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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-06-29, Page 6Page 6 The Tirnes,Ady.ogotfit June 1961 .00teeK.leeeeelek.e•e. • • • • # BOYLE$ BANTER #, * • • 't 4,P 10' *" 11'v Zurich cops 'first place. CE,captures ccup downs .Kirkton, tribe nzurich Lumber Kin"s took .',., " ""-; " ' ",-- ..,..........„ -. - • -- - . --- I over sole posseSsien 4of first, 1 Masse hurls By DERRY BC YLE place in the 1•I uron-Perth League this eek by pounding When one .grows older, our thoughts wander back to names of athletes we have playeo‘ with or againstand those we nave had he pleaSttre pf watching. At the opening Huron -Perth leaguegame in 7;:llensal1 last wk, when the home i.chub: was baying lt$: infield. warmup, 1 noticed .a young third. base - ;man field a ball and throw to first with the easy grace of a well -coached athlete. Then, across the diamond a little man will a black baseball -cap On was moving along the front of the bench, and my thoughts went back „ about 35 years to pub. he school days. At that time the Ex- eter High School had a fine baseball team. In those days, the high " *schools in Lucan, Clin- ton, Parkhill ;,,nd St. Marys had good clubs, too, and baseball corn - petition was a high- light of school life in the spring. • On that Exeter team was a farm lad from the boundary by the name of Bert Horton who to me, a public • school kid, was the smoothest -moving in- fielder in the whole world. I couldn't wait to get into high school so I could pattern .niy baseball after him. Academics were secondary thoughts to • me then. With my luck, • of course, baseball was dis- continued in the high school when 1 finally made t. For some silly reason, education and exams - were considered more important. BERT HORTON About that time tournament baseball was gaining popularity and the boundary team was • making a name for itself, Bert Horton was on that club which competed with Exeter and other district squads. Albeit home fans love to ride and • boo the visitors, this player always had the re- spect of his opponents and their supporters. This • to me is a fine tribute to any athlete. • A few years later, Bert emigrated to Texas and was missed in the local baseball world. About 1948 we became tied up with the Exeter club and • when we met Hensall none other than the old pro himself was sparkpiugging the latter team. Men like Bert Horton certainly make liars of those who deride athletics and athletes. He was a fine player, teacher and more important, the father of two children who are excellent students and athletes. His daughter, Jane, has won a host of awards at school. The young third -sacker we • referred to earlier is son Bruce. If they continue • in their father's fgotsteps, their success _in any field is assured. THE BOUNDARY To the young people growing up today and to newcomers to this area, the name "Boundary" .probably doesn't mean much nor is its location too well known. This area is the line dividing 'Huron 'and Perth counties and the district developed some of the best. ball players to perform on a diamond any- where. Many of them could have played pro ball but they were all farmers and liked their job. Baseball was fun and relaxation for them; never- theless, these men played for keeps. Some of the names that come to mind are fellows like Charlie Coward with the whipping fast ball and an arm like a steel piston. His strategy was to overpower the hitters. Long, lean Wes Ven- ner, who played first base, pitched as well. Corsey Brown, the painter from Farquhar, had a varied assortment of curves, slow balls and drops. Ed Alexander also played high schoOl ball along with another great catcher, Oscar Harrison. Then there were Bert Horton and his two brothers, Wiley. Brintnell and Mr. Legion himself, Cliff Brintnell, to name a, few. Some are gone now but when old timers sit around and talk, their deeds live on. * * IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE • What is to us ,one of the most pleasant spots in town—the Exeter Bowling green—is again the scene of lively activity on summer evenings. This game is fine recreation, with plenty of challenge for the keen competitor. •. The credit must go to men like Howard Truemner, Ross Taylor (this year's president), Ray Mills, Birt Francis, Ulric Snell, •Bob, Fletcher and others who have brought about the lawn bowling revival. Many area people have become enthusiastic about the social and recreational enjoyment found in the popular curling club. I would think lawn howling would be a perfect summer .sport for curlers. For a very nominal fee, both town and rural folk would find real pleasure once a week in this other •great Scottish game. Come on, you curlers; Why not give it a try? The ladies had a very active curling group during the winter and must miss their nights out. Some have taken, to golf for the summer but others must be looking for a fill-in. Lawn bowling mem- bership for ladies is only $3.00 and the game will certainly imprOve your curling, according to Ross Taylor. Give bowling a try, gals. You're invited to come out five or six times free to test your ap. petite for this Summer sport, GET WELL, WISHES 1 was sorry to hear that a foriner eutstanda big al -around Hensall athlete has been quite sick London hospital. Dr. BM Joynt, dentist at the ; Ontario Hospital, was a stand -out performer on the ubalnpiohship bell teams •produced by Hensall in the early thirties. Bill caught and played infield and was ttile Of the better hitters'. While in high achOol, he was an effective right Winger on the 'hockey team and ati outstanding itadk and field Star, in later years, he sparkled on the golf course 4. 5 - out tire decisive victorieS. The Kgs rolie4 mer the x-eter Mohawks by a scare o! 12-1 on Wednesday, June 21, and then thumped the last -place Kirkton tarn 6-3 in Kirkton, Monday. The two wins gives Zurich a reeerd of four wins against one loss while second -place Staffa has a record of three and one Staffa will have a chance tg overhaul the league -.leaders this week' as they have two games scheduled, Zeriels, will only Play one. Kingspost thirdwin Zurich Lumber Kings won their third game of the season and the. Exeter Mohawks lost their third when Zurich pound- ed out a 12-1 decision over the tribe Wednesday night, June 21. Dan Trushinski fired a one - hitter at the Exeter crew while Zurich jumped on three Exeter pitchers for only seven hits but they turned them into 12 big runs. Jun Russell started on the mound for Exeter but had to leave after one inning because of a sore arni, Ray •Johnson pitched the next two innings before he was taken out in favour of Dean McKnight. Trushinski struck out four and walked three to go with his one -hitter. John Masse pitched the last inning for Zurich and struck out two and gave up two bases on balls. Russell allowed no hits, walk- ed one and whiffed two in the first inning. Johnson then came on and Zurich got to him for four hits and six runs. McKnight started in the fourth and he gave up three hits, walked six, and struck out six in the next five innings. Dick McFalls got Exeter's lone hit off Trushinski, a single in the seventh inning. Don O'Brien led the Zurich attack by banging out two singles. The other four Zurich hits were all singletons, pick- ed up by Ron Deichert, Larry Bedard; Jim Bedard and Dick Bedard. Zurich took a big lead early in the contest by scoring four runs in the second inning on three singles, a walk and a fielder's choice. The- Lumber Kings got two more runs in the third on an infield error, a single, and two put-outs at first base. McKnight .came on and pitch- ed shutout hall until the sev- enth inning when Zurich scored five runs on an error, a pass- ed ball, two walks and two singles. McFalls scored the Mo- hawks' only run in the seventh when he singled, stole second, and scored on two ground -outs to first. Zurich scored their twelfth run ui the eighth inning on an error, a walk and a ground - out. EXETER — Gravett, 2b; Loader, If; Russell, p, lb (2); McFalls, c; Wright, ss: John- son, lb, p (2), cf (4); Strang, 3b; Wooden, rf; Nagel, cf; Mc Knight (4). ZURICH — Wagner, c; Don O'Brien, as; Trushinski, P; orning up. RON-P ERTH BASE BALL June -July 29-11ensail Zurieli 30—Kirkton at Staffa 3—Kirkton at liellSall Exeter at Staffa HURON SOFTBALL 29-44SCter at Hensel' 4—Exeter at Wingham 5-11ensall at Belgrave LADIES' SOFTBALL 29—RCAF Clinton at Exeter 4—Brucefield at Exeter MEMORIAL SOFTBALL 2—Goderich at Centralia (2;00 p.m.) McGILLIVRAY SOFTBALL 30—Sylvan vs. Licury 4—West Corners vs. Lieury. 6—Clandeboye vs. G. Bend LINIMENT SOFTBALL 3—Legion at Kinsmen 6—Crediton at Giffords MIDGET ALL-STARS 29—Crediton at Exeter 30—Mitchell at Dashwood. 3—Dashwood at Exeter Crediton at, Mitchell BANTAM ALL-STARS 30—Exeter at Centralia 3—Exeter at Goderich Hensall at Clinton 5—Centralia at Hensall PEE WEE ALL-STARS 6—Exeter at }Jensen JUVENILE 29—Seaforth at 'Jensen. 5—Hensall at Seaforth. Goderich clips Centralia 16-4 Goderich tolled to a convin- cing 16-4 victory over RCAF Centralia in Memorial Soft- ball action Tuesday night. Goderich racked up a total of 15 bits during the nine -in- ning contest and were 'helped out by four CE miscues. Stan Dougherty was on the mound for Goderich and he held the •gentralla boys 'tq four hits while whiffing 12 batters. Ralph Lennox started the game for Centralia and he was relieved by Vince Johnson af- ter giving up nine runs in the first three innings. Wilson led the Goderich hit- ters at the plate by crashing .a triple, a double, and two singles to drive in five rims and he scored three times him- self. Goddard went for three, picking up three RBI's and./ scoring four runs. Dhirgherty also helped his own cause by -smashing a. home run and a single to drive in two runs, Bennett picked up two of the four Centralia hits off Doug- herty. Henderson and Thomp- son each knocked singletons for Centralia. Centralia took an early lead in the ball game by picking up three rens in the first inmng. From then on Goderich took over and went ahead with five runs in the second and four more in the third. Midgets cop • Doug O'Brien, cf; Pearson, 3b; first victory er J. Bedard, lf; D. Bedard, rf' • ExetMidgets Masse, p (8), Tuesday- night when they down.: ed Mitchell 9-7 in Mitchell, 1. Bedard, lb; Deichert. 2b; won their first game in two years an Draw new midget sked A new midget schedule has been drafted, to allow for the inclusion of New Hamburg in- to the league made up by Exe- ter, Dashwood, Crediton and Mitchell. Exeter midgets will play their first home game of the season today (Thursday) when they play host to Crediton for a 6;30 game, June 29—Creditor' at Exeter a—Mitchell at Dashwood July 5.-bashwood at Exeter Crediton at Mitchell 5—Mitchell at ;New Hamburg —litchell at Exeter Netv Hamburg at DashwOod 11—Exeter at l'..reditou New Hamburg at Mitchell 14—Mitchell at Crediton A 11.(!reditort at Dashwood No#tv Hamburg at Ezetcr 13—Exeter At New Hamburg' :eels, Hamburg at Crediton 21—Dashwood at Mitchell The midgets got back on the winning track early after los- ing all. five of their games last. year. The game was the first of the year for the Exe- ter boys and it was sweet re- venge for.," a 20-0 loss suffered last year at the hands of Mitch ell. Don Cann went the distance on the mound for Exeter in posting his first win of the season. The ace righthander struck out eight, walked seven and gave up six hits in going the full six innings. Exeter hatters smashed out ! seven hits and were helped out by five walks and three :Mitchell errors. Dale Turvey led the Exeter hitters by crashing a triple and a single in three trips to ' • the plate. Mervyn Taylor drill- • ed a double and a, single and other singletons were added by Don Cann, Bob Schroeder and John Nagel. The Exeter 'Midgets play their first home game today (Monday) when they host Crediton for a 6:30 game, five -hitter John Nese pitched. his third straight victory in Hpron-Perlli action Monday night when Zur. ieh Lumber Dings defeated Kirkton 8-3, Masse limited Kirkton to five bits, Zurich emoted for fixe runs in the first inning and held the Kirktonttes to two in their half of die first, Frdm then on, RCAF :Centralia took first place in the South -Western On -1 tario track and fieid meet in air force, Learns from Camp; Boulen, Aylmer and. Clinton. 1 The Centralia squad, under coach Don Wilson, coped 10 firsts, three seconds, and two thirds in gaining the first posi- time Coach Wilson received the trophy from W/C Moody, commanding officer of AYlnier station, Aylmer Saturda byb tin Al I nc in With the yards. teal to A ler wore tem , manager F/le D. K. Nelsoe so journeying 1 and S rts Officer F/0 Com- a PP CPI, WilSen led his team to victors' by winning firsts in the high jimp and pole vault. Other firsts went to Cadet Burgess in the 220 yards, INC Burfoot in the mile and three. mile eveets, Cadet East in the broad jump and hop-step.and. jump, and Bottum in the 580 Kings stayed in front to pre- serve the win, Dick Bedard led Zurich at the Plate with four hits, Larry Bedard picked up three hits, Doug O'Brien crashed two and Ron Deichert tallied one as Zurich benged out a 10 -hit at- tack. Dick Crago and Bill Wag - horn both contributed Kirkton hits in the two -run first to- ning. Burgin started for the losers but was replaced by Crago in the first. Late surge nips ruensaii Exeter Bantams erupted for three runs in their last time at bat to down Hensel' by a score of 3-1. It was the second win of the season for the surging Ban- tams who. previously had come from behind to nip Centralia 3-2. Jake Nyhuis tossed a neat three -hitter at the Hensell bat- ters in going the distance on the hill. Nyhuis struck out 12 batters in the abbreviated six - inning contest, Cameron McDonald was on the mound for Henseil and he held Exeter to four hits but all four of them came in the bot- tom of the fifth inning to ac- count for the three runs. Mc- Donald whipped 10 and walk- ed three during his route -going performance. Brian Baynham, Ricky Schroeder, Bob McDonald and Jake Nyhuis all contributed singles in the fifth -inning up- rising. Ted Mock, Cameron !McDon- ald and Don Cameron all con- tributed singles to Hensall's losing cause. Hensall took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when -Mock got his single, stole second and raced home on Cameron's single. Exeter came roaring back in the fifth and scored all three of their runs. Brian 13aynham singled, stole sec9nd and scor- ed on Ricky Schroeder's single to tie the ball game at 1-1. Schreeder raced from first to third \when the catcher let the hall go back to the screen and came home with the winning run on Bob' McDonald's clutch single. McDonald scored the third run cof the inning when Nyhuis connected for another single. The bantams travel to Centralia for their next game on Friday where the boys from CE will try to avenge their earlier 3-2 loss. EXETER — Glover, c, Par- ker (2); McDonald, 2b; Ny- huis, p; Thompson, cf; Brint- nell, rf; Cornish, lb; Bayn. hain, 3b; Stire, ss; Rumple, If, Schroeder, (5), BENSALL — Cameron, rf; Smale,, 3b; Chapman, ss; Mc- Donald, p; Funk, 2b; Bell, c; Turney, cf. Lenaghan (4); Mock, lb; itlousseau, If, Car - tile (4). Town team defeats CE Exeter golfers defeated a team from RCAF Station Cent- ralia in a challenge tournament at Oakwood Saturday morning. It was the second 'consecu- tive win for the town players, who broke a string of Cent- ralia triumphs for the first time lag year. Ten Exeter competitors ave- raged 91,8 in the round, played in fairly stiff winds. Nine Centralia golfers posted a 94.7 average. Low scores for Exeter were posted by Don Seutlicott, 81, Bill Pollen and Fred Sanders with 87 each. Bill Cozens scored an 83 for Centralia, followed by Mee Go - bell with 84 and Pat Clermont with 85, John McCarroll, Centralia, was in charge of the totirney, MC losers were host to Exeter Squad at a barbecue at the RC chapel following the round, and curling rinks. I am sure his many friends here will hope for a speedy recovery. Another outstanding sportsman, AI Pickard, also has had a bout in the hospital but now is well enough to be home, Al is in hockey's hall of fame, becauSe of his outstanding efforts in CATIA. When he was president of CATIA for a number of years, he was requested to become the first permanent appointment to that office in a full-time role. That's quite an honor when you consider that, in sports, everyone is gunning for your scalp after you'Ve had a year or two in office. We all hope Al's health keeps improving. OMEGA Besides participating lit community sports seine Mohawk playerare making other contribli- tient to our community, After the loss to Zurich, our stellar catcher, Dick McPalls, was the proud peppy of a son, baVid Alexander, the next mOr- nitig, On June 26, the feat was duplicated, After the kirkton game, Ron Bogart bacanie the palpitat. ing papa Of a baby boy, too, Pathets and sobs are doing well $ and the mothers are lovelier than ever, Excor IN AN Emen.dENCY A VeseeL MUST NOT ANelebg iht A CHANNEL Og FAigwAYe0 'MAT IT OBSONICT4 PASA CIPOTtlEft VES5.51.1. #TAI Grand Bend 'athletes win tri -school meet Grand Beet' Public School displayed its sppreinacy Over Centralia and Mt. Carmel pub- lic schools in track and field Friday afternoon by taking five firsts in eight events in a track meet held in Grand Bend, The Grand Bend school gar- nered 13 of a possible 24 points during the afternoon competi- tion. Centralia copped second place with six points and Mt, Carmel was third with A total of five points. The competition was among senior boys only and the top point -getter was Rod Coulter of Grand Bend. He picked up two firsts and two seconds for a total of six points. Runner-up to Coulter for in- dividual champion was Don Remple of Centralia who com- piled five points on two firsts and a second. Third position was shared bY Rick Menard, Grand Bend, and Wayne O'Brien, Mt. Car- mel, with four each. • Grand Gond figured in all• eight events by *kingup five -firsts, :and three -ec.onds for their 13 points. Centralia came second with six points on two firsts .and , two seconds and Mt, Carmel lobtained one first and three :seconds for five points, Track meet results Running broad—Rod Coulter, - GB; Don Remple, CE (16'31.."). Standing broad—Dori Ample, I CE; Robert Nordstrom, GB Shot put—Wayne O'Brien, Mt. C a r itt e 1; Rod Coulter,. GB Discus—Rick Menard, GB; Wayne O'Brien, Mt, Carmel (76'5"). Bali t Ji r o w—Rick Menard, GB; Brian Fortune, CE, High jump—Don Remple, CE; Rod Coulter, GB (4'9"). Dash—Rod Coulte r, GB; Wayne O'Brieu, Mt. Carmel, Relay—Grand Bend; Mt, Car- mel. Centralia also cooped the two relay events of the after. noon. Members of the winnMg quarter -mile relay were i! Doucett, F/C Frennel, F/C Reid and Cadet Burgess. Mem- , 1.)ers of the victorious mil*, re l'aVYC tenalOnu 10‘-'eertet, YBICOthitigcliacnci Christenson. nd tpi ilepe4es4S00 ‘137apri.eicicsk, irngpcoUrDpio cen SeGeuer oc itt the 100 yards, F/C Pigden in the javelin, Third place finishes were awardedioiput to xycB itt onF/CareeatiisnIbe ie the discus, 'Gifts' stop Kin twice Giffords beat the defending champion Kinsmen team twice this week. in Roc Softball League action. Bob Nicol led the way for the Giffords on Thursday night by driving in five runs to en. able them to squeak by the Kinsmen 8-7. 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