The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-07-14, Page 3Scanning
the Sports
With “SCOOP” —
Win Two, Tic One
The Exeter lassies won two,
games and tied one during the*
past week, in a two-game series
with Ilderton the locals won
handily at home on Wednesday
night by a 12-8 score, and in
Ilderton on Monday night the
home team tied Exeter in the
eighth frame, making the bcore
4-4.
Against Zurich, in Exeter, last
Thursday night the locals pound
ed out a 43-7 victory, Marilyn
Pfaff pitched all three games for
Exeter.
Airport Teams Doing Well
To say the least that’s being
very modest. The baseball team
(currently giving Mitchell a bat
tle for first place) is the hottest
nine jn the loop. The A softball
squad has yet to lose a tilt in
league competition this season,
and the B softball team is clean
ing up everything in sight. It
has won thirteen starts without
a setback.
Locals Win Bawden Trophy
The Exeter rink, skipped by,
Ken Hockey, with Ulric Snell
and Lex McDonald, kept the
Bawden trophy in Exeter in the
Treble Tournament last Wednes
day afternoon. A full entry took
part in the competition. Last
year’s,,trophy winners skipped foy
M. Reed of Seaforth, were the
runners-up to the Exeter rink.
Legion Team Trims Hensall
The Legion softballers took
Hensall into camp__ last Friday
night by an impressive 16-6
score. Johnny Rliude and Fred
Baynham divided the
Bantams Also Win
The Exeter Bantams
Dashwood on the home
last Thursday night by
of 18-3. Chuck Parsons
tossing for the locals.
Horse Races Next Week
Next Wednesday afternoon
Exeter Turf Club will climax its
careful planning to again "provide
one of the best race meets in
Western Ontario. ‘
According to secretary George
Lawson, there is a fine lot of
entries. District . sport fans
should be particularly interested
in view of the fact of the three
■pitching.
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diamond
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Umpires: .Leroy O’Brien
(plate), Lennis O'Brien (bases).
Score By Innings— R
Mitchell . 100 100 180——11
Exeter ... 020 000 010— 3
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Brintnell,. rf
Darling, lb
Robinson, ss
Penhale, cf
Alter, 3b
Smith, c .
Creech, rf
How.Holtzmann, 3b
Russell, p
Shaw, p
Glover, p
THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY M 1249
excellent, entries around
here. Tom Yearley will start
Amber Gratton, a consistent
money winner, while one of
Yearley’s toughest rivals, Eric
McIlroy’s Silver Peter, will also
be on hand. Frank Taylor will
also be starting Huron Express,
winner at Strathroy.
Dashwood Hits Win Column
The Dashwood Intermediates
finally crashed the win column
in the Huron-Perth standing.
After coming within striking dis
tance op several occasions they
trimmfed Lucan 10-5. Ray Yelle
was the winning pitcher.
Makes Fine Start
Youthful Bob Russell
fine start on the mound
Intermediate squad on
night and for the first seven
innings held the league-leading
Mitchell team to three runs. His
easy motion and coolness on the
slab, plus his fine control, should
give Exeter a fair sort of a
twirler in the very near future.
Mitchell Leads League
This season the Huron-Perth
adopted, a point system in figur
ing the league standing,
was done in order to get away
from replaying, tie games. Hav
ing played more games, Mitchell
now is on top. However, if the
standing was on a percentage
basis, both Centralia and Clinton
would be ahead of Mitchell, tied
with a .700 percentage, Mitchell
is going along at a .643 'clip.
So Sorry
In the report of last week’s
game foetween the Exeter lassies
and Dashwood, we credited Mari
lyn Pfaff with -a home run in
stead of Eileen Hodgins.
Thank You, Leroy!
Before Monday night’s game
got u n d_e r w a y at Community
Park, umpire Leroy .O’Brien
claimed Exeter had the best dia
mond in the league. Much credit
for this goes to Gerry Smith,
who takes pride in seeing the
grounds in first class condition.
made a
for the
Monday
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Eight runs in the eighth frame
gave the league-leading Mitchell
Legionnaires a thumping 11-3
win over the locals mu the home
diamond Monday night;
Up until the eighth it was a
close struggle with the locals
pushing two runs across the
plate in the second to overtake
Mitchell’s one-run lead. The visi
tors tied the game up in the
fourth and broke the deadlock
with a single tally in the
seventh. '
Manager Joe Creech started
youthful Bob Russell on 'the
mound for Exeter and uptil he
began to tire in the eighth the
fifteen-year-pld twirler turned in
a <fine chore. While he struck
put but one man, Russell had
excellent control and issued no
free passes in the first seven
frames." In that time not more
than five batters faced him in
any one inning. Most of them
hit grounders that were easily
handled by the infield.
In the eighth frame Mitchell
batters went to the plate twelve
times before Exeter halted the
rally. Shaw went in to relieve
Russell but was unable to cool
off the opposition. After pitching
to five men, Glover took over
and struck out Chessell, the se
cond man to face him.
At the plate Darling, Robinson
and Penhale each clipped two
hits in four times at ibat. Darling
and Robinson both knicked Mal-
co for a double. The Mitchell
hits were scattered fairly evenly
■amongst the lineup with Weber
having the best average, two for
four.
EXETER
Nicol, 2b
Pearn,
start running for it, collide anti
are both knocked unconscious.
SlwuW the umpire call time the
moment they collide and are
rendered unconscious?
(Answer next week)
A bouquet To
Any 'pitcher, after hitting the
batsman with a pitched ball, who
does the sporting thing, and
walk up and apologize.
A Weekly Slap To
The coach e s who let their
players get caught on a hidden
ball play.
I’m closing .this week column
with this thought. Its not if you
won or lost that counts, but its
how you played the game. .
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Ball Figures
HURON-PERTH
(Including Monday
Results—
Mitchell 11, Exeter
Standing—W L T Pts.
Mitchell ........9 5 0 18
Centralia .......7 3 1 15
Clinton ..........7 3 0 14
Lucan ............7 4 0 J 4
Hensall ..........6 5 0 12
Goderich .......5 3 2 12
Zurich ...........4 4 2 10
Exeter ...........3 7 0 6
CJinton RCAF 2 8 1 5
Dashwood ......1 9 2 4
3
Clinton 12, Hensall 0
Dashwood 10, Lucan 5
Clinton 12, Mitchell 7
Hensall 8, Zurich 6
Lucan 4, Clinton RCAF 3
MITCHELL
Brintnell, 2b ....
Walters, ss
Walthers, 3b ...
Gately, If, cf ....
Rohfritsch, If ...
Chessell, rf .......
Weber, c
Clarke, lfo ........
Heinbuck, rf, If
Malco, p ...........
That holiday drive can end
disaster — for yourself, or foy
some small child that is holiday
ing too. .Watch for children on
the streets and highways. Re
member, speed kills.
HAS MILLIONS, WEDS MORE
— Heir to the. Listerine mouth
wash millions, Elliot Lambert
married heiress Nancy Edgar
Niedringhaus in St. Louis, 'Mo.
The bridegroom shocked St.
Louis society when a few months
ago, he .dropped out of college
to join the St. Louis police force.
He told newsmen that ’After his
honeymoon he’ll
.ing a detective,
millions and his
—Central
■go hack to be-
in spite of his
social position.
Press Canadian
on SPORTS
— By T. P. BEGLEY
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Eric McIlroy’s
Last Weeks Question
A throw beats , a runner to
first base but the ball is juggled,
and as the runner touches the
base ’the ball is held in the crook
of the first baseman’s arm. What
is the 'proper decision?
Answer
Since asking this question, I
have heard a lot of controversy
about it, around the town, how
ever the answer is—The runner
is not out, the ball must be held
in one or both hands to complete
a legal catch.
This column has got a scoop
on two or three important plays
this year, the most recent is the
double penalty that should have
been called on the Exeter catcher
in the Exeter-Centralia game,
however here is another one. A
very
when
Rule
In
legal
“Time” and iplay shall be sus
pended until he calls play again,
and during the interim, no player
shall be put out, base be run or
run sedyed. Time shall not be
called foy the umpire until the
ball be held by the pitcher while
standing in his position, except
in case of accident to a player or
umpire.
On Close Plays
If the ball and runner reach
the base <at the same time the
runnei’ is safe, also on any force
play, or a .play on a runner “tag
ging up’ after a caught fly, the
balks must reach the base bef ore
the runner; otherwise he is safe.
Base Detached From Fastening
If a base runner in attempting
to reach a base detach it from
its fastening before being put
out, in all fairness to him shall
be declared safe, this is a rule
numerous teams go wrong on and
think they must follow the base.
Don’t do it, you don’t have to,
as it is a definite rule-—Rule 49
Section 10.
Are You Guilty Of Rule 58
Under no circumstances 'Shall
a manager, captain or player dis
pute the accuracy of the umpire’s
judgment and
Delaying The
There are
this district
are helping to ruin the .grand old
game of baseball. I speak chiefly
of pitchers and catchers, catch
ers are taking too much time to
put on pads at the commence
ment of an inning, and pitchers
failing to deliver the ball to the
batsman within the alloted time
of twenty seconds. Umpires can
call a ball on any pitcher
fails .to do this, so when they
start doing it, don’t \ say
didn’t know, your fans are
ing to see a baseball game.
Change Of Players
You may change your players
at any time you desire, except
when the ball is in play, tor
which reason the .umpire should
call time, but when one pitcher
is substituted for anotli§i\ the
new pitcher must continue to
pitch until the batsman then at
bat is put out, or has reached
first base, or until the. side has
been retired. A pitwh hitter going
in to replace a man at bat (bats
man) Will take the count that
was on the batter he replaced.
Scoring note — If tile first
batter liad two strikes mt him,
and the pinch hitter misses the
third strike, charge the first
batter with a strikeout, all other
cases, charge the second batter.
Did You Know That
1. A complete inning is two
innings.
2. Base runners can steal on
a foul tip.
3. A team must have nine
players before starting and dur
ing a game.
4. The Umpire in Chief (Plate
Umpire)
authority to declare a game for
feited.
5. In the Major Leagues, the
home team must have at least
one dozen balls on the field dur
ing a game.
6. The Rule book should, and
could be revised.
Baseball Quiz
There are base runners on
first and second base, the batter
hits a long fair fly ball, the left
fielder the centre .fielder
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definite distinction as to
the umpire shall call time.
63 Section 3
suspending play from any
cause, the umpire shall call
decision on a pjay.
Game
several teams in
who not knowing