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The Home of Guardian Maintenance Page 6 Times-Advocate, Septem ber :5, 1974 .praise local coaches Area hockey men comment FOR ALL, poop .spoRT. By Ross Haugh. of IIiohsticking Suggest control Sign up time Comments by Exeter and area hockey officials on the recently published report on violence in hockey by Toronto lawyer Bill McMurtry have been interesting and varied. The report which was the result of an investigation of last spring's Junior "B" playoff between Hamilton and Bramalea and into violence in amateur hockey in general contained a number of strong recommendations for changes in all levels of hockey. It placed most of the blame for violence in amateur hockey on the National Hockey league with its emphasis on winning. Believe it or not, summer is almost over and plans are being made for winter sports. Registration for all boys anticipating in playing within the ranks of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association begins at the Exeter arena, Thursday night, September 12 from 7 to 8.30 p.m, A second session for registration is slated for the same place, Saturday, September 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The registration fee for all ages is $10. Boys playing on all star teams will be required to pay an additional $10 when personnel of the teams are chosen. At the same time as registrations, a minor hockey equipment exchange will be held. All boys are encouraged to bring any hockey equipment including skates that no longer fit and exchange it for something that will in the EMHA "swap shop." A price should be set for each piece of equipment and if it is sold to another player proceeds may be used to purchase other equipment on display. We are sure there are many households with boys grown up and hockey equipment hiding in the basement or attic. These people are welcome to bring along the skates, pads or what have you and put it up for sale or provide as a donation to EMHA. Boys are asked to arrange to have their used equipment at the arena early on Thursday, September 12 so every boy registering will have an opportunity to view it. • Any equipment not picked up at the engl of Saturday registration will become the property of EMHA to be used as they see fit to help provide the necessary equipment for boys in the system. In minor hockey were is too much stress on the importance of winning." Ways to stop violence Derry Boyle said he failed to see much violence in Canadian amateur hockey. He commented, "We certainly don't have stab- bings like they do in soccer and some other sports." Boyle continued, "I agree there has to be a crackdown on, high sticking, Some of the boarding — Please turn to Page 7 It further suggested that wide universities. Here you can't go to hockey coverage by television school to become a coach, A lot of has compounded the league's fine young athletes would like to effect particularly on boys who stay in hockey, why not provide play minor hockey, coaching degrees," Russia and Czechoslovakia are the only countries with degrees in hockey. Mahoney added, "Coaches represent a tremen- dous resource in hockey , Let's get started and mine this valuable resource." On the coaching situation Jack Nairn said, "clinics are ab- solutely necessary. It's difficult to get coaches right off the street, MI IIII111I1111111I1111111111111111111111111111111I11I1111111111111111111111111I11111111111111111111111111111111111U USBORNE PEE WEE CHAMPS — The Usborne township pee wee boys softball championship was recently won by Hurondale. Back, left, coach Fern Dougall, Greg Psout, Chris Mittelhoitz, Henry Winters and coaches Bob Chaffe and John Oke . Centre, Scott Rundle, Jamie Chaffe, Bradley Kernick, Greg Dougall, Mark Parsons, Rodney Dobson and Murray Heywood. Front, Danny Dittmer, Teddy Oke, Refer Dougall, Jeff Pfaff, Robert Miller, Scott Jamieson and Donnie Parsons. Missing was Steven Prout. T-A photo Calling All Boys Within 15 Mile Radius of Exeter EXETER MINOR ' HOCKEY REGISTRATION Thurs., Sept. 12 - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 14 - 10:30 to 12:30 EXETER ARENA — ALL AGES Registration Fee Is '10.00 (NOTE - Boys Playing On All-Star Teams Will Be Assessed A Further '10.00 When The Teams Are Selected) Tigers eliminated quickly in OBA playdown round IMPORTANT — A PARENT MUST ACCOMPANY BOYS TO REGISTRATION TO SIGN A RELEASE FORM llllllll 11 ll lllll 111111111.1 llllllllllllll llllllllllllllllll 111111111 lllllllll 11111111111 llllllll The quest by the Dashwood Tigers for another Ontario Baseball Association Inter- mediate "D" championship was short-lived. After winning the first game of a best-of-three series against Port Lambton a week earlier, the Tigers dropped a pair of weekend games and were eliminated. Friday night, Port Lambton went on a scoring spree to belt the Tigers 21 - 4 and Sunday af- ternoon they repeated with a 5 - 1 victory. Both games were played in Dashwood. In Sunday's game, Port' Lambton right hander Gord Barclay held the Dashwood club to only four hits and a single run. Barclay was invincible in the first five innings holding the Dashwood club hitless and he faced only 17 batters. In the full nine inning contest, the Port Lambton hurler faced only 34 Tigers, seven' more than the absolute minimum. The only run for the Tigers came in the bottom of the eighth when Bud Desjardine opened the inning with a single and scored on Equipment Exchange IS THE NHL RESPONSIBLE? Local hockey people disagree on this conclusion, Ron Horn, president of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association and Jack Nairn, coach of the Lucan- Ilderton Jets say the NHL has a lot of influence. Disagreeing and faulting other areas are Bill Mahoney of the Huron Hockey school, Frank Funston, president of the Shamrock hockey league and Exeter's Mr. Hockey Derry Boyle. Horn said the NHL influences young boys by what they see on television and it "also sets the trend for coaches." "The NHL doesn't appear to be thinking about what the kids are seeing on TV but only interested in getting more fans into the rinks," said Jack Nairn. Nairn went on to suggest television producers forget about playing back replays of any fighting incidents. , "In many cases they show us the fights back a couple of times. It would be a lot better to replay some of the good scoring or defensive plays which are much more numerous than the fights," Nairn continued. Derry Boyle didn't blame the NHL saying, "if there is any bad influence it comes from watching the Russians play. They are past masters of high sticking. High sticking was at a minimum until we started playing series with European, clubs about 15 years ago.' Frank Funston of Huron Park says, "I don't fault the NHL. It's mostly parents. They get worked up during a game and holler at their son to "get" the other fellows." He continued, "a lot of fans don't go to see the team play, but to see what kind of a star their son is." Funston added, "I know this is a difficult situation. I have four sons who were and are playing hockey. I would suggest clinics for parents." "Parents seem 'to forget it's important to learn how to lose. It's important to teach youngsters to lose and not con- tinually blame the referees, but admit the other team may have played a better game," he con- tinued. Bill Mahoney of the Huron Hockey School and a coach and teacher at McMaster University in Hamilton said he couldn't blame the pros for creating a bad image. Mahoney said, "Over the past two years, there has been less brawling on television. Brutal fights are very isolated. We must remember these players are trying to make a living. It's unfortunate McMurtry took the attitude he did." Will Be Held At Registration Before the inning was over Bob Hoffman and Stan Lovie singled and the three runs were across the plate, The only other Dash- wood hit off Port Lambton Tom Hay was a single by Bill Schade in the seventh. Jim Guenther and Dave Ratz, a couple of left handers shared pitching duties for the Tigers and both were hit hard. a double from the bat' of Jim Dietrich. The other Tiger safeties were a double from the bat of Tom Hill and a single by Bill Schade. Dashwood pitcher Bill Schade also turned in a good per- formance as he allowed only six hits and retired the Port Lambton batters in order in four innings. Score at Will The Port Lambton bats were booming Friday night as two Dashwood pitchers were unable to keep them in check. ,The visitors geeted.at least one rini in every inning but the second. Port Latiibto'n broke the game wide open with an eight run outburst in the sixth inning to add to their 9 - 4 lead at the time. Bill Schade singled after two were out in the Dashwood first and was able to come around to score. The only real Dashwood threat came in the bottom of the fifth, Gary Hartman was safe on an error and Bud Desjardine slammed a triple to deep right centre field. Boys are encouraged to bring hockey equipment (including skates) that no longer fit them and exchange it for some that will in our "swap shop". A price should be set for each piece of equipment you have and if it is sold to another player, you get the receipts to purchase other equipment on display. Peo- ple who have hockey equipment in their basements or attics are welcome to bring it for sale or provide it as a donation to the Exeter Minor Hockey Association. If you have equipment, please arrange to have it at the arena early .Thursday night so every boy registering will'have an opportunitY to view it. Any unsold equipment not picked up at the.end of Saturday registration will become the property of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association to be used as they see fit to help provide the necessary equipment for boys in the system. Plan pool at Parkhill Swim tests passed as successful year ends Critical of coaching, officials Coaching and officiating came in for criticism from the McMurtry report. This criticism was not shared by local hockey people. While there appears to be some room for improvement all agreed the situation locally was not severe. Ron Horn said all coaches and officials should attend CAHA sponsored clinics. He added, "I don't agree with the report on coaching. In Exeter and all of the Shamrock league we have a good bunch of coaches. In fact, we have some great ones." Frank Funston was of the same opinion saying, "in our area the calibre of coaches is certainly improving." He would like to see more concentration on better referees for local house league games. Of coaches, Bill Mahoney said the calibre of coaching is generally good. He continued, "what strikes me about minor hockey coaches is the tremen- dous amount of talent and en- thusiasm available. We need to channel it in the proper way." "I would like to see a degree in hockey provided by Canadian Plans are underway to raise funds for construction of an olympic size indoor swimming pool in Parkhill. The project is being un- dertaken by the North Middlesex Community Centre Board and former mayor Adrian Ansems is one of the chief promoters. Ansems said last week, although officials of the Green' Gables Nursing Home had in- dicated they would donate enough land for the pool at the new nursing home site, a final decision has not yet been made. Estimated costs of the pool range from $250,000 to $300,000. To get intial funds for the pool a 40 mile bikeathon has been organized for September 14. The cyclists will leave the North Middlesex arena along Main street to the County road, then westward to Highway 82 and on to the junction with Highway 21. The route will continue along Highway 21 to the junction of Highways 21 and 81 in Grand Bend and back along Highway 81 to Parkhill. • Some officials expected to participate in the bikeathon are Adrian Ansems and his wife Viola, Ailsa Craig Reeve Jack Whitmore and councillor John Shipway and councillor Mike Graham of East Williarhs. Sheets are being printed for registrations and anyone wishing to participate in the bikeathon should contact Adrian Ansems or any member of the North Middlesex Community Centre Board, by Susan Tuckey The 1974 summer instructional swim programme ended Friday with Red Cross examinations. The morning results were good with quite a few successful candidates. The passing juniors were Roger Belling, Jon Mousseau, Cheryl Cann, Lisa Hyde, Rob Baker, Shelly Little, Esther Little and Lori Belling. Successful intermediates were Heather Edgar, Tracy Clarke, Randy Parsons, Susan Stephenson, Frances Linsdell, Dick Dougall and Paul Wareing. Doug Fletcher passed seniors. The swim team competed in the Western Ontario cham- pionships Wednesday in Listowel. It was the first time our club has ever been faced with such tough competition and we stood up well. Exeter finished in seventh place out of 34 teams entered. I am very proud of all our swimmers for working so hard all summer and hope they feel as rewarded as I do. I would like to thank everyone involved in any way with the swim team, from our loyal supporters to our patient bus driver, because I'm sure we could not have gone so far without them. As summer draws to a close, I would like to publicly thank Jim McKinlay and all my staff for being so helpful. I took over in midstream, but with their patience and cooperation, it was not a difficult task, and as a result I believe this summer has turned out to be one .of the most productive. I think Exeter can be very proud of its summer swim programme, because it is a great asset. The pool will be staying open in September this year. Back-to- school weather is always hot and I'm sure the pool will continue to be very refreshing. Keep in the swim and thanks for a wonderful summer. Memories of Diz Baseball lost one of its greatest stars with the recent death of Jay Hanna Jerome Herman Dean. For younger fans we are talking about the great Dizzy Dean. One could talk for hours about not only the pitching prowess of Dean but also of his many antics not only as a player but later as a radio and television announcer, In the broadcast booth Dean slayed the English 'language the same way he did National league batters back ,in the 1930's. We`had the pleasure of meeting Dean at the 1968 World Series in Detroit. Wearing a large white cowboy hat he greeted everyone he was introduced to with the same enthusiastic "Howdy Pardner." Dean's greatest year as a pitcher in the National league .came in the 1934 season when he won 30 games and teamed with brother Paul for the St. Louis Cardinals to take care of ,the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, If "01' Diz'' as he was affectionately known was play- .ing today he would hit the headlines continually with his delightful ability to pop off- and then make his boast come true. A good example of this, was in the 1934 regular season when he said, "me aria 'Patti win wil1,45, gaines this year." They actually won 49 with Dizzy getting 30. '4' National league batters had plenty of nightmares that year as they faced the brother combination.One particular afternoon in Brooklyn, Dizzy set down the Dodgers with only three hits but Paul better known as Daffy came along and threw a no-hitter. Paul's feat of a no-hitter actually embarrassed Dizzy. He alibied afterwards,"Criminy, if Paull-tad told me he was ,,a-gonna do it, I'd a-done it, too." In his playing days despite his antics Dean was a true competitor. This was never more evident than in the 1934 World Series. With the seventh and deciding game scoreless in the third inning, Dizzy singled to left field and then surprised Tiger outfielder Goose Goslin by stretching the hit into a double. Little things in baseball or any sport for that matter are very important and this was the case with Dean. The next batter Pepper Martin grounded to Tiger first baseman Hank Greenberg's right. If Dean had been at first it would have been an easy force play at second but the first baseman was required to turn and throw to the pitcher covering and Martin was safe on a close play. The Cardinals went on to a big seven run in- ning and Dean coasted to. an easy 11-0 victory. Dean's cockiness was shown before that final seventh game when walking out to warm up he passed behind pitching rival Eldon Auker of the Tigersand commented"You don't expect to get anybody out with that junk, do ya, podnuh." Auker who threw most of his pitches in a submarine fashion didn't get past the third inning. The Tiger team of .1934 was probably one of the finest to represent the city of Detroit. It included greats like Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Bill Rogell, Mickey Cochrane, Schoolboy Rowe and Tommy Bridges. Dean came into prominence again when he joined the Game of the Week baseball broadcasts. His use of the English language horrified many school teachers but he continued for several years. His best known phrase was "he slud into second base." Dizzy's playing career was cut short when he suffered a broken toe and couldn't put the proper weight on his foot. He was traded by St, Louis to the Chicago Cubs in 1938, The Cardinals received $185,000 in cash and three . players for Dean, Just imagine how much money that would be today, some 36 years later. He was instrumental in helping the Cubs to the 1938 pen- nant with a critical 2-1 win over Pittsburgh. Dean retired after the 1940 season. 'To show his garriesmanship, Dean convinced Cub owner Phil Wrigley to permit a pitching performance with the St. Louis Browns against the Chicago White Sox in the final game of the 1947 season, Overweight and out of condition, Dean who was amusingly outspoken about the Browns' poor pitching staff, blanked the Sox for four innings with good motion and con- trol. Then to the further delight of a large crowd, he lined a hit to left, "slud" into second as he would sayand got up limping, At this point his career came to an official close as his ever-loving wife Pat leaned over to the dugout and hollered at manager Muddy Rtiel, "All right, he's proved his point. Now get the damned fool out of there before he kills himself," If Dean was playing in this day and age he would be in z great demand by talk show hosts like Johnny Carson and wouldprobably have his favorite "Wabash Cannonball" No, 1 on the hit parade. Village Lanes GRAND BEND Now Open For BOWLING Open Bowling Every Friday Evening, Saturday Afternoon & Evening and Sunday Afternoon For Reservations, Or If Interested In League Bowling Call 238-2348 COME TRY OUR NEWLY REFINISHED LANES dimmommeastariimamissommistaimosaistniaa.,