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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-25, Page 6Ps Oft 4 The TiMee-Adlieatel .May 25 1961 Wenner nee- ren, _en • COMMENTS By 411,1, 1ATTEN, Sports Editor r fie ms in t..WO ail wi e open on "BOOM BOOM" SCORES AGAIN!' Although he tied the National Hockey League record by scoring 50 goals during We past eeason, Bernard. "Boom Boom" Geoffrion of the Montreal Canadiens scored several times that many points in the popularity department when he tour- ed the area last week: The high scoring forward, who undoubtedly had his best season last year, copped the scoring champienship, the NHL, all-star right wing position and was chosen as the 1960-61 Hart trophy winner. as the league's most valuable player. With a record of achievement such as this, it is little wonder that. everyone who had the opportunity to meet him considered it a big thrill. Although he admitted he was not a good speaker. Geoffrion is an extremely friendly chap who stopped to chat with as many persons as possible. We were among the lucky ones who had an opportunity to sit down and ask him a few questions concerning his career and the NHL in general, We imagined Geoffrion would have some ' difficulty picking out a high point in his illustrious carrer, but he wasted little time in picking the winning of the Hart trophy as his brightest moment. His choice is quite understandable, when • you consider it actually means he was picked as the best player in the best hockey league in the world, which adds up to Geoffrion being the best hockey player in the world during the past season. • And that's just about as high as one can go! We were surprised when "Boomer" picked Leo Boivin of the Boston Bruins as the hardest defenseman to get around, We can't ever recall the Bruin rear guard being picked as an all-star, which makes us wonder about the present system of picking all-stars, Perhaps it would be better to let the players pick their choices, because they . know better than anyone else who the top per- formers are. While Geoffrion was attending the sports banquet at RCAF Station Centralia, Doug Harvey, one of his team mates, was in New York discuss- ing the possibilities of taking the coaching job with the Rangers, • We asked "Boom Boom" if he thought the perennial all-star would take the job in. New York, after Frank Selke had offered to trade him as long as he was signed as a player -coach. At that time, Geoffrion told us he didn't think Harvey would take the job. We don't know whether Geoffrion had an inside track on the deal, but at any rate, his pre- diction turned out to be correct. As was apparent to most fans who watched the Stanley Cup playoffs on TV, Harvey appeared to be slowing up considerably and didn't appear as effective as he did. Geoffrion agreed that Harvey, who is now 36 years old, is nearing the end of his brilliant career as a player. However, he quick- ly added, "he can still play on my team next year". NCI DIRTY PLAYERS IN NHL! An airman who happened to be sitting be- side the Montreal ace asked him if Howie Young, Detroit's effervescent young defense rookie, was as dirty as he appeared. "Oh, no," Geoffrion said, "he's just not polished like some of the other boys and looks a bit crude. But he'll make a good de- fenseman when he gets some more experience", "Actually," Geoffrion said, "there aren't any dirty players in the NHL." He then added with a chuckle, "mind you, you have to keep your head up, though." As usual, the appearance of Geoffrion was made possible through the hard work of F/0 Moe Gobeil, station rec officer at Centralia, Moe has been instrumental in procuring several Montreal players as banquet guests during the past few years. We can't recall all the big names who have been on the station, but we do know Doug Harvey, Dickie Moore, Don Marshall, Jean Beliveau. and Phil Goyette have made appearances. It will certainly be a loss to Centralia when Moe leaves during the summer to take up resi- dence in France. We don't know what connec- i.tions his successor will have, but it will keep him going to duplicate Moe's splendid record of ser- vice to the personnel at Centralia and also to the kids in Exeter and Centralia. Moe has certainly never been selfish when he has brought stars to the station and has always co-operated by trying to have these big names in the sporting world appear at schools and minor banquets. We may not have the opportunity again to thank Moe for his kind invitations to the banquets at Centralia, so we Will take this opportunity to say "thanks" and extend best wishes in his future endeavours. Who knows, he may be able to send Brigitt Bardot over for the next banquet at Centralia! EXETER IS TOPS Although Exeter dropped from ifs high perch in the hockey world last year, and we haven't had a baseball title here for a few seasons, ottr athletes have still made quite a name for them- selves in one sporting line—bowling, On Friday night at the kind invitation of president Jim Fairbairn, we sat in on the Inter - town bowling banquet and, watched Exeter keglers walk off with most of the silverware, The ladies won the league and grand chain- pionship honors and Dot Munroe took home the high average trophy and Phil Haugh has the high triple cup sitting on her mantel. Being good sports, they let a Goderich lady take home the high single trophy, more Or lees as ariefiehtitagerridilt to keep the rest of the teams in the league. 'the men weren't quite as greedy as the fairer set, but still copped three trophies, The "'Itchy Six" retained the league trophy and the "13" squad was presented with the "IV honore, Lorne Haugh won individual recognition fOr his high single mark, If there are arty doubts that Exeter will drop from its proi1inent pbsition in the bowling circles, they should he quickly dispelled by the Showing of the Ideal juniors, Our girls recently walked off with top' hinters in a gigaiitie tourney iit arnia, and the -hoys' duptioated this feat by winning tho take 1 COLLECT TROPHIES—Exeter bowlers the annual Inter -town banquet, Friday. roe and Phyllis Haugh, members of the entry from Exeter. All three won perfect high average and Phil took home the high Lorne Haugh, who copped the high single tain of the league champion "Itchy Six" league walked In the league attendance triple in the Jim off with the majority of trophies front are Midge Redman, Dot Mon - champion and grand champion awards and Dot copped the award. Standing at the rear are: men's league; Jim Fairbairn, cap - Hennessey, captain of the ‘`B" —T -A photo at winners. and INTER -TOWN CHAMPS—For the second year in a row, Exeter's "Itchy Six" have finished on top of the men's division of the Inter -town bowling league. The league champs were presented with their trophies at the annual banquet hell at the Legion hall, Friday. Members include: front row, left to right, Jack Fuller., Jim Fairbairn and Bob Osgood. Back row, Jack Gibson, Don Gravett, Lorne Haugh and Aub Farquhar. Missing from the photo is Bob Nicol. —T -A photo L *cals. t at int r -to • Exeter bowlers walked off with more than half the tro- phies and special awards at the third annual Inter -town banquet staged at the Exeter Legion Hall, Friday. The local ladies took the big- gest haul from the trophy tables when they copped all but two of the awards. The team of Dot Monroe, Midge Redman, Phyllis Haugh, Dolly Mattson, Georgina Web- ster, Edna Deitz, Norma Cole- man and Dolores Fuller copped the ladies' league grand cham- pionship cup and the trophy for tapping the four - team league during the regular sch edule. Each of the membets receive ed individual, awards to coin- cide with the two trophies, In the race kr individual honors, two Exeter ladies fin- ished first in their respective eategories, Captain Dot Monroe led the league with an average of 201, while Phil Haugh topped all the competitors in the high triple with a mark of 86L Marg Moore, Goclerlele won the high single with a spec- tatular 395, The other present- ation was a rather dubious honor that went to Judy Wil - Hams, Goderich, who tossed the lowest game Of the season with a 62. The Exeter ladies finished winners wling fete off their fine showing by win- ning three of the four perfect attendance awards presented. Midge Redman, Phil Haugh and Dot :Monroe were the re- cipients. Men win two cups Both local entries In the men's division copped trophies, with the "Itchy Six" retaining their silverware for finishing on top of the eight -team group during the season. Captain 3ini Fairbairn re- ceived the trophy and Bob Nicol, Lorne }laugh, Jack Ful- ler, Jack Gibson, Don Gravett, Aub Farquhar and Bob Osgood all picked up individual awards. Exeter's second entry in the league took home the "B" league championship award. It was their first year in the league. members of the team includ- ed Jim Hennessey, Bill Stan lake, Neil Redman, Tail Far- rell, Chub Edwards, Jack Coughlin and Lyall Riddell, Lorne Haugh was the kale Exeter winner i the competi- tion for individual. honors. The ardent bowler topped the league with his sparkling 38 single mark. The Master r)f ceremoniee for, the presentation was Lyall Riddell, a member of the Ex- eter "13" team. League of- ficials in both men's and ladies' Huron Zone Recreation trophy last week in St. Marys We send along .congratulations to the 'champs from Exeter and hope they keep up the good work, -AMIN AROUND—WhEe we Ara on the stibjleet of"bowiing, we would be Iaz if we didn't send along a thank you to Tommy turke ,and the rest of his IV/fixed League bowlers for the fine time. they showed us at their banquet last week. .Any. iie looking for some to.. recreation with Mlle real good epees would do Well t pply for a poi lit this knelt next sbasoit 1 „ r^ categories presented trophies. Jim Fairbairn, Exeter, and Pat Ravelle, Grand Bend, pres- idents of the leagues, address- ed the gathering and termed the past year "very suceess- fur. Several draws were conduct -1 ed throughout the evening, with prizes being deflated by Tuckey Beverages, Exeter, and Mol, son's Brewery, represented by George Noseworthy. Following the presentations, the group enjoyed a dance. CE stopped by Udinese Sarnia Udinese, who finished in last place in the western division of the London and District Soccer League last year, scored their first win of the 1961 season Saturday, whip- ping RCAF Station Centralia 3-0, The loss Was the second in a row for the airmen, alter they copped their league opener, In the first; half, Sarnia com- pletely domihated the., play on their home field, and with a brilliant display of sheeting, d all three goals before Centralia could get tietracked. Centralia rallied in the sec- ond half and derrled the play le Sernia, but some exception- ally fine netininding on the part Of the Edinese goalie kept 0)&11 Off the scoresheet. He was pekticaletly hrifliant in stopping leek Hosty and Gerry Orton en plays that ap- ',eared to be tare gaits. efid, SureleY they host Weed - squad played 4itisi, to RCAF Glifitoit lit eit match tea& in Allether eellibltleh tilt, ea-- Play exhibitiee On 'Wednesday, the Ceetealia lea ot After en .absence nearly organization. two ,years„. baseball ..0J1 an in- The league will be. operated terniediate levet wiU return to on .0: strictly homebrew basis, Exeter on two fronts thia year, with the .accent on youth. The with teams entered in the teams will be built around a Huron -forth Hardball ,League few mainstays and will give and the WOAA 'Softball League. several local :youngsters an op - Both local entries will com- portunity to get some ,expere Pete in five -teem leagues and ience in ithe game. have already .commenced prac- As yet, a coach end :manager tigesfor the coming season. have not been named for the Derry Boyle attended the Exeter team, but Boyle le Pre- Ileron-Pertli meeting in lien- sently trying to secure the ser- sall, Friday, and ,entered the vices of a couple •of former Ex- leeels ni the popular grouping eter performers to look after to compete apio0t learns from the squad. Staffa, Hensall, Killion and . Staffa, although a new entry, Zurich. will leave several experienced 1i e.Zurien squad will be the players on. their squad, as they only entry from test year, Both will be made- up mostlyof for - Exeter and Hensall have corn- rage .Perfortnees on the Mit- peted in the league in previous chell Lincolns, who have At - years, .but it will mark the ways been one of the main - first time teams from, Staffa stays in the circuit, and Kirkton have joined the it is :expected that Kirkton Parkhill golfer wins group's initial tourney The low net registered in the stiver tied in third spot with first tournament of the 1,961 identical scores of 75, golfing season j11 the Exeter The honor of carding the low Golf Club was a 68 carded by gross in the initial outing was George Pedlar, Parkhill, at shared by three golfers With Oakwood Golf Course, Monday. respectable scores of 89 for the Emerson Desjardinc, Grand young season, Emerson Des - Bend, placed second with a 72, jardine, Lorne Kleinstiver and while Fred Sanders, George Gord Eisen were the low men Glendenning and Lorne Klein- in the department. . Twenty golfers entered the fray and only four soared over the 100 mark. The players' gross scores, handicaps and net are as fol- lows: Horses win under lights Local horses have been win- ning their share of prize money in the first four days of racing at Ontario's first night harness racing, which. opened at the Western Fair Raceway last week. Charlie Godbolt, Exeter, en- tered his brilliant young pacer, Dust -A -Bout, in Friday's class D-1 pace end with veteran driver Tom Yearly at the reins, the local speedster came home with a second and a first. In the first race, Mr. Har- mony Wyn heat the local en- try to the wire in 2:15 2-5; but Yearly replaced the winner in the fifth race in the time of 2:16 2-5. Dust -A -Bout paid $3.80 to place in the first and $3.50 to show and then returned $3.60 for a $2.00 wager in the heat he won. It was the first race for the pacer and was made more aus- picious because Godbolt has been unable to get on the track very much this year due to the wet weather. Others win too • Pauline Volo, an eight-year- old brown mare owned by the Hardy Brothers stables of Lu - can was a double winner on the same card. and paid $9.40 her first time out. She returned $5.00 in her second winning ef- frdoowt. Hardys'Artsecond entry, Mea - 's Lady, copped the second race in a photo finish in the second race. Neil Me- Rann, Clandeboye, handled the Hardy Brothers' entries. In the opening event, Wed- nesday, Erie McElroy, Grand Bend, took second prize money with Twinkles Danny. Happy Donegan, another of McIlroy's hopefuls romped home in third place in another race on the following night. day, and paid $16.30 for a $2 waOsnescoorfedtibley Ligrgleesyt }piaaryvoeffss. Theticket.races at London will can- ter, owned by -Wilmer Scott of tinue every Wednesday, Thurs- Clandeboye, The pacer cap- day, Friday a n d Saturday tured the third race, Wednes- night for the next five weeks. OH r4 George Pedlar 1 2 Emerson iDesjardine -, 629 176 6 726 Fred Sanders ....... ......, 92 17 75 George Glendenning .. 92 17 75 Lorne Kleinstiver 89 11 75 Gord13111A . Hs n il o os a • 89 13 76 Dick Webber 0057 hi 1777 1.Cilaaincliic 007:row Don Southrott 98 16 77 9,31 1154 7737 Rose Griffith. 94 15 79 Stan Frayne 102 23 79 ESovb lilliCleilliattricinegon 04 14 80 94 14 50 Tokin .Goinan arrY ami I ton, Bruce 'Bisaitlion 205 23 37 H'H 3933 15 9338 Bill MacKenzie Clayton Mathere ...... LI 23 3 1120 CE home debut set for Sunday RCAF Station Centralia, one of five new teams in the Me- morial Softball League, will probably find out this weekend how they stack up against the other teams in the league. The Flyers travel to Otter - vine, Saturday, for their initial start and then host Stratford at the station at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday in their home debut. The team has been working out for the past two weeks in preparation for their openers, but rain has caused them some delay in arranging exhibition games. It forced postponement of their scheduled exhibition, Sunday. Inter -mess league opens In the inter -mess league opener at Centralia, Tuesday, the Airmen wallopped the Sen- ior NCO's by the score of 10-3. The eague has been changed this year, with competition be- t\veen the various messes at the station, rather than the usual inter -section competition. )041111121MIRIMIENIMMINIONEMININNI111.10101MINIMIO ' will draw several players helm the St, Marys district, us the stone town will not be repre- sented in the league af,er their performance last year. Both Staffa and Kirkton hove been members of the Cyclone League, Well disbanded this year when teams could not be secured to make up a league. Zurich, ender manager Don O'Brien, will have many of their top performers back and ; should again be one of the stronger teams In the league. However, they have always had ; to import pitching help and with a baniebrew league in op- eration, they might find things a bit tougher 'this Year. Gerry Bell and George Par- ker, who have spent the last; few seasons with Zurich and Dashwood, will rely on a few members of the team that used to operate out of I-lens:GI, hut will give many ef their kids a good tryout. They will have several top prospects to choose from, be- cause the midgets brought home the all - Ontario "D" championship last year, and several of them should be able to take their turn on an inter- mediate team. Enter softball nine Aub Farquhar, popular owner of the Exeter Bowling Lanes, is responsible for the second ball team in Exeter, as he has a team entered in the WOAA softball grouping. It is the first time in a num- ber of years that Exeter has been entered in an organized league and they will tackle teams from Hensall, Wingham and Beigrave. The four teams will compete in a triple schedule with Exe- ter travelling to Wingham, Tuesday, for their league open- er. Exeter will make their home debut, Thursday, when Hensall will provide the opposition at the local park at 7:15 p.m. All Exeter's home games with Wingham and Hensall will be played in Exeter start- ing at 7:15, while their home games with Belgrave will be played under the lights in Hen- sall, Wingham and Exeter will be classified as "A" teams and Hensel]. and Belgrave will be entering "B" squads. Search lor talent Both local teams held their initial workout at* the park, Tuesday, with about 18 players on hand to loosen up for the coming season. However, both Boyle and Farquhar have ex- tended an invitation to any ball players in the area to come out and try for a spot on thr.4, teams. The teams will hold their sceond practise at the park this Thursday and both sponsors hope for a full turnout of pros- pects. The first half of the Huron - Perth schedule is as follows: HURON -PERTH SCHEDULE May 29—Staffa at Hensali. June . 1—Zurich at Exetee 2—Staffa at Kirkton 5—Exeter at Hensall 6—Kirkton at Zurich 9—Hensall at Kirkton Zurich at Staffa 12—Exeter at Zurich 14—Hensall at Staffa 15—Kirkton at Exeter 20—Zurich at. Hensel Exeter at Kirkton 23—Staffa at Zurich 26—Zurich at Kirkton Hensel at Exeter 28—Staffa at Exeter 29—Hensall at Zurich 30—Kirkton at Staffa July 3—Kirkton at Hensall ' Exeter at Staffa '59 Chevrolet BISCAYNE 2 DOOR SEDAN 11,000 actUal miles, new ca con- dition. 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