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By PON “BOQM BOOM" QRAVETT
Sports Editor
Booster Club Lands New Coach
In Bid To Shake Losing Streak
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probably the most costly sport in our proud
domain is Canada’s national game of hockey.
The swift-moving classic jumps into operation
early in the fall before the football players have had
a chance foi' a breather or even to complete their
playoffs, and then continues into the early spring
when the-high classed baseball stars are loosening
up their muscles in spring training camps in the
sunny south.
To prove that hockey is particularly big business
in Canada, all you have to do is pick up a daily
paper and check the scoreboard for the scores and
standings to see the number of leagues in operation
today.
Of course the only leagues shown around here
are the two professional groupings and the southern
and northern O.H.A. teams, let alone the amateur
and professional teams out west.
A quick glance at the daily scoreboard reveals
that no less than 59 teams of Junior “B” or higher
calibre are in operation daily. The WOAA or minor
team setups are not included in this total.
THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE has had the
six-team league for years, while the AMERICAN
HOCKEY LEAGUE, the professional player supplier
to the N.H.L., has a six-team loop playing steadily.
Nearer to home, the WESTERN ONTARIO SEN-
IOR “A” LEAGUE has joined forces with the NORTH
ERN ONTARIO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION in an inter
locking schedule and as a result produces nine more
teams.
The JUNIOR “A” teams, that
mostly by the N.H.L. clubs so that
developed for future use, manage to
an eight-team grouping each year,
city drops a franchise because of
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are sponsored
talent can be
come up with
Although one
the enormous
expenses" and goes bankrupt, there is always some
one else waiting for the chance to ice a club as was
the case between the KITCHENER CANUCKS and
PETERBORO this year.
We almost forgot to mention the newly-formed
EASTERN DIVISION of. the SENIOR “A” LEAGUE. .
Six teams are included out there.
The JUNIOR “B’s” ten-team grouping that has
the OWEN SOUND GREYS riding on top with a
12-1-1 record and the SENIOR “B” O.H.A. league
which the EXETER MOHAWKS are entered in make .
up 16 more teams.
Eight teams prevail in the SOUTH MIDDLESEX
SENIOR league' that includes WESTMOUNT, SEC.
ROYALS, BYRON, LUCAN, ARVA, AILSA CRAIG,
LAMBETH and SHARQN.
It is reported by different team officials that
the cost of operating an average SENIOR “B” club
runs around the $11,000 mark. So you can readily
imagine what tbe overall expense rate would be for
the operation of all the teams in Canada along with
the American Hockey League in the States which
consists of mostly all Canadian-born players. It sure
would buy a lot of CHRISTMAS CAKE!
The surprise teams in hockey today come from
BOSTON, STRATFORD, NORTH BAY and OWEN
SOUND.
Coach MILT SCHMIDT, of the BOSTON BRUINS
must be feeding his players most of the beans in
Boston as he has his Beantowners sitting on top of
the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ladder. The two
years’ experience he has picked up at handling the
coaching reigns is starting to pay off for the club
and the spectators.
Over in STRATFORD, the Indians, who weren’t
sure of operating at all this year because of the loss
of key players and financial shortages, are presently .
occupying first place with a four point bulge over ’
WINDSOR BULLDOGS after 24 games of the sched
ule have been played.
The NORTH BAY TRAPPERS prove to be the
most astonishing club of all. A slow start at the be
ginning of the season brought down cries of dis
banding the team but now when you look at their
record _ they produce an eye-popping ’ 20-7-1 record
which is good enough for a 12-point lead over their
closest rivals, the SUDBURY WOLVES. ’ >.
OWEN SOUND GREYS, who have had a rough
time of it for three or four years in the O.H.A.
JUNIOR “B” race, have plenty to cheer aboiit this
year. It looks as though they have succeeded in
building a strong contender for the championship
laurels as they have only suffered one loss in their
first 14 outings.
Well, the Christmas turkey with cranberry
sauce and the hot pudding should just about be
ready, so as I hurry off to the dinner table I want to
wish you one and all the MERRIEST CHRISTMAS
EVER.
| Bill Woodward, newly-appoint
ed coach of Exeter Mohawks,
promises fans hoTl have a
hustling bunch of hockey players I playing for him.
j “I’ll have to start from scratch
:buf 1’11 do everything I can to
! get th? hockey club out of the
j rut they’re in,” said Woodward.
; ‘The team seems to be scoring
’ enough goals to win most of their
games but whether they’re not
; pack-checking enough to win the
; games, we’ll have to find out.
INo doubt the team needs some
! pepping up and a lot of hustle
; is what I want from the boys,”
stated, the formei' pro.
I The Mohawk aggregation is
i not entirely new to Woodward
; as he knows several of the
j players on the club and what
lean be expected of them on the
' ice.
Woodward, who replaced. Jim
I “Red” Loader as pilot" last
I Thursday, will run the team
I strictly from the bench as his
• playing days are over.
: The change in coaches came
1 after the 9-6 beating Mohawks
, absorbed in St. Thomas Tuesday
night in which they blew a 4-2
lead. Managei' Bruce Biggart
announced the appointment on
Thursday.
Coaching is not a strange job
for the ex-professional hockey
star. For the last two years he
coached the London Briggs Sen
ior “B” entry and for' four years
previous he piloted the Wood-
stock Athletics. One year he
guided the team into the All
Ontario finals against Kingston
only to lose out in the sixth
game of a best-of-seven series.
The one-time ace, who once
• played with Exeter’s George
J Shaw, has had 25 years or more
experience at the game.
In three seasons that stretch
j ed from 1936 to 1939, he starred
J .on the crack Stratford. Midget
{Junior “A” team. From there
*he participated in the English
I hockey league overseas for
[Streatham before he came back
to Canada to play for Stratford. I Upon returning to the classic
city in 1938, Woodward, who
played as well at centre as on
I left wing, nailed a berth with
i Stratford who were hooked up
in the red-hot Michigan-Ontario
hockey league.
The 1940-41 season took him
• to the Hamilton Dafa sco*s, a
Senior “A” team, and from
! there he turned professional
with the Springfield Indians of
the American Hockey League.
While with the 0 Springfield
club, the army drafted him, so
the next two years were spent
playing -for Cornwall in the
Quebec league which was just
overflowing with top-grade
| hockey talent.
After leaving the army, Wood-
ward came back to Stratford
and signed to play for them but
[ received immediate suspension
from Eddie Shore, coach of the
Springfield Indians, for failing
to report back to him.
However, it was all straighten
ed out and the ’48-’49 season I had him back in a Stratford
Indian uniform once again,
When his playing days drew to
a close, Bill started coaching
and has been doing it ever
since.
The newly-appointed coach will
be travelling to Exeter from
Stratford for each game and
practice with the Stratford play
ers connected with the club.
Tribe Drops 5-1 Count
To Woodstock Friday
Hockey
Standing
O.H.A. SENIOR "B”
Night’s Scores:
Woodstock 5, Exeter 1 o
Last
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Wallaceburg ...,.10 2 O 68 40 20Strathroy..s 7 3 1 63 55 15
Woodstock ....... 7 5 O 62 41 14
Sarnia ........
St. Thoma's ,,
... 5 6 1 74 69 11
... 5 8 0 60 75 10
Exeter ............
'’’London .....
... 2 10 0 46 76 4
... 0 1 0 4 8 0
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(Men Bowlers
Vie For Fowl
The Men’s Bowling League
held its annual turkey roll this
week.
Graham Mason of the Trades
men rolled a superb 364 game
without the use of his handicap
to walk off with one of the birds
for high single.
The high triple went to “Ozzie”
Osgood of the Windmills as his
three games totalled 816 and
841 with his handicap.
In the hidden score depart
ment, the Pinpoppers came out
in fine style even though three
points were all they could take
from the Tradesmen and two
from the Canners in a double-
header.
Har Brintnell and Doug Sweet,
both of the Pinpoppers, won tur-
Russell
THE
HEARTIEST
We’re coming your way with best
wishes for a happy holiday and
many thanks for your pa*
•LF»w**M**Jack Shewchuck’s Woodstock
Athletics jumped into a 3-1 first
period lead and added two mor^
in the third and final period to
take a 5-1 decision on home ice
from Exeter Mohawks in an
O.H.A. Senior “B” fixture on
Friday night.
The game, which was consid
erably late in starting due to the
heavy'fog that made transporta
tion almost impossible, was
played on straight time for the
first 20 minutes while the last
two periods were on stop time.
It only took Woodstock 37 sec
onds of the first period to open
the scoring as “Butch” Graham
slid a trickier into the corner
of the net after taking Doug
French’s rebound shot that Gar
Baker had made the save on
from point blank range,
At 2:45 the Athletics went two
up when Jerry Price scored on
a 20-foot, partially-screened shot
from directly in front of the net.
Larry Lemenchick and Ed Har
rison had set up the play so each
received assists.
The fast skating first period
was wide-open hockey with each
team missing a number o.f good
scoring chances around the net
as both goaltenders made some
good saves.
Mohawk left-winger Bill
Whatnsby caught the eye of ref
eree “Monk” Shuttleworth of
Kitchener for hooking at 4:20
for a two minute penalty but
Woodstock was unable to get an
attack organized as the tribe
checked hard to break up dan
gerous scoring plays.
Twenty seconds after Wharns-
by's return .to the ice, defence
man Bill Hayward was sent off
for interference but once again
Mohawks held their own.
Bill Franklin beat Lavy Pur-
ola in the Woodstock nets at
11:05 from close in to put Exetdr
right back in the game as the
score stood at 2-1 at that time.
Bill MacDonald and “Black
Jack” Dwyer picked up assists
on the play.
Larry Lemenchick wasted no
time in getting that one back
when less than a minute later
he banged in a goal mouth pass
from Ed Harrison who in turn
received it from Jerry Price.
The first period final, score
was Woodstock 3, 'Exeter 1,
Bill Woodward, Mohawks’ new
coach who took over for the first
time, sent a digging band of
Mohawks onto the' ice for the
second frame. As a result not
a goal -was scored against the
tribe and Woodstock had only
an 11-8 edge in shots on goal.
Of the three penalties handed
out in the middle stanza, the
Athletics were nipped for two of
them. The A’s Johnston .went off
for boarding at 3:30 and Ken
nedy spent two minutes in the
“sin-bin” for hooking. . ■
While Kennedy was off, the
Mohawks did some superb pass
ing inside the Woodstock blue-
line to try to get into scoring
position and when they did, Doug
Thiel blasted a low driye off the
goal post;
Centre Bill Franklin, who
scored the tribe’s only goal, was
issued the final penalty of the
period at 12:51 for booking.
Kennedy sunk a loose puck
on a scramble around the Exeter
net to push the third place Wood-
stock crew into a commanding
4-1 lead Carly in the third per
iod.
Bill Hayward did some close
checking in front of his net when
the A’s were pressing and got a
two- minute -hooking penalty at
i 14:15. He no sooner sat down
V: i in the penalty box When 200-
. i pound Gordie Nudds Whistled a
booming- slap shot from the blue-
line that caught the inside of
the goalpost to make it a 5-1
hockey game:
The Exeter . Mohawks looked
more effective in this gaipe than'
they have in some time as they
were skating harder, passing
better and getting the puck out
of their own end with much
more effectiveness:
The tribe had to go with two
lines as left-winger Marv Shantz
was an absentee.
Electric
’*■—Withdrew -from
Games This Week:
27— Exeter at St. Thomas
Sarnia at Wallaceburg-
28— Strathroy at Woodstock
20—St. Thomas at Exeter
WOAA INTERMEDIATE
This Week’s Scores;
Eucan 6, Zurich 3
Lucan 6, Clinton 4
Lucan ...............
’’Mitchell ............
Ilderton ..............
’’Zurich ............ .
Clinton ............
Goderich ................
Mitchell-Zurich
eluded.
Future Games:
22—Ilderton at.
26— Goderich at ........
27— Zurich at Goderich
2S—Ilderton at Lucan
MOHAWK SCORING
GAP
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Oberle ....
Bill
Bill ---------------- -
Larry Heideman
“Boom” Gravett
Bill Franklin ...
“Red” Loader ,,
Junior Dares . ..
Jack Dwyer .Bill Whannsby
keys while Lloyd Stewart of the Xhiel ’
R„°lleJS aUd Efic Heyw00d I Blil^iywaH
of the Tradesmen also came in Earl Barton .
for prizes.
. Five bowlers tied for the two
birds that were to be given
away on 521 and 467 scores.
John Goman and “Punch” Wells
each had a 52l» triple while‘Ed
Hunter-Duvar, Roy Ferguson and
Les Gibson tied at 467.
Two whitewashings developed
over the week's activities.
The Ringers, led by Jack Carr,
handed Canada Packers a 7-0
setback and the Tip Toppers tip
ped the Whizz Bangs by the
same score behind Howard Holtz
man's 626 triple.
Ozzie Osgood’s 816 was the
triple over 800 turned in this
week but a number of three-
game totals were recorded in
the 700’s?
Don Case of the Big Six rolled
a 745; Graham Mason of the
Tradesmen, 728; Lorne Haugh of
the Kinjacks. ”
Crocker of the
703.
The Windmills
ing the league
amassed a total _......
the runner-up Milkmen’s 56.
In third place are the'Trades
men while the Big Six and the-
PinpopperS are deadlocked for
fourth with 48 points each.
Fifth and sixth spots- are oc
cupied by the Ringers and the
Kiniacks who are right on the
heels of the fourth placers with
only two points at the most
separating them.
710, and Jim
Rural Rollers,
are still lead-
as they have
of 64 points to
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Just a friendly
greeting to thank all
6Ur Hid friends and patrons and
fa wish them the very merriest of holidays,
Exeter Bowling Lanes
F'HONfW
At this happy lime
our best wishes go out to all our
friends and neighbors:
may peace, health and
good will be with youc1 ways.
W. I. Christmas Meeting
Grand Bend Women’s Institute
held their Ghristmas meeting
on Thursday afternoon when
they entertained the members of
Cloverdale Institute.
Rev. A. E. Holley was guest
speaker and chose for his sub
ject "The Three Dimensional
Traditions of Christmas” refer
ring to the old European tra
dition, the tradition of St. Nich
olas and the sacred tradition.
Mrs. Holley favored with a
medley of Christmas chimes on
the piano. The motto “It is not
the value of the gift we send
but the love that goes with it
that really matters” was discus
sed by Mrs. Willis Gill.
Mrs. Wm. Love read the-Christ
mas story in scripture and Mrs.
Roy Morenz gave a Christmas
story “Twas the Night Before
Christmas.”
Mrs. Carman Woodburn of the
visiting Institute read a Christ-
Devil Snipers
Top League
Scoring statistics for the WOAA ,
Intermediate Hockey League, as i released by group convenor . Al°7‘ ^he
Derry Boyle of Exeter, find that I °nfc Joai0^ aadh to,!d
two of the second-place Mitchell ^01Pp.°se^s. caiol and
Red Devils are leading the pack. .what circumstances it
Charlie Westman has produc- waR
ed eight goals and six assists
for 14 points to hold a four-point
bulge over his closest rival and
teammate Don Hartleib.
Hartleib has scored only on
two occasions but has picked up
eight assists for his 10 points
for the number two position.
Fletcher of Lucan and Hartley
and Hughill of Clinton Colts are
all tied for third place with nine
points each.
The Big Ten standing is as
follows:
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Special Christmas Dinner Menu
’ FULL COURSE MEALS
Celery Hearts, Sweet Pickles, Salt Almon, Fresh Fruit,
Mixed Nuts
Soup—Puree of Royal or Tomato Juice J
FISH '
Grilled White Fish, Brown Butter......
ENTREE
Breaded‘Veal-Cutlet, Tomato Sauce ...
Grilled 'Pork' Chop, Pineapple Ring
T-Bone Steak with Strip of Bacon \.....
Sirloin Steak with Onions .................
ROASTED
Roast Young Turkey, Cranberry- Sauce............... 1.75
Roast Young Chicken, Apple Jelly...................... 1.50
Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Brown Gravy........... 1.25
Vegetable—Whipped or French-Fried Potatoes, Butter
Sweet Peas
DESSERT
Green Apple Pie, Cherry, Hot Mince, Christmas Cake •
or Christmas Plum Pudding, Wine Sauce
The Exeter Grill
Phone 401 439 Main St. S,
$1.00
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Westman, Mitchell ..
D. Hartleib, Mitchell
Fletcher, Lucan .....
Hartley, Clinton ......
Hughill, Clinton .......
Boyes, Clinton .........
Darling, Ilderton ....
Petrie, Lucan ...........
McIntyre. Zurich ....
Weber, Mitchell ......
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Director Reorganizes
Minor Hockey Teams
Recreation Director Larry I Hornet _
Heideman recently announced a - • - —
reorganization of the teams in :
Exeter’S minor hockey program. I t . .
Former clubs were disbanded Gordon Snell,, Jim Carscadden,
and new ones set up to balance Brien Hall, Jim Switzer, Kenny
the strength of the teams. “ -- -
New schedule and team rosters
are:
Saturday, December 29
8-9—Panthers vs. Royals
9-10—Hornets vst' Flashes
10-11—Flyers Vs. Wings
Saturday, January 5
8-9—Wings vs. Hornets
9-10—Flashes vs, Panthers
10-11—Flyers vs, Royals
Saturday, January 12 ’
8-9—Flyers vs, Hornets
9-10—Wings vs. Panthers
10-11—Royals vs. Flashes
PEE WEES
Royals
Coaches — Roland Selkirk and
Barney Bailey.
Players—Goal, Gerry Cooper;
Lorne Turnbull, Bob Broderick,
Larry Brintnell, David Hunt,
Donald Cooper, Leroy Gould,
Michael Hatter, Raymond Ash
bury, Larry White, Roland Sel
kirk, Jerry Fisher, Rickey Flet
cher, Norman Nixon, Robert
................... Dill
Coach—Cy -Blommaert.
Players — Goal, David Veal;
i Woods, Raymond Ward, Paul
■ Shriv, POter Blann, Joey Jack-
son, Bill Bradley, Paul Mullin,
Douglas MacCleary, Charlie
Saul, Billy Penhale, Garry Par
isons, Peter McFalls.
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i Panthers
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chet, Norman Nixon, .
Freeman, Btian Switzer,
Parry, Martin King.
Flyers
Coaches—Jack Thompson
Bill Humphrey.
Players—Goal, Freddy Lavin;
Wes Simms, Garry Redman,
Ricky Boyle, Jerry Lewis, John
ny MacNaughton, • Danny Mc-
Killon, Allen Baul, Teddy Cham*
and
avttTtfls1 bets, Gatty Zito, Don Mckeiler.
car I McLean, Calinm MacPhee
Coach-Red Loader.
Players — Goal, Larry Stire;
tavern Gould, Mervin Taylor,
Robert Schroeder, Garry Ford,
John Nagel, John Harness, Billy
I Halliwell, Wayne Aiinaney, Bill
(Bradley, Robert-Robinson, Doug-
. las Dempster, Tommy Bundy,
Billy Denneau, Barry Greenacre,
’ George Gddbolt, Bobby Hoffman,
i Larry Wein.
Flashes
!» Coach—Doug Allen,
I Players — Goal, John Snell;
Eddie Roelofs, Rollie Selkirk,
Lester Heywood, Doug Jeffery,
Bob McDonald, Mike Cushman,
Dave Trttemner, David Nose-
' worthy, Jim Denneau,- Billy
Allen, Bobby Benning, Billy
Bradley, Richard MacIntyre,
; Ronnie Maxwell, Ted Wilson,
Fred Saunders,
. Wings
Coach—Bill Hayward,
Players—Goal, Neil Hamilton;
Jim Hannah, Jim Gould, Doug
Penhale, Fred Wells, Ron Brede- ’rick. Ken Hclnbuck, Den Bray,
, Leslie Cook. Paul Felker, Arthur iHorrall, Bill Heywood, Bill Har*
* *j W<m, ^Richard Hanning, Hill
was written. Mrs. Carman Lovie
presided for the program.
During the business portion of
the meeting Mrs. William Sweit
zer reported that the country
store project for her group had
realized §60. A pot luck supper
was reported as being planned
by Mrs. Wellwood Gill’s group.
Mrs. Max Turnbull gave the re
port of the Ladies Auxiliary to
South Huron hospital Christmas
meeting.
Hostesses were Mrs. Raymond
English, Mrs. Herbert Pfile, Mrs.
Arthur Finkbeinhr and Mrs.
liam Switzer as- convener.
Ladies Auxilary Meeting
The .Ladies Auxiliary to
Grand Bend Legion No. 498
their last business meeting for
195& on Monday evening. The
new officers will be installed in
January by Zone Commander
Eva Quakenbush of Strathroy.
Th‘e monthly cheque of $50 was
sent to Westminster Hospital, a
box of assorted gifts and a
cheque was sent to the «Eric
Reed Soldier’s Club in London
and $50 was donated toward the
Legion Christmas party for local
children.
The annual banquet of the
Auxiliary was held at the Bren
ner Hotel Thursday night
lowed by a euchre party.
School Concert*
On Wednesday afternoon
Home and School Association
sponsored a Christmas concert
for the pupils of the local school.
The teachers took a great deal
of time and
pupils in the fine program they
staged for their parents and
friends.
«Mr. Griffin Thomas acted as
chairman while Mr. Douglas
Gill music director, presided at
the piano.
After the concert each child
was given a bag of treats.
Lions Feather Party
The local Lions Club held a
successful feather party in the
Town Hall on Wednesday evening
when about 75 persons attended
and over $100 was realized.
Mr. Melvin Gaiser of Shipka
was the lucky winder of the door
prize of a turkey.
Lions Ladies' Night
The5Lions Club held their an
nual pre-Christmas ladies* night
with a turkey dinner at the Bren
ner House and about 20 couples
present.
The evening was spent in carol
singing followed by dancing.
Each lady received a gift pre
sented by the club.
Children'* Party
The members of Grand Bend
Legion No, 49$ treated. school
children of all schools in the
district to a Christmas party in
Aldon Theatre on Thursday after
noon. Cartoons-were shown after
work to train the
Liverytliinsfs ready for another*
merry Holiday season
.,. including our warmest
greetings to all our friends!
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