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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-08-11, Page 8STARTS HERE • 1/2 & 5/8 Drill Presses • Hydraulic Jacks From 1 Y2 ton-30 ton • Bench Grinders • Punch & Chisel Sets • Air Compressors • Welders • Metric Wrenches • Torque Wrenches • Tool Boxes • Power Hack Saws • Jack All Jacks • Vises SPECIAL 1/2 " IMPACT WRENCH $ 4 88 CP 734 If Shopping For TOOLS ,'qi•Ofroe Page 8 Time-Advocate, Av94ist 11, 1977 Total 423 points Ready for regional Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Confusing rules Local learn scores easy victory in swim meet Wells scored a first for the eight and under girls and Jodi McBride had a sixth. In the 10 and under girls divi- sion, Brenda Waldeck was the champ with three firsts. Lynn Stephens had a first and fourth, Darla Crawford a second, fourth and fifth, Darlene McBride a six- th, and Tina Brand a fourth and fifth. For the boys, Steve Laithwaite finished with one first, a third and fourth, while Steve Batten had two thirds and a fourth. Ken Boersma placed second in the Danette McLeod, Placing first in the 15 and over boys' division were sill Glover, Steve Horn, Doug Fletcher and Shayne Peacock. The girls' team of Debbie Jervis, Helen Muller, Kathy Wallace and Sue Campbell placed in second spot. Back in the days when this writer did a considerable amount of umpiring, a strike was a strike. Today the plate umpire in major league baseball is sometimes over-ruled by a base umpire in a situation where a batter starts to swing at a pitch and then tries to hold up. Years ago it was considered a strike if the batter "broke" his wrists in going after a pitch. Now the decision is based on the batter's intentions. This sounds a bit ridiculous. We would imagine every time a batter starts to swing at a pitch he has intentions, all right. Intentions to knock the ball out of the park. In a game about a week ago between the Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays, Sal Bando was thrown out running out what appeared to be a walk. It all started when Peter Vuckovich of the Blue Jays delivered a full-count pitch to the Brewers third baseman. Bando, hearing the plate umpire call ball four as the pitch went past catcher Allan Ashby, naturally trotted slow- ly toward first. Sometime with Bando part way to first the first base umpire whose job it is to notice such things ruled that Ban- do had gone too far with his swing and called strike three. When the catcher fails to hold a third strike, the batter is entitled to first base if he can beat the catcher's throw. Now, suddenly Bando's trot became a desperate dash as he tried to beat Ashby's throw to first. The trotting start was just enough to make him lose the race by a whisker. Then the argument started with most of the Brewers out on the field shouting and waving their arms. In baseball's distant past like only about 10 years ago what the plate umpire said about balls and strikes was final. He might take a peek at a colleague for some assistance, but a batter could depend on the first decision being almighty final. Then, only a year or so ago, some progressive student of the game noticed that base umpires were in a better posi- tion to tell if a batter went through with his proposed swing or was able to check in time. Under league orders, umpires working back of the catcher began openly asking their base partners for assistance. It sounded like a good idea on the surface, except it has opened a loophole big enough to drive a Mack truck through. The recent schmozzle involving the Blue Jays should be enough to make baseball officials think about going back to the old way of leaving the balls and strikes entirely to the plate umpire. No player should ever be penalized for reacting correct- ly to an umpire's ruling and that's exactly what Bando did. It's difficult to think of any other situation in which an umpire's call can be reversed while the ball is still in play. The umpires were solely responsible for Bando's being out. Had the original call been strike three he would easily have beaten Ashby's throw and had the first base umpire not reversed the ball ruling, he would have been on first with a walk. So an apt description of the play would be, Bando was thrown out while first trotting and then dashing out a walk. Probably the best thing for the future of this rule would have been if the Brewers would have lost the game and followed through with an almost certain protest. But, they won the game and the incident will likely be forgotten until it happens again. Don't worry, it will likely happen again. The Centennials are at home again this coming Sunday against Forest at Canner's Field at 2 p.m. They end regular league play away with two 6 p.m. games on August 21 and 28 at Lucan and Ailsa Craig, respectively. Kirkton girls ready for playoff rounds. Thursday in New Hamburg, the Kirkton midget girls defeated the luckless hometown team 27 to 2 on 19 hits and 11 New Hamburg errors. Kim "Slugger" Heather hit three home runs; Jayne "Whirls" Dougall had four hits, a home run and three singles and Kelly kernick had a home run and two singles. Continuing the home run streak, Bonnie Westlake hit the fifth home run of the game as well as a single. With the bases loaded, Lori Iredale slammed a line drive into right field which scored all four base runners on a fielding error. Lori added another single as well. Carrie Stroud hit two singles, Carol DeJonge banged a triple and single. Julianne MacLean added a single in the winning cause. Kelly Kernick's sharp pitching kept the New Hamburg batters down to only five hits and two runs in six innings. Carrie Stroud allowed one hit and no runs in the seventh. August 1, Kirkton and St. Marys replayed a game that had been disputed over improper pitching distance. Eager to redeem themselves over the previous fiasco. Kirkton almost defeated the Stonetown crew and made them work for the win. At the end of four innings the Kirk ton girls were leading 8 to 5. St. Marys putted to within one run of Kirkton in the bottom of the fifth with the score 11 to 10. Neither team scored in the sixth. In the seventh a bunt squeeze play with one out, St. Marys scored one run to tie the game. But with runners on 2nd and 3rd, Kirkton girls dug in and came up with the needed outs to force the game into extra innings. With two out in the bottom of the eighth, St. Marys scored the winning run on a double to centre field to end an exciting game. Jayne Dougall the catcher hit a single and slammed a three bagger with the bases loaded to knock in three runs. Lori Iredale had three base hits. Bonnie Westlake ran out a bunt for a base hit. Sheila Penhale, Sue Schaefer and Patti Down each knocked out two singles while Julianne MacLean had a single base hit. Monday August 8, Kirkton played their final game of the 18 game schedule and defeated Kenkara 25 to 8. Sheila Penhale hit four singles; Kim Heather had a double and two singles, Lori Iredale lined out three singles and Kelly Kernick hit a pair of singles.Carrie Stroud added a base hit as well, Sheila Penhale, the starting pitcher, allowed three runs. Kelly Kernick in relief allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings while Sue Schaefer kept Kenkara scoreless in the Sixth and seventh innings. In regular season play Kirkton has 11 wins 2 ties and 5 losses.: St. Marys Won the league title with only 2 losses, One being to Kirkton.See you at the play off games in August, DOUBLE WINNER — Shayne Peacock won two events in Saturday's area swim meet. Above, he takes off in one event. Bill Glover is in the water and Doug Fletcher and Steve Horn are at the left. T-A photo Centennials score soccer win It was learned this week that the Exeter pool would be the scene for the August 27 regional swim meet, and on Saturday, the Exeter swim team showed four other squads they would be strong contenders for their third title in four years. The Exeter swimmers hosted Elmira, Goderich, St. Marys and Kincardine in Saturday's event and came up with one of their strongest showings of the year to post a lopsided win. Exeter scored 423 points, corn- pared to the 263 garnered by Exeter Centennials, con- centrating on openingscreated by strong defensive play, beat Taxandria 4-1 in Ausable district soccer at Canners Field, Sunday. Jim Webb scored two Exeter goals in sequence, one in the first half and another to open the second at 2-0 for the locals. John Muller and Al Beattie then moved Exeter into a 4-0 lead which lasted until the final two minutes, when Taxandria's John Gilliard sent in a free kick that was crossed to him by team-mates John Peters and Ben Ropp from outside the Centennials' 18-yard penalty mark. %/ Personally Selected ALL UNITS GUARANTEED FOR YOUR PROTECTION 1977 DODGE ASPEN '4 door custon sedan, economical 318 V8 automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes. Licence LLL876 '5095 1977 CHEV BEL AIR 2-door hardtop, economical 305 V8, automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio, rear win- dow defogger. Licence KYU777 '5195 1976 CHRYSLER CORDOBA factory air conditioning, power windows, digital clock, cruise control, reclining seats and many more extras. Licence KUX730 '5800 1975 DODGE 2-door hardtop, 318 V8, automatic, power steer. ing, power brakes, radio. Licence JSU713 '3295 1975 DODGE 1/2 ton pickup, the Adventurer SE model, step bumper, 8 cylinder, automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio. 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Tim Campbell picked up a fourth for the boys, while Karen Webb, alternating at back and midfield duties, .got his first goal off an assist from right-winger Al Hern late in the first half, To start the second, he pocketed another ball in the high left corner of the Taxandria net after a relay from Dick Lord and Rene Kirmse. Moments later, midfielder John Muller tapped the ball home from a scramble. Right centre-back Al Beattie then collected Exeter's fourth and final goal with a long chip- shot on a direct free kick that fixed the Taxandria keeper on his line and dropped in behind him. The Centennials needed about ten minutes of play before set- tling down against a -strong Taxandria side. But then they took charge, and stayed in charge until game's end. Safest way to hold the steering wheel, say experts, is to use both hands - one at ten o'clock, the other at two. * Keep tires correctly in- flated. 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Batten narrowly won the in- dividual championship with a first, second and third, while Pincombe had a first, second and sixth. Glover was next in line with a first and second and Mol had one first and a sixth. Lori Stephens recorded two thirds for the 12 and under girls, while Diane Boersma had a fourth and fifth and Catherine Patterson had a fifth. Doug Fletcher took a first and second for the 14 and under boys and Jack Smits had a sixth. Danette McLeod posted two firsts for the 14 and under girls, while Kathy Wallace had one first place ribbon, Catherine Raymond posted a fourth and sixth and Kim McBride had a se- cond and fifth, Kathy Giffin had a fourth and Debbie Jervis a six- th. Shayne Peacock paced the 15 and over boys with two firsts, while Steve Horn had two seconds. For the girls in that age bracket, Kathy Wallace had a se- cond, Debbie Waldeck a first and third, Helen Muller a fifth and second, Sue Campbell a fourth. The Exeter team dominated the relay divisions. In the medley event, the 14 and under team of Kim McBride, Danette McLeod, Debbie Waldeck and Kathy Gif- fin swam to a second, while in the 15 and over, a first place was picked up by Catherine Ray- mond, Barb Armstrong, Helen Muller and Kathy Wallace. The 10 and under boys' team of Brett Batten, Steve Batten, Steve Laithwaite and Ken Boersma were easy winners as was the girls' team of Brenda Waldeck, Darla Crawford, Darlene McBride and Lynn Stephens. Finishing third was another Exeter team comprised of Elizabeth Cottrell, Pam Cottrell, Jodi McBride and Tina Brand. Scott Pincombe, Scott Batten, Bill Glover and John Mol cap- tured the 12 and under race and the girls came in third. They were Angie Wraight, Kelly Livingstone, Dianne Boersma and Brenda Bell. The 14 and under girls were first with members of that four- some being Kim McBride, Kathy Giffin, Debbie Waldeck and Steer This Way By LARRY SNIDER $ 2 9 8 8 14 Pc. 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