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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-06-08, Page 6PoRlt -4 The 'ThrepA0vocate, wine '8. 1901 . ' EICOYLEIS -SANTER By DERRY BCTLE 7,Z . • . The phrase 'necessity is the mother of in, vention" can surely be applied when The T -A editor appointed yours truly as a sports writer. Must have been born of desperation? Well, anyhoo, the long, suffering public is stuck for three months. The title of this column was chosen by the • editor. Most of my "friends" say it should have been entitled "Derry's Drivel" since that's what all my -talk amount to. Nevertheless, we enjoy : talking about sports and we hope you'll find our comments interesting. • We will endeavor in the weeks ahead to • bring you some sport sense and nonsense, past and present, along with a glimpse into the future and if anyone would like a plug, we'll be glad to oblige. One of the busiest men in town at the moment is our "will o' the wisp" rec director, Don Gravett. His latest organizational effort is a ladies' softball team, Now, although two or three boys' teams are in dire need of coaches, Boom had to hire Hooper's Delivery Service to haul to his office all the applications he's received for the coach's job of the ladies tealn, I wonder why? When the choice is made, the other 1,000 will probably punch him in the nose. The Exeter Figure Skating Club has hired a new professional for next season. Arthur Burke is his name and he comes highly recommended. If the parents support the club, we feel a success- ful season in 1961-62 is assured, With the success of our public school track and field athletes at Chatham last week, maybe the time has come to form a track and field club. In the past, some fine prospects such as Bill Mus- ser, .Ron Heimrick, Barry Glover and many others could have had a bright future with coaching and support. Surely there are men with interest in this phase of sports. If you are, give Boom a call and he may get enough enthusiasm to form such a club. The soccer group is in fell swing and from the reports gleaned from the Is, they love it. Chalk up a big score for our Boomer since this was his baby. With the help of Ron Bogart, he's forming a Saturday league. Maybe we hockey people should take a leaf from the Russians' book. They train their hockey players all summer in soccer leagues. This tough- ens up legs and ankles better than baseball or swimming does. It rlso quickens the f e•ork reflexes. With our ,w -how in the fundamentals of the game, the clanger of losing supremacy to the Europeans would be lessened to a large degree. The ladies' golf club held its first session Tuesday at Oakwood in preparation for the coming season. The handicap committee requests the ladies to turn in their cards after each round. Handicap cards and rule books, already ordered from the RCGA, will be used this year. The cards should be turned in to Hazel Beaver or Edith Boyle. Minor baseball is starting to take shape. Red Lader, coaching the pee wee club, is as fine a coac in baseball as he is in hockey. So come on out, you pee wee players. The Legion Bantams are still not sure of their coaching staff but no doubt Toby Brintnell, the sports officer, will find a good one. The Kinsmen have appointed Lee Sherman and Walt Randerson for the midgets. .i 2.-'r •-•.p .... * * The remaining players are looked after in the combine junior -intermediate Huron -Perth team, the local softball team (sponsored by Exeter Bowl- ing Lanes) and the local town softball league. * * * * If nobody waylays us, we'll be back here next week with more on sport in our area. We'll let the daily papers look after the so-called big leagues and try to spend our time helping main• tain interest in people and events in South Huron and North Middlesex. Ladies' softball club joins live -team loop Ladies softball will return to duties for the team were lien. , Exeter this year with a local club competing in a five -team grouping with other South Hur. on centre. • The teams 'competing in the league will be Brucefield, Win- throp, Clinton Bell Telephone, Clinton RCAF and Exeter, Although the locals have managed only one practice, they turned in a very credit- able showing in BrUcefield, • • ,Nfonday, in their first exhibi- A#cGiJIvray wins kiln test of the season. They ended up on the short to Lieury, Sylvan 1 y Arin Jorgenson. Other performers who saw action were Eleanor Blommaert, Jean Taylor, Rosalie Carey and Jean Baynham. 'Grace Farquhar is the man- ager of the team, and Verne Smith will act as assistant coach. enc of •a 12-6 count However, ; Coach .Lloyd . Cushman eontin. natty juggled his lineuto ' watch ell the local aspirants in action Ruth Hendrick and 011ie Essery shared pitching duties 'for the loci. Ruth is a ine- Iner performer with Heiman while 011ie. used to pay for 'the Exeter Greys. Vera Smith, a promising local performer, handled the firat base chores, While Joan And Jean, 'EaserY belled down the "Second4 end third heed: spots, Audrey Ppeley, a former star with th g Stratford Kroeh- lei% plugged the hole et short t� totuld out the infield posi- Toronto so instrttetiona th oper- In the outfield -Were Cathy athig staff dan be heard Over trodgits, toy Stnythd•and bon- the roar tV the piadva giant •flA 1hYV#00(l. he cathing turboltrators. Weather has played !levee with the opening games in the McGillivray softball league, Only two contests have been completed to date. Eti the opener, LietirY had a flat& day shigging but a 20-1 win over West Cornett. Sylvan hipped Grand t end 5.4 i Monday night's garne. NOW HEAR THIS A specially - designed coin- mimication system with 178 loud speakers has been install- ed at Ontario hydro Richard L. Hearn Generating Stetkn in Ilea Jose tight one •C anes L ta kes on blooper in ninthickson A blooper sinin lethe ninth inning after two were out gave Belgreve' a 3-2 win over Exe- ter Bowling Lanes in a Huron Softball League fixture at Wing - ham Tuesday night. The soft bingle ended a pit- chers' battle which went dawn to the wire in an impressive display of tight ball. The loss gave Aub Farquhar's club a 1-1 record. Jack Fuller drove in both Exeter runs with a triple in the first inning. Starting off shakily, Belgrave linger John Coultis hit Ray Richardson with a pitched hall and gave Roe Bogart a walk. Both scored on Fuller's drive. From then on, however, Coul- tis kept the Exeter club under control. He gave up a total of six hits — two singles to Bo- t gart. one to Murray Brintnell p and a double to Simon Nagel s but didn't let any of them do any dainage. 3 It looked for a while as if g Exeter's two runs might be F enough but Belgrave tied the a score in the seventh. 1. Dow C scored in the third inning after c leading off with a triple which p cut Exeter's Margin to 2-1. I the seventh, „pitcher Coniti asirnogulndth singled eoval lvicIrto eadlkdecllleiscklYtre ganixee. gter's Dick Harris, who al- . lowed only five hits, was re- lieved by Dinger Bell in the eighth. Be set 'ern down 1-2-3 but ran into trouble In the ninth when Robinson, the lead-off man, reached first on an er- ror. Bell struck out the next man, got the third on a fly ball. Smith blooped one just beyond the infield to score Ro. binson with the '• ' g run, The Exeter 'club will try to avenge the win Thursday night when it plays host to Belgrave on the Hensel! diamond. "We can take 'em," says Manager Farquhar, who expects the eon - est to be a "hot" one. "We're retty evenly matched," he aid, Exeter's lineup: Lyle Little b, Ray Richardson lf, Ron Bo - art 2b, Jim Carey ss, Jack utter, lb, Murray Brintnell nd Neil Campbell (8th) c, hub Edwards rf, Simon Nagel 1, Dick Harris and Bell (8th) n a RCAF Centralia scored an 8-5 win over Hickson in the airmen's second game of the Memorial Softball League Sun ;day afternoon. ; Although outhit 12.11 in the nine -inning fixture, Centralia took a 2-1. lead in the first inning and remained out front for the rest of the contest. Hickson threatened with two runs in the first half of the fifth but the airmen struck back with a three -run 'spree in the last half which clinched the win, Al Wiper went the route for the victors. Left fielder George Kelly and •shortstop Tonuny Burke led the attack with two hits and two RBI's each, One of Kelly's blows was scored as as triple but -might have been a homer. After slowing up at third, he was caught trying to reach home. Fishbach hurled the full game for the Hickson club, 'CENTRALIA—R. Noyle cf, Burke ss, R. Johnson lb, Kelly lb, S. Thompson c, T. James ab, R. Adnerson, Henderson (5th) rf, J. Paradis, Donald (7th) 2b, Wiper p. HICKSON — Yeoman 2b, Lit- tlejohns c, Wilson if, Dunn 3b, McLaren rf, Fishbach p, Hart ib, Sanderson, Henderson (6th) cf, " .. . . ............................................................... ON THE SPOT • REC NEWS By DON "BOOM" GRAVETT Director of Recreation Pick Supervisors • soon as possible! The Exeter Kinsmen Olub Lost and Found chose its playground super- We still have a putter and visors for the 1961 summer pro- two iron in our office from the gram this week. Returning from last year's staff are Dianne Delbridge, Bonnie Doerr, Barbara Hodg- son and Dorothy Kerslake. Newcomers to the roster in - elude Judy Tennant and John MacNaughton, On behalf of the Kinsmen club of Exeter, I wish to thank everyone who submitted ,appli. cations. The committee had a rough job making the choices from the 18 applications sub- rnitte•d. Nothing definite has been de- cided on the swimming ap- plications. However, something concrete should be known with- in the week. Making pr'ogram Three meetings have already been held with the supervisors for the summer playground at one time or another. The six supervisors are making a def- inite playground program and schedule to follow this year. An extensive program will be run in square. dancing, track and field, softball and soccer for the older group of boys and girls. More about this next week. We have changed the sum- mer playground procedure a- round quite a bit with the hope of making it better for all con- cerned. The program will be there for participants. All the kids will have to do is reg- ister. Girls' Softball Girls' softball is returning of the goal -getters' markers Exeter Golf School clinic. Check your golf bags. One or both clubs could belong to you! Soccer The local soccer league is gaining more and more pop- ularity as the weeks roll on. Brian Bland of RCAF Centralia tells us that John McCarroll, from the same station, has several youngsters interested in participating in our Satur- day morning soccer league. To date, there are six teams active in the loop. Each play- er has paid a 100 registration fee. Thismoney will go to- wards buying a new soccer ball for an extensive summer playground program which is being lined up. = In the junior soccer league, Silver Darts and Night Hawks 'battled to a 3-3 tie. Barry 13aynharn, captain of the Darts, booted home two goals while Graham Hers kick- ed the other. For the Night Hawks, Gary Wurm scored twice. Dentin Geiser registered the other on a penalty kick, In the senior loop, Freddy 'Wells' Liniment Club had little trouble with the Goal -Getters as they romped to a lopsided 7-2 victory. Ricky Schroeder and Bryan 13aynham each scored two goals. iMerle Idle, a junior play- ing in the senior league, Fred Wells and Ron Cornish kicked home the others. Brian Sweitzer scored both to Exeter. Yes, the Exeter gals have entered into a four -team league comprising Brueefield, Hensall and Winthrop. It's been a long time since Exeter has fielded a ladies' team but, from the enthusiasm shown, it should go over with flying colors. Fifteen girls attended a meet- ing to form the club. Since then, there is a list of some 25 names of girls who are in- terested in playing. Grace Farquhar and 011ie Essery have been nominated as managers of the team. Lloyd Cushman will do the coaching. Returning to the softball wars are Ann Jorgerison, Ruth Hendrick, Audrey Pooley, Rose Carey, Matti Wells, Verla Smith, Judy Tennant, Jean Tay- lor, 011ie Essery, Eleanor Blommaert, Grace Glifillan, Mary Shaw, Cathy Hodgins, Carol Hogarth, Joan and Jean Essery, Bev Smith, Alice Ann Nixon, Gene Baynhath, Sharon Appleton, Dianne Wiilert and Grace McKenzie. Good luck girls! By the way, anyone wishing to get rid of some FREE LINIMENT, please send it to the club as Play to Tie The Boomers and Lords fought to a one hour 2-2 tie in the second contest, Mark Hinton and Alfred Aquiline registered for the Boomers while Don Morrow and Larry lirintneU looked aft- er the Lord's scoring. SENIOR This week's scores: Boomers 2. Lords 2 Liniment Club 7, 0 -Getters 2 Standings W 1 0 0 0 0 1 P P :L. • Club 7 2 2 'Sommers 2 2 1 0 0 1 Lords 2 2 1 Goal -Getters 0 1 0 2 7 0 Future games: June 10—Boom e rm. vs. Liniament Club (0:30 a.m.); Goal -Getters ve. Lords (10:30 JUNIOR This week's scores: Night Hawk* 3, 5, Darts 3 standings WLTPAP Silver Dar'ts 1 0 1 5 4 0 1 14 5 1 Future garnei: June 10—Silver Darla vs, Night Hawks (10:30 aim) Pick Coaches Coaches have been chosen Pleaa° turn to page 7 Club whips Downsview RCAF Centralia swamped Downsview 11-0 in an exhibi. tion soccer match Sunday aft- ernoon on the local field, The visitors are entered in the To- ronto city league. The inexperienced Downs- view club, just formed, was no match for the flying Cen- tralia squad. It was a good practice for the home team's forwards. Tony Farrugia was right on form for Centralia, banging home four goals. Gerry Cum- mings played a brilliant passing game, setting up a number of potent plays. He scored. two goals, one a penalty in the 23rd 'minute and the other in the 15th minute of the second ball'. Other Centralia m a rker s were scored by Brian Bland, Dick Parrish, John Hasty and Norman Hargreaves. Saturday nigh t, Centralia hosts Woodstock in what should be an exciting match, with kickoff time at 6 o'clock. Wood- stock will be out to avenge its exhibition loss to Centralia and to protect its undefeated record in league fixtures. Says club secretary Brian Bland: "If any of the local residents want to see a good game of soccer, this should be it. Parking facilities are available just outside the main gate and stands are at the north side of the field." He 'also posts a challenge: "I hear Exeter has enough soccer players to form a team. How about it, Exeter? We can always arrange a challenge match." ReFatTenegtenenalrtitr."‘trOielt Corning up! June 9—Hensall at Kirkton Zurich at Staffa 12—Exeter at Zurich 14—Hensall at Staffa. HURON SOFTBALL 8—Belgrave at Exeter (at Hensall, 8:30 p.ni.) 10—Wingham at Hensel]. 13—Exeter at Hensall Belgrave at Wingham 15—Wingham at Exeter MEMORIAL SOFTBALL. 10—Centralia at St. Thomas 13—Clinton at Centralia McGILLIVRAY SOFTBALL 10—West Corners vs, Brinsley 12—Lieury vs. Brinsley 14—West Corners vs, G. Bend HURON -PERTH LINIMENT SOFTBALL 14—Kinsmen vs. Legion 16—Gifford's at Crediton Exeter Golf Course •• OPEN FOR 'PLAY SAT., JUNE 17 MEMBERSHIP FEES Men $15.00 LadieS $10.00 Youths% 16 and under $ 8,00 Meinberships oiiSalt Atte 1t GREEN FEES $ 1.00 COME OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELP AT OUR NEW COURSE ON THE ST. MARYS ROAD Just eno mile nett 6f No, 4 flighway • • • ... • • $ a. .$ • . k $ s into rs act. i n Exeter Mohawks and Zurich Lumber Kings won their opening games in the first full week of 1-1w:on-Perth action to share top honors in the young season. Zurieh took Icirkton 6-3 Tuesday night and Xxeter nipped Renal], 54 the evening before. Both Staffa and Hensall have 14 records to date. Staffa, which lost to Hensall 10-2 in the first game of the schedule, scored a 12-6 win over Kirk - ton Friday night to gain entry in the win column. Four games next week will give a better in- dication of where the league power will lie, Friday night, Hensall travels to Kirkton while Zurich will be entertained by Staffa, Monday night, rivals Exeter and .Zurich will Clash on the Zurich diamond and on Wednesday, Staffa is host to Hensall, Tribe wins mound duel between Russell, Kyle By BOB $CHROEDER Exeter Mohawks made successful debut in their re entry to intermediate basebal wars Monday night when the squeaked by the Hensall inter mediates 3-2 in Hensall. It was the first game of th season for the Mohawks an also their first game in over year since they didn't field team in last year's intermed tate action. Both teams called on thei ace righthanders to handle th pitching duties and Jim Rus sell of the 'Mohawks and Steve Kyle, his counterpart for Hen salt, turned in stellar perform ances, Fires one.hitter Big Jim Russell yielded only one hit to the Hensel nine and struck out,ten batters dur- ing the abbreviated seven - inning contest. However, the big righty was bothered with his control in his first start of the year and he issued a total of eight walks that ac- counted for both of Hensall's runs. The sole hit off Russell came in the fifth when Bruce Horton punched a scratch single through a hole in the infield into centre for a base hit. Steve Kyle also came up with a masterful performance on the mound for Hensall. The lanky pitcher -catcher gave up only three safeties to the Mo- hawk crew and he too whiffed ten batters. The Hensel] moundsman walked five bat- ters and his mates committed two errors to help the Exeter cause. Ron Bogart and Jim Haley each picked up a single off Kyle and Ray Johnson smack- ed a two -bagger into left - centre for the third hit. Henselj takes'lead Hensall jumped into an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Russell was trying to' find the. range. Two straight walks and a passed ball allow - a ed Lou Borden of Hensall to _ scamper home with the first run,Hensall got their second , run in the next inning when 13111 Shaddick circled the bases on three walks and another throwing miscue. After the ,e second inning Russell settled le down and allowed, only one a man to get peat second base. a Exeter came to life in the third and a walk to Russell, a , fielder's choice to Gor die e Strang and Johnson's double Put runners on second and third. George Wright bounced one to Borden at short and in his hurried attempt, to throw home he tossed the ball wide and two runs scored. Exeter scored their third and deciding run in the fifth inning when Jim Haley punch- ed a single into right, stole second, moved down to third and scored when Ron Bogart smashed a hard single into centre. The Mohawks had some anxious moments in the sixth and seventh innings hut fine catches by Ron Heywood and Simon Nagel with runners on base pulled thein out of the fire. The loss evened Hensall's record at one win and one loss. Mohawk's opening game was scheduled for Thursday against Zurich but it was called be- cause of rain. The postponed game may be worked into the end of the present week, either Thursday or Friday. Exeter will next travel to Zurich for a game there on June 12 (Monday) and then will host the squad from Kirkton here the follow- ing Thursday. LINEUPS EXTITAlRi Gord. Strang. 2b; Jim Haley (4); Ray Johnson, 1b; (3eorge Wright, se; Ron :Bogart, If: Don Gravett, yr; Simon Nago1, cf; Joe Wooden, c, Dick AlcIvalls (4); Jim Hennessey, 2b; Ron Hey- wood (4); ;Tim Russell, P. HJiNSALL; G. Parker, 2b; Lou Borden, ss; Bruce Horton, 3b; sieve 11o, j t;e1.0 Roll, 11n, 1311l Shaddick, c; Bruen Atoll', i‘f; nob 13eynham, rf; Js 4 0111,Pol1asr. If, Score bY innlng; 15 it ig . 002 012 0-2 3 a. lit) 000 0-3 3 John Masse 'cuffs Kirkton 11e1r,:4:1i Lumber 9lg:inaie :1prini1tr01;1,erjt)4eIaion.trit1phao one Tuesday night when they defeated leir1tton6,3, The game, which. was played jo Zurich, was called at the end of six innings because of darkness. John masse, a starry per- former on last year's juvenile team, pitched the full six in - pings. The strong lefthander gave up only three hits to the Kirkton crew while he struek out 11 and walked started.Evcleigh, edtlre. for Kirkton, ' ran into trouble in the fourth inning and had to be relieved by Robby Dobson, during the six innings and they fanned four and walked three.. Jim Bedard delivered the i; big blow for the winners in the fifth when he crashed a two - run homer that gave Zurich a comfortable 5,2 'lead. Bedard also smacked a single in his next time at bat for a two -hit evIroningbeichent also wielded 'a potent bat for Zurich. He smashed a double and a single for a 2 for 3 performance at the plate. Paul Pearson bit safely twice for Zurich and other singletons were picked up by Earl "Cuss" Wagner, Larry Bedard, John (Masse and Don O'Brien. The Kirkton hits consisted of a two -bagger by Eveleigh and singles by Waghorn and Bur- gin. The game was close until the bottom of the fifth when Zurich scored three runs on two singles and Bedard's home run. The loss was the third In It row for the Kirktanites who have failed to win a game this season. Staffa spoils Kirkton bid Staffa 'spoiled the home open- er of Kirkton in a Huron -Perth league game Friday night when they walloped them 12-6. The loss was the second in a row for the boys from Kirkton. Mound duties for the two teams were handled by Riley ; for Staffa. and by Brintnell for : il e Kirkton. 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