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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-09-13, Page 4Let's Talk SPORTS By DON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT Sports Editor Th* Tim»Mdvocitt, S»pUmb<r 13, 1956 Zurich Advances Into OBA Tigers Win Huron-Perth ’C Crown i i I Although the DASHWOOD TIGERS and the ZURICH LUMBER KJNGJS are still in-their baseball wars, a number of liockey enthusiasts of this town are putting forth determined efforts to build a strong, contending HOCKEY TEAM. The fact that the EX­ ETER MOHAWKS went to the ONTARIO SEMI­ FINALS last year has given things a real boost and this year it is hoped that the team will go farther. Maybe it’s because we have been asked on seve­ ral occasions how the EXETER MOHAWKS are shaping up or it could be because of the cool weather we’ve been having, but some of us are getting mighty itchy feet waiting for practice sessions to start again. This year the teatin will be run by the BOOSTER CLUB and not the combined efforts of the HOCKEY CLUB and BOOSTER CLUB as in previous years. BILL COCHRANE, the new booster club presi­ dent, has. held a few meetings and things are starting to roll as he seems to have everything well organized. A number of committees will be organized .this year and each will have a small job to do so that it will be done efficiently and correctly. The committee figures that too many burdens were placed on one man last year instead of being spread around. We agree. About 20 men will be working behind the scenes trying to make things go smoothly this year. The club “OFFICIALS” for your 1956-57 season will have COCHRANE as president; LLOYD CUSH­ MAN, vice-president; HARRY PRECIOUS, secretary­ treasurer; and BILL MUSSER, bench and business manager. Your active HOCKEY EXECUTIVE will be BRUCE BIGGART, TED CHAFFE, JUD DYKEMAN, KEN HOCKEY, CHARLIE MacNAUGHTON and RUSS SNELL. DIRECTORS for the Mohawk aggregation will be HARRY COATES, BUD PRESZCATOR, BUNNY FORD, ROSS TAYLOR, CHARLIE ACHESON and RED SCOTT. These men will be called on if some­ thing special turns up. They will act as a reserve group for the active executive. FINANCE COMMITTEE will have Bruce Biggart, Charlie MacNaughton and Harry Precious working . together. TRANSPORTATION to all games . will be in charge of Russ Snell, Ted Ghaffe and Charlie Ache- -------- .. i,---------------f----------- '..I 41,.. . I . . . ~ one Dashwood Ousts Vets, Enters OBA Playoffs son, So if any of you feel like driving just give of them a ring. EQUIPMENT to games will be carried by Dykeman. Finally your PUBLICITY and PROMOTION be looked after by Ken Hockey, Lloyd Cushman guess who? MURRAY BRINTNELL, who did an excellent job last winter for the boys while being trainer, is WANT­ ED 'back again this year. We all hope that the “mighty-mite” will come back as the boys really got along in fine style with him. ■ PLAYERS are next in line and the situation is looking pretty good at the moment. It looks as though most of last year’s team will be back as all who have been approached seem eager to return. The team is after some new blood to go along with the team that brought the WOAA CHAMPION­ SHIP to EXETER. Many new faces will be showing Jud win and . up for tryouts as a lot of positions are wide op6m It has not been settled if practices will start in LUCAN or EXETER, however when a chap by the name of LOADER gets you working into shape for the first week, it’s a good time to be in FLORIDA baking in the warm sunshine. ★ ★ * ★ ★ ★ FIGURE SKATING—We had a call from MRS. CHUCK SNELL, a very active member of the figure skating' club in town, and she would like it to be known that the executive is busy making plans for the Coming season. MRS. SNELL said that an- open meeting will be held on SEPTEMBER 24 at the local arena. NO OFFICERS will be elected at this meeting, however, as it is more or less a get-together to see what the future holds for figure skating in this Dashwoo'd Tigers will repre­ sent the Huron-Perth intermed­ iate baseball league in O.B.A. “C” playoffs this year. They trampled the Mitchell Legionaires .11-3 Monday night in Mitchell to capture the best- of-seven “C” series 4-1. Although the Legionaires jumped off to a three-run lead in the first inning of the abbreviat­ ed game, a number of walks and errors plus Dashwood’s hard hitting were the main reasons why they are hanging up their baseball equipment for the year. The fourth frame was the big one for the Tigers as they push­ ed eight runs over the plate to sew up the game and the series. George Coveney and Malcho issued four free hit one batter with a ball; gave up doubles Hayter and Bob Hayter _____ Jack Gaiser flash the hit sign for a single to climax the eight run 'rally. Two more runs were added for insult by the Dashwood club in the top of the fifth as centre­ fielder Jack Gaiser lined out a double and Jim Hayter and Raymie Wein followed with singles. The first inning rally for Mitchell was sparked by Tiger errors on the first three men to face starter Bob Stormes on the mound for the Tigers. Wall lace and Art Sadler each got life when Wein, covering the hot corner for Dashwood, made a pair of bobbles. George Coveney, the next man to swing a bat, was safe when his grounder was booted at first by Bob Tan­ ner. Twenty-six year old Stewart Henderson and Bob Norris came through with timely singles to score the only three runs the Legionaires collected. The single run in the third in­ ning by Dashwood came off a pair of walks, a single by Raymie Wein and a sacrifice fly. Jack Gaiser and Jimmy Hay­ter led the winners1 hitting at­ tack with a double and single, each. Raymie Wein was also credit­ ed with’.two hits as the third baseman cracked out a pair of single?.. Bob Hayter’s double rounded out the seven liit attack for the visitors. The four Mitchell singles went to Art Sadler in the third, Wal­ lace in the fourth and to Hender­ son and Norris in the first in­ ning. The only double play in the game came when .second base­ man Bob Hayter snagged a hot liner off the bat of Link Roh- fritsch and threw to Stormes at first to catch Wallace, who had previously singled, off the bag.' Score by Innings: RHEDashwood ............... 091 82—11" 7 3 Mitchell .................. 300 00— 3 ’ ‘ Batteries: Coveney, Malcho and. Norris; Stormes, Tanner and J. Hayter. Whitey passes; pitched to Jim and let 4 2 (4) (4) Doug Hurls One Hitter Big Doug Aitchison of I’itchell Legionaires put his what the future holds for figure skating community. Anyone interested is asked to come out an outline on the coming year’s events. * ★ ★ ★ * LUCAN IRISH NOTE—MR. J. B. READY of the Lucan Irish Six dropped us a line to say that the' hockey club up their way is holding a dance on SEPTEMBER 20 in order to raise finances for the team. The IRISH SIX seem to be interested in joining into the league with EXETER MOHAWKS but player troubles seem to be one of the tougher questions for them. They are not too fond of making trips z to places like GODERICH but if they could get the right calibre of players don’t be surprised*if they do enter the league. and get * EXCLUSIVE! OktoibGawi PLAY-BY-PLAY Coverall by KEN ELLIS Sunday, Sept. 18, 2:30 p.m* Boston at Detroit Saturday, Sept, 15, 3:00 p.ni. New York At Detroit Dance September 20 IN THE LUCAN ARENA The Lucan Irish Six presehft DON ROBINSON and th* CKNX RANCH BOYS bincing Item 10 p.m. t# 1 a.m. Adminion 75 d, Students 50£ a more comfortable margin for themselves in the ball game, Walks to Murray Colquhoun, George Coveney and Link Roh- fritsch along with Ralph Wieter- son getting on base after being hit by a pitched ball, were the main features for the two run inning. Wallace came through with his second single of the game in the fifth to score the waiting Doug Aitchison from third base for the final Mitchell run of the game. George Coveney opened the way for the Tigers’ largest rally of the game in the fifth when he miscued on H a r r v Elliott’s grounder at short. A second error in the half inning by Aitchison sent Elliott to second. Three fielders’ choice plays, a hit bats­ man and five passed balls gave the Dashwood crew their two runs. George Coveney picked up the other base hit in the second as he singled to right field. Score by Inninas: Mitchell .... Dashwood .. Batteries: Bob Norris; Hayter. Ft 200 210—5 ........... 001 020—3 Dour Aitchison Bob Tanner and Big Doug Aitchison of the Mitchell Legionaires put his club into the win column for the first time in the Huron-Perth Inter­ mediate “C” championship series by pitching a masterful six in­ nig one-hit 5-3 victory over Dash­ wood Tigers in the fourth game of the best-of-seven series held in Dashwood on Friday night. The moundsman, making his first real successful hurling per­ formance since his sore arm troubles which lasted for two straight months, whiffed a third strike past seven Tiger batters and gave up a total of three walks. 1 Bob Tanner absorbed his first loss of the series as against one win while setting down five Le­ gionaires via the strikeout route. Mitchell Legionaires jumped off to a two-run lead in the first inning with two out and none on the b.-.ses. Successive singles by Keith Walther, Doug Aitchison, Art Sadler and Wallace sparked the two run outburst before the side could be retired by the Dashwood club.The Tigers 'closed the gap by pushing a single run across . the plate in the third after Aitchison walked Raymie Wein, gave up a single to Harry Elliott and walk­ ed Jim Hayter and Terry Wade in succession.’ Adding two run? in the fourth frame to their first inning total, Mitchell took a 4-1 lead to make Vet's Errors Help Tigers Dashwood Tigers took advan­ tage of four errors in five in­ nings by the Mitchell Legionaires to grab off an’ 8-3 decision and take a stranglehold grip of 3-0 in the best-of-seven Intermediate “C” playoff series. Playing the game on Wednes­ day night in Mitchell, the two teams just got five innings in be­ fore darkness made it impos- 'sible to continue. The tilt saw eleven runs cross the plate, eight base hits and sevevn errors committed by the two teams. The Tigers scored sevdn runs in the first two frames with four coining in the second and three in the first. The single marker crossed the plate in the fourth. Mitchell Legionaires, whose bats were kept under control by the offerings of Bob Stormes for the second time in the series, scored a lone run in the first and rallied for two in the bottom of the fifth. Murray Colquhoun, Doug Ait­ chison and Charley Westman picked up the Legionaife hits which were all singles. Jim Hayter, stockey Tiger datcher, cracked out two base hits -to pace the visitors * while Harry Elliott,, Jack Gaiser and, Gerry Martene, playing for the absent Dick Regier in right field, were credited with the other singles for the winners. Bob Stormes fanned three men and allowed three hits in the five innings he toiled. Art Sadler, who relieved Doug Aitchison of the mound duties in the first inning and then gave way in the fifth to AitChison’s return to the mound, was tag­ ged with the loss. Between the two, they had four strikeouts. Gerry Martene’s and Jack Gaiser’s singles were good for an R.B.I. each while Doug Ait­ chison was credited with a run- batted-in on his hit. Murray Colquhoun. sparked a two-rUn fifth inning rally. ’ The | Bob Kovacic and Jim Attrill I pitched the Zurich Lumber Kings •into the Ontario O.B.A. Finals as the two recorded, 9-4 and 5-2 victories over Moore Centre the past week to sweep the best-pf- five series 3-0. The Lumber Kings, who squeezed out an eight-error, 8-7 win in the first game in Zurich, played ball in the next two games for convincing victories. The 9-4 defeat was suffered by Moore Centre right in their own ballpark on Sept, 5, with Jim Attrill the winning pitcher. Bob Kovacic put the finishing touches on the series as he won the third and final game Satur­ day afternoon. Zurich will now meet Lisle for the Ontario Intermediate “D” championship. Dashwood Advances Into OBA Dashwood Tigers rolled over Mitchell Legionaires for an 11-3 decision to capture their playoff set in the “C” category 4-1. The orily Mitchell victory came when Doug Aitchison threw a 5-3 hit at the Tigers. Pitchers Bob Tanner and Bob Stormes teamed up to apply the K.O. punch of the Legionaires. Each hurler was the winner on two different occasions. Ayton, a town near Palmer­ ston, wil be the first O.B.A'. team the Tigers will have to face. A best-of-three series is plan­ ned and will see Dashwood trav­ elling to Ayton on Thursday with the return game in Dashwood on Saturday afterrioon at 3’cloCk. The third game has yet to be de­ cided. W. Corners Tops Loop The Lieury Softball League has completed its schedule for the 1956 season. West Corners, under coach George Charlton, captured first place over the runner-up Brins ley club coached by Wes Watson, by two points. Bunny Ford’s Exeter entry and Bob Paterson’s Lieury group were tied for third spot at the end of regular plhy. Ross Haugh, who coached his Crediton team to a 7-6-1 record over the season, ended in fifth place with only a single point separating his team from Exeter and Lieury. Penfield's Pete DeBlock led his team to sixth spot in the stand­ ings with fourteen points. Green­ way and Mount Carmel brought up the rear with 9-8 points re­ spectively. Earl Steeper is in charge of Greenway while Ed Houlahan looks after the Mount Carmel team. The teams will now enter into a besi-of-three series with every­ one in the playoffs. The finals for the league title will be decided in a best-of-five series. First place in the standings was decided on Thursday night when West Corners turned the tables on Brinsley with a score of 8-5 in a nip.and tuck battle. Greenway defaulted two games to Exeter and Brinsley. second sacker was issued a base on bails by Stormes and then promptly stoic second, third arid home for one of the two runs. Seere by Inning*': . RHE Dashwood ................ 349 in—8 5 3 Mitchell .................... 100 02—3 3 4Batteries: B. Stormes and J. Hayter; D. Aitchison, A. Sadler (1), Aitchison (5) and S. Henderson. Midgets Lead Burg In WOAA Playoffs * Huron-Perth CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Zurich Lumber Kins? win the H--P championship over the Dash­ wood Titers 3-2.) INTERMEDIATE "p" FINALS Scores of Series: Dashwood 5, Mitchell 2 Dashwood 9, Mitchell 0 Dashwood 8. Mitchell 3 Mitchell 5, Dashwood 3 Dashwood 11. Mitchell 3 (Dashwood wins Intermediate "C" title 4-1.) O.B.A. INT. "C" PLAYOFFS (Best-of-Three Series) Sept. 13—Dashwopd at Ayton 15—Ayton at Dashwood (3:00 p.m. game) PLAYOFFSO.B.A. INT, »'D” Scores, to Date: Zurich 8, Moore Zurich 9, Moore Zurich 5, Moore venue -z (Zurich wins best-of-five series 3-Q.) Centre 7 centre 4 Centre 2 decided FUTURE ROUND (BCst-of-Five Series) • . Sept. 12—Lisle at Zurich 15—Zurich at Lisle Balance of dates to be in future.) Lieury Softball FINAL TEAMS West Corners Brinsley ..... Exeter ....... Lieury ........... Credltdn ..... Denfield ..... Greenway .... Mount Carmel T P 0 "" 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 PLAYOFF DATES FOR GAMES (2 out of 3 series) Sent.il—Lieury vs. Mt, Carmel 12— W, Corners vs. Crediton 13— Brinsley vs. Penfield 1-1—Exeter vs. Greenway-17—Crediton vs. W. Corners IS—Brinsley vs. Penfield19— Greenway vs. Exeter 20— Mt. Carmel vs. Lieury W D 10 4 9 5 8 6 8 6 7 6 7 7 4 9 4 10 20 18 16 16 1514 9 8 Minor Ball O midget Scores to Date: Exeter 11, New Hamburst S Exeter 1, New Hamburg 1 Future Ganies: Sept. 12—New Hamburg at Exeter (Exeter leads best-oi-thrrie Serie’S 1-0, one same tied.) The lady of the house was showing the new .maid about the premises. As they walked into the dining room, she said: “This dining room table goes back to Louis the 14th.” “That’s nothing,” said the maid. “My whole living room set goes back to. Sears the 15th.” I I • I s s 3 I iII s Three Left In Tourney Only three contestants remain in the tunning in Exeter zGolf Club’s match play tournament. Biggest upset of the matches last week came whcr) Jim Kopp I of Centralia ousted Morley San­ ders, a tourney favourite, by I beating the school teacher two-up j on the eighteenth hole. This vic*; toty put Kopp into the finals for: a chance at the Red Scott trophy.: Kopp will meet the winner of' the semLfiinal match between; Lloyd Ford and Don Gravett. The club hopes to have its windup tournament on the 23rd of September with all its mem­ bers present to participate in the turf digging affair. Matches for the past, week; went as follows: ' J, Kopp defeated G. Robinson.| Jim Koppfc defeated Glen Rob- ■ irisom Lloyd Ford defeated Bruce Big*; gart. ; Don Gravett defeated Brin Exeter Kinsmen Midgets and New Hamburg Midgets to a 1-1 deadlock in the game of their series in Monday night. Exeter scored its only __ __ the ball game in the first inning when Cy Blommaert Crossed the plate after a wild pitch thrown by David Mathies. The New Hamburg marker came in the second frame when Jim Russell picked, up a hot grounder at third for a force-out play but he threw wildly to sec­ ond trying for a double play. By the time Allie Ruridle in right field made his throw into second the tying run had crossed the plate. Fred Hunter and David Mathies teamed up in one of the best pitchers’ battles seen this year. Crafty Fred had a no-hitter go­ ing for himself until the fifth when he was tagged for two singles. Mathies,“Of New Hamburg, was almost as stingy with his offer­ ings as the New Hamburg ace let three pitches go that were hit for Singles. The Exeter hurler was excep­ tionally steady on the mriund in the fifth inning when he loaded the bases with only one away and got away without letting his opposition score a run. A good catch by shortstop Barry Glover saved the day to hold everyone on the bases with two away. Hunter promptly bore down and caught Ted Schnarr looking at a third called strikri. Paul Klon and Ron Mathies, a cousin tri the pitcher, picked up the New Hamburg hits in the I game. battled seeond Exeter run of Exeter’s “Cy Blommaert, "Doug Sillery and Barry Glover flashed Jdlinny was gazing at his baby btdther who Uy squealing arid wailing iii his cot. Johnny-—‘'His he crime from Heaven?” Mother—“Yes, dear.’1 ’ Johnny*-^“No wonder they put Him Oht»” the hit sign for the locals. Score by Innings: RHE N6W Hamburg- .... 010 000—1 2 0 Exeter ..................... 100 000—1 3 1 Batte-ries: Fred Hunter and Doug Sillery; David Mathies and Roh Russell Pitches First Victory Exeter Kinsmen Midgets, who have been idle for nearly a month, have swung into actirin once again. The Kin teani is currently lead­ ing New. Hamburg Midgets in a best-rif-three series. Oh Saturday, September 8, the Kinsmen Midgets drew first blood in the series by taking an 11-8 decision in New Hamburg. Jini Russrill went eight full innings on the mound for Eixeter and pitched steady ball before tiring in the ninth and giving way to a reliefer. RuSsell fanned 12 New Ham­ burg batteri and gave up two runs until the ninth when he lost control arid set up a six run tally for the homesters. A total of five doubles were hit between the two teams in the game with Exeter getting three and New Hamburg1 two. Jim Rus­ sell, Fred Hunter and Barry Glover each hit doubles while Livingston and Miller had two- baggers for New Hamburg. Russell led Exeter’s ten-hit at­ tack with three hits while Doug Sillery and Barry Glover each picked up a pair of safeties. Fred Hunter; Cy Blommaert and Simon Nagel got credit for one hit each. Mackets, 'Livingston and Eich­ ler each pounded out two -hits to try to get a game winning rally going for their club. Exeter committed three errors in their fielding plays while New Hamburg was guilty of one mis­ cue. Score by lrtnlno.4: RHE ffitatar ....... ifin Mri XX in 3 N. Hamburg , nil (ion o<w— a in x batteries: J, Russell, F. ttuntrir (9) And Driug Sillriry; R. Philips, L., Markets (7) arid R.,,Matherg, .i * After yielding two runs to Moore, Centre in the first inning, Bob Kovacic settled down and blanked the visiting club for the balance of the game to register a 5-2 victory and make a. clean I sweep 3-0, Don shared Moore tagged with the loss. Kovacic led the way in every department as he cracked out three hits, one of which was a double; picked upi two R.B.I.’s; recorded seven strikeouts and gave up a mere five hits in gain­ ing credit as the winning pitcher in the full nine inning ballgame. Doug O’Brien and John Haber- er, who played centrefield, were the only other players on the Zurich triam to get two safeties, Moore Centre’s Hap Randall and Don McDonald flashed the hit sign twice while a single safety fell tri leftfielder Jim Jol­ ley. Moore Centre scored their only runs in the first inning after two men were out and no one was on the bases. Don McDonald greeted Kova­ cic with a long triple and Jim Jolley clouted a double to score McDonald from third, When Lome Ryan was walked, Hap Randall, who seemed to be the steadiest ball player on the visitors’ roster, dropped in a single for an R.B.I. Bob Kovacic finally found the range again and got Ellis swing­ ing on a third strike. Behind 2-0, Zurich rallied for a big three runs in their half of the first inning to take the lead which they never forfeited. Driug O’Brien’s single; a walk to Bill Zubyk; a fielder’s choice play on Bill Yungblutt and a single by Bob Kovacic resulted in the three run outburst. Don McDonald’s two hits for Moore Centre were -both good for extra bases as he tripled in the first and doubled in the eighth. Bill Yungblutt’s only hit of the game was a double in the third inning. Other single hits for the Lum­ ber Kings were picked up by Don of the best-of-five series Ellis and Hap Randall the pitching duties for Centre with Ellis being O’Brien and Playing Coach TtH, Rawlings. Score by Inning*: RHE Moore Centre , 200 000 000—2 5 2 Zurich ............. 30(1 002 OOx—5 10 2 Batteries: Bob Kovacic. and Tom Rawlings; Don EUls, Hap Randall (2) and Doug Stevens. Attrill Wins Second Tilt Zurich Lumber Kings bopped the Moore Centre intermediate baseball club 9-4 behind the hurl­ ing of Jim Attrill on Sept. 5 to take a firm 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series. Zurich pounded out a total of eleven hits to give Attrill’s eight-hit pitching efforts all the support it needed to cop the de­ cision. Every player but Attrill hit safely at least once in the game but Attrill, who looked after the pitching chores, wasn’t needed at the plate. Bob Kovacic, who smashed out a three, bagger and a single in four appearances at the plate, was credited with three R.B.I.’s, Bill Zubyk and Bill Yungblutt, who each had two .runs batted in, also picked up a pair of hits apiece to provide some of the timely hitting in the game, Single safeties fell to Doug O’Brien- and Benny Gignac. Hap Randall, making his se­ cond consecutive appearance jn two games for Moore Centre,, was tagged with the loss as he\ was hit hard and his teammates made three errors • behind his throwing efforts. . John Miller, Jim Shaw and Randy McLean collected two hits apiece to show the way in the bulk of the Centre’s batting spree. Bill McDonald and John Mil­ ler had two R.B.I.’s .apiece to account for the Moore Centre runs. Doug O’Brien and Bill Zubyk crossed the plate three times each to score six of the nine runs the Zurich club amassed. Score by Innings: RHE Zurich ............. 101 023 002—9 11 1 Moore Centre . 200 020 000—4 8 » Batteries: Jim Attrill and Tom Rawlings; Ha-p Randall and. Barry Miller. give Attrill’s FALL FAIR USED CARS Prices Are Slashed '56 Oldsmobile 88 4-DOOR HARDTOP , r Power Brakes Hydramatic Transmission ” Special Upholstery Drive this one. 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