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“We didn‘t get going for the first 10 minutes.“ said coach Pete Artemchuk. “The layoff hurt us a little." Lead 2-0 The Jewellers led 2â€"0 at the end of the first on goals by Jim Clement from Rusty Cochrane and Dave Stuart; and Mike Carnevale from Boyd Young and Ian Crockford. Dvnes in bi... RICHMOND HILL â€"â€" The front- running Oak Ridges Dynes Jewellers took a little while to get going after a week‘s layoff but the result was the same. Stuart, who played a fine two way game, opened the scoring early in the second from Cochrane and Clement and Randy Irwin made it 4-0 from Carl Laarakkers and Tony Robinson. The Jewellers open against North York Dec. 26 (Boxing Day at Victoria Park Arena at 8 p.m. They then play Pickering at Bond Lake Arena the following night at 7:30 p.m. Both North They bounced Orillia 8-2 at Bond Lake Arena Monday night to maintain their comfortable lead in the Mid- Ontario Junior B hockey league. Orillia got one back by Gerry Porochnazy in the final four minutes. ~ Shorthanded goal The Jeweller‘s took the oomph out of Orillia early in the third when Steve Sherman scored while his team was a man short from Dale Roffey. RICHMOND HILL â€" The Oak Ridges Mid Ontario Junior 8 hockey Dynes Jewellers will be participating in a three-way round robin series to decide this area's representative in the Ontario Winter Games in North Bay next February. “I'm quite excited about the whole thing and I think we‘ve got an excellent chance." commented coach Pete Artemchuk. “It would be quite a thing for this community.“ Orillia's Bruce Munro scored but then it was Clement firing another one home on a power play from Stuart and Bogaerts. He originally entered the meet for some exercise and just about brought the stadium down by breaking no less than four Canadian records in as many events. His record To wit: He finished first in the shot put with a throw of 9.65 metres ( the previous record was 6.62 metres); the discus. 26.76 metres (17.46); the javelin. 21.04 metres (13.86); and the hammer throw, 24.36 metres (14.76). His bravura performance earned him a trip to Sweden next year to compete in the World cham- pionships. I might even have to drink in- travenously. That doesn‘t matter. Just as long as they don‘t change my brand. So you can imagine my state of mind when I introduced myself to 71- year-old Arnolds Ticmanis of Thornhill who figures he‘s just reaching his peak as an athlete. If and when I hit the age of 71 I‘ll be lucky if I can reach for a glass. Let alone drink out of it. Ticmanis is fresh from par- ticipating in the Canadian Masters Olympics for senior citizens which was held last July at Birchmount Stadium in Scarboro. Arnold Ticmanis . . .youngat7l itihmtl Wednesday, December 8, 1976 Life begins at... Classified Artemchuk hopes the opportunity to play in the winter games will “spark our fan support and get them out to cheer these youngsters on. You need the vocal support just as much as the players. - “"I‘here‘s still plenty of space in the arena and I hope it‘ll disappear for these games." he said; 7 If a three-way tie occurs in the final standings goals for and against will be applied with top two teams playing a sudden death game on neutral ice. The Winter Games will be held from Feb. II to 14 with teams from other areas represented. York and Pickering are members of the Metro Toronto B loop. Steve Sherman out the scoring. Coach Artemchuk was again delighted with the all-round play of his team stating that our “four defen- ceman played very well and received help from the forwards who were back- checking all night. It was a sturdy, rugged effort.“ v Iv-" Kill penalties “Our key guys killing penalties were Stuart, Clement, and Sherman. Clement, by the way, played a superb game and Stewart was a force all night.“ on a budgie bird the legs. Likes participating “i‘ve always enjoyed p2 ticipating in athletics, all kinds,“ said‘ “I competed in the Olympics years ago in my native country Latvia." Artemchuk thought goalie Joey Hall played well in the twine adding that “he‘s young but he‘s going to be one of the better ones." The J ewellers' ability to kill penalties Another standout was Rusty Cochrane who, at 178 pounds, is only 15 years old and “getting better every game.“ Cochrane set up two goals. The Jewellers are at Thornhill Friday night and are at Orillia Saturday night. They play Owen Sound in a 7:30 game at Bond Lake Arena Monday night. “I‘m a plumbing sub-contractor. I've been in the trade for myself for the past 26 years. It‘s hard work, a lot of lifting and straining. That‘s why I have the strength." He showed a pair bf hands that made mine look the size of the claws The J ewellers' ability to kill penalties was another plus as they played two men short on three or four occasions and were only scored on once. A pause. “Of course the World Olympics. It ' Olympics. In our own “I specialized in but I was never a enjoyed competing event it was.“ Ticmanis pursus while attending taking economics 3 worked in the ‘ Revenue). Tried it. too “I stood around watching the young peeple throw the discus and javelin“ said Ticmanis. “It didn‘t look that difficult so I started doing it. “I‘m too young to be retired. Maybe 10 or 15 years from now, who knows?" A continental shrug of the shoulders. I figured that at the age of 71 he would have little difficulty getting away from his job to make the journey. That‘s the lucky thing about being his age and retired. Not retired “No, no, no,“ he corrected me in his cultured but very Latvian ac- cent. “I'm not retired," he said gently. fred simpson Section B (continued on 3-2) Delighted Artemchuk ourse, that wasn‘t cs. It was an inside own country." in the 1500 metre a champion. I just 1g no matter what and Roffey zed his plea: university and law (he 1: Department I‘m also strong in pleasure summer »y put on x Sports in the rounded and later t of Back in second THORNHILL â€" The Thornhill Thunderbirds moved back into second place in the Mid-Ontario Junior B hockey league in somewhat easy fashion. They took Owen Sound by 6-3 Monday night in Thornhill after dumping the previous second place running Barrie It's a bird. it’s a plane, it’s a basketball Thornhill’s Tom Davidson is reaching for in Nothin’ to it folks as Oak Ridges Dynes Jewellers’ Jim Clement (18) sails by the Orillia net after depositing the puck behind Reach for the sky That‘s the equally red-hot Oak Ridges Dynes Jewellers who maintained their eight-point first place bulge over the Birds with an 8-2 win over Orillia. Colts 6-2 last week Their only problem is the front- running rivals from “up the road." Do it with a style, Jim Ouch Friday‘s opening game of the Bearing the brunt of the depression 1976 high school season_ was . starting goaltender Brian Thomhi“ beat Richmond Hm Stanknewicz who only managed to last goalie Doug Morley in Monday night’s Mid- Ontario Junior 8 game. That was the story most of the night as the league leading RICHMOND HILL â€" What do you ask a coach after his team has just been bombed 12-4 by Royal York 24 hours after losing by 74 to Weston in Provincial Junior A hockey action? What happened? “It was quite a letdown," answered an obviously morose Richmond Hill Ram coach Carl Brimblecombe. “I don't know what happened. We just blew it pretty What‘s the answer? Hard work “Hard work. It's the only way you pull out of a slump. That means getting right back to the basics in practice until you get back your confidence." Brimblecombe added it “isn‘t the end of the world or anything. We lost two games and now we have to win a few more to make up for it. There‘s still lots of time." Badsville But it was still badsville for the Rams against Royal York Wednesday night of last week as Royal York wrapped up the game in the first period with six goals in the first 13 minutes. Ironically enough, that period saw the Rams outshot by only 14-12. Firing them in for Royal York were Steve Burns, Dave Phillips, Paul Walker. Neil Evans, Gord Barclay, and KC. Patterson. Brimblecome added, “We were bad from the goal-line right out. Couldn‘t do anything right.“ What‘s the answer? Which also sets the scene for next Friday night when Thornhill tackles the Jewellers' in Thornhill in another fOur pointer. Game time is 8 pm. Monday's game was Thomhill‘s most of the way as they outshot the visitors 41~29 on the game building up a 2-0 first period lead and 4-0 going into the third. Played well Coach Ralph Beer, in between trying to breath from a heavy cold and ac- companying sore throat, thought his team played well ‘with the exceptions of a couple of bad mistakes. “It‘s those long layoffs in the schedule that kill you," he said. “It takes you awhile to get rolling.“ Defence steady “Our defence was very steady," said Beer, “and we got some terrific penalty killing from the kid Bob Hunter.“ He was also happy with the two goal scoring efforts of Bud Shirley and Glen Daurio. Another impressive figure out there was Ernie Takeuchi who was flying all night but couldn't buy a goal. He had about six good chances to score ‘in- cluding hitting the goal post twice. Thornhill‘s Daurio opened the scoring in the first from Takeuchi and Wally Stankov (who was also a standout in the game) at 12:33; and Shirley made it 2â€"0 at 13:01 from Mike Johns and Rocky Pantalone. Power play Greg Chappel added a power play goal from Takeuchi in the second and Dark days for Rams as drop two in row Jewellers kept on rolling with an 8-2 win over the visitors from the north. The Jewellers meet Thornhill Friday. It also glarineg outlines the inac- tivity of the Rams‘ other lines who just haven‘t been clicking at all. No production “We haven‘t been getting any production from our other two lines,” said Brimblecombe. “Against Royal York it was a case of our defence collapsing also." Disappointment It was another disappointing game Tuesday night of last week against the The other North York goals went to Joe Sannuto. Dave Blue, Dave Phillips, Bob Dunford, Al McCraw and Steve Burns. That threesome has accumulated 28 scoring points in the last four games while county 12 of the Rams 15 goals scored during that period. Yei anéther irony, the Rams outshot Royal Yprk 45-40_ on the game. They shifted into high gear about four games ago and continued their hot play against the Royals with Paraskevin getting both goals with Jones assisting on two and Olds on the other one. He was replaced by Mitch Lovelock who went the rest of the way but fared little better if not worse as the enemy put two behind him in the first, five more in the second, and finishéd up with one in the final 20 minutes. Bright spot The only bright spot for the Rams was the continuing outstanding play of the John Olds line of left winger Danny Jones and Kevin Paraskevin. then it was Bruce Clatworthy coming up with a nifty effort at 18:43 while his teammates were Shorthanded. Owen Sound's Terry Graham got one back in the third but Thornhill replied with goals by Daurio and Shirley again. Kevin Barber and Greg Gard got the final Owen Sound goals. Easy go It was'a pretty easy go of it in Barrie as Thornhill compiled a four goal lead in the first off scoring efforts by Jamie Kennedy, a midget replacement, Wally Stankov, Clatworthy and Johns. for four goals beforé leaving at 11:04 Barrie‘s Jim Horvath got one back on a power play in the second but Stankov added another for Thornhill with his second goal of the game. Scott Howson made the play possible by knocking the puck loose in the Owen Sound corner, getting it to Clatworthy, who wheeled out in front and put it home. It was Thornhill'§ 9th win in the last 12 games. Gord Bieldy scored for Barrie in the third but Daurio made up for it with a Shorthanded goal to round out the scoring. Goalie Ed Takamatsu played both games and was steady all the way. He's been in the nets since Dean Dorsey hurt his wrist two weeks ago. The Biards, as mentioned, are at home to Dynes Friday night at 8 pm. Sunday they are in Barrie and are at home Monday night to the same team at Thornhill Community Centre. (continued on 8-2) Photo by How