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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-08-06, Page 3POP'S Taxi Service Phones: Exeter 357 and 545-r-3 9'■ GARAGES Open this Sunday, Wednes day afternoon, and during the evenings throughout the week: CHOOSE THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1953 Mohawks Face Seaforth, First Tilt Here Friday Exeter Legion Mohawks will meet Seaforth in a semi-final 'playoff series starting Friday 'night on the local diamond. Mohawks will be, favorites to take the series, having defeated Seaforth both times the two teams met during the regular season. Exeter edged Bill Smith’s crew 9-8 on the local square in their first clash and took them 6-3 in Seaforth. The underdogs, however, may come up with some surprises be fore the series is over. This is the first year Seaforth has en tered a team in the Huron-Perth and although they got away to a poor start, they showed consider able improvement towards the SOUTH END B.A. Garage Page 3 Mohawk Statistics (flayed at least Motorola Top Quality RADIO ONLY MODEL 401A Used Cars MORE POWER LONGER RANGE GREATER SENSITIVITY M o t o r o 1 a— specialists in car radio con- s tr u c ti o n— give you a com pact, powerful radio like this at an unbelievably low price! Patented noise fil ter. automatic volume control, Golden Voice tone control, head adaptable to the instrument panel of your car! INSTALLED WHILE YOU WAIT TODAY Specials! Glass-Back Sealed Beam HEADLIGHTS $1.49 21"x20" Grade I CHAMOIS $2.69 Four-Way WHEEL WRENCHES $1.10 Save At ’50 ’49 ’49 ’48 ’47 ’47 ’47 Chev 4-Door Dodge 4-Door Plymouth 4-Door Dodge 2-Door Chev 4-Door Plymouth 4-Door Chev 2-Door Hensail Motor Sales Phone 31 Hensail end of the season. They’re league veterans now and an enthusiastic bunch of young players who won’t be giving up too easily, The locals ended the season in third place. Actually they were just one point behind the league leaders, Mitchell and Strathroy. Good Pitching Statistics on the Mohawks’ play during the season show pitching as their strongest department. They have four good hurlers on the staff, all righthanders. Steve Mitro has been the star on the mound, firing six wins against one loss. Three of his victories were shutouts, two against St. Marys and one against Zurich. His only loss was to Mit chell. Steve’s older brother, Joe, who was expected to head the mound crew, showed a mediocre 2-2 re cord. Howqver, he was hampered by an injured finger on his hurl ing hand and was out of the box for almost half the season, His relief pitching in the last part of the season was exceptional and he looks to be in top shape for the playoffs. Jack Fuller, from Crediton, has a 1-0 showing for the season. He won against Mitchell. His only other start was against Dashwood but he only lasted two and one- third innings. Exeter’s Bob Russell started one game this year, against the lowly Clinton Radio squad. He lost the game 4-3 but it was mostly errors that prevented his win, since he allowed only four hits. Darling Leads Fred Darling tops the Mohawk hitters again this year with a .345 mark. He also leads the team in doubles. Only three of the regulars bat ted over the .200 mark during the season. They are Bob Meharg, infielder Bob Wade and outfield er Harry Holtzman, Harry Holtzman and Joe Mitro are tied for the runs-batted-in crown with 11 each. Bob Meharg tops the locals in triples with three. Holtzman, Wade, Elson and Darling each hit one home run during the season. H AV. half the games) G ‘" ~~ ‘AB Fred Darling ....... 14 55 19 .345 Bob Meharg ........ 16 59 14 .237 Bob Wade .............. Harry Holtzman • .. 11 47 11 .334 .. 14 52 12 .229 Lome I.laugh ....... 16 6 Gy 12 .182 Steve Mitro ..........■. 16 62'11 .177 Jack Elson .............. 1G 51.9 .176 Joe Mitro ............... 15 51 7 .137 Doug Smith ........22 2 .091 (Played less than half the g amesj Gerry Smith ...... 4 4 1 .250 Jim Fairbairn .... 6 19 4 .212 Jack Fuller ........... 4 11 9 ,182 Bob Fletcher ......... 5 16 1 .063 Howie Holtzman .,. 4 11 1).{iflO Boh Russell ........... 2 5 0 .000 Chuck Parsons ....’ 1 1 0 .000 RUNS BATTED IN—Harry Holtz- 5. man 11, J. Mitro 11. Darling 9, Elson 9, Meharg 8, Haugh 8, Wade 5, S. Mirto 5, Fairbairn 2, Fletcher 2, Smith 1. HOME RUNS—Holtzman 1, Wade 1, Elson 1, Darling 1, TRIPLES — Meharg 3, Darling 2, Holtzman 2, Wade 1, S. Mitro 1, El- rfon 1, Fairbairn 1. DOUBLES —Darling 4, Haugh 3, Elson 2, Wade 2, Holtzman 2, Me harg 1, S. Mitro 1. Pitching Record WON-LOST—Steve Mitro G-l. Jack " " ' 0, Joe Mitro 2-2, Bob Russell OFF—S. Mitro 18 in G9 1-3 is per inning), J. Mitro 24 488), Russell 4 in 8 (.500) in 9 2-3 (.807). —.................. Mitro Huron-Perth Officials Set Playoff Schedules Make yours the brightest house on the block i tiller 1- -1. RUNS 259 rui 1 41 (. tiller 8 STRIKEOUTS — S.113,-------------------- ... -------- —, j. Mitro 44, Russell 7, Fuller 3. WALKS—S, Mitro 19, J. Mitro 1, Russell 2, Fuller G. Huron-Perth baseball teams met at Dashwood Tuesday night and drew up their playoff sched ules. In the “C” series, Exeter Mo hawks will tangle with Seaforth in a best-of-five semi-final set starting this Friday night in Ex eter. The other two “C” teams, Mitchell and Centralia, played their starter Thursday night. Winners of these two series will meet in a best-of-seven final for the right to go on in OBA playdowMS. Seaforth and Centralia tied for sixth position in the final stand ing so a coin was flipped to see who would meet the league win ner, Mitchell. Strathroy and St. Marys will engage in a best-of-seven battle to decide the “B” honors. First game of this series is at Strath roy Saturday night. Meanwhile, Dashwood and Zur ich are in the midst of their “D” play downs. Zurich edged Dash wood 3-2 in the first game Tues day night. Here are the playoff schedules: “C” SEMI-FINAL SERIES (Best-of-Five) Exeter vs. Seaforth August 7—Seaforth at Exeter 11—Exeter at Seaforth 13—Seaforth at Exeter 17—Exeter at Seaforth 19—Seaforth at Exeter Mitchell vs. Centralia 6—Centralia at Mitchell 11—Mitchell at Centralia 13—Centralia at Mitchell 17—Mitchell at Centralia 19—Centralia at Mitchell (Fri.) (Tues.) (Thurs.) (Mon.) (Wed.) HANDSOME, PRACTICAL Bedroom Suites THREE-PIECE SUITES fc :> «>.• 1 |lp $95.00 and Up All finishes including walnut, mahogany and the modern, light styles. LARGE SELECTION ON DISPLAY This is OPEN STOCK Furniture. You may purchase one piece at a time. Start now. Complete your suite later. Zurich Upsets Dashwood 3-2 Zurich Dashwood Tigers 3-2 in the game of their best-of-seven playoffs Tuesday night. Jack Haberer scored the ning run for the visitors in the sixth inning after hitting a dou ble. The game featured a mound duel between Zurich’s Ron Heller and Dashwood’s Robbie Wein. Both pitchers allowed only four hits in the seven-inning game. Darkness and rain stopped play during the first half of the eighth. The Lumber Kings took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when “Sliver” Bedard singled, was sac rificed to second and came home on an error. The Tigers tied the count in the last of the third— Raymie Wein’s single drove Jack Gaiser around. Benny Gignac made it 2-1 for Zurich in the fifth when he Lumber Kings upset first “D” win- toured the bases after hitting a safety. Jack Gaiser scored his second tying run in the last of the same inning. He singled and came home on two walks and an error. Jack Haberer’s winning clout came after one was out in the sixth. He scored on an error. Feelings ran high among the fans and players. At one time a half dozen Lumber Kings stormed onto the field to protest an um pire’s decision. After the game, Zurich cars drove up and down the Dashwood village blowing their horns in celebration. Dashwood is favored to win the series, having beaten the Lumber Kings twice during the regular season. Second game of the playoffs will be in Zurich Friday night. The teams agreed to use Senior Intercounty umpires for the con test. Argyel Gratton Could Be Fastest Canadian Pacer? (Thur,) (Tues.) (Thur.) (Mon.) 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(Parkhill Gazette) To those race horse fans who thought Argyel Grattan’s nomina tion last year as “the horse of •the year” was a fluke, Argyel had a ready answer for them this year. Victor in 18 out of 19 races this year, and most of these easy straight heat winners, Argyel’s only defeat came because of an accident. But 'his chief ness was shown cliffe track in the best of the meet. Argyel was having easy so the track dreamed up a handicap start. In a class of five he had to take the outside position. When one horse was “scratched,” Argyel still had to start from this posi tion and went on to set the track recordTof 2:03.2, which will take a lot of beating on any half-mile track. To prove further that most horses are no match for him the track officials refused to allow bets to be placed on Argyel in his next race at Toronto, and already he is a prohibitive favor ite to bet on at any track. To our mind Argyel’s and his owner, Dune Campbell’s, of Ailsa Craig, greatness comes from the fact that from the towns. If entry you be there, and thus they are the best known horse and driver in these parts. The following write-up is taken from a Toronto Star’s sports writer interview with "Dune” while he was at Thorncliffe, and rumor now has it that $3'0,000 has been offered for this igelding. “There’s a charm about harness horses that can’t be tured by the rich runners. “For instance, after Dune Campbell’s amazing Argyel Grat tan set a new track record at Thorncliffe raceway Wednesday ■of last week, pacing the mile in 2:03.2, the lean,, leathery, 53- year-old owner was asked if his remarkable five-year-old would be sent in search of richer purses at such floodlit tracks as Roosevelt raceway or Batavia Downs or Buffalo raceway. I dunno about veteran Dune. “I look After, you claim to at the Toronto harness greet- Thorn- where horses it too officials he never “scratches” races in the small they are listed as an may be sure they will fast the cap- “Well now, that,” said the got a farm to know.” “Racing, you sideline for the Canadian harness horsemen. Campbell has a 750-acre farm at Ailsa Craig, Ont. reason he can Argyel is that Ray and Jack, the farm. “Even when hands around same situation applies grooms and swipes and trainers Were worrying over the best pacer in the country; just Dune and his two daughters, Margaret and Pat, aged 16 and 14. “For all this earthy approach, there, is reason to believe Argyel Grattan could well be one of the best pacers ever developed in Canada. This 2:05.2 mile was stepped off from the outside position in a five-hofsa handicap Yace in which the handicap was see, is merely a vast majority of and the only race wondrous Dune’s two sons, are looking after It comes to the stables, the the No post position alone. “In addition to farm, Campbell has cattle to look after, harness horses, got Yours: Sport Jackets Regular $12.95 to $14.95 ON SALE FOR $9.95 to $11.50 Slacks Nylon Gabardine and the New Wembley Fabric Regular $9.95 ON SALE FOR $7.50 Regular $12.50 to $14.50 ON SALE FOR $9.50 to $11.00 McKnight & Walper MEN’S WEAR his 750-acre 200 head of He owns 15 into pastime 10 years ago because he loved horses. He bred Argyel Grattan, having an especial affection for the dam, Babe C. Grattan, the first horse Dune ever raced. Argyel’s sire was Steinway Grat tan and Argyel actually is a double cross-breed of Grattan Royal. “Victory on Wednesday was the horse’s sixteenth in seven teen outings this year and, as almost every harness fan knows by now, the one race he lost came about when a wheel of his sulky became entangled with an other on a turn a month ago at Dresden. “Argyel, the harness horse of the year in 1952 and a prohibi tive favorite to win the $7,500 Canadian cup pace, might well earn many times his winnings on tracks where floodlights make the purses larger. “Yeah, I know all slim Dune Campbell, time, who’s igonna the farm?” Elgin McKinley Join Our Christmas Blanket that,” says ‘‘but mean look after Club Phone 81 Mitchell Wins League Title Mitchell Legionaires recap tured the Supertest Shield, the Huron - Perth baseball league’s championship trophy, by defeat ing Strathroy Royals two games straight, in a best-of-three playoff series. The Legionaires lost the trophy to Dashwood last year after win ning it in 19 50 and '51. Strathroy and Mitchell ended their regular season tied for top spot with 22 points each. Mit chell won 11 games, lost five. Strathroy captured 10 contests, dropped four and tied two. The two playoff games were staged on Civic Holiday. Exeter placed third in the final standing, one point behind the leaders. Dashwood Tigers, last year’s champions, were fourth with 20 points. Weeders Plan For Achievement Day The fourth meeting of the I-Iurondale Weary Weeders was held Tuesday evening, August 4, at the home of Mrs. J. Kirkland. Miss Steckle and Miss Kern were present. The minutes were read and adopted. Roll call was answered by bridging two kinds of "vege tables from the garden. Plans were made for Achieve ment Day, August 19, at Clinton, after which the vegetables brought to the meeting were judged. A shoft quiz was an swered by the members. 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