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vv u... v You can’t be a playboy either although there are a few in the NHL. “You have to be able to discipline yourself,” said Al. “You can do what you want in the NHL but you won’t last long if you don’t watch your- self. They don’t care. There’s always someone ready to take your place.” Rams’ Coach Karl Brimblecombe remembers Sims because it was he who spotted him as a mid- ket at Ted Reeve. “The thing that impressed me," said Karl, “was his willingness to work. He was hustling all the time. I feel that was his big plus. He worked hard, listened hard, played his position." Sounds simple. It isn’t but unless you in- tend to be at least all of the above you might just as well hang your blades up. You just won’t get there. Sims’ main advice to asfiiriâ€"iié'youngsters is really very simple: “Get out there and work your tail off. Pay attention. When you make a mistake and you’re told about it you have to listen. a mistake and you’re told about it §oufilriave to listen. “It’s surprising how many times you see young players just go on making the same mis- takes; They__just don’t seem to care.” “If someone roughs you up you wait for your chance to rough him up. I’ve had a few fights, losctl; a few. They test you but it’s not really that ha ." Playing with Orr is certainly impressive credentials but it has its problems. “I’ve picked up a lot from Bobby of course,” said Sims. “It does have its drawbacks in that he’s a rushing defenceman which means I have to hang back and play defensively. I don’t mind it a bit."' He shouldn’t. He had the second best plus-minus record of anyone in the NHL last season. Behind Orr. Not bad for a rookie. Is the NHL rough? “It’s certainly not as rough as Junior “A” hockey,” said Sims. “When I played with Corn- wall it was something of a wood-choppers ball. Everyone’s a working man in the NHL. It’s a little rough at times but we’re all just trying to do a job. I grabbed a few seconds with Al who will soon be starting his second season with the Bos- ton Bruins following a brilliant rookie year as defensive partner for Bobby Orr. A1, of course, played for the Richmond Hill Junior “B” Rams back in 1970-71. I must con- fess I couldn’t even remember him being there. This didn’t bother A1 at all. CALL IT CONFIDENCE “I guess you could say it was confidence, I believed in myself,” said Sims. “‘When I went to the Boston camp last season they had seven defencemen. The next thing I knew I was with Orr and I stayed there.” “I was just out of midget hockey with Ted Reeve,” said Al. “I had a lot to learn.” He learned it quickly as he moved from the Rams to Cornwall in the Quebec Junior League, was something like 47th in the draft, and presto! â€"â€" is now a star in the NHL at the age of 21. The obvious present day “star” of the en- tourage was Boston Bruins’ big defenceman Al Sims. A1, of course, is helping out at the hockey school. But you can’t escape it. It was a hockey week. Firstly, I chatted with Richmond Hill Rams‘ Coach Karl Brimblecombe and he was en- thusiastic about the upcoming hockey season. Karl, of course, was in the midst of oversee- ing the annual Richmond Hill Hockey School which is aflood with youngsters. Helping to shepherd the sessions are well-known hockey players such as Daryl Rice, Dave “Digger” Dunkley, and Gary Carr. I even saw Billy Sfiephenson lurking in the area while I was t ere. Tell you what‘I mean. Spent a goodly por- tion of last week over at the Richmond Hill Arena watching hockey players. This strikes me as being strikingly akin to the Theatre of the Absurd in August during somewhat of a heat wave. VOL. 98, NO. 9. I’ve been confused many times in my life. So many times that it makes me feel insecure when I’m not confused. Somehow I feel very insecure these days. ERIC GEORGE for Regional Councillor -- By Fred Simpson LET GEORGE DO IT! WORK HARD, LISTEN (Continued on Page Ice Cold In August AL SIMS Sport spots RICHMOND HILL, 18) (fired S‘mpso Richmond Hill opened the scoring in the third inning as Marshall hit one over the fence. The Falcons got that one back in the fourth inning as Calder singled and Tilk was safe on an error and Bill Melnychuk walked to load the bases. Steve Foster nlmuummumummmmumumimun“lunmmmuumlm Beetles In Fmals Oshawa’s Don Calder went the full nine innings and was tagged for eight hits. He walked four and struck out eight. By FRED SIMPSON then A 12-bit attack by Oshawa with Falcons including a three- I run homer bludgeoned the Th Richmond Hill Dynes Jew- in f1 ellers out of the 1974 OASA as D "A" playoffs Thursday night sub5¢ 6f last week at the Town by 1 Park. Osha It was Richmond ,Hill‘s second straight loss in the best-ofâ€"three series. Oooops! Pardon my elbow. Taking it on the ear, so to speak is Richmond Hill Mister Transmission player Dave Berseth in a close play at first base in the recent Midget softball tournament at the Town Park. In the batter's circle in the background is Richmond Hill's Mike Gall- augher. Dave was safe at first but, alas, Mister Transmission went on to lose a 5-0 game to Willowdale Ponderosa. They won their second game by 14-4 over North Bendale but went on to lose to Alderwood who then went on to win the tournament. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974 3â€"Run Oshawa Homer Knocks Out Dynes Enroute to the finals the girls eliminated Apple- wood (Mississauga) 10-3, 15-8: Bay Ridges (French- man's Bay) 11-7. 16-8; Stouffville 7-11, 12-4, 9-3. This is the only Rich~ mond Hill girl’s team left in the playoffs this season. The Richmond Hill W & P Beetle girls launch their Provincial Women’s Softball Union finals against Waterloo Wednes- day of this week in Water- loo with the second game slated for Crosby Park to- morrow night (Thursday) at 8:30 pm. Safe By An Ear! Everyone received their crests and following this gathered at the coaches home for pizza and coke to help settle after a very excit- ing day. The participating teams would like to thank the RHMBA and Alliance Sports for the day and Paul Black. coach of Alliance. An added thanks to the parents for their support and trans- portation. Rob Haenel and Paul Gregoire went all four games for Alliance, Nichaelo and Tony Roman played great ball. The second game saw Commercial Credit tieing Rose Trailers 3-3 with the win going to the latter squad who had the most runners reaching first base. Then came the "B" cham- pionship with Rose Trailers edging Maple 8-7 to clear the way for the grand cham- pionship. Chris Nichealo smashed a three-run homer for Alliance Sports as his team downed Richvale Rose Trailer 6-4 in the grand championship game of a Richmond Hill House League Bantam Tour- nament on the weekend. a Enroute to the win Alli- ance Sports edged the same team 4-3 in the game opener. Alliance Winners In Ball Tournament Hill House League Marshall held Oshawa off until the eighth inning when a single by Brian Myers and a walk to Calder set the stage for Tilk's blast to make it 4-2 for Oshawa. The Falcons put the icing on against Cook in the ninth as Tom Edridge and Myers singled and Calder hit a ground-rule triple. Exit Dynes. then drove Calder home with a sacrifice fly. DYNES TAKE LEAD The Jewellers moved out in front by 2-1 in the sixth as Danny Boyne walked. A subsequent sacrifice attempt by Larry Rodger saw the Oshawa third baseman throw the ball away with Boyne coming around to score. a fieldér's choice, went to second on a passed ball. and then scored on Bob Smith's sin g1 e . mu1llnum\mum\mmmumm\mm\1u\l1ummuumummr 12 Hill Kickers Lifetime Thrill They will hold a ballot on each team and two members from each will be picked. Canada has shown well in the tourna- ment to date and are un- beaten in the first three games. Richmond Hill soc- cer officials hope that a large contingent of local fans will be on hand to cheer the "ball boys” on. Losing pitcher Gionette sailed along in fine style until the fourth inning big- gie. He tossed a total of three and a third innings allowed three runs on four hits, walking three and striking out as many. He was replaced in the fourth by Frank Marshall who went the final three and two third innings and was charged with three runs and three hits. He struck out three and walked one. Going the full seven inn- ings and winning for Burl- ington was A1 Few who was tagged for eight hits while walking one and striking out seven. "Richmond Hill opened the scoring in the first innings as Rodger reached first on 'Burlington's Hal Kemp started it off with a lead- off walk followed by a single by Vern Agnew. Gionette got the next bat- ter out but walked Keith Daw to load the bases. CAME THE CHILLER Then came the chiller as Mariutti sent a high drive to right field which fell for a double as rig-htfield Dave Russell stumbled on the in- cline and it dropped behind him with two runs scoring. That same play saw Mari- utti caught in a run-down with another run scoring from third as the r'esultant throw home hit the latter on the back. Mariutti ended up on third. He scored as a ground ball to short was hobbled by Larry Rodger. Ex-Dynesman Joe O'Neill then singled home the fifth run of the inning. That inning saw the Pro- visioners jump on stamer Andy Gionette {Br three hits and two walks includ- ing a double by Gino Mariutti. The Jewellers were leading 1-0 going into that inning, Twelve Richmond Hill youngsters will have the soccer thrill of their lives to date when they attend the International Youth Tournament final game Saturday at Varsity Stadium. They have been selected to be the “ball boys" for that final which pits the best players from 12 different countries in the under-19 age group. The boys will be picked by their teammates from the six Richmond Hill Pee- wee teams. An official said the boys from the house league were decided upon be- cause “they don’t usually have. the opportunity to participate in out-of-town functions as is the case with town representative teams.” By FRED SIMPSON A disastrous five - run fourth inning spelled finis for the Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers Saturday night as they went down to a 6-2 defeat at the hands of Burlington Ancaster Pro- visioners in the ONE Bulova Watch Tournament. (Photo by Susan Samila) Dynes Get “Ticked” Off In Bulova Final Taking the loss was. 311i Mohun who went all the seven-inning way allowing The Jewellers didn't beat famed Lefty Pete Landers in the CNE Bullova Watch Tournament Wednesday night of last week but they did the next best thing. They edged his Toronto Global teammates 2-1 and ousted them from the tour- nament. Landers didn't pitch. Burlington increased its lead to 6-1 in the fifth as Kemp was safe on an error. went to second on an in- field out, to third on a pas- sed ball, and scored on Daw’s single. Dynes added their final run in the seventh on a homerun by Mickel Han- cock. Catcher Bob Shelton si‘xalglea and went to third on a double by Larry Rodgers. He then came home on a passed ball. The Jewellers made it 2-0 in the fourth as Danny Boyne tripled and also rambled home as a high fly by Rodgers was dropped by Centrefielder Bob “Boo” Burke. five hits while striking out five and issuing no free passes. Coming up with a fine performance was Dynes’ Andy Gionette who set the Globals of the Ontario Major Fastball League down on seven hits. He struck out four and also walked none. Richmond Hill iuiifiéfi into a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the _se_cond inning as Openings for New Members Has.. 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