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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-05-21, Page 6Psge ,d The Times -Advocate, May 21, 1959 Let's Talk SPORTS By DON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT Sports Editor HARVEY LIKE A FATHER TO THE KIDS Exeter Legion, Kinsmen, Lions and Reb Coun- cil deserve a tip' of the old chapeau for the way in which they engineered the Exeter .minor hockey banquet last Saturday afternoon. We realize it took the four a lot of planning but we're sure that after 1t was all over, the service clubs thought it was well worth while. With Montreal Canadiens' Doug Harvey the centre of attraction, the bun feed couldn't help but come off with flying colours. Close to 200 kids had a field day with the best defenceman in hockey today. Harvey is a fam- ily man. He has; five kids to be exact and it certainly showed as he put the :fatherly touch on the Exeter enthus- iasts as he pleased the autograph seekers when they swarmed around him and answered ques- tion' after question for them in hilarious fash- ion. Many of the ans- wers were of the ser- ious variety but Doug threw in the odd laugh now and again to keep the kids ontheir toes and happy. The good- natured Canadien de- fence star who is in his DOUG HARVEY thirty-fourth year, and tips the scales at the 186 mark, answered all kinds of comical questions such as the one Mervin Bower asked in "How many times did you fall this year?" Another youngster popped off with the question, "When you were a little boy, what games did you like to play?" Harvey promptly retaliated with the reply, "When I was a little boy I liked to chase little girls!" Another young- ster asked Doug if he would ever play for Toronto, Harvey, smiling, answered him with the reply "That's just like asking someone if they want to be dead!" However he did add that if he ever left Montreal, he would choose Toronto before any other club. To this corner, Doug Harvey seems to be one of the easiest going sport figures we have run into in some •time. And he has a right to be! After all, he is a veteran. of 12 full seasons in the National Hockey League. He has won the James Norris Tro- phy four times; and has been chosen on seven con- secutive all-star teams which is an all-time record. We'd say this boy is really liv'n! Montreal's defence stalwart had some sug- gestions for the Maple Leaf regime in Toronto. He thought that now would be an excellent time for George "Punch" Imlach to move into the straight managerial end of things and leave the coaching duties up to someone else. Did he have anyone else in mind? He certainly did! Doug thought that Bert Olmstead would make an ideal coach. He can crack the whip, and keep the boys , hopping. Olmstead is a team leader in the books of Harvey. Doug also passed on the info why he thought the Leafs bowed in the Stanley Cup finals. He said it looked to him as it did to so many that the Toronto defence did all the puck carrying while tie forwards were too busy back -checking, As far as Montreal is concerned, the Canadiens are shooting for their fifth straight cup. Harvey thinks they have a good chance of get- ting it too! Personally we feel that there is at least two years difference between the Canadiens and the rest of the league, In other words, the other five clubs will have to strengthen and we think it will be two years before anything serious happens to the Montreal reign. One thing we did disagree on took place at the Exeter banquet when Harvey stated that kids• nowadays spend too much time on the slapshot. He says the shot breaks far too many sticks and one can't control it. He also feels that a lot of valuable time is wasted practising it. We feel that if a player practised the slap -shot as much as a player practises his straigth shot, the slap -shot will be just as accurate. To back up our statement all you have to do is look at Geoffrion's past record. How many times did you see the "Boomer" on TV blast a shot into the net on a straight shot? We'll bet he scored Lt least 90% of his goals with his favourite thrust. To us, Bernie looks as sure of himself in aiming for the corner of the net as we are in putting butter on bread. Top five in the NHL for the slap -shot named by Harvey were Geoffrion, Litzenburger, Howe, Beliveau and Bathgate. CUFF CLEANERS -- Opening day of the pike and pickerel season (May 15) was celebrated by Alvin illert and. "Hank" Greene as the two hooked 10 pike The pair were back around the Kirkton district for most of them and then spent a little time at Black Creek ... Golf interest is really pick- ing up! ... We saw several local enthusiasts out on the links trying their luck. Speaking of luck, we noticed Lorne Kleinstiver over the weekend bounce a tee shot off three trees on the seventh hole and still have the ball Come to rest on a playable lie beside the creek. Guess it pays to have that old black magic! Don't worry, Lorne, we won't mention about the time you took two swings at the ball and missed twice! Hang in thar! ... Laugh of the week was when Police Chief C. H. McKenzie took his five- year-old son Dale to Morrison Dam to show him the finer arts of the fishing game. The conclusion; Dale caught a 13" trout and several shiners while Mc- Kenzie Sr. didn't get as much as a nibble! We under- stand .Dale plans to give his father casting instruc- tions this week! How about that! John Bell, president of the Western. Ontario Atheltic Associa- tion, passes ori the info that a standing invitation awaits all minor ball clubs to come to Listowel this year and see a Senior Intercounty game. All he asks is that.,you Iet him know when your coming so that he can prepare for you . , , Kleinstiver says he doesn't hear too much about the Yankees t',ese days. Bill Musser,Gerry Smith and yours truly are keep. ing well hidden according toLorne ... There's arl important athletic association meeting taking place in Lucan this Thursday evening at 8 p.m, sharp in the Lucan arena. The meeting will officially wind up the hockey season and set plans for the coming summer sports from baseball to basketball . W Wonder how many crying towels have been ordered or the ladles bowlingbanquet , .Did you know q , W . , that just 50 years ago, 3. M, (Mel) Southcott received a challenge .from a Parkhill sprinter to race 100 yards for the amateur championship of 'Western 01i+ EXETER LEGION COMES THROUGH AGAIN Exeter crest on the front. Above, left to right, bantams Bob Schroeder and Mike Cushman look over the jackets being presented to them by Canadien defence star Doug Harvey and Exeter Legion President Lloyd Reynolds. Harvey was the centre of attraction at the afternoon affair as close to 200 youngsters participated in the bun feed, —T -A Photo Bantams, Western Ontario Athletic Association Bantam "C" champions and OMHA semi-finalists, were honoured Saturday afternoon by their sponsors, Exeter Legion, with the presentation of jackets. Each member of the local bantam club received a jacket from the Legion with the player's respective number on the sleeve and a Legion Montreal Canadiens' Doug Harvey thrills minor hockey players here By DON GRAVETT T•A Sports Editor Close to 200 Exeter minor hockey players were thrilled Saturday afternoon when Mont- real Canadien's great defensive star in the person of Doug Har- vey, attended their hockey ban- quet in the Exeter Legion Hall to officially wrap up the '58-'59 campaign. Harvey, like all great players from the big time, had words of wisdom for the youngsters as he ran over the fundamentals and possibilities of a player reaching the National Hockey League. Harvey's words of advice to his eager audience came under three headings. "To reach the big time it's important for a youngster to practise skating," said Harvey. "A player who has not strong skating legs will never make it! Handling the puck is the second fundamental a player must get used. to. Carry the puck! on your stick as much as you can. Learn to control it, A good; stickhandler will. go a long way, in today's game. The third item of importance is for you to listen to your coach. Do what he says whether you think he is right or! not. Even if he plays you on left! wing and you think you should. be 1 H -P drafts ball sched Officials of the Huron -Perth Intermediate Baseball League have set Friday, May 22 to draw up the '59 season's bacaball schedule. The meeting will take place in the Mitchell Legion Hall at 8:00 p.m. sharp. Previously, a five -team sched- ule had been drawn. with Dash- wood, Zurich, St. Marys, Lis- towel and Mitchell but with a date entry from Goderich, league officials are forced to reschedule, Dashwood, Zurich and Mitchell are all intermediate "C" clubs. while St.Marys is in the "B" classification. Listowel and Gode- rich will enter high class junior teams into the circuit. Juniors blast Mitchell club • Walkerton Juniors crowned all - Ontario Midget "B" champions in 1958, warmed up for the forth- coming season by pounding out a 10-0 verdict over Mitchell Le- gionnaires in a holiday exhibi- tion game played in Mitchell Monday afternoon. Pitching performances from Walkerton's Stienhoff and Mit- chell's Garly Hopf highlighted the game as Stienhoff fanned 14 Legionnaires and Hopf breezed a third strike past 13 Walkerton batsmen, Charlie Westman, George Cov- eney. and "Link" Rohfritsch col- lected 'jingles for Mitchell. Mur- ray and Bolden paced Walkerton with a double each. Walkerton leek a 3-0 first in- ning lead and never looked back, They added a single run in the fourth, adders two in the eighth and then rallied for four more in the ton of the ninth, A good crowd witnessed the game, core by tunings: R H wetkertort :MA inn n2•f--in s Mttt•hr It nue AAA Ano— 7 a 2 $tipnhntr And lif'yera; tsars, 1 -Toni' AM Sinn SAYtnn, on right, do your best because Lloyd Cushman, of Exeter, of the Exeter Legion, Kinsmen, Lions and Recreation Council, Doug Harvey was given a bicycle for his six-year-old daughter in Montreal. Head table guests included Al- vin Willert, Lloyd Cushman, Rev DeVries, Exeter Mayor R. E. Pooley, Recreation Dire ct o r Larry Heideman, Master of Cere- monies Pete Durand, Doug Har- vey, F/0 Moe Gobeil, Legion President Lloyd Reynolds; Lions Club President Ed Brady, Iry Armstrong and T -A Sports Editor Don "Boom" Gravett. the day may come where you presented crests: to the coaches might have to break into a big of the winning Saturday morning league club in that position hockey teams. Receiving the whether it's your right spot or crests were Coaches Sgt. Ellis not." (wee wee), Norm Kelly (squee "Most important thought a; gee) and Jim "Red" Loader (all - youngster should have today is star). getting his education. After you The Wings, who copped the have secured your education then . Pee Wee House League cham- think about pro hockey!"pionship and were coached by In closing w i t h his short! Art Story and Doug Grayer, re - speech, Doug Harvey referred ceived crests and the Pete Crock- er Trophy. Iry Armstrong, acting Kinsmen president, made the presentation to team captain Bob McDonald. The Bank of. Commerce Tro- phy• which was won In Mitchell by the Exeter pee wee all-star team, was presented to team although they may not have wont captain Mike Cushman by Alvin any crests or trophies over the, Willert, Exeter arena manager, past season, they shouldn't fret' Exeter's mayor, R. E. Pooley, because they have just as much I chance of making the big time on behalf of the Lucan Shamrock as the "award winders" of this season. Questions galore to the top scorers in each divi- sion of the Exeter minor hockey setup and told them not to get swelled heads becauss they could not have reached their respective position in the scoring columns without. the help of their team- mates. Harvey told the boys that The youngsters, ranging from the wee wee division right up into the midget classification, had a field day asking the Cana- dien ace all kinds of questions. Doug Harvey told his question- ers the following answers: Best defenceman in the Nation- al Hockey League is Fern Flam- an, of the Boston Bruins. "Red" Kelly, of Detroit, and Bill Gads- by, of the Rangers. are also in the top three. These three were picked as tops over the last 8-10 years of playing. Best left winger in the NHL conies under the name of. Cana - diens' Dickie Moore with Dick Duff and Frank Mahovlich, both of Toronto, a close second. Glenn Hall, of Chicago Black Hawks, is the best goalie he's played against this year. Over the past years, Harvey gives the nod to Terry Sawchuk, now with Detroit. Walter "Turk" Breda was the best goaltender to face him in playoff competition, but Sawchuk is e overall es th v all best! Hockey League, presented the Bantam Shamrock Shield to Coach Derry Boyle as the local bantams wrapped up the title inue the Irish town leag. Robin Hood trophies Robin Hood Oats Trophies were given to a player in eachdivision considered most valuable to his teamon and off the ice. Ed Brady presented Victor Fulcher (wee wee), .Jim Ca.rscadden. (pee wee) and, Ricky Boyle (bantam) with the cups. Lucky draws were held throughout the afternoon for min- iature hockey sticks with Doug Harvey's signature on the stick blade. Winners of the lucky draws included Ron Durand, Peter McFalls, Lester Heywood, Dennis Bierling, Bruce Futcher., Bob Schroeder, Sani Ellingsworth and Randy Parsons. Through the combined efforts Midgets feature wrestling. card Harvey left a tip for the play Max Roseman of Kitchener is , bringing professional wrestling ers going right in on a goaltend `back into the district on May 28. er. He says you'll score more He has a "stellar" card lined goals witha shot about two inches off the ice or with a high, hard, fast one. He related the high, hard, fast one as above the goaltender's catching arm and close to the shoulder, Doug Harvey was introduced by F/O Moe Goheil, of RCAF Centralia, and thanked 'by Ed Brady, of Exeter. Legion honors bantams Crests and trophies were pre- sented to the winning minor hockey teams who participated each Saturday morning in the local arena. The highlight of the presentations came when Exeter Bantams, WOAA Bantam "C" champions and OMHA semi- finalists received jackets from Exeter Legion President Lloyd Reynolds, on behalf of the Exe- ter Legion, who sponsored the team. Each player on the club was given a smartly designed jacket with a Legion crest on it List champs in metro loop up for the Hensel' arena. The card will feature midget grapplers Farmer Pete, Canad- ian Midget mat king and Pee Wee Rogers from Arizona. Semifinalaction finds Jumbo Jim Harvey m a t c h .i n g his strength against Sandy McDon- ald while inthe preliminary, Fritz Hoffman will face the Ited Mask. Opening bout is scheduled to get under way at 8:45 sharp, • Champions for the '58-'59 bowl- ing season Have been named for the Metro Bowling League. Bobby Sox won the intermedi- ate girl's title and Who Cares along with the players' respec- wrapped uy the junior girl's tive playing number on the championship. -sleeve. Don "Boom" Gravett In the boys divisions, lied presented team Captain Don Billiards Jr, copped the inter - Cann with the Western Ontario ship mediate. laurels while the Dyna - Cann their way to thena- miters btic Association champion- cresta, i h u Members of the club included top Membersthe jofnior thedivisiosteamsn, were: Coach Derry Boyle, Manager "Bunny" Ford, Mike Cushman, Fred Stith, I3oh Broderick, Bob Schroeder, John Nagel, Don Cann, Lester Heywood, Ricky Boyle,Fred Lamb,Le`sti e How- ard, Stan Lesnick, PetrMC- hails, Billy Wright and Freddy Wells, brio? An article on our publisher said that he can run faster than a scared deer. and should they :meet he will make the Parkhill runner hustle to beat hint .. The outcome? 11. M. wort the event in Stratford. Mr. Southcott was a noted sprinter in his day , Don't forget the wrestling show to be held 14 Kerb sail arena, Intermediate Girls Sharon Lightfoot, ,lean Essery, Cathy Hodgins, Betty Lou West, Bonnie Tu'rvey and Gwen Lightfoot, Junior Girls Helen Camp- bell, Dettmer, an e Linde Lena I ghaiDettm ral, Mary Jane r LinSanders, Jo- Anne Tenant, Nancy McTavish, Intermediate Boys — Wright, Tommy Bllerington, Jin] Jones, John Snell, Fred Wells and Bob .Zones. Junior Boys - Ray Ceckwill, Donnie Wright, sticky Schroeder, Billy Fairbairn, Jimmy Bierling and Willie Denomine, Cardboard is tirade from pulp. Harvey predict t at Cf; Rocket c.�o fo,r 9 two more years BY PON.GRAVETT T.A.Sports Edtior Doug Harvey, most controver- sial defenceman in the recent National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs for his hlueline playing abilities, highlighted RCAF Centralia's annual winter sports banquet Friday night as the guest speaker. The Montreal Canadien star, who tips the scales around the 185 -pound mark in his 34th year, answered dozens of questions fired at him by station personnel throughout the evening, His answers kept a keen audience in hilarious form most of the eve- ning as be reminisced' past ex- periences on the ice lanes. Much in the sante fashion as Canadien teammate Dickie Moore, who made his appearance here one year ago, Harvey turned out to be quite a comedian in front of Centralia's winter competition. champions who were being honored for various achievem ents, Questions answered by Harvey ranged from his home life to his present playing profession. The colorful blueline stalwart • ,just returned from an eight-day tour in. Eastern Canada before mak- ing his appearance in Centralia. Being a veteran defenceman in the NIIL for 12 years in which he won the James Norris Trophy four times, Harvey opened a questionnaire with the words, "I wasn't sure if I should come up this way to your banquet be- cause it's so deep in enemy territory. With Toronto and Detroit so close, I thought there wouldn't be much hope. But I see I was wrong. There are Montreal fans in the district," "Jacques Plante is the best goaltender in the game today, even though I may block the odd shat for him." Sharpshooters. taking drives on the Canadien. net are being robbed continuous, ly by Jacques, As far as blocking shots are concerned, the Ones that hurt most, are let go from 10-20 feet out. When a player stickhandies his way in they don't hurt as much," "The only time I can recall that the two men were put on the ice •to cover 'one man, was when the "Rocket" was in his prime, In the Toronto series, we never had two men on Duff, at least not that I knew of. We were told to watch certain mem- bers of the Toronto club but we never had two men out there to watch one." "Rocket" not through "Is the "Rocket" (Richard) good for another year? I feel myself if ;he really wants to play, he's good for another year or two, He's tough and serious,. He has been and will be a great as- set to the. Canadien club for an- other year or two. Richard is the type of player that can go out and score twenty goals for us next winter after all the in- jury trouble he's had this sea- son," Doug Harvey stated that To. ronto Maple Leafs gave them quite a battle for the cup in the final round. Although Montreal won in five games, Leafs showed plenty of zip and with some breaks would have stretched the series. "Canadiens were really hungry for the fourth straight cup," said Harvey, "and we Please Turn To Page ? , 111,"1111111111 u,,,1111,,11111111,111111111111111101111111111111,111g1141111111111,1,111p11„11,11111,11111„ 1111111U111111111,E Ladies' fowling Banquet EXETER LEGION HALL Friday, May 22 7:00 p.m. Alf team captains are asked to notify Lossi Fuller (phone 167-J) or Lorraine Brock (phone 76-W Credi- ton) if any of their team members are unable to make the banquet by May 21. Your Chevrolet dealer invites you to take advantage of this GREAT SALES SPECTACULAR! 4.4 .tJ.....:.. >• t3M '56 Chevrolet • 4 door hardtop, 8 cylinder engine, automatic transmission, custom radio, washers, two-tone finish, '55 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 door sedan, radio, washers, overdrive transmission, whitewall tires, two-tone finish. 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