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By Ross- .Haugh
They're at
the post
REYS WIN THREE MORE
Exeter greys chalked up their
third straight win of the week
when they romped to an easy
7,2 win over the rhapless God,
erich crew in a fixture at the
local diamond Tuesday.
Doe in part to the heat and
the feet tnOtr opposition wasn't
too strong, the Greye coasted
in this one behind the three-hit
pitching of jean Chutor.
The locals plated a pair of
tallipe in the fleet, added one
more in each of the second and
fourth frames and rounded it out
With three more in the fifth.
Ann Cronyn, Jean Taylor and
Ferne Dougall paced the attack
with a pair of safeties each,
while Darlene Snell and Pat
Down contrihnted one hit each.
Taylor and Dougall had con-
secutive triples in the fifth
frame, while Down's lone hit
was a double,
M. Kolkman had two of the
three Goderich hits. The visi-
tors had seven errors.
singles., Lee sonchereatt and
Dolly Mattson accounted for the
Other hits off Mitchell southpaw
June Chessel•
Exeter pitcher Helen Ebelal-
lowed only five hits, including a
triple and a single to second
baseman .Amy Gettike. Brander,
Kirkham and Chessel each sing-
led,
ham and 'etcher Jehe Qbessel,
QroYs, centreftelder DOW Mat-
tson made a spectacular running
catch to retire the side.
Audrey Poo/eye .continuing to
pound the ball; led the Exeter
attack with three hits in, four
times at bat, including a triple.
Anne Cronyn had a double arida
single and Mary Gravett two
Two circuit 'blows
aid Mohawks' win
Little ahead of him,
„Jim Russell then rea che d
first on a. drive to .#04 which
Zurich's Overholt had. trouble
with. Bob Johnston walked and
Russell moved to third on a
passed ball. Johnston forced a
throw to second and .avoided the
tag in a run-down play long
enough to allow Russell to score
with what turned out to be the
winning run.
The next home game for the ,
Tribe will be Thursday.
Mary Pravett and a strliceeeet
by pitcher Helen Ebel.
With two out in the sixth cen-
tre Yielder Babs Maguire sing-
led but Catchier Barb peacoot
flied, out to centre.
Anne Cronyn continued her
hitting streak, leading the Bp-
ter batters with a double and a
single, Jean Taylor bad two
singles and Dolly Mattson, Fern
Dougall and Lee Souchereau
each contributed one,
Exeter Greys pitcher Helen
Ebel, apparently enjoying the
90 degree heat, displayed per-
fect control as she allowed only
two hits, gave no free passes and
faced only ez.i Clinton batters in
tee seven inning game.
Clinton RCAF pitcher Merna
Jones allowed seven hits and
walked one,
Score by innings:
R H E
Exeter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
RCAF 00000000 2 1
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Grand Bend Lads show state of ball screen
The area around the girls' softball diamond may well be suitable for potatoes, but it's doubtful if
there's enough screening left on the back-stop to facilitate climbing roses. RAP has refused to fix
the screen unless all teams using it agree to pay towards the cost, and a letter appears on page two
of this issue pointing out the feeling of the Exeter Greys on the matter. Five Exeter lads are pic-
tured here with their heads through some of the holes directly behind home plate. On top are Gary
MacLean and Jimmy lerintnell, while underneath from the left are: Randy GIlfillan, Rob Linden-
field and Randy Tieman. —T-A photo
Centrali ousts Clinton
in nip and tuck series
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Only one run
Exeter Greys scored one run
in the first inning to defeat
RCAF Clinton 1-0 in a Ladies'
Huron Softball league game at
the Clinton air base, Monday.
Lead-off batter Anne Cronyn
gained first base on an error by
Clinton shortstop Carol Ranger
and advanced to third on a
grounder by Darlene Snell and
an outfield fly by Audrey Pooley,
With two out, Jean Taylor
connected with a single to score
Cronyn with what proved to be
the winning run.
The Greys threatened again
in the seventh inning when Lee
Souchereau walked and went to
third on a double by Anne
Cronyn. Clinton's left fielder
caught flies of Helen Ebel and
Darlene Snell to retire the side.
It was three up and three
down for Clinton until the fourth
inning when lead-off batter
Carol Rodgers singled to left
field. The side was quickly re-
tired on flies to third baseman
Jean Taylor and centre fielder
Defense sparkles
Exeter Greys' outfielders
made some spectacular catches
in Mitchell Thursday night to
contribute to the 5-2 win over
the hometown.
The Greys opened the scoring
in the third inning when Anne
Cronyn doubled to left field.
With one out, Audrey Pooley
singled to score Cronyn from
second base, Jean Taylor sac-
rificed to put Pooley in scoring
position at third but the side
retired when Fern Dougall
grounded out.
with one out in the fifth, Dolly
Mattson singled and scored on
Audrey Pooley's triple. Pooley
scored on the throw in from Jean
Taylor's fly to right field,
They added two more in the
seventh inning on doubles by
Cronyn and Pooley, and a costly
error by Mitchell catcher Donna
Uniac.
Mitchell scored their first
run in the fourth inning when
shortstop Marg Brander singled
and went home on Amy Gethke's
long triple to center field.
They added one more in the
fifth on singles by Sally Kirk-
The Exeter Mohawks eked
out a 12-11 win over Zurich
in a Huron-Perth Intermediate
baseball game Friday in Zurich.
The high scoring game saw
three home runs with George
Wright and Joe Wooden coming
through for Exeter and Richard
Stade for Zurich,
The Mohawks opened the
scoring in the first inning with
three runs resulting from two
walks given up by S ohwidenberg,
a Zurich error and a single by
Lyle Little who had three hits
and a walk for a perfect night
at the plate.
Zurich came back with four
runs off starter pave Taylor.
This was the pattern for the
rest of the six-inning game
with Mohawks scoring and zur-
ich coming back to tie or go
ahead in their half of the inn-
ing.
Jim Pfaff replaced Taylor
on the mound during the second
and Don O'Brien took over from
Schwidenberg in the third,
Wooden hit his home run in the
fourth off O'Brien with Bob
Johnston on base to give Exe-
ter a 9-8 lead but RichardStade
put Zurich in front 11-9 when
he homered with two on and
two outs in the fourth inning.
That proved to be Zurich's
last run and last hit as Pfaff
went on to retire Zurich bat-
ters hitless for the rest of the
game.
Wright tied the game in the
fifth with a long home run ball
to centre field scoring Lyle
Area harness race horses are continuing
to come down to the wire in front on various
track. s, The latest has been the two successive
easy victories for Charlie Godbolt's fine six-year-
tOld pacer, Dustabout, at Western Fair Raceway
in London.
A recent acquisition of Jack Morrissey and
Pat Cronyn of Crediton and Clandeboye respec-
tively, B Direct, has copped a pair of victories
at Northville Downs in Michigan, romping the
mile distance Saturday evening in rapid 2,07.
Morrissey tells us a change in shoeing pro-
cess has greatly improved the effectiveness of
this 6-year-old brown gelding. Up until a month.
ago, this horse has shown a great potential but
constant breaking marred its success. Since go-
ing to Northville, trainer-driver Wally MalImur-
ray found it was hitting its front quarters, caus-
ing the breaks, A new set of half-round shoes
has changed the timing of the front feet and it
appears this pacer is on the winning track.
A 17-year-old brood mare, grazing leisure-
ly on the Morrissey farm south-west of Crediton,
must be quite proud of its offspring. Four pacers
from Miss Donna Direct are campaigning in the
Morrissey colours and doing quite well,
Irish Direct C knocked off the ninth race
at Western Monday to go along with Black Angel
C's victory -of a week ago. Miss Donna Direct ran
her first race at the Exeter track in 1949 as a
two-year-old and was purchased by Morrissey the
same fall. Brother Bob, a constant invitation pac-
er and Miss Angela Mary, the youngest pacer in
the group, round out Miss Donna Direct's de-
scendants,
Lucan owned horses have also made their
way to the winner's circle frequently of late.
Pauline Volo, Cimmaron Gratton and Starlite
were winners in their latest starts. Most of the
area horses are moving to Batavia Downs to com-
pete in their 25th anniversary meet that opened
Monday night.
Ron and Gary Feagan are heading to the
New York State oval with a string of approxi-
mately 25 sometime this week, three from the
Morrissey stable included. At the close of the
London meeting, Neil MeRann heads across the
border with most of the Lucan area speedsters
in tow. RED HOT USED CAR BARGAINS CONFLICTING RACE DATES
Nothing has been heard as the result of
a London Raceway protest regarding the switch-
ing of some harness race dates for the fall from
St. Catharines to Mohawk. A strike by electrical
workers has delayed opening of the new Garden
City Raceway and at least part of the rneetddig
has been transferred to the Mohawk oval at
Campbeilville.
This would provide racing at the two On-
tario tracks at the same time and it would seem
that the London enterprise could suffer, especial-
ly from a spectator angle.
that was equally as exciting as
the first.
Centralia grabbed an early
4-1 lead, but again Clinton came
fighting back to tie it up.
In the top of the eighth frame,
Centralia's hitting star, Joe
Leiter, hit a triple off the centre
field wall and Tom Burke fol-
lowed it up with a double and
scored himself after stealing
third and coming home on a
throwing error.
Clinton loaded the bases on a
single and two errors with only
one out in their half, but Mul-
aney forced one runner at the
plate and Holland flied out to
deep centre to end the threat
and the game.
Joe Laiter had four hits in
the two games, while Beliski,
Garand and Burke had two each.
— Please turn to page 10
RCAF Centralia advanced to
the zone softball playdowns this
week when they ousted Clinton
for district honors in two
straight contests that were very
much in doubt until the final out,
They started the series with
a win at home Thursday on a
4-3 verdict.
It was a closely played contest
from the first pitch to the last
and Centralia pushed across
their winning run in the bottom
of the seventh.
After the first inning, the
teams were tied at one each and
the contest developed into a
pitching duel until the bottom
of the sixth when Bob Noyle
started a Centralia rally when
Greenacre wins
with 35 strokes
Lloyd Greenacre toured the
nine-hole Exeter Golf Course
in a blazing 35 to cop top honors
in the men's club tournament
this week.
Coupled with a four handi-
cap, Greenacre scored a net of
31 and his two totals were two
better than his nearest com-
petitor.
Jim Russell went around the
course on 37 strokes and end-
ed up with low net honors in
the 0-5 handicap group with a
31.
Mel Soper was low man in
the 6-10 group with a net of
33 and a gross of 40, while
Red Fairley had a 35 with his
15 handicap to win the 11-18
grouping title,
Doug Skinner, with a 60, won
the hidden high and Dick We-
ber'S 41 captured the hidden
low. Derry Boyle and Hal Hin-
ton won door prizes in the event.
. •
he was hit by a pitched ball.
Al Josey laid down a perfect
Sacrifice bunt sending Noyle to
second and Centralia's ace
chucker Montomura r e ac ee d
base on an error to score Noyle.
Yves Garand then lashed a
double to send Montomura
scampering home for a 3-1
margin.
Clinton rebounded in the top
of the seventh on a homer by
Mulaney and Gans came home
after hitting a single followed
by a single by McFarlane and
a Centralia error.
Centralia squeaked out the
win in the bottom of the frame
when Joe Laiter hit a double,
stole third and was safe at home
on a close play when Tommy
Burke pounded a grounder to
deep short,
WRAP IT UP
Centralia wrapped up the two-
game series when they came
home from Clinton on Monday
with a 6-4 victory in a game
Horse wins on
owner's birthday
Monday was a big day for
veteran race horse owner,
Charley Godbolt and his prize
pacer, Dustabout.
Charley celebrated his '76th
birthday and received one of the
best presents possible when
Dustabout raced to her second
consecutive win at Western Fair
Raceway in London.
After suffering an injury in
early spring, the seven-year-
old mare has rounded into shape
quite nicely and won her first
start at London Friday quite
handily in a good time of 2.08
2 5 and returned a handsome
$12.80 to her backers.
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WOMEN MOVE IN ON SPORT
The female element is making quite an
inroad into the sports field. We have ladies par-
ticipating in softball, track and field, curling, and
many other sporting activities. Several girls in
the province have taken a crack at umpiring
baseball and softball games during the past few
years.
The closest to home of these was Wildma
Widmeyer, now of Fergus and formerly a star
catcher with the Clifford Swing Skirts of more
than a decade ago.
Now adies have invaded the race horse
game, mostly in the thoroughbred division. More
than a dozen women have been working at vari-
ous jobs at Woodbine in the summer race meet
that concluded Saturday,
Frank Merrill, one of North America's
leading race-horse trainers says he's all in favour
of having women care for horses, "Women who
really love horses are good at handling them be-
cause they have so much patience, aren't as
tempermental as men and are more level-head-
ed" says Merrill. "rd have all women at my
stables if I could get them."
Merrill, who is annually among the win-
ningest trainers on the continent, goes even
further—he has his wife Sally working as an
"exercise boy". She is one of the busy ladies
that was working at Woodbine, north-west of To-
ronto near Manor'. They work as "stable hands,
pony boys and hct-walkers".
An 18-year-old Hamilton girl is devoted to
her profession. Sherrie Cook gets up at 4:15 a.m.
each day to drive the 30-odd miles and earns
about $90 a week for exercising 14 horses.
Originally she wanted to be a veterinarian
but, because women are discouraged from work-
ing with large animals, she has now decided she
wants to become a trainer and hopes to get her
licence when she's 21, After her day's work that
ends shortly before noon, Miss Cook goes home
to look after her own thoroughbred jumper.
A Toronto housewife, Mrs. Ken Orris is
also an exercise boy and a lead pony rider. This
is a job that involves riding the pony that leads
race-horses from the paddock to the starting gate
for actual races. She takes her two young chil-
dren to a baby sitter each morning before bead-
ing for the track.
Filling a groom's duties is Mrs. 'George
Goodwin in charge of thoroughbreds. She feeds
and grooms them, cleans their stalls, takes them
to the paddock for races and cools and rubs
them down afterwards, For this she earns $65 a
week, plus $20 for ever winner, from her stable,
A new regulation from the Ontario Rac-
ing Commission of about a year ,ago prohibits
ladies from -obtaining a licence to -drive harness
horses.