The Sun Times from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada • 12

iv kvu Wwvat MrVViacW'li WWfa-TBfaW' WJWUwk3tJllWlllieflWim4yVMiiVy 0 -il I -iJ 12 The Owen Sound Sun Times Tues Tune 24 1975 Tara hammers Jaycees ft r3v stranded Tara left three Umpires were Lar ryL Liautaud and Frank Garvey League action will continue tonight at St George's Park when Gruber Real Estate plays host to Meaford Mavericks Both clubs share fourth place with records of 3-9 Tara Gay Lea Foods pulled into a first-place tie with Owen Sound Jayceez in the Georgian Bay Fastball Longue Monday night by hammering Jaycees 8-2 at St George's Park Theoretically Tara holds down first place with a record of six wins and four losses as opposed to( Jaycees' record of six wins' and five losses It was Tara's second straight win but the third consecutive defeat for Jaycees who were expected by many observers to run away with the league "Let's hope the last three losses will smarten us up for the Ontario senior elimination tournament in Niagara Falls" snapped Jaycees assistant coach Ed Busey after the game team certainly has the talent if we can Just start putting it all together" Jaycees are slated to on which all runners were safe set up Crawford's blast After surrendering two runs in the top of the fifth starting hurler Ray HoUiday was pulled in favor of AUyn Johnston but the four runs on Crawford's home run gave Johnston a rude reception Doug McComb went the distance on the firing line for Tara limiting Jaycees to four three of them by lead-off hitter Terry Keeling It was Me Comb's second straight win in as many starts after joining Tara from Desboro of WOAA Intermediate ranks McComb struck out four and walked one Holliday allowed four hits in five innings and fanned three Johnston in relief was nicked for three hits and had four strikeout victims Jaycees left six tackle Woodstock at 11 am Saturday at Niagara Falls Diey'II get a final tuneup for the tournament by masting Meaford Mavericks here Thursday night at St George's Park an exhibition game and a loss against McArthur Goodyears of the Scenic City League might do us some good" continued Busey Goodyears a midget club currently lead the Scenic circuit with eight wins one loss and one tie Tara racked up its eight runs in two innings last night with a six-run explosion in the sixth frame being the crushing blow Rightfielder Brian Crawford's grand-slam home run down the left field line was the key hit of the Inning Back-to-back singles by Barry Middleton and Jack Thomson and Brian Huffman's fielder's choice play is i I In' IB vi VJ V-E MM vi iy ti rj ft -f NSi- at CP photo DILEMMA Winnipeg Blue Bombers centre Bob defeat Braves Bench drives in ball to Smith three of them show up all looking for jobs in the backfirfd and all of them have the same initial: James Smith left is a rookie fullback: John Smith centre is a quarterback and James Smith right is a rookie running back Club holds show his 61st So he took it easy against tha Braves making the most of his two hits and taking no pity on rookie Atlanta starter Jamie Easterly who lost his first major-league decision Mike Lura homered for Atlanta in the second inning giving the Braves their only lead of the contest Then Bill Plummer hit his first homer of the season a two-run shot and another 'run crossed on a groundout before Bench hit his double for a 4-1 lead Ron Fairly's first-inning single for St Louis scored Lou Brock with the run that won the first game against ft A Sixteen teams have entered the 11th Annual Owen Sound Softball Tournament to be held June 27 28 and 29 Previously sponsored by Molson's Brewery the Owen Sound Kinsmen Club is now the sole sponsor of this popular tournament which has taken on a new flair this season It will be a modified double-knockout tournament After a first-round loss a team may continue until defeated again Entries this season are Meaford Mavericks Pelham Clare's Cycle and Honda Niagara Falls Caverley Dugouts Toronto Wallace Tavern Hespeler Simplicitys Broadhagen Brewers Port Elgin Dunlops Toronto Towers-Food City Caledonia Fairfields London Jim Ball Sheet Metals Grimsby Juniors TarB Gay Lea Foods Binbrook Armstrong Feeds Owen Sound McArthur Goodyear Midgets Owen Sound Tno Restaurant and Owen Sound Gruber Real Estate Action will begin Friday night at 7 pm with a game between Meaford and the McArthur Goodyear Midgets Game two will pit Trio Restaurant againBt Pelham at 8:45 The third contest will feature Gruber Real Estate against Niagara Falls at 10:30 Owen Sound Jaycees a junior entry captured the tournament in 1974 by defeating Grimsby House GI's 4-3 in the deciding game to take home $600 in bonds and the Trio Restaurant Trophy First prize again this season will be $600 and the Trio Restaurant Trophy Second prize is $300 The third and fourth-place teams will take home $200 There is a $50 prize for the junior team advancing the furthest Admission will be $1 Friday night then $2 for Saturday or Sunday All proceeds will go towards supporting minor softball in Owen Sound The tournament was formerly a 32-team singleknockout affair Owen Sound North Stars' will face Brampton Excelsiors here tonight in OLA Major Lacrosse Stars trail Excelsiors by four points in the battle for first place but have two games in hand "Those two games in hand might turn out to be the real key to first place before the season is over" stated Owen Sound manager Barney Robins Monday The two teams have met three times this -twice in Brampton and once in Owen Sound The home team has emerged victorious on each occasion The last time the two dubs knocked heads here North Stars won by a 23-18 decision marking the largest margin between the two clubs in the three games Excelsiors pulled out 14-9 and 12-9 wins in Brampton It's expected the two clubs will struggle back and forth for the top rung for the next five weeks Owen Sound's starting lineup for tonight's crucial game won't be known until just before game time Ardie Rymerson has missed the last five games due to arm problems: Dan Cross is hampered by a thigh injury: Terry Keeling missed the last game due to a cracked bone in his foot Tonight's game should be wide-open affair but North Stars will have to be a little more aggressive than last Thursday night when they dropped the 12-9 verdict in Brampton "Hiey outmuscled us at times particularly in the corners We've got some big boys too who can keep you honest" admitted Robins Fergus Thistles will make their second visit of the season next Tuesday night The Don Hayes Hockey School has again awarded two hockey scholarships in memory of the late Jim McArthur of Owen Sound Jim played minor and high school hockey in Owen Sound and attended the University of Waterloo The recipients of the scholarships are chosen by the Owen Sound Minor Hockey Group They're awarded to boys who show great desire and an excellent attitude to his team-mates and his coach and strives at all times to do his best This year's winners chosen by lot are Robbie Weis and Doug Schoenveld They'll receive a week's tuition at the school here in Owen Sound commencing June 30 defeat Orioles Jennifer Keith won the junior division of the Owen Sound Silver Spur Saddle Club's Show at Wicklen Hall Stables Sunday by placing first in the barrels keyhole and trail class on "Coco" The intermediate section was captured by Jayne Walker who finished first the flag race poles pick-up race and keyhole race on "Richona Bars" Leroy Patrick won the senior category on Fix" by placing first in the barrel race flag race and pick-up race Pat Kennedy took the English class by winnin the jumper open on 1 Song" The balance of the results were as fallows: English Pleasure Sara Henry on "Sinner's Choice" hunter hack Sara Henry: English equitation Nancy Hill on "Taffy" junior showmanship Lee Hopkins on "Rusty" working hunter Pat Caviller on junior horsemanship Lee Hopkins on junior stake race Rosemary Walker on "Nugget" The reason for continued success at bat says Bench is an occasional move from his accustomed position behind the plate to less confined areas such as left field "If I can play somewhere else besides catcher about once every 10 days I do a lot better" said the 27-year-old Bench tops in the league In RBIs and one away from the home run lead gets awfully heavy behind the plate and I need a rest occasionally 1 had caught two weeks straight until tonight and 1 got a little weary" ankees By Associated Press Pitchers Doc Medich and Bill Singer tried different ways of breaking out of a slump Both worked but Singer still ended up a Medich 6-9 thinks he found himself during his own sixgame tailspin earlier this year losing streak 1 had enlightened me a little bit" he said after pitching an eight-hitter against Baltimore to help New York Yankees beat the Orioles 6-1 Monday night Singer 86 thinks he found himself at old scrapbooks with my wife the past three days just to put myself back in the right frame of mind" It might have helped his -f Iiyn i mmi why the lV4-mile race which will gross $148605 if 14 start is considered to be wide open Front-running Greek Answer owned by Preston Gilbride of Toronto is a question mark at the distance although he won the second division of the Queen's Plats Trial Stakes last Saturday by 1 Vi lengths over Upper Shelf The distance was 1 1-16 and Greek Answer in one minute 443 seconds However the son of Northern Answer who has won four of eight starts this year for $73408 expected to get away on top without 6 serious challenge in the Plate tyifc mm awj 5i Brian Crawford wallops grand slam: in 1975 the Mats then pinch-hitter Ted Simmons hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to win the nightcap In blanking New York twice the Cards extended to 35 innings the Mats' non- scoring streak and handed 5 them their sixth and 1 seventh consecutive defeats Ollia Brown drove in three runs with a two-run double and a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning helping Philadelphia end Pittsburgh's five-game winning streak The Phillies blew a 3-0 lead and trailed 5-3 before rallying to win Thurman Munson had three hits and three runs batted in for New two coming on a homer in a decisive three-run third inning Singer pitched 3 2-3 innings in his last two starts and was bombarded for 13 runs on 11 hits But against the who had chased him with six runs in two-' thirds of an inning only last Friday he was brilliant He allowed Jim Spencer' looping double in the second inning then was untouchable before giving way to Don Kirkwood at the start of tha 12th He had gone 27 batters without giving up a hit In other words he'd pitched nine of no-hit ball innings to resume training Last Friday he finally showed up at training camp but after three days of workouts found tha knee would not stand up to the work He said Monday night that he will continue to' exercise the knee DOUG WHALEN SaDOWeMEnkrUnUI SERVICE STITIOK NEEDS Get Ready For Vacations Now! CUSTOM SIMONIZING MINOR TUNE-UPS HEADLIGHT AIMING MUFFLERS SHOCKS 770 2nd AvST 376-4485 Tsar Busines" Summer hockey league kicks off schedule V-W Stallions three years and over senior Benmar Farms' "Regal's Honey yearlings Bill Quinlan on "Flying high" two year old Doug Monks on "Sugar Foot Dee Dee" geldings three and over Anne Reid on "Chief" mares three and over Barry Neil on "Bar's Star Blase'1: intermediate showmanship John Loucks on senior western pleasure A1 Cook on "Fury Junior" Intermediate western pleasure Michelle Papp on "Bar Lea Reed" intermediate and senior combined reining At Cook 'on "Margil Dunn" intermediate and senior combined western riding John Loucks on "Blase" intermediate trail class Kathy Monks "on Breeze" senior trail class Al Cook on "Margil Dunn" senior poles Jerry Rogers on "Dancer" senior keyhole Anna Reid on "Little Rad" intermediate and senior combined relay race Leroy Patrick on "The Fix" and Anna Raid on "little Red" navi TwamBohilil'S CkaUar Wad HU 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and Larry Benjamin took the popular mini-stock heats and Andy Wirth captured the feature The mini-stock cars came from the Cayuga Mini-Stock Association sponsored by Houghton Rust Proofing Raimey leaves training camp By Associated Press Variety they say is the spice of life It may also be the key to a runs-batted-in title for Johnny Bench this season The Cincinnati star drove in four mors runs Monday night raising his 1975 total to 61 in the 70 games the Reds have played He hit his 15th home run and sent home another with a double in leading Cincinnati's 8-4 triumph over Atlanta' Braves In other National League baseball action Chicago Cubs blanked Montreal Expos 8-0 St Louis Cardinals swept double-header from New York Mats 1-0 and 4-0 Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 and San Diego Padres beat San Francisco Giants 7-8 Graham captures US Open MED1NAH El (AP) -Lou Graham in an unflappable manner that marked him as one of the steadiest performers in this year's unsteady US open golf championship shot a par 71 over the Medinah course Monday to win an 16-hole playoff from John Mahaffey Mahaffey 27 was never ahead and trailed by as many aa three strokes in fashioning a 73 In defeat Mahaffey could barely contain the anguish ha felt after finishing second for the seventh time in the last 1V4 years For Graham a 37-year-old Tennessean it was only tha third victory in 11 years of plugging on the tour The key Graham said was his putt on the 208-yard eighth for par He was in the fringe 75 feet away and left himself a tricky eisht-footer "It lipped the hole then came in the right door and that was 1 figured I was on my way" And on the 18th when his two-iron went into the trees he said he heard a TV man say if the ball hadn't hit a spectator it would have gone out of bounds then said to myself: 'This golf tournament belongs to Lou Graham'" Later an official who was there said the ball did not hit a spectator By then it didn't matter "I threw it away on the greens" said Mahaffey Hune-upI For Holiday Driving Phono 376-5580 Fist Pickup ft PdHmy Hal Wright CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE On The SUNSET STRIP 376-5580 AURORA Ont (CP) -Veteran defensive back Dave Raimey retreated back into retirement Monday after his weak left knee failed to stand up to workouts at Toronto All six teams will swing into action Wednesday night at the coliseum when the Owen Sound Summer Hockey League schedule kicks off its 1975 schedule Teems in the league this season are Owen Sound Chekkar Milk Stores Owen Sound Rutherford Advertising Meaford Mustangs' Owen Sound Robins' Insurance Tara Tornados and Owen Sound West Hill Chekker Milk and Rutherford's will play at 9:30 and Tara and West Hill at 11 pm The league will run until August 27 when the championship game will be played Judo team picked frame of mind but it didn't improve his record He pitched 11 innings of one-hit ball for California before being lifted then Texas beat the Angels 1-0 in 13 innings In other American League baseball games Oakland A's beat Minnesota Twins 5-2 Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 11-3 and Milwaukee Brewers defeated Detroit Tigers 8-4 tried to keep my spirits up during my long losing streak" Medich said "I had a bad approach to the game for a couple of starts but then I -sat down and thought about it The fact that we were winning even though I wasn't pitching well lifted me up emotionally" Argonauts' training camp Raimey who had surgery on the knee last year retired from the Canadian Football League club a week ago because he felt ha wasn't yet ready Nfld and Robert Varga of Toronto Champion Rainer Fischer of Waterloo Phil Illingworth of Montreal and Tim Hirose of Vancouver were chosen among middleweights Others selected were light heavyweight Garry Hirose of Vancouver and Chris Preobrazanskl of Toronto national heavywaight champion Preobrazenski Erdman and Fischer are in Japan with national team coach Hiroshi Nakamura on a two-month training session TUESDAY June 24th 8:30 pm JU The ARENA BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS vs OWEN SOUND NORTH STARS ADMISSION Adults $200 Students $150 UMwM-nc OTTAWA (CP) Judo Canada announced Monday the selection of 12 judoka including four national champions to the national team after championships held here last month Canadian champion Daniel Hardy of Quebec City Brad Farrow of Delta BC and Sylvaln Proulx of Montreal were featherweights named to the team Lightweights chosen were national titlist Wayne Erdman of Waterloo Ont Alain Cyr of Montreal Alain Legal of St John's life i rl 5dJlI hj! Vs Mcllvoy wins diamond feature Queen's Plate anybody's race OLA MAJOR LACROSSE Many thrills and spills made for fan enjoyment during the feature races at the Sauble Speedway Saturday night Three cars tangled on the third turn in the diamond feature and a half-hour delay ensued while a cutting torch and several tow trucks were needed to separate the cars Ken' Mcllroy inherited the lead on the restart and had little trouble staying ahead of Ron Upside and Norm Stanatus although they kept the pressure on him all the way The small feature was made up of charger and super charger cars Lome Smith moved up quickly on the first lap to grab first position ana didn't give it up Andy Schmidt made his way up from the back of the pack to finish second on the final lap Ed Elliott finished third By GEMY SUTTON TORONTO (CP It's one of those years when a bettor has trouble picking a favorite At least 14 horses are expected to be in Saturday's 116th running of the Queen's Plate at Woodbine thoAmghbred race track but only Clause witz L'Enjoleur and Greek are mentioned as the' strongest contenders L'Enjoleur owned by a syndicate controlled by his breeder Louis Levesque of Montreal is the horse to beat but the three-year-old Canada's horse of the year in has been hot and cold this year He's one of the reasons Lachlan McArthur I I VVp-W I -r- '-i -v' ak.