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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-10-20, Page 10it ON THE WAY TO A TOUCHDOWN — Larry Regier scored three touchdowns for the South Huron seniors in their Thursday win over Stratford Northwestern. Above, Regier (15) is shown heading over the Face Goderich today Stratford goal line in the third quarter as he evades a tackler who T-A photo First place at stake appears to be grabbing for his face mask. S H footballers victorious again Ed Hunter-Duvar led the defensive line by sacking the quarterback and a punter while Greg Prout and Jeff Fuller each nailed the Stratford signal caller on one occasion. , Getting pass interceptions for South Huron were Dave Bell, Joe Becker and Wayne Parsons. Steve Pearce in the backfield and Wayne Smith on the line were named the best Panthers of- fensively. Taking defensive Sports night at Legion Over 150 people participated in the annual mixed sports night staged at the R.E. Pooley Branch Legion, Saturday. Competitions were conducted in a number of events and several special draws were held as part of the activities. The major draw winner was Don Heywood, He won a hind of beef. Mrs. Hazel Pryde "won a flock of poultry" and Gerald Glanville, RR 1 Hensall, was the winner of a "catch of fish". Barb Hearn and Bill Huntley won the door prizes and Henry Dyck the special rooster raffle. Winners in the dart contest were Oliver Jaques, Marilyn Chappel, Kay Nixon, Ray ,Snell and Barb Evans. Copping the booby prize were Roy Hunter, Hazel Heywood, Ann Romaniuk and Willie Jaques. Don Campbell and Peter Lawson teamed up to win the pool contest, while Cliff Brintnell and Linda Pinter were tops at crib- bage. The booby prize in the latter event went to Gladys Bierling and Glen Robinson. The euchre play title went to Joan Heywood and Don Ross, while Corrie Price and Frank Brintnell took the booby prize. Joan Campbell and Bob Simpson recorded the most number of lone hands. 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While a lot of people had their first look at the new rec centre at the official opening and the 1977 Exeter Fall Fair, we expect a large crowd Friday night. And, they shouldn't be disappointed with the facility for hockeY. The ice surface is 195 feet long and 85 feet wide. Manager Alivin Willert has laid out the ice to allow 12 feet between the net and the backboards at each end of the rink. This should certainly eliminate ganging up and sub- sequent rough play behind the net. In the old Exeter arena, the distance between the boards and the net was only four feet. We had a quick tour of the building with manager Willert Monday afternoon and were impressed with the spacious dressing rooms, excellent lighting and a fine press box area. A ramp has been built behind the net at the south end of the rink to allow spectators in wheel chairs to watch the games. It looks as if many as 10 wheel chairs could be accom- modated. The Rec Centre will be a busy spot over the weekend. In addition to the Friday game, a skate-a-thon will be held Saturday afternoon and hockey will be on tap Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and evening. The St. Marys Lincoln& will be using the South Huron Rec Centre for home games until the new St. Marys arena is ready. Construction has been slowed at least three weeks- due to the recent wet weather. The Lincolns will be playing here Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and the Hawks will host the Port Stanley Lions Sunday night. An early skate A real rivalry has existed between Derry Boyle and Reg McDonald on their skating records at the local arena. Both men were honoured at the recent Rec Centre opening for being the last skaters in the old arena and the next question was which veteran skater would be first to glide over the new ice surface. Well, McDonald is the winner. He was the first to try out the ice, but not too many people were around to watch. Reg has documented evidence that he laced up his skates at 3:14 a.m. last Sunday morning. Hutch 'first "Genuine" case When Tommy Lasorda brought the Dodgers home first in the National League West this season, he accomplished one of the rarest managerial feats in baseball history — and one whose rarity is almost entirely unknown. Tom Lasorda, in his playing days, was a pitcher and former pitchers, turned manager, seldom finish first. You may find this hard to believe — but even if you count the half-pennants of divisional play since 1969, there are just five cases out of 168 first-place finishes since 1901, up to 1977, when the manager was a pitcher. Four out of 168 is about three percent. Since pitchers constitute roughly 40 percent of the player population, this discrepancy is noteworthy and deserves the word "rare." Back in 1901, the first year of the American League, Clark Griffith managed the Chicago White Sox to the cham- pionship. But that's a special case, because Griffith still was pitching in those days, and he posted a 24-7 record himself. That was his first managing experience, and he manag- ed for 19 more years with four different teams, but never won another pennant. So it is fair to say his pitching was more important that his managing to that one success. Next on the list is Fred Mitchell, whose 1918 Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant and lost the World Series to the Boston Red Sox. Mitchell wasn't exclusively a pitcher, how6Ter. He also had been a catcher and a first baseman. Then you come down to 1946, when Eddie Dyer is managing the St. Louis Cardinals, who won the National League pennant in a playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and take a seven-game World Series from the Red Sox. Dyer, too, was a "half-pitcher." After hurting his arm, he con- tinued his playing career for quite a while as an outfielder. Finally, in 1961, we find a "true" case: a pitcher who was only a pitcher as a player, and who managed only as a manager. That was Fred Hutchinson, whose Cincinnati Reds lost the World Series to the New York Yankees in five games. In 1969, when divisional play began, Lum Harris piloted the Atlanta Braves to first place in National League West, but they lost the playoffs — to the New York Mets. And now Lasorda. Why do so few championship managers have a pitching background? There's a theory that pitchers, by the nature of their jobs, concentrate on a specialty and don't develop as broad an understanding as they might of all the other aspects of the game. Another aspect of the same idea is that pitchers, on their play-every-fourth-day-or-less schedule, form a society apart ',within a club, and don't develop empathies to daily players that a manager needs. Former catchers appear to be the most successful as managers. Among the best known are Mickey Cochrane, Connie Mack, Yogi Berra, Ralph Houk, Steve O'Neill and Gabby Hartnett, Timekeeper: Your heart works harder when you're not in the game. Get fit—and turn the clock back, Fitness is fun. . Try some. paRnapacnon Country wins over towns Country won over town during Thursday's cross-country meet for students from six area elementary schools at Ion Jewitt's farm near Varna. Over 200 took part. McCurdy, Usborne and Stephen Central each took home two pennants for highest points - McCurdy for junior boys and senior boys, Usborne for junior girls and intermediate boys, and Stephen Central for intermediate girls and senior girls. Medallions for placing first in events went to Dean and Bill Livingston of Zurich, Karen Heather of Usborne, Jackie Cottrell of Hensall, Lori Brand of Stephen and John Kernick of Usborne, Despite a drizzling rain, chilly air and plenty of mud ,underfoot, most completed the 2.2 kilometre course. Between events the young spectators dashed back to buses to warm themselves, but returned each time to cheer lustily as soon as contestants appeared over the crest of the hill on the home stretch. They all knew it was hard work and that the real competition was with themselves - to do a little better than the last time and to stay till the end of the course. They placed coats around each other's shoulders, walked winded runners up and down the laneway, patted backs and found words to sum it up. "You're all right, even if you did come in last," as one of them said. Exeter Public School was the other area school participating. (You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps.) ALWAYS SPECIALS ON FURNITURE. AT WHITING'S Main St., Exeter 235-1964 GYMNASTICS starting Sat., Oct. 22nd $12 for 20 weeks Registration at South Huron Rec Centre 1-5 p.m. or South Huron District High School On The 22nd 9.11 a.m, (GYMNASIUM) Steer This Way By LARRY SNIDER If your car is having trouble starting, and the ignition system seems all right, have the choke operation checked. * * It's usually wasteful to put premium gas in a car that was made to use regular. It may be helpful, though, in a high- mileage engine, where com- pression may have increased by carbon buildup. * * * When your auto's odometer reads in kilometers (and it will), the old 12,000-mile warranty will still be in force when the odometer reads 19,- 000. * * * An oversized radiator is often recommended for a car that tows a trailer. * * * Even the biggest cars today seem like compacts compared with some of the luxury cars of the thirties. 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Quick Rebound In the junior contest, Stratford struck for a touchdown on the second play of the game, but, then the Panthers took over and dominated play the rest of the way. After an 80 yard march in eight plays, Rick Lindenfield chalked up the first South Huron touch- down on a two yard sweep. Doug Hoffman's convert was good and the Panthers were ahead 7-6. In the next series of plays, Larry Dawson carried the ball 15 yards into the Stratford end zone but fumbled. Steve Pearce was in the right place to recover for six points. Pearce registered his second major score in the second quarter as he gallopped 25 yards on a reverse play. After a scoreless third quarter, Northwestern piCled up a safety touch to up their point total to eight. Late in the game Pearce hauled in a pass from quar- terback Doug Brooks for his third touchdown. Joe Becker caught a pass for the two point convert and the score was 27-8. Larry Dawson led the South Huron ground gainers with 95 yards in 16 carries. Rick Lin- denfield was next with 51 yards in 11 tries. Doug Brooks carried seven times' for 30 yards and Steve Pearce ran twice for 35 yards. In the passing department, Doug Brooks was good on four of six attempts. Joe Becker caught two passes and Steve Pearce and Paul Bies each nabbed on aerial. honours were Joe Becker and Jeff Fuller, Good scoring production in the second half allowed the South Huron seniors to take Thursday's game against Stratford Nor- thwestern quite handily. With only a 14-8 lead at half- time the Panthers responded to a strong pep talk from coach Ron Bogart and hit for three touch- downs in the final two periods. Bogart commented after the game, "desire seemed lacking in the first half, but they did come to life and did a better job, Our real test will come next week when we meet Goderich." Larry Regier put the Panthers on the scoreboard with a six yard touchdown in the first quarter and Brad Cann went over the Stratford line from eight yards out in the second period. Steve Beer was good on both convert attempts. Stratford's only scoring came in the dying moments of the first half as they hit for a touchdown on a 27 yard pass play and a two point passing convert. In the third quarter Larry Regier chalked up his second of three major scores on a,15 yard romp with Brian Mercer grab- bing a pass from Dave Bogart for a two point convert.. Early in the fourth period, Steve Beer's try on a field goal was wide but went for a single point. Regier was back with his third and final six pointer, this time on an 11 yard gallop and Brad Cann notched his second touchdown on a 12 yatd carry. Steve Beer converted both scores to up the score to 37-8. Brad Cann led the South Huron ground attack with 130 yards in 19 attempts. Larry Regier was next with 92 yards. in 13 tries and quarterback Dave Bogart carried four times for 18 yards. In the passing department Dave Bogart was good on eight of 16 attempts. Steve Beer caught four of the tosses for 47 yards, Larry Regier pulled in two for 15 yards and Brian Mercer and Sean Walden each completed one pass for 15 and 10 yards, respectively. South Huron picked up 15 first downs while the defence held