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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-31, Page 6AFX LE' TER 13) PERRY .BQYt_1: THIS WEEK'S PERSONALITY "I like horses", Charlie Godbolt told me the other day, For those who know Charlie,that's an Understatement, He's been a keen lover of horses All his 'life, One of the most vivid memories I have from childhood is that of Charlie Godbolt when he used to live on the last farm out Huron St. east. Like all small boys at that time, I thought horses were wonderful animals and I was always 1a t c,se1 when Charlie drove his big roan team to town with chop and • grain. Even though it was an ordinary Y working day, the horses would be per- fectly groomed and the harness would - shine with spit and polish. Charlie show- ° " ed this team at the „ fairs and once woe third prize at London, A few years later, you would see hint drive by evenings in his shining b u g g y, drawn by the best - looking horse in the country. This horse also did well and once won first prize in the roadster class for lady drivers, with Mrs. Frank Coates at the reins. In 1951, Charlie bought his first race horse, Banner Grattan, an outlaw that his owners had given up on and had turned out to pasture with 'the sheep. Charlie bought the gelding very cheaply and worked on it with kindness and patience. ("He loved chewing tobacco and I used to give him a bite every day," recalls Charlie.) After seven months, Charlie finally entered the horse in the Goderich races on Labor Day but Banner Grattan had such a reputation that nobody would drive him. So Charlie decided to get his own driver's licence and take the reins himself, Banner Grattan came home a winner. That race set a pattern and Charlie finally sold Banner Grattan at a nice profit. Then cavae Flashy Hal and Canadian Grattan, each in turn trained with the affection ,and care of a true horse- " naan, and both of whom have performed well. Now, Charlie has a mare called Dust -a -bout who is living up to her name by making other horses follow in her dust. This four-year-old, driven by one of Ontario's best reinsman, Toni Yearley, of Exeter, has gone 20 heats since last fall and shows 15 wins and five tight seconds. She already has a record of 2:09 2/5 and looks like she's going places for this 73 -year-old horseman, who looks and laughs like a much younger man. In his own way, Charlie Godbolt is helping ' -snake Exeter a better-known and a better town .to live in through sports. • A CHALLENGE Withthe defeat of the Exeter Bowling 'Lanes softball team by Wingham and Mohawks' 'loss to Staffa in six games, both teams have com- '.pleted their season's play. However, there still may be an interesting finale to the season. The softball. boys have challenged the Mo- hawks to a game of baseball, Both clubs have cost their backers some money and some of the players feel this game may help to recover a bit. There's been a bit of rivalry over which team should have had the preference in players—the softballers maintain their game is "'best while the baseball gang think theirs is the 'Superior sport, This argument could go on all winter and both sides would be right (in their own minds). So let's have the game. I'd like to suggest a double feature. First the hardball game; then, to even things up, a softball contest. 'Twould be quite a thing if the Mohawks lost the baseball game and won the softball do. So let's go. Suggested dates are Sat., Sept. 2, and Wed., Sept, 6. The games would have to be started no later than 6 p.m. because darkness is moving in quite early these days. Let's hope the fans will come out to see some good ball players enjoyingg keen rivalry, • NOT THEiR YEAR Both softball and baseball, from the town team angle, are finished and now it's over.. I would like to thank everybody who played, coached, p um- pired.A special thanksto Aub Farquhar, Exeter Bowling Lanes' proprietor., and his lovely wife .(who 'took a keen interest in the ladies softball team) for their energetic efforts to develop more 'sports in their new home town. It's a big lift to a town when newcomers pitch in for the betterment 'of the whole community. The Mohawk team surprised everybody— maybe even themselves. Many said early in the year that baseball was a dead issue and could not be revived. Nevertheless, these men were willing to try, Some people laughed and said they wouldn't finish the season. But the drive of fellows like Joe Wooden, George Wright, Big Jim Hennessey and, Little Jim Bussell, along with the constant prodding of Iry Ford and. Dick MCFalls inspired the Mohawks to not only finish the season but also to win as many games as they lost. 11 the manager had been on the ball, they could have beaten Staffa. Maybe it's just as well that both teams are finished since the cost of OBA and OSA travel and umpires would have doubled and one wonders where the money would have come from, But it ,would have been nice to win, eh Aub? HOCKEY TRYOUTS sOoN Dale Ttirvey was telling me he has had en invitation to attend the hockey camp of Montreal Canadiens' Junior 'A' club, Peterborough Petes, within the next two weeks, Also, I've received a let, ter from Bob Davidson assuring fixe he was inviting bale to Toronte for a Junior 'A' tryout with the Leaf teams As yet Teale hasn't been informed where to report to Leafs. But whichever team picks him up, f know we all wish :him the best of luck, We extend similar wishes to Jack Chipchasts of Hebtall \ 11e i5 a draft cholee of the Leafs, Give it the big try all the ways be3'>S. LHARLIE GOa3 "OLT with Banner Grattan tii. ffcu t ars for .G.reys oust Brucefield in .5 .'here Exeter Greys scored a thrill- ing 65 victory over l;rtwc'field Derby -Dips here Tuesday night to win their best-ef-three La- dles' Huron Softball 1 raeuct semi-final series two games to one before close to 100 fans. The victory moved the local club into the league finals • which will open in Exeter Thursday night .against vrin- throp. Winthrop, fresh from knocking off Glints in t..vn straisht wines, will battle wish the Greys for the league cham- pior:sliip in a best -of -five se- ries. Thrilling finish After leading .all the way un- til the top of the seventh, the Greys were pushed to the limit before they f ould claim their vietory. Ll Bi csfielrl, down four runs going into the seventh, rapped three singles and tool: advan- tage of a walk and an .error to score four runs and temp- orarily lie up the hall game. In the bottom of the seventh Brucefield nitcher Betty Gra- ham got Exeter's ace south- paw-, Rose Carey, to ground out second to first. With one away, Cathy Hodgins singled and advanced to second on a pass ball. With Mary Gravett batting, Graham unloaded a wild pitch and Hodgins moved Sylvan takes first of finals Sylvan continued to rake op- posing pitchers in the McGil- livray softballplaydowns this week when they trounced Lieury 13.4 in the first game of the league finals. The powerful Sylvan squad handed the league's winningest team their third loss of the season Tuesday evening to take a 141 lead in games in the final round for the league.champion- shSyip. lvan moved into the final series against Licury by vir- tue of two shellackings they handed their opponent West Corners nine in the semi-final round. The strong entry from Sylvan clubbed West. Corners 29-9 in the first contest and then wrapped up the series by whipping West Corners 20-4 on Saturday night. Sylvan needs two more victo- ries to cop the championship as the final is a best -of -five series. The victory for Sylvan was the second of the year over the powerful Licury nine. Sylvan defeated the Lieury entry once during the regular schedule, the only time Lieury was beat- en during the season. Lieurygained a berth in the final playoff round by virtue of a hard-fought series with Grand Bend that saw them cone out on top of the lake team 3-1 in games. Grand. Bend thumped � the league -leaders 10.1 in, the third game to stay in. conten- , tion after Lieury had taken the . first two games of the semi- final round. over to third. However, catcher Jones made a stellar grab on a reboundoff the screen and fired .a Perfect peg to third to get Hodgins who overran the bag. Broom -Broom nets winner With two out and .nobody on, Broom -Broom Gravett work- ed a 3-2 count and then walked, \4'ith hard-hitting Audrey Pool- ey at the plate, the hit-and- run was on. On the first pitch, Gravett ' G1 stole lc secondn adsslien the 13rueefielc# toss to second was missed at the bag, the Exeter base -runner scampered all the waw hone with the game -winning run. Jol'aenson homers Catcher Ann Jorgenson paced the Greys with a two -run homer in the fourth inning on a drive that went nearly to the race track. Shortstop A. u d re y Pooley singled in the first inning and cracked a double in the fifth. Jean Taylor's double in the third and Hodgins' •single in the seventh were the only other grits given up by the Derby- Dips' Betty Graham. Outhit Exeter Although they lost, Bruce - field outhit the locals 6-5. Secondbaseman Betty Hor- ton doubled in the fifth and singled in the big seventh in- ning to help spark the four- ! run rally. Ruth Neely pounded a sec- ond -inning double into right centrefield while McDonald McGregor and Lois Stanghan collected singles, Defensive - wise, outfielders Ruth Hendrick and Alice -Ann Nixon made some good catches while Audrey Pooley played a steady game at short. Brucefield's third baseman Lois Stranghan 'took base hits away fron Rose Carey and Pooley with sensational catches. Shortstop Adriana Cormier also robbed Cathy Ilodgins in the fifth by spearing a line drive. Bali standings HURON • PERTH Finals Hensel 1 1 0 .Steffe ... 1 1 0 (Best -of -five finals tied at one ie a,nt a -eee. . ) l,a This Week's scores: Staffa, 10, Hensall 2 Hensall 3. Staffa 1 :REG SOFTBALL (Serpi-finals] '"A" Series as L 'V P Legion 1 0 1 3 Giffor cls 0 0 1 1 (Lesion leads best -of -three semi- finals one game to none.) 44/3" Series Crediton , ... 1 0 1 3 'Kinsmen .... ........ 0 0 1 1 ! (Creditor; leads best - of *three send -finals one; game to none.) This Week's scores; Legion 5, ()Words ri Creditors 4, Kinsmen 4 LADIES' SOFTBALL (Semi-finals) \� L T P ,Nxeler 2 1 0 -1 13rurefield 1 5 0 2 (Exeter wins best -of -three semi- finals two games to one.) This week's scores; Exeter 6, lrueefield, 5 McGILLIVRAY SOFTBALL (Finals) 1 The Boron -Perth finals rolled into high gear during this Ala week's baseball action and the partipipa nts, Hensall and Staffa, are waging :a fierce fight for the league eh i n • ship. The clubs traded victories away froth home this week ss'itlt Hensall edging .Staffa 2-1 in Staffa Friday iught and .Staffa rebounding far a 10.2 victory in. Hensali Tuesday evening.. The final series is a three - out -of -.five affair. Scheduling of further games in the H -P finals. is doubtful at the mo- Anent as both Staffa and Hen - eel' are .continuing .on into 013A playdowns and conflicting dates zi the Ontario playoffs and the league finals remain. a prob- lem, Staffa will commence their OBA. playdowns in the "C" category this weekend when South. River invades the Staffa diamond. Second genie of the series is set for the following welcend when Staffa travels to South River for the return Match. As of now, Hensali has not been notified as to who will provide the opposition for the area club in the first round of ()BA "D" division playoffs, S; playcffs Pewit 3-1. Staffa added two More r41ns in the fourth and fifth frames, .one on a walk and a follow-up single by Frank i11cKellar and the other on a iiensali infield error, Staffa plated their last five rubs in the top half .of :the sixth and final inning on a bases -loaded triple .by Staffa firsthaseman 13 o b McKellar and two more Staffa runs that scored on errors. Hensall came up with their last run in their last time at on a single y; .BrHo' tonhat and a Staffabinfielduce errorr. Frank McKellar paced the Staffa nine at the plate by lac- ing three singles in three of- ficial times at bat for a per- fughnt 'at pla• Gar Hopfect aided .his own causetebiyy crackiAng out two the �straigllt sin- gles while single base hits were collected by Charlie West - man, "Porky" Wallace, and T3h11 Murphy, Bob McKellar's triple was the Only extra -bash hit that Staffa picked up dur- ing the shortened six -inning contest. Bob Baynham led Hensall at the plate with two singles in two tines at bat. Ken Parker smashed a two -bagger for Hen - sail and Bruce Horton added a single in the last inning, "F-'orky" Wallace of Staffa provided one of the highlights Staffa wins of the game for r fre large Sylvan ° L T 2 return game 1:aeury .. gins (Sylvan leads hest -of -five finals one game to none,) Staffa evened their best -of - This Weekes scores: five,Huron-Perth finals with crowd in attendance at the Hensall diamond when he gain- ed life at first in the ,fifth in- ning and then proceeded to steal secondand third on two straight pitches and then on Sylvan 14, Lieury 4 Hensel], on Tuesday night when ;,+rrn,n,n,nrnr,n,rrn,,,r,,.l JUVENILE they Banded the Hensall nine a -s (semi-finals) 10-2 drubbing in a game played w 'L T P in Hensel], fiensall t 1 n 2 ry d th a3rigden 1 1 0 2 ouThet-of-fivevictoseriestiefor e the chthree-em- (rest - of - three Ontario semi- pionship at one game each. finals tied. at, one game apiece.) This Week's scores: i Brigden 6, sArITFeNnTsall 5 Am Hensall to a meagre four hits, uR L en, P The fireballing lefthander fan - e 114oenrtsalt lra.mbron 2 n n 4 ped six Hensall batters and 0 2 0 0 walked only three through the (Hensall eliminated from best- Six -ronin contest. of -three quarter -finals two games g to none.) i Ken Parker faced the Staffa 1 nine in his second game of the series and allowed them six hits before they got him in the sixth and final inning for two hits and three more • runs. Gerry Bell made his first appearance in six games Gary Hopf turned in a mas- terful performance onthe hill for the visitors as he limited This week's scores; Port La.mhton 7- Hensall 0 f'or't .Lamhton 7, Herman 3 en evens carie, for Hensall as he came on in on tent -inning wall. Brigden juveniles e v e n e d Brigden's margin to 5-2, their best -of -three Ontario semi- Hensall moved to within one final playdowns with Hensall run of the visiting Brigden Monday night when they edged nine in the fifth inning when the •area 'team b•Y a score.. of . they plated two snore runs on 6-5 In a tight squealcer in Hen- three back-to-back singles 'by I sag that went 10 innings. Shaddick, Kyle and Bruce Hor- The victory for the Brigden;'ton• crew gave both teams a record' Bothpitchers engaged in a of one win and one loss in the' scoreless duel for four innings semi-finals. The game on Mon- before Hensall managed to day evening was a reversal of draw even with Brigden in the the first game of the series bottom of the ninth when when Hensall erupted for five Kyle's single scored Mock 1 runs in one inning to sink from second base and the game Brigden 5-4. was . forced to go ,into extra Hensall starter Bill Shad innings. However, Brigden took 1 dick and his rel'iefer Steve little time in counting their Kyle limited the visitors to first run in six innings and 1 one scratch single during the plated the winning run of the ten -inning game but both pitch- game in the first overtime 1 ers had trouble with their con- frame. trol and walked a total of ten' Bill Shaddick led the Hensall batters. Hensall came up with club at bat in their losing ten hits during the game and cause by banging out a double turned eight of them into scor- and two singles for a three- ing plays. , for -four performance. Steve Brigden threw two southpaws Kylg cracked out three singles at the Hensall nine during the for Hensall to drive in three contest. Stan Vincent and Ray of his team's five runs while Wilson both turned in excellent Bruce Horton drove in one run performances for Brigden al- and picked up two singles. though they did allow ten hits. I Jack Chipehase smashed a The two hurlers got flawless two -bagger for Hensall while support from their infield and Dennis Mock collected their they handcuffed the Hensel] only other safetly, a single in batters with 11 strikeouts, the third inning. Brigden plated their sixth and deciding run in the tenth inning when Steve Kyle issued his third walk in seven innings which proved fatal to the Hen- sall squad. It became the win- ning run two plays later after Hensall came up with two passed balls on two straight pitches. Brigden lefty Stan Vincent retired three Il:ensa.lf hatte • 1s in order in the bottom of the Lieury moved into the finals by blanking the GB nine 3-0 in the fourth game behind the stel- lar pitching of Lieury mound ace Don Pickering who allowed Grand Bend a stingy four hits durigg the final encounter. Sylvan and Lieury resume their final. -round feud on Sat- urday evening for the second game of the serieswhile the third game of the three -out -of five finals is slated for Tuesday night. 'Little Jim' tops tribe .A pitcher led Exeter Mo- hawks at the plate this year according to the batting av- erages listed this week by Manager Derry Boyle. Jim Russel;, stalwart right- hander of Exeter's mound corps, turned in the high aver- age for the local team with his .293 performance. Russell compiled his total of 19 hits in 65 times at bat, Second spot in the standings went to Ron Bogart, Exeter's burly thirdbaseman, who crack- ed out 12 hits in 42 official times at bat for a .285 aver- age Jim 'Haley and Joe Wooden shared third snot in the stand- ings with identical averages of .266. Haley came up with his' totalwith four hits in 15 tries in seven games* while Wooden appeared in 14 games and banged out 11 hits in 42 of- ficial times at 'the plate. ' Complete results obtained from the 16 -game schedule and! ,he six -game Playoff series ' with Staffa Fre listed below. Player gp ab 11 avg.. Russell 21 65 19 .293 Ron Bogart 15 42 12 .285 ,Tini Marcy 7. 15 4 .256 Toe Wooden 14 45 11 * .266 Diels yic>±a11s 18 50 13 ,260 George Wright 22 60 15 .250 Rick Boyle 2 4 1 .250' ,Titn Hennessey 10 5.5 11 .200 .11M Leader 14 45 9 .200 Ray Jelteetolt 11 37 7 .133 Don Gravett 10 37 s .162 Irvin Ford 18 31 5 1172 Gerd S ran t n „ 12 1 ) Simon Nagel 21 6 C .1013 1 1 Ron Heywood 15 16 1 .053 l' ream totaia 112 553 124 HENSALL—Mock, as; Shad - dick, p, c (3); Kyle, c, p (3); Horton, 3b; Chipchase, ef; Mc- Kinnon, 2b; Christian, rf; Moir, 1'f; McNaughton, 1b. BRIGDEN--B. Stewart, ns; McLean, 3h; Vincent, p; Wil- cox, c; D. Stewart, 2b; An- toine, 1b; Lumley, if;; Hay- ward, cf; Wilson,- rf, p (5). Line score ItH tenth to clinch the victory for Brigden 005 000 000 1-6 1 1 Hensall 002 020 001 0-5 10 2 the visitors and force a third game in the best -of -three semi- final. round. Brigden opened the scoring early in the game by counting' five runs iii the third inning on only one hit, their only base hit of the game, 13111 Shaddick had trouble finding the plate and issued seven walks during the wild third to give Brigden a commanding 5-0 lead. However, the ltensall juve- niles were rot to be outdone and they calve up with twe runs in their 'half of the third on four straight bits. A single Eby Dennis Mock, a double by Bill Shaddick and a two -run single by Steve Kyle harrowed e eeeerrY'reeeerriYnrl,liitiUeeee eee.00... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetieeeeeee.eee "I'm fixing Herbert's favorite dish again tonight—food;" .Lady Bowlers 1. Any ladies interested in bowling in the Exeter Ladies' Bowling League should contact Mrs. Reg Stagg, phone 399M or leave your name at Exeter Bowling Lanes, Open meeting FOR CAPTAINS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF TEAMS Tuesday, Sept,. 5. LIBRARY BASEMENT — ' 8 1$,M. '.IffnY'YIn7nYYYYrffrl'i'nYY"frYffuf nYYfffi YPlil uuurfY rYu fd nw,till"htYitfinirfiiii"i7r1i7fitifif[fff,'YifftriniWnfY7fii�ii'r��` the sixth to relieve Parker but he was still a bit shaky and gave up two more runs and a 'like number of hits before put- ting out the fire. Staffa took a commanding lead early in the game with three unearned runs in the sec- ond inning on three straight Staffa si.11g1'es and. a bases- ; clearing drive by Frank Mc- Kellar that the Hensall left- ' fielder misjudged. Hensall scored in their half of the +second on a fielder's choice and a single by Bob Baynham which made the School Pens AT WILSON'S JEWELLERY & GIFTS Exeter the third pi'ch lie raced .home, with his third straight stolen base and :Staffa's fifth run. STAFFA -- Rohfritsch, ef; Westnian,, 3b; Coveney, ss; Wallace, c; 13. Mcilicl(ellar,. lb; Sadler, 2h; Murphy, .rfi .Hopf, p; F. McKellar, 1f, HENSAL. Mock, ss; Hopi ton, 3b; Moir, ef; Kyle, lb;; Shaddick, 2b; Baker, rf; Q, Parker, c Bay,phan), if; K, Parker, p. Line scone R Staffa 030115..-10 9 1 Ifensal) 010 001— 2 4 4 Repel) Hensall cops _p_ first t of series Hensall exploded for two runs in the late innings and staged ,a come -from - behind rally that nipped Staffa 2-1 in their first meeting in the Hu- ron -Perth finals in Staffa on. Friday night. 'Phe victory gave the Hensali nine a 1-0 edge in games in the best -of -seven series for ,the H -P championship. 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