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“I was fully confident of scoring at least 30 goals this season but that’s out now.” Doug, who led the Mal-lies in goal-scoring in his final season in 1968-69, admits that a major reason for his less-than-up-to expectation showing is the better quality of players. VOL. 93, NO. 34. Suffering is the omin- ously appropriate descrip- tion for Doug's first pro season. At the moment of writing Doug is back home ‘ » at 362 Sugar Maple Lane DOUG ACOMB . almost recovered from a broken instep bone in his right foot. He’s been out of action for four weeks but will be heading back to Tulsa sometime this week. You recite this to him and the only response you get is a wince. “Thirteen goals in 40 games is terrible,” he winced. “The puck just won’t seem to go in for me this year. I’m skating okay but things just aren’t going my way. And being out four weeks will make it even worse. “Most of the players in this league played junior last season and they were the best. So. naturally. the competition is that much stiffer. But the style of play is about the same." NHL OR NO Doug likes it in Tulsa except for the fact that he is in the minors and there is just no way he’s going to make a career out of being down there. “I’d have preferred to move right up to the NHL from junior because you learn more by play- ing against the best. But I don’t mind playing minor professional as long as I see I’m getting somewhere, as long as_it’s a temporary stop.” It would seem that any Ma-ple Leaf chattel in the minors would be rubbing his hands in glee con- sidering the present last-place plight of the parent teamn But not Doug. Doug, as you may or may not know, is a 20-year- old Richmond Hill hockey player currently suffering through his first year as a professional hockey player with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Pro League. He’s owned by The Leafs. 7 Doug started out the season in somewhat of an uncertain fashion. At one point he contemplated going with the Canadian National team, changed his mind, was bought by the Leafs, and turned out with them. “My problem right now is that I’m a centreman and if there is one place the Leafs aren’t weak that's at centre." This turned out to be an interview-ofâ€"concern. Doug is also a little bit concerned about his (Continued on Page 12) So I thought to myself as I watched Doug Acomb limp (slightly) out of “The Liberal” office. It’s a bad year, a lean year to be a Maple Leaf. Even to be owned by them. “I practised about a week with the Leafs and finally ended up down in Tulsa,” he said. “I'm very unhappy with my season to date," statedâ€" Doug matter-of-factly. This caused me to stutter slightly (more than usual, that is) as the reports show that Centreman Acomb of fourth place Tulsa in his team’s second highest scorer. He has 13 goals and 15 assists in 40 games. "I stopped a shot.” said Doug describing his injury. ‘It’s the first injury I’ve had. I've missed some games in previous seasons from a couple of operations but not from injuries." What has been happening to Doug this season is what happens to athletes for unknown reasons. You get off to a slow start and things come along to keep you that way. s V * SPORTS ‘ And who ever heard of a small town alcoholic who was anonymous? A small town‘s a place where you can still carry on a phone conversation even when you get the wrong num- ber; where you pinch a girl and everybody squeals: where the fellow with the black eye doesn‘t have to explain â€" everybody knows what everyone else is doing but they still read the newspaper to see if they got caught at it: and where nothing seems to happen but what you hear makes up for it. We‘re always telling people to buy their cars locally. If they do buy out of town at a few dollars less from a dealer who knows he can save their service expense, they are usually losers in the end. A home town dealer knows that his cars must measure up to his promises. loo. or a lot of people have a way of finding out about it. And a good reputation is a must if a dealer wants to STAY in business in a small town. Small towns have their drawbacks and advantages. Here are some definitions of one: MEMO FROM A CAR DEALER. SMALL TOWN TALK See you next week ,a/anw/wr TWIN HELLS MERCURY Bad Year For Leafs AND HE WINCED RECHMOND HILL Sport spots By Fred Simpson RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1970 Don Strupat Quantities of Lake Simcoellonv Canadian dance Chaml Whitefish and Herring are soldiions‘ and Cathy Lee Irwin wh by resident anglers to localiplaced second in the senior lac people and unsuccessful sportsJE‘S' competition recently at E( fishermen. With this_ theimonton. These three skater question of selling these fish leave this week for the World comes up periodically. Some in LIUblijana. Yugoslavia. people say it is legal. whilel Also keeping busy with are others say it is not. Accox‘dingJSkc'fiing carnil‘als are club men to the book "Fishing in Lake bers Valerie Trunk, Mar Simcoe." these fish, when Lynn Lawrie and Heathe caught by angling are not a Crompton who were feature game fish and are sold legally in the recent Barrie show. in the vicinity of the lake. Tommy and William Cromi “As part of the overall DDT investigation in Ontario waters ten Whitefish and ten Herring caught by commercial fisher- men off Wasaga Beach were sent to the University of Here is a further report on the DDT situation from Allan Wainio. district biologist for the Department of Lands and For- ests. Scorers in this one were: Wood from Barnett, Addley from Clement and Binkley, Ball from Dick Weber and Gropp, Wood from Kellett and Bar- nett, Gropp from Kellett and Bill Weber from Barnett and Wood. Legion 5. Lachute 1 Saturday the Legionnaires eliminated Lachute to the tune of 5-1 in a rough, chippy game Goalgetters were Bill Weber unassisted, Addley from Wood and Bellavance, Barnett from Addley and Wood. Dick Weber from Wood and Ball from Kell- ett and Gropp. Legion 6. Dorval 1 Later on Saturday the Leg- ionnaires handed Dorval a 6-1 defeat to take the Group “B” championship. .Fishing on the fourth largest inland lake in the Province of Ontario (Lake Simcoe) is im- proving with good catches of Whitefish and Trout reported in the Brechin area. Besides overbaitin‘g. a reason for the poor fishing recently {night have been caused by the Marksmen in this one were: Wood from Bill Weber, Kellett from John Barnett and Bill Weber. Steve Addley from Greg Binkley. Wood unassisted, Wood from Bill Weber, Wood from Barnett and Bill Weber and Gropp from Ball and Bella- vance. Legion 7 Dollard des Ormeaux 0 The second game against Dol- lard des Ormeaux was also called a win for Richmond Hill as soon as the seventh goal was scored by the local lads. Scoring for Richmond Hill were John Gropp from Scott Mabley and Mike Ball. Tony Bellavance unassisted‘ Mabley unassisted, Colin Wood from Bill Weber and Mabley. Larry Kellett from Gropp and Ball. Ball from Gropp and Bellaâ€" vance from Ball. Legion 'l. St.-Pie-X 0 In the first game in group “B”. the Legion boys shut out their opponents from Quebec City and ‘according to tourna- ment rules when they scored their seventh goal early in the third period. the ,game was called and they were declared the winners. Town Legion Midgets Winners “B” Championship Drummondville, Que. In order to play their first game at noon Feb- ruary 11, the Legionnaires flew to Drummondville in the morning using the money they had earned at the spaghetti dinner the weekend before. They returned by train Monday. The Legion Midgets returned Monday night from Drummondville, Quebec, with the “B” champ- ionship and with the knowledge that they had forced the powerful Toronto Young Nationals to their limit in the battle for the tournament's grand champion- ship. By AL TURNER â€"- 884-6671 Lake Simcoe Fourth Largest Inland Lake In Ontario 'SIABTS HERE"? largesgl‘GRelph for DDT analysis in the Preparations are underway for the Unionville Skating Club‘s annual Winter Carnival scheduled for April 17. 18 and 19A Tommy and William Cramp- ton_went to Tweed February 7 while Janette D‘Altroy and David Porter. .a dance pair were guests at Leaside. These club members will all be featured in the' Unionville April show along with Union- ville's Debbi Wilkes. Olympic Silver Medalist. who is now studying for her master's de- gree at Michigan State Univer- sity. IN OTHER GAMES Legion 6, Owen Sound 2 After eliminating Barrie and Orillia from OMHA Playdowns, the Richmond Hill midgets took on Owen Sound in the next round. Also keeping busy with area skating carnhsals are club mem- bers Valerie Trunk, Mary Lynn Lam‘ie and Heather Crompton who were featured in the recent Barrie show. Richmond Hill may well be proud of their representatives in this tournament which had an entry of 80 teams. As was expected, DDT was present in both species but in very low levels. The levels in the Herring varied from .8 to 4.0 ppm with nine of the fish having levels below 2.0. The average concentration was 1.6. In the ten large Whitefish the levels were even lower, none being above .8. Guest skaters will include Mary Church and David Sut- ton. Canadian dance champ- ions. and Cathy Lee Irwin who placed second in the senior lad- ics‘ competition recently at Ed- monton. These three skaters The Legion led 1-0 at the end of the first period on a goal by Johnny Gropp from Ball. At the end of the second they led ‘2-1 with Steve Addley getting the second goal. In the third period Gropp scored to give his team a 3-2 lead until the last- seven minutes. The local lads let down briefly but long en- ough for the Young Nats to score two quick goals to win the game and the grand champ- ionship by a 4-3 score. In these fish the DDT varied from .3 to .8 with the average being .6 ppm. These values are practically _all well below the 5 ppm set by the Ontarib Department of Health as the maximum level safe for-human consumption. Ice Show Convenor Doreen Trunk of Richmond Hill is preparing casting lists and re- hearsal schedules. fall of 1969 Unionvilrle Plans Now The boys paced themselves in this one. thinking of the final game later in the day and ‘good goalkeeping by Bucking- ham kept the score dovm. Young Nationals 4, Legion 3 Richmond Hill started the grand final game against To- ronto‘s Young Nationals. rated at least. three goal underdogs. Young Nats to that point had been unbeaten and unscored on during the tournament. The Legionnaires came up with the best game of the season and kept on top of their opponents with tremendous skating and checking. ingham. Quebec, winners of the Getting the goals for the Leg- Group “C” championships, 3-0 ion were Greg Binkley unas- to enter the finals. sisted. Wood unassisted. Gropp In this game the goals came helped by Addley. Clement from the sticks of Bill Weber from Binkley and Brian Wil- who clicked for two and Wood liamson. Clement from Binkley, who added one. Wood and Clement from Williamson and Mabley earned assists on Web- Addley, Wood from Barnett and er‘s first goal. Barnett and Kell- Bill Weber. Ball from Gropp. ett on his second and Barnett Clement from Williamson and and B. Weber on Wood's coun- Binkley. Addley unassisted and ter. Larry Kellett from Mabley and The boys paced themselves Clement. . Legion 3, Buckingham 0 Sunday. February 15. the Legionnaires defeated Buck- ingham. Quebec, winners of the Group “C” championships, 3-0 to enter the finals. The first game was played Ice Show Underway' @132 liberal _ ‘w Our chorce has never been better. Our prices have never been lower. And never have we been in a ballot mood to deal. Pick the Ski-Doc model you want. And guarantee next winter’s tun now. the sign of the finest snowmobiles, sportswear, accessories, part: and service. Ski-Doc. Scoring for the Hill were Bill Weber from Wood and Mabley, Barnett from Addley. Dick Weber from Binkley and John Clement. Mabley from Dick Weber. Weber from Ball and Bellavance and Gropp from D. Weber and Ball. Legion 11. Owen Sound 2 In the second game of the series the Hillers proved too strong for their opposition and rolled up an 11-2 score. but Owen Sound never 'stopped try- ing. This gave Richmond Hill the round. The Legionnaires will now meet GeorgetoWn in the next round of the OMHA Play- downs. Bill Fox New Prexy Hill Minor Ball here February 9 and resulted in a 6-2 win for the local boys. nummnnmmmumuuumunmumnnmlumummmnmmmw Reliable Other members of the executive: Vice - President Jim Davidson, Secretary Verda Stoness, Treasurer Tom Anderson, Registrar Sid Moreland, Publicity Shirley Lee, -Umpire-in. Chief Danfly“'Sinitl1 and Equipment Manager Cliff Dunbar. “I was disappointed at the turnout of course.” commented Mr. Fox who was vice-president of the association last year. “It! seems you get a certain group of people who are willing to offer their serv- ices for a year and are forced to keep offering them from there on in be- cause there isn’t anyone else.” Installation of the new executive was handled by Glen Philip, president of the Richmond Hill Ball As- sociation. The meeting was held at the Legion Court in Rich- mond Hill. A handful of die-hard minor ball enthusiasts tum- ed up Sunday afternoon to elect Bill Fox president of the 1970 Richmond Hill Minor Ball Association. Mr. Fox lives at 313 Axmin- ster Drive. 624 Yonge Street North Richmond Hill PHONE 884-4464-5 (open evenings) râ€" FREE COFFEE SERVED IN OUR SERVICE WAITING ROOM TO MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE. Mower & Marine PONTIAC- BUICK â€" 9612 YONGE ST. â€" 884-448] LOCATED Jl'ST SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL The spiel was topped off “1th a lively evening of dancing to the very popular “Group of Four." The .Business Girls and the Sinners occupy the club this Friday night with their usual high jinks, and on Saturday and Sunday the club hosts the inter- mediate playdowns. Next Tues- day and Wednesday (February 24 and 25) our club hosts the Imperial Life Bonspiel in the evening after 9 pm. This is a good chance for the members to come out and see some fine mixed curling. The rink of John and Pauline Anderson with John and Shirley Bate not only won top prize in their draw but they were also the highest point getters of the entire spiel. and earned the right to have their names en- graved on the O’Keefe Valen- tine Trophy. Runner up on the same draw was the rink of Bill and Joan Kirkpatrick with Marty and Nan Cormack. Coming in third was the rink of Jack Van Goozen, Shirley and Nick Lash and Isobel Wilkes. On the second draw. Tom and June Bush with John and Bette Brown took top honors while Mac and Agnes Richardson with Russ and Edna Seltzer came second. Third prize went to Will and Marj Beresford with Arman Tripp and Edna Barker. This year the Sweetheartithe annual Sinners Bonsplel on Sweep Valentine Bonspiel was March 7; the Shillelagh Mixed held as a three draw spiel toiBonspiel on March 11~14th. and determine if three draws could‘the very popular Gay Nineties be filled. At some of our earlier‘on March 21. This year how- spiels some rinks were unable ever the name of this evening to curl because both draws will be changed to suit the were filled rather quickly. Un-‘theme of an island night with fortunately. this time all three'live steel band music. The popu- draws were two or three rinks lar gambling aspect of the even- short. The committee now re-ling is being repeated to give commends that all future “inllast year's losers a chance to get club” events be limited to just even with Donna Stephenson. two draws. and advises all ‘ * * * curlers to sign up for these Several out of town reports events as soon as possible.‘ have been sent in on the new Winning first prize on the first draw was the rink of Irwin and Jean Coneybeare. with Harry and Joyce Elkins. Mike and Hazel Olynec with Glen and Helen McLeod were second prize winners. with Ian Kerr and Mary Jane Murphy picking up third prize. The lack of several rinks. however did not stop our regu- lar curlers from having their usual good time both on Friday and Saturday night. Valentine treats were served both on and off the ice. and Warren Davey's famous “crunchberries” were an added treat. Prizes again were of the different but appropriate variety. Sweetheart Sweep Valentine Bonspiel Is Huge Success A few upcoming events are 0 Genuine GM parts 0 Special includes pin-ts and labour 0 Most 1959 to 1969 Pontiacs and Chevs. 0 Disc braked excluded Daily â€" Mon. to Fri. 8.00 to 4.00 pm. Bring Your Sticks and Your Skates â€" Play All Day $2.00 Public Skating Sat, 9.15 pm. - Sun. 2 pm. DOUBLERINK ARENAS 889-7251 Jane St. at Highway No. 7 PAY â€" AS â€" YOU â€" PLAY SHINNY HOCKEY Richmond Hill Several out of town reports have been sent in on the new sheets. The first has Gord Ton- ner. Ken Dar-gavel. Hank Vos. and Bill Morris winning three games at the T & N 0 held at Kirkland Lake and Englehart. These wins enabled this rink to qualify for the finals. but ap- parently they faded in the home stretch. Walter and Norma Lavender curling with Earl and Elaine Allen didn‘t fade in the stretch at the Stratford Valentine Bon- spiel. This strong rink came away with the Bessemer Trophy which represents four victories in the four game event. In the Mods and Flappers Bonspiel at the club earlier this week. the top Mod (filly) rink was the foursome of Fran Mc- kenzie. June Bush. Marj Sahr and Fran Tingley. Top Flappers (seniors) were Jessie Wain- wright, Rena White. Isabel Davis and Joan Taylor. At the Oshawa Filly Bonspiel, Gwen Rogers with Mildred Bradstock, Sylvia Brown and Norma Goodhead won two games and were third highest point getters. Finally, in the Sunflake at Thomhill Curling Club, win- ning three games which quali- fied them for the first event semi-finals was the rink of Shirley Lash, Donna Stephen- son. Dianne Whittaker, skipped by Ruth Mabbett. 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