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Times-Advocate, 1988-09-07, Page 19Seniors win championship Continued from page J A. two RBI .single jn the top of the second to.,scorc Pete Hecney and -Barry Baynham.- Walt Parkinson crossed the plate earlier in the in ning. That gave Express a 3-0 lead and a.shot in the arm, but they were unable to bring in another run until. the top of the sixth when Drager Once again singled to score MacDo- nald. Exeter big guns fell silent and. those that did get enough power be- hind the hall were often frustrated. •"They had some good hits. but the wind really kept it .(the ball) in the- park," hepark," Fulop said. ".But there are 20 guys on the team .that's what they're. there for. If, somebody gets: down, they're there to .pick thorn up. Everett managed one run in the fifth.and another it the sixth, but it was a fateful seventh inning that saw them take the lead.. Paul Elston pitched a tight gaipc against some. heavy hitterluntil the Sixth inning•when he was replaced by Jeff Fuller. The roof caved in on Fuller in the seventh when he al- lowed four hits: Everett scored three runs to take,(hc lead. But Fu1k . got a grip on what could have been a runaway situation and threw a spotless game in .the next two innings, shutting down Everett completely.and delivering the win. • "Both those guys. (Elston and Fuller) in the last game were fresh and they were Sure keen and we knewthat the Everett guys were tired,'so that was to our advantage,". Fulop said.of the final game. A lead-off single by pinch -hitter BrianHorner in the bottom of the eighth sparked Express: "He got the single and he got -us -going," Fulop explained. Horner scored on a singles by Drager. then Drager and MacDonald scored to give Exeter a winning margin. - Atter Evercu retired Wheatley, the team Fulop expected to meet in the final, they had just a few minutes to rest before attacking Exeter. Ex- press also had one game under their belt Monday. They edged Court - right -6-5 after a struggle. The stage was set for the two well worn teams. - The rust four innings ended in a - stalemate, illustrating the -. teams'. equality. Dave Shaw; on the mound for._ Exeter, allowed just two singles and Struck out three batters in thc first four innings.. Exeter fared no better against Ev- erett. They were unable to get a sin- gle hit off the opposing pitcher un- til the fifth when Drager doubled and then came home on a single by Hunt: Everett bettered that in the sixth ' with two runs as Shaw began to tire. MacDonald scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to tic things 2-2 but Everett took the lead again with :two more runs. . Shaw was replaced by Horner in the cighth,.but the newpitcher was unable to stem the flow. Everett sent four more . Times -Advocate, September 7, 1988 Page 3A • l' 4,4 POINTED ENCOURAGEMENT Paul Elston shouts his: approval to his team in the final game. "They saw themselves as a team with guts. WHOOPING IT UP - Brian Horner and Rob Dickey take part in a dug- out celebration after Express closed down Everett in the ninth inning to win the • -•,x�sr� . • 4. RUN DOWN - A disgruntled Exeterplayer ends up face down on the third base line after getting caught in an Expos run down." runs across, the plate. El - f> ston finished the game, holding Everett to their final eight runs. Road to, final Express carved their way through - the competition to earn a berth in the final, but the road was not an easy one. Little. Britain proved to • be one of the -easiest teams to beat. Exeter started the tourney with. a 13 -3 -victory over them Saturday. Their second opponents proved to be just the opposite. Locked in a 2- 2 tic with Walsingham, Express went into extra innings. It was not until .the .eleventh that Exeter ex- ploded, firing in six runs and .clinching an 8-4 win. Hunt hit a home run early in the inning to score Shaw and himself. That lifted the team -and a combination of walks and errors put some distance between the two teams. 'Against Wheatley, Exeter fell be- hind 3-0 after being shut down at bat for five innings. . - Express crossed the plate .three times in the sixth and twice in the seventh for the win. In their opening game Monday, Exeter again fell behind. Trailing 4- 2 at the end of the third, Express managed two more runs in the fourth, but Courtright maintained their -lead. With .thc score standing at 5-4 in favour of Courtright, Walt Parkinson hit a sacrifice fly, scor- ing Drager and Shaw for the win. Good crowds Geary Penhale, organizer of the tournament, said Tuesday he was happy with the fan turn -out the competition drew. "The cold weather I think kept people away .on Monday, but we were pleased with the crowds," Pcn- hale noted. Asked if he :thought Express would do as well as they did, Pcn- hale said, "I knew we had a darn good chance. We weren't going to . be a.pushover in the tournament. It was going to have to be a really good team to beat us if we played ball like we could -- and we did." Penhale pointed to Fulop's role in the tournament as a kcy cle- ment. "There is no onearound that khows baseball like he docs." SAFE - Don MacDonald slides into third on the encouragement of manager Joe Fulop as Everett's third baseman is caught off the bag. 4 / poll° ttifc1si1{4.1ctv s� ct+�t ,titisWee. Oak• 1.t 1009I !it .4-.14,4 DEDICATION - Baseball fans were'tested by rain and unseasonably cold temperatures Sunday during the final day of the tourney. The umbrellas broke out on several occasions. - Trickey, Campbell tie EXETER - Henry Trickey and Percy Campbell tied with two wins and a score of 26 to take first place when 35 lawn bowlers took to the greens Wednesday. Elizabeth Lam- port took second with two wins and a score of 25. Tied for third were Irvin Arm- strong, Olive Hicks and Bill Roger- son who each had two wins and a score of 22. Gloria McFalls won the ladies' singles club championship while Marshall Dearing won the men's singles championship. Thursday, Beatrice Ballantyne was at the top of the list with two wins and a score of 28. She was followed by a two way tic tfetwccn Emma Campbell and Marshall Dearing who each recorded two wins and a score of 26 plus one. Marion Dearing placed third with two wins and a score Of 24. Nelson Squire took two wins and a score of 23 and Walter Spencer followed with two wins and a score of 21. Monday afternoon it• was Peter McFalls who turned in high score with two wins and a score of 27. Audrey MacGregor placed second with two wins and a score of 24 and Marshall Dearing claimed third spot with two wins and a score of 23. Allan Johns and Gloria McFalls followed with one win and a score of 24 and one win and a score of 21 respectively. A business meeting, chaired by club president Ernie Chipchase, was held after Monday's matches. Isabel Rogerson was named vice president for 1989 to replace Delmar Skinner who resigned. Gloria McFalls will act as ladies' tournament chairman and Lauretta Seigner was named as McFa11S' assista+rt. The lawn bowling district meet- ing will be held September 22 at Scaforth. It was also noted that the Septem- ber men's pairs tournament is to be named the Charles Hendy Tourna- ment and a trophy is to be pur- chased and kept on the premises. Smaller individual trophies will be presented to the winners along with cash prizes.