The Windsor Star from Windsor, Ontario, Canada • 13

I' Him ip thes4iurd4y Windsor smr 5909-5939 Wyandotte St. E. 945-3434 Windsor 944-5050 January 31, 1981 0s rTrrrTrnnrnriiTrWMWMiiiMiriMiMWMMiiMMraiiiwiiiiiiMiMMi mi mi inimiMiiniiMiiiiiniiiaiiwiniiMnimmiiiiiiiii miii mm iimpiiiiinnwiniinininii iihiibihiii Howard has a SSttlescore to settle By Dave Hall Assistant Sports Editor eight-rink round-robin eventatRoselandCurlingClub. Included in an opening-day split was Kingsville's Mike Al-tenhof, who bounced back after a close loss to Base to win a 9-6 cliff-hangerin the evening draw. Part of Howard's disappointment from last year has been tempered already this month after the rink earned a trip to' Scotland by winning a bonspiel at Toronto.

They are hoping to make it two straight this weekend. And to paraphrase a beer commercial, Glenn and the boys get together every weekend or so for a little curling. Howard, vice Paul Harbottle, second Peter Mount and lead Tim Tully attend school in Midland, Guelph, Hamilton and Star photos by Gram Black Midland's Glenn Howard is hoping to makeup for last year's disappointment, but Oakville's John Base and six other rinks will have something to say about it before the weekend is over. Howard lost the title in a playoff at last year's Ontario Curling Association junior men's championships, but Friday he held a share of the lead with an unbeaten record after two rounds. BASE ALSO WON two games Friday, with four other rinks, at 1-1, waiting for a mistake from the leaders in the ''v 1 Waterloo, respectively, which, quite naturally, eliminates group practice time.

"We've been together for fouryears so if wedon't know each other now, we never will," explained Howard after a 9-4 evening victory over Jim Brooks of Toronto A vonlea. Howard had beaten Ken MacDonald of Trenton 9-1 in the morningdraw. Base, meanwhile, racked up an 8-6 victory over Altenhof and then romped 10-4 over Brian Gallant of Ottawa. In other Parsons of Unionville defeated Jim Brooks of Toronto Avonlea 7-2 before losing 9-7 to MacDonald, Nick Rizzo of Glencoe defeated Gallant 6-4 before losing 9-6 to Altenhof. Howard doesn't think the lack of time together is a problem when he says, "As longas we practice individually, wecan stay sharp." AS I FTO PROVE it, Howard came through with a key shot in the seventh end with Brooks lying three.

Howard took out two and counted one for a 7-4 lead instead of a possible 7-6 deficit. "That end turned around so quickly," explained Howard. "One minute nothing was going on and then they were lying three. "We had to go for it." Base, meanwhile, wasn't taking a back scat to Howard, whom he meets in the final draw Sunday afternoon, even though he had his hands full with Altenhof in the morning draw. THEY WERE TIED at 6-6 coming home and, with Altenhof lying one, Base made a raise-takeout for two on last rock for the 8-6 decision.

"It was a really tough game against Mike," acknowledged Base. "I knew what shot I had to make but sometimes that doesn't help much. "I think a tough game like that sharpened us up for tonight and we curled extremely well this evening," he added of the 10-4 decision which lasted just eight ends. The loss just made Altenhof, Essex-Kent boys' golf champion two years ago, even more determined to bounced back in the second round. But, even this was a tough one, with he and Rizzo tied 6-6 coming home.

Altenhof made a perfect takeout on the button and counted three for the victory "WE PLAYED BADLY in the first half against Nick but began getting it together towards the end," explained Altenhof, who trailed 4-2 after five ends and 5-4 after seven. "We sure couldn't afford to goO-2 in this thing and still hav a chance," he added. "Two tough games like these should help usSaturday and Sunday if we can keepit going." Play continues with draws today at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. There will be two drawsSunday a.m.

and 2 p.m. If there is a tie for first place after the seven-game rouund-robin, there will be aplayoff at 7 Sunday evening. Resultsonpage B5 lpfi I III Mil irf Kingsville's Mike Altenhof in contemplative mood Glencoe skip Nick Rlzzo barks commands to sweepers in junior curling championships morning victory lAauascut An experiment gets kickoff that could earn rich rewards 1 OF LONDON The search for the best 18 junior-aged ballplayers in Ontario has begun. Five months hence, a Windsor-dominated management staff hopes it will have made all the right moves to final selection. At that point, early in July, the team will begin its month-long training program to appearance as Ontario's representative in the Canada Summer Games at Thunder Bay in mid-August.

Three other Windsor baseball coaches, and Gary Kay of Hamilton, have been named to the management staff by general manager BernieSoulliere. Mike Morencie, who has piloted Mic Macs to two provincial and one national championships, has been named manager, with John Upham and Rev. Ronald Cullenjoining Kay on the coaching staff. Shown here is the Westbury, a superb single breasted trench coat from our extensive Aquascutum collection. Tailored from a rich cottonpolyester blend that's specially proofed to shed rain and stain year after year.

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"WE WI LL DO that with each major (junior) group in the province," he said, ticking off Windsor-Essex, London District, Inter-County, Hamilton-Halton, Niagara District and Toronto area as locales for the mini-camps. Later, each association will enter a team in an all-star tournament to be held in theThorold-Merriton-Nia-gara Falls area, June 19-21. From evaluations at the mini-camps and competition at the all-star tournaments, plus whatever method is chosen to view the top players on 'unaffiliated' teams, a minimum of 25 players will be chosen for a final selection process. "We plan to hold four weekend camps with this group starting June 27-28 (probably at Windsor, London, Toronto and somewhere in the Niagara District," So ulliere explai ned. BY MOVING ABOUT, he says players will get to perform in their home surroundings, the camps will not tie up diamonds in one city unduly and the mere economics of player attendance.

"We will play some American teams and some good senior clubs as part of these camps," he added. Soulliere foresees one problem, though. "Some fine junior players, particularly in the Inter-County league where some of the senior teams operate the junior clubs, play senior ball and those teams are not going to want to lose ballplayers for weekend games," he said. The lineup of the select team will be trimmed to the final 18 after two or three of the weekend camps to meet Ontario roster deadline for Summer Games teams. On Aug.

8, the final 1 8 will be brought into Windsor for an intensive week -long camp prior to departure for Thunder Bay. JIM NELSON SPORTS FR EE! EE FREEDS The Department Store For Men 1526 Ottawa St. Phone 258-6532 Free Customer Parking On Our lot Behind The Store Morencie, of thefour, but Soulliere pointed to the record as basis for his selection. "His (jun'r) teams have compiled a 77-14-1 record in the two years he has coached, have won one national championship and placed third in another, have gone unbeaten through 13 games in provincial championship competition, have won league pennants both years and a league championship once and been run-ner-upthe other year," Soulliere pointed out. "Sure, he had some pretty good material playing for him, but the record rather speaks for itself and I rather think he earned thejob." L'PHAM, A FORMER major league pitcher, and Fr.

Cullen have both worked in the Mic Mac baseball program, a fact Soulliere found enticing from the stan-poi nt of cohesiveness. Kay, a former Hamilton junior coach, has been occupied with conducting coaches' clinics for the Ontario Baseball Association in recent years. The brass of the club will hold a couple of meetings in the next few weeks to get everything into gear for the selection process. Soulliere currently has a list of 25 players including a number from Windsor) culled from attendance at the OBA finals and tournaments last season, although he admits some may now be overage. HE HAS CONTACTED the bulk of the 63 junior teams in the province through their associations, asking, in effect, for each manager to select an all-star team out of his league.

About 10 teams do not play in the six organized junior leagues and these will be contacted on a different basis. "We will give each area and the unaffiliated teams an opportunity to expose their best," Soulliere promises of this first attempt by Ontario to select a provincial all-starsquad. "Once we get something back frontihe managers, we If everything goes the way I hope it will go, we should be able to play 15 to 20 games (as a team) prior to the tournament," Soulliere said. The Summer Games baseball tournament will be a two-division round-robin, with the top two in each five-team division advancing to cross-over semi-finals. The two winners "TET" JH champion- Ontario will be grouped with Manitoba, Alberta, Quebec and New Brunswick.

The other division has British Columbia. Nova Scotia, Newfound- V0C: MIKE MORENCIE land, Saskatchewan and gtr Prince Edward Island..