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Registrar Carol Somerville reports that the first session begins this Sunday, July 18 and will continue until September 3. Mrs. Somerville adds that the only openings and there are only a very few are in the first three weeks. Any area youngsters wishing to register for any of the first three sessions should con- tact Mrs. Somerville at 228-6863. The first week will be a day program only. For several years professional hockey clubs have been 'sending some of their players for a little extra instruction and this year will be no exception. They will be attending the last two sessions beginning August 22 and 29, Heading the list of pros will be Dave "Tiger". Williams of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Also making an appearance will be 'five members of the Montreal Amid all the pre-Olympic publicity dealing with athletes, records, and . events past and present, one event has been entirely overlooked. Perhaps the reason 'for this oversight is the fact that not a single athlete from any country will participate in this event: to fly 400 miles or more by natural means and power in 12 hours or less! True to custom, thousands of racing-pigeons will be released during the Olympic opening ceremonies. One hundred of these fine racers will be liberated inside the stadium, while at the same time the bulk will be let out of the baskets just outisde the Olympic site. In conjunction with this special Olympic race, a number of very special prizes have been made available. Any fancier clocking one of the special 100 birds will automatically receive a special Area tennis clubs meet Lucan and Exeter tennis clubs staged their first inter-club tournament, Sunday. The tournament, which stressed the game more than, winning, was organized by Alf Williams of Lucan, and Damian Solomon and Art Whilsmith of Exeter. It was not possible to decide on a winning town as at times Exeter and Lucan players were paired on the same doubles team. Both teams provided drinks and sandwiches for everyone present, including the spectators. Next Sunday at 10'o'clock, Exeter will be hosting Lucan in a return tournament. Olympic gold medal. Besides these medals there will be prize money awarded and a total of 20 trophies, including area trophies, as well as special trophies in such categories as overall winner, first junior overall, fastest three birds, One aspect that should en- courage participation is the stipulation that no loft can win more than one trophy . Interest for this special Olympic race is running high, especially since the Prime Minister's office declared as utterly false,the rumours that all participating pigeons were to be bilingual and of non-Taftwan lineage. Seriously, Lucan clubmembers and local fanciers Harry Winters and Al DeHaan are carefully observing their birds this week in order to pick a potential Olympic Gold Medal winner. University in Hamilton and Brian Gilmour coaches at Cornwall. Deadlock in lawn bowling Olive Hicks and Hub Willough- by were deadlocked for first place in Tuesday's regular jitney of the Exeter lawn bowling club with two victories, a plus of 20 and aggregate of 32. Placing third was Stan Vernon on the strength of two wins, a plus of 15 and 25 aggregate. Ruth Skinner was close behind with the same number of wins and one less in each of the plus and aggregate departments. Next in the prize department came Wellington Brock, Olive Harvey, Mabel McKnight, Charlie Hendy and Ross Richardson. ' Saturday night's winner was Bob Elgie with .a record of two wins, a plus of 16 and aggregate of 30. Mabel Blackburn was in the runnerup spot with a plus of 16 and 28 aggregate to go with a double victory. Wellington Brock was third with two wins, a plus of 13 and 25 aggregate and Gertrude Hamilton fourth on the strength of a 15 plus and aggregate of 25 along with two victories. McNutt heads shooters again In the weekly competition of the Exeter claybird shoot club,' Bill McNutt won the top award with a score of 25. Randy Stanlake was next in line with a 21, Finishing third with a score of 20 was Carl Hefford while Tim Oliver scored 18 and Mark Pridham and Glen Vickery tallied 17 and 15, respectively. In the team shoot the winners were Doug Bender and Bill McNutt followed by Larry Dobson and Ken Lovie. The weekly shoot is held each Wednesday night at the club grounds in Hay township, just north of Highway 83 on Concession 2. The Creditor) juniors scored an 8-6 victory over the Mitchell juveniles in Western Ontario Athletic Association play Sunday evening in Dashwood. The only action this week for the juniors will be Sunday af- ternoon in Dashwood at 2 p.m. when they take on the Crediton juveniles. Four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Sunday provided the Crediton juniors with enough power to score the win over Mitchell, Mitchell opened the scoring with three runs in the top of the second and Creditor) rebounded with a single score in the bottom of the same frame, Successive singles from the bats of Ron Funston, Roger Dougall and Scott Boyle sent the first Crediton run across the plate. Investigate unknown water before you dive in. Enjoy safe water sports the Red Cross Water Safety way. A SUPER - SPORTY PACKAGE i.41 THAT MAKES A MINI SPECIAL. If you're about to get yourself a new Mini, do yourself a favour. Come and see our limited edition Mini Special. It's a specially equipped version of Canada's lowest priced new car. And it includes a small-diameter padded steering wheel—distinctive 4-tone body striping—and a beautiful wood-grain dash. The Mini Special. A super deal on a super set of wheels. Come in and look one over soon. You can bet they're going to go like hot cakes. Mini Special—a very special Mini at a verv, special price. ouch End ervice 235-2322 In the Crediton third, Kevin Bestard and John Wuerth drew walks and were able to come around to score without the aid of a base hit, Four singles were responsible for putting the Crediton club ahead in the sixth with the same number of runs. The base hits were delivered by Keith Davey, 0 Kevin Bestard, Bill Hodge and Roger Dougall, The final Crediton run was chalked up by Paul Truemner in the seventh when he drew a walk to open the inning. Rick Bowers went the distance on the Crediton mound. He allowed six runs and eight hits while recording nine strikeouts. Canadiens and three each from the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers. Mrs. Somerville told the T-A over the weekend that she did not know which players would be coming from the Flyers but said she heard a rumour one would be Dave Shultz. The instructional staff of the Huron Hockey School will again be headed by the three owners, Brian Gilmour, Ron Mason and Bill Mahoney. • Also on the coaching staff this summer will be Rick Comley who succeeded Mason in Michigan and Reg Higgs, the husband of well known Canadian women golfing star Sue Hilton Higgs. Ron Mason is well known in this area having played junior hockey in Seaforth. He is now the hockey .coach at Bowling Green University. Previously he en- joyed a successful coaching career at Superior State in northern Michigan. Bill Mahoney is a coach and athletic director at McMaster Olympics for birds, local pigeons competing SOAP BOX DERBY CHAMPS — Championi were named in four divisions in Friday's soap box derby held in Exeter. Above, playground supervisor Laura Johns presents trophies to Steven Wright, Lisa Wright, Catherine Raymond and Mark Stephens. T-A photo. Huron hockey school to open, Tiger Williams to attend later WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL • Citizen Bands • Stereos • Televisions See us for an excellent selection of home entertainment products Radio l'haeh AND TROPHIES 411 Main St. Eketer 235.2261 A 'refreshing happening! That's what is happening to the Detroit Tigers, The Tigers are about 10 games behind the eastern division leading New York Yarkees but the atmosphere there is higher than it was in 1968 when our favorite Bengals won the American league championship and the World Series. All the excitement in Detroit is caused by a 21 year-old right handed pitcher by the name of Mark Fidrych. Better known as "The Bird", Fidrych has caught the imagination of baseball fans, not only in Detroit but throughout the American league. A fairly regular listener to Tiger night games, we hear almost every night recently of the various inquiries receiv- ed by the Tigers and their broadcasters Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey. A number of people have called or written asking for tickets for the next game that Fidrych will pitch. A number of factors enter into manager Ralph Houk's choice of pitchers. Normal pitching rotations can be shook up by a postponed game and the usual accompanying double header in an attempt to catch up. We know a number of Exeter baseball faithfuls with tickets for Saturday afternoon's game who were down on their knees praying for rain Friday night so Fidrych's nor- mal turn would be extended to the following day: A rainout a week earlier did change the pitching schedule of The Bird's and thus created quite a stir in get- ting rain checks exchanged for the next day. The attitude shown by the young pitcher is so refreshing in this day and age when many of the athletes seem to go through their paces with only the almighty dollar in mind. As a rookie in his first year, Fidrych is getting the ma- jor league minimum salary which is $16,000 per year. At the moment Fidrych could probably write his own contract, but Tiger officials have decided to wait until the end of the season fearing the publicity with an increase would in- terfere with his success. His recent sudden popularity doesn't seem to have made any difference in Fidrych's performance. He has been quoted as saying he likes the large crowds, "it makes the adrenalin flow much better." It's quite a change from 2,000 spectators in the minor leagues to in excess of 50,000 at Tiger Stadium. It should be quite a strain on anyone but "The Bird" appears to be tak- ing it all in stride. Fidrych has caught the fancy of all fans with his different approach to the game. He seems to do what ever comes into his mind whether it is conventional or not with the game of baseball. Three of his actions are different from most pitchers. On occasion he has got down on his hands and knees to pat the dirt around the mound into its proper place. His enthusiasm in congratulating team-mates when they make a great play is spontaneous and genuine. On many occasions it appears he is talking to the ball. If the baseballs being used still have some `rabbitt' in them he may have a receptive audience. This is being written before the all-star game so we would be pulling for Fidrych to turn in 'his usual good per- formance. His actual success on the pitching mound has been his ability to keep most of his pitches low. It takes a good batter to get good wood on any pitch around the knees. Probably unknowingly Fidrych is responsible in no small way in the appearance of two of his outfielders in the starting American league outfield. In his last three outings at Tiger Stadium when all-star ballots were available close to 140,000 fans were in atten- dance. With a good number of these people casting their ballots it should, have helped both Ron LeFlore and Rusty Staub. LeFlore especially would have likely made it on his own thanks to his recent 30 game hitting streak and a batting average in excess of .335 which has kept in rid, worse than third spot in the American league batting championship. Staub's chances were also enhanced in the last six weeks when regular designated hitter Willie Horton was sidelined with an injury. With Horton absent Rusty has been a regular, either in right field or in the designated batting spot. A challenge thrown out Dave Silcock who came to Exeter a couple of years ago from England by way of Detroit has been challenged to show his prowess in yet another English sport. A letter in last week's issue of the T-A from Sarnia issued a challenge to Silcock to coach a rugby team in that city. The letter from members of the Lambton Saints junior rugby club suggested Silcock should try his coaching exper- tise on the worst junior rugby team in Ontario. For the past three seasons, the club has won only four competitive games. Unless things improve next year the team will fold. Last year Dave Silcock coached the Exeter atom soccer team to great honours in North American competi- tion and only recently the Huron cricket team won the On- tario Championship. Let's hear from you Dave on this latest challenge. All Star soccer trials Tryout sessions for a Huron County all star mosquito soccer team are being held this Saturday morning at the sports field in Bayfield adjacent to the arena. Any boys playing with teams in the Huron Minor Soccer league are welcome to attend the practice session. The Huron team will be coached by Dave Silcock and will be competing for the Michigan-Ontario Border Cup and participating in tournaments in Detroit and Guelph. The Tiger is coming One of more than a dozen professional hockey players who will be 'attending the Huron Hockey School. at Huron Park this summer is none other than Tiger Williams of the Pronto Maple Leafs, The pros will be here to get special instruction for two weekly sessions beginning August 22, The regular hockey school for youngsters begins this Sunday. The first week will be strictly a day program with the resident sessions beginning the following week, Any local boys wishing to attend any of the first three weeks of the school call registrar Carol Somerville at 228- 6863, Openings are very limited,