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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Aug 1983, p. 25

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Does it disrupt a family when a son dethromnes his father as Steve Hoh! did on the weekend at the Kâ€"W Khaki Club, on his way to capture the Cana dian horseshoe pitch ing championship from ace Quebec pitcher Fernand Thibeault" Hilda Hohi, wife of Eimer and mother of Steve, who is always faithfully behind the scenes cheering her two favorites on. said it best. "I was just over wheimed!‘ I‘ve gone through this so many times, but this was different. It‘s so touch ing. Eimer said to me that it couldn‘t happen to a better person .‘ she said And was Eimer upset about losing his chance to win his 21st Cana dian title" On the con trary. he was the first to jump onto the courts and lift Steve in the air. shouting â€" praise â€" with the last bit of energy the 64â€"yearâ€"old pitching legend had after two days of strenuous com petition ‘I think I‘m the proudest old man in the world," Eimer boited over the loud speaker after Steve‘s trophs presentation The victory for the 20â€"year old Hohl aver Fernand Thibeault. Quebec‘s barefoot star, looked like something out of a Hollywood movie. The final shoes were pitched. It looked as though they had thrown four deads"‘‘ (two pairs of ringers). but when two judges were brought out o measure one of Thibeault‘s shoes, one was a frac tion of an inch from being a ringer and Hohi became the 1983 Canaâ€" dian champion, winâ€" ning 52â€"46. The younger Hoh|i came back from losing to his father earlier in the tournament, winâ€" ning 50â€"41 to advance into the finals against Thibeault. The end of Elmer‘s bid for his sixth championship in seven years may have been a surprise to the 500 spectators and players on hand, but Steve was anticipating the upset. The name‘s the same, just the face is different "It‘s more of a surâ€" prise to others than it is to me," he said after defeating his father. "I‘ve been practicing defeating his father. "I‘ve been practicing hard for this one (tourâ€" nament)."‘ Hohl had to go into the finals with Thiâ€" beaulit as the underdog. Thibeault had not lost a game in the tournaâ€" ment, so Hoh! was forced to win two straight games. In the final, Hoh! tossed 114 ringers for an 82.6 per cent ringer average, giving him a 15.5 per cent tournaâ€" ment average. Thiâ€" beault threw 113 for ringers for a 76.1 tour nament average Steve lost only one game in the tournaâ€" ment, to Eimer, 5041 Steve. however, came close on two confronta tions with Saskatche wan‘s Mary Ellison, edring him 53046 and 50â€"49, respectively The two losses to Hoh! were Ellisons‘ oniy defeats as he ended the tour nament with a 73.2 per cent average. and third overâ€"all. Eimer fin ished fourth with 71.5 The new â€" Canadian champion lives at home with his parents in Wellesley and works Diane Cantin. 36 of St. Raymond, Quebec, captured the womens A championship â€" without a loss The mother of three. who had never won a major tourna ment before, finished with an impressive 82.8 percent Sports Scoreboard on his older brother‘s (Richard) pig farm In the Semor mens (65 and over) champi DCambridge 1 CA Waterloo Athletics Guelph Oaks Germanid Aurora Lodge Bargott Cent Wartiors Village Athletics Bailkan Meiro Stars Galt Eagles Q,Q‘ «C \/\ \\‘\Oe CX Volvo 6. € Rabbit & Mercedes Dave Walker‘s Esso Wessling Car Stereo Flianagan Sales Mollison & Associates Waterloo Firefighters Mr. Submarine Midas Muffier Team Sports United Taxi Harmeny Lunch Dissatisfied with present service? f or expert repairs. call Mike or Klaus at NO GAMES SCHEDULED (2ND DIX UNTIL AUG 27 WATERLOO BOY‘S SOF TBALL AVG. 14/83 JUNIOR 435 Conestago Rd W Wateriga Soccer KDSL STANDINGS SECOND DIVISION Softball . American models. SENIOR onship class, Wilbur Schuett of Gueiph took home the trophy with seven straight wins for a 53.18 average. Defending junmior boys (17 and under) champion Barry Meyer (Alberta) was upset by Quebec pitcher Eric Beaudoin. Beaudoin went undefeated in seven games for a 70.51 average. He also tied a record for the best sin gle game percentage in junior play with a 94.1 Junior girls (17 and under) champion was Jancie Ross of Sas katchewan with a 6â€"0 record. She finished with a 54.64 ringer per centage Intermediate mens tages 60â€"64) champion was Howard Reitzel of Saskatchewan. Reitzel posted a 7â€"0 record for a ringer percentage of 71.07. Intermediate la dies defending cham pion. Lil Reddon of Manitoba, retained her title with seven straight victories for a 34.93 percentage (s 16 1t 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 13 12 11 10 10 11 12 T G 0 0 FGA 31 11 al 15 13047 20 19 34 27 31 2% 23 24 19 17 13 15 17 19 27 23 47 64 43 21 20 14 14 13 12 10 17 12 10 16 10 Cambridge Bulldog batter Rob Ducey, deâ€" spite striking out, inâ€" credibly scored the winning run on a ihrowing errors in the bottom of the eighth Richard O‘Brien Chromicle Statt Playoffs may be a whole new ball game, but Waterioo Expos are up against the same old Rob Ducey . The Cambridge Bulldogs centre fielder and leading hitter provided the winning run in each of the first three games of the Exposâ€" Bulldogs Interâ€"County Junior Baseball League bestâ€"ofâ€"seven semifinal series, which Bulidogs led 3â€"0 going into Tuesday night‘s game in Cambridge . Ducey did the damage Monday night at Bechite! Park with leadoff home runs in the seventh and ninth innings. The first one lifted Cambridge into a 5â€"5 tie and the second was the winning run in a 6â€"5 victory. lnLambndge a day earlier, it was Ducey‘s twoâ€"run, first inning homer that gave Bulldogs a 2â€"1 win. o â€" Expos had scored four runs in the fourth. Bulldog right fielder Carl Delaney erred on John Bell‘s basesâ€"loaded single to allow three runs and let Bell go to second base. Bell then stojle third and went home on a wild pitch. h‘fipo first base coach Ray Brownlee was ejected for arguing in the seventh. Then in the Blair Powell had Expos other run in the sixth when he scored on Jody Pfaff‘s single, but after that, Expos started to divide their attention between trying to play good baseball and badmouthing home plate umpire Jeff Wil kinson . + Bb JQa PV ‘( (% Di Bulldogs on the loosey with hardâ€"hitting Ducey NOW ENROLLING STUDENTS, AGES_3 TO ADULT, FOR pANcE CLASSES FROM BEGINNER TO PROFESSIONAL JAZZ e BALLET e TAP DIRECTOR, MARGO HARTLEYâ€"SMITH (C.D.M.A.) DANCE & c & sTUDIO REGISTRATION DATES Tough losses for Expos For More information, Call Us At 884â€"5730 or §79â€"0255 two At The Studio, 33 Bridgeport Rd. E., BOJANGLES DANCE STUDIO "WHERE YOUNG DANCERS DEVELOP" inning Tuesday as Bulidogs edged Waterâ€" loo Expos 4â€"3 at Dickâ€" son Park. The loss eliminated Expos from the bestâ€"ofâ€" seven later County Junior semiâ€"final 4â€"0. * We -ibelqome you to visit the studio to view classes in session. Wednesday, Sept. 7th 3â€"9 p.m. Thursday gopt 8th 5â€"9 p.m. ninth after Ducey‘s homer, Dave Drago was thrown out and Pfaff quickly followed him to the showers. ""That‘s one thing the (Bulldog) coach said at the start of the year â€" no arguing," Ducey said after the game. "Like tonight â€" that was just brutal. But they‘ve been playing good ball."‘ Winning pitcher Kevin Pearce struck out 16 and gave up seven hits. Drago, the losing pitcher, gave up 10 hits. Sunday, winning pitcher Mike Jarvis struck out nine and had a noâ€"hitter going up to the eighth when Kevin Buck doubled. Buck reached third on a balk and scored on Dean Geisel‘s sacrifice fly. Losing pitcher Tim Dickinson fanned 15 and gave up five hits including the fatal twoâ€"run homer by Ducey. _ If a fifth game is needed in the series, it would be played in Cambridge. The date has not yet been determined. VIDEO MOVIE HOUSE 1ST PRIZE wCR 5031 c 0 l $699.00 ae Simply put together the puzzle of the VIDEO MOVIE HOUSE. 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