The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-06-07, Page 4$
The Tim<M-Ad¥9cat«# June Z, 1956
SPORTS
By Pon “Boom Boom" Gravett
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By talking with Mickey Roth, the Stratford
Indian hockey star, we found out the ways and
means European countries develop their hockey
players and carry on their style of game.
The Russians, who won the world hockey title
last year in Cortina, Italy, from the Kitchener-
Waterloo Dutchmen, have quite a system of develop
ing hockey players for their paper-like style of play.
The first step in developing a Russian hockey
star is to make a football player out of him. After
this is done, the Russian becomes a figure skater.
When he has developed the knack of good balance
and smoothness he is given a pair of hockey skates,
a stick and all the other paraphernalia needed by a
hockey player.
This came to this corner as quite a surprise
because over here as soon as a Canadian boy be
comes old enough to lace on a pair of skates he has
a hockey stick in his hands.
Roth thought that the Czechoslovakians were
better hockey players than the Russians but if it
ever came to a playoff between the two countries
Russia would win because of the communistic con
trol over the Czechs.
When overseas with the Lethbridge Maple
Leafs in ’51 Mickey found the style of play by the
different countries confusing.
“The teams fsat back’ so they could keep thoir
goals against average down,” said Roth. “You would
see more players inside one blueline than on the
rest of the ice surface?’
The Stratford ace also pointed out an inter
esting fact that should be taken seriously by younger
players if they want hockey to be their career and
someday possibly have a chance to’ represent Canada
in the Olympics. He said that the Great Britain team
would come rolling in about seven in the morning
just as the Canadians were getting up for breakfast.
That’s why the Great Britain team is no more,
So late hours and drinking does not bring a
hockey player stardom but an end to his playing
career.
Different rules effect the play of many Can
adians who travel abroad. Interference is allowed to
a certain extent and there isn’t any body checking
outside of your own blueline.
Roth, talking about the Penticton V’s offer
ing the Russians so much money if they would come
over here and play them, felt that the Reds would
lose all or most of their games because our hockey
does not correspond with their rules,
So now we know what our Canadian boys sent
over have to face. It’s not just apother game of
hockey to play but practically a new game in strange-
surroundings and in different climate conditions on
outdoor rinks.
It seems strange to me that “Bunny” O’Hearne
of England hack to sponsor the Canadian entry in
’51. Y’ouTl think that one or more of our Canadian
companies or the Government would take enough
interest in the athletic program to see that suf
ficient funds are raised to look after the athletes
to. travel abroad to put this country on the map
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G1DDYDP NAPOLBAN — Congratulations are
in order for Tom Yearley and Charlie Godbblt of ,
Exeter-for the way they handled McLellan’s Boy II
and Flashy Hal in the different races over the last
couple of weeks. Flashy Hal, by posting four firsts
in six heats must now enter- the 2:28 class. Pre
viously he ran in the 2:30. Keep up the good work
fellas!
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‘ THIS 5N THAT — Mitchell Legion-aires are
going to be tough to beat in, the H-P league if some
team doesn’t soon solve the offerings of Doug
Aitchison > . Rain keeps washing out games in the
Cyclone, Lieury and H-P leagues. The teams will be
playing a lot of ball to, catch up to their respective
schedules .... It looks as though the Detroit Tigers
have finally found themselves. They made a short
stay -on the mound foiv southpaw ’“Whitey” Ford of
the Yanks on Sunday. After pitching 72 complete
innings in eight games for a 7-1 record, Ford was
sent to the showers by Detroit in the first game
of a doubleheader. Lack of control led to his down
fall. The Tigermen from, the motor city swept the
twin bill from the Yanks. They say there might be
a holiday declared in Detroit as.a result.
it’s the Powerhouse of the Highway
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Corner Main and Sandferi ExotOr
burning upwho have been
the Exeter track. That’s Charlie God
bolt, right, "with his Flashy Hal who~has won four of his six starts this year. Tom
Yearley’s McLellan’S Boy'-II has beer* collecting purses, too. —T-A Photo
HORSES CHALK UP WINS—Two local horses
tracks lately are shown here working out on
district
Local Horses Show Well
In District Racing Meets
Over the last few weeks the
town of Exeter has been well
represented in the winners’
circle of three different track
meets held in New Hamburg,
Exeter and Clinton.
Flashy Hal, owned and driven
by Charlie Godbolt of Exeter
racked up two firsts in Exeter,
a 1-2 finish in Clinton and a 2-1
final in,New Hamburg all in the
2:30 class. In Clinton it marked
the fourth time in six heats that
Flashy Hal has outraced all the
other thoroughbreds to the finish
line in her class. In the other
two heats he placed a close se
cond.
Although Tom Yearley’s Mc
Lellans Boy 11 did not appear
at the races in New Hamburg, he
picked up a second and third
in the local meet. Over in Clin
ton the good looking horse
romped home for two firsts in
the 2:24 division. <
A small Wednesday afternoon
crowd saw Carter Chips owned
by A. Leverington of St. Thomas
take top honours at the Exeter
Turf Club’s first harness racing
meet of the season. .
Carter Chip’s time of 2:10 2/5
was the best of the afternoon of
the forty-two entries for the mile
stretch.
In the first division of the 2.30
class June Axwdrthy owned by
Tigers Drop First Tilt
To Big Doug Aitchison
Mitchell Legion air es. handed
Dashwood Tigers their initial
setback on June 1 by chalking
Up a 6-2 victory in Dashwood.
Doug Aitchison won his second
game of the young season in gs
many starts while the DaShwodd
pitching ace Bob Tanner was
tagged with his first defeat ot
the year as against two vic
tories.
Aitchison not only handcuffed
the Tigers for only. five lilts in
the eight inning game but he
led the winners at the plate by
smashing out a triple and two
singles in four trips to the plate.
Big Doug fanned no less than 15
men while Tanner accounted for
six strikeouts.
All of the five hits given up
by Aitchison were well scattered.
He Was really pitching in true
form as strikeouts were record-
ed in the second, third, fourth
and fifth innings. Id. those in
nings he Struck out two out of
throe in each inning.
Although Mitchell scored six
runs, none were earned as the
Dashwood nine committed seven
'errors iri the fidld.
Score Ry Innings RHE
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Batteries—-Aitchison and. Aicketi;Tanner and. J, Hayter.
H. O. Jerry of Goderich finished
1-2 in. the two heats while Nora
Express, a Strathroy entry regis
tered a first in the second heat.
Flashy Hal’s two first in the
second division of the 2:30 took
the top honours.
The 2:24 had Hal’s Bomb,
owned and driven by Hugh Mc
Lean of Port Elgin, and Jack
Chips, driven by Grant Jackson
of Wallenstein, • each winning a
heat.
Belva Frisco, a fast-stepping
horse from New Hamburg who
equalled the best time of the
day set by Carter Chips, scored
a pair of firsts. Belva Frisco
was driven and is owned by
Mitchell Riley in the 2:21.
In the free-fdr-all, which pro
vided most of the excitement
in the warm and sunny after
noon, Carter Chips and CaUie
Grattan, the latter being owned
by George Faegan of Goderich,
came in. one-two with Callie
Grattan winning in the first heat.
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Ball Standings
Lucan Nine
its Pair
The Ltlcan Irish Nine of —
Thames Valley Baseball League
started off the season with a
.500 average in their first two
games. ,In the opening game for the
Irish Tuesday, May 29, in St.
Pauls, they were defeated by a
score of 6-2. However, on the
first home game of the season
the Lucan Nine turned the tables
oil Harrington by trouncing
them 10-5.
The schedule for future games
is as follows:
June
5—St. Marys at Devizes
Lucan at Thamesford Granton at St. Pauli;
Evelyn' at Harrington 7—H£rrift£ton At. GrantonSt. JMlllg at St, Marys
Thamesford at Evelyn Devlzea at. Lucan
12—St. Marys at ThamesfordLucan at Harrington
Granton at . Devizes
Evfeiyn at St. Pauls 14—Harrington at St. MarySSt. Pauls at Granton Thamesford. at Lucan
Devizes at Evelyn 19—St. Marys at St. PaulsLucan at Devizes
Grantdn At Harrington Evelyn at Thamesford.21—Harrington at Evelyn St. Pauls at Lucan
Thamesford at Granton Devizes at St. Marys 26—St, Pauls at Thamesford
Devizes at Harrington
Evelyn at St. Marys Granton at Lucan .
28—Harrington at St. Pauls Thamesford at Devizes st. Marys at Lucan.Granton af-Evelyn
July
3—Thamesford at Harrington Devizes at St. Pauls Granton at St, Marya
Evelyn at Lucan
5—Harrington at Devizes Thamesford at Sty Pauls St. Marys at Evelyn Lucan at Granton
10—-St. Pauls at Harrington Devizes at Thamesford Lucan at St. Marys
Evelyn at Granton12—Harrington at ThamesfordSt, Pauls at DevizesSt. Marys at GrantonLucan At Evelyn
LIEURY SOFTBALL LEAGUE?
Last Week’s Scores
Mt. Carmel 10, Lieury 7Exeter 11, Lleuty 3
Teams
ExMir Creditmi .......
West Corners
Brinsley ..... Mount Carmel Lieury ..........
Greenway ....
Denfield .......
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Last Week’s Scores.
Mitchell 6. Dashwood 2
Teams
Mitchell Legion. Dashwood Tigers
Exeter Mohawks . Hensall Coach . •.
Zurich Flyers ....
Games this Week
June 7—Mitcliell at Hensall
• S—ZUMCh at Dashwood11— -Dashwood at Exeter
12— Hensall at Mitchell 14—Exeter at Hensall
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Chance Here
For Exercise
Want to stretch your legs?
Exeter distance runners are
eligible to run in the 12.2 mile
race set for Saturday, ijune 23
and sponsored by the Stratford
y.m:c.a.
The race will be run from city
hall in St. Marys and will finish
at Stratford Y.M.C.A.
The meet has been limited to
entrants who live 'in a 25 mile
radius of Stratford. This includes
Exeter, Milverton, Listowel, Sea
forth, Mitchell, St, Marys, Inger
soll, Woodstock, New Hamburg
and Stratford. London, Kitchener,
Waterloo and Paris are not el
igible- to - compete.
A large perpetual trophy will
be awarded to the winner while
several individual awards will go
to other runners in the race.
The trophy was first, won by
Dick Grant in 1907 when he cov
ered a distance of 13% miles in
1 hour, 24 minutes and 36 sec
onds.
Entry forms and amateur ap
plication forms are available
from the Stratford Y.M.C.A. for
all interested competitors.
EXCLUSIVE!
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Exeter-Zurich Tilt
Cancelled By Rain
After two and one-half innings
were played between Zurich and
Eketer in a Huron-Perth Inter
mediate baseball game on Thurs
day night, the rains came and
washed out the contest.
Jim Attrill and Tom Rawlings
were the battery for Zurich.
Jim Crocker and Steve Mitro
pitched for the Exeter club with
Coach Bob Meharg receiving.
Zurich led the local tribe* 4-0
when it began to rain.
Meet Your
Old Friends
... the ZURICH CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATIONS, July 1 to 4.
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prizes,
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evening. Sports, competitions,
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Chevrolet Deluxe Sedan
Nice CondHidn
9 Chevrolet %-Tori Pick-up
Former Resident
Wins Golf Prize
Ted Taman captured the
Norman A. Cook Memorial tro
phy in the opening tournament
of the Listowel Golf and Country
Club. Mr. Taman shot one of
his best rounds of golf in years
to beat out 30 other golf enthu
siasts with handicaps to cop thO
trophy.
In the warm and sunny day,
Tod carded a gross score of 80,
With his 17 . handicap ho had a
net score of 63.
Ted Taman is the son of Mt,
Taman who lives at 411 Albert
St, S. Exeter.
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Exeter Cops
First Place
Bxeter, the newest entry in
the Lieury Softball League,took
over the league leadership
day bight by thumping Lieury
11-3,
The only other game played
this week saw Mount Carmfel
edge Lieury 10-7* Rain has beofi
responsible for a number of
games being eaneeliod,
# The Exeter club scored a run
m the second, eight in the third
and two in the sixth.
Barry Doak, who did the re
ceiving behind the plate, hit
three-for- four to lead the win
ners m this department,
Harry Hoiuman was the win
ning pitcher while Leslie Steeper
ySLfrS. Credited with the loss.
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