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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-07-30, Page 8Times -Advocate, July 30, 1986 Good fastball action ensured in Royals tournament Fastball fans wishing to see top notch action are in for a real treat on the weekend of August 8, 9 and 10 when the Exeter Royals will be staging their annual tournament. This year will be no exception for quality with 16 of the best teams in Western Ontario entered. The Royals will not be com- peting in their own tournament as most of the players will be plenty busy in keeping the tourney rolling at a smooth pace. , Six area teams will be competing. They are Lucan Irish, Lucan White Sox, the Fullarton A's, Nairn, the St. Marys Stonetown Chargers and St. Marys Baird Lumber. The tournament starts Friday night at 7:30 p.m. with four games the first night. The Lucan Irish take on Fullarton, Nairn meets St. Marys Baird Lumber, Teeswater takes on the Stonetown Chargers and the Walton Brewers tangle with Forest. Saturday's action begins at 9:30 a.m. with first round play in- volving the Lucan White Sox versus Ingersoll, Tavistock against Petrolia, Richmond Hill and Port Elgin and Onondaga against Verschoyle. The finals will be played late Sunday afternoon. Still a Sensation Quite a Sensation continues to live up to his name in North America harness racing circles. The three year old gelding owned by Claire Porter of Parkhill won the Ohio Sires Stake race at Northfield Park in Cleveland. WRAoff:. ,?x:^'.::.w : . ,:,.:.>i..ft,11401` ux a Beat Strathroy, Lakeside Not only did Quite a Sensation win the race by a 10 length margin, he set three new records and equalled one existing one. All of this happened in only one minute and 54 and four-fifths seconds. This mark established a new record for, three-year-old geldings sports spotlight by Ross Haugh on a half -mile track by two seconds over the existing record. It smashed the all -age track record at Cleveland of 1.553 set earlier this year -by Falcon Seelster. He also tied the all -age world record for pacing geldings on a half -mile oval and set a North American's season mark. The next start for Quite a Sensation will be this Saturday at Sciota Downs in Columbus, Ohio in the Ohio State Fair for a purse of $100,000. The most recent win in Cleveland boasted the Parkhill pacer's 1986 season's earnings to .8335,610 on nine victories in 18 starts. There is a possibility we may be In the stands in Columbus Saturday for Quite a Sensation's next start. Along with son Dan we are going to take in the Detroit Tigers -Cleveland Indians game in Cleveland Thursday night. We talked to Mrs. Porter on the weekend and the family is leav- ing Friday for a 10 -day stay in Columbus. Included will be another Ohio Sire Stakes race on August 19. Trivia time Here are the answers to 1aa. week's trivia questions: There are six different belts to denote the levels of efficiency in karate. They are white, yellow, green, purple, brown and black. Dick Irvin while coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks was behind the bench for 190 playoff games. In 1974, Mike Marshall made 106 pitching performances for the Los Angeles Dodgers. This week's questions are as follows: Which major league pitcher holds the record for the most con- secutive scoreless innings? Which pitcher holds the major league record for allowing the most home runs in one season? Seven Smiths have played over the years for the Boston Bruins in the NHL. Give their first names. Co -Op juniors gain two consecutive victories The Exeter Co -Op juniors enjoyed a very successful week coming up with a pair of victories in the Great Lakes -Western Ontario -London senior baseball league. Monday night, the local juniors scored an impressive 7-2 victory over the Strathroy juniors and Thursday it was an 8-6 decision over the Lakeside seniors. CHECKING THE SCORE — Gloric, McFalls of Exeter and Myrtle Vod- den from Blyth check a point in a recent mixed stirs bowling tour- nament at the Exeter greens. T -A photo Good playground week The playground has had yet another successful week. We had a Mad Hatters birthday party where the children made up birthday cards and hats and made cup cakes for the Mad Hatter. The sports Mad (latter was Can- dace Miller and the junior Mad Hat- ter was Tyler Taylor. Guaranteed Walker mufflers and quality Walker pipes Come see us for the completo exhaust system FREE ESTIMATES GIVEN SEE US FOR YOUR COMPLETE CAR SERVICE 235-2277 We would like to thank Gerald Dearing for coming and giving a sheep shearing demonstration. It was very interesting. Thursday we went to Huron Park to bowl. The children did very well at this. Wednesday we are going to a water safety demonstration at the pool. Also this week we are going to Morrison Dam and to Storybook Gardens tomorrow. On Friday we will be hav- ing Crazy relays in the morning and movie in the afternoon. q Just a couple of reminders. On August 8 we will have a concert by Karma McClenaglen, a children's performer. Her concert includes drama, puppets and singing. Anyone is welcome. There will be a $1. fee for non playground members and adults. On August 14 our children will be going to Bingeman Park. If your child is interested in going, please phone the Rec Centre at 235-2833 and ask for one of the play ground leaders. The cost will be $5. for playground members and $8. for non -playground. The cut off date to sign up is August 8. On August 19 the Rec Centre is sponsoring a trip to the Huron Coun- try Playhouse to see a performance called Potato People A bus will be go- ing down so the number of people who can go is limited. Please call the Rec ('entre for more details. Thanks for now. r)fr Mead LEO LOUCKS Professional Karate Association WORLD Light Weight CHAMPION Sunday, August 3rd 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at THE SURF SHOP Main St. at the Lake GRAND BEND • leo will answer questions about Full Contact Karate - "The Sport of the 80's" • Autographs • Hats & T-shirts available • Free Coke for kids under 12 A. • See vidoes of leo's.,fights 1 f In the first game in over•Strathroy, David Akey and Scott Miller combin- ed to hold the opposition to two runs. Akey was the starter going the first six innings. He gave up one run on four hits while walking one and strik- ing out four. Miller tossed the last three frames. He was touched for a single run on two hits while issuing three walks and fanning the same number. In the Exeter first, Doug Schade walked, moved up on a groundout and scored on a double from the bat of Dave Akey. The latter crossed the plate as Scott Miller singled. What proved to be the winning run came home in the Exeter second as D'Arcy Martin was hit by a pitch, moved up as Steve Merner was safe on an error and was driven home on Doug Schade's single. The first two batters in the fifth, Doug Schade and Scott Lovie singled and scored after Scott Miller walked, Dave Akey sacrificed and Darren Akey singled. In the sixth, Steve Merner and Doug Schade reached base on errors and both scored as Dave Akey singl- ed to drive in his third and fourth runs of the game. Dwayne Lamporte went the first six innings on the Exeter mound in the Thursday win over Lakeside giv- ing up six runs on the same number of hits while walking one and recor- ding eight strikeouts. Scott Lovie pit- ched the last two scoreless innings. He struck out three batters and walk- ed two. In the Exeter opening time at bat, Steve Merner singled, moved to third on a pair of errors and scored on a groundout. The Exeter bats were then silenc- ed until the fourth when Scott Miller JUNIOR STATS Player A11 B 11 Avg. Dr. Akey 60 13 19 .317 Dv. Akey 49 12 17 .347 Blackburn 15 4 3 .200 Drager 70 20 28 .400 Kints 29 4 4 .138 Laporte 6 1 0 .000 Little 22 5 2 .091 Lovie 52 8 12 .231 Martin 52 4 9 .173 Merner 39 17 12 .308 Miller 62 10 17 .274 Morton 19 3 7 .368 D. Neil 20 3 3 .150 M. Neil 30 6 9 .300 S. Neil 16 3 3 .188 Pearon 6 0 1 .167 Pratt 43 5 16 .372 Schade 55 22 18 .327 Total 645 140 180 279 Kirkton swim in second event The second session of swimming lessons has now begun at the Kirkton-Woodham Pool and will run until August 8. The pool has been quite busy due to the, warm weather. A swim meet was held at the pool on Saturday, July 19 with Kirkton winning and St. Marys following. There are many exciting events coming up. There will be a small Craft Safety Demonstration by the Red Cross held on July 29 at't On July 30 from one o'clock to two we will be holding a swim a -(hon. Pledge sheets can be picked up at the pool. A Red Cross leaders course will begin on July 28 and run for four weeks. Bronze Cross and Bronze Medallion will start on the 28 as well. There will be another moonlight swim on August 8, everyone is welcome to come and have a great time! CLAYBIRD CLUB Winners have been announced in the recent annual draw sponsored by the claybird gun club. First prize of a whole pig custom cut acid wrapped was won by Gerhard Rempel. It was donated by Dwight Monck. Glen Greb took the second prize, a framed wildlife print donated by Jody Mosurinjohn and third prize of a $25 gift certificate from Jerry MacLean and Son was won by George Rejnpel. and Darren Akey scored. In the fifth frame, Dave Akey walk- ed, Scott Miller, Dennis Kints and Daryl Little singled to produce four more markers. pleted the base cycle on a single The final and insurance run came delivered by Scott Lovie. in the sixth as George Pratt singled, Getting hits in non -scoring innings went to second on an error and com- wet;e Darren Akey and Scott Lovie. COUGARS WIN AT VARNA — The Crediton Cougars were winners of a recent ladies slopitch tourna- ment at Varna. Back, left, coach Morley Thompson, Marilyn Riley, Louise Hayter, Linda Hibbert, Vicki Cubberley, Sandi Murray, Leanna Merner and Andy McIntyre. Front, Lynn Snell, Shelley Weber, Maureen Thompson, Darlene Smith, Orca Mathers and Mary -Angelo Rutten. Missing were Pauline McCann and Nathalie Glavin. T -A photo BARGAINAT TIME Grand Bend Plymouth Chrysler Ltd. July Selection at September PPicesl . • Over 50 1986 Cars and Trucks Must Be Sold! _ $700. Free Gas Plus Discounts On Reliant and Aries K -Cars ( ( Ilk' a Up To $2,500. 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