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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-12-30, Page 6Pig. 6 Timis-Advocate, December 30, 1965 FOR ALL GOOD SPORTS By Jim Russell Tha t year 1965 Both the Exeter Pee Wees and Legion Bantams played in holiday hockey tournaments this week and while they were suc- cessful in winning their first games both were unable to win the second contest to enter the finals. The local pee woes under coach Terry Bourne and manager Jim Brown competed in the 8th Annual Leamington Lions Inter- national Pee Wee Hockey Tourna- ment last Tuesday and were elim- inated by Forest after they had defeated Blenheim in the first game of the day. Coach Lorne Haugh and his Legion Bantams were entered in the London Optimists Ice Bowl Bantam Tournament on Boxing Day where they defeated their first round opponents but lost out to Byron in the second contest. The Exeter Junior Hawks were paced to an 11-8 win over Point Edward last Thursday by a new forward line which should en- hance the club's chances of re- peating as Shamrock League champions. The Hawks' win brought their season record to 7-5 and moved them into third place four points ahead of the fourth place Strathroy club. The line of John Cooper, Bill Chipchase and Bob Livermore was the most effective line on the ice in the contest as they scored six goals and added four assists for ten scoring points. Chipchase led all scorers with three goals while newcomer Livermore and leftwinger Scott Burton added a pair each. Cooper along with Dennis Morrissey, Craig David- son and Otto Smale picked up a goal each for the winners, Unlike the game between the two clubs that was played here The Bank Boys hold a slight two point lead over Crediton in the Exeter Rec Hockey League after the first five weeks while last years champs, the Old Tim- ers, are presently in third place with four points. The powerful Bankers who have scored 81 goals so far this season have a 4-1 record for eight points while Crediton have won three and lost two. Graham and Graham who gain- ed the league finals last year is currently holding down the fourth and final playoff spot with two points. Last Thursday the Bank Boys gained revenge over the Old Tim- ers who defeated the leaders 9-8 in the first game of the season by crushing the oldsters by a convincing 16-4 score. In the second game of the night Credi- ton remained in the fight for first place by firing 12 pucks behind Graham and Graham goalie Jim Newby to register a 12-2 victory. Center Larry Stire was the big gun for the Bankers in their fourth win of the year as he scored five goals. Jim Sandford picked up a hat trick for the winners while Bill Heywood and Dale Turvey added a pair each. Single goals came off the sticks of Franklin Melville Boyle, Ger- ald McBride, Peter McFalls and Lloyd Moore. Ron Horn and Cy Blommaert led the losers with a pair of The bantam tourney was held at London's beautiful Treasure Is- land Gardens and quite a few local fans were on hand to lend some cheering support to the local club. A strong Byron crew proved too much for the local club as they ruined Exeter chances for the B division title with a 4-0 win after the Legion squad had edged Hespeler 3-2 in the first game of the tournament. Exeter held Byron scoreless through the first period in their semi-final game on Sunday but the winners broke into the Exeter zone to score two quick tallies midway through the frame. The locals began pressing in the final period in an attempt to tie the contest but the winners took ad- vantage of a penalty and some December 17 which the locals won in the dying seconds 9-8, the Hawks showed their scoring power early while building up a 5-1 first period lead. The locals outscored Point Edward 5-4 to lead 10-5 at the end of the second period and then held on in the third to post their second win in a row over the Redrnen. Rick Stade played the first two periods in goal for the Hawks but was replaced by Dave Taylor in the third period. Although he allowed three goals in the final 20 minutes, Taylor came up with several big saves when the Red- men stormed the Exeter net in a vain attempt to get back into the game. The fast moving contest which was played before only a nand- ful of fans in the Point Edward Arena was a bit on the rugged side and produced 15 penalties. goals each. Doug Lightfoot and Pat Mc- Keever were the big guns in the Crediton victory with three goals each. Dick Colter and Jim Pfaff hit for a pair of goals while Bob Galloway and Larry Merner add- ed singletons. Jim MacDonald and Bill Schae- fer scored the Graham and Gra- ham markers. The battle for first place con- tinues tonight as Crediton faces the Bank Boys in the feature game at 9:30. The Old Timers play Graham and Graham at eight o'clock in the first game of the night. sloppy defensive work to add two more goals to oust the Exeter crew. Rightwinger Chris Riddell scored two goals early in the third period to give the locals a 3-2 win over Hespeler in their first game on Boxing Day. The Exeter club held a 1-0 first period lead on Larry Haugh's goal but the Hespeler lads scored twice to take a 2-1 lead into the final frame. Hespeler picked up two minor penalties with only seconds re- maining in the second period and the locals wasted little time in taking advantage of the situation as Riddell scored twice to put Exeter into the semi-finals. Rid- dell's first goal was set up by Ron Lindenfield while Barry Baynham was instrumental in setting up the game winner. FOREST OUSTS PEE WEES The Exeter Pee Wees played two games Tuesday in Leaming- ton winning the first game at 9:30 in the morning and then dropping the second contest to a well rested Forest squad in a game that started at 2:30. The locals defeated Blenheim by a 5-2 score in the morning contest but lost 3-1 to the strong Forest club when they suffered a third period letdown. Barry Smithers put the Exeter squad out in front halfway through the first period of the Forest game and the locals clung des- perately to their lead until the winners broke in on Exeter net- minder Jim Brown to tie the score early in the third period. Each club missed several good scoring chances during the final period but were unable to capit- alize until Forest scored the eventual winning goal while they were a man short. 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Two minor hockey teams fail to get playoff spot again scored to make the score 3-1. Dale Parkin was the big gun in Exeter's morning 5-2 win over Blenheim as he scored two goals and was a constant threat to the Blenheim goalie throughout the contest. The locals who were outshot in the game led 2-1 at the end of the first and 4-1 at the end of the second frame as Jim Brown made several fine saves in the Exeter net. Larry Davies, Steven Riddell and Russ Harrington were the other Exeter goalscorers in the contest. Bank boys hold lead in Rec League hockey 177-1.1IIP Best Wishes For The New Year To All Our Friends In Exeter And Surrounding District From HAMMOND'S of St. Marys T. G. HAMMOND LTD. Road Construction — Asphalt Paving ST, MARYS ONTARIO M ay you enjoy the' best of everything in the coming New Year! Snell Bros. LTD. PHONE 235-0660 EXETER sto AtA telluNt), 1 FUELS ASPHALT PAVING ST.MARYS Happy winners The team skipped by Ellen Knight won the final playoffs of the Ladies First Draw at the Exeter Curling Club Tuesday afternoon to win the Exeter Dairy Trophy. Mrs. Knight is shown with the trophy while proud team members look on. Left is Dolores Shapton, lead; Louise Roelofson, second; and Melba Ecker, vice. (T-A photo) Caldwell's North End Supertest PHONE 235-2930 EXETER Spots Future is brighter with new Hawk line The year 1965, while not this area's best in the sporting field, was very rewarding in some as pects, while very disappointing in others. With the possible exception of the Seaforth Towners, who captured the Ontario Intermediate 'C' crown last win- ter, no district teams came up with an Ontario title, 'although some did enter Ontario finals before being eliminated. For the most part the 1965 minor hockey season was very successful with all five minor teams, the squirts, pee wees, bantams, midgets and juniors copping their respective Shamrock League pennants. Last year's bantam club that was coached by Red Loader and managed 'by Gord Baynham was the most successful in OHA play as they reached the Ontario Bantam 'B' final before bowing to Huntsville 11-6 in a two-game goals-to-count set. The Exeter Junior Hawks had a very power- ful club last year and almost gave Exeter its first Ontario junior championship. Led by playing coach Earl Wagner the locals posted a very impressive 24-4 record to win the league championship. The Hawks then ousted Belmont in four straight games and Strathroy 4-1 for the right to enter OHA com- petition. The Clinton Colts, who went on to rout Bobcaygeon in four straight games for the Ontario Junior 'D' crown, proved too much for the locals as they eliminated them after six games. The Hawks, besides having a fine year on the ice, also went over very well at the box office and drew large crowds during the playoff action with 2,300 attending the Strathroy games and another 2,252 avid fans attend- ing the three Clinton encounters. In other hockey happenings last year the Lu- can Bantam club had their moment of glory when they bested 16 other teams to win the 'D' division of a bantam tourney that was held in Lucan in Feb- ruary. There was lots of action at the Exeter Curling Club over the past year and the local club came up with its share of bonspiel winners. Exeter curlers walked off with wins in the Governor-General Play- offs, a Kinsmen Bonspiel as well as the first annual Policemen's 'spiel that was held at RCAF Centralia. Mrs. Wally Seldon and Clarence McDonald were crowned King and Queen of the Exeter Club at a post season banquet held at the local Legion Hall last year. Over 300 curlers attended the event that concluded a very successful year of curling. Aside from the Senior Girls' Basketball squad South Huron District High School teams did not ex- perience outstanding campaigns. The Senior Girls, who were under the direction of Miss Lauretta Sieg- ner, went through the regular season undefeated but were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by a 16-13 score by Stratford, a team that they had de- feated 33-20 during the regular season. The fact that this area has some of the best bowlers around was proven again last year as both men and ladies' teams won their respective Inter- town titles. Two ladies' teams from town partici- pated in Intertown play last season with the Exeter Pepsis finishing the regular season in first place while the other Exeter squad won the playoffs. Exe- ter's Itchy Six walked off with the honours in the men's Intertown loop but bowed out to the power- ful Clinton Cloud 9 squad in the first round of the playoffs. ' Biggest highlights of the 'bowling season last year included the brilliant 412 game that was rolled by veteran Art Finlayson of the then Kippen Tigers and the emergence of the Canners as a power in the men's 'A' league. The Canners, after several years in the Wednesday night 'B' loop, made the jump to the Monday night league and became grand cham- pions after knocking off all opponents. Baseball in Exeter was pretty much a dead issue last season but the return of the Dashwood Tigers to intermediate baseball after several years was a major development. The Tigers, although they showed considerable improvement towards the end of the season, did not set the league on fire but as a result of their experience they will undoubtedly be a contender next year. One of the highlights of the Dashwood base- ball year was the Oldtimers' game that was played midway through the season. The oldsters who had many well known names in the lineup including Jim Hayter, Robbie and Jake Wein, Lorne Kleinstiver, Gerry Martene and Jack Gaiser laced the present day Tigers by a 10.8 score before a large crowd that had plenty to cheer about. The Zurich Lumberkings, who eliminated the Tigers, were in turn ousted by the Ivy Leafs in their bid for the Ontario 'D' title while the Staffa Mer- chants were sidelined in their quest for the Ontario 'C' title by the Corunna Giants. Corunna, who had been unable to defeat the Merchants in two previous playoff meetings, took the best-of-three series in two straight games, winning the first 6-3 and taking the second 3-2 in a game that went 12 innings. Although last year's edition of the Exeter Greys failed to get by Brucefield, they still came up with a fine season and supplied their many sup- porters with a lot of thrills throughout the season. Last summer's final game with Brucefield was one of the finest games ever played in the Ladies' Huron League with the locals holding the powerful Bruce- field entry scoreless through the first eight innings only to have pitcher Bev Wright stroke a leadoff home rurr in the last of the ninth frame. The Exeter Men's Rec Softball League oper- ated with six teams last year and concluded the sea- son with Crediton being declared the champs. The Exeter Legion squad finished the regular season in first place 'and bowed out to Crediton in the final three games to two. The biggest golfing news last year was the opening of the new Ausable Golf Course last fall. The new layout which is located south of the Mor- rison Dam attracted many golfers from the district and should receive a great deal of play when the golfing season rolls around again. Best wishes to everyone fel' a Happy and Prosperous New Year. 1