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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-06-15, Page 6ti,.. c.... 400 pJ4 art Ball is boggling again in Sggth litirgn ad, North Middlesex, At a low ebb for several years, the sport is experiencing a surprising revival this season based on "homebrow" partigipation. WbAt's believed 'to be a record number of teams—at least 31—are competing in inter -com- munity baseball and softball leagues rangingfrom minor to intermediate category, It's estimated that close to 400 players—men, boys and ladiesL--are taking part. Although the calibre of ball may not be up to what it was several years ago when imports were brought,in to strengthen local Went, the re- vival is providing plenty of fun and exercise for area athletes. For some who are' on the rosters of several teams, it's going to be .a busy Summer, "From the recreation standpoint, it's a ter- rific development," commented Lloyd Cushman, ' chairman of Exeter Recreation Committee. "We're not so much concerned with the calibre of ball as we are over the number of people who participate and enjoy themselves. We hOpe the enthusiasm co n tin ues, ' • (For onore comments on the revival, read Derry Boyle's 'Tenter' this week.) Huron -Perth action asse blanks tribe to post second win John Masse chalked up his second pitching victory of the season on Tuesday night in Zurich when the Zurich Lum- ber Kings scored a 3.0 win over the Exeter Mohawks. The win was also the second for the Kings who have lost only once this year. The loss evened the Mohawks' record at a win and a loss in Huron - Perth action. Masse mystified .Mohawk bat- ters in the seven -inning con- test, allowing a meager two hits and giving up only three walks. He worked six innings before being relieved by Dan Trushinski and during that period he struck out 12 batters and Trushinski whiffed two in the inning he worked to bring the total to 14. Ray Johnston performed ad- mirably on the mound for the Mohawks in making his first start of the young season. Johnston have up a scanty five bits but three of them came in one inning to account for all of the Zurich scoring. The lean righthander showed good control in walking only one batter and striking out two in going :the distance for the Tribe. Zurich scored all of their runs in the third inning on 'a walk to Don O'Brien, a single by Trusbinski and a ,•drive to right -centre by Doug O'Brien that knocked in two tallies. O'Brien scored two plays later when Jim Bedard drilled a single into right, Johnston got the next man to ground out but the damage was already done and the Mohawks couldn't get the three runs back al- though they had several good scoring chances in the fifth and sixth innings. , Earl "Cuss" Wagner got the first hit of the game in the opening inning when he poked a wrong -field hit down 1.he third base line that was good for a two -bagger. The four other Zurich hits were all singles and they were knocked out by Ron Deichert, Doug O'Brien, Jim Bedard and Dan Trushinski, Dick McPalls had a perfect night at 'the plate for the Tribe as he singled once and walked twice ,in three times .at bat. Exeter's other hit came in the fifth inning when Don "Boom" 'Gravett lined a - sharp single past the mound out beyond second base. The victory put Zurich into a first place tie with Hensel.), and Staffa. All three teams have won two games while losing only one. The Mohawks are in second position with a record of one win and, one de- feat. Kirtkon is in the cellar, having failed to win a game in four outings. The Mohawks Will play their first home game today (Thurs- day) when. Kirkton invades the local ball park for a 6:30 game. Pep 6 The IhneeAdeecater Jude 1", 1141 lcggzixzrzatmzza,=xzmmv.gzi;:ax, B YLE'S BANTER By DERRY BCYLE Accidents and near accidents are one hazard of sport that plagues athletes from time to time. But not often do they happen to fans, particularly at business or work. This story is true aid 'happen- ed only two doors south of The T -A office. One day about three weeks ago some wild man came busting in for some hamburg. When the word "Tager' and A.L, pennant pierced his befuddled brain, so enraged was he that without being asked, he slieuted; "Los Angeles Angels will win'. There was a hushed silence. Then, swish, something hit the ceiling. Just then, a sweet old lady passing by was heard to cry: "My goodnesS, since when have butcher shops had Wolfe hanging up on the meat hooks!" (Harold, that is COMMUNITY EFFORT, PLUSI A community with a purpose—that's Credi- ton. After many years there is a resurgence of baseball interest—and how! Many years ago as a young boy I remember one highlight of my sports life. It was the 24th of May celebration in Crediton, This started in the morning with a calathumpian parade which ended at the ball park. When order was brought about and we kids put in behind the ropes in seats, the large crowd settled down for a day -long diet of baseball. The diamond was manicured, ready for games in the morning, afternoon and evening. And what teams there were! London was a real powerhouse in those days. But they never outclassed the teams from Huron county—teams like Zurich, Wingham, Goderich, Exeter and last, but far from least, Crediton. Some really great ball players lived in and around the village. Names like King and Bissett Fahner, Sonny Wuerth, Bill Motz with those south- paw curves, . Steve Dundas with the blazing fast ball, Bully Fahner's booming bat, Harry and Howie Holtzman's father who moved like a cat. Then as the years passed 'and players left or retired, the great day became just a memory. But now a spirit of community pride has arisen. ,And once again the throbbing of tractors and whine of power mowers shouts of men at work, rebuild., hig the sports field. The diamond has been rework- ed and new steel -shafted screen has been erected . behind home plate. • The Crediton softball team is entered in the Exeter Recreation Softball league and is man- aged by Jack Galloway who will build his club on veterans such as Al Smith, Ross Haugh, Gard Slaght, Jerry Schenk, Jack England and many young rookies. These men and many more have ben working on the field and are building interest' in community sport. The young lads probably started the ball rolling with their desire for recreation. Last winter, according to Alvin Willert, manager of the local arena, about $400 was spent in ice time to give hockey t� kids from Crediton, Mt. Carmel, Dash- wood and Kirkton. Then, this spring, led again by'young Jim Pfaff, they •collected enough money from allow- ances to pay the entry fee for WOAA midget base- ball. After that, they put on a car wash to raise money for insurance. All this without adult sup- port! But now Ross Haugh is coaching them and the rest of the men pitched in to enlarge the diamond for baseball. It needs the vigor and enthusiasm of youth mixed with age and experience of older people to kindle and keep alive the flame of community pride. * * After one night of practice, the Exeter girls played an exhibition softball game in Brucefield and, although defeated, they should have a good season. Their league schedule was drawn up 'after the game with the other four tearns—Winthrop,,,, RCAF Clinton, Clinton Bell Telephone and Bruce - field. With all the ball activity going on this spring, it looks like, a revival of the early 1950's. There are the three Rec Softball teams in town —Legion, Kinsmen and Gifford's—playing with Crediton. Aub Farquhar's Bowling Lanes All -Stars are away to a flying start. And the Huron -Perth intermediate club looks promising, too. Add the Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget all-stars and we have a full slate of softball and baseball activities, It should be just like the old days when fans could come to' the fair grounds and see a game Oiliest any night. This is as it should be— but without support and enthusiasm from the town it could well die out as in the last few years. So let'S all help, one way •or another. We are wondering what night harness rac- ing will do to the twilight meets in the smaller towns, Premier Frost has had a lot of pressure brought to bear on his administration by the gambling fraternity and rich plutocrats in this sport. What I'm concerned about is whether horse- men will bother to bring horses to and -day Meets for smaller ptiaet. It sterns to me that real race horse fans and • owners are men like Tom Yearley/ Frank Taylor, Wellington Hern and Charlie Gedhalt, to name a ieW,.These people and many, many farmers and small town men go to the Teat because they love to watch the smooth flow and 0 -ordination of a Well-trained herse, •either pacer 01' trotter. But big city racing is designed by big meney interests for one reason arid one reason only—betting, At these tracks most people wouldn't know a fetock front a time clock. Thit,trend is reversed at Small One -day meets where the rnajOrity a people know and 1�v e the speed of tfid horse •and the money is incidental, * * * * Af4 SO eflaiith the send Week, Bali standings HURcsisisPEStTt-I TieTusall2 1 6 4 Zuririt 21 D • 2 D 1 1 1 Iciricton .. . 0 3 0 This week's ;cores: 1ietssall T. Iiiirkion 2 7,111.1,11 1, F,seter a starro T, Zurioi 4, megi.)...4,1yRAY SOFTBALL. T Lloury 3 n Sylvan 1 n VesL rorners ... . 1 1 0 Clandchoye n 1 fl itsley 0 2 Thi* week's scores: Lieury 10. llancieboye n West Corners 11, BrInsley 7 Liettry 14, Brinsley 11 MgMORIAJ, SOFTBALL Northern Division W 1 •'r Stratford . 4 1 n 16 Godoricit 3 2 n Minton. '2 3 11 Centralia . 1 1 0 2 take Li Plan central , ball league Southern Division St. -Thomas . . 4 1 Woodstock A 1 Otterville .. . .. 1 2 'Hickson 1 4 Tavistock ..... 3, 4 This week's scores; St. Thomas 4, ContralilaLL. REG SOFTBA v 1. Kin:smelt 1 0 Giffords n Credilon ...... .. 0 1 This week's ;cores: Kinsmen 0, Crediton 4 eifforde rat Legion fori.)- (I 6)6 n 2 o 02 0 1' 0 Prwee teams set schedule Four teams have entered the WOAA pee wee league which opens on Saturday, June 17, with games at Centralia and Hensall. Exeter will meet the airport team at 1,00 p.m. while Hensall is host to Clinton for a 6.30 game. The schedule (all pines start at 6.30 unless otherwise noted): June 17—. -Exeter at Centralia (1.00) Clinton at Hensall 20—Hensall at Exeter Centralia at Clinton 23—Exeter at Clinton 24—Hensall at Centralia (3:00) 27—Hensall 'at Clinton Centralia at Exetek July 6—Exeter at Hensall 8—Clinton at Centralia 11—Clinton at Exeter 14—Exeter at Clinton 18—Clinton at Exeter (3.00) New clubs loin midgets Four local centres have de- cided to enter teams in this year's WOAA midget grouping, it was announced this week. Three communities from South Huron—Dashwood, Cred- iton and Exeter— are in the league and the fourth team will be from Mitchell. It will be the first time in a number of years that Dash- wood and Crediton have fielded midget teams, whereas, Exe- ter and Mitchell are both vet- erans of midget baseball wars. The coaching duties for the Exeter club will be handled by Wally Randerson and Lee Sherman and the team will be sponsored by the Kinsmen. June 19—Exeter at Dashwood 22—Dashwood at Crediton 27—Exeter at Mitchell 29—Crediton at Exeter 30—Mitchell at Dashwood, July 3—Dashwood at Exeter. Creditor' al Mitchell 7—Mitchell at Exeter Crediton at Dashwood 11—Exeter at Crediton Dashwood at Mitchell 14-1Vlitchell at Crediton 17 --Crediton at Dashwood Mitchell at Exeter 20—Exeter at Crediton 21—Dashwood at Mitchell. freMONSAMMOUREPARCPA Coming up! HURON - PERTH BASEBALL June 1.51—Kirkton at Exeter 20—Exeter at Heiken. Zurich at Staffa HURON SOFTBALL 15--Wingham at Exeter 17—Hensall. at Belgrave 19—Hensall at Wingham 20—Exeter at Belgrave,. 22--Wingham at Exeter LADIES' SOFTBALL 16—Exeter at Winthrop 19—Exeter at RCAF 22—Exeter at Bell MEMOR4AL SOFTBALL 16—Centralia at Tavistock. 18—St, Thomas at Centralia (2 ton.) A0—Centralia at Clinton MCGILLIVRAY SOFTBALL 16—Sylvan vs. Clandeboye 26—Minsky vs, ClAtidOOYd 22 -.West Corners vs. Sylvan LINIMENT SOFTBALL 1.6--Giffords at Crediton 19 -,—Crediton. at Legion 21—Xiritm0t1 at Gillet& MIDGET ALL-STARS 19.—Exeter at Dashwood 22—Da4hwOod at Crediton 11ARTAM ALL.ttAitt 16 ---Centralia at Exeter 19—Exeter at Clinton 22-4feritall at Exeter PEE WEE ALL,STARt 17-1xtter at Centralia (1:00) Clinton at Ifensalt 20—Hensall at Exeter Centralia at Clititoti 4.Z,Warmnigt1M7=11,47&,:;L:a 4 As a result of two years of growing enthusiasm en rural softball diamonds, the. Central liuron Softball League has been organized with teams entered frons Kippen, Bruce - field, Varna, /.3eyfteld and Holmesville. All games start at 7 p.m. CENTRAL HURON LEAGUE SCHEDULE June 20—Brucefield t Kinnen 22—Kippen at Bayfield 24-11,13'field al Varna 28—Varna at Holmesville 30—liolmesville at Brucefield July 4—Varna at 14ippen A 6—linlineeville at Bayfipld 8-11ruccfleld at Varna 12—K1ppon at liolmesvilla 14— BayfIeld at Bruce Mold 18-1-1olniesvIlle at KinPen 20—Bruce field At .naytield :127-13a 1irPfleida it at 1.I1.nilola 25rnesville 28—Varna et Brueeneld Attgrt a iy field at xippen 1—V8trtia, al Bayfield 5-1.1ohnesvIlle at Varna 0—Brucefield at Holmesville 1.1.-1innen at Brucefield 15—Brucefield at Kipnen 17—Kippen at Bayfield 19-13ayfichi at 'Varna 23—Varna at Hohnesville 25—Holmesville at Bruce:n.014 20—Yarna at Kippen 31—Holmes vine al hayfield September 2—Briteeficid al Varna Holmentille — "--KIPPenid Bayfie Brucefield Bass season opens July 1 Lucky anglers in some parts of far ,northwestern Ontario be- gan fishing for bass on June 10, others must wait until July 1. Sportsmen in northern and northwestern Ontario will test skills and tackle against the wiles, courage and power of the "tiger cat" of all Ontario game fish, the maskinonge, beginning June 20, and in other areas from June 25 or July 1, as listed in the undernoted Lands and Forests Department schedule. Black bass (1) St, Clair River, Lake St. Clair and Detroit River; June' 25 to December 31. (2) Lake Erie and Niagara River between Lake Erie and Niagara Falls; July 1 to No- vernber 30. (3) St. Lawrence River west of the dam at the Robert H. Saunders Generating Station in Stormont County; June 15 to November 30. (4) Boundary waters (other than Lake Superior) between Thunder Bay District and Min- nesota, and Kenora and Rainy River Districts; Jttne 10 to December 15. Maskinonge (a) North and west of and in- cluding the French and Mat- tawa Rivers and Lake Nipis- sing arid that part of Georgian Bay north of a line from the northern extremity of Fitzwil.- liam Island northeasterly to the southeasterly limit of Travers Township: June 20 to October 15,. • (b) South of and excluding the French and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nippissing: July 1 to October 15, except •(1) St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and Detroit River: June 25 to December 15; and (2) Lake Erie and Niagara River between Lake Erie and Niagara Falls; July 1 to De- cember 15; and (3) St. Lawrence River: July 1 to NovemberN30. All dates are inclusive. Woodstock blanks CE Displaying a brilliant passing attack, Woodstock blanked Cen- tralla 6-0 in Saturday's soccer snatch at the station field, In an exhibition game earlier this season, the CE squad posted a 5-2 win over Wood- stock but it was a different team which handcuffed Centra- lia on Saturday. Woodstock controlled the ball well, corning ,i.sp with a passing game the airmen couldn't cope with, Wil- liams was the .top scoter for the visitors. Centralia has drawn two top contenderin Ontario cup play - Offs whictl begin this week. 011 Saturday the airmen will tae- kle italo-Canadlans at the CN RA park in London with kik- off at 6,30, On Tuesday, June 20, Cell- &elle meets the Viscounts on the same field, karting at 7 p.m, Beth teamdrawn by Cent tralia are first division clubs. Wins first start with 109 mark Jack Morrissey, ItR 2 Credis ton, reports that hit young horse, '''Brother BO" get Off to a geed start fir the sulky contests at Montreal last week,. „, "Brother Bob" won his first start with a 2.09 mark, then placed in his sect:Mid 'rade with 4 11111rieteribt 112omty7':'elneked te Win his fire, Start Of 'the' Soatrin. EXETER — Gravel 2b;' Nagel, Aic.Fa11a. el Wright, sat; Bo- gart:, 311; Johnston, p; Wooden. 11); Strang, If; Heywood, rf, ZURICH- 1Vagner, c; Don O'Brien. Trosh inski, on; Pear- son, 3h; Doug O'Brien, cf Deleh sr'; Jim Bhdard, If; Dick Bedard, rf, Dan Moore (7); Matase, 1)- Staffa stops Zurich t7-4 'Zurich Lumber Kings suffer- ed their' first loss of the sea- son in Staffa Friday night when they dropped a 7-4 de- cision in Huron-P'erth play. Don O'Brien, who lookt after the managerial duties for the Kings, pitched his first game of the year and he gave up nine hits to the Staffa boys. Staffa called on Bob Sadler to start on the mound and he too allowed nine hits but his team- mates were able to pick up seven runs while limiting Zur- ich to four. Doug O'Brien led the Lum- ber Kings in their losing cause by pounding out a triple and two singles. Paul Pearson and ,Ron Diechert each banged two singles and singletons went to Jim Bedard and Earl Wagner. Staffa scored five big runs in their first time at the plate and Zurich c o u l d n ' 1 catch them from then on, although they did get some of the runs back in the last two innings. v•vs 400 "'You'd think niy children wfsuld pick up a phone and call me once in a while." 9' rs al Huron softball Bell strikes out 17 to blank Hensall nine Don "Dinger" Bell pitched tremendous shutout ball fpr nine innings and Aub Farqu- har't softballers backed him up with five runs to defeat lien - salt 5-0, in a Huron SoAball League game, s The game was played under the lights in Hensel] and in spite of the cool night breezes "Dingo's." was hot as c.a fire- cracker, The speedballing right- hander whiffed 17 battert and gave up only three bases on balls in going the distance for the keglers. Bell allowed only four well - scattered hits during the whole nine innings. The chucking duties for lien - sail were handled by Pickering and the tall righty gave up no hits in the first two innings but ran into trouble in the third and yielded threb hits and two funs to the Exeter crew. He struck out six. in eight Innings and was replaced by Don Mousseau in the ninth Who added ohe more to the strikeout list. Altogether 'the lanes team crashed 10 bits off the two pitchers. Cy Blonlineett and Bell were the big guns for Exeter as they walloped a double and a sin- gle each. Lyle Little also Wielded a "vq,i; bat for Far- boybanging out two singles in five trips to Ihe plate. Simon Nagel, Chub Eds wards Sad "Boom" Gravett also garnered singles for the night's work, Murray Brintnell crashed the longest bit of the night when e clouted one high up into the left field sckeen' that would have been a home rujt had it been three feet higher. Atha- nell had to settle for a two Exeter got tWo of Its runs in the third inning on thee back-to-back singlet by Ed- wards, Bell and Little and a sacrifice fly by Richardson. The bowlers scored their next — Please turn to page Try if! A NEW GOLF GAME! The Countryside Pitch -and -Putt AL 9 -Hole Course Jr ALL PAR 3.HGLES OPEN THIS WEEKEND BESIDE GOLFVIEW, RESTAURANT GRAND BEND Only 500 for a complete round Clubs and balls extra if desired Bell throws three -hitter Gerry Bell, Hengall's man. ager, pitched. his tearri t64 7.2 victory over Kirkton Friday night in Huron -Perth adtiritt. The loss was the :fourth it as Many stark for Kirkton and WAS the secondwin of the season for Rental]. who have lett only one this year. 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