The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-07, Page 6P,440 Thflrnos.Avocte Pecerk„er 1941
COTTON'S
COAAMENT
.
By BILL BATTEN, :ports. :Editor
INHERE ARE THEY?
Area hockey fans, who are staying away
from their arenas in (Troves, aren't missing the
best hockey that has •ever been played, but we
think they wow(' be pleasantly surprised at the
Calibre of play in the Big Eight.
For the past season., when fans have been
finding fault with the wholesale importing of
players from larger centres, the cry has been for
return of homebrew hockey to give the local
players a chance to play,
Under the Untiring efforts Q F 0 Dick
Allen Of RCAF Station Clinton, and the hard work
of interested hockey men in seven area towns,
this idea has been fulfilled once again, but ap-
parently the fans were just using this import
business as an excuse,
We have witnessed all teams playing at home
except the Philipsburg Chevs and the attendance
at games has been very discouraging for team
managements.
We have yet to see over 75 fans at any
gamo, except at Clinton. However, the RCAF squad
has a slight advantage in that they do not have
to charge admission for their games and they also
play on Sunday afternoons, which is fast becoming
the only day that sports activities appear to be able
to get any support.
None of these teams are playing to make
money, but none of them can afford to lose any
either. All the players participate just for the sport
of the game, but there are expenses that have to
be met and they depend on fan support to meet
these demands.
While most fans verbally let the referees
know exactly what they are worth, most of the
men in the striped shirts are able to keep smiling
with the realization that there are certain league
rules that guarantee them their money no matter
what the fans, or the team management, think
they are worth.
Each referee gets $10,00, which is usually
well deserved, plus mileage for their cars. This
usually brings the expense to at least $25.00 for
the home team before they even step on the ice,
Due to the fact that the art of whittling
appears to be lost, the clubs are forced to buy
sticks from manufacturers and these run at least
$2.00 each. Unfortunately, "they don't make them
as they used to" and if a stick lasts four games
it is a good average.
So, a bill for hockey sticks runs the club
well over $100.00 for the season, plus a fair chunk
for tape, not only for sticks, but to tape around
players' stockings.
The club also has to purchase accident in-
surance for the players and this bill also comes to
around $150.00 per team.
Other incidental expenses include OHA
gentry $20.00, league fee of $8.00, advertising
'that runs around $5.00 per game, plus ice rental
for practice time at the arena.
This all 'starts to add up, and these teams
usually find that it costs them around $50.00 for
:each of their home games, and when you only,
charge 50 cents admission, you readily see that 75
fans is far from enough to meet these expenses,
Not only that, but the arenas find that they.
:have to take about 40 percent of the gross gate
;to pay for their hydro, water and salaries, leaving
the teams about $25.00 to pay their expenses.
Wel admit that our mathematical abilities
leave a lot to be desired, and for the benefit of
these teams, we hope we have miscalculated, but
;at the present rate, we can rather pessimistically
;predict a loss of around $400.00 for these teams.
WELL-BALANCED LEAGUE
We realize that the popularity of curling
•and bowling, plus the many other activities that
:consume so much of everyone's time in our busy
-world, are in no small way responsible for the
'absence of many people, but we trust that Can-
'ada's national game is not losing its popularity.
As we noted at the outset, fans are not
missing the best hockey in the world, but all the
:teams put up a very creditable showing and are
'fairly evenly matched.
The Lucan-llderton Combines are the class
• of the Big Eight, but they will probably be weaker
now that they have lost their fine goalie, Keith
,Scarborough, through a bad smash on his fore -
:head.
From what we have seen so far, it would be
impossible to predict any league standings among
the other six teams. Exeter, Mitchell, Seaforth and
'Philipsburg have several experienced players in
;their lineup to go along with several fine looking
•prospects from their respective minor ranks.
The RCAF teams should also win their share
'of games as they have plenty of material to.,choose
from at Clinton. and Centralia.
While the calibre of play is down from
when the imports cavorted around the ice, the area
teams all make up for thiS with added hustle and
-rivalry, In fact, most of the play we have seen has
;been much rougher than has been noticeable for
some time.
However, it is difficult to give your best
• effort when there is no one in the rink to cheer
you on, and as all these players are homebrew
• talent, we think they deserve better support.
This league is an example of a new birth in
hockey in the area, but without better stipport it
will undoubtedly die out. This would have serious
'repercussions on the sports picture in most of
these towns, because without hockey most of these
arena S will find the going very tough.
We'll see you in the rafter!
BATTIN AROUND Unfortunately, many
,peeple at Huron Park missed one of the greatest
:sports spectacles eVer held in the area when the
;Gay Cup match was held at Centralia last Satur-
day, LAC Al bevies, An energetic' fellow who
doesn't discourage easily, went to a int of work 10
make the parade, game and festivities well worth
;watching, The participant s should also he cotigratu-
latdd for their efforts and we, trust next year's
ctssi iIJ receive better tuppolt—and a better
...showhig by the Western team,
CombInes push
remainingt ms stage tig
Two ir,. final .period .
sink Mohawks 5,3,
Seaforth Towners, playing
with only eine men; mired two
unanswered goals in the final
period in Exeter, Tuesday, to
hand the Mohawks a 6-3 los.
Bob Beuttemnilier, Seaforth's
high scoring manager, paced
the attack by blinking the light
three times for the hat -trick.
Bill Pinder and Bill McLaugh-
lin notched the others,
Exeter's scoring was divided
between Jim Russell, Boont
Gravett and Bill Pincombe,
Playing before a crowd of 104
fans, the visitors jumped into
a 1-0 lead at the 8:30 mark of
the first period when McLaugh-
lin stole a loose pock to get a
clear break on Dick McFalls,
However, Jim Russell knot,
ted the count less than a min-
ute later on a play with Keith
Stephens and the Tribe jumped
into a 2-1 lead at the 10:30
mark when Gravett finished off
a play with centre, Don Wells,
The teams battled on even
terms through half the middle
stanza, until Pinder scored an
unassisted tally at the 9:11 mark
to even the count.
Seaforth then jumped into a
3.2 lead at the 13:05 mark when
Beuttenmiller scored his first
of the night, but Pincombe
evened the count less than two
minutes before the end of the
period,
However, Beuttenmiller con-
tinued his scoring ways to fire
the winner at the 5:00 minute
mark of the final period and
added an insurance tally a min-
ute past the mid -way mark.
It was a cleanly played con-
test with referees Bill Gatenby
and Lou Heinbuck only asses-
singfive minor penalties, four
against Seaforth.
O'Neils net
four apiece
Playing coach Max O'Neil
and his brother, Stu, scored
four goals each Friday, to pace
the Lucan-Ilclerton Combines to
A decisive 11-2 win over RCAF
Clinton.
It was the fifth straight win
for the Combines and the fourth
straight loss for the Clinton
crew.
Sharinr, the spotlight with
the O'Nil brothers was vet-
eran goalie, Jake Barnes,
playing his first game of the
season, to fili in for injured
Keith Scarborough.
Although the big netminder
Three split
Kin pool
Three people will split the
8500 Grey Cup pool conducted by
Exeter Kinsmen this year.
Ticket with the official score
of the game, 21-14, was not sold,
which meant that holders of the
four tickets within one number
of the score qualified to split the
prize. Of these, one was not
sold, leaving three winners.
The winners were Basil Presz-
cator, Exeter, with 20-14; Neil
Stanlake, Exeter, with 22-14,
and Len Hefke, Clifford, with
21-15.
had plenty of support from his
tea =takes, he turned aside
many good, shots and didn't al-
low a goat until the visitors
whipped in a pauple of cLuick.
les by Diek Munro and ltay
Breadner M the early millings
of the final period.
Tent Ceilings. playing centre
between the O'Neils, fired a
pair of tallies to give the pro-
ductive line 10 of the 11 goals.
-Collings also picked up four
assists, while Max and Stu each
had a pair, to give each mem-
ber of the line six points for
their eight's efforts,
Al Ready, hard-working cen-
tre on the third line notched
the other goal.
The Combines built up a five -
goal lead in the first stanza,
added three more in the sec-
ond and outscored Clinton 3.2
in the final frame as they
coasted to their wip,
Tribe posts
first shutout
The Exeter Mohawks scored
their second straight win over
the Philipsburg Chevs, Friday,
putting on a tenacious check-
ing display to post a 2.0 win
in New Hamburg,.
Goalie Dick McFalls had the
honor of scoring the first shut-
out in the Big Eight league, as
he, came up with several good
saves. However, he had plenty
of support from his teammates
as they checked the Chevs
right into the ice.
Bob Morrissey fired the win-
ner at the 8:57 mark of the
second period on a power play
with F'ete 'Gem sitting out an
elbowing infraction,
Red Loader started the play
when . he blocked a clearing
shot at the blueline and fired
a pass to Morrissey about 25
feet in front of the net, and the
young Winger skimmed his shot
across the ice to pick an open
corner behind Fred Currah.
The Chevs came back with
their best attack of the night
in the last five minutes of the
game, but McFalls stopped
everything they threw his way
and then Bill Pincombe notched
the insurance tally with just
over two minutes remaining.
Dick Bedard fed a pass into
Boom Gravett and the Mohawk
cot.ch Ripped a pass across
the goal mouth that Pincombe
tipped into the top corner.
Penalty -killers hot
The Tribe really showed their
checking ability when they had
to kill off five minor penalties
picked up. With Boom Gravett
and Bob Morrissey playing up,
and Red Loader on one point
and Jim Russell and Dick Be-
dard sharing the other point,
the Tribe completely bottled
the Chevs up.
On three of the penalties the
Philipsburg crew never even
had a good shot on McFalls,
and on one of them, never even
got the puck over the centre
ice marker until there were
only 15 seconds left in the
penalty.
Despite the fact they had
three regulars missing from the
lineup, the Tribe came up with
their best effort of the season
Hockey
Scoreboar
BI o EIGHT ,CHA
Last week's scores;
t'en tralia 7—.511tchell 4
Dugan-11(101'ton 11-41113ton 2
Exeter 2—Philipsburg 0
t'lin t on 7--Seaf0rth 6
OPIlLraliti, 3 —Mitchell 3
S retort 5—Exet er 3
Standings
1,1, 1,
1.ttenn- Ilitort011 5 (1
Scaforlit 3 2
P
0 10
ft 6
2 2 0 4.
Exeter ... . 2 3 0 4
2 3 () 4
Philip -burg 1 * (1 2
Clinton . ....... 1 1 0 2
Caines this week:
ThurNtlgy, .Dceember 7
Exeter at Centralia (Exeter)
..‘titeheil seaforth
Friitay, Devember 5
rhitinsburz at l.ticari,Ildorton
Sunday. December 10
seatorth at Clinton
'PLIG:•daY, December 12
Luran -1Id Orton at Exeter
Philipsburg at Mitchell
Cent rat la at Settfor th
SHAMROCK JUNIORS
Last week's scores;
litmeall 6, Strathroy 0
Strathroy 6, Exeter 3
Standings
Iv 14 T P
B email - Zurich 0 3 11
Exeter 2 2 2
Strathroy 2 3 1
Lambeth, 2 3 0 4
Wat ford 2 4 0 4
Games this week;
Thursday, Pee. 7—
Exeter at Strathroy
Frit10-5', December '6
Hensall at 'Exeter
Saturday, December 0
Strathroy at Watford ,
51enday, December 11
Exeter at Lambeth
BANTAM HOUSE LEAGUE
Scores;
Red Irinos 4, Phantoms 2
Black Hawks 1, Bomarcs
Standings
13V Id 'if
'6
9 1 n 4
1122
0 3 D 0
Red Wings
Black Hawks
Pliant oms
Bomarcs
Future games:
Wednesday, Dec, 13-
6- 7—Red 'Wings vs. EOM/3.MS
7-5—Black Hawks vs. Phantoms
•
Weclnesday, Dec,. 20-
6-7—Phan 1 oms vs, Red Wings
7-8—Bomares vs. Black Hawks
PEE WEE HOUSE LEAGUE
Scores: •
fled Wings 6, Ra tigers 2
'Maple Leafs 6, 'Hawks 2
21ohawks 5, Canadiens 0
Standrngs
W L '1' 7'
3 I) 0 20
2 1 (I 11
2129
1261
1226
0303
'51'ohawks
Rangers
:Nraple Leafs
Red Wings .....
Hawks
,Canacli ens
36
64
7 4.
12 2
16 2
15 0
Future. games;
Saturday, :December 0— t
3:00--5ta pie Leafs vs. Cana.diens
:00 ---Rangers vs, :Mohawks
10:00—Tiawks vs, Red 'wings •
11:no—Souoa Gee 1:)) to 7 )•ears old.
11:30—Squirt Hockey
VOMMISMESUMME2AttiMME%
to even theirrecord at two
wins and two losses.
Only sad note was the fact
that Red Loader was playing
his last game for a month, as
Ile has been assigned to night
duties at RCAF Station Cen-
tralia._.
Sixty per cent of all Canad-
ians live in the Great Lakes -
St, Lawrence Lowlands, a tri-
angular area that stretches 600
miles west from Quebec City
to Lake Huron and north to
Georgian Bay,
Hensall still unbeaten,
face Jr. Hawks Friday
The Hensall-Zurich Combines,
riding the crest of a five -game
winning streak, put their record
on the line for the Exeter
Hawks to shoot at twice this
week.
The two arch rivals battled
in Hensall last night (Wednes-
day) and will provide plenty
of excitement for the fans when
they play the return engage,
ment in Exeter, Friday.
They met earlier in the sea-
son and battled to a 5-5 draw,
the only blemish on the Hen.
Sall-Zlitich record.
Since that time they have
whipped every other club in
the league, while the Hawks
have also been holding their
own and are currently tied for
second.
In last week's action, .the
Combines scored a 6-0 win over
Strathroy, while the Hawks
turned in an unusually Inept
performance to drop a 6-3 scors
to the junior Rockets,
Rockets in, orbit
against Hawks
.rhe Strathroy junior Pockets
fired five goals past goalie Ted
Sanders in the second period
in Exeter, Friday, 10 whip the
junior Hawks 6-3.
BObBartholinew paced the
attack for the visitors, blink.
irig the light three times for
the hat -trick. Terry Borne
added a pair and Don MeAl-
pine acdotinted for the other
one, k
'The flawks Jumped into a 1-0
lead with only 45 seconds re,
maining in the first period
when Fred Lamb stick -handled
his way in be get a clear shot
at Ron Clarke.
However, the Rockets tied it
up at the'. 1:20 mark of the
middle stanza and added four
more before they left the ice,
They came back out in the
third period to notch their final
tally.
Lloyd Moore and Fred Lamb
triggered scores for the Hawks
in the final period, but they
tame too late to pose any
HENSALL COACH George
Beer, manager of, the HenSall-
Conibities in the Sherri.
rock junior loop, announced
this week that Bill McCrea had
taken over the coaching chords
of the undefeated squad, Me.
Cita played, goal for the Ek,
eter Mohawks last year, and
has several yeaPS' experiente
behind Min, Ile brings his
nuekatell to Exeter, Friday, IA
Meet the Hawks,
serious threat to Strathroy's
lead.
Bev Irvine picked up an as-
sist on Moore's goal, while
Lamb duplicated his first goal
on another solo effort with
only 15 seconds remaining in
the game,
The teams changed drastical-
ly from their usual rough style
of hockey and only six penal-
ties were called, with Strath-
roy getting tagged for five.
Mock standout
in Strathroy tilt
The Hensall-Zurich Combines
skated to their fifth straight
win in the Shamrock Junior
loop, Thursday, when they shut
Out the Strathroy junior Rock-
ets 6.0,
Goalie Dennis Mock came up
with several spectacular saves
in the net S for the winners to
keep the Rockets off the score
811'.erchte' offensive punch \vas pro-
vided by Gerard Overholt, who
blinked the light three times
for the hat trick Earl "Cuss"
Wagner, shifty centre, set up
two Of the plays fOr Overholt;
while his third tally came on
an assist from Murray 13c11,
no combines, prolific trio
or Brian Bonthron, 1301 Shad -
dick and Steve Kyle maintained
their pace in the 110ifit parade,
Accounting for the other three
goals,
nonthren was the trigger.
man on two of the goals, With
aSsista fterti both Kyle and
Shaddiek, while Kyle aecbtinted
for the all& en 0 Play with
Shaddlek end Jan MASSe,
It Was a cleanly played con.
test, with only seven penalties
being called, four against lien.
sail- ZUrielt,
-if •
'fry '1
5
4.N. V..12:14
POSTS FIRST SHUTOUT
• . Dick McFalls
CE GOALIE SHINES
Rick Tremblay
Killen scores three,
CE cop second win
The Centralia Golden Hawks
scored their second straight
win over the Mitchell Red De-
vils, Tuesday, when they skated
to a 5-2 win in Mitchell in a
Big Eight contest,
Dez Killen paced the attack
for the RCAF squad when be
beat goalie Tom McNaught for
three tallies. It was the sec-
ond time the speedy winger
had notched a hat -trick against
the Mitchell team.
Claude Audet and Al Simpson
also continued their fine play
against Mitchell by accounting
for the other two tallies.
Jim East and Larry Cheoros
accounted for the short-handed
Red Devils' tallies.
The Golden Hawks jumped in-
to a 2-0 lead in the first period
and stretched it to 3-0 with a
single marker in the middle
frame as the Red Devils failed
to beat Rick Tremblay between
the Centralia pipes,
The Mitchell six managed to
fire two into the Centralia net
in the final period, but the Gol-
den Hawks got them both back
to coast to their win,
Jim Sullivan and Bill Cher-
peta were the top playmakcrs
for Centralia, with Sullivan set-
ting up three goals and Cher-
peta assisting on a couple.
CE six win
rough game
RCAF Centralia Golden
Hawks won their first game of
the Big Eight season, Thurs-
day, when they trimmed the
Mitchell Red Devils 7-4 in a
penalty studded game in Exe-
ter.
After the teams finished
their scoring before the mid-
way mark of the final period,
they started a parade to the
penalty bench with Centralia
picking up nine in a 10 -minute
span.
Mitchell had four called
against them in a five-minute
lapse, but neither team could
score with the man advantage.
Claude Audet, who performed
with the Exeter Mohawks two
years ago, and Jim Sullivan,
paced the Golden Hawks with
two tallies each,
Al Simpson And Claude Du-
val, also wormer Tribe players,
added singletons, as did Sonny
Burke,
Izzy Powell, Mitchell's expe-
rienced winger, scored twice
for them, while Larry Chessel
and Doug Smith blinked the
light once each.
•
Blow lead
The visitors jumped into a
1-0 Jead at the 5:20 mark on
Chessel's goal, and held the
lead until Burke tied it up at
the 11:35 mark,
However, F'owell triggered
his first of the night less than
two minutes later id give the
Red Devils a 2-1 lead at the
end of the first period.
The Golden Hawks were
really flying when --they took
the ice in the middle stanza
and rapped in four goals in two
minutes and 20 seconds to
burst into a 5-2 lead,
Doug Smith milled the Mit-
chell entry back into the game
at the 7:35 mark and Powell
popped in his second to shave
• Arena
Schedule
THURSDAY, DEC. 7
9;00—EXETER MOHAWKS
vs. CENTRALIA
GOLDEN HAWKS
FRIDAY, DEC. 8
8:00—HENSALL • ZURICH
COMBINES vs. EXETER
JUNIOR HAWKS
SATURDAY, DEC. 9
1;30.3:30—Public Skating
7 ;00—M i tcheil vs. Exeter
• Legion Bantams
MOO. 10;00—Publie Skating
SUNDAY, DEC. 10
2;00.4100--Pubitc, wooly
TUESDAY, DEC. 12
8:10—LUcAN ILDERTON
COMBINES vs.,
EXETER MOHAWKS
the Mad to 5-4 at the end of
the second.
Sullivan and Audet each
scored their second markers of
the night in the early minutes
of the final frame to give the
Hawks their margin of victory,
before the penalty parade.
Clinton six
cop first tilt
RCAF Clinton won their first
game in five starts, Sunday,
when they edged the Seaforth
Towners 7-6 in a high spirited
game played in Clinton,
The Clinton crew held a 5-2
lead at the end of the second
period, but had to come up -with
two 'tallies in the final eight
minutes to overcome a one -goal
lead that Seaforth picked up
with four quickies in the early
part of the period.
Len Arseneau paced the at-
tack for Clinton, scoring a pair
of tallies. He got them off on
the right foot with a goal in the
first minute and came back to
score the winner on an un-
assisted play at the 15:01 mark
of the final.
Matt Matthews, Andy Chia&
son, Dick Munro, Ray Breadner
and Carl Decarie notched sing-
letons.
-Manager Bob Beuttenmiller
was the spark plug for the' Sea-
ford] squad, notching a pair of
tallies and assisting on three of
the others. Single marker s
were picked up by Roy Scoins,
Ron Dale, Bill McLaughlin and
Bob Whitelaw.
It was a hard-hitting tilt with
a total 01 16 penalties being as-
sessed, Carl Decade and Howie
Cousins were the bad men for
Clinton, with Cousins picking up
five penalties and Decarie sit-
ting out four.
One of cousins' penalties was
a five minute major for fight -
had earlier engaged in a high-
ing with Betatenmiller, The pair
HOCKEY AT ITS BEST!
Hensall
VS.
Exeter
Jr. Hawks
EXETER ARENA
Friday, Dec. 8
8:30 p.m.
Support the kids!
While the uean- 114PriOn.
Combines are Sh9wing signs ,of
walking away with the nmg
Eight early inclicgious
are that 11 will go right to thq
',vire before the other AIX pm -
lions are decided,
The Combines stretched their
lead to four points this week
as they posted their
straight win with an easy vic-
tory over RCAF Clinton,
The Seaforth Towners gained
undisputed possession of so,
nn place when they trinlineLl
the Exeter Mohawks 5-3, after
dropping an earlier tilt with
Clinton,
Centralia Golden hawks
made the biggest :jump as they
soorod a double win over the
Mitchell Med Devils to move
into a three-way Lie for secovd
place with Exeter and Mitchell,
The Philipsburg Chevs, who
have two games in hand,, are
tied in the cellar with Clinton,
who posted their first win with
their victory over Seaforth,
Local squads meet
The Exeter Mohawks and
Centralia Golden Hawks face
each other for the first time
this season when they play in
Exeter, tonight (Thursday),
The teams appear to be fairile„,,1
evenly matched and should pr,jiii
vide plenty of rivalry as they
decide which is the better Leant
playing out of the local arena,
The Seaforth Towners Will
have a chance to better their
record as they play three
games this week. They host
Mitchell and Centralia and
travel to Clinton for their sec-
ond straight Sunday afternoon
tilt.
The front -running Combines
have two stiff tests against
their win streak when they
tackle Philipsburg and Exeter,
The Chevs play in Lucan, Fri-
day, while the Combines travel
to Exeter for a Tuesday game,
The Mohawks will be going
all out to avenge the thrilling
10-8 overtime loss they suffer.
ed in their first meetin6'swith
the Lucan-Rderton squad,
sticking duel, that netted them
minors.
Clinton goalie, Dennis Amac-
her, was forced out of the
game with an injury at the
14:00 minute mark of the mid-
dle frame, He was replaced by
McLean, who allowed four of
the six Seaforth goals,
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available to Canadian univers-
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