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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-04, Page 144^ir 3i44'.. A14'4: °,14"4: ? 4Z'lT4..+.+T M1!i11*��";t�',�.1R1A1!►1y.�,�1*�:1!�"Y,M1ti�Y, AI•_�'Z M' $ 0 The Wingham Advance -Times, July 4, 1984 --Page 13 r.- L� I P .t??,w1 ., _ ... ,... � _ ��2��c'2��.5�1�'�t�il�n:%*��1!►��s+►.►�.�'>�7e�c^!r.�r�.+r^}t±'�'*�'!^�►-y'. Pal erston captures Wingham tournament `(Intended for last week) The Palmerston Imperials rode the strong right arm of Don Rae to Victory and the overall championship in the rain -delayed BP Fastball Tournament. Rae, who also pitches for Waterloo CHYMers of the Inter -County Fastball League, pitched back-to- back shutouts on Sunday to blank Otterville in the championship contest. Otterville, which was undefeated in the tour- nament to this point, needed only one win to clinch the title . while Palmerston, which reached the finals by dumping the host BPs 8-1 in the semi-final after losing to the BPs in the opening game of the tournament the previous weekend, had to win twice. However Otterville, which included the tournament's top batsman in Doug Furlong, was unable to solve Rae's pitching and lost both games by identical 2-0 scores, with. Rae yielding only two hits through the entire 14 innings to lay claim to the top pitcher award. Earlier on Sunday the Imperials had received a If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones. 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AT 8:00 PM ONLY. STARTS FRI. JULY 13 sakieis••T PAR�,Nit culdAuctE strongpitching performance from tournament MVP Moe Wilson to down Wingham 8-1 in a game in which the BPs fell victim to their own mistakes. This set the stage for the final confrontation, as Port Elgin, which also was still in the running for the title, was unable to return to complete the tournament. Palmerston took home $500 as the champions, with Otterville collecting $300 as runners-up. The BPs, who still have not been able to put together a winning per- I formance in their own tournament, picked up $150 for finishing third while Port Elgin was awarded $100 for fourth place. Doug Furlong of Otterville was the top batter in the tournament, finishing -with a .570 average. Rae was top pitcher with two hits and no runs yielded in two games, while Wilson, with an ERA of 1.00 in 24 innings pitched, was the MVP. If your cottage is a long way from emergency and medical help, make sure you have an emergency plan, says St. John Ambulance. Keep local phone numbers handy, and know how to get to help, and know how to tell people where you are. You should have a well equipped first aid kit at the cottage and in the boat, and ,know how to use it. ' Starts at Dusk THEATRE OPEN Seven Nights a Week Phone 338-3121 Thurs., Fri., Sal. and Sun. July 5, 6, 7, 8 James Garner Stars in TANKd' _ PARENTAL LE_GUIDANCE and Turning 16, isn't easy 16 CANDLES ARUI.T n ACCOMPANIMENT • WARNING- Coarse Language - Theatre Branch' Ontario Mon., Tues. and Wed. July 9, 10, 11 RETURN OF THE BLACK . STALLION tit FAMILY and CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER PARENTA :1 GUICANCE N JOIN THE SEARCH. • :s McPherson hot but Juniors drop two By Peter Bauer -pitcher, working seven in - Despite a good per- rings and helping his, own formance by Jamie Mc- cause by going two for two at Pherson ,1at the plate, the the plate with two RBIs. Wingham Western Foundry Troy Pocaluyko took the Juniors dropped two more loss, leaving, the game in the games in Bluewater Fastball fifth after giving- up eight League action last week, an runs. 11-3 decision to Clifford Against Chesley, the Tuesday night and a 9-5 loss Juniors fell behind early and to Chesley on Thursday. were forced to play catch-up Both games were played in baseball throughout the Wingham. game. Every time .they McPherson swung a hot narrowed the gap, Chesley bat in the two games, going would strike'back with a big five for seven at the plate inning, highlighted by a four - and driving in three runs, run fifth. two of them on solo homers Eric Weatherall was the against Clifford. winning pitcher, going five His second home run of the innings; Rick Scrimgeour game btg-t4the Juniors to ,wi't'hin, one -'run, trailing 3-2, before they gave up five runs in the fifth inning and three more in the ninth. Reg Walls was the winning POLICE GOLF TOURNEY—The annual police golf tournament Was held last Wednes- day at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. Those winning trophies were: back, Gary Lobsinger, civilian low gross; Terry Graham, police low net; Roily Kaufman, closest to the hole; front, Ron Harris, low net; Bob Greer, low gross; and Joe O'Driscoll, police low gross. Absent from the photo is Pat McMahon, civilian low net. Ps come up dry at Port Elgin tourney By Peter Bauer The Wingham BPs came up dry at the Port Elgin tournament last weekend, splitting four games but being eliminated by the host Port Elgin Ralphs. „IWinghan^r"-opanetl':,:'the - tournament with a 3-0 loss at the hands of the Owen Sound McArthurs. L. Kries scat- tered six hits in the shut -old, - all of them singles, while Owen Sound made the most of its six hits, collecting three runs. M. McConnell had a triple and a home run, scoring twice himself to pace his squad offensively. WINGHAM 3, JORDAN2 The BPs edged Jordan 3-2 in their second game, breaking a 2-2 deadlock in' the eighth inn; as Glen Gallaher singled in the winning run. The BPs scored an unearned run in the second inning and•picked up another in the fifth when Bruce Skinn doubled and scored on a• triple by. Ron Smith. Jordan - came back to tie the score in the 'sixth as Rymer ripped a twbrruii stlizi.zIt oneswing, wrin, Dave Burns was. , the winning pitcher, entering the game in the seventh after Ron Riley had- pitched the first six innings. WINGHAM 5, ' LAKEVIEW 0 ' Ed Daer shut out Lakeview 5-0 in the third game of tournament play, scattering four hits through six innings. The game was scoreless going into the sixth inning when the BPs collected five runs on four hits. Bob. Arm- strong notched an RBI triple while ' Daer picked up two RBIs witha single to help his own cause. WINGHAM 3, PORT ELGIN 5 The BPs were eliminated • BPs lose twice in Bluewater action By Peter Bauer The Wingham Bob Foxton BPs suffered two con- secutive losses in Bluewater action last week, losing to Teeswater on Tuesday night by a 7-2 count and then dropping a 6-2 decision to Belmore on Thursday. Both games were played on the Funk Seeds scholarship • A $500 scholarship award is being offered again ,khis year to eligible 4-H club members by Funk Seeds of -Ailsa Craig. The award is open to ,ap- plicants who are entering the first year of the agricultural degree program at the University of Guelph, are members of a 4-H club in Ontario and have achieved an average of at least 66 per cent in their Grade 13" studies. Applicants will be judged on their leadership qualities as demonstrated by their involvement in 4-H, Junior Farmer and community activities. --Applications are available from county and district OMAF offices or from Funk Seeds, Box 40, Ailsa Craig NOM IAO. road. Teeswater jumped into a 4- 0 lead in' the first inning and increased the lead to 7-0 .after seven innings:the BPs responded with two runs in the eighth when Ron Riley doubled with one out and, one out later, Jim Seip cranked a two -run homer; but it was too little, too late. Doug Millen was the winning pitcher, giving up -_ two runs on four hits, while Riley took the loss, allowing four earned runs on seven hits. In the Thursday night game, the BPs were leading 2-1 going into the bottom of the eighth; inning when Belmore exploded for five rims on six hits to overtake the BPs and register a 6-2 come -from -behind win. Dave -Eadie *as the winning pitcher, allowing two runs on eight hits while contributing offensively with - a solo home run. Jeff Dickson added a "three -run homer - in :. the key eighth inning. Dave Burns suffered the, lost, allowing three earned runs through eight and one- third innings;. The BPs will play " two games this week, oth on the road. The first game will be at Palmerston Wednesday night at 8:30 and they then travel to Clifford for an 8:30 start Thursday night. from ' tournament play by Port Elgin in their fourth game, game, losing by:a 5-3 count. • Bruce Skinn" had a strong game offensively, hitting a solo home run in the first inning a ld ador g two singles lh Free- or -'Dour performance at the plate. A two -run fourth inning by Port Elgin broke a 2-2 tie and the Ralphs went on to win by a 5-3 margin. Dan Kelly was the winning pitcher while Due Burns was tagged with the loss. took the loss. The Juniors host.Chepstow Thursday night with the game starting at 8:30., They are entered in the Wroxeter tournament this weekend. Mites win, lose and tie in last three match -ups The Wingham Mites played three games recently and experienced all sides of the scorecard: a win, a tie and a loss. The local lads had their first loss off the year late last month to Wroxeter by a count of 12-10. Wingham's downfall was the third in- ning, in which the team gave up all 12 runs and went through the Wroxeter lineup. Those scoring runs for Wingham were: Andrew Gibson with two, Jason Hickey with two, Matthew Elmslie with. two; Brendan Magee ' with One, . Gavin ,Hodgins with two and Jason gDaw with one. Wingham hosted the Walton Warriors June 19 and defeated them soundly 19-13. The second inning was the one for Wingham and the, team scored 10 runs and went through the batting order. Playersscoring in the match from' Wingham' were : Daw, Hodgins, Mike Tiffin;• Jason Moore, Jonathon Lane and Gibson with two each u�a and single run were scored by Elmslie, Jason Balzer, Magee, Ken Hogg, Hickey - and Mike MacKay. Wipgham and Clinton piaYed to a 14-14 tie last Tuesday evening in Wing - ham. The local boys scored nine runs in the first inning, ' however Clinton scored six and from there on it was a battle to the, finish. Only five innings were played due to a time restriction. Wingham was down two runs going into the bottom of the fifth. Gibson and Ryan Deyell managed to score those two runs, however the Clinton pitcher struck out the next three Wingham batters to clinch the tie. Other Wingham players to score_ runs • were; Terry Thyme, Marc Poulin; Lane, J. Smith, Ivan Skinn, Todd Harrison, Brad : Hunter, T. Martin, Andrew Forrest and MacKay. • The team's'. record after six games is four wins, one loss and one one tie for nine points.' , • ta: HOCKEY MOTHERS' PRESENTATION—James H. Currie, who over the years has given a great deal to'minor hockey in Wingham, was presented with a special plaque last week by Mary Houghton and Louise Bloernberg of the Hockey Mothers' ex- ecutive in appreciation of his support. Recently Mr. Qurrie has subsidized the cost of milk sold at the booth in the arena, enabling -the auxiliary to sell it for half the price,,of a can of pop. "There's a method in my madness," he said, explaining that he likes milk better than pop and believes it is better for you so, by keeping the price reasonable, he,hoped to get youngsters to buy it instead of pop. ti tr '=L