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Limited CHEV OLDS ENVOY Phone 100 Exeter P090 6 The TimesAelYeeetes February 15, 190 Play 'Thursday and Friday rifeeseeZe .e COTTONS COMMENTS By BILL, BATTEN, Sports Editer Mohawks still have layoff hop face crucial tests here this . week Although there are only eight games remaining in the reg- ular schedule of the 01-IA Big Eight loop, they will be im- portant ones for the three bot- tom learns. The Mitchell lied Devils :and the Exeter Mohawks will have the most at stake as they battle for the final playoff spot, but the Centralia' Golden Hawks still. need one win to clinch a berth. The Tribe blasted. Clinton in action last week to tie the Red Devils, but Mitchell opened up another two-point lead, Tues- day, when they whipped the Tribe 9.5 in Mitchell, However, the Mohawks still have tom' games remaining to play, while the Mitchell club have only three, Two of each learns' games will be against each other and will provide a battle right to the wire, Centrali still have four games remaining to play and still need a win to clinch a berth. At present they are lour points ahead of Mitchell and six ahead of the Mohawks. but there is a possibility that there -could be a three-way tie for the last spot. if Mitchell wins two of their games and the Tribe win three of theirs, while Centralia lose all four, each team would end up with le points, .Pretest pendine There is a possibility that the fled Devils will get a boost for fr o n;1 the quest 1, play-off isAp spot, TT:r \u squad have been awarded a. protest against the Lucan-11- dean C o m b 4 n e s, but the league .has asked the 01-IA to reconsider their action. The protest arose ,out of the use of ineligible players, and the league requested the teams not to protest until a suitable agreement could be reaebed, The Combines were then giv- en permission to use the play- ers and let their wins stand, but the 011A still upheld the Mitchell protest. So, this would mean they would only have to win one inure game to move into a tie with Centralia and the Mo- hawks could go by them both with four wins. At any rate, the last week of the schedule will tell • the tale: Exeter plays two important ga es this week when they tackle Centralia on ThursdaY and host Mitchell on Friday. Then they travel to Mitchell for a Tuesday game and will have to work in their post- poned game with Centralia later. in the week. Cool ,cause Hawks ease in only outing trouble ? "EL GOOFQ" AT HI.S. BEST Vernon "Lefty" Gomez, former pitching star of the New York Yankees, commanded atten- tion from packed ball parks and opposing batters -throughout his career, but he bad trouble keeping ;the attention of his audience at the London Sports- IneWs Dinner last week, because they were doubled up with laughter most of the evening. Gomez. who is rated eighth among the left handers of all time, reeled off story after story 'of his humorous experiences and anecdotes in his. ,slew deed-pan. style. Although he has never been voted into the baseball hall of fame, Gomez proudly announced he had helped a number of other players make it —mostly batters who opposed him. Ile also modestly announced that it was ;through his efforts that Joe DiMaggio had become "a star. "They didn't know he could run backwards so fast until he played behind me," Gomez quip- ped. However. he admitted his pitching might „have shortened the careers of DiMaggio and :Charlie Keller as they sustained numerous injuries en trying to stop balls from going out of the parks, "But I made those guys look like outfield. ers," he added. "After all, anyone can catch a ball in the park—it's the ones that go out that are tough." Following the tradition of many pitching greats, Gomez hardly touched on his feats on the mound, but rather "bragged" about his amazing hitting and base running abilities. "My only weak- ness was a pitched ball," he said. He recalled making a small wager with the immortal Babe Ruth that he could collect five hits one season. He was on the mound opening day and appeared to have the bet cinched as he pound. ed out four singles. However, he never hit safely again in his next 31 games. Extolling his merits as a long-ball hitter, Gomez recalled hitting the amazing total of two doubles during his lengthy career and had a story concerning each, On the *first occasion he had de- cided he could take a lengthy lead-off clue to.. his speed on the base paths. "There I was a good foot end a half off second." he said. "and they picked me off," He took the lon.g walk back into the dug- out and sat dejectedly in one corner and manager Joe McCarthy came over and asked "What hap- pened out there?" "How the hell should I know?" Gomez replied, "I've never been there before," On the second occasion, Gomez had reached. third after a passed ball and told the third base coach he thought he could steal home. "Gomez," he said, it took you 13 years to get here--ewhat do you want to do, louse it up?" PROVED HE HAD POWER Gomez recalled stepping to the plate one time with a bunch of bats in his hand and after discarding all but one, proceeded to make like a big-leaguer by using it to pound the dirt out of his spikes. Unfortunately, he hit his ankle and as he hobbled around home plate the batter in the on- deck circle, Frank Crosseti, yelled' over, "I can see the headlines now. Lefty—Gomez finally shows power." However, Gomez did claim fame to the longest; home run ever hit in Yankee stadium. "Jimmy Foxx hit it off me," he proudly announced. "El Goofo", as he was known throughout the league, told about one season when he was having troubles agreeing to a contract. The Yank- ees wanted to cut his pay. but naturally Gomez chid not agree with them. He received a telegram from Foxx stating, "please sign---I'll pay the dif- ference." It really makes you feel good to get some- thing such as that from an opposing player," Gomez stated. The Yankee star, who had many feats to his credit, reported that some of them had actually been unearned. He recalled a world series game when the Yanks were leading by two runs and the opposition had the bases loaded, when a scream- ing line drive hit Tony Leezarie on the chest al- most knocking him down. However, the first base- man grabbed the ball and tagged his base and threw to second for the final out of the game. The morning editions of the papers carried the headlines, "Gomez forces double play". "YOU know," he said, Lezzarie still had the imprint of that ball on his chest when he showed up for spring training the following year and it was still clear enough to make it all out except the signature of the league's president. Another time he was at the plate and the pitcher threw two straight balls and the third base coach signalled for Gomez to take the next three pitches and the count went to three and two. He stepped in to take a crack at the ball, but the third base coach was still signalling for him to take the pitch. He stepped out and looked Again and even asked the. next batter to verify What he saw, and the coach was still ordering the take, 'even though the string was out. Gomez recalled that he was walked and the Yanks scored six runs that inning to, win the game. and the newspapers carried a headline. "Gomez' keen eye starts rally", During one game, Gomez was having. a little difficulty and the opposition were whizzing line drives all over the field for the first three innings, Ile said Tony Lezzarie called time and started run- ning towards the dugout. "Where are you going?" Gomez yelled to him. "I'm going to ask the man- ager to take the married men off the field," the first sacker called back. Gomez summed up his sun --z.is as a pitcher to clean living and a fast, friendly outfield. BATT'N AROUND—This year's t—Iner was Steeped in names, but we found most oi them to be very' shy individuals and it was difficult to get, too much out of them, However, we still have a few good stories left and will pass them along in the future and they come from such personalities es Mickey Walker, lack Melenbacher, Vic Wertz, John Barrow, Bart Starr, Alex Webster, Ross Buckle, 'i'ed 1<ennedy, Bob Paul, Barbara Wagner, Anne Heggteveit and Jed D'Ortizio bon't for. get the "Family Niglit4 this Saturday at the txtter arena, The kids' need and deserve your support, The Mitchell lied Devils blew a close game wide open in the third period in Mitchell, Tuesday, to skate to a 9.5 win .over the Exeter Mohawks and lake a step closer to a playoff berth in the Big Eight, The teams battled to a score- less tie in the first period and left the ice .with the score leading 2-2 at the end of the 'second,. However, the Red Devils scored four times in the first •six minutes of the final period and added three more in the last half, with two coming in the last minute. George Coveney, Jim East and Ernie Ahrens paced the at- tack with a pair of goals each, while Mery Neil, Ed Damage and Bob Cheros sniped sin- gles. Playing coach Boom Gravett was again high man for the Tribe, denting the twine for a hat-trick, bringing his goal out- put to eight for the last two games, Keith Stephens and Bob Mor- rissey accounted for the other Exeter goals. All Gravett's goals were scored in the last five minutes of the game while the Tribe were playing a man short with Keith Stephens sitting out a major penalty, The final tally came with just one second re- maining in the game. Despite the fact they were without the services of three regulars, the Lucan - Ilderton Combines hung up their 22nd straight win with a convincing 14.5 win over Clinton, Sunday. The Combines had only one regular defenseman and were missing their top scorer, Steve Storey, but still managed to dominate play in the contest. They opened up a 6.0 lead in the first period as Dennis Amacher's defense was non- existent at times, and in- creased their margin to 11.3 by the end of the second. Clinton managed to hold the Combines to three goals in the final period, but the visitors e ere content to coast home to their win. The O'Neil brothers paced the attack. with Stu triggering five goals' and Max contribute T h e Lucan ilderton Com- with his tally with six minutes bines came to within 42 sec- remaining, onds of having their • perlect Don Fletcher opened the record marred, Thursday, as overtime with a tally at the they edged the Centralia Got- 2:30 mark, but the pesky Gol- den Hawks 6.5 in overtime At den hawks came back to tie Exeter, it up two minutes later on -a The winning shot was erect- goal by Atidet. Sten to Steve otOrey, but it was It aepeared as if the Cenleae a bit of a fluke as it took a squed would hold the lead. ceao .butineu olt a stick and ere to the tie until Storey fired 'deflected Into the cage past the winner, Rick leemblay. The loop leaders started off in MP gear towards their Sinks hat,trick 21st W es they took a 2.0 lead. in the first period on a pair of tallies by 'tom Colungs, Hilt Cherpeta whittled the lead to one goal et the 3:22 mark ol: the middle stanza, but Max O'Neil tipped the count to 34 just 14 seconds later. Al Simpson finished off a play with the two Auclets at the 11:40 mark to send the teams into the third period With the score reading 3.,2 for the Cont. bines, iloWeVere George Xeli euteely tied it up at the 1:40 Mark .and Caine back with hie Wayne Pauli opened up a second of the night 10. Mill, two-goal margin at. the .ftss tines later to give the home- mark of the middle. frame, but stern a 4.3 lead. B I ob leutteniniller Whittled the They couldn't hold it 110W. lead to 24 with ..a goat :At the ever, and -Jack Parks -Wit the 7125 Mark and evened the gath0 .111te the Cxtra session count with his second of til t Big margin for leaders with markers Mitchell blast Tribe Fluke overtime goal keeps record intact The Exeter Mohawks, batt- ling .for the final playoff posi- tion in the Big Eight loop, un- leashed their most potent at- tack of the season, Friday, skating to an impressive 15-8 win over the Clinton Thunder Bolts in Exeter. The Tribe was full value for their win as they showed a new-found life in outhustling the Clinton crew. Playing coach Boom Gravett paced the attack for his cohorts as he dented the twine five times behind Dennis Amacher, the f ormer minor star. from Zurich. Jim MacDonald, playing on a line' with Gravett and Keith Stephens, added a hat-trick to the cause, while Stephens ac- counted for a pair of tallies, Frank Dalton, who used to play in the Toronto Maple Leafs chain, blinked the lieht on. two occasions and Bob Mor- rissey added a single. The final two goals were picked up by Lloyd Moore and Bob. Armstrong, called up from the focal juniors. The young- sters showed their usual hustle and set the example for their mates. Mel Parsons was , the main threat for the Clinton six, bang- ing home three goals behind Cord "Curly" Ebel, the Tribe's spare goalie, Len Arsencau picked up a pair and single- tons came off the sticks of Andy Chiasson, Wray Breadner and Matt Matthews. The Tribe jumped into a 5.0 lead in the first period .before Clinton scored with only one second remaining in the first stanza. They upped the count to 12- 5 by the end of the second and matched goals with the visit- ors in the final 20 minutes of play, big three, Harry Wraith and Ken Loft came up with a pair each, while singletons came off the sticks of Doe Fletcher and Scott McNair, Len Arseneau potted two goals for the out-played Thun- der Bolts, and single markers were regstered by Mel Par- sons Malt Matthews and Andy Beauchamp, in 'Seaforth win The Scaforth Towhees spot. ted the Mitchell Red Devils a 2.0 lead, Thursday, and came back to edge their visitors 3.2 10 an exciting game played in the Clinton arena, Jim East started the Red Devils off on the tight foot when he beat Bill German to give his club a.:'1.0 lead at the end of the first period of play. Tribe blast Clinton six in final Playing their second game in as many nights, the Mitchell Red Devils failed to gain any ground in their fight for a play- off position in the Big Eight when they dropped a 7-1 ver- dict to the Philipsburg Chevs in New Hamburg, Friday, Jerry Steffler and :Ron Diet- rich paced the attack, for the Chevs with two goals each, -while single tallies were pick- ed up by Bert Christnet, Toni Schneer arid Bud Doering. The homesters jumped into an early 2.0 lead in the first stanza before, Charlie Weatman whittled the leach to a single goal at the 10:11 mark of the first. Philipsburg came right back before the period ended and upped their lead to two goals again, and after being held scoreless in the middle frame, came tip with' retie tallies in the final 20 minutes to coast to their easy win. It was a cleanly played cons test with Only five minors heeded out, HOW to the Chevs, 'rho game was witnessed by over' 200 fans, most of them youngsters, who were admitted free. The LUcan-1.1dertoe Combines will find themselves in a bit of a predicament in their last two games in the i7IlA Big Eight loop, Usually, w h e n a team's pleyer has a chance to win the scoring race, the rest of the team, try to feed him to build up his total, especially when tlie game means nothing totheta. However, the Combines have three players battling for the league's scoring race and there is no way of telling what might happen, At present, playing - coach Max O'Neil has a five point lead over Steve Storey and a six-im. Mt margin over 1.'om Col- lings Although it probably won't happen, there are situations that could arise in the follow. ing games. Here's what could happen! O'Neil, as coach, apparently holds the upper hand and all 11 has to do is sit his two competitors on the bench for the remaining 'games and win the title. However, if lie decides this. will cause friction, he can work his lines as usual and hone to win the honest way. Unfortunately, Collings plays on the same line as Max and if he wants to win, he probably won't pass too many pucks to his coach if he figures O'Neil can scere, So, it could mean that the other members of the line could hold the power in his hands. Unless there is the usual ''brotherly squabbles" this would mean that Max could be the benefactor as his brother Stu is the third mem- ber of the line, However, this also brings up a problem, because if bot Col- lings and Max set up Stu in an effort to pick up enough assists to win, there is a chance that Stu could win the title because he is only 19 points back and if the line really elick,s as they have in the past, it is not an impossibility that he could amass that many points. The other story The third member of the race, Steve Storey, could also haveiiese problem in his last two games. He plays on a line with Don Fletcher and Harry Wraith and both these players are still in contention for the honors. So, if they agree to not pass the puck to Storey, he could be eliminated and then the other two could pass the whole pack. Hewever, as they fought for the title, it is doubtful if Wraith and Fletcher would stick to their pact to set each other up, so again there would be a problem. The final problem appears to arise only if the Combines' stars get greedy and win up with none o them scoring. This would then give Exeter's Boom Gravett a chance to cop the honors as he has four games in which to catch them. How- ever, he has 23 points to get and it is doubtful if he could do it. So, problem appears to be an internal one as far as the Combines are concerned and it could be interesting to see their final game, F r i d e y, against the Centralia Golden Hawks, night at the 11:52 mark, The :teams battled on even terms. for the remainder of the period ,and hito the third, he• fort aeutteturiiller, Seatorth'S playing pitmager, wired his- third goal of the night to .give Seafotth a 3-2 margin, The Red Devils fought hard. to get the equalizer, .but .Ger. Ger- man and his mates shut them out tO protest their slim lead before close .to 200 faits It was the fleet game 'that Seafoeth. heed played in Clin- ton, arid they made the move betel:tee eatvete] of their play ere reside in 'Clinton. Chevs drub Devils 7-1 The licns011-Zurich Combines snapped their losing streak and started on another win skein all in one week, as they posted three straight wins to practically wrap up first place in the Shamrock junior loop. After watching their lead dwindle to a mere three points, the loop leaders scored two thrilling victories over Wat- ford in a home-and-home se- ries and came back to drub Lambeth in their third outing. The win boosted their lead up to nine points and they have only two games remaining in the schedule, H-Z's late rally sinks Watford For the second night: in o row, the Ilensell-Zurich Com- bines came up with a thrilling third period rally to edge the fourth place Watford Atoms, Playing in Watford, Saturday the Atoms had a 6.4 lead in the early minutes of the final period, but the loop leaders scored four unanswered meek- ers after that to post an 8.0 margin. Bill Shaddick was the spark. plug for .the winners with a hat- trick and Earl "Cuss" Wagner banged in a pair. Single mark- ers were picked up by Gerard Murray it-let'lio .Bell. lt,Iarold Jacques and Jack McAllen dented the twine three times for the Atoms and Pete Sister, Larry Burns and Lyle Moffatt picked up the °I'lll'ehts' e'Atoms moved into a 2.1 lead in the first period and af- The visitors started. the bar- ter splitting three goals with rage early and opened up a the Combines in the second pc- commanding 7-1 lead at the end riod, took their 6.4 lead at the of the first period. The Hawks 1:27 mark in the final, outscored them in the last two frames, but couldn't overcome entry, etrybig lead by the Lambeth Leigh and Hugh Brookes paced the attack for the 10- man :Lambeth squad., Leigh beating Les Howard on four occasions and Hugh denting the twine for the hat-trick. 'led Minhinnick popped two in the net and Joel Brown and Bile Myles accounted for the other ones. The Hawks, playing without Lloyd Moore and Bob Arm- strong, who quit their team- mates, split their goals evenly with 'Bill Heywood, Jack Steel)- _ The winners were full value an, Bob Jones, Gerald Mc. for their win as they jumped Bride, Fred Lamb, Bev Irvine on their opposition early in the and Dale Tervey sinking sin- contest and never slackened off gees. until the fleet whistle. The locals also picked up 10 They out-scored the London of the 16 minor penalties hand- entry 3-1 in each of the first cd out in the contest. In the only other game, Exe- ter Hawks failed in their bid to take over sole possession. of second when they lost an 1.1.7 tilt to Lambeth. The win The Exeter junior hawks boosted L a in beth's playoff failed in their bid to Lake over hopes as they are now only sole possession of second place live points back of the Watford in the Shamrock loop, 'rues- Atoms. clay, whet, they wilted under a strong Lambeth attack to drop en 11.7 verdict in Exeter. Five score pair to sink Lambeth The league - leading Hensall- Zurich Combines scored their third straight win in a period of only four clays when •t h e y trounced Lambeth 11-4 in Lu- can, Monday. The Hawks have two games this week in which to pass Strathroy for the number two spot as they travel to Watford for a Saturday Hit and host the surging Rockets here, Tuesday. They complete the schedule the followine * Friday when they again host Strathroy. The two games could decide the second playoff spot. Combines snap streak post three straight wins, two • period s .and. came hack with five big tallies in the fillet stanza, while holding Lambeth to a pair, Steve Kyle, Pill Shaddiek, Earl. Wagner, Gerard .Overholt and Gerry -Chapman shared the honors in the attack as they each dented the twine on two occasions, Brian. Bonthron accounted for the other goal. Wayne Elayball. beat Dennis Mock fora pair in the last pe- riod to pece Lambeth, while Jim Walker and Bill Alorris had a single each. Spree in first sinks Hawks However, Earl Wagner re- duced the lead to one goal at the 2:11 mark and then Jacques and Shaddick scored within eight seconds shortly after the mid-way mark to take the lead, Murray Bell fired the insur- ance marker at the 14:46 mark, Murray Bell's second goal of the night at the 19:31 mark of the final, period gave the Hen- sall-Zurich Combines a come- from-behind 5-4 win over Wat- ford in Hensall, Friday. The Atoms appeared to have — Please lure to page 7 Bell's late score provides margin Call JB At 1863