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If the weather turns out ech, thegflll go the following Sunday. A CKEY helicopter will also be around for the show. Lots of luck fellows. Bye! (Continued on Page 14) days. There will be five check points, alluwillfille using new machines, and Canadian snowmobile champ Yvon Duhamel will also be along. Irving says also that he’s not worried about the weather. “I’m from the west,” he said, “where the temperature drops to about 40 de- grees below zero in the winter. “And it’s even colder outside.” So don’t worry about Jim. He may not be all that bright, but he’ll try anything once. And he has full confidence in the snowmobile getting him across the lake and back. His only worry is that his car gets him up to the lake and back. And in case you might want to view the devastation at first hand the host of celebrities are scheduled to leave from Bradford Arena and/or Marina starting from 8 am to 11 am. The info I have states there will be some 500 entries which means a lot of action. There will be two doctors on the scene (for what reason I can’t imagine?), a couple of St. Bernards replete with flasks, and two or three exorcists who seem to be_ making it big these So come next Sunday I’ll be sweating it out before a nice, open fire and holding a cup of something warm and occasionally checking the weather â€" and kicking the dog. Hope it’s a good day for the fellas out there. I worry about my fellow-man, you see. Especially about fellow-newsman James Irving who, in a burst of enthusiasm or someâ€" thing. agreed to go on that ride for me. I always thought he was a reasonable type. So go to it Jim, boy. My heart will be with you Sunday. Keep the old “Liberal” flag flying. Excuse me now while I get myself a cup of something warm and brood over a streak of cowardice in me. Irvingr says that, in an effort to keep in shape for the big event, he has been getting to bed before three every night and has been limit- ing his weekends to overnight excursions to Hawaii and other» nearby points. argue SEZ, MR. IRVING When interviewed, Irving said he had never even driven a snowmobile before. “In fact, I‘hate the damn things,” he said. “But Whibper Billy Watson has won about 485 mgre fights than I have, so who was I to Sure, I know it was just one of those nights. Could happen to anyone, maybe never happen again. Then again I’ve a pessimistic streak to my nature. The next time we might not be lucky enough to land in someone’s living room and be offered a drink. a round. That’s never happened to me before. It’s true that such a cause should be enough to make me throw caution to the wind just once and do my thing. Even that didn’t have any effect on my determination to remain a coward. Sometimes I get mad at myself. It’s possible that the driver was either un- lucky or just having a bad night. But in any case the snowmobile we were on cleared a farm- er’s woodlot, knocked down a couple of fences, flew over a gravel pit, and ended up in a living room of a house via the picture window. The people were nice, though. They offered us a drink while they waited for the ambulance to arrive. Snowmobiles? I break out in a rash even hearing the name. With good reason, too. A few years ago I allowed myself to be talked into going for a ride on one. I suppose you may have already read about that big snowmobile race coming up Sunday on Lake Simcoe to help provide funds to build the Whipper Billy Watson $250,000 Therapeutic Pool at the York County Hospital, Newmarket. ' . , ,It certainly is a wor- thy cause and my heart will be riding with all those sportswriter types and celebrities in the area who will be bravely manning the snowmo- biles along 100 miles of icy wasteland which is Lake Simcoe in the win- ter. My heart will be with them, my body won’t. VOL. 97, NO. 31. Iâ€"â€" By Fred Simpson 9!) JIM IRVING Help, It’s A Snowmobile IT’S A RASH There’s a reason I won’t be there. I’m a coward. Besides that, my doctor told me that if I don’t slow down I’ll only have 60 more years to live. The news shook me up so much I missed RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 19% Men’s doubles: Cam Cairn- cross and Larry Marchbank winning 15-6, 15-9; Randy Carlson and Syd Redgate winning 15-10, 15-12; Derek Smith and Peter Redgate splitting 9-15, 15-1. Mixed doubles: Enid Grant and Cam Caimcross winning 15-7, 15-4: Joan Freeman and As a result of the win the Richmond Hill club. Aurora and St. Clements all have won five games, lost one and tied none. Scores as follows: Ladies doubles: Enid Grant and Joan Freeman losing 12-15, 7-15; Carol McDonald and Lil McCallum splitting 15-9, 1-15; Jill Johnson and Hilda Baxter winning 15-9, 15-10. The Richmond Hill Bad- minton club inflicted the first defeat of the season to Aurora by downing that club 15-9 in a game at Aurora. Hill Whips Aurora 15-9 In Badminton to have Hartman tie it at 13:00 from Stuart and Jim Roffey on a typical, never- sayâ€"die effort. H artman just kept poking at the puck around the North York net until it went in. It took the Rams just 17 seconds into the final per- iod to make it 3-1. Ernie Takeuchi fed the puck back to Potts on the blueline and his slap shot zoomed home. _ NORTH YORK RALLY The Rams appeared to be Richmond Hill moved into a 2-1 lead at 12:51 of the second period on a slap shot with assists to Al Potts. Palmateer opened th e scoring for the Rangers at 10:58 of the first period only The first time came wtih seven minutes left in the game. The Rams were lead- ing 4-2. This also resulted in a goal by Graham Fol- ey to make it 4-3. HARTMAN’S 52ND Richmond Hill’s goals were by Mike Hartman, his 52nd one of the season, Dave Stuart, Jim Casola, and Al Potts. Steve Palmateer, Rick Box, Graham Foley and Scott Bokey scored for North York. The Rams suffered the third period sags for the second game in a row. They were leading 4-1 at one point, only to have the Rangers come back with three straight goals in the final six minutes. TYING GOAL The tying goal came at 19:43 with the Rangers’ net- minder on the bench for a sixth attacker. An ensuing face-off saw Scott Bokey firing a screen shot from the blueline. The puck deflect- ed off a stick and past a helpless Stankiewicz. It was the second time in the game that the Rangers had removed their goalie for a sixth attacker. “We’re starting to jell and we’ve got some of our big fellows back from their injuries,” was Coach Karl Brimblecombe’s assessment of the weekend. “We're still hurting but at least they’re in the lineup." GOALIE STARS Sunday’s encounter saw Rams’ goalie Brian Stank- iewicz at his stopping-best as he turned back numerous Ranger thrusts‘ The North Yorkers outshot the Rams 43-24 on the game. Brian was picked as first star for his heroics. Another Rams defenseman Bennie Peder- sen was nominated as third star. The win and a tie moved the Rams within a game of fourth place Wexford Raid- ers with five games to play and four games from first place Vaughan Nationals with two games in hand. Hill Rams Win And Tie Aurora, North York Despite the last-second deflation Sunday it was a successful weekend for the Rams. They upset the high-flying Aurora Tigers 5-4 right in the Tigers’ own bailiwick at Aurora. They were juEt 17 seconds aidifréffi'ZZâ€"é win over North York Rangers Sunday night when the latter team pumped home a goal to tie the game. The Richmond Hill Rams are showing signs of making a determined bid to move into the first division of the Provincial Junior “A” stand- ings in the waning days of the regular schedule. WIN MEN'S DOUBLES Vaughan 41 Aurora 39 North York 39 Wexford 39 Richmond Hill 39 Seneca North Bay Dixie Weston Markham Whitby Downsview Randy Carlson losing 8-15, 2-15; Jill Johnson and Larry Marchbank losing 6-15, 10-15; Hilda Baxter and Syd Red- gate splitting 7-15. 15-10; Carol McDonald and Peter Redgate winning 15-11, 15-4; Lil McCallum and Derek Smith winning 15-1, 18-17. Doug Brumwell played in the nets for the Rams and was outstanding. Jim Clem- ent also picked up a goal for Richmond Hill. The game saw one fight between Richmond Hill’s pugnacious Rick Febbo and Aurora’s Kim Underwood with reports that Febbo won the decision in this one. The Rams used a three- goal second period to move into a 4-1 lead only to have the Tigers come on strong to make it 4-3 at game’s end. The Rams moved into a 1-0 lead early in the first on Ernie Takeuchi's goal from Dave Stuart and Rick Febbo. The Hill boys made it 2-0 on Stuart’s goal at the 47 second mark of the sec- ond, again from Takeuchi. They rode it up to 4-0 and led 4-1 going into the third. HARTMAN AGAIN The Tigers got two goals to make it 4-3 before Mike Hartman blasted one in from the blueline to make it 5-3. Aurora almost tied it in the final minute but the Rams hung on to win this one. Friday night's game was almost, but not quite, a re- peat of Sunday’s, scoring- wise. Coach Brimblecombe was especially elated with the line of Clement, Bangay and Jim Graham “who really played well in those two games and along with the rest give us a more balanced attack.” Brimblecombe is also getting some fine ef- forts from Ernie Takeuchi and Rick Febbo. in the driver's seat at 11:10 as Casola scored on a beauti- ful three-way passing play from Bob Bangay and Jim Clement. Then came the three-straight goals from North York sticks and the Rams were hanging on. Adults $1.50. Students 75¢ The Rams travel to North Bay Sunday for a game and the following Monday travel to Seneca for an 8 pm game. The next night (Tuesday) they are at home to North York in the final home game of the regular season. They close out their schedule at Weston on February 8. RAMS ' w TUESDAY, FEB. 5th North York Hockey O.H.A. Junior “A” STANDINGS Provincial Junior Time: 8 pm. RICHMOND HILL NEW ARENA VS. Provincial 38 19 41 19 40 17 4O 11 39 11 39 10 40 4 Top three ladies for the night were Janice Lambert with a big 680 (202, 2.18, 260) followed by Dee Whiteman with 662 (246, 223, 193) and Ruth Gerrard with 653 (189, 268_ 196). RESERVATIONS TELEPHONE 884-3275 . ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ I ‘ ‘ The Professionals lost 7 points to the Amateurs but are still holding down first place with a total score of 36. Right behind are the Killers with 34, Pooh Bears and Am- ateurs 27; Gamblers 26, Tig- ers 18. ‘The President’s Trophy race still has the Profession- als holding down a big lead with 56,812 points. Trailing are the Killers with 55,491; Pooh Bears 54,883; Gamblers 54,128; Amateurs 54,027; Tig- ers 53,183. Mike Weber led the men with 784 (223. 271, 290). Then came George Lawson with 753 (288, 232, 233) and George Stepanous 732 (217, 220. 295). Mayor William Lazen'by noted that this could be the beginning of a local Sports Hall of Fame and 'fihere are other members of the com- munity and groups which should be honored. it should contain the names of 1We players and of of- f'icials." She felt the Dyvnes Plaque should be placed in the town hall so that people “visiting this building could see tlh-at Richmond Hill is the home of the world champions, and Regional Councillor Lois Hancey explained tham what she had in mind in present- ing mhe recommendation to the finance committee as an appropriate plaqu for the swimming pool was one which would acknowledge the co-op'erati-on of federal, provincial and municipal go- vernments, the people of Richmond Hill and the contributions of the mem- bers of (the swimming pool committee. ICE FISHING RENTALS Approve Plaques Swimming Pool Dynes Jewellers Appropriate plaques com- memorating the construction of the Centennial Swimming Pool in 1966 and the Dynes Softball Team as World and Canadian Champions in 1972 and Canadian Champions in 1974 were approve-d by Rich- mond Hlill Council at its meeting January 21. "We'll Fight It In Court" Twinney As a- first move in his war against tflhe CASA Mr. Twinney has applied to the Ontanixo Amateur SofitJball Association for affiliation with it in 1974. Such affilia- tion would make the New- mamkett club eligible 10 par- tictipatte in amateur CASA Softball Squabble So much so mhat he'll take the OASA “to count and “make them prove that our club is professional if the situation isn’t resolved soon.” Day or Night Lake Simcoe-Beaverton $5.00 per person Mid-week rate $4.00 Bait & transportation included Some of that off the field action may be supplied by Newmarket Rays' Owner Ray Twinney who claims to be “fighting mad” over the Can- adian Amateur Softball Association’s recent dec- laration that the CFL was a professional league. There may be more action off the field than on it this season in the “professionalized” Ontario Fasthall League. hT OYO TA 52;; MJAPAN CAR SALES ABC BOWLING 7756 YONGE ST. “We have every hope of getting Bob although this present situation certain-1y jeopardizes this position esâ€" pecially since he isn't one of those players classed as professional because he wasn't in our league last season." Especially [affected by the “pro” tag is former D-ynes Jeweller Pitching Star Bob Domik who signed a con- tract with the Rays earlier in The year «after playing se- veral seasons in Richmond H‘ilI‘ “What burns me,” Twin- ney continued, “is the fact that the CASA is calling us professional when it's a well publicized fact that the Ontario Hockey Asso- ciation pays its players $50 a week. Does that make them professional?” Twinney stated that if “we go to count we have all the confidence in the world we’ll win. If we don’t where are going to be more clubs than those in the OFL declared professional ‘in the country." He di-dn't elaborate on that laSIt sta-temenlt. International rules ane such that once an amateur has been declared a profes- sional he can never again compete on an international level even «though the be- comes reamstated again as an amateur. Twinney is also infuriated than; “five or six guys sitting around the table can brand 300 bailplayers as profes- sional and ruin their chan- ces forever of participating in international sofitball competition.” He was referring to the executive 'meetiing at which the CASA put the pro tag on. the OFL. tournaments Ivhis se a s o n which, in affect, would be an admissiOn that Newmar- ket dsn’t a pro outfit. “If they don’t allow us to affiliate with them we’ll slap an injunction on their tournaments andtake them to court. An injunc- tion will mean that they won’t be able to hold them unless we’re allowed in," stated Twinney. 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