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BOYLE'S
BANTER
By DERRY BOYLE
•
THiS WEEK'S P'ERSONALiTY
The qualities that motivate leader's in ,conn-
nnunities are many but the most successful people
in this regard are those who possess a great faith
and love of the town or area in which they live,
Harvey Langford, Lucan, belongs in this class.
His. leadership ability was proven by the
army commission he held in both world wars. He
rose to the rank of major and has two rows of
medals to show for his efforts. His leadership has
always been evident to those
of us in sport who have had
the privilege of working with
Mary on hockey committee,;
du:ing the past 15 years.
Without a doubt, he was
the most respected man that
Iever had the good fortune
to know, Whenever Harvey
proposed something at a
sports meeting, it was al -
„ways given serious consider-
ation. He was always apprec-
- iated for his honest desire
to help not only his own
• team but the league as a
nvinole. Hary always worked
'for this—the success •and well
all towns in our area.
A number of years ago when we all felt
—that the WOAA was not giving the south end a
break and we decided to try to elect a representa-
:live from our area, Harvey was selected as the
candidate by unanimous vote. In force we invaded
Wingham for the annual meeting and, to our sur•-
t.,prise, Harvey not only got our votes but a good
"number of northern ones as well. For a number
hof years, he worked and fought with success for
justice for the southern forces.
This man personally has been a large backer
,,arid financer of Lucan teams for many years. It's
always amazed me how much he put into sport
his home town, and of late, how little it has
"been appreciated by some sport figures in that.
;'town,, But, as in most places in the world. those
,,who love living their best are often least recog-
':'nized.
The one thing Hary really enjoyed was buy-
Harvey
uy
Harvey _anfiford
being of hockey in
:ing steak dinners for his boys when they would
beat Exeter. (And what appetites those players
shad!) This shows the keen competitive spirit of
she man. More important was the fact that he
could always accept defeat with truly genuine
,;,.-sportsmanship.
Harvey Langford has, through his behaviour
and efforts, proven to one and all that he is a
"successful gentleman” in the fullest meaning of
the phrase.
* T
y
At this writing, our pee wee and bantam
baseball teams have lost out in their group, play-
offs, leaving the midgets, Mohawks, ladies and
Exeter Bowling Lanes softball teams still in the
running. Of these, the two baseball teams and the
ladies softball team are just getting ready to start
playoffs. The bowlers have tied one game and lost
tax other to Wingham.
In summer, with minor teams that start out
well as diel both the pee wee and bantams, the
problemof holidays arises and the coach often
finds himself at playoff time with a number of the
:regulars away. The bantams had to forfeit their
• last game because of too few players. The pee wees
also missed some key players.
One wonders sometimes if the mcney re-
quired to enter ball teams is wasted. I don't really
think so because we are not primarily interested
in creating champions (although who would not
like to be part of one?) but in the development of
our youth. So the small amount of money involved
is incidental to the large number who benefit,
IS THERE A NEED?
In the city of London, the .game of tennis
has become a popular part of their summer. pro-
gram. While we can't expect to compete with the
city, perhaps a spot could be found to provide a
tennis court. Years ago, tennis was played here
in various spots—there were courts at James St.
and the Anglican churches, the bowling green and
at Medd's and Jeckell's with quite a few people
playing the game. If anyone's interested, I suggest
„he contact "bouncing" Don Gravett, our busy rec
director,
r y Vis'i
ATTENTION: JUNIOR GOLFERS
Allen Westcott is planning a junior golf
competition at his new course which is improving
all the time and by next year should be a fine
layout. He plans to break the age groups down to
make it fair for all, So all youngsters wanting to
start the exasperating game should talk to Boom
who can work out something with Allen for a
change in theJsporting pace, J�
1^a7 T S
GOT AN EXTRA WATCH?
About three weeks ago, wher Crediton's
`softball team was playing in Exeter, one of the
visiting players gave his wrist watch to someone
on the bench and forgot to reclaim it. He can't
remember to whom he gave it and the recipient
probably doesn't know who gave it to him. If
anyone has an extra watch, would they please
• contact John Wade at Crecliton or myself,
Cheques
printed to your individtthl business requirements
are a valuable asset; For quality that will addies.
p
tige to your accounting system, at A Very moderate
rate, consult
The Times -Advocate
Zuric
tops
league
ensall a�
Staffs Ieai.s
Softball nine bows out
with three losses, tie
Aub Yarquhar's softball nine
was eliminated from further
action in :the Huron Softball
playdowns Tuesday night when
they were stopped for the third
time in a row by Winghani.
The powerful Wingham crew
gained a tie with the local
club in the first game of the
three -of -five series and then
proceeded to thump the Lanes
team by scores of 16.6, 10-3
and 11-9.
Th northern team took full
• advantage of the fact that the
local coach and manager could
not get the same players to
• come out to each game and so
were forced to switch positions
and the batting order suite
Los. slugfest by 16.6 I The Lanes team fought back
Wingham counted 15 big runs after Wingham plated five runs
in the last three innings on le the first two .innings by
August 3 to swamp Farquhar's counting tw•p runs on Jim Bus-
teani 16-6 and take a one -game scll's bases -loaded single in
the third. However, the home lead in the best-offiv e sones,. ,
the
Thelightgams ine was3Wplayedingham underand team. couldrun e only mfusterinal one
nn th..five
proved, to be a real hitting; frames while V1linglnain picket(
spree for both teams as they up another five,
racked up a total of 25 base Lose final game
hits. 1 Wingham edged the local
Dick Harris started the game softballers 11-8 in the third and
for the bowlers and was hand- 'final game of the series Tiles -
ling the Wingham boys capably ;day night when they pounded
until the sixth inning when out a 1 -hit tattoo off two Ex -
they broke loose for four runs• l eter pitchers.
Don Bell finished the game for I Gond Slaght anti Don "Ding -
Exeter but they got lo hum for er" Bell were the victims of
often during the four - game 11 more runs, the Wingharn outburst with
series, Jim Carey, C,- Blommaert, Slaght being charged with ten
Gain tie .in first "Chub" Edwards and Blake runs during the first six in.
Gifford all picked up two ings and Bell with one during
A sensational game - ending' singles during the slugging the last three.
Exeter charged ahead early
Drop second game in the game by taking a five -
run lead in the first inning on
Wingham took right up where the strength of a Wingham
they left off in:the second error, a walk, and three Ex•
game and counted five runs in eter hits.
the first two innings and then hlowevcr, Farquhar's nine
they went on to dump Far- couldn't hold onto their early
quhar's team 10-3 to take a lead and Wingham picked up
2-0 lead in the series on Satin'. ground in the next • five in -
day night, nings by whacking two home
The strong Wingham nine runs and counting ten big runs,
blasted pitcher Blake Gifford! The howlers put on a deter -
for 13 hits during the nine- mined bid to overcome the lead
inning game played in Hensall in the last inning when they
with Ken Saxton leading the banged out three hits but their
way by clouting a home run, rally fell two runs short and
a triple and two singles, i Wingham emerged on the long
Exeter responded by banging end of an 11.-9 count.
atta
out eight hits but only four Ronck Bogart
forthe pacedsecond the straigExetehr
t
game by cracking out two
singles and a double in four
trips to the plate. Slaght help -
cd his own cause by smashing
out a two -bagger and a single
and Jim Carey and Walter
Westbrook also nailed down
extra -base hits, a triple and a
double.
The victory enabled Wing -
ham to move on into the final
round in the Huron Softball
playdowns against Hensall
which starts this week,
. triple play by Wingham held contest
Exeter did manage to tally ,
Farauhar's softballers to a tie
in their first encounter in the
semi-final series played here
• August 1.
'two runs in the final frame
!however, \V I n g h a m second -
!baseman Jack Fry pulled down
a line drive with the bases
!loaded in the ninth inning and
:then doubled two Exeter play-
! ers off third and second to end
(the game that had been high -
'lighted by lots of hitting and
close defensive play on both
sides.
, Don "Dinger" Bell went all
the way for the bowlers.
Altogether the local team •
pounded out 12 hits during the
close contest and Gord Slaght players managed to pick up a
picked up three of them. a hit. Jim Carey and. Ron Bogart
;triple and two singles. Jack picked up six of the hits with
'Fuller belted a triple and a each of them slashing a double
single and Ron Bogart added and two singles in four times
a two -bagger and a single. at bat,
Legion widens lead
in rec softball loop
Legion moved far ahead of
Crediton in the recreation soft-
ball standings this week by
virtue of wins over Crediton
and Giffords.
The Legion victory over Gif-
lords coupled with a four -point
win over Crediton gave them a
league leading record of eight
wins against a single defeat.
Crediton picked up two wins
during the week by dumping
Kinsmen by a score of 7-5 and
polishing off Giffords 6-1. Cred•
icon now has a record of six
wins and five losses, good
enough for second place in the
league totals
start next Wednesday with the
first and third place teams
entering into a semi-final round
and the second and fourth
teams playing off. Last game
of the schedule is slated for
Monday night when first -place
Legion takes on the third-place
Giffords.
Bowlers cop
jitneys here
Coming up •r
HURON -PERTH SAS EBALL
(Playoffs)
August
14—Exeter at Staffa
Hensall at Zurich
16—Staffa at Exeter
-Zurich at Hensall
LINIMENT SOFTBALL
1i—Rinsm.en vs. Crediton
14—Legion vs. Gifforcls
MIDGET ALL-STARS
Giffords moved in closer toExeter Lawn Bowling Club 11—Mitchell at Exeter
Crediton by taking a four -point held four jitneys during the 14—Exeter at Mitchell
game from Kinsmen 9-6. The last two weeks in their retia•eseeeer„, eeete ,,-,,••, ,
four points gave the third- lar Tuesday and Saturday
tourneys:
place team a record, of four
wins and six losses during the
season.
Kinsmen stayed firmly en-
trenched in last place as the
other three teams had a field
day at the expense of last
year's champs. The Kinsmen
now have a record of two vic-
tories against eight losses for
the year.
Playoffs are scheduled to
Errors spell
midgets' loss
Two unearned runs in the
at 1 s two innings enabled. IVIit-
1 chell to edge Exeter midgets
2-1 and give them a 1-0 lead
in games in a best -of -three
semi-final series to determine
which team will go on to face
New Hamburg in the cham-
pionship round.
Don Cann pitched five in-
nings of one -hit, shutout ball
before Mitchell got to him in
the sixth inning to tie the game
up at 1-1 on an Exeter infield
error,
The Mitchell squad picked
up their winning run in the
bottom of the last inning when
the local crew had a bit of a
defensive lapse that saw them
commit three errors and allow
the winning run to cross the
plate.
Exeter took the lead early in
the game on two back -to -hack
singles by John Nagel and
Roger Cann that gave the
home team a 1-0 edge,
The slim one -run lead began
to look bigger and bigger as
Cann continued to set the
Mitchell crew down one after
another but they finally pulled
even in the sixth .frame and
took a one -run lead in the
seventh and final stanza.
Cann recorded nine strike-
outs without a single walk dur-
ingthegegen-inning .eve g contest
John Nagelcollected
c ected two
singles for the Exeter nine,
Bob Schroeder blasted a double
and Roger Cann added a single
to round out Exeter's fottiehit
performance,
The local' midgets Il
ave s ave a
g.
chance to even their record
with. Mitchell when they host
the opposition club for a Friday
-night Wile that is selieduled
to 'Start at 6.30 p.ni.
A lot of tellOWS Wino say what
they think tion'£ Flo enough
thinking,
to.'D' finals,
er in 'C' series
Iluron-Perth playdowns haveseason and finished last with a
rolled into high gear .during have!seam
of two wins against 10
the past week with ;all five losses in :their first year in lin,
teams taking part: Iron -Perth play.
The H -P sehedtile ended Au- i The five teams were :divided
gust 1 and the powerful Zurich lint() "C" and "D" categories
Lumber Kings remained in the for the playoffs which have al"
UT .
p position as the( had 1 ready begun. Staffa and Exeter
throughout most of the year, are the two "C" teams in the
The strong Zurich entry finish -14)9n and they are currently en
ed the season with an im' gaged in a best -of -seven to de-
pressive record of 13 wins ! termine which team wilt go on
against three defeats. j into the Huron -Perth finals,
Staffs ended up in second. , Zurich, Hensall, and Kirkton
place by tripping Exeter 11to•, are the three "D" teams in the
hawks 2-0 in Exeter Thurs- 1 league and Hensall has already
day, August 3. The victory mei eliminated the Kirkton team in
Staffa a season's record of ten :two straight games by scores of
wins, five defeats and one tie, 112-0 and 13-5.
Exeter Mohawks, :after a me -1 Hensall and Zurich begin
diocre start, finished the sea.; their best -of -five series on Mon-
son in fine style and upped their day evening when the Kings
record to eight wins and eight host the Hensall club for a 6;30
losses, good enough for third !game in Zurich, The winner of
Vet in the finalstandings, the series, will advance to the
Hensall nailed down the fourth final round against either Exe-
position in the league totals by ter or Staffa with Staffa hold -
coming up with a record of six ling a 1-0 edge at the present
wins, mac losses and one tie, + time by virtue of their 6-1 win
Kirkton remained in bottom i over the Mohawks on Tusday
spot as they had throughout the 1 night.
Walks help
win first of
Staffa took a 1-0 lead in the
"C" series semi-finals for the
Huron-F'crth championship by
downing Exeter 6-1 in a short-
ened five -inning game played
in. Staffa Tuesday night.
The two teams are currently
engaged in a semi-final series
to see which one willadvance
to the finals against Zurich or
.Hensall, -
Jim Russell, Exeter's ace
righthander, had trouble find-
ing the plate in Tuesday eve
ning's action and he walked a
total of seven batters in the
last two innings when Staffa
counted all six of their runs
with the help of three hits.
Gary Hopf opposed Russell
on the mound and he gained
credit for his third straight
win over the home -town crew,
Hopf gave un four hits com-
pared to Russell's three but
the Exeter ]ails were not able
to bunch them for runs. Hopf
fanned eight batters during the
game and issued three free
passes.
Russell held the Staffa squad
hitless and scoreless for 2
innings before he lost control
and gave up two walks and
two singles to give Staffa two
runs in the third inning. They
counted four more in the fourth
and final tune at bat when
Russell issued four straight'
walks and then a single by
B1111 Murphy drove in two more
runs.
"Linc" Rolifritsch, Frank
McKellar anti Murohy were
the only Staffa batters to get
to Russell with all three of
their hits going for one Kase.
Only two players of the Mo-
hawk nine were able to register
a hit off Hopi. George Wright
cracked out a double and a'
single for Exeter while Jim;
Hennessey knocked out two
Smith and
First prize winnerson Tues- Hensall � r
day, August 8 were Ray
Betty Tilley with a
record of two wins and a plus TL /
of 17. ! 0 Oust Kirkton crew
Wes Watson and Ron Jack-
son copped second spot by Hensall moved into the sec- Gerry Bell, Bob Baynham and
and round of the "D" series John Baker.,
playdowns in H -P action Wed- Harold Burgin nailed down
nesday night by clubbing Kirk- two of Kirkton's hits by smash -
ton 13-5 and taking the best -of- ing •a double and a single in
three series two games to three times at hat, Tom Saw -
none. yer, Bill Crago and. Barry*
The game was played in Stephens all. connected for
Kirkton: and was a repeat of singles for the Kirkton crew.
the first game of the series Hensall advanced to the final
which saw Hensall crash out round of tine "D" division
The championship by virtue of their
two wins over Kirkton. First
game of the series which will
decide which team will face
Exeter or Staffa in the final
Huron - Perth championship
round is slated for Zurich Mon-
day .night, with the second game
to be held in Hensall on Wed-
nesday night,
Line score R H 1
Hensall 353 11-13 11 3
Kirkton 200 12— 5 5 2
virtue of their two wins and a
plus of eight.
Winners on August .5 were
Fred Tilley and Alvin .Pym
with two wins and a plus of
eight and Wes Watson and
Lillian Pym with two wins and
a plus of six.
Wes Watson and Luther Rey-
nolds took first spot on August
1 with two wins, a plus of 15 13 Juts and tally 11runs.
and an aggregate of 27. Second Hensall squad kept up their
place went to Art Cann and terrific batting pace and. pound-
William Lamport with two ed out a total of 11 :base hits
wins, a plus of 15 and -an ag- during the abbreviated five -
inning contest.
gregate of 24, while third pox] -
tion went to Ray Smith. and
Betty Tilley with two wins and
plus o> 10.
Winners on July 29 were
Howard Truemner and Bill
Lamport with two wins and a
plus of 15, Wilt Goodwin and.
Luther. Reynolds with two wins
and a plus of 13. and Fred Til-
ley and Ted Chambers with
one victory and a plus of
eight.
Ball
standings
HURON•FERTH
(Final Standings)
W i, 1, P
%ur(rh
Statra. 13 0 1 21
T1xe.ter R R 1, It
talnsali 2 Y4 1 if
Kirkton0
This week's scores (flayofa):
51affe 6, 1 i;el.or 1
Tiensa11 13. i:1rkton 9
Hensall 12, Rirklon ff
(T4e,rsall wino hest - or • three
send -finals tWd games 10 nine,)
'The Hensall lads took com•
hand of the game in their first
time at bat by cracking out
two hits and coming up with a
3-0 lead.
Kirkton retaliated in their
half of the first by picking up
two runs on three singles to
close the gap, However, Hen -
sell pulled far ahead in the
next two innings by plating
eight runs on seven hits to salt
away the contest and give
them the series in two straight
games.
Steve Kyle, a flashy juvenile
performer who usually handles
the intermediate c a t c h in g
chores, went all the way on
the mound for Hensall and he
,breezed a cool five -hitter at
the Kirkton nine. The lanky
righthander recorded three
strikeouts and two walks dur-
ing the five innings,
Bobby Dobson again hurled
for Kirkton and was charged
with his second defeat of the
series. Ile registered one strike-
out and he issued four free
passes.
Kyle Helmet( his own cause
at the plate by knocking Mit
three straight singles to drive
REO SOFTBALLitt six runs in the first three
innings, Bruce Horton and
�, 0 14 Bruce Moir cracked out two
64 p o R singles apiece to' help pace the
2 g 0 4 Hensall attack.
Single base hits tor Hensel(
were collected by .Dennis Meek,
Leginn
clredlinn
Giffords
Kinsmen
This Week's scores:
Crediton 4, c:f rotcht 1
Legion � 'l. C?rAdt
ton k
Giffords 3, Kinsmen 4
MIDGET
(Seml-Finals)
tty"tr't'i
Mil ehell , 1 11 ti 0
h:x.eter arras 0 i tl 0'
Titin iveok's sroree; ,,. ,.
tfi[ehell 2, t,xeler' 1
�fiffhetf loads the hea(-iif bite's
ao1n1-finale
1-0,
LADIES HURON
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
(Firiaf Standings)
W
xixeter' R 1 tr,
e in
xnc1A ti' f';lleuoni r 4 ?If
12 f f 11 ll' Dennisnt`ueefleld. 441'8
1 ('1'06 s Mock and 13111 Shaddickr both.
rlinf6nrb tt7111 , n a ]meal ;juvenile pet•fo"mers, rap
xx-.$laytin cx to0darr-dexlh ,ped out two singles etich in aid
gamine ref league championship. —Please turn to page '7
Win first 12-0
Hensel took a one -game lead
in their semi-final: "D" series
with. Kirkton Monday night
when they clubbed the visiting
Kirkton team 12-0.
Hensall and Kirkton are en-
gaged in a semi-final round to
determine which team will go
on to face Zurich in the final
round of the "D" division, The
winner of the "D" series will
then. advance to the Huron -
Perth finals against either Stel-
la or Exeter who are current-
ly fighting out the "C" division
semi-final round,
Gerry Bell turned in a stel-
lar performance on the mound
for llensall as he stymied the
Kirkton team with a one -hit-
ter. The fire -balling lefty fol.
lowed up his no -hit effort over
the salve Kirkton team two
weeks ago with a masterful
display sla of
control,
B
i yc11
Hen-
sail's
err
sail's playing coach, fanned se-
ven batters and walked one dun
ing the sevetiehming game to go
With hisone-hittor.,
Hensall gave their coach
plenty of support at the plate by
crashingout a 13 -bit It
attack and
all of them Went for only one
base: Bruce Horton led the
flensafi attack by knocking nut
four straight singles to drk'
Our o ensa s runs,
Staffa
series
straight singles.
Mohawks picked un their
only run in the third when
they took a short-lived 1.0 lead
ona single by Hennessey, a
walk to Ron Heywood, and a
double by Wright.
The semi-final series between
Exeter and Staffa is a best -of -
seven affair with . the winner
advancing to meet the winner
of the best-of-fi»e set between
Zurich and Hensall.
EXETER —Hey woo d, rf;
Nagel, cf; Wright, ss; Russell,
p; Loader, 2b; Strang, ab
Haley, If; McFalls, c; Hennes-
sey, 1b.
STAFFA—Westman, 3b; Roh-
fritsch, cf; Sadler, 2b; Wallace,
ss; F. McKellar, lf: Murphy,
rf; Hopf, p; B, MdKellar, lb;
Norris, c.
Line score R H E
Exeter 001 00-1 4 1
Staffa 002 4x-6 3 1
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Huron -Perth
Playoffs
"C" SERIES
(Best -of -seven)
August
8—Exeter at Staffa
10—Staffa at Exeter
14—Exeter et Staffa
16—Staffa at Exeter
1R—Exeter at Staffa
21—Staffa at Exeter
23—Exeter et Staffa
"D" SERIES
(Best -of -five)
August
14—Hensall at Zurich
16—Zurich at Hensall
1S—Hensall at Zurich
21—Zuriell at ,Hensall
23—Hensall at Zurich
(Hensall defeated leirkton Irw
sena-final round in two straight
games.)
(Winners of "C" and "DI
categories meet in champion- (
ship finals.)
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