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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-09-22, Page 17} THE TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, :SEPTEMBER 221 1955 Censure. Rec Director, WOAA, Manager OBA Ousts Bantams Over Protest Lost Paper Swimming Boy Declared Ineligible Because a -boy lost his wallet while swimming at itiverview Park this summer, Exeter ban- tams had to forfeit their oppor- tunity to bring the town its first Ontario Baseball Championship in years. The club, which won the W.0.- A.A. .0.A.A. title and captured the first round of the O.B.A. playdowns on the field, was tossed out of O.B.A, competition at a protest meeting Hog Dilemma —Continued from Page 2 with :freight and other chargee, the amount can be $'500.00 on the carload of pigs. That might work out •t•o a cost of $7.00 per head, but it has nothing to do with the price of these 'hogs from where they came. The farmer there got his full price and the packer paid .him, and the cost on top of that was another af- fair that the ,packer had to pay to get those 'hogs to where he ,wanted them. Mr. McInnis admits that 90 of the hogs go direct to .plants. That means they handle only 10%, They used to handle 10% but now it is ,sometimes less than 8%, so the dilemma is getting worse instead of better, •or more people would use their—system. He also says that the price is set in Toronto and if they only hamd- le •so few hogs, then that goes to say that they are rigging the market, That has to be taken now to be a fact. Itmust be when they handle .so few hogs and .se few hogs rig the price on the 92% 'big run that go into the plants. The Toronto rigged price for hogs the past 2 weeks has been $28.50 dressed per ewt. •and yet my neighbours around iSebring- ville are showing me their settle- ments with ;prices commonly at .$28.7.5 dressed per cwt. This means that my neighbours are . getting 25., cents per cwt. over and above the rigged price In Toronto. When this is the case, then they are getting more than the full price. So just what concern is it of Mr. McInnis or any farmer whether a packer pays an added 8 cents per hog, $3.00 .per hog or $•30.00 per hog for transporta- tion purposes? That, as you see, has 'nothing to do with a farmer's price of hogs on a rigged up mar- ket as it is in today in Ontario, but it is a cost to the packer he has to bear, and not the farmer. 1f all hogs in Ontario go to the public stock yards and as- sembl' ipoints, It will not only add to a state of confusion, but it will cost packers money for transport charges to move hogs from one •assembly point to where they want them. The farmer will be the goat •because he will take the shrink losses as they appear, and that will be dollars the farm- ers won't get. Yours truly, Theodore Parker "Just imagine," boasted the proud mother, "they've promoted Tommy for hitting that mean old sergeant. They've made him a court-martial." in Hamilton on Sunday not be- cause any player was ineligible on account of his age—,but be- cause he didn't have his birth certificate to_ prove it. The boy, Jim McDonald, 'lost the docureent wheal he was swim- ming this summer, Minor base- ball officials failed to see that he procured another. The O.B.A. said his participation in a play- off game with West Lorne was illegal so they awarded the con- test and the series to the team which Exeter trounced 18-0 in the second game. The irony of it all is that the lad is not only eligible as far as age is concerned to play this year, he is young enough to play an- other year in bantam ranks. Next Year Too Late But the club itself won't have the opportunity to try Por that Ontario title again because next year will be too late. Most of the boys will be too old to compete in bantam division. Besides losing the protest and the series, the club also lost the $50 which had to be submitted in order to defend itself at the meeting. The amount was put up by Exeter Legion, one of three organizations which sponsor the minor sports program. The town was stunned Monday when it learned its prize team had been thrown •out. Officials expected at the worst that the game would have to be replayed. They never suspected it would be forfeited to West Lorne. They even dared to hope that, because the boy was of age, the O.B.A. subcommittee might disallow the 'protest if, proof of age was estab- lished. But the sports organization adhered stringently to the regula- tions however, technical. Should Not Be Penalized Spokesman for the Exeter group was.. lawyer W. G. Cochrane, for- mer mayor of the town, who pleaded that while the team was guilty of infractions of the rules, they were matters over which the team had no control and it should not be penalized as a result. All four delegates—including Manager Alvin Willert, Derry Boyle and H. W. Kelson—said the subcommittee was as adam- ant on its stand it appeared the members had made their decision before they heard the Exeter argument. The protest involved two points: the first was the failure to establish proof of age for the one player; the second was that Manager Alvin Willert was not able to produce O.B.A. certifi- cates fdr all the men he played in the game. - On the second count, it was discovered that the O.B.A. cer- tificates had been misplaced in the office of the W.O.A.A. at Wingham and had not been for- warded to the Exeter manager, Alvin Willert. The O.B.A. con- demned W.O.A.A. 'Secretary Al- fred Lockeridge for this oversight. Exeter Team Won West Lorne Manager Stuart Ronson announced at the •begin- ,ning of the third game of the series here last Wednesday that he had filed the protest with the O.B.A. Undisturbed :by this, the local team trounced West Lorne 8-5 in the regulation nine -inning game to win the series handily. 'Phe Exeter lads lost the first contest of the beet -of -three series 5.3 in West Lorne but proved themselves by far the superior team when they whitewashed the London district club 18-0 in the second game. After that, there was never any doubt about which team would win on the field. But it took more than playing ability to capture the round. A slip of paper, lost in the summer- time :but which could have been replaced without difficulty in plenty of time had anyone rea- lized the necessity of doing so, brought all the triumph on the diamond to no avail. The victims -of the costly tech- nicality are nine young boys who had their sites on a provincial title. They included two star pitchers Jim Russell and Fred Hunter; Captain Doug Siliery, voted most valuable player of the club; infielders Jim Hennessey, Cy Blommaert and 'Barry Glover; outfielders Simon Nagel, Bob and Doug Kelson, and Keith Hodgins. Elmer Ince was a base -coach for the club. The team won the W.O.A.A. title without losing a game dur- ing the entire season. Eliminating Seaford' for the group champion- ship, the locals -tackled Mitchel/ and after three successive tie games went on to win the series two straight, Exeter Legion provided trans- portation for the club. ' Blame Smith For Neglect To avoid a recurrence of the laxity which •eliminated Exeter Bantams from 0,1B.A. competition "every organization contributing towards sport in the oommunity should insist that all administra- tive dministrative ;natters are carefully attend- ed to," W, G. Cochrane recom- mended in his report on the pro- test hearing in Hamilt9n on Sun- day, Lawyer Cochrane, spokesman for the Exeter team, condemned Recreation Director Doug. Smith for "gross negligence': in super- vising the operation of the minor sports program, He said: "Smith should have seen that all certificates were in order and forwarded to the prop- er sources which he did not do and apparently took little interest in the team during • the whole year." Might Have Won Title The bantam team, which ap- peared to be strong enough to be a serious contender for an O.B.A. title, was thrown out of competi- tion•because proof of.age ,h'ad not been filed for one player. Mr. Cochrane submitted his report to Exeter Legion, who sponsored the defence of the team and to Exeter Iteereational Conn- ell which is responsible for the minor sports program. Exeter Legion President, Mas Harness also censured Recreation Director .Smith in his coiu>nn. "Legion Corner" in The Times- Advoc'ate this week. He said " it sure makes nets see red when a bunch of kids, who are all eli- gible as far as age in concerned, can't go out and win themselves a championship because a man who is supposed to look atter their,administrative matters does not have enough interest in them to do it." 'Director Smith, who has been on holidays since .September 1, was not available for comment. He and his wife and son are va- cationing in Cobalt. Don't Blame Willert Both Cochrane and the Legion President said the blame should not be attached to Manager Alvin Willert who is assistant recrea- tional director, because he had never had any experience in ad- ministrative matters concerning baseball before. President Har- ness said Willert "should be con- gratulated on the job he did." The report suib.mitted by Mr. •Cochrane read, in part: "As spokesman for the group I endeavored to submit that while we were obviously guilty of in- fraction of the rules, that they Tribe Adds Goal Snipers, Seeks Power At Blueline More scoring punch up front and more hitting power on the blueline is the theme of the re- building plans for this year's Ex- eter Mohawk hockey club. Officials disclosed to booster club members Tuesday night they have already signed two prolific marksmen from Kitchener and are negotiating for two 200 - pound defencemen from Strat- ford. Larry Heideman, the Kitchen- er Green Shirt who led the Junior '„13” league in scoring last year, and his teammate, Bill Wormsby, who placed sixth in the league race, have agreed to play for the tribe. They will be waiver. play- ers. The club executive is ' dicker- ing with a Senior "A" and a .Senior "B" defeneeman, both re- ported to be hard bashers, to bolster the rearguard strength. •In addition to these, the club has a line on quite a few pros- pects who are apparently interest- ed in playing with Mohawks on the split -the -gate basis establish- ed last year. This bright picture generated an air of optimistic enthusiasm amohg nearly 40 sup- porters who attended the meet- ing. SixPlayersReturn Secretary Bill,Musser, who chaired the meetng in the ab- sence of Lloyd Cushman, said at least six of last year's club will be back. They include Playing - Coach Jim Loader, Goaler Gar Baker, Forwards Harry McEwen, Don Gravett and Musser and Defenceman Barry Doak. Pete Restelli and Johnny Trendell are reported to be anxious to return. While local officials see a de- finitely improved team here, there are also reports abroad of strengthening in the rival camps i. • '�i IJ' ' ai 1 f .;:M'...n::eX.a;•,i. 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In addition to improving the team, the local club is also plan- ning to improve reserved seat- ing accomodation at the arena, to do more promotion for games and to cut down on the money - raising activities. Reserve All Seats - The executive hopes to reach an agreement with the commun- ity centre board for the installa- tion of reserved seating plans for all the seats in 'the arena. This will give booster club memfbers an opportunity to reserve seats wherever they want them instead of restricting them to certain sections. To promote interest in the team, the club plans to bring the New Dundee Crown band for an opening night attraction. Sale of team -coloured toques, but tons and flags is also being considered. Criticism of frequent appeals for funds last year has resulted in plans to confine money -raising activities to a minimum. The club hopes to operate more econ- omically this season. New Uniforms !Mohawks will sport new uni- forms when they open the season early in November. Red Scott, owner of Red Scott Billiards, is donating sweaters and socks to the club. New colours will be white trimmed with black and gold. Practices will start around October 15 and will be held in Lucan arena until ice is made in the local rink. Playing -Coach Loader hopes to put his charges through 14 hours of workouts Lieury Wins Bali Title Lieury defeated Brinsley twice this past week to capture the McGillivray :Softball League Championship series four games to two. This is the first time since the league was organized three years ago that the Lieury team has won the title although it has been in the finals twice. The club ,now meets Ailsa Craig, winner of another league in that area, in an elimination series. First gax a will be played in Ailsa Craig Monday night, the second in McGillivray on Wednes- day night, Lieury won the McGillivray series Tuesday night by a 7-6 count. George Glendinning hurled the victory and Bill Amos con- tributed three hits. Last Thursday Lleury won 9-5. 20 Teams Join League Twenty teams will participate in the Exeter Ladies Bowling League this coining season, it was announced at an organiza- tion meeting in Exeter Town Hall Monday night. With eight mem- bers to a team, the league now has a records membership of 160. Two new teams have been add- ed—one from Hensall and one of new bowlers from Exeter. Play will start the first week in October and the ladies will bowl o11 four nights—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday —from 9 to 11 p.in. 'Some minor changes to the rules were approved. Mrs. Peter Durand is president of the league, Mrs. ]Fred Darling, vice- president, and Mrs. Cal Wein, secretary -treasurer. every week until the season opens. Because the arena board was not be able to offer ice to the club early enough, the board has agreed to finance the cost of ice time at Lucan. The board has committed itself to rent the Le- gion and Lions the arena for bingo dates up until October 28. To avoid any complications this season, officials plan to operate strictly according to the regula- tions of the W.O.A.A. and O.H.A. In other years the Exeter club contrived' to beat. the rules with some fancy legal footwork to keep pace with other clubs who were doing the same thing. This year, however, Secretary Musser and other officials• are emphatic that this will not occur during the coming season. HS Gridders Cop 8-3 Win South Huron District High School `Panthers defeated 'Strat- ford, an "A" team, 8-3 in an exhibition football match here Tuesday afternoon. Bill Pollen •scored the only toucrdown of the game on a quarterback sneak in the third quarter. Bob McLaren kicked one field goal and just missed another when the ball hit the cross bar. The locals had -a big edge on play but fumbles prevented them from racking up a larger score. Coach Glen Mickle said the district four -team league schedule is expected to start next week. Clubs in the league are Listowel, Palmerston, Mitchell and St. Marys. Starting lineup in Tuesday's game was: Jim Dougall, centre; Graham Farquhar and Bob Mc- Laren, insides; Jim Etherington and Val Gulens, middles; Gerry Ronnie and Keith Lovell, ends; Bill Pollen, quarterback; Ted Smith, centre half; Charles Ker - nick, right half; Bill Lavender, left half; and Ken Tuckey, flying wing. Alternates were Tom Lavender, Terry Wade, Phil Charrette, Nick Fedosa, Bev Sturgis, Gar John- son, Ron Howe, Ted Norminton, Wayne Welsh, Joe Zimmer, Dick McCutcheon and Jim Carter. Hensall Curlers Seek 32 Rinks Hensall Curling Club hopes to have 32 rinks competing in its activities this winter, it was an- nounced following an organiza- tion meeting in the town hall on Monday night. The clirb will curl two nights a week. Registration deadline for membership is October 17. The club offered assistance to the ladies if they wished to form a club this year. Officers of the club Were re- turned eturned with the exception of Flying Officer 'Vitilliam Lewis who has been posted. He is succeeded by F/0 Dol Mooney, of RCAF Station Centralia. The executive includes: Honor- ary Presidents, Tom Pryde, Hu- ron MLA; Group Captain W. Cameron, ILCAF Station Cen- tralia; Secretary -treasurer K. X. Christian; games Committee, W. O. Goodwin, chairman, 'Squadron Leader Ross and S. G. Rennie. The club voted $ 25 to join a Cur 1 1 ng Association. Arrange- ments are being made to secure a, trophy for competition during the year. President W. Y. Middleton ehaired the meeting. Chaired the meeting. Nineteen members attended. Vets To Honor Bantam Team Exeter Bantams will be honored like champions even though they weren't able to pr o v e themselves in O.15.A, competition because of the pro- test ruling on Sunday, Exeter Legion Tuesday night voted to buy the members of the team jackets and crests and provide as banquet for them. The club won the W.O.A.A. Bantam "C" championship. The Legion also approved payment of transportation ex- penses and other costs during the season. Donations approved by the branch included $25 to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and $25 to the Beck Memot'ial Sanitoriunz Christ- mas Fwid. First Vice -President Reg Mc- Donald chaired the meeting for President Max Harness who was unable to officiate. were matters over which we had no control and we should not be penalized as a result. Unfortun- ately the ORA- Sub -Committee on protest pointed out that regard- less of who was responsible the team must abide by the conse- quences. "'The main point of contention was the fact that no birth cer- tificate had been sent in with the :=certificate of Jim MeeDonald which of course is required by the rules, There was also the problem of the manager of the Exeter team not being able to produce all the official players' certificates at the Wednesday game. "The responsibility for these er- rors was ,placed squarely on the shoulders of two persons. First, the Secretary Manager of the WOAA, Alfred Lockeridge, of Wingham, and second the Rec- reational Director for Exeter, Doug Smith. "In the first instance Smith should have seen that all certifi- cates were in order and forward- ed to the proper sources which he did not do and apparently took little, if any, interest in the team during the whole year. We felt that this was an instance of gross negligence on his part having regard to the fact that Alvin Wil- lert, the Manager of the team had never had any experience in ad- ministrative matters concerning baseball before. "In its findings the OBA con- demned the Secretary Manager of the WOAA for his negligence. It is regrettable that this decision had to be made but unfortunately it was justified on the facts as they existed. 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