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Lose 6•5 At New Hamburg
Clinton Colts 15— Clinton Colts 8— °
Clinton Electras 4 Clinton Electras 2
Puck Dropped by Nutioaal Leaguer
Howie Meeker, MP for Waterloo, and star hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs,
tosses in the first puck at the 'exhibition hockey game played in Clinton Lions Arena last
Wednesday night. Providing his own particular brand of humour to dress up the opening
of the artificial ice surface, J. E. "Cap" Cook, dressed in traditional Colts uniform and faced-
off with George Zuk, Walkerton Wunderbars. In the left background is H. J. "Cooney" Mc-
Ewan, captain of the Clinton Colts. Referee Archie Hubert, Seaforth, prepared to sound the
beginning whistle and another of the Wunderbars grins as he watches the puck fall.
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CLINTON COLTS 8--CLINTON RCAF ELECTRAS 2
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Clinton Colts humbled their lo-
cal rivals at the Clinton Lions
arena last night to the tune of
16-4. The Colts thereby continue
to hold third place in the group
one point over the high flying
New Hamburg Roths who have
won three games during the pest
week and have definitely marked
themselves as a threat for the
group title. However the Colts
position is very favourable as they
have one more game to play than
the Burgers.
Edgar Stars
Malt Edgar had his best night
of the season as he fired six goala
and assisted in three others to lead
the Colts to their one-sided victory.
Cooney McEwan also fattened his
average with three markers and
five assists.
The game was very cleanly play-
ed and there was very little heavy
bodychecking in contrast to the
last meeting between the two
clubs.
e Strong Injured
Don Strong suffered a deep cut
on the side of his head when
struck by the puck early in the
game. It took eight stitches to
elope the injury. Don returned to
the game for the last two periods,
despite a large bandage that par-
tially impaired his sight.
Roy, the Electras regular goal-
tender was not dressed for the
game and his team missed him
greatly. Rochon, a left wing man,
took over for Hennington at the
end of the first period when the
latter's glasses were broken in a
scramble around the net and turn-
ed in a creditable effort. He creat-
ed an uproar when in the dying
seconds of the game he rushed out
of his net and tried to carry the
puck up the ice. He also took a
face off in his own end of the
rink much to the amusement of
the small crowd.
HOCKEY STANDING
OHA INTERMEDIATE "B"
(as of February 4)
W L T G A Pts.
Milverton 12 7 0 159 120 24
Centralia .... 10 5 2 151 116 22
Clinton Colts 10 8 0 144 139 20
N. Hamburg 9 9 1 115 122 19
Mitchell 6 8 3 134 127 15
Clint'n RCAF 4 12 0 84 143 8
Scores in Past Week
Mitchell 7—Milverton 5
New Hamburg 6—Colts 5
Colts 8—Electras 2
Milverton 6—Centralia 5
New Hamburg 8—Electras 5
New Hamburg 8—Electras 4
Colts 16—Electras 4
Centralia 8—Mitchell 8
Led by Bill Counter with two
goals and two assists the Clinton
Colts whipped the Clinton Elect-
ras to firmly entrench them-
selves in third place in the league
standing. They now have a three
point lead over New Hamburg
their nearest rival.
Roy Injured
An unfortunate accident happen-
ed early in the first period when
Roy, the star netminder of the El-
ectras, was hit on the forehead
with the puck. He was taken to
the dressing room and returned to
turn in a brilliant effort. It is
reported to have taken eleven
stitches to close the cut.
Garrow opened the scoring ear-
ly, whipping the puck past Nedi-
ger on a neat play.. The Colts
got that one back four minutes
later, Dolmage beating Roy from
close in when Edgar centred the
puck out in front of the net from
the corner, Hanly combined with
Counter twenty-five seconds later
to give the Colts the lead and
Counter ended the scoring in the
first at 13:20.
Eight penalties were handed out
in the first period as both teams
played a bruising brand of hockey.
Manly received a 10 minute mis-
conduct when he disputed an el-
bowing penalty too vehemently.
Murray Colquhoun and Gillrie
were given minor penalties after
they traded punches behind the Ei-
ectras' net.
Startcher pulled the Electras
within one goal of the Colts early
in the second but that' is as close
as the RCAF crew could get.
Schoentials, Strong and Counter
with his second goal all beat Roy
in the last five minutes, as the
heavy checking Colts had the El-
ectras completely disorganized.
Edgar and McEwan added to
Clinton's total in the last period
to complete the scoring.
An odd point about the game
was the number of players that
were cut by flying pucks, Besides
Roy; Gilhen, Startcher and Bill
Hanly all had to receive medical
attention after the game.
Manly, the flashy wingman for
the Electras suffered a dislocated
shoulder late in the game when
he was checked by Danny Colqu-
houn. It is expected that he will
be lost to his team for the re-
mainder of the season,
The Colts defence played an ex-
ceptional game. Bartliff, Schoen-
hals and Colquhoun were visibly
slowing down the speedy Electra
forwards with their thumping
bodychecks.. •
Lineups:
Clinton Colts: goal, Nediger; de-
fence, Bartliff, Strong; centre, Mc-
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Ewan; wings, Edgar, M. Colquh-
oun; subs, Schoenhals, K. Colqu-
houn, Counter, Dolmage, Hanly.
Clinton Electras: goal Roy; de-
fence, Boulet, Gillrie; centre, Did-
duck; wings, Manly, Garrow; subs,
Gill, Rochon, Gilhen, Allan, Start-
cher.
Referees: McCully, Stratford;
Hubert, Seaforth.
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New Hamburg 6—
Clinton Colts 5
Whether it was the ldtgg trip to
New Hamburg or a combination of
getting away from Clinton late and
not having sufficient time to get
the •kinks out of their legs no one
will ever „know.. What is known
is that because of a bad first per-
iod the "Burgers" were able to
edge the Clinton Colts 6-5. Just
how badly the Colts played dur-
ing the first period is beyond
words. They semed to be a team
out for the first practise of the
season and had it not been fur
Bill Nediger's alert netminding
the score may well have been 6-1
at the end of the first period in-
stead of 3-1.
As it happened the Colts came
to life in the second and third per-
iods and New Hamburg were
hanging on the ropes at the finish.
The game was only 44 seconds
old when Arnold, Tolman and
Boone sifted through the entire
Clinton team and flashed the red
light behind Nediger. Arnold scor-
ed again at the nine minute mark
when he was left uncovered in
front of the net. New Hamburg
continued the play throughout the
peirod and were held off the score
sheet by Nediger's efforts.
The second period produced a
better brand of hockey. Clinton
gradually found themselves and al-
though they only clicked for one
goal had a definite edge on the
play. New Hamburg stretched
their lead to three goals in this
period on goals by Honderich. and
Arnold. Edgar netted the Clinton
tally as he beat Haunn from close
in after the Hamburg netminder
had cleared McEwan's shot.
The Colts really got into high
gear in the final session. McEwan
scored two quick goals in the first
two minutes of play to put them
right back in the game. Edgar
gave the New Hamburg rooters a
scare as he shot one that went
right along the line before being
cleared. Counter, Dolmage and
Hanly also were right in but fail-
ed to score.
Kiassen scored what proved to
be the vvireier for New Hamburg
on a neat passing play, Swartzen-
truber drawing an assist.
McEwan scored his third goal of
the period at 16:56 to make the
score 6-5 and although Clinton
continually attacked even when
short handed in the final minutes
they couldn't get the equalizer.
This win gives New Hamburg
15 points and places them in four-
th place, the last play-off spot.
The Burgers are one point up on
Mitchell and one point back of
the Colts,
Lineups:
Clinton Colts: goal, Nediger, de-
fence, Schoenhals, Strong, centre,
McEwan; wings, Edgar, M. Col-
quhoun; subs, K. Colquhoun, Coun-
ter, Dolmage, Hanly, Draper.
New Hamburg 8—
Clinton Electras 5
A four goal outburst in the third
period gave the New Hamburg
Roths an 8-5 verdict over the luck-
less Clinton Electras in a game
played at the Lions Arena on Mon-
day evening. The win moved New
Hamburg within one point of the
third place Clinton Colts in their
fight for the last two playoff spots.
New Hamburg got off to a very
poor start and were very fortun-
ate to come out of the third Der-
iocn with the score tied 2-2, The
Electras outplayed the visitors
completely and with a break or
two could have had a two or three
goal lead.
The second period was an im-
proved brand of hockey although
it did not offer much in the way
of excitement as both teams were
contented to wait for the breaks.
Gillrie and Allan also suffered
minor cuts,
The third period was a different
story with New Hamburg opening
up with all their power. The play
was constantly around the Mea-
res net and Roy had to be on his
toes to hold the Burgers to tone
goals. Arnold led the attack along
with his two linemates .Boone and
"roman. Dickluck, Garrow and Boa-
let were the top Clinton attackers.
Lineups;
New Hamburg: goal Ileum de-
fence, Dufton, Helm; centre Boo-
ne; wings, Arnold, Tomah; subs,
Hammer, Swartzentruber, Geoff,
Klasaefl.
Clinton Blectrati goal, Roy; de-
fender Boulet, Gillrie; centre, Did-
duck; wings 0111, Rochoti; Subs,
Startcher, Cameron.
CDCI BASKETBALL
TEAMS WIN THREE
FROM SEAFORTH
Clinton District Collegiate In-
stitute won all three games of a
basketball tripleheader from Sea-
forth High School yesterday after-
noon, February 4.
Seniors 40—Seaforth 28
In the Senior Boys game, Sea-
, forth took an early lead. but this
was quickly overcome and the
CDCI Red Devils went on to win
40-28. Stewart and Keyes were
outstanding for Seaforth, while
Oakes, Tebbutt and Wilson broke
the heart of Seaforth defence,
leading Clinton to their victory.
Seaforth Senior Boys: Mac-
Millan (8), Jacobi, McGavin,
Keyes (6), Sills (1), Muir (2),
Stewart (9), Roland, Henderson,
Ducharme, Murphy (2).
Clinton Senior Boys: J. Howes
(1), Mitchell (6); Wilson (7),
Taylor, Coleman (2), Steepe (3),
Gibbings (8), Fines (6), Oakes,
Tebbutt (5), Dunn, K. Howes.
Juniors 46—Seaforth 24
The powerful Clinton Junior
quintet, while not working too
smoothly, won 46-24. Litouski
with nine, led a determined Sea-
forth five, but after he fouled
out early in the third quarter,
much of the power was gone
from the Seaforth team. John
Hartley played brilliantly for
Clinton, scoring 17 points.
Seaforth Junior Boys: L. Mur-
ray (4), Horton (6), J. Murray
(2), Johnson, Crozier (1), Bet
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ties, Lyddiatt, Litouski (9), Mc-1 Millan (2), Smith.
I Clinton Junior Boys: Porter
(7), Hartley (17), McKay, Hig-
gins, H. Colquhoun, McDonald,
Ladd (14), Pearson, T. Colquhoun
1
(7 ), Garon, Snell, Jones (1).
Clinton Girls 17—Seaforth 14
I The Senior girls' contest was a
close struggle all the way, with
Seaforth playing very well de-
fensively while shaking Patey
Lane loose for ten points, how-
ever Clinton managed to emerge
the victors by a 17-14 count, al-
though outplayed for three-
quarters of the game. Joyce
Hawkins with eight points, led
the winners.
Seaforth Senior Girls: Watson;
Sieman (2), Spittal (2), Riehl,
McFadden, Lane (10), Campbell,
Slavin, Johnston, Boyd, Bolger,
Bannerman.
Clinton Senior Girls: Castle
(3), Sharp, Speaight (4), Web-
ster, Hawkins (8), Tait (2),
Scribbins: Snell, Blair, Fangrad,
lyfeVittie, Hodgins.
Referees: J. Curtis and A. Wip-
er, RCAF, Clinton.
A Strike—In
Goderich Township
(By Mrs. R, G. Thompson)
Now, when the public mind has
been so much taken up with the
threatened railway strike, people
might be interested in a sit-clown
strike which took place in Gode-
rich Township well over one hunce
red years ago.
When. John Elliott, lot 29, con-
cession 5, was having the usual
bee to raise his barn, all went
well for a time. However, when
no grog was forthcoming, the men
sat down and refused to work un-
til they had their whiskey. Mt.
Elliott explained his temperance
principles. He also stated his need
for a barn and his need of help,
but if they would not help him
without whiskey, he would have
to find some other way of getting
his barn up. This he likely would
have done, for he was the man
who walked to London and home
again in one day, when he needed
a scythe and the merchant in God-
crich said it would take two weeks
to get one from London.
After waiting considerable time
and seeing no signs of weakening
on Mr. Elliott's part, first one and
then another gave in and the barn
was erected without further in-
ciden t.
Another incident in connection
with Mr. Elliott occurred when he
gave the crowd two shillings for
the cub hides at the big "Bear
Hunt." These he wanted for pad-
ding and decorating his harness.
Having secured the hides he went
away home very well pleased with
his bargain.
The crowd, however, sent a
messenger off to the nearest tat.-
ern for a jug of whiskey with
which they made merry with many
a quip over ,john having at last
provided whiskey for the crowd.
NoTt Mrs, R. G.
Thompson, Clinton, is at present
gathering information and stor-
ies of early days which will b"
compiled to form a history of
Goderich Township, She would
appreciate It If readers of this
item could supply her with any Such infottnation.
RCAF Volleyball
News
Interest in the intersection Vol-
leyball League now centres around
a very close race for league lead-
ership between the team repre-
senting the staff officers and Tel-
ecommunication Officer entry.
Both teams are now tied for first
place with 40 points as a result
of a TCO victory over the officers
on Tuesday night by the margin
of two games to one, The TCO
team lead by F/O Norm Mason
and F/0 Ray Dunn overcame the
early lead and finally won after
three hard fought games. This
series of games was the best wit-
nessed during the schedule and in-
dications are that these teams will
meet in the finals if they succeed
in staving off the senior NCO's
lead by W/O Rutsy Brown and
F/S Terry Jackson. F/L's Frank
Boyzchuk and Jimmy Hynds were
the star performers for the offic-
ers' team. .
SORRY, OUR ERROR
There was an error in last
week's report of council meeting
held on January 5. This report
stated that Mayor W. J. Miller
had requested Clerk Holland not
to release the fire pumper into the
hands of Bert- Gibbings on the
morning following the meeting. It
was not Mayor Miller who made
this request. At any rate the re-
quest was not necessary since ac-
tion cannot follow discussion in
committee, but only after motion
for action is made in open council.
SKATES
S A PEA ED
CLINTON COLTS
SCORING POINTS
Pens. in
Player o A Total Mins,
McEwan .. 40 33 73 4
Bdgar . 20 20 40 4
May . . .. 15 11 26 15
Counter 10 15 25 12
Dolmage 8 15 23 12
Hanley .. 13 9 22 4
M. Colquhoun 10 7 1.7 10
Bartliff . 8 8 16 50
Schoenhals 3 11 1.4 29
Strong 8 5 13 4
K. Colquhoun 3 6 9 32
Wilson .. 1. 2 B 0
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Middlesex 'Seed Fair
First Week in March
The Prize List for the Middle-
sex Seed Fair, being held in Lon-
don on March 2, 3, 4 and 5, is
now available. Included this year
is a section open to exhibitors from
Western Ontario counties: Essex,
Kent, Lambton, Huron, Perth, Ox-
ford, Norfolk, Elgin; Bruce, Brant
and Middlesex. These open class-
es include oats, barley, wheat, soy-
beans, field beans, corn, timothy,
alfalfa, red clover, and hay; also
a Middlesex-Huron turnip class.
Entries from these will compete
finally against Middlesex champ-
ion exhibits for grand champion
awards in the show.
An Inter-county Seed Judging
competition for teams of three
members has also been arranged,
for a trophy donated by the Far-
mer's Advocate and Canadian
Countryman.
The Fair concludes with an auc-
tion sale of grain and seeds on
Thursday afternoon. Programs
will include prominent speakers,
panels, a women's program, bands,
square dances, old time fiddlers, a
minstrel show and Seed Fair
Queen,
There will be the most extens-
ive display of machinery and edu-
cational exhibits in the history of
the Fair. People from Western
Ontario are urged to exhibit and
attend. Prize Lists may be secur-
ed from the secretary, W. J. Rid-
dell, Ontario Department of Agri-
culture, London.
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Young Hockey
Players, Wanted
All children eight years of age
and, under are to get an opporturtw
ity to learn to play hockey. At
least if the plans of the Lions Club
materialize they wall, 1t is Plan-
Tied to have separate practice
hours for children five years of
age and under and. children eight
years of age and under,
All children who would like to.
play are asked to contact K. C,
Cooke or Ken Mcrlae as soon as
possible..
ENTERTAINMENT
SCHEDULE
FOR THE COMING WEEK
Friday, February 6
8.15-10 p.m.—PUBLIC SKATING
Saturday,, February 7
9.00-10.30 a.m.—FREE SKATING-
2-4 p.m.—PUBLIC SKATING
9.00 p.m.—INT, "B" HOCKEY —
Centralia RCAF vs. Olin--
ton Colts
Monday,, February 9
8.30 p.m.—INT. "B" HOCKEY —
Centralia RCAF vs. Clin—
ton RCAF Electras
Tuesday,, February 10
8.15-10 p.m.—PUBLIC SKATING
Wednesday,. February 11
2-4 p.m,—PUBLIC SKATING
8.15-10 p.m.—PUBLIC' SKATING,
FREE SKATING
For all country and town Publics
School Children from 9 a.ne
to 10.30 a.m.
Every Saturday Morning
Admission to Public Skating':
Adults 35c; Children 25c
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