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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-08-12, Page 8tP"A E_ E.iiw 4T 1 YUR1cH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1% Skippin' O'er Sports by Angus "Red" McIntosh Many of the ball fans in the area have been waiting for the series between Zurich and Dashwood. Some people who failed to see a game in either town this year have said they are not going to miss any be- tween the two villages. Some are going to put their money t.r. Dashwood and some on Zur- it-h. The series was scheduled to start in Dashwood last night. Friday's game in Zurich, Sun- day afternoon in Dashwood and Wednesday in Zurich. Ron Merner is certain that his club will win the series but the Zurich team think they are ready to turn in their best ball t4 the year. During the season both clubs won four games and lost eight, and in the play-offs they were eliminated three games to one. During the season they split their games. Each team won cne at home and one in the. .ether clubs ball park. They are closely balanced and the breaks could tell the tale. Dashwood may have a slight edge because they are a young hustling ball team and picked up some valuable pointers in their tough series with the top «eam in the Huron -Perth League, Walkerton. Zurich, an the other hand, may be lacking desire, at least they have shown that the odd time, but they have several experienced ball payers who u s u a 11 y come through when the chips are down. Two weeks will tell the tale in the best four out of seven series. Minor Softball The minor softball has been moving along with games on both the public school diamond end the separate school dia- mond. The public school out- field is in no shape for plays as there are piles of earth lying around due to the addition that ,s going at the school. It looked like the season could have been completed before the construc- tion began, but work was final- ly started at the school. The teams have been finding their own umpires lately be- cause the umpire -in -chief, An- gus McIntosh, has let them down by not assigning umpires lc work the games. We missed some reports of the games but hope to get back "on the ball" next week and have the reports as well as the league standings. Skippin' Shorts Catchers in the Huron -Perth League have been hit with in- juries. Jim Bedard, of the local club, was hurt in the second last game of the series with Staffa, and Walkerton's top catcher. Vern Bette, was side- lined with torn shoulder liga- ments . . . We had hoped to have a story on the progress of artificial ice for the Zurich arena this week but we slipped up. Things have seemed pret- ty dead as far as reports go and the canvassing has hit a standstill, at least to our knowl- edge, with only a small portion of the objective reached. The football season has started so it will soon be hockey and skating time. Those who par- ticipated in the sport can get an early start with artificial ice, however, if it is not in- stalled they will have to wait for cold weather for natural ice. When, or if, there is artificial ice in the Zurich arena, we hope that the people around here will start curling. Curl- ing is a good mixed sport which is taking the country by storm. There has been talk of Zur- ich returning to intermediate hockey this season. Last year the guys from Zurich bad a team in an area league and won top honors. With the added strength of a few more players, they could come up with a strong contender in intermedi- ate hockey. Exeter Rodeo The second annual rodeo, sponsored by the Exeter Saddle Club, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5. Both days' events will start with a parade at 2 o'clock. The sum of $1,500 in prize money is up for grabs this year, in the calf roping, steer riding, bull- dogging, bronco riding and ladies' barrel race. This should be a popular event as they are not to common in the area and excitement is packed into every event. Entries can be sent to D. A. Finkbeiner, at Exeter. MAA Softball Monday night the Dodgers thumped the Cardinals 23-3. Gary Geoffrey and Pete Regier were top scores with four runs each. Kevin McKinnon, Carl Finkbeiner and Carl Zimmer had three runs each. In the other game Braves won 6-5 over Astros. Golf Scores The wet weather has slowed down golfing at the local course but some good scores were still ecorded. The top score turned n was John Robinson's 39. hooting 40 were Murray Drap- r of Clinton, Bill Hulls, Bay- ield, and Joe Hunt. Garry Geoffrey had the only 41 turn - d in for use in the Citizens ews. Doug Stade shot a 42 s did Brian Levis of Clinton. racketed in the 43s were W. atterson and Ernie Laidlaw. Murray Draper, John Robinson, auI Drysdale and Garry Geof- r S e f e N a B P P annaalaffelaela ZURICH LIONS CLUB I 2 2oth ANNIVERSARY 1 SIRE T ON MILL STREET, ZURICH C E MU'S,IC BY THE CAVALIERS 9:30 to ? ? ? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 GAMES • DANCING • BOOTHS JOIN IN THE FUN AT THIS GALA CELEBRATION ores .:..::..+•.r..sM.r�:rr•r.�,ara:�.r.arw+J�e,... _ Dashwood Vets Beat Young Fry The Dashwood Tigers' Old- timers gave the Baby Tigers a lesson in ball recently when they defeated •the present club 10-8. Over 400 people turned out to see the oldtimers, such as Louis Corriveau, Jim Hayter, Jake Wein, Bob Hayter, Bob Storme, Lorne Kleinstiver, Rob- ert Wein, Jack Geiser, Charlie Tiernan and others defeat the younger players. Bob Storme was a big threat for the Tigers of old with three runs, two walks, a hit and reaching base when hit by a pitch, perhaps because the youth knew they could not get him out. Bob Hayter was another star in the victory with three runs and two base hits. He was equalled in the run department by Lorne Kleinstiver, but Lorne managed two walks and a base bit to reach base one time more. Bill Schade, Gordon Vincent and Art Rader had two hits for the Iosers, Vincent and Al- phonse Denomme had two runs while Mike Denomme, Schade, Hoffman and Art Rader notch- ed the other runs. The most impressive perform- ance turned in by any player was Robert "Eppie" Wein's brilliant pitching performance. He scattered what hits he did allow and took 12 batters on strikeouts. The young Tigers were kept off stride by his pitching and some stated that he was as good a pitcher as any in the Huron -Perth League, today. frey shot 44s. Doug Coxon and W. Patterson had 45s. Doug O'Brien and Doug Stade carne through with 46s. Firing 47s were Laurie Colquhoun of Clin- ton, Ron Corriveau, Liz Schilbe and Joe Hunt. Shooting even 50s were Bill Miller of Flint, Michigan, and Ron Corriveau. Three Clinton golfers were playing Bayview for the first time and they had nothing but praise for the golf course. Dashwood Averages Thanks to Larry Weido, the Statistician of the Dashwood Tigers, we have a few batting and fielding average this week. Bob Hoffman leads the club in hitting with a .345 average. Bill Schade is next with his .303 average. Alphonse Den- omme follows with a .214 aver- age, followed by Gordon Vin- cent at .207. Mike Denomme has a perfect fielding average. Next to his .1000 average is Eugene Guen- ther at .938. Bob Hoffman is fielding .915 and Richard Rad- er is next with his .885 average. Possible Protest Talk around the ball Ieague is that Dashwood will protest their games with Zurich if Zur- ich uses Jim Pfaff against them. The Tigers claim that they are entitled to Jim because he lives closer to Dashwood than Zur- ich. If the Tigers do protest and Zurich can not use the Crediton resident, Zurich will lose a good pitcher. Dashwood and Zurich Lose Series; Meet Now For DBA Playdowns The semi-final series between Walkerton and Dashwood was won, three games to one, by the young Walkerton team, The series was close and with a few breaks the Tigers could possi- bly have come out on tap, Dashwood 5—Walkerton 4 Dashwood came through with a thrilling last inning victory over Walkerton in the first game of the series. Trailing 4-3 in the seventh inning, Dashwood won the game when Gordon Vincent belted a long double to score Bill Schade and Art Rader with the tying and winning runs. Shoemaker p u t Walkerton ahead with a run in the first inning, They increased their lead to 4-0 when Bette, Moran and Pitt -scored in the fourth, Dashwood came •through with three runs in the fifth inning. Dave Ratz singled and Richard Rader walked, Bill Schade singled Ratz home and Bob Hoffman sacrificed Rader to score. Schade scored when Art Rader was safe on an error. In the seventh Schade singled and Rader was safe on an error before Vincent came through with his game -winning hit. Walkerton 5—Dashwood 1 Walkerton scored once in the first and four times in the seventh inning to win the sec- ond game and tie the series at one game each. Jim Seigmiller paced the winners with a run and two base hits. Bill Schade topped the losers with two hits and scored their only run. The other Dashwood hits were re- corded by Dave Ratz, Eugene Guenther, Bob Hoffman and Gordon Vincent. Walkerton 10—Dashwood 5 The third game was a hitters' contest and was full of excite- ment. Walkerton trailed 5-1 at one time but came up with the win. The most exciting play was Moran's steal of home dur- ing Walkerton's four run, fifth - inning rally. Scoring twice for Walkerton were Shoemaker, 13erberick, Mortimer and Brindley, Bob Hoffman and Art Rader banged out two hits and scored one run each, The other Dashwood runs went to Schade, Alphonse Denomme and Richard Rader. Final Game The final game was won 5-1 by Walkerton. The Brindley brothers, Berberick, Batte and Candy scored the winner's runs. Bill Schade came up with Dashwood's run and had a hit as well. Hoffman and .Art Rader were the other Dashwood. hitters. Walkerton and Staffa ere now playing off for the Huron - Perth title and Dashwood is fighting it out with Zurich for the right to enter OBA "D" playdowns. 0 Staffa Merchants Win Series From Zurich Kings The Staffa Merchants have won their best three of five semi-final, Huron -Perth base - series from Zurich Kings, three games to one. Staffa 9 --Zurich 2 George Coveney pitched a five -hitter and s c or ed three times in leading Staffa to an easy 9-2 victory in the first game of the series. The game was close until Staffa broke a scoreless tie with two fourth - inning runs, then added five in the fifth. Don O'Brien was the top King players in the game with three hits, a walk and a run. Rick Stade scored the other King run. Zurich 9—Staffa 4 Bob Johnston and Angus Mc- Intosh scored two runs each as Zurich evened the series with an 9.4 win in Staffa. Rick Stade, Earl Wagner, Jim Be- dard, Jim Pfaff and Phil Over- holt scored the other King runs. Overholt also had two hits, tops for Zurich. Westman doubled twice and scored twice for Staffa. Cov- eney also had two hits for the Merchants. IiU14U111U' and HEATI!TG Things Right! Count on Us to Tit Our skilled, experienced men take pride in their expert work- manship. When they do a job, you KNOW it's right! PLUMBING • HEATING • ELECTRICAL WORK • FOR EXPERT REPAIRS OR NEW INSTALLATIONS Call TIEMAN'S HARDWARE FURNITURE — COAL — CEMENT PHONE 8 — DASI- WOOD OF FRIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES Coppertone Pair Frig and Range (Not Exactly as Illustrated) PARR FOR ONLY $499 (with your good trade-in) ALL REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS At Unbelievable Low Prices! 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