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ay BILL BATTEN, Sport4 Editor
The lieneall-Zerich Combines
and the Strathroy junior
bets finished their best-of-five
series in Heusall, Saturday.
but didn't settle a thing.
It was the deciding match of
their Shamrock final and
ended up in a 0-6 tie to give
them each two wins, Iwo loz—
ses and tie in their „eyries.
So, they will play a home-
and home series this weekend
with total eoals to settle the
championship and send the
winners into OHA competition.
First game of the series will
he played in Strathroy on Fri ,
day and will return to Hensel]
for a Saturday night fixture.
Saturday night's game was
Played before 1,100 in Hensatt,
the largest crowd to ever Wit-
ness hoe ey action in the small
The Exeter Legion bantams
Won a battle but lost the war,
Friday, when they came up
with as-4 win over Strathroy
but dropped their OMHA two-
game series 9-7.
Playing on (heir home ice,
the kids managed to edge the
Strathroy entry but couldn't
overcome the three-goal edge
the visitors carried into the
game following their 5-2 win
in Strathroy, Thursday,
The visitors took a 1-0 lead
in the game in Exeter when
Chris Robinson beat Callum
McPhee at the 10:45 mark of
the 15,minute first period.
The local kids didn't get roll-
ing until the middle frame but
they threw a scare into their
guests when they did.
Bob Storie knotted the count
at the 2:00 minute mark when
teammate Bob Burns passed the
puck from behind the net right
'The surprising Seaforth Town-
ers, who finished in fifth place
in the regular Big Eight sched-
ule, continue to pull major up-
sets as they have now moved
into a 2.1 lead over Clinton in
the homebrew final series.
The Towners dropped (he
first game in Clinton last week.
but came hack to post a 5.2
win on their own ice Thursday
to tic the best-of-five series
and move ahead with a close
2-1 win right in. Clinton, Tues-
day.
Playing without the ,services
of their high scoring manager
Bob Beuttenmiller who broke
his arm in the -first game, the
Towpers received stellar net-
minding from Bill German in
their one-goal margin,
Larry Dale started them off
Nt,.hen he Completed a three-way
play with Rott Date and Bill
Henderson after only two min-
utes of play in the first period.
The teams battled on even
grounds throughout the re-
mainder of the stanza and un-
til the 14:47 mark of the mid-
dle frame when Ray Crozier
gave them a 2-0 bulge.
German continued to kick
Don O'Brien's Zurich bantams
squeaked into the OMHA semi•
finals, Friday when they held
Alvinston to a 2.2 tie in Hen•
sail to take their home-and-
home series 5-4.
The team will now face
Plattsville in a best-of-three se-
ries for the right to enter the
final round in "D" competition,
First game of the series will
be played hi the Hansen arena
this Friday at 8:30,
This is the towels .time In
six years that clubs from the
two centres have played
against each other in OMHA
competition, and Zurich holds
a. 2-1 edge in those previous
three meetings.
Playing in Masan last Fri-
day, the Zurich squad jumped
into a 1.0 lead in the first pe-
riod on a goal by :Robert Ban-
nister, but Alvieston's flashy
young Doug Dundas answered
it in the middle frame to put
the teams an even terms.
Paul nesse, who performs re-
gularly for the pee woes, gave
Zurich a 2-t lead near the mid-
way mark of the final period,
.community, and they intik,
their presence felt throughout
tit game as they took excep-
tion Ur meny of the referees'
decisions.
The game started at
but wasn't etimplelPd until
three and a half hours later as
the ice had to be cleared sev-
eral times from debris thrown
by the tans.
After several hensall-Zurich
goals, rubbers and papers
were thrown onto the ice and
the referees were targets for
a few egg throwers, although
none hit their mark.
It was a real heart-breaker
for the Combines, who watched
the "lockets send the game in-
to overtime wills a marker with
only In seconds left in regula-
tion play.
onto Starie's stick in front of
Ron Pearce and the young
winger made no mistakes,
The locals jumped into a 2.1
lead three minutes later al-
though they were playing a
Titan short. Bob Burns picked
up the face off et centre and
flipped the puck ahead to get
a clear tweak oil the net.
However, Robinson e a in e
hack with his second of the
night at the 6:29 mark to tie
the tilt and then flashy young
Alex Campbell skated around
two Exeter defenders at the
7:10 mark to give Strathroy
3-2 lead in the game.
But the locals never gave
up and speedy Bill Allen knot-
ted the count on a play with
:Bob 'Bening and then Bob
Grayer and Stogie teamed up
in the last minute with Grayer
potting the goal to give Exeter
a 4.3 lead in the game.
out everything tl e Thueder-
bolts threw his way until the
17:35 mark of the final period
when Milt Black spoiled his
shutout bid on a play with
George Robertson.
Clinton replaced Dennis
Amacher with an extra forward
in ' the dying minutes but
couldn't beat German for the
equalizer,
Close to 00 retie sat in to
watch the teams in a rough
contest that saw Seaforth pick
up eight. of the 14 penalties
handed out,
Seaforth victory
ties puck series
The Seaforth Towners knotted
their series at one game each
with Clinton Thunderbolts,
Thursday, when they skated to
a 5-2 win on their home ice.
They jumped into a 2.0 lead
in the first period on goals by
Ray Scoins and Bill Pinder
and increased their margin to
three when Pinder scored his
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but Dundas came back with his
secant of the night to pull Al-
vinston right back into the
game,
However, Zurich put up a
strong defense in the last 10
minutes and backed by the
stellar performance of netmm-
dee Gary Geoffrey. hung to the
tie to 'take the series,
Win opener
The Zurich squad took their
one-goal margin into the game
following their 3.2 victory in Al-
vinston, Wednesday.
Young Paul Hesse started
them off on the right foot in the,
first period with a 1.0 iced, but
Alvieston came beet: to grab a
2-1 lead at the end of the sec-
ond on goals .by Doug Dundas
and Doug McLean,
Ken Westlake pulled Zurich
back Mite even terms at the
8:25 mark of the final period
and the teems battled that way
.until Barry Mork picked up a
loose puck and raced in all
Atone to fire the winner with
only two seconds remaining; iii
the game,
Overholt hot
Gerard OV.erholt, who scored
trice tunes, started the Com-
bines off with a marker at. the
6:25 mark of the opening pe-
riod and. they Managed to hold
it for ten minutes when Terry
Boerne knotted the count for
the visitors.
The llensell-Zorich crew had
two twee in the box when the
goal was scored and Bourne
came right hack IS seconds
later with one of the Mayers
still in the box to give Streth-
my it 2.1 lead at the end of tlee
stanza.
Al the 9:33 mark of the mid-
dle period they opened up a
two-goal spread \then Willie
Eche finished all a play with
Bourne and Bill Westgate, but
the cheering bad hardly sub-
Strathroy tightened up their
defense in the last period and
held Exeter off the sheet and
came back to tie the game
when Dick Pearson beat Rick
Benning with only four min-
utes remaining in the game,
Exeter's Bob Stogie tallied
his second of the night 30 sec-
onds later to give the locals
their margin in the game, but
they couldn't manage to cut
into .Strathroy's two-goal mar-
gin on the series.
Campbell stars
Flashy Alex Campbell,. Strath.
ray's centre man on the first
line was too much for the Exe-
ter squad in the series opener
in Strathroy, Thursday, as lie
blinked the light four times to
pace them to their 5.2 win.
The stick-handling ace gave
them a 1.0 lead in the first pe-
riod and gave them a two-goal
spread in the second before
Bill Allen whittled the lead to
2-1 at the end of the second.
However, Campbell picked up
two more in the final and Chris
Robinson added a single while
Exeter's lone answer came off
the stick of .Bab Burns.
SERIES COMMENTS — Exe-
ter ree director Boom Gravett
had ,set the series up for a
best-of-three affair, but Strath-
roy officials apparently
changed it to the home-and
home deal. Coach Dusty Burns
signed the referees report at
Strathroy and it apparently
was written on it that the se-
ries was a two-game set, How-
ever, Dusty didn't see it and
there appears to be some spec-
ulation as to whether or not
it was put on before or after
the 5.2 win by Strathroy .
Exeter officials also wanted to
extend the periods to 20 min-
utes straight time rather than
the 15 they played . . Exe-
ter's loss in Strathroy was their
first of the year in their 20
or so appearances,
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sided when Brien Donthron,
nullified it only 20 seconds
later.
however' .Strathroy took a
4.2 lead into the final stanza
when Feke ceme back with his
second of the night at the 15:59
merle with both te.ams playing
a man short,
combines rally
heneall-Zurich cone out fly'
leg le the (Mal period and
Overholt picked up a loose
puck atter roue minutes of
play to .get a clean break on
.Lefty Clarke in the Strathroy
nets, elowev.er, he was tripped
by a defender trying to watch
him and was awarded a pee-
elty shot, bat he made no mis-
takes as he whittled the lead
to 4-3,
Brion Vickery put the teams
On even terms three minutes
later whet, lie finished off a.
play with Wayne Willert and
Boruhron and Overholt finished
the rally when he gave the
humeeters a 5.4 lead at the
11:20. mark.
The Combines appeared to
have the game wrapped up but
picked up two costly penalties
in the last minute and Strath-
roy pulled their goalie to give
them three extra men with a
face-off in the hensall-Zurich
zone.
l'erry Bourne grabbed the
face-off and e ,quick pass to
Bob 'Bartholomew clicked as he
whipped the disc past Dennis
Mock to send the game into the
extra session.
Rockets take lead
Strathroy wasted little time
in trying to end the series as
Reg Westgate blinked the light
at the 1;95 mark and the team
switched to a defensive game
in an effort to protect their
lead.
However, Earl "Cuss" Wee-
ner knotted the count at 6.6
when he completed a play with
Larry Bedard and Overholt.
The tally sent the crowd wild
and several rubbers were tos-
sed onto the ice.
Both teama played cautious
hockey for the remaining time.
but Hensall-Zurich bottled the
Rockets up in the dying sec-
onds and finally pushed the
puck in the net, but the refe-
rees ruled the final whistle had
already sounded.
This strew the ire of many
fans who felt the puck was in
the net before the end of the
game and loudly voiced their
feelings towards the referees,
Ernie Little, Frank McCue anti
Don MacPherson,
GAME COMMENTS — The
referees were escorted out of
the arena by the police, as
several irate fans were still
standing around after the three
men had changed their gear
.Brian Bonthron made his
first appearance since the sec-
mid game when he was hit in
the face. with a shot from team
mate Murray Bell in Strathroy
„ Lanky Steve Kyle has also
been out of the lineup since
that, game, when he suffered a.
broken wrist. . . So far the
series has attracted over 3,400
fans into the two arenas with
fiensall's attendance over
2s400, „ Manager G. e Or g e
:Beer reports there was room
for only about 100 more peo-
ple in llcnsall, Settirclay,
Overholt stars
in 11.-L victory
flaying before over 700 fans
in their ants arena, the Ilensall-
Udell Combines jumped into
a 2-1 lead In their best-of-five
series with Strethroy with a
5.2 win .Wednesday,
It was the roughest game yet
in the Shamrock final series
as the Rockets sat out .12 minor
penalties and the Combines
were right behind with 11,
Ilees.all-Zurich wasted little
time in taking the lead in the
contest as Bill Sheddick took
a pass from Gerard .Overholt
to dent the twine after one
minute and 40 seconds of play
in the opening period,
however, Terry Bourne grab-
bed a loose puck in the .11en-
salt zone at the 7:28 mark to
knot, the count with the only
other goat of the initial stanza,
Gerard Overholt broke the
tie at the 2:50 mark of the
second on a neat passing play
with crafty Earl "Cuss' Wag-
ner and then gave Hensall-
Zurich a '3-1 lead at the 6:16
mark on a power play, with
Shaddiek and Chapman draw-
ing assists,
The tennis battled throughout
the remainder of the period
without another tally and until
the 15:05 mark. when Murray
.Bell gave the homesters a
commanding 4.1 lead.
Four quickies
sink Combines
Scoring four answered mark-
ers in the first, period. the
Strathroy junior Rockets knot-
ted their series at two games
each with the Hensall/Zurich
Combines with an 8-4 win in
Strathroy, Thursday.
Ken 'Paddle, Harvey Thom-
as, Terry Bourne and Bob
Bartholomew started the Rock-
ets off to their win as they
dented the twine behind Dennis
Arena
Schedule
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
8:00.10:00—Public Skating
SUNDAY, MARCH 25
2:00 -4 ;00—Publ ic Skating
Stock in less than nine minutes
in the „disastrous. first period.
The Combines finally Slit the
score sheet at the 1:17 meek
at the middle frame, „lit
Vedette came beets with his
second of the night six minutes
litter to maintain the spread.
Starting at the 15:53 mark,
the teams banged in two goals
eac h, but it still gave the
Strathroy six their four-goal
ntargm, Harvey Thomas start.
ed it off Ler Strathroy only to
have (Jerry Chapman Answer it
.13 seconds later,
But John Grope came right
back at the 17:17 mark and it
was answered it minaue taw
by Bid Shaddiek to leave tile
score rending 7-2 in favor, of
Strathroy at the end of the
second,
Earl Wagner whittled the
lead to 7.4 al the 7:22 mark of
the final period, but it was as
close as they ewe as Grogan
came beck with MS second of
the night et the 16:00 .mark to
pull the game out of reach of
the Combines,
Over 500 fans were on hand
to watch the tilt and saw
Strathroy pick up eight of tale
14 penalties handed out,
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WHAT ELSE .NEW?
The hue and .cry that is becoming an annual
part of the World Iloekey Tournament as far as
Canada is concerned reappeared last Tuesday,
when the Galt Terriers were beaten by Sweden at
Colorado Springs,
This was classified as a major upset by met
authorities who had Canada picked as top choice.
in the tournament due to the \vithdrewal of Russia
and Czechoslovakia, However. it didn't come as
much of a surprise to those at the tournament,
because Sweden and the United States were .ex-
pected to give Canada all they could handle and
when the .Swedes edged the Americans 2-1, it
actually made them co-favorites with Canada.
We missed Tuesday's encounter, but from
all reports it appeared that the Canadians lost the
game due to a few costly double penalties and
some critics have blamed the poor showing of
goalie Hurley as the downfall of the squad.
At any rate, the outcome has spurred many
comments from sports critics and once again it
has been suggested that Canada withdraw from
world competition.
This attitude sounds like very poor sports-
manship, especially after a loss, hut we have al-
most come to the spot where we will sanction
such a move.
Our main reason is because we are becom-
ing very tired of all the gruniblings and foolish in-
cidents that mar every inter-nation sporting event
and we fail to see where these events foster good
fellowship and true sportsmanship between nations
as they are supposed to do,
MANY GOOD EXAMPLES
This year's tournament is a prime example
of this argument. For some reason, due mainly to
the Berlin crisis, the East Germans were not grant-
ed visas to enter the United States and compete
in the tournament.
Apparently, this actually had nothing to do
with the government policy of the nation to the
south of us, but the hitch apparently came from
the West Germans.
At any rate, the East Germans couldn't
get to the United States and the rest of the Com-
munist bloc withdrew in protest of this action.
Whether or not you consider this to be childish on
their part, it did make a bit of a farce of the
tournament and no matter who won, there will
always be the argument that the Russians or
Czechs would have been stronger. so actually this
tournament served little purpose in determining
the best hockey team in the world.
This unfortunate incident did anything but
foster friendly relationships between countries of
the world and in fact it could be said that it be-
came an integral part of the cold war and as far
as we are concerned there are enough outlets for
this already without adding sports to it.
WHO IS ELIBIGLE?
When world .hockey competition started,
Canada was always a sure thing for the title and
won it for many years by sending university teams
and winners in other categories as low as senior
"B" and even intermediate ''B".
However, when the rest of the countries
started to catch up, we found it necessary to im-
prove the calibre of four teams and in recent
years the winners of the Senior "A" category have
represented us.
This tournament has always been classed as
amateur sport and these teams in recent years
have been as eligible as the Toronto Maple Leafs as
far as that is concerned.
However, Canadian officials have always
argued that athletes in other countries are sub-
zidized by their governments and so are just as
-inuch professional as the Canadian entry, only on
a different scale.
However, these other countries have not
always agreed with our reasoning on this aspect
eend there have been many squabbles over it, and
when they lose they can always point to the fact
.that we are in effect—cheating.
This, coupled with charges that Canadian
players are dirty and rough, adds to our argument
that we are doing little to foster good relation-
ships with other countries.
We could go on to mention other incidents
that show up the fact that this tournament can
hardly be classed as "sport", but we should also
mention the hard feelings it creates in our own
country.
Most of this trouble stems from the root of
all evil—money. Naturally, it takes a great deal
of cash to send. 18 players and almost the same
number of officials to various countries in the
world to compete in the tournament.
Naturally, the team that represents Canada
can not afford to provide the necessary money,
because most of them are even in the red while
competing in this country.
The government apparently doesn't see fit
to cover the entire expense and this leads to
charges by officials every year that the govern-
ment is letting the sport down.
However, as we see it, what's fair for the
goose is fair for the gander, and the amount of
money that would be needed to send representa.
Lives in all sports to world tournaments and the
Olympics is astronomical,
We feel that this money could be put to
better use by spending it at home in providing
More and better facilities for all types of athletes
and encouraging' more -participation in line with
the current movement to get us off our big, fat
behinds and turn us into a healthier nation.
While some might argue that it would be
damaging to our prestige to drop out of world
competition, we see little point iP spending large
sums of money to send our athletes abroad when
we know very, very few of them .are on a level
with those in other countries.
At present, most Canadians lake a very
apatheticaI view of our representatives hi world
competition and to spend this money in produe
mg better talent might soiTte day but us on a level
with other nations and would make us proud
enough of our athletes to support them,
We have a sneaking suspicion, that most
Canadians will tell you right now that it sc as
.the Galt Terriers who. were beaten in ther world
hockey tournament not Canada,
Seaforth clip 'Bolts,
take lead in final set
Zurich kids advance
to OMHA semi-final
BATT'N AROUND—An interesting sidelight
to this tournament is the fact that the Galt Tele
viers were picked as Canada's representatives
mostly through the efforts of Len Gaudette. in
case fans in the area forget, Len was a former
arena manager in Lucan and was one of the bet.
ter hucksters to play for the Irish Another
point to think about is the fact that they play in
he Same league where the Exeter Mohawks used
to toil. Although the grouping is- now straight
senior, it is a mixture of ,senior "B" and "A"
players and it the locals had been supported bet.
ter a few years ago, it is not unreasonable to sing}
gest that they might have represented Canada in
one of these world events,
Beaten once this season
Legion bantams ousted
by Strathroy pucksters
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SCOTTY "RUSTIC"
However, Bill Westgate gave
Strathroy some hope with a
goal wth two minutes remain- WITH A GUARANTEED
ing and they pulled their goalie
in favor of an extra forward
in an attempt to gel the equal-
izers, but the strategy back-
fired when Brian Vickery grab-
bed the disc to flip it into the
open net to pull the game well
out of reach of the Rockets.