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VOL. 87, N O. ' BY RON CRAINE Due to the overanxious ef- forts of a cresfing firm em- ployee the lettering on the jer- sey fronts nf a red hot juvenile hockey team reads “TOWNE & (Photo by Stuart‘s Studio) Back row (left to right) Coach Bill Points, Doug Thompson, Brian Wadsworth, Garry Charity, Ken Crook, Jack Dubkowski, Doug Carter, Bruce Sim, Tom Kiddey, Dennis Connor, Ron Simpson, and Manager Marsh Amos. ' ‘ Front row (left to right) Paul Jackson, Howie Martin, Larry Patterson, Frank Pirri, Bob Ritchie, George Shepherd, B111 Harris and~Jim Zubek. Absent, Assistant Manager Jack Crook, Bob Safruk, Roger Ball and Bob Booth. . THE RUSSIANS PLAY REAL HOCKEY THE‘Russian national hockey team is whomping the insides out of Canadian amateur hockey teams and OUR so-called national team in particular. So what else is new? As Canadians we are just a little bit ashamed of what is happening in a game that We dreamed up and taught to the rest of the world. A little bit ashamed yesâ€"and so we make feeble excuses and say the Russians play REAL hockey. By REAL we mean the kind where you go out and chop your opponent down to size any way that you can do it. If that’s hockey and that’s the way it has to be played to win then the Russians can learn that too. They can be awfully tough when it really counts. Remember Stalingrad? It seems that everything the Russian people do they do with a will. We seem to think that we can throw any bunch of hockey players together, call them a team and the other side will roll over in awe and wonder. They roll over indeedâ€"roll right over us by lopsided scores! What a contrast to the Russian system! In this country we almost seem ashamed of putting together an international hockey team. We de- cry and deplore our own efforts and level charges of favoritism and downright stupidity against team officials at all levels. Hardly inspiring is it?? The truth of the matter is that we are not too interested in the future of amateur hockey in this country. The National Hockey League lays down the policy and style of virtually all hockey played in the country. We are fed so much NHL hockey over the idiot box that we have come to believe that this is the only acceptable style of hockey for any team to play. Who says so? The high brass of the NHLâ€"that's who!! In most Ontario communities amateur hockey is as dead as the dodo bird. Why leave the comfort, warmth and security of your living room for the local arena when you can watch big leaguers cayort for the benefit. of television fans from coast to coast ‘.’ Minor league baseball has already recognized that the miracle of electronics has robbed them of spec- tator support. Any day now minor hockey groups are going to recognize the. same sad. hard facts. 355 Yonge St. North COURTESY CARS AVAILABLE BUDGET TERMS Wilson-Niblett Motors Ltd. Auto Body Repair THE BEST COSTS NO MORE A Winning Combination - Town & Country Hat/(e y Team mg “In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials leerly; m all mmgs bnaruy ’--_‘â€" . , w..â€" 26. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1964 HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 (Continued on Page 10) ONLY SOLDER USED Richmond Hill. Ontario COUNTRY FOOD MARKET- ERS". If the team attracts any more attention maybe Fred Wise. owner of Town & Coun- try Food Marketers will even consider changing HIS spelling Sport Spot: BY RON CRAINE AV. 5-5435 Non-ESSentials Liberty; 111 all things Charity giving ubwb’niy’ EévEn to the! opposition. They have won six of the seven games in a con- vincing manner and were forced to settle for a tie in the other game. Sponsor Fred Wise, Coach Bill Points. Manager Marsh Amos and Assistant Manager Jack Crook are very high on the chances of their team. A juvenile club can be a tricky proposition to handle but Mr. Wise’s managerial staff seem to have everything well in hand. Any good hockey club is built from the goal on out and this one is no exception. Bob Coach Bill Points is in the unique position of having four good centres that can be called on for a real effort at any time. Captain Frank Pirri is a real work horse and has the uncanny ability of never being there when a burly opponent lines him up for a solid bodyi check. Frank is a playmaker of no mean ability and can lift‘ and inspire others with his‘ aggressive style of play. ‘ Bruce Sim is the fastest skater on the club. He has everything it takes to be a‘ great eentremanâ€"hockey savvy, desire and a good, hard, accur- Ritchie, a member of the team last year, has played all-his hockey in Richmond Hill." ‘He is the original “Ice Man", cool under fire, with a quick, accurâ€" ate eye, a sure pair of hands and the reflexes of a striking cobra. There isn’t a shadow of a doubt that Ritchie is one of the outstanding juvenile goal ‘tenders in the province. of the word “town”. This hoc- desire and improved ability to key club is just that good! thank for his present job. In seven league games played Larry gives everything he's got thus far, the T&C squad have every time he has a stint on scored a total of 20 goals while the ice. giving up only seven to thel Coach Bill Points is in the opposition. They have won six unique position of having four of the seven games in a con- good centres that can be called vincing manner and were forced on for a real effort at any to settle for a tie in the other time. Captain Frank Pirri is a game. real work horse and has the He is backed up by Bob Saf- ruk. Safruk is a graduate from midget ranks last year and packs a lot of desire into a small frame. He is a very cap- able understudy to the team‘s regular netminder. Four defencemen are carried” fig on the club roster. Possibly the jty I best defenceman in the league fem. is the clever. aggressive Jack regu Dubkowski. He has ability to can“ burn. capped off with a burning Fit desire to succeed at all costs. pal-t A fast, accurate shot and the Jack natural ability to be in the one‘ right place all the time make mg him a high scoring threat any type time he steps out on the ice. we” Dennis Connor was chosen ting last year as the most improved sists Dennis Connor was chosen last year as the most improved player on the team. He is a hard working. likeable young man and was chosen by his team mates as assistant captain this year. A defensive stal- wart. Connor makes Ritchie’s job just a little easier. By dint of hard work and de. sire Howie Martin has won a regular berth, after being classed as a utility player last year. He has developed a ter- rific slap shot and will be a real asset to the team if he can control his penchant for draw- ing official ire and thus pen- allies. R. Hill Curlers Took 3rd Prize Toronto 'Spiel For the first time in local curling history, Richmond Hill Curling Club had a rink con- tinue in the Toronto mixed bon- spiel to the semi-finals of the main event when Floyd Perkins skipped Anne Schwartz. Ian MacDonald and Kay Harng to third place. The week-long 'spiel was won by Ken Phillips of High Park who defeated the Richmond Hill entry in the semi-finals. Phillips was last year's winner of the Governor-General's Tro- phy and Perkins was runner-up for this trophy the year before. Highlight of the ‘spiel for the local rink was defeating St. George’s Stu Philpott and his rink on their own ice by 12 to 2 in a preliminary round. Two hundred and forty rinks from the Toronto area were en- tered in this annual event. The fourth defenceman, Lar- ry Patterson, didn’t make the grade as a member of the team last year. This year he has rmmfl‘ Five left wingers are a big part of the team strength. Paul Jackson is the left wingman on one of the most productive scor- ing lines. He is a consistent type of player, who backchecks well and passes accurately. getn ting his share of goals and 85-; ate wrist shot. He possesses great strength and: never seems to tire. . '3 -‘ time. Captain Frank Pirri is a real work horse and has the uncanny ability of never being there when a burly opponent lines him up for a solid body check. Frank is a playmaker of no mean ability and can lift and inspire others with his aggressive style of play. Bruce Sim is the fastest skater on the club. He has everything it takes to be a great centremanâ€"hockey savvy, desire and a good, hard, accur- ate wrist shot. He possesses great strength and‘ never seems to tire. . ‘3‘ ~‘ Doug Carter has played all his hockey in Richmond Hill and improved as he has grown and gained weight. He has combined his natural ability with a new-found talent for digging and back-checking and is well on his way in the scoring race. And last, but far from least,‘ the team has three good right- wingers. Gary Charity is one of the lightest players on the club but his willingness to get into the heavy going in the corners has made him a real asset. He passes well and scores his fair share of the tEam's goals. Brian Wadsworth is a strong, hard skater who plays his pos- ition with authority. From pres- ent indications he will be in the top scoring bracket when the season comes to an end. George Shepherd is one of the leading scOrers in the league. He is a work horse who puts himself into position with ease and skillâ€"a really valuable team player. The Town & Country team clobbered Woodbridge 8-1 at» Woodbridge on December 11. CL-_L-u4 _“4 LL- t ._L_ It was an extremely wide open game with very sloppy de- fensive play by both teams. There were numerous penalties handed out to offending players on both sides. Most goals were scored on power plays. Wells started the scoring for Dynes at the 1:05 mark of the first period. He was assisted by Kinnari and Haynes. A minute later Roberts made it 2-0 with assists from Sweeney and Mc- Innis. Wilson retaliated with his first goal on a pass from Charlie Leeming at 3:55. Wells came right back with a goal for Dynes at the 5 minute mark. 'Kinnari and McInness picked up assist points on this one, and Roberts, assisted by Kinnari and Wells made it 4-1 at 10.40. Bill Marks got the last goal of the period at 18:45 for Brad- ford. He was assisted by Vasey and Beller. nvnps forged ahead 6-2 on Jim Zubek is a utility player who is usually used at centre. Small in stature, though he may be, Jim has a real desire to be a better than average hockey player. Ron Simpson is another util- ity player usually used on de- fence. Ron could still catch a regular spot on the field if he continues to show improvement. Lyyc llL quycl, wuu uacncuucnb t 1 Buses will leave Richmond “fell 29d passes faccurla e y'dget'mill on these dates and fans can ‘3 Share 0 goa s an 85' reserve seats and make arrange- ments to go by contacting Jack Ken Crook is a consistent Crook at 834-3944. Bill Points performer on left wing. He is at 884-1944 or Marsh Amos at a tenacious backchecker and 8844545- has hockey ability and a hard mm‘fig’fgflymflgflgfigfifyp sh t tht akes h’ real: " " *1 ’1 " " " " " 5‘ segring :hrerzfl. 1m 8 lg E Roger Ball is another pott- sider who has a tremendously hard shot. He got off to a late start with the team this season and will be heard from more and more as he rapidly rounds into his form of last year. Bob Booth and Bill Harris are both classed as utility left- HOW TO MAKE A N I M PRESS] 0N Send your Clothes To For Dry Cleaning Shirt Laundry Storage Pick-up and Delivery Phone AV. 5-3621 THGRNHILL Next I.G.A. S|ore The Town & Country team] clobbered Woodbridge 8-1 at Woodbridge on December 11.? Shepherd put five into thei Woodbridge net. Carter fired} two and Charity one to com~ plete the scoring. Jackson as- sisted on three goals with sin- gle assists going to Crook, Ball, DubkoWski and Martin. Asher scored the lone Wood- bridge goal. I Cd"! wingers. Booth was a late start- er but his efforts to date could win him a regular spot. Bill Harris is just as fragile as his famous namesake. He has spirit and real moxie. With a few extra pounds on his frame he could be a player well worth developing. And last, but far from least,‘ the team has three good right- wingers. Gary Charity is one of the lightest players on the club but his willingness to get into the heavy going in the corners has made him a real I Jim Wells. Norm Roberts. Dick Sweeney and Larry Bray contributed two goals each and Doug McInnis added a single- ton to give Dynes a 9-6 victory over Bradford in a regular Ri- chmond Hill Senior Hockey League fixture. John Wilson paced the Bradford team when he turned in a hat trick with Bill Marks, Ken Sturgeon and Ken Taylor each scoring once. It was an extremely wide open game with very sloppy de- fensive play by both teams. There were numerous penalties handed out to offending playersi on both sides. Most goals were scored on power plays. Orillia, Elmvale, Camp Bor-‘ den and the Town & Country team are entered in a hockey tournament at Camp Borden. Games will be played December 27 at 8 pm, December 28 at 9 pm. and December 29 at 9 Second Section w 1 Legion Wins, Loses On Saturday the team went ‘to Beeton and came up with a 5-4 win in a league game. Paul Brown. Cliff Lynham. Hall. Tim McArthur and Allan Lewis scored the goals while Paul Martin. Larry Mansbridge and Brown were active in the assist department. Don Mills got off to a fast going to Rod Mabley. Peter start by scoring in the first Bird, Stu Cook and Jim Wilson. period John Caven scored for Greg Sephton, Harvey Gordon, the Gentlemen in the third Keith Russell and Gary Methe period assisted by Stephen were credited with assists. Cronkwright and the teams Oshawa provided the Legion- played dead even until time ran naires with a 6-2 defeat on out. ‘ _ Sunday in Richmond Hill. Two Dynes forged ahead 6-2 on goals by Larry Bray from Alan Bray and Haynes at the seven minute mark. and by Larry Bray from Haynes at 11:50. Bradford cut the lead to 6-3 at ‘15 minutes when Wilson got his second goal, assisted by Va- isey. Newmarkel visited Richmond Hill on Sunday and were treat- ed to a 5-4 defeat by the Lions. Larry Mansbridge, Stacey Ri- chard. Gary Oliver. Paul Brown and John Bromley scored the goals. Steve Addley and Ian McKinley were credited with assists. Friday night saw the Lions play to a 2-2 tie with Thornhill in a league game. Larry Mans- bridge scored the first Lion goal on a fine solo effort while Gary Oliver fired the second. assisted by Gary Hall. On Saturday the team went to Beeton and came up with a 5-4 win in a league game. Paul Brown. Cliff Lynham. Hall. Tim McArthur and Allan Lewis scored the goals while Paul Martin. Larry Mansbridge and erxm worn antivn in tho assist Cedar Hill provided plenty of action on Sunday and the net result was a 3-3 tie in a wide open game. Stephen Brown scored for the local team in the first period assisted by Rob- bie Edwards and Dennis Acomb. ed by Robbie Edwards and Dennis Acom-b. Cedar Hill scored two in the second period to go ahead 2-1. Greg Binkley tied it up in the third period as he scored his first goal of the year with Ca- ven assisting. CFGM Country Gentlemen In two exhibition games last weekend the Gentlemen came up with two tied games. On Friday night they played to a 1-1 tie with Don Mills and both teams played excellent hockey throughout the piece. Lions Team Wins 8. Ties, Gentlemen Tie Twice Wells started the scoring for Dynes at the 1:05 mark of the first period. He was assisted by Kinnari and Haynes. A minute' later Roberts made it 2-0 with assists from Sweeney and Mc- Innis. Wilson retaliated with his first goal on a pass from Charlie Leeming at 3:55. Wells came right back with a goal for Dynes at the 5 minute mark. 'Kinnari and McInness picked Norm Roberts Stars Dynes Look Bad 9-6 Victory Over Bradford The thlrd period was only 35 seconds old when Sturgeon scored for Bradford on a pass, from Vasey. Sweeney from; Frank Mashinter scored for; Dynes at 4:50. Bradford got this one back when Wilson complet- ed the hat trick on a pass from' Vasey and Leeming at 13 min-y utes. At 14.10 Sweeney got his; second goal for Dynes with an assist from Roberts and at 15.20 Dynes’ last goal of the game was shot home by McInnis on 3‘ power play including Roberts: and Mashinter. Ken Taylor pick- KKKDKUEK -; e, and innari 10.40. ‘. goal Brad- Vasey ,B. Allison Dynes looked bad In Win- ning as they played one of the worst games of the year â€" their defencemen were continually getting trapped up ice. Best player on the ice for the Dynes team, in our opinion. was Norm Roberts, who came out of retirement only last week. If he continues to show the same aptitude with the puck as displayed in this game he will add a great deal of strength to the local senior hockey repre- sentatives. Dynes will meet Downsview Flyers in the local arena in the nightcap on December 29, with Thornhill taking oniTor- onto in the 8:15 game. MARKHAM VILLAGE: Al- 'though there \Verevno conten- tious issues. 55.2% of the vil- lage electorate turned out at the polls December 12 to elect Alma Walker reeve for another two year term. A. Laidlaw was elected deputy-reeve and Lloyd Avernethy. Paul Horton and D. were elected :{aacmamenwmzmexmfi 1 isteaam‘aeeaamemeflznmmaezzzkeeeneku tot After the game the Gentle- men had a brief Christmas party in their dressing room. Brown was appointed captain while the assistant captains n-amed are Val Steffan, Acomb and Cronkwright. Cedar Hill popped in anoth- er goal to lead 3-2 until Brown scored the equalizer from Teamsâ€" Cronkwright and Edwards. Richm‘ Exhibition games were all that occupied the Legionnaires over last weekend. Friday n‘ight‘ they won an exhibition tilt with an all-star team from the house league by a 6-0. Wayne Harring- ton fired in twa with singles going to Rod Mabley. Peter Bird, Stu Cook and Jim Wilson. Canadian Legion MISTER TRANSMISSION Ln». ed up another score for Brad- ford, assisted by Bill Marks and Wilson, at the 15:45 mark to make the final score 9-6 for Dynes. " fiflfifilflflfi 'council TUESDAY - 8.15 PM. Richmond Ht” Dynes I vs. Downsview Flyers Senior Hockey R. Hill ArenE BRUCE BRILLIN GER 177 YONGE ST. N. Adults 50c Sr. Hockey League Standings fast Oshawa goals in the open- with Bird and Cook assisting. ing minutes of the game took On December 29 and 30 the the starch out of the local Legion squad will be in Gril- team and they never did get lla for a midge thockey tourna- really organized. ment. Mother will have the kids Tom Dyson and Harvey Gor- out of her hair for some part don scored the Legion goals of the heliday season at least! Richmond Hill Dynes B 7 l 0 50 18 Willowdale Rangers . . . . . . 7 5 1 1 52 33 Keswick Comets . . . . . . . 7 5 1 1 43 28 Bradford Bells . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 4 1 48 47 Downsview Flyers , . . . . . . . 8 3 4 1 28 45 Thornhill Shamrocks . . .. . 8 3 5 0 34 40 North York Black Hawks .. 8 2 5 1 42 41 Toronto Tildens . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 5 l 22 39 Newmarket Cubs . . . . . . . . 8 2 6 0 32 60 ‘ Latest Resultsâ€" 1 Richmond Hill 9 vs. Bradford 6: Downsvlew 4 Toronto 1: North York 11 vs. Newmarket 5: Keswick 4 Downsview 4. Leading Scorersâ€" Goals Assists Matt Kinnari. Richmond Hill . . . . . . . . 11 12 Charlie Leeming. Bradford , . . . . . . . . . 10 8 Doug McInnis, Richmond Hill . . . . . . .. 5 13 Earl Cairns, Willowdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Pete Goodfellow. Keswick. . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Larry Bray, Richmond Hill .. . . . . . . . . 8 8 Jim Wells. Richmond Hill . . . . . . 6 10 John Nevin, Willowdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Future Gamesâ€" Dec. 23â€"Bradford vs. Downsview at Bradford Arena. 9 Dec. 27â€"Willowdale vs. Thornhill at Don Mills Arena, 1 Dec. 29â€"Thornhill vs. Toronto at. Richmond Hill Arena. 1 Dec. 29â€"Richmond Hill vs. Downsview at Richmond 3 fimaaawwfiamxmmmmaawmwwmxmm RICHMOND HILL Miggk'fikfiflfimflmmmm“mm [4* 7v g, Garden Centre 5 Crosby Ave. Richmond Hill “mammthmmmmmmmmmm VOLKSWAGEN SALES & SERVICE 178 Yonge St. North, Richmondfiil} 3c. 23â€"Bradford vs. Downsview at Bradford Arena, 9.00. ec. 27â€"Willowdale vs. Thornhill at Don Mills Arena, 9.30 2c. 29â€"Thornhill vs. Toronto at Richmond Hill Arena. 8.15 3c. 29â€"Richmond Hill vs. Downsview at Richmond .Hill Arena. 9.15. CITY OF GLASS W'. G“ P. SERVICE mini) to you to: the 19111de hoping gnu ant yours babe a merry christmas! With the hope that your Christmas will be a joyous one, go out very best wishes. Standing as of December 19 P. W. L. T. u . a . u . . . . t . . . . . . u u n . . . . a . . JERRY ETKEN Goals Assists . 11 12 . 10 8 Oaâ€"Pâ€"‘ODâ€"AHHHOfl For Ag. 50 52 43 48 28 34 42 22 32 18 33 28 47 45 41 39 60 285-6662 Pts. 14 11 11 Pts. 23 18