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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-02-13, Page 6 (2)Pogo 6 Times -Advocate, February 13, 1975 11111101101110t110111 tttututuumuwutuuuunuatuumtatuuuttutwuuuuuutauutuniuuuluuala11001 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. 1,h1 Fast, Exciting AMOR sarnfr ,p EXETER ARENA '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 W. H. Loyens Homes and Inglewood Farms are Jet Supporters 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 eFa Drive Over The Bridge and SAVE on HOCKEY EQUIPMENT 25% Off * Hockey Sticks * Hockey Equipment * Skates. First Come ... First Served ... Supply Limited 0 ALL CROSS 200,/0 COENTRYENT SKI F QUUIPM IN STOCK ITEMS ONLY FARMERS . . . We Have In Stock ELECTRIC WELDERS 225 Amp. Complete Kit — Welder, Cables,. Helmet, Welding Rod, Wall 2 1000 Receptacle Complete .. . Jerry MacLean & Son AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Exeter 235-0800 OUR STORE IS BIG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS .. . BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE FRIENDLY 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 Dave Atthill helped on the Father to mother: "Imagine, our college son a double agent getting money from home and the CIA." second. 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. 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