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The first couple of times were a mistake according to Casey. He couldn’t see the ball. “I couldn’t figure it out," he said. “The ball was there, I’d swing and it would be four miles away. Then I realized I had my reading glasses on. I took them off and I almost got a hit.” So be it. Just one of those seasons. Speaking of seasons you would have to say that Ray Twinney of the Newmarket Rays had himself a big letdown. Ray, who had set his aims on the All-Ontario, was eliminated by the red-hot Niagara Falls to end it all for 1974. . So to next season which is the biggie. The winner of that one goes to New Zealand in 1976 for the World’s Championship currently held by the Jewellers. I’m only jesting because Casey used to be a fine ballplayer and he still knows the motions. He didn’t do so badly at bat despite striking out the first two times. On his third try he whistled a ground ball to third but, alas, was thrown out at first by 10 minutes. All I can say is that “big chuckers” are 510- ing to be a much sought after prize in the winter months ahead. I’d be happy if the Jewellers could get Wally Dick, or maybe Bob Domik, or maybe Pete Landers lined up. Oops, dreaming again. On to hockey. When I see Bobby “The Golden Jet” Hull sweep in on the net, boom a shot, or old Gordie Howe making with the one-handed puck carrying while holding off a Russian, why, I’m back with it again. Got my heroes right there in front of me. And do I need a hero these days. And don‘t you try to tell me those Russians are good guys. They‘re not. They’re just like the guys that try to do in James Bond, or who used to ride black horses and wear black stetsons in those old Hopalong Cassidy wild west movies. Bad. Rotten to the core. r iNotrrevenitherinsertion into the line-up of Manager Russell “Casey” Cripps could turn the tide for the Jewellers. I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out what this Team Canada - Russian series has been doing to me. I’ve even detected a heartbeat latelyt Hey, I’m alive. This excitement is almost too much for me. Haven’t felt this way since the first Team Can- ada epic and I don’t expect to the rest of the season. Once again I’ve discovered that I can become emotionally involved. I’m looking at 25 or 30 hockey players out there who are actually “in- volved” themselves. They’re not out there play- ing for “fat” salaries or just “doing a job.” Man, they’re there, alive, vital. VOL. 98, NO. 13. Firstly, softball, and the Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers who continued to make a last- ditch drive Sunday night of last week to get their somewhat woeful 1974 fastball season over with. They got off to a good-start losing 2-0 to Scar- boro Lindal Homes. Casey, who used to play a lot of ball back when the world was young, attempted to hide himself in right field. It didn’t work. The ball kept coming out to him no matter what he did to avoid it. Mixed up some stew here in waning Septem her and am about to ladle it out to you in hope- fully seasoned fashign. T9 wjt, tgmw‘oo: vr-n As Erank Mahovolich was quoted in last season’s epic whilst puffing a big, black cigar: “We’re at war.” Don’t forget to hustle down to the arena Sunday night when the Richmond Hill Provincial Junior “A” Rams open their 1974-75 schedule against North York Rangers. TRAMPOLINE Frank Juhasz of the Richmond Hill Tramp- oline Club is opening up the store again for an- other season at Bayview Secondary School and is welcoming all newcomers to try their skills. The sessions will be held starting October 1 from 6:30 to 9:30. From then on itsveverry Tfiesday aria Wednesday at the above hours. Coach Karl Brimblencombe expects to have another top team and hasn’t he always had one? Game time is 7:30 pm. â€" By Fred Simpson ERIC GEORGE for Regional Councillor LET GEORGE DO IT! You better believe it. TEAM CANADA H0! A Pot of Stew NEXT SEASON sport Spots RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974 | With the return of last season‘s Doug BrumWell ‘from the Sudbury camp, he now has three goalies. “They're all playing well there, too.” said Brimble- combe, “so it's a tough de- Icision." The only mistake by Richmond Hill came in the ‘first half and it resulted in ‘Orangeville scoring an easy goal when ‘ keeper John Slawson failed to clear the ball. It finally paid off as a pass from right wing put Mur- phy in the clear and he scored easily to put Rich- mond Hill ahead to stay. This period also saw V‘United’s defence play ex- tremely well, highlighted by the combination of John )Connolly and Andy Graham plus the halfback line of .Herbie Hogg and Simpson. ‘Goalie Slawson was also called upon to make some sharp saves. HILL PULLS AWAY Brimblecombe line com- binations for Sunday‘s opener will likely find Dave Stuart at centre with Dave “Digger” Dunkley on left wing and Steve Glover on the right side. All three are returnees. Newcomer Street will cen- tre two other first year men in the persons of Larry The other two goalies are last season’s Brian Stankie- wicz who came up with a fine effort in Wexford and John Schaap who has also looked impressive. “We‘re especially strong down the middle," said Brimblecombe. “That means a lot. We'll have eight new- comers to go along with our 12 returnees." Richmond Hill dominated play against Orangeville Saturday at Orangeville and came out on top via a 4-1 score in the first game of their league playoff series. Soccer United Wins Opener Via 4-] Win Over Orangeville Aggressiveness combined with a solid defence was Richmond Hill‘s answer to success. Included among those in that assessment was Ken Taylor who popped home two goals and added a couple of assists as he joined the team fresh from being cut by the Raiders. “We got some good games from our neWComers es- pecially in the win at Wex- ford". said Brimblecombe. Another newcomer was Kevin Street who was a fresh arrival from the Marlie Major Juniors. He played last season with Markham. United did much of the pressing assisted by a fairly strong wind and should have been on target several times. But they were held out until the 15-minute mark when Richard Simpson sent a cross to Murwin Evans on right wing and he headed it into the net. Brimblecombe is happy in the nets, although he has a problem there. Richmond Hill increased its score as a left flank pass from Simpson to Josef Seier That gave United 3 short- lived 1-0 lead but this was erased by the aforementioned Orangoville score. SECOND HALF Richmond Hill continued to press in the second half with forward Mickey Murphy and David Simpson being particularly dangerous on several occasions. Bigger, Hungrier Rams Meet Rangers Sunday We’re a lot bigger this season and we’re really hungry” said Brimblecombe in the wake of a 4-3 win over the hated Wexford Raiders Satur- day night in a brawling game at Wexford. Provincial Junior ‘A' Hockey Opener Richmond Hill Rams hockey Coach Karl Brimblecombe continues to be optimistic about the coming Provincial Junior “A” season which will open Sunday here at home with North York Rangers providing the competition at 7:30 pm. 7 The win followed a' 64 loss to the same team Wednesday night of last week at the local arena. BRUMWELL RETURNS Donna Querengesser went the distance for the Mic Macs and took the loss. Sandy Kinnon went all the way for Glenfield. The Dairy Queen girls outhit Glenfield 3-2 but couldn't get the runs across home plate. The Richmond Hill Dairy Ipart of the tournament as Queen girl juveniles lost a {Richmond Hill opened with tough 1-0 decision to Glen- ia 13-10 win over Wood- field in the “A” finals of bridge. Brampton took Wil- their annual softball tourna- lowdale 16-5. The third ment Saturday at the town game of the first round saw park. Glenfield and Aurora tied Winning the “B” segment 2-2 but Glenfield won the was Woodbridge with a 9-8 game on total base runners win over Aurora. safely reaching third base. It was a toughie all the ,Kleinburg got the bye into way for Richmond Hill with , the second round of “A” alpnfipm'g Kim Konaszew-isel‘iES. It was a toughie all the way for Richmond Hill with Glenfield's Kim Konaszew- ski scoring the winning run in the third inning. gave him his second goal of the afternoon. Inside for- ward John Byrne came up with a good effort although he was unable to crack the scoring column. Another new member will be Mike Rowley of Whitby, centreing John Lenneville of Oak Ridges on the left side and rugged Rick Febbo on the right wing. The second match will be held Saturday at Thornlea School at 3 pm. The first game was held in Orange- ville, not in Richmond Hill, as first reported. Taylor on right wing. STRONG AT CENTRE His fourth line will see Ross Gordon centreing Jim Graham on the left and Mike Johns of Thornhill on the right. Aurora made the Rich- mond Hill Dairy Queen Mic Mac Juvenile girls fight for their win Thursday by tak- ing a four run lead in the top of the first inning. The Mic Macs came back with two in their half of the first on two singles and speedy base running. They tied it in the fourth only to have Aurora take a two-run lead again in the next inning. At the end of the sixth inning, it was tied up again. Also suiting up will be Jimmy Clement who has been nursing an injury. Juvenile Dairy Queen Girls Edged 1 T0 0 Mic Mac Girls Beat Aurora 7-6 Kimble on left wing and All in all the girls had a great season and would like to say “Thank You" to all their loyal fans. It was most encouraging, In Aurora‘s half of the seventh, it was three up and three down, the last out coming on a diving catch by Bernie Thompson who was converted to shortstop for the night. Bernie Thompson was the first Mic Mac batter and hit a booming shot to centre- field for a triple. scoring on Katie McNamara’s single to right field giving Richmond Hill a 7-6 win. Susan Chepelsky pitched a great game. Bernie Thomp- son was the leading batter with two triples and a single. FIRST ROUND Rain threatened the early His defence combinations will see Veteran Jack Guest I lgoing with rookie Mike Gal- ; iaugher, a local product; Jim [Roffey with last year's | 'rookie of the year. Benniel Pedersen. Steve Morrison of! Richmond Hill is the fifth' defenceman. I The Rams close out their exhibition series with a game tonight (Wed- nesday) against the Aurora Tigers at 7:30 pm. Last Wednesday's game saw John Lenneville scoring twice for Richmond Hill with the other goals going to Dunkley and John Jal- savac. Brimblecombe is down to 22 players and will have to cut two more by gametime. The girls were back at 1:00 pm under more promising skies for the second round. In the "B" series Willow- dale went down 17-2 to Aurora with Woodbridge getting the bye into the championship, The “A” series saw Glen- field defeating Kleinburg 4-3 in a close, well-played game and Richmond Hill took Brampton 4-1 in another good game. Veteran Jim Elder of Au- rora rode Adanac to victory Sunday in the Canadian Derby in the Tournament of Champions horse show at Elderberry Hill Farm in Au. rora. “We ran a rugged camp this season,” said Brimble- combe. “and I hope that will get us off to a fast start. We'll do all right if we can stay away from the injuries. We have two or three right now but they'll be okay for the opener.” Aurora's Jim Elder Wins Jumping Derby Sharon McCaskill went all the way for Woodbridge. “Both clubs wens fielding and hitting well in this game. HELPERS THANKED Tournament C o n v e n o 1- Gloria Fry stated that “we wish to thank all those who helped make the tournament the success that it was. First place money was $1,500. The “B” championship saw Woodbridge coming from be- hind to win against Aurora. Trudie Stunden started on the mound for Aurora and was replaced by Sally Rose. “Everyone had a good time, even when they were trying "to defeat each other on the diamonds." Elder won in a jumpoff over 'Newmarket’s Mofiat Dunlap and Scotch Valley. Both completed the 1,700- yard course with clean per- formances, but Elder and Adanac had a time of 57.6 seconds. while Dunlap and Scotch Valley finished in 61.8. Dunlap pocketed $1,000 for his efforts. Six horses shared third spot. They were Beacon Hill and Captain Marvel, both ridden by Doug Henry; Montana Miss. ridden by Jamie Smart; Countdown, ridden by Ian Miller and Anahi and Damuji, with El- der aboard. JOB HUNTING? The best place to start looking is where the best jobs are offered . . . Liberal Classified! 1 mile north of Richmond Hill on Yonge St. Tel. 881-2931 - 884-9274 - 773-4542 7 pension 4) Was voted car of the year in Japan 5) Gives the best gas mileage of any 1974 car IT’S A CAR THAT: 1. IS CHEAP TO BUY 2. GIVES EXCELLENT GAS MILEAGE 3. IS VERY ECONOMICAL TO MAINTAIN The Honda Civic has all this plus 1) 24,000 mile drive train warranty 2) 1240 c.e. overhead cam engine 3) Front wheel drive and independent sus- BEAT INFLATION - BUY A HONDA CIVIC TODAY AT SMALL CAR CENTRE SECOND ROUND What is an Economy Car? Dairy Queen Squirts Lose Guelph Tourney The Richmond Hill Dynes Jewellers continued their last-ditch drive to get their 1974 season over with last night when they dropped a 2-0 game to Scarboro Lindal Homes in the opening game of their best-of-three To- ronto and District Fastball League semi-finals. They were slated to play the second game Tuesday Richmond Hill Dairy Queen Squirts ran into too much Eringate on the week- end loslng by 4â€"0 in the “A” final of the Guelph Minor Softball Tournament. The Dairy Queen boys managed to win their opener by 5-4 over Burlington only to be edged 2â€"1 in the next one by Cedar Hill. Losing hurler was Glenn} Apps who only allowed fourl hits in the game while sumâ€"r ing out 12. Glenn was also! picked by the Guelph Minorl Ball Association as the tour- nament's m o s t valuable player OPENING GAME The opening game against Burlington saw Richmond Hill getting all five of their runs in the first three inn- ings. Dynes Lose By 2-0 In Scarboro Playoff This set the stage for the Eringate game which was scoreless until the sixth inn- ing when Eringate came up with four hits and four runs plus one Richmond Hill error. Darrell Lewis walked fol- lowed by singles from John Paul Farrell and Warren Nye to score Lewis. Kevin Robin led off with a homer in the second. Rob McKenzie walk- ed and Nye came through with a homerun. The third inning saw John Hunsdale, Lewis and Nye all singling to score one more run. Burlington scored one run in the third, two in the fourth. and their final one in the sixth. Winning pitcher was Paul Harriet-ha who was relieved in the fifth by Apps. Both pitchers had seven strikeouts each and both allowed three hits. SECOND GAME The second game saw Richmond Hill against a tough club from Edar Hill who opened the scoring in the fourth inning on two hits and one Richmond Hill error. Warren Nye tied the game in the sixth with his second homerun of the day. Richmond Hill scored one more in the seventh on sing- les by John Hunsdale, Wayne Girard and John Paul Far- rell. Best Of 3 Semi-Finals It may not be a preview of the 1976 World Olympics but some 30 mentally retarded and handi-capped youngsters were doing just fine in their own Mini-Tournament last Saturday at Don Head Secondary School. The young- sters are shown enbroiled in a tense game of ring-toss in the above photo. They also com- Mini Olympic Time In York Region night of this week at Scar- boro with the third one, if necessary, likely at the town park tomorrow night (Thurs- day). Winning pitcher was Greg Higgins who walked two D) nosmen and struck out 12. Deserving a better fate was Andy Gionette for Rich- mond Hill who walked two and struck out 13. BIG 3RD INNING Scarboro got all of their runs m the third inning as Charlie Learning knocked down a hard drive at first base by Vere Small, only to throw the ball into the right field corner with a run scoring on the error. Gord Davies then tripled and came home on Gary Battaglia’s single. Scarboro left two runners on in the first, second and third. Richmond Hill runner-s on in second and third Richmond Hill got two runneis on in the eighth but a double play ended the threat. Dynes, Captain Bob Smith . Sidéw’alks o Curbs o Excavating o Trenching o Drains 0 Septic Tanks (New and Repairs) Weldrick Constr. Co. 158 Weldrick Road 881-0069 RICHMOND HILL RAMS O.H.A. JUNIOR ‘A' Great Hockey Action! NORTH YORK RANGERS SEASON’S TICKETS ON SALE AT ARENA BOOTH BEFORE GAME TIME Sunday, September 29th 7.30 PM. Richmond Hill Arena TORONTO NATIONALS got two the first. Tuesday, October Ist 8.00 P.M. led the team offensively in the mm; but was called with two for three. out for failing to touch first Mickey Hancock tripled base. FINAL REGISTRATION RICHVALE MINOR HOCKEY ASSOC. AT RICHMOND HILL FIGURE SKATING CLUB REGISTRATION DAY SEPT. 28 â€" 2 pm. - 5 pm. peted in runs, floor hockey, etc., and received awards for their achievements courtesy of the Richmond Hill branch of the Canadian Pro- gress Club who sponsored the program for the second straight year. John Taylor was in charge. POST DATED CHEQUES ACCEPTABLE Hillcrest Mall Information Desks professional staff - Marion Stark Linda Naylor Van Daele - Greg Bodnar Neil Whitby SAT., SEPT. 21st, 12 NOON - 4 P.M. BANQUET ROOM - NEW ARENA FOR INFORMATION CALL JAN. GRODZINSKI 884-2414 Sanctioned by C.F.S.A. (Photo by Claus Plock)