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I RICHMOND HILL JUDO CLUB skating out there. ’ “It’s like everything else. Karl stuck with me and I got my confidence as well as exper- ience. Now I carry the puck more and don’t have as much difficulty getting out of my own end. “I would say my game is a hitting one. I love to hit when the opportunity affords. Of course, you can’t get caught out of position. But I also like to carry the puck more now. That comes with experience.” Which should be explanation enough. I must admit to being dubious about Billy out there myself. He looked, well, kind of delicate compared to such Rams as Bill and Dick Weber and the aforementioned “Muscles” Stokes. Billy, who (in case you didn’t know) is a Richmond Hill product all the way, is teamed with Jack Guest on the left side and the latter fellow is also probably the most under-rated but also effective defenceman in junior hockey. May- be under-rated is not the word. I think there are a lot of people observing him as well as Billy. “I must admit I was surprised to make the team that season," said Billy. “After all, I was still a Bantam and that was something of a veteran team. I just went out for a workout because Karl called me. Then I stayed, then stayed some more.” He continued: “It’s funny, everyone thought I was too young for junior hockey. They figured I’d get hurt. Do you know that of all the players on that team there were only two who played all 44 games. I weighed about 145 pounds compared to 160 now," he continued, “and I got pushed off the puck a few times in those early days.” Times have changed. Billy has grown to 160 (he’s aiming for 170) and suddenly he’s doing the pushing as well as ‘the hitting and VOL. 97, NO. 17. But to get back to that interview. ~0ne of the main reasons the Karl Brimblecombe coached Rams have had fine teams over the past seasons is a fellow by the name of Billy Stephenson. By FRED SIMPSON I seem to be hanging from crepe here but I’m really not. The Rams have a fine, young team and they are well worth watching and certainly will be up there in the first four. They had a bad start and, let’s face it, this Seneca looks like one of the better ones. I keep referring to him as the “veteran” Ram Defenceman which is true but which also seems a trifle absurd. Billy, you see, is playing his third season on defence for the Rams and he’s still only 16 years. Which means he was a blushing 14-year-old Bantam three seasons ago when to everyone’s surprise (quite a few, anyway) Coach Brimble- combe named him as one of his defence crew. “The one fellow was Wayne Stokes. I was the other one.” was the fact early Saturday morning I inter- viewed one of the Rams’ young hockey players and I gushed about how well the team was doing. Naturally, the kiss of death. That night they lost 4-2 to Vaughan and, well, then came Sunday. My philosophy in life is really quite simple. Every morning I wake up I figure I’m ahead of the game. It could have been much worse. Which is why I didn’t get too upset when I ambled over to the local arena Sunday night and suffered with the Rich- mond Hill Junior “A” Rams enroute to their 9-2 drubbing at the hoc- " key sticks of Seneca. As one fellow put it to me as I stood dolefully looking at the scoreboard between periods. BILLY STEPHENSON 159 CENTRE ST. EAST ' Come and see a demonstration of Jiu-Jit-Su ' on Thursday, October 2511!, 7 pm. ' For further information Call: 884-3786 ' ““““““I“ Sport Spots 31073]? '3 D": CLASSES NOW BEING FORMED AT THE KIND OF DELICATE ? (Continued on Page 14) Veteran At 16 DEBUT AT 14 “How come you’re al- ways here when the Rams play good ?” I think he was being cyn- ical. What rather upset me RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1973 Goalie Mike Doyle had to be extremely sharp in ~the third period as Newmarket came to life before the Hiller marksmen found the range. Bobby McCullough scored the winner from Wayne Court and Jeff Miller, and Tony Robinson was set up by Ber- seth minutes later. Newly acquired defenceman Minor added another goal from Court and in the dying sec- onds John Oakley fired home a slapshot from Mike Gallag- her and Bobby Russell. So miseriy was the Hiller defensive quartet of Berseth, Kellett, Gallaugher and Minor that Newmarket could man- age only one shot in the first two periods. It was Dave Berseth who forged the Leg- ion into the lead at 4:59 of the first period as he picked up a stray pass, but Jeff Macour tied the game for Newmarket midway through the second period on a pass from Cliff Webdel. So effective was the Leg- ion team that the Richmond Hill fans were buzzing; it would seem that the arduous practices each week engin- eered by Coach Peter Artem- chuck is paying dividends! The Vaughan Nationals took over first place in the Provincial Junior “A” hoc- key race on the weekend picking up a total of five points out of a possible six. They started off Friday night of last week by sco- ring a late goal to tie North York 1â€"1 and then downed Richmond Hill 4-2 in Maple Saturday night and bombed Downsview 8-4 Sunday night in Maple. That game saw Scott Den- ~::n open the scoring for the Beavers but the Nats come back with four in a row on goals by Jim Tyrrell, Al Love. Kent Jackson and T)"- rell again. Downsview tied the game on goals by Den- sen, Rick Jodzio and Paul Titanic. Vaughan Nats Weekend Wins The Nats went ahead again in the second 0n goals by Alf Lamoureaux and Kent Jackson. Legion had the game under control as they blasted 24 shots while allowing the Au- rora shooters 12. Tony Rob- inson converted a Rob Wall- ingford pass for a score in the first period. and Jeff Miller netted the eventual winner from Mike Gallagher. Legion 5. Newmarket 1 The Legion boys travelled to Newmarket the next night, skating away with a 5-1 vic- tory in a contest that proved by far to be the most pleas- ing in the young hockey sea- son. They wrapped the game up in the third as Brent Bowen and Paul Stanley scored in the final three mi- nutes. Vaughan “hosts Whitby this Sunday at Maple at 7:30 pm. Friday night's tie with North York saw Brian Burtch sco- ring with a minute and four seconds left with North York a man short at the time. Ken Jackson, Doug Sel- lars. Brent Bowen and Bob Osborne scored for the Nats against the Rams. Legion 2, Aurora 1 The Hillers defeated Au- rora 2-1 in a lacklustre game October 18 in the Aurora Arena. Richmond Hill Legion Mid- gets extended their winning streak to four games with three successive victories last week as they defeated Au- rora 2-1 and Newmarket 5-1 and 4-2. Legion Midgets Take Three Making Four Straight Wins 3% T ovo TA 3222“: 7758 YONGE ST. JAPAN CAR SALES r Jamaal“! '_-"â€"_â€"â€" I E Vaughan Nationals Fee for the course is $5.00. Those interested can register by contacting Mr. Romhanyi at 749-0747 or George Calver at Cold Creek 857-1176. Cold Creek Conservation Area is located midway be- tween Bolton and Nobleton, two miles north of King Sideroad on Concession 11. It is one of a number of con- servation areas operated by the Metro Conservation Au- thority. :SUNDAY _ 7.30 PM. I MAPLE ARENA The course is particularly worthwhile for novice hunt- ers who are required to pass the government examination before they can obtain their first hunting license. Those attending both ses- sions will be eligible to take the Ministry of Natural Resources Hunters License Examination. Hunter Safety Course Cold Creek Area The two-part course, lec- tures and practical demon- strations, is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 10 am. Under Chief Instructor Lou Romhanyi, participants will cover all aspects of hunt- er safety training â€" proper gun handling, maintenance, new developments in fire- arms, new regulations. sports- manship and ballistics. Metro Conservation offers a hunter safety training course at Cold Creek Con- servation Area. If schedules can be drawn up, there is a good chance the Legion will open up league play Sunday at 1 pm in the new arena. With the Hillers short- handed, Bobby Russell picked up an errant Newmarket pass. flipped the puck to Jeff Mil- ler, who in one motion rifled the puck into the top right- hand corner to give the Leg- ion a 2-1 lead. Tony Robinson potted the winner in the third period but again New- market bounced back with a tally. Gallagher, who had opened the scoring_ conclud- ed it as he was sent into the clear on passes from Robin- son and Russell. Legion 4, Newmarket 2 The Legion won the return game Sunday afternoon in the new arena 4-2 over New- market. Mike Gallaugher opened the scoring as he combined with Rob Wallingford and Tony Robinson. but the persistent Newmarket club tied the score in the middle frame. Goalie Gerry Tipold had to come up with key saves in the first period to keep the Legion in the game. Adults $1.50, Students $1.00, Children 50¢ ‘ ““‘I““‘I“‘ THORNBILL Whitby VERSUS Brumwell played a good game in the Rams’ net but was unable to stop the sharpâ€" passing Seneca boys who were always on the loose when they broke in for scor- Shearer made it 7-2 John Butt wheeled home other one to make it 8â€"2 ‘ Jim Cowley rounding the scoring at 15:20 of final period with yet other one. Seneca came right back to make it 6-2 as that man Shearer picked up a rebound all alone and whipped it home. It took just 16 seconds from there for Seneca to tie the game up as Danny Shearer, a one-man wreck- ing crew. beat Doug Brum- well in the Richmond Hill twine for the first of his five goals of the night. That started the parade as three more followed in reasonably rapid fashion before that first 20 min- utes ended with Seneca ahead by 4-1. Seneca kept on rolling then as Shearer scored a fifth goal. The Rams looked like they might rally at one juncture as Hartman scored on a power play from Bob Banâ€" gay and Jack Guest but it was no go. That latter game was play- ed Sunday at the local arena and was probably one of Rams‘ Coach Karl Brimble- combe's more frustrating moments since taking over as a coach of the Rams three years ago. Nothing, but nothing work- ed for the Rams this time out. The only bright moment was the 6:13 mark when Richmond Hill opened the scoring as Jim Clement took passes from Mike Hartman and Dave Stuart It was all downhill after that. Rams Run Into Double Loss By 4-2 Vaughan, 9-2 Seneca The Richmond Hill Junior Rams went through one of those weekends Saturday and Sunday as they dropped a 4-2 game to the league leading Vaughan Nationals and then were severely drubbed 9-2 at the hands of a powerful looking Seneca squad. There are some weekends that make you wonder what it’s all about. 7 am to 9 pm Mon. to Fri. Saturday ’til 6 pm YONGE & LEVENDALE RICHMOND HILL as no go. Seneca came EXTENDED BUSINESS HOURS Plans for a Fitness and Racquet Club on Laidlaw Boulevard, Markham are well under- way with opening date slated for early Dec- ember. Architect Douglas Allen of Allen/ Brown / Sheriff of Richmond Hill, said the cost of the project will be $522,000. The facilities for both men and women will include gym- nasia, fitness testing, squash courts, including TRY 889-5484 CLEANING I CENTRES New Squash Club In M ark/7am with out the anâ€" and Vaughan North York Wexford Aurora Richmond 1 Dixie Seneca North Bay Markham Whitby Weston Downsview It was all Vaughan in the third period as Brent Bowen and Bob Osborne tallied to wrap the game up. The Rams weren’t all that bad but couldn't finish their plays and after that first period never seemed to be able to generate a scoring spark. There was one fight in the game near the end between Richmond Hill‘s Ernie Take- uchi and Seneca's Martini but it didn’t amount to much. EARLY LEAD Sunday's game saw the Rams start out on the right foot as they led the Vaughan Nats 1-0 at the end of the first period on Clement’s goal and then 2-0 in the sec- ond on Hartman’s counter. That’s when the Nats started coming back and tied the game on goals by Ken Jackson and Doug Sellars. ing plays RAMS '7 TUESDAY, OCT. 30th Time: 8 p.m. RICHMOND HILL NEW ARENA Adults $1.50. Students 75¢ Hockey O.H.A Provincial Junior “A” DIXIE {y 1973 {3 1973 MARKHAM FITNESS 8: RACQUET CLUB $9.; ALLEN - BROWN - SHERRIFF ARCHITECTS Provincial Also: GREAT SAVINGS on 1973 DEMOS Hill Junior RENAULT 12 WAGON (Auto.) RENAULT 15 SPORTS COUPE HERE THEY % GREENWOOD GARAGE Renault 12 Station Wagon Renault l 2 Sedan These are all low mileage units with extended warranty 16 Industrial Rd,, Richmond Hill 884-8841 0 773-4444 a doubles court, whirlpool, saunas, sun room and swimming pool. The facilities will be extensive enough to accommodate both men and women without alternating programs. There will also be a lounge. Mr. Allen was the designer of the Richmond Hill Racquet Club. 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