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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-08-29, Page 6RE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING of the EXETER MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE Thursday, Sept.5 at 8 pm All captains and persons interested` are requested to attend this' important meeting New teams weloorried, tiYALL 'ftibbtLti,i5 i,ositient! ATTENTION EXETER LADIES' BOWLING LEAGUE MEETING at the library Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 8:00 p.m. TEAM CAPTAINS OR REPRESENTATIVES MUST ATTEND ANY NEW MEMBERS CONTACT THE BOWLING LANES PHONE 235-2781 Wage. ItirrP§,AciY9c4tv, August .,2?, 1961 Zurich leads in HiaiR finals, area clubs start -OBA. play fq.f.k ALL GOOD SPORTS By Ross. Haugh Another pair of walks, an error and doubles by Kyle and Bogart enabled the tribe to increase their run total to eight, Back-to-back two-ongeu0Y Wright and Russell gave the winners two more in the top of the sixth to wrap up their run production. The Kings averted a shutout in their last trip to the plate when Jack Chipchase singled, stole second and came home on relief pitcher Dick Bedard's one Zurich Lumber Kings took a one game edge in the pest- of-three Huron Perth baseball final by downing Exeter Mo- hawks 7-2 Tuesday on the local diamond, Mohawks ended in first place after a home and home round robin semi-final series with three wins. Zurich also quali- fied for the final by winning a pair while Staffa managed only one victory, a 5-2 win over Exeter Sunday. In other action during the week, Exeter outscored Zurich 10-1 and the Kings came back to down Staffa 7-2. Int'Is win exhibition Present two special swimming awards Special awards were presented to two members of the Exeter Summer Playground swim program at the annual awards night at Riverview Park, Monday night. Above, Swim Director John Nagel pre- sents Randy Weber with the best all-round swimmer award and Assistant Director Marion Walker gives Bev. Genttner his crest as the most improved swimmer during the summer program. Greys behind 8-ball again base safety. Bill Shaddick and B edard shared the mound chores for the losers. Series windup Staffa Merchants and Exeter Mohawks wound up the Huron- Perth round robin play-off se- ries with a Sunday game in Staffa that was a nothing con- test for both clubs. The home team Merchants, already eliminated from further play, won their first game of the play-off round 5-2. George Coveney was in good form on the Merchant mound, limiting the tribe to two safe- ties while striking out 15. On the opposition rubber, Steve Kyle gave up a half dozen safeties, three of them to ve- teran centre fielder Line Roh- fritsch, and fanned nine. Joe Wooden and John Wade Were the only Exeter perform- ers to reach the paths by way of base hits. Al Clemo, Gerry Bell and Ferg McKellar picked up the balance of the Staffa hits. As expected, play-offs involving various teams in the Ontario Baseball Association are Ming Wider way this week, with most of the clubs swinging into action over the holiday weekend. Huron-Perth officials have received word that one of the clubs, Exeter Mohawks, will swing into action this week. Mohawks will be tangling with Petrolia, Western Counties "B" champs, in the opening round with the first contest slated for Petrolia Saturday and the return game in Exeter the fol- lowing day, Sunday. Staffa Merchants are hoping to swing into action ;with a pair of weekend games. Their first opponents could possibly be from Little Brittain, in the vicinity of Peterborough. The other H-P club, the Zurich Lumber- kings, have not as yet received notification of their opposition. The Kings and Mohawks will be meeting again for the Huron-Perth league title with a best- of-three series set to get going this week, Last year, wet and cool weather kept the same clubs from deciding a loop winner,although the Zurich squad was holding an edge on the unfinished series, PIN BOYS LOCAL TYKES WIN WOAA TITLE In minor action, one WOAA title was de- cided Saturday, that in the squirt division. The Exeter Squirts, or Tykes as they are officially called by the WOAA, captured the title by downing Walkerton, the only other town with an entry of boys, ten years and under. The local kids under the direction of Lorne Haugh took the northern boys two straight and are now waiting for word from the OBA on fu- ture dates in provincial play. Two Hensell clubs have been notified of their first play-off opposition. The pee wees will be meeting Fenwick of the Niagara district and the bantams are going against Wheatley in their first round. In girls' play:, Exeter and Brucefield at the time of writing are deadlocked at a game apiece in their best-of-five final for the southern title of the Huron Ladies' softball loop. The winner of this set, which will be de- cided this week, will play the champ from the northern group and the overall champ is ex- pected to meet Mitchell in the first WOAA round. Turning to men's softball, the Rec or Lini- ment loop clubs are now engaged in their first round play-offs with RCAF Centralia, Crediton and Exeter Kinsmen drawing first blood in the first games of their respective series. West Corners hold a two-game edge on last year's winners from Sylvan in Series A and Lieury are up two-games-to-one over Brinsley in the other semi-final of the McGillivray softball loop. Anyone wishing to set pins for the coming season, please meet at the Bowling Lanes on Centralia Internationals downed Irish Rovers of the Lon- don and District Soccer league's first division 3-2 in an exhibi- tion contest at the air station last week. In a fast, well-played match, the Centralia club took a 2-0 half-time lead with Anderson and Gbadamosi hitting paydirt, The London club put on pres- sure in the second half and with- in 19 minutes had managed to score twice to tie the game, Play ranged back and forth for several minutes and then, with only three minutes left, Gbadamosi broke loose all by himself and went in to boot the winner. In Huron Football play, the Internationals have 16 points to their credit, the same number as Winthrop, but the Centralia crew has one game left to play. Wed., Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. second of the night, upped the King total to six in the fourth. Consecutive singles by Dick Bedard, Don O'Brien and Bruce Moir chased across the seventh Zurich run in the top of the fifth. Jim Russell and Glenn Ben- nett divided the Exeter Pitching chores, giving up eight hits and issuing six free passes, Eliminate Merchants Zurich Lumber Kings pushed Staffa Merchants into the Huron-Perth discard by down- ing the Merchants 7-2 on the Zurich diamond Saturday after- noon. The win, their second in the round robin series, assured the Kings a spot in the loop final and the loss for the Merchants was their third in as many starts. Zurich's playing manager, Don O'Brien, and Staffa's Gerry Bell hooked up in a pitchers' battle in a well-played contest. Bell, while touched for nine hits, struck out eight and dis- played excellent control in not issuing a single free pass. O'Brien also was able to find the strike zone with regularity, walking only one and sending six opponents back to the dugout by way of the strike-out route. Ferg McKellar put the Mer- chants out in front in the third as he connected for a single, stole second and scored on a couple of passed balls. The home club came right back in the bottom of the same frame to count three times and go ahead to stay. After the first batter was re- tired, Don Genntner lined out a double and scored on a single from the bat of Bruce Moir. Earl Wagner followed with a double putting his team out in front and Jack Chipchase chip- ped in with a single to plate another. Another bingle by Wagner, combined with two Staffa field- ing miscues and singles by Jim Bedard and Phil Overholt sent four more lumbermen across the dish in the sixth and ended the scoring for the day, Porky Wallace and Ferg Mc- Kellar each got to O'Brien for two two-base hits. Wallace's being a double and a home run and one of McKellar's went for three bases. Exeter Bowling Lanes Kings win opener Dick Bedard threw a four- hitter at Mohawks Tuesday when the Lumber Kings won an abbre- viated contest to open the H-P loop final. The teams traded single runs in the first inning, Bill Shad- dick banged a single to start the Zurich rally and Earl Wag- ner cashed him with a double. The tribe's lead-off swinger, Cord Strang, connected for a single, moved up when Steve Kyle drew a free ticket and came home on an infield error. The winning Kings came right back in the second to take advantage of three walks and an error to go along with Don Genntner's one base safety for three markers. The Mohawks fought back in the third to plate their final run when Steve Kyle doubled, moved up on a Zurich miscue and came across on Jim Carey's single. A walk, a fielder's choice, a Mohawk error, a single by first baseman Don O'Brien and another safety by Wagner, his lead and kept adding to the finish. Audrey Pooley's two-out ho- mer with Jean Taylor on as the result of an error accounted for the Greys opening scores. The first four Grey batters to the plate in the second crossed the plate safely to up the score to 6-2. Mary Gravett, Ann Jor- genson, Dorothy Wilson and Rose Carey dashed across with the markers that put the locals in front to stay. A walk to Audrey Pooley, singles by Helen Ebel and Gra- vett along with an infield out produced three more in the third. Seven consecutive runs after one was out in the sixth closed out the Exeter scoring for the night. Squirts sweep series to win WOAA crown Swimmers get awards Buy a beautiful OrCal Diamond Insured free for one year Pleasing you pleases us. MOB@ DILE1 Stars win opener Brucefield Stars took a one- game edge in the Huron Ladies Southern group softball final by downing Exeter Greys 16-4 in Hensall Thursday. The Brucefield girls 'scored six times in the very first inning when they took advantage of three free passes and a pair of Exeter errors to move into the early lead. Each club committed six fielding mistakes throughout the contest to keep the hurlers in trouble. Base hits by Betty Wil- son powered the opening scoring splurge by the Stars. The winners added a single marker in the fourth, broke loose for four in the sixth and came back with two and three in the seventh and eighth res- pectively. Shortstop Bev Wright and winning pitcher Betty Graham were the top Brucefield hit pro- ducers. Graham connected for two singles, batting in the num- ber three spot and Wright sla- shed three safeties from the clean-up position. Exeter's scoring spurts came late in the game with two runs in each of the last two frames. Two Brucefield errors and Audrey Pooley's two base drive accounted for the opening scores. A walk and base hits from the bats of Dorothy Wilson and Dar- lene Snell plated the ninth inning runs. Each hurler struck out six batters over the nine inning play-off route. Graham for the winners issued two free tickets and Rose Carey throwing in a losing cause walked seven. USED GREYS ADVANCE In a do-or-die effort the Exe- ter Greys downed the Clinton RCAF ladies 16-4 to gain a berth in the Huron Ladies softball final last Wednesday on their home field. Each team scored twice in the first inning and then the local girls came back with four tallies in the second to take a Exeter Squirts won the WOAA novice championship by downing Walkerton in straight games in a best-of-three series. The locals travelled to the Bruce County town Wednesday to register a 9-4 victory and returned to their home diamond Saturday to take a 14-3 decision. The young WOAA champs, coached by Lorne Haugh and Bill McLean, now move into OBA playdowns. EASY VICTORY The Squirts wrapped up the title Saturday with a fairly easy 14-3 victory. Scoring three times in the opening inning, the young club was never in serious trouble. It is made up of practically the same youngsters who won se- veral novice hockey tourneys last spring. Jim Guenther was a power of strength, both on the mound and at the plate. The young southpaw allowed but two hits and struck out seven in as many innings. Guenther started the first Two series square in softball playoffs More than 150 Exeter and district youngsters from the ages of five to 15 gathered at Riverview Park Monday night for the annual awards night of the summer playground swim program. Rec Director Don Gravett was in charge of the get-to-gether along with the Swimming Di- rectors John Nagel and Marion Walker. Crests and cards were given to all the youngsters who passed their Red Cross tests during the last couple of weeks. Randy Weber was selected as the swimmer that combined ability with co-oper at ionand regular attendance. Another special award, for the youngster that showed the most improvement during the summer course, went to seven- year-old Bev Genttner, Swim Instructor Nagel has released another list of com- petitors that have passed their Red Cross tests recently. Beginner s—Lois Porter, Joanne Inch, Jon Gaiser and Jo-Anne Geiser. Juniors — Jack Hodgert, Jo- Anne Hodgert, Barbara Arnold and Bob Dobbs. Intermediate — Donald Campbell, David Keating, Barry Baynham, Judy Esty and Grant Hodgert. Mohawks triumph Exeter Mohawks outscored Zurich Lumber Kings 10-3 at the Hensall Park Wednesday to make certain of a berth in the league finale. Jim Russell, making his first start on the Exeter mound in several weeks, gave up but six safe blows over the abbreviated six inning course. The big right- hander fanned six, four of them with men on the paths. The Mohawks started the sco- ring with a trio in the second and followed with a single in the third. Four bases on balls combined with George Wright's line single produced the first flurry. Ron Bogart's long triple chased Steve Kyle home from first after the left fielder had singled. 1959 Chevrolet BISCAYNE SEDAN low mileage good condition 1958 Chevrolet 4 DOOR YOEMAN STATION WAGON automatic transmission, two- tone finish ing was needed to decide a winner. Four consecutive bases on balls in the bottom of the eighth pushed across the winning marker to give the airmen a 14-13 decision. Rely Hache and Bud Attrill led the attack on Lane pitcher Bud Fisher with a pair of sing- les each. Simon Nagel, Jim Russell and Murray Bell collected two hits apiece for the Lanes, with one of Russell's being a circuit clout with one on in the fifth. The game was close all the Way with not more than two runs separating the clubs at any time in the game, CREDITON BLANKS LEGION Crediton Rockets scored all of their runs in the first inn- ing When they blanked Legion on the Crediton diamond Wed- nesday by a 5-0 count, Left fielder Gord Slaght's grand slam homer was the big blow as Don Mousseau of the Legion and home team Grant Jackson hooked up in a pitch- er's battle. Jackson allowed but three hits over the seven inning distance, IVIousseau was just as Stingy after the first f"'Bmile. lMereer, Howard Holtz- Man and Chub Edwards were the vets able to solve the of- ferings of Jackson success- fully. Grant Jackson With two and Joe Gann, Mel Finkbeiner and Al Flynn with singles rounded out the Crediton hit produc- tion. MAVERICKS ItALLV In the third preliminary Seri lea, Exeter kinsmen won the first Otte Wednesday 8,1 and the Kippen MaVerieks came badk Monday to ?begat 11 victory to tie things 1958 Chevrolet BISCAYNE SEDAN automatic transmission, cus- tom radio, washers, back-up lights scoring burst by singling with the bases loaded from his clean- up post and continued his batting success with a lead-off homer in. the third and a triple in the next frame. Chris Riddell was next inline in the hitting department, notch- ing a pair of singles, Other Exeter safeties, all of the one base variety, were col- lected by Allan McLean, Johnny Hayter, Jim Darling and Larry Haugh, Walkerton managed two runs in the fourth and one in the seventh. Only two errors were com- mitted by the local infield as they came up with some fine plays, especially from Hayter and McLean. WIN ON ROAD Exeter Squirts spread their scoring attack over four innings to down Walkerton in the WOAA final opener in the northern town 9-4. Three tallies in the third inning gave the Exeter boys the lead and they added a single in the next frame and rallied for three in the sixth and two more in the seventh. A walk to Randy Becker and consecutive singles by Allan McLean, Larry Haugh and Chris Riddell sent the opening scores across the platter. Johnny Hay- ter's single along with an error and a wild pitch accounted for the fourth tally. The three-run outburst in inning six came as the result of four free tickets and Hayter's second bingle of the evening. Back-to-back triples by Jim Guenther and Jim Darling along with an infield grounder sent the local scoreboard total to nine. All of Walkerton's scoring was confined to the sixth when •k a walk, a hit batsman, a fielder's choice and Phil Bolden's round tripper accounted for four runs. The Exeter defensive set-up was air-tight with infielders H a yter and McLean making some sparkling plays and cat- cher Haugh throwing out three potential base swipers. Jim Guenther fanned 13 op- posing batters over the seven- inning distance. 1958 Meteor NIAGARA SEDAN power steering and brakes, cus- tom radio, whitewall tires, shadelite glass -- one owner. Brucefield Stars hold a one- game margin over Exeter Greys in the Huron Ladies' southern group final. The two clubs traded wins in last week's play. Brucefield won the opener 16-4 and the Greys bounced back to take the second 13-4. Tuesday evening on the Hen- sall diamond the Brucefield club moved in front with a 15-12 decision. The fourth game was played last night, Wednesday, and if a fifth game is necessary it will go Friday, also in Hensall. NINTH FRAME RALLY The Brucefield girls broke out with an eight-run rally in the top of the ninth to over- come an Exeter lead and go on to win Tuesday's tilt. It was a free-scoring,loosely played contest with 32 base hits recorded and 15 errors com- mitted. Winning pitcher Betty Gra- ham and shortstop Bev Wright led the Stars' hitting attack with a trio of hits apiece. Audrey Pooley, Ann Jorgen- sen and losing hurler Helen Ebel were best in the Exeter hitting department, also con- necting for three safeties each. One of Pooley's clouts was a home run as was Mary Gra- vett' s lone hit that rolled past the cars in deep centre field. The game started out as a nip-and-tuck affair with the lead see-sawing back and forth. The Greys kept pecking away until they had an 11-7 margin going into the fateful ninth. Three costly errors combined with three extra base blows spelled defeat for the locals. Locals tie series An eight-run splurge in the top of the sixth was the deciding factor when Exeter Greys down- ed Brucefield Stars 13-4 in Hen- sall Saturday to tie the Huron ladies' best-of-five final at a game apiece. Brucefield broke the scoring ice in the second with a single marker, Bev Wright opened with a one base blow, advanced to se- cond on a ground-out and came home on Straughn's single. The Exeter girls retaliated with a couple of runs in the third to take a temporary lead. Sing- les by Dolly Mattson, Mary Gra- vett and Jean Taylor along with a booming double by Audrey Pooley produced the go-ahead scores. The Stars roared back in the fifth taking advantage of three Grey miscues, their only mis- takes of the game, combined with bingles by Nealy and Gra- ham to score three and go ahead again. Dorothy Wilson started the game winning rally in the se- venth by leading off with a dou- ble. After an outfield fly, Mattson walked, Gravett singled to score Wilson and Jean Taylor followed with a similar safety to send Mattson across with the tying run, Audrey Pooley lined out a single to chase Gravett home with the actual winner. A couple of errors and doub- les by Darlene Snell and Ann Jorgenson completed the big inning and put the locals out in front 10-9, A Single tally in the eighth and two in the ninth for the Greys ended the scoring for the night, Shortstop Audrey Pooley was the swatting star fbr the winners banging out four singles and a double in silt trips to the plate. Helen Ebel claimed the pitching victory, displaying fine control, walking only two bat- ters while striking out five, BOUQUET DEPARTMENT Congratulations are certainly in order for four area sportsmen accomplishing outstanding feats in three different sports over the past couple of weeks. The latest is the terrific showing of John Anderson of Hensall competing in the Grand American Trapshooting tournament held in Van- dalia, Ohio, over the past weekend. Anderson Shot 97 of 100 targets firing from a 21-yard handi- cap, the second highest score for any Canadian competitor. Only two weeks previous, the Hensall sharpshooter, a member of the Kippen Gun Club broke the same number of targets in a similar event in the Quebec championships. Out at the local golf course several fine performances have been turned in lately. A few weeks ago Jim Mason shattered the course rec- ord by firing a 30 over the par 34 nine-hole course. Mason started the second round with a pair of birdies to be six under par at the end of 11 and finished the 18-hole tour with a respect- able 65. About ten days ago, Doug Vaughn, a youngster from Huron Park, Centralia sank his tee shot on the 200 yard seventh hole to produce the second hole-in-one of the Exeter Golf Club's higtory. In track and field, Craig Davidson won the senior division of the Lake Huron Zone Recrea- tion meet at Walkerton several weeks ago with an amazing record. Craig captured four firsts in his age group and was instrumental in the Exeter contingent making their best showing in the five- year history of the tourney. 1957 Chevrolet DELUXE COACH radio, whitewall tires, two-tone finish 1955 Plymouth 4 DOOR SEDAN automatic transmission, wheel discs, low mileage one owner Tribe meets Snell Bros Limited ettp,v.--..(5Lbt ENVOY — doitViifit PHONE '235..0666 EXETER Rec softball play-offs are now in the first round with two deadlocks existing at the mo- ment. Centralia Airmen and Ex- eter Bowling Lanes are tied at a game apiece in their best- of-three set as are the Kippen Mavericks and Exeter Kins- men. Crediton Rockets hold a one- game margin over Exeter Le- gion in the other series, LANES ROLL AGAIN Exeter Lanes got back on even terms in Rec league play with RCAF Centralia by down- ing the airmen 11-'7 Tuesday night at the air station. Jack Fuller, making his first start on the Lanes mound for more than a month, held the airmen to seven well scattered hits while fanning the same number, The Lanes jumped on start- er Pete Baribeau in the first frame for seven big runs. Four bases on balls combined With solid singles by Sinion Nagel and Bill Gilfillan and two from the bat of Murray Bell account- ed for the opening splurge. The airmen dame back With a single tally in their first time at bat and the clubs traded Single runs in each of the next two innings. Base hits by Puller and Jim Rtissell gave the "bowlers" their final pair of runs in the seventh. The RCAF boys made their last threat in the Sixth when they crossed the plate four times as Sale blows by Bath- beau, Murphy, Jelitigeti afid Donald were the contributing fattorS. Alnlv814 WIN FIRST In the Opening contest of the Series Wednesday an extra inn" Petrolia nine Exeter Mohawks will start on the Ontario BaSeball As, soe fad on play-oft trail this weekend meeting Petrolia in a best-of-three serieS. The first game will be played in Petrolia Saturday With the return contest Slated for the Exeter Park Sunday afternoon at 2:00 Pim. HOCKEY COMING UP With hockey just around the corner sev- eral interesting items have come to our atten- tion. A couple of National league clubs are go- ing to take a look at some of the,European Olym- pic stars, particularly from Sweden. The New York Rangers have invited 'Ulf Sterner to their work-outs and the Stanley Cup winning Toronto Maple Leafs have also decided to take a look-see at a pair of Swedes, Goalie Kjell Sevensson and left-winger Carl Deberg have been 'asked to the Leafs' opening camp at Peterborough. September 6, The Other news concerns one of the busi- est Canadians in the ice game, especially in the administration end of things. He is Wren Blair, who has served as gen- eral manager with many senior clubs and the Whitby Dunlops when they represented our country in international eampetitions, For the coming hotkey season, Blair will be managing three clubs ,at the same time, as well as handling scouting duties for the Boston BrUirs, The Kingston franchise of the Eastern Professional loop that Blair was directing last year has been moved to' Minneapolis and will be known as the Bruins, tie will also be in charge of the ()Shaw% Generais of the Junior 011A and the Clin- ton Cornett of the United States Eastern leavue, Smith and Cann take jitney here Verne Smith and Art Cann proved to he the best when about 24 members turned out for the regular weekly jitney at the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club greens Tuesday night. The winning pair posted two Wins and a plua of 13, Will Goodwin, a regular in the winner's circle, combined With Janice Fisk to grab sec- ond spot with two wins and 11 plus. A plus of 2 enabled the corn-. bination of Len McKnight and Don JaCksbn to nail down the number three spot, In Saturday night play, Len McKnight and Clarence Down joined forces to take the top award with a 2: Plus 20 per- formance. A single win plus 10 moved Art Cann and Lila 8inith into the runner-up SOL.