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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-06-11, Page 11WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1958 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PAGE ELEVEN SPORTS DIGEST By DON O'BRIEN (Citizens News Sportswriter) LUMBERKINGS FINALLY LOSE ONE Atfter winning their first Fonar Teague contests the Lunvberkings 'were finally beaten by the hustling Listowel Juniors. The ''Kings, who had very few errors while defeating Mitchell 7-5 and 7-0, EX- ,eter 3-1, and Dashwood 8-3 over half a dozen miscues in Licommitted under the lights. Whether the over abundance of errors ibe blamed on; the lights, the poor condition of the plain tbeid, ithe absence of several df the regulars, remains to be seem on Friday gvight when ithis same Listowel crew invades the local aliamnond: However the players themselves believe that since they now have the bad game out of their systems. they will be able to even their s:ertes with Listowel on Friday night. By the way this Listowel club is coached by the well -know Hugh McGillvary who formerly played Intercounty ball for Stratford, Kitchener, and 'London. McGilllvary took over Harold `Gibb" Stade's job es Strat- ford's short-stolp when the latter joined the Navy in the Late '30s. Looks like quite a ball game. Don't Miss this one. WHOLESALE CHANGES IN N.H.L. DRAFT The New. York Rangers, who lost five players, were hardest lnit in .the recent National Hockey League intra -league draft. The 'Rangers lost Danny Lewioki and Dave Creighton to Montreal; Guy :Geevdron end Gordon Redahl, to Boston; and Jack Evans to Chicago. Inbeating the draft, the Canadians sold forward Bert Olmstead to Toronto and defenc.eman Dollard: St, Laurant to Chicago. In ad- dition to Evans and St. Laurent the Black Hawks also drafted Tod Sloan from Toronto and Al. Arbour from Detroit. The Leafs seen - .Sloan solved their gaol -tending problems by picking up former Ran- ger star Johnny Bower. Each N.H.L. team is, able to protect fourteen players plus two goalies. Veteran stars such as Ted Lindsay of Chicago and Floyd Curry of Montreal were not drafted even though .their names diid not appear on their respective team's protective lists. The draft, which was originated to help the have-nots, seemingly followed its predestination as the .perennial Cellar dwelling Black Hawks certainly improved themselves more than any of the other teams. Plrayers such as St. Laurent, Sloan, .Arbour, and Evans Who were all first stringers with their prev- ious teams will 'vOithout doubt strengthen the 1958-1959 version .of the Hawks, SPORT POST SCRIPTS a'ilusiial, Mays Tie for May Award! • Stan Musial of the Srt, Louis Cardinals and Willie Mays of the SanFrancisco, Giants finished in a dead heat for the National League's first player -of -the -month award. The award covers play 'in the month of May. Out of a possible 39 votes from the siports- wiriters .and broadcasters throughout the National League, Musial and Mays each received 18 votes to tie for the month's honours. 'The remaining three votes were scattered among Frank Thomas of the Pittsburg Pirates, Daryl Spencer of the San Francisco Giants, and Ken Boyer of the St. Louis Cardinals If the American League • had such an award we {imagine that there would have been quite a battle between "Bullet" Bob Turley of the New York Yankees and slugger Bob Cery of th Kansas City Athletics for the honours. Mittro Pitches Perfect Game Hats off to Dashwood pitcher Steve Mitro for his perfect game • as the Dashwood Tigers trounced the Exeter Mohawks 7-0. Mitro faced 27 batters without 'allowing an EXeter man to reach first base. Fails In Triple Crown Effort Tiro, Tam, highly -prized three year old colt from the famed • Calumet Farm stables in Kentucky, failed in its bid to capture horse racing's Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. After winning the first two, jockey Ismael Valenzuela, who was subbing for regular jockey Bill Har - 'tack after Hartack had suffered a broken leg several days before to race, had to settle for second behind a surprising Cavan. (Incidentally Tim Tam who suffered a broken foot in the race may never race again according to trainer Jimmy Jones). Rearing great three year olds is common -place for Calumet Farms. Most turf fans will remember their previous, triple -crown winners, Cit- ation and Whirlaway. By the way, the famous jockey Eiddie Arcaro rode them to victory. Virgil First Tiger Negro During the past week, Ossie Virgil, a third baseman, became the first Negro in history to wear a Detroit Tiger uniform. Virgil who was obtained in an off-season trade with the San Francisco Giants, will iprobabiy put Canadian born Reno Bertoia out of a job for the time being. 'Whether the charges of an organized group in Detroit to boycott all home games unless the Tigers end their supposed discrimination against Negroes was the reason for Virglil's. signing or not, the fact still remains that the Tigers are .n dire need of help. Banker Beaned Doug "Red" Theander, star L.urnberking short-stop, suffered a slight concussion when he was beaned by Mitchell: pitcher Doug ,A,icheson. Theander, who works at the local Bank of Montreal, was given orders: to rest for a :few days and thus had to miss the game at Listowel. Collection Plate Shortly after seising Al Simmons to Detroit, Chicago manager Jimmy Dykes appeared in. Church. As the pastor was taking up • the collection, he leaned over and whispered, "Why dad you sell Simmons?" "We sold him, " whispered Dykes right back, "for the shame reason you're taking up the collection five need the money." HURON -PERTH BASEBALL LEAGUE LISTOWEL JUNIORS VS. ZURICH LUMBERKINGS FRIDAY JUNE 13 6 30 p.m. Support The Locals By Attending All Games Lumberkings Beat Exeter, 10-2 Score The Zurich Lumberkings took advantage of seven hits and eight walks on Monday night to trounce the Exeter Mohawks 10-2. They also had seven stolen bases. Exeter outhit the locals, having 11 hits, but they couldn't get them at the right time to produce runs. The locals scored three in the first, three in the second, one in the third, two in the fifth and one in the seventh, while the Mo- hawks scored one in both the third and fifth innings. Jerry Ronnie led the Zurich at- tack with two hits in four times at bat, and Bill Yungblut, Bruce Moir, Jerry Bell, Red Theander and George Parker each had one hit. Yungblut and Parker both hit triples, while Bell had a double. Ken Parker pitched the first five innings for Zurich, giving up nine hits, striking out three and giving up only one base on balls. Lefty Jim Ruttle pitched the last two innings, giving up two hits and striking out three batters. Manager Tom Rawlings sat the game out due to a sore leg, and George Parker did a very fine job of replacing him behind the plate. Exeter 001 010 0— 2 11 1 Zurich 331 020 1-10 7 3 Batteries: Exeter, Russel and MoFaiis; Zurich, Ken Parker, Ruttle 6, and George Parker. Listowel Juniors Thump Zurich 13-5 The Listowel Juniors stopped the Zurich Lumberkings winning streak at four games last Wednes- day night as they trounced the locals 13-5 in Listowel under the lights. Six Zurich errors and nine bases on balls gave the Listowel gang all .the breaks they needed to earn the victory. Although the Lumberkings out - hit the Juniors 9-8, they could not come through with the hits at the right time. The Listowel gang committed five errors. Their big- gest rally came in the third inning when they scored six ruins on only two hits. They had scored two in the second, and went on to add two more in the sixth and three in the eighth, when a home -run drove all three runs across the plate. The locals scored one run in the sixth and the other four in the eighth, when they smashed out five hits, including three doubles. The individual star on the Zurich crew was Gerry Bell, who had three hits in three times at bat, including one double. Don O'Brien was next in line with two for four, including one double, and Doug O'Brien had two hits in five times at bat. Bill Yungblut also hit a double for the 'Kings. The game which was played un- der the lights, lasted almost three hours. The same Listowel Juniors will be back in Zurich this Friday night, and the locals promise the score will be different than in the game in Listowel. Zurich 000 001. 040— 9 9 6 Listowel 026 002 03x-13 8 5 Batteries: Zurich, Ruttle and Rawlings, Parker 7. Listowel, Bartja, Lawson 7, and Eckel. Citizens News SCOREBOARD Last Week's Scores Listowel 13—Zurich 5 Dashwood 6—Exeter 0 Zurich 10—Exeter 2 How They Stand: W L T ZURICH 5 1 0 Dashwood 2 1 0 Listowel 2 0 0 Mitchell 1 2 0 Exeter 0 6 0 Future Games: June 13—Listowel vs. Zurich Exeter vs. Dashwood 18—Zurich vs. Dashwood Pts. 10 4 4 2 0 For Ai I The Latest Sports Read The Zurich Citizens News Zurich, Dashwood Both Play Friday Action resumes in the Huron - Perth Baseball League on Friday night, with home games in both Zurich and Dashwood. The powerful Listowel Juniors will be in Zurich, and the Lumber - kings will be going all out in an effort to gain revenge for the de- feat they suffered in Listowel. Arnie Meyer, last year's ace right-hand pitcher, will be back in town this Wednesday and will be ready to play in this game. With the return of Red Theander in the lineup as well, the local gang will be at full strength for this game. Meanwhile in Dashwood, the Tigers will be taking on their arch rivals, the Exeter Mohawks. In both games played to date between these teams, Dashwood has been victorious, so the Mohawks will be out to upset the highly -rated Tig- ers. Steve Mitro Hurls Perfect Ball Game Steve Mitro, ace Dashwood pit - hurled a perfect game last Friday night as the Tigers blanked Exeter Mohawks 6-0 in Exeter. Mitro faced only 27 batters throughout the entire nine innings, and his team-mates gave him solid support by not committing a single error. Not one batter reached first base in the game. He struck out a total of 11 Exeter batters. While Mitro was pitching perfect ball his mates were jumping on Exeter pitcher, McKellar, for nine hits, including a home run by Don Gettner and two singles and a, double by Bob Meharg. The Tigers scored five of their runs in the fourth inning on five successive hits. They picked up the extra counter in the sixth. 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