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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-11, Page 6Pepe 6 The Timea•Advocate, May 11 190 l.r •..+�..merx'' r.,r d. s n.run.:,r e . eA,. .�-!,. CQ1 TON'S OMMENTS I By BILL 'BATTEN, Sports Editor "WE'LL. GO '.PEACEFULLY! Although it will probably conte as a dis- appointment to most parents in Exeter, we've come to the conclusion that their kids are nothing but show-offs—a real bunch of smart-alecsl We realize that an accusation such as this. will have to be backed iip with some substantial proof---andwe have it: Last a+eek, we were invited to attend the annual Miner Bowling League bun- feed, and .assuming that this would be a pleasure, we readily accepted. After all, being a member of the Exeter Men's Bowling League we thought these youngsters would look up to an experienced bowler and might even ask its to give them a few pointers on the popular sport. Before you get me wrong, we'll admit that we're not among the top 10 bowlers in the league, but can distinctly remember bowling a 300 game one day (February 6, 1959) and did average as high as 180 one season. In fact, if the darn pin boys would .set them up right (leave out the head -pin and the corners) there's no telling what pinnacles we could have reached. would the kids 1i ou ItS At anyrate we still thought ,g appreciate having an experienced bowler at their annual fete. However, things took a turn for the worse when they started to present the trophies for individual achievements. It didn't start out too badly as the bantam kids (under 12) received. award s for tossing single games as high as 255. Naturally, we thought they must have in- cluded their handicaps and used a different count- ing system than we do to get a figure such as this, so we didn't pay too much attention to it. However, the roof really fell in onus when they announced the winners in the junior division, for boys and girls 14 and under. Four of these youngsters had rolled games of over 300 this past season, and four were on the threshold with scores in the 290 bracket, Robert Wolfe topped the list with a spark- ling 336. In the two -game score, Don Wright and Bill Farquhar had scores of 528 and 515 respect- ively, which is the type of triple I turn in on a good night—a real good night. We thought about sneaking out about here, but thought we may as well stay for the rest, figur- ing, that the better scores had all been announced. As it turned out, this was a bad mistake on our part, because the best were yet to come. In the senior division, for youths over 14 (mostly under 16), Bill Wright won the trophy for the high. single with a score of 358 and had a double of 571. He was closely followed in the double"tace by his 14=year-old brother, Don (who r stepped,up into the senior bracket at his own choice) with a 528. As one would expect, the girls' scores were lower than the boys, but were still very creditable for the youngsters in this popular league. We left the banquet rather dejectedly, figur- ing that our short bowling career had come to a conclusion. After all, we do have a little pride, and when 12 -year-olds start to trounce you, it's certainly time to start thinking about turning in your bowling shirt and consider taking up basket weaving or knitting. Seriously though, the success of this league points up the fact that bowling is a sport that will be popular in the area for several years to come, as these kids move up to take their places in the senior leagues. Bill and Don Wright, two of the better bowlers in the minor setup, have already joined the men% league and bowl along with. Exeter's "grand old man of bowling" Amos Darling, The 14 -year-old Don holds the high single in the "B" division with a sparkling 352 and as we recorded above, Bill has tossed a 358 game in the junior league. Both these youngsters, along with several others,will undoubtedly make quite a name for themselves in the next few years. The coaches and organizers of this league should receive special commendation for the work they have done to give these youngsters some good, clean recreation. Although they receive small thanks from. some of the parents, we know they are well-paid by watching the kids come up with their, outstanding showings. BATT'N AROUND -Although we have given considerable space to the young bowlers in town, we still 'think the most amazing performance at the local lanes is turned in by Antos Darling, This energetic gentleman bowls regularly in the men's league and canusually be found on the lanes whenever there is open bowling as well. Amos was confined to his home recently due to sickness, and after a two-week layoff, challenged us to a couple of games to get himself back in shape. He rolled a 198 in the first encounter and came back with a 210 in the second, to easily outdistance yours truly. By the way, Amos will have 80 candles on his next birthday cake ... RCAF Station Centralia play,g.rn la, their first home .ane of. the 1961 season t . the London and District Soccer Association at the station field, Saturday. Team officials have asked us to extend ah invitation to area soccer. :fans to attend all the games of this cltl.b. Spectators may park their car at the lot across frein the main entrance and the field is situated just inside the gate. We have watched the crew in action, and know that sports fails wouldenjoy watching this ever-growing sport .. , unfortunately, We don't have too much to report from, the meeting staged bythe Mohawk executive at the local town hall, Friday, President Bill Cochrane arrived to chair the proceedings, 8e et r " was an hand. to record the business discussed, and Bill Batten Was on band to report on the happenings sa the malty fabs in the area would know what the ggen& ral, meeting had decided. Uowevers the only things lacking were fans and supporters to make the meeting worthwhile, so the above stained gentle, men never did get a chance t0 perform their duties. We realize that a pun is the lowest form of humor, but perhaps the lack of attendance was due to the fact that there were too;malty Bills at the meeting. Another meeting has not yet been whet tt1Bdr INTER -TOWN CHAMPS— Exeter's entry in the Ladies Inter -Town League climax- ed their most successful season last week when they copped the grand champion- ship trophy. The ladies also won the silverware for finishing on top of the four - team league during the regular season, and copped two of the three individual awards. The members are: back row, left to right, Phyllis Haugh, who won the high triple; i Norma Coleman, Dobie Mattison and Dot Munroe, who wo. n the high average. Front row, Georgina Webster, Midge Redman, Lossie Fuller and Edna Deitz. —T -A photo H -P Ioo only tW. t s ks entries, ms definite Only two teams made known brought in from' Detroit, Lon- their intentions of entering a don, Stratford and other larger team in the Huron -Perth Base- centres, the league plan to ball League at the league's an- stick with home-brew talent nual meeting held in Mitchell, for the 1961 season. Friday. Don O'Brien, a vice-president However, a second sheeting of the league, said, "we're go - was held in Hensall last night ing to give the kids a chance (Wednesday) to hear from set,- this year". He reported that eral other centres who ap- several towns had many over - peered to be interested in join- age juveniles who could pro- ing the group, vide material for the squads, Zurich Lumber Kings, rep- and felt they should be given resented by manager Don every chance to play ball. O'Brien, will definitely field .a It is expected this might en - team if a league is formed, tice Exeter back into the While the second entry will league, as baseball enthusiasts come from either Mitchell or Staffa, The Mitchell entry is still dot'atful, but if it fails to materialize, president Bob Sad- ler stated several of the play- ers would form a team in Staffa. Although no representation was on hand from St. Marys, they have indicated they are interested in placing an entry in the league. The only other community representedat the league meet- ing was Hensall. Gerry Bell, a stalwart of the squad there, who has seen service with both Zurich and Dashwood since Hensall dropped out a few years ago, reported there was some interest in Hensall, and hoped to have definite word for their second meeting. Stratford out The Stratford Nationals, who performed ° in the loop last year, have alrezdy joined the Inter- County Intermediate league and will not be in the HuronnPerth this season. The Dashwood Tigers; who have always been one of the mainstays in the group, were not represented at the meeting and are doubtful starters this year. One league official said Dashwood were having a meet- ing previous to the league's meeting, and had been told "if we don't show up you'll know we're not entering a team." Exeter and Seaforth have been mentioned as additional entries for the coming season, although neither team was rep- resented at; the meeting, Home-brew league After several years of im- porting, when players were had already considered organ - 'zing a junior team for the town. They were expected to attend the league's second meeting to make their inten- tions known. Elect officials Bob Sadler, Mitchell stalwart, was re-elected president of the league at the meeting in Mitchell. Gerry Bell, Hensall, took over the post as vice-presi- dent and Don O'Brien, Zurich, is second vice-president. John Livermore, Clinton, retained his post es secretary -treasurer of the group. E r h . s E.•n .:. +t zmav<}:6•!'r ..p..... a yw o ON THE SPOT REC NEWS By DON "BOOM" GRAVETT Director of Recreation Mat' at :3«: z`M ..;,::..i~"«?X"w.£?tCASi.b°?MO.2, Minor hockey banquet Bernie "Boom Boom" Geof- frion is coming to town! The Boomer, who fired 50 National Hockey League goals this Win- ter to tie the fabulous record of Maurice Richard, will be the guest of honor at the of- ficial Exeter Minor Athletic Association windup banquet. The big occasion is tabbed for the Exeter Legion Hall Satur- day, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. sharp. Every child who laced on a pair of skates this winter, whether in the local recreation league or. for 'all-star teams, is invited to be on hand. Geoffrion, a free -wheeling right winger who has never missed scoring at least 20 goals a season since he joined the big time, should give all the kids quite a thrill whether they are Montreal Canadien fans or not. Team trophies as well es individual awards and crests will also highlight the after- noon's proceedings as various winners will receive just recog- nition for their past perform- ances. All in all, it should be quite an afternoon. We, like the rest of the young athletes, are certainly looking forward to it, Three cop big leads in semi-final roll -offs Three teams took a big step towards gaining the final berths in the three categories in the Exeter Men's Bowling League playoffs, Monday, as they came up with decisive wins over their opposition in the first half of the semi-finals.. The second round. of the semi-finals were played last night (Wednesday) and the winners will advance to the finals next week. In the . "A" group roll -off, Russ' Billiards scored a 4.0 whitewash job over the Wind- mills to give them a command- ing lead in the first half of the semUinal. 'Bob Pooley paced the pool sharks in their win, corning up with a spectacular 723 triple.'Iie started out with a 102 in•the first game 4and -came back with scores of 287 and 244 to help blank the Wind- mills. Dick Webber followed close behind with a 703 mark for his three games. However, the contest was no run -away, as they only won the total pinfall by 131. pins, squeaking by with margins of 84, 41. and 56 in the 'three games. Tont James tepper1 the losers With a 606, while Jack Gibson and Bob Osgood carne tin with scores 598 and 506 respec- tiV`ely. Tlie Billiards need only one i the point to send them into final battle with Larry's Super, test, who gained the bye, Kippen Tapers with' In hectic battle riltht to th6, lad', ball, E feu Tigers' carate tnrougn with a 499, worked their 'way into a 3-1. lead over the Canners in the "B" playoffs, The Canners stared off with a 1052 to take a 67 -pin lead in the first game, but the Tigers came back to score -a squeaker with a three-point margin in the second. The winners then copped the rubber tilt by a spread of 65, and when the total pinfall was added, they pickedup the third point by the margin of only a single pin. Gerd Ross topped the wire ners with a 534, while Alf Ross and. Bill Coleman contributed scores of 531 and 529. Pacing the Canners in their attempt was Rob Simpson with a 663. The stivad .had only five then for their initial clash for the right to meet the King- pins in the "B" group final. Butcher paces Butchers Paced by Har Holtzman's 591 triple, the Butchers scored a 4-0 win over the Bankmonts to give thein a firm grin on the semi-final battle for the right to meet gate A & 11 Spey chits in the Consolatiott round finals, The winners copped a close battle the first game, winning by only 36 pins, However, they came back to cop tate second match with a 02 -pie Margin and easily finished the .Bank,' moots off With a 160 Margin in the final Prod Darlings wa, second d High on the Winners, tossing a 595, Iran Needham topped the list for the bankers, scoring as 530 triple, while natty I leswetter School league formed A total of 52 girls from Ex- eter's Public School showed up for registration in a softball league Monday night. A com- fortable four -team league was formed and should get under way sometime next week, pro- viding the weatherman co- operates. The teams will play every Tuesday and Friday nights at 4 p.m. Captains chosen were Linda Hunter - buyer (Whack 'ems); Darlene Snell (Sluggers); Ann Fairbairn (Wildcats) and Jeanne West- over (Black Panthers). Exeter Junior Band The Exeter Junior Band, consisting this year of 35 stu- dents, will make its annual trip to the Woodstock Kiwanis Festival this Saturday. If you'll remember, the local band won first prize in the competitions last spring under Ole direction of Mr. R. J. Ford.. Mr. Ford is doing a wonder- ful job with these children and once again will be on hand to direct them in Woodstock. The music instructor is a teacher of band . instruments in the London Academy and at St. Marys Collegiate. As well, he is a member of the London Civic Symphony. So one can see that Mr. Ford is a talented man Children taking band lessons from Mr. Ford have found this type of recreation very gratify- ing. Mr. Cecil Wilson, chair- man of the band committee, informs us that new instru- mental nstru-mental classes for beginners will start again shortly. The band meets once a week for practice. 'Lessons are held in the Exeter ,Town Hall for a small fee of, 50d per lesson. The band also has help on expenses from the Recreation Council. How it works Personal instruction in the field of art; is the best' anyone couldwish for, And that's ei:actly what takes place ;with this group. Mr. Ford trains the beginners group by' the group method, with as much individual help as necessary.k This year there has been a number of requests to form a special class for girls who are especially skilful with clarinets, and flutes. Classes will also be formed immediately for boys if enough requests arrive. Ap- plicants for band positions should be in grade four or higher, Mr, Ford will give in- terviews to applicants and their help thein choose parents to p the instruments desired. A musical, aptitude test will be given upon request. Much to the delight of many, it's this test that shows the hidden talent and helps students to choose their proper ihstru. inents, CE copy league debut open at home Saturday RCAF Station Centralia made an auspicious debutin the Lon don and District Soccer As- sociation„ .Saturday, scoring a 3-0 shutout win over Crotia In the league opener played in London. Playing a hard, direct game, the airmen appeared to upset the Crotia squad, and rattled in all three markers in the" first half of the contest, played in a driving rain ' an a we'll soakecl field. Tony Farrugia paced the at- tack, denting the twine twice, while Dick Parrish accounted for the third tally. Brian Corke recorded the shutout in the CE net, Centralia opened the scoring after only 15 minutes of play in the contest, on a. play set up by co -captain Brian Bland. Bland, taking a throw-in, hoisted.a long pass to Farrugia who .nodded the ball to Parrish tall 'front of the net. The out- side half found the open cp1- ner with a hard boo4 to the left side, Five minutes later, Farrugia counted Centralia's s e c o ii d tally on a neat passing play with "Doc" Savage. Taking the pass on the open side, the freewheeling scoring ace had the hall in the cage before the goalie could move to cover up. Crotia recuperated after the second tally,' and came back to battle the Centralia squad on even grounds. However, they lacked the punch to take advantage of several good scoring plays set up by their inside left. Farrugia scores again Near the end of the first half, Centralia took advantage of. a fumbled kick by the Cro- tia netminder to . score their third goal of the afternoon. Airmen enter squad in area fastball loop RCAF Station Centralia was one of five new teams added to the (Memorial Softball League at ,the annual, meeting held in Stratford, Sunday after- noon. The league, which had only four entries last year, will be split into two sections, with Centralia playing in the north- ern group with Stratford, Gode rich and RCAF Clinton. This will leave Woodstock, Tavistock, Hickson, St, Thomas and Otterville to form the five - team southern group. Each team will play a double home -and -home schedule with one interlocking schedule that will provide the Centralia squad with 22 games for the regular season. Plan workouts The Centralia entry will be- gin workouts Tuesday night under the leadership of Vince Johnson, business manager, and John Donald, field man- ager. Donald will also aot as coach for the present. The airmen will play their first home game on Sunday, May 28, when Stratford Kroeh- lers will provide the opposition. The game is slated to 'com- mence at 2:00 p.m. The opener will be a real test for the Centralia entry, as their opposition are Ole defend- ing champions of the league. Centralia's first game will be played on the road Satur- day, May 27, when the travel to Otterville. The club secretaries have been granted until the last day of the month to file their play- ers' certificates with the league secretary. Each team will be allowed 18 players for Me- morial league competition but should a team enter the 'OASA only 15 of that 18 will be al- lowed to Make part in the pro- vincial playoffs. Each of 4he two groups will Yacht Club plan events Plans for the 1961 yachting season were outlined at the first meeting of the season of Grand Bend Yacht Club held at the summer resort, Saturday. Commodore, Charles Fiford, Hensall, reported that the new club house was nearly com- pleted and was expectedto be opened for the May 24 holiday weekend. The structure has been built on the south side of the river on River Road, near the docking facilities for the sail boats. The club purchased the build- ing from the Chamber of Com- merce and moved it from its old location near the main in- tersection. Extensive renova- tions have taken place and the building will provide for a large club room, washrooms, locker rooms and facilities for members to change their clothes before taking out their boats. Plan races Regular Sunday races will start June 4 and continue until Sept. 17. A new handicap system has been drawn up for all the member craft. Special events planned are: Bayfield cruise, June 18; spec- ial cruise and navigation race, July 2; Bayfield cruise race for Chamber of Commerce cup, July 16; regatta day (Imperial Ctip), Aug. 777; Kettle Point cruise, Aug. 20; relay race, Sept. 3; and Port Franks cruise, Sept, 10, hold separate "layoffs to de- cide a group winner to meet in a best -of -five series for the Memorial League champion- ship. In the group playoffs the second and third teams will meet in a best -of -three series, then the winner will meet the team which finished the sea. son in the top position in their particular group, also a three - game series. s ies. Centralia, who were repre- sented at the Meeting by Vince Johnson and L. Burns, request- ed Sunday 'afternoon dates for their borne games. the two brilliant play -mak, ors, Savage and Farrugia, teamed tip on the play with the latter netting the ball. Savage started it left \i•hcn he tried to beat the netminder, only to have his shot blocked, How- ever, he came racing in to pick up the loose ball and passed to Farrugia moving in from his right, and the sharp- shooting inside made no mis- takes on the play, Crotia came bade strong in the sceond half and took ad, vantage of Centralia's t'nsot-- tled defense to pick up several scoring opportunities. flow - ever, Brian Corke, the nimble netminder came up with sev- eral of Ms exceptionally fine saves to thwart their attempts,. Gerry Orton and Brian 131and, two defensive stars. of the game, made several key plays to stop the 9homesters and set up their own nates. However, the CE squad lost their shoot- ing eye in the half and failed to convert several of their op- portunities into scores. Play at home this week Centralia will get their tough. est test of the young season, Saturday, when they host the heavily favored Irish Rovers from London. The Irish squad scored an impressive 5-1win over the Greek Orthodox Youth Organization (GOYA) Satur- day. In the other league openers, -0 Woodstock scored4 win a over Hungaria, while the Udi- nese and Yugoslavia played to a 1-1 draw, Picked for all-stars Jack Hasty, Centralia's speedy centre half w a s picked this week to play on the City of London All-stars in a game against the Dutch Lions, last year's first division cham- pions. The match was played last night (Wednesday) in the CN- RA grounds in London. Centralia lineup— Corke, Zo- mar, Orton, Bland, Hasty, Har- greaves, Farrugia, Hore, Par- rish, Brown, Savage, Trem- blay, Hooper, Voerman. Local enthusiast plans ball entry a Aub Farquhar, popular own- er of the Exeter Bowling Lanes announced this week he will enter a softball team in the WOAA, if a league can be formed. The new sponsor, Jim Fair- bairn and Don , "Boom" Gra- vett, 'attendeda league meet- ing in Wingham last night (Wednesday) 10 see if there was enough interest to form a league in the area. Farquhar reported that Hen- sel]. are also definite candi- dates for a league and Blyth, Clinton RCAF, Mitchell and Ailsa. Craig have also been. mentioned as possible entries. If the ardent sportsman is successful in entering •a team, he is still undecided where. to play the home games. He has mentioned Hensel]. and RCAF Centralia as possible sites. Both these ball fields are equipped with flood -lights. Distaff golf club formulates plans The Exeter 1'Vomen's Golfing Club announced this week they are planning their opening tournament at the Oakwood Golf Course on Tuesday eve- ning, May 16. The executive of the group held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Snell, Monday, when plans for the coming sea- son were formulated. Mrs. M. C. 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