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“Agggh!” That would be the only quotable quote from Mr. Brimblecombe in the wake of.a previous 3-2 loss Thursday night of last week to the lowly Whitby team in Whitby. But things were much, much worse at Seneca Mon- day night as both teams started out bashing one another for the first few minutes. TIDE TURNS After that the tide sudden- ly turned as the homesters rapped home five unan- swered goals and could have had more as they hemmed the Rams into their own end at times. The second period pro- duced much the same situa- tion with three more goals zipped in by Seneca as they Result was a 53 win for the Dixie Beehives in a Proâ€" vincial Junior “A” hockey game. A fourâ€"goal deficit in the first period proved to be too much to overcome for the Vaughan Nationals Saturday night at home. The Nats previously downed North Bay Trappers 6-3 Thursday night of last week at North Bay. The win and loss left the Nats in a three-way tie for first place with the Aurora Tigers and the high-flying Seneca Flyers. Saturday’s loss saw Dixie’s Mike Kaszycki rap home two goals behind Ray Hough in the first period along with singles by Dave Large and Doug Patey. BURST IN THIRD The Nats got one back in the second on Brian Wilton's goal and put on a third per- iod burst to get two more on scores by Jim Tyrell and Ray Koopman. Kaszycki came through with his third goal of the night and it was all over for Vaughan. VOL. 97, NO. 23. g“mnlllllllllll\llllllllllllllllllll‘lllllllull“llll“l1lllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llll\llll\ll\ll1llllllllllllllmmmlllllllllmllllll“l“lllllllmmll\\ml\\lllll“lllmlll\lllll\\llllmllllllllmllllllllllmllllllllull1mmlllllllllullllllllllllllllllmll“lllllllll‘llllmll“ if Dixie Goaltender Dave Le- gree was a major stumbling block for Vaughan all night coming through with a num- ber of key saves. Hough was also great for Vaughan in the second and third periods. The Nats outshot Dixie 47 to Thursday it was Brian Wil- ton who was the big gun for Vaughan as he scored twice a"‘l\\\ll\\ll\lll“uml“\ll“llllllll“ll“llllllflllfilllllllllml“lllN“lllullllllll“1ml“1‘lll“lllll“1ml!llllll111llll“lllllllllllllllllllllll“ll!“lull“mum“ll“llllllllmlllllllmlllllllllllllmllllulllulmum““mumllulllllllllllllllllllllll\\lllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllll\\lllla? Such was the situation with Richmond Hill Rams’ Coach Karl Brimblecombe Monday night as his team walked into a massacre at Seneca College. Nats Tied For First Lose 5-3 To Dixie By FRED SIMPSON Hockey coaches suffer nightmares like any- one else. But sometimes they experience them without going to bed first. What happened was that the high-flying Seneca Flyers white-washed the Rams by an 11-0 score and make it look just as easy as the score tends to indicate. The win moved them into a three way tie for first with Aurora and Vaughan. Rams Get Bomb-ed By "â€"0?! Ted Tobias, who guided Wexford Raiders to the league championship last year, will coach the Provincial “A” Team. “We feel it is quite an honor to be chosen to play the touring team, especially in view of the fact that it is only our second year of operation," said League Convenor Bill Rud- dock. “I expect the Finns to be excellent skaters and to be well drilled and disciplined. They’ll be as good a junior team as you’ll find in the world.” The Finnish National Junior Hockey Team will play an exhibition game with an All-Star team comprising players from the Provincial Junior “A” Loop December 21 at North York Centennial Arena. Line-up of the All-Star Club will likely include some members of the Richmond Hill Rams and will be selected by the league execâ€" utive December 12. It will be the first time a representative team from the two-year-old league has played in international competition. Finnish National Juniors Play Provincial Junior “A ”December 21 got their powerful offensive into high gear. It was all over -but the burying and that came in the final 20 minutes with yet three more unanswered counters. Exit Rams, Leading the shock troops was Mike Keating with four goals followed by Dan Shear- er with three and singles going to Bob Schneider. Frank Neal. Tom Butt and Mike Francis. The Rams managed to out- shoot the Flyers which was meagre consolation as most of their shots were inaffec- tual and on the good ones they had found that the Fly- ers’ Mike Benny a formidable stumbling block. The count was 42 to 36. and added a couple of assists. Charlie Hughes also picked up four assists. LED AFTER FIRST Vaughan led 3-2 at the end of the first on goals by Wil- ton, Bob Osborne and Brent Bowen, a former North Bay player. Hough came up with some fantastic goaling for Vaughan in the third period as they were Shorthanded on- three occasions. The Nats‘ final goal by Alf Lamoureux was into the empty net at 19:59. Vaughan plays in Downs- view tonight (Thursday) and are at home to Weston at Maple Community Cen- tre Sunday night at 7:30 Brian Karuliak and John Baby replied for the nor- themers. It was 5-3 at the end of the second as Wilton and Brian Burtch scored for the Nats and Claude Noe] re- plied for North Bay. BUY FLYERS OUTSHOT T ovo TA QJAPAN CAR SALES RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1973 7758 YONGE ST. I he d gimp-W“ An indication of the way things were going for the Rams occurred in the second period when Dave Stuart broke in alone on Benny with the score 6-0 only to shoot directly into his pads as the latter skated out of the net. It was that kind of net. Brian Stankiewicz started in goal for the Rams and lasted until Keating’s made it 6-0 on a long slap shot from the blue line at 4:27 of the second period. Doug Brumwell came in after that but no one was going to stem the Seneca tide this time out. The Rams’ woes were fur- ther added to early in the game when star Defenceman Jack Guest limped off the ice forcing Brimblecombe to pair Billy Stephenson (Guest‘s regular mate) with A1 Potts. Also missing from the lineup with a cranged nose was rugged Ernie Takeuchi. WOE IS in the first period only to have Whitby score one in the second and two in the third to win it behind the sharp goaltending of Mike Ryck- man. Clement made the horizon look temporarily bright in that first period but it dark- ened considerably from there on in as Tom McLeish scored once in the second and Greg lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfl Coach Brimblecombe Goals by Stuart and Jim couldn‘t find much elation with the Whitby game either as his boys took an early lead Town To Host Swedish Players A Swedish Midget Hoc- key Team will be visiting Richmond Hill December 28 and 29, during the Rose Town Invitational Peewee Hockey Tournament spon- sored by the Richmond Hill Lions. Tickets for the game will be priced at $3.50 and $2.50 per seat. They are available at the home arenas of Provincial Junior “A” Teams or by cheque or money order addressed tothe league at 312 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. The Swedish contingent including 22 players, five team officials and 28 par- ents and civic dignitaries. Chancellor Lars Ljungburg, Royal Swedish Embassy, Ottawa, will be flying in to attend the welcoming cere- monies at 11 am December 28 and the game that eve- ning. He noted that the Swedish Juniois had recently defeated both Czech and Soviet Junâ€" ior Teams. Formef Swedish National Team Coach Arne Stromberg also figures the Finns will be very tough. Stromberg, who was touring with a hoe- key clinic last week, said “they were very close to the Swedish Junior Team but we have pulled ahead a little in the last two years.” Monday evening, Novem- ber 26 Richmond Hill Council agreed to host a banquet in honor of the visiting team. “Our only disadVantage will be that we’ll be lucky if we can squeeze in two practices beforf the game. Our schedule is that tight.” The Swedish guests will be billeted in Richmond Hill homes. They will also be visiting and playing in other Canadian centres. But he pointed out that the league’s select team will also be outstanding. “An All-Star team from our league would have to be comparable to any major Junior “A” Team in Canada,” he said. GUEST INJURED THORNHIIL Aurora Vaughan Seneca Richm'd Hill North York North Bay Wexford Dixie Markham Weston Whitby Downsview Sandford rapped home two more in the third. The. Rams visit Dixie Sunday night at 7:15 pm and are at home to Seneca next Tuesday night in an 8 pm game. Friday of next week they tangle with Wes- ton at Weston. A11 in all a tough next three games. The Pooh Bears and Ama- teurs are :tied for first with five points apiece as the new series is underway. Foil-ow- ing are the Killers with 2 Tigers 2, and Gamblers 0. Top three ladies for the night were Myra Young with a big 747 (237, 250, 260); Gloria Byer 707 (337, 197, 173): Katy Weber 678 '(265. 212, 201). The Professionals lead the President’s Trophy race witch 34,283 pointts followed by the Killers at 33,475, Pooh Bears 33,226; Gamblers 32,- 979, Amateurs 312,579; Tigers 31,981. Don’t forget the turkey bowl off night tomorrow night (Friday). Bow-1 off scores do not win turkeys. For the men it was George Stepamous with 736 (204, 259, 273); Ron Price 707 (192, 222, 1293): Ed Whitheâ€" house 696 (227 931. 238) 530mm RAMS ' " TUESDAY, DEC. 11 Time: 8 pm. RICHMOND HILL NEW ARENA Adults $1.50, Students 75; SENECA Hockey Provincial 0.H.A. Junior “A” ABC BOWLING STANDINGS RESULTS By FRED SIMPSON W Hi Karate? I’ve just finished a two hour karate workout and I’m pooped. Just finished watching it. Can hardly get out of my chair. There it was. All unfolding before my eyes at the Japanese styled Willowdale Karate Club on Franklin Street where some 35 to 40 people were jumping and scream- ing their heads off. Kicking and punching large chunks of air in the super-charged atmosphere of the workout room. “You treat some more gently than others, of course, depending on their progress,” he said. “Karate is very rewarding but also very strenuous. You have to work at it regularly and be dedicated. Then again, it’s like anything else. You take it at easy stages and you’d be surprised how your conditioning improves.” Bill has students ranging from small child- ren to age 45 at his classes and they all work out according to their abilities and training pro- grams. ‘ Putting them through their non-stop agonies was a 35-year-old Richmond Hill man by the name of Bill Sarantos who at 170 pounds on a 5’, 91/2 inch frame doesn’t look all that danger- ous, all that dangerous, all that dangerous. “It’s all a matter of getting into condition,” explained Bill as I struggled to get out of my chair. “It’s tough for awhile but it’s only a short time before you could workout for hours without too much difficulty. Besides after the first hour we take a five minute break.” All I can say is whoopie, a five minute break. BAD TEMPER? Bill, who operates Jiffy Auto Glass and Trim at 460 Elgin Mills Road East, put me off right at the beginning because he told me he had a bad temper. I decided to treat him gently. He went on to add, however, that karate is a good discipliner of tempers and that he had never been in a fight since he started taking up karate. “It’s the old story,” he said. “When you can do something you don’t have to go around proving yourself. Besides, karate is very dang- erous and you could quite easily end up in jail. But especially any such goings-on would only give the art of karate a bad name and I don’t want that.” Bill has been in the karate business for the past 10 years and has punched, kicked and screamed his way through a succession of white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and, finally, his third degree black belt which he achieved just recently. He tells me that there are 10 degrees to achieve in black belt and you’re pretty good when you get there. Nothing to it, folks. I became uneasy again when he later ad- mitted somewhat reluctantly that, yes, he could snap an inchâ€"thick pine board or a 2â€"inch cem- ent block with a punch. “But that’s not the idea of karate,’ ’he said. “Karate is a tremendous conditioner and that’s by aim at the club. I find that working out, holding classes three night a week takes the pres- sure off work. It relaxes your mind as well as your body.” Bill is somewhat of a stern disciplinarian at his classes which often number 150 robe-clad souls which also include some gals. Those gals, by the way, are in good shape so watch your moves. ' :MERCURY_ § IIEUNCOLNa '«awgyw- .«v - - ON THE PROWL Then see the NEW CAT in town (Continued on Page 16) HOLD ON THERE TAKE IT EASY Flying through the air with the greatest of seeming ease is Rich- mond Hill Karate Expert Bill Sarantos as he demonstrates one of the finer points of “kicking” at his Willowdale Karate Club. Recipient of his greeting is Rick Fenn (left). Bill, who holds a third-degree black belt, conducts classes three nights a week and does it with exhuberance as may be observed above. For a further report on Bill’s activities and that of the club read Fred Simpson’s Sports Spots on this page. SALES LIMITED 445 Yonge Street North Richmond Hill WINTER SWIMMING CLASSES Register Saturday, December 8th 10:00 A.M. CENTENNIAL POOL TWIN HIllS MERCURY So Glad To Meet You! 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