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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-11-13, Page 4,Peof 4 The, Tim -At mete, N1 vem,be� 13, t"1 Let's Talk SPORTS By PON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT .Sparta; Editor I"AC.K OF ICE HURTS MOHAWKS Exeter Mohawks are having their troubles and the roper authorities who could have avoided them seem unconcerned about the whole matter. The problem lies not in lack of financial sup- port because the response from fans throughout the district has been terrific. It's due to lack of ice time which has made it difficult for the tribe management to pick a team and get it in shape for the schedule which is right around the corner. A team must have sufficient ice time before the season starts to, get 'is players into shape and set up its plays. Without it, the club is behind the eight -ball right from the start. Mohawks didn't get that vital ice time in the local arena this year because of so-called pressure from the curling club for early ice. To date. Mo- hawks have spent $00 or more of local fans' clolne- tione just to get ice time in other rinks. They have had three workouts in Lucan and two in Hensall which, to our way of thinking, is ridiculous. We're not blaming the curling club or any other club—the more ice time they can get, the more Power to them. However, we feel that the Mohawks, who have provided the arena with a good many shekels in the past, received a raw deal either from the arena board or the manager. Conditioning is the biggest problem that faces a hockey team at the start and,. without it, unneces- sary injuries crop up early in the season when,games get under way. As in other years, all Mohawks need- ed was three or four nights a week or two to send them on their way. At the moment, with practices shuffled around to different rinks, the tribe doesn't even have its roster picked and the schedule is drawn up. We can't understand why the arena board failed to provide for this time, as it has in previous years, for the Mohawks. We feel certain that if the situation was explained to the curlers, they would understand the problem and curtail their activities during the first week or two to allow the hockey club to organize for the season. It's a crying shame that Mohawks have had to dish up $60 for ice time in other arenas to get ready for the schedule, Even city rinks look after their home teams better than that. MINOR TEAMS HAVE PROBLEMS, TOO! We understand the only way an arena can pay for itself is to be booked solid throughout the winter. We feel this is fine but when it starts robbing minor hockey teams of ice time then it has gone too far. The taxpayers should have something to say when they learn that Exeter pee wee, bantam and midget. all-star teams have to travel to Lucan tend pay 25 ec is per player per game) to play in the Shamrock league. We can see where it is fine for a team to play outsiders once a week but not when it just in- volves the cream of the crop. If one night were left r last year, we'done nasEll for 111 10 S such 1 p the local service clubs' donations of $300 were worthwhile but not under these conditions. As it ,stands now, the only guaranteed time for the kids to play is Saturday mornings. A tentative bantam- midget house league will have to be worked in be- fore public skating or Mohawk games, if there are any, We may have the wrong idea when we say this but in our line of thought, the main purpose of the arena is to keep the kids off the street by allowing them to participate iii their public skating or minor hockey,' Then, the arena should cater to such activi- ties as curling, hockey, figure skating etc, CUFF CLEANERS—Glenn Mickle still insists Ottawa will win the Big your title. Any bettors around? , 'The intermediate league should be a real toughie this year. At least two clubs feel they have the title in the bag < , . Iiderton Wildcats are just waiting to pounce on the Mohawks and Clinton says the tribe has had it because they lost Gar Bake. The con - elusion remains to be seen , . Only 42 days left until Christmas! , .. Sarnia Golden Bears wasted little time 'in disposing of Kitchener. The Sarnia vic- tory should up football morale in the border city considerably ,• , Watch out for Maple Leafs! They may be in the cellar now but they still have games in hand on the rest of the league. It would be good to see them catch fire: , .. We're told the Spares in the Men's Bowling League have slowed up to catch their second wind like the Butchers. The only trouble is that the Butchers did the same and now have stop- ped breathing and it might happen to the Spares if they hestitate too long , . We think the fans will like what they see in the Mohawks this year. Several new faces are here that should provide plenty of punch for the locals' delight. (We hope!) Golfing Schoolteacher Copy Championships Marley Sanders, SHDHS his- tory teacher, made seine local histery himself Friday night when he becanie the first mem- ber to receive both of 'Exeter Golf C1 u b' s championship swards, He was presented with the Red Scott match play trophy and the Jack Smith low gross trophy at the club's annual ban- quet at Green Forest Motor Rotel, Grand fiend. Operator of the Sanders" Hriv- tri, Range at the resort. ' the school teacher has one of the leaved handicaps in the club. He has also been a member of the club executive since the ,group vt'as formed, Clare Peneington, 1�a1'1(lhill. lies the consolation winner of the match 'play tournament. Prresident Claude Farrow con• ducted the program for the en twat meeting,. which included alt election of officers end a discussion nC future plans. tette Kleinstiver, Dashwood, Was nanted president for 1059 Ind Jack Levle, Parkhill, was ,. 'elected vice-president. 5e(.re- ta .treasurer lis John Gelman; handicap coowtcltor, Hal Hooke eni(1 meaibeee of the �gantes . temmitter are Morley adders gold Rill Met enzle,Exeter, Gedlge Gle diitllittg, West Mc - and Fluter Harrower, Thedford, • Hal Hooke revealed new han- dicaps for all members of the club, based on the rlew rating ' of Oakwood Golf Course provided by the Ontario Golf Association. Although par for the Grand .Cenci course will remain at 70, the layout has been rated at 67 l and all handicaps have been 'raised by three. Jack Levie, Parkhill, has the lowest of the revised handicaps, nine, I :t was announced that a num- ' her of Changes suggested by the OGA are being putinto effect by the owner of the course, k', ` W. Walker. I prices were presenter: to the , prizewinners of the final tour- namerit of the season: low gross, Gond then,. Claude Farrow, Bill Amos sod Ev. Richardson; i low net, t)iek Jermyn, Roel Car- rothers, Ken Edwatda otic: Steri I+"r agnea Golfing films concluded, the evening. Did you have 'visitors this wirCekl liriencts like to road about it. Phone 770, The Tintre3•Advo• 1 cele, of itey tit our eoirrespottd- I MS. Girls ys Bow In WOSSA Final; Fe.rth \Oolleyball Crown TEACHER WINS ALL Exeter Golf Club were presented to Morley Sanders, SHDHS history teacher, Friday night at the club's annual: banquet. First person to win the double honors, Mr'. Sanders is congratulated by new club president Lorne': Two championship trophies of p p p Kleinstiver. Big • Game Hunters! By DON GRAVETT T -A Sports Editor A hunting we will go! A' hunt- ing we will- go! We'll shoot the deer and drink the . . , ??? (coffee). A hunting we will go! This is the time of year that more grandmothers, uncles, aunts and unknown relatives pass away than at any other time of the year There must be a rea- son for it and there is — of course, it's the hunting season! it's the time of year that all big game hunters pack their sacks and tramp the northern wilderness in search for nature's most beloved animal, a dear! Or is it a ricer? Heavens, it must he a. deer because several of the local hu nting enthusiasts is have been •.a av for' or more weeki c and all •they've brought back with them has been deer. I Sorry, gals. You must know you can trust them. After all, I they're cooped up in nature's northland all alone, aren't they? Brother, is this getting tangled. If we don't leave it alone the wives of these .good district hunters • •ill he aiming their guns in our direction! Getting more serious about last week's hunting activities, ' four parties journeyed from this district into • the north to seek South Heron District High School g'ris and boys volleyball teams made impressive show• lags over the past week, although only one of the three teams is still in the running for .a grand stanmpiouship title. • At WOSSA in London last Sat- urday, the senior boys advanced Bob White Tribe Pilot When Exeter Mohawks lake to the ice lanes in Mitchell next Tuesday night to open their '.58- '59. hockey schedule, they'll have a new chief at the helm in the person of Bob White: Bob is taking over the reins from Jim "Red" Loader, who for ; the past three and a half years ; coached the local entry. "'Red"! will participate with the team as I a player, "Whitey" as he is known throughout Lucan and the Lon -1 don district, is a well qualified veteran for the job. For the past three years, "Whitey" .has coached the Lucan Irish. He has had experience in playing junior' and senior "B" hockey for the! city of London, Be starred for three consecutive years as an in- termediate "A" player for A•vt-! mer and then worked on the blueline for the sante town when 'to the finals before bowing out to North Essex while last Mon - (lay in Mitchell, the junior girls .copped the. junior Perthex t°on- ferenee title and the seniors placed second in. their .division. Pays Peat By Fatigue Only .eight players• on the sen- ior boy's team made the jaunt to the London WOSSA tourna- ment Saturday and, had they had a little more help, they might have won the champion- ship. The eight boys started play- ing et 10::0 a.m. and finished their final game at 5:00 p.m. "I felt that We would have won the works if we had met Wat- laceburg and North Essex in the first twp matches,' said Coach . Glen iitirkle, "As it was, the loam and I were 'both tired when the two important games rolled around. All the team had was a 45{minule lunch hour for a breather." Despite the fact that South Huron did lose, the locals .made a real race of It for the honours. They topped Glencoe in their first two contests 15-1 and 15.3 and then moved on to wallop West Elgin 15-10 and 15.12 after losing the flet game by a score. of 13-3. In three games against East El in, the locals absorbed one defeat of 15-13 and then bounced. back off the floor with a kayo --T-A Photo `> Ross Tuckey, Ed Brady, William !Arthur, Bill Chambers, Albert land Erie Ostland, Bill. Amos and Norm Young, of London, yen - lured into the French river dis- trict for game and were reward- ed with two moose and one deer. BOB WHITE George Glendenning shot a , , . new Mohawk coach "bull" moose while Bill Amos game. Bill Stanlake and Bruce Eagle- son, of Greenway, joined a 10•' man team north of Lakefield which is in the Peterborough dis- triet. In all, the party came out with six deer, one of the better ' bags this year. Stanlake. himself nailed one on Thursday morning t makesus tripsuccessful. Re- ports e ports said that plenty of deer were seen the first, few days of the trip but they soon became •scarce. The ground was excep- tionally dry and the, animals could hear hunters coming miles away. Another party, made up of George "hound dog" Glenden- ning, Graham Arthur, Jack Carr, downed an eight -point buck. Very' few deer and moose were seen in this district. In fact, only four in the party had shots at all. Ross Tuekey was the only other roan in the group to catch some- tiling ,but lie couldn't- cut it up. it was a cold! John Bethel! was the only prize- winner in a four -man party made tip of George Dobbs, Bill Arne- strong and d Bl ll Frost. osk. nf Detroit, f t moved into a district be- tween Sudbury and Sault Ste, Marie for a week. nether, who did not fire. a shot on last year's trip was finally rewarded by downing a ricer some 20 feet from where he stood.. Before he made his hag, conversation between the hunters went something like this, according to reliable re-' ports. George Dobbs: "John, there's a deer!" John (looking through his gun sights):"Where! Where! I can't see it!" " • George: "It's right in front of • ," you ohn John (after putting the gun down and looking straight ahead): s'Oh, there it is! I've got it now!" Bang! The deer fell about 20 feet in front of him. (Other mem- bers of the party said the deer died of tee' tfailail e but John in- sists he hit it with a bullet.) Two Get Deer Lawrence Flirtxel, Doug Wheel. er, Bill Snell, Clarence Heywood, Phil kern and fill Vallance, of Camp Borden, spent a week about 20 miles east of North Bay. Wheeler and Valiance were the lucky pair in this group, each getting a• deer. It took a whirl in the senior "13" classification. Before arriving at Aylmer, Bob spent a year of in- termediate "A" lloc;;ey with In- gersoll. All Round Athlete Bobby While should be a fan favourite right from the word go. The 5' 11", 175 -pound athlete is one of the cleanest 'living ath- letes in let the di ' •I is' el e sti ct Bob a nau- drinker anti non-smoker and gives all he has at all times, no matter what sport he partici- pates in. An active athlete, "Whitey" is the coach of the Somerville hockey club in London and in the past eight years he has piloted them to six championships, Be- sides his coaching ditties at his place of employment, the also finds time to officiate in senior, junior and minor league hockey games throughout ' the city of London and surrounding •dis- tricts. Fob 'also excels in baseball and plays some softball, This past summer, the T -A sports pages carried "Whitey's" spec - teenier pitching feats for the Zurich Lumber Kings as he was the• main reason for the Zurich club winning the Ontario Inter- mediate "C" baseball crawl), He pitched both games of the On- tario finals against Latta and the was so effective over his year's performance, that he was named the most valuable player on the Zurich roster. At 30 years of age, Bob White is -a married math and has a son, Chris, who is eight years old. The whole family, Ruth, Chris, and Bob, have made their per- manent home in London. PREPARING tHE SPOILS- -'hunters till Chambers, George Glendh'ni lig and Jack Carr show antlers and head of deer "moose they shot at their"Nights of taechiaus" lode north of North l ay last week, On Lh'y cutting table is some of the meat 10 trier! Y in the party shared. One moose weighed IIOOO pounds, another 800 and both were shot teal the French Diver, Photo punch on a pair of 15.7 and 14.6 victories, Then tile* roan into trouble. li'ailaeeburg swept two games in a row. The first contest was - dropped 15-6 while the second slipped through the locals' hands by a 14.11 score. In the finals, North Essek foiled the SHDIfS'• hid for a title by taking the two. games 15.7 And 15-.8. The South Buren squad was 'Tarte up of Ralph 1 inkbeiner', l+r•ed Hunter, Harold Eagleson, Alan fusohe, Jack Miller, Ross Wein, Gerald Houlihan, and Brian Ailey. , Girls Win And Lose SI-IDHS junior ;girls made their presence felt in Mitchell last Monday morning when they copped their second :conseeutiv'e Perthex Conference title in two years, Junior volleyball for • girls has only been established two years and each time Coach Miss L. Seigner and her team has copped the honor.' Actually the big game of the tourney was the locals' last one with Listowel. South Huron had won three games to Listowel's two when the two schools met and if Listowel could have upset them, it would have forced a two-way tie for first, South Huron clipped St. 11Iarys, Strat- ford and Mitchell for three wins,. Five Team League Starts On Tuesday The WOAA drafted its Group One intermediate "B" hockey schedule in Clinton Monday night with Clinton, Exeter, Mitchell, Lucan and llclerton being the five teams in the league. The schedule consists of 16 games with the possibility of more being added if time per- mits. Exeter Mohawks will open their season on Mitchell ice Tuesday, November 18, while Lucan will tangle with Don Buddo's Norton Wildcats in Lucan the shine night, Mohawks will play their sec- ond game on the road as well ' ilh Lucan on Friday, November 21, 1''or local fans, the lid lifter will take place November 22! when. Clinton Colts, who have, lit- , tle fear for the triter, invade the Exeter arena for a 9:()0 p.m." nague, in all, each team will play Biel others four times, two games at home and two away. .WOAA Secretary Convener Secretary of the Western On- tario Athletic Association, Alf , Loclnzdg e'is thecenv convener of the! •five -team group. Rules of the, league allow each club to dress 14 players a game. One team in the five will be eliminated from the playoffs when the schedule ends. The top team will have its choice to play any of the other three clubs in the first round 'of the playoffs i which will be a best -of -five af- fair with points' to count, if nee -1 essary, the teams will attempt e to break a- tie gamwith one 10- minute overtime, period. The final round for the group championship will be a best -of - seven set. Tie games will be thrown out and replayed. The schedule is as follows; .Griot ii o.+a, s(•rtt.nt i.e.; :November JS Iseler n( i11leliell Lacon at Bergeron ^_1 wr.itrhell at t'linton (3 p.m.) i l' ter al burin' 22• -('limen nt I:reter Ill p,n,) 1 i(,ldertoniilrhell al Mitrhntronpll -._ at i 'Merino al flatter DecemberDecemberher :•-iiitrhef a I llriet'i01 5 ---Loran at Clintonn (3 pp.m.)hitt' ell nt Jseit'r 3-•11tiertnu at. 'Lucan ('linto, n at Mitchell 12--.I1rtrrtnn at Clintonn (3 p.m.) JO—Exeter ht tltirhtrt.n tmean at 111trltnll 13•-•1.ucan al rixeter CI in Inn al Tin "rt nn Ci17artrr at Clinton (S(30 p.at.I t. . ('lin t on at i,uean .lnautir' e-)lrtrrtnu at T.11oaii Clinton n1 l;xeler liroKseter,n( Mitchell ("lintnn at. I Id it On ltitr'hail .In. at Clinton (9 p.m.) f•.zrtar at [mean' -ltr)ertnat J 1hell Clint on at i.utan 111. I\1 {teat, at Lucan Ir—ildei•lun. at Exeter (0 p.m.) 211.. Mitchell at. 'lIderlon ' 2.. f 2t P;xeer t (Tinton 1Ss;30 ,.in,) .uran at (•limon t3 p.m) 111( he It at' l!;xeter 27- 1.uran at llrloetnn (Tinton at Jlltch,sil n0,-11(101'1 on a( Clinton 15 p,111.) i.ut'ttn nt Fay tir t"'t'hnil rr 3--r: eler nl 'ILderton Lucan al Alitcltell eseC ret*� rs 0 We've checked them over b P ' made necessary repairs to ensure" you of top value for your money. '55 Chevrolet 2 -door .deluxe coach, radio, turn sig- nals, two-tone finish, and when they beat Listowel it automatically gave them the championship. Final standings and. scores were as follows;. Teams w Points South Huron .. .. 8 Listowel . a Mitchell 4 Saord S tat.trMan's 0 Scores South tfHuron 20, St. Man's 16; Listowel 20, Mitchell 15; South. Huron 29, Stratford 1?; Listowel 10, St. Marys 14; South Huron 23, Mitchell 15; Stratford 25, St. Marys 14; South Huron 18, 'Listowel 13; Mitchell 34, St. Marys 17; Listowel 18, Stratford 11. - Meuhbers of the team. were Ann Grayer, Pat Rowe, Sarhara Hodgson, Cathy Hodgins, Use Gulens, Diary Shaw, Ann Alex- ander, Kris Gillette, Judy Ten- nant, Ausme Gulens, Carole Hogarth, Judy Elder and Bonnie Doerr. Referee was Jane Horton; scorer, Marilyn Hamilton; timer•, Mar.brie Hedgert; linesman, Carole Hogarth. The juniors will now enter the WOSSA playdowns in London next Saturday with eight other schools from Ontario. Seniors Second Best The senib.rs finished second best in the afternoon playoffs at Mitchell when they wound up witghht. six points to the winner's ei The' first game of 'the tourney proved to be the tough one for the locals. They drooped it by a 20.17 count to St. Marys, Later, it turned out to be the deciding factor in the final standings. The locals chalkert up victories. against Stratford, Listowel and Mitchell. SHDHS downed Strat- ford 13.12, thumped Listowel 31.6 and then scored a lopsided 26-13 decision against Mitchell in the last game. The senior ]b'eun was made up of Pat .Marshall, Gwen Spencer, Jane Horton, Carolyn Oke, Di. — Please Turn To 'Page 5 Skate Exchange New and Used Skates For The Whole Family WE EXCHANGE FOR NEW & USED SKATES Men's, as low as $1.29 Skate Sharpening and Repairs Promptly Done RUBBER BOOTS For the whole family, INVER. WS Phone 252 ExetL•"1' '53 Chevr &et Deluxe 4 -door sedan, radio, turn signals, automatic transmission, , '49 Chevrolet 1//4an Posh -up Turn Signals; treater a SEE THE ALL NEW 1959 CH VROLET Get Our Price Before You Buy Snell Bros. Lt Chev 6 Olds 1 HiNe 100