With Canadas International Team ck in 1969 Carleton was one of several players the Lea loaned to the Canadian hockey team which par ticipated in an international tournament in Europe After training at Winnipeg Wayne travelled with the team to Leningrad where he missed two games because of other games Finland and Switzerland with Carleton again playing star roles But when he returned home he had to miss the first part of the NHL season because of injuries Later he was traded to the then champion Boston Bruins where he performed with Bobby Orr Phil Esposito and other noteable stars The rugged forward now with the Bar rie club came through again with flying colors racking up 22 goals and 23 assists for 45 scoring points When the NHL was expanding Carleton was one of the players transferred to the western division California Golden Seals where his drive and scoring ability continued to impress hockey fans Some rated Carletons best season was in 1973 when he was shifted to the World Hockey Association and led the Toronto Toros in scoring points He also had fine scoring records with New England Whalers in helping them win the WHA honors before going west again during his eventful pro career Curlers getting ready for busy season Barrie curling enthusiasts are currently getting ready for another active season at the Essa Road rink where first schedules are due to start later this month Secretary Frank Hersey has been busy registering members and president Murdie Campbell and colleagues on the executive has been assisting in preparations Plans for the fast approaching curling season will be discussed by members of the Orillia curling club at meeting to follow banquet at the West Street rink in the neighboring city on Thursday evening Manager Tom Caldwell who is top curler himself who skipped an Orillia rink to the Ontario Consols title few years ago also drew attention to arrangements for instruc tion for new curlers next Friday and Saturday evenings First bonspiel for men will be five evening event sponsored by Fern Cottage resort scheduled to start on Oct 17 with semifinals and finals on Oct 21 The Junior Farmers club has arranged bonspiel at the Orillia rink for sta t9 Andretti sets track record MOSPORT Ont CP Mario Andretti the Italian American driver who already has captured four Grand Prix afint races this season looks set to make the Canadian GP his Andretti put his John Player Special Lotus through brisk series of qualifying run for Sundays Canadian GP race Friday and twice set new standards Yes guess its my kind of course he admitted He was reluctant to make any prerace forecasts but John tions and he also suffered fractured wrists and cracked shoulder and elbow injuries but came through brilliantly in 22 Besides winning against Russian teams they won at 553 Ernie Miller Barrie Flyers goalie watches the puck go wide of the net in third period action Friday night at the Barrie Arena The Flyers defeated the Whitby Iroquois 75 to win their first game in the Ontario Senior Hockey League this season In front of the net is Flyers defenceman Terry Agnew Behind the net is Ron Hawkshaw of Whitby The Flyers will host the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League Monday at 830 pm at the Barrie Arena Examiner Photo Branston scores three Flyers win first game Phil Branston scored three goals to lead the Barrie Flyers to their first win in the Ontario Senior Hockey League The Flyers dumped the Whitby Iroquois 75 Friday night at the Barrie Arena It was the first home game of the season for the Flyers after dropping two games in Thunder Bay last weekend Wayne King netted air of goals while defenceman Jim Thompson had goal an two assists Paul Regan assisted on three goals for the Flyers Gord Coates assistant Flyers coach said after the game the Flyers played well but were capable of better hockey PLAYED WELL IN FIRST We played well in the first died in the second period and came back in the third period Coates said The Flyers had eight penalties while Whitby had three Ine Flyers outshot Whitby 4635 The Flyers led 20 after the first period and held 42 lead after the second Branston opened the scoring at 105 of the first period Steve Sly set up the play by carrying the puck out in the short side Thompson also assisted GOOD SCORING CHANCES The Flyers had several good scoring op ortunities but were unable to get the puck st Kirt Muller itby goalie At 19 the Flyers fired severa shots at the Whitby net during scram ble in front of the goal The puck bounced free to Thompson at the blueline who fired slapshot into the open comer Branston and Regan assisted Whitby took the puck from the opening faceoff of the second riod up ice and scored at 29 with Tim Ampleford scoring rom Gord Cullen and Ron Hawkshaw With Les Burgess in the penalty box the Flyers cleared the puck to the Whitb goalie Muller was unable to hang onto the puck and King pic ed up the loose puck and tucked it in the cor ner to give Barrie lead Thompson assisted The Flyers went on powerplay and at 813 Branston scored during scramble in front of the Whitby net King and Regan assited Flyers Whitby WHITBY COMES BACK Whitb came back with powerplay goal of its own at 954 with Wasson in the penalty box Rick Cassell cleared the puck from the comer out in front of the net and Steve Cardwell ired the puck into the net Whitby struck quickly again in the third period With only 16 seconds gone Cardwell scored from Cassell John Hammond stationed himself at the corner of the Whitby net and took rink wide pass from Bob Baird at 634 and flipped the puck in Branston scored his third goal of the night at 1226 on beautiful three way passing play with King and Regan Whitby scored another powerplay goal at 1524 and this time Doug Ferguson was in the penalty box Cassell fired from bad angle into the shortside of the net Mike Noonan assisted KING SCORES SECOND King stationed himself at the bottom of the faceoff circle in the Whitb end and picked up pass from Steve Sly in the comer scored Branston also assisted Whitby rounded out the scoring at 1641 on breakaway dur ing delayed penalty1 The bouncing puck eluded Ernie Miller Hawkshaw scored wi Peter Titanic and Ampleford assisting There was only one fight in the game with Sly and Cardwell going off with five minutes penalties early in the first period Junior Vikings dropped 3013 Powell who runs driving school at the Mos port Park road course said Andrettis experience and the lowslung Lotus are the ideal combination for trip into victory row The car is built so that it is practically airtight on the ground said Powell and there are three or four comers on this track where Mario can be excelerating before the others Andretti broke the qualifying mark of 122289 miles an hour established at last years Canadian GP by 1976 world champion James Hunt of Britain The American lowered the qualifying time to one minute 1189 seconds123294 mph during the Friday morning ses sion before lowering it further to 11385 in the afternoon 12416 mph Travelways down Barrie Colts ORILLIA Travelways gained revenge on the Barrie Colts in the MidOntario Junior Hockey League Friday with 51 win The Travelways drop 112 decision to the Cots on Thursday night at the Barrie Arena The Travelways scored three goals in the first period and ad ed single markers in the re maining periods Barrie scored Orillia outshot Barrie 3635 Barne had 29 minutes in pen alities while Orillia had 29 as well Mark Lawson Chris Brandt and Bruce McDonough scored for the Travelways in the first period McDonough scored in the second Rocky Clarke scored for the home team in the third period The Colts scored at 1612 of the third period with Ernie Cummings scoring unassisted in the third period Eostview loses football games Eastview Secondary School football teams failed to win game Friday in the Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association The Eastview junior Wildcats were blanked 360 by Stayner and then the seniors lost 2214 to Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute Blues Tom Scott ran for three touchdowns for Stayner while Jeff Hall and Denis Thompson scored single touchdowns The senior Wildcats were threatening to take the lead awa from the undefeated Blues but 90 yard touchdown by Mike Hi put the game out of reach Orillia scored single point in the first quarter With three minutes gone in the second quarter Hills grabs 35 yard pass and scored touchdown The twopoint conversion attempt was successful and Orillia led 90 Hill went 65 yards on pass and run pla for touchdown with two minutes left in the first half to give rillia 154 lead The Wildcats started coming on in the second half Eastview mounted 60 yard march with Dave Tanasse capping the drive with touchdown Denis Tanasse then ran in twopoint con version to make the score 158 Eastview was pressing deep in the Blues and when the Wildcats fumbled the bal On second down and 10 yards to go Hill goes 90 yards on an inside reverse play to break the game wide open With the conversion the Blues led 228 With 45 seconds left in the game Eric Cummings scored touchdown for Eastview but the conversion attem failed With the score 2214 Eastview tried short kickoff ut could not come up with the ball and the Blues killed the remaining time to win Theriault leads Marauders Steve Theriault ran for over 300 yards as he led Alliston Ban ting Memorial High School Maurauders to 3013 win over Barrie North Collegiate Vik ings in the Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association junior football Cardinals take on Cowboys By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry is concerned that the St Louis Cardinals may tear page out of the Pittsburgh Steelers 1906 yearbook Landrys Cowboys who visit St Louis Sunday are the only unbeaten team in the National Football Lea ues National Conference lead the NFC East And the Cardinals preseason picks by many to be Cowboys toughest challengers for the division title are staggering with 12 record While Dallas has rolled up leaguehigh 80 points in its three games St Louis has managed just 30 Only Tam 833 Bucanneers Buffalo Bi is San Francisco 49ers trio of winless teams have scored fewer ints sofar But andry kmws those num bers could be springboard for the Cards Pittsburgh proved youre never out of it last year Whatd they lose the first four out of five he asked refer ring to the Steelers sensational streak of nine victories that vaulted them to division title good team once it gets it going can go lon long time without losing an the Cardi nals are good team In other games Sunda Pitts burgh is at Houston 0a and at Cleveland Detroit at Min nesota Miami at Baltimore New York Jets at Buffalo San Diego at New Orleans Atlanta at San Francisco Kansas City at Denver Philadelphia at New York Giants Seattle at New England Washington at Tam pa Bay and Cincinnati vs Green Bay at Milwaukee On Monday night Los Ange les Rams visit Chicago Bears league Friday at North Col legiate Theriault had two long touchdown runs and piled up yardage in setting two more The Maurauders 87 at half time and then took the game away from North Im disappointed said Gord Gow Viking coach thought our defence would play better but they didn ANYONES GAME Gow said it was anyones game in the first half Gow said tackles were not being thrown properly and many of the players did not know what they were doing on the field thou ht the offence played well an made some good plays the coach stated But too many players were playing too many positions Because of injuries to seven Viking players several players had to play offence and defence N0 SCORING There was no scoring in the first quarter On the first play in the second quarter Banting punted to North From the 20 yard line North runningback Chris Wright ran 90 yards on left reverse for touchdown He kicked the convert to give North 70 lead Alliston received the North kickoff at their 35 yard line and marched to the North 24 yard line Theriault then ran it in for touchdown He then ran in twopoint conversion to give Alliston an 8r7 lead On the first lay of the second half Theriault broke through the North defence and ran 85 yards for touchdown The twopoint conversion attempt failed and Banting led 147 HARD RUNNING Hard running by Brian Hayes for North put the team in scor ing ition North failed in gam le on third down and had to turn the ball over to Alliston on the 31 yard line The North defence held and forced Ban ting to punt The North offence could not generate drive and despera tion Kass was npicked off at the Nort 30 ya line Theriault took the handoff and gave Alliston 207 lead Allistons twopoint conversion attempt failed After the visitors scoring pla North came right back wi touchdown of their own Hayes received the kickoff and ran the ball back to the 34 yard line Mike Crawford caught short pass and ran the ball to the Banting so ard line Hayes carried the bal to the four yard line before he was finally brought down TOUCHDOWN Hayes then owered his way over the rig side of the Alliston front line for the touchdown The twopoint con version attempt failed and Allistons lead was cut to 2013 The Maurauders returned the kickoff to the 40 yard line Theriault carried the ball to centrefield The Maurauders connected on 15 yard passing play but five yard penalty moved the ball back to the 48 yard line Theriault carried the ball three times and brought the Marauders to within scoring range Ken Shield carried the ball to the two ard line and Theriault carri it over for touchdown The Marauders were successful on the conver sion and led 2813 Alliston kept North boxed in the Vikings endzone and caught the North running back in his own endzone for two point score Barrie North Collegiate junior Vikings tackle an Alliston ball carrier Friday in football game Alliston won the junior game 3013 with Steve Theriault doing most of the damage for the visitors Examiner Photo Iho examiner sammy 011er 1917 13 senior fastball 30 Church Mobile Homes took on an error to Terry Giffen and struck out Church went down 30 lead in its Barrie Senior Fastball League Championship bestofseven series Friday night with 40 victory over Slessor and Periard Insurance Don McFadden was the winn ing pitcher while Wayne McLennan took the loss McFadden gave up five hits struck out nine and walked two batters Church committed one error and left five men strand ed on base McLennan give up six hits struck out seven and walked two batters Slessor committed three errors and left six men on base THREATEN Slessor threatened to score in the bottom of the first inning with Bob Mallion walking and Andy Brownin hittingasingle Mal ion was rown out at se cond base and Browning was left stranded Neil Parker reached base on fielders choice that saw Mallion thrown out He tried to go home on Brownings single but was thrown outat the late Jim Burke sing ed for Church in the top of the second inning and Mike Laycock doubled for Slessor in the second Both run ners were left stranded Church had its first real scoring chance in the third inning With no one out Jerry King walked He advanced on Bob Brown ing sacrifice and went to third on fielders choice The next two batters struck out Church exploded for three runs in the fifth innin Jim Mc Cann led off and ma it safely to base on an error to Gord WrightHe advanced on Kings sacrifice BROWNING TRIPLES Browning then tripled and scored McCann Browning scored when Brian McCann reached base on an error to Parker double by Deitrich Gyetko scored McCann Slessor went down in order in the fifth and both clubs did not have baserunner in the sixth innin Wit two out in the seventh inning Barry Nelly tri led for Slessor ground bal to the third baseman by McLennan ended the scorin threat Church scor again in the top of the ei hth With one out Gyetko sing ed He advanced Vikings lose 34 The Vikings started the ame off on the wrong foot had trouble getting organized the rest of the afternoon and lost 3414 The Barrie North Collegiate Vikings senior football team in the Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association hosted Banting Memorial High School Maurauders of Alliston and perhaps wished they hadnt At one point in the game North led 146 before the roof fell on the 15 man Viking squad KICKOFF Alliston kicked the ball to North in the openin kickoff but the ball was kick before half the Viking la ers were in posi tion The bal bounced to the North one yardline North fumbled the football in their endzone and was recovered by Marauder for touchdown The point after kick was blocked by Greg Amirault and Alliston led 60 North received the kickoff again and moved the ball to the 27 yardline nalty to the Vikings moved ball back to the 17 North was forced to punt and Alliston had the ball on the 40 yardline The North defence stopped third down gamble and took over ssession of the ball combination of penalties and running plays put the ball on the Alliston 22 yardline EXCHANGED The teams exchanged punts and North came back with reverse run by Ron Green that put the ball on Alliston 18 ardline pair of tough runs Cy Brian Degeer moved the ball oser to the goal line Gerry scored on single by Burke Church Slessor GIFFEN SINGLES Giffen led off the bottom of the inning with single and went to third on an error to King The next three batters the Americans lineup Bruins duono bon has been ordered to hearing assault misdemeanor UEFA Cup Leagu getbad 14 to Banting Armstrong ran the ball to the two yardline where quarterback Scott McCaullam ran the ball over on keeper The conversion was successful and North led 745 North received punt and moved the ball to the Alliston 43 yardline reverse to Green moved the ball deeper into Marauder territory After several running plays Green ran for 27 yards and touchdown on reverse The convert was good and North led 146 The first play following the kickoff Greg Seeman ran the ball 55 yards for touchdown for Alliston The conversion was 00d and the Marauders had osed the lead to 1413 Mark McLear of Alliston in tercepted pass and ran the ball back to the North 20 yard line Alliston then ran the ball into the endzone after five plays Ray Maluta Darryl Edesterand Earl Anderson and Jim Pettie all played at one time or another last season with the Also in the lineup will be former Calgary Cowboy Rick Ad Pedro Borbon goes to court CINCINNATI AP Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pedro Bor ar in court for prelimina Oct 11 on assault arges arising from nightclu incident the last day of the base lives in the Dominican Republic was charged by two other patrons with aggravated assault felony and simple Bohemians must move site ZURICH Switzerland Reuter The Europea Union UEFA issued an order Friday Ireland must play their next three UEFA Cup soccer mat ches at venues 150 kilometres almost 100 miles from their Dublin home field The UEFA contral and disciplinary com mission ordered the move because of disturbances during firstround firstleg United of England in Dublin last month Blue Jays get farm club TORONTO CP Toronto Blue Jays announced Friday they have completed working agreement for their first Canadian farm club in Medicine Hat Alta The American baseball club said its Medicine Hat affiliate will operate in the Pioneer League sixteam rookie circuit con sisting of three United States and three Canadian teams in order in the ninth inning Bill Thurlow singled for Slessor in the bottom of the final frame with one out He stole second base The next two batters were put out and Slessor now faces elimination from the league championship The fourth ame of the series will be play Sunday at pm at Queens Park If fifth ame is necessary it will be ayed Monday at pm Rochester plays Flyers Monday Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League will take on the Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Senior Hockey League Monday at 830 pm at the Barrie Arena Steve Cripps Flyers general manager said the exhibition game should prove exciting with several exBoston Bruins in all season Borbon 30 who Football that Bohemians of match against Newcastle start and converted the touchdown Alliston led 2014 In the final quarter Alliston received punt on the 35 yardline of the Vikings sweep play and run up the middle gave Alliston another touchdown The conversion fail ed but the visitors led 2614 FIELD GOAL Alliston tried field goal later in the quarter but it was wide but good enough for single point After long North march up field Alliston was able to gain control of the ball 40 yard reverse play moved the ball to the North 25 yardline short plunge three plays later gave Alliston 3414 lead when the conversion was completed Alliston intercepted North pass with less then minute re maining and was threatening to score when the final whistle stopped the play CORRECTION We wish to inform you that in the Holiday Inn ad of Thursday Oct there was mistake The date for our Thanksgiving buffet should have read Sunday Oct only We regret any inconvenience this may have caused See Professional Hockey in Barrie Barrie Flyers V8 Rochester Americans AHl Monday October 10 830 pm Dunlop St Arena

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