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local Hawks dowsed
by Mitchell Hawks
As the Western Junior
"D" loop heads into the final
month.. it• is becoming ap-
parent that the Exeter
Hawks will need help from
some other teams if they-
hope*Ito overtake the.
Mitchell Hawks for the
.northern group title. •
Playing in Mitchell Boxing
Day: the locals dropped a 6-3
verdict that enabled their
hosts to regain the top spoI.
and while it is only by a
single point. Mitchell have'
,Steer
This
Way
three games in nand.
The two namesakes have
only two games remaining
with each other in the „final
11 games of the season.
Mitchell pulled out the win
Tuesday when they brokeia
2-2 fie midway in the second. .
scoring four times to Ex-
eter's one in the final half of
the contest.
The home-H1+wks took'a 1-
.0 Lead in the first and added
another early in the second
before Exeter rebounded to ,
tie the Baine. .
Jar+�ie Caldwell scored the
first 'tally on a play. with Don
McKellar and Phil Knight.
while McKellar 'picked up
the equalizer on a, play with
Knight at the 8.32 mark
Mitchell took a 4-2 lead
into the third period and Ken
• Pinder scored on- an un-
assisted effort, at the 6:05 -
mark to •pull Exeter to
within one. but Mitchell
scored 21 seconds later to
make it 5-3 and then added
the insurance tally on -a
power play at the 16-05
mark. •
Mitchell controlled play -
throughout most of . thrik
game. firing 30 shots at Ran-
dy Lovie. while Torn
Chesseil had only 17 in the
- Mitchell -nets. The hosts also
won the penalty parade by a
10-9 verdict.
Bomb Bombers
Playing at the rec centre.
kFriday. the Hawks came up
'with one of their best efforts
of the season • as they trounc-
ed the southern -group
leading Belmont Bombers
by an 8-1 count -
Randy Lovie was one of
the key players as he
.stopped all -but one of the 26
shots fired in'his direction.
Exeter took a three -goal
lead at the end of the first
and increased the margin to
six -before Belmont finally
spoiled Lovie's shutout bid_
late in the second. . .
Jamie ' Caldwell scored,
- twice for the Hawks. with
singles coming off the sticks
of. Ken Varlet'. Terry
Caldwell.. Brad Taylor.
Preston Dearing. Kerry
Bedard and Brian Mercer.
Bedard and' Mercer -had
three assists each to lead in
that department Picking up
a pair each were Taylor and
Varlev. •- •
The Hawks -scored on
three power plays. while
Belmont's lone tally also
came when they enjoyed a
man advantage Exeter end-
ed up with 14 penalties; in-
cluding a game misconduct
to McKellar Belmont had
11. one being a match penal-
ty to Brian Landon who was
called for spearing in the•
third period
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LARRY
SNIDER
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Sweet `• v tzrno:ng-manyspeakers
at 1939 ions Sportsmen's dinner
One of the most excling
stars of big' league baseball
wilt be attending the ,1979
Ex er Sportsmen's Dinner.
Peter Raymond, chair-
man for -the dirhner com-
mittee for the-Mtteter Lions
Club announced this +geek'
that Lou Whitaker -of the
Detroit Tigers woulebe in
attendance at the Sotttile
Huron Rec Centre 'on Tuilrlhr
day, •February.$:
Whitaker of the Detroit
Tigers was n.amed the
American league rookie of
the year for 1978.
Following is a press
release from the Tiger of-
fice:
Lpu Whitaker said it best
when he signed, with the
Tigers as a fifth round draft
choice in June. 1975.
I was born to play
b
ft
the slender left-
handed hitter said to Tiger
Vice -President :'Baseball -
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Bill Lajoie. who scouted and
signed him in Martinsville.
Lajoie and the Tigers'
knew it. And it took le,ss than
three years -for .the rest of
the country to' find out as
• Whitaker rose rapidly to -
major league success.
The 21 -year-old second
baseman capped a
Cinderella season by win-
ning the 1978 American
League rookie of the year
award by a-iandslide margin
in a vote of the Baseball -
Writers Association - of
America. - • -
Whitaker collected 21 of 28
votes. jtw.o from each
American League city). His
closest rival was Milwaukee
Second Baseman Paul
Molitor, who received only
But no one could keep the
• dynamic rookies .out of the
lineup foriong and by mid-
May, they were playing
every day.
"I think that (platooning)
really helped us," Whitaker
said*" It gave us, time to
grow into it.. We could go out
•nd play 'today and not
�wor `about_ �yn orrow.
Trairand 1 are really happy
• Ralph (fofiner Manager
•
-Ralph -Houk) stayed with us
and had confidence in us." .
Houk's confidence; was
rewarded.' And even he was
aml'zed by the daily
• brilliance of the rookie duo
which he called "the best
looking combination ever to
come up in the majors atthat
age," t< -
Whitaker and Minnesota's
Rod Carew. (1967), ate the
only second basemen ever to
win the American league
rookie award. Other Tigers
Bantams get
only a poin t
three. California Third The Exeter bantams
Baseman Carney Lansford salvaged one tie in two,
-got two: Kansas City Shah -mock- league outings
Pitcher Rich Gale. and Tiger thisaveek.
'Shortstop Alan Trammell--- The team braved
one each. The
ice storm to
Whitaker was an instant travel to St. Marys and
smash •at Tiger Stadium in started the game with only
1978• nine players. three others
joining the squad later in the
contest. '
Goalie Peter Dearing -was
among those who couldn't_
get to the game and -the St:
Marys backup goalie, Kevin
Hammond. played for the
locals who scored late'in the
third to gain a 2-2 tie.
" Tom' Coates started x
eter off when he -finished a
'play with Mike Clark and
after St. Marys took a 2-1
lead. Clarke picked up the
equalizer on a play with
Dave Shaw. ' '
in Lambeth, Friday. the •
Exeter crew ended up on the
short 'end of a 5-4 verdict.
falling behind by a 4-1
margin at -onetime. -
Bill Glover scored. two. of
the goals and added an assist
•on- another: while Dave
-Shaw and Jamie Chaffe
picked up the single tallies
Chaffe and John Kernick
were also credited with
assists. -
From. opening day until
the.end of the season, Tiger
fans chanted, "Lou. Lou"
whenever Whitaker went to
the plate or made one classy
play after another. until by
the end of the year they
seemed routine. -
"We J Whitaker and
Trammell) know what has
'to be done. and so we do it.''
Whitaker says matter-of-
factly.'
'Actually. the Tigers con-
sider young Whitaker one-
half of a matched set of
gems at the keystone
positions. with 20 -year-old
Trammell the other half.
The young duo com-
plemented each other so
gracefully that Tiger of-
ficials and fans had trouble
picking the more valuable.
They were the primary
reason' for the Tigers
leading the league with 177
double plays.
Whitaker participated in
95 of the Twin -killings. His
-dramatic flair and explosive
offensive skills --------
stand out over other rookies.
Perhaps Trammell best
sums up his sidekick's
future. "I don't think- we've
- seen the best of Lou yet."
"He's onlyplayed second
base for two seasons. He's,
, • going to get better and I
can't wait until spring train-
ing to see how much he's im-
proved."
Whitaker was signed as a -
third baseman and won the
Florida `State League Most
Valuable Player• Award
playing that position for
Lakeland in 1976. He was
switched to second in the
Florida instructional
League that winter. then
teamed with Trammell up"
the middle for the entire
1977 season at Montgomery.
Whitaker and Trammell
jumped from Double -A play
to the Tigers after an im-
pressivespring• training and
started 1978 alternatingwith
Stene Dillard at second and
Mark Wagner at short.
Best of Luck
To our good friend;
and patrons - the
best of the New Year.
to receive the honor- were
shortstop Harvey Kuenn
(1953) and pitcher Mark
Fidrych (1976) .
Now. how can Whitaker
top hes brilliant rookie year?
"Who ,ktfbws? "• he eked
With candid-Jstii+esty.
"Maybe next year 1 can win
the MVP."
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