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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-05-31, Page 6SPORTS By Don "Boom Boom" Gr*v®H Th® E'xtttr Times-Advocat®, May 31, 1956 iiniihMniinuu»UMniiMnuuHnuiUHtuuuiU‘UimniMiiiiuuui(HnuiiHiiunumu Every year in all of the various types of sports we get to hear of one team protesting against another. Most of the protests lodged wouldn’t hold a pail of water hut there’s one we would like to recall that would. Did you ever hear of the potato case in base­ ball? This is one that will long be remembered by the Galt baseball fans. It was told by JOHN GILLIES at the recent Dashwood ball banquet. In a Senior Intercounty night game being played in Galt between the Brantford Red Sox and, the Galt Terriers, the Sox were leading the Terriers 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Galt had run­ ners on first and. third with two away when LUTHER CLIFFORDS, the big Cuban catcher, fired what looked to be a ball away over the first baseman’s head into right field in a pickoff attempt. Naturally the runner at third saw this happen so he came scampering home only to have Cliffords produce the ball and tag him as he was about to cross the plate. The umpire stood stunned for a moment and then called the runner out. Immediately an argument started and Galt protested. The case, first of its kind, was forwarded to John Gillies, then commissioner of the league. After a lot of head scratching Mr. Gillies questioned the burly Brant catcher and found that shady “Lou” had thrown a peeled potato into right field. He said It was a common occurance in the Mexican Leagues down south. Result of the protest was that the game was played over from the first of the ninth inning. Brant­ ford eventually won by hanging on to the one run lead they carried forward from the previous innings. What next! ★ * ★ That was some trade the Toronto Maple Leafs made with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. Conn Smythe received a reported $40,000 for the two players HARRY LUMLEY and young ERIC “THE NESTER” NESTERENKO. It’s our guess that rookie coach HOWIE MEEKER from New Hamburg will have the youthful ED CHADWICK guarding the twine for him in his freshman year as Leaf coach. Lumley will no doubt retire to his profit­ able business in Owen Sound if he does not take over v the job from AL,ROLLINS or gets traded out of the league. BILL WHARNSBY, left, winger of the Exeter Mohawks, will be an ardent Leaf follower this year. You see, Bill is Howie’s first cousin, so naturally Bill is hoping that Meeker will do a good job when he takes over the reins as Leaf coach. ★ ★ ★ ★ . That was an awful nice gesturFoh ehalf“of JACOB REDER supplying all the young ladies with beautiful free corsages for the Mohawk banquet. Thanks Jake! Sunday morning DWYER, RICHARDS, BAR­ TON and a few of the other local hockey players will be teeing off on the Grand Bend golf course at 9.00 a.m. They would like any other golf enthusiasts to come along and meet the players by joining in a game of golf with them.' ' * * * k Let’s take a glance at the pace MICKEY MANTLE of the New York Yankees has been set­ ting lately. Mantle, the dream boy of Yankee fans, is away out in front of everyone in bpth leagues in the home run department with 17 roundtrippers. He leads the American and National Leagues in bat­ ting with an average of .424. WALLY MAXWELL of Detroit Tigers is right behind him with a .361 ave­ rage but he has only appeared at the plate 97 times to Mantle’s 139. MANTLE, a power hitter from either side of the plate, has hit some of the longest homers in baseball history. With only 37 games played, his home run production is 10 games ahead of “BABE” RUTH’S. Whether the Babe’s record of 60 homers in one season can be broken is another thing, but I believe if anyone will break it, barring injuries, Mickey is the man that will do it. Over the years different players have come close to breaking the record but the pace of 17 homers hit in September by Ruth was just too much for them to equal. In 1932 JIMMIE FOX belted 58 homers as did HANK GREENBERG in ’38. But these were still two shy of tying the record. One of Mantle’s recent blows came while batting on the port side. He poked the ball into Brooklyn Avenue in Kansas City, 475 feet from home plate. Several of his homers have been of this variety and with this power we feel sure that Ruth’s home run record is' in danger. *k k t*t ★ SWINGING TO THE HOME FRONT: Don’t be surprised to see the "STRATHROY ROCKETS in Senior “B” hockey company next «ypar. A local sportsman who wants to keep his name anonymous was talking to “DICK” PINCOMBE, manager of the Rockets. He was told Strathroy have already pur­ chased “BUDDY” EVANS and JOE INNARELLI for their senior entry. They would also like to get lanky LARRY HEIDEMAN off our club and they have re­ portedly Approached him . t . .Several comments —Please Turn to Page 7 Johnstons s 6 MEN'S WEAR <* f EXCLUSIVE! ZURICH “Jake” Beder, local florist, provided all the ladies with free corsages before the Exeter Le­ gion Ladies Auxiliary served a hot turkey supper. ,l^Ss< Ht .» M«ll 01U10M *•. .. WALPERS Phone 81 MEN'S WEAR Exeter i id Chew* •mBvery hu'ek S’ NlW SweeP1 V" ^.and 97 Other Dashwood Moves Into First Place With 3-2 Win Over Zurich Flyers Dashwood Tigers chalked up their second consecutive triumph Tuesday night through the ef* forts of their newly-awed pitching-ace Bob Tanner. Tanner struck out 10 Zurich batters and allowed only two walks in the seven inning game in Zurich as he led the Dash­ wood nine to a 3-2 victory over the Flyers. The victory put the Tigers on top of the league. Bon Heimrich, the Zurich starter, had a three hitter going into the fifth and had recorded four strikeouts but his temper gave way and he was replaced bs Jim Attrill who finished the game. Zurich shortstop, Doug O’Brien, carried most of the artillery from the hatters’ viewpoint as he smashed out two doubles and lined a single in four trips td the plate. Bob Stormes led the Tiger brigade with a double and single in four times at bat. Pete Hasse of Zurich hit the only round tripper of the game in the second inning with no­ body on. Zurich opened the scoring in the bottom half of the first in­ ning with a single by Bowlings and two Dashwood errors. Dashwood took advantage of a single, a walk and an error to i run in the fifth inning to knock score two big runs in the second Ron Heinrich out of the game, inning. Tanner opened the inning1 ” ~ - .. ........................ by flitting a roller to the short­ stop, only to have O’Brien bobble the ball. Terry Wade walked, Raymond Wein, the next Dash­ wood batter, hit a scorching grounder to Bill Yungblut play­ ing the hot corner. Yungblut knocked it down but threw the ball over Rick Elliott’s head at first base, giving the run-hungry Tigers two runs,. Home run by Pete Masse gave the Flyers their last run of the ball game in the bottom of the second inning. Dashwood scored the winning 590 230 250 730 CklTttt KELLOGG'S RICE KRISP1ES Large 9^-Oz, Dkg. GREEN GIANT NIBLETS , 14-Oz, Tins ............ 2 for 350 MOHAWKS DISPLAY JACKETS—Exeter Mohawks, WOAA Int. “A" champions and OHA semi-finalists, were presented with jackets by town council at the booster club banquet Friday night. Displaying the new garments, which carry championship crests, are, left to right, Glen Wiese, Bill Oberle, Manager Bruce Biggart, Mayor R. E. Pooley, Captain Jack Dwyer, Larry Heideman and Gar Baker. .Mickey Roth, Strat­ ford Indians’ star, was guest speaker. —T-A Photo Present Jackets To Tribe At Booster Club Banquet Senior “B” hockey company next *ypar. sportsman who wants to keep his name a: Exeter Mohawks, WOAA inter­ mediate “A" champions and OHA semi-finalists officially closed Out the hockey season last Friday evening at the Exe­ ter Legion Hall. Lyle “Mickey” Roth, captain of the OHA Senior “A” Strat­ ford Indians, was the guest speaker at the booster banquet. Roth talked about Can? Vs chances of regaining pher hockey prestige overseas and about the trip he made over there with’the Lethbridge Maple Leafs in 1951. It is an experience I’ll never forget,“ said Roth. “Our line of Billy Flick, Dinny Flanagan and myself were playing with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen at the time. The club was .flounder­ ing around «in third or fourth place when Bill Hanley, secre­ tary of the OHA, approached the Kitchener team to ask per­ mission to let our line go as re­ inforcements for thb Lethbridge Maple Leafs, who were already overseas and had many injuries reported on their team. Three to four days after permission was granted by our team man­ agement, we were on our way.” Promoter Pays Fare “When we arrived in England, I was surprised to learn that a chap by the name of “Bunny” O’Hearne had paid the way for our Canadian club. Although each player had to buy his own equipment, it cost Mr. O’Heavne $556 per player > to get them from Canada to England in first- class accommodations. “Bunny O’Hearne owned a travel agency in England and therefore could afford to finance such high expenses,” said Mick­ ey Roth. “Mickey” then explained how Mr. O’Hearne had made a for­ tune out of the Canadian team while they were over there. Having access to all travelling runs, O’Hearne booked exhibi­ tion games all through England, SMALL BUDGETS 4 BLUE RIBBON TEA 50 Off Keg. Price, Yz-Lb, Pkg. JELLO INSTANT PUDDINGS Price ....................... 3 Pkgs. 270 SCHNEIDER'S PURE LARD Price 2 Lbs,* 390 SNOWFLAKE PASTRY FLOUR 24-Lb. Bag ............ $1.19■•■ . FIVE POINT MARMALADE Large 24-Oz. Jar 470 AYLMER PIE CHERRIES 15-Oz. Tins 2 far 4t0 SWEET MIXED PICKLES Old Towns, 16-Oz. Jar .... GIANT SIZE FAB With Dree Guest Towel Ireland and Scotland. Ho got a certain percentage of the gate and a stated amount oh each ticket sold. It was a smart move on his part to make some money but nevertheless it got the Canadian entry overseas to compete in the World Hockey Champion­ ships. “We did.win the world hockey title that year and got a tre­ mendous ovation from the Leth­ bridge’ fans on our arrival home,” Both was glad to an­ nounce. The good sports enthusiasts of Lethbridge gave to each of the playerS’ families $200 out of their own pockets each month to purchase family needs while their, husbands were playing hockey overseas. Gentleman's Game “In Europe, hockey is a gentle­ man’s game. You don’t see any fights between the European teams that play against one another,” replied Mickey. “Body checking out from your own blue- line is prohibited although inter­ ference .is a normal happening in their type of game." The Stratford school teacher said that the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen lost in their Olympic try because they did not have sufficient reinforcements. Most of the top players' that brought Kitchener the Allan Cup the previous year were lost through the professional rule. • . “You have to keep bolstering the teams you send each year if Canada intends to win back her hockey laurels.” The Stratford star .thinks that an all-star team like the CAHA is sending to Moscow for the 1957 Olympics is an excellent idea. Players will be chosen from all over Canada and will be worked in together to form a smooth operating unit. “This should bring back the title to Canada which she lost last year to Russia,” Mickey thinks. Most of the players going over will be overage Junior “A’ players graduating to senior i?cinlcs« *“In later years,” said Roth, “we will have to send profes­ sionals because Europe is quick­ ly advancing ill dur national game.” , . . Master of ceremonies, W. G. Cochrane, introduced Mr. C. s. MacNaughton who in turn intro­ duced the guest sneaker. Mickey Roth was thanked by Bob Din- ncy of Exeter. Present Jackets ' The team members of the Mo­ hawk hockey club received smart looking jackets from the town of Exeter. Members of the town council and booster club officials of the hockey club presented the players with the jackets. Exeter Mayor R. E. Pooley, voiced a word of appreciation to the*’ players for their sports* mansMp throughout the hockey season and said that they were a definite credit to the communi­ ty. Captain ‘‘Black Jack” Dwyer of the Mohawks thanked the town council and the booster dub for the jackets and anyone Who had anything to do with making the team a success dur­ ing the year. ~ Bruce Biggart, manager of the Jim Hayter started tilings off by drawing a walk. Bob Hayter promptly hit one to shortstop O’Brien who flipped the ball to the second baspman Zubick for the forceout. But Zubick drop­ ped the ball so both runners were safe on the play. Burly Bob Stormes then cracked out a timely double to score Jim Hay­ ter from second with what proved to be the winning run. The Tigers pulled off the only twin killing of the ball game. Score By Innings RHE Dashwood ...... 020 010 0—3 3 3 Zurich ................... 110 000 0—2 6 2 Tanner and J.. Hayter. Hein­ rich, Attrill (5) and Rowlings. Winning Pitcher Tanner (2-0) Losing pitcher Heimrich (0-1). Exeter Tops Brinsley Club The Exeter softball duh on its second try came up with a large 21 to 10 victory over Brins­ ley in a scheduled game of the Lieury Softball league. The vic­ tory was recorded last Tuesday night over in Lieury under the lights. Har Holtzman was the win­ ning pitcher for Exeter with Barry Doak receiving his offer­ ings behind the plate. Another local, player, Lloyd Cushman, pitched for Brinsley and was charged with the loss. Wes Watson was Cushman’s bat­ tery mate. The Exeter team lineup in­ cluded, Har Brintnell, Barry Doak, Jim Loader, Bill Oberle, .Paul Dyck, Harry Holtzman, Don Cowan, Bill - Musser and Howie Holtzman, Some of the scores posted in this league are tremendous. Last —Please Tu'rn to Page 7 • Saturday! 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