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IN la mit en Fw "A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 - 21 Port Perry's Todd Healey takes a look at today's world of sports | Patty's comments don't help add credibility to Johnson as Jays' boss Just when Tim Johnson, manager of the Blue Jays, chief rival to Pinnocchio, and author of the shortest history book ever printed, "Tim Johnson's Vietnam Memoirs", thought his troubles with lying about his non-existent service in Vietnam had blown over, Johnson's wife Patty decided to ride in on a white horse to save her beleagured husband's repu- tation. In the process, she made herself appear to be the biggest idiot since villages began assigning such posts. Her weekend comments, made to Marty York of the Globe and Mail, read more like a Monty Python script than a plea for support and understanding. She begins by calling her husband "a wonderful, trustworthy, loyal man," adding "I can't swear fo this, but I really don't believe he's ever cheated with another woman like so many of the other baseball managers, coaches and players do." Really? It isn't his fidelity that is being questioned, but even so, he's so trustworthy that you can't swear he hasn't cheated on you? Oh sure, he lies like a rug, but all those nasty people he works with are waaaaay worse than your Timmy? Come on, give your head a shake. Shifting blame to others didn't work in Kindergarten, and it won't work now. But there's more. A lot more. She sadly conveys to York that she feels responsible for the discovery of Johnson's fables since when informed by a coach's wife about a gift Roger Clemens was preparing to give her husband in recognition for Johnson's time spent in Vietnam, Patty responded that Tim had never served in 'Nam. Had this con- versation not taken place, Patty "doubts the erro- neous information would have been discovered." In other words, her honorable, trustworthy hus- band would have accepted a gift given to him in good faith, based on his heroics in Vietnam, which never existed, without batting an eye? What a stand-up guy. Patty goes on to relate how all of this attention focused on Johnson's lies have caused him great dis- tress, and that she "won't let him read articles" per- taining to the Vietnam debacle. The Blue Jay brass must love reading that comment. Here's a guy who apparently leads a major league baseball team and must command respect, and his players are not only wondering if anything he says is true, but also if Patty lets him go potty by himself. But her worst faux pas comes at the end of the interview. She tells York, "we're not blaming anyone, but it was the Los Angeles Dodgers who didn't want Tim as a youngster to go to Vietnam and they made arrangements to make sure he was playing baseball in their organization instead of going to Vietnam." Oh, that's rich. Poor Tim wasn't allowed to go to war even had he wanted to? Wrong. Tim Johnson had a choice, and he made it while thousands of others got a letter in the mail and never got a choice. How dare Patty Johnson utter such vomit. This woman is either as dumb as a fence post or believes the rest of the world is. Patty Johnson's morally bankrupt husband's cal- lous lies only served to demean the sacrifices and trials of veterans. And her ridiculous attempts to shift blame for those lies only serves to rub salt into already sore wounds. For shame. SLIPPING BY: The Port Perry MoJacks continued their winning ways last weekend as they bounced Bobcaygeon Friday night 8-2, defeated Georgina 6-4 Saturday and then completed the sweep with a 7-5 victory over the Lakefield Chiefs at home CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR Sunday. While the opening 20 minutes caused MoJack staff to be a little nervous -- the opposition opened up a 3-0 lead -- Sunday, the green and white fought their way back. Here, stopper Jeff . Mackie has a blast sneak through his pads. MoJacks getting it together Port Perry squad getting their act together as they string along four wins and take home nine of 10 possible points in recent Junior C play By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star The Port Perry ModJacks faced their sternest test so far this season and came through with flying colours. In fact, give the ModJacks straight As for their stellar performance of late as they put together a four game winning streak, and took nine of ten points in their last five out- ings. The MoJacks showed a great deal of determination and patience Sunday afternoon at the Scugog Arena as they trimmed the second- place Lakefield Chiefs 7-5. That was their third win in three days. They started this highly profitable weekend Friday night in Bobcaygeon with a convincing 8-2 victory and followed that Saturday with a 6-4 road victory over the Georgina Ice, a team they have caught and passed in the Central Junior C League standings. Needless to say, head coach Tom Thornbury was as happy as a kid on Christmas morning following the win over Lakefield. . "Very, very pleased," were the first words he said in a post-game interview with the Port Perry Star. "They were deserving of this win today, showed a real good attitude. This is a big turning point and a big plus for the team." The head coach has had a lot of confidence in his troops right from the start of the season and it never wavered even through some rough spots when wins were scarce. He showed that confidence a week ago when he talked of this weekend series and said three wins was not just possible it was probable -- given the way the team was starting to gel. "We really needed to win (the three games) as Little Britain has been winning," he said in reference to the Merchants who dumped Uxbridge 6-2 Sunday afternoon and Bobcaygeon 7-4 to move into third place, one point ahead of the ModJacks, who are one up on fifth place Georgina. The ModJacks might have been : excused for being a tad weary on Turn to Page 22 Compton Communications 6 - Taylor/Ford Mercury 4 In Game 1 of Sunday's SHL action it was Compton Communications picking up the victory over Taylor/Ford Mercury by a score of 6-4. Peter Somers led the way for Compton with a hat trick and one helper for a four point game, but it was Ed Olsen who opened the scoring for Compton after taking a pass from Jeff Kroonenburg. Minutes later Peter Somers put in his first and second of the contest. Assisting on his first was Mathew Hobbs and Scugog Hockey League action Compton comes out on top in tilt with Taylor's Mike Driscoll. Mike Driscoll also set up his second of the game as Compton went into the second frame with a three goal lead. In the second period it was all Taylor/Ford as they took the lead by putting four consecutive goals in the Compton nets. Bill Bridge had a pair that were both set up by Clarence Stephenson and Brian Samis, while Clarence Stephenson and Mark Decosta chipped in with a goal each. Setting up Clarence Stephenson's goal was Brian Samis and Bill Bridge. Mark Decosta's goal was scored after he received a pass from Steve Groves. This Taylor/Ford lead would not last long however, as Compton took control again in the final period. Peter Somers completed his hat trick two minutes into the period with help from Mathew Hobbs and Mike Driscoll, aftd Ivan Geer put Compton back in front assisted by Peter Somers and Mike Driscoll. With twenty seconds remaining in | the game, Scott Wilbur added the unassisted insurance goal to give Compton the 6-4 win. Turn to Page 23