HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-06-25, Page 11WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1958
ZURICH Citizens NEWS
SPORTS
IJIGEST
By
DON O'BRIEN
(Citizens News Sportswriter)
UMPS TO BLAME7
"You're blind, Ump. You're blind, Ump. You must be out of
.your mind, Ump." These lyrics, taken from one of the top songs
from the famous Broadway Musical, "Damn Yankees", seemingly
best illustrates the performance shown by the men in blue at last
Wednesday's game at Dashwood. Four close decisions by the umpire -
in -chief (who, according to one local fan, must be drawing unemploy-
ment), included two in which he was not in a position to properly
call the plays, which, by the way, all went against the visiting
Lumberkings, were the main reason for the 'Kings being held to a
4-4 tie by an inferior Dashwood crew. The locals, who outhit
the Tigers 13-6, had men in scoring position for the majority of the
contest. However, the 'Kings are confident that they will be able
to trounce the crew from Tigertown with the same simplicity that
was illustrated in their first meeting with the Dashwood nine —
an 8-3 victory, when the two teams meet again this Friday night
at the Zurich diamond.
Meanwhile, the Tigers, who have added veteran first base-
man Bob Storms after he was cut by the St. Thomas Elgins of the
Senior Intercounty feel that they will be able to add to their two
victories when they encounter the powerful Mitchell Legionaires
at Dashwood to -night and then journey to Zurich on Friday night.
It's certainly shaping up as the "GAME OF THE YEAR".
DON'T FORGET — DASHWOOD VS. ZURICH, FRIDAY
NIGHT AT 6,30 P.M.
MINOR PUCKSTERS HONOURED
On Saturday night the local minor hockey teams, pee -wee,
bantam, and midget were honoured at an effort jointly sponsored
by the local Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club. The
boys first took in the London Majors -Guelph Maple Leafs game at
Labatt Park in London. Bill Zuybk and Jim Attril, who played a couple
of seasons with the Lumberkings, and London manager Frank Cole-
man, a former Yankee, captured the majority of the interest shown
by the boys. Incidentally, Zubyk, played a whale of a game at
short and picked up one hit in the 4-3 loss to Guelph. Immediately
after the game the boys were rushed to Kalbfleisch's Park where
'they were treated to a hamburg and hotdog fry. One of the Pee-Wees,
who had had a couple of hotdogs, peanuts, popcorn, and pop at the
ball game returned to the park to down seven or eight more dogs
and several bottles of pop. Quite an appetite. After the fry each
team member was presented with a mounted picture of his team.
Most of the boys will agree that the 1957-58 hockey season ended
with a bang.
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SPORTS POST SCRIPTS
l•Ontario Minor Baseball Week — Win a Free Baseball
During the week of June 27 -July 4 the Ontario Minor Base-
ball Association will be observing its minor baseball week. Since
minor ball has not as yet been organized in Zurich for this year,
'the Lumberkings are issuing a special invitation for every youngster
to attend Friday night's big game with the Dashwood Tigers. A
free draw for a brand new baseball, autographed by the Zurich team,
will highlight this opening. Every child under 16 who is accompanied
by an adult will be given a free draw ticket.
By the way, Ferd Haberer, secretary -treasurer of the hockey
Flyers, informs us that the hockey club draw will also be held at
the ball game on Friday night.
Bantam Ben Stars
The Pittsburg Pirates, who had Bonus Wagner, "The Flying
Dutchman" have nothing on the local Lumberkings, who have Ben
Gignac, aptly named, "The Flying Frenchman". Ben, a hockey
•and baseball star since he became a resident of Zurich in '49, came
to the forefront again when his line single drove in the tying and
winning runs with two out to win last Thursday's game with Listowel.
Hats off also to big Bob White for his fine pitching performance,
as he registered his first win in a Lumberking uniform.
Annual Excursion To Detroit — This Weekend
The Lumberkings are planning their annual trip to Brigg's
Stadium in Detroit this weekend. The Boston Red Sox, featuring such
stars as Ted Williams, Jim Piersall, Jack Jensen, and Frankie Malzone
will be the visiting crew. As there are still a few tickets left, con-
tact this corner immediately if you are interested in going along.
'Tigers Take Seven Straight From League -Leading Yankees
Detroit's revamped Tigers certainly looked the part of world
beaters as they captured seven straight games from the Yankees
before the bubble burst in Saturday's 15-1 loss to the New York
•grew. Tiger pitcher Frank Lary, who incidentally, has beaten the
Yankees four times this season and holds a 13-4 lifetime mark
.against them, pitched two shutouts, and Jim Bunning, last year's
twenty game winner, also tossed two victories, including one shutout,
in the seven game string. The Tigers have now won eight of 12
contests with the Yankees this year. By the way, George Deichert,
lake Haberer, and John Haberer, ardent ball enthusiasts here in Zu-
rich attended the 15-0 Yankee rout over the weekend.
Citizens News
SCOREBOARD
Last Week's Scores
Dashwood 3—Zurich 3
Zurich 4—Listowel 3
Mitchell 8—Exeter 2
How They Stand:
W L 1' Pts.
ZURICH 6 1 1 13
M itchel I 3 2 0 6
Dashwood 2 2 1 5
Listowel 2 1 0 4
Exeter 0 7 0 0
Future Games:
June
25—Mitchell vs. Dashwood
27—Dashwood vs. Zurich
30—Dashwood vs. Exeter
July
2—All-Star Game—Mitchell
3—Zurich vs. Mitchell
4—Exeter vs. Zurich
For All The Latest Sports
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Zurich Citizens News
Gignae Brought In
Two Runs To
Edge Listowel 4-3
Ben Gignac was the hero last
Friday night when he came
through with a line drive in the
last inning of the game to drive
home thetying and the winning
runs, as the Lumberkings downed
Listowel Junior; 4-6 in Zurich.
Going into the last inning, Zu-
rich was training 3-2; then with
two :out Gerry Bell reached first
base on an error. The next batter,
Tom Rawlings, walked, and then
the Listowel pitcher threw a wild
pitch to advance the runners to
second andthird. This set the
stage for 'the dramatic moment.
Ben Gignac came to ,bat; he swung
at the first pitch and tipped it
foul, the next pitch he. swung at
and missed, :and then he smashed
the next one on a line drive over
the second baseman's head to
score both runs and win the ball
game 4-3.
Thegame was very well played,
with. Zurich only managing to bang
.out seven hits and Listowel six.
Bob White Booked good his first
start of .the season for the locals,
as :he pitched the entire game,
giving up only one walk and strik-
ing out eight batters.
Bartja started on the mound
for Listowel, but was replaced in
the first inning by veteran Hugh
MoGilavary, former senior Inter -
county star. Between them they
gave up four bases on balls and
struck out seven men.
Both :teams scored twice in the
first inning, with Listowel picking
up their extra run in the fourth,
and Zurich their two in the last
of the seventh.
Doug O'Brien led the Zurich
hitting department with two hits,
Gerry Bell added a triple, Meyer
and Rawlings each a double, and
Gignac and Moir each singled once.
The Listowel hitting was spread
out through the team, with Eckel
picking up the only extra base
blow, a double in the third inning.
The best crowd of the season
was on hand to see the well play-
ed contest.
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Listowel 200 100 0— 3 6 3
Zurich ---• 200 000 2 — 4 7 3
Bar•tja, McGillvary (1), and
Chisholm; White and Rawlings.
F=ishing Trip
The pitcher was working carefully on Yogi Berra. With
the count 0 and 2, he delivered high and outside. Berra went
fishing and missed. He dropped his bat and returned to the dugout.
Nobody said anything or even looked at him. Yogi couldn't abide the
silent treatment.
"How can a pitcher that wild stay in the league ?" he blurted.
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