The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-29, Page 5T
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COMMkNTS
4114, BATTEN,- sports E4lttgr
Combin
ONE OF THE BE
Although lough aI'ea athletes only had thea' name
put on one Ontario -wide trophy over the past year:,
it \vas, m our opinion, one of the hest years ever
recorded an the local sport scene,
With the .opening of the Exeter and RCAF
Station Centralia ,curling rinks, plus an energetic
return to the i baseball wars by an almost record
number of towns, more and :mare
..peoplel.
e turned sport as a means of spending their lisuie hur's,
While
many of these participants did not
attain championship
honors, they :did enjoy keen
competition and we trust
theybuilt up Many friend-
ships
with their
competitors,
In our ,it '
op aloe, this is elle main aspect of
Sports, and that is why we call 1961 one of the
best eves` recorded on the area scene,
MINORS STOLE THg SHOW
' While 1961 did mark the return of ma,
"oldsters" to the sport scene, it was actually the
kids who came up with the best showing, with
loin
I- sall tapping the list for honors of the year.
The juvenile baseball team up that way cop-
ped their second OBA title in the r"D" classifica-
tion, while the signing of Jack Chipchase by the
Toronto Marlboroughs of the OHA Junior "A"
loop, ran a close second for the outstanding event
on the area's during
a s sport scene the past year.
In fact, Hensall's athletesp erhhaps outshone
all other area centres as the. y added to their list of
achievements by having their midget hockey squad
cop their own Kinsmen tournament, and their pee
woes winning the Shamrock championship n
P p a d
gaining the finals in the Young Canada tournament
at Goderich during the Easter vacation.
'!'heir intermediate baseball team, using
several of their juveniles, also gained the OBA.
finals before losing out to Waisingham and then
lost in the final match for the Huron -Perth title
to Staffa.
Down. in Exeter, the minors also came up
with ,soine top accomplishments to steal the show
from their elders, The local pee wees, under the
direction of Red Loader and Gorcl Baynham, easily
topped the list as they battled their way to first
place in three major. tournaments.
Their main win was recorded in Brampton
during Easter, when they brought home the "C"
title. Their other trophies were picked up in the
Clinton .Kinsmen tournament and in the Lake
Huron Rec Zone championships.
, - The Exeter bantams also came .,up with a
creditable showing, although their only major win
was the copping of the Shamrock league honor's.
However, they reached the WOAA finals before
being sidelined by Goderich, who went on to win
the OMHA championship. The kids also gained the
finals in a major tournament in Georgetown, losing
out to a scrappy Strathroy entry.
• Zurich juveniles, under the guidance of Don
O'Brien, lost their. perennial OMHA title, but not
before extending _the, eventual winners from Platts-
;iille to the-lirllit' in theseries, with all games being
decided by a single goal.
O'Brien's charges also won the Shamrock
;honors.
The final hockey title brought into the area
was the Shamrock junior league honors. This was
won by the Exeter junior Hawks, as this popular
league underwent a successful baptism.
Although Hensall stole the main show in
the baseball wars, a plucky bunch of bantams from
RCAF Station Centralia followed close on their
heels by advancing to the OBA finals before being
ousted by Ilagersville. This was the first year these
kids from CE had entered competition.
The SHDHS athletes also enjoyed a success-
ful year, with the senior girls winning both Perthex
crowns in basketball and volleyball and the boys
copping the volleyball: crown, The school's athletes
placed second in the track meet, marking one of
their best years in this competition.
The final honor for area minor athletes
came in the bowling division, where a group of
Exeter lassies placed first in a major tournament
staged in Sarnia,
"OLDSTERS" RECORD ACHIEVEMENTS
While the area minor teams were showing
their elders the way, some of the intermediate
teams in the area did manage to follow their
example.
As we mentioned, .Hensall gained the OBA
finals and. Staffa followed suit by copping a playoff
These teams
with Caledonia in, the semi-final round.
battled for the II -P honors with Staffa emerging as
champions. Zurich, who topped the standing, lost
out to Ilensall in the semi-finals,
It was a good year' in the intermediate ranks,
with all teams sticking to home-brew talent, The
games featured many exciting plays and some ding-
doing pitching duels.
The Exeter ladies also returned to action in
the softball grouping and went to the finals before
being ousted by Winthrop in an exciting series that
provided plenty of rivalry,
Another new entry, Crediton, Won the Lini-
ment League in that group's successful summer,
While bowling and curling provided the most
recreation: for area sports, it also had its glorious
moments, provided mainly by the Exeter entries in
the inter -town bowling loop,
The Exeter ladies won the grand champion.
ship and two individual honors, while the Itchy Six
topped the league before losing in the playoffs and
managed to cop one individual honor.
None of the local curlers won any major
firs year,
in then t
botisplels around the countryy ,
but gave indications that it wouldn't be too long
before they would be taking their place hi the
-winners circle,
We probably have missed some aehieVe
invents, but we are sure the preceding hag given
An indication that the area is still one of the best
in malty areas of sport.
We top our chapeau to the Champ ions Add
cflnipetitbr'S of 1961 and !nope we Wilt have the
privilege of writing up Intany tether outstanding
Milts li`t the year to Ct7t1`Ie,
Happy New *itiari
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S rec
ribe dro
The f•ttean•1ldertorl Combines
anti .the .seter ho,aY kst
as e
.the biggest moves over the
Christmas holidays in .en .ab•
breviated schedule of the 0114
Big Eight ;loop,
However, the moves were In
opposite directions, as the Com.
bines hung up their 12th
straight win and the Tribe
drppped .a pair to sink all the
way to: the league cellar with
Mitchell and Clinton,
The Red Devils, who held the
unwanted. spot all by them-
selves, invited the Tribe to
,join then when they skated to
a win in Exeter on Boxing Day.
Coupled with a severe trounc-
ing et .the bands of the Com-
bines, the Tribe have now drop-
ped nine .of the 12 gargles they
have played.
Although they have as many
points as Clinton and Mitchell,
they have played .three more
games than mttchetl and two
more than the RCAF Thunder-
birds who were idle this past
week,
\ e t,
1
Che only other genic played
was between the Cainbroes and
the Plnli asburg ,Chevs, and the
loop leaders ea,me up
with an
8•a win to keep their long -win
skein intact.
Three other games scheduled
for the week were postponed
when teams could .not muster
enough players tine to the
,Christmas vacation period.
Four n or
s •e tan. to
1 pines al 1`
this week with the Mitchell.
Red Devils getting three oppor-
tunities .to move out of" the
cellar. They face a stiff test,
Friday, when thcY travel to
Lucan, but wall have more of
an opportunity to pick up a win.
when they battle Clinton, Sun-
day,
On Tuesday they !lost the
strong Seafarth entry, while
the same night sees the Mo•
hawks tackle the Philipsburg
Chevs do Exeter.
Colings scores five,
L-1 out -bump •Chevs
The Lucan-Ilderton Combines
had one of their stiffest tests
of the season Wednesday, but
they overcame a 5.3 first period
deficit in Philipsburg to whip
the Chevs 8-5.
It was the 12th win of the
season for the Combines, who
were paced in their attack b,Y
Tom Collings who picked up
five of their goals. It brought
his total to nine for the last
two games,
Al Ready, Don Urbshott and
Stu O'Neil picked up the others.
Ron Ehrat scored two for the
Chevs with Jerry Steffler, Don
Dietrich and Jim Doering get-
ting a singleton each.
The Combines started off in
high gear as usual, and ran up
a 3-0 lead in the first half of
the first period on two goals by
Collings and one by Don Urb•
shaft.
However, the Chevs came
roaring right back and started
to throw their weight around
and they out -bumped the Com-
bines to gain control of the
corners and in front of the nets
to score five tithes and skate
off the ice with a 5.3 lead in
the first period.
Combines follow sult,
in the second period, the
Combines, headed by the heavy
duty work of flay Yellc, Don
Urbshott, Max O'Neil and Don
Fletcher, turned the tables on
the Claeys and gave back their
own medicine to outhit the
homesters, While his teammates
were bouncing the Chevs,
around, Collings picked up two
more goals to knot the count
and then Al Ready shat them
into the lead before they left
the ice at the end of the
second.
Stu O'Neil fired the Combiucs
into a 7-5 leadat the 5:00
minute mark of the final frame
and Collings pulled the game
out of reach with a. goal with
less than five minutes remain-
ing,
Although the game was a
hard-hitting affair, only seven
penalties were called, with the
Combines picking up four, They
bad two goals scored against
them in the last 45 seconds of
the first when they were play-
ing with two teen in the sin
bin.
A crowd of over 200 witness-
ed the contest.
•
Late Mitchell spree
sinks Mohawks 6-5
Mitchell Red Devils over-
came a two -goal lead in Exe-
ter on Boxing Day afternoon
to edge the hapless Mohawks
6-5 before a disappointing
crowd of less than 100 fans,
The win snapped a five -game
losing streak for the visitors
and pulled them into a three-
way tie with Exeter and Clin-
ton for the cellar position,
George Coveney paced the
Mitchell win, getting through
a porous Mohawk defense to
beat Dick McFalls twice. Keith
Ahrens, Bill Rohde, Bill Cheros
and Roger Pauli accounted for
the others,
Jim Hogarth, Jini MacDon-
ald, Bob Morrissey, Cy Blom-
maert and Boom Gravett tallied
for the Tribe.
Mitchell jumped into an early,
1.0 lead in the first stanza
when veteran. Izzy Powell
skated into the Exeter end and
fed a perfect pass across the
goal -mouth to Coveney,
Jim Hogarth answered it near
the mid -way mark when he
banged in a loose puck in a
scramble in front of Bill Mc-
Naught, but the Red Devils
skated off the ice with a 2.1
lead when Ahrens beat McFalls
in the dying minutes,
Tribe take over
The Mohawks came to life
in the middle fraise and out-
scored the visitors by a 3-1
margin to julep into a slim
4.3 lead.
Cy Blommaert opened the
lead to two goals at the 5:17
nark of the final stanza as the
Tribe appeared to have the Red
Devils well in hand,
However, the Mitchell squad
came roaring back and with
the help of some poor defense
on the part of the Tribe, knot-
ted the count on goals by
Chores and Coveney before the
mid -way mark of the final.
The' teams battled on even
grounds until the 15:04 mark
when Wayne Pauli got loose in
front of Me alis to bang in
the winner on a pass from Jim
East,
The Mohawks fought des-
perately to get the equalizer
but were unable to beat Mc-
Naught, who played a stand-
out game between the pipes
for the ;Mitchell squad, who
were out -played by the Tribe,
The Tribe had only two
complete lines and were miss-
ing regulars Red '•oader, Keith
Stephens and Dick Bedard, Be-
dard, who injured a knee three
weeks ago, dressed but had to
retire after the pre. - game
warmup, However, the skating'
appeared to snap his knee back
into joint and he may not need
an operation as was first ex-
pected.
He decided not to take any
chances until he could get a
brace on his leg
Li whip Mohawks,
line nets 22 points
Playing with only .10 then,
the Exeter Mohawks were no
match for the league leading
Lucan-Ilderton Combines, Fri-
day, and the southern crew
posted their eleventh straight
win with a 14.1 verdict.
The Tribe managed to hang
with the sharp -shooting crew
for the first ten minutes of the
game, but after that, the Com-
bines had things their own
way.
The Combines' second line of
Tom Collings and Stu and Max
O'Neil paced the one-sided at
tack and picked up 22 scoring
points between them, Collings,
who has been ruled ineligible
for liomebrew play, paced the
way with font goals and five
assists.
Max O'Neil duplicated liis
centrcnian's lour goals and
managed four assists as welt,
while Stu banged in one tally
and helped on four others.
1Ceii Loft beat Dick McFalls
for a pair, while single tallies
were picked up by Steve Storey,
-Carl Leitch and Don Urbshott,
Keith Scarborough, the
league's leading netminder, had
his shut -out bid spoiled by Bob
Ivlorrissey, who finished off a
play with Boom Gravett ter the
Tribe's Only marker hi the
cleanly -played toiitest
The Conhbities were held. off
the acore aiheet until the 1;24
mark of the first period When
Collings started things off, but
the 'ribe Baine back to even
things ups 26 seconds later fin
Morrissey's gaol.
However, after that, the Com-
bines had a field clay as they
continually broke through Ex-
eter's defence to get plenty of
scoring opportunities, They ttp-
ped the count to 4-1 at the
end of the first, blasted .seven
;behind McFalls hi the second
and coasted to their win with
three in the final.
The federal government or
any provincial government may
appoint a Royal Commission
and since 1867 there have been
about 150 inquiries that have
had that title,
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Garage
Sunday And
Evening Service
Open this Sunday, Heed.
nosday afternoon and dur
ing the evening through
tilt; the week,
.Larry Snider
Motors
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rd two FiiQfl? wins;
cellor with defeats
Hockey
Scoreboard
()HA BIG t 1GHT
Last week's scores:
teases-'Ildrt'tan 11 —seater
MtiMad' n....T:>;etei: 6
Farre-ilrrcrtnit R—Pltilipaburg S
Mentes K
t . arhrr1t11eri for r'Ifnfiln at
Ventralis: Sea for: h ai Plathpshuri;
x3111 Philip-1,urg at. Seaforth Well3
::11 ranralled.
Standings
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l,ucau-ltrlertnn 12
t"entral:a r,
Sett fat It
:liltelirll 3
t'nntolt 3
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Games this week:
Friday, Deetti11 het' 29
5114 viten at 14114.4111-Ilrierinn
Slunlay. Jtarenlbar 71
\11tehell at t'lintott
Tuesday. January
Searn3•th at 9iltrhrll
Philipsburg at Ithteter
SHAMROCK. JUNIOR
Last weeks scores:
1,ainbetit , Uscter 5
vt n _ 1
alfcnvl h Lacier n
lien -all i tdamheth
Strathroy h1--l:aeter 5
Standings
Ilensall-Zurich .. n 2 'I 19
ENP14•1• 5 1 5 12
41111 !troy 4 6 1 n
\\'afford 5 5 n 113
Limn bet it 4 5 a 1,
Games this week:
Friday, lae.,•e:nher 29
Lambeth at 1Jeniali
Satttfdsty, lle,ouiher ::n
1aan,heth at Witt ford
Monday, January 1
\t'ntto,xl at 1 a.ntheth
'wed January 3
J:aefor at Mensal,
BANTAM HOUSE LEAGUE
This week's scores:
Phantoms 6, 'tioinart'a
Wings 6, lhlark Hawks it
Standings
IV it
ert \\'htgc 5 n
1P'hantnnu
litarlt 1lrtn•k4 3 3.1 1
ilnlnarrs 0 7
Future games
.101IIRES
5
p.:11... -earl Wings vs. Bo:naves
7 p.m. --f1 Hawks es, Phan1010s
.la !wary 1n,...
11 p.m.- Pliant:nits to nee Wings
11.11t.-- f omar:at vs, B. Iia.wlts
PEE WEE HOUSE LEAGUE
This week's scores:
Nark 'Hawks 1, 0011101011c
\t Bruck ' and Wings 1
Maine I...e,{l: Rangers 1
Standings
T P
1 11
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5101raaI, 5 n 1 11
31a4)r 1,eafe 4 1 1 n
tlawka 1 3 it 5
Red Whigs . 1 3 rl 1
Ranieri 2 1 n 4
r'anadiene n a n n
suture games:
Salnrrlay. Dee. "n
t:nn-n:uri-.-Manger` tvo. t'anadiono
fl:nn- o: 00-51. Leafs A'S. R. 'Whigs
In 00-11:an Mohawks vs. ldawks
11 n0-11:34—srinee Gee
i 1:30-122: nn—Srhulrt
Goalie hot
in tourney
Despite the tremendous play
of their goalie, Glen Stire, the
Exeter pee wees were knocked
out of the Leamington Lions In-
ternational tournament in their
first match with Dresden, Tues-
day.
The locals managed to hold
their opposition to a 1.1 draw
on the score -board, but Dres-
den were awarded the game on
their greater number of shots
on goal, out -shooting the locals
210.5,
Stine was at his best in the
contest as This team mates ap-
peared to suffer from too teach
Christmas turkey and the long
trip, and couldn't get untracked
to put up their usual strong
game.
Coach Red Loader and his
wife, Max, who acts as teals
manager, were both high in
their praise for the efforts of
Stire and said several of the
tournament officials and coach-
es also congratulated the young-
ster on his brilliant play.
Frank DeVries scored the
lone Exeter goal.
Each of the team members
was presented with a can of
soup and a jar of catsup on be-
half of the Heinz Company
from the "tomato town."
The Exeter squad were dri-
ven to Leamington by Mrs.
Joyce Weber, Ken Hero and
Mr. Diller. Gerd Baynhani also
accompanied them,
Tlie lineup was as follows:
Glen Stire, John Loucks, Don
Campbell, Peter Lawson, Ron
owks lose three tilts,
other squ4Ids close lap
The Exeter Junior Hawks suf-
fered .a disastrous week in the
Shamrock league, losing all
three of their eneatgnters, and
watching :their second. - dace
margin drop to a mere two
points,
The Hawks .were solidly en-
trenched in second place before
they opened :their ,three -game
stint, but a loss to all throe of
the clubs under thele tight-
ened up the 2'a0 for the play-
off spots.
Ilensall•Zurich have almost
assured themselves of a play-
off
layoff spot as they racked up their
ninth win, Tuesday, to open up
a seven -point margin over Exe-
ter,
The surprising Lambeth en-
try, who whipped bath Hensall-
Zerich and Exeter in two of
their last three starts have
moved into third, two paints
behind the Hawks.
Strathroy are just one point
back of them, while Watford
are still very much in conten-
tion with eight points,
Boyle pots trio
in
losingcause
The Exeter junior Hawks,
playing without the services of
five regulars, were no mately
for the Strathroy junior Rock-
ets and dropped an 11.5 decision
in Exeter, Tuesday,
Manager Derry Boyle was
forced to dress five juveniles
andi two midgets for the game
when his ranks were depleted
with players going away for
Christmas vacation. Toil Sin -
Blair, Bob Armstrong, Jean St.
Pierre and Jean Guy Marchil-
ton were absent, while Lloyd
Moore missed the game due to
a knee injury.
It was the third straight loss
for the second place Hawks,
two of them corning by a mar-
gin of only one goal.
Ken Fade 1.1 e and Terry
Bourne each scored three goals
against Ted Sanders to pace
the Rockets to their win. Bill
Feke added a pair and single
tallies were picked up by Har-
vey Thomas, John. Grogan and
Bob Bartholomew.
Manager Boyle's two sons
provided most of the scoring
punch for the Hawks, with
Frank banging in three goals
for his second hat -trick of the
season.
Rick Boyle netted one tally,
as did Bob Jones, who has now
scored five goals in the last
three games for the Hawks,
after being kept off the score
sheet for several games,
Hawks late rally
falls short again
For the second night in a
row, the Exeter junior lla(vks
fell one goal short in an at-
tempt to overcome a four goal
deficit and dropped a 10.8 vele
Youthful kegler
hits 400 game
Don Wright, Exeter's amaz-
ing young bowling Star„ set
a new personal record, Tues-
day when be trundled a nest
400 game at the Exeter Bowl -
hie Lanes.
It was the first 400 ganhe
of the season and the first
since Aub Farquhar has taken
aver the local lanes.
Tho youthful bowler, 14.
year-old son of Mr, and Mrs.
Ted Wright, picked up five
straight strikes before he had
to settle for a spare in the
fifth frame, However, he
came right back with five
more strikes and on his ball
in the tenth took only the two
and three pins on the counter
side.
Don's previous high game
was a 352, which won him
the high single nark in tha
Men's >B” group 'last year.
His 400 game was not bowled
during league play.
Durand, Frank DeVries, 13111
Fairbairn, Barry Baynhanh,
Randy Weber, John Loader, Al.
lin Diller, Graham horn, l''liil
Howard and Ricky Weber,
to ail bur
many frlehd
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diet to the Watford Monis in.
Watford, Saturday.
Tile homesters, leading 8-6 at
the end of the second period,
upped their lead to 10-6 before
the midway mark of the final
period and appeared to have
the game on ice.
However, the hawks tame up
with a spirited attack in the
last ten minutes and netted
three tallies, but couldn't get
the clincher although they had
a man advantage it1the last
minute tit play,
Bete Sisier, Larry 33uvnsr
Lyle Moffatt and Bob Brown
paced the Watford attack in
their small arena with a pair
of goals each. Single tattles
were registered by Ron Grant
and Dave Barnes.
.Bob Janes continued his scor-
ing ways for the Hawks, b
eat-
in Keith Matthews twice
1u
the Watford nets. Dale 'Purvey,
Rick Boyle, Mike Cushman,
Tom Sinclair, 1)061 Cann, Ger-
ald McBride and Frank Boyle
picked up a single marker
each.
Jack Stephen was the top
play -maker for the Hawks, as-
sisting on four tallies. Gerald
McBride, a stalwart on the
Hawk defense, helped on three
of his team's goals.
Watford picked up nine of
the 18 penalties handed out in
the hard-hitting fixture,
Four -goal leadw
proves
too much
The Exeter junior Hawks fell
one goal short in their bid tp
over -haul :a four -goal deficit he
Exeter, Friday, and dropped.
thrilling 8.5 verdict to the Lam.
beth juniors in S li a ni r *
League action.
Lambeth jumped into a my.
minding 6-2 ,lead in the early
minutes of the final stanza anti.
appeared to !lave the klawke
well ender eontv:al, but the lo-
cals came roaring back whit,
three 'markers to pull to with
in one tally of knotting they
count.
However, a hninor penalty to
Bill Heywood with three nein
utes remaining put them
short-
handed and they couldn't get
enough offense going to scores
the equalizer.
Bill Gorman. a shifty winger
on Lambeth's 803011d line,
Paced the attack as he beat
Leslie Howard three times to
Poet a hat -trick. Ted Minhine
nick, 'Ron Armstrong and Jim
Walker accounted for the others.
Bob Jones returned to his.
scoring ways, blasting home
two tallies in the fast contest.
Bob rArmstrong, Frank Boyle
and Tom Sinelair posted one
marker each for the Hawks.
Over 00 witness
Cobinest
ninth
Playing before over 400 fans,
the Hensall-Zurieh Combines
edged Lambeth 5.3 in a crowd -
pleasing fixture played in lien•
sa.11 on Boxing Day afternoon.
The game was a seesaw af-
fair throughout, as the lead
changed back and forth until
the final period when Ilensall
moved ahead to stay on goats
by Murray Bell anti Gerard Ov-
erholt.
Lambeth started things off
when Hayball beat Dennis Mock
in the homesters net in the first
period. It was the only tally of
the stanza, as the play went
from one end to the other be-
tween the two well-balanced
clubs.
Earl Wagner evened the
count for the Combines early in
the middle frame, but .}'im Wal-
ker carne right hack to push
Lambeth into a 2-1 lead.
However, in the last half of.
the period, Brian Bonthron and
Steve Kyle picked up a tally
each to give the Combines their
first lead as they skated off
the ice with a 3-2 margin,
Ted Minhinniek put the visi-
tors right back in the game
when he knocked a puck out of
the air to put it in the mesh be-
hind Mock in the early stages
of the final stanza,
But Murray Bell pushed the
Combines into the lead they re-
linquished bfore the raid -way
:mask and there Overholt put in
the* clincher shortly after.
The crowd estimated at be-
t.wecn 400 and 450, one of the
largest to watch a game in
Hansall for several years, wens;
home happy after witnessing
what most observers described
as one of the best games ever
played in the rink.
1-1APPY NEW SEAR
May the New Year
clock many
happy hours
for you and yours.
oli's Barber Shop
Main Street
Exeter
I'or Auld Lang Syne, our New Fear's thoughts
tarn .to Dile many 'valued friends n atolls
it y i adp patrons,
with wal-in appreciation for the opportunity
If serving people, such wonderful py�et ple, We'relooking lookin ; for'ward
to continuing these .friendly relationships in 1962.
Exeter Motors Saie
And Staff
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