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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-09-03, Page 6"'ea-atSaisejf,aaaftlaileale:'aiMafSaat -e-aelealetkaitaat•:atiatettaf-s*;:kaaaaa"e • CLEARANCE SALE + Demonstrators + Executive Cars One Owner OK Used Cars apaaaaga allagAd 0 CD'" 0 IVORY FACED Ceiling Tile 4' x 4' x 12" Squares WHITE ONLY --- 12" x 12" Ceiling Tiles Only 9 1/2 c each No Down Payment required with Conklin Custom Credit —so why y delay any longer. Do it now! EXF'rER GRAND' BEND _ 131 *rhinos Road W. Cot, of Highway 21 .8i 83 Phone 285-142.2 Phone 2$5,2374 "Support the Youth Of Your tommoaty" BUILDING MATERIALS AM HOME IMPROVEMENTS Page ..6 Times-Advocate, September 3, 1964 Brucefield sidelines champs ---iStaffa knock Tribe out; clip Corunna in thriller FOR ALL .GOOD SPORTS By Ross Hat4.94. Improving with .age Staffa Merchants, starting in their bid to repeat as OBA'fC" champs, won the first game of their first playoff series when they nipped Corunna. by a 4-3 count in 12 innings, Sunday afternoon. Playing on their home field, the Merchants received stellar pitching from Gerry Bell and George Coveney throughout the contest and scored the winner on some daring base running by Bell. Cpriuma picked up only four hits off Bell and Coveney, while the Merchants tapped Charlie Carter and Flechie for only seven bingles in the well-played contest. Staffa opened up a 1-0 lead in the first when Charlie West- man reached first on an error and came in on a single by Coveney. Westxnan scored his second of the game in the bottom of the fifth to give Staffa a 2-0 lead. The third sacker singled and was sacrificed one base by Kompf and romped home on Coveney's timely single. Corunna took a 3-2 lead in catcher Kay Sharp was. side- lined with an injury, came through in stellar .fashion agate, this time from her short-etop position. The nimble miss clubbed four straight hits for a perfect night at the plate, included in the bingles were two tripies and two datibles. She drove in Ave of the 10 runs and scored three more herself in what was almost one-man shpwing at the plate, Graham also aided her cause considerably with three safeties and an equal number of runs- batted-in. B. Robinson, Who also hit well in the set, picked up two of the other safeties off Ebel and the other came off the bat of P. Rathwell, it being a booming triple in the second. Jean Taylor was the most consistent for the Greys with a triple and single, while Ann Cronyn boomed a double and Audrey Pooley had a single. Brucefield now meets Brus- sels in the playoffs for the group championshin. dwo4e,,fa!,,nding The Exe ter Greys, defending le Tar short of thettitmahAlrI t:ye e:r1 fwfwhen wthey ed5rooaPyi: e d the fourth gameof their series to Bruce, The loss eliminated the BNe- ter crew from competition and left them with only the honor of having title. w the regular season play Brueefield had an easy,time in posting a 10-3 win as they turned their hats loose for a 10-hit barrage against Helen Ebel and her mates. The northern crew scored a quick pair in their first trip at the plate and never looked back. They had an 8-0 lead before Exeter managed to pick up a single tally off Betty Gra- ham in the fifth. Graham allowed only four Exeter hits and issued an equal number of free passes. The Greys also helped the winners by booting four balls. Bev Wright, who sparked the Brucefield gals all through the series and filled a big gap when nor to third in the eighth inning, but he died there and again in the 10th they left the winning run stranded at the hot corner. With two men out in the 12th, pall pounded out a single and stole second to move into scor- ing positiOn. After advancing to third, he came racing to the plate on a passed hall. Be dove head-firt into the plate as the throw came from the catcher, but Bell touched the plate safely before Flechie Porky Wallace was Staffs.'s Bantam set' could put the tag on him, best at the plate with three safeties in six trips, IVestroan, Coveney, Bell and Hopf added one safe hit each. However, the day belonged to Bell and Coveney with their 16 strikeouts, Carter fanned seven Staffa batters. Second game of the series is slated for Sunday back in Cor- mina. It is a best-of-three event. BOB SADLER throws no-hitter Sadler decided to throw Coveney into the fray with one mit and a count of three balls and no strikes against the second bat, ter. Coveney promptly struck the batter out and it set the stage for his tremendous relief effort which saw him strike out 10 of the 15 men who faced him in the final two innings and the three extra frames needed to decide the outcome. Staffa managed to get a run- their trip to the plate in the top of the sixth when Bell issued a free pass to Flechie, a single by Peters, an error, and a double by Bob Simpson. The lead was shprt lived though as Staffa knotted the count in the bottom of the sixth With Bell touring the sacks after a leadpff walk. McKellar sacrificed and Hopf connected for a single to tie the game, Bell started to weaken in the eighth inning and manager Bob Mohawks silenced by Staffa veteran Manager Bob Sadler of the Staffa Merchants made his first pitching appearance of the sea- son in Exeter, Wednesday, arid all he did was pitch a no-hitter as his crew posted a 7-1 win. The loss knocked the' Mo- hawks out of further Huron- Perth and OBA play for the season. Exeter bowlers win at Goderich Exeter's lawn bowlers have been enjoying plenty of activity of late, and included in the list were a pot luck supper and a winning performance by two of their members at a Goderich jitney this week. The winning combo at God- erich was Fred Tilley and Wil- frid Shapton. On Thursday the members enjoyed a supper previous to bowling two 12-end games and Ross Taylor and Bill Ethering- ton proved they were equally adept at the table and the greens. The pair not only had their share of the lunch, but came up with two wins and a plus of 21 to cop top honors. Wes Watson and Jean Pooley were second with a plus of 15 with their two wins, while Wes Venner and Mable McKnight had a plus of 13. Saturday night winners were Verne Smith and Ardy West- brook with a plus of 16 to go with their two wins. Alvin and Lillian Pyrn were second with a plus of eight, while Jean and Ted Pooley followed closely be- hind with a plus of four and their two triumphs, Last Tuesday evening saw Ted Chambers and Ivan Hirtzel team up for a win with a plus of 10 on top of two victories. Ray Smith and Girlie Ince were second with a plus of eight and Will Goodwin and Mrs. Glen came in third with a plus of two. Wet grounds forced cancella- tion of the first game of the WOAA bantam "B" final be- tween Walkerton and Exeter, Saturday, and the first game was played in Exeter last night (Wednesday). Manager Gord Baynbarn said he did not know for sure when the second contest would be staged, but felt it would probably be in Walkerton on Saturday. If a third game is necessary it may possibly be played on Monday, either on a neutral diamond (possibly \Vingliam) or a flip of the coin will decide on which of the two clubs fields the game would be held. Sadler spoiled his own chan- ces for a perfect game as he was charged with two errors and a walk when the Tribe picked up one run in the fourth inning. In the other seven innings, Sadler sent the Exeter batters back to the bench in order and he recorded six strikeouts in his masterful seven-inning stint. In the fourth inning, Sadler threw wild in attempting to get Gord Strang en a grounder back to the box and the speedy in- fielder raced around to second. After one was out, George Wright was issued a free pass and then Sadler committed an- other error on Robert Mc- Naughton to permit Strang to scamper home with the lone Exeter tally. George Wright started for the Mohawks and was relieved by Jim Pfaff in the fifth of the final game of the year for the Exeter nine. Staffa scored all the runs they needed in the second inning when they built up a 4-0 lead. Wright walked Porky Wallace and Linc Rohfritsch and Gerry Bell sent them home on a boom- ing double. McNaught went down swinging for the first out, but Sadler, Elliot and Kempf strok- ed singles to plate the final two runs of the frame. Staffa added three more in the fifth on singles by George Coveney and McNaught, an E xe- ter error and a base on halls. Line Rohfritsch was the only man in the Staffa lineup who failed to pick up a safety, but he scored two runs. The other eight each stroked single safe- ties. Lineups for the game were as follows; STAFFA--Westman, Kompf, Coveney, Wallace, Rohfritsch, Bell, McNaught, Sadler, Elliot and Pauli. E XE TER—Johnston, Strang, Russell, Wright, McNaughton, Bourne, Taylor, Wooden, Mc- Falls, Pfaff. is resuming Hang sports page trophy, Ross Haugh, sports editor for The Times-Advocate in 1963, helps Publisher J. M. Southcott hang another CWNA award on his office wall. The sports page was judged second bestin competition with other Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association entries. Haugh relinquished his duties at the start of this year, but still writes the weekly sports column for this page. This was the second CWNA. award given to the paper for its sports page.--T-A photo Pair add course to golf holdings The Golfview Pitch 'N putt on Highway 21 north of Grand Bend has been sold after four years of operation. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gratton have now disposed of the last of their Grand Bend properties and moved Wednesday to Tam- pa, Florida, where they began a gas business two years ago. The buyer of the par-three golf course was the newly regis- tered Sanders Golf Enterprises. Mrs, Morley Sanders, Exe- ter, will be the sole owner and proprietor. The Sanders family has oper- ated the driving range directly across the highway from the nine-hole layout for the past 13 years. Mrs. Sanders took over the operation of it this season. Besides the par-three course, a fully furnished house was included in the deal. Mr. Sanders is a history teacher at HSDHS. The Grattons originally oper- ated a bottled gas business in Grand Bend, and then developed a White Rose dealership and the Golfview restaurant all on adjacent properties. Need deciding tilts to declare winners losers with two safeties. The second game was also a pitcher's duel between Green and Slaght and again the losing squad managed to pick up more hits than the winners. But five Crediton error s spelled the difference. Crediton scored their lone 64 Super 88 Oldsmobile, Sedan 64 Chevrolet, Bel Air, Sedan 60 Chevrolet, Coach, Radio 61 Chevrolet, Coach, Radio 60 Envoy Sedan 60 Meteor, Sedan, Radio 59 Chevrolet Biscayne, Sedan, radio 59 Chevrolet, Bel Air , Sedan, Automatic, White Walls, Radio Manore's Riverside Marine Grand Bend run in the first when Jim Pfaff reached first on a bunt single and came riding in on a single by Finkbeiner and a double by Flynn. Dashwood scored all their tallies in the fourth when Bill Schade, Joe Green and Mike Denomme stroked singles and Pete Ravelle reached first on — Please turn to page 8 Eliminated by Wilkesport Shortage of timely hits spells doom for Zurich Snell Bros. Ltd. FAST DOCK-SIDE SERVICr: South side of pier at mouth of river beside customs building OIL, WATER., ICE, REPAIRS Johnson Movers Trailers of every size Complete line of boats Chev. — Olds. — Chev Trucks Phone 235 - 0660 Exeter RannateggeSSESSEMESESSEI Patience and perseverance seem to be the virtues and in a number of easespay off hand- somely. In the case we have in mind it.took many years. Cavorting on area baseball diamonds for close to 20 years has been a solid performer in Bob Sadler of Staffa. Going back to the mid-forties Bob per- formed with the Mitchell Legion aggregation un- der the guidance of the late Ross Wright and re- cently with the Staffa Merchants, last year's OBA "C" champs. Incidentally, Wright's daughter, Bev, is one of the main cogs with the Brucefield girl's softball team now competing in the Huron Ladies' Softball final. Last Wednesday night on the Exeter dia- mond in the fourth game of the Huron - Perth semi-final series, Sadler made his second mound appearance of the season and undoubtedly was at the peak of his career. Although probably not possessing the same speed he did a few years ago, Bob was using a fine assortment of curve balls and held the Mo- lre:Jr 0, hitless throughout the seven-inning con- t. t -h_tters are becoming a little more nu- m 'ea in the big leagues but in amateur ball they an, considered quite a feat and certainly would the highlight of anyone's sporting ca- reer. We would like to tip our hat to Bob Sad- ler in tossing a fine ball game and would wish him and his Staffa Merchants the best of luck as they again thread their way down the OBA play- off trail in search of a second consecutive "C" title. Curiously enough, their current play-off series with their old nemesis from Corunna was probably one of the reasons Sadler was able to hit the headines. He took to the mound in an apparent attempt to save his regular mound crew for the Corunna set. While speaking of this series, Sunday's first game in Staffa provides' all the thrills that any baseball fan could wish to see, on the home front or in the major leagues. Tied 3-3 after six innings of play, the two clubs battled on into extra innings before the home town Merchants were able to come up with the deciding tally in the bottom of the twelfth. Staffa starting pitcher Gerry Bell raced home from third on a passed ball with two out and was forced to dive in head first to avoid be- ing tagged on a very close play at the plate. Another important contributing factor to the Staff a victory was the fine relief hurling chore turned in by George Coveny. He took over with one out in the eighth and three balls on the batter, proceeded to throw three straight strikes and went on to record nine more strikeouts in four and two-thirds of fireman work. We feel the Staffa club is a bit improved over last year and one of the reasons is the ad- dition of a pepper-pot at shortstop in the per- son of Bill Kumpf. Kumpf, a resident of the Mitchell area, was a late cut of the Stratford Pon- tiacs of the Senior Intercounty and has been turn- ing in a first rate defensive chore. LITTLE LATE PERHAPS It may be a trifle late but we will pass on our annual Canadian football predictions. Last year our choices were the British Columbia Lions and Hamilton Tiger Cats to meet in the Grey Cup final and this guess was correct. Although the clubs have already played several games and a pattern has been set in both the East and West, we will again call representa- tives from Hamilton and Vancouver to repeat. Before anyone tells us that Vancouver have a nice edge at the top of the Western Con- ference and it would be easy to suggest they could continue, let's point out the situation in Hamilton is a bit different. At time of writing, the Cats have split their first four games. Ralph Sazio, Bernie Fa- loney and company will continue to improve as the seasonmatures and lead the league standing by a full game when play-off time rolls around. No wagers, please. One more of the four finalists have been decided for the Lini- ment League recreation softball loop, but the other two teams to be named won't be known until the third and final games of the best-of-three playoff sets are played later this week. The Centralia Airmen battled their way into the final when they ousted the Kinsmen in two straight games by slim one-run margins in both. They copped the first tilt by a 9-8 count and came back on Monday to finish the task with a thrilling 3-2 win. Other finalists to date are the Centralia NCO's squad who re- ceived a bye into the final round by virtue of their first place standing in league play. The Crediton-Dashwood ser- ies and the Exeter Lanes- Legon sets have each been extended to the third game by virtue of the teams splitting decisions this week. Crediton took the first game of their series with a 6-5 ver- dict as Gord Slaght came through with a seven-hitter. Crediton had only six safeties off Joe Green, but they managed to bunch them to get the win. Al Flynn had two of the C redi- ton hits and scored two runs to pace the attack. Dick Coulter, Hodgins, Mel Finkbeiner and Slaght had the othei's. Rader was the best for the While Zurich were eliminated from OBA play, they still have at least one more game in the Huron-Perth playdowns and could have more if thevcan win. With manager O'Brien throw- ing a nifty three-hit shutout, the Kings won the fourth game of the best-of-seven affair with a 1-0 verdict. It is not known when—or if— the series with Walkerton will resume. Conklin's Weekly Speciald PRICES IN EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 8 TO s 12 FURNITURE White Birch Base Frame with Poplar Fronting Desks REGULAR $22.95 REGULAR $30.95 FOR $17:75 FOR $24.95 COULD BE NEW RECORD The Philadelphia Phillies in the National league continue at the top with solid perform- ances in all departments. To the dismay of all Tiger fans in the area, two ex-Bengals are lending terrific aid to the Phils. Jim Bunning has taken over as leader of the Philadelphia tossing brigade. The 32-year- old right bander tossed the first complete per- fect game in the senior circuit in 80 years. The other star acquired from the Tigers, Gus Trian- dos, better known for his ability to catch knuckle balls, has been hitting at a good clip and averag- ing a home run in almost every four games. The ding-dong battle for American loop supremacy continues and history could be made if the White Sox manage to sneak out on top. If the Pale Hose of Al Lopez do win, one of their crew, Bill Skowron would become the first player to compete in three consecutive World Series with three different clubs and in each league. "The Moose" was with the Yankees in 1962 and a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers last year. Skowron already has the distinction of be- ing the only player to have performed in two consecutive "fall classics" in t w o different leagues, The only others to appear in two straight series but in the same league were Alvin Crow- der and. Goose Coslin appearing for the Senators and Tigers in 1083 and '34 and Allie Clark as a Yankee and Indian in '47 and '48 respectively. A bit of bad news for the White Sex came out of Philadelphia early August when a hotel in the Quaker City announced the MU' more Orioles had made reservations for early October. Two other fellOwS booked accommoda.. lion at the same time and are Rite not to need cancellations. None other than Joe Cronin and Warren Giles, presidents of the two leagues, Unfinished Mahogany 4' x 7' x 3/16" Wall Panels Special at $3.69 Hits don't necessarily bring in runs, and the Zurich Lumber Kings will have all winter to contemplate that well known fact. The Zurich crew out-hit Wilkesport in both games of a weekend series, but the Sarnia suburb crew scored more runs in both of them to take the best-of-three OBA "D" playoff in two straight, Playing in DashwOod, Satur- day, Wilkesport scored a 2-0 win as they came through with unearned runs in the seventh and ninth framea to post the win. Manager Don O'Brien was on the hill for the Zurich crew and held the visitors to only five hits; but a couple of errors by Phil. Overholt at third base proved toStly. With two out in the Seventh and a man on third, O'Brien came up with his nifty pick-off pitch to the hot corner and trapped the runner off base; However, in the ran-down, Overholt threw wild to oatcher Jim Bedard and the runner scored,. In the ninth, Overholt over threw first base on a greUnder and the runner raced all the way to SeCond and tortmed home with the:insurance tally on a single, Zurich came close to tying thegatne in the bottomof the ninth when they put two runners on base. With two out; Don O'Brien cracked Mit a sharp liner, but unfortunately it was pulled doWri by the 'Wilkesport third sacker for the final out. Local golfer records ace Gord Strang, Usborne Town- ship, scored one of the area's first hole-in-one shots during a game OVer the 18-hole Oak= Weed Golf course at Grand. Bend, Sunday. He scored the gelfer'S dreart on the par,-three 18th with a 86110-iron shot, The ball hit the green to one side in front of the .otipi but during its roll it curved right in beside the hag on the 100-yard hole. playing with Strang at the time were JIM Russell; 'Eke-ter), and Bob Pierce, London. Strang's ace en the hole gave him an '86, but it still wasn't good enough to beat Russell's 16, WILDNESS HURTS Dick B e d a r d went to the mound in the Sunday game at Wilkesport and wildness proved to be his downfall as he ran into trouble in three frames. With the help of three walks and one hit in the first inning, Wilkesport jumped into a 3-0 lead. Zurich got one back in the third and scored three more with the help of Earl Wagner's double in the fifth; A free pass byBedard in the seventh paved the way for the home crew to tie the game, as the runner stole second and came in on a blooper to the outfield when Wagner and DOUg O'Brien collided, Wilkesport blew the game wide open in the eighth when they carte up with their final four tallies for an 8-4 margin. The winners had only seven hits off Bedard, while Zurich had 10, However, their failure to hit in the clutch proved dis- astrous. Larry Bedard was the hitting star for the Kings with a three- for-four performance on Satur day and another two safeties en Sunday. Phil Overholt, Doug O'Brien and Diek Bedard had one safety each in Saturday's contest. Rick Stade and Don O'Brien matched Piedard'S two hits in Sunday's encounter, 'while Wag- nor, Dick litedard, Phil Overholt and Bill Sohade bbririetted for one each: Wagner drove in two of the four Zurich runs and SCOW the other two hirriselii Pin Boys. Wanted Any boys interested in working as pin boys at The Exeter Bowling Lanes during the coming season are asked to meet at the lanes on TUESDAY, T.8 at 4:30 p.m.