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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-10-12, Page 6Page .6 The 'Times,Mvecate."., Pcteber 12.4 190 COTTON'S fl(HCOMMENTS Ne* RCF CaPtai4 saY4h. in this i "Thii land I' tOld riew. try." GIG In ;rptinci his toy he cot thiS The anecee DC, has tr p( fo 1 la.st tOW.1i to it ton r 1.00-arn all hey The tion 4 Contra cbsts, Servici ina.dreq cal lo houses Recluti IroW nouns ceMmi tion heatini 1,5 ce: rate rate c nary, • ThE down, requ street levard the D L. Di erecti three Due end clivisic the i project The vided sociati bola ticiatiot funds1 or 'if: lights! unseri Will The, Was 1publTh 'Exetei sch Prejec •The be he trovin by Or School efs' In !tent, Sad6 By BILL •:B14 .4pertgclitor lAtH(.71$ FOR BASKETBALL? While most of the discus:Awls that come up M the S1711)11S board meetings are not newsworthy Xi= a sporting angle, we • certainly :sat up and :took notice when a letter was read at the last meeting requesting rates and regulations for the. use of the gymnasium for playing :basketball. The request came from Ron Needham, an. Accountant at the Bank of Montreal, .and was made on behalf of six or seven bankers from both loeal .reeney houses. The board took no ,definite .action on.the request, because they didn't know exactly :what the boys tad in mind. However, in a brief discussion tliey did have, several of the members voiced the -opinion that the school gym should be made available for .sporting .activities at a lower rate than their normal $25.per night, suggesting that $15 or even lower be .charged. We commend the members for this .attitude„ and feel that as long as the expenses of operating • the gym are met, it should be made available for sporting activities. • Basketball has long been, the number one sport at the old alma meter and will prob.ably con - Untie to hold down that position for some time to •come. Coach -Glenn Mickle has turned out innumer- ous championship teams and actually most students become at least mediocre players following the in- struCtion and competition during physical educa- ion classes. Unfortunately, as soon as these fellows step_ out of the hallowed halls of learning they have no further opportunity to play the game, because there are no facilities in the area for the sport, Being a keen (not to be confused with good) basketball player, we have always lamented- this fact and welcome any move that will give us a chance to perforin in our favorite sport. Apparent- ly this view is shared by Ron Needham and his cohorts . and we are sure there are many other players in the area who would like to get back in harness. CONSIDER RECREATION LEAGUE We contacted Ron after the meeting to find out what he had up his sleeve and he said he • and the other bankers were just interested in going out and playing basketball for a bit of fun as a means to keep their waistlines in place. Boom Boom Gravett informed us that he was interested in getting a rec league formed if the facilities could be attained and' stated he had several chaps interested in playing one night dur- ing the week. So, there appears to be some interest and we suggest that anyone interested should leave their name with either Ron, Boom or yours truly so we can present our findings to the school board and show them what we have in mind. We should point out that this will not be a high-class league (cuts ane out if it is) but will be for anyone who wishes to get out and enjoy a bit of fun and exercise one night a week. Principal H. L. Sturgis told the board that the badminton club was also interested in getting the facilities, so perhaps they would be wise to 'make their intentions known and the two groups could share the cost of the night if both groups could use the gymns on the same evening. "UNEARNED"—NoT UNEARNED We never found out the price of cotton when we were travelling down south, but we have reason to believe that "Cotton" isn't worth two cents out west—at least in Crediton. Many Crediton fans took exception to our caption last week stating that their ball team "scores 'unearned' win" in their Liniment League finals against Giffords. Taken literally, this head- ing justifies their many ''comments", and it was certainly not our intent to belittle their club. They won the series 3-1. and although we saw only one game, played a good brand of ball and deserved the championship. They won all three games by one -run margins and lost their only game by a single run, This is certainly deserving of note because many of their players lacked the experience of their opposition and one would expect that these youngsters might tighten up in a tough battle and commit some mistakes. However, this was not the case and it was actually the "veterans" on the Giffords team who cracked a bit under the pressure and committed the errors, The thing that we admired in the game was the friendly rivalry between the two teams. Every- one was playing to win, but there were no argu- ments and no bickering between opposing players. In fact, we sometimes wondered just whose side some of these guys were on, as the friendly "digs" flew between opposition and teammates alike. In an attempt to wiggle out of this situation and explain the heading, we should point out that we put quotation marks around the word "un- earned". This is done frequently in this business to denote a word that has been made up or one that does not carry the meaning given it by Mr. Webster. An account of the ball game stated that Crediton scored four unearned runs to win the game 4-8, With a bit of imagination (we have plenty sometimes) it was not hard to come up with the fact that because they scored four unearned runs and these runs accounted Tor the win, therefore it Was an "unearned win'. This is an old mathematical theory that Pred Meek pounded into our head with the help of his trusty metre stick and says that: If A equals 13 and B equals C—therefore A equals C, However, in baseball, things don't always work out to such strict rules and the only real outcome of the gale is the one that is recorded in the score book. In this case, it showed that Credi- ton won the game by a score of 4.3 and therefore certainly earned the win, We trust that will help appease some of our irate readers out Crediton way and we assure them that we did not. write the heading to "make excuses for Bxeters loss" (in a local league we never 'lick favorites unless we aro playing) or make it appear like "a slain hi our faces or at, tempt to make it "look o if we didn't play •at aiI 0 some people apparently think. Ilowever, If the 'explanation doesn't help, We can still take consolation in the fact that losing As• no^ Girls retain tecm trophy HS track team place second, record seven new ,Perthex mark one of their best showings in The SHDIIS tra4 team made Staffa wins H -P honors, recent years at the annual - ., Perthex competition in 111.1t- fcillilcisili;ea\‘.11Vpsee;c9inaaY, daveheeliwitthheya; rub . _....,.., ensa _ in -Ina , _ .,,,-„„„...... - .., .,,..„„ ..„., , . „i,„ st..,;thry, ior the honors, • total of 141 points, . . ' They staged a close battle Staffa pounded out an 1S -hit attack against two Hensall hurlers, Monday, to post a de- cisive 14-4 victory and cop the Baron l'"erth championship in the final game of their best -of - five series, It was the first time in three years that the -championship has been awarded to a team. In the previous two years, teams have not finishedthe playoff due to OBA playoffs, Playing at home in beautiful Thanksgiving weather, Staffa scored all their runs in four big innings as they pounded starter Gerry Bell and reliefer Steve Kyle unmercifully. Hensall managed nine big hits ,off Gary Hopf, but the, crafty lefty keel, them well scattered to keep out of serious trouble for moat of the after - 0000 The new champions came up with four big tallies in the third inning to jump into a commanding lead, but Hensel fought back to knot the count with a pair of runs in each of the fourth and fifth frames. I However, Staffa broke the tie In the bottom of the fifth with three more runs and took com- plete charge with a six -run splurge in the sixth. They added their final tally in the seventh. Only three men in the Staffa lineup failed to hit safely in their plate appearances. Left fielder Fcrg McKellar paced ' the attack with four clean sin- ' gles in his five trips to the dish. Lanky Line Rohfritsch ac- counted for his team's wily extra -base hit with a double, and finished off with a pair of singles. Bill Gatenby and Gary Hopi each had three hits, all singles. Charlie Westin n and Porky Wallace hit a pair each and Bob McKellar rounded out the a tutvashot ekith one safety. j Steve Kyle and Bill McKin- non, members of Hensall's OBA juvenile "D" champions, team- ed up with coach Gerry Bell to pace their attack, Kyle singled three times, while McKinnon hit a pair, Bell slugged a booming triple and one single in an attempt to keep his squad in the game, The other hits were account- ed for by Bruce Horton's- dou- ble and Dennis Mock's single.' Successful year President Bob Sadler termed 1 the past seam "real geed" not only for the Iluron-Perth League, but also for his own Staffa club, "We were glad to get the championahin decided this Year", he said, "because it has been bad when no win- , ner has been declared", Ile stated the return to strict homebrew calibre has helped the league and kept the costs within reach of all the teams, "We hope to have enough money left over at Staffa to buy jackets", he said, F INA LLY oEelpgai savetlea A.:13 11 H Wc.:-tnio 11 6 11 2 Covency 4 ° 0 llnlarlt9eh (I 'I' B. MeKellor Itopc Snri'lx Wall,,' (5t1” ..1.1tirphy P. MnNeller 5 1 4 HONSALI.• .88 R H .NIncit 5 0 1 .A.1.011, fhaddicic 2 2 1lorton 5 0 1 Kyle 5 1 6 I:ell• 5 2 2 .MvEinnon 6 1 2 19tynInnu 4 n 0 ,l, baker 4 0 0 siaffa—liont and Norlds, Wal- lace (5t9); Hensall—Beil, :Kyle (kW Bell (5111) and Shaddick 5 1 3 4 3 2 3 2 9 0 2 2 1 0 eek pucksters for entry in new homebrew league Although intermediate hockey is "a dead issue" as far as the Exeter Mohawk Booster Club is concerned, a new executive is working hard to come up with a team to enter in the proposed home-brew league in the area. Don "Boom Boom" Gravett, Exeter's energetic rec director, has three men named to an ex- ecutive and is presently can- vassing players in the area to see what interest there is in a team for Exeter, "Getting players is going to be the big thing," Gravett ex- plained, "and we have to know by Sunday if we are going to enter a team." Area centres will meet in Lucan at that time to draw up final plans for the league. It is expected that Clinton and Centralia RCAF Stations will enter along with Forest, and Lucan-liderton. There is a pos- sibility that teams from Clin- ton, Goderich and Mitchell may also enter the grouping. Gravett stated that there weren't too many players in Exeter, but hoped to interest some from Hensall and Zurich as well as the surrounding area, Of last year's intermediate "A" squad, only Gravet t, Keith Stephens, Jim Russell and Dick Bedard would be eligible for borne -brew category. Red Loader, a perennial all. -star with the club, has intimated that he will hang up his skates, but told Gravett be "will help out where possible." GB youngster nets huge pike Peter Haist, 12 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Art Haist, Grand Bend, landed a 12 -pound Northern pike while on a fish - ing trip with his family in the 'Key River, north of Parry Sound over the weekend. The youngster had a hard battle with •the huge fish be- fore he and his father managed to haul it into the boat. The fish was a little over three feet long, Art pulled in a six pounder on the trip. He reported the "weather perfect and the col , oring beautiful" which helped make up Thr the I et that the fish weren't. biting too well. Another local party of Gra- ham Arthur, Don MacGregor, Fred Walters, Phil Hern, Har -1 old Rowe and Ray Cottle also enjoyed the perfect Thanksgiv- ing weather on a fishing trip in the same area, but: returned with only a few fish, Two parties from Dashwood were also fishiag hi the .1<by 1 IMPRESSES DETROIT SCOUT River. II • . . Steve Kyle Juniors step up Cy Blommaert and Jim Mc- Donald, a pair of stalwarts with the junior Hawks last year, are on Gravett's list of top prospects, as both have played with the Mohawks in past years. The Exeter rec director also hopes to get Bill Pincombe, Al - lie Rundle, Gar Johnston and Bob Baynharn back in harness. All four players have per- formed with the Tribe before, but were shoved to the side- lines because they couldn't com- pete against the top import players brought in in recent years, Some of the other players mentioned included Tom Saw- - SIGNS "BLJE FORM" Bruce Horton yer, a former defensive stal- wart with Mitchell, who is now living in the area and Don and Doug O'Brien as well as other players from Zurich and Hen- sall. "We may get a team on the ice yet," Boom stated,. "but hockey is at its lowest ebb in the past eight years in Exe- ter." "If anyone is interested in playing or helping with the team he should let me know before Sunday," he stated, "be- cause we have to make a deci- sion then." Other men on the new exe- cutive include Ted Chaffe, Har- ry Mathers and Neil Campbell, who all carried much of the load on last year's Mohawk executive. Can use equipment • W. G. Cochrane, president of the Mohawk Booster Club, told The T -A, Tuesday, that there wouldn't be any intermediate hockey in Exeter "as far as we are cencerned." "I'm afraid it's a dead issue with us," he stated. He reported that a meeting called in the summer was onlyattended by three persons and tL g didn't appear to be much interest. However, the new executive has already received permis- sion to use the equipment be- longing to the Booster Club. Scout impressed , with Hensall pair pitcher Blake Gifford, who watched his squad boot, a couple of important plays, still thinks that Credi. ton's win was both unearned and "unearned", ' BATT'S) AROUND — While making this apology to the staunch Crediton supporters we must also apologize to Jack England, Russ Beaver and Mel Finkbeiner, We forgot to mention that they were members,of the team and were absent when the photo was taken by Bob Lambie, who came to our assistance what we had camera trouble , Readers may recall a letter we received, from J. B, Creech last winter, pointing out that his Kings- ville 8011001 was primarily interested in. Seholastie achievements rather than spending all their time 111 ,beating Exeter teams on the athletic field, We couldn't argue with the record he sent along to back up. ,his statements, but we have turned into a "doubting Thomas" since Wednesday when St, Marys (J, 13, moved there thiS year) whipped our school in the Perthex track meet, This follow could possibly bo subject to an investigation! Two members of Hensall's OBA. juvenile "D" champions favorably impressed the De- troit Tigers area scout when he watched them perform in Staffa, Monday. Harry Moore, Sarnia, wat- ched the final game of the Huron - Perth championship in order to see members of the juvenile squad perform in the intermediate ranks. Although they were trounced 14-4, the scout was impressed with the abilities of Steve Kyle and truce Horton and had the youths fill out "blue slips," giving their ages, ad- dresses and other pertinent sta- tistics. The information will be put on the Tigers records of area talent. Horton is a hard - hitting third baseman, while Kyle per forms equally well behind the plate Or on the motld. Receive letter The entire Hensall team re- ceived a congratulatory letter from the Detroit management after they won their second straight OBA chatepienship. The letter was sent to manager Ed Corbett. Shoot 20 ducks on northern trip Three Exeter hunters It. Willed Min e from Luther Ma rah late Tuesday n441.l with a hag of 20 Mallards which they shot on Monday and Tuesday at the popular '3,600 acre layout north of Arthlir, Doug • Gould, 13111 MacLean and Dick Roclufson made the journey and tenerted the hunt, ing good with the ducks they brought down in "good shape and good site," 4‘TheY Were far better. qual- ity than the ducks wo shot out West, last year," Gould stated, Altheogh no count is known on the number of ;Minters wit sOt up blinds in the Marsh, GOtild reported (hal oho games 1 Warden told theist he theeked — Please turn to page 1 trailing them by less than 1.8 points for most of the after- noon. Near the end of the coin - the SII squad moved a few Points aliead, but J. B. Creech's entry came back to the re beeoolpy4 up P °tnvsi nh P inasthethi r South Huron girls retained their trophy for amassing the inose number of points, scoring a total of 95. This was 29 more stItionutahreyis,rnearest rivals from Jim Coates, a husky junior from Usborne township shared the individual honors with two other competitors as he scored a total 10 ,points with two firss. Valerie Desjardine's eight points gave her a similar distinction, The cheerleaders regained their championship for the sec- ond straight year and SH athletes set two records and established five marks for events that were run off for the first time. Boys improve The SH boys team made the mos(' improvement over last year's showing, more than doubling their output with a total of 46 points. They scored only 19 last year at Mitchell. Jim Coates, who was third in the local meet, set one record in attaining a share of the in- dividual honors. He c a in e through with a leap of 34'41/2" in the hop, step, jump to eclipse the old mark of 33'9", His other first was in the shot when he heaved the eight- ivin2 weight a distance of Ron Metz finished second in the running board, Eric Rose was third in the hop step, jump and the relay team of Ron Motz, Dave Dale, Robert Ban. 'lister and Nelson l'a-:•1211 finished third. Mock sets record South Huron's intermediate champion, Dennis Mock, Hen- sall, came through with two. firsts in the 100 and 220 yard sprints. He set a new record of 24.4 seconds in the longer distance, shaving one.,tenth of a second off the previous mark. Mark Hoffman, Grand Bend, heaved the shot a distance of 36'1" to win the event and Larry Wein placed third in the 440 yard run. The relay team of Mock, Neil McAllister, John 4 Nagel. and Eoci Cnniter placed seeonds to score an easy win gained one first, they came up Busche placed first in the soft - Although the senior boys only ii)naAat s0ipncditeacsliGI:iollsesnsancainad t.:7nrildrotti with (.wci seconds and three thirds Dale Turvey sparked Dianne Hood, Elaine Miller show with 4 whisker-OdgO a Win in the 100 yard dash in a • lar Placing in the basketball toasds, Carol Alen scored a simi tirne Other secondS were scored by Judy Westbrook in the high jump and Sherry Ridley in the softball distal= 1956. 'Marion Valley placed right behind her 511 teammate itt the same "eliBonLnie Hogarth's third in the shot pot and the first place finish of the relay team coin - posed of Carolynne Simmons, aCnadroDI oArioctli;Lciel3Aouutsilrilliale er Grouunlids- ed out the scoring in tile inter. mediate class. Seniors get three Miss Siegner's senior entry also made •a good showing with three firsts, a second and four tiliCracits. Cathy Hodgins' leap of 13'9" won the running broad jum event, Pat Rowe heaved th shot a distance of 34'1" to eak ily win that event and Pa Rowe and Ann Grayer teamed up to win the softball speed tilrVev. TreJaY team of Cathy Hodgins, Judy Snelgrove, Gin- ny Hamden and Carol McLeod placed second over the 440. distance. The thirds were pick- ed up by Betty Dixon in the standing broad, Bev Smythe in the softball distance throw and the teams of Marg Hotson and Ann Hockey in the softball speed toss and Cathy Hodgins, Carole Hogarth and Margaret Boa in the basketball speed event. Cheerleaders repeat For the second straight year the SHDHS cheerleaders walked off with the Perthex champion- - Please turn to page 7 Dean McKnight placed sec- ond in the discus and Jack Stephen recorded a second in the 220, The thirds were re- corded by Al Bakker in the mile, Bill McKinnon in the broad jump and 100 yard clash sayntna, d$tiherelay tcm aof McKin- non, Tnrvey, Stephen and Gary Shares championship Valerie Desjardine, Grand Bead, who scored a perfect score of four runs in the local meet, came up with eight points in the Perthex competi-, Lion to share honors with two other competitors. The speedy youngster scored a first in the 100 yard dash and placed second in the stand ing broad. She teamed up with Dorothy Dickey to win the st,ft- ball speed throw, but it did not. count in the individual count. Sheila Palmer scored seconds in the 100 yard dash and the running broad and the team of Pat McLaren, Lana Keller and Jane Dettmer placed first in the basketball speed throw. The junior relay entry of Valerie Desjardine, Sheila Fah- ner, Jacqueline Sharpe and Helen Campbell placed first, establishing a record for the event which was run off for the first time this year, Two for Simmons Carolynne Simmons, SH's brilliant intermediate track star paced the local entry in that division with firsts in the .100 yard dash and the running broad jump. She sped down the track in a time of 12,2 DON McGREGOR PHONE 737 EXETER Electric and Acetylene Welding Trailers Built Of All Kinds BOLENS MUSTANG TILLERS Special Price On McCullogh Chain Saws See and Drive the New 1962 • 1 At Our Showr am NOW! S becial Sale Price! BRAND 'NEW '61 ENVOY SPECIAL 4 -DOOR SEDAN Save $ $ on this one! 1960 ENVOY SPECIAL • 4DOOR SEDAN wiridshied wathos Low Mileage Snell Bros. Limited 014N.B 100 HEV, OLDS A.% tt•NOS, • 'EXEttitt Home of Guardian Mointenanco