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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-05-28, Page 10PAGE TEN ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958 SPORTS ICliST • I3y DON O'BRIEN (Citizens News Sportswriter) I•IOME OPENER TO -NIGHT The prolonged baseballs rivalry .between, Dashwood and Zurich will begun early thus year when the Tigers from Dashwood 'invade the Lumberking diamond to -might. Bath steams will have their un- defeated records. on, the line. The Tigers have already trounced the Exeter 1Vfohawks 12-5 while the Lumberkings have edged Mitchell 7-5 and Exeter 3-1. The visiting Dashwood crew will have several new faces to their line-up besides the all boo familiar regulars that local fans ;have been booing for years. Jim Hayter, veteran catcher, is the new Thur manager •andisf he is able to instill his peppery style of play, iinsto the pilayens the Tigers will definitely be hard to beat. aces The Dashwood her SteveM tro, whoviR �t lted ed forath several new them last year;f Jim including former Mohawk backstop; Melville, a bird baseman; Bob Meirarg, pitching os ect, southpaw Frank Clive, a Hirst baseman; a young piths g ;px p Dave Reitz; and Bob Restemeyer, en 'outfielder. With the exception of sophomore shortstop Don Gentner, the remaining Tigers have been around for several years and could well be classed as Huron -Perth veterans. These players include such well-known faces as second baseman Bob, Hayter, outfielders Ray Wein, Dick Regier, Jack Geiser and Gerry Mar tone, and utility man Charles Tiernan. The Lumberkimg line-up will. (probably find portsider Jim Ruttle on the mound, manager Tom Rawlings catching, Don O'Brien at first, Doug O'Brien at second, Doug "Red" Theander at short', BIM Yungblut at hied, with Bruce Moir, Jerry Rennie, Jerry Bell, Don Hesse, and Ben Gignac sharing outfield duties. Manager Rawl- ings also informs us that there is a. possible ch'an'ce of Arnie Meyer making the game. Wilth, both teams feeling confident of victory an interesting and exciting game is certainly expected. Buy a baseball booster ticket and avoid the rush and confusion at the gate. Remember this game :promises to be one of the year's highlights. See you there! MANTLE A PITCHER.? Casey Stengel, Yankee manager, claims that he may have to use star outfielder Mickey Mantle on the mound when. their many rained out games are replayed. Mantle, according to Casey, has a fine rising fast bail, good curve, and even a knuckter which he is able to control. The Yankee star has insisted for several seasons that he could win 20 games a season as a starting pitcher. This would be in reverse to Babe Ruth's career, as the immortal "Bambino" began his playing days as a pitcher and ended them as an outfielder. To get the daily use of his big home -run bat the Yankee brass converted Ruth into an outfielder and thus possibly prevented him becoming one of the greatest southpaws of all time. Therefore we can't see Casey ignoring Mantle's many home -runs and almost countless RBI's with the hopes of making a starting pitcher out of him. In addition the Yankee pitching situation seems pretty weld under control with the likes of Bob Turley, Whitey Ford, Don Larson, Bobby Shantz and Johnny Kucks on the mound. SPORTS POST SCRIPTS Lumberkings Beat Exeter With 3-1 Score on Friday Zurich Lumberkings won their second straight game in the Hur- on -Perth Baseball League by edig- •ing Exeter Mohawks in Exeter on Friday night, by a score of 3-1. Jim Ruttle was the winning pit- cher far Zurich, giving up only three scattered hits throughout the eight -inning contest. He struck out 12 batters, and gave up only one base on balls. Meanwhile, Jim Russell and Ern- ie Ford were stingy with heir offerings, giving up only four com- bined hits (between them. Three of them came in the big Zurich fourth inning, the other in the. fifth. Doug O'Brien Herd the locals art the bat, helping himself to two hits for three times at bat, to boost his batting average to .667. His runner-up, manager Tom Rawlings, carne through with one hit for four times at bat, to re- tain a .625 batting eye. Zurich scored ran three runs with a big rally in the fourth inning. After Doug O'Brien reach- ed first base on a single, Red Theander forced him oust at sec- ond, and then stale second base himself. The next batter was Don O'Brien, who struck out, and then Bill Yungblut reached first oat a walk. Manager Rawlings came through with a timely simile scor- ing Theander from second, and advancing Yung!blrut to ithnrd! base. Bruce Metir, former Hensall star, proved to be the hero of the game coming through With a drive that scored both :runners. That ended the Zur:sch scoring for the game. Exeters lone run came in the sixth, when Sabourn reached first on the only wank of the game given up by Ruttle. After steal- ing second, he advanced all the way around on three consecutive ground balls. Only two errors were committ- ed tin the well played game, one to each team. The Heroes Hats off to pitcher Jim Ruttle and outfielder Bruce Moir for 'their part in Friday nite's 3-1 victory over Ei.eter. Ruttle, who has been troubled with wildness allll spring, looked very impressive as he walked only one Mohawk batter, while striking out an even dozen. He limited the Exeter crew to three. scattered hits. Moir, a Hensall 'product, who is playing with Zurich this season, certainly displayed his effectiveness early as he slashed out a base bit to score the two winning runs. New Faces Pitchers Jim Ruttle, Dresden, and Arnie Meyer, Harbour Beach, Michigan, have been added to the 1lumberlisig's roster for the coming season. Ruttle, a University of Western Ontario student, hurled far Moore Centre k Intermediate "A" competition last year while Meyer, who attends Port Huron Jr. College, starred for the .(locals last season. In addition Bruce Moir, Jerry Ronnie, Jerry Bell and several others from Hensall are vying for a 'berth on the local squad. Booster Tickets Still. Available Don't forget to purchase your season's tickets to all Lumber - king home games. The ticket price of $5.00 not only entitles the halter to free a:ddmission t!o all home games but wild definitely help in keeping the team out of the red and thus further baseball interest and enthusiasm in a town that Is already well known in provincial baseball circles. Be A Baseball Booster! Definition Women are like baseball umpires, they make quick decisions, never reverse them., and ,they don't think you're safe when you're out. BULLD i` ZER SERVICE Excavating and Grading GRAVED FILL and TOP SOIL Livestock WITH US Top Prices, Best Service ,..,...�,,,�..�-p. .-•-d-+-4 4 - Daily Service LONDON to ZURICH DISTRICT THIEL TRANSPORT PHONE 186 -- ZURICH --- AYents for Pa '-'an Laundry and Dry Cleaners - — RHE Exeter — 000 001 00 -- 1 3 1 Zurich -- 000 300 00 -- 3 4 1 Batteries: Exeter, Russel, Ford 5, McFa1is; Zurich„ Ruttle and Rawlings. Home Opener -on Baseball Circuit To -night, May 28 The big baseball game ,of he season will be played in Zurich tonight, with the Dashwood Tig- ers coming up for revenge. In previous years the rivalry between these two +teams has been keen, and this year it is expected to .carry on where it left off in the past. Zurich's southpaw ace, Jim Rut - rile, is expected to get the nod for starting duty, while for the Tigers it wiUl likely be Steve Miit- ra, the old renabiie, throwing. While !toe Dashwood Bone -up boasts. several new faces this year, in- cluding 'former Eater star, Bob Mehanig, the Lumb!er1d nge are pretty wen set with the same crew as last year, with the ex- ception of Weber Ruttle, and sev- eral olutfiiielders from the defunct Hensiaiil club. The stands .are expected to be Dined for this game, with the starting ;time set at 6.30 p.m. Next home game for the locals will be on Monday, June 2, when the Mitchelii Legionaires Wild. be the,apposition. 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