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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-10-05, Page 7• REC WINNERS — Crediton scored a 4-3 win over Giffords, Wednesday, to cop the Liniment League •honors in their first year in the popular softball grouping. Mem- bers of the championship team include: back row, left to right, John Wade, Don Neicicering, Al Flynn, Don Dinney and Goal Slaght. Front row, G. E, Wenzel official Ocorer, Dick Coulter, Ross Haugh, coach; ,Jack Gant:mu, manager; AliSmith, coach; 'Roy Smith. Randy Smith is the bat boy, --Photo by Bob Lambie Cre4ton scores Gif fords literally "gave" Crediton the Liniment League ahampionship Wednesday as they gave up four unearned rens to lose the fourth game .)f the series by a 4-3 count, The victory gave the Crediton arew the league honors in their first season in the popular softball group, The winners scored all their runs in the bottom of the third inning when they managed only two hits, but took advan• tage of three errors by the Exeter entry. Dick Coulter started things off when. his fly into right field eluded Ted MacDonald and the 1' „a 14' s laurels, ed win speedy second baseman raced all the way to third on the Play. He plated the reit when Roy Smith was thrown out on an infield plea'. Russ Beaver followed with a sharp single through the mid- dle of the infield and then the Giffords crew really fell apart. Al Flynn tapped a soft ground- er back to the mound and Blake Gifford wheeled and toes - ed the ball to second in an at- tempt at the double play, but the ball sailed between Bob Nicol and Lorne Haugh, who were both racing to cover the ba g, Don Pickering became the Clippers oust Staffa in OBA semi-finals Caledonia Clippers advanced to the finals of the OBA Inter- Adeeediate "C" playoffs Wednes- ,,, :',1y when they scored a hard. „ug,ht 3-1 win over Staffa to cop their best -of -five series- in three. straight. The game was a nip and tuck pitchers' duel between Craig Ashbaugh and Staffa's Gary Hopf, who came on in relief in the second inning, The 'hard -throwing lefties were stingy in the hit department, Ashbaugh. allowing only four over the nine inning route, while Hopi gave up only two in the eight compete innings he worked. The Clippers scored all their runs in the first two innings when they jumped on starting hurler, Bob Sadler, for two hits and took advantage of some shoddy fielding by the Staffa nine. Tony Colwell started things off in the top of the first when he was issued a free pass by the Staffa chucker. He stole second on the second pitch and reached hoine when Bob Nor- ris threw the ball. into left field in an attempt to get Col- well who was stealing third. The winners plated two more in the second although they managed only one scratch sin. cle. Don Smith. opened the in- ning and got life at, first when Hoof dropped his fly in right, field, The speedy' shortstop stole second and advanced to third when catcher Norris made an- other poor throw in an . attempt toss out a runner. Ray alt„ ichardson worked Sadler for -free pass and went to Second •0°' a a steal to leave two men in scoring position. Catcher Andy Halyk' arose to the situation and promptly hanged out a sharp single to the outfield le Send both his teammates scampering across he plate to give the Clippers a 3-0 lead. 1 -lop! then cane in to -com- mence his stellar relief job and set the next three inch clown in order, Score single tally Staffa finally hit The score sheet in the sixth with the help nt two errors by the Caledonia tin)), George Coveney led off' with a sharp single and reach- ed third on two infield outs. The hard -working Second baseman plated the Tun when Linc Itolifritsch rettehed base safely en an error by Lone Rubber at second. The Chunky infielder made a niet grab of the sharp grounder but threw the ball into the sten& and tthhfritsch was awarded second base, PorkY Wallace eined bis leaminete on the basepaths when his ground ball clidal Den Wallace thee stole second to put the tying tees in scoring poSititill. -Staffa ;hist failed IA bring theria in when Gatenby throve a ball into loft field, but Mika Gyokery Arita the tight spot to hat) it in and thwirt the rally, leaving his' team 3,1 lead. keatert again -The liettesters threatened again in the betturn of the thrill. but A spectacular tilay by third baSemati Prank Vyse tht off the rally, PerkY WaIlatk VOW 11 off with a hard hit fly into centre field and promptly stole seconcl. 1 -le moved to third on an in- field out but was left there as Vyse robbed Bob McKellar of what appeared to be a sure hit, The Stela first baseman lined a hard drive over the heed of Vyse, but the Caledonia infielder leaped high into the air' to knock the hall down and then caught it before it hit the ground. Pitchers hot Winning pitcher Ashbaugh allowed Staffa only lour hits in recording the win, He ,sent seven batters back to the bench via the strikeout route and faced only 33 men in the full nine innings. Linc Rohfritsch was the lead- ing hitter for Staffa, banging out two hits, while George Coveney and Porky Walace re- corded the others. Hopf struck out only four Clippers, but retired the side in order in five of the eight innings he worked, The lineups were as follows: STAFFA — Charlie Westman, Gary Hopf, Line Rohfritsch, Porky Wallace, Bill Gatenby, Bob McKeller, Bob Norris, Ferg McKellar, Bill Murphy, Bob Sadler and George Cov- eney. CALEDONIA — Tony Col- wel, Frank Vyse, Mike Gyok- ery, Gordie Mudie, Lorne Hub - bar, Don Smith, Roy Richard- son, Andy Halyk and Craig Ashbaugh. Nets huge pike at Stokes Bay John Webster, an ardent Exeter fisherman, hauled in a 36 -inch northern pike while fishing at Stokes Bay over the weekend. ',Me huge fish weighed be- tween 13 and 14 pounds and put up a 10 -minute battle be- fore, the mason could get it close enough Lor his wife to net it and bring it into the boat. Jahn was using a small perch for bait. 1 -Th caught several. other smaller pike over the weekend, reporting that the fishing was very good, Saturday's Catch was the biggest he has over hauled in. HOFFMAN Ambulance Service DASHWOOD 3 Ambulances 2 -stationed 0ashwoCid 1 at Grand Bend Drivers holders of 'St. Johns Ambulance Certificates Properly Eguippod ALSO PortrAttlt OXYDEN Phone Datilwood 70W or Draliel Bond 10W • ,17-0, .0,0 4, 0 • 4:00. Pick slat° reys lose 4-3 ,thrillr, ing run on third October 5, 1961 Pa01., , ..Pre4,sent blokstief:` at banquet • • strand ty Alra. Eidrid Simmons was elected president the Exeter, Ladies Golf Club at OOP an• Intel balletic!, staged at the Do, minion Hotel, ZOTi011 on Fri- day. She secceeds Airs. Cher - les Snell in the to PXOCUOVO post, Other Members elected to the executive for next season were: Mrs. Eugene Beavers, Vice-pre- sident; Mrs, Charles Smith, secretary -t. roe sure r, Mrs, Charles Shane and Mrs, Wm. Reuse, games committee, Following the dinner„ prises were awarded to the top golf- ers of the season. Airs, Morley Sanders topped the gratin end was presented with an orna- mental glass vase by Mrs Snell. Mrs. Helen Burton, ruiner - up, received a ball retriever, The ladies motored back to Exeter and spent the rest of the evening being entertained at the home of Mrs, Wally Read. third base runner when Bob Nicol couldn't find the handle on his grounder. Winning pitcher Gord Slaght then won his own game as he lashed a hard hit over the bag at third. Lyle Little just failed to snare the ball, but he couldn't reach it with Beaver On the base. All three runs came in on the bit. Giffords hold lead Giffords actually held a 2-0 lead until the fateful third, by virtue of single tallies in the second and third innings. Gifford helped things out for himself in the second when he boomed out a long triple into right field and came racing home when Al Flynn booted Lorne Haugh's ground ball at third. Haugh advanced to third on a wild pitch and an infield out, but died there when Ted Mac- Donald went down swinging. Bob Nicol shoved his team into a 2-0 lead in the third when the throw back into the infield eluded shortstop Roy Smith. Lyle Little accounted for the r.b.i., when he Pied to Don Pickering in left field. Rally fails The Exeter crew tried to get baele in the game in the sev- enth, but their rally fell one run short. Gary Middleton followed Haugh's ground -out with a long ball into right that bounced out of Don Dinney's glove and al- lowed "Stretch" to go all the way to third. Ted MacDonald brought him in on an infield out, but the rally ended when Bob Nicol popped up to Dick Coulter at second. Mel Finkbeiner, Gord Slaght, Russ Beaver and Bob Dinney accounted for the four hits off Gifford, 'while Bob Nicol, Lyle Little and Blake Gifford picked up the three safeties allowed by Slaght. Jim Russell was a defensive star for the losers, making two spectacular catches from his left field position. In the second inning he hauled in an over - the -shoulder catch on a deep drive by John Wade and doubl. ed Mel Finkbeiner off second, after the Crediton player thought the ball. was out of Russell's reach. His second catch came in the fifth when he raced into foul territory to snare a sinking liner off the bat of Don Picker- ing. The lineups were as follows: CREDITON — Roy Smith, Russ Beaver, Al Flynn, Dori Pickering, Gord Slaght, Mel Finkbeiner, John Wade, Don Dinncv and Dick Coulter, GIFFOR,DS — Bob Nicol, Lyle Little, Don Wells, Simon Nagel, Jim Russell, Blake Gif- ford, Lorne ilaugh, Gary Mid- `dletoil and Ted 'MacDonald. l I The story in Staffa By MRS. JOHN TEMPLEMAN • • ; Celebrate birthdays The family of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Duncan, Exeter, held a surprise party at their home on Sunday an the occasion, of their birthdays, Mrs, Duncan was 70 on September 21 and Mr. Duncan was 76 on Septem- ber 23, Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maver and ant ly, arquhar, Me. and Mrs. Gordon Maver and Rob- bie, London, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller and family and Mr. and Mra, John Temple- man and family, all of Staffa. Personal items Mrs, David Kemp, Stratford, spent the weekend with his par- ents. Among the guests at the Scott•Meikle wedding in Crqm. arty P'resbyterian church on Saturday were Mr. and Airs. Reg Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Agar, Mr. and Mrs. John Drake, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Colquhoun, Mrs. Eva Col- guhoun, Miss Jean Colguhoun, Miss Margaret Drake, Misses Rosanna and Romona Worden, Mr. George Vivian and Mr. Gordon Colguhoun, all of Stab,. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dun -c- an, Exeter, and Mr. and Mrs. Nell Ross, High River, Alberta arisited on Thursday with Mr. and• Mrs. Lloyd Miller and family and Mr. and Mrs. ,John Templeman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Eldrid. McNicol, Mrs. W. Dayman and Mr. George Miller, all of London, visited on Wednesday with Miss Margaret Miller and James. Mrs. Margaret Kemp's pu- pils from SS No. 3 Hibbert came first for their marching! at Mitchell fair on Wednes- da y. Mrs. E. Templeman is visit-. ing with Mr, and Mrs. Wilfrid Annis, near Mitchell, With the aid ef some shabby fielding by the Exeter Lreys, 1.\\A*aindtlebstansi ofteboappleatgliuee Hehiairionn, plonship with a thrilling 4-3 win in llensall WednesdaY. The Winthrop squad Inansg- ed only six hits off Rosalie Carey, but six errors by the Exeter squad paved the way fr the win.. The winners jumped into an early lead in their first appear- ance at the plate and notched a single tally although they managed only a bent single by ay Love. However, the speedy shortstop toured the base paths on consecutive errors by Ruth Hendrick and Ann Jorgenson, Winthrop opened the lead to 2-0 in the third on a booming triple by Ruth Ritchie and a passed ball by Exeter catcher, Ann Jorgenson, Greys get rolling The lead was short lived, however, as the Greys came back to knot the count when they plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Bev Wright opened the inning reach- ing second when the Winthrop first baseman let her sharp grounderAudrey geptuinet?eryighpt promptly cracked out a single, advanced to second on a poor throw into the infield and came scamper- ing home on an infield out. The Exeter nine took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Verle Smith circled the bases after being issued a free pass by Dona Hannon. The Exeter first baseman stole second and isicitorseful goine. Mary Gravett's hard After playing a scoreless sixth inning, Winthrop came up with' two big runs in their final appearance in the sev- enth to cap their championship. Winning pitcher Donna Hannon THE 10111E1 PIIIIOSOK mdc ONE THING THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT TO -DAV t DOLLAR.: IT HAS A LOT OF "GOOD BYrIN6 POWER Ado) ty 1,t file I iur: fit 1.....kkauLti No dollar gives you greater health value than the money you spend ori HURONDALE MILK and DAIRY PRO. DUCTS. They're the finest! 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' She Allowed only three hits in recording the win, giving up two singles to Mary Gravett ,anda Ingleton to. Audrey Pooley. Fay Love paced the seven - hit attack for Winthrop. beat- ing out two bunt sieglea. Other hit were registered by Joyce McClure, Mary Elliott, Ruth Ritchie, Deena l-lannon and June Dolmage, The lineups were as follows: 'EXETERMarY Gravett, 'Jean Taylor, Bev Wright, Aud- rey Pooley, Ruth Hendrick, Alice -Ann Nixon, Ann Jorgen- ,soe, Verla Smith and Rosalie Carey, WINTHROP — Joyce Me - 1 • Mrs. Ear W33411014 Exete; came up with A eparkling single et the Exeter Lae a last week to win the first bowlid blouse donated by Qould and Jory. 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