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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-16, Page 6'raft.6 Th TimPS,Advocate„ Ngyerilklir IL 1961 COMMENTS By BILL BATTEN, Sports Et;litor gVERYTHNG fiWT THE BI Q Pligt While most high echoel students consider it an honer to reach the WOSSA finals in any sport—win -or loee—severel girls at SHDHS are becoming rather disheartened with their perform' aees On Saturday, the girls volleyball team tra- veiled to London and had no difficulty in their eenii-final match and then lost two straight to Clinton for the top honore. To add a little salt to the wound, the local gals had already Mildly •whipped the northern •entry n an exhibition contest played earlier .in tbe season, bet they just couldn't maintain their top play when the chips were on the line. It has been this fact that has hampered them throughout their careers at SHDI-IS for the past five years and has kept the trophy case clear of any WOSSA pennants. At least, this is the. only answer we an suggest as we look over their impressive record. While some people always try to attach the blame te a coach, we certainly know that this can not be the case at SHDHS. Miss Laeretta Siegler has coached several WOSSA championship teams in the past, so she certainly hasenough experience to pick out the best players and use them at the right times. And at any rate, we don't think a each can really do too much for a team playing in the finals, -- After all, she has already taught them all she can about the game to get them that far, and except for giving them confidence and en, couagement, she practically has to sit idly by and watch her players in action, • Naturally, some may argue that a team playing in a big tournament are so excited and elated that they really can't play their best. How- ever, this certainly can't be the situation in this -case. All the first string players on this team have played in WOSSA, finals before and the feet is, it is becoming a normal procedure for most of them. At least three, Cathy Hodgins, Ann Grayer and Pat Rowe, were actually competing in their sixth WOSSA playoff since entering high school five years ago, Carole Hogarth and Mary Shaw have been to London five times and Betty Dixon has made the trip four times. So, it is just like a second home to these girls and the only thing they would notice out of the ordinary at a WOSSA playoff would be if they weren't playing ,in it. This past record almost speaks for itself regarding the ability of the girls, but it could be noted that they usually go through their basketball league undefeated and have the same kind of re- cord in the Perthex volleyball tournaments. So girls, while we would like to come up with a fool -proof solution to your problem, we will have to admit it has us sturnped, except to say that maybe it just wasn't to be. However; we don't think you should be too • discouraged because we can't think of any other single athletic group in SHDHS's illustrious past that has built up such an outstanding record of achievement and we say "congratulations" to you and, your coach. see you at the WOSSA basket - hall finals. Maybe this will be the on& HE (AND HIS SUCCESSORS) SERVED WELL While our job has as many advantages as most others, it also has a few disadvantages that at times make us think we should have chosen something else for our livelihood. • Take for instance last week, when the boss made us go up to the high school to get a picture • of the cheerleaders. Imagine, having to go into the gymnasium all alone and take a picture of eight attractive young ladies all. producing their best . smiles for the camera. However, there was one advantage and that was renewing our acquaintance with "Hinterland Harry". While this chap is apparently not familiar to the present students at SHDHS, he actually helped to launch the school's success in WOSSA We recall the event rather vividly, es it was the first WOSSA playoff at which we had the - honor of participating. The secretary of WOSSA, Charlie Box, was interviewed on the radio the night thefore the competition and stated that most of the basketball teams were coining from Windsor and leondon schools, plus a few from the "hinterlands". Naturally, this did. not rest too well with the members of three SHDHS teams in the tourna- ment and the cheerleaders went out and purchased a large panda bear as a mascot and named him "Hinterland Harry". • Along with "Harry", the teams made Mr. Box eat his words as they came home with three championships. Clinton, another team from the 'hinterlands', won the junior girls' crown, but possibly only because there was no junior team organized at the local school. Since that time, the SHDHS cheerleaders have carried their panda with them and although he doesn't carry the sanie handle, he still shows up at a number of WOSSA playoffs, BATTIN AROUND * The hockey schedule got off to a rousing start, Friday, when the Junior Hawks hosted Hensall before 300 fans at the local arena, If these two teams come up with this type of play every time they meet each other, we think it may be necessary to sell advance tickets • to games in Exeter and Hensel], because there is no doubt that the fans will flock out to see them • . Only unfortunate incident was an injury to • Hawk defenseman, Bill Heywood. Bill was hit on a 'clean check by tarl Wagner, but something gave and Bill ended up in the hospital with a cracked rib and some broken blood vessels, We trust he will have a speedy recovery and will be back in the lineup to *age fans with his energetit style before too long . Just a note to Mrs, Steve Storey: We think it was a big joke too . . While at the Wraith -Storey Hardware the other day, we met Steve Davis, whose articles on Lucan's minor 'hockey teams appear in this paper from time to :lime, Steve is just a bantat, but tips the scales •at chest. te 180 pounds and looked us straight in the eye.fortunately let sone bantam players around, Steve p1y goal — Ytiu're fight, Were hot ping to mention anything about the Ottawa Toronto playoff in the igFour. We'll jug pay oft our bets and go quietly 'Everyone interested hi playing a bit of 'Tee- league basketball should, attend a meeting in the tReter 'Library, Sunday, at 730 p.m, Or else hand in their name to "tem' • iravett before the meeting, 'Junior in bus woks record week In • The gseter Junor HaWliS Brooks, Ted Minhintliele, Jim met every team in the Ebane-' Walker and Illert Morris. Four reek loop in their first week 01,ot the goals were seined: in aetien and carne up with. one 'scrambles around Hawk goalie, 1055. thein tut ties and a Single ,Lestwae Howard, and twa of :them came when the Hawks rriie locals carried the big-, v!'erc Shert-haricied. gest share ef the play in Alit The final marker was scored four games but couldn't put the an a penalty shot, awarded finishing toilettes on many of !when Jean $t. Pierre fell an the their scoring opportunities. puck in» the goal crease„ Ithwevero they found the an., though he e,..as apparently knoee, swer in the inal period ked to the ice by a stiff erase-. fin Keeter, Tuesday, scoring eix. cheek. goals to record their initial win Fred Lamb, Frank 130Yle and by a 8-6 count over the visit- Dale Terve), notched the Exe- ing Watford Atoms. ter tallies. Lamb scored his Bob Jones Paced the attack when he stole the pule from a With a pair of tallies, While Lambeth defender and skated Jack Stephan, BO Armstrong, in all alone on the goal, Ho cut! Lloyd Moore, Gerald McBride,: to his wrong wing to get Mike Cushman and Dale Tur- around a defender and lifted a! vey accounted, for the other crisp back -handed skit into the! six. cage. Mervyn Sister was the main I Bob Janes was the playmaker thorn in the sides of the Hawks all night as he triggered four of his team's m a rit'ere• The other two were picked up by scramble. Ray Menders. The teams traded first period goals by Sister and Stephan Over 300 fans and then Watford jumped into ler blinking the light in the al opening game the lead wth Manders and Sis- „.„4., second frame. However, Bob Armstrong teamed up With The Hawks opened their' Jones arid Frank Boyle with ' lime ealnPaign wit" 5'5 on Boyle s score, while 'Itirvey recorded his when he banged the puck into the net from a only 20 seconds remaining to draw with the IlensallZurich oil two ties amr ck loop • PLENTY OF ACTION — The crowd -pleasing junior he Hawks battled the Hensall-Zurich Combines to a 5,5 draVe ill a hard-hitting tilt. Over 300 fans were on Start in a hurry Jn61c111 lackey got off to a flying start in Exeter, Friday, when d t 3 9 t Combines, Friday, with never it _ . a dull moment for the 300 fells left the ice, who witnessed the wide-open land to witness the action between the two rivals and 1 The Hawks came out flying The _Hawks had to come fran in the final frame and knotted behind M record their second the coma on Moore's goal with straight tie, as coach Derry, only 12 seconds played. Bob Boyle's decision to ignore "the Armstrong and Bev Irvine book" paid off when his son," picked up assists on the quickie. Rick, fired the equalizer at the I minutes Combines tackle Mitchell Gerald McBride gave the 17:16 mark, the game when he finished off With less than three, homesters their first lead in a neat solo effort at the 3:00 - the picture above shows the Hawks' first line of Lloyd Moot'.7, Dale Turvey and Bev Irvine battling in the visitors' end. The locals played four games during the past week, recording twa ties, a win and a loss as they met all four clubs in the Shamrock loop, lig Eight pen sked Friday, minute mark bet the local fans • ? 1 - 11 hadn't even finished cheering , s ers out on their regular shift Luean-Ilderton Combines and pair of husky and proven per - when Sister knotted the count and the youngsters answered the Mitchell Red Devils get the 'formers in the persons of Ter - six seconds later, his confidence with the goal honor of opening the Big Eight!ry Hodgins and Ray Yeue will Mike Cushman, appearing ori set up on a neat three -Way the ice for the first time in the passing play game, sent the Hawks ahead by Boyle, Fred Lamb and Jon Sinclair. again at the 4:02 mark when Rick Boyle wort the face off in Hawks take lead the Watford end and passed The Hawks jumped into an back to Cushman. early lead with Lloyd Moore However, Sister put the teams scoring an unassisted goal be' back on even terms when he fore three minutes had been picked up a poor clearing pass played. The marker came as and broke in all alone on Ted Moore and linemate Bev Irvine Sanders, making the score 5-5. kept the visitors off balance The see -saw battle contin- with their tenacious penalty ued when Jones took a pass killing play with Dale Turvey troll.). Stephan to count for the in the sin bin. Hawks and Menders came The Bensall - Zurich entry right back on a play with Hag- finally hit the scoreboard when gith to duplicate the feat for Earl Wagner teamed up with the Atoms, Larry Bedard to pick an open ,Jones gets winner corner behind Ted Sanders at the 12:45 mark. With less than five minutes remaining, Bob Jones came Less than three minutes Jai,- advan- through with his second goal er, Wayne Willert took on a ogoal-mouth, scramble to tage of some inept defensive record the iviener. The Atoms play by -the Halyks and skated in all alone on Sanders after izer. but Dale Turvey put thel taking a pass from Wagner. fought gamely to get the equal- garne out of their reach when • Bob Armstrong knotted the count at the 3:28 mark of the he finished off a play 'with middle stanza on a play with More and Jean Guy Marehil- Moore, but Bill Shaddick stick - ton at the 18;44 mark of the ' final stanza. handled his way past two de- fenders less than two minutes later to push his squad back Hawks' lone loss into a 3-2 lead, Willert upped the margin to , two goals on a play with Wag- de,alt by Lambeth ver and. Masse, with two Hawks watching the action from the Lambeth handed the Exeter ' penalty bench. Hawks their first defeat of the! Fred Lamb cut the lead to Young season, Monday, when: 4.3 on a neat bit of stick work - they scored a 6.3 win in Lucan.; after taking a pass from Jean The Hawks outplayed the ! St. Pierre and Prank Boyle, southern• entry, but couldn't but Shaddick came back to solve the master netininding push the margin to two goals and strong defense play of Lam- ' again when he scored his sec - beth. ! ond unassisted marker late in The winners jumped into a the period. 2-0 lead in the first period, in -I Dennis Mock took over in the creased it to 4-1 at the end of nets from Ron Deichert in the the second and traded a pair of fmal period and was greetedHowever, third period markers with the with an early goal by Bob mreovfer,titileiier ,Cpoinalybeinress haveback Hockey League schedule, Fri- day, when they tangle in Lu - can. All the teams in the league have been going through stiff wOrk-outs in preparation for the season and all teams will have hit the ice lanes in regular scheduled games by Friday, November 24. With the exception of the Exe- ter Mohawks, all the teams will have played home games by this date also. The Mohawks aren't scheduled to make their appear- ance before local fans until Tuesday, November ,28, but changes may have to be made in the schedule. When the Big Eight schedule was sent out, the Mohawks had ten of their 14 home games 'scheduled on the same night as the Exeter Hawks were to have played here, As yet, it is still not known what arrangements will be made to facilitate the neces- sary changes forced by the du- plication. However, local hockey fans will get. their chance to view teams from the newly formed league in action next Thursday when Seaforth travels to Exe- ter to play against the Centra- lia Golden. Hawks, The Tribe make their debut, Tuesday, when they will be the hosts in Seaforth against the Towners and then they tackle the powerful Combines in Lu - can, , Friday, Combines should be strong The c a n-Ilderton Combines should ice one of the strongest teams in the group, although the quality of all other teams 18 still no known. Hawke. , Jones of the Hawks. Jones Wayne Hayball notched a I grabbed a loose puck and put pair for the winners, with. single on a burst of speed to break tallies being picked up by Lee — Please turn to page 7 Crediton drops pair in Middlesex group Crediton failed to score a win' Bob Cameron, Scott McNair in their first two dames in the and Bob Stephenson scored South Middlesex Senior Hockey !twice each for Arva, while Bob League this week as they were ' Gauthier, Dori Allison, Barry handed a 5-3 setback by Alla& ,Peters and Mary Pringer scored Craig and a 10-5 route by Arva. the others. Playing their opener in Lu- I The Crediton lineup is as can, 'Thursday, the League's lows: newest entry had twa goals John Wade, Joe Regier, Don scored against them while Way- liegiery Russ Beaver, Terry ing short-handed against the Wade, Roy Smith, Bob Gallo» loop -leading Ailsa Craig outfit. • waY, Bob Morrissey, Mel Pink, John Henderson started Cre..beiner, Paul Cronyn, Dale, Jim diton off on the right foot with 'MorrisSeY, oh Henderson Cy a goal at the mid -way mark of I3lomniaert and Allen Gledhill. the •first stanz a, but four ,straight unanswered markers by Ailsa Craig gave them, all the margin they needed, Terry Wade managed to cut the lead to 4.2 on play with Croriyn and 'Morrissey at the 8:18 mark of the final Statile, 1. bl1t3bb Gibbs came back five , I minutes later to up the Margin to three goals, Bob Morrissey triggered a goal for Crediton in the dying stages of the game, hut it 4A)110 too late to threaten the win, Imre lead. Gibbs scored twice ier Ailsa Craig, as did Don Powell, while Jack Priestly Added the fifth, Whipped by Ahva Playing in the small quartera of London's Otitette Arena o n d a y, Crediton were nd match for the powerful Arva ougit, They Managed to answer the firat twa Aiwa goats, but few straight tallies in the last halt E of the -first period gave the win.; tiers all the Margie they needed. Cy Blommactt and Terry If Wade were the leading marks."' men tor the area squad as they triggered a pair bf goals oath. l3ob illOtriSSOY Minted Othet i from the team that performed in the strong OHA intermediate "13" category last season. Playing coach Max O'Neil has Keith Scarborough hack be» tween the pipes and the lanky netmincler will probably receive help from Barney Welch, Ltican Arena manager, and the vete- ran Jake Barnes, Bev and Don Urbshott will form one set of defense and a make up the second set, Tom Collings, one of the most prolific scorers ever to strap on. a pair of skates for the Com- bines, will handle the centre ice !chores on the first offensive unit between Max and Stu 0'. Neil, a pair of crafty wingers. 1 The second unit will ;feature the return of "The Old Reli- :ables." Harry Wraith will makeit his comeback to centre his b. isiness partner, Steve Storey, land the hard working Don Met - cher from St. Marys. The third line is still not completed, but O'Neil has Ken Left, Al Ready, Don Larkin and Don Leitch out vieing for posi- Plenty of prospects Manager Guy Libel of the Centralia Golden Hawks reports !that over 40 players were out seeking spots with the Station team, but the number has been cut to 25 and will be pared ' down more this week. Jack Seymour, who recently moved in from Aylmer, is coaching the squad and has • plenty of experience for the job. The former pro has been ,con- nected with hockey for the past • 25 years and still plays himself, I He was a member of the RC- ! AP Flyers when they won the !Allen Cup back in 1941. Three other players on that team la- ter formed Boston B r u s' famed "Kraut Line" of Milt ,Schmidt, Bobby Bauer and Woo- dythe Mohawks last year, is Dum art. Rick Tremblay, sub goalie for work- ing out between the piper along with Bill Wright. Three other former Tribe players on the squad are Al Simpson, Claude Audet and Claude Duval. Another chap who will be no stranger to local. puck fans is Yves Garand, who played with Aylmer Imperials last year, Many of the other players HAIYIPIOCK JUNIDR Standing 'CV T. Lambeth 2 (1 0 4 Bxeter 1 1 2 4 'WM ford 1 2 11 2 0 1 1 S 0 1 1 1 Games tilis week; November 4, 16—a1nbeth f stramroe 11—Watford al H ensal 12-14enea1l Al. Watford 20—liensall al 'Lambeth 2'1—Stratheey at 14.eneall 21—Watford at Stye hl'es) 24—Lambeth et :Meter ICE SKATES FOR ALL THE FAMILY We Trade Highest allowance ' for your trade-ins. SHOP & SAVE AT WUERTH'S Curling Boots For Men—Good Quality, Low Price BOWLING SHOES, Merl% Ladies' 4 Men, Boys' & Children's RUBBER FOOTWEAR MOMS The Sfere with the Gold 'Bond 5famp:1 SIG "EIGHT" INT, "8'1 HOCKEY SCHEDULE November 17-5lit obeli al 7a/o: n - I Wert oft 19-1ucan -11der ton a t Clinton 21—Clint oil 81 Mitchell FIxeler a t Seaforth teltel I al 2 11011. 23—Seator1h at Cellt.111118 AORat Phlupsburx 25—Exeter at. 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