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BOYLE'S
BANTER
Ey PERRY OQYLE.
For many year ---40 at least in my tune—
the Exeter Bowling Green has been in operation
and, without a doubt, it's •one of the best main-
tained areas in our town. The men and women
who belong to this club put in a lot of effort to
be able to play an well -kept greens.
The last couple of years they have felt the
need of.a snow fence to keep children, both large
and small, from playing on the greens. As these
greens are very fragile, the turf is torn easily by
heavy shoes, running, jumping and wrestling on
them.
Since it's impossible for members to be there
to protect the greens at all times, they would ap-
preciate the co-operation of parents in explaining
to boys .and girls that this is private property, as
well as a beauty spot, and should not be played
upon,
If this can be accomplished, then there will
be no need of the unsightly snow fence.
While we're on the subject of thoughtless-
ness, we should mention the wrecking of the diving
stand and other outdoor furniture at Riverview
Park. This work of a few reflects on all our youth.
Older people become annoyed at the ingratitude of
young people in general. Come, kids, let's play ball
with the grownups who are trying to make things
more enjoyable for all.
If you see others doing these things, talk to
them or pass the word so that "Boom" or some
other interested parties can speak to them about
the need for co-operation.
ON THE BENCH
When a coach of a team—any team—chooses
his starting lineup, it's interesting to watch the
faces of the players picked to start the game and
the ones who must sit on the bench as subs.
The eyes and expressions vary from the
surprised look of the bench warmer of the game
before when he is chosen to start this game, to the
"can't do without me" look of the regular, the
dropped lids of those who played in previous
games.
These players usually start to mumble and
their pals start to criticize. After a while, the players
begin to wander off or go home.
Now this applies not only to young minor
players but adults as well. This shows lack of
interest in the team. Any team is only as good as
its reserve on the bench. Every man chosen by
his coach is picked for a reason. Rules only allow
so many in the game at one time. The others
should, if they have any desire at all, be a vital part
of the game and pick up experience and know-
how by watching the play.
One night this year, a coach had three men
on the bench when the game started. Before it was
over, he called one to pinch hit and his timely
bingle turned the game from defeat to victory.
Then, for defensive reasons, he decided to call in
another player but found he had gone home. His
leaving could have cost the ball game . , , luckily
it didn't.
Sitting on the bench is no shame, In fact,
it can be quite helpful to the team and players
alike. So let's all be in the game all the time.
* *
TRACK AND FIELD
The playground was a hive of action last
week as "Boom" Gravett and his supervisors were
running a track and field week inpreparation for
the Lake Huron zone recreational track meet in
Goderich, This is one phase of sport long neglect-
ed and we are very happy that some etffort is
being made toward development of talent in this
area. Keep up the good work, Boom.
The thought occurred to me that this might
be something for the fair board to add to its grand-
stand show. Competition in some track events such
as the 50-, 100-, 220 -yard dashes plus the half -mile
might be good attractions. We older people can
remember when Gordon Heywood and Melvin
Southcott used to hook up in some great 100 -yard
dashes and ran at fairs both here and at Stratford,
London and other centres.
This was in the days before spike shoes and
the crouch start. These two men ran in 10 seconds
on dirt tracks. If the local fair board tried some
of these events, perhaps both they and the athletes
would benefit.
iN THE SWIM
Probably the most important section of the
summer program is the swimming classes under
that fine instructor, Martha Cochrane. Learning the
water safety rules and the requirements for the
Red Cross tests will enable the students to guard
against water hazards and to prevent tragedies
which, as news reports show, take much too large
a toll of life every summer.
IT'S NO FUN
It's hard enough to get managers and
coaches for a community sports program but um-
pires, referees and judges are an even scarcer
commodity. Unlike coaches, who can take pride in
developing a winner or some individual star, the
officials never please anyone. If a decision is a
close call, the team which loses the decision roars
and argues, while the other 'team laughs at him
behind his back, and sometimes to his face, This
is more annoying than outright criticism.
We in Exeter are fortunate this year in re-
gard to the quality and quantity of our officials and
I would like to pay public .recognition to them,
since this iS about all, these much -maligned men
will ever receive for their efforts. Our hat's off to
men like Norm. Ferguson, Bob Simpson Doug
Sweet, Cy Blommaert, Lloyd Cushman, Iry Ford,
Dick McFalls, and 'Voting Mr. Cowan, who did a
fine job the other night in the pee wee game,
It takes a lot of time and effort to be an
official plus the bumps and bruises, both verbal:
and physical, They deserve gratitude.
Thanks, too, to the forgotten wives who al.-
low the boys so litany nights out,
PLA f3at",OUN:d ` A,tAO.4—Exeter playground got off to a good start last week with
registration well over the 200 mark, The first week of activities was climaxed Fri-
day night with a parade to the community park, led by Exeter Legion Pipe Band
and the Exeter and. District Junior Band, A number of floats, including the one
above, were prepared by the children for the processionwhich attracted crowds
on Main St.
—T -A photo
Playground patter
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By DOROTHY KERSLAKE
Playground has started again
and its bigger and better than
ever.
As in other years, there are
three parks under supervision
— Victoria, Queen's and Kin
Parks. At Victoria Park, the
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tries
wading pool is open from 2:00
to 4:00 p.m. for children eight
and under. There is a registra-
tion fee of SOc.
Due to the illness of two
supervisors, Peter De Vries
and Joan Dcttmer assisted the
regulars this week. Supervisors
Blow lead to
elgrave
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showpowerto Hensall
A costly error in the last
inning gave Belgrave an un-
earned run and enabled thein
to register a come -from -behind.
8-7 triumph over Aub Far-
quhar's softball nine in a
Huron Softball contest Tuesday
night.
The run highlighted a deter-
mined bid by the Belgrave
nine to overtake an early lead
built up by the Exeter squad,
Belgrave tallied six big runs in
the last four innings to snatch
the victory after Exeter ac-
cumulated a comfortable 6.0
lead in the first inning.
Errors played an important
part in the Exeter downfall
with the Lanes team commit-
ting a total of three miscues
in the infield, allowing Bel -
grave to score four unearned
runs.
Don • "Dinger" Bell: went the
full game as usual on the hill
for the bowlers and he allow-
ed 12 hits to the Belgrave
squad, struck out five and
walked two.
McDonald went the entire
route for Belgrave and he gave
up -a total of ten base hits,;
whiffed seven and walked two.;
Ron Bogart led the Exeter
team in their losing cause at
the plate by crashing out two ;
doubles and: a triple in five
times at bat. Cy Blommaert'
nicked McDonald for twol
singles while Murray Brintnell,
"Chub" Edwards, and Simon;
Nagel all contributed two -base
blows. Jack Fuller. and Blake'
Gifford both picked up singles
for the Exeter lads.
The bowlers took a big 6-0
lead in the first inning when
they rocked the Belgrave
chucker for six hits including
three two -baggers.
Belgrave got two of the runs i
back in the third inning but
Exeter took a 7-2 lead in the
next inning on an error z id
Bogart's triple.
However, Belgrave cam e
hack stronger than ever in the
last four innings.
The loss gave the bowlers a
record of one win and five
losses against the powerful
team from the north. 1
EXETER -- Blommaert, ss;
Bogart, If; Brintnell, e; Fuller,
lb; Russell, 3b; Gifford, 2b;
Edwards, rf; Nagel, cf; Bell,
p 13ELGRAVE -- Taylor, If;
McAlpine, ss; M. Shill, c; Mc-
Donald, p; Smith, 3b: Coultis,
cf; Mulvey, ib; Robinson, 2h;
J. Shiell, rf.
Line score; R Ii. E
Belgrave .... 002 003 031-8 13 1
Exeter ...:. 600 100 000-7 10 3
Defeat Hensall
by 8-2 margin
Aub Farquhar's softhallers
poundedout an 8-2 triumph
over Hensall Friday night in a
game that was highlighted by
three Exeter home runs.
The Lanes team continued to
show its strength at the plate.
The locals crashed out 10 hits
with three of then going for
four bases.
Exeter silenced the 1t:ensall
bats and limited the team to a
meagre four hits with some
fine defensive work as well as
a masterful pitching perform-
ance by Don "Dinger" 13e11,
The game wag played under;
the lights in ilensali and it;
Marked the third straight vie- t
tory for the bowlers in that.
park.
Don 13e11 went the full. nine,
innings in registering the Vie -1
tory, his fourth of the year'
and his third over liensall,1
Bell fired a four -hitter et the ,
Hensall crew while fouling a !
total of i.5' batters and walking
seven.
tragi Ttearson Was called on
to handle the 3htehing duties;
for the ilensall nine and he
turned in a c:cditahle perform.,
batters,
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band
atters, Walked five al° 1 ,,efYffP111111iooliil ugoeee nlefte iemmii,fiij1eefiIf1earneoriY ththlifiiibleatifiPtiiuiYYiinreln'i1�
nce. ea
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lowed ten. Exeter hits.
Jim Carey paced the local
team at the plate with a per-
fect. four -for -four performance.
The roving shortstop crashed
two of Exeter's three circuit
clouts as wellas picking up
two singles. Jack Fuller con-
tributed the Lanes' other home
run and .he also banged out a
single base hit.
"Dinger" Bell was thrown
out at the plate when he tried
to stretcha triple into Exeter's
fourth home run of the eve-
ning. Walter Westbrook added
a double to the Lanes' attack
while Blake Gifford and Gary
Middleton both collected
singles.
Lou Cash and Paul Pearson
both banged out two -baggers
for the 'Elensall team and Jack
Bell and Neil. Taylor each con-
tributedone-base hits.
Hensel]. charged. into an early
1-0 lead when they picked up a
run in the first inning on two
walks and a double by Lou
Cash.
The Exeter squad took a 4-1
lead in the fourth frame and
tallied four more runs in the
final five innings while hold-
ing Hensall to one.
The three four -base clouts by
the Exeter lads brings the total
to seven that they have wal-
loped in the last three games.
EXETER—Little, 3h; Carey,
ss, Gifford. (7); Westbrook, if;
Fuller, 2b; Edwards, cf: Camp-
bell, c, Bogart (8); Bell, p;
Middleton, 1b; Harris. rf,
HENSALL — Borden, c; G.
Bell, ib; Lavery, as; Cameron,
3b; Cash, rf, J. Bell (5); Kyle,
2h; M. Bell, rf, Taylor (6);
Brintnell, c£; Pearson, p.
Lieury extends
string to eight
Lieury continued to dominate
the McGiilivray Softball league
last week by coming up with
two victories to run their un-
beaten string to eight straight.
The lads from Lieury pound-
ed out two triumphs of 23-5
and 9-2 over Olandeboye and
Brinsley during last week's ac-
tion,
West Corners remained in
second spot in the league by
mg
at Queen's Park were Bonnie
Doerr and Peter De Vries; at
Kin Park, they were John Mc-
Naughton, Joan Dettmer, while
at Victoria, they were Judy
Tennant and Dorothy Kers-
lake.
This being the first week of
playground, it was "Hi Neigh-
bour Week," a week in which
everyone get to know everyone
else.
Included in the crafts this
week at the parks, was work
with. popsicle sticks. The chil-
dren made such things as bas-
kets, miniature wishing wells
and treasure chests with these
sticks, We held games of all
kinds, singsongs, competitions
and crafts all for the 50c reg-
istration fee.
Wednesday was a special day
with a large track and field
meet,
All of those eight and over
competed inthe many events
and their results were entered
on their own individual record
cards. This meet will be held
every Wednesday during play-
ground. Some of the outstanding
racers at the meet were Rick
Schroeder, Jim Darling and
Janice Loader.
Thursday night we enjoyed
an evening of modern square
dancing with Mrs. Grayer as
instructor. Old and new steps
were combined to provide a
very enjoyable evening, We
hope to see more of you out
next Thursday night from 8:00
to 9:30 p.m. at the arena.
Rev. De Vries led •all the
children in a worship service
at Kin Park on Friday morn-
ing. This is a special feature
that' will be held every Friday
morning.
The supervisors and some of
the older children spent Friday
afternoon decorating the floats
for the big parade Friday night.
The parade started from Vic-
toria Park at 7 o'clock,
Included in the parade were
several horses, old cars, the
fire engine, two bands, some
go-carts, and six floats. There
was a float for registration
swimming, one for square dan-
cing, one for cowboys and In-
dians, one for singsongs and
one for track and field.
The parade ended 'at the are-
na where • there was a film
shown by Hal Hooke, A skit by
the supervisors and a singsong
led by Dorothy Kerslake
rounded out the program. There
were over 200 in the parade,
The attendance for the week
was 1,453, with the highest at-
tendance on Wednesday which
was 309.
virtue of a tight 6-5 win over
Brinsley on Friday night,
Grand Bend and BrinsIey
both squeaked out close 7-6
and 6-5 wins over Sylvan and
the win put the Grand Bend
team in a third-place tie with
Sylvan as each teamhas ident-
ical records of three and three.
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This week's luron-Perth ac-
tion saw Zurich and Staffa
tighten up their hold on the
ane -two .positrons i t tie league
standings,
Staffa defeated the Lumber
Kings on their home dlannoncl
Wednesday, July 12, by a score
of 7-3 to give the two teams a
strangle -hold grip on the fust
two rungs .of the lturon-Perth
ladder.
Zurich stayed in ,contention
with Staffa Iry pounding out a
13.2 vietery over last -place
Kirk:ten in Zurich on Tuesday
night,
Exeter llobawks began to
move closer to the two- top
teams this week by picking up
two wins over ilensali and
Kirkton by counts of 2-1 and
10-5,
The .coming week will see
plenty more action in the loop
as Zurich and Hensel!, and
Exeter and. Staffa .engage in a
home -and -home series. Kirkton
will also ,play two games this.
week against Hensall and. the
Mohawks,
O'Brien gets
second win
Don O'Brien hurled his way
to his second victory of the
season in Zurich. Tuesday night
when he fired. a three -hitter at
Kirkton for a 18.2 win for the
Lumber Kings.
O'Brien held the visiting
Kirkton team hitless for three
innings before they got to him
for one hit and two rims in
the top of the fourth inning.
His Zurich mates also helped
him along the way by turning
a scanty nine hits into 13 big
runs.
Errors once again accounted
for a large number of runs as
the lads from Kirkton booted
the ball a total of eight times
during the seven -inning contest
to give the Lumber Kings
seven unearned runs,
O'Brien whiffed six batters
and walked two in going the
complete route on the hill.
Bill Crago pitched the full
game for the Kirkton nine. He
fanned three and issued four
free passes.
13i11 Yungblut sparked the.
Zurich attack at the plate by
banging out three straight sin-
gles for a three -for -three per-
formance. Doug O'Brien fol-
lowed closely behind Yungblut
with two singles in two official
tames at bat.
Earl "Cuss" Wagner and
Don, O'Brien both slammed out
doubles for the Lumber Kings
f
while Dick .Bedard and lion
Deichert picked up single base
hits.
All three of :the Kirkton- hits
were confined to singles and
they were collected by Bill
Waghorn, Nerin Hazelwood and
13111 Crago.
'1'he Lumber Kings sante on
with a rush early in. the game
by taking a two -run lead in
the first inning. They tallied
two more in the thircl
Kirkton could get untrbeforeacked
and reply with two runs in the
fourth,
:however, that was as close
as they cane. The Lumber
Kings went onto rack up nine
runs inthe next three innings
while holding the visitors off
the seoresheet.
ZURICH — Earl, Wagner, .e;
Larry Bedard, lb; Don O'Brien,
P; Doug .O'Brien ss; Bill Yung-
biut,
Be3b;dardIl.lfon; Dick DeichertBedard2b;
, ,
rf; John Masse, ef,
KIRITON Barry Stephens,
2h; Harold Burgin, cf; Bill:
Crago, p; Bill Waghorn, e;
Norio Hazelwood, lb; Al Eve-
leigh, rf; Claire Hooper, 2b;
Barry Brintnell, as.
Line score f, H E
Kirkton .,., 000 200 0— 2 3 8
Zurich lllll 202 234 x-13 9 .0
Tribe starts
rt
win streak
Exeter Mohawks unleashed
their full power Friday night
with a 13 -bit attack to down
Kirkton by a count of 10-5.
The win was the second that
the Mohawks have registered
in Kirkton in Huron - Perth
action this year. The victory
also marked the first time this
season that Exeter has strung
together more than one win in
a row, Mohawks are currently
on a two -game winning streak
after they edged Hensel' 2-1 on
Wednesday night.
Mohawk hats were booming
as they ripped out a 13 -hit
tattoo off tite offerings of Kirk -
ton's lefthanded chucker, Bob-
by Dobson.
Iry Ford went the complete
.route for Exeter and he al-
lowed only six hits during the
shortened seven -inning contest,
Ford recordedfive strikeouts
and gave up one free pass to
the Kirkton lads. The victory
gave the Exeter curve -ball
specialist a record of two wins
against one loss in Huron -
Perth action so far this sea-
son.
Dobson went the full game
.also itt being .clutrgeed wit;t, the
lass. The Kirkton lefty whiffed
six batters, and issued four
walks.
Jim Russell sparked the rx-
titer .attack by smashing out
four singles and a double for
a perfect five -.for -five perform-
ance et the plate, Diek ilte-
Falls followed closely behind
Russell by era e k n g three
.singles in four tines at 'gat.
Exeter's playing coach Joe
Wooden came through with his
first extra -base hit of the cant
paign in the fifth inning by
connecting for a .home run to
highlight
also a three -run rally,
Wooden singled safely in
his next appearance at the
plate for a two-bit evening.
George Wright picked up two
more Mohawk hits, a double
and a single, and J1111 Haley
collected a one -base bit.
Ilarold Burgin banged out
Kirkton's lone extra -base hit, a
triple in the sixth inning, white
the other Kirkton hits were all
of the single variety, picked up
by Barry Stephens, Bill Wag -
horn, Bill
t, Crago, Wackier and
Neth
Kirkton started out strongly
and took an early 3.0 lead in
the first inning, They picked
UP three runs on three straight
singles and an infield error.
However, the Mohawks came
back strongly and tallied two
runs in their ,half of the second
Ktoitkt.ocreepnladswithin, one run of the
Dobson blanked the locals In
the third inning but the Ex•
eter squad came to life in the
fourth and added two runs to
take a 4-3 lead that they never
lost, The Mohawks continued
their barrage through the final
three .innings and counted six
More runs before the end of
the game while holding Kirkton
to two runs.
The win evened the Mo-
haks' record at five wins and
five losses and put them in a.
third-place tie with Hensall
who have also recorded five
victories in Huron -Perth play
this year.
EXETER — Hennessey, 2h;:
Russell, lb; Wright, ss; Haley,
if, Strang (7); McFalls, c;
Wooden, 'rf; Bogart, 3b; Ford.
p; Nagel, cf.
KIRKTON -- B. Stephens,
2h; Blackler, if; Crago, ss;
Waghorn, ib; K. Stephens, 3b;
Eveleigh, rf; Burgin, cf; Neth-
ercott, c; Dobson, p,
Line score; R H '!r
Exeter .. . 020 232 1-10 13 2
Kirkton 300 002 0— 5 6 3
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