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Times-Advocate, 1978-07-13, Page 10 (2)• Page 10 Times -Advocate, July 13, 1978 Split with Clinton Colts Spo rts Spotlight By Ross Haugh A goodly portion of the crowd at tonight, Thursday's harness race meeting at Clinton should pe from the Exeter area. Tonight's meet is being called Exeter night and probably the oldest living harness horse. trainer and driver from Exeter will be honoured. Tom Yearley who continues to be very spry•at-the age of 82 will be at trackside to present a blanket to' The winner of the Tom Yearley Pace which will likely be the 10th race of the night. This will be the first of three twilight race meets. In the next two Thursday night cards.. the towns of Goderich and Seaforth will be honoured. Everyone with a coupon from last week's issue of the T -A will be admitted to the Clinton track .tonight for one dollar which is one-half theeregular price. The same admission structure will apply to those from Seaforth and Goderich, on their special nights. The ad .appeared on page three. Should beat last year The vast improvement shown in the last two • weeks by the Toronto Blue Jays should produce a better record than they were able to accomplish in their first full season in the American league. With Saturday's 3-0 blanking of the Chicago White Sox. the Blue Jays brought their current record up to 31 yictories and 52 losses. That's exactly the way they stood after their first 83 games in 1977. The long ball hitting of fellows like Rico Carty and John Mayberry along with the improved pitching of Jim Clancy. Jesse Jefferson and Dave Lemanczyk has given the Toronto club a bit of a -lift. When a big leaguer returns to his home city for the first time with another club a lot of relatives usually turn out and as often as not they are disap- pointed by their hero's performance. This was:certainly not the case when Jim Clancy of the Blue Jays pitched in Chicago Saturday. Clancy held the White Sox to three well scattered hits and wasrdt'ely in trouble until the eighth when he was lifted by -manager Roy Hartsfield. Mike Willis came on and ,retried five White Sox in - a row/to preserve the win for Clancy. •�f Clancy •started out with at least 16 relatives and friends on his side. but. by the time it was over most of the more than 23.000 fans were giving him vocal sup- port. Manager Roy Hartsfield of the Jays has different thoughts about this year's all star -girlie than most managers Usually the all -"star break is welcomed by most teams who would like to give their players. especially the pitcher a bit of a rest. Hartsfield said after Saturday's win .in Chicago that he hates to see the three day rest coming up. He figures his charges are just getting into high gear and some time off may cool them off. While the Jays have been able to equal their 1977 performance on the field they have fallen back a bit in attendance. The first 42 flames at CNE Stadium this year have drawn ,.tstal 804.890 spectators. This is a decrease of about 87.000 from a year ago. The extremely cool weather for the first few games had a lot to do with the drop in attendance. Overall major league attendance is up this year by more than four percent and the 40 million mark should be reached for the first time in history if the current pace continues. The Los Angeles Dodgers are away out in front with 1.668.249 fans for their first 41 games. They have more than doubled the Toronto attendance in one less game. •' Jogging is popular While baseball attendance is on the rise. it doesn't seem to match the boom in one participant sport. That's jogging. According to a recent poll` more than -27 million North Americans are joggers. That's about 11 percent of the adult population and the running craze show`s no • sign of slowing up. The urge. to run has brought on a desire to buy. too, and industry hasn't wasted any time in taking ad- vantage dvantage of it. The same goes for manufacturers in Europe and Japan. - Some joggerrs may feel content to romp around the neighbourhood in a drab sweat shirt and old tennis shoes. but. many do not. - - They eagerly pay $20 to $40 for running shoes even 'more for stylish warmup togs. fancy sweat shirts with hoods and split -side shorts. The cost for outfitting a self respecting jogger ean- exceed $100 and this could _mean in excess of $400 million a year In sales. The best advice for anyone wanting to start jogg- ing is to get a medical checkup first and build 'your en- durance up gradually. Mixes farming and hockey One of the great hockey players of our time, Bob- by Hull appears to be just as interested and enthusiastic about farming as he is about his efforts on the ice. Hull will be the guest speaker at the national - provincial information seminar of the Canadian Hereford Association Sunday July 23 in Unionville. ' The current star of the Winnipeg Jets has been In the business of breeding Polled Herefords for more than 10 years. - 7' Boost YOUR HOME TOWN " It's Good For You Tigers lose two of three The Dashwood gers end- ed up on the shor nd of the count in .two of t ree ball games they played this week. The Tigers dropped a close. 7-6 verdict -to London Rae J and split a pair with the Clinton Colts. The win over the Colts carne on Wednesday night as Dashwood posted a 12-10 margin in a slugfest on the losers' diamond. The Tigers picked up four runs in each of the third and fifth innings togain the win. John Hayter paced the 16 - hit attack with four safeties. including one double. Barry liayghgm had three hits, w►`hile pp eking up a pair each were Glen Thurman,.. Jim Dietrich 'and Doug Fair- bairn. Contributing one hit each were Rob Dickey. Noel Skinner. Kevin Bestard and Perry Stover. ' Perry Stover picked up the win. with some relief help from Jim Pfaff. They gave up 12 hits and recorded five strike -outs. Clinton scored five of their runs in the fourth and two in the fifth. Playing in London, Satur- day, the Tigers allowed five runs to the Rae J squad in the first inning and then came back to take a 6-5 lead into the ninth. However. the juniors picked up two tallies in the bottom of the last frame to eke out the 7-6 margin. A base on balls and two errors spelled defeat for the Dashwood crew in the final frame. After falling quickly behind, Dashwood scored twice in -the second and tied the game with three in the fifth. They then moved ahead with a single run in • MOTO CROSS ACTION — The action was est and curious at the grand finale of the Molson's mato cross held Sunday at Hully Gully near Varna. The race attracted participants from across Ontario. Staff photo Kirkton girls win twice, edge unbeaten Goderich The Kirkton midget girls ball team ran their reccrd to nine wins and three losses with a pair of wins this.week. including one over previously unbeaten Goderich. The gals also suffered an 8-7 loss at the hands of Stratford. That loss came in exJ .jl-a innings as Kirkton tattled' back from a 62 deficit to force the eighth frame. They scored one run in the top of the extra inning, but Stratford- led off with homer to knot the count and ' then took advantage of two Kirkton errors and a hit to. score the winner. Patti Down gave up 10 hits while striking out four. Her mates committed six.errors. They also set a dubious team Club plans programs The Exeter Tennis Club members have planned several special events for the coming week. On Saturday. Randy Parsons will conduct a clinic for area kids interested in the sport. Time of the clinic is from 11:30 to 1:30. A demonstration will be held on Sunday involving the club's new pro. Terry Stacey. along.with Alf Williams and to female tournament players from London. That program gets un- derway at noon. Registrations are now being taken for the August session of lessons. Interested people. may call Fran Shaw 235-0208 or Ruth Mercer 235- 0342. Last week the club members ' held a friendly tournament with Lucan and plan- a return to the Irish .town at the end of the month. record in that game, striking out nine times. Kim . Heather, Sheila Penhale and Jayne Dougall had two hits apiece, while Sue Schaefer and Bonnie Westlake added singles. Friday night, the Kirkton iris came from behind again to post a 5-4 win oiler. Goderich. They spotted . Gosierich a pair of runs on a succession of bunts and errors in the first inning, but Patti Down held them to just, •• • Resort soccer club win again The Grand Bend based 'Lakeport Steelers stayed in full control at the head of the Sarnia and district peewee soccer league after two more victories this week, which gives them a convin- cing 5 to 0 record for the season. ' At Petrolia. the Steelers had no problem 'downing the Wyoming-Petrolians 7-0. Leader Karl Krohmer had four goals. while Jim MacDonald. Dean Courtney and Joey MommerstQeg scored in single fashion. Paul Stephenson recorded the shutout. and Ian Carroll was also outstanding in the Steelers defence. In their second league en- counter of the week. the Steelers travelled to Sarnia township to take on Lamb - ton Shelley Machine at Agin- coLrt Park. A scoreless first-half left the game wide open. pntil Jim MacDonald and Tim Martens scored mid -way through the second -half to- give the Steelers a deserved 2-O rvic- tory. ' Captain John VanLeeuwen was strong in defence despite a knee. injury. and Paul Stephenson.. gained his second shutout of the season. TOPS MARKSMEN — Bill McNutt, Exeter, won first place ih the 12 -gauge B" Gloss of a skeet shoot at the Oshawa Gun Club this weekend. He broke 98 targets out of 100 tq best the highly competitive section of the event. _Alp COMPLETE e COVERAGE FOR G, 4� Home ' FOftli 4Ho4 �4 ' life ` Commercial • Automobile Registered Retirement Plans CONTACT Bev Morgan Insurance Agency Ltd. 238 Main St. Phone 235-2544 Efiir. r Across from Sovewoy lumber two more in scattering seven hits in the remaining six innings. She had eight strike- outs. Kirkton managed only seven hits, but two were home runs off the bats of Lori Iredale in the first and Kim Heather in the sixth. The latter also had a double, ,While Natalie Stroud hit two singles and Patti Down and Sheila Penhale had a single each. ,. "In their ninth win -61 the season, a 12-8 victory over St. Pauls, the Kirkton 'bats • were blooming with 10 hits, while Terri Brintnell and reliefer Patti Down kept the losers to only four singles. Rose Miller. and Kelly Renick hit a pair of -tingles each, while Natalie Stroud, Julianne MacLean, Sheila Penhale, Bonnie Westlake, Vivian Doupe and Terri Brintnell all collected singles. Kirkton again suffered from fumblitis with six miscues. They will playSt. Marys in a one-hour exhibition at the Garden Party on July 19 at 6:00 p.m. Stteer This Way By LARRY SNIDER Alh Three states - MassachUsetts, North Carolina, and Hawaii - no longer permit higher insurance premiums for male drivers under 25. • . Regolar e `auto maintenance will save gas. Dirty air cleaners, faulty thermostat, foul- ed plugs or bad points will cut mileage severe- ly. • . • Manufacturer is working on a plastic bumper so bouncy that it won't cause serious injury if a pedestrian is hit lay a car going 25 MPH. 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Five of those hits came in the first frame before he settled in hold the juniors off the sheet until his team mates' fielding did him in in the last frame. Behind quickly In a Sunday game .aj Dashwood, the Clinton Colts gained revenge for their earlier loss as they posted a 7-3 win. Again, it was the first and. last -innings that proved the problem for the Tigers. Clin- ton scored three times in the first and added three more in the ninth to break up what had been a tight contest. Jim Guenther put Dashwood on the sheet with a long home run in the third aid they added another in the fourth when Doug Fair- bairn reached base on an' error and came home on a wild pitch, an error and a single by John -Hayter. Dashwood moved to within one run in the seventh when Bob Hoffman scored after picking up a walk. An error -and a single -by Tom Hayter led to the tally. The Tigers left 13 men stranded on the base paths, including three in the sixth and two in the seventh. Jim Pfaff took the loss, giving up 10 hits. - Tom and John Hayter. Bob Hoffman and Rob Dickey paced the losers at - the plate with a pair of safeties each. Adding one in addition to Guenther's homer was Kevin Bestard. This week, the Tigers host Tillsonburg on Friday and then move on to play at Walsingham the following evening. Dashwood Tigers Batting Averages (17 Games) AB R H RBI R. Hoffman 41 20 J. Hayter 56 19 Guenther 46 7 Baynham 62 20 Dietrich 56 16 Stover 28 10 - T. Hayter 28 8 Fairbairn 27 12 Dickey 63 20 Skinner 50 13 Thurman 54 13 Bestard 61 7 J. Hoffman 9 1 Desjardine 12 1 0 Gregus 3 0 Pfaff 1 0 21 27 19 25 20 10 10 9 18 14 15 13 1 W -L 5-3 5-1 1-0 1-1 IP Guenther 62 Stover 43 R. Hoffman 9 Pfaff 18 587 167 - RPitchinl 40 66 33 5 11 48 7 18 ER 30 23 4 7 12 20 18 12 5 9 6 6 7 11 11 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ave. .512 482 413 .403- .357 .357 .357 333 286 .280 .278 .213 .111 000 000 000 202 126 .344 BB SO ERA 26 60 4.35 26 32 - 4.81 4 7 4.00 '7-' 13 3.50 CREDIT UNION Money for a Recreational Vehicle, Camper, Truck or Car See". CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION Our friendly office staff will be pleased to serve you /40t\ -.�'i:,- CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION LTD. Exeter Branch 322 Main St., South 235-0640 ere Ari .Savings at Aint Hay!, s • ems_: • Take Advantage Now While The Sun's Shining ✓ v 1 STP 15 oz. Can 3/8 Drive - 22 Piece Socket SetReg. 544.95 $3495 3/4 Drive - 21 Piece Socket Set Reg. $149.(?5 9 140 Air Guard Control Bug Killer Bug Killer Unit $36.95 Kook' 5.95 •TOTAL $42.90 kTHIS WEEKEND - ONLY Thurs., Fri. & Sat.... 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