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WOL. 94, NO. 13. SPORTS Whenever you see the determined figure of one Bob Ross Jr., head down, 1: beating his way up the ramp of the Richmond Hillx Arena you can bet snow: isn’t far behind. Summe is about to blow its cool. Bob, who is as familiar to the young and old resi- dents of Richmond Hill as the Eiffel Tower is to the poor people of Paris, dis- appears into the bowels of the arena about this time every year and isn‘t seen until next Spring. Hundreds of r u m o r swirl about. all having t do with his mysterious¢ disappearance. What’s he? . .. doing down there? Is he nos ROSS JR. the mysterious ringleader of some dark, occult soc- iety, brewing the seeds of the further downfall of mini-skirts? Or, even more horrors, hatching plans to make midi’s into maxi’s? I determined to find out the other day so I disguised myself as a human being, waited furtively around the corner of the arena, and followed him. SHOCKING SCENE It was a shocking scene that confronted me. I tracked him down winding steps, around eerie cor- ners, to the furthermost recesses of the arena. There he was holed out in a room laden with hockey uniforms, bending over a weird machine, periodically letting cackles escapeAfrom his_lips. hJ Avvaaao Vlflw‘l v.1..er -_--_ I won’t keep you in suspenders any longer. Bob was holding a pair of skates in his hand, was bend- ing over a grinder. was sharpening them. Yes, this is Bob’s hangout for the winter months, it’s his shop, his business, he’s a skate- sharpener as well as custodian of hockey uniforms. Has been for some eight years including his former digs in the old arena. . u 1 ‘ AFTER THE INJURY “I got involved in this after n1y injury and I couldn't work anymore. It gave me something to do and Inake a Htfle Inoney. I hke it but I don% get out very Inuch at Ifight dufing the hockey seasons. I‘m open from 6 pm to you name it. Young people wander in at all times so you have to be here. I intend to be around even.1nore often this season.” “.5- . -â€"... V-.. -... Ohce he realizeâ€"difhere was no escape, the secret was out, he talked quite re‘adil_y about his shop. The “injury” Bob was referring to is probably familiar news to most people so I won‘t elaborate on it to any great extent. Except to say that it occurred roughly eight years ago, involved him tumbling from an upper storey scaffolding while working. ‘\i “iii; fallieynte cementvshould have, By all laws of averages, been fatal. At the least it should have left him incapacitated for life, maybe bed- ridden. If this fact bothers him and I'm sure it does at times. he doesn't go around crying about it. Things happen to people in life, for good or ill, and you’ve got to live with it. Xou can‘t go ba_cl‘(, you.gfo on. But Bob, after many painful months, came back and today he gets by the best way he can which is very well except that at the age of 28 he never will be able to take on any regular job for obvious reasons. Bob has even picked up philosophy about his job over the years: “It seems you wait around here for hours and no one comes near. Then eight come all at once. It‘s enough to drive you cr_azy.A A ca And, if you're Bob, you go ion with a minimum of complaining and a maximum of smlling. WATCHES LEAFS GET BEAT “It gets boring being down here seven nights a week during the winter.” admits Bob, “but I get a. television and watch the Saturday night hockey games, watch the Leafs get beat.” .10 “TERESQ foe much vof the games here at the arena because I’m working. Sometimes‘I’ll sneak pprfor a coffee or hot_ dog but. sure ‘as hell when I do someone comes down and wants his skates sharpened. You can't win." COACHES. NOW Something new has been added to the Ross scene. This summer Bob was asked if he‘d be inter- ested in coaching a minor ball team. “I thought about it. then said I would but on one condition. If they let me sponsor the team." They did and Bob has turned out to be some- thing of a first year “boy” wonder. His team. naturally called “Bob‘s Boys". won the league and playoff honors in squirt action. They had a 12-2 Win-loss record. .. --. .vuu ; Bob is also an avid follower of the fortunes of one Russell “Casey” Cripps and his band of out- laws called the Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers. On more than a few occasions he's one of Der Casey’s severest critics directing some pretty color- fullyâ€"wrapped words of advice in his direction. . “C'mon Casey. get the hell going out there." Is just one of the more tepid shouts of encourage- ment he hurls at him. MIRACLES PLEASE When you‘re playing your first season of foot- ball you've got to have a few dozen miracles going for you and then you‘re still in trouble. So that's Bob. the way he is. And where he is Will be his skate shop down at the arena. Drop around and get your skates sharpened. 'If he’s not thge he’ll be right back. He'll be up getting a co ee. The problem facing the fledgling Seneca Col- lege football team Saturday in its first trial-by-fire combat against Sir George Williams College was l e (Continued on Page 14) Man From “Bob” RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1970 it‘Tvéfi't‘Yo the first man up in the first inning who was Oshawa Tony’s First Baseman Jack Sneddon who parked it far over the left centre field fence. That gave the Tony‘s the a coin prior to Wednesday’s only run they needed as they game. downed the Jewellers 1-0 to Monday's game saw Oshawa’s take a one game lead in their standout lefty, Pete Landers, best-of-three OASA Senior “A” coming up with some excellent Playoffs at the tovvn park. clutch pitching to quell any The second game is slated threatened uprising by Rich- for Wednesday evening in Osh-lmond Hill. awa. The site of the third game Landers was touched for five will be decided on the toss of hits while striking out 16 bat- Jack Sneddon's Homer Sinks Dynes; Oshawa Tony's Win Opener By 1-0 Dynes Oust Shopsy Two Straight There was one pitch that Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers’ Billy Drennan shouldn’t have thrown Monday night of this week: The third one. Iumuummummuhumuuuuu‘u\ummuuumnmmum\uuuuw Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers’ Hurler Bob Domik got most of the job done himselcf Thursday night of last'week as his teammates downed Seven- Up Shopsy’s 4-1 to win their best-of-three OASA Senior “A” Playoffs in two straight games. A $153,800 roof for the Centennial Swimming Pool was approved on Septem- ber 14 by Richmond Hill Town CounciL This ten- der price. submitted by A. Petersons Limited of Steele Valley Road. Thornhill, was the lowest of five re- ceived the highest being 162.000. It was approved by Allen. Brown and Sher- iff. architects of the roof. and by the town‘s parks and recreation committee. The successful tenderer was the contractor for the first phase of the pool built in 1965. Total amount to be raised is 5163.437. includ- ing the architects’ fee of $10,137.41. Council ap- proved payment of 75“? of this fee. since 75% of the architects‘ work has been completed. only supervision of construction remaining. The quoted prices include $4.000 for a cash allowance contingency, it was pointed out. Two readings were given a bylaw to debenture the necessary money and ac-ceptance of the tender is contingent on OMB approv- al of the bylaw. Last Saturday was a rather dismal day for Richmond Hill minor ball players as teams from East Gwillimbury captured nearly every division in the fourth annual Richmond Hill - East GWillimbury Tourn- ament. --- .m... mu m GLEN VAN EVERY Two-run Homer J‘VVVVVVQ .V v.._o__, who decisively defeated Seyhmur’s Budget Centre by a score of 13-0. In the above photo Kent Captain Richard Gerber and Seymour Captain Dave Cooper shake hands following the game. Read Bob Carton’s Column “Line Drive” on Page 14 for full details of the weekend play. Pool Roof To Cost $163,437 However one bright spot wasrthe plat): of_ Kent Clothes Tyke Team n4nn Domik got off to a somewhat shaky start in the September 17 game allowing Shopsy’s one run and all of their four hits in the first two innings. But it was close the door time from there on in as he shut the opposition out in the final seven innings in effortless fashion. striking out a total of 19 batters, including eight in a row. The Jewellers won the open- er 4-0 at Kew Beach. Domik took care of the win- ning run in the fifth inning with the score tied 1-1 when he led off the inning with one of his patented high and far home- run shots over the left field fence. Shopsy's had their best shots at Domik in the early part of the game as the latter seemed to be suffering from lack of‘} control and got behind the bat-' ters on a number of occasions! 10 De sullen“; Ll'uui ldL'A u; control and got behind the bat- ters on a number of occasions. Phil Waters gave the Toronto Beaches team a short-lived lead when he led off the second in- ning with a, sharp shot over the right field fence which just stayed fair by a few inches. Jack Humphries followed with a ground single to right field. Domik struck out the next two batters but Wally Sobczyk lined a wrongâ€"field double with ‘Humphries scampering into third. Both runners were left when Domik struck out Fraser Scott to end the inning. The Jewellers tied it up in their half of the second inning as Les Downing grounded a ‘ann Canal] 4...“- :...4.‘ -Aâ€"o..- , The Winchester shotgun was won by L. Edwards of 915 Mid- ;land Avenue, Scarboro: the Blanchard rod and Mitchell reel by Bruce Lockhart of 64 Hamil- ton Street, Toronto; the Cole- man camp stove ‘by Susan Charity, 223 Richmond Street, Richmond Hill; and the tent heater by Commercial Equip- ment Service, 46 Shafta Road, Rexdale. Fred Bovaird was pre- sented with a trophy for catch- ing the largest fish on the trip to Sturgeon Lake. Vic Sneddon of the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests attended the meeting and his ‘films on ducks were most in- ;formative and much enjoyed. ‘The meeting adjourned with re- lfreshments. The Jewellers tied it up in their half of the second inning as Les Downing grounded a single into centre. Vere Small then walked and Glen Van Ev- ery stroked a clutch single scor- ing Downing with Small end- ing up on third. BobSmith then tried to bunt- squeeze Small home but the latter was nipped at home from Pitcher Frank Marshall to Cat- cher Brian Cowan, Then came Domik‘s home- run in the fifth to give The Jewellers all the lead they need- ed to win the game. It was strictly icing on the cake in the eighth inning when Small walked and scored as Van Every boomed out a long homerun over the left field fence. The Jewellers managed seven hits off Marshall with Van Ev- ery showing the way with three runs-batted-in. Downing had two singles to his credit. ml): 11112131 ters but barred the door any time Richmond Hill threat- ened. Landers’ biggest moment of glory came in the sixth inning when Richmond Hill loaded the bases with none out. Drennan, except for that one pitch, was also outstanding in a losing cause limiting the Tony’s to five hits while whiff- ing 10. Duane Reid. Drennan. and Mickey Hancock, all singled to load the bases. ‘ Landers then ‘bqre down to strike out the “fat” end of the Jewellers’ batting order. Richmond Hill’s only other big threat came in the previous inning when Bob Smith boom-‘ ed out a triple that carried to the scoreboard in centrefield. It would have been a shootâ€"in for a homerun in any other area of the field. But it was Landers again coming through to strike out Larry Brown and snuff the threat again. The locals went down mildly scratching in the ninth as O’Neill led off with a single, stole second base. but was stranded there as Vere Small popped to the pitcher, Downing flew out to centre, and Van Every struck out to end the It was one. two, and three for Joe O’Neill, Les Downing and Glen Van Every. York Central Anglers and Hunters held their annual draw at the meeting held in Rich- mond Hill‘s new arena Septem- ber 15. Former Mayor William Neal made the draw. Big Fish Trophy For Fred Bovaird game. Richmond Hill Figure Skating Club REGISTRATION DAY: SEPT. 26, 1970 2 p.111. to 5 pm. The Richmond Hill swim team brought to a close their most successful season yet when they defeated three other teams at Streetsville, September 3. The thirty-eight Richmond Hill swimmers poled up a decisive margin of 122 points during the 50 event meet. The local swim- mers totaled 431 points to Streetsville’s 309. Other teams competing were Burlington with 165 points and Brampton with lless than one hundred points. Town Swimmers Finish Successful Season With Yet Another Big Win Thursdays win brought the team record to five wins and two losses for the season. The sixty youngsters from Rich. mond Hill won all of their di- visional triple meets plus the York County Summer Swim League final and the Streets- ville meet. The losses included a second place finish out of six teams at Markham and a defeat at Thornhill in an extra dual meet arranged by the Thornhill team. Coach Steve Gentles, also as- sistant manager at the pool re- ports that _ eweyy child who swam in It hardly seems any time since we Were nervouSIy writing our first column in the spring. looking forward to a successful season. Well now. let's see. It’s September and by and large it has been a very good season for tennis. Our new entry in the Inter-County “B” League finished first in their league and then proved their superiority by winning a much delayed playoff with Thornhill. By their performance Richmond Hill is promoted to the Inter- County “A” League. Unfortunately success in this league was not matched by our York North entry. It. would seem that we loaded our Inter-County team and left York North 3 bit thin. Perhaps next season we can distribute our strength in such a way as tolwin in both leagues. Player development these past two years. has been the responsibility_of Janet Girdler. Her specific area of in- terest has been junior development. Her work has been unsung and prodigious in scope. From arranging for professional instruction to the shepherding of the juniors through round robins and club tournaments. Her work has been unending and largely alone. Since she is about to leave the position this writer felt some recognition should be made of her efforts although there will be undoubted charges of bias, 0n the subject of retirements. October 23 has been chosen as the date of the annual meeting. This will be held at the town library at 8 pm with a social get together afterwards. Come out and vote. Friday. November 6 is the date of a dinner and dance held by the Inter-County Tennis Association at the Ascot Inn. Interested parties should contact Monica Vermeulen at 884-4831. . , JI__L - ___:_.i _-:.._.I ab UUT'IUVA John Marais asked us to announce that a senior mixed singles handicap tournament would be held September 27 at 1 pm. All welcome. at it at at! it It was to be hoped that we could have given you all the club championship results but alas just these few. Ladies‘ Singles: Monica Vermeulen defeated Eleanor Lloyd 6-2. 6-1. In men's doubles John Marais and Henry Smith defeated Phil August and Walter Winnick 6-1, 7-5. In the junior boys, last year‘s champion, Mark Girdler was beaten by Tony Robinson 6-3. 57. 6-1 in the semi- finals. Tony in turn was beaten by Andy Girdler 6-3. 7-5. In the boys’ consolation round Greg Woloski defeated Gordie Forbes 6-4, 6-1. Congratulations champions! Still Finally. here are the scores from the Inter-County Playoff with Thornhill. This was won by Richmond Hill 5 matches to 1 for a total of 10 to 2 over the two; me_etihgs. to 11 girls Men's doubles â€" John Marais and Dennis Stainer 9-7, 5-7. 7-5.' Phil August and Barry Munro 1-6. 6-2, 6-3. Henry Smith and Peter Wenzel 6-4. 6-3. Ladies' Doubles -â€" JuneBeck and Eleanor Lloyd 11-13. 0-6. MWMixed Doubles â€" Moniéa Vermeulen and Frank Rob- inson 6-2. 7â€"5, Joy August and Kieran Lennon 6-1. 6-1. T. R.T. TRY-OUTS RICHMOND HILL HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Bring Your own dressing room 1/é See you at the coin-ts PARTIAL AND FULL TIME MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE SKATING DAYS: MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 8: SATURDAY Adult Classes: Monday Evening Any Player Registered With The R.H.H.A. Is Welcome To Attend fiefiairrdr ladi'es’ doubles: mixed doubles'and junior the club this year your own equipment and report to the ; room 1/13 hour before time shown above for your try-out TRIAL FEE $1.00 PER PLAYER Atoms 5 - 6 p.111. Minor Bantam 6-7 pm. Minor Midget 7-8 pm. DOWN STAIRS, NEW ARENA showed marked improvement‘ over the course of the season. The swimmers, between the ages of 8 and 15, have practiced one hour per day, seven days per week since the beginning of June at the Centennial Pool. Ac- cording to Coach Gentles, “An average practice would consist of 50 to 60 lengths of the pool, most of the distance being swum at or close to top speed. This program has resulted in swimmers improving their times by up to 100% over the three month season." The swimmers and their pa- rents gathered Saturday even- ing for the last time this year to enjoy a barbecue at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kane of Lynett Crescent. At this time. league crests and 54 time standard certificates were presented to club members. In addition, the town parks and recreation committee has decid- ed to present the Richmond Hill Award of Merit to the team in recognition of their success in bringing the YCSSL Cham- pionship to Richmond Hill for the second consecutive year. LET'S PLAY TENNIS By Eric Girdle:- Phone 884-1605 Richmond Hill Lawn Tennis ASSoclatlon THE RICHMOND HILL ARENA ASSOC. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 884=ll|7 RICHMOND HILL RACQUET CLUB MEMO FROM A CAR DEALER As few as five will raise it to 0.15. which is enough to convict in some courts and multiplies your accxdent chances by 10. Two highballs raise the alcohol level of your blood- stream to 0.05. enough to take the edge. of! anything and statistically double your chances of an ancident. How Much Alcohol Affects Your Driving? How is your body affected? Medical authorities describe the effect of alcohol as starving the brain of oxygen, which results in the impairment of your reactions and the lowering of your inhibitions. Estimates of distance and speed become faulty: brake and pedal action is slowed; your side vision diminishes. And while you are thus less able to react, your self confidence zooms. Various traffic studies show that half of the motor- ists killed in accidents are classified drunk by blood tests. That would amount to over 27,000 in the US. last year â€" 50 percent of the total fatalities. If you're going socializing. one drink is acceptable. two if you stay a couple of hours. Food slows clown the rate of absorption but only time will eliminate the alchohol. Our new 1971 1200 Fastback has been received with fan- tastic enthusiasm since it became public recently. Sports Car Graphic Magazine (Sept. issue) road tested Toyota Corolla 1200 together with Datsun 1200. Vega 2300, Ford Pinto and American Motors Gremlin. Here are some fig- ures from their road tests: Ford GM Am. Pinto Vega Gremlin Acceleration, 0-60 mph.â€" 16.1 sec. 13.4 sec. 11.3 sec. Standing Quarter Mile â€"- 19.9 sec. 19.3 sec. 18.9 sec. Braking Distance from 60 mph.â€" 180.5 ft. 143 ft. 201 ft. Stabilityâ€" Poor Fair Var. Gas Mileage (US. gallons)â€" 25 mpg. 25 mpg. 1 The auto industry is producing the safest cars ever manufactured and you are paying for those safety feat- ures in the purchase price. But the manufacturer‘s engineers can only control the mechanical engineering. In the human engineering department, you're the boss. Rather intégsiing isn‘t it! If you wish more details â€" Sports Car_ Graphic, September issue is now at your local néws stand I thought you would be interested to know what a Datsun owner has to say. We received a very nice letter from Mr. F. Oxley. Wilcox St, Lake Wilcox. telling us how much he is enjoying the Datsun he bought from us 3 months ago. Ian: TWIN HILLS MERCURY RICHMOND HILL ‘ MAVERICK " MONTEGO ‘ METEOR, ‘ MARQUIS ‘ CORTINA ‘ CYCLONE ‘ COUGAR ‘ FORD TRUCKS 889-7703 - We Service All Ford Products - 884-4441 satisiaatéfir-‘I"liave'rlihwthis ca; on both'high test and regular, getting 351/2 mpg. on high test and 39 mpg. on regular. I also find that the more I drive the car the more I like it. __ Good economy. low maintenance, modest price and last- ing performanceâ€"these are a few of the things people look for when they buy an import in the Datsun class. And that's what they get. Datsuns are built to keep going and giving you trouble-free service for 100,000 miles without major overhaul. Datsun seems to be the kind of car which inspires people to take up a pen and pass along their enthusiasm, I have received a number of most interesting letters rec- ently. From time to time we will publish some of them. If you are a Datsun owner. I would be happy to hear from youâ€"particularly if you have something nice to say! See you at Richmond Hill Trade Fair this coming Friday and Saturday. YONGE ST.,I MILE NORTH OF RICHMOND HILL Limited Memberships Available â€" COME OUT AND PLAY SQUASH -- CALL 4=ll|7 Evenings 884-3746 See you next week I find the new Datsun I bought fI_'0m_ ypg _m9reA that} IMPORT Auto TALK NEILL COMPLETE in the TOWN ARENA NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Fair Very Poor Very Poor Excellent of the members of WE GET LETTERS IAN NEILL at 8.00 pm. 17 mpg. 26 mpg. 32 mpg Yours truly, F. J. Oxley SERVICE 19.6 sec. 15.4 sec. 889-0972 Toyota Corolla LTD. 773-4661 Don Strupat 18.8 sec 13.1 sec 140 ft Datsun 1200