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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-12-31, Page 4Tlw Tiims-AdvQcaik, D«c«mb«r 31, 1956 SPORTS II By PON "BOpM BOOM" QRAVETT Sports Editor [Tribe Enters New Year Behind Eight-Ball, Must Start Rolling To Catch Playoff Birth 1 WI f MKFTTrn*/*\/* V I Vnj From all reports out of St. Thomas on Thursday night in the game that was marred by 33 penalties, it must have been a real dandy to watch for all of the wrestling and boxing fans in attendance. This corner was in “sick bay" that night and didnT make the trip but from what I’ve been hearing, it must have been a disgrace to our No. 1 sport. We are told from a reliable source that referees .. «MUSHn HIGGINS ' and BOBBY BLOXAM re.ally jumped the gun in handing out one of the two GAME MISCONDUCT PENALTIES that EXETER received and in handing out some of the two minute minors that, we are told, were truly uncalled for. As an example of one of the flukes, when the brawl broke out which involved St. Thomas goal­ tender ED LOCHHEAD along with seven or eight other players, GAR BAKER, the Exeter goalie, skated over to the Mohawk bench, took a drink of water and skated back into his cage. For this he received a two minute minor for roughing. The only thing GAR could have roughed up in this instance was the water bottle! HIGGINS was reported by one of our players to have sent DOUG THIEL to the showers when the Mohawk defenceman called him a “fathead". Well, . we won’t comment any furthei' on that subject. The principle of the whole situation boils down to the same 4hing which happens year after year. The referees clamp down on rowdiness in one game but the very next time on the ice they let everything go. A tremendous amount of interference and hold­ ing takes place in this league particularly in front of the nets. Consequently tempers start to flare and then before you know it you have some fights de­ veloping. We know that officiating is a tough job in any league and the losing or taibend teams in the leagues usually blame the referees, but I feel that if elbowing, holding, interference and all of the other penalties are called right from the drop of the puck in every game teams would settle down and play crowd pleasing hockey and there would be no reason . for tempers to fly off the handle. It seems that when a team is on the losing end most of the time, it is ’always harder to get back into the win column and no matter how hard you work, the less you seem to accomplish. This seems to be the situation with the tribe at the moment. Of course when you are winning, you can try any- . thing out there on the ice and it will work but it’s just the opposite when your’re losing. "A' * * • * ★ ir 'hr . SOMETHING TO WORK FOR—ANDREW JOHN­ STON, owner of the newly-opened REXALL DRUG STORE in Exeter, is a real hockey enthusiast. MR. JOHNSTON has been a consistant follower of the EXETER MOHAWKS even though the club has been losing continually so far this season. As incentive to the players he has offered $5.00 worth of mer­ chandise to’ any Mohawk -hockey player who per­ forms the hat trick in any league game. .» "hr * ■ * » ik* ECHOING ‘VOICES—PHIL RIZZUTO, the" aging NEW YORK YANKEE shortstop who announced his retirement this fall, has signed a contract to help MEL ALLEN broadcast all of the YANKEE baseball games for the 1957 season. They should prove to be a very prolific team with all of MEL -ALLEN’S exper­ ience and RIZZUTO’S knowledge of most of the happenings in the dugout. .... 4 . The New Year is just* around the corner and we, like many ardent hockey fans, are looking for a brighter future as Tar as the MOHAWKS are con­ cerned. So. to all of our friends and sports fans throughout the district (even the referees), a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU and keep the Alka- Seltzer handy. 4 1 ■’;'*«4 • Doug Thiel, one of the rear* guards for the tribe, was put out of -the game- with a game misconduct penalty and the same type was smacked on Bill Hayward, another Mohawk de­ fenceman. Five minute majors were is­ sued to “Black Jack" Dwyer, who also received seven (wo­ rn mute minors, Bill Hayward and Earl Barton of the tribe and Dan MacPherson and Hal Schooley of St. Thomas Royals. Defenceman Doug Thiel got the game misconduct slapped on him at 16:20 of the first per­ iod and that left the tribe short- handed for the rest of the night. Bill Hayward’s game miscon­ duct came at 8:55 of the third ' Exeter Mohawks, who are (lodged' in the cellar position of jthe Q.H.A. Senior “B" League < with only two wins in 13 Starts,, ■ will have to §tart rolling pretty soon if they intend to catch a j playoff berth. ! The teams Mohawks will have J to beat for a playoff spot look I to be the St. Thomas Royals, I who trounced the tribe 10'3 in , St. Thomas on Thursday night, the Sarnia CV’s or the Wood- i stock Athletics, [ At the moment the hockey ’ picture isn’t good but when the ■ newly acquired coach from i | Stratford, Bill Woodward, has a j chance to get the club on the I ■ ice for a practise, things could 1 change considerably. I Wallaceburg Hornets and the period to ieave Exeter two men Strathroy Rockets are gradually short for the balance of the game. Exeter players were assessed a total of 95 minutes in the , “sin bin” while St. Thomas sat out a mere 36. i The Royals pumped .home three quick first period goals in the first three and one-half minutes of play as Harry Bent- pulling away frogi the rest of the pack. The Hornets are sup­ porting • 22 points for the top lung position, with an 11-2 record while the Rockets are situated in the second slot with 17 points. Woodstock Athletics had a chance to overtake Strathroy in Woodstock on Friday night but the Rockets clipped the Wood- stock crew 9-3 to gain the three j point bulge over them in the I standings. I This week has the Mohawks at-’home on Saturday night to the St. Thomas Royals and in Sarnia on January 5. These two games are practically a must for the locals because these are two of the teams that must be 1 overtaken. Braves Lose Sin Bin Farce St. Thomas Royals handed j Exeter Mohawks a 10-3 pasting [ in a 33 penalty studded O.H.A., Senior. “B” game played in St. • *ryTt, Tonne(., Thomas on Thursday right. I [,‘p n. Rollers The r two referees^ Mush : Pjnpoppers w vs? Six Higgins and Eobby Bloxam gave | Frjcjayi January 4 penalties out a dime a dozen 7.9_c. packers vs. whizz Bangs and sent two of the Mohawks 1 pepsis vs. windmills .right out .of the game. I canners vs. windmills Bowling League Announces Sked The Men’s Bowling League has drawn up its New Year’s bowling schedule for the first week of operation. Four teams' will swing into action on Wednesday, January 2 at 7:00 p.m. while six teams will operate on Thursday and five on. Friday. The schedule is as follows^ j Wednesday, January 2 7-9—KinjacKs 4VS. Tradesmen Huskies vs. Milkmen ley, Hal Schooley and Cecil Cowie all beat Gar Baker in the Exeter nets* Art Sullivan made 10.14 before harry could capitalize on a Bill Wharnsby and Earl Barton at 19:40. In the second period, Art Sulli­ van fired his second goal of the game at 5:20. Up until the 19:00 minute mark, penalties ruined any good., hockey that could have developed had the two teams been at even strength on the ice. When the final minute of the it 4'0 at Heideman play with Wihiam A: Cole t Ardent .Gardener William Arthur Cole, 78, died in South Huron Hospital on Sat­ urday, December 22 following heart attack on the previous Monday. . . His early life was spent at RueseldalC and following his jmarriage to Ida May Melville lie andLliis wife farmed at Mt. pleasant until moving to Exe­ ter in November1 1953. While farming at Mt. Pleasant they became widely known for their lawn and flower gardens. His wife predeceased him in February of this year,. He was a member' of Mt. Pleasant United Church.’ Surviving are one daughter. With 'whom lie recently resided, Mrs, Sheldon Wein (Jean), one brother, John of Vancouver. B.C.; one sister, Mrs. David Hanson, Mitchell and four grand­ children.. . . Funeral service was conduct­ ed at the Heath funeral home, Mitchell by Rev. Alex Rapson on Monday, December 24, with interment in Roys cemetery. Pallbearers were Leo Cole, Clayton Colquhoun, Cecil Harri­ son, Ernest Selves, William Simpson and Samuel Gilek, all of Fullarton township. Personal Hems Mr. and Mrs. Samuel and Mrs. Wesley Jaques ed the funeral of Mrs. ____ Smith in Stratford on Wednes. day. Earl Becker, Dashwood Tight Contest Brewing In Area Cyclone Loop A tight battle is brewing in the WOAA Intermediate Cyclone League at the moment. Ilderton Wildcats, and Lucan Irish are tied for first place in the league standings while Mit­ chell Red Devils are breathing fire down, both of their necks by remaining a mere two points back in the race. Ilderton Wildcats scored an important 8-6 victory over Lucan Irish on Friday night in Lucan and the win enabled the Wild­ cats to gain a share of the top rung. . . ■ ’Max O’Neil was d standout for Ildertpn as he fired ‘ four goals to spearhead the winners' offensive attack. Ilderton’s Ken Darling received credit for a pair of markers while singletons fell to Scolt McNair and Stu O’Neil. Bob White and Steve Storey each sunk two goals apiece for Lucan while singletons went to Henrie Petrie and Harry Wraith. Zurich Flyers got back on winning ways on Wednesday night when they pulled out a close 7-6 decision from the God­ erich Maitlands in Goderich. Don Hesse and Doug O’Brien each clicked for a pair of mark­ ers while Benny Gignac, Patter­ son "and Don O’Brien added single tallies.' Willis and McLean with two each and Walter and Arbour with one apiece were the God­ erich marksmen. Derry Boyle, convenor for the WOAA Intermediate ’ Cyclone league, has drawn up the bal- I ance of the regular schedule 1 for the 1956-57 hockey season. Each of the six teams in the league will see action on ten different occasions in the “stretch drive” for a playoff position, ” Following is the schedule: January 3— Ilderton at Goderich 4— Goderich at Lucan Mitchell at Zurich 7— Lucan at Clinton Zurich at Goderich 8— Goderich at Ilderton Clinton at Mitchell 9— Ilderton at Zurich 11—Mitchell at Lucan 14— Goderich at’ Clinton 15— Clinton at Ilderton . Goderich at Mitchell .16—Clinton at Zurich 17— .Mitchell at'Goderich 18— Clinton at Zurich 21—Mitchell, at Clinton •22—Lucan, kt Ilderton Zurich at Mitchell 23— Mitchell at Zurich 24— Lucan at Goderich ' 25— Zurich at Lucan 28— Zurich at Clinton 29— Mitchell at Ilderton 30— Goderich' at Zurich 31— Clinton at Goderich ’ February 1—Ilderton at Lucan 5— Zurich at Ilderton Lucan at Mitchell 6— Lucan at Zurich , 11— Ilderton at Clinton 12— Ilderton at Mitchell 4 Around The Arena ___ _____, ............— ... By LARRY HEIDEMAN spending Christmas week with Iand Mrs/: Verne BeckerL ” ^^3^. Bowers , attend-! Walter ( 4 ' > IS i Exeter. May your New Year dance with gala occasions and . sparkle with happiness, Exeter Bowling Lanes Sanders Street Fhone 499. , . JhuLK**.„___ Exeter ■< I , 7. HIGHLAND HIL/.DAIRX ANP KNOCK POOR HEALTH FOR A LOOP/ ©RWK<500P®JREMI(.K propucek-by First Period1—St. Thomas, Bentley (Schooley) 3-—St. Thomas, Schooley (Kewley), >— ------------3— St. Thomas, Cowie (MacPherson, Sullivan) 4— St. Thomas, Sullivan (Cowie)6—Exeter, Heideman (Wharnsby, Barton) Penalties — Dwyer, .55; Cowie .55; Dares, 3.10; Dares, 6.00 Oberle, 7.24; Williams, 10.02 Dwyer, 11.06; Williams, 12.06 Dwyer, 15.42; Thell. (game mis ■conduct) 16.20; Polish, 18.10. Second Period 6— St. Thomas, Sullivan(Cowie, MacPherson) —5.2U 7— St. Thomas, Long (Cowie) 19.n3 8— St. Thomas, MacPherson ~ 19.07 Penalties — Schooley, 7.55; Sul­ livan, 8.35; Dwyer, 9.35; Wil­ liams, 9.35: MacPherson (major), Ilarton, (minor and major), Schooley (major), Dwyer, (ma­jor), Lochhpail, (served by An­derson), Baker, (served by Heideman) 12.40; Williams, 15.00; Sullivan, 18.07; Dwyer, 18.21.Third Periqd9— St. Thomas, Schooley (Pellsh, Long)-------- 10— Exeter, Oberle (Barton, Heideman) —.— 8.10 11— St. Thomas, MacPherson (Williams, Cowie)---- 12— St. Thomas, Polish (Henderson, Bentley) 13— Exeter, Shantz (Heideman, Loader) _ Penalties — Long, 4 ■ward, (major- and game miscon duct) 8.55; Dwyer, 10,15; Kew ley, 14,14; Williams, 18.59; Franklin, 19.12. period did arrive, Walt Long and Dan MacPhel'son scored a pair of markers that came only four seconds apart to give the St. Thomas dub a commanding 7-1 lead. No less than 14 penalties were assessed in the middle stanza which included each goaltender picking up a pair of two-miriute minors. Centre Hal Schooley of St. Thomas cashed in for his sec­ ond goal of the night early in the third period with Joe Rel­ ish and Walter Long helping on the play before Mohawk Bill Oberle found the range for the second Exeter, goal of .the game; with Earl Barton and Larry’ Heideman dr awing assists. Dan MacPherson and Joe Pol­ ish rounded out the St. Thomas while Marv final Exeter mohaWk scoring g A 8 12 7 13 5 4 35 2 22 O 3 1 Happy New YearP Pirn, 20 -' 20 20 9 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 Ga 13 . 13 . 13 . 12 , 11 > 13 1 9 . 11 . 13 . 12 . 1111 13, 11 Macppnaid __ Oberle ....... Larry Heideman + 13 "Boom" Gravett . ~~ Bill Franklin Jim Loader ,,.,. Junior Dares Bill Wharnsby ., Jack Dwyer ..... Doug Thiel ..... Earl Barton ..... Marv Shantz .... Bill Hayward ... Gar :___ Bill Bill wa4, .u # • * « Baker (Goal). ■i —..................... 7 13 “ 4 4 5 J, 3 3 2 4 0 1 1412 0 0 ? 4 4 52 48 192 29 2 Hockey. Standing 10-goal outburst Shantz sunk the tally. Larry Heideman third point in the play and “Red” received an assist. EXETER—Goal Bake:’; defence, Dwyer, Thell, Franklin, Hayward, Barton; forwards, Oberle, Heide­ man, Loader, McDonald, Wharnsby, Shantz, Dares. ST. THOMAS — Goal. Lochhead; defence, Kowley, Williams. Long; forwards, Cowie, Schooley, Sullivan, MacPherson, Bentley, Pelish, F, Anderson. picked up his game on the Loader • also EX'ETEFL , J Town Topics Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swim, of London, with Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Elliot, on Sunday; Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Sim­ mons at Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Roulston, Gail and Karen, of Simcoe, with Mrs. Roulston and* Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Howald. , Mrs. Nelson Clark, of Usborne and Mr. Richard Quance, of Lucknow, with Maurice Quance and Mrs. W. J. ’Beer- Mrs. Mabie PteSzcator, of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Har­ old Preszcator. The family spent Christmas in London with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Preszcator. Mr. arid MrS. Jos. Woodall, of Crediton, with Mr. and Mrs. John Pry de. Dr. R. W. and Mrs. Read with Mr. and Mrs. H. Jennings of Milton and with Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Read, of London. D«\yid Rapson, 'of Western Un’versity; Mis? Louise Rapson, teacher a t Bobcaygen, ate spending the holidays with their parents, Rev. Alex and Mrs. Rapson. Mr. Rapson’s mother, Mrs. Alice Rapson, of Watford, now in her 86th year, and Mr. and MrS.. B. C. Smith, of Lake Odessa, Mich., also visited at the Main Street parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shaw in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKenzie and four ‘Children, of Lucknow, |and Mr. and Mrs, Alvin Rowe | and three children,’ of Port Hur­ on, with Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Rowe. • ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. H. .Black, Mr. and Mrs. A. Fleischatier and three children,, Mr. Sherman j Hili', of London and Mr, ant Mrs, Norman Norry with Mr and Mrs. John Norry, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Laing and Danny-with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell, Hehsall. Mr. Charles Cowen, Toronto, with Mrs. Cowen and Debbie. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Buck- ner ahd family, Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. E./-F,' MdNamara and •Bryan, London, with Mr. and . I the Panthers 3-2 last Saturday morn­ ing at the local arena. Ronald Oke; Rickey Boyle a«|d Gerry Lewis were the Flyer marksmen while the Panther goals were scored by Mervin Taylor and Fred Lamb. In the second pee wee game the Royals beat the Hornets to the tune of 4-1. Larry Brintncll sparked the Royals with a three- goal performance while Lome Turnbull added a single. The lone Hornet goal was scored by Brian Hall. In the final game the Wings trounced the Flashes 5-2. Fred Wells paced the Wing victory, with a hat trick while single markers were picked up by Doug Penhald and Don Bray. Michael Cushman came up with the two goals scored by Flashes. On Monday morning the Pan­ thers and Royals hooked up in a real hockey duel with the final score tied at three all. John Nagel was the big gun for the Panthers scoring all three goals. For the Royals, Turnbull netted a pair of tallies with Cooper adding the single, In the first of a powder Duff Series, Eleanor Heywood’s Roc­ kets tied 4-4 with Donna Wells’ Mohawks. For the Reckets Di-, „„„„„ .anno Rickman scored two goals I wnn Mr. and on beautiful solo efforts with- n single goals going to Busch and [ Willert. On the Mohawks, Judy,Snelgrove was the scoring artist ^SrSn-^i2war^ with two goals while singles aAwd^yi of tRiple/* an4 fell to Panlitie and Appleton A * Ar44A*‘ I It’s got what the A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE p 22 7 7 5 3 2 1 3 6 8 711 1 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 p 14 14 12 4 ners while Ross Pennington and 2 - ~...................................... - 0 1 0 c 1 79 76 O 49 86 0 4 8 OHA SENIOR "B" LEAGUE’ Last Weik's Scores:, Wallacebul'ir -7, Sarnia 5 . St, Thomas 10. Exeter 3 Strathroy 9, Woodstock 3 STANDINGS W L T • L» 11 2 8 ~ 7 6 5 2 O league, F A 75 45 . 73 55 17 54 51 14 O 70 78 12 ---------11 -4 0 Lucan ......... Ilderton ................. Mitchell .................. Zurich .................... Goderich Clintdn ........ Garries This W4ek: ’ 29—Zurich 8t Clinton 2—Mitchell at Ilderton MIDGET WOAA Last’Week’s Scores: ■ Goderich J 4, Exeter 1 Future Gamis: 9—Exiter at St. Marys BANTAM WOAA Future Games: 31—Centralia at Exeter. r $ The Be) Air Sport Coup#. 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Woodstock , St. Thorn** Sarnia ...., Exeter ...,, ’"•London .............. —Withdrew from Games This Week: 29—st, Thomas at Exeier Woodstock at Strathroy Wallaceburg- at Sarnia 5—Exeler at Sarnia 8—Woodstock at Exeter 10—Exeter at Wallaceburg WOAA INTERMEDIATE CYCLONE LEAGUE Last Week'* Score*; , Goderich 8, • Clinton 5 Zurich 7, Goderich 6 Ilderton 8, I-aican 6. Mitchell at Zurich—Bpd. (To be played at later date.) STANDINGS G 10 8 6 8 9 8 W. L 3 1 1 5 7 7 Worst Loss For Midgets Exeter Kinsmen Midgets ab­ sorbed one of their worst beat­ ings in some time on Thursday night as the visiting Goderich Midgets registered a. 14-1 vic­ tory right in Exeter. Right winger Jimmy MacDon­ ald was the only Exeter player to blink the light as he and- Jim “Leek” Hennessey teamed up on a scoring play. It was all a Goderich show as Coach Ted Williams had his boys working hard, at all times. The Jeffrey, Peachy, Galloin line stood out for the visitors as they accounted for nine of the 14 goals scored. Larry Jeffrey fired five mark­ ers while his linemates Peachy and Galloin registered four with three going to the former. , Paul Garrich turned in a hat | trick performance for the win- ..... I Jim Scott notched single tallies. Exeter Kinsmen Midgets Will play, their next game on Jan­ uary 7 when they travel to St. Marys for an 8:30 game. i GODERICH—Goal, WDkenspn; de- ' fence, Fi’lfzlpy, Ai-bour, J. Scoff, Stoddard; forwards, Peachy, Jeff­ rey, Galloin, Queen, B; Scott, Le- son, Garrick, Reagan, Allan. EXETER—Goal, Glover; defence, • Blomjnsteid, Bigley, Irvin, Keller; forwards, Hennessey, MacDonald, Russell, Richardson, . .Mooret. .' We welcome the New Year with bright hopes for V the health and happiness of all our good friends. Coffee Shop EXETER I Mr. and Mrs. R. if. boughcr- Mr, and Mrs. Jack Smith and. ty and. Denise of Mt. Clomeris, son I^slicof Camp Borden, Mr,'Mich., Mias Wilma Coates, Lon- and Mrs. George Snell of Sea*.don and Keith of o.A.c. 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