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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-08-15, Page 6Page a Times-Advocate, August 14, 1900 FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS BY Ross Haugh Better shows Having a look at the prizes Wednesday's men's pairs tourney was one of the most successful ever staged by the local club. A large number of valuable prizes were donated by local merchants. Shown above are local club members, Ross Taylor, Ray Smith, Alvin Pym, Wes Venner and Harold Simpson taking a look at the prize table. T-A photo. urich takes lead. in H-P "D" series We wish to extend our appreciation to the businesses and industries in Exeter who so generously donated prizes for our recent men's pairs tournament at the local greens. Your support helped make this one, one of the best tournaments ever staged in Exeter and we know all competitors were most appreciative of the reception we were able to give them with your support. 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Exeter lawn bowling club stages successful tourney Thanks to the effort of commissioner Jake Gaudaur, telecasts of Canadian professional football this Year should he Much more interesting for the fans. Gaudaur, Who took over as commissioner in. February has ordered his officials to be much more lenient and not to blow their whistles for minor of- fences that have no bearing on the play, The former Hamilton Tiger Cat boss has said, "We want our officials to be unobtrusive. The fans do 'not come out to see the officials at work, they come to see the players perform, A perfect game, in my eyes, would be one in which the spectators were unaware there were officials on the field. The less they're noticed the better. In other words, we want to avoid whistles as much as possible," It isn't difficult to understand what Gaudaur is trying to do. How many times have you seen it happen? A player carries the ball for 50 yards and the whole play is washed out because •a zealous um- pire detected some infraction that probably had no bearing whatever on the running play. The officials have received the following in- structions: "If the infraction is really serious, or if it contributes directly to the gain, then by all means assess the necessary penalty. But if it had no connec- tion with the play, then don't call it just to prove you know the rules. Previously, there was no option, it had to be called." "The old philosophy," Gaudaur said, "was 'when in doubt, call it.' I've told them just the op- posite — 'when in doubt, don't call it.' I think we can develop a more crowd pleasing game this way, without going against the spirit of the rule book." The officials, briefly, are now supposed to look for ways to avoid penalties, instead of searching for fouls, as though there were a bonus for yards taken away. The half-time intervals in all CFL games for this year have been cut to 15 minutes which will also help to speed up the game. STILL PENNANT BOUND Our favorites in the American baseball league, the Detroit Tigers, continue to amaze even their most robust fans with their come-from-behind an- tics. Sunday's double win over the Boston Red Sox certainly was more exciting than any fiction writer could dream up. Four local fans, Jim and Bob Rus- sel, Don Mousseau and Harold Wolfe attended the more than seven hour double bill and stayed right to the end. Bob Russell said, "You could go to big league games for 50 years and never see anything like we did ',Sunday." The Tigers won the first game on a pinch home run by .Gates Brown in the bottom of the fourteenth inning 5-4 after being down 4-0 early in the game. In the second contest, it was again Brown who provided the payoff punch, a sharp single to right field in the bottom of the ninth to complete a four- run rally and wrap up the game 6-5. The Tigers, down 2-0 from the sixth inning on, scored twice in the eighth to tie it up and then were again behind 5-2 going into their half of the ninth. This marked the thirty-fourth time this year that the Bengals have come on to win after being tied or behind in the seventh inning. Brown, who was mobbed by his teammates after each game, has a fabulous batting average of close to .600 as a pinch hitter. SPORT STRIKES, TOO In this day and age when strikes for higher pay and better working conditions are quite com- mon in industry, athletes are also joining in on the bargaining. Only a week or so ago, the National Football league was faced with the threat of a strike, but that has since been cleared up. The only time professional athletes have ac- tually gone on strike was in 1912 when the Detroit Tigers refused to dress for one game in Philadelphia in mid -May. Ty Cobb was the centre of the controversy, which was not surprising, because Cobb and turmoil were constant companions. The Tigers were playing in New York on May 15, 1912, when Cobb raced into the stands to silence a heckler who had been riding him mercilessly. Ban Johnson, American League president at the time, slapped an indefinite suspension on Cobb after getting the umpire's report of the fracas. The Tigers then moved on to Philadelphia and, without Ty, lost to the world champion Athletics. Apparently, that defeat convinced the Tigers they needed Cobb, no matter how much they dis- liked him. The players sent a wire to Johnson stating they would not play another game without Cobb. Johnson did not reply, and on May 18 a few hours before game time, 19 Detroit players told man- ager Hughie Jennings they would not play. Jennings informed Tiger owner Frank Navin of the situation and he instructed his manager to form a team with any players he could round up. Failure to play would not only mean a forfeit but a $5,000 fine for the Detroit club. Jennings re- cruited nine Philadelphia sandlotters who had per- formed in semi-pro ranks as the Park Sparrows. Jennings offered them $10 each, except for pitcher Aloyisus Travers, a collegian who was studying for the priesthood, He was to get $25, The result was a fiasco which was witnessed by 20,000 spectators whom curiosity had lured to the park. The A's overwhelmed the pick-up team 24-2, After the game, president Johnson was seeth. ing and quickly caught a train for Philadelphia and cancelled the next scheduled game., He informed the Tigers if they did not play their next scheduled game On May 21 •in Washington they would be banned frOm baseball for life, When Jelitigon left, Cobb spoke to his team- mates and advised them to call off the strike, The Pigott decided Ty was right and that was the end, a the Strike, Zurich Lumber Kings have taken the lead at the halfway mark of a double round robin series to decide a "D" classi- fication winner in Huron-Perth intermediate baseball play. With each of the three com- peting clubs having seen action on four occasions, the Zurich club leads with three wins, the Dashwood Tigers are close be- hind with two wins and the Hen- sail Merchants bring up the rear with two points. Zurich downed Dashwood 10-5 and 9-1 and dropped Hensall 6-3 to take the lead. Dashwood's wins were both over Hensell by scores of 7-5 and 13-4 and Hen- sail's only victory was 6-3 over Zurich. Hensall travelled to Zurich last night, Wednesday and will be in • Dashwood Friday night. Sunday afternoon, Dashwood will be at Zurich and Monday even- ing, the Kings visit Hensall. Dashwood will be at Hensall on August 21 and Zurich and Dash- wood meet on the Dashwood dia- mond on August 23 to wind up the playoff schedule. DOUBLE SCORE ON TIGERS The Lumber King% scored five times in the first inning in Dash- wood Monday and went on to eventually double the score 10-5 over the Tigers. Back to back triples from the bats of Doug O'Brien and George Haggitt were the big blows in the opening inning rally. Dick Bedard and Ron Corriveau added doubles and Don O'Brien came through with a single to aid the cause in the first. Dashwood bounced back with two runs in the third but that was the closest they came to catching the Zurich club. Pit- cher Dave Ratz and Jim Hayter singled with two out and both came racing across the plate on a similar safety from the bat of Bob Hoffman. The two clubs traded single runs in the fifth inning. Earl Rodeo plans are being completed Plans are progressing very Well for the fifth annual Mid- Western Rodeo to be held at Ex- eter Conimunity Park on the Labour Day weekend. Publicity chairman Dr. Don Ecker reports that new portable seats to accommodate 750 people are at the park now. A work party is being organized kir Sun- day afternoon at 1 o'clock when the portable seats will be erected, the ring will be painted and gen- eral repairs carried out. Everyone Is invited to come out and help. Only a pail and paint brush will be required, the bal- ance of the tools will be sup- plied by the committee. Posters and flyers advertising the rode0 are being distributed thrOughOut Ontario by way of salesmp.n and truck drivers. In addition to top notch tOcle0 entertainment that will be on display Saturday evening and Sim- day afternoon, each show will featUre radio and TV musical talent, Al Cherny and his Rhythm Pals, directly from the Tommy Hunter ShoW will entertain during the Sattirday night ShOW, while Gary Budk and his Kitchener TV troupe will be on hand for Sun, day afternoon festivities. Trophy buckles, donated by area btiSineSSmen are now on display at Canti'S In order to obtain a rodeo atmosphere, a Frontier Town Will be set upon the park grounds. This will include a blackstnith shop, saloon and harness shOP, Concession beettis ()berated -by: the Exeter Saddle Club, Legion, Liens and leen 'town Will be open for btaineSS 1 ridgy evening and' all day SatUrday and Stindayi Entries have already been re, delved froth all parts Of the pro- Vince and several Point% in the Unitett8tatesi Wagner reached first, being hit with a. pitched ball and came around to count on a double by Zurich hurler Dick Bedard, his third hit of the night. Dashwood's third run came on consecutive one base blows by Hoffman, Bill Schade and Whitey Denomme. The Lumber Kings scored three times in the top of the seventh to up their lead to 9-3. Two Dashwood errors, a walk, a single by Earl Wagner and double by George Haggitt pro- duced the runs. The final Dashwood runs in the seventh came without the aid of a hit on three Lumber King miscues. Dick Bedard went the distance on the Zurich mound and held the Tigers to six hits. Lefty Dave Ratz, tossing for Dashwood was tagged for an even dozen hits. TIGERS TAG MERCHANTS Dashwood confined their scor- ing to four innings in romping to a 13-4 win over Hensall, Sun- day afternoon. Hensall were first on the score sheet with a single run in the second frame as the result of. Bruce Moir's single and Bob Lavery's two bagger. The Tigers sent four runners across the plate in the third and were never headed. Jim Hayter walked to start the rally, Bob Hoffman singled and Bill Schade followed with a double to score two runs. Whitey Denomme reached first on an error and crossed the plate along with Schade on a wild pitch and sac- rifice fly. Pete Ravelle's triple sent Schade home in the fifth to up the Dashwood run total to five. Sing- les by Gord Vincent, Bob Hoffman and Jim Hayter produced a three run Tiger rally in the seventh. The final Dashwood tallies came in the ninth. The big blows were singles by Bud Desjardine, Richard Rader, Pete Ravelle and Whitey Denomme. Hensall scored twice in the seventh on Bob Lavery's double and a single from the bat of Jim Hyde. Their final run in the ninth came on Bill Shad- dick's one base knock. Bob Webb went the distance and in picking up the win gave up six hits and recorded four strikeouts. Robert McNaughton and Bill Shaddick shared the Hensall pitching duties. BEDARD TAMES TIGERS Dick Bedard allowed only five hits in downing the Dashwood Tigers 9-1 in Zurich Wednesday while his mates were meeting the offerings of Bob Webb and Chuck Taylor for 11 safeties. The Lumber Kings scored in five of the eight innings played and used extra base hits to ad- vantage. Bob Johnston and Earl Wagner smashed consecutive home runs in the fifth and Don O'Brien followed with a double. Johnston and O'Brien led the Zurich hitting attack, each pick- , ing up three safe blows. The only Dashwood marker came in the seventh on an error and a single from the bat of Dave Ratz. HALF DOZEN ENOUGH Six runs in the second inning proved enough to propel the Dash- wood Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Hensall Merchants. Gord Vin- cent's home run and BillScha.de's line smash that eluded the Hen- sall centre fielder were the big bloWs in the Da.shWood early rally. Whitey Denornine'S double in the fourth produced their other run. Bruce Horton's single sent Steve Kyle home from second for the first Hensell run in the first, Jim Hyde slashed a second inning single to up the Hensall run total tai three in the Second frartie... The Merchants' final scores came in the third on singles by HOrtoni Robert Me- Naughton and Gary kyle. DaVe Ratz Was the Winning hurler for the tigers° While Hen- Sall pitehing chores wore shared by Bill Shaddick and Steve Kyle. HOME RUN WINS A three run homer from the bat of Steve Kyle in the bottom of the second proved to be the difference in Hensall merchants' 6-3 win over the Zurich Lumber Kings. Zurich moved in front in their first trip to the plate with Bob Johnston and Earl Wagner cross- ing the plate. Hensall came right back and tied the count on Kyle's double and singles from Bruce Horton and Robert McNaughton. Wagner smashed a homer in the third for the closing Zurich scor- ing. Hensall closed out the scor- ing in the sixth on singles by Lavery and Shaddick to send one runner home. McNaughton went all the way on the Hensall hill to pick up the win and Don O'Brien was tagged for the loss. O'BRIEN WAS STINGY Veteran Zurich right hander Don O'Brien was in fine form Friday as he held the Hensall Merchants to five hits in record- ing the 7-0 shutout. O'Brien sent 16 Hensall batters in a row to the bench. In addition to the final out in the first, he got three straight outs in each of the next five innings. Dick Bedard walked and scored on an error in the first inning to put Zurich on the scoreboard. Earl Wagner's single after two walks and an error in the second upped the Zurich run total to four. Another hit by Wagner, this time a double in the seventh produced another Z urich tally and doubles by Don O'Brien and Gerald Schantz completing the scoring in the eighth. The closest Hensall came to scoring was in* the eighth when Bill Shaddick singled and moved to third on Doug Dalrymple's single, but was left stranded. Steve Kyle went the distance on the mound for the losers. Local swimmers finish second Boys and girls from Stratford dominated an exhibition swim- ming meet held at the Exeter swimming pool, Tuesday even- ing. Organized by local swim sup- ervisor Cori Plomp, the meet drew entries from Stratford, St. Marys and Exeter. Stratford youngsters took 30 of the 36 events with Exeter taking four firsts and St. Marys copping two red ribbons. Perry Stover was the first Exeter swimmer to get a first place rating, taking the front crawl for boys 12 and 13 in 16 1/2 seconds. In the breast stroke event for boys under 10, Dave Krampp of the local team was home first with a time of 29 1/2 seconds. In the same event for boys aged 13 and 14, Bob Dobbs of Exeter beat team-mate Wayne Brintnell to the finish line in 20 seconds. The final Exeter first place finisher was John Musser who beat Bill Wilson by a whisker in the back crawl division for boys 11 and 12 years of age. • TRIEBNER'S GUN SHOP * SCOPES * VARMINT RIFLES * GUNS REPAIRED 'Photte. '235,190'7 EXETER The Exeter lawn bowling greens were a beehive 91'401144' Wednesday with 68 participants In the Exeter and diStrict Mer- chants and ManufaCtikrer's pairs tourney, Due to the large# entry re- calved for a tournament in EX- eter for many years a double draw was held and bowling was continuous from noon hour until 10:30 13.m. A combination of Hogarth and Burton of,Stratford proved to be the best, winning three games and compiling a plus of 27. Close behind in second place came a father and son combo from Ailsa Craig, Sieclair and Bob McIntosh with a trio of wins to their credit and a plus of 23. G. Robbins and J. Hooper of Londpn finished third with Neil Bell and Art Finlayson of Sea- forth rounding out the three game winners for the day. The best show for Exeter bow- lers was a ninth place finish for RaySmith and Clarence Down. All one, two and three game winners received prizes donated by local merchants. Due to the generosity of the donapons, afew prizes were left over and will be used in another jitney later in the year. The Exeter Greys, playing one of their best genies of the season forced the Milverton Flyers to the ninth inning on the Exeter diamond, Tuesday before bowing 5-3 in the first game of the Huron Ladies softball quarter- finals. The second game of the best- of-three series will be played in Milverton tonight, Thursday. If a third game is necessary it will also be played in Milverton, but the date of the contest has not been decided. Legion ladies gain 'victory The Detroit Tigers are well known for their come from be- hind wins in this year's Amer- teakiie penidie'iaCV,"buf one Exeter softball, club can go them one better. , Under ,i4he ,-:at Exeter Community Park, Saturday night, the Exeter Legion Auxiliary ladies put down a challenge by the Legion men's team. (And how they did it!) Led by the fantastic hitting of Ellen "Sleepy" Knight, Muralyne "Mighty" Brintnell and "Ele- gant" Hearn, the ladies roared through in the stretch to BOMB the male club 17 - 5. The outstanding pitching of Virden "Zing Zing" Lindenfield kept the opposing bats quiet and when the men did get ahold of the ball they were thwarted by the fielding antics of Danielle "Dazzling" McLeod,Marg "Marvelous" Wragg an "Geor- geous" Geraldine Lawson. Rarely has such a fine team been fielded on the local diamond and serious consideration is being given to challenging the Exeter Greys or the winners of the men's recreation league for town softball supremacy. Future playing dates will b e announced well in advance to allow • everyone an opportunity to see this fine team of stars in action. plantinga rounded out the first five prize winners with equal, with the majority Of first place .,records of one win and pippes finishes in the twice weekly lit- of 10, nays staged by the local club. In action the previous week, TUeedaY's regular action say Lillian Pym was the Saturday IVIrs. Howard ince take her see- winner beating 1loward Ince by and straight title. with two wins, the flip of a coin after they a pips of 18 and aggregate pf 31. finished in a dead beat for first peter plantinga gained second place.. Tuesday night, Ivan Hill spot with an identical win and was declared the winner over the plus record, but a lower ag- balance of a large field of entries. grVegearteeeogS114°;th and Mrs! Bill, Driver: “I'm sorry, I ran over la aprncl plus each o rotf wlhpe rawentltha ,aggregate g g deadlockedpreagi ratoeifnotfh r5d. your pi. apmi:rM ; '"You cbauntlI: 1 you obte i ain't Wine, to replace it. a Lila Singh completed the prize al idsdti t iwointht on nt Waog wriengsa taendof1012115s of in fat enough.?' 15. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies ' Coal 228-6638 Brucefield and Broadhagen are meeting in similar series and the winners and losers will play- off in the next round. The two top teams during the regular schedule, Goderich and St. Marys are playing for the right to move into the league final. WINS OWN GAME Bonnie Kaufman, on the pitch- ing mound for Milverton won her own game with a two-out homer in the top of the ninth with catcher Jean Noble on first base. The Greys, down 3-2 after three innings of play, knotted the score in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings. Audrey Pooley singled, moved up on a sacrifice and scamper- ed home on Sheila Willert's single. Pooley homered and Willert tripled in the second inning to put the Greys on the scoreboard for the first time. Milverton's first three runs came as the result of a trio of Grey errors in the third frame. Pat Down pitched the full nine inning contest for the Exeter club and gave up eight hits while striking out three visiting bat- ters. Kaufman on the opposing hill recorded eight strikeouts and allowed only six safeties. Fe41414 member of the Exeter lawn bowling• club are coming up LADIES WERE TOPS In Saturday night's weekly ac- tion, lady members of the local bowling club took the first three prizes and were the only two game winners of the night. Mrs. Howard Ince finished in first place with two wins and a plus of 17. In second spot came Mrs. Edna Caldwell, also with two wins and a plus of 10 to her credit with Mrs. Lillian Pym holding down third place with a plus of 7, Bill Etherington and Peter Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Greys drop squeaker in first playoff game •