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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-03-14, Page 11r FOR Information on Meet Tilbury here, Saturday Times-Advocate, March 14, 1979 'Fun playoff' sparks bantams into semi-final Steer This Way Ushers in South Huron Phone 235-1834 We Need More Big Brothers Now! BY LARRY SNIDER If spark timing is off, the problem may be caused by worn, dirty, or poorly-gapped dis­ tributor points. Too­ narrow gap causes late timing, poor mileage. Too-wide gap produces a ping and may damage the engine.* * Ice or snow, mud or sand, when your car is stuck, it's stuck. New traction device, made of welded steel, is sup­ posed to get you out quickly. It's placed un­ der power wheels. -k -K If your battery has a strong charge and you're still having igni­ tion or electrical problems, check battery cable connections ana connections at the dis­ tributor cap, ignition coil, or spark plugs. -k -k If automatic transmis­ sion gets noisy and doesn't work well, check transmission fluid level first. 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That set opens in Exeter on Saturday at 4:00 and moves to Tilbury for a Sunday game at 5:15. Sunday’s game was the sixth contest in what had started out as a best-of-five. A tie in Walkerton in the third game had forced the extra match between the two evenly matched squads. Exeter won the fourth game by a 1-0 margin on their own ice, Wednesday, but were thumped 6-1 in Walkerton on Friday and not only lost the game but lost centreman Mike Murray when he picked' up a five- minute major at the end of the game and the automatic one-game suspension. The experiment and loosening up of the Exeter team was accomplished on Saturday when they hosted Dart race tightens up With only five weeks of the regular schedule remaining the battle for top spots in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league standings is getting hotter. The Itchy Niters continue in first place with 78 points. The Doublers with a four point performance Friday night narrowed the Itchy Niters lead to a single point. The biggest gain was made by the Sassenachs with five points and sole possession of third place with 75 points. The Flying High and DR’s are next with 74 points apiece and the Doublers are fifth with 73 points while the Winkers are sixth with 71 points to their credit. The Family Affair follow with 67,- Out of Space 64, Scotties 63, Outlaws 59, Sabres 59, CB’ers 53, Nicky Tams 51, Shiphunters 50, Canscotts 43 and Chances 42. This week’s scores were: Sassenachs 5 - Winkers 0, Outlaws 4-Chances 1, Doublers 4-Sabres 1, Flying High 4-CB’ers 1, Nicky Tams 3-Out of Space 2, DR’s 3- Canscotts 2, Itchy Niters 3- Scotties 2. Friday’s schedule follows : 8 p.m. Winkers vs Outlaws Chances vs Sassenachs Sabres vs Flying High Scotties vs Out of Space 9:30 p.m. Family Affair vs Nicky Tams Itchy Niters vs DR’s CB’ers vs Doublers Canscotts vs Shiphunters is as Whatever Your Sport. . SHOP HERE FOR A COMPLETE LINE OF TROPHIES Order Now For Darts, Curling Hockey, Bowling, Etc. JERRY MacLEAN & SON AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Our Store Is Big Enough To Serve Your Needs . . . But Small Enough To Be Friendly Exeter 235-0800 the Shamrock “A” playoff. The team members, who had been under OMHA playoff pressure for 13 straight games, were told by their coach to ugo out ana have some fun” in the Shamrock playoff. The boys helped draft their own lineup, switching all their defencemen to forward positions and mov­ ing some of the forwards back to blueline duty. They thumped Strathroy 5- 0 with that lineup, but lost 3- 2 to Lambeth in their second game. However, still using an altered lineup on Sunday again Walkerton, the locals broke the game open with three goals in the second period and another three in the third for their most productive game in several weeks. Dave Shaw started the team off on the right foot when he took a pass from Steve Prout to drive a low liner into the bottom corner at the 10:03 mark of the first. Walkerton evened the count in the second, but the winners came back with three in the final six minutes of the middle stanza to demoralize the visitors. They scored three more in the first eight minutes of the third to win going away. Shaw ended up with two goals, as did Bill Glover and Dave Underwood. Glover was moved from his normal defensive position to centre for the game, while Underwood was playing with a case of the measles which broke out on Friday. Jamie Chaffe, another defenceman moved to forward for the game, added the single marker. Glover, John Kernick and Prout picked up two assists each in the win, with singles going to Chaffe and Mike Clark, Glovers second goal of the game came in the final minute of the second with a blast from centre ice and that one seemed to com­ pletely demoralize the Walkerton goalie and his team mates. Penalties Hurt In Friday’s 6-1 loss in Walkerton, the Exeter crew ..wag s.ubj,ecjed fa,, some questionable "officiating, high-lighted by the high- sticking call to Murray whose stick hit the goalie’s helmet after he had been knocked off balance by the netminder as the final horn sounded. Walkerton scored at 5:31 of the first with a two-man advantage and took a 2-0 lead a minute later with one Exeter player still in the sin bin. They added another at the 8:33 mark and moved into a four-goal lead when an Ex­ eter defender slapped a puck into his own net in the se­ cond. Mike Clark scored Ex­ eter’s lone tally, it coming on a power play with the assist to Glover. One Mistake Wednesday night’s 1-0 win by Exeter wasn’t ac­ complished until the Walkerton netminder made an error with 53 seconds left in the scoreless game. He and a defender appeared to get crossed up in their signals as to which was going to pick up a loose puck, and when neither of them did, John Kernick rac­ ed in and with a neat deke, had the disc in the net betore either could recover from the error, Scott Brintnell and Jamie Chaffe picked up assists on the winner, the two having moved the puck into the Walkerton end as the teams appeared to be heading for overtime. Both teams had missed earlier opportunities to CLOSE CALL — Exeter bantam netminder Pete Dearing only managed to get a corner of the puck under his glove in Wednesday's game against Walkerton, but it was enough to prevent the onrushing opponent from pushing it over the line. As it turned out that was lucky for Exeter, as they scored with less than a minute to go to win 1-0 and then came back to win the sixth game by a 7-2 margin to advance in OMHA playoffs. Defencemen Tom Coates and Jamie Chaffe are shown moving in to help their netminder. Staff photo Ladies Curling Dougall 10 — Smith 1 Ecker 10 — Busche 6 Dawson 7 — Ross 3 Mousseau 9 — Shapton 6 Moffatt 10 — DeBlock 5 Hackney 7 (w) — Hackwell 7 Boyle 10 (w) — Coates 10 Beattie 11 — Pfaff 6 Burton 14 — Prout 4 McDonald 14 — Lovell 3 1^1 III'!' Factory trained mechanics for I MVOl MUIR I Harley Davidson, Yamaha, machine in its class 4-stroke DOHC triple Fully enclosed shaft drive Exclusive Transistor Controlled Ignition Adjustable front forks and rear shocks C Hydraulic disc brakes F. front and rear ' Hinged seat/rear fender Full instrumentation Kawasaki and Honda. ELDER ENTERPRISES RR 2 Hensail 1 mile west and 1 mile south of Hensall Phone 262-6142 YAMAHA When you know how they 're built. Fl score as Walkerton held a slight edge in play. One of their rebound shots was stopped by an Exeter defenceman as goalie Pete Dearing was out of the play after making the original stop and they missed on one breakaway when the winger shot just inches wide. Lose Shamrock In Saturday’s round-robin Shamrock playoff, the Ex­ eter lads displayed some strong offence with their altered lineup as they bomb­ ed Strathroy 5-0 in the opener. Dave Shaw had a pair, while singles were recorded by Bill Glover. Mike Clark and Scott Brintnell. Converted forward Jim Siddall had two assists from his blueline position, while Scott Batten added another in the same role. The other assists went to Glover, Shaw, Chaffe and Scott Pin- combe. In their match-up with Lambeth, the locals were still flying high and opened up a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by two defencemen- turned-forwards. Dave Shaw and TomCoates. Clark. Batten, Kernick and Trevor Boyle picked up the assists. However, they couldn’t Owners of smaller businesses hold the lead as Lambeth potted one in the second, tied the game early in the third and won in the final minutes on a power play. SOUTH HURON HOCKEY LEAGUE A Semi-Final Action ZURICH ARENA PARKHILL VERSUS ZURICH Friday, March 16, 8:30 P.M. 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