Zurich Citizens News, 1958-05-14, Page 10PAGE TEN
ZL111=1 citizens NEWS
SPORTS
IJIGEST
By
DON O'BRIEN
(Citizens News Sportswriter)
BASEBALL EXECUTIVE HONOURED
At the recent baseball meeting, Ivan Kalbfieiscln, who for years
has .been president of the )local baseball club, was rightly honored with
a new position in this years executive,. Mr. ICalbfleasch who wished
to give someone else a chance at the presidential chair became the
first Honorary President of the Zurich Baseball Club. The players
and fans certainly owe his a pat on the back for his tremendous ef-
forts to build a winning team in Zurich. Thar:!k you I' an.
Gond Block, a former baseball star here in Zurich, was elected
the new president for the 1957-58 season. Gard has previously held
most of the other executive .positions in past years, and it was felt
that he should move a step .higher this year. Leroy Theil who has
been, secretary -treasurer of the team for several seas -ons in the first
vice-president, while local bank manager, Jack Bannister, is the sec-
ond vice-president. Jim Wald has taken over the duties, of secretary -
treasurer.
The formation of a booster club was discussed by the players
and the executive for 'the ensuing season. Season's passes will be
sold with the holders: also :becoming members of the booster club.
These tickets will be on sale sometime this week. Its hoped that the
oncoming season will be both successful and enjoyable and only your,
the fans, can make it so.
EIGHT TEAM GROUPING
The possibility of an eight team Huron Perth-WOAA inter-
locking schedule looms more and more probable as opening day draws
darer. With only Dashwood, Exeter, Mitchell and Zurich set as de-
finite entries in the Huron -:Perth set-up, both league and individual
cit b 'officials- have stressed their desire to interlock with Ayton, Han-
over, Harniston and Listowel Juniors from the WOAA northern group-
ing. It was felt that new faces would arouse the much needed in-
terest that is always a necessity in properly carrying out a successful
baseball season. Final arrangements will be discussed at the WOAA
northern interlocking schedule meeting in Mitchell on Tuesday night.
However the Huron -Perth league wil!1 be officially opened simultan-
eously at Victoria Day celebrations at Dashwood and Mitchell, with
Exeter and Zurich, respectively, providing the opposition. Both games
will begin at 5:00 p.m. It is .certainly hoped that these new teams
and new faces will ,definitely instigate a renewed high in local base-
ball enthusiasm.
SPORTS POST SCRIPTS
POSITION STILL OPEN
Tom Rawlings, manager of the local nine, informs us that sev-
eral: positions are still vacant on this year's ball team. All local ball
enthtiniasts are invited to attend the club practises at the ball diamond.
In :addition, manager Readings requests that all uniforms, socks, hats,
etc., be returned to him as soon as possible.
TIGERS LOOK FOR BIG SEASON
Word has reached Znsieh that the Dashwood Tigers feel that
they will regain baseball .laurels this year. The Tigers who have had
to take second place to a powerful Zurich crew the past few years
expect to ,once again capture the league championship which hat ev-
aded! them of late.
THEN AND NOW DOLLARS
In his day, Rabe Ruth was the highest paid ,player in baseball.
today it is Ted Williams: with a reported salary of $125,000. Yet the
following excerpts from a discussdion of the "take home" pay of these
two "top money stars" by Prescott Sullivan, columnist for the San
Francisco Examiner give an interesting example of how taxes and
the decrease in the purchasing power of the dollar have affected the
earning power of the American public.
If Williams got twice $125,000 for his 1958 labors he still
wouldn't be in the same class with Babe Ruth as a money-maker. In
1930 and '31, the old Sultan of Swat was paid $80,000 a year. With
deductions, the tax Ruth paid .on $80,000 was less than $10,000, so his
take home pay was in excess of $70,000. If Williams gets $125,000,
he'll be able to keep only about $55,00 of it.
RAIN AND COLD WEATHER AFFECTS BASEBALL
The current spring weather has caused about 30 postponements
already in major League ball. Only 23 games were postponed all
last year.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1858
Huron -Perth Ball
Opens Monday;
Four Sure Starters
At a meeting of officials of the
Huron Perth baseball league held
in Zurich on Friday four teams
entered for the coming season.
Dashwood, Exeter, Mitchell and
Zurich are the teams who will
carry on under the Huron Perth
banner.
John Bell, Listowell, president
of the WOAA, was present, and
explained his proposed idea on
inter -locking schedule with the
Huron Perth teams and four
teams from the WOAA, namely,
Listowel Juniors, Harriston, Han-
over and Ayton. The four north-
ern teams are meeting together
also to discuss the proposition,
and representatives of both leagu-
es will meet in Mitchell next week
to try and arrange a schedule.
Meanwhile on the local front,
action will get under way on Vic-
toria Day, Monday, May 21. Down
in Dashwood the Tigers will be
opening the season against the re-
organized Exeter Mohawks, while
the Zurich team will journey over
to Mitchell to take on the Leg-
ionaires. Both these games will
get under way at 3 p.m.
Dashwood Tigers
Ready for Opener
Mervyn Tieman, manager of
Dashwood Tigers, reports that his
crew is all set to open the season
on Monday afternoon at 2.30, with
Exeter Mohawks as the opposit-
ion. In an interview with this
paper, manager Tiereen states
that their club will be stronger
than ever, and they feel they will
be able to walk off with the
championship this year. He feels
they will have no trouble at all
to knock off their bitter compet-
itors, the Zurich Lumberkings.
They will have all of last year's
team back in uniform, with a pos-
sibility of a couple of new faces
showing up. For most of their
pitching strength they will be de-
pending on their strong right-
hander, Steve Mitro. The old
stand by, Jimmy Hayter, will a-
gain be behind the plate, while
familiar faces, such as Bob Hayt-
er, Raymie Wein, Dick Regier,
Frank Dalton, Jack Gaiser and
Charlie Tiernan will all be back in
action.
The Dashwood management is
looking for a large crowd to at-
tend the big opening game.
Pittsburg Lady
Praises 'Goderich
(from Goderich Signal -Star)
Playing tribute to the Goderich
Lions. Club's Young Canada Week,
Mrs. Grace F. Tolbert, of Pitts-
burg, Pa., wrote the following
poem. Mrs. Tolbert, an enthus-
iastic hockey fan, went all the
way from Pittsburgh to Goderich
by bus and stayed there the en-
tire week. It is doubtful if she
missed seeing a single game in the
entire tournament.
To each and every Lion,
Out Goderich way
There are thanks a -coming
From Pittsburgh today.
For the Lions of Goderich
With their Young Canada Week
Made a pnogram pleasant,
The kind I always seek.
As the mighty oak
Grows from a little seed,
So grew the Lions program
'Po fill a boyish need.
Making of the town
A working brotherhood;
Proving to the world
There's fun, in doing good.
Kind courtesy to strangers
Causing them to feel
A real sincere welcome
For me has great appeal.
And so to Goderich Lions,
A "Thank you,," yes, indeed,
For any week's enjoyment
May your future plans succeed.
Q. What can I use as a sub-
stitute for egg in puddings?
A. One :teaspoonful of gelatine
dissolved in hot milk is a good
subsitute for two eggs when mak-
ing puddings or cake.
Q. How can I make perforations
in home-made paper patterns?
A. This can be easily done by
running the patterns through the
sewing maohine, without using
thread.
Q. How can I easily remove the
string from beans?
A. Every bit of string from the
string beans can be removed if
after thoroughly washing they
are plunged into boiling water
for five minutes and then drained.
TO THE ELECTORS OF HURON
Sincere
Thanks
AND
Best Wishes
ALEX ADDISON
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0.0ne coal
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FOR DEPENDABLE HEAT
All Winter Long
CaII
LORNE E. HAY
Locker Service ---Roe Feeds
Phone 10 (Collect) Henson
Packing Official
Admits Under
Table Payments
From the point of view of Can-
adian hog producers, probably one
of the most important public
'statement's made by an official of
a packing company in recent
years appeared recently in an
Ame:rcian newspaper. The Chic-
ago Daily Drovers Journal of
March 31, 1958, in reporting on a
meeting of the St. Louis Farmers
Club quoted Garland Russel,
manager of the National Stock-
yards plant of Swift and Company
as follows:
"As the pricing of bogs has be-
come more standardized in Can-
ada," he said, '`the price to the
farmer has become less of a fac-
tor, in the procurement of hogs.
A system of gratuities to truck-
ers and others is an important
factor."
"It has resulted in payments as
high as. $5 per head going to
truckers to get hogs in extreme
casse," he said.
"The above factors do not seem
to reduce the marketing cost to
the farmer or give the farmer a
larger percentage of the consumer
,dollar," he veld.
The above is a public admission
by a packing company official
that "under-the-table payments"
ranging ,up to $5 per hog are be-
ing !paid out to truckers for the
procurement of bags inCanada,
This item was presented for
.publication by the Ontario Feder-
ation of Agriculture.
The father who teaches his boy
to drive has probably laid the
worst possible foundation for a
lifetime that will never be far
from the Wheel of a car. Undoubt-
edly the finest grounding in driver
education is a course in high
school. Next best is instruction
.from a good commercial driving
school. Third is careful. ooachig
by a "friend of the family" or
other competent and stable per-
son. Fourth is teaching by a par-
ent. Even if father is• a good
driver and a good teacher, (an
unlikely combination), the addts
axe all against his being able to
teach his own son satisfactarifl!y,
points .out the Ontario 'Safety Lea-
gue.
THIEL'S SUPERIOR STORE
IS NOW OUR AGENT FOR
PICKUP and DELIVERY on
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
MID -TOWN CLEANERS
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radio, etc.
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