ED MEMBERY TEES OFF rt Erie Topples Barrie Beavers threw scare into FortErie Atwoods tor three innings Sunday aiternoon at Queens Park in an Ontario Lsoies Senior Soitbsil League game Belore the biggest crowd of the season tor the local girls the 1966 Canadian champions un loaded their power in the late innings and outscored Beavers in With six games remain ing the improved beavers are back in action tonight on the road They are 530 guests at ltitdicncr Kieswetters whom they battled right down to the wire last week in the slrncoe tournament Beavers battled to stale male tor two inning and then bargcd ahead with three an earned scores in the home halt oi the third The experience laden Fort Erit crew who have just returned from competing in the Ponznmerican Games then IARRIE EXAMINER TUESDAY AUGUST 15 61 Amazing Ed Membery Carries No Handicap By flASKlltl hicct Ed hlcmbcry gait pro fessional at Gnlt Haven Gillord Ed is the most amazing gnllcr havocver had the pleasure at playing round at gnll with On Friday Aug 15 at least 96 oithcbcst professional goliv ers in Canada will be playing at Cell Haven in nProAanur nament the Dnyionn Still Vis itors are more than welcome to seethis tourney and all ior tree The loliowing story Ed hicmbery is iascinating one and no one could tell it better than someone who is part at italicre Eds sister Glenda rc counis stimulating talc oi suc cess day last February youngjcanadinn goiter scored holdhnpne at Daylona Floridas par three golicoursc The ace on the tatyard sec was4nade with roar ion holcsinonc are not an uncommon these days this one was made by very unus ual golier die is Ed lllcmbory 25 pro iessional at Golt Haven Country Club in Glliord Ont Eds legs are almost completely paralysed and he golis with one arm 10o Thanksgiving weekend in 1948 Ed only son oi Verna and Orm Mcmbery was take ill with yhatyappearéd to be case or iniluenza if parents not him ate thed gstbataIew days rcst would see him up and around again Three days later Ed called to his mother to help him up to the washroom My legs leel funny he think theyre asleepg thirs item it immediately called her husband at his oiiice andthey telephoned the lamily docto Wheotheir physician and aTspecialist arrived the illum hetys worst tear were continu ed Their son they were told had poliomylctis and had been aiicctcd from the waist down Only time would tell what per mahenl damage had been done 1At that time Ed was seven years old He and his sisters Lucille and Glenda attended tiblic school near their North ornate home sturdy active ypungster Ed had won races at the schools ï¬eld day the pro viousyear and had become an accomplished skater on lamin outings totbe nearby iolly3 Mill er iiin He had recently learn ed to ride twowheeled bicycle HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR rurrmo uua am convinced that putts are missed because of be tough with Ed He was never ills mother recalls before his illness Ed had energy to spare He never walked anywhereal ways ran We oiteo scolded him tor constantly rushing around Little did we know that his run ning days would come to an end By September lasts Ed master ed crutches and his parents bit he should schooling They considered sending him to school tor handicapped chil dren but decid ed instead on public school We realized that sooner or later Ed would have to auction among people who were not dis abled We decided the kindest thing we could do wasto make himiace it while he was child and able to adjust GET WOUGH Verna nimubetleput it this way We iorccd urjclves to to be allow the luxury oi say iugrll can volten he tripped and tell in public pluccs had to steel myseli against rushing to help him up lnsleall ld make joke about his clumsincss ucntlyanjbnlonker would hurry over glare at me and say sympathetically to Ed Nevor mind son lll help you up Eds reply always polite bu determincd No thank you con do it myse Throughout his years at school EdVSpent hours each week tak ing physiotherapy at home an swimmingsvith classes for handrc at Lakeshore Sivirnm Club People like Gus can Lums den and Marilyn Bell devoted label their valuable litne to kids like me You can gt var repay that sort oi rkindoess And an other thing my trips to Lake shorc were sure cure or sell pity There were plenty oi kids worse nit than me counted myself lucky might not have the use ni my legs but the rest ofmybudy washeallhy and couldmake the most of what Ijhad Thiswas and is Eds philosophy of lilouse the tal ents You have and be lbanklul for them Later an operation to lock his left heel enabled Ed to switch irom cruichcslo canes kit chen chair titted wilh wheels be came his means or moving round indoors The Memberys moved to Ag lncourt in 1950 Edbecame member otthe towns iirst Cub Pack which his iather helped or ganize and operate Piano less decision about the line than are missed becausa at failure to de test the proper line Invother words believe that determin in the correct putting line is re atlvely simple its making yourself believe inyourdecision that hecomestoughAny doubt out ihe line will thwart Sin oth square outlingstroke Maybe you willl iteasier to believe in your choice oi put ting line it you follow this tip Eliminate all olherpoteniial nuts ting paths excapt one Then concentrate on the one that re mains Dont let yourseltthink there is anyotherpossibleroute to the hole than the one you hnvachosen lurkNAan on int tuna ons became part or Eds wcck ly routine too By the tlrne he was in high school he had pass ed his grade elgh examination at the Tornnto Conservatory oi Music The swimming and ther apy continued in tactwhcn he was ituEd swam in miles non stopnenr the familys cottage at Ciliord Heaths BUILDS COURSE in 1960 Orm liiembcry then approsc ng so made an impor tant decision He would retire rum otiicc lilo sell his busi ness interests and invest his re sources in an entirely new ven turl building gal course on his Giliord propcrty Mr aiembery designed the course layout himseli only nine holes at lirst lie Vcrna and an drew up plans ravine Club ilnuse which aid has spacious pro shop lunch area locker rooms with showers and tournament room Ed learned to drive tractor to help with the actual work o1 preparing the land That summer the tow hours Verna and 0m had or relax ing were spent on what was to be the seventh fairway prac tising gnll shots Ed woichcd trom atop the tractor and grew increasingly interested in the game One day Ed remarked casually That looks like inn think 11 try it By putting liieir heads togeth er the three devised means lo in do instill He climb ed down all the back at lheirac tnr hung on to one at its large wheels with his lcit hand and placed his right foot on the ma chines tbr point hitch Grasp ing an old driver in his girl hand Ed began his golling AV eer MUCH PRATICE He recalls with his typica wide grin it took me that whole season just to be able to hit the bail My best drives went about so yards down the rain way The next year Goli Haven ac quired an electric cartand Ed started using it for goll By ek imenting Ed developed the stance euses now One cane is hel the leit band and the irontoi the cart serves ad ditional sipport This le wtbe right arm iree or swinging When the course was opened tor play Ed took over the pro shop andspent all his spare time practising his game The family winiered in Daytoua where they metmany pro golie ers from home Ed says in Daytona really had the opportunity to work an my golf So manypi the Ontario pros gave me valuable help that Ilcouldnt begin to namevftbcm In 1953 three at these pros Bruce liturrayien Norris and Joe MacNaughton sponsored Ed for membership in the Can adian Prolssionai Goiiers As sociation on the usqu probation gary basis Ed hassi earned the status of Class protes sional By the next year another nine holes had been added to Golt Haven and the course was be comiog increasingly popular in 1965 they hired present playing pro Moe Norman An other pro wassooii added to the stall in the person ot Orin Mem bery who became CFGA memberat the age at 54 Ted Maude was hired in 1967 to give tha club total at tour golt professionals Not only the stall of Golf Haven but the Mcmbery tamily to has increased iiast yearEd married Becky Childrcss love ly Florida college girl and they recently hart beautiful daugh ter named Carey Edsgoligame has now im proved to the point where he aiiooiaconsistently in the this driving an average at 180 yards and putting with amazing accur acy Asked about the secret or auc cesstul golf Ed is quick to re ply Lessons practice and more practice in can gnli anyone can proceeded to pull in iront They bagged three in the iourth pairs in the sixth and seventh along with single runs in the tiith and eighth Barrie posted the games tinal run in the ninth when catcher litary Bertheloltc clubbed long home run through the hole in right centre tield Arlene lrvinc tossed thoroute Flyérs Produce 15th Int CFB BORDEN Star pilchnt Guy Soucyagain came through with strong etiort last night as Borden Fiycrs completed their 1967 intermediate fastball sch edule activity dcieating last place Universal Cooler 62 The victory their 15th against only live losses also iced away ilrst place as Barrie Coop was dumped 74 at Queens Park by thirdvplace Yanm Heating with playoils set to start on Thursday evening the regular schedule winds up tonight with doubldieadcs arQuee Uri versal Coolcr mauts lourt int West iicnd at 700 iollowed by Clarkson and Coop At Borden lhc Flycrs were forced to3rally from bebindias Universal esta ed on early lead The vi ors bagged three hits and capitalized on two errors scoring single runs oil Fiyer starter Doug Freeman in the iirsl two irames Saucy en tered the game and limited Uni versal to single hit over the final iour innings He combined with Freeman to take ll strike outs and set down the side in ordcrlhrce times Borden rebounded with run inthehomrhalf ofrhc iourth then struck tor the winning rally in the ilith scoring lbrce times They streiiglhened the lead with two sixthinning scores Jack Miller and John Bean who worked the lull game in deieat both managed two sin gies tor Universal Flyers mounted tithit assault evenly Leafs Edged By Richmond By THE CANADIAN PRESS iiéliei pitching played key role Mohday in Richmond Bravesfirz win over Toronto Maple Leafs in international League baseball action Fred Weaz took over for Gary Raggenburk of the Leafs in ibceighth inning and surren dered the decisive runs Julio Navarro pitched one inning in relietoi iiichmod starter Bob Bruce and retired lbeside in order The result lett Richmond games behind lirstplace Roch ester Red Wings who dropped souverdict to ToledoMud Hens oronto and Toledo now are icdtorthird place in tho eightteam league Syracuse Chieis bounced SOFTBALL aaNion Final Standing Pia Woods BA 34 Newmsrkei 32 Lakeview 78 Eimvale 19v impEastman ii 15 Notlawa Lita Borden Barrie Coop Yanch Heating West bend Ciarkson Universal Last Nights Scares Yaneh 00017 Borden Universal Remaining Games Tonight Universal at West Bend non Clarkson at Co op ltiflt Hitting BeaVers tor the visitors showing seven Barrie hits Diane Brophy was the best Beater batter with runproducinz triple and sin lie htnrg Lennox liarg while pinchhitter tiarie Black and Shirley Howie added singles bliss Howie started tor Barrie and was tagged with the loss She gave up 11 ot the 12 mas and 11 oi the Fort Erie hits beinre being replaced by lett bandcr Ann Kearsey with one Kone in the seventh First sackor Alma Mango had strong aiternoon at hot she drove across tan runs and score cd three times hersclt through two singles and solo homer Leadoii batter Jane iteichelt baggcd double and two singles while Ellen lienner cracked two run double singled and pro duccd another tally with sacrl licc lly lrvine aided her own cause with airipie ondaingie Joan Atwood singled and scored twice Shirley Gore who scortd the eventual winner singled along with Joan Weir and icon Smslko Score by innings Fort Erie an an 21o12 it Barrie one 001 15 lrvinc and Bukovina iiowie Kcarsey t7 and Berthelotte distributed among nine players Freeman collected the games only extrabase mot double Bili Hayward bagged two sin gles Jack Slade Al Josey Keith Roberts Stu Grady Sou ey lioy Veathcrbco and Terry Leblanc contributed singles Queens Park Yanch Hcat ing used three pitchers in sub due Earrie Coop Gord Madge who replaced Wayne Tnscana in the third received credit tor the win while Vince MacDonald worked the ï¬nal three innings liadirg Coop bagged three belore Buddy McLeod cut the margin to one with second inning homer aiter lack Shana had walked Coop grabbedihe lead in the third oil Madge as Wayne Hickling tripled Ralph Smith singled and Shanahan doubled with two out and Bill Reavie on base with single in the home hall at the inurth Lorne Spark bomcrcd tor the deciding blow Four consecutive singles in thc Yanch liilh brought down starter Terry Hodgson in over at Al Smith and the winners col lectede tittiilflss Universal noooo 02 All Borden one is xG 102 Bean and Miller Freeman Soucy is and Warren Coop till 000 04 Yanch 00 220 x7 it Hodgson ASmitb 5t and it Smith Tascona Madge tatMac Donald to and Robertson Columbus Jets 70 and Bulfan whacked Jacksonville Suns band +1 in double header secondtinningdlom run by Tommy Aaron highlig ted the Richmond victory Rnggenburk left after he stooped to field grounder and aggravated back injury The injury was not believed serious Jacksonville lost catcher Lloyd Flodine and outï¬elder Johnny Lewis with injuries in its iirstgamc setback Fiodine suiiared broken leg colliding with Clyde Mashore who stole home with the iirst run and Lewis sulicrcd threc broken teeth and gasbedrmoutlt when teammate Terry Cbristman trampled him trying to catch al tool in the dugout Woods Secures The 1367 rezqu wheade ot the Bentwood District Senior Sottbaii League came to rm to finish last night with the biggest crowd at the year on bond at Queens Park in show dovm tor occupant at ï¬rst place WoodraA upped New market Argus Cameramcn to with leit ï¬elder Pete McCloskey stealing the show 1mm Newmsr kct see stained Date Page The umda long ball threat smacked across the gamos only run and also saved the day with tieiding gem hicCioskey who has the ability to club the big blow came through at the right time last night lie belted Peas delivery deep into lett tleld tor solo home runvwltb one out in the second inning The score remained it throughout at Newmarket battled duperately to get on even term in thetopnt the eigbfli with two outs Norm itobtxts managed single ott winner Butch Boyd Vally Wallace was inserted as pinehhitler tor Elli Dunlop and be cracked one deep into idtcmtra lield Mc Closkey raced around the light tower and spcd good 74 yards to his leit and snared the bail tor the gamesaving out The loss was disappointing ono tor Pegg who mowed down no less than 15 batten on strikes allowed all bits and got himseit out at ditiiwlty with the big pitch on several oceaflons Both he and Boyd who managed seven ItriheouLs permitted hall dozen hiLa Boyd won the game in big way claiming all three iinal outs on strikes Woods ï¬nished the Ztaame ins schedule with 177 record one game better than Newmarket and six points to treat oi city rival Lskovlew Dairy Eimvale edged out imperial Eastman 1917 or the iourth and ilnnl playoii alol Best oi acven aernittnals ploy oii series open tomorrow night at Queens Park In an nilBan rle set Woods EA hosts Luke vicw Dairy at pm with New market visiting Elptvalc also at Queens at 830 in Series Elmvale are 830 pm guuts ot Newmarkct thb Thursday and the iollowing Thursday Aug it The delay here is needed since both series rivals are involved in OASA intermediate play oils Second game or Series It is slated for this Saturday Aug is nmhatQllPtWy The two Handsome newbdécyanterg Smooth light flavour Schédiale Aug at 330 and Wednesdaywy ML 11 700 Norm ttoberLs was the big Newmnrkct 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