The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-04, Page 6Pk94 6 Me iimps-AdvOcate, May -4E. 1961.•
COTTON'S •
COMMENTS
ay BILlRATTEN, Sports Editor
1Tro hies,
at kicil
Trophies, bet- .dogs and nolset
were the order of the day as
the Exeter Minor Bowling
eapPed their season with a
*„4 "bun feed" in the Exeter Le-
gion Hall, MondaY•
A TREMENDOUS HELM
We :figured we had this baseball, predicting
job aced by having a dozen "experts' list their
phoices in last week's paper. We hoped all we
Would have te do would be to sit clown and aver-
ae out their findings and we could come up with
a' sure thing.
So, what happens? The darn fools go and
pick four different winners in the American league
ai:id then topped this absurdity by listing no less
than five teams for the pennant in the National
/Pogue. Now, hews a buddy supposed to come up
Ny;;Ith anything concrete after a stunt such as that?
1: However, not to be dismayed, we took a
glance at the standing in the Friday edition of the
newspaper, hoping that some of these predictions
would be varified, and could give us a sound base
for our own listing,
This turned out to be as useless as a one-
armed paper hanger in a wind storm! For there,
sitting in their lofty perch atop the American
league, were the Minnesota Twins, On checking
over our friends' (??) predictions, we find that this
squad is about four to six notches higher than
everyone figures they should be.
If this isn't bad enough, the Boston Red Sox,
who were picked for no better than sixth spot, and
on one card were given a good chance of ending
in the cellar, are in third place. And to top it all
off, the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White
Sox. who are supposed to be sure bets for the first
division, are bouncing around down in the bottom
half of the league.
Things' aren't much better over in the Na-
tional, where we find the Chicago Cubs, tied for
third spot. Apparently, somebody forgot to tell
them that they are supposed to be battling for the
cellar, not the pennant!
Most people in their right mind would give
up after this, but we decided to explore a couple
more avenues. Like a flash, our systematic mind
suggested we try alphabetical order. This sound-
ed great!
Hurriedly we wrote down Baltimore. This
certainly sounded like a good idea, because the
Orioles were picked on two cards and did finish
in second spot last year. But, then the roof fell
in! There were those silly Boston Red Sox again.
With three Ted Williams' they might do it, but they
don't even have one.
•• Over in the National league things were
worse again with Cincinnati and Chicago in the
top spots. So, we gave up on that little brain wave.
Next, we tried putting all the teams in a
hat and doing the thing in a true blue democratic
manner. After ten tries, with Washington and Los
Angeles winning the AL flag five times each, we
put the chapeau back on the rack.
, • iig; HARDLY WORTH THE EFFORT!
While sitting at our desk, mentally chastis-
ing the gentlemen for their in- ^lusive predic-
tions, we grumbled that we might all has asked
some women. After all, they c .n't do much
worse. The more we thought about it, the better
it sounded, so we decided to attempt it.
Armed with a little black book full of phone
numbers (supplied by a friend) we started out on
the job.
Although our first contact didn't think it
was necessary to go out for the evening just so
I could get her predictions, she said she would be
happy to give them to me over the telephone.
She picked Chicago White Sox for first place
"because they have such a cute centre fielder".
Her choice for the second spot was the Baltimore
Orioles "because I think those blue stockings are
so pretty". (Kind of sickening, isn't it?)
We thought she was doing very well after
hearing her first two selections but when she pick-
ed the Los Angeles Angels for third, just because
her favorite movie star watched them play, I gave
My next contact didn't know for sure, but
hoped the Minnesota Twins would be on the bot-
tom because they have so many Cubans. (This type
of discrimination is rather revolting.) Another lady
picked Chicago for last spot "because she didn't
like Nellie Fox due to the fact he chewed tobacco".
Still another chose Detroit for last because they
have a criminal playing in the outfield --"Rocky"
Colavito.
After listening to a couple more, we realized
the ladies didn't know anymore about the base-
ball situati
on than the men in town, so we decided
to try one last angle.
We cornered our good friend Dick Quance
to ask him what the tea leaves said about the final
standings in the two leagues, figuring the local
"swamee" would be able to come up with the
proper answers.
After his usual deliberation (I had to buy
him two full course meals) CQ studied the tea
leaves and noted that I was going to take a trip.
This sounded like the answer, figuring that the
trip would be to the home of the pennant winner.
However, he turned the cup a little more to the
left, cancelled the trip, and told me he spotted
a cute blonde up in the top corner of the cup.
Although all I could see was a mess of tea.
lea.ves,. 1 certainly didn't question him, and rad
(Int to the street to see if I could find anything
that looked like this "reading", but unfortunately
the only thing hi sight looked more like the mess
of tea leaves than a luscious blonde.
-Please turn to page 7
in the trophy olePartment, 6
of the 200 youngsters presen
i
took homeindividual award
and five team trophies wcr
Presented.
ilowever, this figure wa
vastly eclipsed In the hot dog
department, as the youngsters
gobbled up nearly OW of the
delicious red hots as fast as
the ladies •of the Legion Auxil
iary could Put them on their
plates.
In fact, the only rest they
took was to take a mouthful of
the soft drinks provided by
Tuckey Beverages,
But the kids didn't show
their wares until the noise
started. They cheered, clap-
ped, whistled, pounded the
tables, stamped their feet and
put up a deafening crescendo
as only 200 happy, energetic
kids could,
This was the reception given
to the announcing of awards,
introduction of guests, honor-
ing of their hard -working
coaches and the query "who
wants another hot dog?",
See UNICEF film
Lyall Riddell, RCAF Station
Centralia, an ardent local
bowler, was the gueSt speaker
for the evening's program.
He told the youngsters he
was "dumb -founded" to find
out there were so many enthus-
iastic young athletes in Exeter.
The Centralia corporal explain-
ed the history of the game,
stating it was originated over
7,000 years ago.
He explained that at one
time it was a sacred game in
Germany. The parishioners
used to bring a pin to church
and place it on the altar, and
if they failed to knock it over
with a ball, the priest figured
they were living an evil life.
"When I look at all those
corner pins I leave standing, I
wonder what kind of life I'm
living," he mused,
Riddell presented a film on
the United Nations' Internation-
al Children's Emergency Fund,
with comedian. Danny Kaye as
the star.
The film was produced while
Kaye toured India, Korea, Bur-
ma. -lailand and China with
a UN,CEF crew. The pictures
depicted the work of the or-
ganization as they distributed
food and drugs to the under-
privileged childr en in the
world,
Riddell pointed out to the
local youngsters how lucky they
are to be living in Canada and
in Exeter......
The speer was introduced
by Don "Boom" Gravett and
was thanked and presented
with a gift by Helen Campbell
on behalf of the young bowlers,
Mayor speaks
Mayor It. E. Pooley was also
a guest at the event, bringing
greetings from the town coun-
cii. He told youngsters they
were very interested in what
the youth were doing in the
community.
He expressed appreciation to
the ladies who helped train the
youngsters and also to Aub
Farquhar, owner of the Exeter
Lanes, for his "patience with
the boys and girls".
Present awards
0
s
el
Following the film, all the
youngsters were presented with
crests as members of the Ex-
eter Minor Bowling League.
Individual crests for outstand-
ing performances were present-
ed to the following:
Bantam girls - high single,
Elizabeth Snell (212); high
double, Linda Wells (325) and
Joan Campbell (342).
Bantam boys - high single,
Doug Beaver (229), Gary Camp-
bell (255), David Burke (221):
high double, Doug Beaver
(423), Gary Campbell (401).
Junior girls and boys - high
single, Darlene Snell (288), Bill
Farquhar (304), Robert Wolfe
(336), Gary Ford (299), Dennis
Hockey (301), Fred Wells (300),
Don Wright (297); high double,
Darlene Snell (484), Bill Far-
quhar (515), Robert Wolfe
(452), Brian Baynham (492),
Hank Gosar (485), Don Wright
(528).
Senior girls and, boys -single,
Bill Wright (358); double, Shar-
on .Appleton (433), Bill Wright
(571).
Individual trophies were pre-
sented to youngsters for high
average, single and double in
their respective group.
Bantam girls -average, Lin-
da Wells (115), single, Eliza-
beth Snell (219), double, Joan
Campbell (342).
Bantam boys -average, Doug
Beaver (136y single, Davie
Burke (221), double, Gary!
Campbell (401).
Junior girls - average, Dar -
lane Snell (167), single, Mar.
lone Harness (239), doublers
Marion Bentley (412),
Junior boys - average, Ro-
bert Wolfe (170), single, Den -
RS
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BANTAM WINNERS These youngsters, members of
the Exeter Minor Bowling League, copped individual
awards at the annual "bun feed", Monday at the Legion
hall. The winners include: back row, Joan Campbell,
Linda Wells and Elizabeth. Snell, The boys in the front
raw are: Doug Beavers, David Burke and Gary Camp-
bell,
COP JUNIOR AWARDS -Over 60 trophies were pre-
sented at the event and the youngsters shown above re-
ceived individual trophies for 'their achievements during
th year in the junior class. They include: back row,
Denis Hockey, Bill Fairbairn and Robert Wolfe. Front
row, Darlene Snell, Marion Bentley and Marlene Harness.
Decide frite•
of Tribe!!
The future pf the Exeter
Mohawks - heckey variety --
Will be seitled at a special
meeting in the Exeter town
hall thts Friday night.
The Meeting has been call-
ed by the Mohewk executive
and all hockey fans in the
area are invited to attend,
to present their ideas and
views on the ,intermediate
hockey situation In Exeter.
W. G. Cochrane, president
of the executive, said a dis-
cussion would also be con-
ducted on the financial sit-
uation. The club has several
outstanding accounts from
the pas t seasonandpreviousp
u
years, and hopes tocome
with some ideas on how the
debt can be clearde up.
"We should also decide
what calibre of hockey we
want to play next year",
Cochrane stated, "so we can
get a good start in preparing
it".
The meeting is scheduled
for 8:00 p.m,
CE ties Corinthians
in hard-fought game
Centralia's soacer squad
came up with their third
straight tie, Sunday, battling
the strong Corinthian entry
from Londe') to a 1-1 draw at
Centralia.
11, was an. impressive show-
ing for the Centralia squad,
as they came up With a top-
notch effort against the Lon-
don team, who are entered, in
the strong first division of the
London and District Seeger
Association,
Centralia is entered in the
second division.
The two teams battled to a
scoreless tie in the first hall,
as both goalies came up with
exceptionally fine saves. Briap
Corke, the nimble netminder
for the CE squad, was par-
ticularly brilliant As the Cor-
inthians pushed hard from the
opening whistle,
Their hard work finally paid
off in the early minutes of the
second half, when George Rob-
ertson, a fleet -footed centre -
n,
D six ousts Zurich
in Infer -town league
•
Exeter's "B" entry in the
Men's Inter -town League ad-
vanced to the grand champion-
ship, Saturday, ousting Zurich
with a 4-1. score on the local
alleys. The locals recorded an
identical score in the opener of
the series in Zurich.
Neil Redman was the big gun
for the "13" group winners,
tossing a net 1318 total for his
five games, His best single
game was a 301 in the second,
Captain Jim Hennessey stood
second in the pinfall total with
1164, while Jack Coughlin con-
tributed a 1013, Hennessey
came up with. a pair of 248
genies and Coughlin's best ef-
fort was a 241 in the final.
Ly all Riddell, who had
trouble getting the pins to fall
throughout most of the after-
noon, came up with a 258 in the
final' match of the afternoon.
Louis Willert was top man
for the visiting Zurich six. He
rolled a 1026 total. Max Du-
charme was second with 980,
"Itchy Six" scratched
Exeter's second entry in the
league, the "Itchy Six", failed,
to overcome a 3-2 lead by the
Goderich "A" squad and lost
out in the final round of the
"A" group.
Goderich scored their 3-2 win
in the opener of the two -game
series and then came back to
record a similar victory in
Exeter, Saturday. The "Itchy"
club were the league champions
during the regular season, a
title they successfully defended
after winning it for the first
time last year.
Tick Mero was the big gun
for the visiting Goderich crew,
tossing a 1259 total in his five
games. Chuck Montgomery
stood second with an
1128,
while Bert Harris and Tom
Fisher contributed totals of
1117 and 1100 respectively.
Lorne Haugh topped the "It-
chy" crew with 1278, followed
closely by Bob Osgood's 1241,
The Exeter crew started off
on the right foot with a 1222
total to win their first game,
but the visitors came right
back to even the count with a
sparkling 1309 effort.
The "Itchy" entry took an-
' other one -game lead in the
third, but Goderich came hack
to cop the final two. Their
5869 pinfall was 143 more than
the Exeter squad toppled.
Goderich and Exeter "B"
will now meet in the grand
championship in a home -and -
home series slated to start at
the local lanes, SaturdaY.
Members of the semi-final-
ists are:
Exeter "B" -- Neil Redman,
Jim Hennessey, 13111 Stanlakc,
Terry Farrell, Lyall Riddell,
Jack Coughlin and Chub Ed-
wards.
Exeter "Melly -Six" - Bob
Nicol, Jim Fairbairn, Lorne
Haugh, Don Gravett, Jack Ful-
ler, Bob Osgood, Aub Farqu-
har and Jack Gibson.
Zurich - George Sweeney,
Bob Johnston, Jiin Bedard,
Max Ducharme, Ernie Laid-
law, Louis Willert.
Goderich "A" - Tick Moro,
C. Montgomery, A. Doak, Bob
W i 1 li a rn s, Bill Dean, Tom
Fisher and Bert Harris.
Nuggets build up
six -point margin
The Nuggetts of the Friday
Niters Ladies' League scored
their second consecutive 5.2
win over the Bluebirds this
week to take a six -point lead
in their playoff for the league
ch a mpion ship.
011ie Essery paced the win
with a 583.
In the consolation round be-
tween the other four teams in
the league, the Dubees hold a
slim lead, following their 4-3
win over the Rookies, paced
by the nifty 615 of Peg Hunter-
Duvar.
How eve r, they still lost
'ground, as the second -place
Shoestrings cut their margin
to a single point with a 5-2
win over the Junebugs. June
Essery paced the attack with
a 552 mark.
forwarcL took a pass And 'boot,
ed the ball We the ,net passed
Corke,
For the next- 20 minutes, the
play switched from one end Ip
the Other before Centralis
finally knotted the count on a
nifty play by Joe Buhagiar anti
Tony Farrugia, Buhagirr fining
the speedy 1Parrpgia in front
of the opponent's net, and the
inSit1O-right Made pQ mislakes
after taking the pass.
Beth teams Pushed hard to
mire the clincher in the tiv,
ing minutes, but neither even
would budge. Jerry Orton a'. '1
Brian "Doc" Savage were eV -
standing for the Centralia
salad,
They open their league this
SatmrdaY, when they travel. lo
London to tackle the Croatil
entry. Their home -opener wi't
be played the following Sat-
urday with the 1rLh Rovers
providing the opposition,
Centralia lineup - Corke
Orton, Bland, Tremblay, Far-
rugia, Hore, Parrish, Savage,
Cummings, Hargreaves. 'LW/1M',
Bullagiar, Hooper, Price, col,
Lawn bowlers
pick new slate
Councillor Ross Taylor was
elected to succeed Howard
Truemner as president of the
Exeter Lawn Bowling Club at
a recent meeting of the or-
ganization,
The club hopes to open the
season with a jitney around
the 24th of May,
Vice-president of the group
is Ray Mills, and Robert
Fletcher is second vice-presi-
dent, 13. M. Francis retained
his post as secretary -treasurer
and Herrn Hodgson is the aud-
itor of the club.
The following committees
were named:
Games - Ray 'stills, Walter
Westbrook and Robert Fletch-
er.
Publicity - Robert Fletcher,
Robert Middleton and Lee
Learn.
Membership -- Howard
Truemner, Art Cann, Lee
Learn, George Thompson, W.
0, Goodwin, Walter Westbrook,
William Middleton and Ulric
Snell.
Grounds --- Howard Truem-
ner. Ed Chambers And Ted
Pooley.
Tournament - 'Harvey Poll-
en and Ulric Snell.
While the gross • national
product of Canada increased
by 80 per cent in the 19464958
period, total revenue ton -miles
of Canadian railways increased
only 20 per cent in the period. ukt,J,
Nuggotts (0. Essery 3s3) 5
BIttebirds (B. 7.0•Iiner 448)
Dubees (P. kIunter-Duvar 615) • 4
R•bkies Tiockoy 508)
Shoestrings (.1, Essery 552) 5
Junebugs (6. Lightfoot 537) 2
Final Playoff
Nuggetts 10
Bluebirds 4
Four Team Playoff
Dubees 11
Shoestrings 11)
Rookies 5
Junebugs 2
High single: M. Cronyn (217)
High triple: P. liunter-Duvar
(615)
TOPS IN SENIOR LEAGUE -Trophies for high singles,
doubles and averages were awarded to these members
of the senior division of the league. Over 200 young-
sters were on hand at the "bun feed" to honor their
champions. Pictured above are: hack row, Bill Wright,
Fred Wells and Don Wright. Front row, Sharon Apple-
ton, Gail Farquhar and Elsie Gosar. -T-A photo
nis Hockey (301), double, Bill
Farquhar (515).
Senior girls -average, Shar-
on Appleton (158), single, Gail
Farquhar (203), double (328),
Senior boys - average, Bill
Wright (193), single, Fred Wells
(300), double, Bill Wright
(528)-
Individual awards were also
presented to Sandra Hunter
arid Patti trintnen, judged the
most 'improved bowlers of the
PALMER METHOD
by Arnold Palmer 1
1. tat timt Ifs Ott X
FAIRWAY WEDGE ..OR
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BALL LIES 8 OR 9 YARDIt
AWAY FROM THE EDGE
OF THE GREEN. AIM
TO LANDTHE BALL
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EDGE "OF THE GREEN
AND THE CUP.
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REILAN ENVELOPE To AlkNoto PALMER,e/O THIS PAPER,.
year. Don Wright was also
honored with a special trophy
for his sportsmanship for mov-
ing into •the senior league, al-
though he was still eligible to
bowl in the junior classifica-
tion.1
Mrs, Bud Preszcator present -
cd the Mid -Town Cleaners tro-
phy to the Lollipops, winners
of Ilia bantam girls' division,
Members of the team includ.
cd: Joan Heywood, Joan Camp-
-Please turn to page 9
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