HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-05, Page 4Page 4 The TimM-Advocat*, July 5* 1956
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SPORTS
By Don "Boom Boom" Gravett
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Zurich Stretches Winning Streak To Six Games
To Move Within Two Points Of Dashwood Tigers
WRESTLING hit the news over the weekend at
the Zurich Centennial.
This corner got into the dressing rooms of the
wrestlers before the bouts to get a couple of quick
interviews and found the grapplers quite interesting.
The LEWIN BROS., a pair of very quiet young
men, were the first to arrive at the arena in their
1956 station wagon. Both DON and MARK sported
Tarzan hair cuts.
The wrestling game carries the pros all over
the world to stage matches against someone they
have wrestled before or to take on newcomers they
haven’t heard of.
DON LEWIN started his career about eight
years ago while, his 24-year-old brother MARK is
comparatively new to the game with only five years’
experience. Both of these boys hail from Buffalo,
New York.
Don first started his career in the ring corps.
He turned professional in TORONTO under pro
motor JIM HENRY. Mark -came up a rough road
through the amateurs at BUFFALO where a lot of
sweat and getting the right co-ordination put him
into one of America’s top money games.
As soon as Mark started into his adventure,
Don got the idea of a tag team which has been ever
since.
Before making their appearance in CANADA a
couple of weeks ago at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gar
dens, the pair was down in MEXICO. This is where
Mark captured top professional wrestling honours.
These two dandy-looking specimens wrestle 12
months of the year from coast to coast. “The game
isn’t any tougher in Canada than in the U.S."
Mark who has been in the roughest type of
pling called TEXAS WRESTLING.
Don Lewin tips the scale at 228 pounds
his brother weighs 230 pounds.
While we sat talking the dressing room
opened and in walked “Tiger” Tasken and “Abe:
Zvonkin.
The Lewin boys couldn’t remember my name
io they introduced me as Sports Editor.
Tasken, with a deep growl motioned to me and
laid, “Put it there fella, glad to know ya.”
What a strange feeling came over me when I
looked around and saw all those 250-pound speci
mens sitting there and me with all my 130 pounds.
PAT FLANNIGAN proved to be quite the joker
of the crew. He was bragging about the $4,000 he
had' in his wallet. The rest of the boys just laughed
at him when he tried to borrow a dime from them
for a cup of coffee.
GIL MAINES, a tall, good-looking individual,
spotted me and before I could say two words, he
said in a deep southern drawl, “I bet youse is one
of them newspaper reporters. Is I right?”
After kidding about a number of things we got
talking over salaries of players on the TORONTO
ARGONAUTS. Quarterback TOM DUBLINSKI sure
wasn’t getting the salary a lot of people figured he
did, according to Maines.
All in all the wrestlers turned out
hunch of men who are out for a good
make as many friends as possible.
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DETROIT TIGERS and the PITTSBURG PIRATES
are having a tough time winning some one-run games.
Detroit has lost something like 21 games this year
by that single tally . . . ROCHESTER will replace
the PITTSBURG HORNETS in the American Hockey
League this winter . . . FIRST GOLF TOURNEY
will be held July 11 at GRAND BEND with the
second slated for the nine-hole course at MITCHELL.
Big Crowd In Uproar
As Nasty Villains Lose
Zurich’s centennial .celebration ’ This didn’t stop Zvonkin though,
en Monday brought professional ’T1- *’--------- ”
wrestlers ‘ into the spotlight at
then community centre arena.
®me 1,500 hungry mat fans
holfarded and screeched for the
blood of the villains every time
their favorites were being treat
ed to what they called Texas
wrestling where everything goes.
The first bout saw that old
favorite, Pat Flannigan, who
weighed in at 232 pounds, tangle
with the fearless “Tteer” Tas
ken.< Tasken, of course was the
villain right from the word go
and he really put the gears to
the old vet Flannigan.
On the hot and humid night
the sweat began to run off their i
bodies like water out of a tap•
as they bounced from one side'
of the ring to the Other.
A. few “clean” kicks In the
stomach of Flannigan by the
’ Tiger; a little hair pulling on the
side (Flannigan hasn’t got
much); scratching of the eyes’
and even the odd bite on the leg;
by Tasken brought the specta-'
tators to their feet roaring for!
revenge. . !
Pat Flam.igan, who took all .also threw the rule book out the
this beating like only a wrest- window and made their favorite
ler Could, came back with his > spaghetti of Don and Mark Lew
number one weapon, his famous ;“ -----■-------------------------
mule kick. !
Stubby Patrick got into posi
tion and belted poor old Tasken
with three beautiful kicks in a
row to floPr the little 229 pounder
and win the bout. Time of the
fall was Clocked at 15.15. . •
The second bout saw the good
looking, 240-pound Gil Maines
come into the ring sporting a
glamorous blue robe. Maine’s op
ponent was Abe Zvonkin, from
Hamilton, who subbed for Fred
Atkins.
Zvonkin tips the scales at 238
founds and is a real mean cust
omer* Anything goes with this
boy when the ref isn’t looking,
A series of arm locks, stomach
punches and off-the-ropo body
alams featured Zvonkin’s attack.
Zvonkin took terrific stomach
ptmisihment from the profession
al football player who played
with th-e Detroit Dions. Maines
iet Zvonkin up on the ropes in
■ comer and took target prae-
, W at him. He darted across
tifries.-.. Km a clrWn
, His clownery by pleading for
* mercy on his hands and knees
i wasted enough valuable' time so
| that the old buzzard got credit
; for a draw in the match, that
shad a 30-minute time limit.
The third and final match was
a tag team affair between the
I Lewin Bros, (kill ’em) and the
I Italian team champs, the Brun-
, etti BrOs.
Jim Goddard, the referee who
was authorized by the Ontario
Athletic Commission from Mon-
i treal, really had his hands full
, with these boys.
< The first fall went to the Lewin
Bros, at 10:15. They made a
series of quick changes (some
times both were in the ring at
once) from their corner to give
Guy and Joe Brunetti a rough
going over.
The ref was blind ill one eye
and couldn’t see out of the other
as he let hair pulling, kicking,
scratching, punching and just
about‘everything out of the rule
book go. (Did we say rule book?)
The second fall was very much
to the fan’s liking. Joe and Guy
„ t who iuuk au < also threw ihe ruie book out the
this beating like only a wrest- window and made their favorite
A A111/4 AOtYiA HM-CU wet. ** it *
in to even the falls at one apiece,
Time was 28:30.
After being guilty of so much
rowdyness and when they (the
Lewin Bros.) began to get some
of their own medicine back, Mark
Lewin pleaded to Guy for mercy
and said that no more hair pul-
i ling, biting or jabbing in the
stomach.
I As the old story goes, “all is
| fair in love and war,” so they
went at it again in the same
manner.
All four wrestlers poured into
the ring and began 'slugging
away,
Finally the Brunettis got each
of the Lewin boys by the head,
lined them, up at opposite corn
ers of the ring and brought their
noggins together with a resound
ing thud. The bout was over.
The-- Brunettis Were declared
the champs as the people cheer
ed, hollered and whistled in
sportsmanlike approval.
Judge for the bout was Louis
Thiel. Timekeeper was Herb
Tiirltlirttfrt , ihrt hniit .
Zurich Flyers, stretching their
victory string into its third ‘
straight week, moved within two
| points of the league-leading Dash-,
i wood Tigers this week with wins
over Exeter and Hensall.
The red-hot Zurich club nipped
Mohawks 5-4 on the local dia
mond Friday night and clipped
Hensall Coach 8-1 Thursday night.
The Tigers recorded one tri
umph during the week, a 12-0
decision over Hensall.
Mitchell Legionaires, who were
idle this week, are in third place,
: six points behind the leading
Tigers.
I Mohawks climbed within two
points of the Legionaires with a
7-5 victory over Hensall Coach
Tuesday night. Bert Horton’s
crew, which led 5-3 at one point,
came close to chalking up their
first triumph of the season.
The annual Huron-Perth all-
star contest will be staged Wed
nesday, July 11, on the Exeter
diamond with a picked crew
from the local league going
against Frank Coleman’s London
Majors of the intercounty loop.
Tribe, Zurich
In Tight Tilt
Exeter Mohawks and Zurich
Flyers were hooked up in one of
the best battles of the year Fri
day night in Exeter when the
Flyers edged the tribe 5-4 to
stretch their victory streak to
six consecutive wins.
Bob Kovacic, the Yankee star,
and Bob Russell of Exeter team
ed up in a real pitchifig duel.
Each hurler allowed only six
hits.
Kovacic’s control was perfect
as he didn’t walk a man and
hung up a total of ten strike
outs.
Big Bob Russell fanned eight
Zurich hopefuls and issued only
two free bases on balls.
The two Bobs pitched the com
plete nine inning route.
In the fast-moving game that
started late, there was plenty
of hustle and chatter amongst
the two teams that opened the
eyes of the few spectators who
were on hand to see the game.
Both playing coaches led the
hitting attack for their respec
tive clubs. Coach Bob Meharg
had a two for four night as did
playing coach Tom Rawlings of
Zurich.
Meharg batted in three of the
four Exeter rims. Bob’s biggest
blow of the game came in the
last half of the eighth inning
when he tagged Kovacic’s fast
ball to deep right centrefield for
a triple and scored two runners
that were on base.
Previously to Meharg’s ap
pearance at the plate, Bill
Oberle had singled between short
and third and Red Loader had
been hit by a pitched, ball,.
The other five hits the Mo
hawks collected were all of the
single variety.
Bob Kovacic hit a wrong field
triple in the eighth to help his
own cause in the three inning
rally. His triple scored one run
and it set him up to score a se
cond when the Mohawk infield
bobbled the next Zurich batter’s
grounder.
Only other extra base hits of
the ball game came off the bats
of*Benny Gignac and Tom Raw
lings, both of Zurich. They were
back-to-back doubles coming in
the fourth inning.
Of the 10 strikeouts posted by
Kovacic, Russell fanned four
times while Don Taylor went
down swinging on three different
occasions.
The FlyerS ended the game in
pennant winning fashion as they
pulled off a smart double play.
The Zurich fireball whipped a
third strike past Russell and
catcher Tom Rawlings, who was
playing with a split finger, fired
the ball to second base to nail
Irwin Ford trying to steal.
Exeter Mohawks had their
■ strongest lineup of the year on
; the field and it put a real scare
( into the visiting team who have
; been knocking off their opposi-
: tion without much trouble lately.
ZURICH
ID. O'Brien, 2b .
I B. Zubyk, ss .,.
■ B. Yungblutt, 3b : | B. Kovacic, p .
T. Rawlings, c
B. Gignac, c£ .
.T. .........
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WIN GOLF PRIZES—Three low gross winners of Exeter golfers’ first tournament
this year are shown on the seventh green of the Oakwood course, Grand Bend. Don
Gravett, centre, won the event with an 85. Morley Sanders, right, came second with
an 87 and Claude. Farrow placed third with 89. The linksmen organized their club
last week and plan to sponsor a number of tournaments on district courses during
the year. ' —T-A Photo
had to play second base. Bert,
who must be pushing .fifty years
of age, picked up one of Hensail’s
five hits in the second inning.
The longest blows of the game
came off the bats of centre
fielder Harry Holtman and short
stop Steve Mitro. Holtzman, in
the first inning got tilings started
off on the right foot for his team
by hitting a triple to right field.
Playing Coach Bob Meharg
N
promptly sacrificed Harry home
for the first run of the ball
game.
Mitro hit a high fly ball
against the wind to left centre-
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Sports Editor Gravett
Wins Golf Tournament
By DON SOUTHCOTT
(NOTE—Since this story in
volves obvious embarrassment for
the T-A Sports Editor, we volun
teered to write it for him.)
Don “Boom Boom” Gravett,
the Exeter Mohawk right winger
who trades hockey sticks for
golf clubs when the sun shines,
won his own tournament, last
week.
The hefty (130 pounds) sports
writer, who organized the com
petition as a preliminary to the
formation of a local golf club,
carded an 85 to lead a field of
21 other entries in the 18-hole
tournament.
SHDHS teacher, Morley San
ders, who operates the Sanders
Driving Range at Grand Bend
during the summer months, was
runner-up with a score of 87.
Oil Agent, Claude Farrow, fin
ished third with a total of 89.
Gravett, a former member of
Kitchener Rockway junior club
(which also produced Mob
Norman), put together a 43 on,
the front nii.e and a 42 on the
back nine for his victory. His
42 was the lowest nine-hole scoi‘e
of the tournament.
The winner posted seven para!
and five bogles. He carded eights
on Ms two worst holes, the sixth
and elevent’. „•
Second prize winner, Morley
Sanders, matched Gravett on the
first nine with a 43 but lost two
strokes to the winner coming
home, He carded five pars.'
Claude Farrow’s 89, made up
of a 45 and 44, included four
pars.
Prizes for hidden scores were
won by Dick Jermyn, Reg Arm
strong, Stan Frayne, Bud Presz-
cator, and Reg Beavers.
Harold Kelson won the award-
for the most honest golfer.
Thirty-four entered the tourna
ment but only 22 were able to get
out to complete 18 holes,
Entry List
Don Gravett ..........
Morley Sanders ....
Claude Farrow .....
Don Southcott ......
Reg Beavers ........
Bruce Biggart ......
Dr. Frank Butson ..
Dick Jermyn ........
Hal Hooke ..............
John Goman .......
Bud Preszcator ....
Reg Armstrong ....
Bill Pollen .............
Glen Robinson ....
Bob Dinney ...........
Jim Fairbairn
Stan Frayne ..........
Bill McKenzie .....
Raymond Cann ....
Bill Cann ...............
Dick Watson ...........
Harold Kelson ......
Front Nine
4 4 3 4 7 8 5 4 4-43;
53356674 4-43;
44358664 5-45;
43579554 7-49;
55569765 4-52;
46367677 4-50;
5 3 4 8 6\6 9 5 3-49;
5-51;
5- 59;
6- 54;
7- 58;
7-55;
5-61;
6 5 3-47
6
7
6
7
3
68487797
4558 10 784 6-57;
5477-7675 7-55;
73 5'88984 6-58;
85587 10 75 3-58;
5 4 4 7 11 8 9 7 7-62;
48779778 6-63;
54799985 6-62;
85488 10 86 7-64;
6 7
8 6
7 9
6 7
6
6
8
8
7
9
7
7
4 4 6
6 5 2
4 5 5
4 5 5
4 4 5 10 7 7
6 5 4 .610 7 7
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6
7
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8
Nine
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6 7
6 5
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6 3
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6 3 4 3-43 ....
5 5 5 4-45 ....
6 5 4 3-47 ....
3
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6 4
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Total
85
87
89
92
97
97
97
98
5-48
5-51
4- 48.... 99
5- 47 .... 106
6- 54.... 108
6 5 4 3 4-42
6 5 5 5 4-44 ...
6* 4 6 4 4-44 ...
6
6
7
7
7
8
6
6 5 7 5
7 7 4 5 4-51.... 109
6 6 5 4 10'-54 .... 109
6 5 7 5 4-50
6 6 9
8 7 7
9 6 5
6 7 6
8
7
9
8
6 4
6 5
6 4
9 6
9 4
8 4
4 5-54
4 6-57
5 3-55
6 4-55
111
111
112
113'
113
117
EXETER AND DISTRICT GOLF TOURNAMENT
Back
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4 8
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47 12 68544 5-55
499 5 6744 7-55 .... 118
48856694 6-56 .... 118
77846875 7-59 .... 123
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TOTALS ..
fcXETER
B. Oberle. ss .
Loader, lb
B. Meharg. c
S. Mitro, 3b .
H. Holtzman.I. Ford ...........
Russell, p
Gravett, K
Taylor, rf
TOTALS .... 32 4 6
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Zurich
Exeter
Russell and Meharg; Kovacic and
Rawlings,
Coach Crew
Scares Tribe
, Hens a 11 Coach suffered their
ninth straight setback Tuesday
night at the hands of the Exeter
Mohawks in Exeter but not be
fore. they threw a real scare into
the tribe. The locals won 7-5.
Scholars Present
Mohawks took a 3-1 lead into
the fifth inning, but the margin
was: soon multified- as Hensall
took advantage of wild pitches
that hit three of their batters,
two tribe errors and a single
Bill Lavender to score four big
tuns and take the lead for the
first time in the ball ga,me.
J it looked as if Hensall might
hang into their two-run advan
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right time paid off for the tribe
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Three runs in the last half of
the sixth inning, given up mostly
by Hensall errors cost the Coach
crew its first victory of the year
and moved the Exeter nine two
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The visitors arrived In Exeter
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