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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-08-26, Page 13Unlikely hedQes key to championship Royais wiu OIIAISIIAI. titie Tournament results Exeter Bantam. Royals gather to celebrate after they edged New Hamburg 4-2, By Fred Groves T -A stair EXETER- To q,. win a team �' 1 • "I sport it takes a ream effort. Often that means calling upon a cast of un- "' likely characters to become heroes. Now Hamburr pflo er Mark Godfrey n - a pitch dui- ing th< 'trial game against trew r re pitched all sib games for New Hamburg and hurled 28 innings on Sunday as his team played four straight games That's what happened in Exeter Sunday afternoon at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association ban- tam boys 'C' championship tourna- ment. In front of more than 200 specta- tors, the host Exeter Royals beat a very tough New Hamburg team 4- 2. It took two games to determine a winner as Exeter advanced to the finals, going undefeated in three games. New Hamburg lost to Exeter at 9 a.m. Sunday morning. They stayed on the diamond and gained a berth in the final with a 9-3 win over Carp. New Hamburg then beat Ex - etcr 4-3, to set up a dramatic sec- ond game. "We made our breaks. The boys sever gave :tip and they wore • ag- gressive. I've been with them all year and the will to win has been there." said Exeter coach Fred Cook. In the first final game. starting pitcher Steve Cook got in trouble and Dennis Gower came on to get six straight outs. He struck out the heart of the New Hamburg order. Greg Shantz, Neil Come and Ke- vin Mohr in the fifth. That seemed to spark the Royals as they scored three runs to pull within one, but it wasn't enough as they lost by one. But Gower got the trod to start in the second game and he pitched five solid umings and was given a large ovation when he lsrfcthe_ field "Junk, curve balls," said Gower of what he was throwing to New Hamburg. He had his rise ball working and said he was nervous, "lust a little." The ether very important person in the Royals lineup in the final games was taster fielder Trevor Taylor. With first baseman Ken Hines injured. Darren Karts moved to fust and Taylor went to the out- field. "Trevor went out and did an ex - oelleni job," said Cook. In the first game, Taylor made an outstanding diving catch and in the second contest, made a grab on a fly !tall and ttuew to aecond for a mburg 2 tifteiiiks 6Mewilatribarg'5 rCarp 3. Atiattird 2 7,2 .441eviIlamburg '11, Campbellford 10 Godcrich 6, Maryhill'5 Carp 4,144001042 Maryhill `[2,'ltnpbeliford 0 Exeter 5, Fergus 4 'New Hamburg 7, Godetich 5 Carp 12, Ciodcrich'8 Fergus 5, Maryhill 4 double play. a hit down the left field line, but he "I think I just got a hit lucky there," said Taylor of the diving catch. He said it took everyone to win the provincial tide. "When 1 came in, I didn't think we'd come close but everyone put forth an excellenteffort." While Gower and Taylor were anchoring the defense, Kints had what proved to be the champion- ship winning hit, a single which managed to score three runs. In the top of the seventh, Mike Burton singled over third bast, moved to second when Steve Cook was safe on a bunt and the bases were loaded when Chris McDonald bunted. Satan- McCann -hit to •third which saw Burton out at the piste on a force out, but with the bases loaded Knits hit into center field. Some alert base running and a lit- tle confusion on the. pert of New Hamburg saw Kints end up at sec- ond with the crowd standing and cheering. "1 got a pitch that I liked. He gave me a las hall right in my zone," said Kints. He got the hit off of Mark God- frey who had an outstanding tour- nament. The young hurler from New Hamburg pitched 28 innings on Sunday. New Hamburg 4, Royals 3 At noon on Sunday in what was to be the first of two final-ganies, Exeter trailed 4-0 going into the seventh. Ben Armstrong doubled. Glen Hines drew a walk, followed by an rbi single by. Steve Stere. McDo- nald singled in a run and Gavin Snell was safe on an error. Royals 6, New Hamburg 5 Trailing 3-1 in the top of the fifth inning of Sunday morning's game, Kints connected with a two -out bases loaded double to put the Roy- als in front. With two strikes on him, King hit a cbangeup which scored Ken Hines. McDonald and Snell. hatter had a feeling 11 would be a big inning when Cook led off with ving.safe at the plate during': :turday's game against Fergus A08.;:teeter shortstop Sean /f411140,,,, • was tossed out at the plate when he tried for a round -tripper. Up by a run in the sixth, Ted Hoftmnn led off with a walk. Tay- lor was safe on a bunt which was bobbled by New Hamburg catcher Patrick Carrah and then Ken Hines and Burton singled to bring in two MOM runs Perhaps the biggest out of the game for -the Royals came in the bottom of the sixth when Cook struck out New Hamburg center - fieldcr Neil Came on a rise ball. There were two out and Came had belted a triple earlier in the gam Exeter 5, Fergus 4 Saturday afterntgnt's g me-ataemd off with some quick runs as Fergus got on the board in the top of the fuse but the Royals answered with a pair of their own. McCann had a double m the first inning and another in the second. McDonald had a couple of singles in this game and Snell's triple in the second sexed two runs. Royals 7, Carp 2 Exeter scored two runs in the set - ond as Kints and Armstrong had singles and Stitt was safe on an er- ror. r- ror. In the fifth. McCann singled and scored on Kints triple. Armstrong grounded out to score Kints. - McDonald clubbed a triple ire the sixth to score Cook and Ken Hines. 1 f 1 i Gornng, 1'Il keep at it Haid down, feet apart, nice follow through. S idde l ines it sounds Hke a monibo lesson. No this is golf, and trust me it's a lot harder than the pros h) On TV make it look. Fred Heft, how hard can it be Groves right? Hit a ball with a wood- en or iron club and watch it sail into the air, or in my case skim along the ground and make the ground hogs run for cov- er. i usually golf twice a year. This year it's been half a dozen times and flu still not done. Six times11trtt' There are golfers in this area who get out that many times In a week. And not just nine holes. True, golf is expensive. You have to buy clubs, or in my case have a father who donates a set to you, green foes, mem- berships, tees, balls and of course those funny pants. 1 could -never understand why grown men put on yellow and green and even pink pants to go hit the golf hall. I prefer the shorts and T-shirt myself. • While green fees can be eliminated from your price tag if you have a membership, balls will become your biggest ex- pense. Figure a dollar a ball but remember they get banged up pretty quick. Just like a hardball, hit it enough times and it's only good for practicing with. When ever I go golfing, there always seems to be these monsters which want to eat my golf balls. These arc called hazards, like the woods or all golfers' biggest fear, water. i91 go to a course that has one little creek about a foot wide going across it and I'll put it in. It's like there is a magnet in the water pulling my ball. And then there arethe dreaded sand traps, or as I like to call it, the beach. Once you hit the beach, you could he them for a while. Some guys call it kitty litter, go figure that. But despite the frustration and the sheer agony of making a fool out of myself, golf does have it s high points. A couple of Saturday's ago I ventured out onto the course with the Exeter Mohawks and their tournament. A Texas Scramble in which a foursome takes tums hitting the hall. It's called a best ball which means we all shoot, hut the one with the best ball, that's where the others shoot from. Mine was used twice and I was quite proud. The three chaps frsart Grand Bend I was teamed with. knew what they were doing, obviously they .have been out more than six times this year. But it was fun. I got to meet some new people and that's what golf is about: fun. Last week, the Grand Bend Winter Carnival came up with one of the best fundraising events I have ever come across: A Hole -hi -One contest. For all of you who went out and tried it and helped raise funds for the Carnival, good for you. This was a fundraising activity that did not require the selling of the tickets. the bak- ing of pies or calling out numbers for a Bingo. It took a lot of hand work by the dozens of volunteers who .halpadout at Oakwood Inn- Oh,:and how did I do. Well let me describe it to you although 1 am just slightly embarrassed. My golfing partner who lives in ML Cannel (name withheld to protect the innocent), wanted me to go first. With my misty three and five irons. I was ready. That's a ante sign of someone who has no idea of what the) are doing, using a time iron when everyone else had seven • and eights. Anyway, each shot was a total fiop, they never got off the ground and everyone looked away like they didn't know me. And my partner. well she sliced the first one to her right that just missed me where I was taxing off, at least mine went straight. For some reason, 1 want to keep at tt, try the local courses and keep hitting the ball and hoping it goes straight and more than SO yards. Now how does that go...head down, slowly back and come down harden the follow through, Suite, sure VII remember.. 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