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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-04-03, Page 6P* ,, 6 Th* TimePAdvo Ate,. April 3, 19$8 40111111441111111001,14411144410444444414411111441t4441tilittlltilllttU1141U14144444411111It4141141 Let`s Talk SPORTS Ey. DON "EQQM EQOM" GRAVETT Sports Editor Ir0111111n11111m1111111111 me,,011,eumeiteeti111nemei11 me,,,e m,11ntn111rn Q.H.A. RULE TIIE RQQST They say that nice guys always get kicked around. Well, the ruling handed clown by the powers of the O.H.A. on Jiin "Red" Loader, a tribe stalwart for the past four or five years, is a perfect example, The Q.i .A,, in our esti- 4 `:1 elation, put one of On - re pr tario's keenest, competi- tive hockey players out .of action on a mere techni- cality to slam the door shut on Red's dream of bringing an Ontario title to the town of Exeter. The little red -head would do anything to have this dream take place as he proved this winter. First of all, he entered the playoffs on a salary cut at the request of oneofa the ;:Mohawk players. He did this main- ly because he thought the players would perform better and help bring an O.H.A. title here. Secondly, he played before the home town fans when he should have been at his father's bedside in Hamilton where he was seriously Now this has to happen. To us, Jimmy is one of the nicest and most sportsman-like men anyone would wish to meet and it hurts us to see him go through what he did last Saturday night in Bradford. "Red" blamed himself for letting the club down in the certificate mixup and he really broke down before the Mohawk players just prior to the game. Despite this, he pulled himself together and went out and coached the boys through 60 minutes of hockey from the sidelines. Believe me when I say that if all the hockey fans from town could have seen how much heart Jinn tb •ew into that game for this town, they would hav been mighty proud. Now that a few days have el psed, we feel sure that Jimmy is not shouldering the blame for the proceed- ings that took place because every party we've con- tacted has more or less passed the buck onto some- one else and the Exeter coach's name certainly wasn't mentioned. NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE? After hearing all or the majority of the facts from the Mohawk executive, it seems that someone was pulling strings behind the locals' back. Brad- ford never asked for the Exeter playing certificates until the end of the second period of the second games of the series in Bradford and when they did, they made the slip of just asking for Loader's- and to one else's. Mohawks were leading the game 5.2 at the time. Musser passed the information on to us that he heard from a reliable source that the 0.°I -LA, notified the Bradford, manager that "Red" didn't have a playing certificate. When talking with Alf Lockridge of Winghaln, no explanation could be given to us for the O.H.A. tossing out the two Exeter wins and letting Bradford's victories stand., We suggested to Alf that Exeter got a raw deal but he disagreed. He said the same thing hap- pened to the Bradford playing coach a few weeks previous to "Red's" situation. However, he neglect- ed to mention that the Ford's playing coach played in a professional league with Washington last year and it was against the rules for him to step down. Loader has been with Exeter for at least- the last four, years. To top things off, Musser finished out a con- versation with Hanley on Monday to officially give". - Bradford the series and when he was talking he asked the O.H.A. manager why Exeter got back their $50 protest money when they lost. Hanley said they gave it back because the O.H.A. executive felt the Bradford protest was very weak! SOMEONE SLIPPED ON CERTIFICATE! John Bell, president of the WOAA, told us distinctly that the western organization was entirely at fault. Alf Lockridge should have seen to it that everything was in order when he signed the cards. r However, We are not thoroughly convinced all the fault should lie on his shoulders. We believe that the Mohawks' management of Bill Musser, Lloyd Cushman and yours truly should carry our share of the blame for not checking into the new rules put into the book for the. 1858 season. The WOAA is going to send us a manual now that the season is Over-. PEE WEES AT IT AGAIN IN GODERICH Easter holidays mean hockey time once again for hundreds of pee wee hockey players across Canada at the annual "Young Canada Week" hockey tournament in Goderich. Although some of the teams have begun play, the main portion of the week-long tourney doesn't start until mid -week. As usual, dist- rict ishriot teams from Hensell, who incidently won their division last year, Lucan and Exeter will be making their familiar journey northward. The Lucan club has already one victory under their belt. Saturday they routed Lucknow 3-0. This Saturday they're in line for a shot at Ebeneezer. Harold Eibson, manager of the Lucan arena, was with the team on the tripand said he was very disappointed in the ice situation but hopes that it will be better as the tourney progresses. Exeter, under coaches Larry Heideman and Doug Allen, will ride to the port town with manager Alvin Willett next Tuesday morning for an 8;30 a.m, game with either Pt, Edward or Eidgetown. Players making- the trip will include goalie Neil Hamilton; defencemen, Don Cooper, Fins Carscadden, Larry lYillert, Larry Stires and "i3ud". hose;, forwards, Mikis . Cushman, Stan Lesnick, on tray, gob MacDonald, Gary Parsons, Larry srintnell, Andy Kenyon, till Wright and Fred Wells, who Wag voted • the most outstanding player in tun* annual. Shamrock Tourisamendew weeks Ago, Good luck t a f e' bos.t y Buy A Lion$ Broom For Webers Broom Biit.z; April Players s M....1.1awks' >etide O CURLING CHAMPIONS—These four skips received championship trophies at Exeter Curling Club banquet Tuesday night for winning bonspiels during the year, From left are Jack Fulcher, mixed doubles championship; Ethel Ailey, ladies championship; Henderson Ding, CTC bonspiel winner; Lee Learn, club championship, —7.'-A Photo WINS FINAL BONSPIEL—Jack Fulcher's rink won the final mixed bonspiel sponsor - cd by Exeter Curling Club last week. He was presented with the trophy by Lee Learn, club president, at the banquet Tuesday night. Rink members are, from the left, Harry Jeffery, vice -skip; Ed :Hiller, and Mrs. Ante Keller, —T -A Photo Banquet Ends Season Cu rs C About 150 members attended the Exeter Curling Club ban- quet in Exeter Legion Hall Tues- day night to wind up a success- ful season. President Lee Learn was Inas- ter of ceremonies for the event and presided for the presenta- tion of over 50 .trophies and k prizes won by various rinks in bonspiels throughout the year. Dick Roelofson was elected for the 1958-59 season. His execu- tive . includes Art Canis, vice: - president; Glen Mickle, secre- tary and Bill Allison, treasurer.I Committee chairmen include Harry Ailey, draw and bonspiel; Lee Learn, membership; Bill: Cann, property and ice; Ulric ' ern 770 You're Heavy" and the occasion- al mutterings of "Damm, 1 missed the broom," the final bonspiel ends, more or less the curling for this season and with it goes a wonderful and success- ful season. Wasn't it? Draw One Winners, John Labatt Trophy— Jack Fulcher, skip; harry Jef- fery, Ann Keller, Edwin Miller. Runners-up—Art Cann, skip; Marg Wein, Zella Gibson, Eugene Beavers, ix Teams Snell, finance. Exeter Legion Ladies Auxiliary catered for the banquet and the: Paul Brothers, Kirkton, provided entertainment. Fulcher's in k Captures. Final By SGT. BRADLEY With enthusiasm riding high, the district curlers wont into their final bonspiel of the season with 24 rinks participating. This was a club bonspiel with the annual curling trophy at stake andgave the curlers a last chance this season to show their stuff and compete for prizes. The curling was muchim- proved and games in the finals were close and hard fought. So with the much hue and cry of "Too Lightt ", "Sweep", "Ohl Skunkings were quite promi- nent over the past week in the Exeter Ladies' Bowling League as no less than eight teams left (he alleys supporting 7-0 'vic- tories. In the "A" grouping. for the first time this season, all win- ning teams grabbed off the full seven points while the others left empty-handed. Whatnots, Pin. Poppettes, Hap- py Gals, Be -Bops, Lollipops and Alloy Cats were all seven point winners in the week's play while in the "B" grouping the :-lot Dogs and Ups & Downs emerged as seven point victors. The riot Dogs and. Ups & Dawns have kept up their cat and dog fight for first place in the even section of the B group as a result of their lopsided wins. The Dogs boast 16 points to the Downs 14. Wee Hopes hold a one point lead over the Buttercups in the odds section of the saltie :group while the Mighty Mice are two back of the Cups. In the "A", Whatnots are mak- ing a runaway of the even with 21. Their closest rivals, the Alley Cats and Be -Bops, each have 12 apiece. Happy Gals enjoy. a single point difference over the Pin Poppettes for first place in the odds department in a 17.16 chase, Sadler Red -Hot Hazel Sadler of the Buttercups made the rest of the league sit up and take notice this week when she turned in a nifty 955 triple, The active bowler rolled games of 235, 325 acid 195 for the high- est women's triple an the alleys this winter, However, she lost out for the high tri'+le award as all. chances to clam, the honour elided as the playoffs started, Local Turf Club Plans June Meet Exeter Turf Club named its of- ficials for the 1958 racing season and picked the date of June 4 for the first twilight meet in 'Exe- ter in their annual meeting last Monday. Officers elected were; Chair- man, ,Pack Morrissey; vice -chair. man, Tom Yearley; treasurer, Harry Beavers; secretary, Wil - ham Allison; representative of{ the community parks, Harry Swartz, Hensall Twosome Win Skeet Shoot 'l'oni. Sherritt and John Ander- son, of. Hensall, combined to break 47 out of 50 targets and win the London Winery two -lean learn trophy at an annual Easter trap shoot held at the Kippen Gun Club last Sunday, -. John and Ashley Gilbert of Goderich, captured the runner- upposition with 46 targets in 50 tries. Special liandlicali prizes went to Ashley Gilbert (24.25), Herb Moss of ltittheier (23^25) and John Anderson (23.25),, Ashley Gilbert and John An denten shared the high total 00 SO targets with 47 While Mass WWI 45 and Wiff ltartnieit of {ith Kitchener; I'1, Lalilaroux, I c tiler; John Gilbert and :.redly pfouseof Goderich, ,, tied for thiel p'lact6 with 45.50. el, Lainareta took the liiiss itnd out event to Win a turkey, (iterte 'materna (r). t•ss.'ry 5.11) 'Glenettea (A, Parc(474) 5 P)1, reenntte' rr, minor 7(i-i.)a1irn (3t. rieltzn)an5431 ri 'Haney (sats r.1. 70o1,0tl r,ni) rinnfer6 r1. tt•'orlrlen .1x4) _ n rn t orm• rW, lrietnell 4851 Pnls IM. Mover 489) •n reillriopa (1,, nnrnr!lt 632)— ._ :Tate Hawks (B. Sangster 527)":41 Alley rata (N. FioOper 54.3) 7 Handicappers (b. Witte 502) -» , p B , , tl„Group not 'bogs (5. bon) 554s 7 Green train& (T). 61)t.11r:n 48$) fl tape & wile ("At. Ur'af1. 582) 7 Jolly isix (r), T'rkytne 457) _ (1 rntter'eups qt. Sadler 755) _ ,Ttllly sifts, (11(. 1111(1 tee 540) lyoef. 7io'pext (v. r,intiettrrielet 540) 5 rlaTay Six ('C( SIMItit n14) .. 11.61lrtti"i4 (4. Smith 531) : $ lirerry' 111014(1 r7 Itairneas :,2_,, lease Trust 're Page 7 Consolation—Ken Hockey, skip; Bernice Cann, Tray Cann, Joe Wooden. Craw Two Winner—Bill McKenzie, skip; Irene Ross, Ken Here, Cee. Gib- bons. Runners-up—Ulric Snell, skip; Ed- Brady., Norma Joynt, Lorne Kleinstivcr. Consolation—Claude Farrow, skip; Jane Bray, Bob Jeffery, Bill Lamport. Draw Three Winners—Bill McLean, skip; Bill Musser. manager of the; Exeter :Mohawk hockey club,.of-: lielally announced at the vanclu-> sion of the 7.5 loss to Brad's-' Fords on Saturday night in Brad-. ford that the Exeter ` Lockey club had folded for the season. Afto • lasing a 'Saturday 'S rc after- noon noon battle with the'O.II.A. exec-? utive in Toronto on whether or . not the tribe could use an "Red” Loader as a playing coach and with the number .of serious injuries that have bit the Mohawks, the players and man- agement could see no alterna- tive. Protest on Technical Point Bradford Fords, after losing the first two games of the series to Exeter by 9.4 and 64 scares dropped a protest letter backed with a $50 check to Bill Hanley, secretary of the O,H.A. on the grounds that Jim Loader was not signed to a proper 'player's ocr-' tificate. Loader had signed a coaching carr but not a playing certificate, The rule requiring the playing . certificate was brought into ef- feet in 1957. ; WOAA. Backs Mohawks The WOAA, which was repre- seated at the meeting uy Alf Lockridge, business manager of the Western Ontario organizaak tion submitted a letter to thh'. O.H.A. stating the blame should not be placed on the Mohawk • hockey Club. Lockridge accepted' entire responsibility himself. ; However, the 0.FLA, overruled the WOAA and threw out Load -1 er. O.H.A. officials also con -1 Bruce Tuckey, Stella Taylor, M. Dugre. Runners -up -A perfect tie be- tween the rinks skipped by 1 -Larry Ailey and Charlie Ache- son. The tie will be broken in the near future with a' flip of the coin, Consolation—p a 1 p h Bailey, skip; Marion Fletcher, Bob Gras- sick, Harvey Cowen, Four Teams Reach Finals of the protest meeting and the way it was handled. Exeter officials Still can't fig-' ure out flow the O.}I.A. could wash out the pair of Mohawk wins and allow the two 1 radfoz d victories to stand. In fat, they couldn't get anyone to explain it, "At first they weren't .even going to read the WOAA letter to the rest of the•O.ILA. executive until 1 stood up and asked them to do it," said Musser. "Some-, how or other the Bradford man- ager, John Rutherford, had al- ready heard what was printed in tho letter and he stood up to tell _ the rest that he had heard R. Finally the committee thought that it ,should be read and it was. We later found out from Putter-' ford himself that Manley had; read it to him over a telephone conversation previous to the meeting." Lloyd Cushman thought the whole meeting was "cut. and dried", "It just seemed that the 0.1:1.A, didn't want a WOAA team to carry on and win the O.H.A. championship," stated, Cushman. "The verdict seemed to us to bedecided before the meeting had hardly gotten under way," said Musser. Tribe Had Impressive Record Exeter ,Mohawks, who stepped down into the "homebrew" class this winter, relied through the winter months on a very impres- sive record. In league play the Mohawks only lost three games in 22 tries with other honiebrew and Inter -1 mediate "33" clubs in their grouping. The tribe faced the powerful Philipsburg Chevs for the right to enter the 0.11.A. competitions. from Western Ontario and won: the best -of -seven series 4-1-1. Mohawk officials felt that. even with their severe crop of in- juries the club would give any team in the Intermediate "C" ranks a run for their money with Red Loader on the ice. tut with- out. the little rest -head, it Was a lost cause, Bradford's "Brad's -Fords" ral- lied for three late third period goals on' Saturday night before the home town fans, to rout the short-handed Exeter Mohawks 7.5 and take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best -of -seven Intermediate "C" quarter finals. The game was a see -saw affair all the way as Bradford moved in front for a 2-1 first period lead. The Brads seored two goals in the second, but before the second marker',, the Mohawks roared right back with a pair :to tie the score temporarily. Before seven minutes had been played in the third period, Exe- ter found the scoring range twice for a 5-4 lead but Bradford came back for three quickies to wrap up the game, Defeneeman Bill Lotto and Jimmy Patton led the Ford's victory by scoring two goals eGach. bson.Single markers went to Bob Nairn, .Al Battersby .and Don i Righlwinger Don "Boom" Gravett scored a goal in each of the three periods to pace the in- vaders while Jimmy Russell and Gib Sabourin added singles.. -- Please Turn to Page 7 celled, the two previous victories) 110uni,11,44444 ,n1111Herm,1n1111nn1111,1111u1101011111nnnu,unnuuwnunrunnu,nunnnounn111111 in the series the tribe had chalked up to give Bradford a. commanding2-0 lead in the best - of -seven series before the teams took to the ice in Bradford last' Saturday night. Players Vote After Loss With the loss of Loader, tvho was one of the tribe's key figures in their wins all year, and the fact that 13111 Pineombe, Bob Coates, Bill Waghorn, Jim Mac- Donald and Gib Sabourin are all out of action indefinitely, Mo- hawk players held a vote in the dressing room after the game to determine the club's future. The result was a 6-5 vote in favor of throwing in the sponge and call- ing it a Winter. The loss of these six players, who are all regulars in the line- up, caused, the majority of play- ers to give the balance of the series to Bradford who at that lime were holding a 3-0 ,at O.H,A.. Stun. Tribe Executive Mohawk h mana„ei Bill ; 11Sussel•, Coach "Red" Loader and Lloyd Cushman of the tribe executive, were bewildered at the ou'tco'me The finalplayoff in the Exeter Men's Bowling League has ar- rived withthe top four teams in each group playing out a five game total pinfall. In the "A" section, Butchers, Windmills, Red's Billiards and Pin Poppers claimed the choice positions and will start their five - game series on Monday, April 7, at 9 p.m. sharp, The Tip Toppers, Pepsies, Milk- men, Tradesmen, G,n1,'s and Ed- selaires will start their games sharp at 7 p.m. because of the five -game marathon at 0 o'clock. Spares and Big. Six will roll their series from 0 to 11. The B group standings have not been decided but at the pies - tat, the Rockets, Imperials, Wildcats and Spare Parts have the inside track. Canners could pull into a .two-way tie for fourth, place by collecting seven points this Wednesday. The "El" group teams bowling oil W e d n e s d a y, April 0, are asked to get started. at 6.45 so the teams playing off a five game series kr the Championship will be finished by 9:00 pan. A real battle prevails for the supremacy of high average as Bob Osgood of the Windmills holds down first place with a 223 average, ,'leek Fuller of the Rockets, who has one more night to bowl, is itsecond place with 228. Bob Nicol, who spearheaded the Pin Poppers into a sudden recovery to eattli the lest play- off spot in the "A" group, holds non the third highest st average geithe league at 217. re.t.)1 onot: 1,. (lee 4 teams 113 playoffs) Ru(cht 17144 48 tt'#ndmiilia r _- - 41 rtCr]'n Billlat'cts _ 37 P111 .Pepiferit ..-a_ -- 37 7 ]� 1 P: tl ., 2 ttfl'ra 1rs n .. _ lci31a11 27 Hpa,reri_r_ »___-_ .._ 25 TP2.t1Ai�ntett nitt8tbrs.us.. nu'tarot)* i eeketta ___ 4.1 Ttttpl'riale »». .. 4(3 .._----r _ 31 Spa.rt ]'arta Please Turn To Page 7 Your Weekly / 7 • Scores o "Standings z:AT. 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