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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-01-18, Page 5Chevs take overtime to subdue Mohawks The Philipsburg Chevs, with pushed in behind Dick McFalls only nine Men dressed, Scored on a goal-mouth scramble after two overtime goals in New the whistle had blown, IlaMburg, Friday,'edge the However, the referees al- Exeter Mohawks 5.3 in a Well- lowed the tally and when the played contest before approxi, Tribe had to switch to an of- MatelY 125 fans, fensive game in the dying min- Jerry !Porter was the hero Mts in an effort to get the for the Chevs, hanging in both etittalia,er, the Chevs broke the goals in the extra session, through again with Porter pick- liis at the 1;3]. mark WAS ing an open corner after ta .king hotly disputed by the Tribe AS Short peas from Ron tbrat they temtended it had beet) ,--Please turn to page 7 eel to the local arena one of these nights A bit Of rapid calculation shows that the crowds at the Tribe's first six home games haven't been enough to even half fill the arena, And that's the season's total attendance we re talking about , „ We should also point out that the Exeter bantams are going strong and with a bit of fan support could, bring Mid or ,two ]rocket' trophies home this year. "Dusty" `Burns had the kids en a seven-game winning streak. the last time we heard from him and they had played all their'foes 10 this league Or the WOAAw The Exeter junior Hawks, playing one of their best games of the season, before a meagre crowd of only 43, went on a scoring spree to whip Lambeth 11.6 in Exeter, Tuesday The Hawks, featuring a crisp passing attack with plenty of hustle, built up a 6.2 lead at the end of the second period and came back to out-score the visitors 54 as they coasted to their well-deserved win in the final 20 minutes Bob Armstrong paced the at- tack with three tallies, his sec- ond hat-trick in the last three games Jack Stephen and Torn Sinclair chipped in with a pair each, while single markers came off the sticks of Frank Boyle, Dale Purvey and Gerald McBride. Jim Walker, inert Morris and Ted Minhinnick shared the scoring honors for the out- classed London entry, potting a pair of goals each against Les Howard in the Exeter nets, The locals jumped into a 3.0 lead in the first period before Walker finally put the visitors on the score sheet at the 16:49 mark, but the Hawks came roaring back in the second to up their lead to 6-2. They led 10.4 after only seven minutes of play in the final period, before they relaxed their tenacious display against Lambeth, Tempers flared high in the contest and a total of 16 pen- alties were handed out with Exeter getting nicked for nine. Bill Heywood was the local bad man, picking up four roughing penalties and a kneeing infrac- tion, Gerald McBride, his part- ner on defense, was assessed a Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing and being no- thing. '58 Pontiac STRATO CHIEF SEDAN Automatic transmission, custom radio, whitewall tires, two-tone finish. '57 Oldsmobile 88 4 DOOR HARDTOP Radio, p o \v e r equipped, whitewall tires. '5 5 Chevrolet DELUXE SEDAN Automatic Ira ns mission, c ti s t o in radio, whitewall tires, two-tone finish. '54 Chevrolet- STANDARD COACH Turn signals, cheap trans- portation. '55 Chevrolet 1/2 TON PICK-UP Turn signals, snow tires, good set of racks included, 38,000 actual miles, null ros. LIMITED thev '01* Envoy PHONE 1gtl EXETE R ome„. rew loop still unchanged, ombines on top, Tribe in cellar H-Z move on 'bad wcek• Hawks win in only outing They started off on the right foot with a win, but dropped their next game and were held to a tie in the third as they played three games in four nights, However, their win was a big one, as it was worth four points against the Watford. Atoms. The Atoms did manage to get some revenge by whip- ping the Combines in Watford on Saturday. The liematt-Zurich .Combines increased their. lead in the Hensel" .A.rena,. lead at the. end of the second. Shamrock loop- this week, but Wayne Willer!was the big However, they came out flying had .one of their poorest weeks gun for the homesters, banging in the final frame to bang lit since starting the schedule in in .three goals for the hat-trmli. five tallies, while holding Wat, the popular junior play. Bill Shaddick and Steve Kyle ford to .three. added a pair each to the cause, it was a cleanly-played con- while singletons came off the test without a penalty .being sticks of - Earl. Wagner Brian Bonthron. and called against either team, .However, Dennis Mock, Hen- Pete Sister .and Ray Maders call-Zurich goalie, had to leave spearheaded the Watford attack the game after receiving a with a pair each and Paul Al- nasty gash on his forehead that paud, and .Lyle Moffatt sunk singles. required seven stitches to close. The teams played to a 2.2 Harry Moir took over to henE; draw in the first period and. the the Combines to their win, Lambeth crew tie loop leaders Atoms post win over Combines 1 JOINS ci-tEvs-Andy Sararas, a former star of the Exeter Mohawks and the Waterloo "A" club, is expected to see action in the loop again, Fri- day, when he joins the Philips- burg Chevs in their game against the Combines in Lucas. Bothteams have been given in their other game, the Com- permission to strengthen to bines were held to a 4.4 draw straight Intermediate "B" cal- by Lambeth, It was the sec- ibre for the contest. end tie in a row for the London entry, who battled Stratimy to a 3-3 draw, Thursday, in the only other game, the revamped Exeter Hawks held their lead in second place as they came up with one of - their better showings of the season to whip Lambeth 11.6 in Exeter, Tuesday, Flensall-Zurich are not sched• ided to play this week, while the Hawks have only one game when they travel to Watford, 'Monday. AN' JJ 'r P 'hung [Merton „ n 32 phitipahurg 7 5 n 14 celeiti ti tt io•fit ri.fo rt 1 0 14 7 0 it i4p 1.2 Atitanen Jailer 4 1 n Wayne Willert's second goal Games this week: 3 of the night, with only two minutes left to play, gave the a a Hensall-Zurich Combines a julta tf..'elI:ea1115A hard-fought 44 tie with Lam- Feidav, January 11 Sealer! h of !:,afar beth in Lucan, Monday, ohatnaburg ,LAMall. ridertan r,['he Combines, playing their 'r!s 1, a , Jall.0 .5fliz-,121 L third game in four nights, Lucan-.11derton at Exeter built-up a 3-1 lead in the early n.inutes of the third period, but saw it turn into a 4.3 deficit as Lambeth came flying back to move ahead. Harold Jacques started the northern entry off with an un- assisted marker at the 5:00 iLalita,,arit-zuriah minute mark of the first period, and Willert teamed up with wa ford 14 3 / S luny in In 2 0 stn a- Is it to 2-0 two minutes later. Wagner and Overholt to push Lantiv.: 7 7 3 17 Lambeth potted the only goal 15 2 14 of the middle frame on a tally by Bill Gorman at the 1:45 mark and Earl Wagner gave the Combines their 3.1 lead on 'a play with Willert at the 1:20 mark of the final frame, However, Bob Uptigrove, 'red Minhinnick and Jim Walker rapped in goals behind Harry Moir, Hensall-Zurich sub-goalie, to take their lead at the 11:30 mark, They appeared to be heading for their win as they BANTAM HOUSE LEAGUE held the powerful Combines This week's scores: squad in check. but Willert fin.- ria.wks 4, nomarcs 2 "Wings 4, Phantoms 2 tailed off a play with. Larry St Bedard and Wagner to knot Standings T c, the count, I nautoins n 1 17 ks 5 3 11 law 4 5 0 s Pornarrs 11 1 0 0 Future games: Wocine;,day. Jan. 21- 5 p.m.-Ftod \Yin vs, 'nont:tro. 7 p.m.-Hawks vs. Phantoms PEE WEE HOUSE LEAGUE This week's scores: 'Wings i. Hawks 2 Mohawks flamers 3 1,r,s fa 1, Ca nad le ns Standings Moho wks garde Loafs 'Ay BILL, BATTEN, Sports aclitor AN AMICABLE SOLUTION It was a rather pleasant surprise to sit in on the meeting of the Big Eight league last Sun- day, when they discussed the position of the Lucan. lisierten Combines and the Philipsburg Chevs, who both have had players ruled ineligible for home, brew play by the OHA. At most meetings of this kind, you usually find that teams are interested only in protecting their own interests and .iren't willing to agree on anything that might in the least help someone else, if it means that they \vill come out on the short end of the stick. This attitude has hurt sport in more areas than one cares to recall and also has caused a great number of hard feelings betWeen teams and league executives. However, last Sunday's meeting was anything but that, and everyone left completely satisfied with the arrangements that will allow both area teams to continue to use their ineligible players in league play, The limited number of fans who follow the local league will probably point out that it won't make any difference to any of the other five teams anyway, because a special playoff has been set up So Philipsburg and Lucan-ilderton will have to play off and the team that wins in the series be- tween the other five teams will be strengthened on an even basis before they meet the winner, This point would be well taken as far as the league playoffs are concerned, because it will cer- tainly be fair for all teams concerned, as the final series will actually be between two teams of straight intermediate "B" calibre, rather than the homebrew brand that is now being played. However, we should point out that all games played by the Combines and the Chevs will count in the regular standing, which will undoubtedly be used to determine playoff positions for the four teams in the second series. Not only that, but they will also be used to determine which team will not make the playoffs. As things are going now, this does not ap- pear to be a serious consideration, but a look at the results of games played to date definitely shows that some teams in the league could actually be hurt by the decision that they reached at the meeting, The Lucan-Ilderton squad has won all their games to date and don't show any signs of slacken- ing their pace and could easily end the regular schedule by completing a perfect season. This then would have no effect on the other teams, be- cause each of their records will remain exactly the same, having lost all four games against the Combines, However, it is a slightly different case when one takes a look at the Philipsburg record. They are definitely one of the stronger teams and should end up in second place without too much difficulty unless something drastic happens to some of their veteran performers. DECISION HELPED THE MOHAWKS However, the. Chevs started off rather slow- ly, and local fans should recall that the Mohawks actually beat them twice in games played earlier in the season. Since that time, they have only been beaten once, when the Centralia Golden Hawks jumped on them in one of their "real bad nights" and posted a 15-7 win right in. New Hamburg. Apparently, this was just one of those nights when everything went wrong, because the Chevs certainly aren't a team that gets trounced by.scores such as that. In fact, we believe that all the teams except the Combines will be lucky to beat the Chevs again this year. However, by the league •decision, the wins posted by Exeter and Centralia will still count and could have A. bearing on them gaining a berth in the playoffs. This does not appear to have too much bearing on the Centralia squad, because they are almost assured of a spot in the four-team playoff, but it certainly could mean a great deal to the Mohawks. At present they,are in the league basement with only three wins, and as we pointed out, two of them have been against the Philipsburg Chevs. So, it can be readily seen that the other four teams could have taken a step closer in eliminating the Tribe from the playoffs by deciding that all games with Philipsburg and Lucan-Ilderton be taken off the record and the two teams be allowed only to play exhibition games in the league, or dropped from the league entirely. Because most of the teams arc losing money anyway, this decision could actually have helped them too, because it would cut down on their home games and travelling expenses, and as we have pointed out, could have assured them all (except Exeter) of a berth in the playoffs, when teams hope to make enough to put them back onto the black side of the ledger. We trust out readers have folloWed our reasoning and have seen where this decision by • the teams at Clinton last week ,could actually hurt then) iii some respects and had they been thinking only of themselves, could easily have taken steps to save themselves money and better their playoff chances. So, it is with this thought in mind that we commend these team executives for taking a broader attitude and doing their best to keep hockey atiVe in the area, because we believe it could easily have sounded the death knell for in- terniediate hockey if the Combines and the Chevs bad been tossed out of the league for using players Who Were actually ruled ineligible by an OHA Beta] at an earlier organization Meeting, BATT'N AROUND-The Exeter curlers cer. Wilily lost a great deal of ground if they were seriously thinking about running for the good host award this year, Local teams skipped, by Ken Otte, well and hick Iermyn placed first the twe draws of the club's mixed bonspiel, 8aturday, Dick,. who lost hi a real thriller-to Lee Learn for the MOWS' first draw honors last week, won two Of his games on the last end, Apparently he learned hiS leSabri sell, tee! are happy to announce that the Mohawks and, junior Hawks have apparently shaken off the doldrums and are Dory turuhig some good hockey. Paris in the area Would find than dishing up 861111 good hockey if they journey, The 'ling Bight loop race re- Dunned unchanged this week, althou gh all teams saw action at ieast once in a busy g 4111111e, e c' leading Ltlean porton Combines ran, their tin, beaten string to 10 genies as they picked ilp a gait of wins, while' the Mitchell Red Devils and Exeter Mohawks, wile are battling for the last playoff position, each dropped, a pair, The other four teams each picked up a win to move far- ther ahead of the two bottom clubs, although Seaforth and Clinton also took a defeat to go with their wins, Tribe "out lucked" The Mohawks ran into some bad luck and some bad shooting as they failed to gain ground on the Red Devils, The Tribe travelled to New Hamburg, Fri- day, and were edged 5.5 by the Philipsburg chevs. in overtime, as they missed several good chances to sew up their fourth They tackled Seaforth nn Tuesday, and although they out-played the Towners, return- ed home with a 4.2 loss, as they again missed on several good scoring opporttinitics. They host Seaforth, 'Friday, and a win could move them in- to a tie with the Mitchell club, RS long as the Centralia Golden Hawks take the Devils in a game in Exeter, Thursday. The locals don't appear to The Exeter Mohawks contin- ued to have their usual tough. time of putting the puck in the net when they travelled to Sea- forth, Tuesday, and the Town- ers ended up on the big end of a 4-2 count. The Tribe carried the major share of the play, but Bill Ger- man played a stellar game in the nets for the Seaforth crew, and when the Mohawks appear- ed to have a goal, they just couldn't push the puck into the open corners, Bob Beuttenmiller, Seaforth's playing manager, who missed several recent games due to a had back injury, came back to pace his entry by actually heating the Tribe all by him- self as he scored three big goals. Bill McLaughlin accounted for the other one. Playing-coach Boom Graved picked up one Exeter goal and Keith Stephens, moved to right wing-from his defense position, was credited with the second m a rkc r. Beutenmiller started his team off with a goal at the 9:19 mark of the first, period when his shot bounced off a leg in front of the Exeter net and then bounced off the goal post to get by Dick McFalls. For the second time in a row, the Mitchell Red Devils • gave the loop leading Lu.canallderton Combines a real battle before falling to a 5-3 setback in Kitchell, TuesdaY• The last time the clubs met, the Red Devils hung with the Combines until late in the third period before dropping a close 7-5 verdict. In Tuesday night's action, the Combines carried most of the play, but Mitchell's brilliant net-minder, Bill McNaught, was at his best as he turned aside Many shots that appeared to be labelled as goals, Harry Wraith had the most 1 tt c k against the youthful goalie, blinking the light three times to pace his team to vic- tory number 16, Jack Park and. Don Fletcher banged in the Others, Ji'm East tallied . a pair for the out-played Red Devils, while Daryl Rolph accounted for the other one. The Combines jumped into a 1.-0 lead at the 8;45 mark when Wraith .finished off a play with Steve Storey and Ray Yella, have much .chance to gain ground in their other soiled- tiled (=test, facing the loop leading Lucan-ilderton .Com- bines.„ Tuesday. This will be the final meeting between the .area clubs in the regular sched- ule, Mitchell will get their second test, on Tuesday also, hosting the Seaforth Toavners. Test for leaders Tim Lucan-ilderton Combines will probably get their, stiffest test of the season, .Friday, when they tackle the Philipsburg .Chevs in .Lucan. Both 'teams have been granted permission to use all their imports and waivers and the teams will be at straight intermediate "B" strength. As yet, the Combines have not announced any player ad- ditions, but the Chevs will have a few new faces in the lineup. Andy Sararas, a former Exeter Mohawk, who played with Waterloo's "A" squad last year is reported to have signed and manager Ruben Wettlaufer is also expected to have Dave Weber in the lineup, Weber is also a former Mo- hawk from Waterloo, and local fans will remember him as a. slam-bang type of player who makes things rough for op• posing forwards. Both players should help the Chevs considerably, and they will make things rough for the Combines, who will be out to. record their 17th straight win. Stephens knotted. the count shortly before the end of the period when he came streak- ing in from his new position to take a perfect pass from Bob Morrissey and blast the puck into the net before Ger- man could even move on the shot. Seaforth jumped into a 2-i leach on McLaughlin's unas- sisted marker near the mid- way mark of the middle stanza and Beuttenmiller upped the lead to two goals when he blocked a shot at his own blue- line and raced the length of the ice to get a clear shot al McFalls at the 15:15 mark. The Towners' manager gave his team what proved to he an insurmountable 4-1 lead at the 11:02 mark of the final frame when he banged in a loose puck from a scramble in front of the Exeter net, Boom Gravett managed to cut the .lead to two goals at the 13:16 mark on a play with Jim McDonald, hut his tally came too late to pose any serious threat to the Seaford! lead. Each team picked up four penalties in the fast contest. The two squads meet. again, .Fricl a y , when the Towners travel to Exeter for an 8:30 p.m. contest. and they moved, ahead by Inn goals when Storey and Don Urbshott set Wraith up for his second tally at the 15:20 mark. The Red Devils moved back into contention at the 5:25 mark of the middle frame on East's first goal of the night, which was the only marker of the middle frame, as both goalies came up with stellar perform- ances. Jack Park opened the third with an unassisted marker at the 3:22 Mark, only to have Ttolph shave the Combine's lead to 3-2 on a play with East 34 seconds later, Wraith finally pulled the game out of reach of the home- sters on a play with Yelle 'and Storey at the 17:58 mark and Don Fletcher flipped in the clincher at the 18:40 mark with Storey and Yelle again drawing assists. Mitchell did manage another score in the last minute, but the game was in the bag for the Combines by that time, There were only four pen- alties to each team in the game, witnessed by only a handful of faithful Mitchell fans. a; . . . .. Hockey Scoreboard OHA BIG EIGHT Last week's scores: I'onftalia 5-Sea forth A Loran-lid err ton 711. -C. rd Phillpsburg 5-Exeter 3 ciiiaon A-Mitchell 5 Lucas-11dert on 5-1. itehell E I-Ina forth 4-Exeter 2 Standings Fi 4 Games this week Thursday. January 13 ford al St throy M ()min y„lannary 22 T:xrt Pr al Watford ,r,tra I MN, at Lambeth MIDGET JUVENILE HOUSE LEAGUE 11nndal, Jan. 22_ ,I 'nward s. is011ek5 Theselv, Jan. 23-- Fortune vs. CuaIunan Games this Week: Saturda ,y„I n, 20- 5:50-Canadians vs. fled Wing's :05-Ma.ple Leo.fs vs, Mohawks 15:05-1-lawks vs. range's Clinton six trim Devils Over 600 fans watched the contest between the evenly matched squcds and saw Clin- ton score the clincher at the 9;36 Mark of the final period after the two teams started the final stanza tied at 5-5. Wray Breathier paced the Clinton attack with a pair of tallies, while single markers came off UM sticks of Matt Matthews, Len Atatheatt, Glen Newport and .Howie Cetairia. the youthful Mitchell netniinder toT11;e-oreoallillizbembtsh6rm*alittaagceka. The .Clinton squad started nui in high gear in the first period and- peppered a total Of 25 shots at 1301 AleNaught, and Hawks post margin over Lambeth entry pair of minors and Jag' Stephen picked up the other two. Wayne Hayball, Joel Brown and Les Brookes were the. Lambeth players who scuffled. with Heywood, while Jpel. Brown was sent to the sin bin for five minutes after fighting with Stephen, ALL CARS ARE RECONDITIONED & GUARANTEED '61 Chevrolet BISCAYNE 4 DOOR SEDAN Back - up lights, metallic green with matching • in- terior, 11,000 actual miles, new Car condition. '60 Chevrolet ItMMIMM q ... MaMUMUMUmlIMHMaMMI, 4 DOOR HARDTOP BEL AIR r Custom ra.dio, whitewall tires, popular coppertone with matching interior. See this one. '58 Chevrolet BEL AIR SEDAN Ni8 engine, custom rattle) wheel discs-a beauty, Larry's Supertest MMIMMOMMI1111111.111111111011MIMIMMIIIMS OHA INT. HOMEBREW 'B' Hockey Friday, Jan, 19 vs. EXETER MOHAWKS EXETER ARENA 8:30 p.m. COMING UP LUCAN • ILDERTON vs. EXETER MOHAWKS TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 Seaforth out-played Tribe out-scored Devils push leaders as McNaught stars SHAMROCK JUNIOR Last week's scores; onsall rink 5--Watford Watford 3-T-1 ensall-Zurich HenFal h 4-1,a,mheth Dealer II--Lambeth 1 1 datnilPth 3-Strathroy 3 Standings 9.6 before a big crowd in the (ombines opened up a Sans' 4:3 H The ensall-Zurich Combines were handed their third loss of the season, 'Saturday, when the Open this Sunday, Wed. Watford Atoms used the famil- nesday afternoon and dor- iar territory of their home ice ing the evening through• to clip the northern crew 8-5. out the week. nod wmo ‘.5: 6.1.11,,n ieeS.o far this season, the COM- 7 1 i bines have been the only team 2 T3 to beat Watford on their home Rangers 7 n 4 The homesters opened up a n 3 3 7 0 4 5.2 lead in the first period and answered every Combines' score after that, to emerge with their win. Larry Burns and Lyle Moffatt paced the attack for Watford kA,..).Wataf2, ..L.-$.U.:::ima4k 5 hla> with two goals each, While singletons were picked up by Ray handers, Pete Sister, Paul Alpaud and Doug Caley. Murray Bell, Gerard Over- holt, Wayne Willert, Earl Wag- ner and Bill Shaddick fired a goal each for the Combines, Bell started the scoring off at SEAFORTH TOWNERS the 2:45 mark for Hensall•Zur- The Clinton Thunderbirds id). but Watford came back moved into a temporary two- with three tallies before the way tie for second place in the mid-way mark to take a two- Big Eight loop, Sunday, when goal lead, they edged the hapless Mitchell Overholt cut the lead to 3.2 Red Devils 6-5. at the 12:49 mark, but again WatfOrd came back to push the count to 5.2 before the teams left the ice at the end of the stanza After playing a scoreless sec- ond period, Wayne Willert. scored an unassisted marker after only 12 seconds of play in the third period to whittle the lad to two goals, but two penalties to the Combines fol- lowing the goal spelled their Arena Ed Dolmage was Ji two-goal odentfleariti.ark with the pair in the Moffatt Scored at the 29-see- m an for the losing Mitchell en- box and Burna came back a t. Apt try a Ill Ione arksrn en were the. 1:28 mark with one n •ei ue ,aGnecoir,g)eim ero.lvaer, Ernie Ahrens still serving time in the Sin bin. Alpaud finished their scoring T H URSDAY, JAN, 2tga msr at onds full strength,.‘ihen 'but. 7":00----vMt l.TcC EHNE TL RL ARL EIAD DEVILS the Combines were still trying GOLDEN HAWKS Amaelier had only six- shotts'atttol trio sr ooff the final, btuhtejiliatyte came FRIDAY, JAN. oxJARETNHE, ,R11.9omwoNKEARwsks I,Urned them all aside. At the other end, handle, but a shot by Dolma go tollore laat tettl f.6tht Prerytha'nycornstheramituds. , , , . SATURDAY., JAN. 20 eluded him at the 10:25 mark TO load give ,Mitchell a 14) lead at 1:SO40-Public skatthe a)0.10t00---thublio Skating period, eilo2d of a fast-moving first Arena fired the visitors into Willert nets trio SUNDAY, JAN. 21 :C)6-400-4oublie Skating a 2.0 lead after only four ihiiir tiles Of 151hy in the middle MAP., to sink W a tf ord TUESDAY,. JAN. 23 an-, but Breathier came back $,,36-ititANALDERT6N to 8ltavo the leach to one OW The itensall-Zurich Combines "-- COMBINES- vs. s:28 mat*, added four Mort pOinta to theit EXETER motowkS otittha 111506d thtir tract (0 league leading total, Friday, by Please turn to page 7 whiPPitig the Watford Atonic Garage Sunday And Evening Service