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12 -- PORT PERRY STAR =~ Wed., August 6, 1980 Sports with Danny Millar - Shall we dance? No, let's get the runner instead. Short-stop Ken Bryant [left] and second sacker Doug Scott had the base well covered during Port Perry's win over R.H. Cabinet on Monday. Bryant made the catch to force the runner at second base. Danny Ongais among top racers at Mosport Prestige, prize money, and series points in no less than five major international championships will lure world championship sports cars and drivers to Mosport for . the Molson Canadian 1,000 on the weekend of August 15-17. This race will be Canada's only World Championship sports car event. The six hour endurance race, one in a series that includes Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona, will give Mosport all the characterist- ics of a five ring circus as drivers race in pursuit of valuable points towards the World Endurance Drivers Championship and three International Motor Sports Association titles--IMSA-GT, GT-O (Over 2.5 litres)- and GT-U (Under 25 litres.) In addition, the Molson Canad- ian 1,000 counts towards the prestigous World Champion- ship of Makes. Up to fifty cars will start the-gruelling classic with a minimum of two and maxi- mum of three drivers per car. No driver may drive more than three and one half hours and because of the serious points situation in the various championships, sev- eral drivers will be entered to drive more than one car. The IMSA-GT cars are the heavy metal class which has been the exclusive preserve of Porsche for some time. Up to eighteen turbocharged Porsche 935 coupes will start the race and at up to $250,000 (US) a copy, the sky is the limit with this 3.2 litre-700 horsepower 220 mile an hour racer. Porsche drivers to watch in the IMSA-GT class are series points leader John Fitzpatrick of England, US drivers Don Whittington, Danny Ongais, Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywood, last year's Molson Canadian Trans-Am Winner John Paul and Canada's Ludwig Heimrath. The one non-Porsche standout in this class is Canada's Mo Carter whose super-trick, home-built All- Canadian Camaro can run with the Porsches on a good day as his fourth place finish in the season opening Day- tona 24 Hours last March proved. The GT-O class is populat- ed by naturally aspirated or non-turbocharged Porsclies and the amazingly fast Triumph TR-8 to be co- driven by US veteran Bob Tullius and Canada's Bill Adam. The GT-U class is the private preserve of the little 'rotary engine Mazda RX-7. A driver to watch in GT-U is expatriate Quebecker Roger Mandeville who won Mosport's Champion Spark Plug Challenge race- last May. Superimposed over the three IMSA classes will be -the two World Championship points races for drivers and manufacturers. The Molson Canadian 1,000 is the eleventh and final race in the "World Endurance Drivers Championship series which includes races in Europe and America. A twenty-four hour race on the classic Spa circuit in Belgium preceeds Mosport, however, the title race should be settled at Mosport with 1978 Endur- ance Champion John Paul of the US battling Britain's John Fitzpatrick to the finish. (Turn to page 14) by Danny Millar A single up the middle by John Van Kemp in the bottom of the seventh inning brought in Glen Dixon from second base with the winning _run in the seventh annual Canadian Tire Men's Soft- ball Tournament. Millwork of Oshawa edged out Port Perry Canadian Tire 4-3 in the thrilling final game Mon- day August 4. The final run was unearn- "ed because Dixon got on base on an error by Doug Scott. Scott was covering first when. Jay Williams hand- cuffed him with a chest high throw and Scott couldn't hang on. - That was one of the few costly errors that Canadian Tire made during the tourna- ment. In winning their five previous games they had played excellent defensively. They got timely hits when they needed them and the -- pitching from-import-Dave -- Rafuse, Ken Irvine, and Kevin Walker was also first rate. "I though everyone played alright" said Scott after the final. Up until the final frame, the teams had matched each other inning by inning. Both sides scored twice in the second and once in the third and from then on the score- board showed zeros. In the Port Perry second, Phil Cochrane executed a good bunt and legged it out safely to first. Ron Redman, who had a strong tourna- ment, reached base on short- stop Doug Willoughby's error. Walker pounded a single to centerfield that delivered Cochrane. Red- man scored when: Walker stayed in a rundown between first and second. Doug Warlow led off the Millwork second inning by tripling to left field. He scored on first baseman Ken Davidson's error on a hit by Willoughby. Willoughby subsequently scored on an infield out by Jim Trimm. An inning later Ken Bryant led off for Canadian Tire by reaching first on an infield single. Davidson lined a base hit that put runners on the corners. Williams hit a sacrifice fly that brought in Bryant with the final run for the hosting team. Millwork got back-to-back singles from Dixon and Landry in their half of the third. They advanced a base on an infield out and Dixon scored on Buddy Yahn's fielder's choice. TOURNEY MVP At the conclusion of the final game Yahn was chosen the tourney's Most Valuable Pitcher and Paul McCrimm- on, the power hitting pitcher from Brooklyn was selected Most Valuable Player. They were given gym bags from Molson's. The members of the winning team were given beer mugs from the brewery. After the final game ended Scott, the organizer of the weekend, stated that all had gone well." "It was a good tournament,'"' he stated. He said it was "successful" financially, despite a rain out that postphoned three games Saturday night. SEMI-FINAL Canadian Tire pounded Leisure Bowl King Pins 7-1 in the semi-final game. It was one of their most convincing wins of the tournament. . Robert Evans capped the victory by hitting one of four home runs in the tournament in the second inning with a man on board. Bill St. John was on third when Evans unloaded to left field. Canadian Tire had two runs earlier when Mark Lee -and Cochrane, who also stood out over the four days, hit successive triples and St. John had a single. Soccer teams at Scugog park Scugog Youth Soccer Club will be hosting a Squirt and Atom Western Weekend Soccer Tournament, on Sat- urday August 9th and Sun- day 'August 10th at 'the Scugog Soccer Fields on Simcoe Street North. In the Squirt division the following out of town teams will .be participating along with two teams from Port Perry. Those teams are Pickering Village, Newmar- ket, Uxbridge, Whitby, Osh- awa Rangers, Stouffville, " Whitchurch. In the Atom division the - following teams will be competing against two teams from Port Perty. They are: Uxbridge, Whitby Oshawa, Stouffville, Whit- church, Newmarket .and Pickering. This tournament is for recreational or house league teams that do not play in a competitive league. Each team will play at least two games on Saturday with the top two teams in each of the two Atom and Squirt divis- ions to return Sunday. Saturday's action starts at 9:00 a.m. with 16 games to be played during the day. Action will end around 4:30 p.m. The tournament will resume 9:15 a.m. Sunday morning with the Semi- finals. The finals for Squirts will be played at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, and the Atom finals will be played at 2:45 p.m. At the conclusion of the Atom final the trophies for the Squirt and Atom Competitors will be presented. dges Port in tourney Cochrane started the game by slicing a triple into the left corner on the first pitch. St. John walked and stole second uncontested. Evans delivered a single to bring them both in. Evans scored on a routine fly ball that was dropped in the outfield. Irvine, the southpaw, threw a fine game for Canad- ian Tire. 'The only run he surrendered was unearned on a Lee throwing error in the seventh. That win gave Canadian Tire a total of $275:in prize money. They got $75 for winning their four-team division with three straight victories, including one over Millwork. wins over the King Pins and RH Cabinet Juveniles were worth $100 each. A key factor in each win for Canadian Tire was the ability to score early. They tallied at least two runs in the first "inning of ~ every contest, with the exception of the first match against Mill- Tug of war at park For the second year in a row; the Port Perry Legion will be. sponsoring a team tug-of-war contest during the Western Weekerid festivities. Last "year, the Legion challenge trophy was cap- tured by the team from the Canadian Foresters Number 1031, and organizers are confident that the action this year will be just as keen. Along with the trophy which goes to the winning team, there are individual trophies for each team member, and ribbons for the members of the second place squad. So far, there are six teams entered for this year's com- petition, including last year's champs who will be on hand to defend their title. The other teams which will be pulling hard to take away that title are the Durham Region Police Association; Port Perry Masonic Lodge; Port Perry Figure Skating 'Club; Port Perry Legion; and the boys from Scugog Township council. The starting referee will be Doug Bulloch, and John Wilson will handle the line referee chores. Both are from Oshawa. Tug-of-war is a gruelling" sport which demands not only strength and stamina, but a high degree of tech- nique and team-work. It-is an exciting event to watch, and the action heats up this Saturday, starting at 3:00 p.m. in Palmer Park. K vy ah ~