Times-Advocate, 1979-12-12, Page 24 (2)Page 4A Times -Advocate, December 17, 1979
Sports .
Spotlight
By ROSS HAUGH
A good shot
A hole -in -one on any golf course at any time of the
year is big news.
But. one in December sounds a little unusual. you
might think.
This rare feat was accomplished a few days ago by
a Grand Bend resident.
No. he wasn't showing off his golfing abilities on
the Oakwood course in Grand Bend.
Emerson Desjardine. better known as "Nig"
recorded this rare golfing feat on the 235 yard par four
hole of the Holiday Country club in Lake Park. Florida
with a three wood
Nig had three witnesses to his once in -a -lifetime
accomplishment They were his wife Ethel and Karen
and Doug ('ourtriey
A sports mixup
The headline writers handling the front page of
Thursday's morning edition of the Toronto Globe and
Mail were apparently not very well versed on baseball.
A two column heading telling about the recent
Toronto Blue Jaye trade said. "Jays get pitcher in
Flames trade
The Jays card make a trade with Atlanta at the
winter baseball meetings in Toronto. but. it was with
the Atlanta Braves The Flames are in the National
Hocken League
Thorpe still going
The following was written by our sidekick Tom
Creech following a recent Jets -Stratford game.
Over the years Stratford Perth's goalie Dennis
Thorpe has proven to be one of the finest puck -stoppers
in the Senior Continental loop.
The London native who now resides in St. Marys.
is also a tine example of what observers of the game of
hockey usually associate with goalies in terms of per-
sonality In other words. he's a little bit "whacko".
in a recent game with the Lucan-Ilderton Jets.
midway through the third period Thorpe yells over to a
Perth who was not dressed for the game, "What time
is it"
9 42. why do you want to know?"
I have to go to work at 10:30." Thorpe replies.
Have a couple of beers for me. will ya?" says the
Perth
Thorpe is an employee of Labatts in London.
As the game entered its final seconds, Thorpe
made a mad dash from the net to the dressing room.
Earlier on in the period with the play in the other
end of the rink. our -not -dressed -Perth yelled over to
Thorpe. Are you a soup -timer?"
Removing his catching mit and placing it on top of
the net. Thorpe took a mouthful of his imaginary soup.
While on the topic of the Perths, there's an Exeter
flavor to the team with jeweller Mike Anstett perfor-
ming at centre ice
Anstett who played his junior hockey with Clinton
Mustangs is in his second year with the third place
club
tkhen told jokingly that he should be on the ice
with the Exeter Mohawks. Anstett replied "This is
what everybody in town is telling me."
The member of McKnight'sfastball club in the Ex-
eter and area mens rec league says he enjoys tying on
the blades with the Stratford club.
in the game with the Jets. Anstett was one of the
few players to be wearing a face shield. The good
natured right handed shot said he added the face guard
atter having sticks in the area of the face on three or
tour occasions
Exeter is well represented when it comes to per-
!ormers in senior hockey company. In addition to Mike
Anstett with the Stratford Perths. Barry Baynham and
Hugh Mitchell are regulars with the Lucan-Ilderton
Jets
Both are residents of the town of Exeter.
Barnham came up through the minor system while
Mitchell played his minor years in Lambeth. junior
13 with the London Squires. Junior "A" in Windsor
and four with the 1'niversity of Guelph.
Wrestling action
The very popular Red and Black wrestling
tournament will be held Friday of this week at South
Huron District High School.
A number of outstanding wrestling teams from
high schools throughout 'Western Ontario will be in
town to grapple in the 10th annual meet.
The finals will be held Friday evening at the new
gym at the local school and spectators are welcome.
Stephen arena opens
The official opening of the Stephen township arena
at Huron Park will be held this Sunday night,
December 16 with a variety of exciting events on the
program
The big night gets underway at 6 p.m. with a
broomball game This is open to anyone in Stephen
township All you need to qualify is bring a broom
along
The official ceremonies at 7 p.m. will be followed
by an hour of public skating. The highlight of the even-
ing will get underway at about 8:30 p.m. It's an all-star
hockey game with the best of the west taking on the
least of the East
The game will be restricted to players over the
age of 30 and body contact will not be allowed. The
players will have to be on their best behaviour as top
officials are being brought in to keep the game under
control
The referees will be yours truly and Harvey Smith.
That's if this writer can find a pair of skates. We know
Harvey will he a great referee. For the past three or
four years he has gained considerable experience as a
bus driver for the Huron Hockey School and has been
associated with a lot of good hockey players. We won't
list any excuses for the other official.
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.JUNIOR SADDLE CLUB WINNERS — The Exeter Saddle Club held its anual awards banquet Saturday. Taking the top
honours in the junior division were Doug Timmermons, keyhole; Lisa Watt, junior B performance; Koren Dietrich, junior A
performance Murtha Wells, junior A games and Lynn Huff, junior B horsemon. photo by Brad Baynhom
Hawks have disastrous week,
beaten by Seaforth, Mitchell
The Exeter Hawks suf-
fered three straight losses
this week, dumping them
back into the basement of the
northern Junior "D"
grouping.
The locals suffered 5-2 and
8-6 losses to Seaforth,
moving the Centenaires
three points ahead of them
for the fourth and last
playoff spot. The other loss
was a 9-0 drubbing at the
hands of the Mitchell Hawks.
The disastrous week
started on Tuesday when the
Hawks travelled to Seaforth
for a head-to-head battle for
the fourth spot.
The Centenaires jumped
into a 1-0 lead in the first and
then added four in the final
frame as they skated away
from the locals who were
inept on many good scoring
chances throughout the
contest.
Bryan Baker scored both
goals for Exeter. the first on
a play with Kerry Bedard
and Larry Dawson. while
Doug Fletcher helped out on
the second tally.
The Hawks picked up nine
of the 17 penalties called, the
total including fighting
majors to Doug Fletcher and
Bill Smith of Seaforth.
Playing at home, Friday.
the Exeter crew were no
match for the high -flying
Mitchell Hawks who
featured a well-balanced
scoring attack that netted
three goals in each period.
In addition to the nine
goals, the visitors fired
another 31 shots at Steve
Sararas who failed to get
much help from his mates.
Dave Fischer in the
Mitchell nets had a
relatively easy time in
recording the shutout as he
handled only 15 shots. His
biggest task was in keeping
warm.
Exeter had 17 penalties,
including a fighting major to
Bryan Baker and a game
misconduct in the third
period to coach Ron Bogart.
Mitchell served 11 penalties.
Marauders get two
South Huron points
The Centralia Marauders
gained two points in three
games this week in the South
Huron hockey league. The
two points came in a 7-7 tie
with the Grand Bend
Mariners and a 4-4 draw with
the Parkhill Merchants.
in the third game of the
week. the Marauders
dropped a 4-2 decision to the
Goderich Merchants.
In the 4-4 tie with Parkhill,
the Marauders were within
33 seconds of getting a
victory.
Each team scored one goal
in the first period. Gary
Williams scored for Parkhill
and Mark Cronyn replied for
Centralia on a three-way
effort with Matt Muller and
Dick Lord.
The only goal of the second
period was fired by Paul
Kramer of Parkhill.
The Marauders scored
three straight goals early in
the third period to go ahead
by a score of 4-2.
Blair Hearn registered on
passes from Cec Nickles and
Dennis Carty, Matt Muller
scored with assists from Rob
Funston and Pete Glover and
Glover converted a pass
from Matt Muller.
Rick Zabanck hit for
Parkhill at 15.38 and Gary
McLeod shot the equalizer
with only 33 seconds left
Against Goderich. the
Marauders scored the first
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goal of the game as Ron
Funston hit the mark on
passes from Hugh Wilson
and Mark Cronyn.
Before the first period was
over, Goderich was ahead 2-1
on goals by Rob Sanders and
Paul Corriveau.
In the second period. Cec
Nickles chalked up the final
Centralia goal on a pass
from Matt Muller and Paul
Corriveau and Cam
McDonald replied for
Goderich.
Rally fails
The Hawks fell behind
early in a Sunday night
meeting at the rec centre
with Seaforth and then failed
in a bid to get even in the
third as they took an 8-6 loss.
Seaforth took a 1-0 lead in
the first and then built it to 5-
2 by the end of the second as
they opened the gap over the
bottom placed Hawks.
Seaforth scored three
times on power plays and
added the final tally into an
open net. Exeter scored on
one of their two power play
attempts, while they added
two others while playing
short handed.
Terry Caldwell scored
both goals while his team
played a man short. Adding
the singles in the game were
Dwight Consitt, Kerry
Bedard, Dave Shaw and
Preston Dearing.
The Hawks had three
midgets in the lineup, with
Rick Lindenfield and Tom
Coates join!na Shaw.
Dave Kinsman was the top
playmaker of the night with
three assists, while helping
Men's curling
P. Coates 8 - Webber 4
Strang 7 - Livingstone 4
DeBlock 8 - Chapman 5
Beattie 7 - Lamport 6
Albertson 9 - Funk 4
B. Coates 8 - Hodgert 4
Learn 6 - Parsons 5
McKnight 9 - Ross 8
Busche 6 - Prout 5
McDonald 12 - Smith 4
MacLean 12 - B. Coleman 2
Timmerman 12 - L. Coleman
Dougall 10 -Davison 9
out on one each were Doug
Fletcher, Coates, Cam Haist,
Shaw, Dearing and Consitt.
Exeter dominated the
play, but again couldn't put
the puck in the net. They had
42 shots on the Seaforth net,
while the winners managed
only 25 at Steve Wells.
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