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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-05-13, Page 10"Thompson-Warner Motors 1 Ponouth i Open 7 Days 1( till 10 Hit,. , _ i Cadg e ' ' ' GRAND BEND., it '.'" ' '''''" 238-2391 „,"" TORO 7 hp Electric Start Whirlwind Rider REMKES ENTERPRISES Sales and Service Hwy. No. 4 South of Eketot Phone 228-6281 3-Speed, H-Pattern Transmission Pneumatic Tires Adjustable Steering Wheel Electric Start Wash-Out Port Wind-Tunnel Cutting beck Bagging Option Swim ing Registration The Light Touch By JACK LAVENDE JACKS Small Engine Reptile service 107 Queen St., Hensel! 2624103 The business that good, honest, last service built. When kids eat, the noise level alone wilt fell you why it's called din-din. * * * Waste not, want not. And you won't be able to get into your at- tic. * * * Thermometers aren't the only things that are graduated with degrees without having ,any brains. * * * Nothing cahgive you th at run- down feeling like jaywalking.- * * * They're printing answers about marriage these days that there were never any questions for. * * * We can answer your questions about most anything pertaining to small engines at RAP to hold lessons Tentative rates, which will be finalized before registration, have been set at $13 per session of nine lessons. All spots for the lessons will be offered on a first come first served basis, with a maximum of 12 participants in each class, Registration starts May 20, from 7:0010 9:00 p.m. Subsequent registration will be held May 24 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Exel er Public School gym- nasium. More information on the tennis program is available from the Exeter Recreation Office at 235- 0391, RAP will be holding four divisions of tennis lessons this year, for both children and adults, at two levels: beginners and intermediates. The lessons will run in one hour classes on Monday, Wednesdays, and. Thursdays for three weeks, providing a total of nine hours of instruction. There will be four sessions of lessoiis that will start May 31, the second starting June 28, the third July 19 and thefinal one August 9, All but the initial set of lessons offers both afternoon and evening classes. The first set will be provided only in the evening. Minor hockey . The Exeter Minor Hockey Association will be holding their annual meeting May 20 at 8:00 p.m. at SHDHS. All members are urged to be present. INDIVIDUAL WINNERS — Nine players picked up individual awards at the Bowling Banquet Saturday night. They are, from left to'right, in the first row, Larry Stire, Wayne Pearce, Doug Parker and Rick Nisbett, Steer This Way BY LARRY SNIDER In the second row, Jim Fairbairn, Rod Hippern, Don Jackson, Eric Mat- , zold and Howie Holtzmann. They received the awards far high average, high triple or high single. 1,000 attend Motocross opener New; a maintenance-free battery. Made with calcium in- stead of antimony, it never needs refilling. Costs more, but lasts a lot longer. New cqrS will have them soon. 1973 CHRYSLER NEWPORT 4 door, fully equipped, plus automatic air conditioning, one owner new car trade with only 44,267 miles. Will pass your closest inspection. Licence JCT352. * '3495 1974 MUSTANG II Hatchback, 6 cylinder, bucket seats, radio, steel belted Radial tires, one owner with only 22,202 miles. Spotless throughout. Licence JCE634 '3449 1973 THUNDERBIRD 2 door, gi loaded with all the extras; power seats, automatic air, power door locks and antenna, etc. Spotless throughout. Licence FJZ052, If you use your car where sand and other airborne abrasives are a problem, you'll get better wear from woven asbestos brake linings. Auto air conditioning should be checked once a year for leakage. You may have to add some refrigerant. $4595 * 1970 CHRYSLER NEWPORT 2 door, hardtop, fully equipped. Well maintained and serviced. Licence DD0780 Extra weight in your car can cost you extra gas money. Are you storing anything in trunk or back seat that you could leave at home? LEAGUE CHAMPIONS — Discount Dove's took the "A" league championship in bowling this year. The eight man team from left to right is, in the first row, Tom Ellerington, Wayne Pearce, Doug Parker and Ron Heywood. In the second row, Don Dickey, Brian Sanders, Jim Russell and Dean McKnight. Two tons of car? More than half of that, about 2,360 pounds, is steel, 1973 PINTO SQUIRE Station Wagon, 4 cylinder automatic, bucket seats, radio, one owner with only 32, 719 miles — Can't be told from new. Licence CZV619 '2895 '1495 ALL UNITS RECONDITIONED TO OUR HIGH STANDARDS Big car or small car, you want it running well. Let our expert mechanics keep your car in tip- top shape. Drive in to Larry Sniders for super service. Larry Snider MOTORS LIMITED EXETER 235-1640 LONDON 227-4191 Huron County's Largest Ford Deafer Nearly 1,000 spectators had a perfect day to take in the action of over 300 motocross riders at Hully Gully Sunday with the opening of the CZ Jawa motocross series. Marten Vandenbroek took the Junior 125 c.c. class heading off Clark Davis of Burlington and Larry Aelterman of Simcoe. 115 riders set out to compete in the junior 125 class, which had the largest registration of the day. London's Adrian Kemps took the 250 c.c. class over Dan Sch- wany of Sarnia in second and Ron Kelly in third. Mike Read of Burlington took the big wheel schoolboys class, followed by Tony Bowman and Perry Thornton. The bigyheel schoolboys class is for boys ages 8-15 years, who compete on bikes with engines not over 100 c.c. and with regulation size motocross wheels. In the small wheel schoolboys, Gary Lennan of Petrolia took top honors with Todd Zahara, Windsor and Eric Marsden taking second and third. Sunday's racing was the first of a series of four which is being held for a CZ Jawa motorcycle. CZ's are a world acclaimed bike for motocross racing built in Czechoslovakia. The second event in the series is May 23. Scoreboard Men's 'A' B Barns 741 7 23 Default 0 0 A. Flynn 631 0 14 K. Barrington 697 7 24 G. Stire 755 7 30 B. Reynolds 664 0 14 THE YER WATS took the "B" league championship in bowling this season. Receiving the trophy at the ban- quet held Saturday night are Paul Brintnell, Case Zeehuisen and Ron Broderick in the front row and Keith Berrington, Jim Gifford, Mike Adamson and Rick Frayne in the second row. Consolation Playoffs K. Wurm 603 7 26 Default 0 0 D. Hockey 547 6 17 M. Cushman 527 1 18 B. Hogg 614 0 14 J. Smith 668 7 30 AJ HA TA YW BO CO OE HE KI ER BS HP YW so OE HP 1061 5713 1188 5695 'B' Final K. Barrington A. Bowerman By FRED YOUNGS Last week Leigh Robinson took over for a week, coming up with an intelligent, compassionate column that prompted this writer to offer him a regular sports job, which he refused, So you're stuck with me. Leigh talked of his grandfather last week, which has prompted me to do the same, in a different vein this week. My grandfather, father of my father, passed away this year, and to prepare this column, I'm using two of his things: the typewriter, a semi-depreciating old Smith- Corona that used to fire off torrid letters to the Globe and Man and the Niagara Falls Evening Review, and a small book called the Gillette World Series Book that my father found and gave to his aspiring sportswriter son with the idea that maybe I could use it to write a column. It sat around on my coffee-table until Friday night, I'd leafed through it plenty of times, never knowing quite what to do with it. He never had more then a token interest in sports; usually just enough to know who was playing in what final series. He did, however, have a passion for reading. So much so he would stop a conversation to read a coupon (true story) and was a veritable walking slew of facts and figures. He was also never wrong; at least in what he said. That's because he never said anything he didn't know was right. Anyway, his insatiable desire to read, which prompts me to say my grandmother must have been extremely patient if not a saint, probably explains the presence of the Gillette World Series Book, which was published in 1953. My mother was still pregnant with me in 195'3. * * The book is fascinating. Never in one small, tiny book has there ever been so much trivia concocted to fill the pages. Scads and scads of figures. Did you know that in the 1952 World Series between the New York and the Brooklyn Dodgers (there were three teams in the Big Apple then, including the New York Giants) Gil Hodges was up 21 times, and he couldn't find the handle on the ball once? Not one time, and this is no minor league batbpy turned benchwarmer, this is Gil Hodges. And furthermore, did you realize that the King won a pitcher's duel 2-1 in 14 innings in 1916 for the Boston Red Sox? Now, tell me this: who is the King? For those of you who said Babe Ruth, you win nothing but being correct and the satisfaction that comes from that. I never knew Ruth played for the Sox, let alone pitched for them. In fact, G.H. Ruth pitched three world series games, winning them all, as well as batting .325, in his 41 games. And you thought all he did was stand at the plate in Yankee Stadium and hit home runs. Can someone tell me what G.L. Puccinelli did in World Series play? Well, he got there once, and batted a stellar .000. More trivia: In 1947 Bill Bevens of the Yanks comes within one out of pitching the first no hitter in series history and then he goes downhill, very, very fast. He walks two, yields a double and loses the game. No name for the history book there, but he did make it to the Gillette World Series Books. There are things which seem almost absurd by today's standards. There were only 16 teams then, three from New York, two from Chicago two from Boston, two from St. Louis and two from Philadelphia. Which means there were only five other teams to spread around the rest of the coun- try. What did people do on Sunday afternoon? How could they survive without the benefits of a professional sporting team in their city? How about teams doubling up in parks? The Philadelphia A's and the Phillies playing out of one field. Unheard of today. But enough. I could go on all the rest of this column dilly dallying with figures and throwing out obscure bits of baseball lore. Somewhere this stark raving lunacy has to be stopped; so we'll end it here. One thing about this book is that it does bring a smile to the face of the reader. In a way, it is exemplary of baseball, which ultimately has to be the sport of the North America. Baseball has transcended the constraining boundaries of countries to spread throughout the continent and into Central America. Not eveyone has access to ice surfaces; not everyone wants to play a sport that is as physically demanding and athletically exacting as football. Everyone can play baseball to some degree and many do. Not in organized leagues, but on the backlots and not kids, but adults and without the financially infringing and cumber- some equipment of hockey, and in pleasant weather. Indeed, the unorganized version of hockey always tends towards a more aggressive, competitive style which pre- empts partially the fun of the game. A player of suspect ability in open rink hockey is not really wanted, particularly in Canada, where many men measure their worth in the speed and accuracy of their wrist shot. In baseball, it doesn't seem to really matter that much whether or not a player is known strike out master or an adept power hitter. The "it's only a game, only a bat and ball attitude" is the basis of baseball. It is not a return to old values that has brought baseball to its stature; a sort of endeared specy of game rather than an enshrined specy of game. It is simply the attitude with which the game is played. No one on the rag tag diamond or in the minor-minor league has aspirations of being Joe Morgan or Reggie Jackson; un- like hockey, where everyone wants to be the rink's Guy Lafleur. Its popcorn peanuts and cracker jacks, hot dogs and barbeques, men and women, sunlight, hot temperatures and the satisfaction of physical exercise and the glow from well earned sweat. Baseball is a simple game, it requires little, it demands a lot. The precepts of hockey can not be gained immediate- ly. What person viewing a hockey game for the first time can grasp the reasoning behind the fans jubilation over a supremely executed two on one break? To the uninitiated it still looks like 12 loonies skating full out in 12 different directions, Pootball is another story; that is 24 loonies run- ning full out in 48 directions. But baseball. Ah, you may un- derstand how the words offence and defence come into play, the power of a home run, The concept of catching is identified with by everyone. baseball is not an elitist fan's game where a segment know the real basis, or where a eer- tain nationality comprehends the necessity of a play. It is a people's game that belongs as much to the factory worker as the executive. Consolation Final D. Heywood 1109 5687 L. Hockey 1152 5316 NOTE We're Opening The Pool Early This Year!! REGISTRATIONS WILL BEHELD ON Wednesday, May 19.— 7:00-9:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 29 — 10:00-Noon EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL GYM — Victoria St. E. FOR ALL SWIM CLASSES, INCLUDING - Moms & Tots — Tiny Tots — Red Cross Leader Patrol — Adult - Learn to Swim and Advanced — Tadpole - up to - Red Cross Senior R.L.S.S. Bronze Medallion The Gillette book, my grandfather's book is a fun record book; unlike hockey and football record books which rend to the tedious and overbearing. It represents what baseball is. No longer can it be called the great American pastime. /t should be called the great pastime of North American summers; because what else makes so many people smile? And what's wrong with that? Otit.OP.ToWN $ 9.00 $15.00 $21.00 (Including All nooks) $26.00 (Including All Books) $11.00 O LESSONS run for 3 weeks, (except Moms and Tots 4 weeks) and a total of four sessions will be offered. — 1st. Session —Mon., May 31 - Pri., June 18th (from 4:00-6:00 p.m.) — 2nd, Session — Mon., June 28th - Fri., July 16th. — 3rd, Session — Mon., July 19th - Fq., Aug. 6th. 4th. Session -- Mon., Aug, 9th - Fri., Aug, 27th, NOTE: All spofs are booked on a firSt tame, first served basis, • PEES: These have only been TENTATIVELY set, but will be finalized by registration time. EXETER RE5iDENt Moms & tots $ 7,00 Adult Lessons $13.00 Bronze Medallion $19.00 Leader Patrol $24.00 All Other Classes $ 9.00