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FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS
By Ross Haugh
More on
dinner
The recent second Exeter Sportsmen's Dinner spon-
sored by the local Lions club was an outstanding success.'
In our opinion the calibre of speakers and the combination
of seriousness and humour provided an interesting program
which was as good or better than the first one in 1974. •
The idea which was first put forth to the Lions ex-
ecutive way back in 1972 by Don Taylor was put into opera-
tion a year ago and was continued again in 1975.
A lot of hard work goes into this venture. This time
fellows like Murray Moore, Lloyd Ross, Frank Giffin and
Dale Lamont to mention only a few are to be congratulated
for a job well done.
Whipper Bill Watson again proved to be one of the most
popular visitors at the dinner. His comments on crippled
children and their worthy cause are always thought provok-
ing.
Watson who suffered fractures in both legs in a car ac-
cident more than three years ago is now able to walk
without the help of canes and crutches. He told us his hands
are still stiff and give him some trouble.
In this and the next column or two w,, ope to pass on a
bit of the conversations we had with some' the celebrities.
Three of the visiting sportsmen didn't have too far to
travel to participate in the dinner. Attending from a dis-
tance of less than 20 miles were Earl Ross of Ailsa Craig.
Ken Doig of Seaforth and Al Rimmer of the Centralia area.
Earl Ross said he was stillbeingsponsored by Carling's
despite many rumours to the contrary. He will not be par-
ticipating in as many Grand National circuit races as he did
last year but expects to be as busy as ever confining most of
his activities to Ontario and the northern states.
He was in Daytona last night, Wednesday to accept the
rookie of the year award and a prize of $10,000 which goes
with it. Earl was also the first rookie since 1961 to win a
Grand National race.
His first big victory came in the Old Dominion 500
Grand National stock car race at Martinsville, Virginia.
This win was worth$14,300.His'entire winnings for 1974 were
$60.000.
Before winning in Virginia Earl had become ac-
customed to disaster striking in the final laps of his big
races. At Cayuga Raceway near Hamilton in 1971 he was
leading heading into the last lap in four different races but
each time engine trouble forced him to slow down.
Earl said in car racing you can't be sure of victory until
you receive the checkered flag regardless of any large leads
a driver may have heading for home.
Ken Doig who enjoyed his best year ever as an amateur
golfer said he came very close to not making the qualifica-
tion for the Ontario Open.
From here on Doig played superbly and was able to
play in the Willingdon Cup matches and the Canadian Open
in Winnipeg.
Ken went on as a member of the all -Canadian amateur
team in world competition in the Caribbean. He said it was
the thrill of a lifetime to represent one's country against
other countries.
Doig also told us he hopos to enlarge his present golf
course in the Egmondville area to 18 holes this summer.
The new development also includes a subdivision.
It was interesting to learn this week that his daughter
Carol Ann Doig is a qualified hockey referee and is now of-
" ficiating at minor games in Seaforth.
Carol Ann spent last summer working with the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority in a publicity role and is
currently continuing studies at the University of Guelph.
If those in attendance at last week's dinner don't spread
the theme of positive thinking throughout the area •it won't
be the fault of a couple of the speakers.
Both Jack Donohue. Canada's National basketball
coach and Tuffy Knight. football mentor at Wilfred Laurier
University put the positive thinking message across.
Knight said he plans on winning every football game he
sends his charges into. If they do lose and in recent years it
hasn't been very often. he calls it a "temporary setback."
His philosophy at the Waterloo school has certainly
paid off. Wilfred Laurier known previously as Waterloo
Lutheran has sent more graduates into the Canadian Foot-
ball league than any other university in Canada.
Knight went on to say that if a person wanted
something bad enough and was willing to work hard with
earnest conviction almost anything could be accomplished.
Jack Donohue's thoughts on the same subject were
almost identical. Donohue said "if a person believes he can
or can't do something. he probably will."
The positive thinking attitude has helped Donohue
tremendously with our country's basketball teams. At a
press conference before the dinner Donohue said 12 players
are now practicing continually for the 1976 summer Olym-
pics in Montreal.
"They are sacrificing a lot by losing job opportunities
and putting careers aside at least for two years". Donohue
continued.
Donohue is very sincere when he says Canada will win a
medal at the 1976 Olympics. He said "people laughed when
I said we would finish in the top eight at the 1974 world
championships in Puerto Rico."
The Canadians did just that. They placed eighth and
would have been as high as fifth except for a loss by five
points to Puerto Rico.
Donohue believes that basketball in Canada would still
be in the middle ages without financial help from
governments.
Sports Canada. Game Plan, the O'Keefe Foundation
and the Administration Centre for Sport and Recreation
were responsible for sending the Canadian cagers to Cuba
and the extensive preparations for the championships.
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'D' Playoff
Second game of best -of -seven series
Sunday, February 16 - 2 p.m.
Belmont Green Giants
vs
Exeter Hawks
CHICKEN BONSPIEL — The annual chicken bonspiel at the Exeter curling club sponsored by McKinley and
Scott Hatcheries was won by the rink shown above. From the left, Dave Cornish, Herb Travis, Ron Bennett
and Berne McKinley. Bev Morgan was the co-ordinator. Photo by Doug Kincaid
Meet Belmont first
Hawks finish in fifth place
The regular schedule in the
Ontario Hockey Association
Junior "D" Western grouping
ended Sunday and the playoffs
get underway this week with
eight teams participating.
The Exeter Hawks after a long
unbeaten streak finished in fifth
spot in the standings and
will meet the pennant winning
Belmont Green Giants in the first
round. The Hawks ended the
schedule by dropping a close 4-3
decision to the Seaforth Cen-
tennairs, Friday night at the
Exeter arena.
The Lucan Irish scored an
upset 5-4 Saturday win over the
Belmont club to finish in third
spot and avoid meeting Belmont
in the opening round.
Lucan finished in third place
with 35 ` points, -Seaforth was
fourth with 34 and the Hawks
were another point back in fifth.
In other first rounds, the
second place Lambeth Flyers
meet Strathroy, the Lucan Irish
take on Mitchell and Tavistock
and Seaforth will do battle. Each
series is of the best -of -seven
variety.
The Exeter Belmont set-to gets
underway in Belmont Saturday
night and resumes Sunday af-
ternoon at the Exeter arena at 2
p.m. The third game is set for
Belmont, February 19 and the
fourth is in Exeter February 21.
A fifth contest if necessary will
be in Belmont, February 23 with
the sixth in Exeter February 26
and a seventh in Belmont March
1.
Lose early lead
Against Seaforth Friday night,
the Hawks moved into a 2-0 lead
by the midway mark of the
second period but were unable to
hold the Seaforth youngsters
from outscoring them 4-1 in the
balance of the game.
Cam Haist up from the Exeter
juveniles scored the first goal of
the game on passes from Gerald
Weido and Gord Pryde at 16:52 of
the first period.
The Exeter lead went to 2-0
halfway through the second
session when Rick Ingram
converted a pass from Wayne
Regier.
Seaforth moved into a 3-2 lead
on successive goals by Don
Nicholson, Rick McDonald and
Gord Carnochan, but Gerald
Weido squared matters again at
13:r4 on passes from Gary
Pee wees hold edge
in provincial playoff
The Exeter pee wees currently
hold a two game lead over Byron
in the first round of Ontario
Minor Hockey Association
playoffs with one game tied. The
fourth game was played in
Exeter last night, Wednesday.
The Exeter club took the first
game of the series 2-1, the two
teams played to a 1-1 Wednesday
tie and the locals scored a 5-1
victory Sunday afternoon.
In Wednesday's draw, Dave
Game tied
in Rec loop
In Exeter and district Rec
league hockey play Thursday
night. Newby Tire blanked the
North Stars 7-0 while Usborne
township and Les Pines battled to
a 4-4 draw.
Tonight. Thursday Les Pines
meet the North Stars in the
opening contest at 8 p.m. and
Newby Tire and Usborne meet in
the nightcap at 9:30 p.m.
Bob McDonald scored two
goals to pace the Newby scoring
attack. Adding one goal apiece
wereEd Kerslake. Mike Higgins.
Craig Webber, Bob Jones and
Tom Watt.
Larry Skinner with a two goal
effort was best for Usborne
township. Getting one goal each
were Dennis Passmore and Jim
Skinner.
The Les Pines goals came in
single fashion from the sticks of
Gord Beutenmiller, Dan McIver,
Ray Funk and John McCallum.
Bell was the only Exeter
marksman, converting a pass
from Jeff Fuller.
Sunday, the Exeter youngsters
jumped into a 2-0 lead at the end,
of the first period and expanded
the margin to 4-0 early in the
third period before the Byron
club hit the scoreboard.
The Exeter scoring was well
spread with five members get-
ting one goal each. Only 38
seconds remained in the first
period when Doug Brooks of
Exeter hit the mark on a pass
from Wayne Parsons.
Scoring in the second period
again came late with Larry
Dawson converting a pass from
Steve Horn with less than Iwo
minutes left.
In the third period, the Exeter
youngsters reversed their
previous procedure and scored
two goals in the first minute.
Wayne Parsons was the first
goal producer converting a pass
from Steve Pearce and Rick
Lindenfield completed a suc-
cessful play with Doug Brooks.
Byron's only goal came shortly
after and the Exeter scoring was
finalized with four minutes to go.
Tyler Bishop hit on a pass from
Steve Horn.
Atom all stars
lose exhibition
In an atom exhibition game.
Saturday Bayfield trounced the
Exeter atom house league all-
stars 11-1. The only Exeter goal
came from the stick of Jeff Rowe
on a pass from Mark Stephens.
OHA Sr.
Continental
See Ontario's
Best Amateur
Senior Players
1n Action
Durham Huskies
VS
Lucan-Ilderton Jets
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
8:30 p.m.
1LDERTON ARENA
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Jennison and Rick Ingram.
The final Seaforth goal which
proved to be the winner was fired
by Nicholson.
Bantams win four straight, •
move ahead in OMHA play
The Exeter bantams downed
Strathroy 3-0 Tuesday in the first
game of the second round in
OMHA playoffs
The second game will be played
in Exeter Friday at 7 p.m. with
the third Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.
also in Exeter.
The local bantams disposed of
Byron in three straight games to
earn the right to advance to
further playoff action. They
came back from early deficits
Saturday to score a 5-4 win over
Byron on Exeter ice, after
winning 5-0 also in Exeter,
Wednesday. They previously took
the opening contest in Byron by a
score of 6-3.
Saturday's Exeter win came on
a goal by Perry Pooley with only
one minute left in the game. Dave
Bogart blocked a Byron clearing
pass at centre ice and Pooley was
able to pick up the puck and race
in to score.
For the entire game, the
Exeter club forced to play catch-
up hockey. Coach Ron Bogart
said "over confidence is a deadly
thing."
Wrestlers attempting
to defend H -P crown
The South Huron District High
School wrestling team will be in
Stratford Friday attempting to
retain the Huron -Perth Con-
ference championship.
The South Huron grapplers
have won the H -P crown for the
last five years, but coach Doug
Ellison says, "this will be our
toughest challenge ever to hold
the title."
Ellison will be sending 15
wrestlers into the Stratford
matches and eight of these boys
are novices with no wrestling
experience previous to this school
year.
Representing the school for the
first time will be Vince Winters,
Robin Little, Mike Westelaken,
Rick Skinner, Dave Lovell, Steve
Jennison, John Coolman and
either Chuck Windsor or Rick
Bilcke.
Leading the veterans will be
Paul Reaburn and Don Van
Raay, each in their fifth year.
Next with two years of ex-
perience are Perry Sereda, Paul
Kristoferson and Marc Gelinas.
Entering their second season are
Murton Brock and Marc Paton.
The top three finishers in each
. weight division and the winning
team will represent Huron -Perth
in WOSSA action at Sarnia
Northern on February 22.
WOSSA will be hosting the all -
Ontario finals this year at
Saunders Secondary School in
London on February 28 and
March 1.
In three Huron -Perth dual
meets held recently, South Huron
won over Seaforth, Listowel and
Clinton and placed seventh in a
Kitchener -Waterloo meet in-
volving 16 teams.
The locals are at present in
first place in dual meets and if
they continue in that spot will
meet Goderich for the dual meet
championship at the South Huron
gym, February 19.
Finishing well up in the Kit-
chener tourney were Mike
Westelaken, Marc Gelinas, Vince
Winters, Marc Paton, Paul
Reaburn, Don Van Raay, and
Paul Kristoferson
Dart lead is
three points
The lead of the Dark Angels
over the Itchy Niters in the
Exeter Legion mixed dart league
remains at three points after
Friday's regular action.
The Dark Angels hold down the
top spot with 69 points while the
Itchy Niters have 66 points. The
Doublers continue with 60 points
and the BJ's are fourth with 58
points to their credit.
This week's scores were:
Supremes 4 - Shiphunters 1
Winkers 3 - Inlaws 2
Doublers 3 - BJ's 2
Night Hawks 3 - Last Chance 2
Scotties 3 - DR's 2
Canners 3 - Dark Angels 2
F Troop 3 - Itchy Niters 2
BA's 3 - Outlaws 2
Friday's schedule is as follows:
8 p.m.
F Troop vs Last Chance
BJ's vs Outlaws
Canners vs Supremes
Winkers vs DR's
9:30 p.m.
Scotties vs Inlaws
Doublers vs BA's
Shiphunters vs Dark Angels
Itchy Niters vs Night Hawks
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The Byron club came out flying
and scored the only two goals of
the first period. In the second
session, the localswereable to tie
the score on goals by Dave
Bogart and Paul Pooley. Bogart's
score came with the two teams
playing five aside.
Only 25 seconds had elapsed in
the third periocj when Byron
moved ahead 3-2. Perry Pooley
knotted the score again as he
completed passes from the
Preszcator brothers, Darrell and
Dennis.
Byron took the lead again near
the seven minute mark and the
Exeter club came back about
three minutes later to even the
score again on a successful shot
by Paul Pooley on a power play
started by Randy Fisher and
Perry Pooley.
Exeter's 5-0 win the second
game climaxed the club's best
performance of the series.
All the scoring was confined to
the third period and the goal
tenders shone in the first two
sessions.
Dave Bogart was the top
Exeter goal producer with a pair
while Perry and Paul Pooley and
Ron Bilcke each fired singles.
The third period was only 28
seconds old when Brad Taylor
won a face-off and flipped the
puck back to Ron Bilcke at the
blueline and his hard shot hit the
mark.
Taylor also set up the second
goal which was scored by Perry
Pooley. Dave Bogart then took
over and hit with–two shots in
succession. The first was on
passes from Brian Mercer and
Perry Pooley and Mercer and
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The final Exeter goal came
from the stick of Paul Pooley
with Byron playing a man short.
Exeter held a wide edge in shots
on goal 31-19.
EXETER
MINOR.
HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
Exeter Arena
Friday, Feb. 14
Note - No Novice Houseleogue
OMHA Playoffs
7:00 p.m. - Strathroy vs Exeter
Bantam A
Saturday, Feb. 15
10:00 a.m. - Novice Houseleague
12:00 a.m. - Hensall vs Atom
Houseleague
12:00 a.m. - Exeter Pee Wee I vs
Huron Pork II at Huron Park
1:00 p.m. - Huron Park I vs
Exeter Pee Wee 11
at Exeter
OMHA Playoffs
5:30 p.m. - Byron vs Exeter Midgets
(if necessary)
Sunday, Feb. 16
OMHA Playoffs
7:00 p.m. Byron vs Atom A
(Tentative)
8:30 p.m. - St. Marys vs Exeter
Juveniles
Wed., Feb. 19
OMHA Playoffs
6:30 - To Be Announced
7:30 - To Be Announced
8:30 - Strathroy vs Exeter Bantam A
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