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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-08-31, Page 6FOR ALL, GOOD .PORTS By Ross. Haugh All set for Rodeo TO SIGN UP FOR MIXED BOWLING Interested people or new teams contact EXETER BOWLING LANES 235-2781 FIX 0,144 Page 6 Tirnes-Advcrcate, August 31, 1967 Teen Town cops ,Rec title playoffs start next week at Exeter Community Park and will start at 8 o'clock. Play- offs will begin Thursday, Sep- tember 7 with the first and third and second and fourth clubs meet- ing in best-of-five series. The Teen Town 69'ers have stretched their first place lead in the Exeter and district soft- ball league to five points as the result of wins over The Legion and Crediton Tigers during the past week, The 69'ers downed the Tigers 8-1 in Crediton Thursday and edged the Legion 6-4 on the Ex- eter diamond, Monday. The Kins- men also picked up two wins and moved into a second place tie with the Legion with equal point rec- ords of 15. The Teen Towners have cinch- ed the league's top spot and only second place is to be decided. Two rained out games have been rescheduled for this coming week to complete the regular schedule. Legion and Kinsmen meet tonight, and Teen Town and. Kinsmen tangle Tuesday. Both games are under the lights Crediton batters and allowed but one Finkbeiner singled with one hit. out in the fifth to spoil Kennedy's kid for a no-hitter. Gord Slaght by way of a walk and Cam McArthur who was hit by a pitched ball were the only other Crediton base runners. The Kinsmen scored twice in the second inning and put the game in the bag with a seven- run outburst in the third. Gord Slaght who went the dis- tance on the mound for Crediton allowed seven hits but received shaky support from his mates. Larry Stire was the only Kin performer to get two hits, both singles. The other winning club safeties went to Ken Jackson, Lyle Little, Dick Roelofson, Lloyd Moore and Kennedy. Special event for bowlers Help Kings win The Huron-perth playoff between Dashwood Tigers and Zurich Lum- ber Kings to send a representative into OBA "D" play went eight games before the decision was made. In the above picture, two im- portant cogs in the Zurich win show their victory smiles. Robert MacNaughton, left gained two pitching wins and hit a three run homer in the final contest while Don O'Brien turned in a superb relief performance and scored the winning run. — T-A photo FIRST AND LAST In squeaking past the Legion 6-5, Thursday, the Kinsmen scored three times in the first inning and then after falling be- hind 5-3 came through with an- other three run rally in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the victory. Ken Jackson's home run was the big blow in the Kin first inning rally. Ron Bogart homer- ed with two out in the third to put the Legion boys on the score- board. They scored four times in the top of the sixth on a couple of errors and singles by Cy Blommaert and Murray Brint- nell. Six solid base hits in the sev- enth before anyone could be re- tired sent the Kinsmen on to victory. George Pratt opened with a one base blow, was replaced by pinch runner Jim Hewitt, who scored on singles by Lyle Little and Bill Lain. The latter two base runners came in to score as the result of following singles from the bats of Ken Jackson, Jim Russell and Dick Roelofson. Don Bell of the winners and Dick Bennett faced each other on the opposing pitching mounds and used strike-outs to get out of tough situations. Bell struck out nine over the seven inning route and whiffed two in a row In the second with runners on second and third to keep his club ahead. Although Bennett recorded only six strike-outs, five of them came in the first two innings. He got out of his biggest predicament in the second when he whiffed three in a row after Bell open- ed with a triple. Advance in OBA at home Sunday All members of the Exeter Lawn bowling club are in for a special treat at the local greens, Tuesday, September 5. In ad- dition to their regular weekly jitney, bowling enthusiasts will start the evening festivities at 7 o'clock with a corn roast. In the latest local competition, Tuesday, Gary Middleton was the top bowler amassing two wins and a plus of 16. The next three prize winners followed very closely. Wellington Brock, Peter McFalls and Mrs. Liza Lamport came up with two wins each and had respective plus totals of 15, 14 and 13. Saturday night's activities saw Mabel McKnight walk off with the top award on the basis of two wins and a substantial plus of 18. An equal win record but with a plus of 11 gave Luther Reynolds second place. Finishing in third and fourth spots respectively were Wellington Brock and Rev. Morrow. final Kings down Tigers in FARQUHAR LEADS ATTACK Shortstop Bill Farquhar, after being retired in his first turn at the plate, came up with three consecutive singles and scored two runs to lead the Teeners in their 6-4 Monday win over the Legion. The defending champion Legion club started out as if they meant business by scoring three times in the first inning. A couple of Teen errors and singles from the bats of Chub Edwards and Bob Baynham were responsible for putting the Vets in front early. Four base hits, all of the single variety, sent three 69'ers racing across the plate to knot the count at 3-3. Rick MacDon- ald, Scott Burton, Larry Inglis and Farquhar were on the blast- ing end of the run producing hits. The league leaders scored twice in the fifth to take a lead they never relinquished. With one out, Larry Inglis reached first on an error, Larry Wil- lert singled and both completed the base cycle on a single from the bat of Jack Glover, They added an insurance run in the top of the sixth as Farquhar nabbed his third hit of the night and eventually scored, The last scoring for the Legion came in the bottom of the same frame on Bob Baynham's two- out bases empty homer, It took twelve games of base- ball to break an existing home field jinx in the Huron-Pert h baseball league. The Zurich Lumber Kings scored a 5-4 de- cision over the Dashwood Tigers in the eighth game of the H-P "D" final in Zurich Wednesday to take the series four games to three with one contest tied. It was the first time this seas- TEACHER TAKES OVER The new vice-principal at Ex- eter Public School arrived a week too early as far as the Crediton Tigers are concerned. Doug Ken- nedy, who starts teaching at the local school, Tuesday, was onthe mound Monday as the Kinsmen blanked Crediton 10-0. Kennedy, who has hurled in the Ilderton and Clinton areas, was in rare form as he struck out 17 Greys drop first tilt in girls consolation set Wagner crossed the plate. As the Dashwood fielders were a bit slow in recovering, Don O'Brien continued on his way and just beat the throw to the plate. Dashwood scored once in the ninth to cut the deficit to a single run. Bill Schade was safe on a Zurich error to start the inning. After one was out, Stan Lovie and Eugene Guenther followed with back-to-back singles to score Lovie and put runners on first and second. O'Brien got the second out on a strike-out and Bob Hoffman followed with a single to load the bases. O'Brien settled down and got Art Rader looking at a third called strike to end the game. Stan Lovie was Dashwood's top hitter in the series getting nine hits in the last three games. on that the home team was able to come up with a win. More than 300 fans were on hand for the ex- citing contest that was in doubt right down to the final out. The Zurich club now moves on in OBA play and will meet Wilkes- port in a best-of-three series with the first game in Wilkes- port Saturday and the return game in Zurich Sunday afternoon at 1:30. In other Huron-Perth action, Mitchell BP's eliminated Ches- ley in Huron-Perth "C" play and will meet Rodney on the first round of OBA competition. The Mitchell club outlasted the north- erners 7-6 in 15 innings in Mit- chell Saturday to advance into provincial competition. In "B" playoffs, St. Marys are hooking up with Hagersville while Walkerton are tangling with Pet- rolla. H-P president Bob Sadler of Staffa reported early this week that he would be trying to com- plete the Huron-Perth 1 e a gu e playoffs as well as OBA play in the next couple of weeks. At the moment Zurich and Mitchell are ready to move on while St. Marys are leading Walkerton three games to two in a series that has been delayed temporarily be- cause of OBA action. starter Jim Pfaff for a run in each of the first and second inn- ings before O'Brien came to the rescue. After the first two Dash- wood batters were retired in the first, Dave Ratz reached first on an error, Whitey Denomme strok- ed a single to right and Bill Schade was hit by a pitch. Jim Hayter followed with a walk to force in a run before Pfaff got the next out on an infield roller. In the second, Eugene Guenther walked and after one was out, Bob Hoffman tripled to deep centre to score Guenther. At this point, O'Brien took over on the Zurich mound and quickly retired the side. The Tigers upped their lead to 3-0 in the fourth when their top hitter of the night, Stan Lovie singled, moved up on a sacrifice and came home on a bungle from the bat of Richard Rader. The first Zurich threat came in the bottom of the fifth when MacNaughton doubled but was left stranded as Ratz got the next three Kings in order. In the disastrous sixth for Dashwood, Earl Wagner opened the Zurich inning by reaching first on a infield error. Dave Ratz appeared to be out of trouble as he struck out the always dang- erous Don and Doug O'Brien. Another Dashwood error follow- ed on Phil Overholt's grounder and set the stage for MacNaugh- ton who slashed the second pitch over the left field fence to tie the score at 3-3, Dashwood threatened again in the sixth when the first two bat- ters walked but O'Brien forced the next batter to ground into a double play. A couple of Zurich bunts in the bottom of the eighth helped pro- duce three King runs and pro- vided the margin of victory. Earl Wagner opened the inning by working Ratz for his first walk of the night. Don O'Brien follow- ed with a hard bunt past the pitcher and was on before the ball could be fielded. Doug O'Brien dropped down another bunt and was thrown out as his team-mates each advanc- ed a base. Phil Overholt hit a slow grounder to short and was thrown out on a close play as error gave the Greys a chance to score. Anne Lewis took ad- vantage of the St. Marys bobble to reach the base paths, Audrey Pooley followed with a single and both girls scored on a simi- lar safety from the bat of Fern Dougali. Sheila Willert and Lorraine Hall crossed the plate in the seventh to score the Greys fourth and fifth markers and Audrey Pooley completed the scoring in the next frame coming home on a couple of infield outs after opening the inning with a single. Barbara Pfaff, St. Marys ace right hander, went the full dist- ance to gain the pitching win, al- lowing the Greys but five hits and striking out nine along the way. The losers sometimes turnout to be winners and this will be the case in the consolation round of the Huron Ladies' softball league. In the semi-final rounds of the southern division the Exeter Greys lost to St. Marys and Brucefield Bombers were ousted by Goderich. The two local defeated clubs get a new life as they join with Brussels and Wellesley of the northern group, also losers in the first round, in a series to decide the league's "B" champ- ionship. In the first action Tuesday on the Exeter diamond, the Bruce- field gals scored four times in the ninth inning to hang a 9-5 defeat on the Greys. The Greys lost 10-6 to the St. Marys Comets in the Stone Town Wednesday in the third and de- ciding game of the first playoff round. The Brucefield and Exeter clubs go right back at it on the Hensall diamond tonight, Thurs- day at 9 o'clock. Best Tiger Dashwood's top hitter in the play- off was Stan Lovie, shown above. The young outfielder collected nine hits in the last three games including a homer and triple. Guenther reunion held at Dashwood • Summer Clearance Sale 1967 CAMARO RALLY SPORT By MRS. ERVIN RADER DASHWOOD The Charles Guenther family held their second reunionSunday, August 27, at Dashwood Com- munity Centre with 52 present from Gary, Ind., Windsor, Tor- onto, Oakville, Port Colborne, Leamington, Tillsonburg, Lon- don, Exeter and Dashwood. The afternoon was passed with sports and reminiscing. Officers elected were: presi- dent, Mrs. Letta Taylor;. vice- president, Melvin Guenther; sec- retary, Mrs. Sid Baker; com- mittee member, Mrs. Milton Webb; entertainment committee, Margaret Green, Eleanor Webb and Judy Johns. FINE RELIEF JOB Don O'Brien's superlative re- lief pitching for seven and two- thirds innings was the main reas- on for the 5-4 Zurich win in the deciding contest between the two "D" clubs. Also, wide awake base running by O'Brien scored the fifth Zurich run that proved to be the margin of victory in the bot- tom of the eighth. Robert McNaughton, who gain- ed two of the earlier Zurich pitch- ing wins, was the Kings' hitting hero, blasting a three run homer in the sixth to erase an early three run Dashwood lead. On the other side of the dia- mond, Dave Ratz, Dashwood's star left hander allowed but three hits over the full nine inning route and deserved much better fate than he received. Several errors by his mates in critical situations caused his downfall. The Tigers jumped on Zurich 327 engine, automatic transmission, radio, power steering, woodgrain steering wheel, hide away headlights. License E80603. SAVE HUNDREDS ON THIS ONE PERSONALS Rev, and Mrs. Tony Davison and Steven of LaGrange, Illinois spent a few days with Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Steinman and boys. Mr. and Mrs. John deNiet of Toronto spent some time with Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rader and family, Mr. Valentine Becker is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where he underwent sur- gery. Mrs. Marie Restemayer is a USED CARS 1963 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN SEDAN 8 cylinder engine, automatic, radio, whitewall tires, discs, license E92769. 1962 CHEVROLET STATIONWAGON good condition, license 94666X 1962 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE COACH custom radio, whitewall tires, license E80864 1961 FALCON DELUX,E SEDAN radio, license 60465K USED TRUCKS 1965 CHEVROLET 3/4 TON FLEETSIDE PICKUP heavy duty equipment, license C8I531 1963 CHEVROLET 1/2 TON STEPSIDE PICKUP license C81296 patient in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Getz and family of Pembroke were visitors Sunday with Rev, and Mrs. Merrill James and family and other friends in the community. Rev. M. J. James is supplying at the Crediton EUB Church while Rev. H. Zurbrigg is on vacation and also holding vesper services at the Bluewater Rest Home at 6 pm each Sunday. Visitors with Mrs. Lucinda Mclsaac were M r. and Mr s. Francis Mclsaac and family of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Donna Young of Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Zurich, Mr. Vic Edig- hoffer, Zurich, and Mrs. W. G. Bacon, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Last week visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Sid Baker were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Guenther, Oak- ville, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Guenther and family of Gary, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Huffman, Port Colborne. Mrs. Cora Gaiser, Don and Jack vacationed in Northern On- tario last week. The former at New Liskeard with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Johnson, Don and Jack with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnson. They fished at Beaver House Lake. Mrs. Katie Weigand, Rose Marie and Gordon spent August with relatives and friends at Saskatchewan, British Columbia and North Dakota. Mr. Herb Gaiser and grandson from Dearborn, Mich., are vaca- tioning with Mr. Chester Geiser, LOSE IN NINTH A home run from the bat of Brucefield shortstop Carter with two mates aboard in the top of the ninth put the skids on the hopes of the Greys for a victory in Tuesday's contest. The Greys scored a single run in the first frame and came back with two-run rallies in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Brucefield sent two runners home safely in the first and add- ed single tallies in the third, fourth and sixth innings to create a 5-5 tie that lasted until the visitors broke loose in the ninth. Brenda Dinney was the first Grey to reach home plate as she drew a walk to open the home half of the first, moved up on an- other walk to Anne Lewis and came home on Lorraine Hall's single to left. In the fourth, Sheila Willert worked her way to first by way of a free ticket, Carla Reving- ton followed with a single and both girls completed the tour as grounders from the bats of Pat Down and Jane Broderick were booted around. The final Exeter runs came in the fifth as Anne Lewis was safe on an error and scored on Sheila Willert's bases clearing home run. Bigger and better than ever. That is a slogan that is used quite often describing a coming event. It certainly could apply to this weekend's Mid- Western rodeo that will be held at Exeter Commun- ity Park. The upcoming rodeo is not new in the area, but the accommodations certainly are. For the past three years the rodeo has been held at !he Exeter Saddle Club grounds, west of Exeter, and was spon- sored by an independent group composed of Dalton Finkbeiner, Wilmer Preszcator and Len Veri. The above-mentioned trio has relinquished their hold on the rodeo franchise and are co- operating with the newly formed rodeo committee in planning a top-notch spectator show. The new committee of representatives from every service club in town, Board of Trade, Indust- rial Commission, Exeter Fair Board, RAP and the Saddle Club are this week completing the installa- tion of rodeo facilities at Exeter Community Park on the site of the old ball diamond. For the past two months, members of the rodeo group and many volunteer workers have been busy with hammer and saw in erecting all the necessary chutes and pens to give the participating horsemen top-notch rodeo conditions. In addition to the cost of erecting the facili- ties, the energetic committee was responsible for moving the floodlight standards at the ball diamond to a new location directly to the west and working the new ball field into playing condition. They are to be commended for their efforts, especially in getting the ball diamond into top-notch shape in only a short time. They probably received a little help from the weatherman as the numerous rains helped to pack down the loose soil. Committee chairman Dick Roelofson and secretary Dalt Finkbeiner along with their cohorts have planned an exciting weekend for patrons of the rodeo. Finkbeiner reported Monday morning that entries were already in from both sides of the border for all events and he expected they would be coming in all week. He attended a show in Wood- stock, Friday, and was assured of at least six entries lin the open chariot races. This is the first time these races have been included on the local rodeo program and are expected to be one of the feature attractions. The Exeter rodeo is only one of four held annually in the province and is sanctioned by the Ontario Rodeo Association. Other approved rodeos in Ontario are held at Leamington, Oxbow and Hespeler. The latter show will be held on Labour Day and will include many of the entries that will be competing in Exeter the two previous days. The action packed weekend begins Friday night with a monster parade leaving Victoria Park at 7:30. Those arriving early Saturday and Sunday with a hearty appetite can partake of a pancake breakfast each morning. Each day's performance, scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. will be preceded by a parade into the show enclosure by all entries. Participation in this pre show parade is a must as a contestant could forfeit any prize money by failing to partake in the marchpast. PLENTY OF GOOD SEATS Good seating is available for a large number of spectators as the new rodeo facilities are located directly in front of the covered grandstand. Addi- tional bleacher seating is being provided to watch all the exciting action that includes bulldogging, steer and bronc riding, calf roping and wild cow milking, in addition to the chariot races. An invitation has gone out to the Lively Guys of CFPL radio in London to compete in the bucking bronco competitions. At least one of the disc jockeys, Bill Brady, has accepted the invite and will be aboard Black Diamond, 'one of the wildest steeds in North America. A record amount of prize money, $2,500, will be awarded to winners in the two-day show. Finkbeiner reported that last year's calf roping win- ner took home $194 for his efforts. In this particular event each contestant pays an entry fee of $15 and the sponsoring rodeo adds $125 to the purse. Other members of the rodeo committee in addition to Roelofson and Finkbeiner are Dr. Don Ecker, Winston Shapton, Ray Marley, Ed Hearn, Carf Cann, Bab Sanders, Bob Fletcher and Gord Baynham. The other two members of the original sponsoring group, Wilmer Preszcatar and Len Veri, are being used in an advisory capacity. Preszcator will be the ring director and Veri is in charge of judges and announcers. An exciting rodeo is on tap, so let's see a good attendance at the fourth annual Mid-Western Rodeo at Exeter Community Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3. GOALS TO PUTTS One of this area's best 'amateur hockey players is turning into one of the province's finest amateur golfers. Ken Doig, a native of Seaforth, has been con- sistently in the money in golf tourneys in Ontario and Saturday won the Waterloo Golf and Country Club men's tourney over 188 contestants. Doig played junior hockey with the Goderich Louzon Flyers, spent two years with the Exeter Mo- hawks when they competed in Senior "B" ranks and just this past season was a member of the Sea- forth Beavers, OHA intermediate "C" champs. SOME TIME FOR PLAY While the life of a politician is a busy lot, they do occasionally have a spare moment for re- laxation and recreation. Huron's MP, Robert "Bob" McKinley, of Zurich, was a member of the House of Commons All Stars that battled 'the Happy Blun- derers of an Ottawa radio station in an exhibition softball game that aided the Muscular D ystrophy cause in the capital city. While Bob was a solid 'defence performer for many years with Zurich intermediate hockey clubs and coach of the Hensall-Zurich juniors that won the OHA title a few years back, we were never aware of his ball playing and still don't know for sure as the report in the summer issue of the Mus- cular Dystrophy Reporter did not reveal the out- come of the contest. Snell Bros. Limited Former resident tops target shoot A former Exeter resident made a fine showing in a recent police revolver shoot at Toledo, Ohio. Jim Tomlinson, now a con- stable on the London City police force, took third prize scoring 495 out of a possible 600. Some of the requirements were loading and shooting a round of 50 shots in 25 seconds at various distances while standing, Crawl- ing, kneeling and crouching and using one hand as well as the other. Jim is the son of Mrs, Mar. jorie Mikes of Exeter. PH. 235.0660 Chevrolet Oldsmobile The Home of Guardian Maintenance EXETER DECIDED EARLY In complete contrast to the first playoff game against Bruce- field when the outcome was in doubt until the last minute, the trend of the third and deciding semi-final contest between Ex- eter and St. Marys was establish- ed early. The St. Marys girls, playing on their hotne field, scored six times in the second inning and stayed well in front the rest of the way to win 10-6. The Greys dented the score-. board for the first time in the fourth when Fern Dougali gained first on a St. Marys fielding Miscue and scored on Connie Kernick'S single, In the sixth another Opposition 11111111MallafflOW....: • ,•• 'Could I get it. back today? 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