The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-16, Page 15Agriculture Park shines
Dear Editor,, •
On Friday, .;,September 3,
197.6- the new ball lights at
Agriculture Park were turned:
on for the first time. •
With the completion of•
these lights, Goderich can
now boast of having one of the
best fastball parks in this part
of .Ontario. Our ballleague is
very 'pleased- with these new'
lights and we feel they, will
contribute greatly to the, fine'
calibre of ball that is •now
being played on this .diamond.
' With the completion of this
project the Goderich
Industrial Ball .,League
executive would like to thank
all individualswho assisted in
any way in helping to Com-
plete this project. .I per
sonally. would -like to' thank a
few groups and individuals
who helped a great deal.
First: mention should go to
the . members of Goderich
Town -Council who listened
Very earnestly to our ' ideas
when,,,they were presented to
them' back. • in • January and background in the electric
February. They looked at field proved very iarnnorta
e he ursday • .gs• $peG-
ach step
moving to the -next step, This :-technical aspects of tl,
as. special . thank -you , to the ballplayers can en' them.
care u ly before when: discussing some of t
al good ' calibre of ball, in
nt Goderich. -
is _' In :closingI: would adds •tators as wells. as the
lights during aur
Off
Tames - Sunday- Tuesday or
evenin
subject was brought up at project. Mrs !Elsa Haydon
many council and committee •,chairman ; Of •the 'Par.
meetings during the spring. departi a
nt eontcibut
before the tenders.` were'` let `uneestiirtable personal time to
sometime in late June. this project, -Without he
Looking back it seemed this '*continued , . drive an
issue dragged. on and on while - ,
proposalafter proposal had to leadership I am sure that. thi
be, dropped becatrse of` : prbject could. not have bee
various problems. In the end completed. I want to extend
the citizens 'of Goderich were speciathank you to her, fo
'well served by,the careful the time and energy she spen
consideration of. your council Rottingthematerial here in
on this roject.
time to be installed before our
I personally would like :to Tournament ort Labour Day
. convey a - `'big thank -you to Weekend.
three members of thiacouncil
who 'took an active part in.
bringing these new lights. to
Goderich. • Mayor Deb
Shewfelt took an active part
in all discussions and con-
tributed -. many good ideas.
Councillor Bob Allen con-
tributed a' great deal in the
committee discussions, Nis
'Park
members of our baja -league JoY em.
end executive; Don Parker, $ill A most slncere'thank you to.
Kirkby, Greg Hansen, Jim everyone who made this
r McWhinney and Doug Fisher -. project a true success. -
d who did, a lot of work towards . -
, the ball lighting project.
, It is hoped' that ,more
r, ;t
citizens of Goderich will c ome
t out and see our new ball park
McGee's. rout
Gor
s in
Mc'G'ee Ponti'acs corn-
plimented the solid pitching
effort's of .Ken Daer and Rick
Sowerby with a potent offense
to take a 2-0. lead over Gords
Sports-: in best -of -five -semi-
final-action.
McGee
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McGee hammered Gords
13=4' in the first encounter and
then edged. the Sports 3-2
Sunday in second game:
McGee coupled 10 hits with
four Gords errors to score 13
runs in last' weeks game,
eight in their final two at bats.
They jumped into a 4-0 first
inning lead on the strength of
a three runhomer- by;Doug
Spitzig and then John Warr
doubled in-the4inal first in-
ning run, ' scoring Russ-
Pruder.
Paul Kelly added another
run in the second inning -as he
singled, went to `second a wild
pitch and scored on an error.
McGee added four ,more runs
f f
in lie iE as :Spitzig felted
his second three run homerof
the game..
Gords replied. with tw-o runs
in the sixth. inning as Jim
Ginn and Phil Petrie scored
on Rick McLean's double.
They took advantage of a
McGee defensive lapse in the
•
last inning to -score two more
runs on two singles and two
errors,
AVlcGee scored fourruns in
the sixth . on four hits in-
cluding 'run scoring doubles.,
• by Ron Sowerby,and Spitzig..
Spitzig was a tower of power
for McGee with 'three hits in
four at bats . including " two
home runs and:a run scoring
double. Toni Crawford - and
Ron Sowerby chipped in with
two__hits apiece and scored
five runs between them. Jim
Ginn was the top'Gords batter
with two hits.
se
Everett Middel for .the PU
deserves another big than
'you. He was- availableto giv
technical advice at many o
our meetings. He and the the
who worked under him did a
very fine job in the short.time
they had to install their part
of the project. We are very
appreciative- of the- overtime
the workers put in order to
have this project ready for
the' tournament.
Likewise another thank you
goes to Ben Graham and his
men from Graham Electric
who worked long hours
completing this-projcet on
time.
Now that the' new lights are
operational the ball league
will continue with theirfund
Ken Daer went'thedistance raising activitiesto pay our
in the victory giving up seven share of the. cost of this
hits while losing - pitcher : project. •
Brian Petrie was tagged for
its. • I 'would' like .to thank' the
C
k
e'
f
n
Douglas W. Currie,
President
Goderich Industrial
I. Softball League.
COLBORNE CORNER
. icaitting
McGee took, the - second fund raising committee under
game as they collected fiveof chairman . Bill 'Kirkey for
their seven hits • over two their part in successful fund •
innings while scoring three raising activities •which in-
• -runs -to shade Gords 3-2. eluded a - draw, Donkey
McGee took a one run lead '. Softball and. Allstar Game. A
in the third as Jon Phillips successful Labour Day
singled, stole -second and Tournament would not have
.scored on Ron-Sowerby's two been t. possible without the
out double. They scored their hard work Of Doug Fisher and
final two runs in the top of the his tournament executive-
fourth as Rick Sowerby and Not only was this . year's
Doug Spitzig reached base on £ollrnament a ' financial '
an: error and a .d'ouble success, but it.did- a great.
deal in proving. we have a
respectively" and •scored • on ' -
successive: singles by - Ken
Merriam and John Phillips.
Gords scored a single tally
in the fourth as Dennis
Williamson doubled and a
scored;
illiancson rounded out -
Gords scoring with a solo
homer in the bottom of the
__sixth. '
John_ Phillips led the seven
hit attack with three singles
in. as many trips' tothe plate
and he. also scored a run.
Fourr other players shared the
remaining hits. ..
Williamson'provided all of
the Gords offense with two
hits in three trips to theplate
and he scored both runs. Des.
Courtney managed the only -
other hot for Gords. •
Rick Sowerby turned in a '
stingy performance for
McGee, . allowing 'just: three
hit and one 'walk. 'He retired
the first nine batters in the
game before giving up a
double to Williamson. ,
Losing pitcher Stan Doherty
was• touched for seven 'hits
and gave up one walk : -
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Tiger :=Du• nlop . Women's
-Institute September meeting
will be in , the Carlow Hall
Thursday, September - 23 at
8:00 p.m. The special speaker
will ,be a member from the
0.P:P. with an interesting
arid educational - message.
Members should plan to
attend and please; .bring a
friend.
Mr. • and Mrs. Robert
Swartman and family moved
to ,Exeter this spring where
Mr. .Swartrnan operates a
Gent's. Clothing Store. While
their many friends and neigh-
bors miss them and wish
them » success and ; happy
livings they now welcome: Mr,
and Mrs. ' P.J. • Doherty and
daughters Karen and Claire
to•Colbor•ne Township as they
have purchasedS'
the ,wart-
man home.
Mr: and Mrs,- Jan MacRae
and Kevin' of Wilton, P.E.I:
visited for a few .days with
Mr; _and Mrs. Ed. Limier and
family of . Saltford.. Wanda
Linnet. has • enrolled ' at
Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo.
Danny Kellestirie has
returned home after spending
a week in Toronto 'visiting his
friend ' Xichael -Bye and at-
tended the C.N.E. _ '
We are glad' to report Cecil
McBride of Menest Mobile
Park, .Who recently was a
patient in Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital, has
returned home and is ton -
t valescing favourably.
Sincere sympathy is ex-
tended to Mrs, - Tom
Chisholm, Colborne Township
in the loss of her brother, J.C.
Keane of Hamilton, who
passed away suddenly in his
74th year..
_ SOFTBALL,
Softball is over for another
season in -Colborne Township
and 'a special thanks goes to.
the coaches and umpires who
gave of their ' time and
knowledge' to.- helpin this
worthwhile project.' '
The senior girls played
with Goderich Township and
won with a score 9-5 and '.
therefore won their division .
in' the 'playoffs. They were
presented - with the . trophy
donated by the ' Canadian •
Foresters. .• I
The;' junior boys defeated
Goderich Township with a
score 26-4 and won their
group in the playoffs and will
be presentedwith the trophy:
All teams played good ball
which showed'up especially in
the playoffs with practically ..
all the teams winning in the .
playoffs . and receiving, ' a
trophy. _
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