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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-01-08, Page 3FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS By Ross Haugh Finish decade In the last issue of 1969 we were unable to complete our resume of the sports highlights of the past ten years due to the lack of space. We will conclude that series with the top local sports happenings of 1969 and then go on to possibly dream a bit on what could or what we would like to see happen in the next ten years. 1969 The Exeter Legion bantams advanced to the OMHA finals before bowing to a strong South Shore club. The . Dashwood Tigers repeated, as OBA Intermediate "D" champions. Floodlights were installed at the Dashwood Athletic Field and the first ball was tossed out by a pitching star of Dashwood clubs of early years, Chester Gaiser. Pauline Bell of Hensall joined the Holiday on Ice Show. The South Huron junior Panthers won the Huron-Perth Conference football championship with an undefeated season. Crediton Tigers won their second straight WOAA grand hockey crown. Tom Monteith of the Lucan-Ilderton Jets was killed in an automobile accident. Uilke Nagel represented South Huron at the COSSA track and field meet in Toronto. Lucan Irish won the Thames Valley bantam baseball championship. Curling rinks from Exeter skipped by Jim Hewitt, Lee Webber and Helen Burton competed in Ontario playdowns. A new minor softball league was formed in Usborne Township and Thames Road won the girls championship while Whalen took the boys division. HELMETS FOR ALL Probably one of the first things to happen will be the use of helmets by hockey players of all ages and calibre including the National Hockey League. This move is already well on the way and it is only a matter of time until Clarence Campbell's league adopts the "helmet for all rule." In sports and recreation facilities we see the need for much more in the way of camping sites. With a growing population and more city people wanting to get into the fresh air of the country most camping facilities are already taxed to capacity. In this area, attendance at the Pinery is nearly always at capacity. Some camping and trailer sites are expected to be opened next summer at the new Parkhill Dam area operated by the Ausable River Conservation Authority. With the increased camping activity will come some problems of air and water pollution and littering of our highways and the cost of,attempting to solve or curtail this problem. Some drastic steps will have to be taken to eliminate the throwing of trash on highways and parks. We know the department of highways spend a fantastic amount of money on clean-up alone. A television program Sunday afternoon showed the vast amounts of garbage and litter that has to be moved out of AlgonquinPark, some by slow and tedious methods. While there is a fine of fifty dollars locally for tossing refuse on the highway the guilty parties are very seldom prosecuted and most of us are guilty of this offence. WORLD HOCKEY One of the most talked about sports topics this week is world hockey. By this time everyone knows that the Canadian National team has withdrawn from further world play and the upcoming championships slated for Montreal and Winnipeg will be held in Sweden. Most Canadians agree with the move saying it is about time we stood up for our rights. We were fortunate late Sunday afternoon to accidentally tune in on a special TV broadcast where four Toronto sports writers were engaged in an interview with Bunny Ahearne direct from Geneva by telephone. Ahearne, the president of the International Hockey Federation failed to answer any of the leading questions put forth. He did say his organization was not going to cater to one country that wanted to be a dictator. We fail to see how some of the European teams that train and play competitively at least eleven months of the year can be classified as amateurs, It is about time that all world competitions be thrown wide open with the absolute best from each country. It is quite within the realm of possibilities that European teams could be competing in the National Hockey league within the next ten years. One of the biggest obstacles would be the added expense involved in the long flights overseas, although this could probably be minimized considerably. One or two trips each season across the pond could probably suffice. Now the two Canadian teams fly to California possibly five or six times a season. Overseas entries and the air travel necessary would certainly bring about the retirement of fellows like Gump Worsley that refuse to travel by air. Lead stretches in Ausable Name new playing coach January 1970 Poo. 7 Jets continue winning .skein OHA Intermediate 'B' HOCKEY TUESDAY JAN.13 8:30 P.M. 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LIMITED Chevrolet — Oidsmobile PHONE 235-0660 EXETER The Home of Guardian Maintenance tov BEAVER LUMBER NOW OPEN UNTIL 4:00 P.M. EVERY SATURDAY 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday Hawks get three wins over holiday season On the strength of three straight victories during the holidays, Mlsa Craig has moved well out in front in the Ausable Valley Rec hockey league. Brinsley follows in second spot with ten points while Shipka has eight points and Lieury has moved a little closer from their basement position with a six-point total. In the past weekend contests, Brinsley edged Shipka 6.4 and Ailsa Craig downed Lieury by a score of 11 John Schenkel Scored four times to lead the Ailsa Craig win over Lieury. NOtehing two goals apiece were Dave Collins and Don McAlpine while Charles Eedy and Bob Gillis added singles. The Lieury scoring was spread evenly with Colin Brewer, Sonny Slater, Bob Robinson, Doug Mawson and Bill Dickens firing the successful shots, Phil Conlifi's two goal effort was best for Brinsley in their win over Shipka while single goals were scored by Jack Conlin, Lloyd Mathers, Bob Hodgins and. Bill Mercer. Scoring in single fashion for Shipka were Greg Revington, Tom Wilson, Bob Finkbeiner and Jim Dietrich, The Exeter Hawks retained their comfortable lead at the top of the heap in the Western Junior "D" hockey grouping over the holidays with three consecutive victories. The Hawks now possess a record of fourteen wins and a tie in only seventeen league starts and hold a five point edge over the second place Zurich. Dominions. The latest three wins were 7-5 over Belmont on December 28; 9-4 over the Lucan Irish Six in Exeter Friday night and a 5.2 triumph over the Mitchell Hawks in Mitchell, Tuesday night. In their next home start the Hawks play host to the Belmont Sunsets at the local arena, Friday night, at 8.30. DEFENCEMEN SCORE Members of the Exeter Hawks defensive corps got into the scoring, act in Mitchell Tuesday night as the visiting Hawks downed the hometown Hawks 5-2. Exeter rearguard Mike Hoy fired his club's only goal of the first period between two goals shot by Phil Chessell of the Mitchell team. In the third period, right winger John Braid tied the score on an unassisted effort at 5.08 and only twenty-four seconds later, Hal Flaro produced the game winning goal for the Hawks. Later in the period, defenceman Joe O'Rourke scored twice within a space of three minutes with captain Barry Baynham assisting each time. The Exeter boys had a good advantage in territorial play, outshooting the home team 51-23. MURLEY SPLURGES Steve Murley went on a The South Huron District High School wrestling team got off to a good start in Huron-Perth Conference competition with a 37-26 win over Clinton, Tuesday afternoon at the local school. Saturday, the South Huron boys also participated in a nine-team invitational tournament at the University of Waterloo and finished in fifth place. In addition to four Kitchener-Waterloo schools, the other entries were from Preston, Galt, Guelph and Scarborough Collegiate of Toronto. Four of the South Huron wins against Clinton came by way of default when the opposing school failed to fill the necessary weight classes. Winning from South Huron without taking to the mat were Peter Sereda, Gary Charrette, Morley Eagleson and Dan Shoebottom. The Exeter novice hockey club in addition to remaining unbeaten in regular Shamrock league play, put up a good showing in the annual Oakridge Optimist holiday tournament held in London. The youngsters coached by Ron Bogart and Bob Pooley have compiled ten straight Shamrock wins and play host to Ilderton at the Exeter arena, Friday night at 7 p.m. In their latest league action, the local novice boys swamped Stoney brook 10-1 and blanked Ilderton 8.0. In the win over Stoneybrook, Robbie Heard was the top scorer with five goals while Paul Pooley and Gary Saleski each checked in with a pair of markers and Perry Pooley notched one goal. Against Ilderton, Perry Pooley went on a scoring rampage with three goals and the same number Junior Hockey Wed., Jan. 14 8i31) p.m. Lucan Arena Exeter Vs. Lucan Irish and Fri, Jan. 16 Lambeth vs. Lucan Irish scoring spree on Exeter ice Friday night as the Hawks registered a 9-4 victory over the Lucan Irish, Murley scored four times and Singlehandedly equalled the Irish scoring for the night. Lucan opened the scoring at 2.24 of the opening period when Andy Hardy found the range on a play started by Brad Barclay and Jim Hearn. Less than two minutes later Murley scored his first of the night with Ron Lindenfield getting the assist and before the period ended Larry Laye had put the Hawks in front by converting a pass from Hal Flaro. Early in the second session, Randy Parsons shot the Hawks two goals in front completing a passing play with John Braid and Barry Baynham. Parsons and Tom Hodgins of the Irish traded goals only thirty-nine seconds apart near the five minute mark and Hodgins was back three minutes later to tie the score, temporarily. Before the period was over, Murley was back with three goals to run his game total to four, In the third period, Ron Moore and Larry Haugh fired shots into the Lucan cage to complete the scoring for the Hawks, LINDENFIELD LEADS In Belmont, Ron Lindenfield picked up a hat trick for his night's work to lead the Hawk scoring attack, scoring once in each period. Larry Laye was close behind with a two goal effort while Randy Parsons and Rick Schell added single goals. The fastest pin of the day was accomplished by Jim Morlock of South Huron when he disposed of his Clinton opposition in 1.09. Doug Geoffrey of South Huron won his match in only two seconds longer than it took Morlock to win and Bob Moore picked up two points for his team when he gained a tie. The other win was picked up by Bill De Groot • in the 97-pound division. In an exhibition match at 14-2, pounds Gary Lavier of the local school was a winner by way of a pin during the third round. At the open tournament in Waterloo, Dan Shoebottom, Jim Morlock and Bill Cameron of South Huron finished in second spot in their respective categories against competition from larger schools. Placing third were Peter Sereda and Tom Prout, while Paul Greb was fourth and Gary Gibson fifth. of assists 'while twin brother Paul scored twice and gained the same number of assists. Brad Taylor scored twice and Robbie Heard added a single to complete the scoring against Ilderton. In tournament play, the Exeter boys blanked Aylmer 3.0 and downed Strathroy 6-2 before bowing 10.0 to Byron in the next round. Byron went on to win the rural championship. Paul Pooley, Gary Saleski and Brian Horrell were the Exeter goal scorers against Aylmer While Laurie Skinner played an outstanding game in goal to record a shut-out. ' In the win over Strathroy the local youngsters gained steam as they went along. Norm McCauley scored the only goal of the first period on a slap shot while Perry and Paul Pooley each scored once in the second session. Final period scoring was provided by Gary Saleski who scored twice and Brad Taylor with a single. JACK NAIRN . . . new Jet coach Battle continues in dart league The new year promises little change in the battle for first place in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. In Friday's resumption of play after the holidays, the league leading Hairpins came up with five point effort to up their season total to 48. The Sharpshooters picked up four points for their night's work and fell two points back of the leaders. The Dart Sharks follow in third place with 41 points while the Dark Angels and Turtles are right behind with totals of 40 and 39, respectively. Ann Romaniuk continues to lead the ladies individual races with 17 games and a high single of 135. John Link has won 25 times to lead the men's division while Gerry Edington has the maximum single score of 180. Last week's scores were as follows: Doublers 4 — Canners 1 Scotties 3 — Nothings 2 Itchy Four 3 — Dutchies 2 Sharpshooters 4 B & W's 1 Hairpins 5 — Featherflights 0 Turtles 5 — Cleaners 0 Dark Angels 4 — Dart Sharks 1 By CLARE STANLEY The beginning of 1970 finds the Lucan Irish Jr. "D" in third place in the Western league. This S kiing k This column on skiing will appear weekly in the T-A during the winter months and is being written .by Dave Bieman, a teacher at Usborne Central School. I'm sure that many people have received skis for Christmas and quite probably have rushed out at the first opportunity, came back and told everyone that you enjoyed it, but for some reason you haven't managed to get out again. Perhaps you were discouraged by the sight of so many "better" skiers, maybe you fell from the tow, or maybe you just fell, hard. Don't give up, remember that every skier once looked just like you and keep the following things in mind. Most importantly don't be afraid to ask anyone for help. One of the things that makes skiing so enjoyable is the friendly atmosphere among skiers. However, certain people can give you particularly good advice. One of the first people who could help you is the tow operator. He'll be able to tell you how to get on and off, this should alleviate part of your worry. Ofher skiers can give you a fairly accurate description of any new hill you'd like to conquer. Someone that everyone should get in touch with is the qualified instructor. The best way to learn to ski is to learn the right way right from the start. Now get out there and enjoy yourself and don't worry about looking silly for a while, we all did. Once again if you have any skiing events you'd like covered drop a line to SKIING in care of the T-A. The Lucan-Ilderton Jets opened up an eight point first place lead over the rest of the competition in the Ontario Hockey Association Intermediate "B" hockey league with a 8-2 win over Cheltenham Harvesters, Tuesday night. The Jets now have a season record of fourteen wins and three losses good for 28 points, eight more than the runner-up Durham Huskies. During the holidays, the Jets trounced Acton 21-2 and edged the Durham Huskies 5-4 in overtime in the best game of the season played at the Huron Park arena. The Jets will meet London Motor Products of the South Middlesex league at the Huron Park arena, Friday night at 8.30 in an exhibition tilt. There will be no admission charges for this game. Tuesday night, the Jets will be at home to the Fergus Jets in their next regular league test. Jamie Robb of the Jets continues to lead the league's scoring race with a total of 53 points. Jack Nairn, a member of the Jets for the last two years took over the club's coaching duties at Sunday's practice and will guide the club in addition to playing for the balance of the season. Nairn takes over from Steve Storey and Don Urbshott, who will continue in playing role only. New playing coach Jack Nairn wasted little time in Cheltenham Tuesday night showing his team-mates what he expected of them for the balance of the season. Nairn scored one goal and assisted on three others to help the Jets to a 8-3 win over the Harvesters. Doug Galloway was actually the top Jets scorer as he was in on six of the eight goals for the winners. Galloway scored once in each period to pick up a hat has been accomplished by nine wins, one tie, and seven losses for a grand total of nineteen points, which at the time of writing is three points ahead of fourth place Belmont and two points behind second place Zurich. The key win was at the expense of the Belmont Sunsets on December 30, which the Juniors won by a 5.3 score. Jeff Craig and Andy Hardy both scored twice with Mike Anderson picking up a single. The three stars for the night were: first star, Steve English of Lucan; second star, Brian Abbey of Belmont, and third star went to John McLean, the Irish goal-tender who stopped twenty-five shots. The Irish picked up eleven of the nineteen penalties handed out. John Wisely, Brian Abbey and Gary Gavey each scored for the Sunsets. At the gate the Irish are still setting records, as the two thousandth fan paid to see the kids in action, for an average attendance of 250 fans per game. We have just seven more home games before play-offs which begin in the middle of February. Elsewhere on the sports page you can read about the ease with which the Exeter Hawks took over and skated to an easy 9-4 win. Andy Hardy and Tom Hodgins scored two goals each in the losing effort. Gord Hardy is now sitting out a six-game suspension for his handling of a referee in Lambeth on December 26. trick for his night's work and assisted on three others, two coming on power plays. Galloway opened the game scoring at the sixteen minute mark of the first period, but before the players left for the first rest, Cheltenham had scored twice to go out in front. Shortly after the one minute mark of the second session, Galloway tipped in a shot from Nairn on a power play to knot the count and at eleven minutes, the same two combined to put the Jets in front to stay, this time Nairn hit the net. With less than one minute to go in the period, Jamie Robb got loose at centre ice and raced around a lone defenceman and deiced the goalie out of position, At 5.42 of the last. period, Galloway completed his scoring when he came in on the net, faked passPs. to .Nairn and Steve Storey, but carried behind the net and sneaked out in front to deposit the puck in the net. The Jets were again successful on a power play at 14.58 with Jacques Cousineau finishing off a play with Jamie Robb and Doug Galloway. Before the final bell sounded, Cousineau added his second goal of the night and Ken Loft checked in with a single goal. The Harvesters drew 14 of the 24 penalties called. High school wrestlers open season with win Novice puck club gets tenth regular victory OHA JUNIOR ‘11)' HOCKEY Friday, Jan. 9 EXETER ARENA Belmont Sunsets VS Exeter Hawks - Irish hockey team is drawing good crowds