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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-30, Page 6. It li . T'lte Time d.v.*tete Menti :34R /961 COTTONS COMMENTS •By, .i!1i 1, ROTTEN, •$ports Etrlitor GET OUT THE ;;TR_AiGHT JACKET.EI Although it'sa sorry admission (mainly be• cause it meal s dragging yours truly into the nate. gory), I've conte to the startling conclusion that hockey fans are a bunch of nuts! , Now .that may appear to be a rather harsh appraisal of this number of people, but when you take a real deep look at it that's about the only way you can describe us. After all, no one except those eligible for a short stay in a padded cell would pull off some of the things we do, First of all, let us consider the game itself. Here we have 15 to 18 men (apparently mature), taking turns chasing .a little rubber disc alt over the ice with reckless abandon, batting it around with a six-foot length of hickory. And their main thought is to get it into a six-foot cage at the opponent's end, These fellows risk life andlimb and hand out bruising body -checks in an .attempt to put the (apposition up in the spectators' section of the arena. Now, we ask you, how foolish can we get? Yet, millions of people from coast to coast set aside everything and sit cramped, up in front of the idiot box to watch this type of nonsense. They forget all about the terrible state .of the -world, set aside business commitments and some even forego their regular turn at the curling rink, which shows you just how serious this problem is becoming. And then too, we divide ourselves into small sects with each choosing their favorite team, and "friends become dire enemies to be avoided at all cost, especially when your favorites lose. In fact, there are some who take it so seriously that they won't even venture out of the confines of their home should their favorites end up on the short count of the score. However, when their team wins, they walk around boasting and bragging—harrassing their friends. In fact, the way some of us talk, you would almost think we were personally responsible for our team having won. And, if we should hap- pen to lose, we can always cite at least a dozen reasons why and we can always blame the men in the striped shorts for making some bum call, Now take a good look at the average hockey fan watching the action on, his TV, He becomes highly irritable at the slightest distraction—yelling at the kids for making too much noise with their peneil as they attempt to do their 'homework— answering any questions thrown his way with only slightly audible grunts—chain smoking -biting the ends off his fingernails—jumping to his feet to scream approval of a goal -using obscene language to describe opposition players and referees. That is merely a description of the average fan, so you can imagine (or perhaps it's unimagin- able) the conduct of the avid fan. And all this is brought on by one small piece of silverware -the Stanley Cup. The history of this battered -up cup is one of humor, tragedy and incredibility. Millions of dollars have been spent in an effort to gain temporary control of it and men have gone broke in their vain quests to have their names etched on the base of the trophy. Now, this is where the final proof comes ,about our mentality, because this trophy was pur- chased for the modest price of 10 pounds, which if revalued in Canadian currency is exactly $48,67. Now, isn't that something! We carry onthe way we do and actually most of us could afford to go out and purchase our own cup and have it suitably placed on our mantle to show to friends and rela-' Lives. However, our main excuse can lie in the fact that our "fever" stems from heredity, Because, hockey fans have been carrying on like this since 1892, even though they had none of the modern means of communication that we enjoy. in Toronto, thousands of fans would stay up late at night especially if the team was playing in the West, and wait to hear blasts from the whistle atop the Toronto Railway powerhouse. Two blasts told the fans that their team had won, three meant defeat. zn Montreal, a platform was built outside a newspaper office and a man with a megaphone would holler out the scare to the throng which gathered around. Until 1910, any club could challenge for the Cup, provided the challenging team gained ap- proval from the Cup 'trustees, or, in some cases, if the championship club needed money, (This prime concern still exists.) Cup matches were based on sudden -death games, a best -of -three series or two -game total. goals series. (They hadn.'t figured out you made more money with: a best -of -seven.) Some years there were several challenges in the span of a few Inlo.nths, For instance, the Ottawa Silver. Seven de- fended their championship six times in a space of two years. When the 1961 winners hoist the cup to their lips to sip their champagne, they will prob- ably see a few dints and tarnishes on the Cup. One of these was th,e result of Lord Stanley's prized Y , trophy ending up in the Rideau Canal. Legend has it that the Cup was tossed into an Ottawa grave- yard and later booted into the Rideau Cabal by a celebrating member of a Cup -winning team in the dine past. 'Luckily, the canal was frozen,over at the time and the Cup was found next morning, a little nicked by its tumble, but still intact. The Cup :missed another burial in 190/ *hell are, executive of the Kenora Thistles threaten- ed to throw it in the Lake of the Woods. Miffed by a decision by Cup trustees over the eligibility of two players, he stormed out of the meeting with. the Cup under .his arm and was heading for the Waterfront. A conlproniise was reached he recon- aidered and returned to the .meeting, Playing conditions in the early days of the Stanley Cup„ offer a now -humorous contrast to .those o.t today. Before artificial ice ani heated arenas were built, hockey was played outdoors on. ,na.tul•al let of • in bath -like curling rinks. The tem- pe>rature was often much below zero and goal- tenders sometinies wore heavy wool sweaters which tit;( ne up The front, b o ot n, t s vV common moron t oseet ' . lies(' 1letW odea . whip open their 'sweaters to snare pucks tired at the goal, The goaltenders' :also lead other little gem- Held' they wetild Me Stich as giving the goal Mt.sts (which Were Mounted onmoveable b'a5ds) a elt when ; t'%eI!luete, wasn't looking just 'before 5 enlIe:rthree our ares e uurn te.:ms battle afi <o • 1 WIN SHAMROCK TROPHY — The Hensall pee wees team are: front row, left to right, Ken Sm.ale, Doug fought back after dropping the first game of the Sham' MacDonald, Charles Schwalm, Keith Havens, Lennie c rock playoffs to win two straight from Lucan and cop Smale; middle row, Grant Walker, William Taylor, Bevin the best -of -three series. Grant Walker, captain of the Bonthron; Mike Hoy; back row, Bill Soldan, Bob Moir, team,'was presented with a plaque by Don Buddo, Ilder- Gordon Deitz, Laverne Harburn, George Taylor. Shown ton, business manager of the league, Members of the with the team is coach Don Havens. --T-A photo • A vast number of mothers i Exeter and area won't have t worry about their sons gettin in their hair over the Gaster holidays, Because the kids wit be away playing hockey. Three Exeter teams an. squads from. Lunn,1-lensal and Zurich will hit the :lee lanes in full force in an at tempt to bring home the iron ors from three tiiajor tourna Monts. The Exeter wee ;woes, mad. up of youngsters under 10 years of age, start it off for the 10 cads when they head for J3ranp ton; Sunday. The kids, under the direelion of Red Loade and Cord Baynham will bat tie against 12 other "D” teams in the second annua eri n ' first taro -game total -goals s; . o • ries on Tuesday against .air epi. g try from Delhi, Face^`f is t • 1:00 tint, for the onen'1s, elf) 1 the second slar'Un et 7:+p.ms d if Delhi ends up on the airin. 1 lines, Exeter gets right liae't rt it on Wednesday .morning pt -x,,8:00 when they tnettl:' • Aleaciowvale or woodbrid"''. • Second game of this series is slated for 3:30. e' If the Iocats are still anie'*n ::the winners they will return 11 -; Georgetown, Friday, for 'i -; 8:.00 with .e .m. fixture with Port Dover, Lambeth, Stray'. r,roy or Camp Borden. Second - i game of this series is schetl• "tiled to be played at ?:15. 11 Should Exeter win their fir t three series they will gain a ▪ berth in the "r1" final on SI,. d. urday, Thev will face either An. c , ton, Hespeler, Watford, Wake^. ;ton. Ailsa Craig or Chesley at ;10:30. Novice Hockey Tournament, They face off against Can nington al 9:30 ,Monday an again at. ,3:30 in a two -gam total goals series. If they win that one, they tackle either Ayr or 1l1eadowvale in another two -game, series, Tuesday. The first game will he at 8:30 a.m. and the second at 2:30. If they are still victorious they meet either Port Perry or mron i WednesPaldaey stwitn ah gamserves ones at 11:30 and 5:30. During this time, the kids will be billetted in Brampton homes and will be 'looked after by the good people down that way, Following their Wednos- day games they will return home, but if they are still un- beaten will return on Satur- day for the grand champion- ship. At 8:30 they will meet either Malton, Sheffield, Watford, Paisley, Winona or Thornhill in the "D" championship, If they manage to win this event. they will face the "B" winner at 2:30 and will get a crack at the grand championship final at 8:30 n.m, if they are. still. un - Ideated, Forty-eight teams will com- pete in the tournament with en- tries' from as far away as Sault Ste, IN arie, Michigan; Port Huron; 'Mount Royal, Rue- ec• and teams from all across Ontario. i� HtghU.glit; of the eight-day g- er will he the appearance of Rocket Richard. goodwill am- assador of the Montreal Ca - I V wees reed Hensall cops honors in semi-final in tie wee 'D' class. Oakridge Ac res Ontiniists pee wees evened their hest -of- Hensall pee wees copped the! Phil Lewis and Ken Ready three Shamrock semi-final with Shamrock "D" honors in Lu- were the lone marksmen for Exeter, Monday, handing the can, Saturday, edging the Lu• I the visiting Irish. locals an 8-2 trimming in. the can Leprechauns 5.3 in the de -1 Exeter arena. c p 1 Peter McAuley was the spark-leiding game of their final' plug for the winners, dumping series. } four goals behind Glen Stires i After dropping the first game,Zh 1 inthe Exeter . n tits. :Ed Taylor y Hensall. bounced ba.. witht 0 1 hack tivo blinkedscoReadybaggedToni light twice, whilestraightwins to win the too- Exit Dan Watkin and Mark VanLoan phy in the first year they have. er • notched the others. lentered the league Locals win 2-11. in opening game Exeter pee wees drew first blood in the Shamrock finals, Thursday, scoring a thrilling 2-1 win over Oakridge Acres in the Lucan arena. Bob Grayer and Glen Over- holt scored single goals for the' winners, while Jim Pittani was the ;pnlly Oakridge marks- scored the third. During the season, the two teams nip a staged and tuck g !battle for supremacy The Lep- • rechauns downed the Hensall crew in overtime to win the' ;Shamrock tournament, in Lucan last week. The "rubber" series could be played in Goderich next week, when the two teams battle in the Young Canada tournament. Score- 5-2 win man able to get the disc past' Glen, Stires in the Exeter nets.: The Exeter defense played a i strong game in front of Stires 1 and the forwards back -checked i well to keep the Oakridge squad tied up during most of the: game. The win was the second one-! goal victory the locals scored, over the London entry, They eked out a 3-2 winin overtime' during the Shamrock tourna- t ment, to force final tilt Hensall pee wees skated -to a 5-2 win cover Lucan on their h m c ice, • Wednesday, to square their best -of -three Sham- rock series at one game each, Laverne Henderson scored twice. for the Hensall crew, while Ken Sinal°, Charlie Schwalm and Bob Moir bag- geda single each, irs. take 2-Q Iead, Zurich juveniles, who recent- ly lost out in.their bid for an !Ontario championship, took a ibig step towards capturing the Shamrock honors Friday, whip- ; ping Exeter 7-1 in the Hensall ++arenae, Thwin gave the Zurich six a berth in" the Shamrock finals against either Lambeth or Qak- ridge Acres. After losing the 'first game 5-3, the winners came uP with a top-notch- ef- fort to win the series 70.6. ( Wayne Wil.lert was the big gun for the Zurich crew, dump- ing in two goals behind. Les ,Howard in the Exeter nets. (John Masse, Don and Bob Johns on, ,Earl Wagner and Paul Weido notched the others, Jack Stephan was the lone scorer for the Exeter entry, Lamb nets trio in Exeter's win The Exeter juveniles scored a 5.3 upset win over Zurich in the Exeter arena, Wednesday, to take a two -goal lead in their total. - goals Shamrock semi, final series. Fred Lamb, a member.. of the midget squad, paced the locals, scoring three tines against Dennis A.macher in the Zurich nets. Jack Stephan arid. Bob Jones triggeredd one each. blast Roc Bob Johnston, ,Paul Weido k e is 1 1 - , i and John Masse were the Zur- The Exeter Junior Hawks took a 2.0 lead in their Sham- rock final with Sfrathroy Sat- urday, trouncing the 'Rockets 11-4 in the Strathroy arena, The series, which had been changed to a best -of -three af- fair, was reverted to a best -of - seven when ice time was made available at Exeter arena, The Hawks will host the Rockets Wednesday and Friday in the third and fourth games. with the series moving back to Strathroy for any remaining games. Ganie time is 8:30, Bob Jones paced the Hawks in their one-sided win, picking up a hat -trick, Vale Turvey and Whitey Tlingworth notched a pair each, while singles were picked up by Jim Russell, Lloyd Moore, Bill Heywood and Cy Blom niaert. The Hawks put tip a well. balanced attack to record the win, with tite first; and third lines scoring four goals and the second trio adding a pair, Bill I,leyw0ocl, A mainstay on the defense, notched the other, The Strathroy crew 1.ield the' Hawks to a 2.2 tie in the first. "and were still In the game j after the second stanza, but i:he Hawks put on a powerful, 'checking andskating display int the last 20 minutes to coni-' pletc1y dominate the play, was the Although g g 2. ,rugged, hard-hitting affair, the, two teams concentrated on, hockey and didn't run into the' rash of misconducts that was pt'evalent in the first game in. ; Exeter, Lucan kids loss in opening game Oakridge Acres to ideals :jumped into a' 1.0 lead in their best -of -three Shamrock finals, Tuesday, dumping the Lucan: Irish 5.2 in Lucan. IBill Ecclestone paced the win. with a pair of tallies, while changing ends so theh : osts would be seven ororeig ;feet., Apart instead of lthe regulation sire foot. eight Although some of the history makes infer• itstilig reading, the modern day antics compare duty'favorably. There's S Ih C annual event in n 1) ey troit when this octopus ends. tip on the ice, the night the referees aiidplayers spent Clearly five minutes chasing a rabbit around the ice and the ;night- the attendants at the Montreal'ort11ii c:oJ. lecte3td 066 rubbers i17. one game. Yea, A real bunch of Buts --but we'd trate to miss- I Y ich .marksmn, Jack Stephaen started the locals off on the right foot at the 11:55 dark and. Lamb con- nected for his first in the same periodto give :Exeter a 2-0 lead at the end of the initial stanza, With Lamb setting the pace with a pair and Bob Jones con- tributing one, Exeter jumped into a commanding 5.0 lead at the end of the Second period as Zurich couldn't get through the strong netminding of 'lied Sanders, ,Johnston finally put the visi- tors on the score•sheet after only eight seconds of •play in the periodand Weido scored the 4:20 mark as Zurich fought' desperately to get back into m Howeverthegathee locals managed to liold them .down until the 15:03 nark when Masse scored but it came too late to pose a real threat to the Exeter lead, There were only seven pen. alt.ies called in the fest moving game, with Zurich sitting out five. 1110 world's first modern eenSUSwas taketi 10 New 1"ranee 911 .1JG6 and th'e white liopulatieb then wa., f3,216 per- t sons. Brian 1'-#arnlrtond, Nut Cni'irr yea and An Dundas notelied Ilia titlierr& May itevingiotx and •rlaif i-tsskett hlinked the light :Cor the Loran The soeelid gable of the se. Hes twill be playe.,c1 111 Lticstl bit Meade, at 730, Bantams tie f b i� tilt, nadiens, Richard will he on _ _hand, Saturday, to congratu- late the champions and the Ex - Exeter and Oakridge Acres eter entry will be going all out bantams battled to a 3-3 tie 9n to have the opportunity to meet Exeter, ;Monday, in the first: the ice idol, a i game of their best•of-three The tournament. is sponsored Shamrock finals. by the Brampton. Lions, Gary Parsons started the lo -.Bantams in Georgetown cats off on the right foot at' The 6:00 nark on a play with The Exeter bantat'ns will get Mike Cushman. Brian Fortune their first chance in an Eas and John Lock teamed up five ter week tournament when minutes 'latei to give the Iodais they compete with 36 teams in a 2-0 lead at the end of the the Georgetown event spon- first period. Bored by the Minor Hockey As- Qakridge bounced knot the count on goals byBack Guvto sociation, The local. squad tacit(' their Brown and Luc Dugal in the second., but: ,Tack Glover gave at the 13:50 (nark to tie the the locals a 3-2 lead in the game at 3-3, early minutes of the final Both teams tried desperate- stanza on a play with Burns ly to get the winner in the re - and Cushman, maining six minutes hutnei- The locals appeared to be Cher goalie would budge. heading for the win in the se- The two teams return to ,ries opener, but Tim Eccle-' Exeter, Friday, in the third stone banged in a loose puck game. Exeter's entry will he hand. ;led by ,rim Glover and "Dust''" Burns. If they win the" 'spend Tuesday and Friday nights in Georgetown as the !guests of minor hockey enthu- si asts. TMS (ram as .far away as Detroit, 'Toronto, Leamingt'n +and Gananoque and throughout the province will compete. The biggest of diem all Exeter, Zurich, l.'iensall and Lucan will represent the area 'in the Goderich Lions Young Canada Tournament, which is the biggest of its kind in Can- ada. Over 85 pee wee teams will invade the lakeshore tnwn from Good Friday until Satur- day, April 7. Lucan, who will he dofendin r their '"D" championship, will start things off as far as the area teams are concerned whenthey tackle Capetown on Friday, %larch 31 at 1:30, 'Unlike the other two tourna- ments, the Goderich affair is strictly a "knockout" tourna- ment 'with the teams being sidelined „after one loss. If they 'win their opener, Lu - can's Leprechauns will tackle Moncton or the colorful lads from the Six Nations at 7:30 p,m., Friday. 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