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Times-Advocate, 1980-02-06, Page 18Cash In On The Savings ... CROSS COUNTRY $5095 SKI PACKAGE AvANDup It took them over three months and three-quartersof the schedule, but the Exeter Waxers finally posted a win in Shamrock league play this week. They travelled to Strathroy on Saturday and scored a 4-2 win. To prove it was no fluke, the locals continued their vastly improved play at home on Sunday and lost a 2, 1 heart-breaker to Belmont when the visitors scored with only 49 seconds left in the game. ' Exeter juthped to the attack early in posting their initial loop win in Strathroy. They scored three times in the first period and were never headed. David Josephson notched the first tally as he slid a. pass from Tom Rolph into the cage and Robbie McLelland then flipped a high shot into the open corner on a play with Laurie Chalmers and David Dalrymple. Doug Clark picked up his first of two when he con- verted passes, from Jason McFalls and Jeff Rowe to make the score 3-0. Strathroy got one of those back in the final seconds of the first period, but Clark made it 4-1 for Exeter in the second on a, play with Jeff Rowe. Strathroy dented the twine early in the third to stay close, but netminders Harlen Tinney and Scott Wedlake shut the door on them for the balance of the, contest. Playing at home, Sunday, the Waxers stuck with the strong Belmont squad throughout the game and actually had an advantage in the play, but hit a couple of goal posts and missed on some other good chances. Belmont opened the scoring in the second period and Doug Clark notched the equalizer early in the third on a play with Jason McFalls and Jeff Rowe. The teams stayed on even terms until the final minute when Belmont broke loose for the winner and Exeter failed in a strong bid to get cr; • Long ttwaited victory • the equalizer when they pulled their goalie in rr'the final seconds. 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T-A photo Close battle for third Hawks, Irish fail to help selves The Exeter Hawks and Lucan Irish had an op- portunity to help themselves and each other in their Following a meeting of the South Huron Hockey League executive. Saturday the Thedford Browns have been suspended for the remainder of the season. The move followed the dis- covery that 10 players on the Browns' roster were from outside of the team's six mile drawing radius as defined in the league's con- stitution. • League president John Stephens said that the move was not intended to punish the drowns but that the league's constitution must be upheld. He said the Thedford team Marauders • • win again In a battle of the two division leaders in the South Huron intermediate hockey league Thursday night, the Centralia Marauders edged the Goderich Merchants 4-2. In South Huron action tomorrow night, Thursday, the Marauders will play host to the Grand Bend Mariners, Thedford will be in Exeter to meet the Mohawks and Kettle Point will be in Henshll. Friday Kettle Point will be at Grand Bend and Sunday it's Goderich at Zurich, Parkhill at Kettle Point and Grand Bend at Thedford. In Thursday's battle of the league leaders, all scoring was confined to the last half of the contest. Goderich opened the scoring at 9:18 of the second period on a successful shot by Paul Shaefer.. The Marauders tied the score less than a minute later when Dennis Carty completed a three-way combination with Cec Nickles and Blair Hearn. Randy Somerville put the Centralia club into the lead to stay with two minutes left in the middle frame when he converted a pass from Perry Knee. Each team scored a power play goal late in the third period. Dennis Carty not- ched his second goal of the night for the Marauders on a pass from Cec Nickles and Terry Schaefer replied, for Goderich. The Merchants pulled their goalie with less than a minute to go in an attempt to score the tying goal but the move backfired. Perry Knee came up with the puck and found captain Rori Funston in the clear and he fired the puck into the empty net to solidify the Marauders victory. The Marauders took 10 of the 16 penalties assessed by referees Don Appleby and Ron Shirran. (FOR INFORMATION playoff bids this weekend, but neither team rose to the occasion. Exeter lost 8-0 to Mitchell which forfeited a $100 per- formance bond will be allow- ed to reapply to the league for the 1980-81 season. All statistics involving the Browns will be removed from the league's record books. The Thedford squad has been a member in good standing for the past five or six years in the local loop, Stephens stated. Stephens noted that the league has provisions in its charter to aid the weaker teams in the league. The Browns were in second last place in the league's southern division. The Thedford situation has had repercussions throughout the entire league with each team having until Wednesday to declare any il- legal players. As of Monday one team which Stephens did not name turned in the cards of three illegal players. The players are suspended for the remainder of the season with a fine of $25 per illegal player being levied. If it was discovered that there were illegal players on the teams after WedneSday Stephens said the league would contemplate further action. The other factor on which a player could be ruled in- eligible to play would be if he has signed to play con- currently with another team playing in a league judged to be equal or better in calibre. at the rec centre, Friday, while the Irish were in Tavistock and took an 8-3 drubbing at the hands of the In the case of Exeter Mohawks defenceman Barry Baynham Stephens stated the Exeter team had gained a release from the Lucan- Ilderton Jets of the Con- tinental senior league. Two other Exeter players Jeff Fuller and Brad Taylor had obtained their releases from the, Junior D Exeter Moawks. The only exception to this rule is the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology Saints who are allowed to have players playing in another league. To receive this concession the Saints waived their right to the two imports which the other teams are permitted. In another move affecting the Mohawks. the league will allow suspended defenceman Jack Chipchase to act as assistant coach. Chipchase had been suspended by the league following an incident in game between the Mohawks and Zurich Buckeyes late in December. The initial league ruling did not permit the former Toronto Marboro to play any role with the Mohawks on or of itthe ice. Stephens termed Chipchase's actions "out of character" and that he could see little opposition if Chipchase applied for reinstatement as a player for next season. Braves. The loss by the Hawks and the win by the Braves narrowed the gap to a single point between the two teams as they struggle for a playoff spot. Exeter holds the slim lead for third place. The Seaforth Centenaires remain six points back of Exeter, but now have three games in hand as they were idle over the past week. The loss by the Irish and the win by Mitchell almost assured the latter of top spot in the northern division. They now lead by four points, having posted a 3-3 tie over Bothwell on Saturday night. Exeter will have only two chances left to improve their playoff hopes. They travel to Lucan tonight for a game against the Irish and then host the southern division's second place Thamesford Trojans at the rec centre, Friday, in the final game of their schedule. The Hawks were no match for their namesakes from Mitchell, Friday, as the visitors scored a pair late in the first period and were never threatened after that. They added two power play goals in the middle frame and ran away with the contest with fotir,markers in the final sthnza. They fired 37 shots at Steve Wells, while the Hawks were taking 25 at Bob Ward, who turned them all aside. The Mitchell crew picked up 12 of the 21 penalties, which included fighting majors to Ron Bilcke and Kerry Bedard of the Exeter team and Ron Elliott and Daryl Stacey of the visitors. Brad Fischer paced the scoring attack with three goals, while Phil Avery added a pair. South Huron loop cracks down on illegalities P000 2A T moos-Advocate, Februaty 6, 1980 While it appears that winter has just started, there is no dolibt that spring is just around the corner. One sign of spring is the increase in press releases emanating from the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays have announced their promotional schedule along with broadcast schedules for the first. seven exhibition games. In regard to broadcast of Blue Jays games this summer we called Bill Brady who is Station manager at CFPL radio in London. Bill told us he expected some Blue Jay games would be carried on his station this summer, but, at the moment didn't know exactly how many. He said CFPL would be meeting with the Hewpex Sports network officials this week to work out a schedule satisfactory to both groups. Probably being an eternal optimist as far as the Blue Jays are concened we hope as many games as possible are carried locally. We feel the Toronto club will improve immensely in the next couple of years. Returning for their fourth season covering Blue Jays action on the airwaves will beTomCheek and Ear- ly Wynn. CHKH in Toronto the station founded by Foster Hewitt will be the flagship station for the Blue Jays and will carry seven exhibition and all regularly scheduled games. Tom Cheek has proven to be an acceptable play- by-play announcer and despite his shattering of the English language, Early Wynn has an immense knowlege of the game. New Toronto Manager Bobby Mattick is op- timistic about his team's chances this year. Mattick is sincere in his optimism and knows the time has come for the team to produce. Mattick said recently, "Our fans have been great to us over the past three years but they expect us to be winning more games and they have every right to this opinion. We are not an expansion team any longer and we have to stop thinking of ourselves as one." Following are some more of Mattick's comments as he assesses the Blue Jays lineup for the 1980 season. "The nucleus of players who will lead us to a pen- nant was enlarged upon to include Alfredo Griffin, Dave Stieb and Dan Ainge. One thing I definitely want to do this season is in- ject more power into the lineup and I expect the ma- jority of it to come from our outfielders. Otto Velez, who hit 15 homers and 48 RBI's as a part-time player in '79, will be given every opportunity to become a regular. Another guy who should be able to provide us with a little sock is Barry Bonnell who we acquired from Atlanta along with infielder Pat Rockett and pitcher Joey McLaughlin. Along with his bat Barry should help this club with his speed and throwing arm which could make him a natural for right field. Rick Bosetti did a fine job in centre field in '79 and I am optimistic that he will further be able to improve his run production 'this season. Al Woods continued his improved play last year and J.J. Cannon exhibited outstanding speed. As for Bob Bailor I feel that with a little work on his batting stoke he will be able to return to his form of old. A guy like Bailor is important to have around because he can help you at so many positions. I am really excited about the way our young infield is shaping up. At first we have the 'veteran' John Mayberry (29) who once again hit 20 home runs and his steady glove was a settling influence on the whole in- field. Our second baseman at this point appears to be23 year-old Damaso Garcia who is an 'Alfredo Griffin' type player with great range plus speed. Garcia, of course, came to us along with Paul Mirabella from the Yankees. At shortstop what else can I say about 22 year-old Alfredo Griffin that hasn't already been said - American League Rookie of the Year, Blue Jays MVP - and the best things are yet to come. He went down to the Instructional League following the season to work on his bunting this season. Moving over to third base we have Roy Howell (26) who contributed 15 homers to the cause last season. I want Roy to improve on his defence this season and I am confident with his desire and ability that he will be able to. As for Danny Ainge (20), who impressed so many people last season in only his se- cond year of pro ball, all I can say is that he is going to pla Behind the plate there is no question that we will miss Rick Cerone but I truly feel that Ernie Whitt will be a pleasant surprise to a lot of people. His defence has improved over the past couple of seasons and he should be able to hold his own with the bat. If things don't work out we can always call on Bob Davis or possibly even young Brian Milner. I am expecting a return to his 1978 form for Rico Carty. I'm a Carty man and I feel he can provide us with the RBI production we're looking for from our DH. Should Rico not rebound then we'll consider Valez or Howell to fill the spot. As for pitchers with so many young arms it is im- perative that we go with a 5 man rotation again this year. I am hopeful that Dave Lemanczyk and Jim Clancy will be able to bounce back from the injuries that plagued them in '79 and take their spots in the rotation. I'd have to say that my other starters would come, from Dave Stieb, who made the jump from Class A to the big leagues last season, lefty Paul Mirabella, Butch Edge and Phil Huffman. There is no reason we can't improve our team ERA significantly in '80. The place we have the most room for improve- ment is in the bullpen. To that end we acquired Joey McLaughlin from Atlanta who along withlast year's top reliever Tom Buskey should be able to provide us with an increased number of saves. As well, Balor Moore and Jesse Jefferson should be able to contribute as spot starters or as relievers. A couple of guys who performed well at Syracuse last season, Steve Luebber and Steve Grilli, will also be vying for jobs and there is nothing wrong with a little healthy competition. It's going to be an interesting year and I'm glad to be part of it." Well said, Mister manager.