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Southpoint Sun - 19
Sports flashbacks from June 1974
This week’s flashbacks take us back to 1974. Juniors beat Wheatley 4-0 The Leamington Juniors scored four times in the 10th inning to break a scoreless deadlock and defeat Wheatley 4-0 at the fairgrounds on Sunday. Mike Klym went the distance for the winners, allowing four singles. He struck out 15 Wheatley batters and walked one. Gary Hillier and Paul Whittle shared the duties for Wheatley, each working five innings. They allowed eight hits, fanned 10 and walked five. In the 10th, with one out, Klym reached on an error. He scored on singles by Roger White and Rob Johnston. Walks to Wayne Reid and Harry Ediger loaded the bases for Doug Bowman’s third hit of the game. Richard Bell and Rick Baldwin had two hits each for Wheatley. Mill Street captures track and field title Mill Street Senior Public School captured the team track and field championship for the Leamington and District elementary schools last week. St. Louis was runner-up, followed by East Mersea. Individual champions included Blytheswood’s Lynn Patchett for the intermediate girls and Mill Street’s Henry Hotz for the intermediate boys. Pat Vinall of St. Louis took senior girls honours, while the senior boys were led by John George of St. Louis. Ford, Tetzlaff combine for no-hitter A rare no-hitter was thrown in Leamington Minor Baseball’s Atom ‘A’ division on Saturday, as John Ford and Dale Tetzlaff combined in a sparkling pitching performance. Their Yankees defeated Kennedy Cleaners by a 19-4 score. The pair struck out 14 and walked four. Tyler Verhaeghe pitched a complete game for Kennedy’s, giving up 16 hits, striking out 10 and walking seven. Ford, Fred Mitro and Greg Quick each had three hits for the winners. Bantams stage late rally to win The Leamington Moose Lodge Bantams looked like a beaten team for much of Saturday afternoon’s game at Margaret D. Bennie diamond, but they roared back to beat Chatham 12-11 with eight runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Trailing 11-4 going into the ninth, the locals appeared to be out of it, but with one out, Nick Koppert walked, followed by five successive singles from Greg Misener, Chris Johnson, John MacKinnon, Mark Wiltshire and Chris Duncan. That loaded the bases and narrowed the gap to 11-7. After an infield pop-up for the second out, Ed Petryschuk hit a long triple which cleared the bases. He scampered home on a throwing error. That tied the game and set the stage for Paul Jeffery’s line drive to centrefield, which took a bad hop and Jeffery rounded the bases with the winning run on a couple of errant throws. Petryschuk and Bob Willms pitched for Leamington, with Petryschuk getting the win. Queen Elizabeth wins junior track title Queen Elizabeth Public School took the Leamington and District junior track and field title last week. Selkirk was second and M.D. Bennie was third. Individual winners included Re Cofell (QE) and Judith Pimiskern (QE) in the primary girls, Larry Johnson (QE) in the primary boys, Audrey Monsma (Selkirk) in novice girls, Robbie Garant (QE) in novice boys, Gayle Langille (Selkirk) in junior girls, Nick Jakob (QE) in junior boys. The intermediate girls title was a tie between Sharon Biekx (Selkirk) and Cheryl Beck (Selkirk). Intermediate boys winner was Richard McCarty (QE).
1985 BASEBALL BALLET WHEATLEY — Back in August 1985, spectators who turned out on that Sunday afternoon to witness the ball game between the Wheatley Franklins and the Essex Legion saw a well-played and entertaining test of skills. As well, they saw some fancy moves that could have been copied from a classical ballet when Tim Oliphant successfully stole second base early in the game. Oliphant later scored on a single to record Franklins’ first run of the game. It was in vain however, as the Essex team prevailed by a 7-4 score, despite a nifty nine-inning stint on the pitcher’s mound by Ed Nevills.The photo shows the fancy footwork by the Essex second baseman as he attempts to put the tag on Oliphant, with the umpire moving in position to cover the play. Photo from the files of the Wheatley Journal
Talbot Trail Seniors tee-off in Wheatley
By Bob McLean On Tuesday, May 25, the Talbot Trail senior golfers had a beautiful day for golf, and 61 enthusiastic seniors participated in their weekly league game. New manager Trevor Thomas and his friendly staff welcomed players before play started. Safety precautions signs posted for COVID must be followed!
The closest to the pin victor was won by Len Snively’s superb shot on #9. Dutchy earned the long putt laurels with his dazzling long putt on #2. We’re all likely a bit rusty from not playing,
but we’ll strive to do better next week. There were 12 scores lower than 45, but no one was able to break 40. The lowest score was fired by two players, Joe Drummond and Jamie Arquette, who fired excellent 40s. Four players who achieved terrific 41s: Bob Freure, Dutchy, Jim Pearson and Bill Ward. Randy Nash achieved a superb 42 result. Bummy and Tom Hyatt shot solid 43s. Scoring 44s were Fred Michano, Bobo and Ron McCracken. Because of COVID, we are continuing play similar to last year. Foursomes and tee times are made up and locked in for the season. Some minor changes will occur during the year when additional participants join the league. Anyone who still wants to join the Tuesday Senior League can contact us by sending an e-mail to jmclean@mnsi.net or calling
the golf course 519-8254521. Remember to hand in all score cards to the Pro Shop where there will be a container marked with TT Senior Golfers. Also record beside the player’s name if they have the CP or LP at that time on #2 or #9. The fi-
nal groups of the day are asked to bring in the markers from #2 and #9 green. Recording by age groups will occur later in June. We’re looking forward to a great golfing season! “JUST HAVE FUN,” as my dad often said.
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