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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-06-22, Page 10Tim•s•Advocat•, ': p 1983 Good week for junior ball dub with three victories' Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Blue Jays update Don't look now, but, the Toronto Blue Jays are still in contention in the American league eastern division with a little more than one-third of the schedule completed. The greatly improved play of the Jays has reflected in attendance figures. At the time of writing the Blue Jays have attracted more than 626,000 customers in 32 home dates so far this year. That's an increase of more than 165,000 paying customers. What helped the attendance figures greatly was the just concluded weekend series with the California Angels which drew 107,000 for three games. In the three game series with the Angels the fans were • treated to about everything imaginable in a baseball game. This included great pitching at times, excellent fielding gems and the long ball mostly by the home club. The only exception to this was Saturday afternoon when Reggie Jackson sunk the Jays with a three run homer in the top of the ninth. Included in the exciting action were a couple of big rhubarbs and several ejections. Friday night, Jackson was thrown out after being called out on strikes for his second whiffing of the game. Earlier there was a big argument over a home run by Cliff Johnston of Toron- to which was lost by one umpire and called fair by the plate umpire. Sunday it was Garth Iorg and manager Bobby Cox of the Jays who were tossed out early. Iorg was thrown out for throwing his helmet and bat after striking out. Cox argued vehemently that Doug DeCinces of the Angels did the same thing Saturday and was not ejected. We made the statement before the season started that Jim Gott would be'one of the best Toronto pitchers before the season ends and we have been chided about that several times by' a couple of so called experts. The last two times out and Thursday night in par- ticular Gott has been exceptional. In his last start Gott stopped the Oakland A's by a 9-1 score and pitched his second straight complete game. On Thursday night's broadcast we heard Tommy John of the Angels say he thought Gott would turn into a better hurler than either Dave Stieb or Jim Clancy and of course we smiled on hearing that. The platooning done by manager Bobby Cox con- tinues to pay dividends especially in the rotation of cat- chers. Ernie Whitt and Buck Matinez. Both have come through with great hitting in the clutch. With injuries to Dave Collins and Damaso Gracia, Cox has been slow- ed a bit in some of his switches having to go with Torg at second and Rance Mulliniks at third. The Jays are now third in the entire American league with the number of home runs hits. Willie Upshaw and Cliff Johnston are the leaders in the homer 'department with a dozen each but Lloyd Moseby and Jesse Barfield are close behind. With the expected return of Dave Collins from the in- jury list manager Bobby Cox will be confronted with an important decision of who to drop. He now has 11 pit- chers and that would be the likely spot to make the reduction. Cleveland radio announcer Pete Franklin wailed loud and long a night or two ago that the Indians were crazy to have only nine pitchers on their 25 man active roster. Peter would probably be happier in Toronto. The Jay`s are currently six and a half games ahead of Cleveland. x x z Deer licences ready Licences for the 1983 Ontario deer hunt are now available at offices of the Ministry of Natural Resources, sporting goods stdres and other licence issuers. All deer hunters — Ontario residents, non-residents and farmers — need a licence to harvest one antlered deer in the 1983 season. Only Ontario residents are allowed to hunt anterless; deer, and only if their applica- tions are selected in a computerized, random draw. Application forms for the anterless deer hunt are at- tached to the resident's and farmer's deer licences. To be eligible for the draw, applications must be received by the Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources at Queen's Park in Toronto by 5 p.m., July29, 1983. This year, the ministry will not send out information packages reminding hunters of the application deadline, but will issue posters and public notices to keep hunters informed. As in previous years, hunters must indicate on their application their first and — if they wish — their second choice of the Wildlife Management Units in which they wish to hunt. To help choose each licence issuer has a map showing the 1983 deer seasons and a chart show- ing the tag quotas and numbers of draw applications available for each WMU. Successful applicants will be notified by mail. A second deadline deer hunters must remember is August 31 when applications for the southern Ontario controlled deer hunts must be received by the ministry district offices organizing the hunts. Applications should be picked up from the same district offices after August 1, 1983. For more information deer hunters should consult the Summary of, the Hunting Regulations or contact the nearest district office of the Ministry of Natural Resources. First ace locally The first hole -in -one on an area golf course was recorded Thursday night at the Ironwood club. The lucky fellow was Blair Slavin of Huron Park. Blair scored his ace from the seventh tee, a distance of 224 yards. • The Exeter Co -Op juniors enjoyed an excellent week in the Great Lakes senior baseball league with three victories in four starts.. The juniors started witb a 6-5 win over the Clinton Colts in Clinton Wednesday night, continued with a 6-4 decision over Strathroy Friday and split a twin bill with the Clin- ton Colts in Exeter, Sunday. The juniors took the first game 5-4 and dropped the nightcap 5-2. The juniors will be back in action tomorrow night Thurs- day at Exeter Community Park at 6:20 p.m. with the undefeated Arva team in to supply the opposition. In Wednesday's win over Clinton, Steve Pearce was the starting Exeter pitcher and after a shaky start when he allowed two runs and five hits in the first inning shutout the opposition for the next Emir innings. ' Pearce gave up two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Clendon Coombes came on in relief in the seventh to retire the only bat- ter he faced to preserve the win for Pearce. The Exeter scoring was spread over four innings. In the opening frame, Kevin Drager walked, moved to se- cond on another pass to Paul Gilmour and home on Jeff McKellar's single. In the Exeter second Jeff Fuller's single scored Clen- don Coombes who had singl- ed an advanced a base on a sacrifice by Steve Pearce. Dave. Hayter singled and Jeff McKellar was safe on an error and both scored in the third without the aid of any further hits. Four walks and a single from the bat of Steve Pearce sent the final two Exeter runs across the plate in the top of the fifth inning. A four run outburst in the fourth inning gave the juniors the impetus they needed to defeat Strathroy by a score of 6-4. Singles by Dave Shaw. Kevin Drager and Clendon Coombes powered the four run rally in the fourth. Shaw and Doug'Hoffman crossed the plate with the final two Exeter runs in the eighth inning without the aid of a hit. Other Exeter hits dur- ing the game were two singles by Brian Horner, and a similar hit delivered by Jeff McKellar. Brian Horner went the full nine inning distance on the Exeter mound gave up only four runs on five hits. He recorded six strikeouts. Two came with runners in scoring position in the eighth inning. Jeff Fuller was the winning pitcher in Sunday's first game win over Clinton. He allowed only four hits over a six and two-thirds inning stretch. Dwayne Laporte came in- to retire the final batter in the seventh. Fuller's control was ex- cellent. He walked only one opposing batter and struck out five. The first Exeter run cross- ed the plate in the second in- ning when Jeff McKellar singled and came home as Kevin Easterbrook singled with two out. Jeff Fuller singled to oper, the Exeter third and scored on'a double by Bruce Shaw. McKellar also singled in the same inning, but, the bases were left loaded. The juniors scored three times in the bottom of the sixth frame as Kevin Drager was safe on an error and Mar- ty Bedard and Easterbrook followed with back-to-back singles. In the second half of Sun- day's twin bin, both Exeter runs came across in the first inning. Doug Hoffman and Kevin Drager singled and Dave Hayter and Dwayne Laporte each checked in with doubles. • The only other Exeter hits during the balance of the gam were singles by Drager and McKellar. Brian Horner was the star- ting pitcher for Exeter. He was relieved by Dwayne TRACK WINNERS AT MOUNT CARMEL — Winners were named in the recent track and field meet at Our Lady of Mount Carmel separate school. Back, left, Cassie Von Dongen, Sandra Relouw, Sivilay Sengkhounmany and Carole Morrissey. Front, Kim Van Dongen, Henri DeBruyn and Sisavay Sengkhounmony. T -A photo. Express get even split is senior ball The Exeter Express gained an even split in two Great Lakes Senior baseball games this week. In London Wednesday, the Express were on the short end of a 16-6 count to London Ser- vicemaster and Sunday on their home field they downed Thorndale by a score of 14-9. The Express will be in Clin• - ton tonight, Wednesday for a doubleheader starting at 6:30 p.m. and travel to Strathroy Sunday afternoon for a 2 p.m. contest. ' An '11 run rally by Ser- vicemaster in the second in- ning Wednesday caused the downfall of the Express. Tykes ball Exeter tyke I defeated Ex- eter tyke II 28-6 in a WOAA exhibition baseball game, Thursday. David Delrymple led the winners at the plate with five hits in five trips including two homeruns. Todd McCann, Scott Bishop, Harlen Tinney and Mark Russell all had three hits and Brett Borden had two. Justin Charrette. Jamie Bedard, Mark Burton and Rob McLelland had one each. Ilarlen Tinney, and Mark Burton shared the pitching duties for the tyke i team. For tyke Ii Jason Eccles scored two runs with Mark MacDonald. Richard Philips, David Schwindt, and Ryan Lindenfield one each. Jason Heywood and Jamie Brock performed on the mound. Senior Baseball Clinton vs Exeter Express Tues. 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In defeating Thorndale Sun- day afternoon, the Express scored in five of the eight times they went to the plate. In the Express first Dave Parsons singled and Dave At- thill walked and both scored on a Dave Hunt sacrifice fly and a single by Kevin Hern. A walk to Ken Pinder and singles from the bats of Doug Fairbairn, Glenn Thurman and Dave Althlll sent three Exeter runnet`,s across the plate in the bottom of the second. Four hits produced five Ex- press runs in the third frame. Kevin Hern and Ken Pinder drew walks and were follow- ed by singles by Doug Fair- bairn, Glenn Thurman and Dave Atthill and a double delivered by Dave Hunt. Dave Parsons singled to open the fifth ,inning and crossed the plate on a double by Dave Atthill. The latter also scored on a single from the bat of Dave Hunt. 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