HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-07-13, Page 10Times-Advocate, July 13, 1978
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Split with Clinton Colts
Tigers lose two of three
crowd at tonight,A goodly portion of the
Thursday’s harness race meeting at Clinton should be
from the Exeter area.
Tonight’s meet is being called Exeter night and
probably the oldest living harness horse trainer and
driver from Exeter will be honoured.
Tom Yearley who continues to be very spry at the
age of 82 will be at trackside to present a blanket to
the winner of the Tom Yearley Pace which will likely
be the 10th race of the night.
This will be the first of three twilight race meets.
In the next two Thursday night cards, the towns of
Goderich and Seaforth will be honoured.
Everyone with a coupon from last week’s issue of
the T-A will be admitted to the Clinton track tonight
for one dollar which is one-half the regular price. The
same admission structure will apply to those from
Seaforth and Goderich on their special nights. The ad
appeared on page three.
The Dashwood Tigers end
ed up on the short end of the
count in two of three ball
games they played this
week. The Tigers dropped a
close 7-6 verdict to London
Rae J and split a pair with
the Clinton Colts.
The win over the Colts
came on Wednesday night as
Dashwood posted a 12-10
margin in a slugfest on the
losers’ diamond. The Tigers
picked up four runs in each
of the third and fifth innings
to gain the win.
John Hayter paced the 16-
hit attack with four safeties.
including one double. Barry
Ba.vnham had three hits,
while picking up a pair each
were Glen Thurman, Jim
Dietrich and Doug Fair
bairn. Contributing one hit
each were Rob Dickey, Noel
Skinner, Kevin Bestard and
Perry Stover.
Perry Stover picked up the
win. with some relief help
from Jim Pfaff. They gave
up 12 hits and recorded five
strike-outs.
Clinton scored five of their
runs in the fourth and two in
the fifth.
Playing in London, Satur-
day, the Tigers allowed five
runs to the Rae J squad in
the first inning and then
came back to take a 6-5 lead
into the ninth. However, the
juniors picked up two tallies
in the bottom of the last
frame to eke out the 7-6
margin. A base on balls and
two errors spelled defeat for
the Dashwood crew in the
final frame.
After falling quickly
behind, Dashwood scored
twice in the second and tied
the game with three in the
fifth. They '
ahead with a
then moved
single run in
Should beat last year
The vast improvement shown in the last two
weeks by the Toronto Blue Jays should produce a
better record than they were able to accomplish in
their first full season in the American league.
With Saturday’s 3-0 blanking of the Chicago White
Sox, the Blue Jays brought their current record up to
31 victories and 52 losses. That’s exactly the way they
stood after their first 83 games in 1977.
The long ball hitting of fellows like Rico Carty and
John Mayberry along with the improved pitching of
Jim Clancy, Jesse Jefferson and Dave Lemanczyk has
given the Toronto club a bit of a lift.
When a big leaguer returns to his home city for
the first time with another club a lot of relatives
usually turn out and as often as not they are disap
pointed by their hero’s performance.
This was Certainly not the case when Jim Clancy
of the Blue Jays pitched in Chicago Saturday.
Clancy held the White Sox to three well scattered
hits and was rarely in trouble until the eighth when he
was lifted by manager Roy Hartsfield. Mike Willis
came on and retired five White Sox in a row to
preserve the win for Clancy.
Clancy started out with at least 36 relatives and
friends on his side, but, by the time it was over most of
the more than 23,000 fans were giving him vocal sup
port.
Manager Roy Hartsfield of the Jays has different
thoughts about this year’s all star game than most
managers.
Usually the all star break is welcomed by most
teams who would like to give their players, especially
the pitcher a bit of a rest.
Hartsfield said after Saturday’s win in Chicago
that he hates to see the three day rest coming up. He
figures his charges are just getting into high gear and
some time off may cool them off.
While the Jays have been able to equal their 1977
performance on the field they have fallen back a bit in
attendance.
The first 42 games at CNE Stadium this year have
drawn a total of 804,890 spectators. This is a decrease
of about 87,000 from a year ago. The extremely cool
weather for the first few games had a lot to do with
the drop in attendance.
Overall major league attendance is up this year by
more than four percent and the 40 million mark should
be reached for the first time in history if the current
pace continues.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are away out in front
with 1,668,249 fans for their first 41 games. They have
more than doubled the Toronto attendance in one less
game.
MOTO CROSS ACTION — The action was fast and furious at the grand finale of the
Molson's moto cross held Sunday at Hully Gully near Varna. The race attracted participants
from across Ontario. Staff photo
Kirkton girls win twice,
edge unbeaten Goderich
The Kirkton midget girls
ball team ran their record to
nine wins and three losses
with a pair of wins this week,
including one over
previously unbeaten
Goderich. The gals also
suffered an 8-7 loss at the
hands of Stratford.
That loss came in extra
innings as Kirkton battled
back from a 6-2 deficit to
force the eighth frame. They
scored one run in the top of
the extra inning, but
Stratford led off with a
homer to knot the count and
then took advantage of two
Kirkton errors and a hit to
score the winner.
Patti Down gave up 10 hits
while striking out four. Her
mates committed six errors.
They also set a dubious team
record in that game, striking
out nine times.
Kim Heather, Sheila
Penhale and Jayne Dougall
had two hits apiece, while
Sue Schaefer and Bonnie
Westlake added singles.
Friday night, the Kirkton
girls came from behind
again to post a 5-4 win over
Goderich. They spotted
Goderich a pair of runs on a
succession of bunts and
errors in the first inning, but
Patti Down held them to just
the sixth, but couldn’t hold
on to that margin.
Dietrich had a triple and
double to lead the Tigers’ 10-
hit attack, Also picking up a
pair of hits each were Bob
Hoffman and Skinner. Con
tributing a safety each were
Dickey, John Hayter, Thur
man and Tom Hayter.
Jim Guenther went the
distance on the mound for
the losers, allowing only
seven hits and picking up
four strike-outs. Five of
those hits came in the first
frame before he settled in
hold the juniors off the sheet
until his team mates’
fielding did him in in the last
frame.
Behind quickly
In a Sunday game at
Dashwood, the Clinton Colts
gained revenge for their
earlier loss as they posted a
7-3 win.
Again, it was the first and
last innings that proved the
problem for the Tigers. Clin
ton scored three times in the
first and added three more
in the ninth to break up what
had been a tight contest.
Jim Guenther put
Dashwood on the sheet with
a long home run in the third
and they added another in
the fourth when Doug Fair
bairn reached base on an
error and came home on a
wild pitch, an error and a
single by John Hayter.
Dashwood moved to
within one run in the seventh
when Bob Hoffman scored
after picking up a walk. An
error and a single by Tom
Hayter led to the tally ‘
The Tigers left 13 men
stranded,on the base paths,
including three in the sixth
and two in the seventh.
Jim Pfaff took the loss,
giving up 10 hits.
Tom and John Hayter,
Bob Hoffman and Rob
Dickey paced the losers at
the plate with a pair of
safeties each. Adding one in
addition to Guenther’s
homer was Kevin Bestard.
This week, the Tigers host
Tillsonburg on Friday and
then move on to play at
Walsingham the following
evening.
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Jogging is popular
While baseball attendance is on the rise, it doesn’t
seem to match the boom in one participant sport.
That’s jogging.
According to a recent poll more than 27 million
North Americans are joggers. That’s about 11 percent
of the adult population and the running craze shows no
sign of slowing up.
The urge to run has brought on a desire to buy,
too, and industry hasn’t wasted any time in taking ad
vantage of it. The same goes for manufacturers in
Europe and Japan.
Some joggers may feel content to romp around the
neighbourhood in a drab sweat shirt and old tennis
shoes, but, many do not.
They eagerly pay $20 to $40 for running shoes even
more for stylish warmup togs, fancy sweat shirts with
hoods and split-side shorts.
The cost for outfitting a self respecting jogger can
exceed $100 and this could mean in excess of $400
million a year in sales.
The best advice for anyone wanting to start jogg
ing is to get a medical checkup first and build your en
durance up gradually.
Mixes farming and hockey
One of the great hockey players of our time, Bob
by Hull appears to be just as interested and
enthusiastic about farming as he is about his efforts on
the ice.
Hull will be the guest speaker at the national
provincial information seminar of the Canadian
Hereford Association Sunday July 23 in Unionville.
The current star of the Winnipeg Jets has been in
the business of breeding Polled Herefords for more
than 10 years.
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Club plans
programs
The Exeter Tennis Club'
members have” planned
several special events for the
coming week.
On Saturday, Randy
Parsons will conduct a clinic
for area kids interested in
the sport. Time of the clinic
is from 11:30 to 1:30.
A demonstration will be
held on Sunday involving the
club’s new pro, Terry
Stacey, along with Alf
Williams and two female
tournament players from
London.
That program gets un
derway at noon.
Registrations are now
being taken for the August
session of lessons. Interested
people may call Fran Shaw
235-0208 or Ruth Mercer 235-
0342.
Last week the club
members held a friendly
tournament with Lucan and
plan a return to the Irish
town at the end of the month.
Resort soccer
club win again
The Grand Bend based
Lakeport Steelers stayed in
full control at the head of the
Sarnia and district peewee
soccer league after two
more victories this week,
which gives them a convin
cing 5 to 0 record for the
season.
At Petrolia, the Steelers
had no problem downing the
Wyoming-Petrolians 7-0.
Leader Karl Krohmer had
four goals, while Jim
MacDonald, Dean Courtney
and Joey Mommersteeg
scored in single fashion.
Paul Stephenson recorded
the shutout, and Ian Carroll
was also outstanding in the
Steelers defence.
In their second league en
counter of the week, the
Steelers travelled to Sarnia
township to take on Lamb
ton Shelley Machine at Agin
court Park. A scoreless
first-half left the game wide
open, until Jim MacDonald
and Tim Martens scored
mid-way through the
second-half to give the
Steelers a deserved|2-0 vic
tory.
Captain John VanLeeuwen
was strong in defence
despite a knee injury, and
Paul Stephenson gained his
second shutout of
season.
two more in scattering seven
hits in the remaining six
innings. She had eight strike
outs.
Kirkton managed only
seven hits, but two were
home runs off the bats of
Lori Iredale in the first and
Kim Heather in the sixth.
The latter also had a double,
while Natalie Stroud hit two
singles and Patti Down and
Sheila Penhale had a single
each.
In their ninth win of the
season, a 12-8 victory over
St. Pauls, the Kirkton bats
were blooming with 10 hits,
while Terri Brintnell and
reliefer Patti Down kept the
losers to only four singles.
Rose Miller and Kelly
Kerhick hit a pair of singles
each, while Natalie Stroud,
Julianne MacLean, Sheila
Penhale, Bonnie Westlake,
Vivian Doupe and Terri
Brintnell all
singles.
Kirkton again
from fumblitis
miscues.
They will play St. Marys in
a one-hour exhibition at the
Garden Party on July 19 at
6:00 p.m.
Dashwood Tigers Batting Averages (17 Games)
AB R H RBI Ave.
587 167 202 126 .344
Pitching
W-L IP R H ER BB SO ERA
5-3 Guenther 62 40 66 30 26 60 4.35
5-1 Stover 43 33 48 23 26 32 4.81
1-0 R. Hoffman 9 5 7 4 4 7 4.00
1-1 Pfaff 18 11 18 7 7 13 3.50
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