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Above, Aub Farquhar who managed the Exeter Lanes club in T-A photo Greys snap losing streak take opening playoff tilt 111111111111111111iiny The sounds that were emanat- ing most of the season on Tues- day nights at Exeter Park have changed as the Exeter Greys have come to life with a bang, In their last couple of home starts the Greys have been banging the ball with authority. Winless in their first 10 or so starts in the southern division of the Huron Ladies softball league, the locals have come to life in the last 10 days. They held the Brucefield and St. Marys nines to draws by respective scores of 5-5 and 6-6 and then dumped the St. Marys club 6-1 to close out the regular season Friday and came right back on the Exeter diamond to swamp the same St. Marys gals 17-'7 in the first game of the playoffs. The second contest in a best- of three semi-final series will be played in St. Marys Friday with a third and deciding con- test, if necessary, also in the Stone Town, Monday. The win- ner will meet the best of the current Brucefield-Goderich set in the group final. LOTS OF HITS The Greys broke loose for their biggest hit total of the season — fifteen — to take the first game of the playdowns in decisive fashion. Audrey Pooley was the top hitter for the locals, getting a the mound for the locals was very stingy, allowing the visitors but two hits, both coming in the fourth inning and retiring the side in order in five of the seven innings played, Lorraine Hall's homer to open the bottom of the fifth was the longest blow of the game for the Greys. single in each of her five trips to the plate in addition to turning in a flawless performance at short- stop. Pat Down was equally as im- portant to the Exeter cause as she tossed a neat six hitter at the St. Marys girls and helped her own cause with a bases loaded homer in the fourth and a two-bagger that produced two runs in the previous inning. St. Marys moved out infront by a 4-0 count before the Greys got started mainly on a three r u homer by their hurler, Barbara Pfaff, The Greys struck back with a pair of runs in the second, added a trio in the third and broke the game open with the seven run avalanche in the fourth. Batting stars for the Exeter club were numerous as most of the girls joined the batting spree. Anne Lewis contributed three consecutive singles, Lorraine Hall smashed a homer and single while Sheila Willert and Fern Dougall checked in with two singles each, FINISH WITH WIN The Greys waited to the last game of the regular schedule to post their first win, a 6-1 decision over St. Marys on the Exeter diamond, Friday. Pat Down going the distance on the seven inning distance a nd allowed six hits while helping her own cause at the plate with a pair of singles and was credited with two RBI's. The only other Grey performer to get two hits was shortstop Audrey Pooley. Audrey Pooley and Pat Down were the important cogs in the Exeter line-up as they held St. Marys to the 6-6 draw. Pooley cracked a homer and single'while Down tossed the complete seven inning route and allowed only two hits outside of the fourth, the only time she was in trouble was when the Stone Town girls scored half of their complete run total. TIE TWICE Before hitting the win column, the Greys came up with a pair of ties against St. Marys and Brucefield. In the 5-5 stalemate with the girls from Brucefield, Patti Robinson of the Greys went Vets up Rec loop lead top Teeners by three The weatherman was the big winner in the last two weeks of play in the Exeter Rec softball league as only four games were played. In the action that was com- pleted, the Legion won their only two starts to consolidate their first place position. The Vets shut out the Kinsmen 4-0 and edged Crediton 3-1 to up their Sixth contest slated for Zurich The busy sports season is still with us but whether we like to admit it or not the hockey season will soon be underway. Training camps for all 12 clubs in this year's expanded version of the world's top pro hockey league will be going in less than a month and the NHL openers are less than two months away. This 1967-68 season will be a big one and probably the most crucial in NHL history. The six new American clubs are spending a lot of money in an attempt to prove they belong in the big leagues. One of the biggest problems to date has been encountered by Brian O'Neil, an NHL employee who has the task of composing the schedule. Each of the new clubs will play four games against each of the established teams as part of the 74-game schedule. Thus, an old team will play 12 home games and 12 away contests against the six teams compris- ing the expanded section of the NHL. Added to this will be 50 games 125 home and homes against the five other teams in the previously established sec- tion of the loop. This, of course, represents a cut- back of 20 games between pre-expansion teams. They used to meet each other 14 times before expansion became a reality. The schedule that was finally acceptable to all clubs had to be changed several times at the re- quest of some of the six newcomers. They had com- plained about a preponderance of games against the six old clubs in the early part of the schedule. Many things have to be taken into considera- tion when drawing up a playing schedule of such magnitude. The booking of other attractions into the various arenas on the league circuit such as ice shows, wrestling and basketball games can have a scrambling effect on dates, Other things to be con- sidered are television commitments and differences in time zones between far western and eastern cities along with railway and airline timetables. More will be said of NHL expansion later, but this week we would like to bring everyone up to date on a few of the important items such as managers and coaches of the new clubs. Starting in alphabetical order, the California Seals have Frank Selke Jr. as president, Bert Olm- stead in the capacity of general manager and coach and Gordon Fashoway as his assistant. The Seals will be training in Port Huron. Jack Kent Cooke, famous for many sporting adventures, is in charge of the hockey situation at Los Angeles and will have Larry Regan and Red Kelly handling the managerial and coaching duties for his Kings, respectively. The Los Angeles club will open training at Guelph on September 10. A $12 million arena known as the Spectrum will house the new Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL. Bud Poile will be the general manager and Keith Allen, a former Detroit Red Wing defeneeman, has been appointed the coach. The Flyers have purchased the Quebec Aces; one of the top minor pro clubs and will train in Quebec City. One of Canada's top amateur hockey person- alities is in complete charge of the Minnesota North Stars. Wren Blair, who was the big push behind the Whitby Dunlops, once a top name in senior hockey, will be general manager and coach. Blair will have John Mariucei, a former tough defenceman with the Chicago Black Hawks as a special assistant. The North Stars will hold their training sessions at the Oshawa Arena. The Pittsburgh Penguins will open their pre- season activities at the new Brantford Civic Centre on September 13. Ten days later the Penguins, man- aged by Jack Riley and coached by Red Sullivan, will meet the Philadelphia Flyers in an exhibition contest, the first pro game to be played in the new Brantford Centre that was opened last March. Last but far from least, come the St. Louis Blues. The Blues coaching staff will be well versed in National Hockey League activities. Lynn Patrick, a long time star with the New York Rangers and a big league coach will share the coaching duties with Scotty Bowman, long associated with the Montreal Canadiens. season record to seven wins, three losses and a tie, good for 15 points. The Teen Town 69'ers edged Crediton Tigers 2-1 and were knocked off '7-4 by the Kinsmen and hold down second spot with six wins in nine starts, The Kin club are in third spot with four wins and a tie and Crediton fol- lows in the basement with a pair of wins and a like number of tie games. Action this week sends the Kinsmen to Crediton tonight for a 7 o'clock contest and the Le- gion and Teen Towners meet under the lights at Exeter Com- munity Park at 8:30. In the only game slated for Monday, Credi- ton and the Teen Towners tangle at the local park at 8:30. KIN KAYO KIDS A six run splurge in the sec- ond inning was enough to propel the Kinsmen to a 7-4 decision over the Teen Town 69'ers under the lights Monday. — Please turn to page 14 Kings lead Tigers by one The intense rivalry that has existed over the past few years in Huron-Perth baseball play be- tween the Dashwood Tigers and Zurich Lumber Kings is con- tinuing in this year' s playoff round. The two teams meeting in a best-of-seven series to decide which club will represent the H-P in Ontario Association "D" playdowns have completed five games and the Zurich nine are in front by three games to two. The Lumber Kings jumped in front with a 3-1 win on the Dash- wood diamond in the first game and then the Tigers swamped the Kings 7-0 on the Zurich home grounds. The same trend con- tinued throughout the series to date with each club winning every other game, Zurich bounced back with a 7-0 win in the third game in Dashwood, Civic Holiday after- noon and the Tigers equalled the count at two games each with a 7-4 Friday win in Zurich. The Lumber Kings took the one game edge with a decisive 11-3 victory in Dashwood, Sun- day. The sixth contest will be in Zurich Friday at 6 o'clock and if a seventh and deciding game is necessary it will go in Dash- wood, Sunday at 5:30. The two clubs have met nine times during the regular sche- dule and playoffs and Zurich hold a 5-4 edge in games. Oddly enough. in every one of the nine contests to date this season the visiting team has been victorious, SCI.: TEPAWS STAR A pair of left handed pitchers have held the spotlight in the 430,1,1112111,211141111030.1611114.1,111,14,41.01111/44449,1111111114 llllll MAX'S TV Sales & Service TV, radios, car radios repaired, tower installations five playoff games played. Robert McNaughton of the Kings and the Tigers' Dave Ratz have each picked up two pitching victories. McNaughton was on the hill when the Kings triumphed '7-0 and 11-3, limiting the Dashwood crew to 13 hits in 18 innings of play. Ratz has been just as effective, picking up both of his club's vic- tories to date by scores of 7-0 and 7-4. In the two full contests the Dashwood lefty allowed an even dozen hits. The other Zurich winning per- formance was tossed by veteran right hander Dick Bedard in the opening game of the series. In addition to his fine pitch- ing performances, McNaughton who handles the first base chores for his club on his off-the-mound nights also leads the Kings at the plate. The athlete from Hensall who bats left-handed has col- lected eight hits in 19 appear- ances at the plate for a healthy batting average of .421. Dashwood's top hitter to date is Bill Schade who is the club's most versatile performer. Schade holding a playoff batting average of .363 by the way of eight hits in 22 turns normally plays at short or second but has been used in relief on the mound and has filled in several times during the year as the second string catcher. Close behind Schade in the Dashwood baiting department comes Ratz who patrols centre Announce New Healing Substance: Shrinks Piles field when not toeing the rubber. His batting mark in the five play- off games is .353 as the result of six safeties in 17 tries at the plate. VETERAN LEADS In the latest Zurich win by a -- Please turn to page 14 Grand Bend 238-2493 SHOULD BE INTERESTING The most interesting and exciting pennant race in the American baseball league in many years is shaping up. After last weekend's games, no less than five teams are right in the thick of the battle to represent the junior circuit in the World Series in October. Only two and a half games separate the lead- ing Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox who hold down fifth spot in the league. In between are the Chicago White Sox. De- troit Tigers and California Angels in that order. The big surprises to date in the American loop have to be the Boston and Los Angeles clubs. Our favorites. the Detroit Tigers, continue to hang in there on the strength of good performances from some of the lesser lights in their lineup. Saturday. the Bengals defeated last year's champs, the Baltimore Orioles, on the strong hitting of Jim Northrup and Sunday were again victorious over the same club on Ray Oyler's first home run of the year. The return of Al Kaline to the Tigers after being out several weeks with an injury has certainly helped the Bengals. Keane has been corning through with timely hits to aid the cause A year ago at this time, the Tigers were in second place about 11 games behind the Orioles with a similar won and lost record that they have at the moment. The situation of five teams so closely bunched and knocking each other off with regularity will likely continue. The ability to win 100 games trt a season usually assures a team of a place in the Fall Classic. We doubt very much if the American league pennant winner will reach the century mark this year. At the time of writing. Minnesota, Detroit and California have each won 62 games with 50 or less games left on the schedule. If the present pace c-rintinties 90. wins could put any of the American league teams in the World Series. Minnesota, now in. front by a half game. boast a .seaSon percentage of .554 and 90 wins in the com- plete 162-game schedule would give a club a .555 percentage. 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