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Inconsistency key to low finish Ridley unhappy with Canadas tourney play By RALPH Herald Sports Editor There is a saying that statistics don t lie but you would have a hard tunc convincing Jim of that The real dint was the manager of the Canadian baseball team that recently com in World Baseball Cham plonships held in Kindersley Saskatche wan Elidlcy thought his team would finish or maybe third but the Canadians finished eighth in the ten team tournament with a record of three wins and six losses We are disappointed he way Canada played Ridley said Our big problem was consistency The Canadian team wings were against Belgium Pane ma and the nlcan Republic 11 3 However Ridley said there were some losses which the Canadian learn mistakes them dearly We our first game to thL Undid Slates 1 but through six Innings the store was only 10 for htm Bui we made some errors and coded up losing the Our loss to Nil gua on Day five wis critical loss No were i belter team hill ihi kit Ihi and pi mil Hum fir inning hill were It in Iht inniiif whm out Sieve Hod 1 mil from llnir r nine 1 litre wire runners on sec mil third and while field the linked at one if the dinners ind got his lie up lit threw We up losing Ihi It siomed errors the door for our opponents won he i men Amen ins second I in the mtdil finished fourth Sdld tin ins wire dtscr Cub ins game was Inn pitching which is not loo shibby I hi hid a shortstop who III the Major leagues next week In one game tun the field oing up when it passed ihe sign was past he will He only for the They were tan under IR players I have ever seen in the world Ridley his some that went In last Johnstone i mil finished in a three way lie for the eold hut hud to rile for the bronze ifttr the phyoH ind United Slates Our defensive record was poor We hod holes and third I ISC second Everyone throw i second pilch was where We have on field who would by example No one seemed lo lake eh Before he lournu m a Twenty four hours before lit lint hurl my learn nisi I hid to m most i hid ti of finishing fourth may In it fin bud but up ill hose rims in the seventh eifjith innings l do lis did mil lo our full he i id vounei itd I Open Weeknights Until 9 PHONE the HERALD PLAYING FIELD Now is time to let coach look for talent If Jin Ridley had hut way he would be preparing for the 1985 World Youth Baseball championships today Ridley a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays of he American League East was Ihc manager of Canada at the world championship held recently in Kwdersley Saskatchewan Canada compiled record of three wins against six losses in the ten team tourney Cuba took top honors with the United States and Taiwan finishing second and third respective ly Canada record was good enough for eighth place a far cry from last year showing in Johnstone when the Canadians finished In a threeway tie for gold medal with Taiwan and the After a round robin wilh both learns Canada finished with a medal If want me lo have a good team for next year Baseball Canada should send me across Canada now and let me meet and talk wilh prospective players and get them on a condition program for the winter he said Bui money is tight and Baseball Canada cannot afford lo allow Ridley to go across Canada searching for baseball talent However Ridley understands Baseball Can ada s funding plights In fact if Soviet Unions boycott of the not happened there is a good chance more money would be available to amateur teams across the nation With the boycott a number of nations that would have been In the baseball competition at the EH Games In Los Angeles did not show Subse quently the Olympic committee Invited other learns lo compensate for the absentees that normally would not have competed Canada was among those invited and so Baseball Canada had to divert funds for the Olympic team But Ridley is more critical of the process by which prospective baseball players are selected in Canada attend training camp Right now the provincial associations are responsible for the selection of players The problem with that is Manitoba does not know what players Quebec plans lo send So youmightendwlthlSplayersatthesame position he said In fact the same sort of problem happened to Ridley for this year championship Of the players Ridley selected for the team 13 were left handed hitters I have always believed right handed hitters grow up to hit right handed pitching better than left handed hitters trying to hit left handed pitch ing Ridley said 11 hard to win a champion ship with a team thai Is mostly made up of left handed hitters Bad luck up on Ridley and his crew His best and most consistent hitter was right handed but the player spent most of the lou moment in the hospital suffering from radon stress and pressure of the event In the two games he played In Ridley said he had eight hits A more logical approach would be If Ridley and some of the other national team coaches be allowed to select their own choices for the team training camp and have ihose prospective players go on conditioning programs during the winter That way when he shows up for camp the player is in the best shape and the coaches know who will be in camp beforehand and have who they want More importantly situations like that of ell the left handed hitting are not likely to creep up ladies win again The Gordon Ladles C tennis learn are doing everything possible these days lo grab first place in their circuit The team took three of four points from Cobblestone to bring their season lata to points which is just a half point out of top spot Prior and Midge Hampshire took their match in two sets by scores of The team of Lois and Trudy Roy won in two sets also 7fi Karln Wilson and Anne deeded three sets to win their match The team of Mary and Ouida Granville lost a tough match Their next match will be against Cobble stone GMHA bylaw allows for new tryout system lion proposed pi vers lo go holiest le tail player should be wh minn novlLts Herald Sports tdilur tor the firs lime ever exceptional players in Georgetown will be allowed the chance of out for learns made up of older pi idditionof ibvluw oils constitution would allow pi v out for a rep kimono ir hither Ihnn their it prevent ill overflow of from Irvuij out the liMH his set up I tin fur inter through Iht the net president of the will consider ill ipprovt Ihe of at the next level Hie end of a season the grades pi ijer mil lists hi strengths and The ilu ire grided ind each until recommends if player should be in his age level Such information is presented the prtsiileni when ing the application of try out at the next holiest midgets juunilc inms thiol I There helping the hockey is very of it you ikt I Of his i croup put him ifitu one midr up of tin Puck association to talk about FIA pin eplio it A decision could be made as early as Mon day as to whether or not the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association will implement a practice method set up by a former professional hockey player GMHA president Wayne Pries met with former hockey great Billy Harris to discuss tht of the HA prognm fundament ah in Action which was set up by former Chicago Hawk Put first tried the method in his hometown of Alvin Ontario located southwest of London and was then invited to New Brunswick to show how it Pepsi Cola got behind and now is trying to get as many hockey associations as possible interested Pries said the training method implements all of Ihc fundamentals of hotkey drill If Hie executive chooses to indeed go and accept the IA program about 10 former National Hockey Leiguc players will tome to Georgetown to run Ihe phyers through the drill borne of the players who would bo involved in the project include Harris Edwards and Bill White The former pros would set up prognms with conches then come back to check the progress of players taking Ihe drill about two months after first initialing it Pries said he likes the idti I like it htsiid It has an incentive nil ic players something to shoot for Pries said his meeting with Harris went well We had lunch and discussed im formation objectives and how It is run things like I understand there is i wish book from where prizes can be chosen by some players depending on their accomplishment in the program he said The adoption of such a could be done the GMHA but Pries siid incentives and professional hockey players in for advice will allow for a unique learning experience The drill Is a single layed out drill that you learn can be expanded upon he said Everything player normally docs In hockey gome is into this one drill There will be a cost for the system but Pries added it would only be a nominal The GMHA will hold its meeting this Monday where the program and other sub will be discussed upon younger pin will not on Ihe i All of the will he cave mum of Hire before place If i sses the pi IV Slid But I 1s su the Inch is Skater gets Free Skate Figure skating Clubs Li recently paused her Gold f Skate IT yearold skater Is coached by Janet fell the pi iv the basics of tame and ik serve a eh met to upgrade themselves Hut is for Ihe Hums novices and I Hunk iv with livers of their own Georgetown grid stars carrying team s hopes i i MIGHTY GOLF SWING Silver Cretk Gal Centres teaching pro Terry Is silhouetted the as he lets go with mighty swing here on the club s driving Herald photo by Dan Ralph Tornadoes down Stars TurquoUe Tornadoes Gold Stan Brenda her name had a super nigh I catching Jennie David had another good nighi batting with two singles a double and an over hefence homer Also for the Tornadoes pilch Janet had four strikeouts to her credit and a good night at the plate Hamilton also hit a homer but asked us not to mention it so we won Even with Susan Aiken having a good game at centre and Alice Edgar having a good game at first and at bat the Stars team couldn catch the Tor Choke Blue Nuns IT The Choice edged out the Nuns a great effort by Linda Allen and Menders on and a good batting session by all Even with a good team effort and led by a home run by Cater the Nuns lost this close high scoring game Green GlanU IB In between slow start and a tough finish the Giants Yvonne and Brenda Cole led the team at the plate and showed same solid stealing on the bases Defensively the combination of Judy Anderson and Bonnie Henderson tagged many outs with some superb catches by Virginia Walker Burgundy Red Runner With a good team effort the Brats backed by great catches by Barrel edged out the Runners this good game The Runners super team work and exceptional effort on their coaches Tor he evening could not grab the win Thanks Dcbbl and Jim for your hard effort Knlglil IS Itob Mob 14 Even with super by Linda Arm strong Ihc Mob was edged out in this high scoring affair With home runs Debbie Tyrcll Tammy Lock wood and Pat Morcly had good games at the plate Cindy King also played well and here were some good ivL plays by Linda Perkins as the Riders grabbed the win Georgetown have a strong say as to the fortunes of the Burl inglon Siampedcrs The Siampedcrs arc a junior rep team thit has four George town players in its start ing lineup Paul Wilson a Grade II student at Georgetown District High School IGDHS will be the defensive end while Siddall a Georgetown native attending Bishop Muc- High School in is a starting line bicker On offence Sean anolhcrcitj native attending Bishop Mac will bt Ihe full ind will play Tills will he Wilsons second im while Die other Ihite their first lotlnrdtrlhinit was in school siid and 1 high school is lough will pi i one exhibition tunc held last week end indthenopenu 12 gime regular season schedule After the playoffs will be held plays in a league features four teams from ihrct from Toronto and a team from Pickering The players ore all high school all slars who weigh under Both and Sid have finished high school but only is made a decision as where he plans to go university this year Tor he will sit out this year before likely attcndlnt St s 1 fill I haven the money to go to this vc ir said I don think it will hurt me III still be playing foolball in Bur lintton who will bt University of this fill still phns io in Burling on hilt the varsity Very r irely do first ye players start so I don think will a problem he slid I or Wilson he plans to attend Gride 13 at llu he has had his share of offers to bill I ve tollcn letters from mil Northern Michigan Moore he id Sink in the United SI and from Mount Allison and Concordia in Canada I ve si III got mother to go so I IP ike my time m players intended i football this spring held in Hamilton for the best school in llio ma between ind Niagara rills On the first day 150 of the 500 pi invited three and Georgetown s Pelc made the cut relir td respective pas i lion a 1 groups TiCH he id Bruno and some of his and phvers nil thee imp We all learned a lot After Ihe camp we ill i unmade h id good He broke his nose wis afltrllee imp that Wilson went back to and told his friends of the team there After being told and Mielvor ined out and midt the team for their future ispir it ions In football Wilson dill ill ml to play bill hive not si i Ihur on a yel In stun stilt is Ihe oplmn of pi in United SI I vt hid in offer from North TtMs to but is not i full ship now foolball is more impornnt be is torn mend sud the I win light now is pi universitj bill I love to prukssionil said Bui is in pi lull ind like it from litre rim will five down roid My is to pro bill I in see lint of sue I want to phy university ball which 1 can sud sif fool iwo inth pound Wilson These three Georgetown foot 11 could play Instrumental parts success of the Burlington this year Paul Wilson Paul middle and Evsn will for the minor Junior football team with Wilson being the defensive end the fullback and a linebacker