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Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
Improving
The Toronto Blue Jays with a great improvement
over last year could have a big say in who wins the two
divisional titles in the American baseball league. The
Jays after three weekend losses to California failed to
cool that club out in its bid to catch the division
leading Kansas City Royals and will now be focusing
on the contenders and pretenders in the eastern sec
tion.
The Toronto club has two games this week with
Milwaukee and then later in the month take on the
New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees will be in CNE statium for midweek
games September 20 and 21 and the Red Sox follow for
a three game weekend series. This should add con
siderably to the Blue Jays 1978 attendance figures.
The following week, the Blue Jays will be making
back-to-back visits to Yankee Stadium and Fenway
Park in Boston.
Jefs practices
TOP FIELD — The final junior tournament of the summer was held at Ironwood Golf Course
on Friday and the three members shown here were winners of the low gross titles in the three
flights and received a plaque donated by Doug Ellison. Winners from the left are Scott
Bogart, Kevin Parsons and Wayne Pearce. Staff photo
Steve Pearce wins low gross
Tigers eliminated in OBA play
The Lucan-Ilderton Jets will be taking to the ice
lanes at the Ilderton arena for their first practice of
the season on Tuesday, September 12.
This first workout and another the following
Thursday will get underway at 10 p.m. with a 11 a.m.
to 12:30 workout Saturday.
The same schedule will be used for the next week
with practices set for Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.
The Jets after a most disastrous season last year
are in the throes of a rebuilding program. While
declining to disclose any information as to new
players trying out, Jets manager Don Urbshott said,
“We will be much stronger in goal this year.”
Pete Loveless who played several seasons with
the Jets and was an assistant coach to Ted Power with
the London Kings last year has taken over the reins as
head coach.
Urbshott told us this week that all players wishing
to try out with the Jets will be more than welcome. If
interested give Urbshott a call at 666-1800.
Crowds up
The old axiom,“If you have a good ball team fans
will flock through the turnstiles” is proving to be true
again this year in the major baseball league.
The two leaders in the American league the
Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals were also in
front in attendance midway through August. Each
club had drawn in excess of 1,609,000 spectators.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are well infront in the
National league with two and a half million customers
before August ended. The Cincinnati Reds are the
other National league club which has passed two
million.
Increases are prevalent through both leagues with
no less than 15 teams showing increases over the 1977
season. The 26 teams have upped attendance figures to
date by more than one million over a year ago at the
same time.
The Toronto Blue Jays are slightly back of last
year’s pace but with six home games to go with the
Yankees and Red Sox we would guess last year’s
attendance record may be shattered.
While participants have not been finalized, dates
have been set for the four playoff series leading up to
the World Series.
The schedule makers has again arranged playoff
games in the two leagues in an alternate day-night
fashion to allow fans to watch or listen to all games in
their entirety.
For the first time in 10 years, World Series ticket
prices will increase with box seats going up to $17 and
reserved seats rising to $12. A proviso is added that
if the Boston Red Sox are in the fall classic their
reserved grandstand seats will sell for $14.
Playoff prices will also go up from $9 to $12 for a
box seat and from $7 to $8 for reserved seats.
NBC-TV will televise all World Series games
while ABC-TV will present full coverage of all league
playoff action and the CBS radio network will carry all
games nationally.
Seminar on geese
As the result of an all-time high in the goose
population in Ontario the Ontario Federation of
Anglers and Hunters in conjunction with the Ministry
of Natural Resources is holding a goose hunting
seminar.
The seminar will be held Sunday, October 15 at the
Puslinch Resource Management area on Highway 24,
south of 401,
Top notch speakers and actual demonstrations will
be featured including goose biology, blinds, effective
decoy spreads, etc.
Admission is free to all OF AH members with non
members paying $2.
Ladies ball action
Two important ladies fastball games will be
played in the area this week.
Tonight, Thursday, the Exeter Greys will be play
ing host to Cromarty in the second game of the district
league finals. The game will be at Exeter Community
Park at 9 p.m. Cromarty won the first game by a score
of 12-11.
Friday night at 9 p.m. at Kirkton diamond, the
Kirkton midget girls will be meeting Penetang in the
first of best-of-three series for the Ontario “C” cham
pionship. The second contest goes in Penetang, Sun
day.
Juniors hold golf tourney
The Dashwood Tigers
were quickly eliminated in
the first round of play in the
Ontario Baseball Associa
tion Senior “C” playoff
series.
The Tigers dropped two
straight games to Tilison-
burg over the weekend.
In Dashwood Friday night,
the Tigers failed to put their
hitting attack together and
were snowed under by a
score of 11-0.
Sunday in Simcoe, they
fell behind 8-0 after three in
nings of play and despite a
good comeback dropped a 9-
8 decision. The game was
played in Simcoe because
the Tillsonburg Fair was
taking up the regular dia
mond.
In Friday’s first game, the
Dashwood club came up
with eight hits but they were
unable to get any runners
past second base.
Tillsonburg scored four
times in the first inning and
were never seriously
threatened thereafter. Jim
Guenther went the full dis
tance on the Dashwood
mound giving up 12 hits
while recording six
strikeouts.
Bob Hoffman, John
Hayter and Rob Dickey led
the Tigers at the plate with
two hits apiece while Jim
Guenther and Glen Thurman
collected one hit apiece.
Playing manager Glen
Thurman took to the
pitching mound for the
Tigers in Sunday’s contest
when Jim Pfaff was late in
arriving.
Pfaff took over with no
one out in the third inning
and Tillsonburg in front 7-0.
He gave up only two runs
and three hits the rest of the
way.
The Tigers hit the
scoreboard for the first time
in the top of the fourth in
ning. John Hayter opened
with a walk, Jim Guenther
singled, Glen Thurman
rapped a double, Jim
Dietrich singled and Kevin
Bestard was safe on an error
to send three runs across the
plate.
In the Dashwood fifth, Jim
Dietrich’s double sent Jim
Guenther and Glen Thurman
scurrying across the plate to
up the run total to five.
John Hayter singled to
lead off the Dashwood
seventh, moved to second on
Glen Thurman’s walk and
home as Kevin Bestard
singled.
Singles from the bats of
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Steve Pearce fired a 74 to
win the final junior golf
tournament at the Ironwood
golf course, Friday.
Pearce was the low gross
winner in the ‘A’ flight. Next
in line were Ed Cosman and
Wayne Parsons with scores
of 81 and 90, respectively.
Low net winners in the top
class were Dave Shaw,
Bruce Shaw and Steve
Wells.
In the ‘B’ flight, Kevin
Parsons was best in low
gross with a 95. Following
with respective scores of 98
and 109 were Jeff Pfaff and
Scott Batten.
Topping the net scores
Greys down one
game in loop final
The Exeter Greys dropped
the first game of the district
ladies fastball finals Mon
day night to Cromarty by a
score of 12-11,
The second game of the
best-of-five series will be
played in Exeter tonight,
Thursday at 9 p.m.
The Greys down by a
score of 10-6 going into the
ninth inning scored five
times in their last turn at
bat to go in front 11-10,
Cromarty was able to send
two runs across the plate in
the bottom of the ninth to
gain the victory.
Janice Brock tripled and
Marg Relouw singled to
notch the first Exeter run in
the first inning.
In the Exeter fifth, six
base hits sent five runs
across the plate. The big
blow was a home run from
the bat of Elaine Gould. Ad
ding singles were Janice
Brock, Marg Relouw, Joyce
Morgan, Jill Tuckey and Lea
Snell.
A triple by Jill Tuckey and
Elaine Gould’s double were
the big blows responsible for
the five runs Exeter upris
ing in the ninth.
Lea Snell and Marie
Tieman shared pitching
duties for the Exeter club.
Vai Glanville was the
Cromarty hurler.
Barb Kerslake led
Cromarty at the late with a
double and single. Vai Glan
ville added two singles.
were Pete Parsons, Bob
McDonald and Greg
Dougall.
Scott Bogart turned in a
card of 102, the best score in
the *C’ flight. Next came
Steve Merner and Steve
Laithwaite.
John Mol, Jeff Wareham
and Gib Dow recorded the
lowest net scores.
In the putting cham
pionship, Steve Pearce,
Bruce Shaw and Wayne Par
sons were the ‘A’ winners,
Kevin Parsons, Jeff Pfaff
and Bob McDonald were
best in ‘B’ and Steve
Laithwaite, Scott Bogart
and Gib Dow won in ‘C’.
In Monday’s father and
son competition. Wayne and
Steve Pearce were best at
72. Next came Gerry and
Wayne Parsons at 76 and"
Charlie Smith and Don
Cowan with a 77.
Completing the first seven
prize winners were the com
binations of Jim Russell and
Kevin Parsons, Gord Ross
and Doug Fletcher, Don and
Scott Ross andslack and Jeff
Fuller.
Hidden hole winners were
Ralph and Jeff Wareham;
Arn and Steve Laithwaite
and Gib and Gibby Dow.
Draw winners were
George Pratt Jr, and Robert
Drummond and Jim and Jeff
Pfaff.
WINS GOLD MEDAL — Tina Brand of Exeter won a gold
medal at the recent Huron zone swimming championships.
Above, Tina's medal is being admired by swim supervisor Deb
Wooden. T-A photo
Glen Thurman and Jim Dashwood homeward in the
Pfaff sent the last two ninth frame,
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Resort soccer
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Already champions of the
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triple-crown of local minor
soccer.
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Semi-final cup action at Cen
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Saturday, the Steelers
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Lakeport trailed 1-0 for most
of the game before ex
ploding with six goals in the
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