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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 7,1991 / N Sport-talk 623-3203 FLASHBACK - 25 YEARS AGO -- A Bowmanville Bowmanville boy, 17-year-old John Hooper, was the big winner winner at the 34th Annual Lake Scugog Regatta and Field Day, held at Caesarea on Civic holiday weekend. weekend. John's winning total was made up of six firsts, three seconds and one third in track and field, swimming and canoeing. The Lake Scugog Regatta is the oldest continuous three-day Regatta in Canada. Canada. FLASHBACK - 10 YEARS AGO - Bowman- ville's senior ball team, the Merchants, head into the playoffs with the Little Britain Generals this Thursday. It's a best-of-seven series. The Newcastle Newcastle Lakers are out of playoff contention, losing 4-3 and 6-1 to Peterborough. SPORT-TALK TRIVIA -- Who was the last Detroit Detroit Tiger, prior to Cecil Fielder, to lead the American American League in home runs? PAGANS FASTBALL - The Port Perry XL's will be in town tonight to face the Bowmanville Pagans in an Oshawa City and District Fastball League game. Next Wednesday night, the Oshawa Juniors will visit Memorial Park. Following tonight's game, the Pagans have only two more league games remaining remaining at home. Game time is 7:00 p.m. DONOHUE OFF TO FLORIDA - Bowmanville's Brendon Donohue flew out of Toronto this morning, bound for Florida where he will try to make the baseball team at St. Petersburg Junior College. Try-outs begin in early September, and will include 30 games. Their regular season starts in February, and will consist of 50 league games. Many from the area will be looking for an invitation to visit him at his residence once the cold weather sets in. DURHAM SENIOR GAMES ---An awards luncheon luncheon will be held at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex on Wednesday, August 14, beginning at 12:00 p.m. for participants in the Durham Senior Games earlier in the summer. Approximately 300 seniors competed in the games this year. Tickets for. the luncheon are available from the Oshawa Seniors Centre, John St., Oshawa, or by calling Gloria Grant at 987-1910. TRIVIA ANSWER 1985. Darrell Evans hit 40 in SPORTS Sport Thoughts by Brad Kelly v Pagans Humbled by Navy Club by Brad Kelly The only encouraging aspect aspect of last Wednesday night's fastball game for the Bowmanville Pagans, was the fact it lasted only seven innings. And even that seemed too long. After man-handling the Oshawa Navy Club, 7-1, one week earlier, the Pagans looked like anything but world-beaters in their Oshawa City and District Fastball League game at Memorial Park. Navy Club 9 Pagans 2 The Navy Club handed the Pagans their second loss of the season on their home field, with a convincing 9-2 pasting. The score is a clear indication indication of which team was w.-- y >V'y v-,y , -.* | j.i.À' W, \ V : k the better of the two on this night. The loss leaves the Pagans Pagans at 9-13-1, with only seven games remaining until until playoffs. "It was just a bad game," said player/coach Dean Jon- cas. "I think we let down after that bad call at second base. It changed the whole complexion complexion of the game. They (Navy Club) went up after that call. It was the turning point of the game." Ah, the call. With the Pagans leading 2-0 in the second inning, the Navy Club put runners at first and second. Paul Passant snared a ground ball at third, touched the bag, and threw to second for the double play. Thé runner runner had virtually conceded the force-out at second base and didn't even bother to slide. He was called safe. A couple of hits later, the Navy Club had the lead at 3-2, and never looked back. They added a pair of runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to widen the margin. The only bright spot in the game for the Pagans came in their first at bat. Passant and Chris Bailey hit one out singles. Passant scored from third when Bailey Bailey stole second. A double by Mark Noden cashed in Bailey. Bailey. That was the extent of their highlights. The Navy Club's Jim Cooke shut the Pagans out the rest of the way. He scattered scattered five hits over his seven complete innings for the victory. victory. Effort Saves Games i . Dear Brad: Re: Eastern Ontario Baseball Association (EOBA) Playoff Tournament « This past Lord Simcoe (veekend, the Town of New-, castle Baseball Association hosted the E.O.B.A. Peewee Championship Tournament. £ The tournament looked like it would be a complete Washout due to the heavy Friday night rain which left all the ball diamonds looking looking like swampland. However, However, a tremendous effort put forth by some of the players and parents rescued two of Ehe diamonds and allowed on ours the tournament to only four-and-a-half behind schedule. I would like to give thanks to our convener Bruce MacDonald, and Murray Murray Finney, Jeff and Sarah, Brian Mclnnes and B.J., Steve Bonnie, Sonya Vickery, Vickery, and Bill Cowan. Special thanks is given to Cora Baker for his efforts and super squeegy. Without the help of these parents, there would have been six very disappointed teams. Maurice B. Landry Coach and Manager Legion 178 Orioles ' , Little Brother Corner f^Good examples have twice the value of good advise." Big Brothers of Newcastle 623-6646 BOWMANVILLE M SPORTS SHOP M ■M athletic clothing, footwear, licensed products, baseball,KA ■ basketball, soccer, skates & hockey equipment, - equipment repairs & skate sharpening - T j We take Trade-Ins Stop by today! Paul Passant, of the Bowmanville Pagans, couldn't find the handle on this throw to the plate as an Oshawa Navy Club player slides in safely during last Wednesday night's Oshawa City and District Fastball League game at Memorial Park. The Pagans suffered one of their few defeats at home, losing by a lopsided score of 9-2. Rainy Weather Cancels Several Mosport Events Jordan, of Mississauga, took the win. Merv Walt, of Shan- 121 KING ST. EAST, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Phone (416) 623-0322 by Nelson Hudes Mosport International Speedway continued with its thrilling brand of weekly stock car action this past long holiday weekend. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, mother nature played havoc and some of the feature races had to be poned. The Sportsman, Late Model, ana 30 lap Sportsman Sportsman features were called off due to fog. All of these races will be rescheduled for later in the season. The only feature race that ran was Street Stock Class, and what a race it was. Dave Lee, of Nestleton, held off hard charging Rod Marshall, of Cavan, to grab the win, and the victory lap around Mosport International International Speedway's half mile oval. Later, he stood proud in the victory circle as he posed with his winning trophy for the track photographer. Marshall placed second while Jeff Zeisner, of Pickering, Pickering, worked real hard to grab third place. In the Sportsman class heats (which there are four of each Saturday night, and take place prior to the feature feature races) there were four different winners this week. In the first heat, Alex . , .. Jr. Regan, of Ang and Randy Slack, of York, won heats two, three and four respectively. In the Late Model heats (of which there are four as well) there were two double winners. A1 Thomson, of Uxbridge, Uxbridge, won the first and third heats, while Tom Milligan Milligan won heats two and four. As an added feature to the public, this coming Saturday Saturday night is Ladies' Night. All ladies in attendance at Mosport International Speedway will receive half price on admission. We Fix Flat Tires 576-1220 299 Dean Ave Oshawa, Ont. Your Bandag Retread Source 3 iff ' ;H H KiiMnn PAMinA imp Andy Wnrbutton, of Oshawa, is just one of many local drivers who race at Mos- rwMMULANADA,INC. por (; International Speedway every Saturday night. This Saturday evening, ladies will be admitted for half price. Keith Adamson went the distance for the Pagans, suffering suffering the loss. He managed to strike out seven, but served up 15 hits.. To his credit, many of the hits weren't of the solid variety. variety. "They just stuck out their bats and got a lot of soft hits. It was no fault of Keith's," said Joncas. 'You just have to take your hat off to them when they can swin£ and get those kind of Port Perry will be in town tonight for a 7:00 p.m. start. New Season On October 4 It will be a repeat of last year's league final as the Bowmanville Eagles begin the 1991-92 Central Ontario Ontario Jr. C campaign in Uxbridge Uxbridge against the Bruins on Friday, October 4. Their home opener will be that same weekend, Sunday evening, against the Lakefield Chiefs. They will conclude the regular season on February 2 in Lakefield. The league has had to revamp its schedule from last year. The Ajax Axemen have moved up to the Central Central Ontario Jr. B league, wing the Jr. C loop with ly six teams in the league. With the absence of Ajax, the regular season has been reduced from 36 games to 34. With the reduced reduced number of teams, a full interlocking schedule was abolished. Instead, the Eagles will and Port Perry a total of six times each. Of their 17 home dates, 14: : wi 11: h<a nn •: Si 1 n H A VyAVtinii; three will be on Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. Sunday's Sunday's home games remain unchanged from last year, with the opening face off at Training- camp opens on September 3. That's in less than four weeks. Racing Series In Quebec Le Circuit Mont Tremblant Tremblant at St. Jovite, Que. will be the site of the $150,000 Player's LtdVGM Motorsport Series Pro National Weekend Weekend featuring the East-West Shootout. Co-sponsors Player's Ltd. and General Motors of Canada Canada said the format has been expanded to include all drivers from both series, and that the 20-lap final, which will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Saturday, September 28, is expected expected to see in excess of 50 cars on the starting grid. The East-West Shootout will include a unique series of qualifying heats, with $5,000 in prize money in each of three heats. Orioles Drop Port Hope in 17-0 Contest The Peewee Orioles finished finished off their regular season season games on Wednesday, July 31. Four of our pitchers threw a no-hitter, swamping Port Hope 17-0. After a rain delay, our EOBA Tournament got under under way Saturday afternoon. Greg McMurter, on the mound for out first game, gave up only two hits and allowed allowed one run as we beat Oshawa 2-1. The score was tied the bottom of the seventh seventh when Jason Vickery hit a single and stole second. Paul Drummond laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him to third and Bryan Landry came up and hit a fielder's choice, bringing in the winning winning run. Jason had two other other singles in the game and Colin Galinski and Phillip Paterson each had a single. In our second game against Ajax, Bryan Landry pitched six innings, giving up only one hit. Colin Galinski Galinski took over in the seventh, also giving up one hit. The Orioles won 7-4. Scott MacDonald MacDonald had a triple, Bryan Landry and Mark McCarthy had two singles each and Jason Jason Vickery, Paul Drummond, Drummond, Greg McMurter and Jeff Finney each had a single. single. Our third game was against Peterborough and it was another close one. Steve Newman pitched a no-hitter and the final score was 3-2. • Getting hits ,in this game were: Colin Galinski (one single, one double); Jason Vickery, Mark McCarthy and Steve Newman (two singles singles each). Shane Cowan Bryan Landry, Jeff Finney, Scott MacDonald, Greg McMurter and Brian Mclnnes all had singles. Our fourth and final game was for the Championship Championship and we met the Peterborough Peterborough team once again. Scott MacDonald pitched our way to an 8-2 win. Jason Vickery and Scott MacDonald MacDonald each hit a single and a double, Julius Sneider and Bryan Landry each hit a double, Greg McMurter had two singles, Shane Cowan, Colin Galinski and Paul Drummond each had a single. single. Special thanks to Maurice Maurice Landry for all his time . and hard work in organizing and hosting this tournament and to our other coaches, Gord Baker and Bob Drummond Drummond and all the parents for their help and support. Our boys have given us a season of great baseball and the excitement mounts as the playoffs begin to see who will make it to the All Ontario Ontario Baseball Association Championships on Labour Day weekend. Be Water Smart Interestingly, the number one cause of spinal injuries injuries in Canada in sport and recreation-related activities, activities, wasn't from the contact of playing hockey or football. Many of us would assume that these hardhitting hardhitting sports would be the major cause of such injuries. injuries. But, it's not so. According to the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada, diving into shallow water accounts for 70% of spinal injuries incurred through sport and recreation. recreation. And it's not small children who are diving into shallow water head first. Surprisingly, it's young men, who should know better, between the ages of 17-22, who don't know enough to dive into shallow water feet first. In 1989 alone, 21 of 23 young men who broke their necks after after diving into shallow water survived. They will spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs wheelchairs as paraplegics or quadriplegics. Across Ontario, this past Saturday was declared Drowning Prevention Day. Drownings and aquatics-related aquatics-related injuries happen year-round, but the majority majority seem to occur during long weekends. There is no concrete answer as to why. It remains remains a mystery. Especially with males. Annually in Canada, aquatic accidents account for over 1,200 fatalities. Again, according to statistics, statistics, males have the highest number of fatalities. In the 15-49-year-old age group, nine out of ten victims victims of drownings are males. They account for 85% of the total drowning-related deaths. Drownings are the second leading cause of accidental accidental death. Needless losses of human life. Each year, the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada Canada produces a pamphlet outlining some helpful tips and reminders for people who are about to embark embark on water-related vacations. For people who have spent a lot of time around water, most of the messages are common sense. Obviously, Obviously, through the statistics released, common sense is something that people are not using enough of. Please keep in mind the following as we close out the summer. 1. WEAR A LIFEJACKET - Not having or wearing wearing a lifejacket is the most common characteristic of victims who drown in boating accidents. 2. LEARN TO SWIM -- There is no substitute for knowing how to swim. And be sure to supervise youngsters, at all times, who are around water. 3. THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK - Too much alcohol alcohol impairs your ability to think. Impaired boating boating is as serious as impaired driving. The penalty for a first offence is a $300 fine. A second offence will land you in jail. 328 RITSON RD. 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