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Times-Advocate, 1981-02-18, Page 10Pogo 10 Times -Advocate, February 18, 1981 Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH With a final look at the 1981 Exeter Sportsmen's dinner we remember comments from a couple of stars. Gerry Datilio of the Montreal Alouettes talked about Jamie Bone's attempts to get the CFL designated import rule to give Canadian quarterbacks a better chance. Datilio who is the only Canadian at that position said he supports Bone 100 percent He told us at the earlier press conference, "You have to respect Jamie for sticking to his cause know- ing it would kill any chances he had of making good." The Alouette said he would testify on Bone's behalf if it would help. He added, "I would be glad to throw in my two cents worth.- Marshall orth."Marshall Harris of the Cleveland Browns when asked about the controversial play in the dying minutes of the AFC final against Oakland said. "of course nobody will admit calling it." Harris went on to say that the Brian Sipe pass which was intercepted to kill any chances the Browns had for the Super Bowl was "ran in from the bench". The Browns big defensive tackle added, "If the play had worked our coach would have been a real genius. I thought it was a good call. It worked in similar situations for us before." About Houston Oilers great running back Earl Campbell, Harris said, "You have to stop him quickly. After a few steps with his great speed it takes two or three to stop him. He's just like an 18 -wheeler". John Scratch of Goderich was also at the dinner. He talked about his career in auto racing and ac- complishments as a member of the champion Formula Ford team. Scratch is a teacher at Robertson Public School in Goderich. Terry Puhl of the Houston Astros said he was very lucky to be with that club. Because Houston is a young club. Puhl was brought up to the big leagues quicker than normal. Puhl said, "I learned to play in the majors and that's unusual." Good All Star Game Tuesday's NHL all-star game in Los Angeles was one of the best seen in a long time. Hockey fans that like to see a hard hitting game may not have been too enthused, but, for back and forth action it was superb. The play of Mike Liut in the Campbell division goal was as good or better than one can see anywhere. After watching Liut in action, it's easy to see why the Blues are second in the overall standing in the NHL Able Oldtimers Television commercials in recent years have been telling us that a 60 year-old Swede is in better physical condition than a 30 year-old Canadian. If these fitness experts had dropped in to the South Huron Rec Centre Saturday night they might have had a different opinion. The Seaforth Oldtimers were in action. The minimum age for this team is 35 years and many of the players are a lot older. Ken Doig is 53 and fellows like Jack Mcllwain, Gar Baker, George Coveney, Ed Dolmage and Ray Anstett are not far behind. These guys played good brand of hockey and Doig and Mcllwain in particular showed they have lots of speed and puck savvy. Both Sides We have mentioned several times recently that Paul Pooley is among the top scorers on the Ohio State Buckeyes hockey team. Paul is now leading the club with 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points, two more than Jim Mroszak. Perry Pooley is also well up in the scoring with 16 points and is a valuable part of the Buckeyes penalty killing combination. Perry and his mates have allowed only three power play goals to their opponents this year in 44 shorthanded situations. Good aim or lucky? The Exeter Hawks may have had a bad time in Mitchell Sunday afternoon, but, one of their fans was a little more fortunate. Charlie Atthill won 35 in the Staffen's Food Market sh000terama by shooting the puck from centre ice through a small opening in the net This information was passed on to us by former sidekick Tom Creech who is now editor of the Mitchell Advocate. After record Chief Scram. the fine young pacer owned by Sanford Reid of Ailsa Craig and trained by Art Hodgins of Clandeboye goes after a record Friday night. The four year-old gelding will be going after his 10th straight win in as many lifetime starts in the tenth race at Western Fair Raceway. It will be Chief Scram's toughest test as he com- petes in a class for non -winners of 312.000 and optional claimers of 322,000. Another local horse is still undefeated. it's Blackbro Greg. a trotter owned by Garth and Ken Blackler of the Kirkton area. Blackhro Greg is unbeaten in his first seven lifetime starts. Advertising helps plan H uwks down Hawks lack desire After two games of the northern division Junior "D" semi-final, the Exeter Hawks have shown little justification for their desire to meet the Mitchell Hawks in the playoffs. Opening the series at home, Friday, Exeter didn't indicate they were prepared to play anyone as they were thumped 7-2. Sunday af- ternoon, they put on a more spirited effort but still ended up on the short end of a 4-1 count. The two losses have them behind the eight -ball. They had to go back to Mitchell for the third game last night (Tuesday) and the fourth contest is slated for the rec centre This Friday. Unless they can sharpen their shooting accuracy, the local Hawks may miss out on their home ice advantage for the fifth game which is also slated for here on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Mitchell took a 3-1 lead in the first period of Friday's opener as they out -played the Hawks in every depart- ment and then padded the margin with two goals in each of the final two periods. Harold Davis paced the Mitchell attack with a hat trick performance, while Daryl Stacey added a pair. Ron Bilcke fired Exeter's first goal in the first period on a play with Brian Mercer, while Bill Glover notched the other late in the second on a play with Dan Bell and Larry Dawson. Exeter netminder Rich Fletcher turned aside 23 of the 30 shots fired in his direction, while Mitchell's Dave Fisher stopped 24 of the 26 fired at him. Mitchell took 13 of the 21 penalties called, but the Exeter power play was ineffective. In fact, Mitchell scored their final goal while playing a man short late in the third period. Fischer stays hot Mitchell netminder Dave Fischer was hot on Sunday as Exeter attempted to get back on even grounds in the series. The netminder stopped 35 shots to help his mates post their 4-1 margin. The winning Hawks served 17 minor penalties compared to seven by Exeter, but the latter's powerplay was again ineffective as they mustered only one goal while playing with a two-man advantage at the 13:26 mark of the final period. On the other hand, Mit- chell scored twice while they were short-handed. The home crew jumped into a 1-0 lead after only 21 seconds of play when Brad Fischer beat Steve Wells on a play with Fred Bice and Rob Stovell. They upped the lead to two goals at the 1:09 mark of the second when Stovell blinked the light. The next goal came three minutes later when they were playing with two less players than Exeter and they popped their final goal at the 15:59 mark of the third when they were again short- handed. Harold Davis and Rick Ballantyne were the marksmen on the final two tallies. Bryan Baker was the lone triggerman for Exeter withthe assists going to Dave Atthill and Brian Mercer. Fischer stopped 35 shots in the Mitchell nets, while Steve Wells turned aside 19 of the 23 fired in his direction as Exeter carried the play throughout much of the contest and were aided by the Mitchell penalty parade. Exeter coach Ron Bogart missed both games due to business commitments and Ken Pinder shared the coaching duties with trainer Larry Taylor. Bowling scores Thursday ladies TB J Mantey659 ST S Faber 646 RH L Baker 497 CE T Rooseboom 716 GF 14 Daniel 602 DS paters 648 LO CBbper542 AC J Meriam 588 WR N Westlake 539 WW B Bierling 693 Mens Wed. 8th R Dickey 680 YW A Cleave 548 PE P McFalls 725 BS B Barnes 671 TM D Brintnell 629 TR Forfeit 2 79 7 66 0 59 5 92 7117 5 80 0 67 7 78 2 61 0 60 7 33 0 23 5 36 2 16 7 31 0 8 Cowgirls win three The Crediton Cowgirls started their 1981 softball season over the weekend and were successful in winning three games despite a pair of handicaps. The Cowgirls were playing slo-pitch for the first time in a London tournament and were playing on a snow covered field. In Saturday games, the Crediton club defeated the Optical Hut 2-1. the Barn 6-3 and the Gorillas 7-4. Sunday they dropped a 7-0 decision to Waterbed World in the final game. Deb Lord was the top hitter with a triple, double and three singles in the four games. Tammy Regier add- ed a pair of doubles and Brenda Wilds sparkled in the the field. Sharing pitching duties for Crediton were Barb Mitchell. Deb Lord and Carol Stuart. C4 CO RO OP 167 SU OE SP CB HB IN CM Mens A E Matzold 854 F Wells 834 J Bell 751 G Wilson 735 C Edwards 708 C McDonald 708 G Webb682 R Van Damme 685 L Hodgins 663 W Edwards 570 B Chadwick 562 Forfeit J Gregus 620 Friday Mixed league CH C Murray 658 SC H Faber 593 WW J Dix 700 TE R Lawrence 502 FT G Snell 698 OC RStanlake601 SN BL RC GT MP TA Mon. P.M. Men T Yellow C Smith B Etherington C Bendy T Lamport L Porter Sunday Mixed league K Bierling 653 J Gage 709 J Smith 617 S Looby 678 M Wood 622 K Pfaff 624 Huron Hope (' Proulx S Hemmingway E DeKort A Volk Wed. A.M. ladies G Beaver 11 Wasnidge R Berends M Lovell D Hackney B Cunningham Senior Citizens B Etherington T Yellow C Bendy C Smith M Sanders B Lamport 7 41 7 39 7 37 7 30 5 26 wo, Irish up two SECOND PERIOD GOAL - Mitchell Hawks goalie Dave Fischer (1) is beaten by Exeter Hawk Bill Glover (far left, number 9) as the two Hawk teams met in Exeter, Friday. Dan Bell 081 was given an assist, as Ed Willis (6) looks on. 5 22 PLAY-OFF ACTION --- Exeter Hawk Brian Mercer (7) seems to be tackling Dove Fischer, the 0 21 Mitchell Hawks' goalie, as the teams met for a Junior D play-off match at the South Huron 0 20 Rec Centre. Friday. Bill Glover (right, number 9) is fishing for the puck, underneath the pile- ° 19 2 17 0 12 2 10 2 116 0 81 5 79 0 76 7 61 7 49 518 460 423 526 413 389 7111 2 90 5 85 0 84 5 74 2 18 133 107 87 86 511 411 511 591 513 447 401 304 462 2544. 231 224 up. -. I Irish win in last minute The Lucan Irish have taken a two game lead in the OHA Western Junior "D" northern semi-finals. The Irish downed the Tavistock Braves 7-5 in Tavistock Friday night and came back with a last minute 8-7 win on Lucan ice Sunday afternoon. The third game of the best - of -seven will be played tonight, Wednesday in Lucan at , 8:15 with the fourth in Tavistock Friday night at 8:30 p.m. If a fifth game is necessary it goes Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in Tavistock. Brian Murray's third goal of the game with a minute and 21 seconds left in the game gave the Irish Sun- day's 8-7 win. The Irish had built up a 6-2 lead after the first two periods of play only to have Tavistock come roaring back and tie the score with five third period goals. Brian Murray started towards his hat trick with two goals in the first three minutes of the game and both came on unassisted efforts. The second was on a power play. The Braves tied the score quickly as Peter Mitchell and Jay Cressman beat Dan Sceli in the Lucan net at 6:06 and 7:39. Before the first period ended, Jeff Marshall con- verted a pass Keith Hart - wick and Paul Medd finished a three-way effort with Jeff Hartman and Bob Hodgins to put Lucan ahead 4-2. In the second session, Keith Hartwick registered from Kevin Gilmour and John Medd fired a successful shot on a pass from Jeff Edwards. Bob Hodgins tallied for the Irish early in the third period on a pass from John Medd. The Braves with Ted Gladding scoring twice and singles from Bill Ross, Rob Froese and Steve Lang tied the score at 17:47. With overtime looming, Brian Murray got loose and scored his third unassisted goal of the afternoon. The Irish took four of the six minor penalties handec out by referee Chuck Krueger. Win in thsra Two goals in the third period allowed the Irish to Marauders win over Saints drop decision to Forest Boyds Centralia Marauders staved off a strong last minute surge by the Cen- tralia College Saints to score a 7-5 victory in South Huron intermediate hockey league play. The Marauders fired four straight goals in the first half of the third period and then held on as the Saints con- nected for two scores in the last 41 seconds of play. The first period was all even with Rick Funston registering for the Marauders on a three-way effort with Rich Lather and Pete Glover while Ed Michniewicz replied for the Saints on passes from Ken Vanos and Lloyd Holdbrook. In the middle frame, Randy Somerville and Tony Underhill fired successful shots for Centralia with assists going to Blair Hearn and Rich Lather. The lone second period marker for the College boys came on a power play at- tempt at 8:26 as Sherwood Hinze hit the mark on passes from Scott Consitt and Tim Breedon. The Saints tied the score momentarily at the 27 mark of the third period as Ken Vanos counted on a pass from Ed Michniewicz. The Marauders started their four goal scoring spree only 10 seconds later on a successful shot by Rich Lather with assists going to Rick Funston and Perry Knee. The next three Marauder markers came in a space of 56 seconds near the midway mark of the final session. Rich Lather with his second goal of the night converted passes from Tony Underhill and Perry Knee at 9:04. At 9:29 Rick Funston finished off a good passing play with Lather and Underhill and 31 seconds later Mark Cronyn banged in a pass from Matt Muller. Dave Burnett notched the two final Saints goals in the last 41 minutes of play. Gaining assists were Ken HELP BIG BROTHERS - - A successful bowlathon to aid the Big Brothers cause in the area was held Sunday at the Towne and Country Lanes in Zurich. Shown above are Gary Eagleson of the Big Brothers executive, Al Rankin who had the most pledges, Exeter deputy -reeve Al Epp and bowling lanes owner Tony Bedard. Staff photo r Vanos and Tim Breedon. Three unanswered goals in the last eight minutes of play allowed the. Forest Boyds to score a 6-4 win over the Cen- tralia Marauders in Forest, Sunday night. The Boyds led 2-1 after the first period of play on goals by Rick Harold and Henry Veen while Rick Funston replied for the Marauders on a pass from Rich Lather. Each team scored a goal in the middle frame. Rick Lather hit for Centralia on passes from Tony Underhill and Rick Funston while Rick Harold scored for Forest. The Marauders scored two quick goals early in thethird period to go ahead 4-3. The marksmen were Randy Somerville and Mark Cronyn with assists going to Bill Hodge and Perry Knee. Scoring for Forest late in the game to pull out the vicorty were Dave Ulrich and Bill Forbes. gain Friday's 7-5 win. The first period was even with Rob Froese scoring for Tavistock and Keith Hartwick replying for the Irish on a three-way com- bination with Doug Latta and Kevin Gilmour. Scoring came thick and fast in the second 20 minutes of play. Each team scored on power play goals. Kevin Hartwick was the Irish power effort marksman with assists going to Brian Murray and Jeff Marshall and Ron Froese scored for the Braves. • Jeff Marshall fired two successful shots for Lucan and assists in each instance went to Keith and Kevin Hartwick. The other Irish goal was shot by Kevin Hartwick on a pass from Brian Murray. Other second period Tavistock goals were not- ched by Randy Richt' and Ted Gladding. In the third period Rob Froese scored for the Braves and Jeff Marshall hit on an unassisted effort and Paul Medd scored on passes from Doug Latta and Jeff Hart- man for the Irish. See the \ 1tXsnot play against HENSAU. at the SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE THURSDAY at 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by Laidlaw Transport Ltd. 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