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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-23, Page 6A 6. The TuneS•Advorath ;NoYern ?er ' 3a 196.1 , COTTON'S CQMMEN75 BY �I� BATT�N� Sport; Editor THEY GO TQ SCHOQLI It certainly didn't tale the Exeter junior." 11vks long to learn hew they stackedup against the other four clubs in the Shamrock loop, as they them b ai .ace of six days. played . h n li in the sp . s if b Y had sttta to the original schedule, they wotl'ld have played Hensall twice, bringing their to number of Hies to five in the short ei til b ba period of seven days, The Hawl?s now sit idle for nine days and then return tola r three games in a period. hof five P y days,. This brings them to the end of the first round and then they start right back and meet this five gnights in seven ni hts situation; a nine -day rest and then three more games in the .next five days. All told, this occurs a total number of four times in We Hawks' 32 -game schedule, xeleale that t is considerable dif, _ there *.ficult..- in arranging a well-balanced schedule with anodd number of teams in the league, but our personal opinion of this situation is that it is ridic- Mous.. First of ail, we consider 32 games in less ;than four months is absolutely too much for these •:y=ouths to be playing, The majority of these players are in the higher grades in high school, and the cases are very few and far between of boys attain- ing good grades in school while they are devoting this much time to sport, (See, mother, it finally :;sunk in.) If these games were all played on weekend dates we could go along with it, but unfortunately the majority are played during week days when the boys have to get up the next morning and go 'to school. To make the trip to Strathroy, the players :have to leave home shortly after supper and this leaves very little time for studies, as many work after school, or have to spend some time on the school bus before they get home after school. It is usually after 11:00 p,m. by the time Alley arrive home, and we can't see how they can :study at this time and still get enough sleep to concentrate on their studies at school the follow- ing day. Not only that, this is a very rugged brand of hockey, and. although the boys are all young and in good physical shape, there is no doubt in our mind that it takes a great supply of their energies to play the way they do. We should also note that several of these players participate in school sports, social clubs, extra -curricular activities at high school and so on, and we don't think the league officials took this into consideration when they arranged this heavy schedule. NOT ALL CRITICISM We are always rather hesitant about being critical of men who spend so much of their time and energy in providing activities for youth, serving of much be- cause they are certainly credit. However, we all make mistakes, and we realize that these mistakes are sometiines more evident to others than they are to ourselves. • We imagine that this schedule was drawn up with the intent of giving these boys plenty of opportunity to play and develop into first rate hockey players. However, we are sure that if they looked around, they would see that only profession- al players are actually subjected to such a rigorous schedule and this is necessary because this is their main means of gaining a livelihood. We respectfully suggest that the team man- agers and league officials reconsider this schedule and cut it down to a more realistic figure, in all fairness to the boys who are competing. If all the players in the league had the ability to become professional players, we would favor such a schedule, but we think we would be very liberal in our thinking to suggest that only three out of all these boys will ever reach a spot where their hockey ability will be their major source of income. However, as has been pointed out time and time again by leading educationalists, trade union- ists and other authorities, a high school education is now a necessity and we are coming to the point where all these youths must consider a college :education or a concentrated technical training to :make a success out of their lives. As we pointed out before, we don't think too many of these fellows can attain this goal by spending so much of their time playing hockey. And, we think it is a gross error for minor hockey officials to arrange a schedule that will take so much of their time. We want to clearly point out that this sched- ule was authorized by all the team managers and league officials, and was not the sole responsibility of any one person. And by the same token, we suggest that all these team managers, coaches, league officials, sponsors, local minor officials and parents consider this viewpoint, because they are ALL responsible for the welfare of these players, who hi their eagerness to play hockey are not always concerned enough about their future. In asking the above nlentidned to consider our viewpoint, We wish to point out that we are Always ready to listen to theirs, and if they wish to refute our arguments, we would be only too happy to have them printed on these pages. At the same time, we Wish they would also ',point out the .amount of time these teams spend ;practising, because we forgot. RATIN AROUNDCertainly the most com- mendable effort recorded on the sport pages this week Was the London junior' win over Woodstock. win, going 38 straight gameswithout a the :junior "t" .squad finally did d it with h art vertim e Victory, lYS squadhas a record that even a top- nothh fiction writer couldn't dream tip, T'heir pre - viva Y•eoord was 28 straight losses and then they Whipped Woodstock to bring a halt to that, How- „+esrdr_, they pzoltilptl, went out and' dropped their t eict 88 to give this club a record of tWO wins :their last 68 games, We trust they Will recover from the shock ,of winning to keep up the good work for their faithful followers, who have aver aged over 1,000 this year, despite their mord, . Y We hate to admit it, but it appears as it the To, «rontti :Argos are headingfor a berth in the Grey 1'40) C ohc wks Third si`anza flurry mets L-1 second win The Lucan-llderton .Combines scored U'eir second straight win in the Big Fight, Sunday, registering fort goals in the final period to whip ItCAF Clin- ton 8-3, The powerful Combines held the majority of the territorial play in the contest, but liad difficulty getting through the master netininding of John De - Francisco, who came up with several s,peetaeudar saves to rob the smooth passing south• ern crew, Toni Collings_, Stu O'Neil and Dors. Fletcher scored a pair each for the winners, with Ken Loft and Steve Storey adding singles. Ghislain. Trudell, Larry late - son .and. Howie Cousins scored for the RCAF crew, who had difficulty getting their passing going in the contest. Take early lead The Combines jumped into an early lead at the 4,25 mark of the first frame when Steve Storey took a crisp pass froni his centre man, Harry Wraith, and rifled the dise into the net. Don Fletcher upped the count shortly after the mid -way mark on a play with Storey and 1'1.'raith, but the goal was equal- ized less than a minute later when Trudell beet Keith Scar- borough in the nets for the Combines. However, the visitors pushed the lead to 3-1 shortly before the end of the period when Collings scored his first goal of the season on a play with Stu O'Neil, The middle frame was a wide open affair as both teams missed on several scoring Op- portunities and had to settle for one marker each. However, the Combines blew the game wide open in the final frame as they came up with four tallies, while the RCAF crew could only manage to get one past Scarborough. Score 19 goals in home opener The Lucan-Tlderton Combines scored 19 goals Friday -12 of them against their own sub - goalie, Barney Welch—as they bombarded the Mitchell Red. Devils 19.3 in the opening game of the Big Eight schedule. Playingon their home ice before a handful of fans, the s record t ro 0 The Luean-llderton Combines lived up to pre -season predie.• tions that rated olein a5 one of the top teams in the newly. formed OliABig ,Dight League • as they scored two eompara- lively easy wins in their first two outings. They opened Ilialeague in high gear. Friday, as they handed the Mitchell Red Devils a 19"3 trouncing, as the Mitchell squad lost ithe :services .af their goalie - and also had four veterans missing from the lineup, Clinton RCAF fell victim to the experienced L -,l crew, Sun- day, as they suffered an 8.4 setback, wilting under .a pow, orful attack in the final period in their home rink before .close to 400 Sans, The Exeter Mohawks had their league debut spoiled when they travelled to Seaforth, Tuesday, and came home on the wrong end of an 8.7 count, after holding a 6-3 lead with less than 10 minutes remaining in the game. in the only other game played, Mitchell lied Devils bounced back from their severe Combines put on a dazzling. display of positional play to completely dominate the youtii' Jul, inexperienced visitors, They led 5-t with less than four minutes remaining in the first period, when Mitchell goalie, Bill McNaught, was bit udder the eye with a rising shot from just over the bl-ie- line. McNaught had to be taken to the doctor to have three stitches to close the nasty cut and Welch finished the game in the nets, Although he allow- ed 12 goals, the Lucan arena manager still came up with several good saves, as the. Combines Hemmed the Mitchell squad in their own end through- out the contest. Barry Wraith, ane of three former playtng-eoaches on the Combines, made an auspicious return to intermediate hockey ashe banged in a total of six goals and assisted on another, Another returnee, Terry 14'od- gins, who was sidelined most of last season with a broken leg, picked up three tallies, all. unassisted, and helped on three scored by his teammates, Coach shows how Max O'Neil, making his debut as playing -coach of the squad, picked up five points on a trio of tallies and two assists, while Don Fletcher and Steve Storey also scored. five points with a goal and four assists each. Single tallies were picked up by Don Urbshott, Stu O'Neil,. Ken Loft, Ray Yelle and. Tom Collings, as all but three Com- bines blinked the red light, Ernie Ahrens was the top scorer for the outclassed Red Devils, banging in a pair of tallies in the first period, Bill Morley accounted for the other marker at the mid -way mark of the final stanza, as Com- bines' goalie, Keith Scarbor- ough, had an easy night in the nets. ever trottncing to. hand out sonic of the sane medicine with a con. vincing 9-3 route over the Ciro - I sig. Othersplayplay this week 1 Centralia RCAF have the Hloanoure of utveeiliFnxg etetrhe �arenneaw, ;Thursday, when they host The Towners9:00P.M. Seafortli at p The Golden hawks have been ;going through stiff workouts in ig. 1preparatioa for their opener land are expected :to ,give the Towners all they can handle, I The front -running Combines are slated to play their third ;game of the young season when .they host their old rivals from 'Exeter in a 9:00 p.m, fixture on Saturday night, The Philipsburg Chevs open ;their season, Friday, against the RCR, who played their opener last night against Mitch- , ell. The Mohawks are the final team to show their wares be- fore their .home fans and get under way against the highly - rated Philipsburg Chevs here on 'Tuesday, Devils bounce back, trounce Clinton 9-3 :Cele lllitehell Red Devils, bouncing hack from their trouncing at the hands of the Lucan-Ilderton Combines, com- pletely reversed their . form, Tuesday, whipping the visiting Clinton RCAF, 9-3, With four of their old stal- warts back in the lineup, the Red Devils dominated play in the final two frames as they out -skated and out -passed the northern crew. After spotting the visitors a 2-0 lead on a pair of quick goals by Andre Chaisson in the first frame, the Mitchell crew tallied six unanswered markers in the middle frame to give them the• Charlie Rhode started g off for Mitchell at the 7:30 mark of the second and then they really carne to life as they rapped in five goals in less than bhree minutes. Mery Neil and Doug Smith tallied a pair in. the barrage, while George Coveney counted the other one, Coveney came back to score his second of the night with less than one minute played in the third period and then. Eddie Dolmage upped the count to 8.2 at the 8:38 mark. The teams traded tallies late in. the period with Bill KeilY counting for the Clinton six and Bob Cheraes replying for the winners, Izzy Powell, Linc Rohfritsch and Eddie Dolmage returned to the Mitchell lineup to give manager Murray Butcher plenty of experience to go with his youthful squad. Alt three picked up a pair of assists each, with Rohfritsch giving Bill McNaught plenty of protection in. the nets. Four teams • thins loin rec loop gin. Hensall-Zurich grab Iead; win three in junior action Hensall - Zurich Combines, only new team in the five -mem- ber Shamrock junior loop, took over top position in the popular league this week as they came up with three straight wins. Watford, Strathroy and Lam- beth allfell victim to the pow- erful entry, whose performance in their only other game netted them a tie with the defending champion Exeter Hawks, In the only other game played in the league last week, Strath- roy came up with a first class effort to hand Lambeth their first defeat by a 9.1 count. The Exeter Hawks return to action this weekend when they host Lambeth on Friday and return to play Watford, Satur- day. Hensall finish out their Last busy week when they tackle Strathroy in Hensall on Friday. Score all goals period infinal It took the Combines two periods to become accustomed to the small ice surface of the Watford rink, Saturday, but they found their way around Hockey Scoreboard Early markers provide margin The league leading Hensall. Zurich Combines took a 3-0 lead over Lambeth in the early minutes of the second period in Lucan, Monday, and hung on to defeat the southern. entry by a 3-2 count, Wayne Willett started things off for the high -flying Combines crew when he teamed up with Gerard Overholt to give his team a .l.`0 lead after less than a minute of play in the first period, The Combines upped The count to 2-0 when Harold: Jacques finished off a play with Jim Broactfoot at the 7:00 minute stark of the sam, pe. riod, Lambeth tightened. up, their defense for the remainder Of the period and neither team managed to score. However, Bill Shaddick 'broke away from the opening face- off in the second period and gave the Combines a 3.0 lead Wheri lie blinked the .light after Only 50 seconds of play in the Stanza. The Lambeth crew finally hit the score sheet when Brookes ,.. , registered his tori fir oil. ms first atthe7:35 mark. They later cut the Hensall-Zurich lead to one goal on a marker regis. teieed by Myle,,, with Armstrong and tiirtninhick getting as - sista. Play remained even for the teMainder of the tilt as both goalies aerie up with top per fdrmancea to keep their opposi- tion eft" the score shoot and giver the Combitiea their third straight Win. New typist"i think the boss likes. rite. 11 t ga,Ve ileo the 0tite5li ,dietlonat7" BIG EIGHD week's scores: .Wean-Tlderton 19, N'ilchell 9 Lucan-Tlderton R. Clinton 4 Mitchell 9, Clinton l Seaforth R. 'Exeter 7 Standings wr,'ri' 2 0 8 4 Seaforth 1 n n 2 Mit obeli 10 01 no 2 0 Centralia n 6 n 0 Philipsburg ,.,,,,. n n n n T:xater• 0 1 n n clittten 0' 0 0 11 Games this Week: November 29—Seaforth at. Centralia 25 --Exeter At Luoan•Ile"ter'fori 24-2 OCR at, PhuiprrbUrtt 2R--:Pltilinabur; at Clinton ZS -2 OCR at Mitette i1 Luc nn-Tlderton ar. Serifortit Philipsburg at Exeter 39 Seaforth et 2 OCR, SHANMMMOCK JUNIOR Lest week's Acorea: Stra.thr'og 9, ilantbeth 1 'Hensall 19, 1Vatforrl 2 Itenaall 5, Watford 2 Elenaall t, T,ambeth 2 atandthos 1V Tr H:ennall• Rrrrivh a n 1 7 t,arttbetlt , n a :xetaelhri' y 1'212 2 .1 fitr"n1 1 Watford, 1 4 n 2 Ganes this week: Thu red ay–.•'tt'a5!Ord at StrrMlit•oy F'rr ray T:arnbetIt at 1"`xeter Strathroy at 14eltca.il urda .---t;s r Sett S ClP 8t t 4a or- t! rr PI r wet 1-1bUs>r i AGUL” Laat Week'* :Scotts; 9tnrtr.er':r 4, Maple T.cafa 1: '!n1awfiRed Winos i r<a .. n � 2 Hawks 6, Canitalens fv ttan d(n0 i, 1'V 7, Mohawks , 1 0 o c itn n . a , i 4 n e a , Tlatvks 1 n r1 9 Maple t.eafa , „ 0 1 0 1 f�A,nadlrna 0 1 n 9 Red w�vsa tr 0 t 0 2 c i 2 n 332 0 it s a. $r:tuidrry, November 9:00Tla.tvkp wr :trohawka NM...Red Whiffs Vs., .t t:hafa 10:04ti i aallmrra rti. 11inttarx 11:00.11:a0—Srtueie 't>en 11nrkey UP io 9 y4.,n,v,n girl, 1f:3n r2 ee--Seuir't llopkCy titlt4t scFl k UUYL`Et41t Wednesday„ November 20...:. R:na—Pllattiorite r,a, Merit wings 7:nn,..nor cares 1's, Mot €ia:wkii Sion•-x::uahotart re, hooks 2:'00.4"drteile Vit,Reward in the final period :to record a 6-2 win over the Atoms. Playing before a crowd of 350 fans, neither team man- aged to score until the final period when. all eight goals were scored. Steve Kyle and Brian Bont'h- ron, playing the wing positions along with centre man Bill Shaddiek, paced the Combines' attack with a pair of tallies each. The first line unit was a constant threat every time they stepped in the ice in the final frame as their precision passing kept the Watford de- fenders off balance. The other two goals were registered by the wing men on the second .line, Gerard Over- holt and Wayne Willett, Both. husky Zurich youths blinked the light after taking passes from their ace centre man, Earl "Cuss" Wagner, Larry Burns and Ray Men- ders recorded the tallies for the hornesters. Wallop Watford in home opener l'he I-fensall-Zurich. Combines gave their home town fans plenty to cheer about, Friday, as they completely dominatedd the Watford Atones 15.3 in their first appearance in Hensall, Brian Bonthron, Bill. Shad - dick and Wayne Willert paced. the onslaught as they each picked up a hat,trick. Steve Kyle added a pair of tallies to the effort, while singletons were recorded by John Masse; Gerard Overholt, Earl. Wagner anit ,line Broad- foot. The Combines posted four 'Unanswered goals in the first period and outscored the nisi- tors 5.3 in the Second. They finished the route with six IUOMC unanswered marker's in the final. frame. All told, the ]lensall•i uricli crew picked up a total of a0 searing points iii the contest. Bill Shaddit:k was the most prolific as he added cl cd foru as- ` pyo sisls to his thi'ee•goal out.pUt, Karl "Cuss'' Wagner was also a top play maker as be helped out on .four goals, ,s n Wereelle Watford i. me iuston, Slsler and Menders Four teams entered the Exe- ter Recreational Basketball League, at an organizational meeting held at the Exeter Li- brary, Sunda:. The league plans to play their first game on Thursday, No- vember 30 and will play a dou- ble-header e v e r y Thursday night for a period of 12 weeks. Playoffs will then be run off with ail teams gaining a berth. The new league is open to all basketball players in the district, except students. Teams entered include the Scarlet Raiders, made up of employees at the Exeter and ;Memo- rial o- e Hensall banks; Trivitt 17 m rial Church; the Peripatetic Pedagogues, composed of teach- ers at SHDHS and the Zurich shot at German. Hustlers. But the lead was short-lived, President of the new or- as Doig came hack with his ganization is Bill Batten, while second tally of the night less George Wright and Ron Bogart than a minute later to even the will handle the duties of tress- count, as he scored frons an urer and secretary, respective- "impossible" angle at the side ly, 1 of the Exeter net, The group agreed to adopt' Ron Scoins completed the the rules of the Canadian Ama- Seaforth rally when he broke tour Basketball Association and, through the Exeter defense the opening games will pit the, after taking a pass from Bill t' ictori�s; o Sea fort;� Tribe blew margin, Town rs spoil debut The Seaforth Towners spatted A'IcLaughliai at the 17:40 anark. a three- to complete the game's :scoring. the Exeter Mohawks �, ; Tribe goal margin in Seaforth, Tues,, The J_ribe threatened in tate. g g t last two minutes, wheal they day, and:then came up with a five tallies in the last eight had a man advanta3e with minutes of tho ,game to post an Whitelaw sitting out a liilnor 8,7 loin, ;penalty and they added another s ie lyse anie of the forward as coaclu Boone flravett It wa~ t] . f t,' n „ he pulled goalie Diele Alet� alis, but season for both olube heading, x ,. , ricin' fet the a ualizer. Tribe appeared to be headrng,ti ey cot t 6 q or a win until they ran out of The game was a hard-hitting f : affair with a :total of 10 penal,. steam and. succumbed to thea , _ h ., p. a. Towners late rally, ties. the most 1 :l'he Exeter lineup was as fol. Don. Wells, one of i .o , prolifie scorers ever graduated ;lows: Dick Mel± ales, Dick Bed - from the local minor ranks, re -lard, Jiin MacDonald, Gar John - o_. turned to the ice lanes after. sten, Jim Russell, Bill. Pin• several years' absence, and' combo, - Bob Morrissey, Cy proved he hadn't lost his scor- Blormnaert, Don Wells, Bob " • I Ba mh .iii. l.to artl9, Red ing eye as he sent the l.ribe J am, n git into a 1.0 lead at the 3:35 nia'rkiLoader, Mlle Rundle, Ke h of the first: period on a play I Brintnell, Don Gravett and with ;Jim 1-.o g arth and Bob Gard Ebel, spare goalie. J g Baynhani, I The teams battled on even" ;politician: r'Aly bay says ha forms until the mid -way mark ; weuld tike a job in your de- JackC ' 1Bill Mc Laughlin broke through ie, when ...iozier and i tl Ipartment." ' erase to score Offreial, "What. can he doV, Tirbe s otous def , - P a pair of unassisted quickies Politician: "Nothing,' and give,tlieir team a 2-1 mar• Official: "That simplifies gin. i Then we wont have to break With less than three minutes hint. in." remaining, Jim Russell took .a short pass from :Sill Pincombe and was partially spun around by a. Seaforth defender, but still. managed to rifle a low back- hander past Bill German to knot the count,. Tribe take lead Playing with a man advan- tage, the locals took the lead again in the middle frame when Gar Johnston banged in a loose. puck on. a scramble in front of the Seaforth net at the 6:55 mark, Seaforth manager Bob l3eu- tenmiller knotted the count again. less than a minute later, but Bob Morrissey pushed the Tribe back into a 4-3 lead be- fore the Seaforth fans had stopped cheering as he stole the puck at his own blueline and skated in all alone on German. Early in. the final period, the .Tribe upped their lead to 5-3 when Bob Baynham teamed up with Jim McDonald to blink.the red light, and then Cy Bloni- maert gave them a comfortable margin when he finished off a power play with Gravett and Bedard at the 7:44 mark. However, the Seaforth crew caught fire and Bob Dale, Jim Whitelaw and Bob Doig fired three quickies to even the count at 6.6 as the period reached the 13:30 mark. Red Loader shot the Tribe theleadagain a t the i o t back nt 14:38 mark when he took a pass from Wells to get a clear Peripatetic Pedagogues agams the Scarlet Raiders at 7:00 p.ni. and the Zurich Bustlers will tackle the Trivitt Memorial Church entry in the 8:00 p.m. fixture. Crediton winless atfer three starts Crediton's entry in the South Middlesex Hockey League drop- ped their third straight, Mon- day, when they ended up on the short end of a 5.1 count with Richards -Wilcox, The local entry carried their share of the play, but couldn't come up with the breaks to win the battle between the.two winless clubs. Hap Randall scored twiee for Richards - Wilcox, while Dave Strain, Ray DeGaust and Red Quantrill added the others, Bob Morrissey was the lone Crediton marksman, In other league action, Ailsa Craig moved leto a tie for first place with Glanworth and Byron as they recorded their third win against a .single de- feat by whipping Westmotint 4-1. 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