The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-12-06, Page 4As the
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By DON "BOOM BOOM" GRAVETT
Sports Editor
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............ EXETER MOHAWKS have been com
pletely around the O.H.A. Senior “B” circuit once
and, we’ve had a chance to see all of the teams in
action, this corner is going to go out on a limb and
pick (or try to pick) the way the six teams will finish
in the final league standings.
First of all, I guess it’s safe to say that the Lon
don Briggs, will always be solidly lodged in seventh
Z‘>ice—-the team has folded. (I had to take the easy
pickings first to gain confidence!)
This corner feels that it will be a toss-up for first
place between the WALLACEBURG HORNETS and
those amazing STRATHROY ROCKETS.
However, we will give the nod to WALLACE
BURG over STRATHROY mainly because of the high-
classed goal keeper owned by the HORNETS and
their many players who have had SENIOR “A” or
better*, hockey experience over the last few years.
Since the big hullaballoo that was raised by the
DURHAM HUSKIES about letting JOHN “MOOSE”
SHEDDEN go to play for the HORNETS is cleared,
we feel that when he gets into shape, he may just
be the added power needed to clinch the top rung
in the stretch drive.
Incidentally, the Wallaceburg fans pooled their
resources and paid the HUSKIES the honorable sum
of $350.00 for the big fellow’s release. That is why
you saw him playing defence last Saturday night
when the Wallaceburg club was here.
STRATHROY ROCKETS, in our books, are a
good second place contender.
One of our reasons for hoisting DICK PIN
COMB’S boys so high is because of the early start
they got in forming a team and getting it into shape.
The Strathroy crew'was on the ice lanes early in
September and with the experienced players on the
high-priced club, we feel sure they ■ will garner
enough points early in the season to stay in second
slot. " . •' ■
Third and fourth places are the hardest posi
tions to ’ choose, as I feel the balance of the teanis
are playing somewhat the same style of draggy
hockey at the moment. ’
SARNIA CV’s, as of today’s standings, are
lodged in the third, spot with nine points but we’re
going to put the. WOODSTOCK ATHLETICS up there
as final season finishers.
The A’s got off to a slow start this year but as
the season progresses they will get harder to beat
and may even wind up in second place.
WOODSTOCK has the second best goaltender in
the league in “LAVY” PUROLA. Their defened looks
good on. paper as do the forwards.
.When a team goes all the way into the ONTARIO
SENIOR “B” FINALS one year after winning their
' group, they’re just not as goal hungry at the start
of the next season as one would expect, but we
’feel sure they’ll come on strongly as the weeks go
toy.
'In fourth place we put the EXETER MOHAWKS.
By saying fourth, it may look as though I’m just •
putting them into a playoff spot to take the easy
way out. However, I’m not. I feel certain the tribe
has the calibre of hockey players to challenge WOOD-
STOCK strongly for that third playoff positioji, so
I’m picking the tribe as a STRONG FOURTH PLACE
FINISHER.
Because of the late season start and the juggling
of lines throughout the early season games, we areof lines throughout the early season games, we
in pretty well the same boat as WOODSTOCK.
.Whoever pulls out of the slump first will
up in the No. 3 position.
In fifth place comes the SARNIA CV’s.
Although the CHEMICAL VALLEY gang
end
Although the CHEMICAL VALLEY gang has
beaten us twice by one goal margins,, I think they
will run out of steam as time goes by.
They have a very shaky netminder in TOM
HODGINS who has let some .50 goals in after eight
games. The blueline brigade doesn’t look too hot as
the goals against will show, nor do they stack up
on paper with our club or the rest of the teams I
have already placed, as finishers in the standings.
We handed a pair of points to thqse same CV’s
one night by not going a little defensive but that’s
just the breaks you get in the game.
Last, but not least, comes the ST. THOMAS
ROYALS who will be here this Friday night at 8:30
p.m.
’ KEITH KEWLEY, who coached the PAISLEY
PIRATES in SCOTLAND when cx-MOHAWK JOHN
TRENDELL played over there, has made up his team .
of mostly INTERMEDIATE “B” calibre players. (Or
they were the first time we played them'.)'
We must admit though that the hard, aggressive
HARRY BENTLEY and the stick-handling artist HAL
SCHOOLEY will provide plenty of crowd-pleasing
hockey that a lot of Senior “A” players couldn’t do.
But most of their players were of liigh intermediate
“B” calibre. However, sined we last played them,
they have' been busy with the pen and ink and
have several of the now defunct LONDON BRIGGS
playing for them.
DON BEATTY, JOE PELESH, ALLISON and
FRANKIE ANDERSON are reported in one of the
ROYALS games against Walaceburg.
These additions should make them a lot tougher
than before, but we are stll parking them in the
cellar position. <
So, to all of you good hockey followers, this is
the way I pick them, to finish: WALLACEBURG, '
STRATHROY, WOODSTOCK, EXETER, SARNIA, ST.
THOMAS. What do you think?
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Tribe Loses To League Leaders
Tangles For Cellar Spot Friday
Exeter Mohawks are in the‘to serve a two minute sentence
for holding and roughing. AU of
the four penalties were clocked
at the 3:40 mark.
Team Captain Ed Didone of
Wallaceburg, who has been hot
ter than a fire cracker all week
around the net, broke through
the Exeter, team, for two big
Didone’s first goaf came at
two n.°5 ! Elnicki_ drawing assists on the
I at 'the 19-minute mark” to pusjh
his club into a 3-0 lead.
Although ’Wallaceburg did all
the scoring in the second stanza,
all three of the Exeter lines
pressed around the Hornet cage
with shots galore but steady
midst of a two-week lapse in the;
reorganized Senior1 “B” hockey
schedule.
The tribe has played only one
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iq the leaguedeaduig Wallace-1
burg Hornets by a 7-1 score ini
Bxeter on Saturday night. j _
The loss lias left Coach Red i goals in the second period.
Loader’s club in fifth place inj Bide,;.;.1; gcal
the standings, but the tribe has, ’16:15 with Paul Oliver and Fd
in most cases, two or three; Elnicki drawing assists on the
games m hand over the higher n]ay. He blinked the light again
standing clubs, | • ■■ — • ■ • ■ •
The rest of the league as a.
whole had a comparatively busy week as six games were played. I
Wallaceburg Hornets survived the best after1 the week’s play I
as they chalked up a pair of wins i
over Exeter and St. Thomas to
boost their league lead to three
points o.ver the second-place
Strathroy Rockets.
The Strathroy Rockets fought
back after being four goals
down in Sarnia to gain a 7-7 tie
in a free scoring game with
CV’s. By thumping St. Thomas
5-2 in their only other game this
week, they are in the best posi
tion in the- league standings -with
a 5-1-1 record for 11 points,
The Woodstock Athletics pulled
a surprise before their largest
crowd of the season in -Wood-
stock when they trailed Sarnia
by two goals and came back
strongly to score three success
ive counters to walk off with a
3;2 victory. The win moved the
A’s into fourth place in the
standings with six points.
Exeter Mohawks will be at
home this Friday night at 8:30
to the St. Thomas Royals.
The game is a “must” for the
1955-56 WOAA Intermediate “A"
champions as. each team is tied for fast place in the group
standings with four points, al-
thbugh the Mohawks are actual
ly in the driver’s seat as the
Royals have played two more
games.
Frankie Anderson, the crowd
pleasing Mohawk of two years
ago, will be in uniform for St.
Thomas as will Joe Pelesh, Al
lison and hard-shooting Don
Beatty ,all of whom started this
season with the now defunct
London Briggs.
The Exeter boys clipped the
Royals for an 8r7 victory in their
only meeting this year, so Keith
Kewley will really have his
charges “fired up” for this —
Hot Goalie
Stops Tribe
The red-hot Wallaceburg Hor
nets, bolstered by the stellar
netminding of Dick Piatkowski
turned the tables on ExeteF"Mo-
hawks by lacing- them 7-1 Sat
urday night.-
It marked the sixth’ win for
the high-flying Wallaceburg
.crew who. have .suffered, only
two setbacks.
An early first period'fight be
tween Wallaccburg’s Ed Elnicki
and Bill Hayward of the Mo
hawks brought the fans to their
feet but from there on the game
was tame.
One noticeable defensive error
in the first period on the part
of an Exeter defenceman was
taken advantage of by the goal-
hungry Hornet club .to carry a.
1-0 lead into the second period.
Left winger Earl Towers, who
was Wandering aroupd by the
Mohawk blueline, intercepted a
pass dnd. blasted it home for the
first "scoring
at 13:04.
Earlier in
most of the
bashing Bill
Exeter' blueline department and
Ed Elnicki dropped their gloves
and went swinging at each other.
Both players netted themselves
a ten minute misconduct penalty
along with five minute majors
for fighting.
While all this was going oh,
Exeter’s Bill Oberle and the Hor
net’s Mike Zoriea were nailed
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game, this week and dropped, it
to the leaguedeadmg VvaUace-
burg Hornets by a 7-1 score in
one.
play of the game
the game, before
fans were seated,
Hayward of the
Hockey
Senior 'B' OHA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7'
St. Thomas at Exeter
I nt. WOAA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
Zurich at Lucan
. TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Lucan at Mitchell
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Standing
SENIOR "B” STANDINGSOHA
Last Weik's, Scores;
Strathroy 7, Sarnia 7
Woodstock 3. Sarnia. 2
Wallacehurx 7. Exeter 1
Strathroy 5, St. 'Thomas
■Wallaceburg
Sarnia 6, St.
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when he let go a sizrier from
the blueline Io beat Gar Baker
on his right hand side at 19:54.
Earl Barton was in the penalty
box at the time.
Bill Franklin was robbed of
at least one- sure goal when he
hit the goal post with Piatkowski
beat all the way on the play.
Cliff McArthur spent two min
utes in the penalty box from
11:13 to 13:13 but the Exeter
power plays didn’t materialize.
Mohawks next home game will
be on Friday, December 7 when
Keith Kewley brings his St:
Thomas Royals into town, j
WAI/LACEBVRG — Goal plat-
Ko'vski; defence, Shedden, piouffe,
Zoriea, Towers; forwards, Jones,
Gay, Oliver, Marshal), Bniery,
Mann, Elnicki, DldOne, MacArthur.
EXETER — Goal. Baker: defence, Barton, Dwyer, ThieJ, Hayward;
forwards, Dares. Gravett. Wharns-
by, Loader, Shanto. Franklin, Heide-
man, McDonald, OberJe.
First Period
1— Wallaceburg', Towers(Didone)................. 13.04
penalties—Hayward (major and
misconduct) 3.40; Elnicki (major
and misconduct) 3.4ft: Oberle,
3.40; Zoriea, 3.40; .DwyOr, 15.18.
Second Period
2— Wall are burc', Didone
(Oliver, Elniciki) _____
3— Wallaceburg', Didone •
(Gay, Jones) .....Penalty — Barton 10.34.
Third Period
4— Walaceburg Gay. (Oliver) _ 1.245— Wallace burg-, Oliver
(Jones, Gay) . _______5.35
6— Wallaceburg-, Marshall
(Djdone) ____ ... 7.36
7— Exeter, Dodder (Franklin) _ 9.50
8— ’Wallaceburg, Jones
(Mann, Emery) .... 19.54
Penalties — McArthur, 11.13;
Barton, 10.09.
Dick Piatkowski stood hist ground
and held the Exeter players at
bay.
One save in. particular the
sharp-eyed goaltender shone on
was when Mohawk Captain Doug
Thiel blasted a 10-foot shot that
was labelled for the corner of
the net. A stabbing left hand by
Piatkowski stopped the rubber.
The tribe did everything but
score as they outshot the visit
ors 16-7 in the middle period
alone.
Paul Oliver, who played for the
Kitchener - Waterloo Dutchmen
of the O.H.A. Senior “A” league,
slid a sharp moving shot along
the ice towards Gar Baker, but
before it got to Gar, Brad Gay
deflected it into the net to make
the score read 4-0.
Oliver, who set up the first
goal, scored the second of the
period himself on a goal mouth
scramble that Bruce Jones and
Brad Gay drew assists on.
Captain Ed Didone set. up Jim
Marshall at 7:36 to give his?
team a comfortable 6-0 lead.
Dick Piatkowski had his shut
out ruined at about the halfway
mark in the third period when
playing-coach Red Loader beat
him with a high rising shot to
the top left hand corner of the
net from close ■ in.Centre Bill Franklin, who wpn
the draw on the faceoff, in the
corner, received credit for an
assist on Loader's goal,
Red-headed Bruce Jones clim
axed the scoring of the night
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Unbeaten Lucan Irish
Lead WOAA League
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7— St. Thomas at Exeter
Strathroy at Woodstock
8— -Wallaceburg- at Strathroy
10— Woodstock at Wallaceburg'
11— Strathroy at St. Thomas
. WOAA INTERMEDIATE
Last Week's Scores:
Mitchell 11. Goderich
Lucan 5, Clinton 3
Clinton 9. •Zurich 5
Mitchell 12. Ciinlon 1
Lucan 4, Ilderton 3
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Lucan Irish are setting the
pace in the WOAA Intermediate
Hockey League.
The Irish have registered three
straight wins against no losses
to hold down the top position.
Toughest battle of the week
came when the Irish tangled
with the Ilderton Wildcats on
Tuesday night in Lucan and
edged them out by a. 4-3 score.
Doug Wraith was the hero as
far as the Irish were concerned
as he potted the Winning marker
in the final period of the game.
Bev Petrie played a major
role in the victory as he sparked
the Lucan attack with a two-
goal performance.
Clare Maltby, Don Urbshott
and Max O’Neil shared the Ilder
ton scoring honours.
The Mitchell Red Devils, after
losing their first game .of the
season to Lucan by a 5-3 score,
are striking back strongly with
plenty of scoring punch.
The Red Devils in their last
two games ran all over Goder
ich Maitlands to the tune of
11-3 and then trounced the Clin
ton Colts by a score of 12-1.
The team has compiled a total
of 26 goals .in the three games
it’s played and has had a mere
nine scored against them.
Zurich Flyers, making their
first' home stand in the Hens all
arena, suffered' their ‘ second
Kin Midgets
Start Dec. 5
Ted Williams, of Goderich, lias
been appointed convenor of the
live-team . WOAA Midget group
ing which Exeter has entered,-
Teams from- St. Marys, Exeter,
Goderich, Seaforth and Mitchell
will participate in a home and
home series.
John Ford, who handled the
Exeter Kinsmen Midgets last I
year, will once again take over
the reigns.
George Noseworthy, of. RCAF
’Centralia, will act as manager
for the team.
The Kinsmen Midgets have also
been working out at the arena
under Ford’s supervision, and
are preparing for their opener on
December 15 when St. Marys
comes into town for a 7:00 p.m.
game,
The Exeter Midget schedule is
as follows:,
Decehiber
15—St. Marys
17—-Exeter at
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27—God eric Ji at .Exeter
January9—Exeter at Sh itarys—8:3ft- p.m.'
J2—Exeter at Seaforth- ? p.m.
1'8—Seaforth at Exeter—7 p.m. -
26—Mitchell at Exeter—7 p.m.
straight' setback of the young
season when Harry McEwan
brought down his Clinton Colts
and scored a 9-5 victory.
Group convenor Derry Boyle
of Exeter dropped the first puck
at centre ice to officially open
the season.
The 9-5 trimming Zurich ab
sorbed i? hurting the -team in
more than one way.
Playing Coach Tom Rawlings
was cleanly, checked at centre
ice and suffered a fracture. in
his left arm and had to be re
moved from the ice. Rawlings
will not be' playing for «»0me
time but will continue to coach
the team from the bench if at
all possible.
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Games This Week:
6— Mithhell at Goderich
7— Zurich a.f Lucan
Ilderton at Clinton
10— Clinton at Goderich
11— Goderich at Ilderton
Lucan at Mitchell12— Ilderton at Zurich?
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Bill Oberle ____ 7
Larry Haldeman _ 7
“Bootti" Gravett - 7
Bill .Franklin ___ 5
“lied” Loader___ 7
Doug Thiel _6
Bill WharnSby „_ 5
.Tack Dwyer ____ 7
Earl Barion_— 6
M&rv Shantz ____ 6
Junior Dares-___ 3
Tel Lacey ___ 2
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Two Trundle
800 Triples
Bill Oberle, star of Exeter Mo
hawks, who bowls for .the Pepsies,
and Aub ..Farquhar, prominent
five-pin bowler for the Huskies,
shone in the Men’s Bowling
League this week.
’In Oberle’s first game, the ac
curate shotsmith rang up an even
300 game while in the second he
had a 301 total. The third and
final game came to 223, which
gave the young athlete a 824
triple, highest for the week.
Aub Farquhar, although only
Tolling one game over 300, was
a mere four points behind
Oberle’s' triple when he ended up.
Scores of 304, 264 and 252 were
put together for an impressive
820 three-game triple."
Four 7-0 verdicts went into the
record books this week as the
Huskies, Tip Toppers, Milkmen
and Rural Rollers ran up de
cisive victories.
The Spare Parts, Ringers and
Kinjacks were all 5-2 victors this
week.
The closest battle developed
when the Milkmen and the Pin
poppers hooked up in a six-man battle. ✓’
The Pinpoppers edged out the
Milkmen 4-3 in points, but riot'
before Anchor man Blake Gif
ford came through with a final
249 game to salvage the extra
point.
Team standings do not include
this week’s scores.
Wednesday, November 28
"Milkmen (It. Smith 6.85) _ ...
Snare Part? (G. H.-Duvar 619)
Whizz Bangs (H. Wolfe 639)
Ringers (B. Preszcator 627) _
Cauners (A. Matinee 521)
Snare Parts (G. H-Duvar 619)
Monday, December 3
POpsls (B. Oberle 824) ;
Tip 'Poppers (W. Watson 670)
King,jacks GT. Fuller 763)
C. Packers (F. Rowan 562) .
Milkmen (C. Edwards 651) „
Pinpoppers (,D. Graved, 654)
Husk les (A. Farnuhar 820)
Snare Parts E. Brlntnel! 560) ...
Whizz Bangs (G, Robinson 600)
IJ. Rollers (R. Van Dorselaar 717)
STANDINGS
... „ 62
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SCHEDULE
Monday, December 10
7-0—r. packers vs. Tradesmen
Peps is vs. Spare Parts
Plnpopbors vs, Huskies
9-11—Tib Toppers iitirftl Rollers
Whiza Bangs vs, Windmills
Wednesday, December 12
1-9—Big Six vs. Milkmen
Kinjacks vs, Ringers
Panners vs. Milkmen Kinjacks (J. Fuller 763)
at Exeter—7 p.m.
Mitchell—8:45 p.m.
Goderich—8:45 p.m,
•8:45 p.m.
Windmills
Milkmen
Tradesmen
Big Six
Pin poppers
Kinjacks ..
W. Bangs
ropsis
C. Parkers Huskies
R. Rollers
Ringers
Tip Tunners
Snare. Tarts
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