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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. SCOTTS LEATHER & TACK SHOP 120 Sanders St. W. Exeter, Ont. Phone 235-0694 Complete Line of Western Saddlery Bridles, Halters, Bits, Pads, Blankets, Girths, HORSE HEALTH CENTRE -Fly Wipe, Shampoo, Absorbine Etc. -Lee Jeans & Jackets -Western Boots, Hats, Belts & Shirts -Hand Crafted Leather Goods R. Hoffman J. Hayter... Guenther... Baynham... Dietrich .... Stover........ T. Hayter... Fairbairn... Dickey...... Skinner..... Thurman ... Bestard..... J. Hoffman. Desjardine. Greeus...... 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. Boost YOUR HOME TOWN It’s Good For You 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 the TOPS MARKSMEN — Bill McNutt, Exeter, won first place in the 12-gauge "B" class at a skeet shoot at the Oshawa Gun Club this weekend. He broke 98 targets out of 100 to best the highly competitive section of the event. COMPLETE 4k COVERAGE FOR * * Home * Farm * Life * Commercial * Automobile * Registered Retirement CONTACT Plans Bev Morgan Insurance Agency Ltd. 238 Main St. Phone 235-2544 Across from Saveway Lumber Exeter thinking of CREDIT UNION Money for a Recreational Vehicle, Camper, Truck or Car See CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION Our friendly office staff will be pleased to serve you CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION LTD. 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