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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1993 SPORTS * i AND RECREATION ARM UPS ONT. CUP LOSS The semiâ€"final round of the Ontario Cup is something Oakville teams would just as soon forget. Six teams made it to the final four in their respective age groups and all six failed to advance to the finals of the provincial soccer championships. The latest was the boys underâ€" 17 squad, which lost 2â€"1 to Malton Bullets, last weekâ€"three days after the five other Oakville squads had lost in their semiâ€" final bouts. Backed by the goalkeeping of Chris Santos, the underâ€"17s led 1â€"0 on a 57th minute goal by Scott Baker before Malton‘s Paul Staltieri sent the game into extra time with four minutes to play. Robbie Aristodemo scored the winner at the 103rd minute. Malton, which has five playâ€" ers on the National Youth Team, now meets Scarborough Raiders in the Unico Cup final, Sunday. All 14 divisions of the Cup finals are being played at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlington, this weekend and next. HoCKEY SIGNâ€"UP Registration for the 1993â€"94 hockey season takes place this weekend. Minor Oaks Hockey Association is holding registraâ€" tion at Oakville Arena (129 Rebecca St.). tonight (Friday, 7â€"9 p.m.) and tomorrow (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) The annual equipment sale, meanwhile, is also tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. BoOWLsS HOPES A team from the Oakville Lawn Bowling will be competing in the Provincial Senior Ladies and Men‘s Triples championships next week Ann Fedosoff, Mary Toten and Peggy Yeates are among eight teams representing Districts 9, 10, 11 and 12 at James Gardens Lawn Bowling Club in Etobicoke, Wednesday. SOX ADVANCE Blair Stewart twirled a sixâ€" hitter as Oakville White Sox downed Sheridan Royals 6â€"1 in the deciding game of the teams‘ senior Central Ontario Baseball Association bestâ€"ofâ€"three playoff series, Tuesday at Oakville Park White Sox will now take on Erindale Cardinals in a bestâ€"ofâ€" three semifinal, expected to open at Ninth Line Park on Sunday Dave Krug went the final two innings, giving up no hits and striking out four. Brenner Everts led the attack with an RBI single and solo home run. Scott Antoniak added two RBI singles Wind plays havoc with Open field By JIM WILSON Beaver sports editor The early bird may catch the worm but Steve Stricker and a few other earlyâ€"risers will settle for the firstâ€"round lead of the Canadian Open. Stricker, a 26â€"yearâ€"old regular on the Canadian professional tour, took advantage of placid early conditions yesterday morning at Glen Abbeyâ€"â€" and took some of golf‘s biggest names for a ride. The result was an openingâ€"round six underâ€"par 66 and a twoâ€"stroke lead over five others, including 1991 champion Nick Price, heading into today‘s (Friday) second round of the $1.2 million tournament. Yesterday‘s opening round could have been subtitled A Tale of Two Winds, as in none for the morning group and practically galeâ€"force in the afternoon. Of the top 50 players on the leader board, only five teedâ€"off after 12 noon. Among them was Andy Bean, who bogeyed the final three holes and sits in fourthâ€"place after a twoâ€"under 70, Fred Couples and D.A. Weibring. We got a huge break, absolutely huge," said Scott Gump, who shot a 68, tying him with Price, Phil Mickelson, Brad Bryant and rookie Jimmy Johnston for second spot. "It definitely helped getting off to an early start," Stricker, a Wisconsin native who won the CPGA championship just down the road at Credit Valley in Mississauga two weeks ago, told the FAN radio station. Winds traditionally pick up in the afternoon at Abbey and in that teeâ€"off times are reversed for today‘s second round, the leader board could see some major changes by the conclusion of play this evening. "It evens out," said Gump. "If (the wind) blows tomorrow, it‘ll be three shots harder." Even the early golfers said they noticed the gusts picking up once they emerged from the valley holes and felt fortunate to hang on. That left the afternoon group facing the brunt of the 30 km/hr breeze. Stricker said the key to his round was "staying out of trouble" and, ~ | laces a drive, indeed, he played bogeyâ€"free while below, golf to go along with six | l g 2|3 LEADER BOARD Phil Mickelson birdies. impresses a few Five players were tied for _ | Steve Stricker............... â€"* DodleyHarl....:s2.â€"................ 69 spectators. third spot. Phil Mickelson... ....68 (Photos by NOTES: The highlight of | Nick Price ..... .68 Poter McCusker) KIK 69 RichaNd 11 Ray Stewart.. the day was Bryant‘s eagle three â€" on _ the 13th hole...Course designer Jack Nicklaus, suffering from a foot infection, shot a 76; his son Gary had a 71. PAYâ€"ASâ€"YOUâ€"PLAY Golfers shell out to rub elbows with pros By TOM MICHIBATA of the board of Shrader Canada Ltd., a chemâ€" Oakville Beaver staff icals company based in Oakville. 2 "He‘s very good and really nice. He gave There was initial disappointment for _ us some tips. In fact, we enjoyed it more Scott Gump.... Brad Bryant... Phil Mickelson... Jimmy Johnston. .. ... 22000000000« 69 _ Dan 16 Ralph Shrader and the other memâ€" because we didn‘t have the pressure of being bers of his foursome when Greg with a big shot." Norman had to pull out of the Canadian Shrader has been in about 20 Proâ€"Am Open earlier this week. events at the Canadian Open and finds he‘s Shrader, Jim Malcolm, Terry Lynch and always a little nervous at the beginning. Hideo Fukuchi had the honor of being the But Shrader always tries to have fun. He first names drawn for Tuesday‘s Proâ€"Am even had his foursome outfitted in matching P event at Glen Abbey, meaning they had first _ togs. h * + choice of which pro they could play with "We went with the Payne Stewart look; The four, each of whom paid $2,000 to knickers and the whole bit. We wore aqua participate, quickly agreed that twoâ€"time and peach." Open champion Norman was their man. But For Malcolm, it was his first taste of a when Norman had to cancel with a shoulder _ Proâ€"Am. And judging by his reaction it injury, littleâ€"known Bruce Fleischer, winner won‘t be his last of just one PGA tour event in his career, was "It was a very pleasant experience â€" the the replacement whole ambience of Glen Abbey," said the Nevertheless, Shrader and Co. made the Burlington resident, who is president of best of it; in fact they probably had more of a _ Shrader‘s company. "The Glen Abbey people blast than if Norman was there. The team do a marvellous job of controlling every $ ended up tied for fourth and each member of _ facet of the tournament. the team won a Boom Boom driver at the "We had a wonderful time with Bruce customary awards dinner afterwards (Fleischer). He was very personable with a "We were disappointed at first but we good sense of humor." were still happy with Bruce," said Shrader, a Brad Faxon, who is 51st on the tour 79â€"yearâ€"old Florida resident who is chairman _ money list, fired a 66 to win the proâ€"am.