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Times-Advocate, June 27, 1979 Even with Lieury Jets At home to Nairn, Thursday
Sy ROSS HAUGH
Saveway in fastball loop first place tie
Great opportunity
This is the time of the year when hockey coaches,
the successful ones that is, are getting plenty of atten
tion.
While most of the NHL coaching posts are now
filled, a vacancy still exists with the Toronto Maple
Leafs and the way Harold Ballard has been operating,
he may be behind the bench himself when the fall rolls
around.
At Wednesday’s annual golf tourney sponsored by
the Lucan Business Association we ran into an old
friend Jack Nairn.
Nairn was one of the most popular players and
then successful coach the Lucan-Ilderton Jets senior
club ever had. From the L-I coaching post Nairn has
gone on to be just as successful and competent with
the Stratford Cullitons junior ‘B’ club.
The Exeter Saveway team
scored two victories in three
Southwestern Fastball
Association starts this week
and have climbed into a first
place tie with the Lieury
Jets.
Tuesday night, Saveway
defeated Ailsa Craig 11-6,
Thursday they were edged
10-9 by the Lieury Jets after
holding a 9-2 lead and Sun
day they regained their
winning ways by edging the
same Lieury club 2-1.
The Saveway boys were in
Lieury last night, Tuesday to
meet West Corners...
Tomorrow night, Thursday
they will be at home to take
on Nairn at 9 p.m. and
Tuesday they meet the
Lieury seniors in Lieury.
The Exeter club will be in
London Saturday to par
ticipate in the world’s
largest fastball tournament.
Their first action is Saturday
at 9 a.m.
Tuesday Exeter Saveway
travelled to Ailsa Craig and
came home with an 11-6
victory. John Gillespie was
the hitting star for Exeter
with a home run and single
and four runs batted in.
Exeter opened with two
runs in the first as Doug
Pearson singled, Doug
Johnson doubled and Ken
Bergman singled.
Ailsa Craig narrowed the
gap with a run in the first.
Saveway went ahead 3-1 in
the second as Dennis
Bierling doubled and scored
on Brian Hodgins’ single.
They increased their lead
to 5-1 in the third as Doug
Pearson singled Paul
McKnight tripled and Ken
Bergman singled. Ailsa
Craig made the score 6-2 in
the fifth.
Saveway again scored in
the top of the sixth as John
Gilespie singled and scored
on an error. In the bottom of
the sixth Ailsa Craig scored
two runs to narrow the gap to
7-4.
In the seventh Exeter
increased their lead to 11-4
as Kim McKinnon singled,
Doug Johnson and Paul
McKnight doubled. Dave
Watson singled and John
Gilespie blasted a three run
homer.
Gary Wilcox, toiled on the
mound for Ailsa Craig. He
gave up 15 hits while striking
out three. Brian Hodgins
went the distance for
Saveway allowing eight hits
while striking out six.
Thursday night Saveway
blew a 9-3 lead to Lieury Jets
losing 10-9. Rick Schilbe
scored in the first inning as
he singled and moved around
to score.
They took a 6-0 lead in the
second as Dennis Bierling
walked, Lorne Vincent, Rick
Schilbe and John Gilespie
singled. Paul McKnight ■
tripled and Doug Pearson
Naim told us he has been approached by the
Niagara Falls Flyers of the Junior ‘A’ league as a
possible replacement for last year’s coach Bert
Templeton.
Templeton who is well known for his fiery
character could be the one to fire up the Maple Leafs.
Nairn indicated he would be back at the helm of
the Cullitons for at least one more year. He operates a
successful mink ranch near St. Marys and is able to fit
in the Stratford coaching without too many problems
on the farm, but, could not go farther afield.
Any team coached by Nairn is strongly schooled
in the basic fundamentals of hockey and this is where
his success lies.
It was like old home week of the L-I Jets
during dinner at the golf tourney at the Oakwood Inn.
We were grouped with Jets manager Don
Urbshott, former players Doug Galloway and Steve
Storey, present competitor Brian Murphy, executive
member Jim Thompson and Harry Wraith.
Urbshott had little to say about the future of the
Jets for the 1979-80 Senior Continental season. His only
comment was, “We don’t know yet what is going to
happen. We will keep you posted.”
There was some doubt at the end of last season
when the Jets finished out of the playoffs for the se
cond straight time that they would be back again.
Nairn said his Stratford club would be strengthen
ed for next season with two defencemen from Sweden.
T-A photo
FREE TENNIS TIPS — As part of the Exeter Tennis Club's summer instruction program two top ranking Ontario junior players
were on hand Sunday at the tennis courts to give some pointers to local tennis enthusiasts. Demonstrating the proper grip are
Jeff Couture of London to Brenda Thompson; Susanne Arkins is helped by Ian Beck and Brian Quinn learns the proper grip
from head instructor Carroll Reiblich. ^-A photo
singled.
The Jets got two runs back
in the second inning.
Saveway scored again in the
third as Brian Taylor singled
and came around to score.
They went ahead 9-2 in the
fourth as Brion Penhale
singled, John Gilespie
walked and both scored on
Kim McKinnons single.
Lieury Jets made their
comeback scoring one in the
fourth four in the fifth and
three in the sixth to take the
victory 10-9. Glenn Thomp
son and Darryl and Derwyn
Hodgins toiled , for Lieury
allowing 10 hits while
striking out 10 batters.
Lorne Vincent pitched the
first five innings for
Saveway and Brian Hodgins
finished up. They allowed 11
hits while striking out five-
Sunday night, Saveway
edged the league leading
Lieury Jets 2-1 in nine in
nings. Lieury opened the
scoring in the top of the third
as Dwayne Ritchie came in
to score on an error.
Exeter came back in the
bottom of the third as Kim
McKinnon singled, stole
second and scored on Brian
Hodgins single.
The winning run was
scored in the bottem of the
ninth as Brion Penhale
reached first on an error,
was sacrificed to second,
stole third and scored on
Doug Johnsons single to
centre.
Derwyn Hodgins toiled for
Lieury Jets and pitched a
strong game allowing only
four hits while striking out 12
batters.
Brian Hodgins picked up
the win allowing nine hits
and fanning six.
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Anyone from Exeter is eligible in this summer’s
Sportsfest which is being held in Listowel.
Sponsored by the Lake Huron Zone Recreation
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It will be held in Listowel from August 11 through
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Other events which don’t require quite as much
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The Dashwood Tigers won
only one of three games this
week in the Huron-Perth
senior baseball league and in
exhibition play.
Wednesday the Tigers
were blanked 1-0 by the
Clinton Colts. Friday they
notched their only victory by
a score of 9-3 over the
London Service Master
juniors. Sunday in Dash
wood, the Tillsonburg
seniors scored four runs in
the top of the ninth and held
on to post a 6-4 victory over
the Tigers.
Against Tillsonburg
Sunday, the Tigers scored
two runs in the first inning
and added a single marker in
the seventh and were holding
a slim 3-2 lead until the
visitors broke the game open
in the top of the ninth.
In the Dashwood first, Bob
Hoffman walked, Barry
Baynham singled and both
came around to score as
John Hayter was safe on an
error and Glen Thurman
cracked out a single.
Kevin Bestard led of the
Tiger seventh with a long
home run. Bestard scored
the final Dashwood run in the
ninth. He reached first on a
walk, moved up as Bob
Hoffman also drew a walk
and scored on an error by the
Tillsonburg catcher.
Jim Guenther went the full
nine inning distance on the
Dashwood mound. He
allowed but six hits until the
fateful ninth when he was
touched for four more
safeties.
Other Tiger hits were
singles from the bats of Jim
Guenther, and Bob Hoffman
and John Hay ter’s double.
In Friday’s Tiger win over
the London junior club, right
hander Perry Stover gave up
nine hits, but kept them well
scattered. He shut out the
opposition after the third
frame.
The Tigers scored a single
run in the first inning as
Barry Baynham drew a
walk, stole second, moved to
third on John Hayter’s single
and scored as he and Hayter
pulled off a double steal.
In the Dashwood third
three hits and the same
number of walks produced
three runs. John Hay ter
doubled and singles came
from the bats of Bob Hoff
man and Kevin Hern.
Jim Dietrich’s single in the
fifth sent John Bruijns and
Glen Thurman home with
two more runs.
Thurman doubled for the
only hit in a seventh inning
rally that sent two more
Tiger scores across.
Barry Baynham singled
and scored the final Tiger
tally in the bottom of the
eighth.
John Hayter led the Tigers
at the plate with a two-
bagger and a pair of singles.
In Wednesday’s pitchers
battle in Clinton, the Colts
scored the only run of the
game with one out in the
bottom of the ninth without
the aid of a hit.
Tiger southpaw John
Bruijns allowed only three
Clinton hits over the full nine
inning distance. He hit one
batsman and issued a walk
to get into difficulty in the
final frame.
The only serious * Dash
wood rally came in the
fourth when John Bruijns
and Jim Guenther led off
with singles to put runners
on first and third with no one
out.
Bruijns was caught in a
rundown between third and
home and the next two
batters grounded out.
The other Dashwood safe
hits were singles by Perry
Stover, Jim Dietrich and
another from the bat of
Bruijns.
Rolls keep
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With the season half over,
perennial champions
Crescent Rolls head the
Exeter and area men’s
fastball league.
The Rolls are on top with
their seven wins and no
losses totaling 14 points.
Usborne and Hensail are
tied for second with 10 points
each but the township squad
has three games in hand
over the village team.
Mt. Carmel is alone in
fourth spot with a record of
four wins, three losses and a
tie, good for nine points.
McKnights are in the
middle of the pack with their
eight points a result of their
four win and five'loss record.
Gords Variety is two
points behind with a three
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Hurondale and Dashwood
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