The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-24, Page 6Times -Advocate, August 24, 1901
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14 DERRY BOYLti
--AND mg BEGINN,Np
When one decides to call it quits in a major
sports field, it's usually with a feeling of regret.
Often it leaves a void la our leisure hours. How to
replace this activity sometimes becomes a problem.
A few people turn to golf, curling, lawn, or alley
howling, But one a the town's finest hitting and
fielding ball players of those good Mohawk teams
of the early fifties turned to the saddle horse for
show and jumping,
Fred Darling was a mainstay of our ball
club for a number of years and this season's team
. could certainly use his big bat, But Fred loves his
iihorses and with his son, Jim, is making a fine
Showing at the various competitions all over the
,country,
Fred is a member of the London Horseman-
ship Club, along with Ed Brady, Dalton Finkbeiner
And Ron Swartz of this community. The club fea-
tures two types of rid-
ing, one called Western
and the other English.
The difference is in the
saddle used, The West-
.
ern saddle, which we
see on TV, has a large
horn and the English
saddle is flat.
Fred and the other
local boys compete in
shows both here and in
the Excited States, thus
keeping the name of
our community before
all kinds of people in
many areas. So this
sport not only provides
for their own pleasure
but also provides pub-
lic relations for the
• community.
Fred has six Palo-
minos and one Morgan
"Stallion in his stable. The Morgan is one of only
758 registered in Canada.
Three weeks ago, Fred was second high
opint winner with his Ibnn Tio in a large 10 -event
fair and. winner over 29 other horses in the
iileasure class. He tells me his three-year-old,
...flimper, King Midas, now in training, has won a
.st, second and third.
On August 6, father and son, Jim, riding
mother and son horses at Daphany's Riding School,
Port Franks, won three prizes. Young Jim, 10 years
old, on. Golden Maxine, won the trophy in the
...equation class and father Fred won the parade
class on Ibnn Tio. Then this horse with a Sarnia
boy, Brian Hill, up won. the western equation class.
Freddie is justly proud of his horses and
Tightly so because it takes time and patience to
...-7.1main and develop these beautiful animals. Only
L'r...itien with great love. for them can be successful
:425..• this exacting sport.
- So 1953, which saw his last year in baseball
ld with a championship ball club, also saw "the
start of a championship in horsemanship. Keep up
the fine work, Fred.
By the way, Fred extends a welcome to one
and all at his Triple J + J stables anytime.
* *
WOAA CHAMP
When a ball club is formed for the first
time in. any community, the people involved seldom
look forward to winning a championship the initial
year. It's quite a feat to win your own league
against teams •that have been playing organized
ball for a number of years.
7. RCAF Centralia Huron Park started a minor
baseball program this year after years of softball
and built pee wee and bantam teams. The kids
grew to like baseball so much that when LAC Tom-
my Burke took over as bantam coach and started
teaching the fundamentals of the. game, the kids
showed promise. Like kids everywhere, they clown-
ed around a bit and were a little apathetic regard-
ing hustle and the will to work at the game. At
a meeting .1 the players, the coach pointed out
: to the boys ;, :at with fight and desire they could
be champions. From then on, there was no stop-
• ping this team. The bantams last week won the
-WOAA title.
Keep up the drive, fellows, and an Ontario
, championship could be yours.
*
A FINE COMEBACK
The Hensall intermediates, who finished
third in the H -P regular schedule, have been play-
ing excellent baseball in the playoffs, After defeat-
ing Kirkton in two straight games, they met the
:league -leading Zurich Lumber Kings for the right
'to go out into OBA playdowns as well as a shot
at the H -P title. Hensall pulled the upset of the
season when their young team won the first two
games of the best -of -five series. Zurich won the
third game,
The Staffa-Exeter "C" battle started as a
route for the mountain club who won their first
• three games of a best -of -seven series. But the Mo-
hawks carries back to win the next two. By the
time this goes to press, the two winning clubs will
be in the final series,
A GOOD FEELING
Whether the Exeter Mohawks win or lose
-the staff series, it has proven to me that at least
there are some fine ball players in town, Reviving
tla intermediate ball has been a big lift to the boys.
And the fans are starting to come. Last Fri-
day night, a Umber followed the team to Staffa
....4there the club won its second game. Baseball is
not dead—it only needs interest and support from,
the people. Sport and recreation are just as hit -
portant as sidewalks and' flower gardenS,
* *
IT'S THE RULE
Rule 8 of the Rules of Golf states:
"(1) During play of a hole, a player shall not
play any practice stroke
Rule 18 of the Ontario Softball ASS'il states:
"Players in Unite= shall not be permitted
ddttpy seats in the stands, Mir to mingle with
the Spectators, No Manager, captain, coach or
players Shall address the SpeetatOr8 during a game
eXeepi; to
t a reqUest for inforMatiOn about the pre.
gress or state of the gam r to give the narne let
A player." (Gee, that'8 teligh on a guy like roe')
FRED DARLING
it "at
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capture
ail(' cops semi -fin
tribeto�s .
Staffa copped the Huron -
Perth "C" championship Mon-
day night and gained a berth
in the league finals against
Hensall ‘vheri they swept to a
6-4 win aver Exeter Mohawks
in a rain -threatened game I
played in Exeter.
The victory gave Staffa the
best -of -seven semi-final series
four games to two. Staffa
dumped the Exeter squad in
their first three matches of
the playoff round but Exeter
fought back to win the next
two before Staffa wound it up
with Monday night's win,
Mohawks helped the Staffa
nine by coming up with five
glaring errors and giving five
unearned runs to 'the visitors.
Staffa picked up their needed
margin in the fourth inning
when they took a commanding
6-2 lead by piling up three
runs on only one hit and two
Mohawk errors.
Staffa took the lead early in
the game on a wild throw to
first base which allowed Staffa
third -baseman Charlie West -
man to bring in their first run
after he had walked.
Exeter took command again
in their half of the first when
a Staffa error, two walks and
a single by Joe Wooden pushed
them into a 2-1 lead.
Staffa caught and passed the
local crew again in the sec-
ond inning by plating two runs
on singles by Frank McKellar
and Bob Norris and a Mohawk
infield error that gave the visi-
tors a 3-2 edge,
Staffa surged ahead in the
contest in the fourth inning
when they plated three more
runs to take a 6-2 lead, Exeter
; rallied in the last inning When
with two runs and runners on
second and third Staffa hurler
George Coveney retired the
side.
Mohawks outhit the visiting
Staffa team six •to four but
Staffa's infield backed up Cov-
ency throughout the evening
and the home team was un-
able to capitalize on any mis-
cues.
Iry Ford started the game
for Exeter as did Bob Sadler
for Staffa but they both had to
be taken out, Sadler in the
first inning and Ford in the
fourth.
Ford gave up only four hits
during the 3N innings that he
worked while, fanning one and
walking one. His successor,
Jim Russell, retired the seven
men he faced four of them via
the strikeout route.
Sadler and reliefer George
Bali
standings
HURON•PERTH
(Semi-finals)
"G" Series
L
Staffs, 2
Exeter . ....... . 2 4
(Biafra, wins best-o(even
les four games to Iwo.)
"D" Series
Hentall . .. ...... 3 1 n 6
zurieh . 1 n 2
(liensa II w)ns' 'hest -of-five ser-
ies three games to one.)
This week's scores:
Staffs 6, Exeter 4
HT):Titiler9.6.74giaTa 1 6
Zurieh I, Hensall fl
Exeter 7, Staffa
see SOFT BALL
(Semi-finals)
"A" Series
'1'
95
0 4
ser-
Leesen ....... .„. ... n
0
"5" Series
Crediton ......... ..... 1 0 ft
Kinsmen ......... ft 1 n n
((rediton leads hest - of - three
series one game to none,)
Thisweek's scores:
rrediton 4, Kinsmen 1
Legion 7, Giffords 7
PEE WEE
T.J T
1 1
0 1 1
WLTP
New Hamburg 2 0 0 4
Exeter •0 2 0.
(Ne5N, Hamburg wins hest -o( -
three finals two games to -none.)
This week's scores:
Nev Hamburg, 14, Exeter 0
MeGILLIVRAY SOFTBALL
(Serni-finals)
,,A" Series
L T 1'
LleUrY 2 1 n 4
Grand !fiend 1 2 n 2
(Lieury leads best•of-rive series
two games to one,)
"a" Series
Sylvan 1 n n 2
West Corners 0 2 n 0
(Sylvan leads hest -of -five series
one game. to none.)
Last week's scores:
Grand Send 10, Lieury 1
Lieury 0, Grand Bend 3
Sylvan 29, 'VVestCorners 1)
Coveney allowed Alohawis
hits and they struck out eiss
anCdovevnlyedcral
two,
out Staffa's
only extra-bese hit during the
game, 5 double in the three -
run fourth inning, Singletons
for Staffa were colleted by
Bob McKellar, Frank AlcK.el.
lar and Bob Norris.
Don "Boom" Graven, and
Joe Wooden paced Exeter in
their losing cause with two
safeties each, one of "Boom-
er's" going for two bases.
George Wright knocked out a
double for Exeter while Jim
Hennessey added a single.
R 11 E
120 300-6 4 3
Staffanescore
Exeter 200 011-4 ,6 5
Tribe gains
second win
Exeter Mohawks exploded
for eight runs in the first in.
ning and then hung on for
four more innings as they
rolled to an 8-6 victory over
Staffa on Friday night,
The win was the second in
a row for Mohawks in the
best -of -seven 1-1 P semi-final
eeries.
Exeter sent 12 men to the
plate in the first inning of the
game and every player on the
team managed to get on base.
The Exeter squad used only
five hits to pick up their eight
runs but they got some sup-
port from Staffa starter George
Coveney who issued four walks
during the long inning,
Staffa got back half the runs
in their half of the first when
Mohawk pitcher Jim Russell
had trouble finding the plate
and gave up three walks and
two hits to narrow the Mo-
hawk margin to 8.4,
Staffa closed the gap still
more in the next frame when
they plated two more runs aft-
er two men were out. A walk,
a double by Coveney, and an
Exeter infield error gave Staffa
two runs and made the score
read 8-6.
However, Russell fired shut-
out ball for the remaining
three innings to register the
victory. Only one mart reached
Two- area :baseball teams cop-
ped 'WOAA .thampienships in fi-
nal playdowns .this week, and
oddly .enough, ,both were- ban-
tam teams,
liensait and Centralia ban-
taMSboth went all the way to,
win the WO titles, Hensall
competing in the "D"
elassi-
lict4ion and Centralia in the
"C"
Beth teams also ousted their
final Playoff competition in two
straight games in separate
two-etn-of-three series. Hensel).
handed Sebringville two .eonv
vineing -setbacks in their final
series es the .area team romped
ips
when they rolled to a 7-3 Win
over Sebringville-in the ban-
tam
"P"
The ilensall nine swept the
series from the Sebringville
team, in two straiOt games. .to
bring the "P" to
Henselt.
Cameron McDonald 'hurled
the liensall team to the win
and be dui it in a handy fp-
shion by fanning 12 of •:the 21
batters he faeed..
With the Western Ontarioehamponship also comes the
right to repreeent this area in
the Ontario Baseball play -
downs for the provincial chem.
to wins of 11-3 and 7-3. Cellars.. nem - e
,,„ inonship. No opponent has been.
e yet for 'the Hensel]
lia managed to edge Kincardine
in their first two games01 the crew to meet in the first round
finals by close counts of '44 the all -Ontario playdowns.,
nciIn lath series, pitchers ex-
celled in the final gaine to lead CE bantams
their teams to the champion-
ship and the right to enter fur-
ther OBA playoff action.
For the Centralia squad it
was a clean sweep of all play.:
off competition as they pol-
ished off Exeter, Mitchell, and
Kincardine in six straiglit
games to gain the ehamplon-
ship berth,
lima juveniles advanced
to the Ontario Baseball )?19Y -
offs without ineeting any WO -
AA competition as there are
no other juvenile "D" teams
in the league. Hensall is -cur-
rently engaged with Brigden
in a best-of.three Ontario semi -
Beal playdown round.
Cop 7-3 win
to take title
Hansa bantams won their
WOAA title Thursday night
'C' champs
RCAF Centralia banta ms
copped the WOAA bantam "C"
championship Friday night
when they edged Kincardine 1-0
in Kincardine. •
The win gave the Centralia.
crew a sweep of their final se-
ries with the Kincardine lads
as they earlier defeated the
northern team by a score of
2-1.
The win also marked the
sixth straight victory for the
Centralia nine with all of them
coming in playoff competition
as they ousted both Exeter and
Mitchell bantams in their drive
to the championship.
Hero of the best -of -three final
series with Kincardine was pit-
cher Jim Rattray who allowed
a scanty seven hits during the
two games. The Centralia
youngster recorded la strikeouts
La
to ej
and only lave walks in the tWO
sitealIv:santioIrntaineYinrgttaulsgo:stecho:ref dinaCI egnattura;
as he scampered home from
third with the winning telly on
a slow roller that John Lock
bit to the shortstop,
By virtue of their WOAA
championship, t victorious
Centralia squad is eligible to
continue further into OBA Play -
downs with other Ontario
:Warne, As of now, na Opponent
Lias been ;lened for the air
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Aleny a guy has the habit of
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Exeter ladies' softball team
pushed across four runs in
their last times at hat to roll
to a decisive 8-4 triumph over
Brucefield her Tuesdt
ning.
The game was the second of
the hest -of -three series between
the two clubs and it evened
; the two teams' records at one
I win and one loss. The game
was a do-or-die effort for the
locals as they had been edged
in the first game of the series
in Brucefield by a score of 8-
6
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Hensall ousts Zurid
in season's big s t
Hensall moved into the Hur-
on -Perth finals and also took
the H -P "D" division cham-
pionship Monday nightby
clubbing Zurich. Lumber Kings
9-1 to take the best-nf-five se- I
ries three games to one.
The Hensell nine ousted both !
Kirkton •and Zurich on their
way to the "D" championship
by coming up with five wins in
the six games they played.
Hensel" took the first two
games of the three-out.ofefive
semi-finals from the Kings be-
fore Zurich could get untracked,
and come no with a win. Hen-
sall displayed same .hard.hit-:
ting and fine Belding ball to
come up with a decisive win
in the fourth and final game of
the series.
Hensall erupted for seven of
their nine runs In one inning,
the third, and then coasted to ,
victory.
Ken Parker picked up his I
second win of the series by
twirling a neat three -hitter at
the league leaders who lost
only three games during the I
regular schedule. Parker got
fine support from his mates ,
who came up with a flawless
performance on the diamond.
Dan Trushinski started the,
game for Zurich but John.
Masse had to be called on in .
the third frame when Hensall
got to the two hurlers for five
of the six bits they picked up
during the game,
All of Hensail's six hits were
singles divided evenly among
six players - Dennis Mock,
Bruce Moir, Steve Kyle, John
Baker, Bob Baynham and Hen
Parker,
Lumber Kings' three bits
were doubles clouted by Doug
O'Brien, Larry Bedard and
Ron Deichert,
Hensall forged ahead early
in the game by counting two
runs in the second frame on a
walk,. a single, and two Zen
ich infield errors. However,
the Irensall nine got no *help
from Zurich errors tri the next
inning when they eounted soy,.
en runs on five hits and three
walks.
Zurich produced their only
run in the ton of the fourth
0,1 douhlns hy O'Brien and
Bedard hut it Was too late to
da.teli the high -flying Holism'
squad,
Henseli playing coach Gerry
Bell Was unable to see anY
action dining the Otto be-
cause of a badly wrenched
knee and the pitihing chores
were handled ley Ken Parker
in three or the contests while
Th1tShaddick fired the other.
KESISALL — Mock, sst nor -
ton, 3b: Meir, cf Kyle, it);
Sheath*, 21); Baker, rf: G.
rarker, e; trtynhant, 14 X.
Parker, P.
BM:UCH •-•• trughinskl. If
on %whet, ti; Dori trtneri,
ss; Doug O'Brien, cf; Pearson,
3b; Yungblut, rf; L. Bedard,
1b; Deichert, 2b; J, Bedard,'
If; Masse, p (3).
Line score R H E
Zurich .. . ... 000 100-1 3 4.
Hensel] 027 00x-9 6 0
Kings score
one victory
Zurich Lumber Kings came
up with their first win of the
semi-finals Friday night, blank-
ing Herman 3-0 behind four -hit'
pitching of southpaw John
Masse.
Lumber Kings took a 1-0i
lead in their first tine at bat
as a pair of doubles by Dan
Trushinski and Don O'Brien
pushed across one run that.
began to look bigger and big-
ger as Masse set Hensel) down
in order through the innings,
Zurich tallied their final two
runs in the game in tile fourth
inning when Doug O'Brien un-
leashed a powerful clout that
was good enough for :four bases
and two more Lumber King
runs.
Other Zurich players who
knocked out single base hits
were Earl Wagner, Larry Be-
dard, John Masse and Jim Be-
dard who picked up two safe-
ties.
Bruce Horton and 13111 Shad -
dick, two Hensel] juvenile per.
formers, smacked out, doubles
for the intermediates while
Bruce Moir and John Baker
both added singletons.
HENSALI, - Mock, ss; Hor-
ton, 3b; Moir, cf; Kyle, lb;
Shaddick, 2b; Baynham, lf;
Baker, rf; G. Parker, e; K.
• Parker, p,
ZURICH -. Trushinski, so;
Wagner. c; Don O'Brien, 3b;
Doug O'Brien, et; L. :Bedard,
1.1); Deicherf. 2b; ,T. Bedard,
lf; Dick Bedard, rf; 'Masse, p.
Line store .R H
llenealt 000 000-0 4 0
Zurich , 100 20x-3 7 0
r•I
rip e error
def
eat Kings
triple in the t
innings and a Zurich throwing
error gave. 1-feneell an un-
earned run and :enabled them
to edge the Kings 4-3 Wedoes•
deer, August 16.
The game, played in Herisall.
gave the Ilensall nine a 2.0
edge hi games in A three -out -
of five genii -final teriee be.
Weer the two eltibg,
Stene Kyle prnvitted the
power at the nide as be nn
IOW his leadoff triple in the
fifth inning and then scored '
the winning run standing up I
as shortstop Don O'Brien
threw wide to third on the re-
lay throw from right field in
an attempt to nip the Hensel]:
speedster.
The spectacular play cli-
maxed a tight pitching duel
between Zurich and Hensall
righthanders Dan Trushinski
and Bill Shaddick. The two
hurlers gave up three runs
each in the first two innings
and remained in a scoreless
deadlock until Kyle's winning
tally.
Both chuckers gave up a
meagre five hits during the
seven -inning contest while
Trushinski fanned four and
walked three and Shaddick
recorded three strikeouts and
eight walks.
Zurich charged into an early
lead in the contest by count-
ing three runs In the first in-
ning on one hit and four walks.
Howeveie that was as far as
the Zurich crew got as the
'Jensen righty fired shut -out
ball through the final six
frames and allowed only two
runners to reach third.
Hensel) counted one run in
their first time at bat to draw
to within two runs of Lumber
Kings and then caught them
in the next inning on two
straight Walks, a Zurich error
and a follow-up single by
Bruce Horton that tallied two
runs.
The two opposing pitchers
kept setting the two teams
down in order, until Kyle came
through with his lone run that
spelled the difference for the
Hensall nine.
Bill McKinnon led the lien.
sall sluggers by coming up
with .two Singles in three times
At hat. Only other Hensall
player to register a hit besides
Horton and Kyle was Bob
Bonham who collected a Sin,
gle-base hit in the third in.
rung.
All
of Zurich's hits were eon.
fined to singles and they were
cracked out by Dan Trushinski,
Earl Wagner, Don 0`139en,
Doug O'Brien and Jim Bedard,
The victory meant that. Ken -
salt needs only one more Vie -
tory in order to finish off the
series and enable them to ad-
vance to the Huron -Perth finals
against Staffa.
HENSALL — McKinnon, ss;
Horton, 3h; Meet, ef; Kyle,
c; Shaddick, p; Baynharn, lf;
Baker, rf; P'arker, 2b; X.
Parker, ib,
ZURICH — Trushingki,
Wagner, c; Don O'Brien, gel
Doug O'Brien, ef; Pearson, ab;
L, Bedard, eie ter ,
.7, Bedard, lf, Wore (6);
Bedard, rf,
We, score R H B
Ziirkli ... 300 000 0-4 t 3
Rattail 120 0104
In the first game Brucefield
racked up six runs in one big
inning, the third, and then hung
on for the next four innings to
come out on the long end of
an 8-6 count.
:However, in the second game
before the home. fans it was
a different story as the Exeter
girls ripped out an 11 -hit at-
tack off Brucefield starter
Betty Graham.
The first four players in the
lineup, Cathy Hodgins, Ruth
Hendrick,Jean Taylor and
Audrey Pooley, all cracked out
two hits each during the six -
inning contest. Single -base hits
for the Exeter nine were col-
lected by Alice Nixon, Jean
Baynham and Rose Carey.
Exeter's lefthanded pitching
ace Rose Carey handled the
chucking chores for the local
girls and she fired a five -
bitter at the visitors to record
the win. She struck out three
and walked none.
Bruecfield charged into an
early lead in the game by
counting two runs in the first
inning when Lois Straughan
unloaded a triple with two
mates on base.
The Exeter girls narrowed
the margin in their first time
at; bat on • singles by Cathy
Hodgins and Jean Taylor that
brought in one run.
Exeter chargedinto a 4-2
Jead in the fourth frame by
counting three mote runs. A
single, a walk, a Brucefield in- A
field error, and a single by
'Rose Caroy provided the punch
for the three -run pick-up.
However, Brucefield came
through in their half of the
fifth. with another pair of runs
on an error and a home run
by Adrienne Cormier ' that
knotted. the score at 4-4,
In the very next inning, win-
ning pitcher Rose Carey spark-
ed her team to a four -run out-
put as she was given a walk
DELRAY
down to first base, and then
proceeded to steal second and
third and she raced home two
pitches later an a wild throw
with what proved to be the
winning run. Exeter plated
three more runs before the in-
ning was over, paced by the
two -run single of pinch -hitter
Jean Baynham and the final
score read 8.4 in favor of the
homesters.
The Exeter girls take on the
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• Iivit HEATING FINANCE PLAN–for both new
furnace installations and conversions. Low down
payment–small carrying charge–five years HI
pay.
iddieton & Genttner
PHONE 40. EXETER
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