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1 HE HERALD December 1W8 Sports of 88 Year was marked by surprising feats By George Robinson Like any Olympic year 1988 had an abundance of memorable eats This particular year in sports was domi nated by outs red personalities over sized egos overwhelming achieve ments and a quick fall from grace Here are the sports people who bad the greatest Impact in 1938 1 Ben Johnson This Canadian went from Olympic hero to villain In three days In September It happened at the biggest sports meet ever held John son set a world record of seconds in the 100 meter dash in Seoul Sud denly he was stripped of his medal af ter testing positive for steroid use The scandal cast a pall over the Sum mer Games Thanks In no small part to Johnson situation the United Slates and Soviet Union began Ing toward a stringent inter national drug- eating policy or amateur letes Thm what happened to the world fastest human in 1988 could have farreaching effects I Stem Graf Previously only two women Maureen Connolly In and Margaret Courl in had won all four Grand Slam tennis titles in a single calendar year Neither dominated womens tennis the way Steffi Graf did while accomplishing that feat In 198B How good was the 19- yearold West German In Grand Slam Slay In the four tournaments and the S French and Australian opens she won of sets and went 33596 In games Her four finals matches lasted a total of hours minutes 3 Mike Tyson the soapop era antics with Robin Givens the courtroom chaos with Bill the backroom dealings with Don King All you need to remember thai Mike Tyson unified the heavyweight crown for the first time since the ear ly days of Larry Holmes Tyson did it with a second knockout of Michael Spinks who had inherited Holmes glory as the peoples champ Tyson holder of the alphabet titles from the The fishiest tale of the season The message from our car radio was very clear Yes folka its going to be another hot one degrees or just about on the old real scale and still no rain in sight Watering restrictions are si ill in effect for parts of Toronto and the County of Peel And now the traffic report Well Bob the 1 Is a real mess and vie think the weather people on this hot hot Friday We have six to report on out of the city with lots of people Blowing to took and traffic Is all the way across the top of Toronto Come on folks carefully relax but stay away from the Thus the stage was set lor our special Moment of the Year Yes when I think of the year Ill remember the summer heat the record breaking temperatures the watering the brown drying and dying lawns and the bad traffic on the way to cottage try But Ill remember good things too more pleasant memories like trout fishing with Barry and the Four Sisters of Port Credit We wont soon forget the walleye opener in with the Hoi Ion Hills Ambulance crew and Ill remember how difficult it was to fool marble eyes that weekend difficult that is until I back to the teachings of the Ace my father who always said Relax Keep It simple the fish will come Just relax and a good time And leave that net behind Then youll or suit Yes Ill remember 1868 for those determined bass of Stoney Lake and the wonder or cat ching walleye with a hook and worm from the dock at the marina Where were your fish on the open ing weekend I laughed over and over again as I them to grow up so that they may ac commodate in the future Ill remember working the midnight shift as they say trolling for the mysterious malevolent wider a full moon on Lake accompanied only by my gear an old radio and the not to tally welcome hard rock tunes from Peterborough which gradual ly gave way to the teaching of Our Lord as the sun peeked Its Sunday way over the barren eastern horizon Another night another no hitler sighed as I pulled the boat up to the dock Yep and Ill remember Ken OBrien a Toronto angler who hook landed while pound bass hed muskle before He wasnt even In terested In muskle Do you think that fishing Isnt the world greatest sport Ill remember my brother Greg imitating Billy Crystal who in turn recall almost falling Into the lake laughing at good at Greg as he assumed that regal pose in the boat chlcagoo they got Wishing all our customers a prosperous Thanks for a great Closed Mon Jan 1989 world sanctioning groups also made quick work of Holmes and Tony Tubbs in 1988 The state of boxing depends on the state of the heavyweights And Tyson is in control Orel Ilenhiser He broke Don yearold record for consecutive scoreless Innings by shut ting out all foes for straight In nings In postseason play the Los An geles ace handcuffed two of the biggest run scoring machines In base ball the New York Mets and the Oak land Athletics He won both the and World Series MVp awards the Cy Young Award and a Gold Glove Orel did everything but sing the National Anthem for the world champion Dodgers Take crabber away and they would have had trouble finishing fourth In the West Barry Sanders This years Hois- man Trophy went to an unheralded ju nior running back from a second- level Big Eight school Nobody was touting Barry Sanders of Oklahoma Stale at the beginning of the college football season But when the dust cleared the quiet tailback had run for over 2 yards a new NCAA singleseason re cord Sanders broke or tied NCAA yardage and scoring marks in Ho logged three games of at least 300 yards and three moreof at least ZOO yards Wayne For the first time since he entered the NHL Wayne made big headlines for some thing he did off the ice When Edmon ton Oilers owner Peter Pockllngton traded the Great One to the LA Kings black crepe was hung in Canada Will be able to singlehandedly create an American market for ice hockey No more than Pete did for soccer but it will be fun to watch him trying Pal Riley The head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers had guaranteed lhat they would repeat in 1988 as NBA champs Big words for a league that without a back-to- of us will every forget the first Loon Tunes Fishing Contest won fairly and by our son sleepy eyes who at the lender age of It three years hooked the biggest of the wixk with a reckless cast of a hook and worm near a submerged tree stump on Lake Ill remember Lennon our eldest a six j cars standing for hours and hours on end casting into the bay for bass never giving up never quit h ting and Ill think how nTch 19 he must resembled another tit champion However Riley tie boy a scruffy little ghost of the tossing lures over and over again into the crystalline water of Balsam Lake casting from a friend ly old dock and dreaming about a bass that had Jumped for the sun Yea theyre all warm memories and each and every one has a special place etched in my heart can be only one Moment Year There can be only one In stance of the many you recall lhat captures first place There can be only one winner And for that very occasion we take you back back to that memorable moment back to that weather report bock to Highway North as sought to avoid the instructed on a scorching good as those words with a little help from friends Magic Kareem Worthy Like Casey Stengel with the New York Yankees in the 1950s Riley has been underrated Maybe his twin victories will bring the recogni tion he deserves Danny Manning No one expected etched in my bean but there a Kansas Qnlv Mom to last tiyond the first or second round of the NCAA basketball tourna ment In 1988 The fact that they were in the tourney at all was a tribute to Player of the Year Danny Manning With a supporting cast of talented no- names Manning finally shouldered the burden of leadership that coach Larry Brown had been pressing on him for four years The lanky senior r way to cottage t a national ti- Friday hot The trip would be long M P tr Frustration festered ft K Our little daughter Sullavan stood B rookie up from the seat to proclaim Katarlna Witt Although she something I told her to sit back and didnt skate her best this East Gcr do up her seat belt man became the first woman since Get back there and BEHAVE I Henic to win backtoback yelled in just Olympic golds In figure skating Witt defeated longtime rival Debl whose as and Canadas Elliabcth Manley In name strictly translates to him eyed fighting girl from the Calgary Two weeks later to prove it Si her gmund and her forehead furrowed In a championships With all three frown of fouryearold ferocity shrieked in totally belying her forty pounds soaking wet weight and her thirty nine Inch stature NO I WONT she hollered with a force that could vc registered on the scale IM NOT A HAVE Well truer words were never spoken I told her to be good and she sat right back That was our Moment of the Year and you know somehow as our daughter gets older somehow I think that Its not going to gel any Your first duty when planning to go fishing In the new year is to remember to buy your fishing license Its to forget and not as easy to plain r jour friendly conservation officer Have a Happy New Year and may all of you enjoy good luck and good health In On the I tort ion The worlds ugliest fishing hole Sec you In weeks of these stars retiring the face of the sport will change radically before the 1992 Games Curtis Strange It was a year In which most of the PGA Tour was pop ulated by strangers one stretch nine consecutive events went to first- time Tour winners And Strange was the most familiar name in golf Curtis won an total four PGA events Including the dramatic Open his first major title He also be came the first golfer ever to clear SI million In a single year Sabres exchange It was a traditional Christmas or the Acton Sabres They gave and they Sabres dropped on home ice decision to the Bradford Bulls last Friday In Acton after cutting down the Grand Valley Harvesters in Grnnd Vol lev Inst Thursday Acton will be looking for a winn- A Split Located at Carols MAIN ST S Phone for an appt or please drop by 8772981 Gift Certificates Available HAPPY NEW YEAR Here is a special sage to all for health and success in 1989 AUT0MASTER TRANSMISSION transmission specialists 375 Armstrong Ave fQtA Georgetown O I I D3Uf Chiefs sharpen arrows for Beaver tourney Coaches Chris Milne Dan Curtis and hoped that a busy schedule last week would be Ideal preparation for the ing Minor Chiefs par ticipation In the Milton Beaver Tour nament beginning Boxing Day On Dec 19 Georgetown travelled to and defeated their hosts by a score of with a very solid ef fort Goal lender John Waller had a relatively easy night In recording the shutout Doug Sheppard was pro minent offensively and scored a hat trick Duke added a pair and Jamie Stephenson rounded out the Domtar Packaging scoring Dunne Gavin G laser and Brent Wilkinson earned assists for the Minor Archrival Milton provided the opposition at Memorial Arena on Dec With less than a minute re maining in the game the already shorthand Georgetown team saw Milton score the equalizer they pulled their goalie A very well game ended in a tie For the Chiefs opened the scoring on a goal assisted by Mark Aldrtdge and Two goals by Stephenson gave Packaging 32 lend assisted on both markers and laser and Scott Wilson each earned on assist Chad Hughes made several sparkling saves in the Georgetown net Everything pointed to the Chiefs peeking for the impending tourna ment play However another game in Oakville on Dec saw the Minor scramble earn draw In this game Packaging team was slightly lethargic and could not get a bounce A late goal by Wilson with assists to linemates and Stephenson finally secured the tie Wilkinson scored a goal and added an assist on Sheppard opening goal Sheppard returned the favour by assisting on Wilkinsons goal Aldndge also earn an assist John Waller completed a solid effort with two great saves to maintain the tie score HYUNDAI OWNERS For Service Call 8731818 1989 midget tourney title up for grabs Jan The championship crown of the Georgetown Midget Hockey Tour nament will be up for grabs In the new year Richmond Hill last years win ners are not returning to defend their till In the version of the midget puck classic which gets under way at Alcott Arena on Jan and rum Waterloo which has won Ihe Georgetown title on a number of occasions were beaten by Rich mond Hilt in last Masons A final and will be returning to try and win It all which won last seasons consolation laurels is also back for another crack Georgetowns own Sunny Acres Farms midgets open their tourna ment preliminary schedule on Fri day Jan as they faceoff against Port Perry beginning at Alcott A win puts Georgetown In the A side against the winner of a Chatham vs Belleville contest while a loss moves them to con solation round action against the loser of the Chatham- Bet leville tilt The consolation final is slated lor Sunday Jan at with the championship title on the lino at ANNOUNCEMENT Autohaus Georgetown is pleased to welcome PHIL OBR Phil is our new Service Manager and will be working with Ken Law Glenn Hams and Andy Bell to keep your automobile running smoothly DONT 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