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Times-Advocate, 1984-02-15, Page 10Exeter 21st 'Page 10. Times -Advocate. February 15, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh The recent 1984 Exeter Sportsmen's dinner was one of the best over in the 11 year history of the always popular event. Although attendance was down somewhat this year all agree it was a good show and each and everyone of the guests were interesting and a good variety of sports was represented. The sponsoring Exeter Lions are to be con- gratulated in another successful dinner and in providing about $6,000 for the care of crippled children throughout Ontario and at the Thames Valley Treatment Centre in London. Troy Whyte of Huron Park was this year's Timmy and he came through with flying colours and endeared himself to the hearts of all in attendance. We had a chance to talk to a few of the guests who all were very co-operative. Chats with Blue Jays pit- cher Jim Gott and Detroit Tigers hurler Milt Wilcox were most interesting. Being a long-time Tiger supporter and now sort of divided between the Detroit club and the Blue Jays it was great to hear both players are agreed on one subject. • Gott and Wilcox were unanimous in saying the Tigers and the Blue Jays were the teams to beat in the American league eastern division. Of course each pit- cher throught his club would be the eventual winner. American league umpire Marty Springstead who was the headline speaker and was a big hit said he favours the proposed dome stadium in Toronto at the present CNE site. While Springstead said the present Exhibition Stadium was not really suited for baseball he favoured the downtown location because of its close proximity to the big hotels, restaurants and night spots. Milt Wilcox said he doesn't always see eye to eye with the umpires, but added, "Marty Springstead is con- sistently good and he gets the least amount of gripes •from the players." Jim Gott said his success was due to the support of bis wife. He added, "She is also my best friend. No success can compensate for family failure." Detroit Lions linebacker Gary Cobb was right in his prediction that Billy Sims would be back with the Lions for the 1984 NFL season. Cobb who is Sims' roommate said he knew quite a bit of the case with both Houston and Detroit through his close friendship with Billy. In handing down the decision, the Detroit judge call- ed some of the testimony "agresious". On Friday night's Sports Rap program on WJR, Dale Conquest said he checked the dictionary and agresious means remarkably bad. We checked with Bruce Shaw, the old English professor and he agreed on that definition. About the Detroit Lions loss in the dying minutes of a playoff game when Eddie Murray missed a field goal, Cobb said, "None of the players were down on Ed- die Murray. He is the best field goal kicker in the league and we will be back and Eddie will be back, too." Toronto Argos coacb Bob O'Billovich said he didn't entirely agree with the philosophy of former NFL coaching great Vince Lombardi who said "winning isn't the only thing, it's everything". O'Billovich went on to say; "You can't control the breaks, the calls or the injuries, but, you can control the effort you put into playing and the effort to win is the only thing." Elmer Hohl from Wellesley, who has gained fame throughout North America and the world as one of the greatest horseshoe pitchers of all time said his sport was the greatest exercise in the world. In his short speech, Hohl said, "In my game one doesn't learn to speak much. You don't talk to the op- position and rarely to your partner." St. Clements Suns catcher Susan Scherer who has been a member of the all -Canadian fastball team for three years said, "In winning the world's title and especially over the United States we were positive, prepared and proud of where we came from". Recently retired London Free Press sports writer Harry Eisen said he was busier than ever in writing magazine articles and a book. Asked if he still goes to the races, Eisen replied, "I haven't been there since last night." All in all the sportsmen's dinner was a huge suc- cess and crippled children are the real winners. Con- gratulations to Don Mousseau and his hard working committee • or a job well done. We kno that the chairman for next year Jim Bartletson is a eady looking ahead to make the 1985 dinner bigger a better than ever. It's Carnival time again Saturday, February 18 is the date for the annual carnival of the Exeter figure skating carnival and from a sneak preview of the costumes we would predict it will be another exciting and colourful show. Under the direction of club president Peter Aunger and co -conveners Agnes Aunger and Doris Prest, the close to 125 members of the local club will be in action. In the first half of the Fantasy Land Adventures the emphasis will feature a toy store atmosphere and in the closing half harem dancers and punkers will be headlined. The guest skaters will be John and Sandra Steven - soh of the Ilderton winter club. They have won medals in sectional skating championships in Preston and Win- nipeg and were seventh in their division in the Cana- dian championships in Regina. This year's Exeter skating club teaching profes- sionals are Marg Carey, Brenda Pincombe and Debbie Naujokaitis. Saturday's shows get underway at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and all are ensured of it couple of hours of good entertainment. t At home to Tavistock, Friday in first of playoffs Hawks win 29th to end unbelievable season The Exeter Hawks outscored the Thedford Browns 11-4 Saturday night to end the regular schedule in the OHA Western Junior D league with an almost unbelievable record. The Hawks under the capable direction of coach Bob Rowe and manager Doc Campbell wog 29 of their 34 games. They lost only two and were tied three times and ended with e point total of 61, which is 26 more than the se- cond place Lucan Irish. In the first round of playoffs, the Hawks take on the third place Tavistock Braves in a best -of -seven series. The Braves were 1882-83 provincial junior D champions. The series opens at the South Huron Rec Centre Fri- day night at 8:30 p.m. with the second game going in Tavistock, Monday night. The third contest is set for Exeter on February 22 with the fourth in Tavistock on February 24. If the series goes past the minimum of four games, the fifth will be in Exeter Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. The sixth is scheduled for Tavistock Tuesday, February 28 and if a seventh and deciding game is needed it will go Friday March 2 in Exeter. The other northern group semi-final series between the Seaforth Centenaires and Lucan Irish opens tonight, Wednesday in Lucan. Game time is 8:15 p.m. The Hawks led the entire league in scoring with 240 goals. Exeter goalies Dave Rook and Pete Dearing allow- ed 124 goals. This mark was beaten only by the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs netminders who allowed 115 goals. Mt- Brydges won the A CHAMPION AUTOGRAPH — Exeter and area Timmy Troy Whyte gets an autograph=from University of Miami football player Ian Sinclair at Tuesday's Ex- eter Sportsmen's dinner. At the left is Exeter Lions president John Norris.T-A photo. Irish clinch second place, host to Seaforth, tonight The Lucan Irish ended the regular season schedule in the OHA Junior D western group- ing on a winning note Wednes- day as they doubled the score 8-4 over the Thedford Browns. As a result of the win over Thedford, the Irish clinched second place in the league standings and will meet the Seaforth Centenaires in the first round of league playoffs. The Exeter Hawks and Tavistock Braves meet in the other semi-figal. The first game of the best - of -seven series will be played tonight, Wednesday at the Lucan arena at 8:15. The se- cond and third games will go in Seaforth Friday and Mon- day nights with the fourth and fifth back in Lucan the follow- ing Wednesday and Friday nights. The Irish wrapped up the win over Thedford with five straight goals in the second period after taking a 2-0 first period lead. Brent Bannerman fired both first period goals for Lucan in a 52 second gap ear- ly in the game. Assisting were Lester Arts and Mark Bannon. THIS IS EASY — Elmer Hohl, a world champion horseshoe pitcher tells Chris Chapman signing an autograph is easy compared to throwing 69 consecutive ringers for which Hohl is famous. T -A photo. local bantams lose in houseleague play The Exeter houseleague bantams dropped a pair of decisions this week. They were defeated 6-5 by Goderich and 5-1 by Mitchell. In the loss to Mitchell. Brian Watson fired the only Exeter goal on a pass from Al Vanderlaan. Five different Exeter players shared in the scoring in the loss against Goderich. Jeff Playfoot converted a pass from Angelo Vilos for the first Exeter goal and Rob McKnight and Jeff Kints scored on unassisted efforts. Angelo Vilos scored on a three-way passing combina- tion with Pat Hartman and Al Vanderlaan and Shaun For- sythe registered on a pass from Steve Pym. MATHERS MOTORS Chrysler -Plymouth - Dodge Dodge Trucks Bob Lammie Sus: (319)235.1523 Tar Res: (519)262.2134 136 Main St. N., Exeter, Ontario NOM 1SO Lucan captain Paul Wraith scored -early in the second period on an unassisted effort and Bob Thirlwall fired a suc- cessful shot'l¢ n a passing com- bination with''Rob Hardy and Al Craig. After the midway mark, Jamie Shipley converted a pass from Paul Wraith, Dave Egan registered on a pass from Al Craig and Brent Ban- nerman and Paul Wraith set up Jeff Skinner for the seventh Irish goal of the night. The only Lucan goal of the third period came from the stick of Lester Arts with assists going to Jamie Shipley and Jeff Skinner. John McIntyre led the Thedford scoring with a two goal effort. Scoring in single fashion were Dave Sebo and Don Dew. Irish manager Bob Taylor reports his club is fairly healthy for the playoffs and he is confident they can eliminate Seaforth in the first round. southern division regular season championship with 49 points and will meet the Thamesford Trojans in the first round. Come flying back In Saturday's win in Thed- ford the Hawks used the same pattern as they have in many of their recent games. That is rallying from an early deficit. Saturday they trailed 2-0 after the first period of play and were behind 3-1 well past the halfway mark of the se- cond session. Dean Courtney and Dave Shea were the Thedford marksmen in the first period. Shea's score came on a power play. Don Dew scored the third Thedford goal early in the second. Mike Clark broke the scor- ing famine for the Hawks in the first minute of the second frame on passes from Bill Glover and Steve Prout and captain Pete Tuckey followed Dew's goal with a successful shot on a play set up by Brian times in the last five minutes Horner and Steve Batten. of the second period to go The Hawks scored three ahead to stay by a score of 5-3. skaters to show figures in carnival The annual Exeter figure skating club carnival goes Saturday, February 18 at the South Huron Rec Centre with shows at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The always popular show is this year entitled Fantasy Land Adventures and features a toy store at- mosphere in the first half. Participating in the toy por- tion of the show will be alphabets, cats, monkeys, poodles, smurfs, strawberry shortcakes, cabbage patch and Barbie dolls. Punkers and harem dancers will be part of the se- cond half of the show along with the Exeter pre -novice and novice precision skating teams. The feature skaters will be • John and Sharon Stevenson of the Ilderton winter club. They were silver sectional medalists in Preston, gold division winners in Winnipeg and were seventh in the Cana- dian championship in Regina. Agnes Aunger and Doris f'rest are co -conveners of the carr.ival and Ralph Wareham will be the master of ceremonies. Peter Aunger is president of the Exeter figure skating club, Gary Birmingham is past president, Janet Wedlake is secretary and Francis Kints is treasurer. The club professionals are Marg Carey, Brenda Pin- combe and Debbie Naujokaitis. • Mokawks beat Oxford stars The Exeter Mohawks representing the South Huron hockey league scored an im- pressive 15-7 victory over the North Oxford all stars in St. Marys Saturday night. The Mohawks strengthened by Ron Rader of the Zurich Buckeyes, goalie Pete Par- sons and forward Perry Stover took a 5-1 first period lead and were never headed. Each team scored three se- cond period goals and the Mohawks outscored the op- position seven goals to three in the final 20 minutes of play. • In the first period, Perry Stover, Tom Ryan, Ron Rader, Brad Taylor and Brad Daters counted for the Mohawks with assists coming from Rader, Stover, Taylor, Daters, Jim Guenther and Steve Pfaff. Paul Teahen was the only North Oxford scorer in the in- itial period on a pass from Joe 'Smith. Brian Mercer fired two Mohawks goals in the second period with Matt Muller and Mark Cronyn assisting and Brian Taylor converted a pass from Jim Guenther. Jeff Oakes, Bob Walters and Don Hewitt were the North Oxford marksmen. In the third period, Perry Stover broke loose with a three goal performance. Matt Going away ?... Dont forget to be a fQ Blood Donor before you go ! Expensive German engineering for so Gas or Diesel. The Jeno delivers sparkling performance w while providing gracious, roomy comfort It is the lowest priced . German sedan in Canada. Visit our showroom and inspect this outstanding value today. ' 9ased on marwuctve, S wQQ S d read p ce for a Jena 2 -door win 5 speed manual .amv^nson Operons kegee pe ONnee, nspeeton rn,a Drake nn, sr. for *so $fi 1. Auto -Rued Toll 'roe 1-x00.265.7014 Muller added a pair of suc- cessful shots and Brian Mercer and Dave Atthill scored in single fashion. Mark Crcnyn was the top third period playmaker with three assists while Brian Mercer, Brian Taylor and Tom Ryan each helped on two goals and Brad Daters, Steve Pfaff and Matt Muller each assisted once. Don Baird notched two third period goals for North Oxford and Pat Payton add- ed the Third. Tom Steeper and Pete Par- sons shared goal tending duties for the South Huron league club. Brian Mercer scored three goals and added six assists to lead the Exeter Mohawks to a 14-6 victory over the Cen- tralia College Saints Thurs- day night at the South Huron Rec Centre. It was the second last game of the regular South Huron in- termediate hockey league season for the Exeter club. The Mohawks finish off the season tomorrow night,' Thursday when they travel to Hensall to meet the Sherwoods. Mercer is only a couple of points from breaking the league point scoring record and could reach that plateau Thursday night in Hensall. The Mohawks will likely meet the Parkhill Pirates in the first round of playoffs after the league's annual all- star game. It will be played in Hensall on Saturday night. February 23. In addition to Brian Mercer's scoring power, Brian Taylor, Tom Ryan and Mark Cronyn each scored two goals against the Saints while Jack Chipchase, Brent Athill, Dave Jackson, Matt Muller__ and- Barry Baynham scored in single fashion. Steve Sage with a two goal effort was best for the Saints in a scoring way while John McIntosh, Rod Robinson and Pete Irwin each fired one suc- cessful shot. The Mohawks were in St. Marys Saturday night and scored an easy 15-6 win over the North Oxford league all stars. •The winner of a recent Mohawks draw was Steve Armstrong, RR 3, Zurich. Brian Horner started the scoring spree on a three-way passing combination with Ed Willis and Rich Lather and Steve Batten was next to hit the Thedford net on passes from Brian Horner and Pete Tuckey. Tuckey notched his second goal of the night to complete the second period scoring with Rick Lindenfield and Mike Clark providing the assists. The Hawks were flying high in the third period with six shots getting past Brad Milner in the Thedford goal. Pete Tuckey scored twice to up his game total to four and Bill Glover blinked the red light on two occasions. Scor- ing in single fashion were Kris Bedard and George Tomes. Rich Lather and Tuckey were the top playmakers in the third period with three assists each. Kris Bedard helped on two goals and Ed Willis and Brian Horner nabb- ed one assist apiece. The only third period Thed- ford goal came from the stick of John McIntyre who caught the Hawks on a power play. It was the first third period goal the Exeter club had given up in their last four games. South Huron Hockey League All Star Game SHHL All Stars vs Exeter Mohawks Sat., Feb. 25 Hensall Arena $:30 p.m. It's Junior D Playoff Time South Huron Rec Centre Friday, February 17 8:30 p.m. Exeter Hawks vs Tavistock Braves First of best-of-seven'semi final round Ad sponsored by Richard Bedard Construction RR 2, Zurich • The financial support of the fallowing companies and organiza- tions, who each donated in excess of $225.00 assisted in the suc- cess of this year's Sportsmen's Dinner. The Exeter Lions Club wishes to thank all involved for their generosity and concern for . their fellow man that makes hope possible. 11th Annual Sportsmen's Pinner Andex Metal Products Ltd., Canadian Canners Ltd., Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd., Consolidated Sign & Lighting Services Inc., Dave Urlin of The Exeter Inn, Exeter Legion Br. 167, Exeter Pharmacy, Exeter Sun Service, Frayne Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd., Golden Harvest. Farm Seeds, Mothers Motors, Norris & Homuth Chart'd Accnts., Ontario Development Corp., Pfaff Electric Ltd., South Huron Junior Farmers, South Huron Stu- dent Council, Stedman's, Tuckey Beverages Ltd., Ward Mallette Chart'd Accnts., Anonymous. Without, IL couldn't be done! 4