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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-08-19, Page 4THE GODERI1CH SIGNAL-ST4 R erich Horses Have, Good Records t Woodbine, Blue Bonnets Tracks By G. O% With Toronto's Woodbine harness r geWay Qf'fiicially , closed for the season and local horses returning to the district, a brief summary of their performances at the Tor- • oato track might be in order at this -time. Four Wins . One of the outstanding Goderich owned pacers at Woodbine was •Liana's Boy, tine five-year-old geld- hig owned by Reg McGee and Sons. In 12 starts at the Toronto, oval, he was the winner on four occasions, e,cond• four times, third twice, and Furth in, another heat. Prior to going to Woodbine the pacer had a first and four seconds. Lena's Boy has run into a string of bad luck and bad health this season, having 'weathered a bout of dis- temper and a corn. on his foot. In spite of these setbacks 'he has man- aged an impressive record. Another outstanding stable dur- ing the latter four weeks of the meet was that of George and Keith Feagan, With son Keith driving, Miss Caine Grattan, the seven-year- old mare, romped home first on three occasions, on one of which she paid $35,00. at the mutuels. The mare was second three times and finished out of the money only once. Pat Lee Grattan. Feagan's pro- mising three-year-old colt romped home the winner in three different trips and was .fifth once. Each horse lowered its record at Tor- onto, the mare doing the mile in - : 1.-°. -• „ ,l:Z ..ud,:'Fat ,Tee pacing_. the dis- tance in 2,11. �•w" Two Firsts Walter G. . Grattan,' the handy four-year-old pacer recently ac- quired by Len Overholt; lo.st no time in returning his new owner ,dividends. He copped two first .'places, a second and a third inside of a week'and rang up a new per- sonal mark of 2.09 1/5. Overholt's three-yeanold pacer, Taxi C. Lee, was second in one of his few outings at Woodbine. „One of the sidelights ,at Wood- bine was the driving of Loyd Tu'r- vey, who now makes his summer residence in Goderic'n. Horses driven by Lloyd finished out of the. money only once, and that was when Lena's 'Boy was involved in an accident with another horse. Mr. Turvey drove Lena's Boy and Walter G. Grattan to their good performances. Finlay Samis' stable, at Mont- real's Blue Bonnet track all sum- mer, have acquitted themselves quite well. Walter G.,- the six- year-old pacer, won several starts and registered a new record of 2.07 in winning one of the big stake events' at Blue Bonnet. Just Teddy, another Samis entry at Montreal, has also won his share of purse money. INDUSTRIAL PLAYOFFS STARTING NEXT WEEK The •Sheafer- Pen entry in the Industrial Softba'.l League defeated Gerrard's 6-0 while the Canadian Legionsquad edged Goderich Township 6-4 in games played `at Agricultural Park on Tuesday night. The games were the final ones in the Industrial League. schedule. Playoffs are slated to start next week, but nights for the games have not been decided as yet. In the semi-finals, the Sheaffer team, which finished first in the stand- ings, will meet the Legion, third- place team. Gerrard's, who finish- ed second, will meet the Goderich Township entry. CHICK'S EDGE DODGERS 2-1 ON ONL.Y...Q E IIT Although they managed- ',ttoaeo4 - lect only one hit off Goderich ' pitcher Kay McKinnon, the Flor- ence Chicks edged Goderich Dodg- ers 2-1" in Florence on Saturday night in an exhibition girls' softball game. The Dodgers, on the other hand, reached Blonde, the Chicks' pitch- er, for four hits but they com- mitted nine errors, which spelled the difference between victory and. 'defeat. The game was a thriller all the way, going 11 innings before Flor- ence got the deciding min. R. H. E. Goderich 000 000 001 00-1 4 9 Florence 000 000 100 01-2 1 5 Batteries — McKinnon and Em- merton; Blonde and Ferris. Hoot (On!! Lake Cruises -- EVERY. SUNDAY EVENING — Sunset -8-9 Moonlight -9.30-10.30. _ (Weather permitting) Adults 50c. " Children 2Sc • BERT MacDONALD AT THE HARBOR TTEN.TIO •01146I10ATION VIANV Let us call on you arid give you a quota- tion, without any obliga- tion vvhatsoever, on combination aluminum doors. NOW-- s OW-- s the time to take care of your win- dow caulking needs. - We .have a stock of caulking comp pounds and will rent you the gun for application of the compound. OON'T WAIT— iti1 cold weather to do this. OW he right time to attend to it r„ .11!';. e es' • es �s. • 4110. 4411 V) G A DR OF EAST a WES OW -PLAYING 91, 1i5lP/!a. -rue 9L-LCC.RM4.1 rni AGGRESSIVE TENANCIES ONLY COOS LETT : so ALLOWED • • • • •O • SPORTS "By Observer" taiTmorrow night will see the-' staging of the big sporting �attrac- tion in connection with the Kins- men Club's Goderich Trade Fair. The popular NHL All-Star team is slated to be 'at the Agricultural. Park diamond to take on a team of doderich district players. Watch for plenty of action, because these pro hockey stars really play' : a classy brand of softball. And they should, have some good com- petition. We don't doubt for a minute that the district squad will have' difficulty getting to the side- arm deliveries of Don'Harris, twirl- er for the NHL boys. But we think the puck chasers will have just as much trouble trying to col- lect hits off the offerings of Russ Johnson, the Hamiltonian speed - bailer. Johnson will likely have his biggest trouble with Sid Smith, who is said to be a 'heavy hitter. .In the fielding department Danny Lewicki, they say, is really some- thing to watch performing short- stop duties. So, if it's action you want, .the thing to do it to take in this big game. 'Schedule of the Fastball League finishes this week, and by the looks of things, Meaford Knights will be • meeting Kincardine Merchants, while Port Elgin Pontiacs will go against Walkerton Hartley. Dodgers in the semi-finals, leaving Goderich Flyers, cellar dwellers all year, out of the playoff picture. The Flyers, however, still have • hopes of playing more ball this year. We hear the executive is making at- tempts to enter the team in OASA playoffs. They claim the team would be eligible since Pitcher Booker Thomas is ' a university student. Meaford apparently is getting into the OASA playoffs under similar circumstances, singe their. hurler, Guy Sparrow, is „a student at the University of De- troit. ' Back in May, when represent- atives of the Fastball League got together with WOAA executives to iron out rules and • draw up a schedule, WOAA President Harry Doughty issued an ultimatum. This is what he said: "I want to warn all clubs that anyone who so much as lays a hand on an umpire will be suspended for the season. I will see that this rule is strictly enforced with the executive behind me otr the decision." The execu tive showed that it meant just what it said, when it had to deal recently with a charge arising out• of •--the ruling. As a result,, Joe Sullivan, a member of the Walker- ton Hartley Dodgers team Was sus- pended- for five years. Sullivan, who also played hockey for Walker- ton, was alleged to have struck Umpire ' Rughie Cummings, of Lucknow, during a game. between Walker ton and Kincardine. The fracas was said to 'have started when Sullivan, who was catching, was ordered from the game by Cummings following several dis- puted decision's. Sullivan objected to the order, hit the umpire on the jaw and loosened four teeth. The injury required several ,stitches. Sullivan's suspension applies to all organized sport.• We see in the Meaford Express NICK'S CAR LAUNDRY WASHING; WAXING AND POLISHING CARS., Called foir end delivered. —Our rates are REASONABLE PHONE 1261 PICTON ST. 32. where Guy Sparrow, fastball twirl- er for the Knights, has received his draft call -to the United States Army and is slated to report to Army authorities today at Fort Wayne, Detroit, for medical exam- ination. Guy, who is standing fourth in his class with one more year to go at University of Detroit, will not like,.y'be called for induc- tion into the Army until he finishes his school term. 'College students with good marks, nearing the end of their terms, usually are granted a deferment. Besides his pitching chores with the Knights, Sparrow has been doing lifeguard duty' at Meaford beach. " Harness, Running Races To Feature Goderich Trade Fair Program Today O Everything is set for the big harness and running race program to be staged this afternoon at the Agricultural Park neral .r u; ,* - in co -:Lt. -Lion with the Trade Fair sponsored by the Kinsmen Club. wo harness races will be staged with -? good .field of entries. in each class. Slated to go to the wire in the 2.25 class are McLellan's Boy, ,Merry Brook, Miss,Belaire, .foe's Girl, Benson G., Dorothy Star and Tony Chips. • Four horseshad• been entered up to yesterday in the'Invitation Class event: Ina Chips, Miss Callie Grattan, Red Grattan and May Lookout. Both classes will have a purse of $150. Eight horses- have been entered in the open running.race: Midnight Ace, Sleeping Jean, Grilled', Silver King, Bessigrove, North Star, Sand Blaze and Ceagel. Two horses will be in the saddle class ervent- •for best horse and rider --Mac's Golden Restoring The'Free MarketlnB;itain (Frani The Rural Scene) "The purpose of, the market is to provide opportunities for buyers and sellers to get to- gether, and agree on prices." ' * ' '1_ * Will Canadian farmers ever re- cover the British market for their products? First of all, we must keep it clearly in mind that we never did possess the British 'market 'for our farm products or for anyt.ing else. All' we bad in the best of year's was access to that market. Beca9}ae,, it was a free market, open to all the world, we held whatever posi- tion we had in it, only so long as. the quality and the prices of our products were acceptable to the buyers. . That was much better for us and for the British people and for everybody else than if it had been a restricted market in which we held a privileged position., The great attraction of the Bri- tish market in those days was that it was open to the whole world, and. the whole world .looked on it as a place where everything could be bought and sold. Such a market attracted buyers whose business -it was to supply millers and merchants in remote parts of the country and of the continent with supplies needed in their business; and many of the products of our Canadian farms foilnd their way to people who needed them through activities ;of these buyers. Government grading of our farm products gave us a decided ad- vantage over other countries in this market, for the stamp or the certificate of the Canadian Govern- ment was freely . accepted as ,a guarantee of the quality of the product. - The war closed the free market in Britain because war made ,it necessary for the Government ,to, see that supplies of food and of all other necessary materials went only to the nations on our side an the struggle. Money also, and all things that could be converted into money, had to be controlled to pre- vent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. When the war ended, the people of Britain took the first opportunity to dismiss the Churchill Govern- ment which had led them to vic- tory,' and elected the Labor pa'i ty which was pledged to the welfare state and the socialization of the country's economy. On taking, office, the new Govein- ' m-ent found that much of its so -de- ist program was already in effect, for the complete control of t country's economy, which the f"' n- servative Government had adop d as a roar ineasure, was the k' of thing the Socialists advocat 'd. All the new Government const' r- ed it necessary to do Was to. ni e• the c inttols permanent. r But the people soon tired'Of ;having everything run by the 'v- , ernm'ent and- when election time came around again they vottel the .Conservatives !back ' into po*er Pledged to restore private ,enter- prise enter prise and the free market. Now they are learning that it is easier to destroy -an edifice than to rebuild it. It took years of favorable conditions to develop the free market in England. It will probably take years to restore it. This much we know — that as long as the British market was free we had no difficulty in selling out: surplus 'products in, it if the products were of -quality and prices suited to the." demands of the buyers. . But when governments ,took over the buying and selling, other con- siderations entered into the picture and we could no longer depend on the quality and prices of our pro- ducts to get them into the market. ' It will take time and patience to restore the free market in Bri- tain, for it will take time and patience to induce buyers and sell- ers to patronize it. But if world trade is to be revived, there must bea free market somewhere, and Britain seems to be the most suit- able place. 'But this we Canadians will `have to learn: there , can ' be no free market for us if we ,insist on guaranteed prices,- centralized marketing, or producer controlled marketing boards, or any other. devices for dejeating the purpose of the free market. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. Charles Pearson, of Totronto, is visiting with his niece, Mrs. Howard Blue, and Mr. Blue. Mr. Charles Naftel has joined ithe staff of the National Emplpya ment Office at Goderich. Mr, and Mrs. A. P. Boutilier and o VV' E ARE AGENTS _O f I" COUNTER CHECK BOOKS PRINTED GUMMED TAPE MADE BY O pAPER PROOUCT55 Styles for every business. Various colors and designs Samples. suggestions and prices without obligations Ace and an entry of Jean Lerch, London. The running race carries a purse of $100 and the saddle class prize is the Hammill Trophy, valued at $100. Two entries are slatedto take part in the girls' running race. There will also be an open hurdle jump and arpony race•.of two one- half mile heats. Peter,Eisebbach, of Grand Bend, is scheci;•uled - to be the presiding judge, with Reg McGee and Ben Goldthorpe, Goderich, as judges. Saddle class judging will be done by William Decker. Len McGee is convener of the Kinsmen Club race committee. Flyers Win Over Merchants .. � SPAR, AUGUST' yaU> 9th .. . 1944 Goderich Flyers came up with their •fifth win of, the season here on Tuesday night, downing the Kincardine Merchants 4-2 in a 'WOAA ._Major ,.'Fastball tilt at. Agri- cultural Park.' Once again, as in a recent game with Port Elgin Pontiacs, it was a long hit by Bob McLean that broke a 2-2 tie. With Willis on base, McLean poled the ball out into the field and made the, circuit of the bases while the ,ball rolled right- to the fence. In the game • with Port Elgin, McLean drove the ball out into right field, Willis scored from first base, and McLean also made the round trip. Officials, however,.. ruled the hit a ground rule double since the ball bounced over the fence, and allowed only the run by Willis to score, breaking 'a 14 - inning 2-2 tie. Port Elgin protested this decision and won the protest. As a result, the game was to have been finished off last night here starting off in the 14th inning with two men out, Willis on third base and . M:dLean on second. family have returned from a motor trip to Sydney, N.S., where they visited with Mr. Bdutilier's family. Mrs. T. G. -Caley and daughter, Mrs. Wm. K. Hamilton and her son, Ronald, all of Port Dover, visited .last week with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cole, .Britannia road. Ronald is remaining for a further visit. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Allison ac- companied by granddhughter, Mrs. 'Dennis Fincher and her son, Eric, and also by their son-in-law, W. Routley and his son, Joe, of Wind- sor, enjoyed a motor trip to North Bay, Kirkland Lake, Noranda, Al- goma and Toronto. awa Plastic Bottles Tossed From Survey Boats To Help Find Lake Movements If you should .,go swimming, at Go4erich harbor or along the shore of Lake Huron and see a 'small plastic bottle ,Come drifting over the• water ,,toward you, don't be „surprised. It hasn't been dropped from a flying saucer, but from boats which recently, tgok part in' a _survey to deter$ e,, among. other things, the mass 'water movements .. which separate the, lake into layers, each of them distinct and apart from the other. The plastic objects are drift bottles which,it' is hoped, will be picked up by fishermen, swimmers and others along Lake 'Huron beaches. The 'bottles contain post- paid post- cards to be mailed to the Great Lakes Research 'Institute, giving the location and time at which the bottle was found. These will be acknowledged on receipt' if a return address is included. The survey is being cpnducted by the Great Lakes Resear-eh' In- stitute, University of Toronto, Uni- versity of Michigan, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, along with fishermen from both sides of Lake Huron. Two surveys have now been com- pleted. In the most recent one eight boats from Ontario ports and three , from Michigan participated, carrying scientists and equipment over courses which crossed from one end of the lake to the other. Ontario boats went out from Bay- field, Southampton, and South Bay Mouth on Manitoulin Island, site of the Department of Lands and Forests major fisheries research.. station. And the survey was not without hazards. For a time, one of the boats worked within the confines of a bombing range used by the RCAF, eircled and at times the boat was by low-flying aircraft. With `•his dark good looks, flash- ing brown eyes and Syrian back- ground, King Ganam looks as if he'd be most at home dashing across the desert on an Arabian steed: But, says he,' the only plains he has ever dashed across are ...those. in...Southern Saskatche- wan, where he ,was born and grew up. 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