Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-15, Page 12•
Page 124he Whiglom Advance -Times, July 15, 1981
pitkrti wins A final
Wroxeter fastball tourney
the most successfuj ever
The Wroxeter Parks Board
had one of its best fastbali
tournaments ever last
weekend, with 16 teams from
'around the area competing
for trophies and prize
money.
When the dust had settled,
the Clifford Aces had
claimed the A division
championship as the only
undefeated team, downing
Belmore Brewers 7-1 in the'
final Sunday night.
Earlier that evening the
Wingham BPs defeated
Walton 11-1 to pick up the B
division championship.
The Aces survived a series
of close matches to reach the
final, first edging Walton 1-0,
then getting by Green &
Parent 2-1 and nipping
Wroxeter 5-2.
Randy Seip, second base-
man for the Aces, was
JANICE McMICHAEL, Miss Howick, showed good
form in tossing out the first pitch to open the fifth an-
nual Wroxeter Fastball Tournament Friday evening.
selected as the most
valuable player in the
tournament.
Belmore had reached the
championship final by
downing Wingham 4-1 and
then getting past Reitzel
Rentals from Kitchener 4-0
and Clifford Juniors 5-1. The
Brewers took home the A
consolation trophy. ,
This was the third con-
secutive Wingham
BPs wt t division
champio„,s,..p. Wingham
was put into the B round with
its opening loss to Belmore,
then defeated junior teams
from Brussels and Howick
by scores of 7-0 and 5-0 to
reach the final.
Walton got to the final
after losing its first game to
Clifford .by downing Chep-
stow 3-1 and the Belmore
Juniors by _Tan identical
score. -
A number of individual
awards were presented at
the close of the tournament.
The best pitcher trophy went
to Barry Richardson of the
Clifford Juniors, with an
amazing record of 34 strike-
outs, six runs and four walks
in 24 innings pitched.
However several other
pitchers were not far behind,
organizers reported.
Dave McCannell of the
Wroxeter Royals had the
most runs batted in and the
Howick Juniors were
selected as the most sports-
manlike team in the 'tour-
nament.
The Wroxeter Parks Board
expressed appreciation for
all the fan support and the
help given during. ' the
tournament. Money raised
through the event will go to
support Wroxeter ball teams
as well as improvements to
the senior citizens' hall and
other projects.
MRS. GLEN GALLAHER presented the "B" consolation trophy to Roger Hum-
phries and Jbe Steffler of Walton at the Wroxeter Fastball Tournament.. Walton
lost to Wingham in the "B" final.
PeWees defeat
Clinton, Exeter
The Brophy PeeWees
scored two runs in the bot-
tom of the sixth inning to
edge Clinton 9-8 last Thurs-
day the the local diamond.
Stephen S nn and Murray
Houghton hit back-to-back
doubles, with Houghton
stealing home to provide the
winning run.
Clinton managed a single
run in the seventh, but fell
one short. This was the first
loss of the season for the
Clinton boys.
On Friday evening the
W1ngh4114 team travelled to
Exeter and came away
winners by a 19-9 score. The
team was sharp at the plate,
collecting 13 hits and
working Exeter pitchers for
10 walks.
Jeff Walden made his first
appearance as a pitcher and
looked good over the three
innings he pitched. This
gives Wingham three pit-
chers tohave ready when •
playoffs begin next month.
ShOLASI
•
n able tai mall their appli-
cations ,fair erop ln,specli_on to
the Canadian Seed• Growers)
Association beeause of the
postal strike, are requested
to take them to the nearest
office of the Agriculture
Canada plant products
division, Don Pullen; Huron
agricultural representative
reports. -
If growers are not sure
their applications have been
received by the association,
they are advised to Check by
phoning the association at
(613) 236-0497.
Eperience '81 tudent
progr�ms computers
By Stepl,►anie Levesque
At least one student
working for the summer has
a job that he describes as
being so, ideal, he could not
have designed a better one
for himself.
Nineteen -year-old Ken
Wood of Goderich is spen-
ding the summer pro-
gramming computers.
Specifically, he is employed
with the Huron County Board
of Education office in Clinton
as an Experience '81 student.
'His first project was to up-
date the teachers' salary
grid used by the board for
salary negotiations. He is
currently programming the
the
total cost off teachers'
salaries depending on in-
creases allotted.
Ken is working his way
through university, having
just completed grade 13 at
the Goderich District High
School with an overall aver-
age of 96 per cent. In the fall,
he will be' entering Harvard
University' in •Cambridge,
Mass.
In April of this year, Ken
received word from the uni-
versity that he had been
accepted. He will take
general courses for the first
two years and in his third
year he will decide his
major. His leanings are
towards math or -computers.
With .his overall average,
Ken was of course, an On-
tario Scholar.
Ken said he chose Harvard
because there is no univer-
sity in Canada which allows
him to take general courses
the first two years of univer-
sity. He added that looking at
VI the situation practically, a
Harvard degree would carry
a lot of weight.
Ken said when he is
finished his four years at
Harvard, he will come back
to Canada.
He was born in • Manitoba,
but has moved around a lot
as his father is a United
`Church .minister, presently
at Victoria Street United
Church in Goderich. Rev.
and Mrs. John Wood also
have two other children.
Mrs. Wood is a teacher at
Goderich District High
School.
Recreation Report
BY RENNIE ALEXANDER
Rec. Director
Any persons wishing to
rent .the swimming pool may
make reservations through
the pool office at 357-1474 or
at the recreation depart-
. Ment, 357-1208.
Just a reminder: the
Wingham Bike and Chuck
Wagon Parade will be held at
Cruickshank Park on •Jose-
phine Street this Friday at
6:30 p.m. There will be in:
dividual and family prizes
for the best decorated bike
and chuck wagon and
everyone, participating will.
receive a prize. Come. out
and join in the fun. •
• There will be no roller-
skating, at .._the Lockridge
Memorial Arena , . this
Thursday or Saturday.
Remember, from' July 15
to July 19, there will be many
events held in Wingham to.
help celebrate the- Western
Hoedown Days.
The ball games at the
parks this week are as
follows:
The Josephine Street
:park: Thurs., July 16 at 8 '
p.m., the Intermediates vs.
Owen Sound; Fri., Sat., and
Sun. the CKNX Slow -Pitch
tournament; Mon., July 20 at
7 and 9 p.m., industrial slow -
pitch; Tues., July 21 at 6:30
p m., PeeWee girls vs.
Monkton; Tues., July 21 at 9
p.m.; Inter County Slow -
Pitch vs. 14right; Wed., July
22 at 7 and' 9 p.m., industrial
slow -pitch.
The Riverside ball park:
Thurs., July 16, Ladies' fastb
ball vs. Formosa; Sat., July
.'18, CKNX Slow -Pitch
tournament ; Mon., July 20 at
7:30 p.m., Midget boys vs.•
Goderich; Tues., July 21 at
7:30 p.m., .Bantam boys vs.
Clinton; Wed., Jitly 22 at 6:30
p.m., Tyke house league.
Youngsters
invited to
play teeb,ali
Boys and girls born bet-
ween 1973 and .1975 arein-
vited to join in- the fun when.
teeball gets underway at the
Josephine Street ball park
this Saturday.
The program, which intro-
duces youngsters to
°baseball, runs eVery
' Saturday morning between 9
and 10:30 p.m. The
registration fee is M.
Interested parents .who
can help with coaching are
invited _ to contact Rod
Wraith at 357-2586.
BELMORE BREWERS reached the "A" division final before fall -
Ing to the Clifford Aces in the Wroxeter Fastball Tournament. Mak-
ing up the team are (back): Allan and Paul Dickson, Dave Mac-
Donald, Wayne Leachman, Louis Reinhart, Ross and Len Baird,
Bob Martin and Doug Reichert; (front) Jeff Dickson, Lorne Millen,
Rick McPherson, Greg Fisher, Dave Gamble, Ken Candlish.
Ken has been working with
computers since grade 10.
He said because he was
interested in learning how to
work with 'computers, his
teachers allowed him extra
time with the machines. Ken
said current computer pro-
grams in the school are more
advanced and noted the stu-
dents are learning more
now.
Ken also has time to enjoy
the computers and has set up
a bio -rhythm program. The
program is not unlike horo-
scopes and Ken refers to the
bio -rhythm program as the
"scientific version". He adds
they are about as reliable as
the horoscopes found in
numerous newspapers and
magazines.
Earlier this year, the bio-
rhythm program was used'
as a fund-raising project at
Ken's school.
Other plans for Ken in-
clude sending articles into
computer magazines. He has
presently written ,two ver-
sions of a mathematical
simulation game called Life.
He has written one for the
'TF -59 computer and one; for
the PET computer.
He hopesto sell the games.;,
to Software House, which
will in turn market the game
for Ken, while he receives
royalties.
Obviously enjoying the
. challenge computers provide
him, Ken refers to his
summer with the board of
education • as. `°rny kind..of
job".
OMAF office
will accept
some mail
The Clinton agricultural.
office will be accepting any
mail addressed to provincial
government . offices during
the present postal strike,
Agricultural Representative
Don Pullen advises.
The office also will accept
mail addressed to the federal
Agricultural Stabilization
Board and combine it with
ministry mail sent by
courier on a regular basis.
Further, . Mr. Pullen an-
nounced, OMAF has agreed
to cooperate with Holstein
breeders and the Holstein
Canada head office at Brant-
ford in a mail pick-up and
delivery system during the
strike. Holstein Canada staff
or a courierservice will call
once a week to bring mail
from Brantford and take
'mail back.
BPs repeat
as B champs
For the third year in a row,
the Wingham BPs had to
settle for the B division
championship at the
Wroxeter Fastball Tour-
nament.
The BPs were relegated to
the consolation side of the
tournament when they
dropped their first game 4-1
to the Belmore Brewers
Saturday morning.
The Wingham team
seemed a little shaky and
couldn't handle the pitching
of Len Baird. Don Edgar
took the loss,
The BPs then proceeded to
trounce the Brussels Juniors
7-0 behind the pitching of
Doug Petteplace, in a game
ended after five innings by
the mercy rule.
Petteplace was on the
mound again as Wingham
shut out Howick Juniors 5-0,
then yielded to Edgar as the
BPs blew past Walton 11-1 in
the B final.
The BPs used their run-
ning game to perfection
against Walton, moving
runners around the bases
and forcing a multitude of
errors. Walton scored its
lone run in the ninth inning.
Wingham picked up $200
and atrophy fo.
r the win.
KEN EDGAR handled the ,announcing duties at the Wroxeter Fastball Tourna-
ment over the weekend, while Linda Pocaluyko was one of several ladies who,
served as official scorekeepers. A jaunty parasol shaded the announcing stand
from the broiling sun.
- GOTCHAI—Doug Stevenson made the play at second base, catching a Walton
runner off the bag when a line shot was caught to end a Walton threat during the
early innings of the "B" final. Wingham BP' downed Walton 11-1 to win the "BI:'
championship for the third year in a row at the Wroxeter Fastball Tournament
MRS. GARY CHAMBERS presented the "B" championship trophy te,Manager
Joe Tiffin and Coach Doug, Neil of the Wingham BPs after the team knocked off
Walton 11-1 in the "B" final. This is the third year running the BPs have been "B"
champs at the Wroxeter Fastball Tournament. Clifford Aces downed Belmore •
Intermediates in the "A" final.
A PALMERSTON BATTER watches the pitch sail low and outside in the opening
game in the Wroxeter Fastball Tournament Friday evening. 'Palmerston and
Chepstow opened the action, which ended with• Clifford Aces downing Belmore
Intermecllates for +he "A" Chemplonshlp Sunday matt