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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-23, Page 6l~"140 6 The Titliear,Advocats, Uw,. 1961 CTT()N'S MM4ENTS ay 13114 BATTEN, 'sports .Editor -1 I pe lois delined In ilowend dubs bcittle f r 1The Poet Dover Sabre and ,the Delhi Rockets, a pain of "also tans" during the regular ,�, �c + scltedude .of .lice Southwestern Lt rally(�,�� A QUA, are still runnin , whlJc I the favorites in the "13" vale. 4 gory are watching from theLA sidelines. , a Rockets o oust ' 1 Both teams tante up with tip set victories in the semi -float' In ons of the mist .exc:twill:* Sabaline finally put Cr- f'd^. `round, avilh lite Sailnrs ousting genres of llic siasoti, kits on the seereshe^1 I ••o11aeseconrl tae'Ay.1nrrlntpe,nvu'1 espastthemid-'s'^+.vp ncssed hy rreal.ly ti00 fanmauls as Ilu!ch, ti�rall s'arlatl ori rials And the last. place RocketsItis , ent•.tng p i eliminating the third place Lu- the Lucan. Wren +, Friday • the - c ^ ..ger fi.nrs tit,-, el i Delhi !lockets rcored a e,nse a phy with Steve. Stogie a'°+:1 gen-lldet•ton Combines. 5.4 ivin over lite combines to 'the lit+n shies went right to Al Lorne. the wire, with the winners ego- cop series Sabaline finally put the pop, 4 ing a the .hard way in the final gatne• kers n+r lire senr•estieet gilt games of their best<of-seven lite Rockets, i4'ho finished ininutcs past clic it3ltl - ivav series, winning on trio apposi aladvance the, S+lttetbifdnatrnscries mark as the Rocicel first .line started Co click, YOU CAN'T WiN ALL THE TiME( When the Exeter Mohawks closed the flap. on the wigwam last Tuesday it marked the first title in four years they failed to win their group honors. Unfortunately, as has been proven time and again in most hockey centres. fans aren't in- terested unless they can watch a winning team. . This was certainly the c'a;,e in Exeter and except for the first two games the Tribe had to settle for about 150.1 75 fans in the arena. This is certainly very dismal for an Intermediate "A" club, but the team was as much to blame as any- thing. They cavae up tt•ith several dismal showings, sprinkled with some very creditable ones, hitt the fans weren't interested in taking the chance of seeing their poor ones and so stayed home. However, the team and executive can be excused for some showings because of unforseen events. First of all, they entered the "A" category but didn't build an "A" club, The executive have been criticized for this, but we feel they should be resolved of some of the blame. When the WOAA folded, they were without a .league and so went looking for some opponents. Ingersoll told the executive that they would help them get into the Southwestern league, but they would have to go "A", Although they could have joined the league as a "113" team, they felt they were almost obligated to enter the higher category and stick to their "gentleman's" agreement with Ingersoll, and they can't be criticized for that. The next incident that hurt their chances was the failure of the Waterloo players to stick to their word and conte back. Several of the squad said they wanted to conte back, but with the for- mation of an "A" team in Waterloo and Bud Diet- rich joining the Woodstock entry in the senior ranks, they were among the missing when the first practices were called. The executive then contacted several of the top players from some of the defunct area teams to join theta for the season. On paper, these players looked like they could form a team that would compare with the best in the league. How- ever, several of these players left a lot to be de- sired when they made the team, and this was one of the main reasons for the Tribe's dismal showing, The Tribe aslo signed several localoun - sters, and they should be commended for giving thein a chance. However, despite the fact that we have some very promising hockey players, they aren't Intermediate "A" calibre and no one would expect them to be, as several of them just moved out of juvenile ranks. The final blow came when. Larry Heideman moved back to K -W. Although one man can't snake a whole team,this lanky :cen_tre Was certainly one of the best players in the league and no team could lose a player of his calibre and not feel the effects. And, coupled with all this, after the team lost a few of their first games everyone, including fans. players and executive members, lost their enthusiasm and there was no real effort put forth to improve the team. We don't suggest that other players should have been brought in, but a few more practices certainly would have been in order. However, with only a handful of players turning out to practise it really wasn't helping, so they were more or less discontinued. In fact. the team's spirit dropped so much that coach Walt Westbrook never knew until he reached the arena what players .he would have to dress and they finished off the season with only 11 men in uniform, The team also spoiled things for themselves by arriving late .for games and in some instances they were as much as half an hour late in getting on the ice and you can't blame fans for not supporting this type of procedure, SO, WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Although we have painted a rather dismal !picture of intermediate hockey in Exeter, we hope it isn't on its way out altogether. After all, some- one has to lose andwhen your turn only comes up once in four years it isn't that bad. However; the team officials will have to take steps immediately if hockey is going to return ori an intermediate calibre for next year. Although some of the past debts have been paid, there is • still a sizeable amount to be cleared up and we don't think much was cleared up from the profits (?) of this year's operation. .We can recall that several members of the executive intimated that this was their last year and if this is the case we think they should let it be known for sure now, so a new organization can be set up if there are still some interested. We think it would be unwise to wait until next season to get the organization operating even though interest is at a low ebb at the present. 'We feel there are still enough good hockey players in town to throw in with some of our promising youngsters to make a creditable showing in i"hoinebrew" ranks and if some of the closer towns in the area could be talked into such a venture it could be the beginning of a new "Cy clone" league and if it proved as successful as it did several years ago, what more could you Want? The calibre of hockey won't reach the heights it did when the itriports were cavorting on the ice, but we 'still think that the lbyal fans would come out to watch Exeter play and we have an an idea there would be many More when they could watch a game and know which was their team by looking at the faces of the players. Thisis just our thought. and 'undoubtedly there are others who have different, ideas. Mow, ever, We Will again state that NOW is the time to find out who is interested acid along with some of the present executive who are gill willing to give of their tunic and effort we think Exeter can still. ,ghockey li Own, be ,a o4 4 d o y tt thc.i'c are others who would like to let their Views be known We would a reeiata heating froth them, BATT'N AROUND—Although we have at= tey ted to give the local turlers good overage Oh the sport pages, we have had It drawn : to our ttentl,a , that; we have failed miserably in one eategary, buring the year, Mite ardent, members have been competing in fluxed leagues and We 1I41/6 been told that this has been one Of the bloat 1 tion's ice, o wtroJr litesledt t1�.ort he Dovseer conSatiorsiAce, r, lbeforwhucla'pi Dick Peke knotted the Count 1.,000he fansSailnrsin tie pAyluaydnmr arenae, ° came up with a decisive G-3antes. i second period en a play with. \1 win is con their round. After `.Che final contest was a see Sabaline, but Wall came , back winning the first two games, saw affair with the teams bat-{ with his second marker to the Sailors fell behind 3.2 in , .lin hack and forth a the moire the Gombuies into a 3�2 the series, but came un with' ice 1n wide open playoff pat,yle lead. f.ivo ton notch ci'Inr.ls in the The }'isiiors opened un a 5-3 llaw�cirer, Jt was all tied final games to sidciine the. lead in the final stanza and again befrre the teams llitishrd favored. lntperials• ' Lucan fought desperately with • play in t1ie midrl!e stanza as The Debit crew, who man- Butch Wall scoring at the 18:38.Sabatdne pdciccrl un Itis secolttl avert only eight wins .durllt Inarlc. .however, They cntildn't marker on a play with Fake, the regular season came up get 'the equalizer la send the Falco hot in third Iw.Jth wins in the final biro game into overtime, games in Lucan to nest: the Delhi's first line sparicetl the Sparked by an early spree 1 Combines, who were strong, win, which Bob Sabaline and itJ' Pake, the• Rockets soared favorites to make, the finals. pick Pake raviclins all five into a 5.3 lead before the mid. !During the regular season, the of the pals.- Two of the fast-' way mark of the final stanza, ' Combines held four straight est skaters in the league, ihoy The Combines tried desperate. TROPHY .Exeter pee woes successfully defended their "B" category. decisive wins over the Rock -,each picked up five scoring :ly to get back into the game, et,s, r but Ken Ii4artin, itis series rte. championship in the annual Shamrock tournament played in Lucan, Saturday tom• 1 T. he strongshowingby I e points• with :Fake triggering a ro foie he R c •e r + lug up with two overtime wins in the day's play. The members of the team showni Rockets wadue mainly to the lta't:trlcl. and Sabatrne contri beatable in the netsdrt- g BarryRandy Weber; } bututg a parr, 1 t untilWall above are: front row, left to right, Baynham, r second row,! superb Wei Ittdndirig of TCcri Butch 11+all. was the big gun scored with ,Tim Swain watch. John Loader, Tom Allen, Glen Stites, Don Morrow, Glen Overholt, Jing Glavin; ! D4artin. During tJte regular for the losers, blasting in flute , ing from the penalty box, third.:roav, Gord Baynllatn, manager; Bob Grayer, Roddy McSween, David Elston season, the Delhi six had a goals, Alax O'Neil picked up' However, in the .final min. total of 224 goals scored Ute fourth. ! ute, the Rackets turned the Grant Hooper, .Reel Loader, coach; back row, Paul Mason, Peter Lawson. Scott Bur- against, for the poorest record I Combines aside to battle their Combines talcs lead i way into the Southwestern However, when the Playoffs , Max O'Neil started the Com.' OHA "B" final with the Sail. rolled around it was a different : bines off on the right 'foot,' ors, Ch A story, Martin, who was brought ` scoring after only 43 seconds of , ' ii out of semi-retirelntnl cants play. His brother Stu set up ' �: l _._ Q t ,'iw��,.' up with several spectacular the play as they skated in onDump omb efforts to thwart the Combines,' Alantin with only one defender `" ine only 28 goals and registered' The Combines opened up a in illll,LStrrlfit cups one shutout. 2.0 lead at the 7:35 mark as to win Shc»irock ; 13utclt Wall stari:ed on his sen The :Delhi 'Rockets, ivitli Fina[ .redtheir backs to. the wail, came Tn the rou ; ring space, finishing off a play The three champions in the , still going strong as he picked ny Black, Donnie McAdams, 6 tied final, the biro with Steve Stogie and Al .Lor•. up with a t.enacdous checking annual Shamrock tournament , up two of his teams goals in Paul Hesse, James Hayter, teams are tied at ogre game 11e display in the first two periods had to do 11 the hard way in • their 4-3 win. However, it was James Hoffman, Charles Masse., each in the best oL•seven se.'' in Lucan. 1Uednesday, to score Lucan, Saturday,: as they all Peter Butler who was the real Michael Bedard, Paul. Corri- ries, itin 's i the game on the a ? 3 win over the Combines oppositions Ice, offs, won the first, game of and knot- their best-of•severt came up with overtime victo- hero, as he beat Keith Havens veau, Eddie Prang, Gary Flax-. opposition's Rockets took the lead their, OFIA playoff with Guelph, series at three games each, ries to cop the trophies, in the overtime to cop the tro- bard, Ronnie Corriveau, Aubry. Friday, in Ingersoll. g Exeter successfully defended phy for the Leprechauns. 13eclard, Brian Decker, David with a 6-4 �vdn before '1,000in the last half of the game, their "B" championship with a Phil Lewis scored the other Steric, fans in the Port Dover arena,' Coach Roy Goose' Land the Combines outplayed the thrilling 3-2 win neer a fight- goal for the winners, while Gm Lucan — Jerry F r s e ma n,' Sunday, but the Sailors came scored at the 2:29 marls of the visitors but couldn't break ing crew from Oakridge Acres.. don Deitz, Grant Walker and George Dauncey, Ken Hardy, back to knot the count be - with a second overtone session t° through the strong netiniriddn" 11 was the second overtime Laverne Harburn tallied for Tom Hardy, Phil Lewis. Ken r-4 win in Delhi, Tuesday, be• glvc I.he Alarlancis a 6-5 win, of Ken Martin in the Dell tare 700 fans. It iv.as his second marker of win for the locals as they side- IJensall. Hensall gained the fi- Ready. Andy Hardy, Billy An- , ; the night. Buzz Bidwell scored .nets. lined Byron 4-3 in the opener. nal round with a 3-1 win over cterson, Peter Butler, Paul Re- Marlands win Delhi's second line paced the In the "D" category final, Zurich in the hast game. vinglon, Mark O'Neil.a pair and Danny Barrett and ruin with glad O'Neill and Dalt 1 rhe Ingersoll Marlands, who Chike 1\a.daliii had singles. Shine. trig7ering two cola Lucan and Hensall teamed up , Ken Smale sparked the win, Ilderton — Jim Paisley, Doug won the league title and elimi Pete Restelli, a former mens a g in a real battle. between the ar• - triggeringr two goals, while Cropp, George Sinker, James' hated the '.Exeter Mohawks in her of the Exeter Mohawks,:each, Richard Pale and Bob dent rivals before the Irish i Grant. Walker notched t 11 e Rgbb, !Jenny Olson, Don .lien 'four straight in the "A" ' la. +twicefor Guelph- kidsSabaline, two speed oeihonstl) popped in a single tally in ; other. James Hayter was the Berson, :Plitt Telfer Dave Sid -1 p scoredIon the first line, tallied one the sudden -death extra ses• ;lone scorer for the Zurich en doll, Dave McCiary, Ken Bush, 1 ; apiece and Art Hart notched Ston. try. Tom Rush, Bob Fischer, John ` ' the other, Lambeth copped their first I „I Steve Storey was the bi. trophy in the "C" division with Lambeth wins C' group Johns, Bill Smith. 1 s win g Paul Thomas denting the twine With Paul Thomas leading Ailsa Craig — Roger Mc- ; I!i >� �1tl openeru� for gibe losers, picking up the way, Lambeth Baine upQueen, Toni Sangster, Stan _ goals in the losing cause, in the overtime. It was the ; g third goal of the game for the;ivith a hard-fought 3-1 win over Morton, Dale Schra.n, Barry i ` -- • IIscri Loft scored the other, Watford. Nevin, bean Barclay, Bob Love, : i r� h a rock f i fl a is r Dear. sthe Co.mbineespeedy forward., �tatford. in the first game and Aan early goal by Loft at the then had to go into overtime Robert •• Brown, Paul Craig, II Mason, Grayer spark locals then stopping Belmont 4.3. Huglue McLachlan, George 12:4.2 mark of the first .period. Bob Grayer was the hero in , Thomas picked up a single Vernon, George McQueen, Gar- Exeter junior Hawks drew Blommaert pushed the Ilaiiks but ONeill carne tight. back 40 tournament opener for the Exe tally in the opener and then gar Trevithidk, Neil McLean,' first blood In their Shamrock into their first lead in the early seconds later to knot the ter crew, coached by Red Loa- came back with three in the Billy Daniels. ' final with Strathroy in the minutes of the second period, °count. The tennis battled nn Exeter arena, Tuesday. coin- but Bclink.i knotted the count even grounds until the last der. The smooth skating for- 'final, including the winner, 1 four minutes, when the Rockets ward opened. the game with a consolation winners I ing up with a 7•l win over the at the 5;40 mark. resent on a three -goal sriree to marker in the first minute ; in the consolation round. all 1 junior Rockets. 1' The squads exchanged A. of play and then came back at three teams who lost, to the t – ' Thr locals spotted fJte visa- pair of quickies a few minutes talcs a 4•t lead before the end the 2:38 mark of the overtime eventual winners came hack to �� !tors a 21 lead in the hast past the mid tiny marl:. witit,of the period,. session with the clincher, i ebp the silverware, _ period. but eagle un with .rive Armstrong h i t. 1 i n g for the' •Sliittr• and O'Neill picked un After Grat'er's opening goal,' Byron, who were edged by goals in the second period to Hawks anti Bourne. answering thing second the in .lir. early -gain the victory: • for the Strathroy crew. Bill minutes) of t,ie period to Shoot :Roddy McSween blinked the Exeter do the "B" category •�semi-finalF ; the Ro'c'kets into a commanding alight near the mid way mark came up with a 2-0 shut -out Bob Armstrong paced the icyi vagi, who played a strong 6•i lead, I hut, Tom Gowdie pulled Byron aver. Ingersoll to pick un their Although the Exeter Midgets Bob with a pair of tallies, game for the winners, shot the . while .Jin. Russell, 'Cy .Blom- Hawks into a 5-4 lead. at the Steve Storey gain the hams back into the game with ate! -'trophy, while Watford had an Irtanaged to tie Oakridge Acres fans some Nape near the mid- • ly less than two minutes later.; easy time with Ailsa Craig, 4-4 in Lucan, Monday, they maert, Bill Heywood, Jin. Mc- 16:01 mark and Bob Armstrong way mark of Ili toddle sten. r Byron knotted the count in ;winning 8-1. were eliminated in the Sham- Donald and Whitey 'Illingworth tallied liis second goal of the 7 J triggering c pair the middle session with Mac -1 The toughest game was won rock semi-final by the London notched singles, Richard lie- itigltl. in the final niinule to ta'C.nt lite lead to three Datta Donald scoring the only goal of I by 'Ilderton who had to go into entry, linki was the main spark for open tip a two -goal lead, I goals. the. period and then they moved !overtime before winning a 2.1 ; Oakridge won the first ante the Rockets, scoring a pair of Jdni McDonald providedt however, Bart scored on a g g the with Sabatine at. the 12:17 1 ahead 3-2 with Hammond beat-' tilt with Zurich. Jim Robh 8.4 and then tied the locals in goals. The other two were .final (ally at the 5:33 mark mark k gi 1 e o give tie Rockets their ing Glenn Stites at the 8:10 scored!both goals for the win- the Exeter arena, Friday. The picked up by 'Gerry Bourne and the two teams baltl!tl on, 7.3 margin, mark of the final 15 minutes. Iners, while Paul Corriveau win and two ties gave them and Bob Bartholernue. even grounds for tile remain. : Neither r • g Bel nki started the visitors der of. the contest. r ctrl ct .can managed a However, Exeter came back ;lpanzlled the scoring for Zur-the best -of -three ee series, 1I scare in the final period. as ifighting, and in Tess than two ich. , Brian Hammond was the big oft on the right fool a.t the Rough am Jake • Barnes and Martin d as minutes Glen Overholt put the ' The lineups for the 'area gun for the Oakridge crew, 1 mid -way mark o' the first _name i t r with several an i stops t came teams back on even terms and, teams were as follows: scoring a pair_ of goals. Bill •period when he 'beat Ted Sand- The telerdes had a chfficirlt. ,geocl I a task in keening e tbwai 1. fhe sem int; Atte.tf piJimRus- control Grat'er's winning goal was a ,Glavin, David Elston, • Mark bon scorer the others- i sell pulled the Hawks back ort and handed out. 13 pen• i 1 p solo effort as herHinton, Scott Burton, Bed Gray- Fredto even rounds two minutes1t minor penalties tailed in beautiful. r bi Lemli scorer! two of. !; allies. Strafe 'n i:ndu picked rip lite game. Over es fans, tri® picked up the puck at. centre. I er, Roddy 'McSween, Pahl Ma- Exeter's xoals, while Mike ' later, but Bartholemue gave foua 10 minute misconducts for ._ ‘QVCII I 1 trip from Delhi. deked past. two defenders and son, Bandy Weber,Glen Over -the Rockets 'their one- their behaviour ,.and one match tar est cin"i cl of t_ie ease ii, Cushman Pickett up one of the goal were ori hand hi uitiness the idled a hard shot into the up-;hoit; Peter Lawson, Bob Bea others, Margin at the 16;40 mark, misconduct to ,Toho Morgan, 'ar.fl n_ Nearly 100 hind 1:19a per corner past Craig Black. , vers, Don Morrow, Tom Allen,'Whitey'- Please In the "B" series final, Pauli John Loader, Barry Baynham. Mason took ever. the hero role1 1-lensall — Keith Havens, Fight to 3.3 tie from Grayer as he sparked the 1 Gordon Deitz, Laverne. Liar- locals with two goals in their. burn, Grant walker, Bev Bon- • . 3.2 win over Oakridge Acres.�throe, Bob Moir Ken Smaie, in second game He started the parade off for , Billy Taylor, Michael Hoy, Bill ; Exeter and then came through' Soldan, George Taylor, Doug' Bill Eccelstone's goal at the with the big one in the sudden- ,Leh McDonald, Charles Schwalm, 13:07 mark of the final period, death session. .Len Smale Iris second of the night gave John Loader scored the other , Exeter goal to pull the ,locals into the tie. 1 Hardy scores seven Aylmer imperials in seven in the early triliiutes of the ton, Bob Beavers, Mark. Hinton. —T -A. photo in lite league, In the seven games he allowed hack. Toni Hardy, a smooth eke t - ting forward onthe host Ltr. can Leprechauns, was the biz gun in leading his team to their, "1)" championship. In the ops - Wer against Ilderton, he scored five times to outscore the en.; tire llderton squad as Lucali won 7.4. Phil Lewis and Ken Ready i scored the other goals, while i Don Henderson paced litter- ton with two goals and Ken flush and Jin Robh scored the others, In the championship match against, 1-Iensall,. Hardy was 1 Zurich — Gary Geoffrey, Dan -1 t311 he tie Oakridge.ExeterAcres Wednesdaymidgets a In , , in the second game of. their ;Shamrock semi-final, 1 Fred Lanili opened the scor' ring for the locals, teaming up ;with A'Iike. Cushman at the 5:63 mark to beat Waugh in the Oakridge nets, Hewever, Ham. mond and ,Eccelst'one rapped in a pair of nulekies near the ntid-way mark to shoot the visitors into a 2.1 lead do rho first period. Jini 'Smith pulled the `hketer six hack onto 'even terms al. may- the 2:27 mark of 'the second period with goalie Les Howard 'Your husband seems to be drawing an assist on trier play. out of his head. He keeps Meter took a 3.2 lead in tiie asking for you," final minute of the second with Cushman enol Lanih teaming up again. This time it was Cushman who picked up the tally with Lamb getting the assist. The tea me be Wed :it`OM end to end thraughottt Meet of the final period until .l.eecisttitie finally pulled the visitors into Jim T t '�t with Jln lv t the ri (Irw- in.; It a tar r> int lire assist, tt wtis a ruggett, hard Itltting tehtCS;t With ,11nt Mt.T)onald and "Imtode Biodkbul~n Ii iid ing ea 16 Wattles, Oakrldfe won the nnnalty parade, sit ting out 12. TWO- of the pe na l- nos were nii r ndu is to Paul Corneya acid the Penfold, Following the game, he l:he. teams left the tet, fieveiral pleyers„ and e eetAtnra Fn,. agsrf in <i brief pushing and Sf•ew+tiiging exliibitiisn itti the. runway In the dressultg MOMS energetic a:ncl fun -filled leagues of the bunch, The winners before Christmas (for shame flatten) were Charlie Smith and Henderson King, while after the festive season Ross Taylor and George tusche slcaj� ped their rinks to the honors, To save face a bit fwe have been told it's not worth saving), we would like t0 suggest that this league apnit a press reporter and turn in their weekly scores in the same manner that 'Bark Beall an'd, lViorlc�y Sanders s g y` .r the„ men's and have been dole so faithful!, fo laches leagues , , Arena, manager Alvin Willett toil! iet the ice go 'after skating this Sunday, pm, viding the Ifawks will in Stiathroy Saturday. If a third game is Necessary it will be played here, Monday, and the flitleilThe will bo turned off after the gamer ,r . Sorry, 1 dont know where you can ,get tickets ret the Staigey Cup .finals between Montreal and Detroit C'” Jl oat l •a This above all , for Easter: a smart, new light -weight hat chriem here and now NEW SPRING MODELS ,from $7,95 Clearout OF 1960 STYLES Top duality Mallory and. Stetson models, Regular to $12.95 PRE -EASTER SAL �., New! e.w O t fid_ _ in g New Spring Siaia. rt laminated knit models with fol`* i 3 urethane Them, MUM vv'inkIegy less weight, less bulk, See them,: Walper's i w. t en s .ear PHONE 81 EXETER