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
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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.
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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-
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score was 11-2.
The participating athletes
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the named Junior Gardeners
were Brian Cooper, Dave Allen,
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Brent Daw, Michael
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and Jamie Cooper.
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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.
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