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Goalies, like everyone else, have good nights, nad nights, brilliant and awful nights. It wasn’t [uite the halfway mark of the opening period nd Bob Clement was having a good night in ‘he nets for Aurora Tigers in a Provincial Junior 'A" hockey game against North York Rangers. The score was 1-1 and Clement, a Rich- mond Hill youth, had already stopped 10 or 11 shots directed at him by the Rangers. non CLEMENT “I automatically reached out for the ‘rlove and ’puck with my bare hand,” relates Cle- nent. “Just as I touched the glove Anderson lkated across my hand. 7 'OL. 97, NO. 29. “I watched the blade of his skate go over my hand which was palm up but I didn’t realize was hurt that badly until I lifted it and two .f my fingers, my ring-finger and little finger, vere dangling. There was a lot of blood and made a dash for the bench.” Bob was relaxing and talking about the Infortunate turn of events in his somewhat inxed hockey career to date at the home of his Jarents, Mr. and Mrs. Stu Clement at 246 Harry- ;an Crescent, Richmond Hill. His left hand was lwathed in bandages. “Here I was'having a good season, was 'eally happy playing with the Tigers, and then US over. It’s hard to figure.” Bob’s curren? plight aid the fact he hasn’t :ompleted a f_u_11 season in the paste threeflremi‘pds KNEE INJURY The first year saw him going great until the ast half of the season when he ran into a knee njury. Then came the first half of the second eason and he was out again as he damaged eg cartileges. One whole season if you match he two halves. LUCKY But it could have been worse. “When I think about the fact that Anderson veighs something like 175-pounds with razor- ,harp blades I realize it could have been much vorse. I’ve'still got my fingers.” ne of the title of a recent book by Canadian Xuthor Hugh Garner called “One Damn Thing Xfter Another.” Because that’s the way its been. A year ago he was suffering through a 'ather uncertain season as back-up goalie for {ichmond Hill Rams’ Gary Carr who was con- Lidered the best goalie in the league and consid- ered most likely to be a top star ofAtomorrowu “That was a bad season for me,” states Bob, ‘both mentally and physically. I needed to play md I just wasn’t getting the ice time. When I lid it was usually in front of the hometown fans ind I couldn’t do anything right. Then my con- ‘idence went and I was dead.” It’s true that he didn’t suffer any physical njuries but he still didn’t consider it a. full leason. “I really figured this season would be the me for me with the Rams,” said Bob. “But it lidn’t work out that way and I felt I needed more ce-time. I wasn’t going to get it with the Rams What is bolstering Bob at the moment is :he fact that the Tigers could very well have lropggi him from their roster as a result of the nj ury; Two years prior to that it was a case of >hysical injuries with the Richmond Hill Legion didgets. “Coach Jack Ferguson told me that I was ,till one of their listed players which means if don’t play again this season they will be one (Continued on Page 16) o I asked for my release to make a deal with .nother team.” The release was forthcoming and Bob found . willing taker in the Aurora Tigers. “Apparently they had seen me in action in .n exhibition game against Wexford. I couldn’t lo anything wrong that night. They took me The Tigers already had two goalies but Cle- ment earned a steady job with his play and saw ‘is share of the action until his injury. By Fred Simpson Good Nights, Bad Nights STICKING WITH HIM Sport Spot: Game the 12:06 mark of the same per- iod, a rush and hard shot by North York‘s Bruce Anderson. A sprawling, left-hand glove save by Clem- ent and Anderson coming on to hook Clement’s glove and the puck off his hand as he lay in front of the net. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1974 b‘l Especially affected will beateurs if they tear up their area clubs and their hither- next season contracts with tofore amateur ballplayers the teams concerned. such as Newmarket, Oshawa, “We're in the process of Scarboro, and Toronto Glob- trying to work out some als. agreement whereby an am- CASA Executive Direc- tor Larry Skinner told “The Liberal” in a tele- ephone interview from Ottawa that the decision by the association ended a year of controversy sur- rounding both leagues. That controversy came to a head last season when the Newmarket Rays of the OFL challenged Winnipeg of the WFL in what they decided to term as "the Canadian Championship’K This was in direct defiance of the CASA who had already declared the Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers as Canadian titl- ists following a tournament in Hull. Quebec. “We decided that someone had to take a stand right now or forget about it." said Skinner. “Now the next move is up to the OFL. We made our move this time to enable everyone to make their decisions in ample time before the new season he- gins." Ottawa Move Shakes Local Softball World Skinner said the ruling of the OFL and WFL as “professional” will mean that the players on their respective teams will have to decide whether they want to be classed as pros or remain as amat- eurs. “As far as we are concern- ed. if these players opt to play in the OFL this season they will no longer be classed as amateurs and el- ligible to participate in CAAS - sponsored touma- ments including the All- Canadian. That goes for the teams too who will not be permitted to enter any am- ateur tournaments or even play any exhibition games with CASA sanctioned teams." In a word: If the Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers and New- market Rays even meet in a "friendly" exhibition softball game the Jewellers would be suspended by the CASA. Sldnner added that indi- vidual players with such teams as Newmarket. Burl- ington, Toronto Globals, etc., would still be classed as am- _ Making the decision were the executive members of the Canadian Amateur Softball Association at Ottawa. By FRED SIMPSON The 1974 pot has started to boil with the announcement Saturday that the Ontario Fast- ball League has been classified as a professional loop along with itsAwestern counterpart. ['73 Newport Custom CHRYSLER RICHMOND HILL 2-Door Hardtop. 318 engine. automatic. power steering. power disc brakes. RC M. defogger. radio. light package. white- walls. wheel covers. Lic. DXN 211. 400 Engine. Auto., Light pkg. AIR CONDITIONING. tinted glass. radio. rear speaker. vinyl roof. whitewalls. defogger. Lic. DXP 744. '73 Charger 4 Dr. HardtOp JTNUARY SAVINGS Balance of 18 months or 18,000 mile warranty 9n these comganx cars - $3479 395 YONGE “We're in the process of trying to work out some agreement whereby an am- ateur player would be al- lowed a maximum of three games in the OFL without losing his amateur status. Of course. this is still in the very tentative stages." The decision, if followed through, could mean such top players as Pitcher Bob Domik. Pete Landers, Barry Timbers, and Les Downing will lose their amateur standings if they participate in the OFL this season. Skinner added that it was expected that the Ontario Amateur Softball Associa- tion would abide by its par- ent body. This would mean such players would not be able to play in the All-On- tario championships. touma- ments, exhibition games. or, ultimately, in the upcoming World Amateur Fastball Championships. ABC BOWLING The Professionals are still leading the series with 31 points followed by the Kil- lers ‘wimh 26, Gamblers 22, Pooh Bears '19; Amateurs 16; Tigers 12. Also showing the way in the President's Trophy race are the Professionals wimh 50,510 points. The Killers have 49,329, Pooh Bears 48,564; Gamblers 48,088; Amateurs 47,722; Tigers 47,- 177. Top three Ladies for fbhe night were Karen Weber with a big 788 (281, 241, 266) and. Marg Price with 726 (230, 247, 249); and Dee Whibeman with 690 (262, 216, 2112). Ed Muehlstea‘drt led the men with an 802 (251, 240. 311) with Ron Price scoring 717 (294, 168, 255) and Sam Moore 690 (178, 257, 255). ST. N. RICHMOND HILL 2 Dr. Hardtop 318 Engine. automatic. power steering, power disc brakes. radio. wheel covers. white walls. Lie. DXO 977. 2 Dr. Hardtop, auto., 400 engine, radio. power steering, power disc brakes. light package. defogger. white walls. Lic. DXO 271. ’73 Polara Special '73 Newport Custom There was just 10 minutes left in the game Monday night when the touring Switz- erland Midget hockey club scored their first goal against Oak Ridge: Alex Brockton Midgets. Result: Something like chaos as a capacity crowd of 1.000 spec- tators at the Bond Lake Arena wen-t frantic. It didn't matter that the score at the time was 9-1 for the Brockton Boys and ended up 12-2 in this first-ever trans-Atlantic hockey encoun- ter between the two teams. FIRST FOR ARENA Even the members of the Oak Ridges club congratulat- ed goal-scorer Claudio Ernst for getting one on them. This must also be considered a first in the Bond Lake Arena. The Wallisellen team from Switzerland was short on hockey experience but long on popularity with the fans as the game wore on. Every- one went away happy, That’s the kind of game it was. That first goal by Ernst came from a wrist shot which appeared to bounce off the chest of Oak Ridges Goalie Danny Pincombe and into the net. N0 MISTAKE ' And just to show it was no mistake, the Swiss boys came right back seconds later to score their second goal of the game. ‘ This also caused a great deal of pandemonium on the part of the crowd because it was scored by Nino Nardino. He was the most popular and probably the best player on the visitor's team. Nardino’s goal came on a breakaway pass from Chris- toph Hirt with the Oak Ridg- es defence playing in close. He sailed in to put the puck home. Most of the on-ice glory, of course went to the fine Oak Ridges team. The local boys set the pace early in the game with some stiff body- checking, superior checking and puck control. They outscored the visitors 3-0 in the first and led 7-0 going into the third period. BIG GUNS A1 Heintzman and Dale Roffey were the big guns for the Brockton team with three goals apiece. Heintzman also drew two assists and Roffey one. Checking in with two goals each were Steve Collin- son and John Lenneville, with singles going to Jim‘ Gerber and Gary Gee. He shoots! He scores! That, essentially, was the story of Monday night’s exhibition hockey game between Oak Ridges Alex Brock- ton Midgets and Switzerland. Only it was Oak Ridges doing most of the scoring (as above, puck circled going into the Switzerland net) as they romped to a 12-2 win. In the $3969 $318‘) By FRED SIMPSON Frank Wood started out in goal for the Oak Ridges team and had two or three tough stops to make in his tenure before giving way_ to Pin- combe with seven' minutes remaining in the second per- iod. The score then was 4-0 for Oak Ridges. The Oak Ridges team laid off the body-checking in the, second and third periods to the obvious relief of the vis- itors. The Swiss were unac- customed to that type of heavy work. Oak Ridges took command of the play from the face-off and a sign of things to come was the opening goal at the midway mark which saw Col- linson slapping the puck home from the goalmouth on a pass-out from Gary Gee and Al Heintzman. COULDN’T CLEAR The visitors seemed unable to clear the track in front of their own nets and had a tendency to clutter up the place with three players while leaving the corners to the Oak Ridges players on the theory you can’t score from there. Oak Ridges could and did score. The Swiss team came up with a somewhat unique man- to-man checking formation on the ice which saw a man shadowing an Oak Ridges defenseman on the point whenever the puck was in their own end. This backfired on occasion whenever an Oak Ridges man evaded his check in the cor- 'es! That, essentially, lay night’s exhibition 1k Ridges Alex Brock- erland. Only it was t of the scoring (as g into the Switzerland 9 a 12-2 win. In the background looking on as the puck enters the net is Switzerland’s Hans-Peter Blum. Goalie making his kick too late is Maurus Ammann. A capacity crowd of 1,000 attended the game at Bond Lake Arena and whooped it up most of the way. » He Shoots! â€" Scores! ner. He then had a clear path to the goal while the other Swiss man was holding hands with the Oak Ridges player by the blueline. ~ OPENING CEREMONIES An elaborate opening game ceremony saw a myriad of of- ficial guests including Mayor Bill Lazenby and town coun- cillors introduced to the players. Mayor Lazenby pre- sented the town‘s Centennial flag to the visitors. Just prior to the opening faceoff, the traditional ex- change of gifts between the opposing players took place. A banquet._as sponsored by the Oak Ridges Minor Hoc- key Association, was held following the game. The tables were attended by members of the Oak Ridg- es girl's hockey team which was quite all right with members of both the Oak Ridges and Wallisellen team. Coach (If the visiting team, Hans Stabler. thanked the Oak Ridges executives for BUY i‘é‘éfiv T OYO TA 523’; @JAPAN CAR: SALES 314 7756 YONGE ST. E Vaughan Nationals; their courtesy. 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