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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-07-12, Page 7I From the Horses Mouth (By Ken) At the Western Fair Raceway Monday night Miss Belle Bars was fourth in the ninth race. Wednesday night at the London oval Arctic John was third in the fourth race. In the fifth race Clever Larry was fourth. In the ninth race Carry on Sly was out of the money. Thursday night at London, Shadow Bars was fifth in the sixth race. Saturday night at London,. Single ,Johnnie was third in the second race. True ' Personality won the sixth race. True Personality is owned by the partnership of R. D. Sadler of Staffa and K. and J. Whetham of Dublin. The driver was Don Corbett. The pay off was $11.40 and the time for the mile was 2.05:3. This was a new record for this-horse. In 'the third race Saturday night Claybrook Dan got a new lifetime mark When he paced the mile in 2.06:4. His previous best was 2.09. Claybrook Dan is owned by. Jim Pestell of Mitchell. Dave Wall did the driving and the pay off was $5.50. In the seventh race Miss Belle Bars was third in the ninth race. El Sam 0 was third in the ninth race. This was the final of the-City of London Pace. Dave Wall won both the averages and dash titles. Dave's average was .434 and he had 40 wins with 18 seconds and 23 thirds. At Elmira Friday in the tenth race Sunday T. Wolfe was out of the money. Sunday afternoon the Clinton Kinsmen Raceway presented another of their fine ten race cards. Harlo Bucky owned by Harold and Lois Gibbings and driven by Frank MacDonald all of Clinton was • second in the first race. Third in the first race was Dream Camp owned and driven by Wayne Dupee. In the second race Maytime Lass owned and driven by Bill German was fifth. Johnny Pull was second in the third race. The third horse in the fourth race was Janey Hayter owned by Newton Hayter of parkhill and driven by Dennis Jewitt. In the fifth race Miss Shawnee Lee owned by Arther J. Rich, Dresden and driven by Frank MacDonald Was fifth. Claybrook Ricci was out of the money in the sixth race. The sixth race was won by Jocko H. Volo owned by J. Huffman, B. Pletsch and C. Fraleigh of Chatham and Dresden, and driven by Frank Mac- Donald. The mile was in 2.11:2 and the pay off was $11.20. The sixth race went to Pierre Har- vester owned by John W. Smith of Woodham and driven by Dennis Jewitt. The mile was in 2.09:2 and the pay off was $2.90. Swing Bridge owned by R. G. Hern, St. Marys and driven by Gord Pull- man was fifth while Lee Camp was out of the money. Mr. Toy Town owned and drivenby Harvey Mcllwain was fifth while Flying Apollo owned by John H. Buxton and driyen by William Caldwell was fourth in the ninth race. Lamplighter owned by H. Stroud, Caledon East and driven by.Dennis Jewitt was third in the tenth race while Miss Direct Baker was out of the money. Clarence Young of Lucan had •three wins out of three drives when he had the winners in the first, eighth and tenth. William Bennett announced the sale of Susan R. Lee to John A. Irvine of Kincardine at private terms. Clinton Raceway will have anothei; fine race card Sunday, July 15. Goderich Raceway will open July 11 with a tenth race card. THE DETROIT Ti FRS' FLAGI-ly 77/R0 BASEMAN AUREL/0 ROPR/GLIEZ 45 PART OF 77/E PAST P5FE/Vs/i/E LEFr 511)E- oc- 77/5 INREL-D /A/ 77-/E- AMR/CA/\/ LEAGUE, AL.0/1/64- W/71./ ii&FR5' ED BRIA/044A1 6HoRT ge /. 77E LONE yOLJA/G /N/EL PER ,REGULAR STATURE AT ?..5: Iii SEA6ON. .235 LAST -• i4 ZURICH 236-4351 SEAFORTH 5274 "EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT AND THEN SOME" GINGERICH'S LTD. Texaco,- Vitio-00,p fotirth Industrial baseball actioP4')n, to a strong Varna team in a Second place TUrf Club and all game played in Hensall laSt Thursday evening. The Texaco .club entered the 3rd annual Listowel Tournament only to get eliminated in the first game by a 7-0 score to the Listowel Teachers nine. An exhibition game is sched- uled for tonight following the juvenile game between the Hen- sall club and tee Texaco Duf- fers. Tavistoc f.; FIN HI** -41.0.V mo, APO() 714, 124. Monday's action saw only one upeet' as all teams saw action. In the early ganie at the Lions Park the Villagers upset the Texaco Nine by a narrow 8-6 count. Texaco started strong op- ening up a 1-0 lead in the first Inning as Rick Fortune's double brought home the run. The second frame saw the Village bounce back taking ad- vantage of several errors to score .5, rune, ,On only two kits as Bill Price and Bob McKellar both hit doubles to score, runs. The third inning saw Texaco fight back counting three runs as Moe Huard, Bruce Hoelscher and Rick Fortune hit singles and Ben Akker hit a three run triple to narrow the gap to 5-4. In the fourth the Duffers re- gained the lead as they counted twice as Moe Huard tripled and Ron Beuerman and Chuck Krie- ger singled to count two runs and give the Texaco Nine a 6-5 lead. The Village then counted • three runs in the lifth as errors allowed three runs to score with- out a hit,. The remainder of the game was scoreless as both teams played excellent baseball. Joe Gillespie was' the winning pit- cher allowing 12 hits and only 1 walk while Ron Beuerman al- lowed only 5 hits and walked 4 in suffering the loss. At the Rec grounds the early game saw the Turf Club bomb Za win kept the Turf Club in Teachers by a 15-8 score. second place and put the Teach- ers in the league basement. The late encounter showed that the powerful Mainstreet Nine have little problem in manhand- ling the Firemen in registering an easy 12-2 win. Bob Beuttenmil- ler and Bill Roberton led the Uptowners with 3 for 4 effort at the plate as the Mainstreet- ers struck for a total of 14 hits. Jack Price posted his 10 straight win against no losses as he handled the Firemen with ease. Jim Glew was the losing pitcher. Again a note to all teams who want their scores and efforts published: They must turn their scoresheets in as soon as the game is completed or no account can be given. STANDINGS TO DATE W T L PTS Mainstreet 10 0 0 20 Turf Club 6 0 4 12 Firemen 4 0 6 8 Texaco 3 1 6 7 Village 3 1 6 7 Teachers 3 0 7- 6 Exhibition action saw a team consisting of mainly Mainstreet payers drop a 11-4 decision ntAr73, fi (Intended for last week) Monday's action saw the Fire- men regain sole possession of third place as they whipped the Texaco nine by a 12-5 count. The smokeaters struck early as they opened up a 4-0 first inn- ing lead on hits by Bob Wilson, Rick Hulley, John Patterson and Don Coleman coupled with sev- eral errors allowing them their runs. The second frame saw the Duf- fers strike back ag hits by Bob Dinsmore, Mike Merriam and Rick Fortune counted four runs to knot the score at four apiece. The third inning saw the Duffers take a one run lead as Rick Fortune and ,Jack Ungarian col- lected hits to move them ahead. The Firemen then took control of the 'in as they regained the lead. in the fourth inning scoring three runs on three hits. The fifth saw the Smokeaters add two more to their total on singles by John Patterson and Don Coleman to open up a 9-5 lead. After a scoreless sixth frame the Fire- men put the game on-ice counting three runs on only one hit as the , Duffers made several miscues., Bob Wilson was the winning pit- cher allowing only 8 hits and giv- ing up only one walk. Ron Beuet- man surrendered nine hits and walked eight but received little support from his teammates. The win moved the Firemen into third place only two points behind the second place Turf Club. In the early game at the Lions Pool the Mainstreet nine proved far superior to their nearest rival as they bombed the Turf Club by a 8-1 score. Mainstreet counted one run in the first inning and then never looked back as they controlled the game. They added another run in the third, two more in the fifth, one in the sixth and completed the route with three more in the 'seventh.• The Turf Club managed to prevent Jack Price from re- cording the first shutout in the short history of the league by scoring their only run in the bottom of the seventh. The win enabled Mainstreet to move Bight points in, front of but clinch the league champion- Ship, The late game at the rec grounds saw the Teachers move out of the basement and really bunch the bottom flee places ak they nipped the Village nine by an 114"sc ore. Plan drag champion,ships at Hully Gully The second annual Ontario Snobmobile • Grass Drag Cham- pionships will be held at Bully Gully beginning Sept, 9, with a Grand Finale on 'NOV. 4. Last year's• championships at Bully Gully had an attendance of over 7,000. Prizes of $6,800 were.. awarded to drivers from allover Canada and the U.S. A series of summer warm- ups Is now in progress prior to the fall event. On June 24, • 137 entries vied for over $1,200 in prize money. The next warm- up race will be held Sunday, July 15, at Hully Gully. Despite 90 degree tempera- tures on Sunday, Varna's Hully Gully attracted a, good crowd of spectators and 103 entries in the combination motorcycle moto cross and mini-bike races. Winners in the mini-bike , classes were: Mini:Bike A(0-50cc); PeeWee - Brad Dar- ling; Bantam - Barry Widdeman; Midget - Gary Kpehler; (2) Mini Bike B(51-75ce); Pee Wee - Charles Collins; Bantam - Fred Van Asch; Midget - Rick Roester; (3) Mini Enduro A; Bantam - George Mitch; Midget - peter Ziebart; (4) Mini Enduro B; Ban- tam - Brad Palmer; Midget - Mike Beaupre; Open Endurance (15 laps) - Scott Darling; Open Powder Puff - Cindy Hughes; Overall Top Points - Scott Darling, Winners in the motorcycle motocross were: School Boys (under 16) - Karl Kemp; Novice 125 - Dick Graham; Novice 250 - Rob McFarlane; Novice Open - Peter Hrudka; Junior 125 - Brian Blancher ; Junior 250 - Bill Varvugt; Junior Open - •Terry Vasiloff. Ladies softball 'standings 040. nip}} the were on deck with new sweater s' and in fine form. Bonnie Bedard's team met Barb Osborne's team and at the end of the fourth inning were down 16-4. The team rallied to the sev- enth inning when they only needed 3 runs to tie. They were only successful enough to get two. The score was Barb 23 - Bonnie 22. In the late game Marion Pull- man's team met Joan Hilde- brand's team. In one inning alone Joan's team gained 20 runs. The game was not one of Marion's better nights. Final score 40-23. On Wednesday night, July 9 Bonnie Bedard's team met Mar- ion Pullman's team to make up for their rained out game the week before. Leanne Melanson made a spectacular first base double play and Jane Sills hit •a fist base line home run. The score stayed pretty close until the sixth inning when Bon- nie's team pulled out in front to win 22-15. Rabies eases down in Perth County Perth County has had fewer positive cases of rabies in the first six months of 1973 than in 1972. According to figures from the health of animals branch, Canada Department of Agri- culture, there have been 24 cases so far this year , compared with 32 last year from January to June. Since May this year there have been seven positive cases of rabies found in the county. Three were cattle located in the forth of the county; two foxes, also In the north of Perth, one cat near Atwood, and one skunk near Mitchell. During 1972 there were 81 ,positive cases of ravies found in Perth. Right now a lot of calls are coming in about children being bitten by animals, but one CDA official said very few of these prove to be positive. Veterinarians with the branch in Stratford are going to be busy for the next 20 months testing the estimated 130,000 head of cattle in Perth for tuberculosis. The testing has to be completed by March, 1975, Dr. G.F.O. Sharp explained, and about 10 percent have been done to date, most of these in Mornington and Blanshard townships. The employees have also been busy testing Holsteins for ex- port to foreign countries. Al- most 400 Holstein heifers have been exported from the county to countries 'other than the United States, most of them -earlier this year.' -Export of Holstein cows to the United States con- tinues at a brisk rate. Vanastra Gun Club holds shoot Trap scores, out of a possible 25, recorded at the VanastraGun Club are Lloyd Venner -24, Mur- ray East 22, Mervyn Batkin 20, Bill Thompson 22, Don Cunning- hare 20, John Land, 20, Ashley Gilbert 17. Lloyd Vernier broke 46 out of 50 targets. The Skeet Scores of June 30, out of a possible 25 are Louis Morello 22, John Lard 22, Bill Stewart 22, Bill Thompson 220e Or. Rynne 22, Glen Mogk 21, Mervyn Batkin 20, Herman Fish- er 19, Harrison Schock 17, Bert Mahaify 15, Jim Hogg 14, Ashley Gilbert 13. ° Trap scores at a shoot on July 4 were: John Anderson 25; Mervin Batkin 24; Don Cun- ningham 20; Tom Allin 18. Skeet Scores out of 25 taxgets on July 7th were: Doctor RYnne 24; Mervin Batkin 23; Dave Schlemmer 22; Louis Morello 22; John Land 21; Bill Thompson 20; Harrison Schock 19; Donald Bricker 19; Jim Hogg18; Herman Fischer 17e Eric Collins 16. St. Columban defeats White Eagles St. Columban downed London White Eagle 2-1 In London on +Sunday. St. Columban put the pressure on in the_ .early minutes of the game and caught the London team with its defense very weak. As a result, St. Columban scored its 2 goals in the first 10 minutes of play. St. Columban because of its constant attacking was given its first penalty' shot of the sea- son after a London defender was forced to touch the ball with his hand to prevent a goal. Larry Kale took the shot and scored „on the play. Minutes later, Tom Burke. - crossed the ball from right wing and the goalie couldn't, hang on to the ball and Danny Murray shot the loose ball into the net. Near the end of the second half the White Eagles scored their only goal as the right winger broke away from his check and blasted the ball into the net. St. Columban's next game is Saturday night at 6 o'clock in Ausable. An Expositor Classified will pay you dividends. Have you tried one? Dial '52'7-0240. CLEARANCE Wash Cottons, Polyesters, Poly4eotton Blend% Arnel Jerseys, Poly-crepes and llovel- Fabrics — Our entire stock of SMVIIVIER RESSES in Petite 1V1isses,Women's & Half - size Fittings. - • REGULAR 10.95 to 39.95 To Clear at 8.75 TO 31•95 REDUCED UP TO Prints, Novelty Cottons, Crepes, Ginghams, Sail Cloths and Dacron Batistes. All this seasons newest patterns and colorings that must be cleared out now. 'REG. 1.95 to 5.95 Reduced from 20% 'to 50% We are discontinuing the Olive shade in these famous G.W.G. shirt and pant sets . . . so We must clear out our stock of this shade. Pants — 36 to 46 waist only Shirts — 14% to 174 neck size While they last Inglis nge• FEATURES: CLASS CONTROL PANEL DIGITAL CLOCK & TIMER. ROTISSERIE - TRUE SIMMER ELEMENT - LIFT OUT SURFACE ELEMENTS INFINITE HEAT SWITCHES TIMED & MANUAL APPLIANCE OUTLETS - AUTOMATIC OVEN PREHEAT - BACKED BY INGLIS WARRANTY% - VARIABLE BROIL CONTROL AND MANY MORE NEW Drop In And See The All New Inglis Ranges AT EITHER OF OURLOCATIONS On July 5th, Brodhagen Brewers defeated the TaVistOck Rs. by a score of 9-3 in B1Od- hagen. Dave Hannon startedibe gig" for the Brewers and Was re- netted by -Doug-Leonhardt after 31/3 innings. Merle Hoegy hit a home run for the Brewers and also. a single. The Brewers have an eight win and five losses record for the year_and trail NOW Ham- burg by one game for the Id Division lead. on Tuesday the Brewers PlaY at St. Marys and on Thursday, New Hamburg Concords are at Brodhagen in what could be the deciding game in the fight for first place. On Friday,• July 13, the call-. fornia Cuties visit 13rodhagentOr an exhibition game that should be well worth seeing. Proceeds from this game go to the Chara- ber of Commerce for sponsor- ing minor baseball in Brodhagen. The Chamber sponsors a total of nine teams and your support would be appreciated. Local rinks second, third in tourney A rink skipped by Mrs. Vera,, Patterson and Norman Riehl for Ruston of London Fairmont Club the men, won first prize in Ladies Trebles On Wednesday afternoon July at the Seaforth tournament on 18th at 1:30 p.m. will be men's Wednesday, July 4th. In second pates here in Seaforth which is place was a local entry skipped the Westinghouse tournament. we by Ida Close with Helen 'Con- nell vice and Mabel Strong lead -"witlr^2-w-elue--1-47,--Ctiase-tiehtrid was the rink skipped by Betty Tilley with May Habkirk./vice and Dinah Sills lead with 2 w plus 13. Last Saturday saw several of our bowlers taking' part in Mit- chell's M & M tournament and sharing in the prizes also. Several of our ladies are entering Goderich's ladies doub- les on Wednesday bowling for the Gerrard trophy. Clinton is also having a mixed trebles on wed- nesday. The first stage of the ladies L.P.L.B.A. trebles play downs was to be held o n the Seaforth Greens on Tuesday a.m., July 10th but no outside entry showed up to compete with the Seaforth girls. Friday morning 10 a.m. will be the first stage of the ladies doubles here and Seaforth girls have one entry to compete in 'this also. In the men's singles L.P.L.B.A. John Patterson lost to Lee Ryan of Goderich in the second round 21-18 at the Mitchell greens on Sunday. Tuesday evening saw a splen- did 'turnout at the Seaforth Greens, High for the ladies was Betty Tilley with 2 w plus 6 agg 25 with Katie Phillips second with 1 w plus 10 agg 19. Last Thursday evening it was Joali Hildebrand high lady with 2 w plus 17 and Grace Pepper second 1 w plus 10. Lorne Dale was the high for the men with 2 w plus 20 with George Hildebrand second 2 w plus 17. Other recent winners were Helen Connell and Rachel Mehl (ladies) with Jack hope for a good turnout of our ideal men as this is one'Norour ltte.r tournaments. Sorry to heat that Thelma Dale is confined to Stratford Hospital. We all wish her a speedy recovery. Monday July 2nd, saw two local bowlers, Art and Brenda Finlayson taking 1st prize at Goderich at their Victoria and Grey silver dollar tournament. They coped 1st place with 3 W plus 25 agg, 55. Ddric and Diane Gilliland of Burl ington placed 6th in this same tournament. In our local jitneys, last Saturday evening saw May Hab- kirk and Ida Close high for the ladies with Norman Riehl and Elmer Dennis for the men. Thursday evening, it was Helen Connell and Rachel Riehl for the ladies with Jack Patterson and Norman Riehl for the men. Tues- day evening saw a good turnout of bowlers with Hazel Hildebrand and Mary Finlayson high with Elmer Dennis and Jack Sinclair taking the honours for the men. On Wednesday, the ladies are holding a trebles tournament here so are hoping for a good turnout of .bowlers and weather. The men's pairs tournament which was scheduled for last Saturday evening had to be cancelled due to the rain. Many of our bowlers are par- ticipating in outlef-town tourna- ments and coming up is the first stage playdown of the the Provin- cials being held again here on our local greens. The welcome mat is out to anyone wishing to try lawn bowling. Come down and try and enjpy a good game.