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Shack skates like a berserk bull to start with and shines as a fast skater in a league of fast men. He steam- ed full tilt into Howe and a very busy official was con- vinced that he saw Shack’s stick come high and clip Howe in the forehead. The pictures proved him wrong and evidently the major penalty to Shack was undeserv- ed- This play happened so fast that it was open to inter- pretation in many ways. The official who called the pen- alty was calling what he knew to be an honest game and as rendering his decisions, snap decisions, in the best manner he was capable of doing. Then the camera second guessed him and made his decision look really bad. There are a lot of very competent officials who can operate under this sort of pressure for years, but some of them just get disgusted and quit. One of the finest of- ficials in hockey, Red Storey, was forced out of hockey over pressure generated by this type of second guessing, and how many others are there like him? Why any human being would want his decision continually mono itored by a machine type gadget beats us! “was! vv-.- -w--- If the camera proves that another human being has erred the facts are generally knowledge in the pub- lic domain and everyone knows that Clem Klinghammer is a no good official and really called a bad one. A few of these incidents and it isn’t too long before everyone concerned starts looking sideways at this otficial and be- gins to doubt his efficiency. Then the fans start in and Clem really gets a gruesome ride._ In this country of ours hockey seems to be the sport that makes the greatest use of film to prove that a disallowed goal really was in or that a so-called trip was really a legal check. The latest case in point is the Eddie Shack-Gordie Howe episode. Maybe if movies of games Were banned and offic- ials made calls as in the days before all this science, team brass and players would have a lot more respect for referees and umpires and the boys could settle down and just play the game. Some people can often baffle you with science and quite often they’re just as bafiled as you are. In the meanwhile, three cheers for ofiicials with enough guts (pardon) to call things as they see them and bad cess to the camera. It looks like cameras are here to stav though. more’s the pity. Shack can probâ€" ably well afford the fine anyhow and it might just make up for some of the ones he has gotten away with in the past. Just in case anyone gets the idea that Eddie Shack is a bad man in our book. nothing could be farther from the truth. He plays hard and wide open all the time and is a very aggressive type shinny player. His reputation as a bad n an has grown and was helped along by a little literary gum attributed to Gordie Howe, in which he sort of put the finger on Shack’s shoulder. The problems of umpires and referees in all big- time professional sports are being increased a thousand- fold in this day and age of electronic circuits and ultra high speed cameras. Not too long ago an official could call a player for an infraction of a rule and the only one who knew for certain that the official had erred was the penalized player. If the official was forceful and ve- ement enough even the suspect began to doubt his own innocence. Things are somewhat changed today. Cameras with zoomar lenses are picking up the play continually and the completed films are available for viewing in a very short time. Slow motion techniques can be employed and the picture can be stopped just at the crucial moment for careful study. It often proves that the harassed official was guilty of human error and that the penalty was, in the favourite language of TV gang- DDULD' a uuu. A What a way to have to work! Every decision that an official makes can be taken apart and analyzed just like any substance under sterile laboratory conditions. Wonder how some of our decisions would stand up under the blazing klieg lights? Any questionable sporting decision is made under conditions of stress and violent action and the decison, rightly or wrongly, has to be instantaneous. The camera looks on coldly and impersonally, renders no fast decis- ion but merely records cold harsh facts that can be analyzed at leisure without stress or strain some hours, days or weeks later. 1 ,, 1,.£_‘_. This guy is something like Red Horner in days of yore. Horner had such a reputation that from the min- ute he sten‘ped onto the ice everyone in the house was looking for Homer to pull a dirty. It got so bad that if an opposil‘g forward tripped over a loose skate lace, Horner automatically headed for the sin bin. Shack seems to have fallen heir to the Horner mantle and the Leafs have a bad man after all these many years. the penalty was, i sters, a bum rap. Fontinato was a toilgh hombre till Howe cooled him out and Leaping Lou has been making like Snow White ever since. It will be really interesting to see if Howe now starts a feud with one E. Shack. E HERBERT R. BUTT Richmond Hill TUrner 4-1312 24 Elizabeth St. N. Richmond Hill INSURANCE BY RONCRAINE III-III..- SPORT SPOTS DEPENDABLE Telephone SERVICE Toronto, Ontario EMpire 2-3456 112 Yonge St. Toronto The national sport of Canada is hockey, as everyone knows, and as is also known the excell- ence of Canuck puckmen is such that it spills over into every ma- jor team here and in the United States. Indeed, it is estimated that with the exception of four or five players, Canadians complete- ly monopolize the National Lea- guerrosters. This winter, another blow has been struck on behalf of future Canadian pros with the inaugur< ation of six miniature rinks and nine small pleasure rinks scatter- ed throughout The Hill. The pro- ject, under the supervision of the Richmond Hill Parks Committee of which Deputy-reeve John Bradstock was the 1960 chairman, provides hockey facilities for the enthusiasts, young and adult, of the stick-and-puck game, while the nine pleasure rinks are for those who prefer to simply skate. The hockey rinks, each ab- out 48 by 112 feet, and BAYVIEW HIGH The Bayview Athletic Program is still somewhat stymied due to lack of gymnasium facilities. It is hoped that the gymnasium will be completed toward the end of January, as home games for both boys and girls basketball teams are scheduled for the last week of the month. Most bowling leagues held up action over the holiday season and are swinging back into the groove this week. One of the best bowling matches of the season was held at Allencourt ’Lanes on Sunday, January 8, in the Ladies’ All Star Bowling. Winner of the match was May Ruthley as by her win she de- throned three time winner Jeanne Richardson. May rolled a 1595 count over the seven game stretch and nosed out Jeanne Richard- son by one pin as Jeanne’s total for seven games was 1594. Third place finished was Denyse Arm- strong who carded a 1591 and could have won the match in the last frame but ran into aces and trouble. A four-pin spread in seven games is a slightly fantas- tic finish. The intramural wrestling pro- gram and the gymnastic aspir- ants are working out in â€" of all places â€"â€" the school cafeteria. If this isn’t making the best use of space available, then we don’t know what is. So please, Mr. Con- tractor, don’t let a good group be disappointed. "‘Jé-éfiaé- Richardson led most of the way, but ran into a bad streak RICHMOND HILL HIGH The past week was a busy one at Richmond Hill High School on the basketball front. 0n Thurs- day. Richmond Hill Juniors de- feated Markham by a 39-23 score as Bobby Lewis led the Richmond Hill scorers with a seven point total. Sutherland of Markham was high man for the game as he dropped 10 points through the hoop. Thornhill’s Athletic Night, stag- ed last Friday, was the most suc- cessful yet from a financial point of view as $147.00 in cold hard cash was added to the treasury. Basketball teams from Aurora provided the opposition, and the Aurora invaders won two of the three games. A reminder to all Thornhill grads. February 17 is GRADS NIGHT. A big program is plan- ned and to make it work they need YOU. Keep the night free and circle the date on your cal- endar. As a grad you get a free trip on this night, so plan to at- tend 1f you can. In the midget game, Aurora squeaked out a 15-13 win over Thornhill to produce a final re- sult more reminiscent of a foot- ball than a basketball score. The junior game saw Thornhill bow to Aurora 33-28, despite the fact that Paul Rivers potted 17 points for Thornhill. Bob Howes was the take-charge guy in the senior game as he hit for 28 points to lead Thornhill to a 52-30 win over Aurora. Richmond Hill High and Bay- view Midgets locked horns Friday afternoon and the Hillers down- ed the Bayview squad 26-9. Bruce Mortson and David Smith were top scorers ior Richmond Hill with seven points each. Ed. Den- Pleasure & Hockey Rinks Boom In Richmond Hill Richmond Hill Seniors turned on the juice and by the time the smoke had cleared away, they had clobbered Markham Seniors 75-38. Top man for the Hill was Gary Kozak with a 20 point ef- fort as Brian Walker scored 19. Top man for Markham was Leishman with 18 points. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- THORNHILL HIGH boarded are located at Beverley Acres Public School, Crosby Heights Public School, MacKillop Public School, Lennox Park, the town park and the Walter Scott Public School. Pleasure rinks are located in the Elgin Mills Subdi- vision, Bedford Park, the Mill Pond and in the Newkirk and Beechy area. Small children will be accom- panied by parents or older sisters and brothers while the older chil- dren and adults are on their own. As Mr. Bradstock said: “The dual system of rinks separates the hockey players from the skaters. It's not the most convenient thing in the world for a pleasure skater having to keep one eye peeled on a zooming future Maur- ice Richard and vice versa. We’re confident that these forms of re- creation will go a long way to- ward keeping hundreds of child- ren gainfully and helpfully em- ployed in their spare time." Bill Jones continues to show the way to bowlers in the East- siders' league as his 728 triple headed the league scoring for the week. Bob Steven finished with a 740 triple and took high single honours with a fine 309. Gordon Doyle with a 656 and John Ralls with 634 were also well up in the scoring. Thursday Afternoon League _ of luck in the seventh game as she rolled a 149. Eastsiders Denise MacDonald was top scorer for the week with a very fine 748 triple. Muriel Steven was in second place with a 746 triple and took high single honours with a 310 total. Sonia Gradeen rolled Athletic Night saw Richmond Hill Juniors defeat Bayview 50 to 36. Bob Lewis scored 12 pts. for the Hill as Bruce Teetzel hit for 10. Bill Barclay was top scor- er for Bayview and on the game as the versatile Mr. Barclay drop- ped in 19 points. . Bayview Teachers and the "Wonder Five” clashed on the basketball court and the Five picked up a 38 to 22 win. Jerry Diakiw scored 14 points for the Five and Jim Harrison potted 11. Lars Thompson dropped in a 12 point total to lead the Bayview contingent. 3 7258 single and ended with a 645 triple. Hot Rods skipped by Marge Black won the second ser- ies. The Saturday morning league has opened up action on the jun- ior and open fronts with approx- imately 80 players being involved. Senior school members look after all the officiating chores while individual teams are coached by grads. Coaches are Bruce Munroe. Joe Goodier. Jim Smith, Barry Hopper, Tim Hawkins and Rick Soderberg. Tony Berry is acting as convenor for the leaâ€" gue operation. nis was tops for Bayview by pot- ting six of the nine point total. The deadly Mr. Dennis scored all points_ via the foul shot route. In the junior league Rebels de- feated Marauders by a 20-18 count with Archibald leading the Rebel attack. Wildcats and Sparkplugs put on a spirited dis- play with the Cats downing the ’Plugs by a 35-26 score. Bob Paton was top man for the Cats with a 15 point contribution. Open division action saw the Hawks and Lakers tie with 44 points each. Tony Berry was top man as he dropped in 20 points for the Lakers. Gary Kozak scor- ed 18 points for the Jets as the Jets nipped the Angles 50-48. Richmond Hill Wrestlers are hard at work prepping for the upcoming season. The January 20th Athletic Night will see Thornhill provide the basketball opposition with Burlington bring- ing a team of grunt and groan specialists for the wrestling show. On January 27, Richmond Hill and RH. King wrestlers will have at it and on February 3rd Rich- mond Hill will go to Burlington for a return match. The Georgian Bay Wrestling Championship will be decided on February 11, with Richmond Hill being the host school. This show will be well worth seeing so re- member the February 11 date. FOR ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING PHONE TU. 4.1105 SQUIRT DIWSION .MacDougall Motors Teepees 3. Consumers Gas Marlboro: 9 Derry Andrews led the Teep attack as he banged in two goals. Bob Hamilton scored the third Teepee goal as Brian Gilpin not- ched another shutout. Wilson-Nlblett Tiger Cubs 1 Rumble Transport Petes 0 Ken Burditt played such out- standing goal that Pete marks- mcn were thwarted throughout the piece. Bill Wright scored the only goal of the contest on a pass from Richard Kimble. V.0.L. Flyers 1 Mic Mac Blltmores 0 Russ Greaves and John Dun- keley combined to score the only goal of the game. The winning shot came off the stick of Russ Greaves. Rich Montgomery got a well-earned shutout. Scoring was spread among five St. Mike players as J. Peck scor- ed two and Allen Boone, Vernon Walters, Bill Huke and Bob Mor- ris accounted for one goal each. Ken Chapman scored for Cana- diens, assisted by Barry Pollard. Street Construction Americans 3 Deciantis & Rice Bisons 3 Nelson Lund scored two for the Bisons as Ron Reid scored one. Norm Valliere, R. McBrian and J. Crowther scored for the Ameri- cans. Mills Roses Aces 2 Quality Utilities Reds 0 Harold Briden and Dave Cone were the marksmen who scored the two goals that sank the Reds. Brian Austin played well in the Ace net and deserved the shut- out. Loren Gordon Barons 5 Al’s Cycle & Sport Bears 1 Tom Dyson and Loren Gordon had good nights as each player scored two fine goals. Jim Smart scored the fifth goal for the Bar- ons, while Jeff Parisi scored the lone Bear counter. Young’s Service Stn. St. Mikes 6 superior Sand & Gravel Can. 1 SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE Craigies 8, Pops 1 Craigies tightened their hold on first place in the senior hock- ey league, whipping Pops in a very decisive manner. Craigies took a 2-0 lead in the first per- iod as Rene Jailett scored from John Drummond and Bob Wright and Fred Diseri scored, assisted by Ed Fairbrother and Dave Mc- Guey. The second period saw each team score one goal. Jake Smith scored for Craigies with Wright and Drummond assisting on the play. Willis scored for Pops with assists going to Tom Minhinnick and Ron Bailey. Griffin Construction Maroon: 5 Rotary Club Rangers 4 Allen More was the outstand- ing player of the game as he scored three goals for Maroons to complete the hat trick. Ken Crook and Steve Gould each scor- ed singletons. Bob Morrison scor~ ed a pair for Rangers with Peter Gates and Mike Terry getting one each. Halliday Fuel Leafs 6 James MacKay Red Wings 4 Andrew Lewis paced the Leaf attack with two goals as did John Allen who also rapped in two. John Higgins and Ken Patty scor- ed one each. Steve Rawlinson scored two for the Wings while David Barrow and John Stewart picked up a goal eac’h. ' Town & Country Americans 6 Firefighters Canadiens 0 Jimmy Zubek led the Ameri- cans to their decisive win as he hammered in three goals. Singles were scored by Keith Prosser, Doug Nichol and Dave Webb. Dynes Jewellers Black Hawks 5 Butler and Baird Bruins 4 Doug Fraser, John MacCallum. Barry Aldred, Danny Walsh and Pat Kennedy scored the- goals that gave the Hawks a one goal edge. Brian McGregor with two‘ and Frank St. Louis and Norm McLeod with one each were the Bruin marksmen. ' Team Number 4 - 3 Trailways 2 Smith and Dubkowskl scored the two Busmen goals, while Lawrie Clarke, Sid Murray and a player not shown on the score sheet scored for Team Number 4. Richmond Hill Police 5 Gorinley Sand 8: Gravel 2 Eric Presser scored twice and Murray Adams, Roy Baker and Ted Tamblin scored one each. Joe Pirri scored one for Gorm- ley while, according to the score sheet. Lawrie Clarke scored after just having played for Team No. 4 against Trailways. Confusing isn’t it? The high flying Richmond Hill Midget Blueliners travelled to Newmarket Arena last Friday night and came out with a 5 to 3 win over the powerful Newmark- et Club. The Hill boys had to go all out to get this win and only the hard work of Peter Hiscott Ritchie Elliot made this win poss- ible. The usually hard-checking forwards were a little slow get- ting back and enabled the fast Newmarket lines to break in on Bob Ritchie who was outstanding in the Blueliners net. Elliott and Hiscott two of the hardest work- ing defensemen in the league turned back the Badman time a:- Blueliners Continue Winning Ways The third pei'iod belonged sole- JUVENILE DIVISION PEEWEE DIVISION BANTAM DIVISION Jones Building Supplies 4 Little’s Falcons 2 Anthony Crack paced the Buildâ€" ers to victory by scoring two goals. Rick Bradshaw and Ken Magee scored one each. Ron Groom and Earl Freeland scored for the Falcons. Wimbridge Cleaners 3 ABC Bowl 1 Wimbridge finally got back on the winning beam on two goals by Wayne Shewell and one by Bill Hunter. Bob Hoernigh scor- ed the lone Bowler tally. Lv to Craigies as they pumped in five goals with no reply from Pops. Smith scored twice with the other three goals going to Diseri, Patterson and Kane. Allencourt 8, Dobbies 3 The luckiess Dobbie squad are having a lot of trouble hitting the win column and this game didn’t do anything to change their luck. Matt Kinnari scored the opening goal for Allencourt with assists to Suzuki and Wells. Bugs Mc- Rae evened things up for Dob- bies and was assisted on the scoring effort by Butler and Cairns. Bill Bunker scored for Allencourt just before the period ended with Williamson and Mc- Guinness assisting. As the second period opened. Dobbies tied the game up on a goal by Cairns with Ron Guy as- sisting. Doug McGuinness scored for Allencourt to give them a one goal lead as the second per- iod ended. Allencourt scored three fast goals in the 3rd period with Kin- nari, Suzuki and McGuinness do- ing the honours. Cairns teamed up with Butler to score again for Dobbies only to have Kinnari and Glen Wright score two final goals for Allencourt and salt the game away for the Plaza squad. Leading Sr. League Scorers Kinnari, Allencourt Sinclair, Craigies .. Wells. Allencourt .. Diseri, Craigies Drummond, Craigies Paterson, Cragies .. Wright, Craigies . Thornin-gton, Cr’s .. Turgeon, Craigies . Apps, Allencourt .. Mashinter, A'court Suzuki, Allencourt Guy, Dobbies .... McGuey, Craigies .. Marlboros Petes Biltmores Flyers Teepees Tiger Cubs . Peewee Division Bears Americans Aces Canadiens Barons St. Mike’s Bisonvs Reds . Bantam Division Hawks ‘ Leafs Bruins Maroons . Rangers 1 Americans ‘ Wings . Canadiens 1 Midget Division Jones Bldg. Sup. Littles Falcons Wimbridge C. ABC Bowl Juvenile Division Police Team No. 4 Trailways Gormley Sand Uplands Golf Club Putters, local entry in squirt hockey ac- tion are now entered in the North York League, comprising teams from Newmarket, Aurora and Bradford. 'I‘he Putters have got off to a fine start by winning the first two games in opening league action. tet time, enabling the Richmond Hill lines to get going. Bruce Walker was the big gun as he turned on the red light twice on two nice goals, then John Grieves with a single and Doug Jamieson and Ian Ross getting the other tallies. SQUIRTS ENTER. N.Y. LEAGUE In the first game of the sched- ule the Putters defeated Aurora 2-0 on goals by Ron Gibb assist- ed by Jack McAuley and H. Cam- eron assisted by Gerry Methe and Ron Gibb. January 20 will be a special Hockey Night at Richmond Hill Arena. All teams from Mites to Midgets will be in action and a lively evening is guaranteed Twenty-five cents not only buys a ticket to see the fun but gives you a chance at some very worth- while draw prizes. How about it, Mom and Dad? Plan to BRING the kids to see the hockey action and some surprise celebrity guests. - STANDINGS Squirt Division Blueliners Goal, Bob Ritchie: Defense, Ritchie Elliott, Pete Hiscott. Rob- in Craig; forwards, Dean Wain- wright, Bruce Walker. Rod Kel- son, John Grieves, Doug Jam- ieson, Tom Reynolds, Keith Cor- kfll, Ian Ross, Peter Walker, Noel Gluing: and' Butch DaPello. Goal scorers for the Putters were Ricky Doucette with two and Dave Lund and Ron Gibb one goal each. Assists went to John Shropshire, Roy Sullivan and Dave Jamieson. The second game of the sched- ule saw the Putters defeat Brad- ford by a score of 4-1. Some idea of just how much the game means to these youngsters can be gained from the story of young Jack McAuIey. Despite giving up two teeth to the for. caps of the dentist, Jack came out, took his regular turn on de- fence and played a very sound game. Could be he’ll be one of the future iron men of hockey. RESULTS MIDGET DIVISION THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, January 1961 1) Scorers . . . G A Pt. 13 11 24 10 12 22 5 1’7 22 11 10 21 6 9 15 5:13:33; Blueliners Swamp East Tim‘s: Gwillimbury â€" Tie Dixie T Pt. 2 14 1 13 1 11 Richmond Hill Blueliners bombed the hapless East Gwill~ lmbury Midget Club last Thurs- day by a score of 14 to 7 in a game that did nothing for either team. The small, but game north~ ern club were trying all the time and never seemed to give up. ev- en when the score at the end of the first period of play was 9 to 0 in favor of the high flying Richs mond Hill boys. They did manage to score two goals later in the game as the Terrymen became overconfident and a little care- less as so often is the case. in games of this kind. Bruce Wal- ker had a field as he counted three times in the first period to lead the scoring parade. Ritch- ie Elliott actually started it off as he blasted one in from the point before the game was half a minute old. John Grieves fin- ally got over his slump and knotched twice to make it 6 to 0. Then in quick succession goals by Doug Jamieson, Dean Waln~ wright and Rod Kelson made it 9. Other Blueline scores Were by Keith Corkill, one, two by Ian ‘Ross and the last ones by Bruce Walker (again) and Dean Waln- wright. Manager Ernie Brennan was steamed up about the game, he feels that games of this type are of no use to either club. A good team gets careless and a poor team gets humiliated. hard- ly fair according to Manager Brennan. Blueliners S Dixie Beehives 5 Man has takén many steps forward since then. One of the greatest was when he learned to use oil. The first man who picked up a burning faggot and qarried it into his cave was making a delivery of fuel; A bit unre- liable, perhaps, but it was a. step in the right direction. 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This type of hoc- key is very effective against some hockey teams, but some hockey teams, but it only made the Blueliners play that much harder. Going into the third period the score was 5 to 3 in favor of the Dixie Team. but as the locals began to put on the pressure, the out of town Club began to wilt and scored two goals in the past per- iod to tie it up. been made available at rea- sonable prices everywhere in Canada, oil heats more than half our homes. And speaking of reasonable pricesâ€"over the past 10 years the price Imperial receives for home heating oil has risen far less than the cost of other things -â€"only one-third as much as the general cost of living. Bruce Walker played a tre- mendous game and came up with a fine three goal effort. the last one scored with a Dixie defense- man draped around his neck. John Grieves was handy as usual with his fierce checking game. and assisted on “Wee Dougie” Jamieson's goal. Ian Ross, the baby of the Blueliners got the other goal on a fine effort to wind up the scoring. Those two great defensemen, Peter Hiscott and Ritchie Elliott were stand- outs on the defense as they turn- ed back the Dixie forwards time after time. Repairs - - - Additions - - - Remodelling - - - Recreation Rooms - 01' 'Any Other Home Improvement Plan For ME. 5-1000