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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-19, Page 4SPORTS By Pon "(town Boom" Graven The Huron-Perth Intermediate Baseball League will be one team 'shy as it swings into, the latter half Of the ’56 schedule. EXETER MOHAWKS, who were financed by JIM FAIRBAIRN, had to disband because of a lack of play­ ers to field a team. After Monday’s loss in Exeter to the ZURICH LUMBER KINGS, playing-Coach BOB MEHARG said that he was through for the season. In a way you can’t blame Bob, because he came to Exeter with good intentions of coaching a ball club but when thei’e just aren’t any enthused players around, what can you do? To this corner, the Huron-Perth league seems to have many loop holes in it which must be overcome as soon as possible in order to have a clear and clean­ sailing league. First of all, we think nothing should be kept hid­ den from rival managers when two teams are playing a game. If something must be said by the president of the league or some of the executive members both team managers should be entitled to hear what is to be done if both are concerned in the discussion. When Exeter journeyed to Dashwood a few days back, I was amazed to hear the president of the H-P league tell the Dashwood manager that if Exeter won, ' the game would be replayed because it may cause further complications in the standings, By rights, when Exeter arrived with only eight men, the game should have been forfeited to the Tigers right on the spot with no ifs, ands or buts} Secondly, we feel that the rules of the league don't seem to register too well with the teams. Teams should be clamped down on if they have imports to see that they live in the community. Players certifi­ cates should be handed in by the set date and no extra days of grace allowed. The same should apply about playing fees. . The way the league looks this year, any O.B.A. club outside the H-P grouping will have plenty of room for argument when they playoff. This kind of thing takes the joys out of any . sport as so many Exeter fans know from past experiences with the EXETER MOHAWK HOCKEY CLUB. The league executives should be eager to get as many teams as possible into league play and keep., them there by making them all abide by the rules .in the constitution, not be eager for some club to fold and grab off their best players so that your team may beat another club which you think may be a little more powerful than your own. A league that has set rules which are strictly adhered to will make a stronger and keener league for competition. These are a few of the faults that seem to crop up in our mind on the Huron-Perth setup. It seems to come in all types of sports where loopholes are left that someone on another team will go out and dig up information to hurt a potent team. This corner would like nothing better than to see the Huron-Perth winner go right through the O.B.A. and take all the honours but I am afraid •that there will be protest trouble, if some of the 'above items are not cleared up. * , ★ ★ ★ * # * - DIVOT DIGGING ... It was good to see BOB DINNEY capture the second EXETER GOLF CLUB tourney at the Bend. Bob had probably the best im­ proved score of any golfer from the first tourney as he chopped 27 Strokes off in coming home with an 84 from his previous 111 ... A meeting will be held out at MORLEY7 SANDERS driving range in Grand Bend on Thursday evening around 9:30 . . . ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS should be on hand as we want to plan the next tourney which no doubt will take place this ■ weekend . . All members will be notified by-the GAMES COMMITTEE when it will be, so sit tight fellas. ★ ★★★★★ THIS ,’N THAT ... In Lieury League softball action, Brinsley knocked off Exeter 15-5 ... DOUG BRINTNELL lined out a homer for EXETER while HARRY HARDY and ALLEN ELSON each hit a round-tripper for BRINSLEY . , . LLOYD CUSH­ MAN of Exeter, hurled good ball for Brinsley and received credit as the. winning pitcher . . . STAN MUSIAL was voted by the SPORTING NEWS fans as the player of tlie Decade ... He won by 83 votes over YANKEE JOE DIMAGGIO . . \ In an 1918 LONDON FRESS PRESS it tells us of the shortest . single in baseball. A chap by the name of HEINIE GROH playing for CINCINATTI had the ball hit his bat, drop on the plate and lay there. RARIDEN, who was catching, didn’t see where the ball went and was.frantically hunting for it while GROH hurried to first. exclusive: K> Yl PLAY-BY-PLAY C«ver«f« by KEN ELLIS Saturday, July 21. 2j05 p.ni. Sunday, July 22, 2:05 pan, Detroit at Boston Detroit at Boston , Closing Afternoons FROM JULY 23 TO AUGUST 6 our first anniversary This week we celebrate the end of our first year in business in Exeter and we wish to take this op­ portunity to express our appreciation to our many patrons, * Lack Wt Players support 'Cheques. | aa MB mb ■■■■■■ _ TVMl*»4-arl +n ifnnv KndL Forces Mohawks To Fold Exeter Mohawks of the Huron- Perth Intermediate Baseball League have been forced to with­ draw from o further competition as a result of the lack. of en­ thusiasm of player;, in this com­ munity. For the games the tribe has participated in, it has been a mad squirmish for Manager Jim Fairbairn and Coach Bob Me- harg to get enough players to fill the lineup. The last two games the Mo­ hawks were scheduled to play in are a good illustration-of what has been going on. Fairbairn himself had to take the field and Jim Russell a midget ball play­ er who just happened to come out to see the games had to be called on to help make, up some kind of a nine-man aggregation. ’ Over in Dashwood, the Tigers had to lend the loc,al crew Gerry Martene so that the game could go on as scheduled. "When its tough to get .nine men to come out- and play base­ ball of a community with a popu­ lation of around 2600 or so, then baseball isn’t wanted,” said Fairbairn. "Fans as well as players have been staying away but as far as fans coming out that is not the reason why the club is folding,” continued Fairbairn. "We promised to finish out the league schedule so that compli­ cations wouldn’t set in on other teams playing in the same lea­ gue but when the players won’t come out, what can you da?" said Jim in an interview. Softball seems to have hit the spotlight around this area since Exeter was granted permission to play in the’ Lieury Softball League. x Most of the . veteran Mohawk players "'ho haven’t had to re­ tire due to responsibilities have taken up the softball game. With the Exeter Mohawks now out of the Huron-Perth League, for at least this season, the group will have four clubs. Zurich Lumber Kings, Hensall } Hot Lumber Kings New HP Leaders Zurich Lumber Kings, who: Mitchell Legionaires are hold- have been setting the hottest jing down a solid third place in pace in the Huron-Perth inter-1 the standings with twelve points mediate baseball league for and are only four points off the some weeks, have finally been "nna t!An'na rewarded wl” the top rung, for the moment at least. This week’s activities saw the Lumber Kings conquerj the-now­ defunct Exeter Mohawks 74 on July 16 while Mitchell Legion­ aires were busy slapping down the Dashwood Tigers to a 5-2 count on the same night. The Tigers had a good chance to lead the league by two points as they played two games to the Lumber Kings’ one, but their extra encounter was hung up on the wrong side of the win-loss column as far as Dashwood was concerned. Although the Zurich team and the Tigers each have .sixteen points, Zurich gets the nod over the Tigermen because they have played one game less. £ £ t % Coach, Mitchell Legionaires and Dashwood Tigers wP’ remain in competition. £, > . printed to your individual business requirements are a valuable asset. For quality that will add pres­ tige' to your accounting system, at a very moderate rate, consult THE TIMES-ADVOdATE But There Aretwo pace-setting clubs. Mitchell however, has two games in hand on Dashwood and if they should happen to win them they would force a two- way tie for second spot. Exeter Mohawks had their loss column uj h ’ to eight as a re­ sult of two losses over the week­ ly activities. Hensall Coach, victims of a lapse in th? schedule last week, will swing into action this week with two games on the agenda. On July 20, they will travel to Dashwood while op July 23 they will play a return engagement at home with ths same club. Zurich will see action three times before the week is out while Mitchell will don their uni­ forms twice. Mitchell Win Drops Tigers Dashwood Tigers finally had to forfeit first place in the league to the high-flying Zurich Lumber Kings when they were .stopped by the Mitchell Legionaires 5-2 in Mitchell, Monday night. George Coveney and Gary Hopf combined to hurl a neat four-hitter at the visiting Dash­ wood crew. Gary Hopf’s relief role came in the sixth frame when he stop­ ped a two-run Tiger rally. From there on, the righthander had lit­ tle trouble as he recorded three strikeouts ir. retiring the side in the seventh inning and held the clawmen 'runless for the balance of the game. Over a five-inning stint, George Coveney hung up three Tigers by the swinging method- before faltering in the sixth'. . Raymie Wein, who sent four down via the strikeout' route, was the losing pitcher. Bob Tanner came for the final thre'e innings and was tagged for one run. Big Doug Aichison, who hasn’t hurled for weeks due to sore arm trouble, proved once again —Please Turn to Page 5, 1954 Chevrolet Sedan Two-Tone, Radio 1953 Chevrolet Deluxe Coach Two-Torje Turn Signals, Like New Condition * I J / Snell Bros. Limited PHONE 100 CHEVROLET AND OLDSMOBILE* Get Our Prices Before You Buy 1950 Dodge Sedan Radio, Good Condition ‘ 1 $ *v, 88’ Holiday Coupe A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE WINS SECOND TOURNEY—Bob’Dinney shot an 84 Wed­ nesday to win the second tournament sponsored, by the newly-organized Exeter Gplf Club. He • carded' three birdies. —T-A Photo Bob Dinney, local shotmaker on the golf links, fired a pair I of birdies on the last two holes of play Wednesday afternoon, July 11, to capture the second golf tourney staged by the Ex­ eter Golf Club. Smooth-stroking Bob carried an 84 for the sporty 18 hole layout at the • Oakwood Golf Course in Grand Bend. Morley Sanders, Who also carded an 84 had to* take second plage because of the rules set down by the games committee of the Exeter Golf Club. 4Back nine totals decided the winner in the tightest match of the season, . After blowing to a 46 on the outgoing nine, Dinney came blazing back with a four over par 38 to wrap tilings up, | Sanders had a three-stroke I i edge in play at the end of the first nine holes but his seven jover par coming home wasn’t! i quite good enough. j—J The winner recorded three »anfl when, parsI well over par coming home wasn’t z z Z s 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe Sedan Radio, One Owner 1949 Chevrolet %-Tbn Pick-up See This One The winner _____ over the 18 hole as three birdies. Dinney.Bob Dinney .... Morley Sanderit Wayne Welsh Bob Fletcher .... Hal HOokC ...... Rod Scott ..... . Dick Jermyn .. Em., Desjardine Bin Pollen ...... I Bill McKenzie ., I Stan Frayne ...... J Chuck Snell i Glen Robinson Lloyd Ford .... Jack Fulcher .. John Dick I B ud Goin an .... Wafsofi ... I’rejizcator 3 5 4 2 Wayne Welsh had his best round of the year as lie eame in with an 85, a single stroke off the pace sqt by the leaders. Welsh put togethei- two nine hole totals of 4342 for his 85. Six hidden hole prizes were awarded as well as for the top three low gross golfers, Dick Watson, Red Scott, Glen Robinson, Bill McKenzie, Jack Fulcher and Hal Hooke captur­ ed the hidden score honours. The hidden holes wete the second, fifth, eighth, tenth, thir­ teenth and sixteenth. Prize’s were awarded on the high and low basis taking each hidden hole in turn. Rain kept the attendance down for the tournament but 17 com­ petitors braved the risk of get­ ting drenched. A meeting of the committees will be held to decide if the next tournament should be held at I Goderich, Mitchell or St. Marys route as I All i when 3 5 5 3 3 5 4 4 56 4 6 7 357 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 4 6 fl 9 8 6 2 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 6 5 4 6 4 6 3 7 3 4 7 4 7 9 6 members will be notified the date is arranged. 7 4-46 4 4 4 443 543 546 749 647 546452 445743 556543 846453 6 6 7 7 6546644 2-38 541 442 445 4-43 445 discovering that the big Rocket-powered OLDS is well within their reach! 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