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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1949
Exeter Girls Take Lead In
Final Set With Dashwood
Exeter girls won the first
game in their final set .with
Dashwood at Exeter Community
Park Monday night by a
score.
Dashwood took Ilderton
straight in the semi-finals,
ning at home 17-5 and at Ilder
ton 9-8. Exeter also won their
round in two games against
Lucan, winning the second 10-7
after taking the first tilt at
home 6-5. During the season the
two top teams now fighting it
out in
■games.
For
looked
local nine as they dented the
platter eleven times to Dash
wood’s once. I-I o w e v e r, their
game rivals dug in in the seventh
and eighth with seven tallies to
cut the Exeter lead down to
three runs. In the last half of
the eighth the home team added
two more.
Three Dashwood miscues and
.two singles paved the way for
four runs in the opening frame
to give Exeter a handy lead. The
sixth, however, was the big blow
to the Dashwood hopes. In that
frame Exetei’ scored six times.
Essery scored two of them
two-base knock.
Dashwood rallied in
seventh and eighth. In the
big inning, Gossman scored on
an Exetei- miscue. Gaiser brought
in two more with a single and
W,ebb drove in the fourth on a
double. In the eighth Gossman
and Tetreau singled and Guen
ther walked. All three runners
scored.
With Dashwood closing in on
their lead, .Exeter clinched the
victory in the last half of the
eighth. Taylor came in on Hun
kin’s single and the Exeter short
stop scored on Coates’ one-base
blow.
Besides overshadowing her op
ponent
twelve
struck
three.
was Jean Wein’s triple in the
fifth. Both teams committed
seven errors.
The teams play three games in
a row in their best-of-five series,
returning to Dashwood Wednes
day night, playing here again
Thursday night and in Dashwood
Friday, if necessary.
13-8
two
win-
the finale split their four
the first six frames it
like a run-away for the
on a
the
first
by allowing nine hits to
for Exeter, Pfaff also
out twelve to Tetreau’s
Heavy hit of the night
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DASHWOOD: Gossman, If;
Tetreau, p; Guenther, ss; Love,
lb; Gaiser, cf; Webb, c; Picker
ing, 3b; Tieman, 2b; Maier and
Weiburg, rf.
EXETER: Essery, 2b; Sweet,
3b; Hodgins, If; Pfaff, ®; Wein,
lb; Taylor, c; Hunter-Duvar, cf;
Hunkin, ss; Coates, rf,
Empires: Cpl, McCurrie,
port; Ross Haugh, Mitchell,
Score by Innings—> R H
Dashwood . 010 000 430 8 9
Exeter ..... 400 016 02x 13 12
Silver Peter Wins
Silver Peter, owned by Elio
McIlroy pf Grand Bend, won its
first start on an American frack
at 'Northville Downs, Mich., on
Tuesday, August 16. Silver Peter
was driven by Joe Hodgins and
won handily over a classy field
of 2.17 -pacers. Time 2:10 3/5,
Preacher (at close of sermon
to one of his deacons, half
asleep): “We’ll now have a few
minutes of prayer. Deacon
Brown, will you open?
Deacon Brown: “Open? I just
dealt,”
Many a wife who cares nothing
for her husband, lives on his ac
count.
Evening Service
One garage will be open in
Exeter on Sundays, Wed
nesday afternoons and dur-’
ing the evenings through
out the week.
Ball Figures
HURON-PERTH O.B.A.
“B” GROUP PLAYOFFS
“A” Series—
(Two out of three) .
St, Marys 7, Centralia 3
Centralia 5, St. Marys 4
lB” Series—
(Two out of three)
Goderich 9, Clinton Radar
(Default)
Goderich 8, Clinton Radar
“C” GROUP PLAYOFFS
“A” Series—
* (Three out of five)
Clinton 11, Mitchell 0
Clinton 8, Mitchell 1
“B” Series—
(Two out of
Lucan 14, Zurich
Lucan 4, Zurich
“C” Series—
(Two out of
three)
4
2
three)
Hensall 6, Dashwood 1
Dashwood 5, Hensall 0
GIRLS’ SOFTBALL
s. (Final Round)
Exeter 13, Dashwood 8
“A" SOFTBALL
Centralia 12, Seaforth 5
“B” SOFTBALL
(Two out of three)
Centralia 14, Grand Bend
Centralia 8, Grand Bend
“C” SOFTBALL
(Two out of three)
Dublin 17, Crediton 7
Dublin 9, Crediton 7
4
5
SHIPKA
regular meeting of theThe
W.A. will be held September 1,
at 8:30 p.m., at the home of
Mrs. Major Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mc
Callum returned to London on
Sunday after spending .two weeks
vacation at the home of
Matt Sweitzer.
Mrs. Ed McCormick
and .Mrs. Wilfred Karn
don visited
Sunday.
Jim Scott Of- Brinsley is holi
daying at the home of his sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pickering.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Schroeder
and two sons, Jack and Larry,
and Miss Donna Fields returned
t o Windsor on Sunday after
spending two weeks with Mr. L.
Schroeder.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred .Desjar-
dine spent the week-end in Lon
don.
Congratulations to Mr, and
Mrs. Seliilbe on arrival of a son,
August IS.
Mr, Donald Ratz, accompanied
by Mr. Calvin Fahner, is holiday
ing in Wisconsin and other places
of interest.
Mr. and
and Mr.
of. Lon-
relatives here on
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High School
Registration
The Principal Will Be in the Office of the
EXETER DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
August 26 and 27
for consultation and registration of pupils for
year 1949-50. Students . wishing consideration in
drafting of a time-table or the arranging of
routes are specially urged to present their needs.
For the beginning of the term, bus routes will be
the same as last year. *
Students unable to visit the school
should telephone the office — Exeter 298
the
the
bus
Scanning
Softball Playoffs
In the “A” group playdowns,
Centralia won Monday night on
their home diamond 12-5 to give
them the series. They will now
meet Wingham for the group
championship. Thornton toed the
rubber for Centralia with Arm
strong behind the plate, while
Kennedy and O’Shea made up
the battery for the Bosharts.
“B” Group Series
The R.C.A.F. nine made it two
straight over Grand Bend Mon
day night with an 8-5 win. Cook
and Rhude shared the pitching
chore for /.he winners, while
Masse shoved them across for
Grand Bend. Centralia won the
first contest by a 14-4 score.
“C” Group Series
Dublin earned the right to ad
vance into the next, playoff round
with two wins over Crediton.
The first game was by a 17*7
score while Monday night’s tus
sle ended 9-7. They will prob
ably meet Sylvian in the next i
meet the winner of the Centralia-
St. Marys set.
“O’* • Group Playoffs
In the “A” series, the Clinton
Colts have won two straight
from the Mitchell Legionnaires.
This is a best-of-five series. At
Mitchell last Wednesday night
the Colts trampled their opposi
tion 11-0 and back home Friday
night won 8-1.
In the ‘,B” series, the Lucan
Irish came up with their second
straight win over Zurich Monday
night. The first game, in Lucan,
was by a 14-4 count but hack
in Zurich the home team dropped
a close 4-2 tilt.
The “C” series is all tied up
at one game apiece. On their
home diamond Wednesday night
Hensall took Dashwood 6-1 but
back in Dashwood Ray Yelle
shutout the Hensall nine by a
5-0 score. The winners of the
Tuesday night game will play
Lucan for the right to play the
winners of the “A” series.
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Baseball Playoffs
By the time this pillar
the streets it is probable
the semi-final series in
Perth O.B.A. will have been de
cided.
In the “B” group “A” series,
St. Marys took the Centralia
hoys 7-3 last Wednesday night
■but Monday night the, Centralia
nine evened the round, edging
St, Marys 5-4. McGuire and Her
man hurled for the winners and
Graham tossed them up for the
losers. The third game
tiled for Wednesday
Exeter.
In the “B“ series of
group! n g. Goderich
straight over the Clinton Radar
squad. At G o d e r I e 11, Umpire
O’Brien defaulted the game to
Goderich due to the conduct of
the Radar coach. The score at
the time was 4-2 for Goderich.
Back in Clinton the Goderich
team won 8-6. Goderich will now
reaches
that all
Iluron-
is st’hed-
night ill
the same
won two
wi-nchelsea
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clarke
returned Monday evening from a
motor trip to Owen Sound, Wa-
saga Beach, and other northern
points.
Miss Marion Pym of Thedford
spent a. few days last week with
Kathleen Horne.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Batten
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Donald
north.
Miss Jean
hurst visited
and Mrs. Harry Armstrong.
Mr. Clifford Whitlock of
Thomas spent Sunday with
sisters. Mrs. Harry Ford
Mrs. Freeman Horne.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletch
er visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Stanley of ^London
Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fletcher
were in Exeter Sunday to cele
brate the eighty-fifth birthday
of Mrs. John Fletcher, at the
home of the latter.
Mrs. Colin Gilfillan Is holiday
ing this week with friends at
Turnbull’s Grove.
Mr. Jack Bailey spent the past
week visiting with relatives at
Toronto.
Mr, and Mrs. Newton Clarke
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clarke
attended the Dearing-Fisher wed
ding in Exeter on Saturday last.
Hooper
Taylor
Sunday
of Exeter
of Chisel-
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