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Let's Talk Consider Senior 'A' Reinforcements
sports After Mohawks Drop Three More
ON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT IFBy DON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT
Sports Editor
III H
EXETER MOHAWKS of the O.H.A. SENIOR “B”
LEAGUE seem to he the major topic of conversation
those days by the sports fans in this community and.
the surrounding districts.
As no one likes to follow a losing team game
after game, several thoughtful and personal questions
are being asked by the fans as to what is wrong with
the club, ’‘Should the coach be changed? Why aren’t
the boys producing? They’ve jumped over their heads
in going Senior “B”! How can they shake the slump?
Do the hoys really want to win or are they only
interested in collecting their pay cheques?" These are
just some of the questions and remarks I’ve heard.
Well, as a player, I can say that the MOHAWKS
want to win every time they take to the ice. At least
most of the players feel that way. However, somehow
or somewhere along the line the club has lost the
knack of the much-needed “scoring punch." We’re
throwing a lot of our games out the window. NOT
because we’re being outplayed by the opposition, but
because of the lack of finish around the net.
Lack of experience is one of the reasons why a
lot of our boys aren’t scoring but p lot of hustle will
normally make up for most of the missing experience.
To show that the boys are really interested in
winning these games, they held a special meeting on
their own after a two-hour practise session on Sunday
to go over each other’s mistakes and try to find out
what should be done in order to pull together as a unit.
After listening to the “chalk talk," I feel the
players left the dressing room with much more desire
in them to play hockey than when they entered.
While our after-shower conference was taking
place at the arena, another group of men were discuss
ing the future of EXETER MOHAWKS at the CEN
TRAL HOTEL.
The hard-working booster club, headed by
President BILL COCHRANE, is negotiating for players
from two SENIOR “A” clubs as the deadline for the
major clubs to cut their rosters is here,
A long distance phone call from KINGSTON
revealed two players are interested in coming this
way to play for Exeter.
One player, who goes by the name of HIRRONE,
is supposed to, have played with the BARRIE FLY
ERS, while the other is AL “SONNY” LaROSE, who
I remember when he came to KITCHENER JUNIOR
“A’s" in a trade with TORONTO. The other SENIOR
“A" club the tribe is dickering with is STRATFORD
INDIANS and possibly we will come up with some
help there.
So, the BOOSTER CLUB is doing its best to
get the MOHAWKS into the win column and who
knows, maybe with a few breaks, around the net
with the players, we have, we could start winning.
★ ★ * * * ★
EXETER FANS TAKE A BOW—Exeter hockey
fans, who took a lot of serious riding when Negro
FRANKIE ANDERSON played for us, proved that
they are REAL SPORTSMEN. Two years ago people
around the WOAA MAJOR grouping said we would
boo the 170-pound right winger if he ever played
against us, but when, he scored the hat trick for
ST. THOMAS right in our own rink, he received
deserving applause for his efforts from the
people.
★
Exeter
a *¥
should
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HOCKEY FILMS—A series of films that
prove to be very interesting to both young and old.
alike who are interested in Canada’s national game
will be shown in the EXETER ARENA on DECEM
BER 26 at 2:00 p.m. Eight short films will be shown
and will cover the techniques of SKATING—balanc
ing and turning; STICKHANDLING—how to control
a puck; PASSING—when to pass and how; SHOOT
ING-—backhand, forehand and the slap shot; GOAL-
TENDING—how to keep most of the pucks outside
of the net; OFFENSIVE TEAMPLAY—how to clear
the puck out of your own end, by-pass a defenceman •
and get into a scoring position, and DEFENSIVE
TEAMPLAY — in backchecking, forecheckiilg and
breaking up attacking power plays.
These are supposed to bo the world’s first hockey
instructional films, MH- WILLIAM J. L’MEUREUX,
director of physical education at the UNIVERSITY
OF WESTERN ONTARIO, has visited TORONTO,
NEW YORK and DETROiT fall training camps to get ‘
players to demonstrate the correct way to play the
game.
There isn’t any admission charged for seeing
the 73 minutes of hockey action, so any players from
the Squee Gees to the Seniors should. make it a
point to bb on hand for the showing.
* -A ★ ★ ★ ir
DON’T FORGET THAT THE HOCKEY GAME
HERE THIS SATURDAY WITH WOODSTOCK HAS
BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE PLAYED ON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 IN EXETER.
Hockey Films
tin
"How To Play Hockey '
EXETER ARENA
Ctaci * % p*m»
ADMISSION 11 FREIE
. Films Cover the Arts of
# SKATING • STICKHANDLING • PASSING
• CHECKING • SHOOTING • GOALTENDING
0 OFFENSIVE TEAMPLAY • DEFENSIVE TEAMPLAY
In 73 of Aetitt/'A
.EVERYONE..W E LC OM E..1m t
What is wrong with the Exeter I gart Is taking steps to make a
Mohawks of the O.H.A, Senior “drastic change” in the club
“B” League? ' CM„. I’.... . . ’__
Anothei' week has gone and i change will be coming in
■ ■■ - ~ " r : r _r.'coaching, no one knows, but the
. hard working business manager
. is working overtime on the move
j and will come up with the an-
i swer within a day or two, ,
“There is no reason why this
, club can’t win their share of
I games in this league,” said Big
gart in a telephone conversation. |
“The team is always in the!
game for two periods and then
we fall apart and there isn’t
any excuse for It,” quoted Bruce.
Bill Cochrane, president of the
Mohawk Booster Club, is expect
ing player help from the Strat
ford Indians, and the O.H.A. Sen
ior “A” Kingston club, but it
will not be known if it Will be
available for a day or two.
T h e Mohawks undoubtedly
have been losing games in the
third period that they should
have won.
In Wallaceburg, the Hornets
had a mere 2-1 lead entering
the final session but popped in
three quick ones before three
minutes had elapsed in the per
iod to send the tribe down to
defeat.
Against the Strathroy Rockets
at home, the Rockets pumped
home five first period goals be
fore the Exeter club settled
away and played hockey,
The Mohawks seem to have a
habit of lapsing every once in
a while in each game they play
and the opposition makes the
most of it.
Word on any of the Exeter
Hockey Club’s changes will be
known on Friday and will ap
pear in the Saturday, December
22 edition of the Times-Advocate.
As for the rest of the Senior
“B” League, the Wallaceburg
Hornets are still setting the pace
with a 10-2 record for 20 points
and first place.
Two surprise victories over the
week came when Woodstock
Athletics edged the Wallaceburg
Hornets 3-2 in Woodstock and the
11-6 pasting the St Thoma?
Royals gave the Sarnia CV’s
right on their home ice. ■
Strathroy Rockets are holding
down the runner-up spot to the
Hornets with 15 points by boast
ing a 7-3-1 record.
Only two points separate the
next three teams as Woodstock
have an even dozen and Sarnia
and St. Thomas follow closely
with 11 and 10 respectively.
The Exeter Mohawks bring uo
the rear with only two victories
in 11 starts for four points.
Locals Blow
Early Lead
After being outscored 5-2 'in
the final period, the Exeter ’Mo
hawks went down to their ninth
defeat in 11 starts in St. Thomas
on Tuesday night as the Royals
sdored a. 9-6 comeback victory.
The game .was a see-saw af
fair all the way with the Royals
taking a quick 2-0 first period
load in the first two and a half
minutes of the game only to
have Exeter come back with
four straight goals to gain a
4-2 edge. '
Loft defenceman Herb KewlOy
scored both St. Thomas goals in
the first period from his blue-
line position. The first marker
.was-unassisted aS he bounced a
slap shot past Ron Salter. On
his second tally, Don Beatty and
Harry Bentley drew assists, as
they set up the play near the
Exeter net.
Bill Hayward scored his ini
tial counter of the year at 6:48
when he and Junior Dares pull
ed off a beautiful two-way pass
ing p*lay from centre ice in.
Less than a minute later, Hay
ward set up right-winger Billy
MacDonald for the second Exe
ter scoring play of the game.
Then Junior Dares scored his
first of two goals at 16:57 on the
nicest play of the game with pin"
point passing taking place be
tween Bill Oberle, Dares and
Bill MacDonald.
The centreman’s second goal
was an unassisted marker as he
broke away at centre ice and
deked goaltender Ed Lochhead
out of position and slide the
puck into the net.
The Royals’ Hugh Anderson
and Walt Long tied the game up
With two important goals in the
middle stanza without a reply
from Exeter.
Although the tribe threatened
to break the deadlock on differ
ent occasions, they were always
foiled at the goalmouth by Ed
Lochhead of the St. Thomas de
fence.
It took only 20 seconds for
Keith Kewley’s “fired up” Roy
als id break the tie in the third
period.
Art Sullivan and. Williams Set
up Walter Long on the first play
inside the Exeter blueline and
Long made no mistake as lie
picked the short side on Salter.
At 3:20 Don Beatty rifled home
a drive to put the home team
two goals up in less than four i
minutes of play in the third. •
The Bill Oberlc-Junior Dares-j
Bill MacDonald line was the top
line on the ice for the tribe as I
they threatened constantly. |
On a third period scramble
around the Royals net. Oberle
pushed the puck over the goal*
line but Lochhead pulled it back
and the St. Thomas goal judge
didn’t turn on the light so it
wasn’t counted.
Billy MacDonald, who Was
right on ton of the play, threw
a cotmle of hot remarks at the
goal judge and the referee gave
him a 10-minute misconduct
penalty,
Art Sullivan, Allison and Wil
liams fired the next three goals
in succession to sink the tribe’s
chances.
However, Larry Heideman
blasted a shot between Loch
head’s legs and Into the net at
14fS0 te iRake the score read
the tribe has dropped three J die way of player changes or
|more valuable games. They suf-'"' "
fered a 6-2 beating by the league
leading Wallaceburg Hornets;
I dropped a 7-3 decision to the
I Strathroy Rockets and blew a
4-2 lead in St. Thomas on Tues
day night to wind up on the
. wrong end of a 9-6 score.
I Business Manager Bruce Big-
'Ladies Bowl
|For Turkeys
Turkeys, the pride of the Yulc-
I tide meals, were the main ob-
I slacle in the Ladies Bowling
| League this week.
| Seven large birds were bowled
i for by 17 different teams in
which 96 players took part.
j Five of the turkeys were
awarded on hidden scores while
the other two went for the high
single and high triple of the
week.
Ahn Simpson of the Pin Pop-
pettes, who helped her team take
five points from the Mighty
Mice, rolled a three-game high
of 688 to win a cup and saucer
along with the turkey.
Ollie Essery’s 292 single game
enabled her to win a bird and
a cup and saucer for the highest
single of the week.
Ken Hockey picked out the
five hidden scores for the re
maining birds and the winners
were Kay Shelgrove, 320, Merry
Maids; Doris Listoen, 424, Lolli
pops; Barb Brintnell, 505, Be-
Bops; Almira Ford, 629, Blow-
ettes and Shirley Wright, 355,
also of the Blowettes.
Mary Westlake of the Alley
Cats, and Mary Holtzman of the
Hi-Lights came through as hid
den score winners for chocolates.
As far as the bowling went
oyer the week, only two teams
picked up seven point totals—
Merry Maids and Jolly Six. As
a .result of their seven point
splurge, the Merry Maids have
moved three points in front of
the second place Be-Bops.
The Busy Bees are in third
place, one point back of the Be-
Bops while the Hot Dogs hold
down fourth place with 49 points.
Six 600 or better triples were
rolled this week.
Ann Simpson was high with
her 688 while the other high
bowlers were D. Monroe, 684*
• 0. Essery, 666; A. Ford, 629; g’.
Farquhar, 610 and N. Harwey,
609.
(L ,'Dlommacrt 597) _
wi HolWiian 570) „V) hatimfs (O. Essery f>66) „ „
Busy Bees (V. Harvey d09)__
Happy Gals (D. Munroe 684) “
Blowettes (A. Ford C29)
CH- IMntnell 582) "2 Alley Cats (D. France 906)
BuLercups (K. Slnpljeton 546)“ „
llope." fNT. Caldwell 577)
Bln ropnettes (A. Simpson 68ST
Mlabty Mice (E. Sm|th 582)___
lolly Six (G. Skinner 574)
Dps & Downs (V. Miller 492) “I
H" Maids (G. Faronhar 610)
Lollipops .(M, Glinn 4SS)
1* risky Six «). peott 544) ____
^•'Jfnhnrns (E.Jlannle 459)__
{o'b ;UI,S fA. Bremen tor 5 Hl „■
A tie Hawks (B. .gangster 512)
STANDINGS
56
53
52
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4'8
48
48
46
so
5
2
5 o
5
2
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2
5
7 0
7
0
52
5 •>
Merry Maids _
Be. Bops ___Busy Bees
Hof Bogs ..._ _
Aliev Cats
P. Poppetfes ..
Happy Gals .
Ups X- Downs ...
•Tnllv .Tills _ 40
Mighty Mice ~ 35
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Frisky Six .
Hi Lights
Whatnot."
Nile Hawks
Tolly Six
Wee Hopes _
Greenhorns _
Buttercups ..
Lollipops__
Bio-,voltes
Around
I The j
Arena
With Larry Heideman
Saturday, December 15, at the
local arena showed the Wings
defeating the .Royals by a score
of 4-2', Fred Wells led the Wings
With a pair of markers while
singles were registered by Lou
DuGute add Jim Gould. Lome
Turnbull scored both Royal goals
with one coining on a penalty
shot.
The Flyers ahd Flashes bat
tled to a 3-3 tie in the second
game. Lester Heywood came up
with the hat trick in gelling all
three of the Flashes goals. Rick
ey Boyle tallied twice ahd George
Armstrong added 4 Single fpr
the Flyers markers.
In the third pee wee game,
the Hornets edged the Falithers
3-1. Brian Hall, Jim SWellzCt
and Jim Carscaddcn registered
the Hornets goals. Laveth Gould
tallied the lone Panther goal.
The Boston wee wee afid squCC
gee team humbled the Blue
Devils to the tune of 4-0. Ray
Tommy Allen and Don Wrigllt
added singles.
; The second wee wee and squee
j gee game showed the powerful
i Red Devils trouncing the Mo
hawks 8-0. Larry WillCrt and
■ Doug, Stanlake came up with
; terrific performaiicfes gelling
i tour goals each,
j Teen Tihife.
I Wednesday, December 26, is
i Teen Town's Christmas semi-
I formal dafiefe between the hours
of 9 and 11. Special dances and
prizes will bo given out and a
big turnout is expected.
Gtrlii* Hotkfcy
Gili's’ hockey is still being, ex-
perlmofitod with. There is a
notice at the arena for any girls
who atO interested in playing
hockey and it definitely
sighed so that teams
formed.
Hockey Films
Special hookey films
shown from 2 to 4 on _____
day afternoon, December 26, in
the gym at the arena. The films
give a complete breakdown On
skating, shooting, slickhandling,
defensive .and offensive plays
Anyone. JhlArftSl.cd.. is_.welcomo. to
playing
must ‘
can
be
be
bewill
WcdneS'
istered the final goal of the garnet 8-st. Thomas. h. Amkrson
___ at 16:50 when he scored on Bill | &«8ulHmU swithin the next 24 hours. Whether Oberle’S pass from the side of *3ji8 lwinjamV H4o’ '
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Playing Coach “1
picked up five stitches just above,
his eye in the first period when IP
he was clipped with a high stick |
in front of the St. Thomas goal,1
but he later returned to action,
j Ron Salter guarded the nets
for the absent Gar Baker and
i Earl Barton did not dress for
I the game as Loader switched
i the lineup in an attempt to get
a winning combination.
EXETER — Goal, Salter; defence,
Dwyer, Thiel, Franklin. Hayward;
foi wards, Dberle. Heideman, Loader.
G r a v e t t, MacDonald, Wharnsbx,
sHhantz, Dares, Zukiwski,
ST. THOMAS —Goal, Loehheadi
defence, Kewlcy, Williams. Sllver-
nerg, if. Anderson: forward". Sulli- Ivan, Schooley, MacPhersou, Bentley,
i Lung, Pclexh, Allison, 1<\ Anderson,
i Beattie,
j Referees— E. O'Donnell and Terry
! Hagen, of Simcoe. 1 •First Period
1— St. Thomas, Kewlcy „„„„„„ .50
2— st. Thomas, Kewley
(Beattie, Schooley) .. __ 2,31
.1—Exeter, Hayward '(Dares) _ 5.45
4— Exeter, MacDonald
(Hayward) ___ fi.05
5— Exeler, Dares
; (Oherle, MacDonald) 16.67
6— Exeter, Dares 10.50j Penalty — Dwyer .10.
■Second Period
7— SI. Thomas, Long
(Sullivan, MacPherson) . 3.07
t j i Thlrct Period 'Red” Loader! Thomas, L
ips just above! isumvan, wm
Hockey
Standing
O.H.A. SENIOR “B"
Wallaceburg 6, Exeter 2
Strathroy 7, Exeter 3
Woodstock 3, IVallaeeburg
Thomas 11, Sarnia 6
" Exeter 6
L T F
2 0 68
3 1 (53
5 0 47
6 1 74
8 0 60
9 0 45
1 0 4
Strathroy
St.
St. Thomas 9,
1
from
w
10
7
6
5
5
2
0
league,
2
A
40
8
Wallaceburg
Strathroy ...
Woodstock ..
Sarnia ..........
St, Thomas .
Exeter ......
xxLondon ...
xx—Withdrew
Next Wee’s Games:
21—Exeter at Woodstock
27— Exeter at St. Thomas
,Sarnia, at ’WaliacOlnti'g
28— Stralhroy at Woodstock
29— St. Thomas ’at Exfiter
WOAA INTERMEDIATE
Last Week's Scores;
Mitchell. 8, Clinton 6
Lucan fl, Goderich 2Lucan fl, Goderich 6
Milvhell 10, Zurich 3
llderton 10, Clinton 8
„ 11.40
Dwyer
.. .x,ong
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Thomas. Beattie_
Thomas, Sullivan
el’herson) __ _
Thomas, Allison _____
Lfer, Heideman
. .21
. 3.21
8.50
11.45
14.29
i«.r.
. 10.15
Schooley 4.18. Mae-
...Inuie misconduct)
11-
12-
lib__ ________________
li—Hxeter( MacDonald
* (Oberle) . ....15—HL Thomas, William*
(AllIson) .
Penalties — fl.
Donald <10 mli___ „
5.01), Williams 6.45.
Five Quickies |
Crush Tribe
I Five big goals in the first per- I
iod of Friday night's hockey i
game by the visiting Strathroy j
1 Dockets in Exeter enabled Dick i
Plncombe's crew tq roll to a *
7-3 O.H.A. Senior “B” victory £
over Mohawks. 11
As in most of their games this f
year, the Mohawks suffered a i
lapse and in this particular t j
game, it edme in the first per-; i
ipd. Five unanswered goals i
were scored by a hustling Strath- : i
roy team before the tribe got |
untracked. 11
It may have been because of j
the long journey to Wallace-1J
burg the night before, while ] =
Strathroy rested that the Exeter j
club couldn’t do anything right 1j
in the initial frame, but after i |
that they settled away and play- ’ |
ed even hockey in the second j
by splitting one goal apiece and i
then went on to outscore the =
Rockets 2-1 in the final period. | I
Des Moroney and Bernie Pear- j |
son each scored two goals to =
pace the Strathroy offensive at- =
I tack. Single Rocket goal scorers i
j were Stan Long, Don Mayes, !
, and jack McCreight. . |j "Boom” Gravett, Junior Dares i
'and Bill MacDonald fired the i f
| Exeter goals. | j
Strathroy defenceman- Stan:?
Long opened the scoring on a' j
play with Carl Hatt at 5.32 to
start off the scoring parade. i
Hatt picked up his second
sist in 17 seconds when ne check-1
’ ed a Mohawk defender to the
I left side of Gat Baker and forced
him to pass blindly right onto.
Des Moroney’s stick at the blue-
line, who- in turn pumped a 30-
foot slap shot past a startled
Baker in the Exeter nets,
Don Mayes' goal at 8,25 and
Moroney’s second first period
goal jumped the Rockets off* to
a commanding 4-0 lead. Bernie
Pearson added the final counter
of the period for Strathroy.
In the hard-hitting first per
iod, referees Bob Bloxam and
Ken McFadden handed out five
penalties with Strathroy getting
the nod three times.
Jack McCrcight combined with
Buddy Evans and Stan Long
op a picture three-way passing
play early in the second period
to ring up a 6-0 lead.
Finally at 14:34, Don "BooimR
Boom” Gravett capitalized on a*
passout from Larry Heideman
to put Exeter on the score sheet,
Don Fulton was the major at
traction in the middle stanza as
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Exeter Mohawk
Player of the Week
As Chosen By
Bill Musser, Charlie Acheson, Derry Boyle
(Right Winger)
Don Gravett
BOOM scored the first
goal for Mohawks in games
the Tribe played this -past
week against Wallaceburg
and Strathroy Rockets'. Be
sides playing well offens
ively, the fast winger back-
checked effectively in both
contests. So far this sea
son, BOom has scored five
goals and four assists to
rank fourth among MohaWk
marksmen.
E
DICK JERMYN, who offers the best in farm ma
chinery, is pleased to present his “Player of the
Week" award to the hard-working right winger.
Exeter Farm Equipment
PHONE 508 R. D. Jermyn WILLIAM ST.
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Int. WOAA
‘ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21
Exeter at Woodstock
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
Exetir at St. Thomas
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29
. St. Thomas at Exeter
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20
Mitchell et Zurich
Clinton af Lucan
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
Zurich at Goderich
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28
llderton At Lucan
RS
I
OkeeW SNELL BROS.
1954 Meteor Rideau Sedan
I
Air Condition Heater, Defroster, Radio, Turn-Signals, Windshield Washer
Two-Tone Finish, Low Mileage
llderton
Mitchell
Lucan .,
Zurich .
Clinton .
Goderich
Games Next Week:
19— Liman at Zurich
• 21—Mitchell at Zurich
Clinton at LUctln
22—llderton at. Mitchell■iifi—Goderich al Clinton
27—Zurich at GOderich
2'8—-llderton kt Lucan
WOAA BANTAM LEAGUE
Last Week's Resuts:
Exelftr 8, Zurich 3
, Centralia over St. Marys
(By Default)
Future GatpeSt
20- Hensall at St. MtU'.vs
27—Zurich at Centralia—7 p.'m.
WOAA MIDGET LEAGUE
Last Weik's Scores:
St. Marys 7. Exeter 6
Mitcimii 4, Exeter 2
Future Games:
20—Exeter at Goderich
27—Goderich. at Exeter
MOHAWK
Bill MacDonald .
Bill - Oherle .........Larr.v Heideman .
"J-Jooth" Grnvelt .
Bill Franklin ,...
“lied” Loader ...
Junior Dares ....
Doug- Thiel .........
Bill Whaa-nsby ...
Jack Dwyer ........
Marv Shan I z ........
Bill Hayward ....
Earl Barton ........
Ed Zukiwski ....
SCORING
Ga.G A P Pirn.
11 8 11 19 U
11 6 13 19 10
11 6 11 17 0
11.5 4 9 0
9 0 4 7 0
1.1 3 4 7 0
7 5 1 6 0
10 2 2 4 4
9 2 2 4 «)
11 2 2 4 35
10 2 (I 2 2
11 1 1 2 29
9 0 2 2 12
3 0 0 0 0
HOCKEY
Senior "B" OHA
I
Ml
We Extend to
Everyone, Best Wishes
For A
1956 Ford Customline Sedan
Air Condition Heater, Defroster, Windshield Whsher, 12,000 Miles
&
1953 Ford Custom 2 D
Radio, Heater, 23,000 Miles
Phone 100 Limited 1 Exeter