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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-12-31, Page 6e's hoping., tilts Her Y New ear brings you o o d fortune, happinese and health. nellMtia woo, wom. Vin&g.30argEL, M.= „Roo MANAGER AND STAFF EXETER 13RANCII Page Times-Advocate,. December 190 Combines chalk up two more Jeffery, Graham rinks win FOR ALL GOOD .41P'Q17,t,T$' By Ross .Hough Good year for minors Exeter, Lucan clubs lose titles after ties The old year of 1963 that says goodbye tonight at midnight was a very successful one for Exeter's minor hockey clubs. The pee wee club, most of Which has now graduated to bantam ranks, was successful in copping four tournament The most significant was the "C" crown of the Goderich Lions annual event. The 1963 win by the local pee wees culminated fourteen years of trying to annex the Young Canada Week championship in the Huron Lakeport town. In addition the youngsters won titles at Leamington, which was late in '62 and at the Silver Stick tourney in Watford and the Sham- rock one-day event in Lucan. The ten-and-under squirts won a five, game tournament over two weekends early in the year in Mount Forest and regained the Easter Week title in Brampton's annual competition. Back in April the Exeter Kinsmen midgets. were the talk of the town when they were work- ing toward a provincial hockey title. The 16 and - under boys were a credit to the community as they reached the Ontario finals and were ousted by a strong Huntsville club in a rousing finish on home ice, One of the features of the Exeter minor hockey program for 1963 was the fact it was a financial success after several years of red ink. Moving on to basketball, junior and senior boys' clubs representing Huron South District High School captured the Huron-Perth Confer- ence titles. Both championship wins were achieved in terrific conic-from-behind perform- ances. The home team lost little time putting the gamethtliebag.1 They !Melted seven counters In the first period. Steve. Kyle, top scorer for the night with three, fired a pair in the first. Port Huron's high Hying left winger Phil Whittliff was the only threat to the ti-z defensive forces, getting Our goals for his night's efforts, Whittliff was the first to hit the score sheet, tallying on a close rebound after five minutes of play. The combines were quick to get the equalizer, Mike Cushman, converting Bill Mar- ney's pass less than a minute later. Other first frame Combine marksmen were Dale Turvey, Bill Shaddiek, Dennis Morris- sey and Murney.. A pair of successful shots from the stick of Bruce Cooper took care of the Combines' mid- dle frame scoring. Kyle completed his hat trick and Morrissey rounded out a two goal performance in the third to go with single scores by Earl Wagner and Bob Livermore. Bob Jeffery's rink won the first draw of Exeter men's curling league Sunday night with a 13-8 win over Art Cann in the final. Jeffery earlier in the day eliminated Lee Learn 8-7 in a semi-final match. Members of the winning rink are, from left, Skip Jeffery, Ross Hodgert, third; Norval Jones, second, and "Woody" Davidson. --T-A photo Lucan's annual bantam heck,- ey tournament provided 12 hours of exciting action at the Lucan Arena Saturday. Three of the games, one of them for a class title, ended in a tie and shots on goal were used to produce a winner, Goderich took the oB" title when they downed Exeter ban- tams 15-11 on total shots after the clubs had battled to a 2,2 clraw. Exeter gained the B final downing St. Marys in the opener 4-2. The only decisive victories of the tourney occurred in the "C" grouping. Lambeth had little trouble downing the defending champe from Winona in the opener 13-1 and swamping Kensal Park 13-0 to capture the C award. Two reach semi-finals "KING" McDONALD PRESENTS TROPHY TO SKIP MAXINE GRAHAM AND HER RINK . .. from left, Dorothy Pfaff, Ethel Selby, Mrs. Graham, McDonald, Betty Clarke 1-I gets three of four from Sailors' sextet Wins trophy in extra end Lucan-Ilderton Combines continued their home ice mas- tery with a convincing 9-3 win over Goderich Sailors Friday. After being held to a 4-4 draw by the same club in God- erich a night earlier in 01-1A Big Nine action, Combines broke loose to register their sixth win to go along with three ties and a single loss in ten starts. Snell Bros. Two of Exeter's minor puck clubs reached the semi-final stage of Christmas week tour- naments at Riverside and Leamington before bowing out. The local bantams eliminated the host Riverside club in a two-game total-goal first round series by scores of 4-2 and 5-0, A 4-3 quarter-final decision over Byron put the Exeter lads into the next round against Wal- laceburg, The boys from the Glass Town emerged winners in a tight 6-5 battle, Down in Leamington, the Pee Wees in an attempt to regainthe title that came to Exeter a year ago edged Petrolia 3-1 in the opening round. In the second set the locals ran smack into a solid Dresden club and were shutout 6-0. Dresden went on to claim the "B" title with a 3-2 verdict over Essex. TOP SCORER Peter Lawson, the topbantam scorer in the entire series, scored twice in the 4-2 opening, victory over Riverside. Singles were added by John Loader and Bill Fairbairn. In the 5-0 romp, Fairbairn with two was the leading marks- man and singletons were notch- ed by Lawson, Loader and Gra- ham Hern. Exeter goal scorers in the second round win over Byron were the same as the very first game, Lawson netting two and Loader and Fairbairn getting loners. Barry Baynham broke loose as the scoring star of the last game bagging three while Peter Lawson fired the remaining two counters, SHARE GOALS In Leamington's annual tour- ney, Exeter's pee woes scored once in each period in recording the first round victory. Jim Parker, Jim Guenther and Larry Haugh were the trig- germen on the successful shots, Bensall-Zurich Combines lilt d9aDle scoring figures on con- secutive nights in ringing up a pair of Shamrock junior hockey loop triumphs. Playing at home Friday, Combines tropeced, Port Buren 1.04 and travelled to Watford the following night to down the home town juniors 11-6, This coming weekend thQ Hermit-Zurich crew meets the same two clubs in return en- gagements,. Watford will provide the op- position in Hensall Friday and the Combines travel across the border Saturday to do battle with the Port Huron youngsters. KID LINE LEADS The Combines kid line of Bruce Cooper, Bob Livermore and Mike Cushman sparked the Saturday night attack in Watford accounting for five goals, four coming in the second period. Cooper collected a hat trick in the middle frame session and added an assist in the third to gain a four point night. Dale Turvey opened the Com- bine sniping in the first period at 4:21 from his left wing post on a short pass from centre Earl Wagner. The home club shot right back with the equali- zer before six minutes had elapsed to knot the count. Dennis Morrissey and Wag- ner tallied singletons later in the period before the Watford club notched a pair in the last 34 seconds to again square the score, The Combines ' thanks mostly to Cooper's triple scoring, out- scored the home club 5-2 in the second to take a comfortable lead into the final twenty minutes of action. Bob Livermore and Craig Chapman nabbed the other two H-Z markers in single fashion. Defenceman Bill Murney, on a singlehanded effort, and Li- v ermor e, with the help of Cooper, upped the score to 10-5 in an eight second stretch early in the third. Chapman added the final counter later in the closing frame as he manouvered his way down the ice on a breakaway. Although not hitting the scor- ing column, Mike Cushman picked up three assists, all in the second. TEAM EFFORT Friday night's home ice win over Port Huron was a solid team effort with nine of the Combines' sharing in the scor- ing. Ailsa Craig emerged as "D" class winners, decisioning Ilderton 5.3 In the final. The Craig youngsters took advantage of a better shots on goal record inthefirst elimina- tion relied to reach the finale, A game bunch of Lucan boys battled the eventual D winners to a 3-3 stalemate but lost out in shots 24-17. Glenn Stire, handling the net- minding chores for the Exeter club, was voted the top goalie of the day for holding a strong St. Marys club at bay in the "B" opener. The C winners from Lambeth were judged the best all round club and their starry forward, Paul Thomas, grabbed the most valuable player award. RALLY FALLS SHORT A third period rally that net- ted two goals fell short when Exeter bantams dropped the final game to Goderich. The Huron County town boys took a two-goal lead alter two periods of play. Jim Hayter raised Exeter hopes early in the third when he converted passes from Graham Hern and Pete Lawson into the first score. With less than three minutes to go, John Loader fired the equalizer with the assist going to Barry Baynham. Continuing to press, the lo- cals were unable to score again and dropped the title on an in- ferior shots record. STIRE STARS Glenn Stire's sensational goal tending enabled the Exeter kids to emerge 4-2 winners in the opening game with St. Marys. Especially in the final 15 minutes Stire turned away re- peated St. Marys threats to keep his club out in front. After a scoreless firstperiocl the clubs scored two apiece in the second. Graham Hern and Philip Howard were the local marksmen with Jim Rhiel and Ross Haffe replying for the Stone Towners, Barry Baynham fired what proved to be the winner on a neat breakaway effort at 4:10 of the third. With the St. Marys club play- ing a man short near the ten minute mark Bayuham also fired an insurance marker after he broke loose in front of the cage. D CONSOLATION The Luc an youngsters won the D consolation award with a 4-2 win over Ilderton. Dennis Burt, Andy Hardy, Gary Richenuk and Bill Ander- son were the Lucan goal getters. In the tournament's first con- test, Richenuk fired two and Burt a single as Lucan tied Ailsa Craig 3-3 but lost on the number of shots on goal. Livermore leads Com o b.ingaemesscoof Shamrock junior action, Bob Livermore leads the H-Z Combine scoring parade with 23 goals and atotal of 40 points. Bill Shaddick is second in total points with 37 and leads in assists with 19. Bruce Cooper is runner-up in goals with 21 and has amassed a total of 35 points, good for —Please turn to page 7 TRIO SCORE DOUBLES The L-I club was led in Fri- day's romp by two goal per- formances from Max and Stu O'Neil and Doug Galloway. Galloway opened the scoring before the fans had settled in their seats when he snared a pass from Dusty Aldis and bul- ged the twine, The Sailors were quick to even matters, Doug Cruick- shank finalizing a play with Ron Allin at 4:01. Stu O'Neil bagged his first near the seven minute mark on a two-way effort, this time Barry Hearn providing the pas- sing aid, Aldis upped the score to 3-0 past the midway point when he culminated a scoring mission with line-mates Galloway and Hearn. Thirty seconds later the visi- tors hit the score sheet for the second time, Cruickshank tallying on a solo effort. Combine defence st al wart Don Urbshott found the range with a long drive from the point at 14:35 to close out the first period. Maxine Graham's rink won the extra end in a battle that went beyond the wire for the championship of the first draw of Exeter ladies' curling league. They captured the Exeter Dairy trophy in the final playoff Sun- day afternoon. Playing against Barb Bell's four, the Graham rink tied the match at 5-5 in the eighth end to force sudden-death play. The winners were lying two when Barb Bell threw her final rock which knocked out second stone and came within inches of being shot. The game was tied twice before the final deadlock, with both rinks taking the leadtwice. The winners opened with single counts in the first two ends but Bell tied it up with a double in the third. Graham took a 3-2 lead in the fourth and Bell came back with a two-end to reverse the stand- ing. After GrahaM tied it up again in the sixth, Bell took a one-count lead in the seventh. On the winning rink were two substitutes, Dorothy Pfaff and Betty Clarke, filling in for regu- lars Ione Smith and Judy Kies- wetter, who were away for holi- days. Ethel Selby is the fourth member of the rink. The Bell four included Hilda Smith, Lois Armstrong and .Connie Johnson, WIN SEMI-FINAL Barb Bell defeated the Lois Ottewell rink 9-7 in the semi- final game between di v i s io n winners. Third Alma Godbolt skipped for Ottewell, who was away for the playoffs, The rinks tied 5-5 at the end The home club again out- scored the visitors in the second period, this time 3-1 to take a 7-3 advantage into the final 20 minutes. Each of the L-I crew's scores were on three way combina- tions. Stu O'Neil completed his dual scoring role with help from brother Max and blue line pat- rolling Ken Loft at 1:31. The visiting Sailors replied past the half way mark, Del Bedard hitting on an unassisted sortie. Less than a minute had elapsed when Barry Hearn gar- nered his third scoring point of the night, blinking the light with help from Galloway and Terry Hodgins. Galloway came back near the close of the session to complete his night's marksmanship fini- shing off a play with Hearn and Don Urbshott, Max O'Neil took care of the Combine scoring in the final session, netting a pair, Don Fletcher was credited with as- sists on both plays and Steve Storey helped on the latter. Seventeen penalties were cal- led in the contest by referees Haughton and Burrell of London, eight being called against the home team. HEARN GETS DOUBLE In Thursday's 4-4 draw in Goderich, Barry Hearn scored twice for the Combines and single tallies were added by Max O'Neil and Doug Galloway. Doug Cruickshank and Bill Gallow with two apiece accoun- ted for the Goderich scoring. of four and 6-6 at the end of six before the Bell crew scored a big three-end in the seventh to clinch the victory. Members of the Ottewell rink included Ruth Skinner, Gertrude Eagleson and substitute Helen Frayne. ONE BASEBALL TITLE In baseball circles, area teams turned in good showings with one Ontario title coming to a Huron-Perth representative. The Staffa Merchants after many years of playing bridesmaid finally made the grade in capturing the OBA "C" crown. Exeter Mohawks were subdued in their quest of bigger things by a stubborn Petrolia crew, Up in Zurich Don O'Brien and his Lum- ber Kings again ran into their old nemesis from Walsingham and were foiled in the final round of the OBA "D" grouping. Exeter Greys gave their fans an exciting season by winning the WOAA title. The only area centre to come up with more than one good minor baseball club was Hensall. The Bean Town had three teams of kids participating in provincial playdowns. The only Exeter minor club to advance to outside competition were the squirts who were downed by Mountsfield in an OBA semi-final round. The Exeter Golf Club enjoyed the busiest season of its young life with several record break- ing cards being turned in. The Exeter Bowling Lanes and the Exeter Curling club were operating at full capacity dur- ing their season of 1963. Looking ahead we would suggest the in- fant year 1964 could smile favourably on several sporting ventures in town and the area. A loyal executive of the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club could use about 40 new bowlers to augment their present membership. The same could be said about the Exeter Figure Skating club, in dire need of additional financing. In contrast there is a club that has enough members but lacks customer support. Mohawks of the OHA Big Nine grouping, a strictly home- brew club, have been turning in fine home ice performances but the fans have been staying away in droves. If you can't play a sport in 1964, be one. A happy and prosperous new year to every- one. Exeter District Co-Op Disappointing crowd for Boxing Day action PHONE 235-2081 Mohawks drop pair EXETER LANES CH (C, Edwards 731) GU (M. Prewer 536) CC WR SE BL SH CR 5 43 2 59 5 33 2 32 5 '7'7 2 50 Ted MacDonald added goal num- ber four for the winners. Playing coach DeanMcKnight was the most prolific scorer for the "monied men" blinking the light on two different occasions, Jerry Leslie rounded out the Bank Boys scoring with an un- assisted marker. The same two clubs will meet in a return contest at the Arena Thursday at 9 p.m. 0 16 5 33 5 33 0 18 3 35 2 32 Ill Health ? SP CA LA CH RO OW BJ SD NH RO WC TI See your doctor first. Bring your prescription to MIDDLETON'S DRUGS 0 14 5 85 0 27 5 32 0 23 5 24 MEN'S "B" LEAGUE FA (B, Russell 770) 4 42 CT (F. Tilley 637) 0 22 SF (G. Campbell 624) 3 29 LA (G, Arthur 636) 1 42 MI (L. Stire 606) 3 39 WM (W. VanDewOrp 619) 1 22 OD (B. Rowe 611) 4 33 NO (A. Meikle 512) 0 16 BA (D. McKnight 662) 2 39 DS (B. Dobson '771) 2 17 WC (W. ROmaniuk 642) 4 37 BD (Default) 0 22 LADIES "A" LEAGUE MM (L. Pitman-the 576) 5 64 IG (D. Tiernan 587) 2 6'7 NH (13. Sangster '706) 4 62 PP (P. Haugh 636) 3 61 WH (V. Lindenfield 629) 7 58 11G (D. Munroe 542) 0 51 TR (N. Meikle 59'7) 3 58 1O (J. Burke 534) 4 45 HD (R. Derelict 659) 5 57 LI BB (W. Brintnell 657) 2 34 EL PI (L. Smith 586) 7 58 CR LS (M. Jory 447) 0 23 ZE LADIES "B" LEAGUE BE Gravett, in addition to scoring one goal, turned in a couple of good stops while taking an odd turn at trying to keep her net clear. Other goal scorers for the winners were Xandra Btische, Judy Lamport, Sandra Walters, Shirley Genttner and Nancy Phi- lips. Helen Campbell and Marg Snelgrove were able to direct the eluSive ball into the net in a losing cause. OLD TIMERS PREVAIL The afternoon was concluded with an exhibition of puck skill pitting the Bank Boys against an Old Timers outfit. The so-called "has beans" edged the Bankers 4-3, proving that experience is still a big factor in most sports. Don Cowan was the top marksman for the veterans, bulging the twine three times. trick for his afternoon outing. Davies also drew an assist on the first score of the fray fired by Billy Wein. Steve Riddell notched a second stanza marker with as- sistance provided by Peter Kleinstiver. An unassisted tally by Dennis Thompson late in the game completed the Exeter scoring, GREYS FADE OUT A game that was billed as a challenge broomball match be- tween the Exeter Greys and a group of Teen Town girls turned out to be a choose-em-up affair. Only one member of the championship softball club showed up for the contest and the girls were divided into two groups for the battle that en- sued. Mary Gravett, the only brave Grey, led her newly formed club to a 6-2 victory. Due to Christmas activities and the out-of-town hockey tournaments, attendance at the Exeter Minor Hockey Associa- tion's Boxing day attraction at the arena was disappointing. Less than 60 paying custo- mers turned out to watch a varied program. The first hour and a half was devoted to the Atom and Squirt house league performers. The youngsters went through their usual Saturday morning drills, beginning with skating stops and starts and winding tip with a scrimmage. The all-star squirts, Sham- rock league leaders, took to the ice in the first official game of the afternoon and outscored Huron Park' of London 6-2 in exhibition play. Larry Davies was the top Exeter goal getter scoring once in each period to claim a hat 0 29 5 50 0 7 5 24 0 20 5 35 A HAPPY4 PROSPEROUS NEW yeAR EVERYONE! (B. Gilfillan '710) (D. Wells '743) (S. Zachar 564) (M. Klyne 632) (J. Coughlin 756) ( E. Hyde 546) BANTAM GIRLS S. Ford 335) (K. Bentley 252) (N. Gifford 320) (P. Schroeder 288) (Y. Romanuick 289) (J. Ferguson 185) BANTAM BOYS (I. 0 renchuk 212) (L. Haugh 253) (T. Prewer 199) (H. Brintnell 250) (M. Bower 232) (R. Lindenfield 319) PEE WEES (D. Fairbairn 205) (J. Brintne11175) (D, trintnell 179) (D. Lafreniere 181) (B, campbell 151) (R. Klyne 147) DON ROOTH ELECTRIC M. Isaac528 7 7 GI J,1( ) 6 AC (F.Walker 584) 0 '70 lot gay,.,:-.4 /4 PeA g Ar4,14 WC (B. Reid 423) 5 42 0.44 vF 2 67 LUCAN MEN'S LEAGUE 5 63 DA (E. Morgan 691) 3 26 2 46 HS (M. Culbert 488) 0 8 1 68 RE (R. Gledhill 747) 2 22 0 30 FE (C. RtImmeIl 553) 1 13 7 53 CR (Jo Freeman 619) 3 21 0 55 AG (G. 1Vienders 450) 0 5 7 28 DU (1<, Dickson 819) 2 28 0''48 SD O. Glenn 829) 1 27 LO Brock 514) MM (E, Morley 549) $L (A. Pord 524) Hit (P, Patterson 503) SP (Default) BB (4 Salmon 559) Stagg 523) ‘1S (0, Skinner 533) tiB -(0, Rowe 439) MIXED' dgAOUR'S COLLEENS Virknd 660 5 69 tlayt‘er 507) 5 44 GL (R. Ferguson 681) 2 57 tit (1,, Blake 591) 81 HE (C. Browning 485') 7 34 HO (J, Battling 688) 4 38 AM (D, tickers 643) 6 21 turn to page 7 MO OR •N R • LIG 11 SQUIRTS PLAY diFOLLOW THE LEADER" IN ROUTINE DURING BOXING /YAlt PROGRAM HERE 235-0282.10 HURON W Exeter Mohawks lived up to their previous reputation of los- ing road contests by sizeable scores and then returning to home ice to give the same club a real battle before succumb- ing. Last Monday in Forest the Mohawks were trampled 13-5 by the Lakesides in OHA Big Nine play. Back in the friendly confines of the home rink Fri- day, the Tribe put up a real fight, dropping a close 6-5 de- cision. The next scheduled game at the local arena will be Friday, January 10 with Goderich Sail- ors providing the opposition. COME FROM BEHIND The Mohawks turned in a solid performance in the final two periods of play after appearing to be out of contention as the visiting Lakesides took an early 5-0 lead. Mohawks canie swarming out in the second and tallied four times while holding Forest to a single counter. Bob Jones took a pass from Lloyd Moore for the first scor- ing play at 3:20. Less than three Minutes later BObIlaynhain was on the firing end of a play started by Jones. Two more goals in quids sue- CeSsion, this time frOm the Sticks of Cy BlOntrria.ert and Frank Boyle cut the Forest margin to one, Jim Powlet snagged his Sea end marker of the night near the end of the period to Corn-. Note the Lakeside tallying. Several fights erupted at the close of the period and Murray Please turn to page 1 M ay you enjoy the best of everything in the corning New Year! 7 '74 0 39