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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-09-20, Page 6P.n., .6. 'The. Three„,A4v9eate, ,September 20, 1962: ::,•••••• Why sports? Greys : .take title • • L in four straig ht Series ..c.ontinue Saturday. ings. don't go e Senators find out Davies Grant Denning t Benn CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Municipal Auditors DEVON BUILDING PH 235-0120 EXETER Office Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Three-run rally in ninth gives juveniles 1-0 lead • • • ORDER YOUR WOOD NOW when the weather is good MIXED SLAB WOOD Stake Truck load, delivered . .......... $30.00 Half-load, delivered . .. ... .. . $17.00 MIXED LIMB AND BODY WOOD Stake Truck load, delivered $50.00 Half-load, delivered . . ....... — ..... $27.00 Apply in Writing to Robert Eagleson A1LSA CRAIG or Pliant 232-44:50 'Nairn before 8:30 cm, or boweon S anti' MO p.m, nen Bros. LIMITED Walsingham Senators found • out ever the weekend what ell GUEST COLUMN. By Al Pickard Of a necessity when expressing views on this topic one must define the term "sports". The writer chooses to define sport as any healthful activity indulged in for the pleasure of either players or spectators, or both. From infancy the human desire "to play" is strong. During the first four or five years of life most children are given comparatively free rein and assisted in expressing themselves in "play". At an age, usually between five and six, the element of "work" is introduced into the child's life. By stages, the child and later the adolescent learns that play is not enough. It is necessary to work. first at school, and then at some trade, vocation or profession. Life becomes Serious as more and more responsibilities are shouldered. We live in a world of turmoil and face prob- lems which threaten man's very existence. We will be better equipped to help solve these problems if we maintain physical and mental fitness. Fortunate indeed is the individual who does not allow the desire and the will "to play" to be pushed out of life. It :is our opinion that the need for pyscholo- gists and psychiatrists would be greatly diminished if a greater number of people maintained their natural desire and continued "to play" through- out adult life. We have defined sport as any healthful activity indulged in for pleasure, This is a broad definition which might better be termed "recrea- tion," but be that as it may, includes a multitude of activities such as: golfing, playing ball, skiing, lawn or alley bowling, horseback riding, boating, swimming, skating, playing hockey, curling, fish- ing and many, many others, From personal experience the writer has learned of the benefits and pleasure to be derived from a number of these sport activities. The very nature of sport provides the setting for a close. communion between man and his fellow-man. The average golfer who plays in a foursome benefits physically, but perhaps much more important to his well-being, has stored up emotional and mental reserves. The natural and inherent desire to as- sociate with his fellow man in play has been satis- fied, Who can say what benefits have accrued to the members of Exeter's men's baseball and to the ladies' softball club. They have provided pleasure to spectators, but one may be sure that the greater benefits were bestowed on the playing members of these clubs. Fishing is a favorite sport of many, both young and old. One suspects that man's activities in this field stem from the ancient past when this sport was a very necessary part of life, Today it is not possible to catch fish in every stream. It •is necessary to explore the woods and sparsely- populated areas. It is our experience that a trout- fishing trip is real sport. It includes strenuous exercise making your way over very rough ter- rain. There are many extra dividends. One comes in close contact with nature—is able to observe many of the more rare birds and animals in their hidden-away places. The woods are a delight with their flowers in season. Even the rare wild orchid may be found and admired in this district. Do not ask Ex-Mayor Ted Pooley or Town Clerk C, V. Pickard where they get their speckled trout, but it is an open secret that stretches of the Maitland River between Auburn and Wingham contain many fine small-mouth bass to be had for the taking. With the summer season on the wane and winter coming on, our thoughts turn to curling and hockey, If one doubts the benefits to be de- rived from participant, sport, he should visit the Exeter skating and hockey rink when teams com- posed of youths of various ages are playing. Here he will find dozens of young boys enjoying them- selves to the full. He should visit the Exeter curling club after play starts this fall. It is our opinion that the promoters of the building of this rink deserve a vote of thanks from the community. An oppor- tunity for real play for adults, with all of its benefits, has been provided for a large number of town and rural citizens. Who can deny that many people derive beneficial satisfaction from watching sport. Tele- vision has been a boon to the real sports lover in this respect. We see on the screens of our television sets the very best in many fields of sport: a Jerome flashing across the finish line, soccer matches, football games, tennis matches, hockey games, horse racing events, baseball games and many other important sports events, Those of us who are adults can usually ar- range facilities for our play if we have the will to do so, but it becomes more and more difficult for our young people to make those arraltgetarents for themeslves, Equipment for many sports such as hockey and baseball has become very expensive. Rinks and playing fields are not so readily access- ible as they used to be. It is to the credit of Exeter's town council, the recreation committee, service clubs, businessmen and individuals Who contribute money or services that Exeter has been provided facilities for organized play for young people. It is our opinion that Recreation Director. Don Gravett is doing excellent work in organizing and directing recreation activities, The taxpayers and donors of money to support sports activities may rest assured that their money spent on these activities will pay the greatest of real dividends in the development of physically and mentally. healthy future citizens. Not only are the United- late needs of our youth being provided for but habits and attitudes which will carry on into adult life are being developed. Exeter Greys. won the Huron Ladies' Softball League ehant- olonship Tuesday_ night with a 15.5 victory over Brussels which completed a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven The hustling, hard - hitting Greys succeed Winthrop as the reigning club of the league which was formed last year. Greys clinched the title with the most convincing win of the series, in the four games, they outscored Brussels 46-25 with. squirts tilts tourney tilts An Exeter team reached the semi-finals of the Lake Huron zone squirt tournament at Lis- towel Saturday but bowed out 16-5 to a strong Harristan club. The locals, managed by Lorne Haugh, romped to a 14.5 vic- tory over Clinton in their first game of the tourney but suf- fered a reverse to almost the same tune in the second con- test. Barry Baynham hurled the victory over Clinton and scored three runs to help his own Weber, and Bruce Fuleher and cause, Frank De Vries, Rieky Larry Haugh scored twice each, ,Haugh getting both of his in the locals' eight-run splurge in the first inning. The Exeter team counted single tallies in the second and third innings and added. four more for insurance in the fifth. Clinton scored four of their five run sin the third, Against Harriston, the Exe- ter squirts took a 2-0 lead in the first inning but gave up five counters in the second. Exeter matched Harriston's two runs in the third but the winners pulled out of reach with a nine-run outburst in the fourth. The locals' runs were scored by Haugh, DeVries, Joey Cos- grove, Ronnie Lindenfield and Jim Parker. Baynham started the second game on the mound but was relieved by DeVries in the fourth. The lineup: Larry Haugh 2b, Frank DeVries 22, Ricky We- her c, Barry Baynham p, Joey Cosgrove lb, Ronnie Linden- field 3b, Jack Darling cf, Ron- nie Janke lf, Bruce Fulcher rf, Jim Parker, Denton Gaiser and Marvin 'Bower. Bats boom for Crediton Crediton. broke loose with 19 hits Tuesday night to serve not- ice on the Legion that they don't intend to give up the recreation softball league title without a fight. The defending champs won 19.5 to leave the best-of-seven series standing at 3.2 in favor of the Legion. Sixth game will be played Thursday night un- der the lights at Centralia, Gord Slaght sparked the Cre- diton crew with a double-bar- relled performance on the mound and at the plate, He held the vets to 10 hits and rapped a homer and double which were key blows for the winners. Slaght's homer came in the first inning, after Al Flynn singled and Bob Gallaway doubled, to give Crediton a 3-0 lead, His double in the second drove in. two of the three runs which widened the margin to 6-0. Crediton's big surge came in the fourth when they scored eight runs wth the help of . a number of vet bobbles. Gallo- way started the attack with a. double. .Slaght held the Legion team Off the scoreboard untilthe sixth when Harry Matties hoin- ered, The vets scared two in the seventh on singles by lien- nessey and. Murray Brinteell and added singles in the eighth and nine. Mel Finkbeiner clouted a homer for Crediton as well as three singles. Galloway tot. 'Jetted two triples and a double and John Wade hit three sin, 'deg, For the .Legion, Hawk r d Holtzman doubled and singled. Chub EdWards and Murray &handl collected two safeties each. Pair win fish derby Sarnia and Grand 'Bend an- glers tvon the first fish derby sponsored by the Grand tend Sportsmen's Association, W, 11, Musgrove, 1416 McCrio St., Sarnia, caught the largest perch and Bill Lackner, Grand Bend, hooked the biggest picke- rel, Both will receive trophies donated by the Imperial lintel, Grand Bend. The best perch was a one- pound, 81-ounce beauty which stretehed 141 Mates Runner- up in the perch 'clans was Art Page, Grand Bend, The second largett pickerel Was -alight by :Lynn' Stattoiii Grand Bend, Committee in charge of the derby, first sponsored by the association, included .1ohn Tee. this, :roc Green, Bill Baird and Doti Flear„, Membera said the derby was "quite a success" AO the competition will be held *gain next year. victories of 1340, 7.6, and 13-'.5 In Addition to Tuesday night's While her males were pound- ing out 15 hits in the final con- test, Grey's pitcher 'Rose Cam'," held the Brussels .club to a meagre four safeties. She had a no-bit ball game going into the sixth inning. Audrey Pooley started the champs off with a three-run homer in the first iening after Dolly 1$1attson had clouted a double, The Greys took a 4.0 lead in the opening frame and Ann Jorgenson added a home run in the third, Then the locals began count- ing' by the nember of the in- .ning„ scoring four and five runs in the respective frames, Singles by Carey and Pooley, and successful bunts by Jean Taylor and Mary Gravett ac- counted for the runs in the fourth. In the fifth, Norma Cole- man's triple and. Ann Jorgen- son's double emptied the bases after Aim Gronyn and Mattson singled and Carey and Taylor drew walks. Brussels began to fight back in the sixth with a three-run outburst on a double by War- wick. and a single by Machan, The losers added two more in. the seventh when the GreYa booted a couple of balls and Carey gave up singles to Coultes and Engle, Just to round out the score, Mary Gravett scored the Greys' fifteenth run after hitting a sin- le in the seventh. An error helped her round the diamond, Mattson, Taylor, Pooley, Gra- vett, Coleman, Jorgenson and Carey each collected two hits during the contest. Sylvan wins fourth crown Sylvan won the McGillivray Memorial. Park Trophy for the third year in a row Tuesday night when it downed Lieury 10.4 'to lake the championship softball series in four straight, The Sylvan club has captured the award four of the five years it has been in existence, Lieury was no match for the hard-hitting champions in the best-of-seven series, although the runners-up threatened Tues. day night. Lieury led 4-1 until the fourth when Sylvan scored five runs to take command. Winning pitcher Jim Card- man aided his own cause with a home run. Les Steeper's homer with two on put Lieury into its early lead, Bob Robinson started on mound for the losers. He was relieved by Dinger Sylvan won the third game of the series Saturday night by a 25,4 margin. Hensall juveniles came up with an exciting three-run ral- ly in the bottom of the ninth in- ning to take a major step to- wards annexing their third straight. OBA championship with a 9.8 win over Walsingham Sat- urday afternoon in Hensel]. Hensall used only one hit dur- ing their last-ditch stand in the final frame and the winning run of the game was walked in with the bases loaded, The three runs drew the Hensall team from an 8-6 deficit into their winning 9.8 lead and it gave them a 1.0 lead in games in their two-out-of-three juvenile "D" final round with Walsing- ha in, Although neither team came up with a terrific performance in the field, they both made up for it with some timely base hits and, fancy base running. The last-minute effort by the home squad climaxed a sus- pensefilled game that saw them come from behind three times before finally hanging a permanent defeat on the Wal- gha nt crew. Take lead first Heesall took control of the game after only two innings with a single run that, gave them the lead for the first and last, up until the final frame, time of the game, Jack Chipchase's tremendous three-base smash to left-centre after Bruce Horton had worked Walsingham starter Jim Gee for a free pass provided the locals with their 1-0 margin, Walsingham finally got to Hensall pitching stalwart Bill Shaddick in the fourth inning and they picked tip lout. runs on only one hit. Shaddiek had difficulty with his control in the fourth, after mowing the side down in the first three in- rings, and gave the visitors a 3-1 edge. Cameron McDonald, who re- placed Shaddick in the top o'f ' the fifth inning, was greeted with back,to-back singles by Joe Erdelac and "Paul Abbott in the sixth session and another Hensall infield error counted one run And gave the Walsing- ham nine a 4.1 margin, Hensall tonies on The, defending champs front Hensall then started to rally with determination, After being held to a single run In the first five innings they taine up with three in the sixth to tie the store 'at 4-all, Bill `Shaddick led off rot the winners with a single. and moved down to Second when the centre-fielder bobbled the bait, Bruce llorton gained A tree pass to first after he was A bouncing shot down the !hire base line by Don Genttner drove in a pair of runs to em able Zurich - Lumber Kings to register an eighth-inning tri- umph over Exeter Mohawks Wednesday, Sept. 5, in. Exeter, The two runs shunted the vis- iting Lumber Kings squad into An 8-7 lead that they held for the remainder of 'the game to give them their second win in A row in their tussle with the Exeter club for the Huron-Perth championship, The. series is a four-out-of-seven affair. The two-run single by Gentt- ner, who was nailed as he tried to stretch the hit to two bases, nullified two come-from-behind rushes by the tribe in a spirited attempt -to tie the round, Lock finesse The Exeter team, showing none of the sparkle and form that carried them to a surpris- ing 4-1 playoff win over Listo- wel Legionnaires, fell behind early in the game when the vis- iting Zurich squad came up with four runs in the first two in- nings while holding Exeter to one, Earl "Cuss" Wagner ac- counted for two of the four runs on a couple of drives to right field, One hit took a bad hop over fielder Joe Wooden's head and Wagner managed to come all the way home while the speedy catcher made it two round-trippers in a row when Wooden lost his next drive in the sun and the ball eluded him completely, Ron Bogart came up with Ex- eter's only tally when he swat- ted a towering fly ball into right field that went far over the fielder's head and the Exe- ter centre-fielder had little trouble racing all the way home, Exeter rallies The Mohawks finally got to King starter Dick Bedard and rocked him for three hits to plate four runs in the bottom of the third session, Simon Nagel singled to open the inning and. then a Zurich infield error, a walk, and a hit batsman loaded the bags and also brought in one run, The next batter, Jim Russel 11, promptly lined a shot into left field for two more runs and. Joe Wooden gave Exeter a S-4 lead on a follow-up single, hit with the ball and Jack Chip- chase moved both runners along and loaded the bags with a walk on four straight balls. A fielder's choice on Robert MeNaughton and a follow-up single by Harry Moir, coupled with a Walsingham infield er- ror, provided Hensell with three runs and a tie ball game. Walsingham surged ahead of the home team in their next time at bat when they counted two more runs on a pair of singles and a long smash by Graham Secord that brought both base runners home. Pick up again Hensall managed to stay with- in striking distance of the leaders as they counted their fifth and sixth runs of the game in the bottom of the sev- enth frame. Four straight hits by Horton, Chipchase, McDonald, and Mc. Naughton brought in a pair of runs and made the score read 6-6. McDonald's hit was a deep clout to right field that the fielder erred ih playing and both runs scored as McDonald raced, all the way to third al- though he was nailed sliding into the bag. Walsingham runs for the third straight inning In the top of the eighth when they charged into an 8-6 lead with pair on two Singlet and a lien. tall eeror. Hensall rallied for the last time of the game after shutting out the visitors in the top of the fr Lumber Kings tied the score in the top of the sixth on, three straight singles by Overholt, Reichert, and Larry Bedard. but Mohawks surged into a two-run lead in their half of the inning on three walks and back to-back singles by Lyle' Little and Dick Meralla that left the score 7.5 in favour of the home side. Kings come through However, the Lumber Kings didn't stay down for long and in the first of the seventh a triple to right by Doug O'Brien and a following single by Phil. Over- bolt brought them to within one run of the tribe, Exeter starter Bill Crago tired in the top of the eighth inning and, after walking a man with two away, retired in favour of Jim Russell, The 'first batter to face the big righlAander was Don O'Brien and he promptla punched a single over second base, setting the stage for Gent- tner and his two-run blow that won the game, O'Brien wins Don O'Brien, who went in for Bedard and Denomme in the seventh inning, was the winning hurler for the visiting Kings, O'Brien held the Mohawks hit- less through the final three innings, retiring eight men in a row, seven of them on pop- ups. Jim Russell was tagged with the loss. Wagner's two long drives to right field paced the Zurich at- tack, Larry Bedard had a dou- ble and a single while Phil Overholt collected a pair of one- base hits. Rounding out Zurich's 11-hit attack was a triple by Doug O'- Brien and singletons by Don O'- Brien, Ron Deichert, Jim Be- dard and Genttner. Top threat for the locals was Lyle Little who socked a triple and a single in four appearan- ces at the plate. Bogart's homer and singles by McFalls, Wright, Russell, Wooden, and Nagel ac- counted for the rest of the tribe's hits. The game was the second of the series with both of them be- ing played in Exeter. The two teams will play a couple of fixtures in Zurich before return- ing to the local diamond again if necessary, last inning as they counted their winning three-run margin in their final appearance at the plate, Cam McDonald led off for the Mine team . with a sharp single to left and he was joined on the. basepaths by McNaughton who drew another free nags. Harry Moir sacrificed the two. around further with a nice bunt down the line and then one run scored when Larry Jones pushed a hard shot at the second-baseman and the. Wals- ingham defender miscued, Another run scored on Den- nis Mock's infield single and with the score .fied at 9-9 Bill Shaddick trotted down to first base to load the bags after working Gee for a base on balls. The all hurler then went all to pieces and he fired four straight balls to clean-up hitter Bruce Horton with the final pitch going all the way back to the screen . to walk in the winning rite of the game. Shaddick starry Shaddick turned . in a. fine game foe the local lads at the . plate, in the field and on the MoUnd. The 1-lensall youth retired the side in order through the first three innings, striking nut six hattert. the process, and he Allowed only two hits.. in the, five innings that he worked,. He turned in a flawless effort as he handled the third base position for the last four Kings don't give up easily, ..The Senators, who may have thought they could wind yip the QBA Intermediate "D" final series 'Sunday, will be back at Zurich Saturday afternoon. still trying to eliminate the Kings for the title, If the Zurich club lives up to its tradition, the se- ries will go to Walsingham on Sunday, too, Kings showed their ability to bounce back .Sunday in no un- certain terms by winning .the second game of the double- header 12-8 under two handi- caps, They were facing elimi- nation, down 2-0 after loaing the first game, and they lost the services of their third- sacker, Phil Overholt, when he broke his leg in the second in- ning of the second contest, "I think we still have a good. chance, despite the loss of Overholt," says Manager Don O'Brien, "They're a good hit- ting club but their pitching is weak, In the three games we've played, they've scored only one more run than we have," Staffa goes out fighting Staffa Merchants went down fighting Sunday when they lost the fifth and final game of the best-of-seven Ontario interme- diate "C" series to the defend- ing champs, Caledonia, The 5.0 score didn't indicate play as well as the hits did, Caledonia chalked up eight safeties, only one more than Staffa, but the champs were able to make their count, Staffa threatened a number of times. They had runners on third twice and loaded the bases in the fourth but couldn't get RBI hits. Caledonia took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, added three more in the third and scored the fifth in the eighth. Besides holding the champs to eight hits, Staffa hurler George Coveney did his best to spark the Merchants' offen. sive with a perfect 3-for-3 game at the plate. Other Staffa hits were collected by Line Rob- fritsch, Charlie Westman, Murphy and Bob Sadler. Roy Edwards, the fast sub- goaltender for Chicago Black Hawks, took time off from the NHL team's training camp to lead Caledonia to the title win. 1-he scored the winning run in the first inning and the fifth counter in the eighth. Centerfielder Go rd Moody topped Caledonia hitters with a 3-for-4 record. Craig Ashbaugh went the route for the champs. Although this is the second yeat in a row the Huron-Perth team has bowed out to Caledo- nia in the finals, Staffa isn't discouraged. "They're not that much better than we are," says Bob Sadler. "They just have the extra depth." This is the third year since 1959 that many of the Staffa players have tangled with Cal- edonia, In 1959, when they were playing for Mitchell, they met in a three-nut-of-five se- ries :that went the, distance. Caledonia won the final game 7-6. in 1960, Mitchell tackled Wal- singham, which had eliminated Caledonia, and again the se- ries went to the limit with Mitchell bowing out in the last game, Last year, Caledonia took the title by defeating Staffa in four straight games. MEN'S DISCONTINUED LINES Black & White Oxfords Broken Sizes Reg. up to $10.95 $4.98 FAMOUS DACK SHOES Let us measure you for a perfect fit. Very reasonable prices, Have you forgotten ? We have shoes on the shelf that have been repaired for a long time. As 'we are not re- sponsible for articles left over 30 days, these must be picked Up within the next month OR WE WILL OF ER THEM FOR SATZ( Check your footwear. NEW RUBBER FOOTWEAR Arriving daily. See our prices before you buy, Wuerthis We rieed yoUr feet 10 out business, Let es hole you walk better. Both Sunday's contests were slugfests, with .Walsingharn tak- ing the first one 13.11 and Zur- ich coming back with their 1?.8 win, A total of 54 hits were registered, four of .them heal- ers and 15 others going for ex tra bases, Open ,with power Zurich unleashed a strong a t tack in the first two innings of the second game to make sure. the series would be extended, The Kings had a 9-2 head at the end of the second and kepi Walsingham under control for the rest of the game, A triple by Don O'Brien, doubles by Overholt and Dow; O'Brien gave Kings four runs in the first inning, They scored five more in the second, par 1Y on Overholt's triple whit ended in disaster for the thin! baseman. He broke his le•! when he slid into third base oa the hard diamond. Doug 0' Brien's double and singles b Larry Bedard and Earl Wagner contributed to .the splurge. 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