Times-Advocate, 1978-06-29, Page 6Times*Advocate, June 29, 1978
Sports
Spotlight
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By Ross Haugh I
Bats boom
While the Toronto Blue Jays have fallen behind
their record of last year they do come up with some
surprises.
Monday's 24-10 rout of the Baltimore Orioles is
probably the most runs the Blue Jays will ever score.
It gave the loyal Toronto fans something to shout
about, if, only temporarily.
Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver helped the high
scoring a bit by using two pitchers who would have
trouble qualifying for that title.
Weaver who made himself less than popular with
Toronto fans a year ago when he pulled his team off
the field appeared to make a travesty of the game
Monday by using an outfielder and a catcher on the
mound.
Actually catcher Elly Hendricks was more than
successful than any of the three regular Baltimore
pitchers used at the beginning of the game.
Hendricks allowed only one hit in two innings of
action. That’s a good performance compared to the 24
overall hits in eight innings.
TOPS AT SHDHS — At a Monday mor ning assembly the top athletes of the year were named
at South Huron District High School. From the left are junior boys Steve Pearce; senior boys
Paul Brooks; senior girls Heather Riddell and junior girls Lisa Stretton. T-A photo
Tigers score three wins,
on home field Friday night
Locals win awards
at Ironwood event
Boom's camp goes again
A goodly number of Exeter youngsters are ex
pected to attend a summer camp at Pike Lake which
is located between Harriston and Mount Forest.
The Camp operated by Don “Boom” Gravett,
former rec director here is now in its 17th year. It was
started back in 1962 for Exeter and area boys and girls
and was held in the Goderich area.
When he moved to Hanover as rec director the
camp was known as Camp Boomohra and the name at
its Pike Lake location is known as Boom’s Recreation
Camp.
Close to 1,600 boys and girls from Exeter and
Hanover have enjoyed camps under Gravett’s direc
tion during the past 16 years.
The camp is being held from Sunday July 9 to Sun
day July 16. Cost for the week is $75 per camper. An ad
giving full details of the camp appears elsewhere in
this issue. The phone number to reach Boom in
Hanover is 364-3304.
Rebuilding
An interesting story came out of Vancouver last
week when general manager Jake Milford of the
Canucks said his team was in the first phase of a
rebuilding program.
Our first thought is, “How long does a team have
to be in existence before it can think of rebuilding.
The Canucks have only been in the NHL for eight
years. In that time they qualified for the playoffs
twice and advanced as far as the quarter finals once.
The Buffalo Sabres who joined the National
Hockey League at the same time made the playoffs in
five of their eight attempts, including one trip to the
finals.
Maybe it’s time the Sabres started a rebuilding
program, too. They have been a very successful ex
pansion club, but. have flattened out since losing to the
Philadelphia Flyers in the 1975 final which went six
games.
Don't get excited
It’s happening again. Loyal supporters of the
Toronto Argonauts are already thinking of Grey Cup
Time. The reason? The Argos turned in a decisive 35-4
victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exhibition
play.
This decisive win shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
Each year the Argos look great on paper and in their
first one or two starts and then they level out or fall
lower.
We had a visit Monday from Don Gravett, former
sports editor here and he made a comment which
shows he still supports the Montreal Canadiens.
His brief statement was. “If Toronto had a pro
basketball team they would be a complete city of
losers.” Haven’t changed much have you, Boom.
It could happen
When a baseball player hits a single, double, triple
and home run in the same game it’s called hitting for
the cycle. This doesn’t happen very often.
We were wondering if Manny Mota of the Los
Angeles Dodgers hit for the cycle, could it be called a
Mota-cycle?
Excellent tourney
The annual Lucan Irish fastball tournament held
over the weekend provided an excellent brand of ball
throughout.
The final game in the “A” championship series
was as good as one could expect to see anywhere.
Nairn defeated the host Lucan team 1-0 but it sure
wasn’t over until the last man was out. With one
runner on and two out in the seventh Jerry Duskocy hit
a towering fly to left field which appeared to be gone,
but, the wind held it up and it was caught to end the
game.
The most valuable player and best pitcher awards
were both won by members of the winning Nairn
team. They were second baseman Mike Chalmers who
hit .800 and pitcher Ernie Schlegel.
The “B” championship was won by Kirkton by
virtue of a 6-3 final win over French Cleaners of
Goderich.
The Dashwood Tigers im
proved their season record
with three consecutive vic
tories this week in the
Huron-Perth intermediate
baseball league.
The Tigers scored a close
6-5 decision over the London
Diamonds and had little
trouble with the Crediton
Mets in their other two out
ings. The wins over Crediton
were bv scores of 17-4 and
12-4.
The Dashwood club swings
back into action tonight
Thursday when they travel
to Thorndale for an 8 p.m.
contest. Friday night they
will be on their home field to
meet the Clinton Colts and
Wednesday night they pay a
return visit to Clinton. Both
games get underway at 8
p.m.
Against the London
juniors Friday night, the
Tigers jumped into the 6-2
lead after five innings of
play, but, were hard pressed
to hang on to win as London
scored two runs in the sixth
and one more in the seventh.
Kevin Bestard and Jim
Hoffman singled for the
Tigers, Mike Desjardine
was on with a walk and all
three crossed the plate as
Hole-in-one
at resort course
Rob Dickey walked and Jim
Guenther delivered a single.
London scored two runs in
the top of the fourth, but. the
Tigers responded with a
single run in their half of the
same frame
Playing manager Glen
Thurman reached first on a
walk and completed the base
cycle on singles from the
bats of Kevin Bestard and
Jim Guenther.
The final two Tiger tallies
crossed the plate in the fifth
powered by singles by Jim
Dietrich and Jim Guenther
and a double by Thurman.
Perry Stover went the full
nine inning distance on the
Dashwood mound to record
the victory. He scattered
eight hits and struck out 10
opposing batters.
In the first win over
Crediton Perry Stover was
again the winning pitcher.
Although touched for 11 hits
he was tough in the clutch
allowing only four runners
to reach the plate.
Larry Clarke produced the
first Crediton score in the
second inning with a home
run blast.
Crediton scored two more
runs in the sixth on singles
by Darryl Finkbeiner, Jack
Chipchase and Larry Clarke.
In the seventh. Bruce
Hodge singled and scored on
similar hits trom me oats 01
Walker and Finkbeiner.
The Tigers collected an
even dozen hits from the
offerings of two Crediton
hurlers. They were Rick
Bowers and Pete Wuerth.
Singles by Rob Dickey and
Glen Thurman sent the first
two Dishwood runs home in
the first inning. A double by
Dickey and single by Barry
Bavnham started the Tigers
off to a four run outburst in
the third.
In the Tiger fifth time at
the plate, pitcher Perry
Stover cracked out a double
and Kevin Bestard and Tom
Hayter checked in with
singles to send four more
Dashwood runs across the
plate.
The final Dashwood score
came in the sixth and were
brought in on Tom Hayter’s
double.
In the Tigers 17-4 romp
over Crediton. they exploded
for nine runs in the third in
ning.
Rob Dickey. Bob Hoffman
and Doug Fairbairn led the
Tigers at the plate with
three base hits each.
Completing the 21 hit total
with two hits apiece were
Barry Baynham. Jim
Guenther. Jim Dietrich.
Kevin Bestard. Noel Skinner
and Tom Hayter.
More than 80 golfers
participated in Saturday’s
annual invitational tour
nament at the Ironwood golf
course.
Dick De Vries of Maple
Ridge in London shot the low
gross of 73 in the “A” flight
and Steve Pearce of Exeter
recorded the low net of 69.
Cam Doig of Seaforth was
runnerup in low gross and
the second low net went to
Pete Campbell of Maple
Ridge.
In the “B” flight the
winners were Art Howard
and Dave McCarty of Maple
Ridge, Doug Rogers, Indian
Hills and Cy Lewis from Mt.
Clements, Michigan.
Low gross in the “C”
division went to Cliff Smith,
Maple Ridge while low net
and second low gross went to
Jim Laird and Jim Brooks,
both from Indian Hills.
Veteran Exeter golfer
Derry Boyle recorded the
low net of 63 which was best
for the entire tourney. Steve
Pearce was the low gross
Ironwood member with a 79.
In regular men’s play
Tuesday, Dave Holtzmann
led the “A” flight with a
gross of 76 and Doug Ellison
with a 66 was best in low net.
The “B” flight winners
were Red Fairley with a
gross of 82 and Dennis Rowe
with a net of 54.
“C” flight’s best were Noel
Skinner and Bob Drum
mond.
Wednesday night’s ladies
play saw Edna Busche win
low net with a 70, Helen
Burton’s 92 gross was best,
Joey Fairley required only
14 putts and Jane Russell
was judged the most honest
golfer.
In Monday’s junior action,
Steve Horn scored a 76 for
low gross in the “A” flight,
Steve Pearce shot a net of 69
and Bruce Shaw required the
least number of putts.
The “B” flight winners
were Murray Heywood, Jeff
Pfaff and Darren Van-
dergunst while Steve Mer-
ner, Jeff Wareham and Mark
Vandergunst were best in the
“C” Flight.
TOP LOCALS — One of the junior and senior members of
Ironwood Golf Club topped the local entrants in the annual
invitational. Derry Boyle won low net with 63, while Steve
Pearce had the low gross with a 78. Staff photo
Boost
YOUR HOME TOWN
It’s Good For You
Sunday turned out to be a
lucky day for Grand Bend
golfer Dave Graham as he
scored a hole in one on the
par three, two hundred yard
long number seven at the
Oakwood golf course in
Grand Bend. Graham used a
three iron on the shot.which
bounced once before hitting
the flag and dropping in the
hole.
Witnessing the feat were
Paul McKnight and Gerard
Dietrich of Exeter.
Graham’s playing
partners were Dave Rath.
Mark Desjardine and Emile
Wydareny.
Perfect 25
at gun club
The first perfect score of
the year was recorded
Wednesday evening at the
claybird gun club.
Larry Mason recorded 25
hits in succession. Close
behind with scores of 24 each
were Jody Mosurinjohn and
Bill Weber.
Next came Kitchener
Pavlick and John Noble with
20 each, Grant Hodgert
scored 19 and 18’s were
recorded by John Mason and
Rick Schroeder.
With 15 successful shots
were John Love and Ed
Lindenfield. Mike Brannon
hit seven, Dale Dinney six
and Dan Galloway five.
Ready for
soccer play
Some 300 soccer players,
their parents and coaches,
are expected in Exeter this
Saturday for the Exeter
Centennial soccer club's
participation in Canada
Week celebrations.
The players, aged from 8
to 10 years, will be com
peting in Centennial Cup
games on fields at South
Huron District High School.
The games begin at 9 a.m.
this Saturday morning, and
are expected to continue
through to 5 p.m., with each
club taking part in two
matches.
Centennial soccer club
president Ron Helm expects
teams representing the atom
division of 14 area clubs.
Among players listed at
press time were those from
teams representing London-
Oakridge and London City-
Centre; Sarnia; St. Mary’s;
Goderich; Clinton; Nairn;
Thamesford; Lucan; Grand
Bend; and Exeter; with
others expected to register
for the competition during
the remainder of the week.
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Sunday, July 9 to Sunday, July 16
$75 PER CAMPER INCLUDES
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ROOM AND BOARD WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS
CAMP DIRECTOR: Don "BOOM" Gravett, R.D.M.R., who
has 16 years of Recreation Camp experience. "BOOM"
originated "Boom's" Kin Camp in Exeter while Director of
Recreation there for three years. While Director of Recrea
tion and Culture for the town of Hanpver, "BOOM" was
Director of Camp Boomohra for 12 years. Nearly 1,700
boys and girls have enjoyed Recreation Camps under his
direction during the 16 year span.
CAMP MOTHER: is Mary Gravett, who has volunteered
her services for the past 16 years to help boys and girls
from many communities throughout Western Ontario who
have attended the camp. Her expertise and experience is
a big PLUS factor for any camp.
OTHER STAFF: Besides Program director Mark Gravett
and Bonnie McLean who everyone likes, qualified staff
will be added as required. Selective staff only will be
hired who will be more than anxious to spend their entire
week with your son or daughter to ensure that they have a
most pleasant time while at camp.
PROGRAM '%—: Water Skiing, Boating row boats &
canoes), Beautiful 9-hole Golf Course (Free lemons and
clubs supplied), 3 Flood-lite Tennis Courts, Crafts, Floor
Hockey, Hikes, 21 Basketball, Campfire Programs, Horse
Shoe & Shuffleboard Tournaments, Egg Throwing
Contest, Organized Pillow Fights, Track & Field Meet,
Softball, Putting Tournament, Volleyball, Good Food in a
Friendly Atmosphere, Swimming, Soccer Field, Excellent
Living Quarters With Carpeted Floors, Monk Supper,
Showers, Sleepouts, Singing and MusicGames Pretty Lake
One Mile Long, Awards
I Please detach this registration form and bring or send it
J with S50.00 to Mr. Don Gravett, R.D.M.R., 276-12th
l Avenue, Hanover, Ontario. N4N 259. MAKE ALL
I CHEQUES PAYABLE TO BOOM'S RECREATION CAMP.
■ PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
■ CAMP REGISTRATION FORM '78
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