Clinton News-Record, 1987-07-22, Page 16Page 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987
Baseball league
on the grow
Baseball players in Western Ontario are
getting some special attention this year.
The governing of baseball, which was
handled by the Western Ontario Athletic
Association (WOAA) until the beginning of
1987, was taken over by the Western On-
tario Baseball Association (WOBA) on
February 22 of this year.
Recently I received a few press releases
to announce this change, therefore I.
thought a call to the president was in order
to find out why such a change was
necessary, and how it will improve
baseball in the area.
John Hope, President of the WOBA; ex-
plained that within the WOAA structure
many sports are taken care of, and
baseball was handled by the appointing of
a baseball chairman.
When Mr. Hope and a few other in-
terested parties attended one of these
baseball meetings in April of 1986 they
decided to set up a committee to look into
bettering baseball in this area.
"We found with the old association that
no one was really pushing the development
of baseball as a sport. They were happy to
have it, but they weren't nurturing it, mak-
ing it grow," Mr. Hope explained.
It was for this reason that the group
decided to set up the WOBA.
He added that when they realized
baseball in this area needed some closer
scrutiny, they felt it would be impossible to
ask the WOAA to help make baseball grow
because it would only hurt their work in
other summer sports, such as softball.
After the committee was formed to
study ways to improve baseball, they
came to the conclusion that an association
had to be formed that dealt only with the
one sport.
After notifying the WOAA at a meeting
that they would like to set up •such an
association, they next had to receive sanc-
tion from the Ontario body, the Ontario
Baseball Association (OSA).
To receive this sanction they lobbied at
an OBA convention, and through the
winter they made a formal presentation to
DEIVID EMSLIE
this group.
"Finally, the OBA decided the WOBA
should be given the right to run baseball.
We're now building from the ground up,"
Mr. Hope said.
For their inaugural season the WOBA
has set two goals. One press release.listed
these goals. "First and foremost is a sound
administration made up of the people in
the region who are directly involved in
baseball. Our second goal is to promote
growth within the Western Ontario area."
When asked whether or not he felt
baseball as a sport will improve because of
this change, Mr. Hope stated, "I think so.
There are more of us involved. We're try-
ing to run the association so that every
community has input. I think we're having
success."
Already, the association is growing. On
top of the original 14 communities that
formed the WOBA, four new areas have
recently joined. These communities are
Parkhill, Teeswater, Durham and Varna.
The number of teams playing baseball in
this area has also risen since the WOBA
received their sanction. Almost 20 teams
have been added in 1987 as 37 took part in
1986, compared to 55 this year.
A houseleague division has also been
started which is centred in the southern
part of the regionl The five teams allow
players aged 9 to 13 to play'baseball.
The association is very enthusiastic
about this growth. "The WOBA is confi-
dent that with this kind of involvement,
baseball will be a strong summer sport for
years to come," one press release read.
Mr. Hope concluded our interview by
stating that the association wants it to be
known that they are very accessible to
anyone who has any inklinit to play
baseball. "We want to make it easy for
them to get in touch with us," he said.
Therefore, for those with this inkling,
here is the person to call - Sharon Haskett
is the secretary -treasurer for the WOBA
and she can be reached at 227-4429 ( home )
or 227-1274 I business ).
On the more local side of this column, I
have received some statistics from the
WOBA that should make local baseball
fans happy.
In the older standings, from June 21, the
Clinton Pee Wees were leading their
southern division, and the local Tykes
were in fifth place.
By the time I received my latest stats
though, from June 30, the Tykes had mov-
ed into second place, just 1.5 games back
of I,ucan, and the Pee Wees still held their
lead.
Basement Battle
Since I'm constantly' receiving ribbing
about my ball hockey write-ups, and am
always being asked, "What are you going
to write this week?" 1 thought I'd better
put in a little blurb.
How does this one sound for a headline:
OUTLAWS AND FLEMINGS BATTLE
F'OR BASEMENT... Not bad, huh?
Well,' that's exactly what we did, and we,
the Outlaws, cemented hold on the bottom
rung by losing 9-2.
I say we should have pulled our goalie
I me) after the first five goals went in.
One thing's for sure, I have a lot of
respect for goaltenders now that I've tried
it out. The game isn't half as fun when
you're the one the ball is flying I or trickl-
ing) past. And it's hot in there.
Oh, well, chock another one up to
experience.
Lawn bowlers play in Newcombe tourney
CLINTON - It was a perfect day to hold
the Newcombe Trophy Tournament on July
15 as 60 bowlers turned up at the lawn bowl-
ing club here to participate.
It was a mixed pairs affair and teams
were present from Seaforth, Brussels, Mit-
chell, London, Exeter, Atwood, Wingham,
'Dresden, St. Marys, Blyth, Goderich,
Lucknow and Clinton.
Many comments were received as to the
very fine new club house and facilities
available in Clinton.
When the furnishings inside are complete,
the Clinton Lawn Bowling Club hopes to rent
the facilities to organizations for parties and
meetings.
The club is still accepting donations to the
building fund, and anyone interested may
contact any of the members.
The club's mini lottery draw has been well
received as the club is giving away $125
each week for 26 weeks.
The winners to date are Bill Gousch,
Frank Cummings. Cam Addison and George
Wright.
The winners for the July 15 tournament
were Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bell, who won the
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trophy, along with Wes Watson of London,
Orville Elliott of Lucknow, Bill Brown of
Seaforth, Bill Rogerson of Exeter, Jack
Gilbert of Goderich, Fred Tilly of Seaforth,
Jim Coultes of Brussels, Art Finlayson of
Seaforth and Walter Newcombe of Clinton.
Jitney Bowling
On July 7 there was only one game of
jitney bowling at the club due to inclement
weather.
Lois Haines was the high lady while Ken
McDougall and Elmer Murray tied for the
high man. For the Thursday night jitney it
rained once again.
Exeter Tournament
During an Exeter tournament on July 5
Walter Newcombe, Della Slavin and Ken
McDougall were in the winning teams.
On .July 4 Don and Lois Haines along will
Ell Lapp were among the winners at
Mitchell.
Some Clinton winners at a July 6
Wingham tournament were Audrey Walsh
and Lois Haines.
Dori and Lois Haines won the Esli Dodge
Memorial "Trophy in Forest on July 11.
Elmer Murray and Audrey Walsh were also
among the winners there.
Bertha Gibb wins big
at Clinton
Monster Bingo
CLINTON - During the .July 20 games of
Monster Bingo played at the arena here,
Bertha Gibb,aa resident of this town, won
$1,000.
in the first early bird game Elaine .Josling
of Clinton won $81, and in the second early
bird game, worth $90.50, .Julie Vala of Kit-
chener was the winner.
Phyllis Edwards of Clinton and Carol
Finlayson of Exeter were the winners for
the first regular game and Darlene Biernas
of Lucknow and Cecile McNeil of Goderich
won game two.
The winners for the third game were Pen-
ny Robinson of Clinton and Kate Wilson of
Brussels.
There were four winners for the fourth
game and they were Vi George of Goderich,
Dorothy Thompson of Clinton, .Joan Bocho
of Goderich and Jan f,ogtenherg of
Dungannon.
Prior to the playing of the fifth regular
game a few special games were played. in
these games Debby Lannin of Monkton and
Ilene E,aframboise of Bayfield won the $25
letter "T" prize while Marilyn Morley of
Goderich won $150 in the full card match.
Mildred Hartman of Goderich, Val Miller
of Clinton, 1,11 Williamson of London and
Faye Gautcher of Goderich were all winners
in the fifth game.
in game six the winners were Dorothy
Thompson of Clinton, Lila Thompson of
Brucefield, Barb Elliott of (Tinton Marjorie
Steep of Clinton and Janette Bird of
Vanastra.
Helen Bondy of Windsor and Heather Hart
of Clinton won game seven while Fred Seers
of Goderich and Debby Lannin of Monkton
were game eight winners.
Some more special games were played
following game eight. Marjorie Steep of
Clinton won the $25 letter "X" game, and
Penny Robinson of Clinton. Beverly Collins
of London and Lou Ducharme of Windsor
won the $150 full card match.
.Jim Watson of Goderich and June Bolger
of Clinton won in the ninth game, and the
three winners in game 10 were Mrs. Stan
(1lousher of Blyth, Fred Seers of Goderich
and Betty Switzer of Clinton.
In the final game, number 11, the winners
were Norah MacDonald of Clinton and Mary
Siwicki of Goderich.
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Trisha Renner received a few batting pointers from Mike McNichol in T -ball action on
Saturday morning. The Clinton Optimists run the Saturday morning games for children
at the Erie Street Optimist Park. (Shelley McPhee Haist photo)
Brussels bombs Squirts
The Oesch Woodworking Squirt Boys soft-
ball team were bombed recently by
Brussels, losing 17-4.
The losing pitcher for Clinton was Scott
Wright, and he fanned seven Brussels
batters.
The top batters for Clinton were David
Hiltz with a two run homer, and Chris Dixon
and Scott Wright who each had an RBI
double.
The next home game for the Squirts will
be on July 22 against Brussels at the arena.
Three more Tyke wins
The Clinton Tykes racked up three more
victories .over the week, beginning with an
18-10 whomping of Parkhill.
Cranking in some runs for the local team
were Dave Hough, Danny Carter, Neil
Atkinson, Bryan Watson, Ben I,obb,and
Kevin Meade.
Bryan Watson was the winning pitcher.
They Tykes followed up this win with a
13-2 slaughter of St. Marys.
Clinton led 6-0 after the first inning off of
hits from Mike Horner, Nathan Burns, Ben
Lobb, David Hough, Colin Riley and Chris
Humphrey.
Other batters to connect throughout the
game were Neil Atkinson and Br'y an
Watson.
The boys continued their winning streak
into the weekend as they. defeated
Dashwood 19-2 on July 18.
The Tykes will play again on .July 28 in
Listowel, and on .July 25 in Dashwood On
July 24 they will be playing host to Lucan.
Men's fastball update
.)uly. 15: ,Juniors 18, Norholme 1; Dynamos
4, Merners 2.
,July 20: Lawries 1, Merners 1.
Upcoming Games
,July 22: 8 p.m. Norholme vs Lawries: 9:30
p.m. Merners vs Dynamos.
,July 27: 8 p.m. Merners vs Lawries; 9:30
p.rn. Norholme vs Dynamos.
July 29: 8 p.m. Lawries vs Merners.
Standings
GP W L T Pts
i,awries 17 9 7 1 19
Dynamos 17 8 7 2 18
Merners 17 6 9 2 14
Norh)lu .'
16 n 14 2
Top 10 Batters
Kevin Coulter 1,
Don Freeman D
Brian Cooper 1 M
Brian Millar I) )
Bill VanNinhuys Di
Billy Tugwell i I) )
Dana Bean I i»
Scott Millar 1)i
Brian Bromley I.
Steve Cook i E, )
Doc Miller M
.1B H B.
:36 18 500
36 13 361
:36 13 361
11 14 341
39 13 333
40 13 325
34 11 324
18 15 :312
41 11 268
1:1 11 256
:3`1 10 256
Buccaneers lead the way
in men's ball hockey -play
Team standings
GP W
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Buccaneers
Bums
Rattz
Porch Climbers
Flying Dutchmen
Skidz
F'leming's
Outlaws
Top ten goal scorers
GP
10
10
10
10
10
9
Rob Dupe I BUCS
Bob Ladd) BUCS)
John Scruton l R )
Wayne Smith i BUMS )
.Jeff Van Wyk (F'D )
Mark Cantelon i BUMS )
1. T Pts
8 0
8 3
5 4
4 5
3 7
2 7
0 8
2 18
0 16
1 13
1 11
1 9
0 6
1 5
2
Mark Damsma (1;1)i
Chris Ladd if. -
Ron
F -Ron McKay I R '
Sean Van Dogen RIMS
Randy Marriage R i
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114
8
8
5
6
10
10
11
9
10
5
5
16
16
16
15
15
Top three goaltenders
(;P (:A .\‘e
Paul Seebach 8 14 . 1.75
2 .teff I)upee 10 26 2.60
Jeff Roy 9 24 2.67
G A Pts ,July 16 scores: Flying Dutchmen 11, Rattz
16 13 29 5: Skidz 6, Porch ('limbers 1: Buccaneers 5,
12 17 29 Bums 1: Fleming's 9. Outlaws 2.
16 10 26 ,July 23 games: 7:30 p.m. Porch ('limbers
6 14 20 vs Buccaneers: 8:30 p.m Outlaws vs Bums:
15 4 19 9:30 p.m. Rattz vs Flemings: 10:30 p.m.
11 6 17 Skidz vs Flying Dutchmen
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