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Times -Advocate, July 34, 1981
Sports
Spotlight
By ROSS HAUGH
Old ball games
Some American radio stations are using a number
of gimmicks to fill the time usually used up by broad-
casts of major league baseball games.
Friday night. Detroit's WJR aired a replay of the
third game of the 1936 World Series and Sunday after-
noon it was the seventh and deciding game of the 1957
Fall Classic.
In F'riday's game the New York Yankees were tak-
ing on the New York Giants and Sunday it was the
Yankees against the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Yankees lineup of 1936 included catcher Bill
Dickey. pitcher Bump Hadley, infielders Lou Gehrig,
Tony Lazerri. Frank Crossetti and Red Rolfe and out-
fielders George Selkirk, Joe Dimaggio and Jake
Powell.
The battery for the Giants included pitcher Freddy
Fitzimmons and catcher Gus Mancuso.
In the 1957 series, Milwaukee Braves pitching ace
Lew Burdette held the strong New York batters in
check to win the seventh and deciding game. That was
the year Burdette was accused of using a little
dampness in throwing his famous spitball.
Before the broadcast, Tiger announcer Ernie
Harwell was talking to current announcer Tony Kubek
who was the Yankee shortstop in that game.
Kubek Said Burdette's pitches did plenty of funny
things as they jumped around like the current screw-
ball used only by a' few pitchers.
In those days, pitchers could wet their pitching
hands at anv`sR�ofon the diamond including the mound
just before thetl.were ready to pitch.
Rules have been changed in recent years. Pitchers
can only go to their mouth or brow for assistance when
standing off the mound and not in position ready to
throw.
One Cleveland radio station has also been using
replays of games from way back in baseball history.
We talked last week about the 1981 all star game
scheduled for Cleveland as being postponed. The real
thing was cancelled because of the strike, but, a game
of sorts was played at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
A crowd of 52 persons was on hand to watch two
television station producers run off a game with the
help of dice and a baseball board game.
In the make believe game, the National league
continued their dominance over the American league
with a 15-2 victory.
Baseball is not the only sport in which radio sta-
tion officials are using their imaginations.
Recently WJR in Detroit aired a reconstructed or
imaginary boxing match between Mohammed Ali and
Joe Louis. The winner was Joe Louis who put Detroit
on the boxing map in the 1930's.
Well done
We would like to express our sincerest
congratulations to the team of athletes from ARC In-
dustries in Dashwood which competed in the all Cana-
dian Olympics for the Handicapped in Ottawa over the
weekend.
The performances of probably the smallest team
in the entire competition is overwhelming to say the
least.
Headed by coach Paul Runnalls, the four com-
petitors from Dashwood brought home six medals. All
in all there were 650 athletes competing from every
province in our Dominion.
Paul Runnalls told us Monday morning, "It was a
tremendous and uplifting experience to see the way
our people performed. It was very emotional."
Gary Stebbins led the Dashwood contingent by
bringing home one silver and two bronze medals in
track and field while Dorothy Dakins was a silver and
bronze medal winner in swimming and Brian Clarke
was,a second place finisher in track and field.
the fourth Dashwood entrant was Jim Johnston in
bowling. Although he didn't place in the top three in his
category. Jim performed well.
The greatest accomplishment of Gary Stebbins
was in the 1.500 metres race. He was third in 5.06.9,
bettering his own personal mark by more than 24
seconds.
Stebbins was also second in the running long jump
with a mark of 3.69 metres and third in the 200 metres
dash.
Brian Clarke was third in the 400 metre dash and
Dorothy Dakins was second in the swimming
breaststroke and third in the backstroke.
Runnalls said the Olympics were tremendously
well organized with more than 1,800 volunteers work-
ing.
A large number of well known sporting per-
sonalities were in attendance including Darryl Sittler,
Lanny McDonald. Diane Jones Konihowski and Betsy
Clifford.
Good luck
Another area athlete is off to Newfoundland this
week to perform in the Canadian junior national track
and field championships.
Steve Pearce will be competing Friday in the
javelin competitions against the best from all the
provinces. His mark of 60 metres in a recent regional
meet in Kitchener allowed Steve to head for St. Johns
this week.
Steve has been working out twice a week at the
track club at the University of Western Ontario in
preparation for his all -Canadian meet participation.
Hard work over the past five years has paid off for
Steve Ile was Huron -Perth javelin champ in each of
his five years at South Huron, WOSSA champ and
runnerup in OFSA in grade 12.
Some of the toughest competition in Newfoundland
is expected to come from Western Ontario in Chris
Riseling of Ranting in London and Mike Brennen of
Windsor.
Rest of luck, Steve.
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At home to Thorndale, Friday
Tigers win one in Kincardine tournament
The Dashwood Tigers
scored one victory in three
starts in a weekend senior
baseball tournament held in
Kincardine.
In their opening game
Friday night, the Tigers
were edged 3-1 by Cam-
bridge. Saturday they stayed
in contention by blanking
Owen Sound 3-0 and Sunday
they were on the short end of
a 6-2 score to Tillsonburg.
On a Wednesday league
game the Tigers swamped
London Servicemaster 23-7.
This week the Tigers swing
back into regular Great
Lakes league play with three
games on tap.
Tuesday night, they played
host to Strathroy, tonight,
Wednesday they travel to
Thorndale and Friday night
they will be on their home
field at 8 p.m. with Thorn -
dale supplying the op-
position.
In Friday's loss to Cam-
bridge, the Tigers took the
lead in the second inning
with their only run as Glenn
Thurman doubled and
scored.
The only other Dashwood
hits were singles from the
bats of Rob Dickey, Bob
Hoffman and Barry
Baynham.
Perry Stover went the
seven inning distance on the
Tiger mound. He allowed
only four hits while recor-
ding four strikeouts.
Tiger southpaw John
Bruijns allowed only four
well scattered hits as the
Tigers were able to stop
Owen Sound 3-0 in Saturday
play. Bruijns sent 10 op-
position batters down on
strikeouts in six innings.
The Tigers scored all three
runs in the bottom of the
sixth inning. Perry Stover
led off the inning with a
single. Jim Dietrich was safe
on an error, Kevin Hern
walked and all three crossed
the plate on a triple
Three bowlers
deadlocked
Three members of the Ex-
eter lawn bowling club were
tied for first place in
Thursday's regular jitney.
Deadlocked with two vic-
tories and aggregates of 30
each were Stella Taylor,
Clarence Down and Gordon
Hoggarth.
Ted Lamport was next
with an aggregate of 27
Edith Love. Velma Huff and
Lawrence Russell were all
even at 25 and Emma
Campbell scored 22 and Bill
Rogerson 19.
In Saturday play. Stan
Roth was the winner with a
pair of wins and an
aggregate of 29. He was
followed by Emma
Campbell at 26 and Morley
Wadsworth with 25.
Tuesday night's regular
jitney was cancelled as local
members travelled to
Mitchell for a friendly com-
petition.
Atom 'B"s
win twice
The Exeter atom"B" team
scored two decisive victories
this week in area baseball
action.
Tuesday night the local
yau-ngst<s downed the
Exeter N' club 16-7 and
Thursday they swamped the
Huron Park Pirates 35-8.
The B's will be ba. k in
action tomorrow night,
Thursday in Exeter when
they take on Elimville.
Pat Hartman and Jeff
Dalrymple slammed home
runs while Hartman and
Dwayne Coolman shared
pitching duties.
Pat Hartman was the
starting and winning pitcher
in the win over the Exeter
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delivered by John Bruijns.
The Tigers threatened on a
number of earlier occasions
but were unable to get any
runners home.
Barry Baynham and Jim
Guenther singled in the first
inning and were left
stranded. Luc Gagnon
singled in the third and only
reached second base.
Perry Stover led off the
Tiger fourth with a single
and could only get as far as
third base and Barry
ttaynham singled and
reached third in the fifth
frame.
Single runs in the second
and seventh innings was the
best the Dashwood club
could do in their 6-2 defeat at
the hands of Tillsonburg.
Barry Baynham started
the second inning with a
single and scored on similar
hits delivered by Kevin Hern
and Jim Dietrich.
In the seventh Luc
Gagnon doubled and came
home on hits by Perry Stover
and Jim Guenther.
Other Tiger safeties were
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singles by Luc Gagnon in the
first, Jim Guenther and
Barry Baynham in the
second, Glenn Thurman in
the sixth and Bob Hoffman in
the eighth.
Perry Stover was the Tiger
hurler. His only trouble came
in the first inning when
Tillsonburg scored two runs
and in the ninth when they
tallied three times to clinch
the victory.
The Tigers scored in every
Inning but the fifth as they
trounced Servicemaster of
London 23-7 at Labatt Park.
Veteran Bob Hoffman led
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the Tigers at the plate with a
double and three singles In
his first four trips to the
plate. He followed with
walks in his next three ap-
pearances at bat to com-
plete a perfect night.,
Short stop,Luc Gagnonlwas
next in the hitting line with
three hits, all singles. Jim
Guenther, Rob Dickey and
Glenn Thurman each
collected two hits whlle Pete
Wuerth added a double and
Barry Baynham a single.
Jim Guenther was the
winning pitcher for the
Tigers.
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OFF TO NEWFOUNDLAND — Steve Peirce of Exeter is competing Friday in the Canadion
national track and field meet in St. Johns, Newfoundland. Steve is shown with many of his
awards won in javelin competitions during his five years attending South Huron District
High School. T -A photo
Steve Pearce heading
for national track meet
The Canadian national
junior track and field cham-
pionships are being held this
week in St. John's, New-
foundland and an Exeter
youth will be competing.
Steve Pearce will be one of
some 20 competitors in the
javelin competition. He will
be in action at 6 p.m. Friday.
He qualified for the
nationals by" throwing the
javelin 60 metres in a
regional meet in Kitchener
this spring.
Since high school tack
meets and activities were
completed several months
ago. Pearce has been work-
ing out twice a week at the
track club at the University
of Western Ontario.
During his five year stay
at South Huron District High
School. Steve has been the
Huron -Perth javelin cham-
pion in his classification
every year.
In addition he was the
WOSSA champ while in
grade 12 and other years was
either second or third except
for his grade 11 season.
About his grade 11 year
Steve says. "That was dis-
astrous. I won in Huron -
Perth and then pitched a
couple innings of baseball
the night before the WOSSA
competition. I didn't do very
well and I learned my lesson
to stick to one sport at a
time."
This year while in grade 13
at SHDHS ,Steve was the
Huron -Perth winner, second
at WOSSA and third at the
regionals in Kitchener and
third in OFSA.
Two of the other top
javelin tossers in Western
Ontario will also be com-
peting in the nationals in
Newfoundland. They are
Chris Riseling of Banting in
London and Mike Brennen
from the Windsor area.
While he is receiving a
grant of $100 from the town
of Exeter and some financial
help from the UWO track
club the trip will cost Pearce
about $200 from his own
pocket.
Steve is the son of Wayne
and Nancy Pearce, Main
street. Exeter.
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