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Spotlight % Bantams lead in OMHA title hunt
an Ernestown player on the
chest and he was banished.
The OMHA will rule on the
length of his suspension and
that wasn’t known at press
time.
Local team officials and
fans were upset with the
quality of refereeing in
Sunday’s game as rough
play was overlooked until
Clark’s banishment.
Trevor Boyle was sent
crashing to the ice earlier in
the game on an obvious
charging that failed to draw
a penalty, but knocked the
winger out of the action for
several shifts.
By ROSS HAUGH
The Exeter Legion bab-
tams took a decisive step
towards the OMHA bantam
“B” title over the weekend
as they posted a tie and win
in Ernestown to take a one-
game lead in the best-of-
Confusion at its best is one way to describe the re seven final.
oent OHA major junior league Emms division semi-. After sPlitting their two
final between the London Knights and Windsor Spit- ^°em“clTftceTan^phiU
battle as they moved on to Protests, appeals, counter appeals, injunctions and strange ice for the next two
heaven knows what else can and probably will happen, encounters.
The first chapter came when Windsor protested to . However, they posted a 5-5
the OHA and not the Ontario Major Junior Hockey ^"rip^d^ame ^’on
League which has its set of rules. Sunday to overcome a two-
One might say that was Windsor’s first mistake. But goal deficit and win by a 3-2
it wasn’t. Coach Wayne Maxner knew exactly what he margin.
was doing by bypassing the OMJHL which doesn’t They now have five points
allow protests on a referee’s decision. and need three more to win
Another thing that didn’t help is that the junior three points rneS °Wn 3VG
league doesn’t have a regular commissioner to rule The series resumes in the
with an iron hand. Kingston suburb this Friday
It appeared earlier in the season that they had just with a 4:00p.m. start and the
such a ruler in Bill Beagan, but club owners didn’t like ®ixt5 gam® is,.in Exeter on
some of his ideas so he was firpd Sunday. Starting time foroJ. Au a uS ne w.as.n,rex x that game wasn’t known at
The OHA didn t seem to take the original protest too press time. If the Hawks are
seriously as they used only a three man board headed playing, the bantam game
by president Larry Belisle to make a decision.
When London appealed after losing two games, the
OHA decided to bring out all the lumber with their en
tire 17 man executive.
Now lawyer Mike Lerner is going to the Supreme
Court to try and get an injunction to stop progress in I
the Windsor-Niagara Falls series.
We agree with the OMJHL Constitution that
protests on an official’s decision should not be allow
ed.
In recent World Series and Super Bowl games, ;
television replays have shown that officials have
made mistakes. These such as a safe or out call at
home plate or if a football player stepped out of 1
bounds could change the outcome of a small percen
tage of games.
Very seldom are such protests even considered in
professional baseball or football.
The OHA does consider protests. A couple of years
ago the Clinton juniors were successful in a protest
against the Essex ‘73’s.
That incident was about a stick violation that was
not considered until the end of a period. If the stick in
question had been measured when called for by Clin
ton, Essex would have been two men short, as it was
the single penalty was assessed at the start of next
period.
The apparent solution would be to have referees
work solely in the OMJHL as their rules are somewhat
different from the OHA
Under the present system, the same officials work
in a variety of leagues with various sets of rules.
The OHA rules call for a player to be banished from
a game when he gets into two fights while OMJHL
rules allow an extra fight before being tossed out.
will get underway at 6:00,
but will be moved a couple of
hours earlier if the juniors
are eliminated in St. George.
The Saturday afternoon tie
in Ernestown was a good
omen for the locals. They’ve
tied the third game on the
opposition ice in their last
three series and advanced in
the previous two after
winning the extra game
forced on their own ice by the
tie.
Coach Jack Fuller was
elated with his team’s
showing over the weekend.
“Everyone can be proud of
them,” he said, “all the boys
played well in both games.”
He said both games
featured exciting, fast
hockey that had fans on the
edge of their seats
throughout. The Exeter
cheering
augmented by fans from
Walkerton, whose midget
team was also playing in
Ernestown on the weekend.
section was
first three and a half minutes
of the third.
Steve Prout, Mike Clark
and Glover popped the goals
for the locals, with Brintnell
and Shaw drawing assists on
two each.
However, they couldn’t
hold the 5-3 margin as
Ernestown whittled the lead
to one midway through the
final stanza and then picked
up the equalizer with just
under “* minutes
remaining.
Hold the presses — While this page was being pasted
up, the final verse in what probably is the first chapter
of the junior fiasco was written.
Now London, Windsor and Niagara Falls go into a
double round robin series.This will give each club four
home games.
The pros and cons of which club received the best
deal will go on for sometime. It will depend on which
club you favour.
Probably the biggest winners will be the arena
owners. and the persons holding the hot dog con
cessions. We hope Rupert Darwin at the London
Gardens has a good supply of wieners and buns on
hand. For the first protest game against Windsor, hot
dogs were sold out at the end of the first period.
Good hockey left
The weatherman who hasn’t been too co-operative
lately in providing spring weather must know that a
number of area hockey teams are still in playoff con
tention.
The Exeter bantams trying to bring home an On
tario championship will be meeting Ernestown at the
South Huron Rec Centre Sunday afternoon.
The Exeter Hawks now down three games to one to
St. George in the OH A junior “D” semi-final could be
back on local ice Sunday if they are successful in their
next two starts in St. George.
In juvenile “C” ranks, Lucan bounced back on the
weekend with two wins over Colborne and their best-
of-seven Ontario final is now tied at two games apiece.
The fifth game will go at the Lucan arena, Good Fri
day afternoon at 3 p.m.
Need umpires
The Exeter and area men’s rec softball league has
been re-organized for the coming season. Umpires are
needed. Anyone interested should call John Varley at
235-2030.
Nine teams are entered and ready for competition.
Jim Rowe is league president, Al Lovell is vice-
president, Wayne Corbett secretary and Larry Beuer-
man is the treasurer.
Blow lead
While Exeter blew a two-
goal lead in Saturday’s 5-5
decision, the coach was still
happy that they had
managed a tie on their first
contest on the Ernestown ice
and following the lengthy
trip.
Fuller said the team
passed well in comparison to
their games in Exeter, but
played a little loosely in the
first game.
Bill Glover, who came up
with a standout performance
in the opener, gave Exeter
an early lead on a play with
Scott Brintnell.
Ernestown scored 10
seconds later and after Mike
Murray finished off a play
with Glover and Dave Shaw,
the home team again evened
the count at 2-2 at the end of
the first.
They moved into a 3-2
margin early in the second,
but Exeter then got rolling
with the equalizer in the
second and two goals in the
New coaching post
Ron Mason who was a top junior star in Seaforth
back in the 1960’s continues as a successful coach in
university hockey in the United States and has made a
change for next season.
Only a few weeks ago, Mason accepted the position
as head coach at Michigan State in Lansing, Michigan.
He was at Bowling Green for severel years and before
was at Superior State College in northern Michigan.
Remember Dennis Hull of the Chicago Black
Hawks? Since his recent retirement from the NHL,
Hull has become hockey school program director at
Ridley College ip St. Catharines and is also enrolled as
a full-time student at Brock University where he is
studying modern history and physical education.
Reminder
A reminder to prospective players in the Dashwood
slo pitch ball leagues that April 27 is the deadline for
registration.
Both men and ladies may sign up at any of three
locations. They are Merner’s Market, Schatz’s Store
and Nutt’s General Store,
first on a play with Dave
Underwood with less than
three minutes played and
things looked bad as the
clock steadily clicked away,
and a half minutes left when
he finished off a play with
Bill Glover and Mike
Murray.
The local fans had hardly
settled back to their seats to
consider yet another over
time match from the “white
knuckle crew” when
Underwood jumped on an
errant pass beside the
Ernestown net and drilled it
into an open corner for the
winner, just 16 seconds later.
The win was marred
slightly in the final minute
when Exeter’s Mike Clark
picked up a match penalty.
In attempting to get his leg
free while being held along
the boards, Clark’s knee hit
the
Huron-Perth ball teams
ready for busy schedule
field manager
’ executive in
president Bob
includes vice-
BEST OF THE NOVICE • Jon O'Connor won the most valuable player award at the fun
night banquet staged by the Exeter Waxers, Wednesday. The Grand Bend puckster scored 21
of the team's 59 goals this season. Presenting the trophy is Muriel Dalrymple, one of the team s
"executives" (she washed the uniforms). Staff photo
and
One of Ontario’s oldest
senior baseball leagues is
ready for one of the busiest
seasons on record.
The Huron-Perth loop will
start regular play on Sun
day, May 13.
The four, regular H-P
teams from Dashwood,
Crediton, Clinton and
Thorndale will play a double
home and home club.
In addition a single home
and home schedule will pit
the four Huron-Perth clubs
against four members of the
London and district junior
league. These include two
clubs from London and one
each from Thorndale and
Byron.
Also the Tillsonburg
seniors will play each of the
four Huron teams on a home
and home basis.
The Dashwood Tigers
schedule will be extended to
32 games as they will meet
Walsingham, Arva and
Petrolia in a single home and
home series.
Extra play is available in
four senior tournaments
being staged in Tillsonburg,
Whitby, Welland and
Petrolia.
Huron-Perth president
Bob Hoffman told the T-A
Monday night, “the schedule
will start May 13.1 expect all
teams to be stronger this
year. Basbell is coming back
in this area.”
Hoffman said he expected
the Clinton Colts to be much
improved with the return
from the Intercounty league
by Mark Nicholson and Greg
Butler. Ed Daer will also be
back to bolster the pitching
staff.
The only comment on
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was, “we’ll have some
surprises and Crediton will
be stronger, too.”
The Tigers will be headed
by general manager Doug
Ellison and
Joe Fulop.
The H-P
addition to
Hoffman i
president Percy Bedard of
Zurich and veteran
secretary-treasurer John
Livermore of Clinton.
The Huron-Perth all-star
game will be played
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Both teams had scoring
opportunities in the balance
of the period and the 10-
minute overtime, but Peter
Dearing and Gord Downie
thwarted those attempts.
Each team picked up eight
minors in the hard-hitting
affair. Exeter had three of
theirs in overtime
Ernestown had a pair.
Rally to win
In Sunday’s game,
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