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An unfortunate incident occurred at the Bond Lake Arena Sunday night when someone (accidentally or otherwise) walked off with all of Rick Lusk's hockey equipment. Rick had been working out with the Oak Ridges Midgets (Continued on Page 16) But mainly because I find it much more stimulating in mixed company. Men are nice but, by gosh women are nicer. This, by the way, is a sports stag just to let you know I’m not straying from the subject. Really, finally, I can’t stand someone com- plaining all the time which is why I’m put out at myself at the moment. So much so that I’m stopping right now. Why do IVhate stags? ‘fi-bBébiy‘ bee-eiuse I’m not married and therefore have no need to get away from my wife. Finally, I hate sfaés. Ivghouldn’t say this because I will be attending one this Friday night. Which sho‘wsvxou- what_ a_ hypocrite I am. WHO ME? WRONG? They remind me of certain pe0ple who never make mistakes themselves in life. It’s always the other guy that keeps them from achiev_ing. 11:1 a word, grow up. SWEET MYSTERY Ah, sweet mystery of life. Then again I tend to get crotchety, even ir- ratable, when I sometimes (very briefly) look in on this expansion hockey garbage you see these days. Sure, I know that in time the quality will improve, that they’ll start playing hockey again. But I don’t care anymore. They don’teare about Joe InIflockey fan, the big-buck operators I mean. When I said sadly, I meant it. There was the former great Willie “Say Hey Kid” Mays looking very, very much out of it in centre-field. There’s no doubt the sun was troublesome but is there anything sadder than someone who has been great to stay around too long? Probably one of the more moving moments in sports as far as I’m concerned. Especially when the guy really wanted to bow out as gracefully as he could. Sadly, I did. I watched the New York Mets - Oakland A’s playoff game (the second one which the Mets finally won 10-7 in 12 innings) from the sixth inning on. MISGUIDED, BUT I’m even mad at myself. This takes a lot of courage because really, deep down, I think I’m a real nice guy. Misguided, but nice. Was especially provoked at myself for break- ing a vow that there was no way I’d even turn the television set on at all this weekend simply becallse there was too m_uch sports on it. v _...-- -v.‘ “Anvnav-AAAIIJ. Also have to agree with those beleagured housewives who keep plaintively bewailing the fact that on the weekends they become “sport’s widows” because they can’t pry HIM away from the television set. Then, again, I get sick and tired of hearing them complain about it. There’s a simple answer. Leave him. It started with this past weekend. Am sick and tired of all this sports on television. Espec- ially of the crazy combination of football, base- ball, hockey and maybe even golf and roller derby and even hearing about the sad demise of Bobby Riggs. Hopefully, he found that bridge and jumped into well-deserved anonymity. By FRED SIMPSON; This Sporting Life I suppose I shouldn’t come out and say it but, well, why not. That’s the way I feel. Life’s too short to be dishonest all the time. Just too much of everything regarding sports. It’s only temporary, mind you, but it is nevertheless very real. Surfeit. A surfeit of softball, softball, soccer, football, and, yes, of This may come as a distinct shock to you but I don’t even feel like writing this column. I get sort of world-weary about this time every season’s end. VOL. 97, NO. 16. Sport $00!: I’ll be Back t9 n9rm_al next week, I promise RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1973‘ wo tagged alright in thth third period but then Wex- ford came on pretty strong too. “You don’t lose key men without something giving somewhere," he said. “We certainly missed Guest when he went off," stated Brimblecombe. “He and Stephenson are key men on our defence. You could say Following the outbreak by Wexford which tied the game the Shorthanded Rams surprisingly forced the issue for the final six or seven minutes but were unable to break the deadlock. The Rams’ rearguar-d de- fenders seemed to ‘ collapse at this point with the excep- tion of experienced Bill Ste- phenson who played bril- liantly throughout the game directing traffic and body- checking effectively. Stephenson, incidentally. was not on the ice for any of the four third period goals by Wexford. The first period of the game was fairly even with the Rams having a slight erâ€" ritorial advantage but an edge in goals as they knock- ed home two to Wexford‘s one The shots on goal were even at 9-9. The Rams completely dominated play in the sec- ond period and it showed on the scoreboard. They rammed home three goals, all by Hartman, to Wex- ford’s one while outshoot- ing the latter team 16 to 7. Richmond Hill extended its lead to 602 on Graham’s goal at 4:40 and seemed to have the game in hand until star defenceman Jack Guest limped off the ice around the seven minute mark. For Wexford it was Kip Acton scoring two goals and singles going to Archie King, Neil Bums, Bill Hassard, and Bob Keeler. Hartman triggered no less than four goals, two of them on a power play, as he led the offensive way and the Rams to a seemingly sure 5-2 lead going into the final period. Jim Casola and Jim Graham got the other goals. Coach Brimblecombe agâ€" rees that it’s better to have the injuries, if at all, at the start of the season but “you don’t want them all at once and so many." One of those not injured was Mike Hartman and it was a goof! thing for the Rams.. “We have a total of seven players on the limp in variâ€" ous stages of hurting,” com- mented Rams’ Coach Karl Brimblecombe. Included are Defenceman Jack Guest and Forwards Jim Casola, Rick Febbo, and Dave Stuart. “I just hope we have enough bodies for the next game." TUESDAY, OCT. 23rd WHITBY vs. RAMS RICHMOND HILL NEW ARENA Adults $1.50. Students 75¢ vs. 7 SUNDAY. OCT. 21st T OYO‘TA 523:; Rams Lead Wexford 6-2 Then Hang On To Tie 6-6 The wonder wasn’t that the Richmond Hill Junior Rams managed to tie Wexford Raiders 6-6 Saturday night after blowing a four-goal lead in the final 20 minutes at Wexford. It was that they still had some bodies around to finish the game. They lost no less than three players during the game all of them of the key calibre. Hockey Provincial O.H.A. Junior “A” Seneca Time: 7:30 p.m. 2 Games of 7758 YONG]? ST. THORNBiLb JAPAN CAR SALES Anyone wishing to join junior, novice, intermediate or adult groups may still do so. Enquiries may be made at the arena during any of the skating sessions. Winners of the competition then go on to the regional competition to be held in Ottawa. Among our guest skaters will be the club’s own Mich- ael Bradley and Linda Roe who were third in the Senior Canadian Dance Pairs and who have done well in Eur- ope and England this past summer. The Unionville Figure Skating Club season is well on its way from pre-schoolers working hard to earn their badges to senior skaters pre- paring for the Central On- tario Sectionals November 29 to December 2 at Leaside Arena. The power skating is off to a great start with applica- tions still available to anyone wishing to join. Just contact Reg Wood at 297-1520 or Ken Page at 297-1233. Plans are now well under- way for our annual bursary Ice Show and Dinner to be held November 10. Tickets for the ice show portion will be going on sale shortly. The price for adults is $1.50 and skaters and chil- dren under 16 years of age, 81. The show will also feature “The Unionville Ice Chip- pettes". Aurora Vaughan North York Wexford Richmond Hill North Bay Markham Seneca Dixie Whitby Weston Downsview Unionville Skaters Busy, Busy, Busy The Rams now have won two games and tied one while losing one in the early season going. They play Vaughan Na- tionals Saturday at Maple. STANDINGS “You couldn’t fault Brian on any of the goals," he said. “They gave us a very good effort out here,” he said, “and it was Graham’s first goal of the season." Brimblecombe also noted that Brian Stankiewicz play- ed a solid game in goal. Brimblecombe was also happy with the play of locals Jim Graham and Jim Clement. A total of $3,000 will be up for grabs in prizes with an expected 100 entries in the rally which will wind its way for some 250 miles before drawing to a conclusion. Official starter for the rally will be Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby. One of the competitors will be John Inglis of 22 Carier Crescent, Richmond Hill. The event will consist of three legs with free gasoline being supplied to all compet- ing cars at the start of the rally and again at the start of the third leg courtesy of Sun Oil Company of Canada Lim- ited. Leg One will consist of average speed instructions. with lots of controls to keep the competitors on their toes, tulip diagrams, mileages and turns and a straight line map. Pre- rally ceremonies will see a parade of competing cars moving off the Domin- ion Sores parking lot at 7:30 pm and proceeding up Yonge Street north to Richmond Hill Heights Centre where the event will be launched. Navigation will be of a calibre that will make the event a challenge to novice Leg Two is almost wholly run on forest roads and conâ€" sists of mileage and turn in- structions supplemented by tulip diagrams with elapsed times for the whole leg. Leg Three consists of aver- age speeds and elapsed times, shortest route on a map, tulip diagrams and maybe a point to point on a country map. The event which is the only Ontario 'Region rally organized by a Toronto Motor- sport Club, will be held Sat- urday as part of the Town of Richmond Hill Centennial celebrations. Richmond Hill will be the kick-off point for the Fiat Auto Club of Toronto's first event in its 1974 Ontario Regional Rally Champion- shipâ€"its 7th Annual 124/124 rally. Fiat Auto Club Rally Here This Saturday Keith’s advice to the up-and-coming skaters at the Riphmond Hill Club is to “work hard and Keith was a member of the Richmond Hill Figure Skating Club for several years until he started an ice dancing partnership in August 1972 with Judie Jeffcott of Scarboro. They now skate at Upper Canada Figure Skating Club in North York. you can do the same.” At the end of that season, after having played in 221 games of hockey he turned to full time figure skating and his recent achievement indicates that this was a wise choice. He started playing hockey in the Richmond Hill Minor Hockey House League on the Gorm- ley Sand and Gravel team. The next year he played with the CFGM Novices‘and the next year with the Weyerhouse Atoms. Finally in 1969-70 season he played with the Richmond Hill Lions Peewees. Keith Swindlehurst, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacâ€"k Swindlehurst of May Avenue, has become a Gold Medalist in the ice dancing portion of fig- ure skating, September 30. 8896484 Gold Mada/list KEITH SWINDLEHURST The rally is being organ- ized by Ray Floyd of Rich- mond Hill. A seeded draw was held Wednesday of this week at the Fiat Auto (‘lub monthly meeting at the Toronto Fire- fighters Club on Esna Park Drive at 8 pm. WAIT ’TIL YOU SEE HE 8210 DATSUN! Merchandise awards will include $30 worth of spare parts and/or labor courtesy of Canarauto Limited, etc. Merchandise awards will be made to the top 10 crews, first club team and first pri- vate team. Cash and merch- andise awards will be made to first Fiat Auto Club crew. first Fiat car and first mixed crew and first novice crew. and n a t i o n al competitors alike. ALL NEW FOR '74 DATSUN The men had a good night also with Tony Clayton regis- tering 723 (224, 215, 284); Karl Reisenweber 706 (270. 225, 211); Ian Lawrie 676 ABC BOWLING The Killers and the Profes- sionals are tied for first place with 18 points apiece as the league approaches the half- way mark of the first series. Karen Weber headed the ladies with‘ a great score .of 789 (272, 246,.271). She was followed by Dee Whitman with 653 (196, 228, 229;. In second place are the Gamblers with 17 points fol- lowed by the Pooh Bears with 12, the Amateurs 11. Tigers 8. The Professionals lead the President's Trophy race with 12.171. The Killers have 12,122, Pooh Bears 12,073, Gamblers 11,847, Amateurs 11,51-5, Tigers 11,358. (201, 281, 194) 530mm For sale by public auction Nov. 5th in Stouffville, a pinto gelding for board owing. Can be seen at Redstone Farm 2-Door Hardtop, 318 engine, automatic, power steering, power disc brakes, RCM. defogger, radio. light package, white- walls, wheel covers. 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