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Times-Advocate, 1978-07-27, Page 10Times-Advocate, July 27, 1978 Spotlight By Ross Haugh Back again PEE WEES WIN IN WINGHAM — The Exeter pee wees won the consolation championship of a recent baseball tournament in Wingham and over the weekend were the host team for a similar tourney here. Back, left, manager Arn Laithwaite, Rodney Dobson, Brent Atthill, John Kernick and coach Jim Pfaff. Centre, Darren Vandergunst, Steve Laithwaite, Doug Cooper, Ted Oke and Brian Blackburn. Front, Jeff Pfa’ff, Steve Merner, Mike Tiedeman and George Pratt. T-A photo Stopped for second time .... Exeter out early Strathroy wins tourney It’s difficult to get back to work and concentrate on writing a column after a holiday of two weeks, but, here goes. Part of our holiday time was spent in the Bracebridge area. On the way back on a Wednesday night we dropped into the Barrie Raceway to take a look at their brand of harness racing. While the crowd and betting total, the night we were there didn’t come close to Western Fair in Lon­ don, we found it a very fine facility. The grandstand is completely glassed in and the tote board while not too attracitve was one of the finest we have ever seen as far as submitting informa­ tion is concerned. The board listed the exact prices that each horse would pay if it was a winner and changes were made very often. Not periodic changes but a continuous run­ ning total was given on the totals bet on win, place and show. Tracks like Woodbine and Greenwood show the approximate exacta payoffs on television monitors usually located underneath the stands near the betting areas. In Barrie, the exacta payoffs were listed on the in­ field board and they were constantly changing. Another interesting innovation involved around the triactor which calls for a bettor to pick the exact finish of the first three horses. Track officials do not announce which race the triactor will be based on until the race before. The ob­ vious reason is that so little notification gives no time for any attempts to pre-determine the outcome of the race. Friedsburg days coming The annual Friedsburg Days in Dashwood are soon approaching and the sporting events connected with the popular annual event should be bigger and better than ever. When we say bigger than ever we mean exactly that. One of the contestants in the arm wrestling con­ test weighs a measly 292 pounds. He is Bob Snarey of Shakespeare who won a similar test of strength at the Zurich Fair Saturday and was the arm wrestling champion at the last Sportsmen’s show in Toronto. Crediton area farmer Dennis Lamport who was the Friedsburg arm wrestling champ last year was defeated by Snarey in Zurich, Saturday. We expect Lamport will be practicing for the next two weeks in order to defend his championship successfully. More entries are needed in the tug-of-war and arm wrestling competitions. The latter event is graded as to weight of the contestants, so, only the big boys will have to face the Shakespeare strong man. Anyone with questions on either sporting event StCCF should call sports chairman John Becker at 237-3628. Tug-of-war teams from Dashwood, Mt. and Port Ftanks are expected to compete ladies and mens divisions. Saturday, August 5 is the big sports Friedsburg. The two day event opens the night before with a talent show and the selection of a beauty queen. Taxandria Falcons started with an awkward first-half goal and wove it into a blanketing 5-0 defeat of Ex­ eter Centennials in Ausable district soccer Sunday. It was the second straight loss for Exeter who, until a 1-0 topping by Nairn the week before, had gone un­ beaten in league play. Ray Mason got Taxan- dria’s first goal on his club’s home grounds by rolling the ball through a scramble at the Exeter net at 20 minutes. In the second half, Mike Beynen scored at the game’s 50 and 85-minute marks. In between them, and with ex­ hibitions of superb ball con­ trol, striker Mike Klyn collected goals at 60 and 80 minutes on breakaways, Taxandria, coming off a 4- 0 upset by Lucan the' previous Sunday, began applying pressure at the start. Exeter reacted in con­ fusion but, after practically giving away Mason’s score in a goal-mouth mix-up, Centennials on losing streak seemed to be gaining control at the close of the first half. Taxandria turned the Centennials around, however, and blunted just about every Exeter attack for the rest of the game. Ex­ eter’s few chances ended Minor soccer teams get victory and tie Exeter soccer teams play- ing away against Thamesford Monday night won 1-0 in a mosquito­ division game and tied 1-1 in a squirt match. Blayne Epp scored the goal for the mosquito win. Exeter goalkeeper Scott Lovie logged the shut-out in a game to which half-backs Kim Parsons, Sean O’Rourke and Dennis Eisenschink contributed much of the control. The Exeter squirts went into their game with only nine players against a full­ sided Thamesford club, and yet managed to dominate the play with hard work and clever soccer to get a draw. Thamesford went ahead in the first half with a goal on a ball that clipped the Exeter goalpost to get beyond keeper Tim Moore. In the second, Exeter missed on several chances until the closing minutes. „ Then, in a neat sequence, Jeff Kints relayed a throw- in from Shawn Moore to Paul Mellecke, who again passed the ball off for Brian Quinn to score. Friday night the Exeter mosquitoes dropped an ex­ hibition game 4-3 to Huron Park. Exeter' goals in the loss were shared by Lawrence Fink with two, and Kenny Boersma with with the ball off or over the goal-frame on about three occasions, and about twice onto the keeper. The Centennials play home Sunday as hosts Grand Bend. Game time Canner’s field is 2 p.m. at to at The grand championship in the tournament was in the third annual Exeter pee wee baseball tourna­ ment'was won Sunday by Strathroy. The Strathroy youngsters downed Watford 11-4 in the final on Stu Matheson’s se­ cond no-hitter of the tourney. The consolation title was won by Wyoming as they defeated Hanover 20-5. Wyoming after losing 12-0 to Strathroy qualified for the consolation by drubbing Dashwood 13-2. Hanover lost 10-8 to Wat­ ford in a series opener and advanced on a bye to con­ solation play. In addition to the wins over Wyoming and Watford, Strathroy downed Wingham . by a score of 6-2. Watford reached the championship finals by defeating Hanover 10-8 and Exeter 8-0. Wingham beat Dashwood 9-1 in their first, round game. Exeter was awarded their first game by default when Kincardine failed to appear, The Exeter youngsters were able to get only three hits in their 8-0 loss to Wat­ ford. John Kernick cracked a double and Ted Oke and Rodney Dobson contributed singles. Kernick was the Ex­ eter pitcher allowing Wingham eight hits. Tony Smith and Dave Hayter were the stars in a losing cause for Dashwood in their 9-1 loss to Wingham. Hayter collected two singles from his clean-up position while Smith singled and turned in a strong pitching performance with 12 strikeouts in 12 innings. The most valuable player Strathroy pitcher Stu Matheson. He received the Discount Dave trophy from Exeter branch manager Wayne Pearce. Dave Kirk presented his championship trophy to Strathroy captains Dale Labrittain, Greg Payne and Don Featherstone with the assistance of tournament organizers Arn Laithwaite and Jim Pfaff. The consolation trophy was presented to Wyoming by Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw the this the LADIES GOLF Anita Cook recorded lowest gross score in week’s regular play of ladies league at the Exeter golf and country club. Lois Snell was the best in low net and Gert Middleton required the least number of putts. SALES CENTRE Yes... We Can Install One For You Radio /hack ggs) A DIVISION OFTANPY ELECTRONICS LIMITED AUTHORIZED TV TOWERS, ANTENNAS AND ROTORS . . . or we can provide you with all the supplies you need to do it yourself. JERRY MacLEAN & SON AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Our Store Is Big Enough To Serve Your Needs . . . But Small Enough To Be friendly Exeter 235-OBOO Extend Your Swimming Season WITH A SOLAR BLANKET Carmel in both day at A look at football This is the first chance we have had to make some predictions on the already started Canadian football action. We have to disagree sharply with Tom Creech our cohort with the Zurich Citizens News. Two weeks ago Tom called the Hamilton Tiger Cats to represent the East in the 1978 Grey Cup. We would like to suggest that at least two clubs will finish ahead of the Hamilton team. They would be the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes and the Argos from Toronto. Some are suggesting that a change in head coaches at Montreal will hurt. The Alouettes have a veteran club and are well known for their defensive toughness. New coach Joe Scanella was in charge of the special units with the Oakland Raiders especially on the defensive against punt and kickoff returns. During spring training sessions, coach Scanella said Dorchester native Glenn Weir was the best con­ ditioned player with the Montreal club. Weir appears to be stronger than ever this year and should have a good crack at repeating as the top defensive lineman in the east. In case some people forget, the Toronto Argos have won Grey Cups in the past. But, the last one was so long ago. It came in 1952 when Jim Corrigal, the old man of this year’s team was only six years old. The same year present Argo coach Leo Cahill was coaching a military football team in Japan. When appearing at the 1978 Sportsmen’s dinner in Exeter, Leo Cahill said the Argos would be a real con­ tender. They won their first game in handy fashion with newly acquired star Terry Metcalf gaining more than 160 yards. Then the Argo fans were silenced a bit when their team ran into the tough Montreal defence. Sorry, Tom but the Tiger Cats will be fortunate to finish in third place. Hockey already Received a note from Exeter Hawks junior hockey coach, Ron Bogart, informing that he is calling a skating practice for Sunday morning at 10 a.m. The ice is going back into the South Huron Rec Centre this week ready for hockey school operations. Bogart is asking any junior players to come out for some preliminary skating workouts Sunday mor­ ning. This Way To Your Costs? 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