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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-09, Page 15• • • Don Dabonovich,manager of the A champion Petrolia Bunsen Burners, and team captain acceptthe championship trophy from' tournament chairman Doug Fisher. Petrolia won the, A division with a .3-0 victory over London Ted Diltz and won the Grand championship' over Goderich French Cleaners 5-4. (staff nheto) Willows: wins han• dbp'� net The fourth annual In.dian `summer`- O.P.P.A'. tour- ' our- nament- was.. held at •the Sunset on Wednesday, Sep- : tember 1. There was some rain in the early morning but the weather cleared up .by„ - afternoon and some excellent ,steres wereturnedin.. Roast •� beef_. supper was 'served and prizes;given but. First low gross in the O P.P. -----Division went'. to Doug Spitzi'g • and first low net went to Bob ' Simms. Second low gross went .•to—Dick Porter and second l w net to Ed Daer. In the Civilian . Division Dave Bedour of the Sunset .won .first.low gross and Dave- Gower won first low , net. : i•.Steve Bennett of Seaforth won second low gross with Denis Lassaline 'capturing second low• net. r -the juniors held t e r-4inei wind up day of- the season on Tuesday, August'31. The 1976 junior club chamnpinn is Dave Bedour ':and• , handicap 1;4 - their champion is Tim Willows. • Attendance was good on Telford and Ellen Connelly. , Men's Night, Tuesday, The final mixed -two ball .,August 3L Low gross was McEAi%Ei0':� bat the dlffereece' flan Dabonovich leaped`' wildly out to. the . pitchers o mound, slapping . hands, embracing players - and shouting with the :enthusiasm, of a little league:.piayer whose. team had just won, the • championship: ' "Awwwright...awr}!right. .lie' shouted as ; he • congratulated teammates, "Way to Work you guy's;"way to be!" Ptroha; ""' Bunsen. $urners' shut out defending champions. London.Tet'Diltz 3 - 0 td.win the A championship of -.the Goderich Industrial Fastball Tournament and " for Daborrovich' the.,victory' was. sweet revenge. Last year he saw his Bunsen ,$urners'' humiliated by Ted Diltz' 10-2. . in the championship game and this year he. could barely contain himself as his team • was flawless against the saiie'Diltz team. Larry Forbes,. who was a ' standout` throughout the tournament, carne up'with a .-brilliant performance; a two hitter, against •owerful Diltz team. He. allowed two and,Adele Drennan; and Stan Rick-Sowerby' and low net net Will . be held on Sunday, Went to Robert Baechler, September 19: It will include First' flight winners .were: a pot luck. supper. Bob Greer, Milt Place, Bruce •: CIO) '. 'championship Erskine and Dennis playoffs Will • be . held-'. on Lassaline;' second-'fl:i. ht: Saturday,' September 11: The. Manford Poperriitseh,rt semi finalists in the ladies' Mountford, Art Burt and B b two. ball are: Brenda Fisher -, Durnin; and third'flight-Ray and Jackie Harrison playing Cook..; George; Williams, Pete off against Shirley-Baechler-`a Teichert .and. Rennie Arm -;and Sharron Lassaline. The strong semi-finalists' in the; •'s Ladies' Night was held on •fes Thursda Se tem ;eri 2. . two- ball -is Bob Greer and, y' p bMarcel Lassaline 'playing off Winners were. first flightSue MacAdam,. Chris Spitzig, against Dave Graf and Evelyn Evers . and Ger"ry Gerald'Morgan: • Harris: Second flight winnersSpSue MacAdam and. Chris were.-, Joyce ''Bolton, Betty..Ladie g will playoff for Iielesic and Grace Sale Ladies Club Champion. A mixed Scotch ' two balls --lied----©n F'-r-iday,-,:Sept.-Good .luck'to ,• everyone. .rn tember. ;3. Winners were:their matches- See you on Mike Drennan and. berace Club Championship' Day,' Sale; •• Stan Connelly' and October 16. Tickets are now`' ' Gerry,Harris; Art Mountford on sale -in the clubhouse. rim VITiliows (left) and. Dave Bedour of Goderleh,were net and gross winners respectively„. ,•in`the Sunset Golf Club junior championship held last week Bedour won the championship with a 70 white'W,illows took net honors with a 05, Approximately 17 juniors participated In the tournament. (staff photo) • singles -An the second inuring andprornptly fanned the final two batters in the game and allowed -only two baserunners in the final fire innings. _ Bob Webster provided '-the offensive punch. for Petrolia; as he clammed two singie ,three, trips .to the'•plate and' ,scored two runs, inclixding.the' winner in the fourth inning; Teammate Wayne`Fitzlehn also weildeda' big bat' as he knocked in all 'three Petrolia runs., In the fourth inning he, singled in Webster.who had led off the inning with asingle and: went to second on a second single by, ` Mark Dupuis. _ . ° They added two more in the sixth as Webster again led off with a single, Peters'and Dupuis were hit by ' pitches and Fitzjohn batted in the final two, runs with a single. 'Lou Ciccihini also added two hits• along with Webster and Fitzjohn., Petrolia has participated in. the Goderich tournament for five years and won..the championship four years ago. En, route to the championship 'GOI ERI the ;Burners edged: Lueknow 3.0,'.outslugged London Life 10.7 -and downed Ingersoll -4-1 in the setni-final. • . Forbes turned in his first' • two -hitter of the_tournament against ,Lucknow s..1.u..-,_stngias in the fnu 'th.arid:si• innings. Hle.gave up:no•waiks .And ` fanned:10." batters. ,.Dan 'Kelly gave: up only three hits to Petrolia, . one a .two run homer by Alex MCEachern in the •. sixth inning, " that provided the only, runs of the ball game. A 'member of•the'Petrolia'Bunsen•Burners slides safely into third base in the champlonship game against•Londen• • • Ted•Dilt4. Petrolia"wonthe A division title. (staff •photo) leeplexs nights • isher anchors tourney staff Dear Editor: •• b On .Labor' Day . weekend, hundreds of Goderich , ball fans saw 'the best industrial. fast. ball teams from south- western and central Ontario oonwn French us know, nch Dry Cleaners ball .club walked off ,with top s , qq�}}ours in "B" division, and c within - an- ace of knocking off 'A' division champ Petrolia Bunsen Burners. • ' Our tournament this year was• the 'most • financially successful in -the years it has been held Approximately a net profit of $2.5b0.00 . was realized with most of that going into . the park lights fund: A tournament of . this calibre requires the' Cooperation of different -merchants, organizations and. individuals. This year my committee consisted of the following peopleR-ay .Don- nelly, . Doug Currie, Jack. MacKinnon, Jim 'Bell, John Hoy, Gerry Durst, Bruce Stoll, Bruce Bowman, Greg' Hawson, and Bill Kit:key. A special. mention must also go to Jim Durst, Bob' McBride, Frank MacDonalds' and all other . ball' players who assisted ' usin the tour- nament's smooth operation:_ . Petrolia only.: fell : behind once in the tournament .but rallied_ for four runs in their final at bat to outmusc'le London Life 10-7 in. their' second game. • •. The powerful • Burners' scored d0 • runs . off losing :pitcher,. : -Pollock, on thestrength of six home runs. Ciecitini and MCEachern led. the attack with two. home runs each while.,Jack•Shields and Fitzjohn chipped in with one apiece.. , London had rallied` for four runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-6 lead which was 'erased by the 'Burners four run • seventh inning • rally: Trailing. by three in the final inning, London went down, in -order to end the game.m•' MCEachern, who.' Made -a habitof hitting game winning - home runs, left Ingersoll' losing pitcher ` Wayne Chal;kleyshaking his head after he served up a three -run homer- to. McEachern .in the. third inning. The blast scored Fitzjohn, who had • singled -and Ken Burns who readied base on an error.. Fitzjohn, who • shared 'half of th.e wrecking crew durties • with Hard work, sleepless nights and sheer pride in our tournam.e:rt and town resulted lin high praise from ball: players and fans •from . •Windsor to Toronto. Our park, with its new lighting system is said„t : be the :best • fastball park in this part of Ontario: Special thanks for the cooperation,., and assistance given .by. .Dave Ryan and George: Berger of Carling- O'Keefe Breweries Ltd. — co: sponsors of 'our'tournament.• The individual awards- and special. prizes . provided by Carling O'Keefe are second to none in .the' tournament circuit This• weekend has set the stage for'- our own league playoffs,, and hopefully has. generated enough en- ' thusiasrn for fans to see our top playoff fourhonours. teams battle for A ere thank you to. :P•VerYone. Dougnnost Fishersinc 16.T9urna ant O'lfairrnran. • T RSD i`,: SE•: • a. -r-.., AER AOE.7 MCEachern, added ao,,.In- surance marker with a solo homer in the fifth inning, • Ingersoll inanagel one run on just three hits ;off' winning pitcher Don_Smith` and that came in the fourt?rinning• as Larry Benjamin singled in Steve Holbrook. Petrolia entertained area fans: with a bevy of excellent pitchers that was :equale'd by their. defensive . play. They allowjust e ght uns:; their • foured r gamest sevenover of. them against Londq.ife. • Ingersoll was the only club to score a run against Petrolia in their other thr'eegames. ` rMcEachern and Fitzjohn were ;deadly atthe plate for Petrolia as they combined tor seven home- runs between thein and Wore responsible for a good part of the teams:y: scoring. our emnet, Services Officer Your area FBDB', Management Services Officer will be in Goderich Tuesday September 14th. from 9:30 A.M.to 3:0o P.M. and willbe available through' the Bedford Hotel,. 524.-7337. For pre -arranged appointment to visit your,, business write or telephone Stratford F'BOB • 1036 Ontario Street (271-5650). programs may suit.your needs with the appropriate offices. who helps - small buiesses help themselves. 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