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• Catch this - Sharpening their catching skills by balancing both a
bat and a ball are Shawn Gillespie, left; and Scott Parsons. Both
• Dashwood hosts OBA this weekend
will be suiting tip fbr:
'C' toum&ment.this wee
wjd-this weekend for the OBA midget
in Exeter.
Full commitment needed fr�fli:lnid�ets
By Fred Groves
EXETER - If the Dashwood
midgets can get full commitment
from its team members, they have
as good a chance as any of winning
the Ontario Baseball Association
midget 'C' championship this
weekend.
The Exeter Alvin Willert Field
will be. tete .sia, of the eight -team.
provincial final which begins S
urday with the crowning . of the
winner on Monday.
At a 'practice Monday night in
Exeter, Dashwood coach John Gil-
lespie showed some concern about
his team being keen for the week-
end.
"I think we can be competitive
with any of the teams if we play
ball we're capable of playing.
ve not done that consist y
year," said Gillespie.
• hwood played in the Western
Ontario Junior League during the
regular season and had their ups
and downs. They managed to beat
Exeter Co -Op Juniorsi one of the
stronger teams in the league. -8.4`
back on June 9. =•
But since then, they have gone
through some hard times including
the resignation of coach Steve
Merner who was -.laked ��wY Gill
we e got i " want*
to show up and play ball, wall be
competitive," said Gillepsiei.
There were only four players for
the start of Monday's and
that concerned the
"We're five days away from a
provincial championship and we've
got four guys showing up for prac-
We."
Dashwood opens the tournament
and early Saturday
•a. at the 'same , ,, . , • ,
WOW, Tillsonburg will square off
against Wallaceburg. At 11:15 a.m.
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Exeter Juniors lose two at...CBA finais
CREEMORE - A hard hitting opposition got to the Exeter Co -Op Jun-
iors here on the weekend as the locals returned from the Ontario Baseball
Association championships with a win and a pair of losses.
In the opener, Exeter, was pounded 9-0 by Glanbrook, rebounded to
beat New Lowell 8-3 and lost 9-2 to host Creemore 9-2.
Against Glanbrook, the Juniors left threatened in the second when Scot
Russell and Dave Schwindt had back-to-back singles but Mark Russell
hit into a double play that got him and Schwindt out. Schwindt, the Exet-
er catcher also had a double in the fourth but was left stranded.
"We could have done a little better. We wouldn't have won the tourna-
ment because we were up against teams with more experience," said Ex-
eter coach Jim Russell.
The second game on Saturday saw Exeter come on strong and beat
New Lowell 8-3.
Terry Oenttaer led.off with a,ivalk and then Ben Riley and Fred Oiegus
came up witb"toeyc bane bits. With none out, Doug Clark grounded out to
short to score a run: Erecter held a 3-1 lead at the end of the first inning.
In the second thelt'padded that to 6-1 Mark Russell and Shawn McFalis
walked and Mike Agnew singled. The fourth inning saw two more runs
scored thanks to a double by Fred Gregus.
After takingg on Otanbrook at 9 a.m. and New Lowell at noon, Exeter
had to face Cr+eemore for their third game of the day. Although they had
eight hits, errors on defence .allowed Creemore to four big runs in the
thud inning. •.
"We didn't hit worth a darn,' said Ruttiiell. "A little more offence
wouldn't hunt and our pitching was a little weak," said Russell.
The season is not over for the Co-op Juniors a they smeatill in Western
Ontario League playoffs which continue on September 7.
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Shaw happy to
be in New York
I) ave Shaw will soon be
joining hie colleagues
in kissing their loved
ones goodbye as they
methodically prepare for another
season in the National Hockey
League.
Exeter's number one sporting
native son is heading into his
eighth pro hockey season, fourth
with the New York Rangers.
The NHL, like all pro sports, has become a multi-million dollar
business. Players are traded at the drop of a hat. Recently, Shaw's
name was brought up as a candidate to be crated up and shipped to
Chicago.
But Shaw isn't overly excited about moving his family to a new
city.
"I heard earlier in the summer I might go to Chicago," said Shaw.
"I want to stay in New York."
Shaw and his wife Trisha are expelling their second child and up-
rooting' them and going to Chicago is not in any immediate family
plans.
The August issue of The Hockey News did a story on Shaw and
his baseball buddies recent trip to Chicago. It's their annual migra-
tion to see as much ball in a few short hours.
On that trip, Shaw read in a newspaper that he could be trade bait.
In fact, according to The Hockey News, Shaw was almost guaran-
teed a ticket out of New York.
But the veteran defenceman, isn't worried. He's confident he's
staying put.
"At the end of last•year they (Rangers) said they were going to
make changes but they didn't mention any names. They weren't spe-
rifle ,butreporters mentioned about six names and mine was one of
them.
The first rumour I heard was around the draft in June. One of my
friends called me up, they were talking to the assistant coach in Chi-
cago, Darryl Sutter, and said Chicago was really interested in
me...but nothing happened."
Another reason Shaw doesn't want to leave New York is that he
believes the Rangers are a contender and have just as good a chance
as any of making it to the Stanley Cup finals.
"There is so much potential there, they have a lot of good
players," said Shaw who heads to training camp for September 5.
This summer Shaw has been enjoying another one of his favorite
sporta,.baseball. He's been knocking the cover off the ball for the
senior Better Express, playing fist base and even doing a little
lid
k rind the !increasingly popular rollerblading has kept him
in
"I just started (rollerblading) this summer and I haven't skated yet.
I don't know if there's a difference or not. It seems to be the same
motion."
The 27 year-old Shaw admits he "still has a few good years left",
and hopes to be playing in the NHL for at least another five years.
sidelines
by
Fred
Groves
On the subject of hockey, my wife and I were driving over to
Brantford last Tuesday night and I name up with a winter project
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We are going to see if ave Can, ' .- gat bast cne game of every
level of hockey. That means pro, • O ' ' joiner -laird right down to
tyke. My wife is nota real big hockey fan but at least she'll be able
to spend time with me, probably the world's biggest rink rat
1'll keep everyone posted on our journey across the province.
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I'm very pleased to see the London PUC, which operates the parks
and recreation facilities in the city, are making a strong effort to-
wards making all facilities accessible to people with physical disa-
bilities.
I attended the opening ceremonies of the games for the Physically
Disabled in Brantford last week and ability instead of disability was
stressed. Among the platform guests were Minister of Tourism and
Recreation Peter North and Honorary chairman Betty Fox, Terry's
mother.
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