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Times-Advocate, 1980-09-17, Page 10by third baseman Joe Becker.and he came in to score when Steve Pearce dropped a lazy infield fly, The locals attempted to battle back in their final Juvenile Stets ,Batting Dave Shaw Kevin Hera Brian Mercer Dave Bogart Joe Becker Brian Rader Dave Atthill Steve Pearce- Kevin Easterbrook Doug Willard Brian Horner Jeff Fuller Dave Woodward Greg Prout Don Beaver Bruce Shaw Dave Robinson Pitching W ERA Jeff Fuller 6 2.13 Dave Shaw 3 5.14 Steve Pearce• 2 3.46 Kevin Easterbrook 2 3.94 Brian Rader • 1 8.10 frame and loaded the bases with two out on two free passes and a single by Fuller, Shaw worked the count to 3-2 and then went down Swinging as the three runners were on the move on the dramatic final pitch of the game. Fuller, who had his curve working to perfection throughout the game, allow- ed only eight hits and sent eight batters back to the bench via the strike-out route. The two McGregor pitchers allowed only six hits and recorded nine strike-outs. - Despite the loss. the local juveniles celebrated the Ladies golf Winners in this week's ladies golf action at the Ironwood golf course were Marlene Parsons, Edythe Boyle, Mabel Robbins, Alice McLean, Marg Relouw and Nancy Pearce. 436 393 373 342 325 320 294 258 254 211 200 191 167 167 125 111 084 It was ladies week at the Exeter lawn bowling club as ladies were winners in all three jitneys held. Tuesday night, Lorna Spencer compiled two wins, an aggregate of 28 and plus of five to take top honours. Tied for second place with aggregates of 24 and plus of five were Nelson Squire and Clarence Down. Rose Blanchard was fourth with 22 followed by Gordon Hoggarth and Bill Lamport tied with aggregates of 21. An aggregate of 29 and plus of two enabled Olive Hicks to take Thursday's competition. Bill Lamport was the runnerup with an aggregate of 27. 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NOON-6 ‘llIl Ell IIIII MS Ell NO NMI OM NEI Mil 1111111 NM NJ COUN TRY RHER S The Exeter juveniles literally tossed away their chances for the Ontario championship, Sunday, as they committed four errors in the top of the ninth to allow McGregor to score twice and pull out a 5-3 win in the third and deciding game of their final series at Dashwood. Exeter appeared to be headed for a story-book finish as they scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth to knot the count at 3- 3, but the locals failed to score in their final plate appearance in the next in- ning when they loaded the bases. McGregor jumped into a 1- 0 lead in the second inning when they touched pitcher Jeff Fuller for two singles and were aided by a miscue on a pickoff attempt at se- cond base. The visitors • added two more in the fourth on three singles, a double and one base on balls. They were kept from getting more Juveniles .nipped for tale when right fielder Kevin, Easterbrook made a perfect peg to. second base to get the lead-off man who was. attempting to stretch a single into a double. Exeter went down in order in three of the first six in- nings and never seriously threatened until the seventh when they slated a pair. Brian Mercer picked up a replaced by pinch runner Dave WoodWard. He manag- ed to get to third on a passed ball and Dave Shaw walked and stole second to put two, men in scoring position. Joe Becker then dropped a perfect squeeze bunt down in from of the plate, sending Woodward home with the ty- ing run and putting Shaw on third. walk after one was out and Dave Atthill rapped a then after Steve Pearce grounder to second and Shaw went down via strikes, pinch was just nipped at the plate hitter Brian Rader belted a as he attempted to score. ball over the left field fence - McGregor ended the rally by against a strong wind that pulled Exeter to within one run. Fuller sent McGregor down in order in the top of the eighth. aided by a sen- sational diving catch in left by Dave Bogart, and his mates then knotted the count in their half and came close to getting the tally that would have given them the lead. After Dave Bogart ground- ed out, Kevin Hem reached second on an error and was getting Brian. Mercer on a ground-out. • McGregor then came to the plate in the top of the ninth and promptly started their own rally when the lead-off man hit a single. He came in to score when catcher Shaw tossed wide in a pitch-out and the ball also eluded Bogart in centre to get McGregor into a 4-3 lead on the double error. After a strike-out, MCGregor put another runner on first with an error .Soptombikr 17, 19 Oa Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Earl Weaver, manager of the Baltimore Orioles has been well known over the years for coming up with new theories and gimmicks. During the past, week he has come up with a jim-' dandy to say the least. Weaver started his new practice of inserting a pitcher in his lineup as the designated hitter in Detroit Wednesday night, There is nothing wrong with putting a pitcher in that batting spot, but, we would imagine that player should at least be in the ball park and ready to play. Not so Wednesday in Detroit. Weaver threw pitcher Steve Stone in as the designated hitter in the sixth spot in the batting order, Stone was already in Toronto getting ready to pitch the next night. Thursday night in Toronto, it was the same story with pitcher Tippy Martinez as the designated batter. Martinez at the time was out of the country attending a funeral. We would certainly go along with Weaver's idea on listing a pitcher in the designated hitter's spot. Especially in the fifth or sixth position, if his team has a rally going by the time that spot is reached he can pinch hit with a right or left handed batter depen- ding on which side the opposing pitcher throws from. That's fine so far, but, we would hope league of- ficials get their heads together and proclaim that any player inserted on a manager's official lineup be at least in the park and available to play. Still on the subject of major league baseball, George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees may have had some madness in his methods when he suggested that the Toronto Blue Jays may not be put- ting forth their best efforts while taking on the Baltimore Orioles who were getting a little closer to the Yankees. After Steinbrenner's charges, 'the Blue Jays won two of three games from the Orioles and in the loss took Baltimore to 12 innings before fading out. The Toronto club with Sunday's win in the 13th in- ning upped their season total to 61, a new mark in their four year career in big league baseball. The Blue Jays have six more chances this week to be spoilers with three games each against the Yankees and Orioles. They certainly should be in the right mood to do some damage to the Yankees after the recent comments from Steinbrenner. Hawks to practice The first practice for the Exeter Hawks junior hockey club will be held this Sunday afternoon at the Stephen Township arena at Huron Park. Hawks manager Fred Mommersteeg emphasizes that players from all surrounding areas of Exeter will be welcome at Sunday's initial workout. This would include players from Hensall, Zurich, Grand Bend. Dashwood, Huron Park, and Centralia as well as Exeter and all areas in between and around. The regular Western Junior "D" schedule is ex- pected to start for the Hawks with a home game on Friday, October 17. Mommersteeg told us that most of the Hawks games for the 1980-81 at home would be on Friday nights. After a number of practice sessions, the Hawks will open the exhibition season in Lucan on October 8. They will by at home at the South Huron Rec Centre on October 10 and 12 facing Mitchell and Seaforth, respec- tively and will go to Mitchell on October 14. Skating sessions Frank Funston, manager of the Stephen Township arena tells us he has classes now on for power skating. The first session was held Monday night, but, Funston added that if anyone wanted to join in they could still do so by showing up at the arena tomorrow night, Thursday at 7 p.m. Football surprises After the first two games of this season for the Toronto Argonauts we suggested that two wins did not a season make and the Montreal Alouettes off to a poor start would still have to be reckoned with. That has certainly come to pass with Montreal moving into a first place tie with Ottawa and the Argos falling into the league basement. We hope the same type of optimism now appearing in Detroit for their football Lions does not peter out like it has for the Toronto footballers. The Lions who only won two games during the en- tire 1979 season have already won that many games and they have only played twice. A quick look at the NFL standing shows that the competition will be very keen this year. After two weeks of play, only seven of the 28 teams remain un- defeated. The Silverdome of Pontiac, Michigan should be packed to capacity when the Lions make their first home appearance of the regular season this Sunday afternoon. We are fortunate in having tickets for the big game and are looking forward to seeing rookie sensa- tion Billy Sims in action. Sims has gained more than 100 yards in each of the first two games and has everybody in Detroit excited about his play and the enthusiasm it has created in the entire ball club. BIG ONE — Brian Rader was the hitting star for the Exeter juveniles in their game against McGregor, Sunday. He un- corked a two-run homer over the left field fence against a strong wind. Coach Bruce Shaw was among those out to welcome Rader as he crossed home plate. Staff photo PERFECT PEG — McGregor s Scott Boussie (7) was out at se- cond on this play as he attempted to stretch a single to a dou- ble. Left fielder Kevin Easterbrook made a perfect peg to se- cond baseman Dave Atthill for the out. Pitcher Jeff Fuller (30) and first baseman Dave Bogart (19) back up in the play. AUTOMOTIVE RADIATOR REPAIRS & R E- CO ENGINE RE-CORES SM ALL t.) 5 Sales & Service •‘caw (1) MILT ROBBINS 2663 SOANINLSTT.D. 0 N., cc. M EXETER O,q /VE—IN Notice Ball Team members and members of Exeter Grounds Development Com- mittee will be at the Exeter Fair. • To talk to you about the project. • To sell tickets on "Have a Ball in Florida" Trip. Please Give Them Your Support JUVENILES SECOND IN ALL-ONTARIO — The Exeter Juveniles came within three runs of capturing the Ontario Baseball Association Juvenile D cham- pionship Sunday as they lost the third game of their series to MacGregor 5-3. Members of the squad are (back row) coach Bruce Shaw, Kevin Easterbrook, Greg Prout, Brice Shaw, Jeff Fuller, Kevin Hern, Dave Bogart, Dave Shaw, Brian Roder and coach Joe Fulop. Kneeling are Don Beaver, Doug Willert, Dave Woodward, Dave Robinson, Brian Horner, Brian Mercer,' Dave Athill, Steve Pearce and Joe Becker. T-a photo Tinnei-.AdvOca I season after the game, con- of the team members had in. sidering their effort a top ac- organized baseball. complishment due in part to They were directed by Joe the limited. experience most Fulop and Bruce Shaw. 235-2940 WORLD