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' By Ross Haugh > 1
Dinner set
This is our last opportunity to talk about the 1979
Exeter Lions Club Sportsmen’s dinner.
The sixth dinner of its kind will be held next Tues
day night, February 6 at the South Huron Rec Centre.
A reception will get underway at 6 p.m. at which time
those attending may mingle with the large number of
guests and celebrities.
Dinner chairman Peter Raymond and his
enthusiastic committee have lined up an excellent
array of speakers and sporting personalities.
The headline speaker will be Bobby Bragan who
has had a long and interesting career in major league
baseball. Bragan was a fiery catcher in the national
league, went on to manage the Pittsburg Pirates, was
president of the Baseball Players Association and is
now working in the public relations department of
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s office.
Probably the best known sports celebrity to attend
will be Frank Selke Sr. who was instrumental in
building professional hockey franchises for the Toron
to Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.
Hockey of present day time will be represented by
Dan Maloney of the Toronto Maple Leafs and former
London Knight Brad Marsh now with the Atlanta
Flames.
The 1978 rookie of the year in the American
baseball league will be here. He is second baseman
Lou Whitaker of the Detroit Tigers. Whitaker will be
teaming up again this year with shortstop Allan
Trammell and this combination is expected to be one
of the best double play duos in the big leagues.
From the world of soccer comes Ken Furphy of
the Detroit Express and Graham Leggatt, former
coach of the Toronto Cosmos and the soccer team at
the University of Western Ontario. He represented
Scotland for 25 years in International matches.
A local flavour will be provided by two members
of the Milverton Suns ladies fastball team. They are
Exeter’s own Lynne Farquhar and Marg Skillings.
Lynne Farquhar has been invaluable to the Suns
for the past three or four years as a centre fielder. The
Milverton club is one of the top ladies teams in Canada
and is year after year in contention for the national
championship.
Others in attendance will be harness racing
trainer and driver Dave Wall, Toronto Argonaut
defensive star Wayne Smith and someone from the
Toronto Blue Jays.
The master of ceremonies to keep the program
flowing smoothly will be the well known Tom McKee
of CBC television.
The first five Sportsmen’s dinners were un
qualified successes and we know Tuesday’s event will
continue the same pattern and be probably better.
The Lions members are to be congratulated in
bringing an event of this stature to town. All proceeds
from the dinner are channelled to assist crippled
children and this is another reason to attend.
Tickets are still available from any Lions
member. They are $25 for adults and $15 for public and
high school students. Receipts are available for in
come tax purposes.
After this portion of the column was written we
received a call from Peter Raymond informing that
the Toronto Blue Jays will be well represented at
Tuesday’s dinner.
Coming from Canada’s newest major league
baseball team will be catcher Rick Cerone, pitching
coach Bob Miller, radio announcer Tom Cheek and
Howie Starkman who is in charge of public relations.
Beat MacLean's in final Glover cinches victory
Les Pines win local rec tourney championship
Pete Glover scored two
goals in the final three
minutes of Sunday’s cham
pionship game to give Les
Pines a come-from-behind 4-
3 win over MacLean’s to win
the first Exeter rec league
tournament.
Eight teams competed in
the event through Friday
night. Saturday and Sunday
and treated fans to some ex
citing hockey, featuring
some crisp passing and nifty
stick-handling displays.
In the game between the
double winners. MacLean’s
jumped into a 1-0 lead in the
first, added an unanswered
tally in the second and
appeared headed for the win
when they hit the sheet to
break a 2-2 tie late in the
game.
However, Glover fired
home a pass from Scott Bur
ton seconds after MacLean’s
had taken their lead and he
then potted the winner on an
unassisted effort with the
game clock slowing running
down.
Dan Bell scored the first
goal for the losers on a play
with Larry Skinner in the
first and Skinner built the 2-0
lead with a determined ef
fort in the second after tak
ing a pass from Jack
Chipchase.
Jim Guenther pulled Les
Pines to within one in the
first minute of the third
when his blast from the
blueline went under the stick
of Dune Etherington, while
Brad Datars evened the
count on a play with Ron
Moore and Marty Overholt
mid-way through the period.
Skinner then came back
with his second tally on a
play with Bell and Pius
Dietrich, but MacLean’s
couldn’t hold the margin as
Glover started his heroics to
earn the player of the game
award in a well-played con
test that gave Les Pines the '
$300 first prize cash.
Seaforth wins $200
One of two teams from
Seaforth skated off with the
$200‘consolation award when
they spoiled a come-back bid
by Zurich with a goal at the
18:52 mark of the third
period.
Paul Hulley gave Seaforth
a 1-0 lead in the first and
they increased the margin to
a pair when Ken Swan
scored in the second.
However, Zurich caught
fire in the final period and
evened the count on goals by
Wayne Clark and Glen Zirk.
Both teams missed
several good scoring
chances through the last half
of the final before Hulley
scored bn a deflection
against Percy Bedard with
63-seconds left in the con
test.
Other tournament scores
were as follows:
MacLean 6 - Zurich 2
In the Friday night
opener, MacLean’s goalie
Duncan Etherington came
up with some stellar saves
and some assistance from
the goal posts as they won
their opener.
Brion Penhale potted a
pair of tallies, with Rob
Dickey, Bill VanBergen,
Dave Quick and Larry
Skinner getting the singles.
Jack Chipchase. VanBergen
’ ~ " up a pairand Dan Bell set
each.
Ken Clark and John
Becker scored for Zurich.
Seqforth 10 - Algoma 8
Seaforth built up a 9-2 lead
with a barrage of goals in
frame, but
bounced
the middle
Algoma Tire back
and pulled to within one late
in the game before the
winners scored an insurance
marker.
Nicholson and Southgate
had a pair each to lead the
winners.
Bob Parsons scored a hat
trick to pace the Algoma at
tack, while Ed Kerslake
rapped in a pair. Scoring in
single fashion were Steve
Baynham, Dale Skinner and
Wayne Maver.
Al Parsons helped out. on
three goals. while Bob
WIN REC EVENT — Les Pines nipped MacLean s 4-3 with a couple of goals in the final minutes of Sunday's championship
game to win the Exeter rec league tournament and the $300 first prize. Eight teams were entered in the event. Members of the
championship team, standing from the left: John Gillespie, Ron Moore, Jim Guenther, Larry Mason, Pete Glover, Scott Burton,
Lewis Mitchell, Paul Mason, Doug Johnson, Bill O'Shea, Bill Farquhar and Brad Datars. Kneeling: Al Wilbee, Gord Beutten
miller, Harley Zeehuisen, Doug Fairbairn, Marty Overholt and Ken Bergman. Staff photo
Lovie is standout in come from
behind 3-2 Hawks victory
The Exeter Hawks scored
two goals in the final two
minutes in Tavistock, Fri
day, to post a 3-2 win over
the Braves in their only out
ing of the week.
Some stellar netminding
by Randy Lovie was the only
reason the Hawks were in
the game until their last
ditch rally. The loss virtual
ly eliminated the Braves
from the playoffs and their
last hope went out the win
dow the following night
when they were beaten by
the Lucan Irish.
The only thing that
remains to be settled in the
northern Junior “D” group
ing is the playoff pairings
for the first round.
Mitchell and Exeter con
tinue to coast through the
final league games as they
have first and second locked
up respectively. Seaforth is
in third, only one point
ahead of the Irish.
Lucan posted a win and tie
against Mitchell in other
league outings this week,
while Seaforth gained a tie
with the loop leaders, who
are apparently just going
through the motions of
finishing their season along
with their Exeter
namesakes as neither team
has anywhere to go — either
up or down.
The two Hawks teams will
meet in Exeter this Friday
for their last encounter of
the schedule and both teams
may regain some of their
drive in an attempt to get a
psychological edge in the
loop final that both will be
striking to reach.
The Hawks also play in
Lucan next Wednesday in
what could be a preliminary
of first round playoff action.
In Friday night’s contest,
the Hawks drew first blood
when rookie Preston Dear
ing dented the twine at the
5:30 mark on a play with
Ken Pinder and Ron Bilcke.
Tavistock knotted the
count, one minute later and
then moved ahead with the
only goal of the second
period.
Backed by the heroics of
Lovie, the Hawks remained
in contention and finally
evened the count at the 18:09
mark of the third with Brian
Mercer drilling a long shot
into the corner on a play
with »Dearing and Phil
Knight.
Jamie Caldwell then
scored the winner with 17
seconds left on a play with
Pinder and Knight.
Lovie ended up with 47
saves in the game, several
bordering on the miraculous
side as his mates left him to
the mercy of the Braves on
several occasions.
The Hawks served 11
penalties, including a five-
minute fighting major to
Dave Kinsman, while the
Braves had eight, including
a fighting penalty to Steve
Cole.
McDonald contributed two
assists in the losing cause.
Holmesville 4 - Pfaff 3
Pfaff Electric drew first
blood on a goal by Jim
Rolph, but Holmesville
came back with two of their
own to lead 2-1 going into the
third.
Pfaff knotted the count on
a goal by Randy Gilfillan,
but Holmesville scored two
within a minute to take a
lead they never relinquish
ed.
’ Rolph narrowed the count
to 4-3 at the 12:18 mark but
the losers got short-
circuited on their attempt to
get the equalizer.
Bill Steenstra, Ed Jones,
Ken Daer and Dennis Kelly
scored for the Holmesville
crew.
Les Pines 11 - Seaforth 2
The tournament champs
had an easy time in their se
cond outing, building up a
seven-goal lead before
Seaforth hit the sheet in the
third.
Gord Beuttenmiller, Ken
Bergman, Paul Mason and
Brad Datars scored a. pair
each to pace the win. Recor
ding the singles were Ron
Moore, Marty Overholt, and
Bill Farquhar.
Paul Hulley and Mark
Robinette replied for
Seaforth.
Zurich 12 - Algoma 2
In another lopsided tilt,
Zurich bombarded Bob Oke
in the Algoma Tire nets as
the local team was deflated.
Dan Schilbe, Ray Weido
and John Becker fired a pair
each for the Zurich win, with
singles coming off the sticks
of Larry Merner, Ken Clark,
Jim Oesch, Marty Keldes,
Bob Brown and Rick
Bedard.
Dale Skinner and Allan
Parsons potted singles for
the tiremen.
MacLean 7 - Seaforth 2
The tournment finalists
jumped into a 3-0 lead in the
first and were never headed
as they won their second
game to gain the final round.
Bill VanBergen and Ron
Dickey paced the attack
with two goals each, with
single tallies being fired by
Brion Penhale, Larry
Skinner and Jim Barnes.
VanBergen also had three
assists to lead in that
department.
Kennedy' and Southgate
replied for Seaforth.
Seaforth 5 - Pfaff 3
Pfaff Electric failed to
live up to their advance bill
ing as they dropped their se
cond straight game and
went to the sidelines.
Seaforth opened up a 4-1
lead and were never serious
ly threatened.
Brian Hodgins, Randy
Gilfillan and Bob Pinter
scored for the Exeter entry.
Potting the Seaforth
tallies were Jim Holland,!
Bill Plice, Gord O’Dwver,
Ken Swan and Brian Cooper.
Les Pines 7 - Holmesville 3
In their semi-final game,
Sunday, Les Pines broke
loose for five goals in the
third period to break a 2-2 tie
and put Holmesville on the
sidelines.
Pete Glover scored three
times to pace the attack for
the winners, with singles be
ing fired by John Gillespie,
Brad Datars, Ken Bergman
and Scott Burton. The latter
also picked up two assists to
lead in that department.
Ken Daer scored a pair for
Holmesville with Steve
Doak picking up the single.
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Hot Times
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Big series coming up
We were interested in a comment over the
weekend from Fred Shero, coach of the New York
Rangers. Shero said he didn’t think Team NHL would
fare very well in their upcoming three game series
against the best from the Soviet Union.
Shero suggested the Stanley Cup champions would
put on a better show than an all-star team.
Before the boos come too thick we will show an
opposite attitude to Shero’s and call the NHL best to
win all three games.
Many of the previous series have been played in
the fall before the National league schedule has
started. This time the games come when the North
American pros should be at their physical best.
Coach Scotty Bowman has enough players from
the same teams so he has at least two players for most
of his forward lines who have played together.
Bowman can pair Darryl Sittier and Lanny
McDonald of the Leafs together,Guy Lafleurand Steve
Shutt of Montreal, Bobby Clarke and Bill Barber of the
Flyers, Terry O’Reilly and Rick Middleton of Boston
and a complete line from the New York Islanders
comprising Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy and Clarke
Gillies.
One big plus in this International competition
should be the presence of two New York Rangers Ulf
Nilsson and Anders Hedberg who are natives of
Sweden and experienced in this type of competition.
All three International games will be seen on CBC
television. The February 8 and 11 games start at 8
p.m. while the February 10 contest gets underway at 2
p.m. All games will be played at Madison Square
Gardens in New York.
Are you a lucky one?
Following are the winning
numbers of the first OHA
Power Play Lottery which
were drawn, Saturday. The
tickets were being sold by
the Exeter Minor Hockey
Association and other area
associations and teams:
$2,500.......................21480054
31146725
$5,000.......................34097346
13235290
$10,000.....................16301092
$25,000......................18919664
$100,000 ...................30786612
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