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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-04-13, Page 6Page 6 The.:'lutea*Mvocate, ,April t:3, 1961. COT.TQN'S COMMENTS By BILL, BATTEN, Sports Editor THESE KINDS DON'T PLAY SHINNY! Local sq . ae If there are .any fans in the area callo are stopped 6-2 under the impression that the grand old game of IP" hockey is Q11 the way out, we car: assure then], Exeter pee wees had a short that this is certainly not the case and if anything stay at the Goderich Young. 7 C a n a d a Week Tournament,. it will reach new peaks in the coning years. Although several amateur leagues in the country have had difficulty in the past couple .of years and teams have been folding due to the lack of fan support, we have no doubt in our mind that it will take an upswing in the near future with more and more youngsters getting initiated into the national pastime, This was certainly brought to our attention last week as we made the grand tour to three Easter week tournaments in Goderich, Georgetown and Brampton. Exeter had entries in all three af- fairs and all made creditable showings. Thursday, losing their first game to a strong Woodbridge crew 6-2. Woodbridge, t h e classiest "C" entry in the tournament, who eventually copped the championship, came up with three unanswered goals in the third period to oust the Exeter crew. The locals fought valiantly throughout the contest, but couldn't cope with. the strong entry from the Toronto district. Woodbridge took advantage of two bad clearing plays by The wee wees skated their way to the I the Exeter defense to jump in - championship in the "D" category in Brampton, to an early lead in the first the bantams went as far as the semifinals before period on goals by Peter Fras- they were upset in the Georgetown event and the et and Larry Manuel. pee wees lost out to a strong aggregation from lived however, the eleaci as short- Woodbridge horn - Woodbridge in their contest at Goderich. Allen took over and cut the We ha dthe opportunity to watch all these lead to 2-1 on the nicest play teams in action andwe certainly know that all the of the game. Allen, one of the fans in Exeter will be happy to learnthat the kids smalllesh rt oue players on the of ices were truly "good will ambassadors' for this coin- exciting sole dashes through ntunity, conducting themselves in mannerly fashion three Woodbridge defenders to at all times. get a clear break on the net, We had the opportunity to watch all these and the little centre made no people in Brampton and they had stakes with this high shot d not111n but mi g into the top corner. tfit. 0ur boys with of the praise for the Exeter wee wee ou Shortly after, w one were billeted in Brampton homes for four flights Woodbridge crew cooling his and were looked after royally by the good, people heels in the penalty box, Bob Grayer knotted the count on a down that way. said ,`it long blast from just inside the One gentleman from. Bramptonblueline. was a real pleasure to have these boys down here. Woodbridge then moved into Red Loader, who coached the team, replied that , a 3-2 lead ibedfore the second the boys wre certainly grateful for the way the Diss she ed the disc past Glean people looked after them. "That's alright,".the Stites after a scramble in front gentleman replied, "they got what they deserved, of the Exeter net, because they are a real nice bunch of kids". The winners caught fire in said for the the final period and Brian Ben - We know the same thing can be nett and Bob Somerville tal- for three •et can in Georgetown Q ed and Peter bantams, who stayg .lied early Deals � nights and we heard several of the boys state how Fraser put the game out of nice their hosts had been, looking after all their reach of the locals in the late needs. the •contest. Most of these people picked the boys up at Although he allowed six the arena at night and delivered them back for goals, Glenn Stires played a their games next day. Several of them were On strong game in the Exeter net, h d hen the boys were playing and gave the stopping several hard shots stages with his second goal of an w- that appeared to be heading lads plenty of support. for the corner. He was the Judging from the number of parcels we saw the players carrying around and listening to. some of the conversations, we know most of them gave their hosts a small gift as a token of their appreciation. We certainly want to tip our hats to the boys on all the teams for their fine showing and congratulate them on their conduct on and off the ice. A real fine showing by the Exeter representa- tives! It would be rather lax on our par if didn't mention the team managers, coaches and parents who travelled with the boys to help look after them in these week-long outings. Several of these men gave up valuable time at their jobs and had to go to considerable personal expense to make the trips. Most of them had to, pay for a room in a hotel, fill up their gas tanks a couple of times, pay for one or two meals, etc., etc. Although we hesitate to list the names of these people, for fear we miss some, we send along a general salute to them all and will name most that we can remember. In Brampton, Red Loader and Gord Baynham were mainly respons- ible for the wee wees, with help from Maxine Loader, Joyce Weber, Rev. Bren DeVries, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fairbairn, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Haugh, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bower and Larry Snider Motors, who helped provide transportation. Over in Georgetown, Jim Glover, "Dusty" Burns and Alvin Willert looked after the bantams with help from Lloyd Cushman, Eric Carscadden and Rev. Bren DeVries. Hal Hinton coached the pee wee entry at Goderich and hadplenty of fan support from many of the parents: And, as usual, Derry Boyle was on hand to help at Goderich and we understand he also made one trip to Georgetown. We don't know what the congregation at Trivitt Memorial church heard from their pastor on Sunday, but when we were talking to Rev. Bren DeVries in Brampton on Saturday he said he would have to preach a sermon on hockey, because it was the only subject he had studied during, the week. With one son in Brampton and one in George, town, Bren is just one example of the time and effort put in by these avid hockey fans who give the kids a. real. big boost. As usual, we have strayed from our original thought and we will get back to explaining our reasons for saying that hockey is here to stay. We watched several games with players ranginginage from eight to 15 and we can assure you that these fellows know what they are doing. Although sofyesterday's stars picked up their g many y abilities on a pond somewhere, these kids have the advantage of artificial rinks and top notch coach- ing" le would, that a We thought, as 'Many people team of 10 -year-olds would only be gable to put on a display of shinny, but it didn't take long for us to see how wrong we were. The youngsters amazed us with their skating abilities and all the games featured displays of crisp passing and shoot- ing, and real "heady" hockey. In fact, we can only say that it is too bad more fans didn't come out to the local arena this year and watch our kids in action. We have some of the best hockey players we saw and, although the larger centres have many to choose from, thee are at least half a dozen from Exeter who could Make any teams we saw. The final tournament flurry brought an end to cavo extend. congratulations to the coaches, and at�:other successful hockey season ii g aches, lnahag, era, drivers, fans and Teague officials for helping the kids develop as future citizens of the area. l3ATT`N_ AROUND" We OWe a vote of thanks to the 'ureter Legion bantams for covering up an incorrect re "Eft we published last week, We Stated that they bad already "won the Shamrock ,honor,t, but actually it was Aust the sOmi.final. 1-owever5they turned the trick ori. Saturday and 'brought back tie tedOnd trophy to EXeter, Cone TY 3 COP BRAMPTON HONORS—John Loader, right, and Barry Baynham, left, display bigsmiles as they receive the "D" class trophy at the Bramtpon Novice Hockey Tournament, Saturday. The co-coptains were two of the stars in the Exeter wee wee squad who ousted teams from Cannington, Ayr and Port Perry before stopping Thornhill 3-1 in the final. They are shown receiving the Brampton Industrial Corn - mission Trophy from Ken Long, assistant tournament director.—T-A photo Hensall prwe s tr in Goderkh Hensall pee wees failed in their bid to bring home the "D" honors from the Goderich pee we tournament, Saturday, losing 9-3 to a strong Paisley squad in the .final game in ment, couldn't cope with the strong attack put up by their I northern rivals, who won their i first Goderich championship. Larry Stansal, a husky wing- er, paced the attack, scoring four times in the "D" :final. • for Paisley, who were ousted in the opener last year by the same Hensall crew. They out - shot Hensall 12-5 in the final. Easy win in semi-final Hensall had little trouble gaining the final in the "D" busiest man on the ice, as their division. 1 Other goal -getters for Paisley round, trouncing their Ilderton Woodbridge out s h o t Exeter Hensall, who scored three were Jim Beech with two, Jim- rivals 10.1 in the semi-final, 21.8. ( previous wins in the iourna- mie Hopper Fred Grant and Saturday mornin,;. Two Exeter squads win bowling honors The Exeter "Itchy Six" suc- cessfully defended their league honors in the inter -town league finishing in first place with a seven -point bulge over their nearest competitors. After taking the leadership in the early part of the sched- ule, the Itchy Six group never relinquished it, as they battled to the second straight cham- pionship. Goderich A followed the lead- ers in second spot and the Clin- ton A were well hack in third spot, 39 points behind the win- ners. Exeter's second entry finish- ed in seventh spot in the eight - team league, nearly 100 points behind their cohorts. Zurich, a new entry in 'the league, fin- ished in the cellar with 32 points,ckeup bthe "Itchy y compared the 218 ix". The top four teams are now engaged in a home -and -home series for the "A" honors, while the bottom teams battle for "B" supremacy. The win- ners will meet in the grand championship. Ladies win too Exeter's entry in the ladies' inter -town league duplicated the men's feat, winning their league honors with a total of 121 points, 25 more than the runner-up squad from St. Marys. Goderich finished .in third spot and Grand Bench ended up in the cellar in the four -team league. The teams are presently en- gaged in a four -game series that will feature one week at all four alleys. The team with the highest pinfahl at the end of the four weeks will be de- clared, winners. Rockets soar again, Kippen tops 'B' list The Rockets of the Exeter Ringers. Men's Bowling League copped their third consecutive cham- pionship, topping the "A" The Kippen crew ended the season with a 3.1 win over the Tradesmen, winning the final game by a mere 17 pins. A loss league with a 12 -point lead in that game would have tied over the second place Wind -them with the Ringers who mills. also scored a 3-1 win over the Toastmasters, However, the The champs picked Up 83 Ringers would have won the points over the season, coni` title because of their higher pintail during the season. The Pepsi's also hacl a chance al, the honors, entering year's "l3" winners copped but they were blanked 4..•0 by the Kingpins, Members of the Kippen entry include Alf Ross, Art Finlay- son, Ernie Ross, Alf Ross Jr„ Bill. Coleman, Jack Cooper, Er- nie Ross and Lloyd Cooper, their names will go on the Kippen wins "B" Pittsburgh Paint trophy. In one of the most exciting finishes in years, the Kippen Tigers won first place in the pared to the 71 their arch - rivals scored. The Spares fin- ished in third spot with 68, while Larry's Supertest, last the final night with 72 Dints fourth with 66. Members of the Rocket squad are Jack Duller. Ross and Lorne Haugh, Al Flynn, Norm Kelly and Doug Hughson. The win gives thein the Kist tro- phy. Pete Kennedy. Kenny Srnale spearheaded. the Kennedy, who helped on three other goals, was the top scorer in the eight-day Goderich event. He wound up with 13 goals and seven assists and b.ra"ught his' season total to 101 goals. Hensall, who battled all the way in their championship bid, picked up their three goals off the sticks of Bob Moir, Kenny Sinale and Gordon Dietz. The win was sweet revenge Exeter Wee wees, :coac` ed byi Red Loader, ;ante up, I 3-1 over Thornhill in t: h •e l Brampton N a vice Hockey i Tournament, Saturday, to cop, the '"D" �ehampionthip for towns under 3,000 ,population. Red's son, John, was the! sparkplug in the win, scoring] two goals ,and assisting on :the third, as the locals copped the] top spot in the 1'2 -team divi- sion. .After ousting Ayr, Canning - ton and 1 -'ort Perry, the Exe- ter six came up with an .all- out team effort to sideline the team from the Toronto suburb, Barry Baynham started the locals off on the right foot, taking a pass from. Loader and Phil :Howard in front of the Thornhill net and lifting his backhander into the top corner at the 2:40 mark of the first period. At the 5:.00 mark of the same period, Loader picked up a loose puck inside the blueline and his hard drive whipped in over the shoulder of Bill 111az- low in the Thornbury net. The teams battled from one to the other in the scoreless second period and Loader canoe through with his second, goal at the 7;06 mark of the final attack, blinking the light five times in the onslaught. Butch Harburn triggered a pair of goals, while Grant Walker, Bob Moir, Bill Taylor and Mike Hoy contributed singles. Walker was the top play maker with four assists, while Moir helped on three of his teammates' goals. Keith Havens had an easy time in the Hensall nets, as his squad outshot Ilderton 25-2. The teams in both leagues are now in the playoffs for the 0 John Labatt, 'rip 'top 'Tailors, "V' group with a single point Lorne Widmeyer arid the R, E, margin over Amos Darling's Poolcy trophies, gratulations, boys! .. Don Buddo, business titan- ager of the Shamrock League, dropped in to invite us to the league's annual banquet on Monday il Lucan, The affair is open to coaches, managers rtei•s and. will start with a gigantic and suppog g smorgasbord at 7:30, followed by a dance, Inter. ested persons should get in touch rt+ith Don at Ilderton 22x2 , . , We imagine most Montreal fans have recovered from their team's recent loss, but we doubt if many had as much sympathy shown. them as did Trevor Wilson, Iiensall. HQ arrived at his drug store last week to find a large black wreath hanging on the door with the inscription; "In loving memory of the Montreal Canadiens'Y. It was signed "an ahohiymous f) lege]"•. We under= stand the Irishman had little difficulty in picking his favorite NHL team -his wife hair freitt the Quebec tnetropolis . , Mrs. Brett DeVries asked; us to rortiind all youngsters over 11 that,the serrate ttancil g will resume at the arena, this Friday Irorri 8 to *86 tot, stanza to. give Exeter :a $.0 •. leingad.on the short side. Tho shirty little .centre pick: ed tip a puck at centre see, deked by one lone defender to get a clear break an Marlow, With bis shot finding an open• Barry Baynham was sitting out a minor penalty when Thornhill finally spoiled Ricky Brintnell's shutout With less than two minutes remaining the game, John Bagg missed on his first attempt but Jo'in- son dug .the puck out of the corner Lo. feed it back in front of the.net and Bagg made r-' mistakes as he rifled it past Brintnell. Ken. Long, assistant tour'ta- ment director presented the Brampton Industrial Commis - cion trophy to co -captains John Loader and Barry Baynham following the game. Members of the team a'•e:tn Ricky Brinell, Merle Idle, Frank DeVries, Phil Howard, 13111 Fairbairn, Bill. Hooper, Marvin Bower, Bieky Weber, Larry Haugh, John Loader, Barry Baynham, Jim Parker and Denton Gaiser. Red Loader is the coach OC the squad and Gord Baynham is the manager. Stopped by '6' club in championship play Although they lost in their bid in the grand championship at the Brampton tournament, the Exeter wee wees skated' their way into the hearts of most of the fans as they bat- tled the strong "13" winners from Leamington, 1n a game they couldn't be expected to win, the locals gave the highly polished Leam- ington crew quite a scare until they ran out of steam and wilted under a four -goat out- burst final period in the e capped a 6-1 win for the south- ern entry. Leamington jumped into a 2-0 lead early in the first pe- riod on goals by Don MacMil- lan and Jack Symons and ap- peared to be heading for a lop- sided win over tho Exeter crew, However, Bill Fairbairn put the locals hack nto tie game at the 13:19 mark of the open- ing stanza when he scored on a play with Larry Haugh. Haugh, one of the smallest players on the ice. had just been beaten on a breakaway, but he came back to dig the puck out of the corner and his pass found Fairbairn at the side of the net and the husky little winger m: de no mistakes as his hard drive found an opening on the short side. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the second frame, as the Exeter defense and goalie Ricky Brintnell lta:l a busy time, Leamington con- tinually hemmed the locals in- to their own end but Brintnell kept kicking out everything they threw his way. However, Exeter couldn't keep up to their opponents i -i the final. 15 minutes as iMarth blasted two pucks into the net - Dar- rellDon MacMillan and Scratch triggered singles. Frank DeVries, one of the scoring leaders for Exeter. missed the match in the grand championship when he became sick after helping the locals to cop their "D" honors. BRAMPTON TOURNAMENT Trx,xeter 1, Cann:, ton 0 Exeter 3, Cannington 2 Exeter 3, Ayr 0 eter 7, kyr 1 i'xeter 5, Port Perry 1 Exeter 3, Port Perry 0 Exeter 3, Thornhill 1 (Grand Cha,nnIonahip) Leamington 6, Exeter 1 Exeter Scoring r , r John Loader 13 7 ^n Frank De V ries 15 2 ' ^ 1!aira Raynitam .t 1.'. 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