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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-09-05, Page 154 Q • 1, Deo.a 1 0 9 8.7 § 4 lie Library, 52 Montreal G-Q&er :o114 Ont. N7A 2G4 . J•a i•ft••;yoftoftoilosiomrkorisiarroi Fastball tourney - still not over ain two finals till The sixth annual Goderich ind-ustrial Softball Tour- fitment grand championship game was postponed two weeks coy a light rain that `started af- terthe 29th game on Monday afternoon.' The final two games of the tournament, the "A" division chainpionship and the grand. championship games will be played on ,September 15 at Agriculture Park. In the first game the Kit- chener Evergreens will play the Stratford Memorial Athletics to decide the winner of•the "A • a division. The =winner of that game• ,will play the Lucan "Irish" Nine locttletermine the tournament grand champions. The 29th game between " Dominion -Roads and Lucan' was, the "B". division cham- pionship game. Wayne Draper smashed a, 'hornerun for DRMCo in the 'sixth inning to tie the game 2-2 but •pitcher, on ••McWhinnie gave up four si :'les in the top' of the seventh an . actin scored, two runs to winganie'4-2. by the ,umpire. Not sure of touching the 'plate he returned to tag up and accidentally bum- ped the catcher. The man 'tur- ned and assaulted the Clipper player but was quickly subdued by his teammates. Later in the game the same Bryanston player ran up in the stands after spectator Wayne Cook in• reaction . to -several comments from Cook. The um- pire immediately' removed the player from the game. The second- of two hits Sar- nia pitcher Jean Lacroix gave up' to Toronto Sanderson Bin- ding cost his -team --the game. Lacroix walked ' two battters before _ Barry— :Thompsonsmashed a three run homer to give Toronto a 3-0 victory. In a '• Saturday "B" game Badenoch pitcher Ron Inglis threw a three _hitter and him- self got three hits in four trips to the plate. to help his team defeat Elmira 9-3. • In a pitching duel that lasted an extra inning East London Sports eliminated Chepston by, a 2-1 margin. Chepston pifcher •brought Glencoe to within -two runs „but' a homerun by ..Bill Fairbairn in the seventh with a . man on base was all the n- surance °Petrolia, needed. The Lucan. Nine, described by an umpi0a as the "fighting Irish" ended the hopes of Pic - ton by defeating them 4-1'. Lucan, pitcher §rian 'Lightfoot gave up only two hits -to Picton, the team to travel the furthest distance to take part in •the tournament. Picton is over 300 miles from Goderich. CLOSE AND EXCITING • 1n the game described as the. most exciting of Saturday's ac- tion Burlington *defeated Arva 7-6. Fighting back twice from three run deficits, Burlington's Bob • Crutchow scored from second on, a single by Joe Palango. Goderich Kendall . Oil capitalized on a series of Walton errors ' to break a ' seventh inning tie and defeat Walton 0-4. Kendall had a four run rally in the top of°the sixth inning to tie. the game. • In the later The official opening of the tournament was not until - Saturday night at 9;30 when Mayor Harry Worsell threw fourth innings and a one hit ef- in the first ball to batter George Burgess, right. ° Mr. fort by. Wayne Petrie Arras' '`' Burgess was the representative from Carling -O'Keefe enough to advance East Lon-.,Brewer+es The ma r don Sports.to the third round yor •g ' two strikes on -George before competition. London shut out he lined one to short to start the action In the, game bet- ween, Burlington and-Arva. Others on hand for the opening were, from left, tournament president Doug Fisher, Mayor Worsell, Arva, coach Frank Clark, Burlington coach Jack Evans and George Burgess. that declares a team the winner ''- In an exciting seventh Tronto Sanderson Binding 6-0 •inning • Bar. 4-3 to advance to the •"B" the seventh inning Lucan in the "A division game, a if they have a seven run lead drive with two out- the Lutan championship against DRMCo. scored two to stay, alive in the Petrolia pitchers -Gary Water•cite-r five innings. Nine defeated Petrolia Colony , „With two out in the bottom of tournament. and Wray Lamb .combiged,.�..�...,.........�....�..�.._.....-.i....,.-ft....•�....... ...�."�.�........�........._........-�..^4,.............�..._....�...�,......•....`..-.....,.....�..�..�..•,-..•,....•�...�...�......r...•.,.,.�..f I 1 Mmen ror�s or aUoerOntar.io their talents to strike 11 Cen- ,.tr.alla batters ou•tL in their team's 8:2' victory in the second round "B" team. The two gave up only -four hits between them The Petrolia "A" entry took a second inning five run lead in their game with Kitchener Evergreens bat had that lead reduced to a deficit in the bot- tom of the inning' when Kit- chener. „scoredsix runs. In- stifance markers in the fourth and fifth innings gave Kit- chener a 9-6 victory over Petrolia. • SECOND HOME LOSS A three run rally in the fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie between Lucan and Goderich Kendall. i - Oil and Lucan held on to the lead' to defeat Goderich 5-2 in the final "B"' game of the . second•rpurld. In the final "A" second f round game Kitchener O.W. Sports° defeated Burlington 5-4 in eight innings. Burlington came from behind in the ' seventh. inning and took a two run lead that Kitchener tied in C the bottom of the seventh. Bill Ballaugh singled and scored af- . ; ter, an error `by Burlington 2, second' 'P baseman Dennis Newsome to end the game 5-4, THIRD 'ROUND 1 In the first "A" division j third round game East London Sports rallied in the fourth in- ning to tie Stratford 4-4 but couldn't contain -'the Athletics who scored- two in the fifth to beat London 6-5. • DRMCo and Sandy's .Clip- 1 pers met in the first "B" third j round game and a grand slam. t homer in the seventh inning t gave DRMCo the 10-8 victory. Sandy's scored three runs in •i the top of the seventh to take - an 8-6 lead but .Brian McLean . smashed, a grand slam homer. ; in the last of the seventh to give • • DRMCo the 10-8 win. Wayne Doak and Rick Gallow also„hit 7 • homers in the game A , • •` The second "A” game pitted two Kitchener teams, the Evergreens and O.W. Sports against one another. Jim Miller 1 posted a' two hitter in the `j Evergreen 0-1 'victory. he 2 me was called after fivein- s due to'a tournament rule �,1•. �.w.�a• Although he didn't; play in thetournament-Ray ;Schweitzer.was,the biggest winner of the weekend, Flay wor the draw for the 1974 Vega given away "by'th . League. He and his wife Gloria, seated beside him, left the movies. Monday night an, name out in the rain to' admire their prize. (staff -photo) ` . , • FIRST ROUND Don Kelley, struck out lO bat- seventh inning Jack acKin- ters in the reg regulation seven in- non -singled and adva ed to In earlier action the $r�issels g Rockets defeated' the Zurich en- . pings and his London -counter - third on errors. 'Ron Kr gee try, 7-1, in the 'first "B" .game • part, Gerry ' Gooder, retired drove%Macl{,innon in and th n nine. stole home after reaching thir of the .weekend. ''brussels 'pit- In the. topof f the 'eighth. in- "mom Walton error. Cher, Neil Gowing, allowed: ,only g In the final first round game four Zurich hits in the victory. ning Chepston scored one run nrn to ,lead the game but London °• Kitchener O.W. Sports defeated In the first "A'' game Jerry's .. Canteen (Kitchener) shut out replied 'th tw in the bottom Sar_nia 2-0 without' earning a wr O • •t wi 2-1.rUn. Both Kitchener scores . Nile. 3-0. to advance' to second of the .inning o n round action. GODERiCH ELIMINATED DRMCd, one of four Goderich Gord's Sports Goderich teams in the tour- . loaded the bases in the sixth in- nament, eliminated the Bluth ning but could hot 'score them lead. entry„by 'a 7-1' margin. DRMCo to remove Centralia's two run pitcher Don .McWhinnie turned lead: Gord's scored one run in SECOND' ROUND in a strong performance, giving the seventh, and left the tying In the -first "B” game' of the up only three hits: run on first. losing 3-2 to the o second round 5DRMCo batted In a game that was-officiall-y... - C-entralia entry.. around the order in the, .third protested, the Stratford• In a game described by Win- inning :to score five of the six - dsor fans as another "Windsor runs they needed to defeat ripoff" the Kitchener Brussels 6-4. A three run rally Evergreens defeated Windsor in the fifth inning fell short of Hiram Walkers 3-0. Two the Goderich lead and Brussels homeruns, one with 'a man on was eliminated frons further' base, was all Kitchener needed • play.' , , in the shutout. Stratford pitcher" Ross Hislop The fans from Windsor were gave up four hits.to Xitchener upset because the umpire failed Jerry's Canteen and hit a triple to call a ground rule double af- to drive in the winning run in ter a Windsor outfielder fum= his team's 2-0 shutout over Kit.. bled the ball over'the fence and chener: Warren Hastings Kitchener„ posted a two run singled .in Bill Taylor for the insurance' .marker to 'advance Stratford to third -round play. came on 'Sarnia errors. in the first and fourth innings. A three hit effort by p• Harvey Mann preserved the Kitchener A`thletic's shut out Walkerville 2-0: The protest came after a Walkerville hit that bounced over the. outfield fence. The umpire ruled the hit .a ground rule double and Walkerville .protested claiming the ball was touched by the outfielder befor'e going over the fence and should be ruled .a homerun that would have tied the game. Tour- nament executives threw the protest out giving Stratford,the victory. '';',:homer.. Both pitchers Brian DELAYED BY ANGER . Plante fiord. Windsor and Jim Q In a game that was , twice "4%'Miller allowed only two .hitsKEY HOMERUNS delayed by violence, Goderich each: Two run herpes by Ken ' Sandy's Clippers scored fbur One of the two Petrolia• en " funs "nn four hits to defeat tries ,in the tournament kept • Deer and Fick Sowerby were Bryanston '4-2. The game, their hopes alive by defeating all' that Sandy's Clippers. Qcalled after five innings Watford 5.4: Petrolia pitcher .needed to defeat Badenoch 4.0 because of the 10 hour time Wray Lamb 'allowed only fouf and advance to third round limit, was 'delayed once wh'n Watfardo hits in the 'B" game. competition against DRMCo `' Deb Shewfelt and the Bryan- The other Petrolia entry, Sandy's "pitcher Ken Dae' their hA tsta, advanced to allowed only three Badenoch aston,catcher were in'volvl in a tehits in his, second tournament scuffle. the second round by defeating Shewfelt slid into home on a Glencoe 8.4. AThome run on appearance. dose play and was called safe errors in the Sixth inning 'two runs in first;' third and eekend tournament brought By Jeff Seddon The many stories and humorous activities connected with the weekend 'baseball utournarrient that can not make it to . . print due to lack of time and space are in some cases just as interesting as the game results. People from across the province coming together for a weekend , of fun and com- petition can't help' but do unusual things as'a result of the spirit` at the ballpark. .Jobs thatsprang up such as scoring and announcing games, serving food in the kitchen.and beverages at the bar, marking. the ball diamond and keeping the whole schedule moving on time were given to co-operative" people who in some cases allowed; • their enthusiasm to overrule their Buttalents. ut -the job' Ivas done and very well. Announcing the ,games was a weekend joke. Team. lineups were 'coming to the scorekeeper in coaches' 'handwriting and the men in charge of translating the names quite often couldn't even spell them so you can imagine the difficulty in pronouncing them. On. more than one. occasion a player's name would be announced and he would tut"n towards the microphone with a scowl. The kitchen staff, made.up of tournament executive, ate • all the food they.burned or spoiled and by the end of the weekend were staring out...of the booth like.zombies, moving like machines when people ordered 'submarines or ham- burgers. . After each and every game Doug Fisher jumped in his. truck and `dragged the diamntrd by pullinff a section of frost 'fence around and around until the playing surface looked. like new again. After the Fisher truck left the field the executive and their helpers would rake the batter's box and mark the diamnd_,-,_• o with lime to distinguish between foul and •fair territory. Lineups would be announced and more than one"player picked up a. new nickname as a result of the play-by-play ,man mispronouncing his' name., The officiating, for the tourn•amertt Was very good..The um- pires from the Ingersoll area -shared the duties behind the plate and the base line and worked the tournament from start to finish. They bought tickets on -the car, they talked to players after the games 'and made as many new friends aa, the players.. All the executive were doing, more than" running a ball tournament, ' they were representing the town of Goderich and doing a great job. The.. teams that enteredthe play came) to Goderich with the intention of staying the weekend, win or lose,' and enjoying themselves. The execs were enter- taining the players and according to•players' comments, .they' were very successful, The teams had some characters playing for them that were. a joy to behold. Petrolia had a pitcher, catcher'combination that weighed in at over 650 pounds•and devoted a great deal of -their energy to shouting encouragement •to their fellow teammates. The Chepston entry had a set of twins, one catching and one pitching that must have .been confusing to the batters opposing them. A batter would look at the pitcher and after • the throw .turn around and be facing what looked to be the same . man. • , . • Mayor Harry Worsell came, to the park on Sunday mor- ning and asked the announcer 'to turn down the volume 'si•nce. it was still rather early- on the Sabbath for the residents of Goderich to hear the play-by-play•of the games. The end ,result of the tournament is that yet another tourist attraction, softball,.has been established in Goderich. The tournament, one of the largest in the province, Jhas come 'to be a well attended event and -already teams have voiced. their intentions to return next year and compete. • * * * The Goderich Pee Wee baseball teani may feel. sighted' by the tournament since the ` majority of fans at Agriculture Park on Sunday were watching the softball game while they ' played on -the next diamond. The fact is that there was so much activity in the sport that the people in the park failed to recognize the difference in the two games. The pee wee -team is to be congratulated on their fine ef- fort in tab all -Ontario quarter final with Essex. The boys dost two games to Essex and are eliminatedfrom_ the ' playoffs. n The umpire for the Sunday contest was Mayor Harry Wor- sell who -had to have his wife paged over the loudspeaker to • get the keys to the car so he could get his equipment and begin the game. ti { 1 1 1 1 '1 •1V 1..)�-..►.. .•11{..1'ti.11.10..4. 14 01.4 V.V11.11....i•V.1�."�/.1.1..</0VY�...1,A.�..�►.Y.L►�.P'1..�I.1..Y.�...�.PV.'�./. I' The Industrial ,Fastball League tournament wenton for three days and two nights without a hitch ttptil Mother F4 ture put a stop to'the play on' Monday night. Rainfall forced the last • charnpiohahip game and;the' grand championship garme'o be postponed until September 15.