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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-06-26, Page 6Page ► Tie TimeA.Adxocate, ,lune 26, 19.58 Inmt{I II I I II111m11,11 A11.11111n111,1m11m11111111111/11111.1t4I.nnll1m11111111111MMI1m11101m1 Lets Tank SPORTS By DON "DOOM BOOM"GRAVETT Sports Editor • 11111111,11,111111111111111111111111111111/1111141111111111,111,111111111111111111,1,11111111/111111111, KAYOED 'EM iN THE. FOURTH Please don't get misled by our heading that this column pertains to the boxing profession. Albert tier,. Valine, who supports a sturdy 6' 2" frame and tips the scales at the even 100 -pound mark, certainly isn't e boxer. The good-looking 23 -year-old athlete would be a sensation in the boxing game if he chose it as a career, and did as well at it as he does in patrolling right field for the Detroit Tigers in the baseball world, The Detroit whirlwind is a real pleasure to watch. To back up of r state- ment, fans come from miles around just to see the Tiger killer in action. Using the word "killer" s s� is just putting it mildly! Kaline is one of the best Yankee tamers in the league today. Al's strong right arm amazed the thousands of fans \vho saw hint perform Satur- day afternoon in Briggs gm law Stadium. The pride and AI Kaline joy of Tigertown also has plenty of power at the plate which he proved in the three -game home stanch the Tigers made against the league -leading New York Yankees, Kaline ripped into one of Duke Maas' pitches in the fourth inning of Saturday afternoon's contest and sent it soaring over the left centre field screen to give the Bengals their 1-0 victory. Actually the home run was only a small part of his phenomenal one-man show. The Tiger rightfielder made a perfect peg from just inside the warning track to the plate to get Maas trying to score the tying run for New York after .Cony Kubek had drilled a line single in his direction. The play provided a big thrill to the fans in the stands. To us, it was just one of the many things this smooth - performing youngster will keep coming up with for years to come . As usual, \when the Yankees move into the Motor City, the series usually goes to the Tigers. Last week- end was no exception. The Bengais pounded out a 7-1 victory on Friday night and chalked up their 1-0 decision on Saturday. However. on Sunday, the entire Detroit club may as well have been on the golf course, for the Yankees went all out to roll up a 15-0 shellacking. CASEY 'WORRIED? -- NOT M1JCHI Getting back to see the "01` Professor" of base- ball, Casey Stengel, was one of our main objectives while taking in the three -game series. Last year when we visited the gent in the New York dugout, we found him nothing less than amazing with all of his rigmarole about baseball. This time, it was no exception. The grey-haired gent answered question after question in the dugout. He even managed to laugh, ,oke and sign autographs for youngsters jamming around the outside of the Yankee headquarters. He looked to this corner as though he didn't have a worry in the world, even though the Bengals had just pulled two games of the series from him and stretched their winning streak to seven consecutive victories. We asked "Case' what was ailing his club. "I wish I knew" replied the Yankee manager. "This run famine of ours is killing us. Nobody can even scare up a base hit any more," When he told us this, he didn't really sound as worried as other managers !night have been. And why should he? His club still held an eight -game lead over the rest of the pack. One of the most interesting experiences we've had since we started to pound the typewriter for this yiewspaper, took place about an hour before the Sunday afternoon game in Detroit. We were on the playing field standing directly beside the batting cage watching the New York club go through their batting practice. here we met the majority of the Yankee roster. "Yogi" Berra, particularly, stood out as one of the nicest mentors on the Yanks' payroll. We had a most enjoyable discussion about a friend of Yogi's by the name of Frank Colman, who is now with London Majors, of the Senior Intercounty Baseball League. Elston Howard, the first Negro player on the Yankee squad, remembered us from our visit with him in the Hotel Statier last year. TENSION iS A DOWNFALL! Before the Sunday game, we visited both the Tiger and Yankee clubhouses and benches, and to our amazement, the difference in atmosphere was like night and day. Although the Tigers had taken the first two games of the series, a strange sense of fear seemed to pervade through the Bengal premises. For Instance, Tiger starter, Billy Hoeft, was sitting on the players' bench watching the Yanks go through their batting practise and would hardly say a word. Van Patrick, one of the chief radio and TV announcers of the Tiger games, couldn't get him to make a state- ment. While the three of us sat there„ "Moose" Skowron belted a pitch into the upper deck in left field, and you could practically see a bead of sweat roll down Hoefts forehead. Even Al Kaline sat in quietness watching the visitors perforin in 'the batting cage. With all of this going on, no wonder the Tigers really blew up., On 'the other side of the fence, players like "Hank" Bauer, Skowron, Berra, Howard, Slaughter, Kubek and Lumpe wore extremely loose and doing a 101 of kibitzing. Only "Mickey" Mantle and Gil McDou Bald -were extremely serious in their actions. These two could easily be understood. Mantle was trying to find some way of breaking out of his batting slump, while McDougald wanted to keep a sharp eye at the plate for a crack at the batting title, lkrinnnotnenni1nmlmmmnmlml011111 1/10111/00 r00011s11rt11Ce::J111r1M11•! :1.r.•'_$1'E1tt0M1101101iroir(rmmty, Cheques.... .. 11 tinted to your individual business f are a valuable asset. Pot' ualit.: that will add m rdoss - 1 lige to your accounting system, at a very rderate rate, consult THE ?IML .ADV0eA1'E x i Lumber 'raw Three games and one cancella- Kings, by virtue of their vietory, tion took place in the Huron• broke even on the !home -.and. Perth intermediate baseball; home interlocking sehedule with league this week. 1 the Listowel club, and also In one of the closest battles of; moved into sole possession of the week. Listowel Juniors first place in the .H -P standings. dropped their first game of the! The power -laden Kings boast a season to the Zurich Lumber 6.1.1 record in their eight out - Kings by a 44 decision in Zurich' ings. Thursday night. The Lumber Elsewhere, Dashwood Tigers, Dashwood, Before Top Playing before one of the lar- gest crowds of the season. Zur- teh Lumber Kings and Dash- wood Tigers battled to a 4.4 se ven•inning tie in Dashwood Wednesday night. �a S TribeSuffers Seventh Loss Mitchell Legionnaires posted their third win of the season in Exeter - Thursday night when they downed the tail -snit Exe- ter Mohawks 8.1. George "Buster" Brown threw a five hitter for the visitors in picking up his first win of the season. In going the six inning route, he struck out five and walked one man, Mitchell got off to a flying start in this one when they scored three runs in the first inning. Leadoff batter George Coveney opened up the half inning with a line single to left. Singles by Ken Saxton and Allan Ciento along with a fielder's choice play and an Exeter error gave Mit- chell a three'run lead. The visitors were held off the scoresheet in the second but broke loose for four big runs in the third. Coveney's triple with two out and the bases loaded was the big blow of the half in- ning. Mohawks scored their only run of the contest in the second when Don AleKeller, who had two of the tribe's five hits crossed the plate on ,Tim Hennessey's line drive single through the box into centrefield. Mohawks threatened to add to their total in the fourth when, they ]laded the bases on a sin -1 gle by Jim Russell, a Mitchell i error gave Joe Wooden life and a walk to Simon Nagel, How- ever, with two out, "Buster" Brown struck out Don Gravett to i retire the side. George Coveney and Kenny 1 Saxton of Mitchell and Don Mc-; Keller of the tribe were the! only players to hit safely Snore than once in the game. l score of innings: 0 1•1 I ^11Inn-8 •e>; 97it1 h 1! _ _ _ 4 Exeter _ rain nna-1 6 1lo, Bussell and ,1r, 1Cnnd0n; George Brown and lien Saxton; 'Winning Pitcher --Brown: Loser— Zurich Tie Crowd Yet Zurich managed to slap out 14 base hits off the offerings of + riglhtlhander Steve Mitro hilt theCln t'Q '11 1 S Tiger moundsman. was tight in •- the clutch. - 1 Although Dashwood only got �' to Arnie Meyers for seven safe. 3 ties, the hits were produced at ; Exeter Bantams suffered their . opportune mommer,Rs to give second defeat of the young WO - i the Tigers their four runs, i AA bantam baseball season in After- Zurich were held off the Exeter on Wednesday night when seoresheet in the top of the they dropped a heart -breaking first, Dashwood wasted little; 2.1 decision to the visiting Chn- time in getting started when • tan Bantams.- ' they scored two runs an two! Lcfthander Dean McKnight hits and three walks in the int-' zipped a third strike past 11 Clin- tial inning. I ton batsmen and threw a seven r. Don Guenttner started the ball' inning one -!litter at the visitors rolling with a single. Second-; but it still wasn't enough. to pull ! baseman Raymie Wein grounded' out a victory, 3 out third to first. Three sucees- The only hit off the young sive walks to Dick Resler, Bob southpaw went to second e 13.0- , Storiues sand Steve 1!'irtho forced.':•111an Bayes in the fourtlh 1nnhaihhg in one run. Ca.tcltcr Bob 111ehar, after two men had walked, The 1 promptly belted a single to left I single scored Shady from second centre for the second run cif the! \with tie first Clinton rule of the half inning before Jim Melville! ; hall ; ane. grounded out to retire the sicle.l The winning run fag Clinton Zurich got nue run back lin 1 crossed 111e plate in tlfe top half the run on sing the second with Meyers by by Doscoring; Dug' of the last .inning. McKnight ac- Theander, Tont Rawlings and 1 tually struck. out leadoff batter an error by the Tigers' Jing Mel. t Bob Cooper, but the shortstop ville. 1 reached first base when the ball The Lumber Kings came up got away front Exeter. catcher with two more runs in the third Bill Heywood. Freeman, the to take • a temporary 3-2 lead. ! next man to came to the plate, Singles off the hats of Gerald I walked. Don Lockwood was hit Bell, Bill '1'ungblut and Bruce by a pitched ball to load the , Moir paved the way for the 1 bases. After Ron Sturdy popped rally, up to Exeter thirdbaseman Don in the fifth, Dashwood took the 1 Cann for the initial out of the lead once again in the see -saw i hall inning, Murney grounded affair. Meyers walked Melville,' out second to first to score Coo - the first .man to face him. After 1 per with what later proved to Jack Gaiser went down via the be the winning run. strikeout route, Jimmy Hayter Winning pitcher Cummings of came through with a run -scoring t Clinton :fired a. four -hitter over double. Don •Guenttner followed; the seven innings he worked, ball game to score the baserun-; Leftficlder ,Tim Jones was the 'Baylor with his third hit of the main thorn in his side as he Her -all the way from second. I lashed out singles ln' the first, A walk in the top of the sixth! third and sixth innings for a by Steve Mitro to "Red" Thean- Iperfect night at the plate, Jack der proved to be costly for the Stephen picked lip the other Tigers as Theander circled the 1 safety in the sixth, bases to score what proved tot Exeter scored their only run be the tying run. t of the game in the third after Arnie Meyers belted the long-, Dale Turvey led off with a walk, est blow of the game in the After Don Cann and Bill Hey. - seventh when he caught one of; wood fanned, Turvey scored on Mil'ro's pitches fora triple. 1 Jim Jones's single through the I Mitro recorded 10 strikeouts box. to Meyers' four, 1 Score 11,r Innings; 11 II 1 before one of the best cr•owcls of the season, fought to a 44 tie looked at four 'balls for a wall+, gthen nd Ed showers forced the postponement Meyers belted a double and was , lead in the fourth Ina" one hit of an Exeter at Zurich contest. followed by Herald 13e11 who with Chisholm leading off will; a single. The runner moved to second on McGillivray's ground - out. Chisholm crossed the plate when pitcher Bob Jlar'tja reached first on Doug )'Brien's error at "rseeond lase. ed dronlatic finish came in the bottom of the seventh and final inning after the first two men to the plate bad flied out to centre and left respectively, Gerald �liell got life .on first on an error and Tom Rawlings worked a walk from the offer- ings of Hugh McGillivray, The single by (Iignne. put the game on ice for 111e homesters, The longest bit in the game came' in the third inning when Gerald 13e11 .smashed a towering triple over Barry k•ryfogle's head in deep centrefield. sear'- 11)' j i.,',5al 11t1P 1,iatnll'el .. . 21111 ton 0-.-a 6, 3 Zurteh Sun non 2'..---4 7 3 l,nh \'ititP and '1'(m thalvliuge; llartja, Moil ill iv: ay and ('hishnlm, "Winning Pitcher-•--1\'itite,. Losec — Mc(hiiidvray. i5. r r u • a• do with the pace.setting Zurich club in Ti,g-'rto\vn last Wednesday. The game was a thriller from start to finish with a pitching bailie between tale Tigers' Steve Mitrn and Zurich's Jim Ruttl.e as the outstanding feature. Mitchell Legionnaires routed Exeter Mohawks 8.1 in Exeter Thursday night to send the Tribe o t down t herr sevent}i straight defeat of the season. The victory mover! Mitchell into third in the standings. The only cancellation took place nn Monday night when piaci n _ non n 1 .. 1 1 , ('1 1. snore i7y Tnlxinglat 71 1-1 ], inion _ Zurich 672 rani .0-4 14 , 'Exeter _ 001 070 0-1 4 2 Dashwood .. 2011 (12(1 0-1 7 2 Bean 'Melinlght and Bill 'Het'- I Arnie Meyers and Tom Raw- wood: Cummings and :Mrt.rne�'. 1 ling•s; Steve Alifrn and Bob A(e- 'Winning Pitcher — Cummings; hare:, • j Lnaer—McKnight, For e Mre inor By DON GRAVETT The Ontario Baseball Associa- tion has. set. aside the week of June 27 to July 7 as "Minor Baseball Week" in Ontario. The drive is on throughout On- tario to have each town play at least one minor league baseball game before the home fans. Par- ents and friends are urged to at- tend one game during "Minor Baseball Week" to support the local playing talent. Three Games In Exeter Games Have been planned for h Jul 2,7 and 8 on the local. Exe- tery bseball diamond for area fans. The first game takes place on July 2 when the local bantams, coached by „Bunny" Ford, will be Dost to the RCAF Clinton nine. On July 7, Lee Sherman, coach of the Exeter Kinsmen Midgets, will send his club against Clin- ton. Art Clarke is the manager of the local midget squad and both coach and manager hope to have the much-needed support at the gate of the Exeter fans. The final game scheduled for the week is a. pee wee contest betwen Mitchell and Exeter. 11 is slated to get under way at 7 p.m., on July 8. Plan to attend at least on of these games and be. a "Coln- lnunity Booster"! "PLAY BALL!"" These two little words have played a mighty big part in the realm of sport in Ontario for de- cades. They have been the um- pires' signal for niftily thousands of games of baseball to start, and the thousands of games of baseball that have been started by those words have had some- thing go before then, and after them! Before them went many hours of training in which youths learned the value of co operat- ing with their fellow players in order that'their team might at- tain best results, 11 meant, too, that the players had to adhere to certain discipline in order that the rough spots might be worn off them -- m order that they might be smoothed out to a desired pattern to make a well-ba.lamed baseball team. After their baseball days were over they _baseball back with thanks to the coaehe and man- agers i who had rnade them learn the lentil of playing not as an individual, but as part of a group for the benefit of the whole. Fr6rn these lessons hi baseball they benefitted its that they learned the Saltie principles had pnips til be adohterd..to snake; tl slieeess I trNilein lnrumnitntimunutuiitrt;rruurirounumninitriturturnrrrrrrhr(rerrnnointrrrrinhrir(rrnunrom Of LIE itse1t, Fa Sup.. f >�Eat -etcYi PIn these days when de'linquen- cy is such a threat to the way I of life of many youths, the game i of baseball becomes more im' 1 portant than ever. It is a. potent weapon to fight delinquency. Any man in any community who has devoted time to inter- ; est young boys in playing base- ball. can invariably look back on those years not only as among the happiest in his life but also among the years of best service to youth and humanity in garter. al. He will have that. inner glow of satisfaction in knowing that he did his part for the better• meat of the youth of his com- munity and his province. But, the. 0•S.A. today faces a challenge. Ontario is growing and growing fast, In addition to tile ever growing number of Canadian born boys are boys who are New Canadians, young- sters whp are anxious to learn ,the Canadian 'way of life in sport as well as in other things, There is a challenge to teach these boys the game of baseball and, in doing so, the way of life, the life of good sportsmanship and co-operation with one another. Let these youths learn, as ethers have learned before them, that Co "T'LAY BALL" in life is a significant remark and is based on the principle of having youths know how to properly "PLAY BALL" in the realm of sport, While baseball is usually as- sociated. with the United Stales, where it had its origin and where there are more players than in any other country In the world, United States can not claim conl)letely the birth of base- ball. ' Baseball was developed from the gone of rounders, a gaine, originally and chiefly English, somewhat: resembling baseball. It is pdayedd \vitt: a soft ba and miniature cricket bat. This fact should be kept in mind by those who think that baseball is strictly Ameri- can from the very beginning, But be that. as it may, base» ball is one of Ontario's leaching sports today and one wliieh needs Elie continual attention of the O.B,A, and its affiliates, if it is to grow and serve the youth of this Province as it should, football AS a game tent teach our youth frac sportsmanship', develop eornttetitive spirit, co• operate with others, play with ethers, work with others, and to respect those in authority sixth as umpires, 'teat, officials. et.e. Ili Other Wof'ds, the ability of the game to aot as an antidote for the poison that has beefs name( "l, en- ( r r ,1 l "leen-age e tell Join a tlieticy. Let's cls all ern j togetihel ;rr !hitt Iendeaveltr and make Minor Baseball Week" a success by getting out to see at least one of the three games played on the local diamond. By doing so, we will be building a better com- munity, a better Ontario, and help our boys become better men. Here's your opportunity— let's show the boys that base- ball isn't dead in Exeter! Baseball Standings HLRn.1-l'ERTti 1:1T, brat '!"{reeks Sroree r Dashwood 4, Zurich 4 Mitchell E. Exeter 1 Zurich 4, Listowel 3 Exeter at Zurich ppd. (rain) Standings W 71 T rot. r Zurich _ 6 1 1 0;, 7 11 Listnwet _ 2 7 0 ,607 •1 Mitchell ; 2 0 ,6110 a Dashwood 2 2 '1 r Exeter _..._., . 0 7 n .non a ;iosso: Tie game between 'flash- , wood And Zurich not included ill per'anntagel, 1 iittire Gamest Juno 25 --Mitchell al t,istowel 26—Exeter at bistnwel (8:30) 27---t�ashwnnd At Zurich 80---Dasawood nt Exeter ,luty 2 #LL -ST C.\1\II: AT MITC"1111Ll1 3—Zurich at Mitchell ca'(4,0:s 8 .LEIAG E, Last 1�eek's 5cor0nt r'art(ng Parti E.tie: eldal e 4 Staffs '. Munro n Russelrlale (4. Munro 0 tilrk'ton 6, Stafra 0 ('0tiug(ord 4, ifirlcttill 2 Munro 8, Russeldate 7 510 1uliagrt r ('arlingforcl: ----- t 2 11;1 fitaffa - _ _ _ _ _.. 2 3 1 Kirkton 4 4 2 111 Munro _ _ ____,.:..... 1 7 1 7 ri,sseldalerr 3 7 1 7 Pewee (411nt001 - Jtule 28--c'arlinSfnrrt vs. \tuns 0tafla vs. 'iiirkinn 27•-1' trkton c•c Tluonoldals (Schedule 1;nd(1 Otritoth fru-allay, dui}' 1, ill Mite'hell 64det int( :11 10.0(1 0.'111. ' lesstL,.LIS n 1' +tilt,"1'11Af,L dl 1;.4.(1 i E )C,tiot Yi (tek'ii st'6res Sylvan It, T4rdnles ,", At1sa ('raig a 1811011 8' '1 Parkhtlt '+S. it corners ppd. 010 til naXs 'i't-L'1rD' crai.. '1 n Atlas R' 13r1nt,10Y Vl eab r'nrnera :l 1 n & n 4 SylvMt ... __ w-.. 1 .7 ft 2 Licitly a 4 0 0 'iiNtl)3#'e Gtint(''4t J'ulte '34--•rariciliu •se 1lrulaley ul J y s.. -A111>;; real '1 B: 1,lhury S--\'vsst Cornspa Ss, 5r Nail R nac4I Scores XX A two -run clutch singie by left• fielder Benny Gignac in the bot - tont half of the last inning with twa n e ut v gave Zurich L um- ber icings a 4.3 decision. over Listowel Juniors irh a nip and tuck J-luron-Perth battle in Zurich last Thursday night. Gignae, who went !hitless in his three previous trips to the Plate, lined a single into centre - field to score baserunners Ger- ald Bell and Tom Rawlings to wrap up the game, Bob White, making his first mound appearance of the season for the Zurich club, chalked up the victory while kluthie Mc- Gillivray and Bob Bartja shared the loss. Listowel jumped on While for two runs in the top of the first inning when Barry Fryfogle singled. and Bill Patterson reach- ed first on catcher Tom Raw- ling's error after White had zip- ped a third strike past hint. Jim Bain produced the. two run single for the visitors after Neil Eckel fanned. Zurich rebounded for Iwo runs in their half of the initial inning to tie up the game at 2-2, Don O'Brien reached. first when shortstop Bill Patterson • booted his grounder, Hard-hitting Arnie Minor Baseball 41'0A PEP, 11 0fl8 BASEBALL Jen hire Games; .111110 25Exeter at Seb,'ingville 10:011 p.m. 27 Now Hamburg al \titohell Sea forth at Sehrinville ^,n Mitchell at Seafnrth July 4 -Exeter' at Mitchell %VOA..A E 'i'i11 BASEBALL Last "Hock's Senrem; Clinton 2, Exeter 1 )ea'(tire. Gruxxext ti nue -7--Exeter al Sea forth July 2 --mi i l' r'linton at 11 eler \l11ehell a1. Sea .fnrt]1 New Hamburg at Clinton 7-• -l:xoler a1 Clinton A 11itc11e1l at. Exeter '1\'OA 4 111l)(:1;'1' 0 7 S.1.1.13 ALL Last 1lrcds'r1 ;lt•nrest„ ExPiet' al Sehrin43ville train) Pu tore finln001 ,11.1 00 2li.—Olin! nn at Exeter 301Jxeter at Seafnrtil July S Exeter at Setiringvtlle 7—Clinton at Exeter Playing , Coach Toni Rawlings came through with a two -run' double. Listowel took a temporary 3-2 con Hits 1 ina I sSrots � 1 Only five games remain in the Cyclone baseball schedule as the • five -team league hits the stretch • in a drive for playoff positions. 1 Carlingford, Staffs and Kirk.: ion are favored at the moment 1 to cop the three top playoff I positions. Carlingford leads the league with 15 points, while Staffa and. - Kirkton follow with 13 and 10 respectively. However, the fourth and final t playoff spot is tar from decided. Munro and. Russeldale each. have • seven points to their credit, Playoffs July 1 League playoffs, will be held in 1 Mitchell on July 1 with the first' game getting under way at 10.00 f aan. The opener will see the , first and third place finishers' play a sudden -death seven inning contest. 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