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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-15, Page 6P4 6 The Times-klvocato,,, 'Novemker. 1,4., 1962 COMMENTS By BILL BATTEN, Sports Editor WORKS WITH L-I SIX BOLSTERS SEAFORTH JOINS MITCHELL CREW , Lloyd Moore Ken Doig , Jim MacDonald Open next week Big Eight loop ready, Leri still squad to beat travel to 'Watford on SetUrday Ilenatili-.Zerieh combines have and tackle .the 1,akesides la a a stoek week in the sehedtee, home anal home act On. Monday hosting TiellitOnt on Friday in. anci Teeadey, Their only engagement. Belmont goalie hot spoils Hawks' debut —Please turn to page 7 The Pick of 'ern all! Furnace & Stove Oils FILL UP WITH THE BEST! Top Quality Coal Seldom FUELS Phone 235,4314 or 235.0602 HOCKEY SCOREBOARD Last week's scores: Sr. Mat-ys 1.1—Lucan o Roman-Zurich 12—Bolmont 8 Strathroy 6—Forest 2 Watford 3—Hensall- Zurich i Belmont 6—Exeter 5 Strathroy 13—Luea n A Sr. Marys 6—Watford 6 Strathroy 1 a—Forest3 Ffensall -Zurith 13—Lnean Standings 2 0 s .. Strathroy , Tensall-Zurtell w f, Mara .. ,, . ..... ... Watford . , a 0 Si, Belmont "Forest • 2 ,t) Exeter 2 2 I A 2 dl Gaines this week: n Lucan 0 6 3 l'hursflay, Nov. 16 . Exeter at Strathroy Friday, Nov. 15 l't7.1 %?alllS t Ital-tiettl•reittc:31'urith . Saturda,1„ Not'. 17 Lucan at Watford Monday, No‘„ 16 Luf.,.an at Forest Tuesday, Nor, 211 Forest at Lucan 1Vednesd:sy, Nov, 21 Watford at St, Marys tx.eter at, .Belmont T 1 7 2 6 I n 2 4 1 A A Exeter Legion says "THANKS !" Exeter Branch of the Royal Canadian. Legion wishes to thank everyone in the area, including RCAF Station Centralia, for their excellent sup- port of our Poppy Campaign and for their out- standing attendance and interest in our Remem- brance Day services at James St, -United Church, the Cenotaph and at Hurondale. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR KIND CO-OPERATION Eric Heywood, Branch President BEST EVE • Best, by popularity test—that's '63 CHEV, OLDS AND CHEVY H. 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CHEV Phone 5.0660 OLDS xENVOY ' CoitVAIP, Exeter xtra game gives Rockets lead. -Z Combines start climb to top, awks, Lucan mired. .in 'basement or are still unknown quantities who may surprise sonic of the better clubs in the loop. Any fears we may have had regarding the future ,.of hockey ilr Exeter were .quiet ly dispelled this week after a visit to the arena to WatthThrPe local minor squads in their Shamrock league debut, Despite the tact the players had only been able to get out for one short practise session be- fore the games, they came ,out on top in all three. departments and outplayed their opposition front Lambeth by A. wide margin. This is certainly no basis to start predict:, ing that our squads will walk away with any Sham- reek titles, because until we have seen all the other teams in this popular grouping, we have no way of judging how our youngsters will actually rate, However, we don't think we would be go- ing too far overboard in predicting that it will take some strong teams to beat our three minor clubs, and particularly the pee wee and midget aggregations. The pee wee club is the same group of youngsters who waltzed through the Brampton squirt tournament two years ago and the midget. crew is composed mainly of the bantams who gave Goderich a hard tussle in that category before the Sallies went on to annex the Ontario crown. It is difficult to assess minor players by , such a comparison though as some youngsters de- velop much more quickly than others and it is feasible to predict that some other club may have come along as strongly in that two year lapse and could sideline our youngsters. But, while we are not rating ourself as an expert, we have seen enough hockey in past, years to point out that the clubs should be among the leaders all the way and when they round into mid- season form, will be tough to beat. We hope from the preceding that fans in the area will have their interest aroused and will get out to watch these kids in action and we are pleased to report that the Shamrock schedule af- fords them a wonderful opportunity to do just that. At present, the teams play their home games on Wednesday nights at the arena and fans can get out to watch all three clubs in the short period of three hours in their weekly triple- headers, We will attest to the fact that this makes one of the most exciting, fast-moving nights a hockey fan can attend and while the lads may lack experience, they more than make up for it with their continual hustle, and if determination is one of the main requirements of a hockey player, most of the boys have it made. However, we should add a warning to those , people who may come out to watch the midgets and expect to see a slow, scrambly-type of hockey match. This is far from the case as the locals dis- -played an extremely fine passing game the other night and they are just as rugged as many of their older cohorts. Two of the boys, Gary Parsons and Bob Marchildon, are rated good enough to play with • the Exeter Hawks in the fast junior loop, and there are at least four or five others that aren't far under this calibre. So, for thrills a minute, drop out to the arena some Wednesday night, We know you'll be glad you did, and the, kids deserve some support— especially from their parents, GOOD NEWS FROM LUCAN We are rather hesitant about writing any- thing about Lucan these days, after receiving a threatening phone call about a story that appear-. ed in the paper two weeks ago. However, we are glad to report there are still plenty of sportsmen m the Irish community, and along with their counterparts in Ilderton, have organized an extensive minor houseleague setup for kids throughout that area. This has been drastically missing in recent years and only those boys capable enough to play in the Shamrock league were given much of an opportunity to participate in our national sport, However, with a boost from Steve Storey and. Don "Red" Urbshott, a league comprising at least eight teams and close to 180 boys started to play in the new setup on Saturday, and combined with the 45 pucksters participating in the Sham , rock league all-star, teams, gives the area a figure of 225 boys in organized hockey. We are certain we don't have to point out this figure is tremendous in comparison to the programs carried on even in larger centres and the organizers, coaches, managers and sponsors are to be commended, The cost of the houseleague program is be- !fig carried ,jointly by the Lions clUbs in Lucan and Merton and the Lucan. Legion are picking up the tab for the all-star teams. So, it appears that once again Ltican and II- derton are setting examples that put most cons- =titles to shame in regards to assisting kids to play hockey and any amount of commendation we can sum up into words would fall short in giving these gentlemen their just reward. However, we know that their reward Will come from watching the enthusiasm of the young players and the revival of hockey in their coin. &unities, Take a bow, gentlemen! HE DOESN'T I5-8580/E We regret to spoil what was otherwise an Outstanding example of the fine work being dr hi minor hockey circles, but an unfortunate situ, ation arose in Exeter at the league debut of the. PaWks and we hope a few words here will curtail any further demonstrations of the nature, „' Along with Shamrock league business man, tiger, Don BUdd.o, we were enjoying the exciting action on the ice, When the referees 'Made a call that Was not appreciated by the Exeter fans. hintediately, several fans in our vicinity • tlmped on Buddo for his poor selection of ieferees and gave the ardent promoter a berating that per. saris with less sportsmanship may have answered With justifiable words or physical actions, Well he among the first to concede 'that the referees made some bad calls, but they are strictly amateurs who receive only a nominal 'fee of $5,06. per ,game for their thankless task. While tuddo may be responsible for secur. ing the .officials, we trust fairs will see how difi LucanAlderton Combines, who waltzed through the DNA "Big Eight" loop last year, have served notice they will still be the team to beat this year when the schedule gets going next week. The powerful entry will boast five former Senior "B" players in their lineup in their all-out effort to go after the Ontario intermediate "B" crown. The squad have advanced well along the playoff trail in past years, but have never been able to annex the crown. "Some of the boys figure this could be their East year," man- ager Steve Storey commented, "and we are hoping we can make it". Among the noticeable addi- tions to the club will be Jim Strachan, who played some goal. in the fast American league be• fore moving to Strathroy to handle the task between the pipes for the Rockets in the Senior grouping, He is expected to alternate with Keith Scarborough. Boosting the Combines de- fense is another former Strath- roy star. George Coulter, rated one of the best defensemen in the fast senior grouping last year. Former St. Mars Lincoln and Stratford 'Indian star, Dusty Aldis, 'twill be back on the for- ward unit after finishing the season with the Lucan-liderton crew last year, He ‘111ll be joined by Barry Hem another St. Marys junior "B" puckster who also tailed for the Indians in the higher classification. Although his plans are still not definite, the club hopes to lure Exeter's Boom Gravett in- to their fold. The speedy for- ward has been a star for the Mohawks since moving from Kitchener-Waterloo and copped the league's most valuable player award last season. Only other new addition to the power-packed lineup will be speedy Lloyd Moore, a gradu- ate of the Exeter minor system and a star for the junior Hawks for the past two years, Rest return Most of last year's club will be back in action for the Com- bines under coach, Max O'Neil, Red and Bev erbshott will again toil on the defense with Ray Yelle, Jack Parks and Coulter, Tom. Collings will Centre Max and Stu. O'Neil on the first line, while the veteran unit of Steve Storey, harry Wraith and Don Fletcher twill handle the chores on another unit, Aldis and Hern will team up with either Ken Loft, Moore Gravett. League tougher However, indications are that the league will be much tougher than last year as most of the ot'l.er clubs have added player strength in an effort to give the Combines some stiff compe- tition, Seaforth Towners, one of the better clubs last year, have made noticeable additions in the names of Ken Doig and Jack Mellwain, Doig is well known in area puck circles, having toiled for Clinton and Exeter teams in the past, and for the past two years has been one of the lead- ing scorers for Stratford in the Senior grouping. Mellwain is also a former Stratford player and the pair should give the Towners some much needed scoring strength. Mitchell Red Devils have also added a former Stratford play- er, Murray Butcher, who started the season off in Mitchell last year before being coaxed out by the Indians. Manager. George Coveny also has Exeter's Jim McDonald trying out for a spot and the local minor star should give the Perth chib some more scor- ing punch. The other clubs in the loop Miaxe..m,,essfiZ14.$..s'aelteeettaills:Asio. The Shamrock junior Rockets made SU three of their Sham- rock league appearances win- ning ones this week and took over sole possession pf first place in the popular loop, Forest Laltesides, who held the lead last week, fell victim to the rampaging Rockets pa two Occasions and the hapless Lugan six were drubbed 13.0 by the leader's. St. Merys also used a decisive wio over the Luean club and a. tie with the Watford A1,91115 to move into second place, one point behind the .Strathroy club and one ahead of the defending champions from I-Jensen-Zurich. However, the powerful north- ern club have played one less game than the clubs in .P•ont of Mem and gave every indication they will be the team to beat when they scored two wins and a tie ins busy week of action. Belmont, Watford and .Forest are currently tied for the fourth position with four points each, while Lucan and Exeter re- mained without a victory to share the cellar position. The Irish crew bad a total of 38 goals scored against them in their three appearances, while the Hawks met up with some stellar goallendin,g in their home opener against Belmont and were shaded 6-5. Hawks battle leaders The steadily improving Hawks may still find difficulty in get- ting in the win column as they tackle the loop leaders and Bel- mont in games this week. After playing in Strathroy on Thursday, they host St. Marys on Friday and then tackle Bel- mont on the latter's ice, Wed- nesday, The winless Lucan squad also have a lough schedule as they H-Z fatten totals against Irish six Hensall-Zurich Combines fat- tened their scoring totals with eight goals in the first period against the hapless Lucan jun- iors, Tuesday, and then coasted to a 13-3 win in Luca n, The loss was the fifth straight for the Irish crew, The defending Shamrock champs were held to four tallies in the second. frame and the homesters managed to battle them to a 1-1 draw in the final 20 minutes of the contest. Sharp-shooting Bill Shaddick paced his team to their one- sided win with three goals and three assists for a bountiful six- point night. Steve Kyle and Gerard Over- holt, added a pair each to the cause and single markers Were picked up by Wayne Willert, Bob Johnston, Earl Wagner, Ron Livermore, Larry Bedard and Craig Chapman. Gary Revington was the top scorer for the losers with a pair of markers, while Bill Neil added. the third in a cleanly played contest which saw only seven minor infractions called, The Belmont juniors, backed op by some sensational goal- lending by lanky Brian Moore, spoiled the Exeter _Hawks' home debut, Friday, posting a thrill. ing 6-5 victory, The Hawks outplayed their guests throughout most of the first and third periods, but it wasn't until the final frame that they solved the in astery of Moore and their final rally fell one goal short, With 200 fans watching, the visitors jumped into a 1-0 leach in the first period when Wayne Hinge took a pass from Don Helms to pick the abed, side behind young Les Howard at the 14:10 mark. They maintained the margin until. the 5:30 mark of the mid- dle frame when the hawks knotted the count on a goal by captain Bob Jones, after he had been set up in front of the net by Frank Boyle, However, shifty Jim Walker went on a one-man spree and potted three tallies in less than seven minutes to give the visi- tors a 4.1 lead at the end of the second period. Walker scored his first goal unassisted, stealing the puck on one occasion and blocking a clearing pass on another, His third goal came on a pass from Hinge and the blonde speedster deked Bill Heywood to go in all alone on Howard. John Wade took over between the pipes for the locals in the final stanza and held Belmont at bay until the 7:45 mark when Lee Brookes blocked a clearing pass by Fred Wells to drive it cor n e rinto the top inside the o lust The Hawks continued In l a rif,yron: their defensive WS .13c1- arWn knocked clown Bit' Ileywood's moot stretched their lead to live goals 'when pass to get a clear shot. at Wade one minute later, have woes S-tart rally With termitic(' comeback that fell only one marker short of tying the eonntlpyj e tielt) .,moiLliitu leers thlee ftpiien. the game, the Hawks appeared to be titre, but they started a de- game. Rick Boyle started it off on a nice play with Fred Wells and Gary Parsons at the 9:40 mark and Bill Heywood found the range with a drive from the point one minute later, Jones whittled the margin to 6-4 only 25 seconds later on a three-way play with Frank Boyle and Dale Turvey and came back to pull his squad to within one goal at the 19:50 mark on a play with Parsons. The Hawks took the play into the Belmont end in the last 10 seconds but couldn't get a good shot away to pot the equalizer, GAME COMMENTS — T h e teams drew nine penalties each including a misconduct to Bill Heywood. and five minute ma- jors to Frank Boyle and Ron Schyler for a brief skirmish in the second period . .. Dale `Purvey miraculously escaped injury in the middle frame when. he flew into the goal posts at full speed , . . Fred Wells, — Please turn to page 7 Forest and Milverton are making their first appearances in the loop,. but judging from past experiences, they won't be easy targets for the other clubs, Ruben Whettlaufer will un- doubtedly have another top con- tender over in Philipsburg, who entered the loop last week, and the Centralia and Clinton air- ports .could also come up with some surprises as well. The league's schedule has been delayed by the uncertainty of sonic of the teams, but is ex- pected to be issued later this week with play commencing next week,. Atoms out-shot, still tie H-Z six Although they out-shot Wat- ford by a 3-1 margin, Friday, the Hensall-Zurich Combines had to settle for a 3-3 draw with the Atoms in their first game in the fiensall arena. The defending champs had 44 shots on agile Jim Thornyeroft in the Watford nets but douldn't get the puck to roll the right way on many of their oppor- tunities, The homesters blazed at least five pucks off the posts but on each attempt the puck man- aged to stay out of the net, Watford jumped into a 1.0 lead after only one minute of play when Ted Smith teamed. up with Gord. Richards to dump the disc behind Harry Moir on their first penetration into the Hensall-Zurich zone, They maintained the margin until the 8:02 mark of the same period when Bill Shaddick, de- fending scoring champ in the loop, potted the first of two goals on a play with lanky Steve Kyle. The teams stayed on even terms until the 1:31 mark of the middle stanza when Shad, dick again took a pass from Kyle to drive a low liner into an open corner behind Thorny- croft, ficult it must be to get top men to come out at this nominal fee and so he has to go with what lie can get. This is perhaps unfortunate, but with many of the teams operating on a very tight budget, it is all they can afford and so fans will have to put up with it unless the clubs decide to pay better money to attract better referees. Until such time, the fans are certainly at liberty to give the men in the striped shirts the universally accepted razzing, but Mr. Buddo should be excluded from any berating. After all, if it wasn't for him, there may not be this popular brand of hockey to watch in area arenas and all the hockey fans would be missing out on the action they appear, to enjoy. So, we trust this will get some of our local sportsmen thinking a bit straighter about the situation and will give Buddo a pat on the back rather than a kick in the pants when he visits our arena, And by the same token, we should point out that this is an extremely difficult brand of hockey to referee and we are certain that the men with the whistles are doing the best job they can. BATT'N AROUND — Apparently the area basketball players weren't too disturbed over the way they were humbled by the Zurich Hustlers last season, and many have been questioning us in regards to the coming season. With this. in mind b A. meeting has been set for Sunday night in the asement, of the Exeter Library at 7t30 p:m, and all players interested are invited, This league is open to any players in the area and if you can't Attend this meeting, We would appreciate hearing from you so We will know how many teams we will have to start play early h-u December. Names may be left with either Ron Eogart, George Wright, tooni Gravett or yours truly;