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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-08-19, Page 6Pogo 6 Times-Advocate, August 19, 1965 FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS By Jim. Russell. Curling Club improvements Even though temperatures have been in the high 80's in the past couple of weeks members of the Exeter Men's Curling Club have been working hard to put the finishing touches on club improve- ments at which they have been working since April Since last year's curling ended, volunteer work crews of 20 to 25 men have turned up to work at the club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and within the next month they will have installed a thermostatically controlled heating system under- neath the ice surface, rink dividers and remodelled the basement rooms. To date the males have sup- plied most of the labour but the ladies have also helped out by providing sandwiches and refresh- ments to the labourers and will assist in decorating the basement portion later. So far the men have dug 16 trenches and in- stalled the heating pipes 27 inches below the sur- face. These trenches run the length of the ice sur- face and allow the frost from the ice to go down only 13 inches from the ice surface and thus keep the ice from heaving as it did last year when the frost was allowed, to go down more than two feet. Two trenches remain to be dug to complete the sys- tem which will be the first in this area. The rink dividers will not be installed until the curling season gets underway but the basement, which has been very plain in the last few seasons with bare concrete walls and a few lockers, has tak- en on a different look and is almost completed. The large room features a fireplace and in- direct lighting as well as wood panelling while the lockers have been moved into another room to make room for some new furniture. Officials of the club estimate that with the volunteer labour the cost of both projects will reach $14,000 and they are now on the lookout for more curlers. Last year the club had nearly 300 competi- tors and they hope to expand their ranks by at least 50 for next year. The local curlers deserve a pat on the back for the enthusiasm which they have shown in im- proving conditions at the club and they will undoubt- edly enjoy the fruits of their labours this winter. CLUBS BATTLE FOR TOP POSITIONS With a little over a month and a half remain- ing in both major league schedules every game that the pennant contenders play will be important as they strive far a birth in the World Series which will be started in the first week of October. Although they lost three out of four to Cleve- land over the weekend, the American League lead- ing Minnesota Twins still hold an eight-game lead over the Tigers and Indians who are, at the time of this writing, tied for second place in the standings. The Minnesotans have apparently lost their best pitcher of the last few years, Camilo Pascual for the season while first baseman Harmon Killebrew has been out with an elbow injury for the past two weeks but the Twins continue to hold their wide lead. Two Cleveland castoffs, Jim `Mudcat' Grant and Jim Perry, have come to the fore with Pascual on the sidelines to lead the Twins in the pitching department while Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmy Hall and Killebrew's replacement at first base, Don Mincher, have taken up the hitting slack. The Twins have 44 games left to play while both the Indians and Tigers have 46 remaining in which to catch the leaders. Cleveland, with sluggers like Rocky Colavito, Leon Wagner, Chuck Hinton and Max Alvis and a fine young pitching staff led by fireballers Sam McDowell and Sonny Siebert, would seem to be the Twins' biggest threat but the Tigers, if they continue to get good pitching, could be a real contender if they are able to sweep this week's three-game series with the leaders. Meanwhile over in the National League the Dodgers and Sandy Koufax who is 21-4 continue to lead Milwaukee, San Francisco and Cincinnati by no more than four games and like the last several sea- sons it looks like the senior circuit is in for another close finish with any one of five teams able to cop the flag. RUSTLINGS — The Exeter Saddle Club will present their second annual Rodeo September 4 and 5. This event was very well attended last year and the local club is looking forward to another good turnout. The Rodeo will take place on the farm of Len Veri which is located two and a half miles west of Exeter on Huron Street . . . Casey Stengel's re- cent operation although termed a success may mean the end of his managing career even though he might rejoin the Mets later on this year. Although the Met front office appointed coach Wes VVestrurn to take over the club in Stengel's absence, most of the experts feel that Yogi Berra will be the man- ager of the Mets next year. They also feel that Berra was not named to replace Stengel this year because it would decrease the publicity when Yogi is signed for the 1966 season. Exeter Greys enter Brucefield series New look for the Curling Club Approximately $4,000 is being spent in remodel- a heating system under the ice to prevent heav- ing the lower lounge of, the Curling Club this sum- ing. Wally Seidon, club president, is shown here mer and an additional $10,000 is being spent for examining the new fireplace. (T-A photo) Spoies< Kinsmen's Don Bell helps down Crediton this Sunday, Wednesday afternoon and during the evening throughout the week, ,‘,1,ASAttps!,04.5*.Aie;" • .315, SNELL BROS. CHEVROLET • OLDSMOBILE 450 Main S. EXETER 235-0660 where this turns to this Company Cars 7965 Biscayne 1965 Corvair Sedan, automatic transmission, custom radio, 2 speed wiper and washers, wheel discs, back-up lights. Monza 4-Door sport sedan, 110 H.P. engine, automatic transmission, washers, custom radio, back-up lights, whitewall tires, wheel discs. . USED CARS 1964 Pontiac 1963 Chev Stratochief Coadh, 2 Speed wiper and washer, whitewall tires. 1962 Chev Bel Air 2-Door Hardtop, automatic trans- mission, washers, discs, radio, rear Seat speaker, new whitewall tires. Biscayne Sedari, 2 speed wiper and washers, wheel discs. 7967 Vauxhall Station wagon, 21,000 actual miles, a western car. 1959 Chev Bel Air Sedate tWo-tone whitewall tires, wheel discS. [SNELL EROS. CHEVROLET • OLDSMOBILE 450 Main S. EXETER 235.0660 Crediton and Airmen take lead 'in series The Exeter Greys split two games last week by defeating Hensall 3-0 On Monday night and losing to Brucefield1-1,1ast Wedneeday. By blanking Hensall 3-0 on Monday the Greys earned the right to enter a best three out of five series against Brucefield. All games in the Series will be nine inning contests which will be played in Hensall starting at 8:30. The first game was to be play- ed last night (Wednesday) with the second game set for Friday night. Exeter pitcher Pat town held Hensall, to four hits in the Mon- day gairtie as she hurled the Greys to their sedond straight win over the losers who were eliminated from the round-robin series as a result. Down struck out six in the seven inning ganie while walk- ing none while Linda Regan On the mound for Hensall gave up Seven Exeter safeties. Regan held the Greys to single runs in the first, fifth and sixth fraMes but her mates were un- able to push any runs across the plate. The Greys took a 1.0 lead in the first when after one was out Jean Weber reached first on an error advanced on another error and came in to score on Fern Dougall's Single. The winners struck for another tally in the fifth when four straight singles off the bats of Weber, Audrey Pooley, Dougall and Iris Mar- - Please turn to page 8 Both Dashwood and Walkerton came back with victories on Sun- day to tie their best of seven series at one game each. The Tigers, behind Dave Ratz's fine pitching, clubbed two Zurich pitchers for a total of 15 hits and a 13-3 victory to knot their best of seven Series at a game apiece with one game tied. At Walkerton the home club came up with five big runs in the fifth inning to defeat Staffa 7-3, to tie their best of seven Huron-Perth final series 1-1. Staffa won the first game of the series by a 6-2 score in Mitchell last Wednesday night. Walkerton righthander Al Steinhoff scattered 12 Staffa hits in Sunday's nine inning contest while holding the Merchants to single runs in the second, fourth and ninth innings. The winners scored once in the first and third frames and five times in the fifth off Staffa starter Porky Wallace. Second baseman George Cov- eney collected almost half of Staffa's twelve hits as he rapped out four singles and a double in five trips to the plate, Jim Russell with a double and a single and Al Clemo with a pair of singles had two hits each for the Merchants while Link Rohfritch, Bill McNaught and Charlie West- man picked up a single each. Staffa took a 1-0 lead in the series with a 6-2 win in Mitchell on Wednesday as George Coveney tossed a two hitter while striking out seven in the seven inning contest. The winners held a 1-0 lead until the fifth when Walkerton came up with two unearned runs in the fifth to take a 2-1 lead Exeter Pee Wees lose to Clinton The Exeter pee wees joined the bantams and midgets on the side- lines on Monday night when they were defeated 3-1 by Clinton in Exeter. Clinton took the first game of the best of three series 11-10 on their home diamond last Thursday. • In the Monday night contest Exeter. pitcher Larry Haugh held the visitors to only three hits but his mates were unable to push enough runs across the plate against Clinton pitcher John Wil- Hams in the seven inning tilt. The locals managed one run in the second frame when Allan Parsons doubled home Dale Mac- Kenzie who had singled with one out Williams ended the rally by fanning Steve Riddell and making Joe Darling popup. Clinton scored all their runs in the top of the second on a double, a single and two bases on balls. Dale MacKenzie and Allan Mc- Lean each had a single for the locals while Parsons' double was Exeter's only extra base blow. The powerful Clinton entry ral- lied for thtee rues in the last inning on Thursday night to win the first game of the series 11-10. Exeter scored e single run in the second and then came up with seven in the third and two more in the sixth but it still wasn't enough to defeat the Clinton slug- gere who scored 11 runs on six hits against pitcher Larry Haugh. Clinton hurler Paul Bar tliff gave up three singles to Joe Darling, Allan McLean and Jack Darling in his route going per- fer m Wide. but Staffa came roaring back with five runs in the sixth for their winning margin. Walkerton pitcher Doug Cas- sidy had muffled the Staffa bats superbly until the sixth when seven out of the first eight bat- The Exeter Kinsmen and Bowl- ing Lanes registered Rec League Playoff wins Monday night. The Kinsmen, behind the three hit pitching of Don 'Dinger' Bell, blanked Crediton 4-0 to tie the series in their best of three semi- final series at one game each while the bowlers edged the Le- gion 3-2 on the Crediton diamond to take a one game lead in that series. In the game at Exeter, Bell gave up a fourth inning single to Lloyd Mathers and fourth and seventh frame singles to Ron Dawe for the only Crediton safe- ties in his masterful perform- ance. The Kinsmen gave Bell a 3-0 cushion in the first frame when shortstop Jim Sandford reached Crediton starter and loser Joe Green for a three run homer after Ron Anderson had singled and Pete Flannigan walked, The winners closed out the scoring with a single run in the third when Doug Sillery walked and later scored on Jim Hewitt's double. Bell fanned three Crediton bat- ters while walking six in his route going performance while Green struck out five Kinsmen batters in the six innings that he worked. Dave McCutcheon with a triple and single and Jim Hewitt with a double and single led the win- ners at the plate. Ron Anderson had a pair of singles While Jini Sandford had a first inning homer and Pete McFalls added a single. The Exeter Bowling Lanes came back after blowing a 7-2 After losing the first game and tying the second, the DashWood 'tigers finally broke out on Sun- day with 13 runs and 14 hits to clobber Zurich 13-3 to tie their best of seven series for the right to enter the OBA at one game apiece. Southpaw Dave Ratz went the first seven innings on the mound and Eugene Guenther finished up for the winners while Don O'Brien Started On the hill for the Luni- berkings and lasted until the fifth frame When he was replaced by Rick Stade. DashWood wrapped up the win in the first four innings as they Scored eight runs with three in the first, two in 'the second and ters picked up hits. Most of the 11 Staffa safeties were of the single base variety with Dennis Hughey, Porky Wal- lace and Link Rohfritch collect- ing a pair each while Allan Clemo had a double for the only extra 1 e ad in Wednesday's opening game to edge the Legion 3-2 in Crediton Monday night with an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Lanes Jack Fuller and Don Mousseau of the Legion hooked up in a tight pitching duel with each hurler allowing five hits but the Lanes broke a 2-2 tie in the final frame when shortstop Joe Leiter doubled with one out and later scored on an error by third- baseman Jerry Finnen. The veterans took a 1-0 first inning lead when catcher Murray Britnell rapped a homerun with nobody on but the Lanes knotted the count in the third and took a 2-1 lead in the last of the fourth on Fuller's homer. The Legion squad came up with a single run in the fifth to tie the score again and set the stage for the Laiter's winning marker in the sixth. Both Fuller and Mousseau fan- ned three batters in the tight contest while allowing five hits each. Murray Brintnell was the only player on the two teams to pick up more than one hit as he col- lected a homerun and a single in three trips to the plate. Mous- seau, Dick Bennett and Bill Mer- cer each had a single to complete the Legion hitters. The five Lanes' safeties were divided evenly among five dif- ferent players as Jack Fuller homered and Latter doubled for the only extra base blows for the winners while Gord Strang, Dave Wood and Bill Gilfillan Collected a single each. three in the fourth while Zurich scored twice in the seventh and Once in the ninth, Bob Hoffman paced the Dash., wood attack at the plate as he picked tip four straight singles while Art Rader contributed two doubles and a single. Eugene Guenther picked up a double and a single with Gord Vincent and 13111 Schade ad ing two singles each. Pitcher Don O'Brien had two Singles for the losers while Dick Bedard picked up a double and Angus Mcintosh and Rick stado added singles. The two rival clubs played ta a 2-2 in the second game of the PleaSe turn to page 8 Crediton and the Airmen took one game leads in their series on Wednesday when they regist- ered wins over the Kinsmen and Old Timers respectively while the Legion and the Bowling Lanes played to a '7-7 tie in a six inning ga.rne at Exeter. The Airmen, behind the four hit pitching of Leo Romain, tagged Old Timer pitchers Lloyd Cush- man and Ron Pethick for 15 runs to blank the losers by a 13-0 score while Crediton laced the Kinsmen 12-3. The Crediton squad wasted little time with Kinsmen pitcher Bill Rowe as they erased a 3-0 deficit with six runs In the first frame on three singles, a double and a triple. The winners then came back with three runs, in both the second" and third innings to complete the scoring for the evening, After Crediton starter Al Smith had retired the first batter of the game ter straight singles off the bats of Pete Flannigan, Jim Sandford, Doug Sillery and Jim Hewitt and a double by Ross Mathers netted the Kinsmen three runs but Smith blanked the losers until the fourth when Joe Green took over to shut them out the rest of the way. Jim Finkbeiner with a pair of singles led the winners at the plate while extra base hits were collected by Bob Hodgins and Lloyd Mathers who had triples and Mel Finkbeiner and Al Flynn who picked up a double each. Dick Coulter, Al Smith and Russ Beav- ers each contributed a single to the Crediton attack. base blows, Bob Sadler,Coveney, Charlie Westman and Bill Mc- Naught picked up the other Staffs safeties. The fourth game of the Walker- ton-Staffa series will be played in Mitchell on Sunday at 2:30 with the fifth set for Walkerton Monday and the sixth in Mitchell next Wednesday at 6:30, In the Legion-Lanes battle, the league winners came up with four runs in the sixth liming to gain a tie with the fourth place finish- ers. The Lanes outhit their op- ponents 11-5 but pitcher Jack Fuller experienced control trouble and walked 12 men in the abbreviated tilt including five in the disastrous sixth frame. After a scoreless first inning, the Lanes jumped on Legion starter Dick Bennett for two runs with Fred litighes'homerun the big blow and they thenko'd Bennett in the third when they came up with four runs on a homerun by Jim Exeter bowlers top in Goderich Two Exeter lawn bowlers, Fred Tilley and Wilfrid Shapton, suc- cessfully represented the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club in a tourna- ment held last week in Goderich by finishing first in the tourney and winning sports jackets as prizes. The local club staged their two weekly jitneys on Saturday and Tuesday nights last week with Clarence Down capturing the Tuesday night competition with two wins and a plus of 18 while Alvin Pym came out on top on Saturday by posting two wins and a plus of ii. Howard Ince placed second on Tuesday evening with two wins and a plus of 9 while Art Cann came third with two victories and a plus of 3. Mrs. Glenn was the runnerup to Pym on Saturday night when she won two games and had a plus of 11 with an aggregate score of 30, three less than Pym. Ted chambers and Luther Reynolds tied for third place with two wins, a plus of 10 and aggregate scores of 28. Russell, elegies by Dave Wood, Gord Strang, pill Gilfillan and Hughes and a double by catcher Oil Burrows, Don Mousseau replaced Ben- nett on the mound in the third and gave up a single run in the fifth frame. Until the sixth inning Fuller had held the powerful Legion club to three runs on three hits but Bob Baynham's homerun, a single by Chub Edwards and five bases on balls tied the score before the game was called on account of darkness, Bob Baynham was the leading Legion batter with a homerun and single while Bill Mercer banged a triple and CY Blom- maert and Chub Edwards picked up singles for the five Legion safeties. Fred Hughes with a homer and single and Gord Strang and Dave Wood wlei had two singles each were the top hitters for the bowl- ers while Jim Russell with a homerun and Gil Burrows and Red Loader with two base hits were the other Lanes batters with extra base knocks. Other Lanes batters who col- lected safeties were Bob Russell, Bill Gilfillan and Jack Fuller. Crediton and the Kinsmen play- ed their third and deciding game last night (Wednesday) while the Legion and the Lanes met in their third game and the Old Timers and Airmen met for the second game. If a third game is neces- sary in the Airmen-Old Timers series It will be played at the airport next Monday while the fourth Lanes-Legion contest will be played in Exeter on the same evening. YOUR FORESTS Ontario has 105,262,000 acres of productive forest land; less than 10 percent is privately owned. Tigers struggle in Zurich series Dashwood and Walkerton tie Huron-Perth final series