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“I guess you would say I throw a pretty fast pitch,” she said. “I throw windmill fashion.” Louise was so fast that in her earlier years in the house leagues they would only let her pitch two innings. No one could see the ball. She’s disappointed that she probably “will have to sit out this softball season but it’s one of those things. You can’t have everything and at least} won’t have pain.” She's happy though that her operation “has made me taller by about two and half inches. I was 5’1/2” and now I’m 5’3”. How about that.” Oh, about that cast. “I had a specially designed one,” she said, “and you can say it’s the prettiest cast around.” I can say it makes her look like a medieval knight in armour. Well, sort of. Historical note: This knight is blond, pretty and weighs 110 pounds. That’s the difference. ' Finally: “I got depressed at first just lying on my back,” she admits, “but you adjust, you have to. I love snowmobiling so I’m glad the weather’s been bad for it. I hate lying around when I could_go out snowmobiling.” He happened to be passing through the town one day, liked what he saw, and said: “Think I’ll buy a house here." Simple as that. Anyway, this trip will feature the following items for your $399 package: Your return trip, of course. plus two nights’ accommodation at the luxury Del Monte Lodge, breakfast daily plus two gourmet dinners, etc. There are oodles of other benefits included along with an opportunity to golf at Pebble Beach (try and go down there yourself and play there . . . just no go) ; Spy Glass Hill, Monterey Peninsula Golf and Country Club and Del Monte Golf Club. The thing for you to do is to check out the benefits in more detail by phoning (416) 789-3231 or writing Executive Social Club, PO Box 121, Station S, Toronto 20. It’s been almost that kind of winter where you could introduce outdoor golfing to the Rich- mond Hill scene but, alas, not quite. You still have to go elsewhere. Which brings us subtly (?) around to a golf- ing expedition being planned for next March by Richmond Hill Golf and Country Club Profes- sional Wally Byers and Maple Downs’ Irving Lightstone. To wit: They are offering a six-day $399 package golfing deal to Pebble Beach March 12 and 18 with passage thereto via American Airlines. The offer is open to members of the Richmond Hill club and any other duffers in town who can get away from the local scene for a few days. The trip is being handled by Tony Lewis of the Executive Travel Agency, Toronto. Tony, by the way, is a relatively new resident of Rose- view Avenue in Richmond Hill. ' Some more smells of summer with the sign- ing of Rapid Robert Domik to the Jewellers. Big Bob will be toiling for his seventh season as a Jeweller (time do fly, don’t it?) and this assures another season of top flight ball with the World Champion Jewellers. Also, Dynes’ Manager Russell Cripps reports that the Jewellers will start indoor practicing tomorrow night (Friday) at McConaghy Public School. Any new faces are welcome (including youngsters) to come out and either watch and/or participate. The session starts at 7 and runs through to 8:30 pm. Any ballplayérs interested in trying out for the Jewellers this season can get further infor- mation by calling Mr. Cripps at 884-3681 after 5 pm. Pitch she did and pretty well winning some- thing like seven games and losing only one. She sparked the Mic Macs to a big tournament win in Richmond Hill at season’s end tossing all three games. The Mic Macs also won their York Cen- tral League division and went to the PWSU finals before bowing out to Ottawa. But for the present iE’s wait until the end of April. She’s got it marked on her calendar. Walking time again. “The way my back was,” she said, “it caused me to bulge on my right side. I had to pitch around the bulge. It also made me walk lop-sided which made me self conscious. I wore loose clothes so it wouldn’t be too “noticeable”. Louise’s Coach Bill Fox felt she had a “very good season for us particularly at the end. She really came on strong. I knew she had problems with her back but she didn’t want any pity. She wanted to pitch.” Louise simply “loves softball and baseball, I watch all the hardball games on television” and would like to continue pitching softball and event- ually for the intermediate girls’ team. Louise felt she didn’t have as good a season with the Mic Macs as she would have liked to have had. “I don't feel any pain any more which is a relief. It pained me off and on before the opera- tion and got particularly bad toward the end of the softball season.” In layman’s language, Louise had to go into Toronto East General to get her back straight- ened. To do that they start out by breaking it. The pouches under my eyes turned an unhealthy green when I heard this but Louise bubbled cheerily on. She treats her particular adversity in anything but a self-pitying vein. Smiles, laughs a lot. “They did some bone-grafting and inserted a steel rod where the problem is. The muscle and tissue is supposed to grow around it.” There’s more involved but you get the idea. l4 Louise’s particular problem started when she was born with a curvature of the spine. . “You could say I’ve suffered a malformation in my back for years,” she said. A pause. Let’s face it, I was born deformed. I can’t stand that word malformation.” “Boy, am I counting the days to April,” she said the other day whilst taking time out from television viewing in her bedroom. She has to wear special reflecting glasses which allow her to look straight up at that familiar ceiling while seeing straight ahead of her. She doesn’t read too much because reading while laying on her back makes her go to sleep. Louise has been in hericast since early Nov- ember and expects to continue her enforced ceilu ingâ€"grazing until at least the end of April: . . . Sport 5P0“ . . (Continued from Page 13) She observed her 16th birthday last week. She didn’t celebrate it because you can’t do much swinging when you’re encased in a body cast. Flat on your back, so to speak. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1973 GOLF AT PEBBLE BEACH? CURVATURE OF SPINE BALL CHATTER DANCE Iâ€"Gayle Papan- dreau, Yvette Richard. Jac- Dan‘s Esso 2 Consumers Gas 1 Dan’s goalgetters were Main and Follows, with help from Bedding and Opatowski‘ Special mention should be made of the fine play of Plitong. The lone goal for Consum- ers was scored by Austin. Knapp’s Paints 5 Allencourt Pharmacy Howe, Conley, Corl ess. Thornhill and Dema each counted once for Knapps with assists being earned by Corless, Steenson. Leger and Tucker. Thompson, Shannon, Neilâ€" son and McKenzie scored for Allencourt, with Thompson and Coombs getting assists. ATOMS Doug Walton. David Giles and Stephen Irwin shared Gormley's counters. with Giles and George D‘Antimo earning assists. ATOM Hans Gulf Oilers 4 BAIF Bruins 2 Robert Hughes clicked for a hat trick and Ricky Gerber for a singleton for the Oilers. Gerber had two assists and Hughes and Tony LaPoint one each. Scott Bartlett accounted for both BAIF counters, help- ed by Robert Vandenvelde and Douglas Bell. Kent's Black Hawks 1 Seafood Corner 0 Ken Redding scored un- assisted to enable the Black Hawks to win, Rice‘s Flowers 5 York Simcoe Sports 0 Rice's goalgetters in this whitewash were D a n n y Ia.fano with a ‘hat trick and Mark Kernohan with a pair‘ David Vennard and Pat Macklin each had tWO help- ers and Glen Fehily one. NOVICE Bradock Optical 6 Walker‘s Insurance 1 Scoring for Braddocks were Don with three. Kerno- han with two and Lawlor with one. Assisting were Lamb. Lawior, Wright and Mitchell. Netting the puck for Walk- ers was MOSS assisted by Mc- Laughlin. Bond Lake Skaters Fred‘s Towing 4 Gormley S &: G 3 Donald Earl came up with a hat trick to lead Freds to a win with Pat Lawlor add- ing the winning goal and assists going to John Black and Dino Murri. Pass Figure Tests A number of skaters successfully passed their Na- tional Figure Skating Tests last week at the Bond Lake Figure Skating Club. They wereâ€" BEGINNERS â€" Cathie Chapman. Greg Bub. Celine Cowan. Donna Ash, John Blyth, Michael Beadle. Mark Shepherd. Willie Robinson, Tracey Perry. Jeff Perry. Michelle Scott. STROKING â€" Paul Sey- mour, Kathy Foster. Cheryl Heavener, Debbie Dion. Cathy Nelson, Celene Cowan, Tracey Pen-y. Katherine Margerum, Donna Ash. Cath- ie Chapman. coran. Brenda Near. Barbara Andrews. Carolyn Dunn, Beverly Trask, Janet Beadle. SPEEDâ€"Shannon Friend, Debbie Ash, Judy Smith. NOVICE Iâ€"Debbie Ash. JUMPâ€"Mandy Findeisen. Lori Sayers, Gayle Papand- reau. Yvette Richard. Helen Stepien. Tina MacLeod. Sinking the goals for Kin- near was Allen Evelyn who also got an assist. and Kevin Spencer. BASICâ€"Shannon Friend Debbie Ash. Judy Smith. NOVICE IIâ€"Gayle Papan- dreau. Yvette Richard. Tina MacLeod. Jacqueline Flem- ming. queline Flemming FIGURESâ€"Carol Wilson, Nancy M. Seymour (Badge and Test Chairman. Bob's Boys 3 Charlton Hardware 1 Bob's goals came from the sticks of John Hughes, Stephen Kinn-ari and Paul Ohlis with assists from Bill McGrath (2) and Kinnari. For Charltons, the goal- getter was Bobby Petroff who was helped by Eddy Mann. Barrow’s Insurance 2 Kinnear Pontiac 2 Scoring for Barrows were Paul Beckwith and Wayne Girard with help from John Farrell, Robbie McKenzie and Scott Mansbridge. BOB ROSS, JR. MAJOI; MITES City Wide Rental! 5 Allencourt Fish 8: Chips 0 Edward Iafano contributed two goals and Barry Munro. James Kennedy and David Wood one each to City Wide‘s win. Earning assist points were Munro and Jackie Woods. Rascone Const. Equipment 2 Denny's Sunoco 0 Denting the twine for Rascone were John Evelyn and Alan Jones with helpers coming from Joel Mansâ€" bridge and Kurt Zinkan, TYKE Scotia Bank Rams 2 Warren Park 1 Scotia Bank Ram: scorpd ELEMENTARYâ€"Lisa Cor- A At Vancouver MIA‘VIIQ/Hill Figure Skaters Impress -in fl‘-'___’ H0 CKEY RESI ’LTS Duane Robertson tallied for Eric‘s with the help of Richard Skupien. Shields Footwear 4 Hodgson Bros. Hardware 7 Hitting the target for Shields were Sean Roekarts, Allan Clark. Randy Bennett and Greg Walton with Steve Harris earning two assist points. Angus MeGregor had a great day for Hodgins with five big goals. Steve Crump and Kerry Martin contributed a goal each and Harry Lewan- dowski, Ken Woods. Tom Jensen, Robert Thomson and David Westâ€"Gaul an assist each. MINOR BANTAM Richmond Hill TV 4 D & D Excavating 3 A pair of counters by Wayne McCartney and singles by Robin Aitchison and David Miller with assists from Alan Thomas, Steven Barber and two from Kevin Higgs gave the TV man a win. Scoring for D & D were A‘bernethy and Vander Valk with help from Talman and Stevenson. Pirri’s Fruit Market 2 Brian's Shell 2 Scott Thomas and Rob Frater helped by Brian Queen scored for Pii‘ris. For Streets Jim Moore and Glen Hep-burn connected for counters with Danny Petroff and Mark Robson lending helping hands. Street Construction 5 Tony’s Esso 5 Big guns for Streets were Mark Gossman with two goals. Glen Hepburn. Gord Johnston and Danny Petroft' with a goal apiece and Brent Thornhill. Scott Taylor. Ted Ruffman and Glen Eagleson with helpers. Dynes Jewellers 7 Eric Cycle and Sports 1 Dean Capotosto clicked for a hat trick. John Tuck for a pair and Neil Rothwell and Jim Wood for singletons for Dynes. Assist points went to Les Smith and Jim Wood with two each, Brad O‘Hara, Tom Wilson and Capotosto with one each. CFGM 5, CMR 4 Gord Sinlfield scored twice, Dave Stockali, Sean Gentry and Don Gillebrand once for CFGM. Earning assists were Gentry, Sinfield and John Peden for CMR scorers were Chaisson 12> McLean and Hancott; assists, Cox (2), Mc- Lean, Hancott. major (2). Surf Marine 3 W. A. Stephenson 3 Sinking the puck for Surf were Bob Putnam, Steve Orr and Gary Kimmel with Scott Mayhew and Dave Bolling- broke getting the assists. For Stephenson the goal scorers were Chuck Lawr- ence, Bob Golding and Errol Jones. Assisting were Jed Bartlett and Zenio Ferrone. MIDGETS Laurin's Esso (Thornhill) 4 Can. Auto Electric 3 Mike Titmarsh led the Thornhill lads to victory with a hat trick with Fred Jones and Neil Stevens adding single counters. Alan Berry- man had two assists and Garry Williamson and Brian Kidwell one each. John Anderson, Harris and Dave Morrison shared the CAB goals with Anderson also getting an assist. Village Pizza 4 Little Fords 2 Village‘s goaLs were potted by Kevin Merritt with two. Roland Proulx and Tom Mesley with help from Proulx, Steve Peterson and Pete Smith. Sandy Murdoch came up with two tallies and Randy Hancott with one for Littles Ken Redding got both goals for the bankers with help from Mark Kernohan and Ricky Gerber. Scotia Bank Rams 5 Oak Ridges Peewee “B” 0 Ken Redding got another pair January 24 as Scotia Bank blanked Oak Ridges 5-0. Jack Vantol. Matt Zurich and Gerber accounted for the other tallies with Kernohan and Lenny McVeigh getting two assists and Jack Cross. Scott Barlett. Rick Clendin- ning, John Noble and Ger- ber earning one each. Scotia Bank Rams 5 North Toronto 1 Clendinning with two, Zurich, Bartlett and Redding with one goal each Were the hot shots in this one played January 25, Zurich and Bart- lett each were awarded two assists, David Vennard. Danny Busnello. Gerber and Clendinning one each. PEEWEE Replay December 2 Game Shields FootWear 5 Street Construction 2 Shields goals were sunk by Sean Rockarts, Steve Harris‘ Allan Clark. Chris Bedford. Greg Walton, with Clark get- ting two helpers. Rockarts and Scott Taylor one each. a 2â€"1 victory over Warren Park January 21. Figures, the bogey of all skaters, except Trixie Schu- ba, held Skaters Cheryl Richardson and Angela Wat- son back from titles. Al- though both are consistently good at figures they had an off day and their brilliant free skating programs could Meeting Monday after- noon, council agreed to al- low Pinecrest Speedway. Highways 7 and 400, to hold “studded ice races" for me- torcycles. February 4 and 18 and also to give further consideration to legalizing Sunday sports in the town. In the senior dance, Barb. Berezowski and David Porter of Unionville. finished sec- ond to Canadian Champions Barry and Louise Soper. David and Barb. are a hand- some couple and their smooth, polished program brought a lump to the throat of the romantics in the crowd. The dance team of Linda Roe and Michael Bradley of Unionville struck the right chord with the crowd earning a standing ovation from many. They finished third overall. Train- ed by Bernard Ford, former England and World Title Holder, their program is dif- ficult. fast paced and pleas- ing. Sunday sport moved a Little closer to reality in the Town of Vaughan this week. Council, however, with- held authorization of two dates in March. as requested by Pinecrest, pending fur- ther assessment of public reaction, "if any." According to a report of the General Purpose Com- mittee, council had not re- ceived any complaints from the public following the first two Sunday races at the speedway, January 7 and 21. At t'hat time, Pinecrest said it was only asking for "occasional racing," prob- ably about "four times a year." Sunday Sport Closer To Reality Vaughan Okays Races Council granted those dates, I but left open an additional! request for the February time, until it could properly assess the first races. Councillor James Camer- on. speaking {at Monday’s meeting. said it was "about time" council made a prop- er assessment of the situa- tion and amended the by- law to see if Sunday sports were really wanted. Mayor Garnet Williams said the reason council was Keith Swindlehurst and Judie Jeffcott finished eighth in the junior dance and former Richmond Hill Skat- ing Club Skaters Marie-El- len and Bernard Souche fin- ished second in the junior pairs event. A Richmond Hill High School student last year. Glen Laframboise, representing North Bay. fin- ished fourth in the junior men's division. At Vancouver Although Fourth In Seniors pai COME IN AND ' SEE US 7756 YONGE ST. in any competition â€" The little girl in Junior Ladies that finished her program so ill she was doubled up but still insisted on standing on the podium to hear her marks before being carried off â€"â€" The roar of the crowd at the completion of Toller Cranston's artistically bril- liant free skating program â€" The hand put out to Lynn Nightingale as she stood shaking from joy, excitement and disbelief on the podium. It was an interesting week for this reporter. I was very impressed with the standard of skating on all levels. Some memories that will linger on are â€" the gasp of the astonished crowd when 14-yearâ€"old Vern Taylor landed a triple lutz in his free skating program, the only time the jump has been landed in a Canadian comp- etition and the second time only pull them up to fifth in novice ladies for Angela and sixth in junior ladies for Cheryl. Out of a flock of twenty talented skaters this was indeed a fine showing but both skaters were cap- able of finishing in the first three. Another Unionville skater that didn't get the breaks when he needed them was Ricky O‘Neill. His us- ually good jumps were just a little bit off but his pro- gram was by far the most polished in the novice men‘s. Ricky's idol is Toller Cran- ston and it shows in his arm and foot work. David Porter and Barb. Berezowski were picked for the Canadâ€" ian Team and will represent Canada at the 1973 World Championships in Brata- slava. Czechoslovakia. Febru- ary 27 through March 4. Unionville Skating Club will be holding a Millionaires Night in February to help raise money for this trip. “The play was fairly even despite the goals,” ruminat- ed Storey, “but it was a case of Dixie seeming to take advantage of every scor- ing opportunity. We were missing our chances." Dixie‘s Bob Schnieder made it 4-0 in the second while Vaughan was a man short and then Gary Aull appeared to make it decisive with the fifth one at 3:46. The above two wins and a Thursday night of last week 9-1 .walloping of Downsview gave the Nats a little breath- ing room at the top of the heap with 60 points to sec- ond place Wexford Raiders“ 54. “I guess you'd have to say we were lucky," Vaughan Coach George Stor- ey. “The team keeps com- ing back which is great but then you wonder why they get so far behind. At first you're unhappy, then you're happy." wondered I I It was much the same story Friday night against the dangerous, fast-skating Seneca Beavers. The Nats trailed 3-1 in this one going into the third per- iod only to wrap home four goals in a row to win it 5-3. Like, nothing to it Charlie. But hard on a coach's ulcers. Sunday night‘s encounter with fourth-place Dixie saw the Nats allow three goals in the first period with Bruce Allworth scoring two of them and Dave Large the other one. Good Bet To End In First Vaughan Nationals Chalk Up Three Wins In Row The Nats suddenly discovered they were trailing Dixie by 5-0 with only about four minutes gone in the second period. You could even say they were alarmed. So much so that they proceeded to score with startling regularity and ended up by up- ending Dixie by 7-6. It would seem the front-running Vaughan Nats thrive on early adversity or at least that was the case Sunday night against Dixie Beehives in a Provincial Junier “A” game at Maple. v i The winning goal came from a scramble in front of the Dixie net at 12:12 with the honors going to Gary Gill. “Bob Volpe played great for us in the third period in goal," said Storey. “and that was the story of that period. We got the big stops and Dixie didn’t." ' WEDNESDAYâ€" I 7:00 - 8:30 - Public 8:30 - 10:00 - Adults I FRIDAYâ€" 7:00 - 9:00 - Public | 9:00 - 10:00 - Adult & Family | SATURDAY & SUNDAYâ€" 2:00 - 4:00 - Public I 4:00 - 5:00 - Adult & Family ' 7:00 - 9:00 - Public ‘ NOON HOUR ADULT SWIMMING -““““““‘I‘ Town of Richmond Hill I E CENTENNIAL POOL E 161 N ewkirk Road EfiPulglAic Swimming nnmv n V Friday night the Nats ob- served Seneca outskate them in the first period which was man. recovered it in the cor- ner again and then passed out to Robbie Harris who put the puck in the open net. The Nats outshot the Dixie-ites by 57-39. The game against Downs- view was a cakewalk all the way as the Nats won 9-1. Bobbette lead the way with three goals. Ronnie Harris two, and singles by Mike Hammond. John Winder, Gary Gill and Robbie Har- ns. John Cook got one back late in the second and then the Nats scored four straight goals in the third by Ronnie Harris, Bob Osborne. Rob Bobbette and Ronnie Harris again. scoreless and then observed them further in the second when they rapped home three straight goals within six minutes. Scoring were Mike Francis, Harry Robock and Jim Cowley. Nats won the game 5-3. Vaughan closes out its regular schedule with home games tonight (Thursday) against Aurora Tigers at Maple Arena. 8 pm and again Sunday at 7:30 pm against King- ston Frontenacs. Their final game is the following Sunday (February 11) ag- ainst Richmond Hill Rams.