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Spills aplenty in Centennial Canoe Jousting
Action speaks louder than words. This was the case in the canoe to stay afloat. The Lions Club entry composed of incoming president
jousting event one of the features at Saturday's Centennial Day at Gerald Webb and John Godbolt, a son of the present prexy, Gerald
Riverview Park. In the above pictures many of the contestants Godbolt proved to be the best balancers as they upset Jim Cars-
are shown in various positions and predicaments as they attempt cadden and Dennis Hockey in the final.
six strikeouts ,
HANG ON
The pattern of the Saturday
game was repeated but only in
reverse as Zurich forged ahead
early and were able to hold off
a last minute DashWood rally to
preserve the 5-4 Monday win.
Don O'Brien, one of Zurich's
veterans who was behind the
plate in the Saturday contest
and started Monday's gama at
third came on in a relief pitching
role in the fifth inning and pre-
served the win for starter Jim
Pfaff.
The Kings scored twice in the
first inning on three Dashwood
errors and a walk without the
aid of a base hit. They upped the
score to 3-0 in the third as Don
O'Brien doubled and came around
on infield outs.
Dashwood hit the run column in
the fifth as Art Rader reached
first on an error, Bill Schade
doubled and Jim Hayter singled
both runners h o m e. Bob Heff,.
man was hit by a pitched ball
and this brought O'Brien to the
mound. He was able to get the
next three men in order to re-
tire the side without any further
damage being done.
George Haggittls double and
a single from Dick Bedard
powered the two run Zurich rally
in the top of the sixth.
In the last of the same frame
the Tigers scored twice on an
error and singles by Gord Vin-
cent and Jim Hayter but couldn't
get the equalizer over the plate.
Jim Pfaff, the Zurich starter
allowed only two hits during his
term on the mound, but was wild,
walking two and hitting five
batters.
Bill Schade went the distance
for the Tigers allowing but three
hits and striking out four, •
Blank London nine before overflow crowd
Rec all stars shine in Centennial tilt
On two occasions during the
past two seasons when the Exeter
Rec league All Stars have tested
their strength against city op-
position they have turned in cred-
itable performances.
Playing before probably the
largest crowd ever to see a ball
game in Exeter, the locals downed
BS&B Rads, leaders of the London
City league, 5-0 in a well played
contest as part of Saturday's
Centennial festivities.
The spectators that ranged in
number from 2,000 at the begin-
ning of the exhibition to nearly
6,000 as the game was terminated
to allow the fireworks display
were treated to exciting action
from start to finish.
In officially opening the flood-
lights at Exeter Community Park
late last summer a team of all-
stars composed of mainly the
same players were downed 2-1
by London Life in a 12 inning
contest.
The Intense baseball rivalry
between the Dashweed Tigers
and Zurich Lumber Kings con-
tinues and on their season's play
to date in the Huron-P erth league
each team has recorded two wins.
The two rivals had split a pair
of early season ganles and onthe
holiday weekend each club won on
thei r opposition's diamond to
Maintain the stalemate.
On Saturday, as part of Zur-
ich's Centennial Day celebra-
tions, the Tigers refused to co-
operate in the birthday party and
downed the home team Kings 7-5,
Back on the Dashwood field, Mon-
day, the Zurich nine returned the
compliments by taking a 5-4 deci-
sion.
COMEBACK TRY FAILS
In the Dashwood win Saturday,
the Tigers scored once in the
second inning, three times in the
fourth and finished their tallying
with a single marker inthe sixth.
The Kings waited until the fifth
to hit the score sheet when they
found the plate twice and three
more times in the sixth which
Was the last inning of the game.
Southpaw Dave Ratz chalked up
his second pitching win of the year
needed help from youthful Bob
Webb in the last frame.
Rats more than helped his own
cause at the plate as he connect-
ed for two singles and a double
in four trips to the plate. His
first single in the second came
in front of Ken Rader's booming
triple to put the Tigers in front
1-0.
Singles from the bats of
Richard Rader, Art Rader and
Jim Hayter in addition to a Zurich
error and a passed ball upped the
Dashwood run total to four in the
fourth.
Ratz's second bingle of the
day opened the fifth but the young
hurler was caught at the plate
trying to score on Ken Rader's
single to left. Lorne Vincent
followed with another single to
send Rader scurrying home.
In the final inning doubles by
Bill Schade and Ratz combined
with two walks sent the last two
Tiger runners across the plate.
The Zurich scoring was con-
fined to the last two frames. Phil
Overholt's double in the bottom
of the fifth brought home Earl
Wagner who had singled and Doug
O'Brien who made first on a
Dashwood miscue to eliminate
the goose egg on the scoreboard.
After the first King was re-
tired in the sixthDoug Dalrymple
reached first on an error, Doug
Stade drew a walk and Bob
Johnston was hit with a pitch to
load the bases. Earl Wagner
followed with a double to clear
the bases and brought Webb in to
relieve Ratz.
Don O'Brien greeted the
youngster with a single and Doug
O'Brien was hit to again load the
bases, Phil Overholt laced a low
line drive at second sacker
Richard Rader who was able to
double Don O'Brien off second to
end the game.
Dick Bedard went the distance
on the Zurich hill and recorded
of singles and a London throw-
ing error.
After the first Star was re-
tired, Bill Farquhar singled and
Robert Wolfe walked. Both run-
ners moved up on a passed ball
and scored as former Exeter
minor star Rick Boyle threw
wildly on Jim Pinder's ground
ball to deep short.
to left-centre. Gilfillan com-
pleted on the circuit as Jim
Pinder ripped a single to left.
The latter was nipped at the
plate as he tried to come home
on a similar safety from the
bat of Cy Blommaert.
The other two Star markers
came across the platter in the
fourth as the result of a pair
form as he set the visitors down
in one-two-three fashion in every
inning but the second.
In their second trip to the plate
the Rads got their only life on
the bases as Don Faulkner sing-
led but was forced at second by
Frank Anderson and the next
two batters popped out to finish
any scoring ideas they may have
had.
In chalking up the one-hitter,
Bell sent six visitors back to the
bench on strike-outs and was
afforded perfect support by his
mates.
Centre fielder Ron Bogart
pulled off a fine running catch
in the very first inning to keep
the London nine in check.
The home town stars wasted
little time in showing the large
crowd they were out to win as
they sent their first three batters
in the game winging across the
plate.
Bogart singled to start pro-
ceedings, Jim Russell beat out a
bunt as the opposition failed to
make a play and both runners
scored on Bill Gilfillan's double
Men's club bowlers
win centennial dual
BELL
Don Bell
Rec Stars
CLOGS RADS
on the mound for the
was in mid-season
Legion downs Crediton
in only Rec loop action
and Ron Heywood. Other prize
winners were Dick Roelofson and
Bill McLean and Bob Blair and
Andy Dougall.
Prizes were donated by George:
Vriese, Exeter Co-op, Canadian
Tire, Snell Bros., Middleton &
Genttner, Cann's Mill and South
End Service.
In regular jitney play Tuesday,
Bob Nicol emerged as the best
bowler of the night recording two
wins and a plus of 15 to lead the
field of 22 competitors.
Russ Snell and Wes Venner
compiled similar double wins
and a plus of 10 but the former
was placed in second because
of a superior aggregate score.
Liz Lamport and Peter Plant-
Inge were next in line to close
out the first five place finishers.
The sweet old lady smiled at
the girl who had been left in
charge of the bakery.
''Don't you sometimes feel
tempted to eat a cupcake?" the
old lady asked.
"Of course not," said the girl,
"that would be stealing. I only
lick them."
Nearly every organization in
Canada has a special Centennial
project and the Exeter Lawn
Bowling club is no exception.
Several months ago officials
of the local club decided to in-
troduce more people to the pop-
ular summer sport as their
contribution to our country's
birthday celebrations.
Thursday night was set aside
to give the newcomers to the
game a chance to show their
talents in a "Duel to the finish".
A pair of greensmen from ACTS
of James Street United Church,
Harold Patterson and Dr. Don
Ecker, adapted well to the new
sport after only a couple of
practices and walked away with
the top prize.
The winners compiled two wins
and a plus of 12, to edge out the
runner-up combination of Fred
Wells and Craig Davidson by a
single plus.
P et e r McFalls and Brian
Sanders accumulated similar
double wins and a 10 plus, good
for third post. Finishing fourth
and fifth respectively were the
duos of Don Geiser and Lloyd
Eagleson and Russ Collingwood
Colter's triple and a double by
Ken Bender were the big blows
in cutting the Legion lead to
10-'7.
A double by Bob Lammie sent
Roy Smith home in the Crediton
half of the sixth and Doug Fink-
beiner singled and completed the
trip home in the seventh to com-
plete his team's scoring for the
night.
The winning Legion nine scored
five times in the bottom of the
sixth to increase their lead. Dick
Bennett, Jim Finnen, Cy Blom-
maert, Bill Gilfillan and Jim
Hennessey were the successful
runners.
All teams are in action in the
popular softball league tonight
with the Teen Town 69'ers trav-
elling to Crediton and the Legion
and Kinsmen meeting under the
lights at Exeter Community Park
at 8 o'clock.
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These days everybody seems to be coming up
with a centennial project of their own and some of
them are quite novel. We believe that Fergy Jenkins
of Chatham is working on one of the best ideas that
any Canadian could come up with.
The young right bander from the Kent County
city is striving in his first full year in the National
league towards achieving .a "Big Three", That would
be, being selected on the league's all-star team, the
winningest pitcher in his circuit and pitching in the
World Series.
Jenkins has already achieved his first goal as
Walter Alston has chosen Fergie as one of his first
line throwers in the annual test of the two leagues
at Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 11.
The Chatham youngster is well on the way to
making a success in his two other ventures with the
help of his Chicago teammates. The Cubs, on the
strength of 14 wins in their last 15 starts, moved
into a first place tie with the St. Louis Cardinals on
Sunday.
Jenkins contributed plenty to the Cub cause
as he faced only 29 men in downing the Cincinnatti
Reds 4-1 on Sunday and bashed a double and triple.
The latest win gives Fergie an 11.5 season record,
the most wins in the National league and a good
chance at becoming a 20-game winner.
As the Cubs have only played 74 contests
in a 174-game schedule the Chatham native has a
great opportunity to become the first Canadian to
reach the 20-game circle in the big leagues.
His selection to the all-star club is only the
second time a Canadian has been chosen to pitch in
the big game. The other Canuck to make the grade
was Oscar "Lefty" Judd, a native of Ingersoll who
hurled successfully for several years with the Bos-
ton Red Sox.
Coming back to the local scene, Saturday's
Centennial Day celebration in Exeter was a huge suc-
cess and sporting events added a great deal to the
day's activities,
One of the highlights of the program was the
canoe jousting event held on the river in the early
evening. Several thousand people lined the river
banks in Riverview Park to watch 14 two-man teams
vie for supremacy in the art of "canoe balancing."
An art it certainly is as a couple of contest-
ants failed to get into actual combat as they fell prey
to the Ausable waters in attempting to stand upright
in their canoes before reaching the opposition.
After the elimination trials and quarter-final
rounds the combatants seemed to gain from the ex-
perience of some of the other less fortunate and the
last two rounds resulted in lengthy and skilful bouts.
A pair of jousters from the Lions club were
able to spill all of their opposition to reign as cham-
pions. The local service club went all out to gain the
win as they sent out a "top level" team to do their
roaring for them.
Incoming president Gerald Webb and John
Godbolt, a son of Gerald Godbolt who is completing
the present term as chief executive of the Lions,
were able to outmanoeuvre and outbalance the rest
of the field and remain the driest.
In connection with the canoeing, in referring
to the upcoming event in the last couple of weeks
we called it canoe jostling instead of jousting.
After watching the exciting action Saturday
and checking with our Webster dictionary, both
terms could be used to describe the water activity.
To jostle is listed as to bump together, to shake and
to interfere with, while to joust is to join battle, to
combat and to tilt. After considerable thought, the
word joust may be a little more satisfactory as there
was more tilting than anything else.
The exhibition softball game which will be
described more fully elsewhere on these pages was
a fitting climax to the sports part of the birthday
celebrations that also included games for the young
fry and free swimming for everyone.
With a large crowd spilling onto the playing
field the Exeter Rec league All-Stars defeated the
London BS&B Rads 5-0 in an abbreviated seven-
inning contest to allow the colorful and brilliant
fireworks display to go on at its scheduled time.
The success of Saturday's Centennial festivi-
ties has suggested the possibility of making this an
annual event. The population of the town was about
doubled for the finale of the day, the fireworks
extravaganza.
While on the surface the idea of having an
annual July 1 celebration sounds like a good one,
we must realize that a tremendous amount of plan-
ning and work by many, many persons over several
months was the main reason for the success of the
day.
The popularity of the canoe jousting was in-
stant as the spectators delighted in seeing the vari-
ous contestants dumped into the river. The coopera-
tion of the various organizations of town in sending
teams to get "dunked" contributed to the success.
This certainly could become part of an annual
Canada birthday celebration along with a softball
game and fireworks. Also, a tug-of-war contest could
be added. A similar event in Stephen Township a
couple of weeks ago was highly successful, A test
of strength could be widened to include the best of
the various municipalities around Exeter.
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EXETER
Exeter Legion continued their
winning ways in Rec league soft-
ball play by outscoring the Cred-
iton Tigers 15-9 under the lights
at Exeter Community Park, Mon-
day in the only game of the week
that the weatherman allowed to
go as scheduled,
A big eight run rally in the
fourth inning provided the dif-
ference in the Legion victory
as the teams were tied at 2-2
after three innings of play.
The Vets were first to hit
the score sheet pushing across
a single marker In the bottom of
the first as Gerry Finnen doubled
and scored on a pair of infield
outs.
Crediton moved into a tempor-
ary lead with a pair of runs in
the top of the third. Jim Fink-
beiner opened the frame with
a double, Bob Martin followed
with a single and both came in
to count on a two base blow by
Roy Smith.
A bases empty homer from
the bat of Gerry Finnen with
two out in the Legion half of the
same frame knotted the score
until the eventual winners broke
the game open in the fourth.
Dick Bennett started the big
fourth with a triple and scored
on Jim Pinder's single to left
field. The latter was thrown out
at the plate after Jim Finnen
reached first on an error,
Walks to Bill Gilfillan and Jim
Hennessey loaded the bases with
two out and Crediton pitcher
Cord Slaght threw the third strike
past Ms rival hurler Don Moue-
seau for the apparent third out,
but the ball eluded his catcher
and all hands were safe with
Finnen scoring.
Another Crediton miscue com-
bined with singles from the bats
of Chub Edwards, Bennett and
Finnen sent the balance of the
Legion runs home to up the
score to 10-2.
The Tigers showed in their
next trip to the plate that they
weren't giving up as they came
right back with five scores Co
tighten the score again.
The first four Tigers •.'ea.ched
the safety Of first and eventually
scored. Singles by Bob Lammie
and Smith along with Dick irrrirerme
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