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Catcher Bruce Horton doubled to open the fourth and came around to count on a sacrifice and an infield out, The home team tallied once in the bottom of the fifth before the Kings struck for two in the sixth to move in front 3-2, Don O'Brien walked and George Haggitt singled to start the rally and both came around to score on singles by Hal Flaro and Phil Overholt. The back and forth scoring continued as Wilkesport knotted the score at 3-3 in their half of the same frame and the Kings came right back with one in the seventh to again go in front. Doug O'Brien doubled and scored the fourth Zurich marker. The home team persisted and again came on even terms with a single run in the eighth. Follow- ing the same pattern the Zurich boys went ahead for the third time in the game as Don O'Brien and Bruce Horton reached the bases on errors and the former crossed the home plate on Hag- gitt's second single of the day. Wilkesport scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to take the victory by a narrow margin of 6-5. Hal Flaro was the top King batter of the afternoon stroking three singles in four trips to the plate. Robert McNaughton, who gain- ed a good share of the Zurich wins in the playoff series with Dashwood, was on the mound until the ninth when he received help from Dick Bedard. Tigers down Legion club in first of Rec playdowns An upset occurred in the first game of the Exeter and district rec softball semi-final playoffs as the Crediton Tigers edged Exeter Legion 10-7 on the Ex- eter diamond, Monday night. The L e g i on club, defending champions of the play-for-fun softball loop, finished in second place in the four team circuit while the Crediton boys were buried in the basement. The two clubs played the sec- ond game of the best-of-five series in Crediton last night, Wednesday. This was the first official league game to be played under the newly installed flood- lights at Crediton Community Park, In the other half of the semi- final series, the Teen Town 69°- ers who finished on top of the heap are meeting the Kinsmen, third place finishers in a similar set with the first game going at Exeter Community park tonight, Thursday, at 8 o'clock. In the final league contest to decide the occupant of second place in the league race, the Legion squeezed past the Kins- men 3-2 in a Thursday night con- test. The Ontario Baseball Assoc- iation Intermediate f ,D" playoff trail was short for the Zurich Lumber Kings as they were elim- inated by Wilkesport in two straight weekend contests. In a nip and tuck opener in Wilkesport Saturday, the Kings were shaded 6-5 as the home club came up with two runs in the bottom of the ninth to pull out the victory, The outcome of theSunday con- test in Zurich was in doubt until the top of the seventh when the visitors scored six times and went on to a 7-4 victory and a sweep of the series. The entire two game set was fairly close as each club stroked 20 base hits. The biggest factor in Zurich's loss Sunday was prob- ably their inability to cash in on scoring opportunities. On two separate occasions they had the bases filled and failed to score. Phil Overholt, Dick Bedard and Hal Flare singled in the third before anyone was retired but the following three King batters were retired on easy infield outs and pop-ups. Wilkesport scored a single run in the top of the fifth to take a 1-0 lead and completed their scoring with the six run splurge in the seventh. Strangely enough, despite their ten hit attack on their home diamond, the Kings first hit the scoreboard with three runs in the bottom of the seventh without getting a base hit. Dick Bedard and Doug and Don O'Brien com- pleted the base cycle after reach- ing the paths as the result of a hit batsman, a walk and an arror respectively. In the bottom of the ninth, Don O'Brien doubled and scored as the result of singles from the bats of Bruce Horton and Robert McNaughton. The other King base hits, all singles were contributed by Overholt, Horton and Mc- Naughton. Don O'Brien started on the hill for the Zurich nine and went along nicely until the big Wilkespert splurge in the seventh when he was relieved by Jim Pfaff. In the seventh, Bob Baynham came in to count the final Legion tally on a C rediton outfield error. Cord Slaght went the distance on the hill for Crediton and al- lowed but three hits while strik- ing out eight. His opposition moundsman, Mousseau, also went the full seven inning route and picked up five strike-outs while giving up a total of ten hits. VETS CLINCH SECOND Bob Baynham's triple in the bottom of the third accounted for all of his club's runs in the 3-2 Legion win over the Kinsmen, Thursday, to clinch second place in the league standings. Don Mousseau singled, Chub Edwards walked and Ron Bogart doubled to set up the game win- ning blow for Baynham. The Kinsmen runs came in single fashion with Larry Stire singling in the fifth and coming around on infield outs and Lyle Little walking in the sixth and completing his tour on a triple from the bat of Dick Roelofson. Cowboys sing praises of local rodeo facilities One of the busiest fellows at the fourth annual Mid-Western Rodeo held at Exeter Community park over the weekend, show secretary Dalton Finkbeiner, has tabulated all the results and an- nounced the winners. Joe Farren of Hespeler took home two awards, the Jack Smith trophy as the highest point cow- boy and a Supertest buckle pres- ented by Ted Chaffe as winner of the saddle bronc competition. The Kist Beverage buckle to the top bareback bronc rider went to Ron Tschanz of Kitchener LOSE IN NINTH In the series opener in Wilkes- porte, the best played contest of the two, the lead changed several times throughout the middle inn- ings and the margin was never SCORE EARLY The Crediton boys wasted little time in getting in front in Mon- day's contest as they scored a single run in the opening inning and came right back with a half dozen more in their next trip to the plate. They added two in the fourth and plated their tenth and final run in the top of the sixth. The• Legion club .were able to score in the early and late inn- ings but their bats were pretty silent in the in-between frames. They scored three in the first, the same number in the sixth and added a single in the last inning. ports all contestants were very happy with the rodeo facilities at the local park and were singing praises of the Exeter set-up from morning until night. Bowlers hold double event Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 and the Brady Cleaners award to Bernie Buckmeyer of Attica, New York, as calf roping champion. Judy Savage of Attica, New York, attained the most points for girls and ladies in open com- petition over the two day pro- gram and received a buckle from Jim Scott. The latter also pre- sented a belt and buckle to Bill Brady of CFPL who risked his life on a donkey. The bulldogging buckle donated by Bob Hamather Motor Sales went to John Mc- Kenzie of Melton. Other prize winners were as follows: steer race, Bill Legette, Campbellcroft; wild cow milking, Les Rogers, Windsor; pick-up race, Ken Kimball, Windsor; bar- rell race, Joe Gutoski, Oakville; flag race, George Gutoski, Oak- ville. Morris Rankin of Courtright outdistanced Tom Shoebottom of Ilderton in the exciting chariot races. The bucking horses used in the show were consigned by Milo Hetherington of Georgetown, while Willis Gill of Grand Bend and Jack Morrissey of Crediton supplied the cows, calves and steers. Gordon Lawrence of Oakville was the announcer and master of ceremonies for the entire rodeo. Secretary Finkbeiner re- A walk to Dick Colter and a single from the bat of Roy Smith sent the first Crediton run across in the first inning. The Legion trio of scores in their first turn at bat were ac- complished on three walks dish- ed up by Crediton hurler Cord Slaght and a bases clearing triple by catcher Murray Brintnell. Crediton bounced back in the second as they took advantage of a pair of Legion errors and add- ed some base hits of their own to go in front 7-3. Slaght opened the inning with a double and romped home on Cam McArthur's single. Larry Laye followed with a single and Colter reached the safety of first on a fielder's choice to load the bases. Doug Finkbeiner was safe on a Vet fielding miscue that scored McArthur and Pete Ravelle de- livered a single that was bobbled in the outfield allowing Laye and Colter to continue home. Ravelle scored the sixth run of the inn- ing as Jim F inkbeiner' s grounder was booted. The Crediton lead went to 9-3 in the fourth as Doug Finkbeiner singled with one out and came home on Pete Ravelle's home run. Smith and Finkbeiner singled to start off the sixth and the former made his way to the plate safely to complete the Crediton scoring for the game, With one out in the sixth, the Legion crew came to life and struck back quickly with three runs. Murray Brintnell was hit by a pitched ball and Cy Blommaert singled to put two runners on. Brintnell was forced at third on Jim Hennessey's grounder and the rally appeared to be cut short, but Legion hurler Don Mousseau came through with a long home run to clear the bases. One of the busiest places in town the last week or so is the Exeter lawn bowling green as club members try to catch up on time lost due to the consistent rainy weather of the early sum- mer. An open men's doubles event was held last Wednesday and an- other similar tournament that was postponed several weeks ago will be staged Saturday afternoon at 1:30. Jack Inglis of Waterloo was the top three game winner in Wed- nesday's duo jitney and local competitors, Clarence Down and , Len McKnight, finished in second place. The best in the two win de- partment was Bert Gray of Clin- ton. Taking the award for one game winners were the com- bination of Alvin Pym, Harold Patterson and Ivan Hill. The local entry did not use three bowlers at one time as Patterson was forced to leave due to other duties and was replaced by Hill for the final contest. In regular jitney play Tuesday, Art Cann ran away with first prize as he compiled whopping scores in the two game com- petition. The local miller scored two wins and rolled up a plus of 20 and an aggregate of 54, prob- ably the highest accumulated at the local greens this year. Russ Snell copped the runner- up position with identical win and plus records, but a lower aggre- gate of 40. Edna Caldwell and Pete McFalls completed the first four prize winners with two wins and a plus of 15 each, In direct contrast, Saturday's local action provided close com- petition with a toss of the coin needed to decide first place. Mrs. Andrew Hamilton and Mrs. Bill Etherington finished with equal scores of two wins, a plus of 10 and an aggregate of 20 but Mrs. Hamilton was declared the winner. It's not very often that a sports celebrity or popular professional athlete visits Exeter. When they do it is usually to attend a banquet or special sports function of some kind. This was not the case last Monday when Ted Page, a star performer with the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian football league, was in town for a few hours. Ted, who is in his third season with the Ham- ilton football club, spent a couple of hours visiting with his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hannigan, at South Huron Hospital. The 25-year-old Hamilton footballer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Page of California. Mrs. Page is the daughter of Mrs. Hannigan and a sister of Mrs. Harold Holtzmann of town. Ted spent two years of his youth in Exeter when his father was employed in the office at Cann's Mill in 1946-47. He was born in North Bay and his Canadian birth was probably an added incentive for the Montreal Alouettes to pick him. up for the 1962 season directly from Compton Junior College in Cali- fornia. After three seasons with the Als, Ted was traded to Hamilton and his fine defensive backfield play and punt return abilities has made him an im- portant cog in the Tiger Cat machine. To some people, playing professional football may sound like a soft touch with only one or never more than two games a week. Ted told us last week they have two -hour practices every day at five o'clock except of course on the day of a game. The only time they are excused from daily work- outs may come after a win. The Tiger Cats are liable to a fine of $200 from head coach Ralph Sazio if they miss or are late for a practice session. Ted's off-season is also a busy one as he is complet- ing his university education at Los Angeles State University. Because the football season takes up a good part of a year it is taking him eight years of half-semesters to gain his degree. The young Tiger -Cat will graduate this spring and hopes to become a physical education instructor when his football days are over. With his gridiron talents he will probably double as a football coach at an American college. Ted will have the qualifica- tions to teach history in addition to his PT work. Ted and his twin brother, Tom, were also baseball stars in high school in California and were offered tryouts with the Detroit Tigers. Tom, who has completed one year of law school, is shortly heading for Viet Nam as a member of the U.S. army. Ted has been serving 30 days each year in the U.S. Reserves and this year will report on Decem- ber 15 to his Marine unit which is being activated. A younger brother Paul, now 19, could be the baseball star in the Page family. He has just finished this season on a baseball scholarship in South Dakota and will be enrolling in Compton Junior College this fall. Paul is a first baseman while Ted was a south- paw pitcher and Tom did the catching in their base- ball days. Ted told us he feels the Tiger Cats have a very good chance to take the Eastern Conference title with of course the toughest opposition coming from Ottawa. His confidence was probably based on the early season Hamilton win over the Rough Riders from the capital city. He chose Russ Jackson as the top quarterback in Canadian football and thought Argos' new back- fielder Jim Dillard would give the defensive align- ments the most trouble. The Tiger Cats have a very impressive three wins and one loss record to date due mainly to their solid defensive formation of which Ted Page is a valued member. We took in the Hamilton inter-squad game in London a few weeks ago and the picture of Ted Page appearing in this column was taken only a few seconds after he reached the bench after a series of defensive plays in the second quarter of the game that was played on a very warm evening. ANYBODY HUNGRY? Anyone who tasted the delicious beefburgers at the Rodeo grounds over the weekend and would like some more are in luck. A goodly quantity of the pure beef patties are still available and can be se- cured by contacting John Burke or Harold Holtz- mann. EXAMINE HUNTERS After December 31, 1967, all hunters purchas- ing a licence for the first time will be required to pass an examination before a hunting licence may be issued. Standard examinations will be provided only by Department of Lands and Forests Conserva- tion Officers, appointed as examiners. A certificate of competence issued by a hunter safety instructor will be sufficient to obtain a licence until the end of the year. The department recom- mends that all new hunters take such a course be- fore asking for an examination. The examination, containing both written and practical tests, requires knowledge of firearms, safe hunting, game laws and ability to handle firearms safely. The fee is $3 for examination or re-examina- tion. Applicants must be 15 years of age or over. Those failing to pass the written test will not be per- mitted to take the practical test. They will be direct- ed to a qualified instructor for more intensive train- ing before re-applying for an examination. Hunters are urged to keep their hunting li- cences in a place for safekeeping as they will no longer be permitted to make a declaration in the matter of lost or destroyed licences. An old hunting licence might save a hunter the $3 examination fee, Almost no hands One of the toughest contests in the successful Mid-western Rodeo was the bronc riding events, In the picture above, one of the con- testants is beginning to lose his grip as his mount is kicking its heels a bit. — T-A photo rbiunR amrrlruui uniYuuwiiriulrlairlYntirUYO.mnrinq tog' mil urriil NiliwrlirOiluiilrilingnnit mil olio !Wit NEVER Assume the public knows as much about your business as you do. That's why advertising' is so indispensable IilHrir 0000 o 000 ill illrlllll111111011111Yr111l1r011ltd A helping hand is near Help was never far away for contestants in the bronC riding events at the recent Mid -western Rodeo in town. Above, three Outriders are ready to move in and pick up the rider when he becomes grounded. T-A photo .4