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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-01-15, Page 4RICH LATHER a member of the Huron Park Pee Wee hockey club lets a shot go at Doug Scheets, Royal Oak, Michigan's goaltender. Minutes earlier, Lather had scored,minutes later he was out of the game on a disputed high sticking call, photo by Youngs. Huron Park wins three matches, leads Mich. teem 1 3-8 in goals 0 2 5 7 0, 0 5 8 0 7 71 4 54 0 44 3 88 0 6 7 2 7 39 46 82 44 71 80 5 78 2 45 7 54 0 76 5 75 2 47 5 31 2 50 7 61 0 42 H&K CENT RE SORT 411 Main St. South, Exeter 235-2261 are pleased to announce they have acquired the RADIO SHACK FRANCHISE (This is a nationally famous line of top quality home entertainment and related products Although we will be going out of sporting goods, we will still provide our usualy service with trophies and engravings. Intermediate "C" Lucan Cyclones Dresden Tues., Jan. 20 8:30 p,m. 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Licence 1972 MUSTANG sports roof, V- P36785. 8, automatic, power steering and power brakes. Licence FNCOS2 '2695 1973 FORD F100, ranger, load- ed, beautiful. Licence C76769. tires. Before inspection. Lkence 1972 CHEV VAN, automatic, six cylinder, automatic, radio( ply HNK851, heeds some body work, as is, 1970 MAVERICK 2-door sedan, '695 '795 '3095 1 974 GREMLIN 2 - d dor, 1967 F100 half ton, as is, Licence automatic. Licence DAE278. 071612 '2495 '495 Retnertthee ... It's Sense to See Larry Snider Motors LIMITED EXETER /15-1640 LONDON 227-4191 Open Weekdays Until 9:00 Saturdays Until 6:00 0) '3195 1695 '1395 '1695 '945 '2445 '6795 Hawks winless in ,„ six release Bourne ' by Fred Younos A common feeling amongst our neighbours to the South is that we Canadians are becoming more and more what they like to call "anti-American", Of courses we prefer to put a different name to the same tune and call it nationalism. Anyway, a lot of Americans feel that of late we Cannucks have been generally looking on the negative side of things when it comes to them. Whether or not the second part, about us being negative is true, there is now a move afoot to bring major league baseball to Toronto, in the form of the financially bullet- ridden San Francisco Giant franchise. The Giants, as many true ball fans know, have had a lot of trouble lately. Gone are the days of Willy Mays and pen- nant contention, The Giants have had to contend with Charles 0. Finley across the bay in Oakland and his powerhouse team of the Oakland Athletics. It would not be so bad for the Giants if the A's were merely a powerhouse and nothing else. The other problem with competition in this area is that Charlie 0. is the last of the big time hustlers in baseball, In the early sixties, when baseball was just starting its decline in attendance and national interest, as football, con- currently, began to replace it as the great national pastime, owners of teams showed just how worthy they were by com- ing up with gimmicks to keep the crowds enthused, or, at least, amused. They hustled fresh pitchers in from the dugouts in little carts that looked like baseballs, and summarily ushered out the old pitcher in that same cart, They had scoreboards that lit up with words like "zow, bang, boom, etc." every time a home team player hit the veritable home run. They made baseball, if not interesting, at least somewhat humorous. But it wasn't enough, and people were still flocking from the gates of the big diamonds over to the gates of the football field and in some cases to the hockey arenas and basketball courts. Teams started to lose money and as salaries inflated and gate receipts dropped, there was cause for a lot of the old Save the Franchise soft-shoe as per- formed by the NL-Al governors. Which leads us to the present situation, wherein a group of Canadians, headed by Labatts and R. H. Webster, president-publisher of the Globe and Mail have put out a whopping 13.25 million dollars. That is the highest offer that anybody has made for the Giants; in fact it is one of the highest offers ever for a team. The next highest offer has come from a San Francisco investor, and it falls 2.5 million short of the mark, set by the Toronto offer. Now in all logic and sense, it would seem that the Giants are destined for Toronto, with the stamp of the governors being a rubber one, right? Wrong. It seems that there are some complicating factors here, the biggest of which is the opposition to the move by the mayor of S.F., some of the players and a few members of Congress who were promised a baseball team. The first complaints that came from Washington. It seems that the city of Washington was promised that they should receive the next franchise in that they wanted a team, don't have a team and are, naturally, the nation's capital. Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner, has said that he will quit if Toronto is given a franchise before D.C. What the fine politicians are forgetting however, is that Washington has had umpteen franchises over the past few years, and they can't make them go. They all lose money for some reason or another and each one of them has had to summarily move on to another city. Maybe civil servants don't like ball games or something, but whatever the reason may be, if the NL goes ahead and awards the franchise to Washington, they're making another problem for themselves because in three years they are going to have to move it once again and that will be another battle to find an acceptable city in baseball laden USA. The other opposition is coming from within the league and San Francisco, Newly elected mayor George Moscone said that they won't let the Giants go. Why George? Because they have that lucrative $125,000 lease with the city for the use of Candlestick Park? Because they are a cultural draw? Who's going to support them George? You? The city? The NL, who has been underwriting them the past few years? The Labatts offer was even upped a cool million from the original in order the cover the debts in- curred by the Giants and that healthy 19 year lease that they signed for the stadium. All bases are covered. Three NL owners have come out and said that they want to sort out the mess that they now have on their hands with the Washington team and the pending anti-trust action against them- should the Giants go elsewhere. In their tunnel view of the whole situation, it seems like a better idea to drag another unstable franchise into the league to appease some politicians who are concerned about their town's prestige at the expense of the franchise as well as the sport as a whole in the end. The Labatts , offer is by far the most feasible as far as money goes and as far as backing goes. The other important thing to remember is that Toronto is just aching for a ball team, masochists that they are, because the Giants will probably go the same way as other Toronto teams . . . namely, down the tubes everywhere but in the financial end of it. However, the interesting point of the whole matter is what could be loosely termed anti-Canadianism. Maybe for the first time in our history, there is a hint of antagonism showing in the actions that we are taking. Maybe for the first time, there is a feeling of petty jealousy, of fear, of general dislike for this country over something that it has done. We have invaded cne of the more sacred institutions in America. The awarding of the franchise to Montreal was generally regarded as a joke on the most part by the NL. (Actually, the way the team plays is a joke, but that's another story.) But this is a serious threat. Here is a Canadian city offering to buy an established team. A team that with a lit- tle work could well be a contender for any championship. Diehard rednecks must shudder at the thought of the World Series being played in Toronto. It is as sickening to them as the Philadelphia Flyers as Stanley Cup Champions are to the majority of Canadians. It is really an anti-Canadian feeling that is mounting in the U.S. Not as much because of the fear 'of an economic takeover of the game by Canadians, a la hockey, but because we are making inroads on an institution. We are not really eXpected to be so bold as to make these moves. Face it, we are the weak sister in North America. We sold out an awful lot to get where we are and are not supposed to buy anything back; least of all a baseball team. Ironies of ironies though. Imagine 1986 when Toronto wins the World Series, beating Montreal or Vancouver and Atlanta is the Stanley Cup champion after walking over top of California. I shudder at the thought. While most of Canada focused its attention on the NHL-Russia series, four minor hockey teams from Huron Park and Royal Oak, Michigan, started the first phase of their international tournament. Huron Park took three of the four regulation games and the one exhibition game as well as a five goal lead in the total goal series. The penalty box saw almost as much action throughout the series as the ice surface did, as each game became increasingly rougher over the last one. The roughness culminated during the Pee Wee match when Brad Cochrane, a forward for Royal Oak, took a high stick from Rich Lather of Huron Park, Cochrane was cut and had to be helped from the ice. He later returned. Lather was first slapped with a two minute minor for the in- fraction before referee's Curry Aree and Barry Lewis had a change of heart upon seeing Cochrane's blood and hit Lather with a five minute major and bounced him from the game. The ensuing melee around the penalty bench held up the game for five minutes as the two teams argued over the call. The situation was not helped by Lewis and Aree's strict calling of the game that at one point saw seven players crowding themselves into the penalty box. The haggard time keeper came under fire as he tried to juggle the incoming and departing players, at several points being accused by the irate Royal Oak bench of allowing a Huron Park player out too early or keeping a Royal Oak player in too long. The same sentiments, in reverse order, were practiced across the rink at Huron Park's bench. The value of Lewis and Aree's strict handling of the first period was questionable, as the two teams continued their scrappy play, with Royal Oak taking 17 of the 31 penalties called. Ten of the Royal Oak infractions came in the second and third periods, Huron Park lost the opening game of the series 2-1. The two Novice teams played a scoreless first period before Royal Oak's Kevin Smith scored at 3:06 of the second period. Huron Park bounced back early in the third period when Steve Tasko and Chinn Tripp combined to set up Dave Rook for the first and only Huron Park marker. The goal came while Huron Park was playing shor- thanded, with Billy Moffat off for a roughing infraction. The visitors picked up their second goal when Todd Olsen scored an unassisted powerplay effort with Huron Park's Mark Stuckless off for tripping. The game saw 16 penalties called, 11 of them to Huron Park, Try women's indoor soccer The Exeter Independent Soccer Club, a new soccer organization not affiliated with the Exeter Centennial Soccer Club, is in the preliminary stages of organizing a five a-side soccer league for women. President Kathy Giffen, along with her three vice-presidents, Dave Zyluk, Dave Silcock, soccer coach of the year for 1975 and Les Webb held their first meeting of the year Monday night at the Exeter Public School. There is no cost to enter the league, with the free registration taking place Monday, January 19 at 7:30 at. Exeter Public School. Five-a-side soccer is a slower version of soccer that can easily be played indoors because fewer people are on the area of play, The games will be played on a Monday night. If Monday is an inconvenient evening, contact one of the above people and if enough interest is shown they will form teams for another night, including a tripping call, an automatic call and a misconduct in the third period to Huron Park's Scott Meritlees. A four goal third period, two to each team, gave Huron Park their first win of the weekend, as the Atoms won 3-2. Steve Morrissey opened the scoring when he was set up by Captain Shawn Wells at 4:19 of the second period. The first frame had been scoreless. Huron Park carried their slim lead into the third frame when Mike Salvona made it 2-0 when he converted passes from Bobby Rook. Huron Park was playing short handed at the time of Salvdna's marker, with Rob Winger off. Tony Jones got the winning goal at 7:29 of the period, on an assist by Salvona and Wells again, Two defensive lapses by the home team allowed Royal Oak to close the gap as the game drew to a close. Gil Ybarra beat goalie Mark Christie for two goals, one at 11:35 and one with a minute to go in the game but time ran out for the visitors and Huron Park managed to hold onto their victory margin. Huron Park took seven of the eleven penalties called, including a misconduct to Winger in the third period. Dehpite the first period fracas, that had most of the play being done by three skaters and a goalie for each team, the Pee Wee game was fast and con- sistent hockey. Goalending was the key to the game which saw both Doug House, for Huron Park and Gary Scheets for Royal Oak called on to make saves on the numerous breakaways in the free skating, fast paced game. With less than two minutes gone in the game, Terry Hodgins set up Rich Lather who let a long shot go that seemed to fool Scheets.Scheetsknocked down the' descending puck but it bounced between his legs for Huron Parks' first goal. Feeling that they had found Scheets weakness, Huron Park started taking long shots. Although they were accurate, and Scheets was called upon to make some difficult saves, Huron Park gave up some good op- portunities by shooting too early, Royal Oak bounced back, when Brad Cochrane set up Rich Plonkey who let a shot go from just inside the blueline to put the visitors on the scoreboard. Cochrane then returned from the dressing room where his injury was attended and scored a pretty goal, pulling House out and putting the puck in the lower right hand corner to give Royal Oak a 2-1 lead to take into the second period. At 9:47 of the second, Don Stuckless set up Andy O'Brien for the tying goal that came on a power play effort with Royal Oak's Kress Stein off on a roughing call. Stuckless returned in the third period to score the winner, after taking a pass from Mark Gallagher. The only regulation game of the series that was not decided by a single goal was the Bantam contest, which saw Huron Park whip their opponents 6.2. Royal Oak opened the scoring at 1:29 of the first period with a goal from Rusty Cecil oh a power play. Huron Park tied it up at 6:47 of the first frame when Tim Lawrence set up Blair Hem for the first of Herres four goals of the game. Hern scored again at 2 :48 of the second to put his team into the lead for the first time in the game, before Royal Oak's Jim Bartaktarovich tied the game on a penalty shot. Just 15 seconds later it was all Over for the Royal Oak squad when Paul Theander scored an unassisted marker for the eventual game winner. Hern completed his hat trick two minutes later with an assist going to Ralph Wells. In the first minute of play Of the third period, Rob Funston scored from Mike Denny on a power play effort and Hern, scoring with amazing regularity, picked up his fourth goal, his second unassisted one of the game. Huron Park did a good job of killing off penalties, as they allowed only one power play goal in the twenty penalties that they took through the contest. Royal Oak had 14 infractions called against them. One of the more interesting games that took place in the tournament was the exhibition game between two girls teams, one from each country. The Huron Park girls easily won the game, defeating their opponents 3-0. All the scoring in the game EXETER MEN'S "A" AL S. McNair 674 5 77 EF J. Cleave 707 2 60 FL V. Glaab 625 5 49 HC J, Belmont 675 2 49 SU H. Holtzmann 767 7 83 KI D. Hockey 581 0 18 EXETER MEN'S "B" AJ M. Looby 577 0 83 IIP L. Hockey 759 7 39 ER R. Stagg 611 5 42 BS B. Hogg 614 2 40 YW R. Frayne 677 7 68 CO H. Brand 630 0 60 BO G. Pratt 667 0 60 TA A. Flynn 725 OE D. Brintnell 620 HA B. Quick 739 EXETER MEN'S MAJOR SP R. Smith 707 5 64 DD R. Dickey 732 2 50 C4 R. Wood 789 5 66 167 C. Murray 742 2 58 RO A. Flynn 808 7 84 NO F. Wells 745 0 35 SR. BOYS & GIRLS CC T, MacDonald 338 5 10 came in the third period, with Yvonne Wells netting the first of her two goals on a power play effort at 21 seconds of the third period. She was set up by Kim Kennedy. Wells got the insurance marker at 9:13 with the assist going to Debbie Morrissey, Less than a minute later, Shirley Denny scored the third goal unassisted, Darlene Lowe picked up the shutout in goal for Huron Park. The penalties were evenly split between the two teams, at six apiece. The two countries will meet again to continue play in the series on February 8 at the Huron Park arena. DY D. Bell 270 KED B. MacDonald 343 AT B. Brintnell 299 ST S, Pearce 471 CO P, Hockey 294 TUESDAY LADIES AH G. Bierling 609 HD B. Hearn 584 HB H. Westlake 442 MM T. Heywood 565 ' .P0 PP Y. Jacques 484 J. Simpson 536 CE P. Crawford 585 WL J. Cleave 603 M. Nisbet 495 AL PI S. Brintnell 631 Ss M. Relouw 603 HG D. Case 534 MM B. Miller 609 GY ,D. Weigand 493 TL M. Samis 735 GG B. Bierling 550 JS R. Greene 562 , IN S. Doxta tor 5451 BL SP T. Stagg 710 Forfeit The Exeter Hawks, winless in six games, have released coach Terry Bourne and brought in Glen Wiese to replace him. The Hawks have not won since December 22 when they squeaked by the Lucan Irish 2-1. Since then they have lost four in a row, and tied their past two games, The losing streak has dropped them from third to sixth place in the standings in the Junior "D" loop, Bourne coached his last game January 9 when the Hawks came out of the contest with first place Belmont tied at four apiece. The rough contest, marred by two fights in the second period, saw the Hawks take a 2-0 lead in the first period. Rick Moody opened the scoring for the Hawks when he beat Belmont goaltender Tom Hare after being set up by Noel Skinner. Rick Ingram added to the total late in the period, at 18:01. The second period was nearly all Belmont as the Sunsets let go for four goals to wipe out the Hawks lead. Jeff Dale, put the Sunsets on the scoreboard at 1:48. Phil Knight managed to squeeze in a goal before the final three goals for the Sunsets. Rick Landon picked up two and an assist on Paul Buchanan's goal to put the home team out ahead 4-3 going into the final frame. Three of the Sunset goals came while the Hawks were playing shorthanded, as the Hawks took nine penalties in the period, The second frame was also the scene of the fighting outburst, that ended with Rick Moody being tagged with two roughing minors and a fighting call. Paul Logan of Belmont getting a tripping penalty and a game misconduct and Buchanan getting two tripping calls a fighting major and a game misconduct. Belmont held their lead until 9:28 of the final period when Matt Muller set up Rick Mommersteeg who beat Hare for the final Hawk goal, tying the score. The Hawks were caught with 19 penalties for 36 minutes, Managing to kill off all but three of them. The Sunsets ac- cumulated 53 minutes, killing all of it off without a power play goal against them. The Lucan Irish battled back from a 3-1 deficit Sunday in Lucan to tie the score in Glen Wiese's first game as coach. The Irish opened the scoring at 5:23 of the first when • Mike McIntyre beat goalie Randy Lovie after being set up by Wayne Hodgins, Brian Taylor tied it up for the Hawks before the end of the period with the first of his two goals in the game. Fred Mom- mersteeg and Rick Moody drew assists. Taylor's second goal of the game at 15:16 of the second put the Hawks into the lead, The goal was scored while Lucan's Cecil Nickles was off for elbowing. The Hawks out shot the Irish 11- 9 on the period, for a two period total of 20, compared to Lucan's 14 over two frames. After just 35 seconds of the third period, Ingram seemed to cement the Hawks win when he scored from Moody and Don McKellar, After the third goal, Lucan seemed to find their legs and came on stronger. At 7:30 Gord Moon narrowed the gap to one and then 61 seconds later, Wayne Hodgins tied it up after taking passes from Craig Corman and Wayne Herr, Hodgins' tying goal came five seconds after Taylor had gone to the penalty box to cool his heels on an elbowing i call. The Irish outshot the Hawks 12- 9 in the third period, but were behind in the final totals, 29-26. Curling Tuesday Mousseau .8 Marshall 6 Busche 8 Russell 3 Shapton 8 Ecker 6 - Taylor 9 Dawson 8 Wednesday Coates 15 Hackwell 3 Pfaff 8 Burton 4 Prout 10 Treevin 5 Boyle 7 Hackney 6 Thursday McDonald 10 Mickle 10 Amos 8 Etherington 5 Hodgert 8 Strang 3 Coleman 11 Lovell 11 11111161111111111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIII111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111 =.• = = =" tr tr = cx=r 7 83 0 8 7 68 LADIES THURSDAY