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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-07-25, Page 6.0: TbreS.-Ady.00*. ,40Y 25.!. 1900' FOR.; ,A44 GOOD 'RPM. By ,R905 ..Haugh A new sport Sonde of our readers, may have .noticed the. story in. The TA a cOuple. of Weeks .a,g0. Of the visitors froni Ohio who had a profitable holiday in the ererd'i, ton area trapping turtles.. We 11,40. an interesting chat with the two ,011.,* pies from . Covington, Ohio, They spent two weeks camped on the hanks of the Ausable River, south of Crediton and in that time were able to catch about 40 turtles, This is the fourth time the two men have trap. PO turtles in this area, but for their wives it was the first trip north, The women were very enthused about our part Of the country and promised to be back again next year. Some of the turtles weighed as much as 25 pounds .and appeared to be quite old by the amount of moss that had gathered on their backs. The American ladies told us the turtle meat is very delicious when cooked and fried. They did say it took a lot of frying as there could be a tend, ency towards toughness. They told us about fifty per cent of the gross weight of a turtle is edible. meat, This would mean the Ohioans took close to a half ton of turtle meat back with them. The turtles were taken back across the border alive and would be put in water tanks for two or three weeks to get cleaned up before being killed. We caught an interesting item in a Trenton newspaper last week that proves the success of turtle trapping in this immediate district. The Trenton article said, "The group of turtle trappers who visit Consecon 'Lake annually have had a good catch this year. They took 32, including some big ones. IT DIDN'T GET AWAY Most people get rather excited when they catch their first fish. If this happened when Mrs. Wilma Wilcox of Exeter landed a rainbow trout in Owen Sound early in July, she could be excused. The wife of local OPP constable Ed Wilcox hooked an 11 pound, one ounce rainbow trout in the Sydenham River at Owen Sound Shortly after two o'clock on the afternoon of July 4. While Mrs. Wilcox took up fishing while on holidays a year ago, this was the first one she was able to catch and -it took more than 35 minutes to bring the rainbow beauty that measured 291/2 inches, to the surface. The rainbow was caught on a red flat fish while trolling and is now being mounted by Bill Lynn of Woodford, of the Owen Sound area. A picture of Mrs. Wilcox and her -prized possession appears else- where on these pages. MORE FISH SOON The supply of trout in southern Ontario should soon be on the upswing with last week's open- ing of the Normandale rainbow trout hatchery. Nor- mandale is south of Brantford 'on the shores of Lake Erie. Rene Brunelle, minister of lands and forests, said the Southern Ontario area will benefit because the demand for recreational fishing is greater than in any part of the province and game fishing areas are limited. "We have accelerated the incubation of trout spawn with a heated water supply," said Mr. Bru- nelle. FIXING UP THE FORUM Construction and demolition crews have suc- ceeded where the crowds tried — but failed — that is to raise the roof at the Montreal Forum. The Forum, a Montreal landmark for 44 years, currently looks more like an open pit mining area than the home of a Stanley Cup champion hockey team. The roof has been completely taken off and the area that once was an ice surface is dotted with construction shacks and heavy equipment. Howard Hamilton, vice-president of the Canadian Arena Com- pany, owners of the Forum says the renovations cost- ing $9,500,000 is a step toward keeping up with progress. "When the NHL expanded two years ago, new and modern buildings sprang up throughout the circuit and we felt we had to keep pace," Last season the •seating capacity was 14,097, with capacity of 15,747 with standees, The renovation will raise the seating capacity to 16,600 and new gal- leries at the north and south ends will permit crowds of more than 17,000. The new roof will be completed early in Sep- tember, with the existing supporting columns re- moved in the interval. It will be supported by two main bridges, trusses which hold the suspended roof in place. The roof supporting trusses, each weighing 450 tons, are supported in turn by 75-foot towers at the ends of the building. As a result of the changes, Canadiens will open their 1968-69 season on the road while work is being completed. They open at home on. November, 2, while NHL play starts October 11.. lll i lll llllll PLAYGROUND PATTER Exeter kids visit Wingham d1,j,000lilil UulinigltUtltli,gfiilitiihiiuhi7dlimli Working hard., at eating, The watermelon eating contest during the afternoon program, at Friday's Funday proved very poptilar. In the picture above, three unidentified girls are quite unaware of the camera. They are putting, all their efforts into eating the juicy delicacy while the crowd in the backgrotind looks on with interest, T-A photo Teen Towners back on top recreation softball loop The Winner! Dal Robbins, right, presents Bill Lampert, Exeter, with a Homelite Chain Saw after the latter's ticket was drawn by Mayor Delbridge in the FUNDAY Contest sponsored by Milt Robbins & Son Ltd. Many thanks to all those who took time out for a demonstration. 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However, it seems un- fortunate that we can't plan the Weather to coincide with oOr activities, The rant that we dartnet, was quite evident last week as olyni- pie Week, which WaS Centred around athletics and active games, came right in the middle of the longest heat wave of the simirrieri In spite of this, the children tinted Out faithfully to practise borden ball, archball founders, dedgeball arid relays ter Playday. On Wednesday July 12, 60 Children from the ageS of 8 to lA 'tr'avelled to Wingham for a Playday with thildret from seven Other cerianunitles, The follow-, big are the reaulisi kincardine Listewel 51, IlanOVer chesley 20, St. MaryS 28, Ex- eter 27, Wingham 17, Southamp- ton 13. Although Our kids were not winners, Exeter can be proud they were represented by child- ren who CoMbined keen com ,, petition and erithlisiaSm With good sportsmanShip. Last week's pro- gram was Climaxed by Funday. This Week is Drama Week and the children are busy making puppets and costumes and learn- ing their parts in preparation for the plays tomorrow. briVers---Wateh for. A red triangle with the center .portion a brilliant fltiereadent .Oratige, This is a slow Moving vehicle emblem being used by some farnierS on the rear of their tractors to help reduce the. more Than 200 tractor car accidents that occur` each year in Giltatio. A pair of wins over the past week, has enabled the Teen Town BA 98's to move back into undis- puted possession of first place in the Exeter Rec softball league. The BA's have amassed a total of 12 points during the season while the Legion and Kinsmen are deadlocked for second posi- tion, only two points back. Crediton Tigers are in fourth place with three wins good for six points and Centralia Hughes Boat Works are in the basement with four points to their credit. In schedule games Thursday, the Teen Towners downed Cen- tralia 13-4 while the Kinsmen were edging Crediton 10-7, Mon- day's two contests saw Teen Town Squeeze by the Kinsmen 7-6 and Centralia's Hughes Boat Works edge Crediton 8-7. Tonight's schedule has Cen- tralia in Exeter to play the Legion and the Teen Town nine travelling to Crediton to do battle with the Tigers. Monday, the Kinsmen visit Centralia with the Legion and Teen Town hooking up at Exeter Community Park. LATE HOMER WINS A two run homer from the bat of left fielder Pete Lawson in the bottom of the sixth inning was The Exeter Greys didn't have to wait quite as long for their second win of the season as they did for their initial triumph. After losing the first five games on the schedule, the Greys edged Brod- hagen 5-4 on July 16. Saturday night, the local girl' softballers lost to Brucefield Bombers 12-5 on the Exeter dia- mond and were on the short end of a 3-0 count in St. Marys, Monday. The Greys ended a two game losing streak by edging Brodhagen 11-10 in the Perth County hamlet, Tuesday. , HANG ON TO WIN In gaining their second win of the season, Tuesday, the Greys had to stave off a valiant bid by the Brodhagen club. Most of the Brodhagen scoring came in the first and last innings. They took a 4-0 lead in the first frame, added one in the fourth and finished -with another four in the markers in the seventh, Exeter got their first run in the fifth with Pat Down reaching first on an error and scoring on a couple of fielders choices. Ann Jorgensen's triple a n d singles from .he bats of Lynn Hunter-Duvar and Lynn Farquhar chased three Exeter tallies across in the fourth. Singles by Marie Tiernan, and Jan Bennett and doubles by Pat Down and Darlene Snell produced five more runs in the fifth and put the Greys in front 9-6. Down's third hit of the night, a single and a similar base knack by Bennett produced the final Grey markers in the top of the sixth. Marie Tiernan went the distance on the mound for the locals and was in trouble in only the first and last innings, GET ONLY ONE BIT Barbara Pfaff on the St. Marys Mound came close to turning in a perfect game in the stone Town, Monday. Audrey Pdoley slammed a double in the fifth for the only Exeter safety, The St. MaryS hurler gave up a walk in the third and a tearn ,, mate cOtWnitted an error in the -Sixth to allow the only other Exeter batters to reach the 'safety Of the bate paths. pat Down, who went the pitch= ing distance for Exeter was al, most as effective as her mound opponent. Down gaVe up only four hits Over the siX inning rotate and retired the side in order on three occasions, PALTER IN LATE INNINGS six runs in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in enough to give the Teen Towners their 7-6 win over the Kinsmen, Monday. The Teens held a 3-0 lead after three innings of play and the Kin club came roaring back with 'a trio of runs in the top of the fourth to knot the count. Teen Town again moved in front with a single run in their half of the same frame. Ed Hearn's Kinsmen squad came right back with another three run rally in the fifth to go in front 6-4. Terry Bourne's double was responsible for sending the first two Teen runs across in the sec- ond and singles by Jack Glover and Bill Farquhar produced the third run in the third. Jack Ful- ler's bases empty homer ac- counted for the fourth run for the eventual winners. Singles by Bob Russell and Fisher cashed the initial K f n markers and one base blows by Jim Hewitt, Jim Russell, Jim Newby and George Pratt's triple cashed the final Kin runs. With the score 6-4 for the Kin, Terry Bourne opened the sixth with a triple and scored on Fuller's single and the latter rode home ahead of Lawson on his long drive to end the game. the 12-5 Saturday Brucefield win over Exeter. The teams traded pairs of runs in the first inning. Brucefield moved in front 3-2 in the fourth, scored three times in the fifth and put the game out of reach of the Greys with their sixth frame rally. The Exeter gals bounced back with a trio of runs in their half of the sixth, but were unable to cut into the Brucefield lead any further. Joyce Ferguson's triple and a single from the bat of Sandra Gra- ham were responsible for the opening Brucefield scores and back-to-back sing 1 e s by Joan Campbell and Darlene Snell sent the tying Exeter counters across the plate in the first. Triples by Marion McNutt and Graham and Ferguson's second hit of the game, this time a single sent the three Bomber tallies across in the fifth. The big blows in the final Bruce- field splurge were a homer by Eleanor SheilS, MoNutt's second three- bagger and singles by Diane Carter and Betty Graham. Four solid singles from the bats of Jan Bennett, Darlene Snell, Ann Jorgensen and Lynn Hunter-Duvar sent the final Exe- ter runs across in the sixth. Big catc h Mrs. Ed Wilcox, AnneSt,, Exeter believes in getting- ()Hon the right foot in any new venture. On a holiday trip in early JrrlytoOwet Sound, Mrs. Wilcox landed an II pound rainbow trout, the first fish she ever landed. A hitting pitcher is welcome to any ball club and. Chuck Taylor Is helping his own cause with Centralia's Hughes Boat Works team. The hard throwing right bander rapped out a couple of base hits during his team's 8-7 win over Crediton Tigers, Monday. Taylor received lots of hitting help, especially from Brian Hogg and Rick Schroeder. They each slammed long home runs with men on base to cinch their club's second win of the season. SCORE EARLY The Teen Towners scored four times in the fourth inning and were never headed in their 13-5 Thursday win over Centralia. Taking advantage of wildness by the Centralia hurling staff, the Teeners added singles by Jack Glover and Dave Wood to score their first runs. The Huron Park club, spon- sored by Hughes Boat Works bounced back in the second and counted their first marker on Chuck Taylor's round tripper. Singles by Brian Hogg and D. Denny produced another Centra- lia run in the third. In the same frame, the Teen Towners scored four times, with Bill Bourne's hit being the big blow. The final Teen runs were scored on singles by Bill Farquhar, Bill Fairbairn With only a few games left on the regular Aeliedele Pt the Huron-Perth b4P04111Pagee, real h4ttle lOPMS IPT playoff pePttiee4, One o€ the new entries in the len8Pe, Thorndale, has a ppm, fePtei?le le4d at the top of tilg Popp with points, but Iroratnera clewu, the race is tight,. The pasnwond Tigers hold down ,second Plant with 18 potPte, two more than :the St, Ma r ys entry. Mitchell BP's are fourth with ppint4, Zurich Lumber Kings follow with 14 points and. Hensall Nierctente .bring up. the rear with An even dozen, points to, Their credit. In :limited action last week, Zurich Lumber Kings downed Hensall Merchants 8-3 Friday, Hensall bounCed back to edge the, Dasliwped Tigers 0,2 in Hensall, Sunday afternoon and the same Hensall club were on the short end of a 6-3 count to the Mitchell BP's, Monday. Games this week involving area teams, have Mitchell at Dash, wood, Friday and Thortidale at Hensall for a Sunday afternoon contest. ONLY ONE RALLY The Hensall club could mount only one scoring rally in their 6-3 loss to Mitchell. Gary Kyle's single following a couple of walks and a hit batsman sent Danny and Terry Bourne. Centralia's final two runs came in the seventh with Robbie Robi- chaud getting a single to collect a pair of RBI's. • Jack Fuller went the distance on the mound for the winners while Dean McKnight, Brian Hogg and Chuck Taylor shared pitching duties for Centralia. DOUBLES TO DAMAGE Consecutive first inning doubles from the bats of Larry Stire and Jim 'Russell were the big blows in the Kinsmen six run rally in Crediton, Thursday. Russell again doubled in the second to produce another tally and a three run homer by Jim Hewitt in the third closed out the Kinsmen scoring for the evening. Paul Greenwood's homer, also producing three runs put the Tigers on the score sheet for the first time in the third. Singles by Bob Hodge, Lorne Vincent and Finkbeiner upped the Crediton game run total to six in the third. The final run of the night for the Tigers' cams on Paul Green- wood's second' home run of the game. Forest fires travel more quickly uphill than downhill. pameron, Bruce Moir and nob Lavery home with the lyierChantS run total for tbe contest. Veterans Line poldritSch and George Coveney each clouted a couple of hits to lead, the Mitchell laattlfg Attack. Krgli.F.R$ BATTLE Hensall southpaw Robert Mc N 4140-404 andDasliwpod -right bander Bob Webb hooked up in a real pitching battle in Hensall Sunday with ivicNangbton coming out the winner by a 3-2 score, The borne club opened the scor- ing in the first inning. Playing coach Steve Kyle lashed out a two Put double and came home when Bruce Iforton's grounder was bobbled, pashwood tied the count in the second on a similar situation. Whitey Denomme reached t h e base paths on an error and con- tinued on, to scpre. The Merchanta bank a .2,1 lead in the fOrkrtir when, Dave Taylor singled and came around to count On a hit by eiliStkaddicif, PashWend agai4 tied, the count; in the top of the sixth, Bob. tigff, man became a base Pinner on Hensall miscue and Pen?* on Bill Schade's single. The thind run that proved to be the winner came 14 the bottom of the same inning on a single by Tom Pairynapie and Jim .Bell's two bagger. WRAP IT up EARLY T 11 e Zurich Lumber Kings scored four times in the first inning and added a pair in the second to get off to ,a good start in Hensall, Friday and continued to their 8-3 victory. Bob Johnston and poug 0 prien were the big hitters for Zurich, each getting singles in the early rallies. Second season win for Greys ball team