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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-07-06, Page 8Page 8, Times-Advocate, July 6, 1972 FOR .ALL POOP 'SPORTS - • By Ross Haugh Tiger year The many enthusiastic Detroit Tiger fans in the area are beginning to stir again. With the Tigers in first place, although only by a small margin, pennant fever could become a distinct possibility, So far it's been a case of the home run ball and adequate pitching performances. The veteran performers on the club have been standouts to date, despite a lot of cold and wet weather. Just wait until the temperatures go up and fellows like Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Jim Northrup and Mickey Lolich really hit their stride. These first three paragraphs were written Friday afternoon. The happenings at Tiger Stadium Saturday would certainly bear out our optimistic views. Before more than 40,000 roaring Tiger fans, Al Kaline stroked a home run, Mickey Lolich won his 13th game of the season and Jim Northrup leaped high above the fence to grab a Dave Johnson line drive and fired a perfect throw back to the infield for a spine tingling double play to end the game and give the Tigers a 2-0 victory. Lolich is well on the way to his best season in the majors. He now has 13 wins and five losses as compared to a 10-6 record at the same time last year. In Saturday's game he threw only 98 pitches in gaining the victory. In 1971 Lolich finished with 25 wins, the best in either league. As for Northrup, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy as far as we are concerned. At the 1968 World Series in Detroit we had a chance to talk to Jim for a little while and he was just great. On Saturday's spectacular catch, Mickey Stanley who usually makes this type of play said Northrup's glove was at least six inches above the nine-foot barrier when he made the catch. Kaline, in his 20th season with the Tigers has been getting his share of home runs. In a recent game, Aurelio Rodrigues, Kaline and Willie Horton hit consecutive home runs. A game like Saturday's again restores one's faith in baseball in general. Often the action, or the lack of it dulls the senses and practically puts you to sleep. Then it comes to life with a couple of great fielding plays by Brinkman and Rodrigues, Kaline's home run and the game ending double play. The Tigers image of being the worst base running team in the majors is being spoiled this year. Tony Taylor stole second base Saturday on believe it or not, a pitchout. To put the icing on the cake, Lolich went from second to third on a fly to right field. Actually, only six bases have been stolen by Tigers this year. Taylor has three in as many attempts, Gates Brown has two and Jim Northrup one. Not all excitement in baseball is limited to the major leagues. Only last week, the Exeter pee wees completed a neat triple play. First baseman Perry Pooley grabbed a hot line drive stepped on first to double the runner there and then fired to shortstop Fred Robinson who stepped on second for three outs in a hurry. [rti\ TA BallQuiz The answers to last week's questions are as follows. The big league ball parks with the smallest seating capacities are Jarry Park in Montreal and Fenway Park in Boston. The original name of the home of the Detroit Tigers was Navin Field. Questions — When the New York Mets first joined the National League, the fans along the first base line wore T-shirts with the letters VRAM on the front. This was a joke about their inept fielding first baseman. Who was he? How many stitches on a regulation sized baseball? 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Back, left, coach Brad Gregus, Randy Skinner, Bill Daters, Chuck Windsor, Steve Baynham, Dave Holtzman and coach Rob Grant, Centre, Laurie Skinner, Dan Bell, Perry Pooley, Jim Cockwill, John Ducharme and Paul Pooley. Front, Randy Parsons, Wayne Parsons, Ted Ducharme, Kevin Parsons and John Wildfong. Missing, Fred Robinson, Hugh Connon and Brian Horrell . PLAYGROUND PROGRAM READY — The summer playground program in Exeter started this week. Some of the youngsters registered Tuesday at Exeter Community Park and are shown with supervisor Diane Adkins, centre front. Back, Brenda Pinder, Kim Dobson, Mike Veri, Joan Skinner, Sheila Eisenschink, Paul Broderick, Joey Blommaert, Julie Ann MacLean and Julie Skinner. Front, Katherine Raymond, Audrey Adkins, Michelle Veri, Kelly Dobson and Susan Crawford. 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The Home of Guardian Maintenance EXETER FUELS LIMITED 235-2411 Expos break into win column, streak lasts for one game The Crediton midgets won both starts this week in Western Ontario athletic Association baseball league play. Sunday night in Crediton, they edged Hanover 11 - 10 and Tuesday night it was a 6 - 2 win in Goderich. Two Innings Enough Three run rallies in each of the fourth and fifth innings were enough to give Credi ton their 6 - 2 win over Goderich. Singles by Bill Hodge and Keith Davey were the only Crediton hits in the fourth inning rally and the three runs in the fifth came without any hits. The only other Crediton safeties during the game were singles from the bats of Pete Wuerth and Ron Funston. Rick Bowers went the distance on the mound for Crediton and gave up only four hits while striking out seven Goderich batters. A single run in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be enough to give the Crediton midgets an 1140 win over Hanover in Western Ontario Athletic Association play in Crediton Sunday evening. Larry Clarke's single sent Bill Hodge home from second base with the game winning run. Hanover threatened to tie the• score in the seventh inning but Crediton hurler Kevin Bestard shut the door quickly. The first Hanover batter in the inning reached first safely but Bestard struck the next visitor out. retired the second on a roller back to the mound and got the last on a fly to left field. In chalking up the victory Bestard recorded an even dozen strike-outs and gave up eight well scattered hits, Singles by Rick Bowers, Rodger Finkbeiner and Bill Hodge produced the first three Crediton runs in the third inning. The Crediton club came up with a big rally in the fourth that netted six runs, Rick Bowers smashed a long home run to start the scoring splurge. Following singles by Ron Funston, Rodger Vinkbeiner and Larry Clarke along with a couple of Hanover errors completed the fourth in- ning tallying. The tenth Crediton run came in the fifth when Rick Bowers singled and scored on Ron Funston's double. Russell wins men's nite golf Jim Russell was the low gross winner in Tuesday's regular men's night at the Ausable golf Course. Russell shot an 80, Next in line with identical scores of 86 came Bob Nadon and Don Gif- ford. The low net winner with a 12 was Gerry Smith, John Warywoda was in second spot with a 74 and Steve Murley was right behind With a 75. The most honest golfer was Butch Spencer. The Exeter Expos hit the win column in Huron-Perth baseball league play Wednesday but the victory streak was stalled at a single game, Sunday. Wednesday night on their home field, the E xpos downed the Dashwood Tigers but back in Dashwood Sunday afternoon it was a different story with the Tigers winning .by a score of 4-1, The Expos see action three times during the coming week, They travel to Thorndale tonight, Thursday for the replay of a rained out game. Saturday they go to Clinton for an eight o'clock contest and Sunday afternoon at two o'clock they will be at home to Arva, Come close The Expos loaded the bases with nobody out in the ninth in- ning in Dashwood Sunday af- ternoon but were unable to get a run across the plate. Excellent relief pitching by southpaw Jim Guenther preserved the 4-1 Dashwood lead. Cons'ecutive singles by Terry Bourne, Bill Fairbairn and Scott Burton loaded the sacks and Guenther switched from his catching position to the mound. The stocky left hander quickly struck out two batters and got the third on a grounder to short and the ball game was over, Bill Schade started on the mound for Dashwood and gave up only three hits until the ninth. The Tigers went ahead 1-0 in the first inning when John Hayter singled and scored on similar hits from the bats of Pete Ravelle and Jim Hayter. Bantams get easy win The Exeter bantams scored a 7 - 1 win over Dashwood Monday night in a regularly scheduled Western Ontario Athletic Association baseball game in Dashwood. The Exeter club scored four runs in the first inning to take a good sized early lead, The only Dashwood marker came in the bottom half of the same inning. In the Exeter first, Doug Osgood and John Gould walked and Brian Taylor, Bill Wilson and Paul Brooks each singled and all but Wilson came in to score on three consecutive walks. Paul Brooks singled, Ken Pinder walked and both scored in the fifth on Bill Baker's long triple. The other Exeter run came in the sixth when Brian Taylor led off with a home run. Doug McIsaac singled to send Chandler home with the only Dashwood run in the first frame. Paul Brooks went the distance on the mound for the winning Exeter youngsters and limited Dashwood to five well scattered hits. Doug Mclsaac clouted four of the five Dashwood safeties. Wayne Clarke was the Dash- wood hurler allowing a total of 12 hits. Brian Taylor led the Exeter hitting attack with his home run and two accompanying singles, started off right with single runs in each of the first two frames. Paul Robinson made his first pitching start a winning one as he sent nine Hanover performers back to the bench by way of strike-outs. John Wuerth and Perry Stover were the top Exeter batsmen, Wuerth collected a double and two singles while Stover had a single, a double and two bases on balls in four trips to the plate. Other Exeter youngsters to get one hit apiece were Brad Gregus, Brian Tuckey, Doug Fairbairn, Brian Taylor and Paul Robinson. Exeter tied the score in the top of the third when Barry Baynham NNW safe on a fielder's choice stole second and third and scored on an error. Baynham was actually picked off third on a good move by Schade but this throw to third. tore the webbing on third baseman Pete Ravelle's glove and Baynham scored as the ball rolled away. Singles by Gary Hartman, Bob Hoffman and John Hayter off Expo starter Larry Gibson in the fourth sent the last three Dash- wood runs across the plate. Jim Pfaff took over in the fourth and retired the side successfully and held the Tigers scoreless the rest of the way, Gibson, Pfaff and Schade each recorded four strike-outs. Win in fourth The Expos scored two runs in the fourth inning Wednesday to move ahead of the Tigers by a 5-4 score and they were never headed. The Exeter club scored three times in the first inning but Dash- wood bounced back with four runs in the second, the only in- ning Expo hurler Scott Burton experienced any problems. In the Expo opening inning, Barry Baynham walked, Bill Bourne doubled, Terry Bourne singled and all came home on Scott Burton's booming triple. The big smash in the Tiger scoring rally was Jim Hayter's home run to deep left field that carried all the way to the horse barns. Adding a single for Dash- wood was Jim Neilson. Back-to-back singles by Rob Grant, Bill and Terry Bourne produced two more Expo runs in the fourth. In the fifth it was Jack Glover and Ron Grasdahl singling for the Expos and coming around to score. The final Exeter run came in the sixth when Burton singled and came around on Grasdahl's second safety of the game, In gaining the pitching win Scott Burton retired the Tigers in order in four of the six innings played, running into trouble only on Hayter's long smash. He struck out seven. Brian Bestard went the distance for Dashwood giving up eight hits while fanning four. Bill Bourne led the Expos at the plate with a double, two singles and a walk in four appearances at the plate. BASEBALL CLUB ARVA' vs EXETER Sunday, July 9 2:00 p.m. GULF ECONOJET FURNACE li you've seen the timing on the wall far your old furnace, have a Gulf Econoiet Furnace installed today—and save 10% on next yeaeS fuel bill, ,%1.921(911(1.99P1)(10!)C116MIRCIMIlia TRADE-IN OFFER gr; FOR YOUR OLD FURNACE ON A NEW GULF ECONOJET FURNACE c'i; 10 year financing—no finance payment 'til October I, 1972 I I The Exeter midgets gained two victories this week both in well played contests in Western Ontario Athletic Association play. Friday they edged Zurich 2 - 0 and came back Sunday with a 8 - 4, win over Hanover. Friday's 2 - 0 Exeter win over Zurich came in a well played contest with excellent pitching on both sides. Perry Stover on the mound for Exeter gave up only two hits as he fanned 10 opposing batters. His Zurich counterpart Pat Bedard gave up only five base hits. The two Exeter runs came in the sixth. Brian Taylor and Perry Stover singled and Brad Gregus was hit by a pitched ball to load the bases. After a squeeze play called by coach Joe Wooden failed, Harry McNeil came through with a clutch single to score Stover and Gregus and wind up the ball game. In addition to a fine pitching performance, Perry Stover delivered two base hits. The other Exeter safeties were nabbed by Taylor, McNeil and Noel Skinner. Paul Truemner and Pat Bedard picked up the hits for Zurich. Brian Tuckey came up with two fine running catches in centre field for Exeter to keep the Zurich club from denting the scoreboard. Score in Threes Three run rallies in each of the fifth and sixth innings allowed the Exeter club to score their 8 - 4 win over Hanover, Sunday. They THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL. 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