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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-06-30, Page 8AN ENEMY HIT — A Seoforth player drives a single to left field during the weekend pee wee tournament game against Exeter. Shown in the above picture are umpire Mike Soldan, Exeter catcher Bill Glover and shortstop Scott Pincombe. T-A photo Come from behind Centennials win soccer trophy Steer This Way By LARRY SNIDER Getting your car ready for a road trip calls for preparation. Have tires adiusted to highway pressure (see your owner's manual). Check all fluid levels. Racing again Thanks to the enthusiastic members of the Clinton Kinsmen club harness racing fans in the area will be able to enjoy their favorite sport each Sunday afternoon throughout the summer months. After the provincial government condemned the grandstand at the Clinton fairgrounds early this spring, the Kinsmen club quickly went to work to build a new struc- ture. With an expenditure of about $250,000 for a beautiful new structure the 1977 racing season opened at Clinton Sun- day afternoon on schedule. Don Jefferson is president of the Clinton Kinsmen and Ron Jewitt is Raceway chairman, Racing was suspended at Goderich this year when the grandstand was closed by the province and arrangements could not be made for a satisfactory replacement. Racing continues at Clinton each Sunday afternoon un- til September 11 with stake races scheduled for six of the remaining 11 racing dates. Good tournaments Congratulations should go to the sponsors of two ball tournaments held in the area over the past weekend. They were the seventh annual Lucan Irish fastball tourney and the annual Western Ontario Athletic Association pee wee tournament. In Lucan, Irish manager Ward Ellyatt and the members of his team played host to 16 topnotch fastball teams and 22 exciting games were provided for the large crowds which turned out. In addition to participating in the tournament the Irish players handle- numerous jobs necessary to operate a successful tournament. Each year the final championship game produces an ex- citing finish. A year ago, as we remember the Lucan Irish were forced to go three innings before disposing of Nairn. This year was no exception with Fullarton blanking the Irish 2-0 in a contest which was in doubt right to the final out. Here in Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw is to be commended in his attempts to get pee wee baseball organized. Bruce was responsible for the local organizational work in the WOAA pee wee tournament held here Saturday and Sunday in addition to coaching the local team, The Exeter club despite lack of competition won the consolation championship. They defeated Crediton in the semi-final but lost to Kincardine for the grand cham- pionship. A distinct possibility Despite their recent signing with the New England Whalers, Gordie Howe and his two sons could soon be back in the National Hockey league. The latest rumours in hockey circles predict a merger in the very near future between the NHL and WHA but Toronto Globe and Mail writer Don Ramsay says it could happen by July of this year and it would be an expansion of the NHL rather than a merger. The big catch in any expansion by the NHL to include present WHA teams would be the two and a half million dollar fee which each new team would be required to cough up. It appears as if only Quebec, Winnipeg, Cincinnatti and New England are prepared financially for such a move. Back to the Howe's. They apparently signed a five year deal with the Whalers, but, financial arrangements were not made public. In talking about their contracts, Gordie said, "There are two things we don't talk about. They are our sex life and our contracts." The Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings tried to lure the Howe's into their camps but without success. The return of Gordie and sons Marty and Mark would have probably given the Detroit franchise the revitalization they need so badly. During the past season, crowds at the Olympia in Detroit fell to an average of about 7,500 fans. It looks as if it will take more than new coach Roger Neilson and top junior draft choice Dale McCourt to correct the problem in the Motor City. The Red Wings are hoping to move to a new home in Pontiac adjacent to the new football stadium within a year or two and this could help a bit in enticing fans. Impressive at times While the record of the Toronto Blue Jays to date is not anything to write home about several statistics of team members are very impressive. Catcher Allan Ashby has thrown out 32 opposing runners trying to steal second base out of 59 attempts. Rookie pitcher Gerry Garvin has picked 11 runners off first base. The American league record is believed to be 14 held by Bill Lee of the Boston Red Sox, The Blue Jays lead the league in the pinch hitting department with an average of about .385 at the moment, Page Et Times-Advocate, June 30, 1977 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh The Dashwood Tigers enjoyed a fairly successful week as they came up with an even split in two Huron-Perth intermediate games and won an exhibition tilt, The Tigers lost by a 5-3 score to the Clinton Colts Friday but bounced back Sunday afternoon with a 4-1 decision over the same Clinton club, In exhibition play they outscored Strathroy 12-6. This week the Tigers will be in action four times. Friday night On their home Dashwood field at 8 p.m. they will meet the Crediton Mets. Sunday afternoon, the Tigers travel to Thorndale for a doubleheader with the Angels. The first game starts at 1 p.m. Monday night at 9 p.m. on the the Crediton diamond the Tigers and Mets will again meet. WIN IN FOURTH A three run rally in the fourth inning provided enough power for the Tigers to down the Clinton club 4-1, Sunday afternoon. The three run outburst came as the result of a walk to Jim Guenther singles by Kevin Bestard and Joe O'Rourke and a double from the bat of Glen Thurman. The other Tiger tally came in the seventh when Thurman doubled to open the inning and came around on a single by Bob Hoffman. Lefty Jim Guenther went the full nine inning distance in the Dashwood mound and held Colts to seven well scattered hits while striking out eight. He walked only one opposing batter. GET EIGHT HITS Against Clinton Friday night, the Tigers could get only eight hits as the lost 5-3. Joe O'Rourke singled with two out in the Dashwood fourth and was able to score for the first run for his team on an error. The final two Tiger runs came in the seventh as Rick Schilbe doubled and Dave Parsons blasted out a long home run. Kadechuk wins again In Tuesday's regular men's nite at the Ironwood golf course, Glenn Kadechuk recorded the low gross score of 68 with Dennis Smith the runnerup at 84. Low net scores in the "A" flight were recorded by Dave Boltzmann and Jack Fuller. Scott Ross with a 78 was the low gross competitor in the "B" flight and Gord Ross was next at 84. Taking low net honours were Paul Van Gerwen and Iver Small, George Tryon with an 86 was best in low gross in the "C" flight. Next came Brian Lather, Low net winners were Mike Caldwell and Bob Forrest. TiMMtNIMAWNWFMNAtiMiriT.0"4 OOL OF . . with your own pool in your own backyard 7'8 1/2 " x 15" Deep STEEL WALL POOL With Replaceable Vinyl Liner NOONLw $24.98 Heavy Duty Poly WADING POOL 60" With Attached Slide $ 1 1 88 EXTRA SPECIAL - ONE ONLY 15' Round - 36" Deep ABOVE GROUND POOL Complete With Filter $188.88 t . GET "B" TROPHY The Exeter pee wees won the "B" championship in the weekend WOAA pee wee tournament held in Exeter. 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The Centennial's rookies and veterans Combined for the pay- off after losing 2-0 to Grand Bend in the first session of tour- nament play at Forest, Sunday, June 19. On that day, the Centennials, down to 1.0 players through injury and job commitments, managed to hold out the Bend for the first half. But they went down for a loss in the second half on goals from Grand Bends Bernie Kelders and Harry Smits. At the end of the first tour- nament round at Forest, Ailsa Craig, Grand Bend, Taxandria and West Williams finished in the `A' division, with Lucan, Forest, St. Pauls and Exeter in the `B'. This past Sunday, however, and with a full team, the Cen- tennials struck quickly against St. Pauls, who, unfortunately played one short through injuries and absentees, and won 3-1. In the first game, Centennial's regular right-winger Al Hern put his club ahead with an early goal, only to have St. Pauls lock it up with a second-half penalty kick from Steve Wilkinson. Then, moments later, with what `perhaps provided the light for the fire, rookie midfielder Matty Muller drifted in a long shot that overheaded the St. Pauls keeper cleanly. It was the first of Muller's two goals in tournament play, and it was later topped-off beautifully by a turned cross-over goal by rookie Wes Abbott at left wing. In the second of last Sunday's games, Forest hit against the Centennials for the opening goal in the first' half with a lofted ball from just outside the penalty area by striker Bill Bentley. But in almost a re-play of his first game goal, Matty Muller again replied by beating the Forest net-minder with a chip as the keeper moved off his line to challenge, Exeter's winning4goal was then sent in neatly by cetlire and regular Ron Funston, later injured, to end the first half, the scoring and the Centennial's winning bid for the trophy. And the Centennials deserved their victory. Their win was a good meld of short passing and defensive and offensive hustle. Club players on different days for the double-weekend tour- nament were veterans Al Beattie (in goal for injured Paul Van Esbroeck), Jim Webb, Tony Markus, Bill Smits, John Rasenberg, John Muller, Dick Lord, Al Hern, Ron Funston and Joe Laurie; and rookies Wes Abbott, Rene Kirmse and Matty Muller. After the home run, the Tigers were able to load the bases again but could not score. John Hayter doubled, Jim Dietrich singled and Joe O'Rourke drew a base on balls, Perry Stover was the Dash- wood pitcher going the.distance. He gave up 10 hits while fanning three and walking only one. BROOKS GETS WIN Paul Brooks who started the season with the Stratford juniors pitched the Tigers to their 12-6 win over Strathroy in exhibition action. After giving up one run in the first inning, Brooks breezed through the next four frames without giving up a hit, Strathroy scored five times in the sixth. The Tigers struck for five runs in the second inning on three singles from Brad Gregus, Paul Brooks and John Hay ter. In the Dashwood fourth, Dave Parsons walked and scored on a single by Kevin Bestard. Three walks and a single delivered by John Hayter produced two Dashwood scores in the fifth. The four final runs in the sixth came on a couple of walks and a single by Dave Parsons and a double from the bat of Doug Mclsaac. Crediton club suffers loss The Crediton bantams were defeated 12-8 by Kincardine in a regularly scheduled Western Ontario Athletic Association game, Tuesday. The Crediton club jumped into an early lead with six runs in the fourth inning to go ahead 6-3 but 'Kincardine bounced back and scored three runs in each of the sixth and seventh innings and two in the eighth to grab the victory. Steve Dinney, Allan Gaiser, Joey Becker and Ralph Wells led the Crediton team at the plate with two hits apiece. The Crediton pitching chores were shared by Steve Dinney and Robert Watson. Getting one hit each for Crediton were Harold Borden and Tom Dinney, 18' and 2'4' Round Above Ground POOLS IN STOCK INSTALL ONE THIS WEEKEND The past Sunday, too, the Centennials were led onto the pitch by alternate captain Dick Lord; replacing Joe Laurie who was married on the weekend, and for whom the club says it won the trophy as a wedding present. In other play Sunday, West Williams took the A.D.S.A. 'A' Trophy with convincing wins over Taxandria and Ailsa Craig after topping Forest on June 19 in the two-day contest. The Centennials resume league play ,with an away game at. St. Pauls Sunday, July 10. Their next home game at Canner's Field will be at 2 p.m, Sunday, July 24, when they host Grand Bend. Atoms held M. to a draw The Exeter atoms were held to a 1-1 tie by Lucan in regular soccer league play Saturday at the Canners field, Steve Gould was the only Exeter marksman in the hard fought battle. Scott Lovie played a strong game in goal for the locals to hold the opposition to only one score.