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Plan fine year to visit Toronto’s
“Show window of the nation”—
the Canadian National Exhibition,
Last year over two million enthusiastic
visitors flocked to this greatest annual
exhibition in the world. Filling the
weeks just before, and immediately
after Labour Day, this annual event
has something for everybody. Whether
you’re interested in industry, com
merce, agriculture, art, science,
education, music, pageantry or sports,
you’ll find plenty to see and to do> at
the “Ex”. Write to Toronto Conven
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WANT TO COME BACK!
LET’S /WAKE THEM
Silver Peter Toj) Horse
Talk among the harness horse
men these days is the perform
ance of Eric McIlroy’s Silver
Peter at the big meet in Strat
ford on the holiday, The Grand
Bend pacer won over the highly
rated Diplomat, owned iby Alex
Parsons, in the first two
of the free-forrall feature.
Peter was third in the
race, fe
Amber Grattan, a consistent
winner this year, took two firsts.
Tom Yearley’s campaigner
entered in the 2:18 pace,
Win Holiday Tournament
Grand Bond won .the softball
tournament at the Bend on the
holiday, winning over Sharon in
the final nightcap.
In the afternoon games 'Sharon
beat Thedford and Grand Bend
jput out Crediton.
Draws large Crowd
It’s still a guess as to who
suffered the most from the ef
fects of the Donkey Baseball at
the Community Park on Civic
Holiday. Quite a number of the
Lions were nursing bruises on
Tuesday, while many a fan was
the worse from the side-splitting
comedy. According to one fan it
was hard to determine which
were the bigger jackasses, the
Lions or the donkeys. At any
rate, the donkeys were the
smarter.
The bang-up crowd in attend
ance surpassed all expectations
and goes to prove that a good
holiday attraction will bring out
the fans.
The Cripples
Exeter hasn’t adopted a name
for its baseball club in the last
few years but watching it Tues
day night it wouldn’t be hard to
choose one. At least four of the
players were crippled. Chuck
Seymour is now playing his first
Huron-Perth ball after breaking
his ankle in a pre-season . ex
hibition, and Harry Holtzmann
is back in the outer gardens
after his leg fracture.
Besides those two, Glenn Rob
inson and Fred Darling were on
the limp. Robby is just getting
over a dandy shiner and against
Centralia injured his ankle.
The Batting Averages
The Intermediate players have
been after us to figure out the
batting averages for the team.
This we have finally managed to
do but we’ll bet that now we
have they’ll regret their enthu
siasm.
Only two players on the club
are hitting over the .300 mark
—Glenn Robinson leading the
list with a nice .370, with Fred
Darling clipping the ball at a
.310 percentage. Keith Ormerod
follows with .290, Em Penhale
with .285 and Joe Creech with
.260.
heats
Silver
final
was
Centralia edged
last Friday
home team and Clinton RCAF
played to a 4-4
night. Both games
munity Park,
In last week’s
tied the score 6-6 with a big
four-run rally in the sixth but
in the first half of the seventh
Burns crossed the plate to give
the Airmen a one-run lead that
proved to be the deciding tally.
After a scoreless first frame
both teams came through in the
second inning, Centralia
in the first half with
tally and Exeter canie
take the lead with two
the last half. However,
port tied it up in the third
took the lead in the next
frames. Meanwhile, Herman
■holding the locals scoreless until
the four-run splurge in the sixth.
Harris had foul’ hits in five
attempts, while Langdon, also of
the Airport, clipped three for
four. For Exeter, no batter got
more than one safety.
CENTRALIA: Harris, 2b;
Crowe, rf; Catrano, 3b; Hunter,
c; Burns, lb; Langdon, cf; Him-
melman, ss; Hyslop, If; Herman,
P-
EXETER: Penhale, cf; Nicol,
2b; Har Holtzmann, rf; Darling,
lb; Robinson, ss; Pearn, If; Al-
tic, 3b; Ormerod, p; Seymour, c.
Umpires: Begley, plate;
Frayne, bases.
Exeter 4, Clinton RCAF 4
Exeter twice held t w o - r u n
leads in Monday night’s game,
only to have the airmen from
Exeter 7-6
night, while the
tie Monday
were at Com-
■game, Exeter
lead off
a single
hack to
runs in
the Air-
and
two
was
Clinton tie the score.
The first three frames
scoreless but in the last half of
the fourth Robinson singled and
scored on manager Creech’s long
triple, Russell’s infield roller
scored the second run.
In the first half of the seventh
after pitching six scoreless in
nings, Bob Russell gave way to
Ormerod after the airmen tied
the count, Russell had two men
on the hook before getting into
difficulty, In their turn at bat
the locals again climbed into an
other two-run lead on Ormerod’s
and Seymour’s double. Harry
Holtzmann’s grounder scored
Seymour after the catcher took
third on Nicol’s single,
In the eighth Killam scored
for Clinton and Hurtick scored
the tying run in the ninth after
slamming out a triple and com
ing home on Markham’s single.
Robinson hit three
of four trips to the
Clinton batters each
once.
EXETER; Nicol,
Holtzmann, rf; Penhale,
Darling, lb; Robinson
Creech, If; Russell, p; Ho1
Holtzmann, 3b; Seymour, c;
merod, <p.
_ CLINTON RCAF: Killam, 2b;
ss; Markham,
Turnbull, c;
Marion, p; rf.
plate;
went
singles out
plate. Five
hit safely
2b; Harry
of;
., ss;
p; Howard
; Or-
Ort, rf; Laakso,
3b; .Mills, lb;
Robertson, rf, p;
Umpires: H a r b u r n,
Houghton, bases.
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on SPORTS
By T. P. BEGLEY —
Teepee Talks
Last Week’s Question
A home team manager pre
sents his grounds rules to the
visiting teams manager, but they
do not suit the visiting team.
How then do they play under
ground
Answer
rule 65
visiting
to the
rules the umpire shall .have full
authority to make and enforce
such special rules and he shall
announce their provisions to the
spectators.
The Coachers Lines
Many games have been played
this season without the coaching
box marked out, and .even when
it is marked out sometimes it is
improperly used. Breaking down
the rule it is for the coacher to
address words of assistance and
directions to the base runner or
batsman and while coaching the
coach must stay within the ‘con
fines of the coacher box which
does not permit him to g0 within
fifteen feet of the base line and
he also must avoid going beyond
an extension of the base lines
running from first and second
and also second and third base
not more than t w o coachers
might be on .the field at the
same time, one in each coacher
box.
Batters Box
The batter in baseball and soft-
ball usually gets a bit of leeway
in regards to staying in the box.
The reason for this is after a
few innings the haters box is not
very visible due to base running,
sliding,
shifting
however
umpire
three feet from tlic
the plate both
rules?
— The
(Ground
manager
home manager’s ground
latter part of
Rules). If the
does not agree
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frontwards and if then the bat
ter is beyond that distance with
one or both .feet he is out (this
of course applies to a batted
ball).
To judge the width of the box
would start six inches from
plate and another guiding
four feet aside of .that, so
player stepping on the plate
Second Place
Thursday, July 21.
The Exeter Lassies defeated
Ilderton in a scheduled game on
the Exeter diamond. Scott was
on the hill for ilderton while
Loft did the receiving, Essery
and Pfaff twirled for the home
team and Taylor was behind the
plate. Hodgins for the winners
and O'Neil for the losers each
tagged a home run.
Monday, July 25
Dashwood team played host to
the Exeter nine and was defeat
ed by the visitors 11-8, this giv
ing Dashwood its fourth defeat.
Pfaff and
battery for
and Webb
Dashwood.
Airport
of ball,
with a
Hodgins
gles. Love for the losers made
a triple and a double for twice
at bat.
Tuesday, July 26
Marilyn Pfaff, the brilliant
young twirler for the Exeter
Lassies, pitched a no-run, no
hit game before a large crowd
when the Exeter team handed
Lucan a 17-0 defeat. Marilyn
came through with twelve strike
outs. This game put Exeter and
Lucan in tie (position for second
place, with Dashwood leading in
first place by one point. Eileen
Hodgins tagged a double, a triple
and a home run for six times at
bat, while Jean Wein came
through with a home run and
two singles for five times at bat.
Wednesday, July 27
Marilyn Pfaff pitched for the
third night in a row at Mel
bourne when she allowed only
three hits to the Forest nine in
an exhibition tilt. These two
teams opened the lights and new
ball park for Melbourne, with
Exeter coming out on top with
the score 11-7. Not only did
Marilyn pitch a brilliant game
but she tagged a home run on
one of the hardest
the season. Helen
Eileen Hodgins also
four-baggers while
tagged a triple.
Friday, July 29
Exeter trimmed Ilderton away
from home by an '11-3 score.
With Dashwood defeating Lucan
last Wednesday night, this now
puts Exeter in second place.
Taylor formed the
Exeter, while Tetreau
did the honours for
Begley from Centralia
umpired a smart game
Essery came through
couple of doubles and
a double and two sin-
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The best of judgement should
be used in throwing out balls
during a game especially in our
leagues in .this district as balls
are very expensive.
The courtesy of changing a
ball for the pitcher doesn’t mean
that the ball .the pitcher wanted
to be changed should be thrown
out, it is a mental condition that
the pitcher is in that .makes him
desire to have the ball changed.
Pitcher Not On Rubber
There are three possibilities
that could arise from an unfairly
delivered ball which is a ball
delivered by the pitcher with his
pivot foot off the rubber.
1. For each such ball delivered
the umpire shall call a ball as
long as no runner is on
2.
it, it
ever
3.
such
and
base.
Batsman
If the
ing any attempt to strike at the
ball and the ball hit his person
or clothing he is entitled to go
to first base and the ball is dead,
but if the pitcher tosses a slow
ball and the battin* deliberately
permits the ball to hit him the
umpire may use his judgement
and not give the batter a base by
calling the pitch a strike or a
ball.
Did You Know That: ,
1. If the ball hits the ground
after being thrown by the pitcher
and then hits the batsman with
out him swinging . at same the
batter goes to first base.
2. Pitching distance is mea
sured from the point of home
base where first and third base
lines intersect (Baseball 60’ 6’’
Softball 40’ S*a”L
3. The catcher lines are ten
feet back from point, of home
plate where base lines intersect. .
4. Babe Ruth had a lifetime
record of 714 home runs (over
48 miles).
5. The pitcher’s mound shall
not be more than fifteen inches
higher than home plate and shall
slope gradually in all directions.
6. Smoking is not allowed on
players bench.
Baseball Quiz
A batter hits a pitched ball,
the ball hits the pitchers rubber
without being .touched and then
rebounds back of the catcher, is
it a fail’ or foul ball?
(Answer next .week)’
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runner on a force out,
I wish to conclude this weeks
column by asking each and every
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seasons back.
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* Mr. Clarence Ford of Kit
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his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Clarke of
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Walters.
Kathleen Horne spent a few
days last week with Miss Mary
Dickey, Woodham.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Collier of
Kirkton visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bailey.
Miss Betty Bailey has returned
home after a week’s vacation at
Goderich Y.P.U. summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. George McGavin
of Seaforth visited with Mr. and
Mrs. James Horne on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heard of
Anderson spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. George Kellett.
Everybody’s Business
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play may follow.
If with runners
a delivery becomes a
all
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or what-
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on base
balk
Hit By Pitcher
batsman without
It is commonly believed that a
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It is a human tendency to
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