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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-08-23, Page 6Robert (Doc) Miller broke out of a batting slump in fine style last week In Clinton when he slugged a two run homer in a game against Arva In the Huron-Perth playoffs. The Colts were eliminated last Tuesday night from any further OBA action. (News-Record photo) Junior Gardeners play ball From a Russian pavilion to a Wild West town The Excitement is on at the EX! There's a world of things to see and do at this year's CNE now on through Sept. 3 in Toronto, Fiji Firewalkers—Making their first visit to North America, this amazing group will perform their legendary cere- mony of walking barefoot on white-hot rocks every day but Sunday. 6:30 p.m. just inside the Dufferin Gates. Calgary Corral—This all-new exhibit takes over the former Ontario Government Building. Recapture the romance and adventure of the old days in this cleverly recreated Western town where you can even pan for real gold! Bandshell Concerts—Every day there's music to suit all moods. Military bands each afternoon, rock groups on Monday-to-Thursday evenings, the Big Bands on Friday and Saturday nights, and a Gospel Rock Show every Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Loblaws Dancing Waters—another fascinating new attraction in the Horticultural Building. You'll be spell- bound as hundreds of fountains dance in multi-coloured brilliance to the thrilling music. International Exhibits—Located this year in the Queen Elizabeth Building, you'll find many intriguing items on display from 18 foreign countries including Austria, Brazil, France, Indonesia, Morocco, the Philippines and West Germany. Evening Grandstand Spectaculars (through Sept. 2 at 8:00 p.m.). Each great show is headlined by such top international stars as James Last, Tom Jones, Charley Pride, and many more. (Tickets—$4.50, $5.50 & $6.50) All this plus the Aquarama Waterfront Show...arts, crafts and hobbies...Agricentre...furniture, fashions and food- stuffs...the mile-and-a-half Midway...a wide array of sports...and much more, most of it FREE once you're inside the grounds. Surely the greatest Family-A-Fair ever! Canadian National Exhibition Through Sept. 3 Toronto Open Sundays Admission to 'Grounds; Adults $1.50. Senior Citizens and Students $1.00, Children 500, SEE ONTARIO PLACE FREE WITH YOUR CNE ADMISSION IMPERIAL NELL DRIVERS DR/r/Ne CHRYSLE PRODUCT' WHEELA • SPONSORED BY CLINTON SPRING SHOW AND CLINTON KINSMEN CLUB AT CLINTON RACEWAY - 8:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 GIVEAWAY PRIZES FOR HOLDERS OF AD- ' VANCE SALE TICKETS ADMISSION $2.00 CHILDREN 'UNDER 1 2 FREE, IF ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT LOCAL BP AGENT PAUL KERRIGAN FUELS HELL DRIVER AUTOS FOR CLINTON KINSMEN SHOW Paul Kerrigan has many in- terests in the Imperial Hell Drivers Show on Wednesday, August 29th at the Clinton Raceway. The Hell Drivers, billed as Canada's number one auto thrill show, will perform a wide variety of stunts and crashes in a fleet of new Chrysler autos at the spacious Clin- ton Raceway beginning at 8 p.m. Paul is the BP agent for Clin- ton and area and all Hell Drivers' autos operate exclusively on BP gas- olines and lubricants. He is an active member and immediate past-treasurer of the Clinton Kinsmen Club, co-sponsors of the auto show along with the Clinton Spring Fair Board, Paul will give away 100 gallons of fuel oil in two 50-gallon prizes as part of a number of free gifts at a special draw at the show, And if that's not enough, Paul and his fellow Kinsmen operate the Clinton Raceway where the Hell Drivers will perform. "I think the Hell Drivers put on a very good show and we at the Kinsmen Club are hoping for a good crowd at the Raceway. We are now selling tickets in advance but expect a large turnout at the gate that night," says Paul. A BP Agent in Clinton for almost seven years , Paul offers the complete line of BP petroleum products, lubricants, oil-fired water heater rentals, furnaces and burner service. A bold sign on the front wall of the Clinton office and warehouse says "There's lots more service where this came from" and Paul ex- plains it this way: "We give good service. It's im- portant. It's what every customer wants most and service is the major reason for increased business," Paul took over the Clinton BP Agency in 1966. Today, he and his staff of driver salesmen Morris Taylor and Neil Josling, office clerk Bert Rowden and summer helper Paul Anstett, service more than 650 homes, farms, commercial businesses and BP gas stations. The BP bulk plant includes five storage tanks with a new structural steel catwalk and a total capacity of 75,000 gallons. Two brightly painted and well- maintained trucks service the town and country customers in a 25-mile radius of Clinton including many in Bayfield, Blyth, Brucefield, Dungannon, Goderich and Seaforth. Paul is chairman of his church parish council, and his family, wife Carole, sons Christopher 5 and Matthew 3 1/2 and daughter Stephanie, one, now live in a new home they built two years ago in Clinton. Paul's father incidentally, is BP's agent in Walkerton and was a considerable help to the young businessman when he took over in Clinton. , A 1959 Merchandising Ad- ministration graduate of Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto, Paul has always been customer con- scious and firmly believes the growth of his business is based on exactly that. "We're growing and we look after all our people, new and old," says Paul. If you have a fuel requirement or problem, consider Paul, BP's agent at 482-9653 Clinton.' He'll be happy to help. In the meantime, take in the ex- citing Imperial Hell Drivers auto thrill show at Clinton Raceway, Wednesday, August 29, 8:00 p. m. Paul Kerrigan's crew will be there in force. BP Oil limited Baut4ras win WOAA title The Clinton, Coles, OBA In- termediate "C" champions for the last two years, were eliminated from further action last Tuesday night when they suffered a 4-3 loss in Thorn- dale, The game was to deter- mine who would represent the "C" division from the Huron- Perth League. Despite the loss, some brilliant pitching was demon- itrated by both teams with Clinton pitcher Stew Mustard hurling a no hitter for five and two thirds innings, retiring the first 14 batters to face him and getting a total of 16 strikeouts in the game, Clinton took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on four hits and in- creased their lead to 2.0 in the top of the sixth on a single by Danny Colquhoun, a sacrifice by Stew Mustard and a run scoring double by Hans Lep- pington. Thorndale got one of those runs back in the bottom of the sixth on a homerun. Clinton went ahead 3-1 in the seventh, when, with one out, Butch Fleet singled, Greg Burns sacrificed Fleet to second and Pickett doubled to bring in the final Clinton run of the evening. Thorndale rallied in the bot- tom of the seventh to tie the score with two runs, one unear- ned. Then in the bottom of the eighth, Thorndale scored their final run on a single and a double and the Colt bats were silenced in the ninth. Leppington led the Colts at the plate when he went three for four with two singles and a double. Larry Pickett ham- mered out a single and a double and singles went to Colquhoun, Mustard, Doc Miller and Butch Fleet, The Colts continued their Huron-Perth series with Arva last night in Clinton, but no score was available at press time. Last Wednesday evening August 15 the Clinton Colts defeated Arva by a score of 7-2 to even up their best of three Huron-Perth semi-finals series at one game each. Larry Pickett who has been sidelined with arm trouble in the last month started and pitched seven good innings before being relieved by Brad Dutot, Larry got credit for his third victory of the season. He has suffered one loss. The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when Clinton grabbed a 1 - 0 lead on a home run by Doc Miller. Arva tied it in the top of the fifth inning when a pass ball eluded catcher Butch Fleet. Clinton bounced back in their half of the fifth in- ning with three big runs. All of them were unearned. The only hit the Colts got in this inning was a double off the bat of Larry Pickett. Clinton added one run in the sixth and two more in the seventh inning to secure the victory. Butch Fleet led the Colt hit- ting attack with two singles. Doc Miller added a homer, Larry Pickett a double, and Danny Colquhoun a single. In the first game of the playoffs with Thorndale Angels last Friday night at Clinton, the Colts outslugged the Angels to the tune of 10 - 6 on the scoreboard. Stew Mustard in relief of Brad Dutot was the winning pitcher. He was in turn relieved by Cam Macdonald for the last two innings. Stew's pit- ching record stands at five wins and one loss for the season. Thorndale grabbed a 1 - 0 lead in their top of the second inning, but the Colts came back in their half of the inning ex- ploding for five runs. A triple by Mustard and a double by Danny Colquhoun were the key hits in this five run uprising. The teams traded runs in the third inning. At this point, Mustard took over on the mound for the Colts. The Colts again exploded for three runs in the sixth inning to take a commanding 9 - 2 lead. But at this point, the Angels caught fire and roared back with four runs in the seventh inning to narrow the score to 9 - 6. Two triples, a double and single knocked Mustard out of the box and ace reliever Cam Mac- donald came on to put down the uprising and earn his fourth save of the season. Juvenile player Danny Colquhoun displayed his ability as he led the Colt attack. He scored four runs out of the ten the team scored, as well as hit- ting a double and a single. Greg Burns also contributed two key hits. Other hits were gathered Bill Stewart of Goderich was the top shooter at both the trap shoot and the skeet shoot at the Vanastra Gun Club last week. In both shoots, Mr. Stewart hit 24 out of a possible 25 targets. Other scores in the trap shoot include Mery Batkin of Clin- ton, 22; Tom Allen of Lon- desboro, Bert Mahaffy of Bor- nholm and Ernie Marshall of Mitchell, 21 each and Paul Wheeler of Clinton, 17. In the skeet shoot held last Saturday, Tom Jardin of An international star of con- cert, symphony and television, he has been charming audien- ces of all ages for more than 30 years with his broad lunacy and suave continental manner. forge's fine balance between the concert music he performs so magnificently and the con- vulsive humor he stirs up results in a brand of entertain- ment that's universally accep- ted and understood. His one-man Broadway show by Stew Mustard who banged a triple, Don Bartliff a double, Brad Dutot, and Butch Fleet hit singles. Back in Thorndale last Sun- day evening, the Angels rever- sed the tales as they came from behind to dump the Colts by a score of 10 - 7 to even the series up a one game each. At one stage the Colts led 6 - 1 but they were unable to hold the lead, Larry Pickett started on the mound for the Colts and pit- ched excellent ball for four in- nings and then the roof fell in. He suffered his second loss of the season. The Colts jumped off to an early 5 - 0 lead by scoring two runs in the first, two more in the second and one run in the fourth, Brad Dutot hit a two run homer in the second inning. But in the fifth inning the Angels scored five runs on only one hit, but that hit was a three run triple by Doug Byers, the Thorndale pitcher. With the score tied 6 - 6 in the sixth in- ning, the Angels struck for four more runs to put the game out of reach for the Colts. In a losing cause, Brad Dutot led the Colt hitting attack with three hits, a homer, double and single. Don Bartliff and Doc Miller added two hits each. Single hits were gathered by Stew Mustard, Hans Leppington, Cam Macdonald, and Danny Colquhoun. The third and deciding game of this series was played Tuesday evening at Thorndale. Wingham was second when he hit 23 targets, while Louis Morello of Mitchell Glen Mogk of Bornholm and Mervin Batkin of Clinton tied for third with 22 each. Other scores in- clude Manfred Dierolf of Goderich, 21; John Land of Bayfield, 20; Harrison Schock of Zurich and Bill McNutt of Hensall, 18 each; Herman Fisher of Benmiller 17 and Bonnie McNutt of Hensall and Ashley Gilbert of Goderich, 14 each. 849 solo the On August 16 in the blazing sunshine, an action-filled ball game and rummage sake was held at the public school, in honor of the Junior Gardeners. It was sponsored by Jamie Cooper and David Williscraft. Due to exciting happenings on the Bayfield Road, only four in- FIRST - TROT Purse 5350 ECOND - PACE Purse $425 . GOLDEN SCAMP D. WALL DARNEEDLE P. KERR . LINDY LOU VOLO G, CAMPBELL. , WILLIES FILLY G. CLARK . CLEVER LARRY R, WILLIAMSON . PATRICIA CHIPS G. PAYNE SNOW SWITCH P. COULTER BIRD - PACE Purse $300 . WATSON E. FRISCO J. DUCK . MR. NEIL It MOFFATT . HONEY RHYTHM N McKNIGHT . ROMAN WARRIOR IL WALL ADLIADE QUEEN G. PAYNE DARVIC R, ROSSELLE . SUPER ROY J. WALLACE OURTH - PACE Puree $300 . BRENDAS LASS I' COULTER . SINGLE JOHNNIE J. MUIR GOLD FEVER C. TRAVIS . MARYLAND PAUL HASKErr CHARLIES PAL J, KEW'S . GOLDEN LIGHT U. HACKWELL RUS KING J. WALLACE IFTH • PACE Purse $300 LEE CAMP W. DUPEE . MISS LEE DALE J. WALLACE RENOWN RENO N. hl(KNICII{T. .mAr DUNDEE IN, STEVENS TERRAGON R. WILLIAMSON FROSTY DUKE G. CAMPBELL . AERIALINE N. CAMPBELL flings were completed and the score was 11-2. The participating athletes making the game possible for the named Junior Gardeners were Brian Cooper, Dave Allen, Steven Boussey, Claude Daw, Brent Daw, Michael Williscraft, David Williscraft and Jamie Cooper. SIXTH -PACE Purse $300 R. COLVIN G. PAYNE G. ROEBUCK D. HACK WELL P. KEI9I N. CAMPBELL A. HARDY SEVENTH • PACE Purse $325 I. GREENVIEW DUKE C. CRANDON 2. PIERRE HARVESTER D. JEWIrr 3. ADAM WEICK R. WEICK 4. HYLYN MARY T.B,A, 5, UNDECIDED NOW R. MORGAN 6. AMBER GOLD G. ROEBUCK 7. SHADOW BARS F. MacDONALD EIGHTH - PACE Purse $425 I. ARTIC JOHN R, WILLIAMSON 2. LOYAL PICK J. WALLACE 3. NEW BROOM G. GILBERTSON 4 FAIRLAWN RICK M, MAYLARD 5 LAMPLIGHTER D. JEWITT 6. LEE UNKO C. YOUNG 7 PAT'S EXPRESS Di, STEVENS NINTH - PACE Purse $700 I DEVASTATION 0. CHEYNE 2 PHANTOM BOMB J. WALLACE .1 AVON TRUE LEE M. POLLARD 4. MISS BELLE BARS F. MacDONALD 5 IN BETWEEN R. WEICK 6. McGREDORS JOANNE A. HARDY 1. HAZY DARES C, YOUNG TENTH - PACE Invitation Purse $1000 I. COLAS DUCHESS M. LESTER 2 MISS PAL R. MORGAN .1. ROLLYS MARK A. HARDY 4. MIRES JIMMY LYNN F. LIST 5 COBURN LOBEL!. R. ROLLASON 6. TONY'S DOMINION 7. KRISTIE CREED T. OENEMA K. HARDY 6---CLINTON NEYS,RECOFtD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1973 Colts eliminated from ORA The Clinton Fish and Garffe- BantamS won the WOAA Championship for the first time since 1963 last Saturday when they defeated Wingham three games to one in their playoff series last Saturday. Clinton came from an 11-0 deficit in the fifth inning to beat Wingham l4-11. In the third game last Thur- sday, August 16, the Bantams took a two game to one game lead on strong pitching by Mark Nicholson who struck out 19 Wingham batters on the way to Clinton's 16-2 victory. Neil Colquhoun led the Clinton hitting parade with a triple and three singles and Don Peterson knocked out two singles, Other singles were gathered by Doug Riehl, Rick Blake, Dave Counter, Ray Wheeler, Steve Steep and Mark Nicholson. Last Saturday in the game that proved to be the title win- ner for the Bantams, Wingham jumped to an early 11-0 lead as they chased Clinton starter Rick Blake from the mound in the filth inning. Counter and Nicholson came on in relief and cooled the Wingham bats while Clinton came on to win the game. Clinton rallied for seven runs in the fifth and then narrowed the score in the sixth and seventh and went ahead by one run in the eighth on costly Wingham errors, With the bases loaded and two out, Nicholson hit a shot to the short stop who threw the ball away allowing two Clinton runs to score. Nicholson stopped a Wingham rally in the bottom of the ninth when he struck out three batters in a row after two runners reached base. Leading hitters were Paul Priestap with two singles, Ray Wheeler with a triple and three singles, Neil Colquhoun with two singles and singles going to Doug Riehl, Mark Nicholson, Robert Harkes, and Don Peter- son. Rick Blake also had two Clinton advances in their division, but it is unknown at this-time whom they will play. Juvenile girls lead Brodhagen in playoff series The Clinton Juvenile Soft- ball team won both their play- ' off games list week. They dum- ped Brodhagen twice by the identical scores of 22 to 4, The girls now take a 2 to 0 lead in the three out of five series. The third game of the series was to be held last night (Wed- nesday) in Brodhagen. If the girls win this series they will advance to the Western On- tario finals when they take on the winners of the Northern division. The girls would appreciate the support of the town in the upcoming games and the car , wash to be held at the arena on September 8. Vanastra Gun Club Borge to r ,headfine WF Victor forge headline played a record-breaking the Western Fair grandstand performances, the longest show on Ladies Day, Monday, run in the history of September 10. The Danish-born master of improvised comedy will make three appearances only, at 2 p.m., 7 p.m., and 9 p.m. theatre. A group that is bound to revive old memories, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, will of- fer grandstand audiences a change of pace. Jerry's perfor- mance of the group's 10- million-seller "Peg 0' My Heart" on the world's most ex- pensive silver harmonica will be a highlight of the Har- monicats' presentation. Also appearing will be the beautiful and talented Vonda Van Dyke, former Miss America winner. Sparkling comedy and variety acts com- plete the star-studded free grandstand show on Monday, Sept. 10. Clinton Harness Entries D. WALL I. MARYLAND WAY . SHADYHILI. BABE . DERRY MAY B. MAGUIRE 2, POPS TOPS PETER CAMP P. MAGUIRE .3. DOUGLAS BARS . DELLA LOBELL R. ROULASON ROBRA FLAME LAND LORD 11 7.3., MORGAN: 1.( JAY WALKER . COLAS VIC M.) LES.TLII....: (7,7 FJLOIDPYSBIDAEY . FEARLESS FAIR T