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R.H.: Indians Capture League Championship 27 'OL. 84, NUMBER 22 This is being written two days before the final game to decide the 1962 Metro Rugby Football League Championship. Northwestern Ghosts and Richmond Hill Indians are the two teams who en- gaged in a two game total points to count series to decide the winner. The final game was played in Richmond Hill last Saturday and, without any reser- vations, we’ll have to give the title to the Indians. Over the long football season the Indians tied one game and lost one game by a one-point margin on the last play of the game. Going into the last game the Indians had a 20-7 lead over the Ghosts and by now they’ve won another game and the championship. It’s a very impressive record for any football team and is especially impressive when you consider how the Indians operate. Most of the teams in the league are very com- fortably financed. The Indians on the other hand‘ operate with the lowest budget of any team, out of sheer necessity. Players dig deep into their own pockets and go out and beat the bushes for a little extra cash. A small grant from the Richmond Hill} Recreation eases the burden somewhat, but football; mats are necessarily high and the grant is soon gone.‘ To keep going in the league the players have to really want to play. They’re a hungry club and play foot- ball just that way as the rest of the league found out. By RON CRAINE The local football scene drew to a dramatic close last Saturday afternoon as the Richmond Hill Indians de- feated Northwestern Ghosts 27-19 on the round to win the Metro Rugby Football League Championship. It hasn’t been all smooth sailing on the way to the championship. Coach Del Madeley has come close to the big win in other years and began to feel like a perennial bridesmaid. He thought that he was the kiss of death to the team. When you take football as seriously as this man does you’re bound to explode sometimes at what you consider inept play. Del Madeley has exploded on several occasions but the players seemed to understand and accepted tongue lashings that must have stung. Team spirit on the club remained high and, as the championship loomed closer, increased to a fever pitch. Halt and lame players begged to be put back into action. Going into the last game of the two game total point series the Indians were on the long end of a 20-7 score by virtue of their win in the series opener. Northwestern made a gallantt bid to over- come the big lead and out- scored the Indians 12-7 in the game. With spirit like this, how can any team fail to succeed? Now they’ve won their first championship and have had a heady taste of the wine of victory. Most of them will be back to play when the 1963 season rolls around but they'll never enjoy a bigger moment than they did when they won the champion- ship last Saturday. Congratulations to all the In- dians, a really fine football team! â€" SPORTS SPOTS â€"- Jim Mansbridge was recently elected president of the Richmond Hill Minor Ball Association. Jim is a very capable and personable individual and has a very lively interest in minor softball. For many years he has been mixed up in the minor ball pro- gram and has done his share of coaching, convening and umpiring. Richmond Hill High School. They have just concluded an intramural volleyball in which over two hundred stu- dents have taken part. A really good effort. Winners of the various class- es were grade 9 Harrison House followed by Richmond, Miles and Stewart. Harrison also cap- tured junior honors trailed by Rich-mond. Stewart and Miles in that order. The senior crown was won by Stewart House with Miles, Harrison and Rich- mond trailing. In the mixed volleyball league Richmond won the championship of league number program‘ A fired-up Indian defensive unit piled up Northwestern hopes as they began to scent This year it will be his chore to guide not only one {vith Stewart xiv/inning the the minor softball program but also to head up the marbles in league number two. sports day parade committee. He will have plenty of Stem“ and RiChmond W111 now help from his executive, a hardworking group with may °fi t° dedare an “emu . . ‘ n . the kids' interests at heart. Last year was a most wm er . , House intramural standings successful one for minor ball and there’s no reason to to the present are as renews; (Continued on page 10) ‘ Harrison 720 u‘e- Qtewart Second Section A § W SHIELDS They're designed specially for curlers by Canadian curling authority. Ken Watson. Beautifully made of fine quality leather, with genuine lambskin lining forwarmth â€"-Sanitized for hygienic protection, and microceliuiar soles for real grip. They're also ideal as after-ski boots, snow boots, and all-round winter pleasure boots. for Curlers...for Christmas _ A OFFICIAL South Block RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE H/Vf room fiflgm M Ell/WV SPORT SPOTS CURLING BOOTS BY RON CRAINE the sweet smell of victory. It was the stout work of the defensive stalwarts that won the championship for the In- dians. ' Prior to the game, a light fall of snow was removed from the field. By game time rising temperatures and a warm sun had turned the playing area into a slippery bog. Despite the poor footing both teams played wide open football in a bid to capture the Earl Selkirk Trophy. In the opening moments of the first quarter a wide open razzle dazzle North- western passing display had the Indians hanging on the ropes. TU. 4-5341 Richmond Hill High The only school with any- thing to report this week is the Richmond Hill High School. They have just concluded an intramural volleyball program in which over two hundred stu- dents have taken part. A really good effort. Winners of the various class- es were grade 9 Harrison House followed by Richmond, Miles and Stewart. Harrison also cap- tured junior honors trailed by LTD. In the mixed volleyball league Richmond won the championship of league number one with Stewart winning the marbles in league number two. Stewart and Richmond will now play off to declare an overall winner. House intramural standings Their pass defence was pi- tiful as over-anxious Indians were charging the centre of the line only to have a short pass beat them for a long gain. A A forty-yard sleeper pass culminated in a Northwest- em touchdown as the re- ceiver was all alone and un- noticed along the side lines. The score on the round was 20-13 and stayed that way as a pass for the con- version attempt was good ‘but the receiver was unable to get over the goal line. The Indian offense was stung into action and began Ems-feafay downfield march. From the outset of the game the Indians were hampered Setting a torrid pace for the Tiger Cubs Team in the Richmond Hill Minor Hockey Associationare' thesevthree speed merchants who have been giving rival goalkeepers nightmares all season long. Stacey Richard, fast skating centre is flanked by Richard McArthur, left, and Stephen F’ifield, right. The club is sponsored by Wilson-Niblett Motors. “THISTLE” FOR WOMEN (Taper Toe) Red or Black (not illustrated) $15.95 ME ‘iflifimmll ‘In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962 715 pts.; Richmond 690 pts.; Miles 630 pts. About 60 basketeers turned out for grade 9 basketball on Wednesday of last week. Four teams of fifteen players each will go into a six game intra- mural playdown and from these games players for the school midget basketball team will be chosen offensively as quarterback Al Fleming was on the limp with a badly damaged left knee. He was not figured to get into the play as Bill Dunn took over the play calling spot. Jump passes from Dunn to Ron Sheridan, who was also on the limp, produced some valuable gains. Some of the catches made by Sher- idan were fantastic as he twisted and spun through a maze of defenders to haul in the slippery ball. Early in the second quar- ier Iavn McIntosh was able to boot a single point as the attack stalled at the North- western 40-yard-line. HIGH ‘ SCHOOL SPORTS FACT FOR THE WEEK: Once again the Indian de- The newsletter of the Canadian Cancer Soci- ety, “Progress Against Cancer", will keep you abreast of the latest ac- tivities of this humani- tarian organization. To receive regular issues, apply to your local unit of the Society. CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY Richmond Hill Unit fensive unit kept relentless pressure .on the Northwest- ern squad and regained pos- session of the ball. Some fine winning plays featuring Bill Dunn and Ian McIntosh plus a rou-ghin'g call again-st Northwestern carried *play to the 8 yard line. An. explosive run by McIntosh carried into the Northwestern end zone for the major score as the half ended with the score 27-13 in favor of the Indians. An aroused Northwestern team came out to play in the third quarter and started a drive that resulted in the last scoring play of the game. FINAL CLEARANCE OF ALL ’62 COMPANY CARS 8 cylinder, automatic transmission, radio, power steering and brakes, power tailgate window & whitewalls. 7000 Miles Was $4085 â€" NOW A‘t'l-t-omaiic transmission and wind- shield washers. 3 to choose from. 6000 Miles was $2680 â€" NOW Automatic transmission, radio, white. walls, windshield washer, 6 cylinder motor, Baffin Blue with matching blue interior. 10,000 Miles was $3760 â€" NOW ’62 Ford Fordor Country Sedan ’62 Falcon Tudor DeLuxe ’62 Consul De LuxeFordpr ’62 Ford Galaxie Fordor R. D. LITTLE 8. SON 285-1105 Richmond Hill PA. 7-5001 “Metro’s Oldest Ford Dealer” 8 cylinder, standard transmis- sion, two-tone Brown and White. 8 cylinder, standard transmis- sion, two-tone Turquoise and White. ’57 Ford De Luxe Fordor ’55 Ford Fairlane Fordor USED CAR SPECIALS FREE 1963 LICENSE ‘ Another win for 1 Richmond Hill Rink was for the high single, awarded to Roy Currie, ‘skip, assisted by Wilson Beres- ford, Harold Louden and Cecil ‘ 9:00 draw - The Toronto- Dominion Bank rinvk skipped by R. Dunn captured first prize. Second prize was taken by D. Laughlin’s rink from the Royal Canadian Curling Club. R. Bod- dyva‘nd his foursome from Dixie tied for third prize with a Rich- mond Hill rink skipped by Bert Vance and aided by Bob Aus- tin, Munroe Ashlcanva-se and Dave Bruce. 11:00 draw - First prize went to the Oakville Rink skipped by D. Layfield, in second place was Bill Olzowy and his four- some from the Heather Curling Club and the third place win- ner was a rink from Birch- mount Curling Club, skipped by Bill Bates. Roy Currie High Single At Opening Tuck The first men’s open bonspiel of the new season was curled at the Rich-mend Hill Curling Club on November 27. A rough play call against the Indians and some fine running by Northwestern backs carried to the Indian 5-yard line. 'I‘wo smashes into the line and the Ghosts had a six pointer. The convert was not good and the Indians still led 27-19. With time running out in the fourth quarter North- western gambled on a daring passing attack. They had li- mited success as the Indians were covering receivers and con-ceding only very short passes which resulted in small gains. Two long passes were $1745 $2495 $695 $425 picked off and on one of them Bill Wilson went 70 yards for a touchdown only to have his men called back on a clipping infraction. The Ghosts fought gamer to the end bwt were not able to penetrate into any kind of scoring position. As time ran out a jubilant Indian team mobbed coach- es Del Madeley and Charlie Dunn. For some of them it was the first championship in six years of play and vic- tory was never sweeter. After the game itself a muddy, tired lot of players still imbued with the excite- ment of the day rode through Richmond Hill in ¢wo trucks. Clutched in grimy hands was the Selkirk Trophy. This was their day of triumph and they wanted everyone to know it. After the fierce competition it took to win it, who can blame them? From the outset of the The money you save on food will more than pay the low rental -------------- You PAY ONLY 2 l I MAIL THIS COUPON I "I i : Gentlemen: V I.“ . PI eeeeeee d mmmmmm inf ooooo ion Will a home freezer cut your food bills? Firestone Stores offers you a chance to find out without buying. Here’s how it works. You rent any freezer for four months, at just $2.82 a week. If you decide to buy during that period, we deduct the rent from the price of the freezer. You pay no interest or carry- ing charges while renting. Just a small delivery charge. Richmond Heights Centre â€" TU.4-440] ustomer Satisfaction Guaranteed at â€" HOME PAPER OF THE DISTWCEIMW “THE lIBERAL" REGARDLESS OF SIZE OR TYPE OF FREEZER A WEEK game it was apparent that no quarter would be asked or given. At times it was al- most a war of attrition as players hit like run-away tanks. Many were forced to limp off or be helped to the side- lines. In the opening mo- ment of the first quarter the worst injury occurred as a Ghost player broke his leg in a vicious pile-up of a line play. This was tough. hard- nosed football all the way. make no mistake about that. To single out any indivi- d-ual player on either team would be a downright in- justice. Each and every play- er on both teams gave every- thing there was to give and an extra 10 per cent. A1 Fleming. despite a bad leg held together with a brace, went in for three plays while Ron Sheridan had both knees strapped and braced. It was the "Gotta Go" a STORES IN ADVERTISING, CIRCULATION and NEWS spirit that carried the In- dians to victory. They all had the same spirit in good measure. The Richmond Hill Ho~ ckey Association headed by president Eric Charity de- serve a vote of thanks for their co-operation. As dress- in-g mom facilities are non- existent at the present time they made two hockey dress. ing rooms avail-able to the teams in the arena. Saturday is the busiest day at the arena and it was a real sacrifice on the part of the hockey association. a sacrifice much appreciated by all concerned. A victory banquet will be held at the Lions Hall this Friday night with the formal presentation of the trophies to a great Indian team. Football is finally over after a long, gruelling season and the Indians are enjoying the heady wine of victory in generous measures. 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