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Cl I i i i ? : Beaver S p o rts 1 8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER August 1, 1973 German team arrives lose soccer match win many friends The West Germans cam e to town last Wednesday. Karlsruher Fussball- verein KFV was the name of the junior soccer team which got the red carpet treatment as they a r r i v e d fo r t h e i r exhibition match with the Oakville Intermediates. The teams first stop was a reception at Gairloch Gardens where they were greeted by Mayor Harry Barrett. Mr. Barrett welcomed the eighteen boys but hesitated when it came time to wish them luck for the game. "Of course its difficult when you're playing an Oakville team to wish you good luck," said the Mayor, "So I'll just say I hope it will be a good, well-played game." Ah, the diplomacy. After a bit of speach- making by other officials the boys were treated to a fine feast. Perhaps this was a s u b t l e m e t h o d of f a t t e n i n g up t he opponents and making them lazy for the contest. At any r a t e the following day the two teams clashed. P e r c y Green i dge , coach of the Oakville Intermediates indicated that his team was in good shape for the encounter after coming off two wins in regular league action. He was pretty accurate in his assessment as the Oakville squad came through with a 1-0 victory over the visitors. The win had an extra zest to it as the Karlsruher club had trounced the locals 7-1 in a match when they visited Oakville two years ago. The Oakville goal was socred by Steve James after being set up by Mario Raul Garcia. Taking a little bit of an e d g e of f t h e Intermediates' win was the fact that the German team was a couple of years younger on the average than the local contingent. Considering however, th a t the calib re of European soccer is better than our own, the two factors tend to even each other out. A c t u a l l y t he Intermediates could have run up a bigger score had it not been for the efforts of substitu te goalie Manfred Jermanovski. He was brilliant in the net for the visitors although it is not his regular position. Reg Griffin, one of the men most responsible for bringing the German team here, was most pleased with the victory as it confirms his prediction a few years back that both the calibre and the following for soccer would increase enormously. He felt that it would become one of our major summer sports and indeed this has proven to be correct. Mr. Griffin has plans to ar range a visi t to Ge r ma n y wi th the Oakville Intermediate team. Griff in feels that international competition will serve a two-fold purpose. It will stimulate the interest for the boys compet ing, exposing them to the m ore polished European style of play while providing them with the benefits of t ravel l ing to other countries. Secondly, it can be an invaluable drawing card to stimulate spectator i n t e r e s t whi ch is n e c e s s a r y if t he e x p a n s i o n and improvement of soccer is to be realized. P e r c y Gr e e n i d g e explains that one of the major reasons that soccer isn't yet as popular as it could be results from the fact that a great number of the Mayor Harry Barrett was on hand to greet the visiting German soccer team. After losing 1-0, the Germans likely wish the Mayor had been playing for Oakville as well as officially representing the town. From left to right: Wolfgang Bayer, coach; Werner Tietze, trainer; Fritz Markle, coach; Mayor Barrett; Percy Greenidge, Intermediate's coach; Reg Griffin, representative for Oakville soccer; Hans Peter Pertschy, Karlsruher team captain. players and fans are of European extraction, while m ost of the Canadians who have not been exposed as much to the game are slow to get involved. With more events like the German visit it should only be a matter of time before the game appeals to a large segment of the sports- minded public. The German team played again last Sunday at Stanley Park, Toronto against a team of selects f r o m the To r o n t o National League Junior B division. The final score was a 1- 1 tie. The team then returned to Oakville and from there were escorted by some of the town's soccer officials to Buffalo from where they were to proceed to Baltimore. Mario Garcia of the Oakville Intermediate soccer team can take a joke like anyone else. This is one exception when he probably doesn't appreciate having his leg pulled. The culprit is a member of the West German soccer team Karlsruher. The two teams clashed in an exhibition match at Blakelock High School last Thursday night. Oakville won by a score of 1-0. Royals close gap on first p lace in baseball standings The Oakville Junior Royals baseball team is making a run at first place Burlington. The Royals won three games last week making it four wins in a row for them. Sunday the Royals went up a g a i n s t t he Mississauga Juveniles and nipped them 7-6 after thwarting a determined ninth inning rally. Mississauga got off to a 1-0 lead in the second inning but Oakville came back to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth. In the Oakville ninth two runs were scored which gave them a 7-4 lead at that point of the game. The runs were scored by Rogers who had five walks in five trips to the plate and Dan Stacey who also had been walked. Tom Gibbon's single scored one of the runners. In the bottom of the ninth Mississauga loaded up the bases early as pitcher Dan Zeraldo walked the first batter and then committed two fielding errors. Zeraldo was pulled for Bobby Fisher who had to preserve the two-run lead with the bases full and none out. The first batter he faced popped up for an easy out. Fisher then walked in a run and the following player singled to make it a 7-6 game with the bases still loaded. Fisher then gained his poise to strike out the last two batters and preserve the win. Said Royals coach Sam Darichuk, "The ulcers were really bubbling." Zeraldo was credited with the win, getting nine strikeouts walking six and hitting one batter with a pitch. Dave Flynn started the game for Mississauga and took the loss after striking out six and walking fourteen. He was relieved by Douglas in the seventh and the reliever fanned three and walked three. The Royals had five hits, all from different batters. Tom Gibbons, Bruce Campbell, Rod Currie, John Thompson and Dan Zeraldo each had singles. Glen O'Mally tripled for Mississauga and Jim Douglas rounded out > their hitting with a pair of singles. Oakville commuted six errors and the Juveniles made five. Last Thursday the Royals won by default over Georgetown. Earlier in the week the Royals won another close one, this time dropping Streetsville by a score of 3-2. The Oakville junior team opened up the scoring in the second inning with a run and stretched the lead to 2-0 in the top of the third. Streetsville came back in their half of the third inning to score two and tie the game. In the fifth inning Tom Gibbons opened up with a double and advanced to third on a balk. The next two batters were retired and then John Thompson drove in th winning run with a single. On tha t play the Oakville side was retired as an out was made but it came after the run had crossed the plate. Winning pitcher Bob Fisher went the full distance, striking out two and walking two. T h r e e d i f f e r A t pitchers shared m oSd duties for Streetsville. Laciuk, Tiementil and Tullock combined for four strike-outs and six walks. Rod Currie led the Royals batting attack with a single and a triple. The Royals have five games left to play and their next confrontation will be Thursday night at 8:00 in Oakville Park. They will be gotag against Mississauga -