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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-09-28, Page 6That: 7iillots,Adv9;44.4 $PFtelrber 2.04 1961 COTTON'S COMMENTS • ly BILL BATTEN, Sports Editor 0110, would almost expect that a sports editor Who hasn't written any columns for the past four months wouldn't have any difficulty digging some, ,.`thing up for his "return engagement", but such is not the case, We'll have to admit that we lost most of our contact with the sporting world while perform - ng otir summer duties at Grand: Bend, unless 011.1' Padors consider watching beautiful girls in bikinis sport, (Come to think of it, 1 have almost come :to the ennelusion that it is one of the fastest grow- ing sports in Canada.) linwever, while we have been on "holiday", this particular section of the sports page has been well taken care of. In fact, after reading some of "Boyle's Banter", we were seriously considering looking for another job, because we felt our job was in jeopardy, But, being a true sportsman,. Derry said be realized that "his generation" had to make way for youth and so here we are back at it again. There is little doubt in our mind that our readers thoroughly enjoyed Derry's reminiscing and it certainly opened the eyes of some of us "young gaffers", We never realized the important contributions some of the area men made and we realize now that we should take our hats off to many of them. We realize that Derry probably had to leave some out, and if given the chance, could recall many more of the outstanding athletes in the area who have taken their place as leaders in our sur- rounding communities, still taking an active part in helping our youth get the chance they did. HE LEFT •ONE OUT However, we feel we have to point one small finger of criticism at our good friend Derry, because he left one very important chap out en- tirely. In fact, if we had been doing it, we would have put this gentleman right at the top. This chap never had any pro offers, but he was an energetic athlete and played on many of Exeter's top baseball and hockey teams. His size hampered him froxn becoming a "star",but his inexhaustible supply of energy and his ery tem- per made him respected by opponents who stood head and shoulders over him. He continued playing for more years than he will care to admit, finally giving in to the fact that he was slowing down, a fact that had to be faced by such men as "Rocket" Richard and Ted Williams, who realized that they had to step aside to make way for the youth. However, this local chap never hung up his equipment and sat down in an easy chair with his pipe and slippers, but started to work even harder than he has as a player. He organized minor ball and hockey teams and it was our pleasure to learn these sports under his guidance, although he prob- ably would prefer we didn't mention it. In fact, if all the boys who received their chance to play from this chap were assembled in one spot, it -would take a large auditorium to hold them. Many of these fellows complained (as we did) about the strict discipline that this coach and manager demanded, but I'ni sure most of them can now say "thanks", because it helped to make these boys into men. We could go on at great lengths extolling the many qualities of this chap, but we find we haven't room. However, we imagine that most of our read- ers kill know by now the identity of this fellow and will join me in criticising Derry for having omitted him from his columns for the past four months. Just in case berry still doesn't know who he left out, we'll give him one small hint where he can find this chap—in the mirror, Thanks Derry! BATT'N AROUND—While we haven't been following the local ball scene too closely, a look at last week's edition of The T -A shows that four area teams are still in the running for champion- ship laurels and we wish them well, and will be on the sidelines watching them to bring in a re- port to our readers . . . While cavorting around the sunny south with "Burly Earl" for the past two weeks, we took time out to watch the Yankees 154th game on TV and saw Roger Maris hit his 59th home run and send two balls into the stands, but on the wrong side of the foul line. This makes him the greatest home run hitter since Babe Ruth, and we feel he will write a new record before the Yanks head for their annual trip to the World Series. This will bring about a rash of comments from sportsmen around the world and the argu- ment about "lively" balls and shorter fences and such will. appear. However, this is a column in it- self, so We'll save it for another week _ . On our arrival home, we learned about the death of Bob Hayward, and after having the pleasure of meeting the world's top boat driver at Lucan, we can only say that it is a sad loss to the Canadian sports scene , . While football fans in the area have been denied the privilege of watching the Canadian pro football teams in action, a quick look at the standings shows that Hamilton is the team to beat this year, •, It appears that the World Series will take on the appearance of the third World War —the "Yankees" vs. the "RedS". It will probably mean the salt mines in Siberia if the Cincinnati club fails to win, so we'll cheer them on for that reason alone, although we'll probably have the RCMP (maybe Const. Crocker or Wein) on our door- step as soon as this paper hits the street. 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II, CE ousted in OBA finc Caledonia cops second from S . doubtful aoitb1fu i Sundey , eporte in the :Send ay fiettire, Will ever Pt too well supPorl. 011ie to drop their second from area baseball eepportees. .goillieehielt.Nfdvotl:tenasleient,lewsbe,odontodayip, espeCialle after the eestilte of Five in final rame i games were listed from, tsst St:41'a, aed the local equad had Hensall fails n bid, drops t ree straight Suln'‘c\i'ao)%area teams were sent ning for "C" honors. if they to win to remain in the rim- . – . to the sidelines after making do manage a win, they will Waleingham Senators are the diek, Th e (e); Bruce Horton, 1961 Ontario Baeeball Associa. 3b; Steve Kyle, e, p (6); Ger - tion Intermediate "le" chem.' eld Bell, p, lb (6); Lou Bar - pions! den, lb, 2b ()S); Jack Ceip- Tbe Senators wrapped up the chase, If; Bob Baynham, If (7); provincial title Sunday lifter- ' Jack Baker, rf; Bob Lavery, noon in Walsingham when they rf (e), downed Hensall 9-2 before a WALS'INGHAel — Bert Ab bumper crowd, bolt, 2b; Joe Erdelac, ss; Ar - The victory was the third nold Hanson, ss, p (7); Glenn i straight in the best -of -five On -I Ross, rf; Bob Gervey, lb; Gord /aria final series for waising. Gates, c; Jack Boughner, II; ham. Hosea lost a heart- Deed, ss (6); George breaking 4-3 twelec.inalag de- Gates, cf; Frank Erdelac, 3b; cisioe in the series opener at Bill Barry, pt Walsingham and then dropped I ILienun escore R le E a close 5-4 verdict in the see- 100 000 100-2 8 8 lsa ond contest at Hensel Walsing'm 022 020 12x-9 11 2 Glenn Ross, Gord Gates and - Bell leyle (6) and Kyle valiant trice Lo cop 013A bon- have the advantage of their ors, while a third squad fell home field in the remaining two games behind in their ii)e- games of the series as the' iinii*CallWed°0nVineS were Pl ay ed A game played in Staffa !Pal Wednesday was thrown met aft- er the two evenly matched teams played to a 5-5 tie. Series come to close In local softball action, GIS - fords and Crediton were slated to meet at Centralia, Wednes- day, in their fourth game in the best -of -five series for the Liniment League honors. Crediton leads the series 2-1 and needs only one win to wrap up the silverware, The only other team left in the running, the Exeter Greys, were also slated for action, Wednesday. They were to meet Winthrop In the final. game of their series at Hensel'. The twolice.teams have each won tv Play exhibition Hentall's powerful juvenile squad who copped the OBA "D" honors will take to the field again, Saturday, in an exhibition game with Dudes. The southern squad copped the "A" honors and challenged Hensall to the match to be played in Hensall. Bob Garvey were the big guns victory Siad( anates, eaddick_ (6); Barry, Hanson in the Senator with a u two hits apiece, .Cene of Ross' went for a fifth inning double. Joe Erdelac, Jack Boughner, George Gates, Frank Erdelac and Bill Barry rounded out Walsingharn's 11 -hit at t a c k with sipgles. For Hensel!, Steve Kyle Walsingham overcame a 4.0 singled. in the first and seventh deficit, in Henson, Wednesday, innings for two hitsto cop their second win of the Dennis Mock, Bruce eioir, series with a nip and tuck 5-4 Bill Shaddick, , Bruce Horton, margin, Gerald Bell and Jack Chip- The Senators did all their chase shored the other Hen- son safeties, Gerald Bell started on the mound for Hensel but was re; lieved by Steve Kyle in the sixth. Winning pitcher 13111 Barry toiled six and two -third innings for Walsingham before getting relief help from Arnold Han- son, a hard throwing right hander. Score early Hensall actually held the lead until the second inning, They took a 1-0 margin in the top of the first when Bill Shaddick scored from second on Steve Kyle's first hit of the afternoon, Shaddick became ea- baserpnner when catcher Gord Gates pulled Bob Garvey off the bag with a bad toss on a Score early bunt attempt down the third Hensall wasted little time in base line. . their effort to knot the series, Walsingham however, wasted hitting the score sheet with a little time in getting it back. single tally in their half of the In the second, Jack Boughner first inning. Dennis Mock led and Frank Erdelac each sin- off with a walk and moved to gled to set the stage for Bill second on a beautifu1 bunt by Barry's two -run double down Bruce Moir that dropped down the right field line, Lhe third base line for a single. The Senators added two Ernie Hanson then unloaded a wild pitch to move the base runners into scoring ,.pesitien and Bruce Horton banged a:2-1 pitch into deep left field to send Mock scampering across .the plate with the tally. The Hensall squad got to Hanson for three more runs in the third when they sent nine men to the plate. . • Shaddick, Horton and Parker all singled to spark the rally with the aid of a hit batsman, a walk and an error by third baseman Erdelac, on, Bob Garvey promptly sin- gled to right to score Ross, A Bounce back single by Gord Gates and two Walsingham picked up their more Hensall errors plated the first run in the fourth when second run of the half inning. Boyd slammed a double into right field and came all the Hensall scores way home on two errors by the homesters. In the sixth, the damage was really done. The Senators plated four runs on four hits five pitches, Billy Shaddick and took 'advantage of a walk moved the runner along with a and a Hensall error. Gerry single. Bruce Horton reached Bell relieved Parker on the first on the fielder's choice mound and got Ernie Hanson when Shaddick was cut down to pop out for the third out, The Hensell lefty held the visi- tors to two hits for the final. three frames, but his team- mates couldn't come up with the tying tally, Four -run rally sparks victory scoring in the fourth and sixth innings after Bente 11 had jumped into what looked to be a commanding 4-0 lead on a run in the first and three more in the third. Jack Boughner and Glen Ross paced the visitors' 11 -hit at- tack off Kee Parker and Gerry Bell, who shared the mound duties for the losers, Each of the players cracked out three safeties, while Frank Erdelac clubbed a double and a single. For Hensall, Bill Shaddick and Bruce Horton each had two safeties, with one of Shaddien being a booming triple, Gerry Bell and Ken Parker singled in the second and third innings respectively for the other two Hensall safeties, • more in the third to take a commanding 4-1, lea.d, Keep rolling The Senators, who hit the ball hard all afternoon, ex- tended their run production to six in the fifth by scoring two more runs. Glenn Ross, a threat at the plate all afternoon, boomed a 3-0 pitch into straight-away centre field that bounced over the fence for a ground rule double. With the lead-off man The locals pushed their sec- ond run of the game across the plate in the seventh. After Bruce Moir walked on at second but Kyle registered his second r.b.i, of the game with a timely single to score Moir. Walsingham got the run back in their half of the seventh without a hit. A pair of Hen - salt throwing errors did the A small boy confided discon- damage, solately to a young friend who was leading a puppy on the Two more runs end of a rope. "I've been want - The Senators climaxed their ing a dog for a long time, but nine -run splurge .with two more my mother won't let me have in the bottom of the eighth. nee, Hensall, who seemed to be "Maybe you don't use the outlucked in this series, left right strategy," advised his 13 men stranded on the bases friend, as the Walsingham pitching "What's strategy?" staff was "tight" in the clutch. "Well," his friend replied, Team lineups were as fel- "you don't ask for a dog. You lows: ask her for a baby brother, HENSALL — Dennis Mock, Then she'll be glad to settle ss; Bruce Moir, cf; Bill Shad- for a dog," tare) semi-final series, The Untie:lie bantams lost their second game to }lagers" ville to see their PPPOSitiell pick up the coveted "C" tro- phy. The Heron Paris kids gave it everything they had and were well on their way to knot- ting the series before they saw Hagersville come up with five rims in the bottom of the ninth to pull the game out of the fire. Hensel' intermediates, who lost their first two games to Walsingham by oneerun mar- gins, fared no better in their Sunday afternoon tilt against the Senators, The southern squad came up with a lusty hitting attack to sideline the area team .with three straight wins in their best -of -five series for the OBA "D" honors, Staffa falls behind Following the weekend ac- tion, Staffa is the only area team still in the running for Provincial honors, but they are faced with a do or die situation in their remaining games with Caledonia, The Huron -Perth champions blew their second straight lead • Stalk: edged 10-8, blow three -run lead Caledonia scored their sec- ond come -from -behind win on their home field, Sunday, to take a 2-0 lead over Staffa in the OBA "0" -semi-finals. The second game ended in a 5.5 tie in Staffa, Wednesday, The winners pounded out 13 hits off George Coveney and Gary Hopf, who came on in re- lief in the eighth inning. Cow- ell, Vyse, Gyokery, Smith and Harris paced the attack with a pair of safeties each. The Staffa club plated their first run in their first time at bat and came hack with two more in the third to take a 3-0 lead. • The homesters cut the margin to 3-2 with a pair of tallies in the' !math and the two clubs exchanged runs in the fifth. Score. five in sixth However, the roof fa in on the visiting Staffa nine when Caledonia pushed across five big runs in the sixth inning to take a commanding 8-4 lead, They scored two more in the seventh, and as it turned out, these were the margin of vic- tory. Trailing 10-4 going into the last inning, Staffa made a val- iant effort to knot the count as they pushed across four runs to fall two short of up- setting Caledonia, Pair win twice • to cop top prize I Len McKnight and Mrs. Wal- ter Westbrook teamed up, Sat- urday, to cop the mixed dou- bles tournament sponsored by the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club. I The pair scored two wins to Lop the field of seven, They were the only duo to record a perfect night. Wilf Goodwin and Mrs. Alvin Pym copped second place with a plus of 12 and their single win, while Harvey Pollen and Mrs. Ray Mills were close be - I hind with a win and a plus of 11. Tho fourth place winners were Ray Mills and Alvin Ieym. Two bouquets of flowers were I won by Mayor and Mrs. Pooley, 1 The flowers were donated by Mr, and Mrs, Luther Reynolds. I Following the evening play refreshments were served by the ladies of the club, Catcher Porky Wallace was the batting star for the losers, collecting a triple, double and single in four plate appear- ances. Gary Hopf continued his hitting spree with a pair of safeties. The other four singles were recorded by Linc Rohfritsch, Bob McKellar, Bill Gatenby and George Coveney. The two teams were sched- uled to play in Staffa on Mon- day but it was rained out and was played Wednesday. The winners will meet Alliston for the Ontario honors. Evenly matched "We're pretty evenly m etch- ed", coach Bob Sadler said fol- lowing Sunday's game, "and I think we can take them if we get.. some breaks". The remainder of the games will. be played in Staffa, as the area club won the toss for the extra game. Thrilling climax features tied tilt Staffa and Caledonia battled to a 5-5 tie in their second game in Staffa, Wednesday, as they finished in a "Hollywood - type" Climax. The homesters came to eat the Fast inning and promptly loaded the bases with only one out, but Caledonia's ace pitch- er, Frank Gyokery came through with his own thrilling performance to get the second out on a strike -out and got the final man to ground out to the infield. Although it was a low -scor- ing contest, the two teams hammered out a total of 25 base hits in the nine inning stint, with Caledonia edging Staffa 13-12. However, Gyokery and Bill Gatenby were in top form in the clutch and left many po- teetial runs stranded on the base paths. Gary Hopf paced the attack for Staffa, collecting four sin- gles in his appearances at the plate. Catcher Porky Wallace connected for three safeties, while Gatenby helped his own cause with a double and a single, The other Staffa hits were picked up by Bob McKellar, George Coveney and Linc Roh- kitsch, The tied game will not count in the best -of -five series. Hensall champs accept challenge Hensel!: juveniles, who re= cenlly copped the Ontario "D" championship, wilt battle the OBA "A" champions from Dundas in an exhibition feature to be staged in Hensalif Sale urdey. The Dundas squad sew the Ilensalt team photo in the Lon- don Free Press and challenged the area leam to a contest. Game time will be 300 p.m. and it would be quite a feat for the, "1)" champions to °eine up with a win over this '"A" squad, . WE WON IT—The happy smile on the face of Cpl, George ,Kelly, left, leaves lib doubt tts to the Whiner br, the 11CAF Centralia inter-IVIess softball trophy, The COr- poralt WAllOped the airmen 6,2 in the final game held last Thursday. ?resenting the trophy to Kelly is the chairman of the -Station Recreation Council, S/L Claude Larrance, while the captain of the ainnen't team, LAC R, Davies, looks on. .—National Defense phOln tt ewe alt xiiy enteess te ttiy eelee, joinedthe artily l6,get lifts,' tetra het.° sinks CE b Ilegerevilie bantams sePt'eCi five big runs in the bottom of the ninth inning at their home field, Sunday, to eke out a 9.8 win over Centralia to cop the Ontario "C" chempionshiP. After issuing only five walks over the first eight innings, Jim Rattray suddenly lost his control to walk three men in a TONY in the final frame to give the new champions their margin of victory. Two glaring errors by his team mates put the first two men on base and after getting the next batter to fly out, Rat - tray couldn't find the target, although several team sePPor- ters from Centralia disputed many of the umpire's calls in the fateful frame, CE takes early lead The Centralia youngsters jumped into a 3-0 lead in the second inning, scoring all their runs after two men were out. Catcher Bob Burns started the inning off with a single and af- ter Benning and Lambert were called out, Fortune walked and Thompson singled to drive in both runs. Thompson came home on a wild pitch to notch the third tally. The Huron Paris squad in- creased their lead to six runs in the fifth and appeared to be well on their way to tying the best -of -three series. However, Hagereville bounced back with three of their own in the hot - tom of the fifth and cut the lead to 6-4 in the sixth, After two scoreless innings, Centralia increased their lead to 8-4 as they sent two men across the plate in the top of the ninth, However, their four - run lead wasn't enough to cope with the final flurry by the. homesters, Have trouble in field Although Ragersville scored nine big runs, it certainly wasn't, the fault of CS hurler Rattray. The young flinger al- lowed only three hits in the nine innings he hurled. Local fisherman lands huge trout Ray Jory, Exeter, landed an 111 -pound lake trout during a recent fishing trip in the Lake Simcoe district. The ardent sportsman was trolling with a nine -inch silver spoon and was using 750 feet of line when he hooked the tasty fish. Graham Arthur, Exeter, was a member of the four man fishing party who witnessed the catch. Peter: "Did I ever tell you about my grandchildren?" Paul: "No and I'd like you to know how much I ap- preciate it." antams However, (=bind with 1115 eight free Passes, his teen) mates committed seven big tr. cors to allow the iiagereville batters to reach base safely. On the other side of the score sheet, Centralia only Picked up four hits, but, they received al- tpost the same treatment as they NVere giving, as they picked up six free passes and watched their opposition com- mit three errors. Bob Burns, Bob Thompson, Brian Fortune and Joch eLock shared the Centralia hits.' The Centralia lineup was as follows; Callum McPhee, Brian Haber, John Lock, Bob Burns, Bob Bulling, Lambert, Brian Fortune, Bob Thompson and Jun Rattray. 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