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North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, September 6, 1989 Second Section
Express fail
MILTON The Exeter Express
failed in their attempt to repeat as
provincial Senior TTbaseball cham-
pions after dropping a pair of games
early in the double knockout tour-
nament on the weekend.
In their opening game, the Ex-
press held a slim 1-0 lead heading
into the bottom of the sixth inning
when Wheatley exploded for eight
runs and handed the locals an 8-1
defeat.
Facing elimination, the Express
rebounded in their next game and re-
corded a 6-2 win over Glanbrook,
ending their tournament hopes
moving the Express into Sunday's
round.
Exeter took on Tillsonbtirg in
their next game and had their sham-
pionship hopes shot down when
they lost 8-4.
Exeter coach Joe Fulop said the
Express left too many players on
base, failing to get key hits when
they needed to, was a large reason
for their early demise in the tourna-
ment.
Fulop also said losing to Wheat-
ley, a team they had defeated four
times already this year, demoralized
the players and put a lot of pressure
on the team to do well in the rest of
the tournament, especially after
holding Wheatley in check until the
sixth inning.
In the first game, the lone Ex-
press run came in the fifth inning,
when Exeter chalked up three hits.
Pete Heeney led off with a single,
stole second, was sacrificed to sec-
ond by Rob Dickey and scored
when Dave Shaw singled.
Shaw fed the offensive attack in
the game for the Express with two
'"singles and a double. Doug Fair-
bairn had two singles, while Kevin
Hein and Mike Neil had the other
Exeter hits.
Wheatley had six hits off three
Exeter pitchers, starter Kevin Drag-
er and relievers Paul Elston and
Dave Atthill in their big inning.
Drager had held the Wheatley bat-
ters to two hits until the sixth in-
ning.
Exeter 6 Glanbrook 2
Exeter got a fine pitching perfor-
mance from Elston 16 stave off
elimination later Saturday. Elston
gave up only three hits to Glan-
brook, one in the first, fifth, (when
they scored their two runs), and sev-
enth innings. In addition to giving
up the three hits, Elston struck out
four and didn't walk a batter.
Elston also got some early offen-
sive support in this game. Exeter
batters scored three times in the s
and inning, and picked upiditgle
runs in the third, fifth and sixth in-
nings.
The second inning rally started
with two out, Dave Parsons walked
stole second, Darcy Martin singled
scoring Parsons, Martin went to
second on the throw to the plate,
went to third on a wild pitch, and
scored when Barry Baynham dou-
bled. Baynham scored when Brian
Mercer followed with another dou-
ble.
In the third, Doug Schade le
with a base on balls, stole second
and scored when the next batter,
Shaw, doubled. Shaw went to third
on a fielder's choice play and was
stranded when Drager grounded out.
Exeter picked up another run two
innings later. Greg Hern walked to
lead the innings off, stole second
and scored when Dave Shaw's fly
ball was dropped by the Glanbrook
left fielder. Exeter eventually had
the bases loaded later that inning
but couldn't convert it into any
runs.
Exeter's final run came in the
sixth, when they again loaded the
bases but could only squeeze one
run out of it when Rob Dickey
scored on a sacrifice fly by Greg
Hein.
Till' onburg 8 Exeter 4
'In this game, Exeter managed
four hits and cashed them into four
runs, but left 13 runners stranded.
In the top of the second inning,
Drager led off and was hit by a
pitch, went to second when Parsons
walked and the bases were loaded
when Heeney followed with a sin-
gle. But a run scored on that play
when the Tillsonburg third baseman
was given an error.
Parsons scored when Barry Bayn-
ham 'Was thrown out after laying
down a suicide squeeze bunt.
The pair of Exeter runs deadlocked
the game at 2-2 after Tillsonburg
took a 2-0 lead with two runs in the
first innings.
Tillsonburg built a 6-2 lead with
one more run in the fourthand add-
ing three in the fifth.
Exeter managed to get two more
back in their half of the sixth but
couldn't get any closer.
Dickey led off with a single. Greg
Hern triedto sacrifice Dickey to
second but the Tillsonburg pitcher
threw himout at second and Hern
criti
to defendtitle
was safe on- the fielder's choice.
Baynham followed with a single
sending Hern to second. Hein then
stole third and scored when Neil
walked with the bases loaded. Bayn-
ham scored later that inning when
Shaw grounded out.
Shaw started on the hill for Exet-
er and gave up the first six Tillson-
burg runs and was relieved by Neil
in the fifth inning, who mopped
up.
Exeter will now take on the win-
ner of the Strathroy-Lakeside series,
which will likely wrap up some-
time this weekend, for the WOBA
Senior League championship. The
championship series will probably
begin September 16 according to
Fulop.
Express ousted - Greg Hem, of the Exeter Express, right, tags out
a runner trying to steal second base during the Express' 6-2 win
Saturday in Milton in the provincial finals. The Express lost two of
three games and couldn't defend their title.
e.
McFaIIs in premier lawn bowling event
EDMONTON - Shawn McFalls
of Exeter returned last week from
participating in Canada's premier
Final out - Doug Fairbaim; the Exeter Express first baseman waits for the ball to make the final out
during the Express' 6-2 win over Glanbrook in the rovincial championship Saturd .
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Curtis
By Michelle Ellison
GRAND BEND - For most peo-
ple, the thought of jumping 3,000
feet out of an airplane, cruising
along at a mere speed of 80 miles
an hour, would make their stomach
turn.
But, for Nick Curtis, it was a
goal - one ,he wouldn't complete
until the ripe age of 67.
When Curtis made his first of
three consecutive sport parachuting
jumps, he set a record for the Cana-
dian Sport Parachuting Association
for being the oldest man to make a
jump'.
a.
late jumper
Curtis once belonged to the Ca-
nadian Airforce. "I once spoke to a
parachutist and he described it (a
parachute jump) as being better
than sex. So I thought I'd better
try,” said Curtis with a sparkle in
his eye.
After completing the jump, Cur-
tis described the feeling of free fall-
ing as "very pleasant".
Curtis, a resident of Grand Cove
Estates in Grand Bend, made the
jump from the Grand Bend Sport
Parachuting Centre just outside of
Grand Bend. "Every time I went
past that place, I said to myself,
someday I'm going to go in and do
that," remembers Curtis.
On August 20, 1988, Curtis
took the plunge and with 16 othej
courageous people, studied one day
of ground and aerial training before
making his jump.
Because of his age, Curtis was
required to take a medical examina-
tion, which he passed with flyinf
colours. While video training made
up most of his lessons, learning to
fall properly after jumping from a
platform and practicing leaping
from a mock plane were important
for safety.
Please turn to page 15
Lawn Bowling Tournament inc
Western Canadian Classic" held
from August 25 to August 31.
McFalls played in men's pairs
against some top players in Canada
and other countries. Besides being
one of four juniors to play in this
tournament he was the youngest,
only 15 years old. He paired up
with another junior from Oshawa.
The pair played Quebec but lost
22-13. In the second game they lost
26-21 to Peter Fong and partner
from Fimi. In the third game they
lost 22-13 to Hamilton and B.C.
team.
i
They won game four and five
_over Nova Scotia and New Brun-
swick 20-13 and 22-10 respective-
ly.
In singles Shawn managed only
one win but gave Steve Forrest the
National Single's champ a close
game, leading 15-9 with three ends
remaining, but gave up nine shots
and lost 18-15.
In all it was a very exciting week
for him being able to sec and com-
pete against some of the top bowl-
ers in the world.
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