The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-18, Page 6Page, 4 The Time .Aclyocatc, May 18, 1961
COTTON`S
COMMENTS
By 011.L '"BATTEN, Sports Editor
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LOCALS CQNSiDER, .H -P ENTRY
Although it i$ still very much in the: "talk -
lug" Stages at the time of writing (Friday), there
is a strong possibility that Exeter will ;once again
be represented in the Huron -Perth Baseball
League, However, before we are beseiged with
hundreds of requests for season's tickets, we should
mention that a couple of minor details still have.
to be ironed out.
These include such trivial things as acquir-
ing eager players, uniforms and a small amount of
cash to operate the elub. Although we might be
inclined to pass over these facets of the game to
get to more important things such, as who will be
bat boy for the club, where the teamwill get a
water bucket, or who will pitchbatting practise,
it might be in order to discuss the aforementioned
problems,
As usual, whenever we get around to dis-
cussing sports in Exeter,.the name of Clarence
"Derry" Boyle continues to crop up. There is little
doubt in our mind, that if Derry had received the
meagre sum of $1.00 per hour for the time he
spent with sport in the community, he would pre-
sently be living the life of luxury on the French
Riviera.
At any rate, Derry, along with Exeter's
energetic rec director, "Boom" Gravett, has con-
sidered the formation of a hard ball squad to
give several local youngsters and a few "oldsters",
not quite over the hill, a chance to participate in
the grand old game.
' There .is little doubt that Exeter has an
adequate supply of ball, players who could stack up
with the rest of the clubs in the Huron -Perth cir-
cuit, since all the teams will be entering strictly
home-brew talent, The big question that will have
to be answered is whether or not these fellows are
interested enough to come out and participate.
We jotted down a few navies of some of the
fellows around town who can handle their respec-
tive chores. In the catching department, names
such as Dick McFalls, Doug Sillery, Joe Wooden
and Jim MacDonald .come to mind as reliable back -
stoppers. Any of these four could fill this position
quite capably.
In the all-important pitching department,
we possess the best prospect in the entire league
in big Jim Russell, Jim performed with Dashwood
last year and in one game alone, struck out 18
opposing batters. This strong-armed flinger could
hurl a couple of games a week without much dif
ficulty,
However, one pitcher isn't enough, no mat
ter how good he is, and names such as Bob Rus-
sell, Iry Ford, Don Wells and Fred Hunter are
possibilities to help with the chores.
Although it would probably take him most
of the season to get in shape, "Burly Earl" Rus-
sell might consider coming out of retirement to
help his kid brother, Iry did a bit of pitching last
year and Don Wells probably still has enough
"junk" left to serve up a few "gopher" balls. We
don't know what Fred has planned for the sum-
mer, but if he returns to Exeter, he could come
up with a few good innings on the mound.
There are a number of chaps who can per-
-: form the necessary duties in the infield and the
outfield, along with some of the extra pitchers and
catchers. We know fellows such as Jim Hennessey,
Gary Middleton, Bob Jones, Cy Blommaert, Frank
Boyle, Ron Heywood, Don "Boom" Gravett, Gerd
Strang, Lloyd Moore, Jim Haley, Simon Nagel, etc.,
-.etc., could work themselves back into shape to get
;through a seven- inning contest at least.
So, if these fellows want to play, there is no
shortage of ball talent.
CASH IS THE PROBLEM
The biggest problem that has to be over -
,come is the acquiring of a few bucks to sponsor the
squad. However, a team would get a bit of a boost
from the fact that operating expenses have been
cut down.
At a meeting of the Huron -Perth, Wednes-
.day, Frank Burns and Henry Harburn, two of the
, mainstays among the men inblue, said they would
be willing to take a cut in pay to enable the league
to operate.
' It was proposed that they take a cut to
$5.00 per game, with an additional two dollar bill
for travelling expenses. The league plans to use
1 only one official umpire, with the home team
supplying the man on the bases. We certainly think
this is very commendable on the part of these
gentlemen and should help the teams along.
The locals could possibly operate at a cost
of only slightly over $10 her home game, counting
"the umpires and the necessary balls. The cost for
away games would be negligible, with the players
providing their own transportation,
In sports such as bowling, curling, golf, etc.,
participants have to pay their way, and we see no
reason why the ball players couldn't contribute a
small amount to the Operating costs. There may be
some generous sport enthusiasts who could see
their way• clear to donate a. few greenbacks, and
with a few fans at each game, this problem might
be solved.
Derry suggested that some of the business
men :night see fit to provide sweaters for the
players, to help make them look like a ball team.
He pointed out that the north -end businesses pro-
vided uniforms for the junior hockey squad this
past winter, and if the downtown men wanted to
keep, their
p pace with rivals from the north, they
could donate a sweater each, at a cost that could
run as low as $3.00,
NOT MUCH TIME LEFT
The league plans to hold another meeting,
Friday, to find out who will be entered, and to
draw up a schedule, Derry have -
to give thein
all answer one way of the other, so We hope he,
along with some other enthusiasts, has been work"
ing on the problem,
So far, Zurich and Staffa are the only "sure"
entrants, with Hensall and Si Marys as the other
possibilities, However, the Cyclone League has ap-
parently folded and there is a os. bilit that
ha
,KKarktort might be enticed into the possibility
However, it may take a positive' dec boli 'by
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.Y we
think it is possible to get a team entered, even
th0ugli" We doubted it a couple of weeks ago: But,
with the cut in operating costs, Exeter may be able
to affdrd to compete with these small enthusiastic
eonil'T1uilitie> Stleki as Zurich, Hensall and Staffs
WEE WEES HONORED—Members of Exeter's wee wee all-stars won special re-
cognition at the Exeter Minor Hockey bun -feed, Saturday, The youngsters, who.
won three tournaments this year, sold tickets on a transistor radio and made
enough money to buy their own team jackets.'"Boon1 Boorn" Geoffrion, Montreal
Canadiens' ace, and Don Buddo, business manager of the Shamrock league are
shown above with three of the team members. The trio are Jim Parker, Bill Fair-
bairn and Ricky Brintnell. —T -A photo
wins
hearts
Present kids' trophies, jackets
at Exeter pucksters' bun -feed
The Exeter Minor Hockey! Recreation director. Don Gra-
banquet was a natural spot for vett, wino chaired the presen-
guest Bernie "Boom Boom" I Cations, pointed out the fine
Geoffrion of the 1111 on t r o a 1 showing made by Exeter teams
Canadiens, Saturday, because� in the popular S it a- n1 r c e k
the kids: took home nearly as ;league, Two of the five teams
many trophies as the big right d entered won elmanmpionships,
winger ;did this year, I while the others were ousted
Winner of the NHL all-star in the finals,
right wing position; the .1fart
trophy, as most valuable play-
er; the scoring title; Geoffrion
%vas on hand to present several
pf 'time champion teams with looked after the junior Hawks,
their honors. who won the cup that was up
"BoomBooni", who scored for competition this year.
fifty goals this year, to tie the Don Budde, business man -
NHL record, had several en- ager of the league, %vas on hand
couraging words for all the to present shields and crests
kids gathered at the Legion to the captains of the two
Hall, "Never quit school for t
sports", hesaki, "because you
can have both if you want
them"
He :told the minor pucksters
that probably one of them
would soon be in the NHL
ranks. ''But don't conte naw"
he said, "because I figure 7
still have a couple of years
left However, when I'm ready
to leave then you can have
my spot".
Geoffrion urged the boys to
listen to their coaches and
parents, "And respect the ref-
erees", he added. The latter
comment received a large rip-
ple of laughter from the kids
at the bun feed.
Jun Glover and Bunila' Ford
coached the champion' bantam
squad to their division title,
while Gravett and Derry Boyle
Presents jackets
The high -scoring star was
asked to present several of the
team trophies and also the
jackets to the members of the
Exeter wee weer, The kids also
won three trophies during the
year.
They started it off by win-
ning the Clinton Kinsmen tro-
phy back in January and then
copped the Lake Huron. Zone
Recreation cup for their win
in the Milverton tournament,
The third tournament was
their biggest achievement, as
they copped the "D" honors
in the week-long Brampton
Novice Hockey Tournament.
Following this, .the energetic
Youngsters sold. tickets and a
transistor radio to- raise money
to buy their own jackets. The
draw, conducted at the ban -
Harness•
auet, was won by Mrs. Irene
Red Loader and Gard Bayn-
lram coached and managed
the team and members in-
cluded; Ricky Brintnell, Merle
Idle, Phil Howard, Denton
Geiser, Bill Hooper, Barry
Baynham. 13i11 Fairbairn, John
Loader, Frank DeVries, Jim
Parker, Ricky Weber, Larry
Mauch, Marvin Bdw•ers, Jacky
Kraft- and David Hinton.
Pick all-stars
Seven minors were else pre-
sented with Robin Hood Oats
awards as the top players in
their respective categories. The
players were chosen for their
ersatility, skating, shooting,
Wo -way play, sense of good
dgement and sportsmanship
on and off the ice.
he winners included; pee
e houseleague, Glenn Over -
it; bantam - midget house-
gue, Bob Burns; squirt ai-
rs, John Loader; pee wee
-stars, Glen Stires; bantam
stars, Gary Parsons; midg-
all-stars, Leslie Howard;
juvenile all-stars, Ted Sanders.
McCURDY PS CHAMPS --Over 315 students waited over an hour and a half at J. both
A. D. McCurdy School for the arrival of Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Friday. ; Tl
However, the wait didn't hamper their enthusiasm when the Montreal star arrived.lv°
At the school, he presented several awards to the top hockey stars. Pictured with 70
their trophies are, left to right,. Rickey Benning, best goalie; Bob Storie, best sta
sportsmanship; Billy Allen, most valuable player; Geoffrion and Bob Burns, top all
scorer. —RCAF photo allot
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CE atilt
at wince
Bernie "Boone Boom" Geof-
frion, star of the Montreal Can-
adiens, speaking in a broken -
English accent, told the guests
at the Winter Sports Banquet
at RCAF Station Centralia that
"this is the place I have the
most fun."
Geoffrion, who tied the NIIL
record by scoring 50 goals last
season and was picked as the
all-star right winger. and the
Halt trophy winner, was the
math attraction at the `annual
fete, Friday.
Admitting that he was "not
too good of a speaker", the
NHL star limited his remarks
to congratulating the winners
of the sporting events .staged
throughout the year and said
"it is a real pleasure to meet
a wonderful bunch of guys like
you".
his address was
short, Geoffrion took the op-
portunity to meet most of the
athletes present and answered
many of their personal ques-
tions concerning his brilliant
career in the NHL.
During his stay at Centralia,
he visited most of time messes
and was also on hand to pre-
sent awards at. the J. A, D.
McCurdy "School. On Saturday
morning he played golf, %vith
F/0 Moe Gobeil and G/C A.
G, Kenyon, returning to be a
guest at the Exeter Minor
Hockey banquet,
Gobeil, station recreation of-
ficer, introduced the guest and
toldan.. amusing story that
happened to Geoffrion about 10
years ago. At the tinio, Gobeil.
was coaching a hockey team
and; a
young goalie was con
fOr;
{ r s fet
crack at playing in the nets
One day, when Geoffrio
showed up to work out with
the squad, Gobeil gave th
goalie his chance, He recalled
the equipment was none too
good, and the goalie'
presented the team with in-
n ciividual awards.
Otitr members of Osgood's
e Workshops team were Cpl.
Mansen, Sgt. Heard and LAC's
Nichols, R o d r i g tt e, Burke,
s glove, —Please turn to page 7
had seen its better days. I
Geoffrion picked up the puck
and skated in to blast a hard
shot at the goalie, Which the
that hMeets
stars tos
recruit caught in his glove, At , T
e sated t
and saik
d, "I think I'lllet the
other goaltender play" at McCurdy
Present awards
During the course of the
banquet, several team and in-
dividual trophies were handed
out to the winners in the sports
activities at Centralia,
Cpl. Bob Osgood took home
his share of the silverware,
when he picked up tour bowl-
ing awards. He received two
trophies for his 368 single,
highest mark in the RCAF
Wire Bowling Tournament,
The avid bowler also copped
the high single and high ave
rage in the "B" group at the
station and captained his Work- •
shops team to the station
championship in + the same
category,
In section lttream composetherou
d of W02
Willert, F/0 Crosby, LAC's
Wighton, Savage, Cullen, Pei.
letier, Heath and Mr, :Crempe
wan the league trophy.
'Fhc Servicing entry copped
the C league, Members of
the, team were Cpl. Cox and
LAC's Phillips, :Bastille, Itto,
gcr•s, Hoy, Osomlak and Sla
Although one would expect a
delay of over an hour and a
sters, it didn't damper the en.,
thusiasnit of the students al
JAD /McCurdy School, Centra-
lia, who were waiting to great
their idol, Bernie "Boom
Boom" Geoffrion,
Over 315 of his fans Were on
hand to greet him when he ar-
rived at the school Friday after-
noon,
The older grades (6, 7 and 8)
were conducted into the audi•
toriuni and seated themselves,
After a short wait, the NHL
star arrived and addressed the
interested audience.
In a mannerly fashion, seve-
ral pupils stood and stated
Gcoffrion's accomplishments
throughout his hockey career.
'fibs took a considerable amount
of time clue to his outstanding
performances in the NHL.
llowever, after it Was over,
time was allotted for a ques-
tioh and answer period,
Presents trophies
ter, S/L George ltcbertson, "Boom Boom" then presented
ICs o 18 various boys:
for their play during the past,
season. Winners of the trophies
wer 13i11 Allen, most valuable
player in. grade 7; Ricky Boil-
ting, best goalie; Blob Burns,
top scorer; Bob Stetle, best,
" o Crifalislii
The cliilciren ClieiY went up on
clic stage to get iii auto raphcd'
lihotograph of., theft' Iol and
half to discourage most young-
tinuall
Y pestering him to get a t inhere,
chairman of the rete c the tr•oph t tl I
BATT'N AROUND ----"Powerful Pierre" Flet-
cher (Bob) reports that his fishing trip into the
Ilaliburton region With "Dirty Jack" Reelofson and
"Speedy" Seed
Gould
vette" i
p y d six trout,
Although
tll•
e trio
10
spa
nt all
their
1 time p1 ._ fishing (so they say) the trout
didn't appear° hungry, The largest fish was pulled
in by Dick 13oeIofson and measured about 1$'
Derry Boyle called us on the Bell systeini to ask
us to remind all persons who have Mohawk
uniforms to please 'notify hien immediately,
bili
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shake his haled,
At tine t:oncltision, cideffrioli l
returned outside to get a turn.
tilteous ovation from the pupils
o> tho lower grades, l
Other trophy winners included
the Black Hawks, who copped
the pee wee houseleague cham-
pionship, and the Phantoms,
who won the laurels in the
midget -bantam division,
Presents bike to "Boom"
Jim Parsons, a. member of
cently seriously injured in a
shooting mishap, was given the
honor of presenting a gift to
the banquet's main guest, Ber-
nie Geoffrion,.
The gift was a bicycle, that
Geoffrion said his young son
would "really enjoy." In return,
Geoffrion promised to send - up
the minor league, who was rc-
300 autographed \pictures to be
presented to the kids.
He explained that he had
several when he left Montreal,
but be had given most of them
away to the youngsters at JAD
McCurdy School, Centralia.
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pen Cann thanked thser,-
V clubs, coaches and Than -
agars for rolinquisluint
g tragi
time So the kids could partiei-
pate in Canada's national game.
Bud l'reszcatol, president of
the Kinsmen, also ,thanked the
members of his club for pre-
paring the liot dogs for the
kids,
Other head .table guests In-
eluded: Tory Gregg, Molson's
Brewery; Reg "Beavers, presi-
dent of the Exeter Lions; 5/L
George Robertson, chairntau
of the RCAF Station Centralia
ree council; Pete Durand, Le-
gion president; Glenn Fisher,
representing the town council;
FMoeeil, RF S
Centr/Oalia roeGobofficer,CAwho tation ar-
ranged for Geoffrion to be at
the banquet; Rev. Bren De-
Vrics; Ross Taylor, represent-
ing Exeter rec council and Da-
vid Brintnell, son .of Mr. and
Mrs, Murray Brintnell, who was
the youngest hockey player in
the minor set-up, at four -years
of age.
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night from .7:30on to give new
bowlers some instruction en
the game.
OPENING JITNEY
will be held on May I9
(if rained out—May 31)
EVERYBODY WELCOME
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