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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-10-04, Page 6TRACK CHAMPS—Despite a cool breeze at the annual track meet, Thursday,' competition ran high before the individual champions were declared in the respective divisions, Bill MacKinnon, right, H ensall, won the senior boys' event while Craig Davidson, Exeter, enjoyed a perfect afternoon with four .firsts in the junior class. Missing from the photo is Rod. Coulter, Grand Bend, the intermediate winner. —T-A photo CHAMP! We're not all athletes, but we all burn up plen- ty of energy every day! Make sure you're re- placing yo urs with plenty of good rich milk! EXETER DAIRY • '63 COMET .the Compact other Compacts Envy! 'You'd be envious too — if you were a compact without Comet's new range of 12 models—sedans, wagons and two new convertibles. And what if you couldn't offer these other Mercury quality features. Major lubrica- tions 36,000 miles apart. Minor body lobes every 12,000 miles. 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SouthErid Service Plieric 121.2311 tart M And CHUCK Stial. • gm- o,oe 4,,,,The, Timea-AtiVo.p.ata, ,0010bar, 4,, 1902' +. • ,-,,e2,-..*ItooikiAlii.A.L.Z•igd, PTION'S C *MONTS E BILL BATTEN, Oporto Editor While the country's sports pages are big...4, Mg with the opinion that Floyd Patterson is a poor boxer, there can be no doubt that he certainly isn'La 'poor loser. fact, for his two minutes and six seconds in the ring the other night he managed to end up with the rather tidy sum of $1,500,000.00, which should serve as some type of consolation, as long as Uncle Sam's tax collectors allow him to get his hancWon il a r to most fans, the boss and 1 set up air' chairs beside the ancient receiver to enjoy the fight after we had almost staged one of our own7as he insisted on me giving him the 8-5 odds aftegFI ,had been so sporting in allowing him to take his pick of the two fighters, '‘Ar e managed to solve our differences with- out,any bloodshed, but despite the fact he is about 30 painds overweight, l think he would have put up a better battle than Patterson had we really come to blows. While I was quite content to pick up my easy half buck, there is little doubt that my enthus- iasm for the fight was not entirely shared by those who had paid up to $100,00 for a ring-side seat or those who had paid a fair hunk of cash to watch the fiasco on the various closed circuit television screens around the country. ,The heavyweight boxing division has been in a bad state ever since Cus D'Amato brought his pugilist into the ring and last Tuesday's fight may have hit it harder than the left book that Sonny Liston landed on the chin of the ex-champ. While there is a re-match slated, it is doubt. ful that anyone will eagerly step forward to pro- mote it, as very few people will be willing to part with any of their greenbacks to watch the same thing, and that is exactly what most expect will happen if Patterson tackles the new champ who picked up many of his boxing hints between his various jail terms. We would imagine that one of the only ways they will have to attract fans is to sell the fight to the TV networks so the ordinary Joe will be able to sit at home and watch it on his idiot box. This*Will certainly reduce the "take" for the fight- ers and promoters, but after this last fiasco, they'll have to start at the bottom and work up again until a worthy challenger can be found that will last long enough for the fight fans to get their money's worth out of attending the live action or viewing it on closed circuit TV. HE WAS A CHAMP While inane former champions were on hand at the fight along with many boxing experts, those who picked Patterson quickly disappeared and left the backers of Liston to point out just how poor a champion Patterson really was. They relegated him to the bottom of the list among the former champions and pointed out he wasn't worthy of his title. This is the same old story that crops up every time someone starts com- paring the present with the past and we maintain there is no yardstick by which to go. Patterson certainly looked bad, but who's to say how he would have made out with any of the other former champions? This is just the same . as pondering on how many homeruns Babe Ruth would hit if he were playing or how many bases Ty Cobb would steal. No one can really say, and we are among those who are getting a bit tired of listening to the comparisons and the berating of the modern athletes who come along to re-write the books and erase the names of those sentimental stars of by- gone days. Let's let by-gores be by-gones and give some of these guys the credit that is due to them* And. Floyd Patterson is one as the former heavyweight boxing champion Of the world, THEY DID IT AGAIN ! We spent considerable time on Saturday reading the sports page of The London Free Press as we noted that Al Lopez of the Chicago White ..,80x and Fred Hutchinson of the Cincinnati Redlegs were rating the Yankees and the Dodgers for the coining World Series. Our main interest was to get some "expert" advice as to how to place our money, but along with these two experts We started counting our chickens before they hatched as the Dodgers are still a long way from even being in the annual fall classic, iAt time of writing, anyway.) They blew their lead in the National League pennant race and ended up in a tit with the San Francisco Giants and this little feat must surely rate the team as one of the greatest all-time "choke- ups". While they"ve changed most of the person, nel and their location, fans will recall the year they pulled off the same trick after leading the race by 13 games over the same Giants, who at that time were also playing out of New York Along with several other sparkling blunders. practices such as this earned them the title of "Burns" while they were in Brooklyn ,and it ap- pears that even the change of scenery hasn't been enough for them to shake this rather uncompli- mentary title. While this column is being written before the three-game set gets underway, well go out mi a limb by picking the Giants to oust the Dodgert ft the National loop pehnant, realiting that by the time this effort is being read we could also pick up the same "Bum" title as the Los Angeles outfit. However, their slump in the final week must have been a. real heart-breaker for the playert end fans and we pick the Giants with the thought it will be difficult for the Dodgers to overcome this set back in time to whip the "Frisco boys. At the same time well also list the National League champs as our pick to down the Yanke"e8 sir the World Series when it does get under way. ThiS is a bit, more of a sentimental choice than good sound reasoning, as there are a great many people who have become rich betting with people with my attitude. However, we're still among these who hate td tee the Vanka on the'top of the totem pole every ear, althotigh we still think they have a top lititdh Aggregation , The two managers we introduced before • ItiOntioned the excepting speed Of the Dodger; The 'Waisingitam se nator s won their second straight inter- mediate " D " championship when they edged Zurich 7.45 in the fourth game of their best- of-five series in Hensall, Titus- day afternoon. The contest was moved to Hensall because of the nn-Play- able condition of the. Zurich lay- out and was witnessed by only a handful of fans who braved the bitter cold wind. However the cool weather didn't hamper the youngest and oldest player on the field who teamed up to pace the Senators to their hard-fought win, John Erdelac, a 38-year-old "junker", handcuffed the Lum- ber Kings on five hits in the six innings he worked and he was in trouble only twice before be- ing lifted for Arnie Hanson in the seventh after he had given up two straight singles. The other Walsingham spark- plug was 1.7-year-old Jim Schott, a member of the juvenile club, who pounded out a double and. a single and drove in his team's first three runs to start them on. their winning trail, The Lumber Kings threatened to move ahead in the seventh inning when they plated four of their runs, but Hanson struck out the last batter of the game in the ninth with the tying run standing on second base, Threaten early The Lumber Kings threatened to move ahead right off the start when Don Genttner reach- ed first on a throwing error by shortstop Hanson and moved to third on a booming double by Doug O'Brien, However, Erdelac bore down to whiff young Earl Wagner on a sweeping curve, The visitors hi.d their own threat in the second when Glenn Ross reached first on an error and went to second on Schott's single and both runners moved into scoring position when Dan- ny Trushinski, who went all the way for Zurich, uncorked a wild pitch. But the Kings came out with- out allowing a run when Trush- inski struck out the next batter and got the n"xt two men on a grounder and a pop fly. Errors costly However, the Senators came back in the top of the third to score four big unearned runs to take the lead they never re- linquished. Bert Abbott and Hanson both reached first on errors by Don Genttner at shortstop and after Don Garvey went down swing- ing, Ross loaded the bases when he worked Trushinski for a walk, Schott, the young juvenile star, took the situation in full lunior hockey in Exeter re- ceived a last minute reprieve this meek when three energetic sportsmen announced they would take over the club and enter it in the Shamrock "D" loop. Reg MacDonald. a former standout with intermediate clubs in town will coach the young pucksters, While Cy Blolmnaert and Norval Jones will look after the business end. tionimaert is a graduate of the junior squad and coached the Kinsmen midgets last year, while Jones has been an avid supporter of minor hockey for several ears. His son. Bob, is one of the stars of the local aggregation, The three men pointed out they would have to start from scratch in organizing the club and they mill in no way be connected With the promoters of last .year's entry, "We're certainly open for any donations,' MacDonald stated, "to help its sponsor the club," He said the three decided to take over the club because they felt junior hockey was a decided benefit. in helping boys mature and be useful citizens. EighWeam loop With the Exeter question now stride when his booming smash. Into sleep left-centre sent all three men across the plate and. the youngster tallied the final run when George Gates punched out an infield single. Both pitchers allowed only one single each over the next three innings, but the Senators scored their fifth tally in the top of the seventh when Garvey circled the bases after his single. He took second and third on two wild pitches and crossed the plate on Gates' single, Trush- inski got out of trouble in the frame when Bon Deichcrt threw to third baseman Don O'Brien to pick off Schott when he made a move to home when Wagner attempted to get Gates who stole second. Zurich rally The Lumber Kings finally got — Please turn to. page 8 The new track champions at S1-IDHS not only had to contend with some strong competition before winning their respective crowns, but they also had to buck a cold wind at Thursday's meet. Exeter's fleet-footed Caro- lytme Simmons was the only repeat champion from last year, and she had to share her third. straight individual title with Valerie DesJardine, who won the junior trophy last year. The pair waged a tough bat- tle in the intermediate division and both scored. nine points out of a possible 12. The only athlete who enjoyed a "perfect" afternoon was Craig Davidson, who easily out-point- ed all the competition in scor- ing four firsts in the junior bpys' events. The Exeter youth, who recent- ly moved here from Goderich, annexed the crown with firsts in three jumping events and with his performance over the gruel- ling 440-yard course. A Huron Park athlete, •Bob Burns, was runner-up in the junior class with nine points, picked up with a first in the shot put and seconds in the 100- yard dash, pole vault and hop, step and jump. Speedy Bob Bannister from Zurich was third with seven points with firsts in the 1.00 and 220-yard events and a third in the high jump, settled, it appears that there will be eight teams toiling in the popular loop which was or- ganized by Don Buddo three years ago. Three of last year's entries stated they V, ould be back at the group's first meeting in !mean, Thursday, These include the Hensall-Zurich Combines, who went on to the Ontario finals, along with Strathroy and Watford, Other teams represented at the meeting and who intimated they wottld ice teams are St. Marys, Forest and Belmont. It is also expected that a team would conic in from Oakridge, Acres, although they may have to be classified as a "C" entry, Watford, Strathroy and the Combines all reported they had financially successful sea- sons last year. The league tentatively agreed to a sik-tearn playoff in the grouping and voted that no games should be cancelled due to _high school examinations. -However, all coaches and managers were asked to sub- mit their examination time tables and the schedule would be worked out in the best way so it would not conflict. At the suggestion nit George Coulter wins award Rod Coulter, Grand Bend, topped the intermediate boys with 10 points in the highly con- tested division, He sped his way to a first in the 100-yard dash and the shot put and came back with seconds in the broad jump and hop, step and jump, Ron Motz was runner-up with seven points with two firsts and a third. Usborne's Jim Coates was third in the class with Neil :McAllister and David 'Taylor following him with four points each, The senior boys' events were also highly competitive, but liensall's Bill MacKinnon final- ly over-threw the "bridesmaid'' title he has won for the past few years by winning the event, Although he entered only three events, this was enough, as he won first in all three. He placed in top spot in the broad jump and the hop, step and jump and then set a fast pace to easily out-distance his com- petitors in the 440. Ron Deicherl was the number two man in the division with eight points, made up with a first in the 220 and seconds in the 100 and the discus and a third in the shot put. Steve Kyle, Al Bakker and Mark Hoffman followed the pair with six points each. Loses one event Kathy Regier, who copped the junior girls' event in her first track appearance at SHDHS, Beer, the league also decided to hold a pre-season all-star contest with the best in the loop meeting last year's cham- pions in a game in Hermit. Tentative date was set as Wednesday, October 31, and Strathroy's Bill Denning will manage the all-stars wit» Don plays coaching. Proceeds for the game will be turned over to the Society for Crippled Children. The league schedule is ex- pected to get under way dor- ing the first week in Not em- ber, Hunting Boots NEW RUBBER FOOTWEAR Arriving daily. see our prices before you buy, Third & Final Notice We have shoes on the shelf that have been repaired for long time. As we are not re- sponsible for articles left over 30 days, these must be picked op within the ,next month On WE WILL OFF't/t TiltM FOR SALE l Check yowl' footwear wu e rth wrf hood yetrf loaf iii our Laf tts help you walk headed by Maury Wills, and they pointed out that this would be a big factor in the classic. However, they still have to get on base be- fore they can steal anything, no matter how fast they are, After all, weve never heard of anyone stealing first base At any rate, we're picking the National loep Winners ever the Yanks :because of their depth And while the perenial champs will have an elongated rest, the National loop squad will really be up for the series because the Momentum of playing in a de-or-die playoff should carry right through. , SATIN AROUND Among the disappoint. ed boxing fans hi the country were a group from Crediton who travelled to Toronto to see the Liston-Patterson fight at Maple Leaf Gardens. For- tnhately, they did see two other "live" bouts and so maybe they did get their money's worth — One of the interesting comMents •,ori the fight and Patterson's ability cam from ingemar .16harine- son, who called the ex-champ a "baby-fighter". This, from a mans, who was beaten in two of three fights with Patterson and who apparently "chickened out" of the Olympics when Floyd won for the U S.A., left plenty of room for cernment tail the Suede's Own ability and backbone, in eight-team juniorlY loop Wokingham oust Kings r crown„ tie final set with 'Henson juveniles 014-timer" and youth •• Lock ..of clutch hitting spark $.enotors attack x4 s sinks Hensall squad lost only one of, the four events she entered, She came home in front in the 100-yard dash, run- nirigbroad and softball dis- tance, She missed in her hid for a perfect afternoon when Mari- anne de Vries out-jumped her in the high jump. Lois Marshall was. runner-up in the class with seven points. Although Miss Simmons. whip, ped her opponent in three of the events in which they both competed. the Grand Bend girl was able to tie for the inter- mediate honors by placing first in the high jump, while the Exeter miss never won another The Exeter girls won the dash and the running and standing broad with Valerie placing sec- ond, while last year's junior champ came up with a first place in the high jump to gain the Lie for the honors. One of the top athletes at. SHDHS, Ausma Gulens, Dash- wood, who finished in the run- ner-up spot last year in .the in- termediate division, stepped up to the 'senior class and easily won the crown with 11 points. She won top standing in the 100-yard dash, standing broad and shot put and was second in the high jump behind Linda Westcott. P nnie Turvey was runner-up in the division with six points with a first, second and third. Unusual day While the competitors and bti- lookers had a difficult time pro- tecting themselves .from the ilensall juveniles stranded 14 men on base in 'Waisinghtim Saturday afternoon and, Hues- failure to hit in the .clitteli lowed the 11(neter§ to. eke out a 10.8 win and tie their OBA best-of-three final at one game each The defending "D" champs also had to contend with some Poor umpiring and seriously considered protesting the game after .the men in blue had al- lowed a spectator to walk to the mound in the sixth inning to confer with the WaisilighAM pitcher doting a Hensall rally, "When we asked the plate umpire to remove the spectator he just turned his hack on us," ma na ger Isla. Corbett reported. Although he .pointed out he wasn't looking for alibis, the Hensall mentor pointed out that Other poor calls lied discour- aged his team and had. cut off rallies that could have given them the win. "Even their 1 Walsingham fans agreed that we .Nvere get- ting some had. calls," ardent supporter, peter MelStatighton added. However, the area squad de- cided to forego (heir plans to protest and will tackle the south- ern entry in the deciding game which will be played at Inger- soll on Saturday afternoon a' 3:00 Take early lead The itensall nine moved into a 2.0 lead in their first ap. Oeitrance at the plate when Bob Mickle drew a has on balls and Bill Shad dick. and Bruce Horton filled the sacks on two — Please turn to page a Breeze at HS track meet fails to 'cool' competition LTD Local sportsmen enter club PHONE 235.2144 DAILY DELIVERY cool breezes, they t( g did, have 8a Please