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Page THE HERALD Wednesday November PER WEEK 1990 HONDA CIVIC GEORGETOWN Gutlph St Hwy LOW COST Georgetown LEASING SALES SERVICE 8731 Sports and I Recreation COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too vouncj a itd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 Brampton and Burlington toppled HUGO DITTFACH has a wealth of memories from a career as a pro fessional jockey spanning years He reached a milestone Saturday at Greenwood racetrack in Toronto by posting win number Only other jockeys have reached this pinnacle Herald photo by Colin Gibson Hugo Dittf ach reaches goal By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor The challenge is over now the challenge begins Im old enough to quit and young enough to- start something new With these words 53yearold hockey Hugo Dittfach basked in the accolades heaped on him in the winners circle Saturday night at Greenwood racetrack in Toronto as he prepared to exit the world of mere mortals in race riding and enter the realm of legends In the last race of the evening Dittfach a 6-year- old gelding named Bold Presence for win number In recorded thoroughbred racing annals he is only the 21st jockey to accomplish such a feat joining race riding immortals Willie Shoemaker Bill Hartack Eddie Arcaro and Johnny Dittfach enjoys raceriding always has and in typical fashion what he had accomplished didnt really sink in until he and Bold Presence were led into the winners circle and h saw the sign which had been spei iilly made for the oc casion It mid Congratulations Hugo 4000 w- I felt great said fach but I as still pumped up from the race hen I saw the sign thatswhenitsunkin had vowed that when he reached the win pinnacle it would mark the end of his race- riding career and true to his word he announced his retirement Saturday night Thats it its over Ive done what I set out to do will be applying for a trainers license in the spring and plans to set up a stable on the 92 acres of property he owns on the Eighth just south of Georgetown He had one more item of business to take care of Saturday night before the final curtain came down on his career as a jockey He called his 80yearold mother in to break the exciting news career spanned 33 years and began at Calgarys Vic toria Park racetrack After performing odd jobs around the track for three years Dittfach got his opportunity to ride in His first horse finished third and he won his second race In racetrack parlance He was off His career has taken him around the world and through glamor and hardship His fjrst two wins in California were on horses owned by film star Betty Grable He was Canadas leading jockey in and 1965 and won the Queens Plate in aboard Blue Light He was selected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame 1983 At 53yearsofage knew that 1989 might be his final shot at reaching the win mark Heading into February at Fort Eriej he needed more wins to reach his goal He wanted it to happen at Green wood and in Ontario but had not been blessed with the best of mounts Had he not guided Bold Presence to the Saturday night win his wishes might not have been answered as there would only have been seven more racing dates left on the Greenwood schedule Heading into the weekend of rac ing at Greenwood he appeared stuck at the mark Enter SamSon Farms owner Ernie Samuel and trainer Jim Day They provided him with four solid mounts and win number came in the second race aboard SamSon Farms Sound the Fan fare Ironically the magic win came with John Calhouns horse Bold Presence In recognition of his accomplish ment a beautiful Crystal bowl was presented to Ditt fach by Jack Kenney president of the Ontario Jockey Club Vibrant and still intense despite his advancing years will bnng the same sort of gritty deter- n nation with him into the horse training field Undoubtedly he will succeed in this career as well even if it takes him another years to reach an as yet tobedetermined goal Raiders slump is over By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetown PontiacBuick Raiders reached a milestone of sorts in Central Ontario Junior Hockey League West Divi sion play over the weekend The Raiders literally tore to shreds the regular season winless string which stretched back to Oct when Georgetown posted a win over Peter borough Junior Petes notched back toback wins for the first time in recent memory and no doubt served notice to their West Divi sion rivals that the worm not only has turned but that it also has teeth In two home games Raiders subdued Brampton Capitals Friday evening then turned back the leagues West Djvision third place team Burlington Cougars Saturday night to the double- delight of hometown supporters at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena The two wins boosted the Raiders regular season mark to 316 and allowed the to get within hail ing distance of the West Divisions sixth place Brampton Capitals Raider coach Peter Sturgeon could feel some satisfaction in the pair of wins even though he declin ed the temptation to turn cart wheels or even suggest that perhaps the team had turned that elusive corner Even when we were losing pointed out Sturgeon we didnt lose sight of the fact that if the players concentrated on what we were trying to teach them take the body force turnovers and scor ing chances will come about all Major Peewees the while giving 100 per cent for every shift every period every game then we would be com petitive against any team But because we are a relatively young team and because of the number of changes in personnel the message just wasnt getting through Im not going to say weve turned the corner but if the players continue to put in a solid team ef fort all the way around work hard and stick together then who knows what might happen Sturgeon felt that the presence of Des Brown just returned to the Raiders after a stint in major junior circles and just getting over a groin injury made the difference in the Friday night 75 win over Brampton The guy is a leader noted Sturgeon and he picks up the other players just by his effort Raiders jumped out to 30 first period lead over Brampton then lost some concentration in the se cond period as both teams played shootout with the Raiders emerg ing in front after 40 minutes of play Raiders were blanked by Brampton Jason Sirota in the third period he replaced starter Steve Thorpe after the second Raider goal of the middle stanza and although Brampton scored twice to make things interesting the Raiders didnt panic and hung on for the win Despite allowing five goals Raider netminder Curtis Green had a solid game and made 13 saves in both the first and second periods Brown and John Williamson each scored twice- for Raiders with singles going to Chris Brent Presswood and Adam Ha gen Duane Lewis and Chris Lee each collected two assists Against Burlington in the Satur day night contest Green again played Horatio at the Bridge in the Raider nets while his mates enough offensive firepower to turn aside the Cougars 52 Green made 40 saves in the second period alone to frustrate the Burlington snipers The Raider scoring was Share the wealth time as Chris Lee Duane Lewis Rill Chris and Brent Presswood all counted singles Jason Stewart had a pair of assists For Burlington Andy a Georgetown Minor Hockey Association product had one goal with Cory Holbrough rounding out the scoring The Raiders will be idle in league play this week as the team will be competing in the Annual Pepsi International Junior Hockey Classic for the Father David Bauer Memorial Trophy Games are for Weston Lions Arena Wednesday through Sunday For further details on the tour nament see Sports Editors col umn Aslseeit Bodanis Bruins stun Erin The Georgetown Major Bodanis Bruins were vic torious over Erin by a score of in their only TriCounty action this week Since the team has two games a practice and their normal weight if ting night as well as a tournament in Buffalo this week a relatively idle week was welcome Sponsor Dan Bodanis was on hand to watch his Bruins Erin at Alcott Arena on Satur day Doug Sheppard sparked the Major offence with two goals and three assists Duke Bouskill added two goals Mark Aldridge a goal and two assists and Gavin Glaser and Stephen Onoprijenko a goal and an assist Jim Katsilieris and Stephen Duplicate Bridge Mike Lorusso and Karol Tobiason emerged as Number One winners in Duplicate Bridge com petition Monday afternoon at Georgetown Branch 120 Royal Canadian Legion located on Mill Street The team of Helen Hyde and Hillock tied for the Number Two winners spot with the team of Harry and Jack Kaarsemaker The team of Lorena and Ryder claimed laurels as Number Three winners Duplicate Bridge competition is scheduled every Monday afternoon at the Georgetown Legion on Mill Street earned two assists while Bruins net and Jamie Stephen- Coaches Chris Milne Dan Curtis son added single helpers and Petrie plus the parents John Waller though not busy wish the Major Peewees the best in played soundly in the Bodanis a busy upcoming week Sunny Acres top Flamboro By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetowns Sunny Acres Farms major midgets enjoyed sweet revenge Sunday afternoon by defeating in a Hockey League game played at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena The win upped Sunny Acres season record to a splendid but more important erased the memory of the only blemish on the teams 198990 regular season record In a game the previous weekend Sunny Acres had journeyed to home arena but were on a disputed goal to mar their previous unbeaten record Sunday at Gordon Memorial Arena the hometown favorites left no doubt in anyones mind as to which was the better team Sunny Acres led 20 after the first period and had jumped ahead before got on the midway through the second period Georgetown scored again with less than two minutes remaining in the second frame to open up a comfortable twopenod lead The teams split a pair of third markers to allow Sunny Acres Farms to leave the ice with the satisfying win Trevor did his part in erasing the bitter memory of the previous loss to by scoring twiceand adding two assists Adam Hagen Ken Kowziwka Eric Long and Burke rounded out the Georgetown scoring Long Hagen Kosziwka and Burke picked up single assists for Sun ny Acres Farms as did Sean Guistim Rob Boyle assisted on two Georgetown counters Paul Downs earned the win in the Georgetown nets Sunday game time p m at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Sunny Acres Farms play host to Erin