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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-03-01, Page 4.. . --COTTON'S .COMMENT$ ;riy 0114 BATTEN, Sports Editor Vidre wadi I ‘ t° DEMI '56. Dodge . REGENT 4 DOOR SEDAN Custom radio, whitewall tires, two-tone finish, '56 Oldsmobile 88 4 DOOR HARDTOP Custom radio, automatic transmission, whitewall tires, '55 Chevrolet DELUXE 4 DOOR SEDAN C u s t o in radio, whitewall tilts, two-tone finish. '54 Chevrolet 2 DOOR SEDAN Heater, signals, motor over- hauled, ell ros LIMITED CititAe OLDS 01\10? Phone 23St660 Exelet games. it was the poorest season the Mohawks. nave had for several years, even though they were playing in a much lower category than they have competed in for a number of seasons. On paper this club looks as good as any in the; .league. They had ..()OM Gravett and Red 1. tier, players who have played senior "B" and intermediate "A,"; Dick Bedard, Keith Stephens. and Bob Baynham, who have all toiled with good. Ignior "B" teams as well as intermediate with the T4ibe; Jim Russell, Jim MaeDonald and Bill Pin- ebnbe, who have all played several years in the gear minor setup and with the Mohawks. There were a few "rookies" on the club who haven't had too much experience, but it would be expected that these other seven or eight players would be good enough to boost them along and make the Tribe a winning combination. „ However, such was not the ease! ..- The Tribe's poor showing could be partially blamed on sickness and injury to key personnel, but from what we have seen, it was much more a.-; tack of desire and interest on the part of most of .the players. They failed to show up for •prac- tie,e$: and although we missed several games, we dorP recall seeing one where all the players were giving their best efforts. Their lack of interest was certainly pointed up in the last few games when juniors had to be brought up to complete the lineup and especially in the last game against Mitchell when four Hawks were dressed because only five regulars showed. up to play. We'll admit that some may have had ex- cuses, but we doubt very much if they all did. However, it is not really ou.r intention to hold. a post mortem on this year's play, but rather to look ahead to next year. We have nothing but commendation for coach Boom Gravett and his executive of Neil Campbell, Stan Whiting, Ted Chaffe and Harry Mailers on the amount of time and trouble they spent in giving Exeter an inter- mediate club this year. But on the other hand, we think they will agree with us that they were actually banging their heads against a brick wall, because apparent- ly the fans and many of the players aren't in• terested in intermediate hockey in Exeter. Although the tribe apparently finished in the black, thanks mainly to a successful draw' during the season, the arena lost money because there was nothing left of the gate to split after the referees had been paid their salaries. WAS iT WORTH THE •:EFFORT? As far as, the Exeter Mohawks are concern. the 1961-62 hockey season came to a sudden halt last week as they failed to make the group playoffs in the aliA Big Eiight loop. With only five wins to their credit in ',O. Clinton six stop Devils The Clintoh l'hunderlio11.6. who are laecating aceUstorned Thiety.eight Members of the to coming front behind, seered South Huron Junior ratIners time times in the last ten and Junior triscitute chartered' minutes id Mitchell, TnesdaY, a bus for the LH) while self. to overeetne a one-goal deficit oral employees from 'hickey and pick up a VS win. _Beverages motored by cat'. creditable They extended the Clinton squad to the full three games and this northern crew are good enough to go aLl the sway Puzw zle4 lookS are being worn these days by the Lucan, IldettOn Cembines and the Zurich Hustlers. The Combines. won '43 straight and then lost their last alightBig game to poll their record, while the 010160 received the same treatment in the 4eter rec leagtte basketball, first thing we know, the $ff Nritherp wj.1,1 lift they tan beat t* SEE HAWKS WIN SeVeral persons from the. area travelled to Detroit, Sat. today, to watch the: Chicago Black Hawks whip the Red Wings 6.1 in a regularly sched- uled NItL fixture. FORMER ST. MARYS STAR , Dusty Aldis EXPERIENCED PUCKSTER . , Ray Stothers -Z entry finish on top . start series with locals Seafori Com ines Hawks drop tea third a The. Times-Advocate, Mach 1, 11'62 WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT? - It has been pointed out to us that intermed- iate hockey is necessary to give the juniors some desire to better themselves and 'a `place for them to play after they graduate from the Hawks. We will agree with this argument, but we wonder if they are really interested in playing hockey themselves. During the past season three or four have quit the team for a duration because or squabbles with their coach or manager and they appear to have the idea they are doing the manager a big favor by playing for him and they -expect him to get down on bended knee to. coax Allem back into the lineup. We also know that Boom Gravett has asked some of them to play for the Tribe on different occasions and they came up with some rather poor excuses and sometimes even failed to show up after telling him they would be on hand. As long as we continue to have our demo- cratic freedoms, a man can certainly choose whether or not he is going to play hockey or any thingelse, but it our opinion that a fellow who tries out for a team and makes it should consider : it his duty and responsibility to attend all prac- tices and games throughout the entire season whether he is a first stringer or a third stringer. After all, the coaches and managers of these teams are giving freely of their time and energy and in some cases it is even costing them money, and it's high time the players realized that it is they who are getting the favor. LET'S THINK IT OVER It is still a long time until next season, but now is as good a time as any to think about it, If the present executive and coach are willing to try it again, we suggest they take Steps to ensure they will, get better support from both the inter- mediate and junior players. We even suggest that each player post a bond, such as the OHA requires from a team to ensure they will complete the schedule, This Might • only be for $25.00 but it would make the players realize they have something invested in the team. If they missed a practice or a game without giving the coach a good reason beforehand, they would forfeit a certain portion of this amount and perhaps on the third offense would lose the whole amount. This appears to be a drastic step, but .From • the experiences picked up this year, it may be the • only solution, in summing up, we should point out that we have not been expounding on all] the players who play for the Mohawks and the Hawks. There are some very faithful members on both teams who call be counted on, but unfortunately, there are too many who don't realize the seriousness of their conduct and so some type of stringent measures must be taken if hockey is ever to flourish In Exeter again. BATT'N AROUND—We send out congratu. Wiens this week to Dusty l3urns and his tlxeter bantams who have gained a berth in the WOAA finals. This Legion sponsored squad has yet to taste defeat this season and we hope a few more fans will turn out to boost the kids iii their efforts to bring a charnpionship to Exeter Red. Loader and his wife, Maxine, still have their 'pee Waes in the WOAA playoffs and also deserve your Siipptut Just in case nut readers can't figure out why We mentioned Red's wife, We are happy to polpt out s ie is the energetic manager of this team of young nucksters — Although they were 00000 it playoffs, 'Cy Blommaert's tn14get4 to 4 With the first same complet- 'd in the three playoff series in the ,(X14, Big Eight, the Sea- forth Towners have recorded. the only upset as, they whipped the Centralia Golden Hawks. The Centralia crew placed first in the four-team playoff And were faverites to polish off the, Towners, but the pesky Seaforth crew skated to an 84 win in Exeter, Tuesday, to give them a one-game edge. The, Towners could be classed as .slight .favorites in the se- ries. now as they play the next taco games on their home ice. '['he Centralia crew were to get the extra game, but lack of lee time at Exeter forced them to play in Seaforth twice and then return to Exeter to finish. off the series, In the other series in the homehrew clesSifitatieth the Clinton Thunderbirds came through with an "expected" win. over the Mitchell Red Devils, but had to come from behind and may have trouble cleaning up their opposition as quickly as expected, However, Clinton play their next two games at home and The Luean - Ilderton Com- bines grabbed a one-game lead in their best-of-seven series with the Philipsburg Chevs in Lucan, Friday, whipping the Chevs 8-3 in a game marred by four fights. Th e Combines dominated play in the first two periods and had the Chevs at a com• plete stand-still. However, the Philipsburg entry came to life in the final stanza, hut it was too late to catch the Big Eight loop winners. Steve Storey and Harry Wraith paced the attack for the winners as they each den- ted the twine twice behind Philipsburg's Fred. C u r r a h. Terry Hodgins, Tom Collings, Max O'Neil and Walt Stothers picked up the others. Joe Grygaski, a towering centrernan recently added to the Chevs' lineup, blinked the light twice and Jerry Steffler picked up a single for the los- ers. The Chevs' defense was al• most non-existent •in the first period, and the Combines took full advantage of the breaks to open up a 4-0 lead shortly af- ter the mid-way mark. Grygaski finally put the Chevs on the scoresheet at the 3:46 mark of the middle stan- za but the Combines came back with' 'k pair of their own to grab a 6.1 lead as they started play in the final stanza. The Combines upped their lead to 8-1 in the first two minutes and coasted to their win, although they allowed the Chevs a pair in the final 20 minutes, Plenty of action The Iwo teams showed the 200 fans that the series could be a real battle before it's de- Centralia came back with a pair in the late minutes of the period and appeared to be on the way, but the stubborn Sea- forth six held them off the sheet in the last period and banged home a pair Of insur- ance goals to record their win, Ray Scoins, Bill McLaughlin and Bob Beutenmiller paced the onslaught with a pair of goals wit on Centrelia's Rick Tremblay, while Doug ROW- cliffe and Bob Finder picked up singles. ilex Killen banged in a couple for the out-played Golden Hawks and Claude Audet and playing.coech Jack Seymour rapped in a single each, should be favored to oust the Mitchell six in three straight, Combines roll The league champion "sum- "Weston .Combines had little trouble polishing, off Philips- burg Chers in the opener of their best-of-seven series, but fans learned they would see plenty of .40.1011 before the se- ries was settled as three fights broke out in Wean, Friday. Both teams are playing at full intermediate "B" strength and the two. new additions in. the Lucan - Weston lineup should help them considerably, Dusty Aldis, a speedy wing- er who has seen action with St. Marys Lincolns and Strat- ford Indians is just getting back into shape after being out of action with a broken leg picked up last season. The other new recruit is Bay Stothers, an experienced puckster who fitted in, well with. Aldis and Toni -Collings on one of the Combines' high- Powered lines, The third game of this series will be played in Lucan, Tues- day, with games this .Frida and next in New Hamburg. elided as they engaged in Um fights amongst themselves an one with the fans. Tom Collings and Jim Doe ing started the fireworks wit a brief duel that netted tiler roughing penalties in the dyin; minutes of the first period an' Collings and former Mohawk Dave Weber engaged in a free swinging duel in the second, Weber charged into Calling near the Combines' box an. when Collings gave him an el bow in retaliation, Weber charged again driving the butt- end of his stick into Collings' stomach, Both then started swinging and when they were separated, Weber was assessed. 12 minutes and. Collings picked up five, Collings then engaged in his third sortee in the final period when he started a duel with Alvin Sararas. Both players were sent to the dressing rooms, Weber with a major and Collings with a major and a misconduct, picked up for getting his second major of the night, All told, the Combines picked up 32 of the 61 minutes in pen- alties, but scored two goals with a man advantage, while the Oilers only picked up one while the Combines were a man short. Fights with fan In the final period, . Fred Currah took exception to having part of a stick thrown at him by a fan, and skated to the sidelines and handed out his own punishment with a punch in the mouth, The fan was ordered out of II" sink by the referees, but two OPP officers merely moved him to the other side of the rink. Clinton six win final league tilt The Clinto n Thunderbolts clinched fourth spot in the OHA Big Eight loop, Thursday, when they whalloped the Mitch- ell Red Devils 6-1 in Clinton in the last game of the sched- ule, A win would have given the Red Devils fourth spot, but they were no match for the power- ful Clinton crew on their home ice. The two teams will now face each other in the semi- final series of the four-Learn playoff. Captain Len Arseneau paced the attack for the winners as he beat Bill McNaught three times in the Mitchell nets. Bud Kelly, Andy Beauchamp and Howie Cousins accounted for the others.. Mery Neil was the lone Mitchell m a rksm an, spoiling Dennis Amacher's shutout bid at the 6:47 mark of the final stanza, The homesters jumped into a slim 1-0 lead in the first period, but came oack with four unanswered markers in the 'middle frame to take a commanding 5-0 lead. .Neit's tally cut the margin slightly, but Clinton were never in any serious trouble and • coasted to their win in the OHA BIG EIGHT Last week's scores: Clinton 7—Mitchell 1 Final Standings NV 1, "1- P Lucan- fld erton 23 1 5 46 Philipsburg 17 7 41 N ("entrails, 11 12 A 22 Clinton IC 14 n 211 :4ea.fortri 3 15 A 18 Mitchell 8 16 n Is Exeter S ii A 15 PLAYOFF DATES Series "A" (Best-of-seven) Lui:ari-TIderton 8—Philipaburg NV 1, F A t.ucaii-Tldorton 1 A 6 3 IThilinsburg A 1 3 8 Series "B" I Rest-of -114 e) Seaforth 8—tent/Alia 4 1., Ssaforth 1 A Ceritralia. A 1 Series "C" (Best-of-ft( a) Clinton 7-6tt teh ell S 1( 1. lin too . I A 6fItchell (1 '1 Game's this week: Lhur-d r, March 1 t. entrants Seaforth Mitchell at Clinton Friday, Starch 2, LIK(4/1-/Iderton PhIftpalmeg March A Mitelirill at Cliiqen Centralia at 1--.'oaforth Philip/burg at Lateen- (I/lei-toe as ednesday, Match 7 80a:forth at ("Outran:I PEE WEE. tobUtSt LcAout This ssook's sceros: trassks 5. llanger, n 1,cfr, 3, Mbhat, Ica " Cariaflienf 1,‘ ings Standinde .Mseastis Leib iss winks csistasit.See Rankers Future satires: R.eisss.'itan*ess "At tti,tu ),(,5......c.:4,14.aito 3!'$, /iftit'k in,nrl---'Wings l'rt65114.Wkt 11 C116..-.S441a (11.0 to „ 7 '6,64)10 11 :30—$erptt, -4+4 $ „t.-.e4rpl The liensall-Znrich Combines wrapped up the Shamrock title last week despite a loss to the surging Stratliroy junior itoe. kets, and now meet the .Exeter junior Hawks in a best- ef-five semi-final series, The Combines, who grabbed the league lead in the second week of play, were never heeded despite the attempts of tirie.11awks and the StrathroY c r ew. The Rockets finished off their schedule with three straight wins last week and will be strong favorites to polish off Watford in the other semi-final series. The Atoms gained the final berth over the Lambeth entry despite a loss to the tail-end• ers rn Watford Saturdey, How- ever, Lambeth were drubbed twice last week and missed the playoff by a mere two points. Tight series The season record between he • Combines and the local Hawks shows that their best-of- five series should be a nip and tick affair and could go all lie way, During the past season the lawks were the only team in he league to hold a margin over the league leaders, win- ning four and tying one in their sight meetings. However, the Combines acts"- Illy out-scored the Hawks 51-39 'n their eight games, posting hree one-sided wins, The first game of the series vas played in Hensall, Wednes- day, and the teams return to Exeter, Friday, for the second game of the series. They turn right around and go hack to .Hensall for a Saturday night fixture and the other two games, if needed, will he played hit Exeter, Tuesday and in Hen- salt, Wednesday. Manager Derry Boyle reports most of his Hawks in top shape final period by adding one more to their total, Clinton also picket; up nine of the 13 penalties, with. Bob Brown getting nicked for four. However, the -.ed Devils could not take advantage of the extra man advantage- SHAMROCK JUNIOR Last week's scores: S t rat h roy 11— 1,ambetb 6 Strathroy 8-11-ensall 2 I-tensall 17--Lambeth 4 Strathroy 7—Exeter 5 Lambeth 5—Watford 4 Final Standings W .11-1-teria-t,sat rl lo-yZurich . 2f1 'Watford 18; In -Exeter it Lambeth ............ IA 1.9 Playoff dates: SERIES "A" Rest-of-fire) March 2 fenaall-Zurich at Motet Pr • turday, March 3 Exetex at I4ensall-Zurich Toesdio , March 6 Hen oa t:till -17,1 et,lorei ,811 arayt) icier rt edriesda,y, 61arch to:etor at 1i-email-Zurich tlf necrisar SERIES "V (Rest-of•n re) 'T hut/day. March 1 -Wa.tford at Stratbrov Nat 61:11-01) fl i'-itrathrm at (1 at fOrd Memrlay. March 5 'Watford at Strathroy 6iarcli 6 Strathroi at Watford If necessary) '11111r-ilac. March 6 Ii °store at Sarni b noy MIDGET . 63'' JUVENILE HOUSE LEAGUE This week's acores; K-W ,Reit4 err A. Mop, S tatentlinge 11V T4 .1r 1114 0 1 2 2 for the series, but Bob Jones and Lloyd Moore are still limp- ing from recent leg injuries. Pot 12 in third. to oust Lambeth The. Shamrock league cham- pion .Honsall-Zurich Combines finished off their regular sched- ule with a resounding 17-4 win over Lambeth in Hensall, Fri- day. The winners were leading 54 when they stepped on the ice for the final period, but they came up with one of their most potent attacks in that frame to ram home 12 unan- swered markers. Brian Bonthron, Steve Kyle and Brian Vickery paced the onslaught with four goals each, Bill Shaddick added three and Gerard Overholt notched a pair, Shaddick was the top point man as he assisted on seven goals to pick up 10 points for his night's efforts. Meet Morris and Wayne Hay- ball blinked the light twice each for the hapless Lambeth crew who watched their play- off hopes die with the loss, Exeter lose final to Strathroy six The Exeter junior Hawks fin- ished off the regular schedule with a 7.5 loss to Strathroy in a "nothing" contest in the Exeter arena, Friday, The Hawks had no chance to move any higher than third and the Rockets coulego no higher than second no matter what the outcome was, The visitors wasted little DRAIN TILE 4"-455, per M Feet Del'd. 5"—$85. per M Feet Del'd. 6"—$110. per M Feet Del'd. 7"—S155. per M Feet Del'd. 8".---$185. per M Feet Del'd. Above prices based on 1000 Linear Feel, in full truckloads or more, delivered within 35 mile radius of our plant. For detailed prices on all sizes tile, either delivered or F,O,B. our plant at Elginfield, write or phone RYDALL BRICK & TILE LTD., RR 2, Londoo — Phone 227.4721 Lucan. Arena Schedule FRIDAY, MARCH 2 TUESDAY, MARCH 6 8:30,—HENNSALL.ZURfal COMBINES vs. tX0TV JUNIOR HAWK'S fPoesili fato6 of pi.iyortar~.. eecossity) time in taking the .offense in the game as they (melted tip a 3-1, lead in the first period, They tipped their lead to 44, hut eon into a rash af‘ penalties in the middle frame and watched the liawks come back to knot the count at 4-4, Diming the second period, the Rockets played continually with A man short as they were called for several infractions. However, after spotting the Hawks a 5.4 lead in the early minutes of the final period they came back with - three straight unanswered markers to post their win. Two of the goals were on breakaways as the Hawks' defense was caught out of position, Ken Fadelle, 'who played say, etal. games with the senior Rockets, fired four tallies for the winner s, while Terry Bourne, Jack Pearce and Bill Thomas added singles, Dale Turvey was the top threat for the locals with three goals, while Toni Sinclair and Jack Stephen picked up one each, Strathroy entry trip loop leaders The Strathroy junior Rockets pulled to within three points of the Hensall - Zurich Combines when they whipped the loop leaders 6.2 in Strathroy, Thurs- day. However, the Rockets had no chance of coming much closer as both teams had only one game remaining, Harvey Thomas paced the at. tack with a pair of goals against the Combines, while Bob Bartholomew, John Mor- gan, Bill Westgate and Ken Fa- delle picked up singles. Gerard Overholt and. Earl. Wagner were the lone Hensall- Zurich marksmen. '59 Chevrolet BISCAYNE 4 DOOR SEDAN Automatic transmission, custom radio, wheel discs, one Owner. '58 Chevrolet BEL AIR 4 DOOR SEDAN Automatic transmission, a one-owner ear. '58 Pontiac STRATOCHIEF 4 DOOR SEDAN. Custom radio, whitewall tires, two-tone finish. CE .ploydowns, Ireton cop openers • • • • • p • L-1 six drub Chevs, fisticuffs mar opener Towners pull upset, whip Centralia 8-4 The Seaforth Towners sur- The victory gave the Chaos prised the Centralia Golden crew a 1-0 lead in their best- Hawks in Exeter, TuesdaY, of-five series with the Red skating to an 8-4 win and tak• Devils. ing a 1.0 lead in their best-of- five Big Eight playoffs. Iiewie Cousins and Mel Par- sons started the Clinton crew After spotting the Centralia off on a flying start as they crew an early goal in the first rapped in a goal before three period, the Towners came back minutes had been played in with three of their own and the first period. upped their lead to 6-2 by the mid-way mark of the middle stanza. However, Jim East dented the twine at the 4:05 mark for Mitchell and Keith Ahrens knotted the count at the 16:35 mark as the Red Devils fought their Way back into the con- test. Speedy Andy Chaisson gave Clinton a 3-2 lead at the end of the first when he beat Me- Naught in the dyints minutes and the teams played scoreless hockey until mid-way through the ,middle period ,s.‘ hen Roger Pauli .scored for Mitchell, only to have Wray Breathier equal- ize it and give Clinton a 4.3 lead. at the end of the second, Keith Ahrens scored his Sec- ond and third goals of the right in the early minutes of, the final period to give Mitchell their slim lead, but Len Arse. it was a roughly played IA between the two clubs and Sea- neau, Wray Breadner and Andy (Thaisson came hack with goals forth picked up 12 of the 22 in the last ten minutes to pull penalties handed out; mi- the game out of the fire to .. Mits. Clinton. F A ; 4 4 ; ... .. Hockey scoreboard L P 3 42 4 in 4 25 I 26 2 211 1<-15 - Bearers OOP ba ,! Aces ..... Future genies: Nioncia v, Match C p.m —Otte8heeac‘ e,14ie.s I . 11‹-IV BANTAM 116USE LEAGUE This Week'd scores: "' t, tit rsianiems 4, 7 inga Ag (12.1 Rotla:ea 5, 1-1kOlf-. 0 R .1 14 la Y t1 1 7 1('111.0R 2 1 5 PEIlleoirl$ Biome:al rif tura Oatmeal Wednef,c11,1f. M.0,rcli 6 p Wings t, 14*K si • p M.--Phantoms vs. 1.86/110,4t2 ita ndings 11 COMMAND PLAYOFFS Clinton oust Hawks, pot six in final frame The Clinton Thunderbolts lead in the first period on a pair of goals by Al Simpson urinated the Centralia. Golden Hawks from the RCAF tout-and a single by Claude Duval a mand playoffs, Sunday, over- and upped the count to 5-0 be- fore the midway mark of the coming a five-goal lead with middle stanza on another goal six tallies in the final period to by Duval and one by George post Kelly. Playing a 7-6 wl beforeL a crowd esti- Clinton finally beat Rick mated at over 800 in the Clinton Tremblay at the 10:25 mark, arena, the Thunderbolts were but a "new" team when they took tits a gave fo ur Jim Sullivan nCi nnut tr ea s. to the ice in the final period later and it appeared to be and came up with their surg- enoughflowevfeoir%l t cielinGtoonldentool -1k ,ekorns, ing attack, . Centralia jumped into a 3-0 ole fintecaoin period cand had i control the game in the the score knotted by the 14:34 mark and scored the clincher at the 15:49 mark. Andy Beauchamp and Wray Breadner scored a pair each before the mid way mark to pull to within one, goal and then Mel Parsons tied the score at 6.6 on. a play with Beauch- amp and Trude). Speedy Andy Chiasson turned out to be the hero when he. teamed up with Kelly to beat Tremblay with the winner. It was a rough tilt between the two RCAF squads and Cen- tralia picked up 12 of the 19 penalties,-an one of them a 10- minute misconduct to Yves Ca- td ,Each team picked up a pair of goals with a man advantage. 8:30—HENSALL-ZURICH COMBINES vs. EXETER JUNIOR HAWKS (SoOond nettles of boa t-of five playoffs) SATURDAY, MARCH 3 (Please Mite time changea) 124::,0-8:56,—Plgure Skating 2180.4 t50-..-Public Skating 8;00-10:00---PublIc Skating SUNDAY, MARCH 4 27 MOO -4:80--Pubfie Ska flag X 1 '1