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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-08-14, Page 6Page 6 Times-Advocate, August 14, 1969 FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS By ,Ross Haugh Back to work The first day back to work after a week's holidays is probably the toughest in the entire year. After seven days of liesure it is a bit of a problem to get back into the swim of things. Our week was certainly one of liesure as we spent most of the time visiting relatives at the Canadian Forces Base at Foymount. This is a small radar station located near Pembroke and is built on a hill. We were told Foymount is the highest town in Ontario as far as altitude is concerned. We were amazed to find terrific baseball interest in the area not only at the Forces Base but the surrounding area. A community known as Cormac with a village population of about seven or eight people has five ball clubs on the go. All we saw there was a general store and a couple of houses. There are two minor baseball teams, a girls softball team and a men's baseball and baseball and softball team in intermediate ranks. After being talked into umpiring 'a pee wee ball game between Foymount and Cormac we had so many aches and pains we were content with spending the rest of the time watching television. It had to be getting down so low behind the plate for the little fellows and the high altitude that caused most of our problems. Actually, we cut our holidays a little short by being back in time for Friday's official opening at Dashwood of the newly installed floodlights at the athletic field there. It meant leaving the Ottawa area fairly early Friday morning but it was a good night with the enthusiastic supporters of baseball in the police village of Dashwood. The lighting system is one of the most modern in Western Ontario and will provide many hours of enjoyable sport for the fans of Dashwood. The appearance of the Canadian junior champs from Sarnia certainly added plenty to the official opening. The Sarnia club only the weekend before had retained their Canadian title by besting the best clubs from nine other provinces. Steve Stefanko, who is the director of all minor baseball in the city of Sarnia told us more than 45,000 fans watched the four day tourney. The Sarnia Drawbridge Inn juniors have only lost two games to date ' during the Intercounty schedule and stand a good chance to add the OBA championship to their long list of conquests. One member of the Sarnia junior club, pitcher Mark Fisher has signed a bonus contract with the Detroit Tigers. Stefanko said the size of the bonus has not been revealed. The game Friday night was a good one for the first five innings with the Dashwood club holding a 2-0 lead, but they went astray and committed no less than. seven errors in the top of the sixth inning to give the Sarnia club a 7-2 lead which they never relinquished, going on to win 13-3. Nearly every big league had a scout in attendance at the Sarnia tournament. The St. Louis Cardinals were represented by Eddie Gillis of New Brunswick. Eddie is presently on the staff of the hockey and sports training camp at Centralia and is doing a tremendous job in teaching the youngsters the basic fundamentals of the game of baseball. Colts Win Title The first year back in the Huron-Perth baseball league has been rewarding for the Clinton Colts. The Clinton club which was out of action for quite a few years won the H-P league title in their first try. They downed the Thorndale Angels 15-11 Sunday afternoon in Clinton to clinch the championship. This is the first time in recent years that a Huron-Perth champion has been decided before the teams move into their respective OBA playoffs. The Dashwood Tigers and Zurich Lumber Kings are starting a best-of-seven series this week to determine a "D" winner while Mitchell and Thorndale will be battling in a similar series in the "C" category. The new league champs from Clinton will be meeting St. Marys in another best-of-seven series to provide a."B" club in the provincial playdowns. Rodeo Parade This Year Officials of the Midwestern Rodeo have included a parade in their list of festivities for the first time this year. The two-day affair scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday of the Labour Day weekend is again expected to draw the top rodeo contestants of North America. Fred Darling is in charge of the parade and has asked us to pass along word that anyone wishing to participate in the parade will be more than welcome. The only requirement is that entries be of a rodeo or western horseman flavour. The parade will take off from the parking lot of Larry Snider Motors at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday, August 30. Hensall girl becomes member of ice show OPEN LIGHTING SYSTEM AT DASHWOOD — The newly-installed flood lighting system at the Dashwood athletic field was officially opened Friday night. Above, Dashwood electrical contractor Lorne Kleinstiver is shown throwing one of the switches. Watching at the left are Jim Inglis, president of the OBA and John Livermore of the Huron-Perth. At the right are Huron MP Bob McKinley and Huron Warden Jim Hayter. T-A photo Crediton pee wee ball club reaches WOAA final round OPP TO HOLIDAY ON ICE -- Pauline Bell of Hensall leaves this week for f3ismark, North Dakota and a two-year stint with a professional ice show, Holiday on lee. 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At Avco, we make sure you face 'lomat.. row with a smile Ail We believe inyou. • Sanwa club s....cors- win at Dashwood fight opening The Crediton pee wees disposed of the Dashwood pee wees in two straight games to win the group championship and now move into, the Western Ontario Athletic Association final round. Cargill will be in Crediton Saturday afternoon at three o'clock for the first game of a best-of-three series with the second contest slated for Cargill Monday night at 6 p.m. The Crediton boys downed Dashwood 17-8 and 32.3 to reach the league's final round. In the first game played in Crediton the home club had two big innings scoring six times in the second and adding nine more in the third. Jeff Jensen's triple and singles from the bats of Perry Preszcator, Keith Davey, Larry Clarke and Kevin Bestard were responsible for the big Crediton rally in the second after John Verkerk had crossed the plate to open the scoring in the first. Keith Davey tripled, Kevin Bestard and Roger Finkbeiner each slugged two-baggers and singles were contributed by Verkerk, Howard Schenk, Jensen and Finkbeiner to propel the nine run rally in inning number three. Larry Clarke tripled and scored the final Crediton run in the fourth frame. Steve Schroeder and Ronnie Anderson each collected a double and single while Eugene Glavin collected two singles to lead the Dashwood hitting attack. Jeff Jensen was the winning pitcher for Crediton while Ron Anderson took the loss for the Dashwood team. SCORING RAMPAGE The Crediton boys , took advantage of nine bases on balls and added a few solid hits in scoring 17 runs in the second inning of the return game in Dashwood to register a handy 32:8 decision. First baseman Kevin Bestard Track record is set at latest pony races The twice-monthly pony races at Exeter Community Park sponsored by the Huron County Trotting Pony Club were held Sunday afternoon with another good crowd in attendance. The track record was set by Easy Mover driven by Delbert McCallum, completing the half-mile distance in 1.44.3. The next meet at the local track is planned for Sunday, September 14. During Sunday's races, Club president Jack Parsons presented a cheque in the amount of $100 to Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge in aid of the Exeter and district flood fund. The donation was the result of a special race night held on July 31. Following are the complete results of Sunday's races: Chariot Race — Rusty and Champ, Jim Windsor, 1, Dorothy Babe and Vicky, Delbert Martin, 2, Time 36 sec. Class — 2.28-2.35 time 2.19.3 and 2.15 — Glenavon Lady, Arville McCormick, 1-1; Willowereek Queenie, Mery McAllister, 2-2; Nancy's Pride, Bev Cunningham, 3-4; Trixie Wood, Harold Woodburn, 5-3. Class —2.21-2.28 time 2.11.3 and 2.11.3 — Smilie, Jack McFarland, 1-1; Green Acres, Joe O'Brien, 2-6; Fury Anne, Ralph Hitchcock, 3-5; Mr. Jimminy Cricket, Hub Waite, 5-2; Dynamite Trigger, Max Windsor, 6-3. Class — 2.14-2.21-time 207 and 203.2 — Sponsored by Murray Johnson's Construction C o Goderich. Wildwo od Scotty, Bob Stubbs, 1-3; White — Please turn to Page 7 One of the most enthusiastic and dedicated figure skaters in the area will be joining a professional ice show. Pauline Bell of Hensel' has Signed a two-year contract with the Holiday on Ice show and leaves today for Bismark, North Dakota to join the touring group. After a three week training period in North Dakota,, the show will tour all parts o the United States until April and then will head for South America. Pauline, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell has completed all tests necessary during her Seven year stint of taking private lease/11S, She started taking lessons at the age of 13 from professional Arthur Bourke of Seaforth. When Bourke moved away, Pauline transferred to St. Thomas where she has skated winter and sumtner school under the guidance of Gerald Woodstrom of Galt. For the past two years, Pauline has been an amateur senior coach at Zurich, Huron Park and St. Thomas. Pauline says, "Figure skating is one of the most demanding of all sports. Those 'who skate for fun and gold medals in Olympic Games pay a high price to achieve recognition on the ice." Six to eight hours of practice is necessary each day to produce top notch skaters, was the top Crediton hitter with a triple and four singles while Larry Clarke was close behind with a double and three singles for his night's work. The Dashwood runs were scored by Marty Becker, Robert Guenther and Doug McCann. Mike Desjardine went the distance on the mound for Crediton giving up only six scattered hits. The first annual Civic Holiday tournament sponsored by the South Huron Fastball Association at Exeter Community Park last week was a huge success. The Association executive comprising Ed Hearn, Bob Baynham, Jim Pinder and Cy Blommaert have indicated a good portion of the proceeds of the tournament will be turned over to the Exeter and district flood disaster fund. Bridgeport scored three consecutive wins to take the grand championship and the first prize of one hundred dollars. The Bridgeport club blanked Grand Bend 11-0 in the opener, edged Exeter 6-2 in the semi-finals and squeezed past Sturdy Towing of London by a score of 3-1 in the final. The Exeter All-Stars coached by Howie Holtzman and Glenn Robinson walloped Forest 11-1 in ,the opener, bowed to Bridgeport in their next outing and then downed Strathroy5-1 to take the ,consolation championship. Cy Blommaert was the top Exeter hitter during the tourney coming up with two base hits in each of the three games played. Terry Bourne slammed out two home runs during the day and brother Bill had two-for-three in the final game. Don Bell gained the Exeter pitching win in the first game over Forest. Terry Wade started the second game against Bridgeport and received strong relief help from Gord Slaght. Don Pickering went the distance and allowed only four hits in the 5-1 Exeter win over Strathroy. On their way to the final, London's Sturdy Towing downed Shedden 6-1 and Strathroy 4-2. Don Carey had two homers and a single in Sturdy's first win while former Exeter performer Jim Carey delivered a bases loaded homer to account for all his club's runs in their second win of the day over Strathroy. Game tonight for Greys The Exeter Greys have moved into the semi-final round of the Huron ladies softball league and will be meeting Shakespeare in a best-of-five series. The first game is being played tonight, Thursday in Shakespeare at seven o'clock with the second contest slated for Exeter Community Park tomorrow, Friday under the lights at nine o'clock. In preliminary playdowns the Greys ousted Huron Park by Scores of 33.11 and 34-4 while Shakespeare eliminated Mitchell. The other semifinal round pits Brucefield against Goderich. Brucefield ousted Brodhagen earlier while Goderich received a bye into the semifinal round. Playoffs are underway Support your favorite team More than 300 spectatorswere On hand at the Dashwood athletic field Friday night to witness the official turning-on of the newly installed floodlighting system. The recently renovated field with the addition of the lights will be home base for the Dashwood Tigers and two Dashwood minor clubs. After the official opening ceremonies that included political and sports officials, the first ball game under the new lights brought together two championship clubs. The host Dashwood Tigers, 1968 Ontario Baseball Association Intermediate "D" champs took on the Sarnia Drawbridge Inn Juniors, recent winners of the All-Canadian junior championship, The game was a real battle for the first five innings with the Dashwood club holding a 2.0 edge at that stage of the contest. A flurry of Dashwood errors, totalling seven in the sixth inning allowed the Sarnia club to score seven runs and gain a lead they never relinquished. Dave Ratz, who started on the Dashwood mound held the visitors to only three hits before his mates fell apart in the sixth. Jim Hayter, leading off for the Tigers in the bottom of the first inning hit the second pitch over the left field fence to give his club a quick one run lead. In the same inning Bill Schade also belted the ball over the snow fence in left field and the Tigers were off and running, The third Dashwood run came in the bottom of the seventh when Dave Rats singled and came home on Jim Hayter's double to left-centre. Other Dashwood safeties, all singles were collected by Stan Lovie, Gord Vincent and Bud Desjardine. Merle Witherow and Bill Leitch shared the Sarnia Jerry Lehman pitched a no-hitter in Bridgeport's first win over Grand Bend and came back to toss the final win over Sturdy. Jerry Schnarr was the Bridgeport pitcher in the second game, aiding his own cause with a home run and delivered a similar blow in the eighth inning of the final with one mate board to wrap up the championship. Sturdy Towing were leading the final game 1-0 with two outs in the seventh when Don Fritz homered to send the game into extra innings. Del Stanley turned in a spectacular pitching performance for the London club going the distance in all three games and allowed only six runs. pitching duties. John Howig was the top Sarnia hitter with a home run and single to his credit. Huron MP Robert McKinley and Huron County Warden Mn Hayter participated in the opening ceremonies and, .combined with Dashwood electrician Lorne Kleinstiver, OBA president Jim Inglis and Huron-perth secretary John Livermore in throwing the switches for the first time, Chester Golsen a first World War veteran, who was also a top pitcher for Dashwood clubs about 60 years ago and continued his baseball interest by keeping score for ninny years had the honor of throwing out the first ball. His brother, Herb of Detroit escorted Chester in his wheel chair to the playing area for the opening ceremonies. Members of the 1953 Dashwood intermediate championship club and member;; of the current pee wee and midget clubs were introduced to the crowd in addition to the current Sarnia and Dashwood charopionShip clubs. Bridgeport club wins first fastball tourney Time's Up! 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