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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-08-21, Page 6'"' ' . n% soreforllntoO SC as the nlnth,tWo 1 rt flrst ba eighth -in two wlictpit by:Kinca * ght at Clinton Tigers deteate :Cain onald in relief of starter rt iff suffered the 'loss. xi now Leads the best ot three serieS, one sime to none. The next game was Wednesday (last night). The score of the game was not available at press nue. The Colts jumped off to an early 2-Oiead in the first Inning. Back to • back singles by Dan Colqultottn and Butch Fleet, an error. and a wild pitch provided the two runs. The Tigers scored single runs in the third and fifth innings to tie the scoreaf 2-2. At this point, Cam MacDonald came on in relief of Bartliff. An unearned run in the sixth gave Dashwood the lead. but *the Colts evened the score at 3-3 • with a run in their half of the sixth inning. Dave Fawcett hit a double to left centrefield with one out. Cam MacDonald then hit a ground rule double to tie it up for the Colts. But that is all the scoring the Colts could muster against the fine pitching of left - • Wh4WaS, it Of a fie put ontreterS0no score m Don AfaCDPpahES MacDonald also scored When the Kincardine outfielder • first irMi ,S onir MO Was MacPonakL '4onS!ieWeltspgle resulted in 14 runs beings .six hits by MacDonald eh*. Butlers Nicholson, Cook and Butter, three walks by- ook, lrwin, and MacDonald and two batters hit by pitches, Riehl and Bartliff. Kincardine's Petrie scored four runs in the second inning while Clinton was held scoreless. Malting the score 12- 2 after two. Five more runs by Clinton on hits by MacDonald. Irwin and Butler and walks to Cook Bartliff and Peterson, made the score 17-2 at the end of three. Kincardine made the score 17-3 in the fourth inning when Hanniman doubled and stole home on a wild pitch. A double play from Clinton's Cook to MacDonald to Welch ended any scored' runs by ft 1004;404 Shot/felt. Clinton now advances to the Ontario playoffs, but their nix opponent or date of .the next - game are not Yet Itnew4, Win is unprecedented The Clinton Juvenile "C" Baseball Club set a record last Thursday as the first ball club to win the Bruce Dean Memorial Trophy as 'the Western Ontario Athletic Association Juvenile "C" Champs for a third year running - Hugh Hodges, past president at the WOAA, presented the Juveniles' Steve McDonald with the trophy and expfessed his confidence that the team would gd on to repeat last year's performance and take the 'Ontario Baseball Association Juvenile "C" Championship. Vanastra Gun Club results After a tong absence, John Anderson of Kippen was back in action at the August 13 Vanastra Gun Club's trap shoot to take first place with his score of 24 hits. Bill Stewart, Greg Potter and Jim Sheardown, all of Goderich, tied at second with 23 while 'Charlie Brandon of Clinton, a new name to appear in the shoot results, tied John Rends of Goderich with 22. Continuing with the ties, Bill Thompson and Mery Batkin of Clinton finished at 21 with Lloyd Venner of Hensel' and Derwin Carter of Londesboro. Jim Butcher of Clinton turned •in an le; Jack Marriott of Goderich shot a 17 and Ashley Gilbert and Janet Potter of Goderich tied at 16. Jim East of Clinton trailed with,10. In the. Autkust 36tskeet shoot, Bill McNutt of Exeter had to share his lead for a second week, this time with Mery Batkin of Clinton who also shot a 24. Jerry Coleman of Seaforth, DerWin Carter of Londesboro and Bill Stewart of Goderich finished in a three- wav tie at 23 while Greg Potter end Pat Heenan of Seaforth turned in scores of 22. Paul Metter of Vanastra shot a 19, with another three-way tie occurring at 18 with Hary McCallum of Myth, Ashley Gilbert of Goderich and Harrison Schoch of Zurich. Clinton's Bill Thompson closed the field with his 16. Goderich Twp. Rec The regular schedule for girls softball was completed last Tuesday. Aug. 12 when Goderich Township A team played Stanley at Brucefield, winning it 19-2. The two stars picked for that game were pitcher Debbie Wise and good hitting Pat Harris. The juniors also played their last game of the regular series withStanley Juniors and lost by a miserable score which they care to forget. Karen Jantzi and Susan Bell -were picked as stars. • The playoffs for both boys and girls softball begins this week. One boysteam has been undefeated throughout the regular season. Hopefully by next week's paper, someone Will take time to report more fatly on 'their -programme. It should make an n interesting story. From the horses mouth In the first race at Goderich Raceway, Lady's David owned by Larry Jewitt, Clinton and John Jewitt, Londesboro and driven by Dennis Jewitt was out of the money. The second race winner, was GD. Direct, owned by Dan and James Riehl and driven by John Muir. The mile was in 2:10.3 and the payoff was $4.80. Second was Vallenreek Cleo. owned by William Caldwell of Clinton and driven by William. Third was Pen Dins. Dob, owned by Bruce Volland of Goderich and driven by Grand Volland of Clinton. -Fourth was Timberina Hy, owned by Arnold Doak of Goderich and driven by Brian Hodgson of London. Out of the money were Reggie Ford co owned by Charles Brindley of ---Golletieb rentrdrivarbylack " Meriam of Goderich, and Tinys Copper Duke, owned by R.E. McKinley, Zurich and driven by Gerry Roebuck of Goderich. Third in the third race was Wayne Express, owned by George Calwell of Goderich and driven by Gerry Roebuck. Fifth was Will He Lochin 'ar, owned by Janet Bennewies of Crediton and driven by Dennis Jewin. Out of the money were Roger Frost, owned by Robert Alexander and driven by Jack Duckworth both of Goderieh, as was Whisky Kid, owned by Bev Nott, Clinton and driven by Bill' Edwards. The fourth race winner was Scott's G, .,owned by Edith Samis of Goderich and driven by Rick Moffatt.. The mile was in 2.12.1 and the 'pay off $6. Second was Single Johnny. owned and driven by Johnny Muir Of Seaforth. Third was Virginia's Misty, owned by Robert McLean and driven by Randy McLean both of Godetich. Out of the money was Dreatnbridge, owned by Harold Jewell of Goderich and driven by Bruce Volland. Third in the fifth race was Excel Mac, owned by Roy Mariam of Goderich and driven by *Tick Meriam. Fourth was WI.on josie, .owned and alive I -by Bruce %Aland, Out of the money were _Imp blathers Owned by Charles„ Eugene and Ohn hitatherS Goderich with utak) *tying, 'and Shadow owned by ted Pewter of Landesboro and driven by Dale Kennedy of Seaforth. • Fifth in the tenth race was Crash Landing, owned by George Feagan of Goderich with Gerry Roebuck driving. At the Clinton raceway Sunday afternoon, the first race winner was Hickory Lassie, owned by Walter Oster and driven' bk Frank MacDonald, both of Clinton. The time of the mile was 2:09 and the payoff was 53.10. Out of the money was Goldies Cross, owned and driven by William Caldwell. The second race winner was Cromarty Lass, owned and driven by William Bennett of Seaforth The time of the mile was 2:12.3 and the payoff was 55.70. Second was Granny Mothers, owned by the Broken Fourth was Bucky H Volo, owned by Fred Fowler of Londesboro and driven by Frank MacDonald. Fifth was Sandy Doo Little, owned by Leonard Hunter, Clinton and driven by Greg Campbell. Out of the money were Rusty's Charm, owned by John Cox of Winghani and driven by Ron Williamson of Seaforth, and Miss Rental, owned by Ronald Baer of Goderich and driven by - Frank MacDonald. The fifth race winner was Scotch A Plenty, owned by Brian Rutledge of Brussels and driven by Johnny Muir, The time of the mile was 2:12.1 and the payoff was $4.30. Third was Dusty's Camp, owned by Janet and Wayne Betinewies of Crediton and driven by Grant, George Lavis was in the Centennial parade with a steam tractor sold by his grandfather at Lite tur#. of the century. (News-Recordphoto Oust Thornda le Colts advance in OBA playoffs liy Joe Livermore Last Wednesday, August 13, the Thorndale Angels gained revenge on the Clinton Colts for the trouncing the Colts had given them.? in their previous encounter in Thorndale last weekend by defeating the Colts at Clinton by a score of 8-2. Ed Deer started on the mound for Clinton and took the loss, although he left when the score was only 3-2 in the sixth for the Angels. The Angels put the game out of complete reach of the Colts in the eighth inning by scoring five big insurance runs off three' Colt pitchers, Cam MacDonald, Dan Colquhoun and Don Bartliff. The Angels. grabbed an early 1-6 lead in the second inning by bunching three singies for one run. Stew Mustard gave the Colts a short-lived lead in the fifth inning as he slammed out a two run homer over the 330 centrefield. foot mark in That was all the runs the Colts could - score off Angels' pitcher Doug Byers, who pitched a very good game, limiting the Colts to only seven hits. Stew Mustard led the Colts with three hits, a homer and two singles; Doc IVIiller had a double and single; Cal Fremlin and Larry Pickett had one single each. Back in Thorndale last Friday. August 15, the Clinton Colts ousted the Angels from further D.B.A. competition by defeating them 9.6 on the strength of strong relief pit- ching by Cam MacDonald and Stew Mustard. The Celts jumped off' to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning. Mustard and Colquhoun hit back to back singles and Don Bartliff slammed a three -run homer over the centrefield fence, some 330 feet from home plate. The Angels quickly tied it up 3-3 with a three run homer of their own by Cadick in the bottom half of the first inning off starter Larry Pickett. The Colts grabbed the lead again in the second inning with . a walk to Butch Fleet, sacrifice by Mustard and a single by Dan Colquhoun, producing the_ run. Inciden- • tally, Dan Colquhoun ted the -Colt —attack by going four for four at the plate to raise his batting average to .473. Stew Mustard- is the other Colt hitter who has a four hundred batting average at .432. Thorndale tied the game again at 4-4 with a run in the third inning. Dawson' hit a homer off reliever Cam MacDonald. In the fourth in- ning the Angels took the lead fa the first time 5-4. Twp walks and a single produced the go ahead run The Colts actually won the game in the fifth inning as they scored four big runs. With one out, Dan Colquhoun singled, Don Bartliff got on on an error and Dee -Miller walked, filling the bases. Paul Bartliff then looped a two run double down the left field line. With, two out, Cam MacDonald won his own game with a two run single scoring IVliller and Paul Bar- tliff. George Taylor of the Angels hit his second homer of the series off MacDonald in the seventh to narrow the score to 8-6. but the Colth got it back with an unearned run in the ninth to make the final score Colts 9. Angels 6: Dan Colquhoun led the Colt hitting attack with a double and three singles ; Stew Mustard gathered two singles: Don Bartliff homered, Paul Bartliff cracked out a double: and Cam MacDonald hit a key single. The Colts now advance to the quarter -final . round of the D.B.A. playdowns. As yet, they do not know their next op- ponents. SEE THE 1976 American Motors Cars. ON DISPLAY NOW Gremlin — Pacer — Matador Hornet Strickland Auto -Mart HURON ROAD—GODERICH - 524-8841 or 524-8411 Authorized American Motors and Jeep Dealer Vollattch Out of the money was.. E e Mathe .riven by ug ne rs• Third in the seventh race was Fourth was Dainty Meadow, owned by George Feagan of Goderich, and Robert Feagan of Dundas driven by Gerry Roebuck. Fifth was • April Flight owned by Brian Rutledge of Brussels and driven by Dennis Jewitt. Third in the fourth rare was Merrywood Dee, owned by Jack Holmes, Clinton and driven bv Dennis Jewitt. Tactful Tom, owned by V. Baird of Hensell and driven by Grant Volland. Out of the money were Lady's David, owned by Larry and John.. Jewitt and driven by Dennis Jewitt, also Single Johnny, owned and driven by Johnny Muir. Fourth in the eighth race was' Pen Dins Sob, owned by Bruce Volland and driven by Grant driven by Mac Sewers. Out of the money in the tenth race was Miss Belle Bars, owned by Fred Fowler of. Londesboro and driven by Frank-MaeDonald. The leading driver at Goderich raceway is Johnny Muir -of Seaforth. 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