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By BOB REEVES Here it is â€" Christmas again â€" and with it comes our annual Rosetown Peewee Tournament. nDDULlfl uuu. It begins Boxing Day and will con- tinue through to the Grand cham- This season the RHHA is conducting pionship December 28. this fine series of games on its own. For the past five years the Lions Club Everyone who has been connected The action is hot and heavy as Oak Ridges T & J Commercial Cleaner goalie Mike Smith saves on a Nobleton shot in Oak Ridges Rosetown peewee tourney time I just don't understand people. You pay the telephone bill. you buy the groceries, you water the rubber tree plant, what is this thing about Christmas present hints? What more do they want? JADE TREE - Rubber tree plant, you say? Well. she always calls it a Jade tree because that‘s what it is I guess But I don‘t go in for technicalities. All I know is it sits there in the apartment and gets more pot-bound with each passing day. It also came between us the other day. The suggestion was made that it was about time to consider going out and getting a Christmas tree. I came up with the brilliant idea that we use the Jade ’Ih‘ee as a Christmas tree. Why not? It's green. Just string all that sparkly-stuff on it. put some presents under it. and presto. a Christmas tree. COLD LlMB All I can say is that some people don‘t have any imagination. Have you ever had a cold shoulder from a Jade tree? But she'll come around. She's got to say something sooner or later. Maybe I‘d better hustle out and get a tree. I don‘t know. I hope you people realize this column is being written in blood. I like to get sentimental at Christmas. Sometimes 1' make it, I think the last time was back in 1957 when my father bought me a new car for the occasion. I'm only kidding. Simply love the sentiments that go with the big yuletide time of the season. Sleigh bells ring. are you listening, and all that type of thing. My only problem right now is that it's six days before Christmas as I write this column and I never get soft and dewy-eyed until a few hours before the big moment. Right now I look around and all I see is slush. acres of parked cars in shopping centres. shoppers aiming jet-propelled elbows at one another, all combining to keep me from doing my Christmas shopping. I refuse to get in there and mill about. DARK HINTS But people just won‘t leave me alone. My friend keeps throwing dark. deep hints at me about what she wants for Christmas. I‘ve been lucky so far. Haven't figured out what the hints are. Sports all” itihrral Wednesday, December 21, 1977 Have a Merry Nice save Classified of Richmond Hill has operated this tournament. Last year it was run by the Lions Club and the Richmond Hill Hockey Association. It's just that time of season. As soon as I finish I’m going to get out of here and get into the Spirit(s) of Christmas. PAST CHRISTMASES Which reminds me. I was just thinking about all the exotic places I’ve spent Christmases over the years Exotic places? How about London, Ontario, where I worked for the newspaper there a hundred years ago. One Christmas Eve I had to work in the office. The only guy on duty. Ifihad to sit there and listen to the police radio (we called it a squawk box, I think) all Christmas Eve. Still shudder at the thought of it. Some Christmas Eve. I still remember reports coming in about domestic disputes, people beating each other over the head with bats. etc. - They're legion. In fact, one of them was spent mostly at a legion. I recall one message where a wife called the police to say her husband had come home slightly the worse for drinking and wanted to go back out and drive again. She‘d taken his keys away from him but he was out trying to cross the wires in the car. Thought that was kind of humorous. Then there was another guy who was lying on some railway tracks waiting for the train to come along. That wasn‘t so humorous although the‘police got there before the train. It really got depressing after awhile. Of course, I was getting only one side of the story. Still, it was one side of Christmas Eve. A rather sad one. BEST'I‘OYOU Thank heavens I‘ve usually ex- perienced the good side of Christ~ mases to date, some lonely ones mind you, but nothing to get too upset about. I‘ve been very lucky and on this occasion, a few days before Christmas. I hope you have been too and will cominue to be. Before I get too hokey, I’ll close by wishing all my sports contacts ( and especially the youngsters in minor sports) the very best of season’s greetings. Just stay around for many more if possible. That's my aim, anyway. Now I‘m off to decorate that Jade tree. Made up my mind. Merry Christmas. fred Simpson Xmas Cracker atom tour- nament on the weekend. King City won the big tournament. (Photo by Bruce Hogg). Section B with the peewee tournament over these past years owes a debt of gratitude to me many members of the Lions Club who made those affairs the success they have always been. TEAMS Teams entered this year are from Thunder Bay, Brampton. Toronto, Oshawa. Kitchener, Thornhill. King City An overtime goal by Marcus Theile won the championship for King City on the weekend in the sixth annual Oak Ridges Minor Hockey Atom Christmas Cracker championship. Theile‘s goal, assisted by Mark Boeh- m and Paul Hampton. carried his team to a 4-3 win over Uxbridge in the 12- team tournament which saw 285 youngsters participating. Dynes ’ska te ’ miles to win . v Orillia's John Waters scored in the The Oak Rld es D nes Jewellers that We” They V8 been uP and down . . . skated miles las? Sundiy to come up recently" final perwd to make the game mâ€" with a 5_3 win over Orima in Mid- Sunday,s game saw Ormia drawing terestlng but Roffey sewed 1t up w1tha . . . . . oal from Sherman with two minutes Ontano Jumor B hockey 1n Orlllla. first blood on a power play goal b Eemaining. ‘ [1, ,rr nl,,.l, _A n,nn _A‘ LL- RIMâ€"L _-_I-J Consolation championship went to Sutton via a 7-4 triumph over Bolton. Most of the skating was on the way up as the Jewellers‘ bus had to negotiate some bad roads in the wake of Sunday‘s icy-rain conditions. Coming up empty was Oak Ridges representative T & T Cleaners who managed to sandwich a win between two losses in the big tournament. The ‘Ridges boys opened with a 4-2 loss to Nobleton but went on to dump Sharon 7-2 before bowing out by way of a 6-4 loss to Sutton. “In fact that whole line, Mike Car- nevale and Dennis Limoges played well. Our other two lines didn't play all “Robinson was probably the best player on the ice,” said Artemchuk. “He‘s starting to come around to the form he had last season. Richmond Hill Rams’ goalie Dan Gunning is not one to let adversity do him in. The rest of the time saw them skating well enough to defeat Orillia although coach Pete Artemchuk felt “we didn't really play all that well. But it was good enough." ROBINSON SHINES Tony Robinson came ,up with probably his best showing of the season for the Jewellers with a two-goal performance to lead the offensive. Whip Rangers David Tomlinson displays “Grand Old Bull” who is one of the province's best two-year-old Ouch. This goal by Markham Waxer’s Bob Young (15) started the l4-goal deluge on young Dan Gunning Tuesday night of last CLIFF HANGER That championship game between Gunning, fresh from getting ham- Hill Rams bounce back Meet Mr Unionville. Brooklin, Whitby, Bay Ridges. Bradford, Stouffville and Orillia. Havihg seen many of these teams play. I know that you can count on And, of course, both our teams. Cadillac Baif and Carpenters‘ Union, will represent Richmond Hill. Geoff Clark at821i7 of thé first'period Glen Dobson made it 4-2 on a power play goal from Sherman and Dale Roffey before the period ended. Robinson got that one back at 12:24 on a flukeroo effort as the Orillia goalie made the initial stop with a glove-catch only to have the puck slip over his shoulder and into the net. Orillia's Bill Durrant tied the game in the second but Dynes took control after this with Robinson getting his second goal from Limoges and Carnevale. King City and Uxbridge was a cliff~ hanger all the way with King City’s Tom Carroll getting the only goal of the first period on an assist by Boehm. The Jewellers went ahead before the period ended as Steve Sherman clicked unassisted on a goalmouth scramble. King City moved into a 2-0 lead in the second period on an unassisted goal by Blair Boston. But it was all Uxbridge in the third period with goals by Kevin Smith and Sean Convery tying the game. OVERTIME Then came the overtime period with King City‘s Christ Glerum getting his team back on track with the go-ahead goal only to have Uxbridge’s Tim Harris tying it shortly after. mered to the tune of 14 goals Tuesday night of last week. came right back last Friday to star as the Rams blanked North York Rangers 3-1 right in North This 5e: vthe scene' for King City’s winning goal by Theile. The consolation championship saw Sutton‘s Steve Milwain lead the Victory parade with a three-goal performance. Right behind him was Jim Hall with . JONES SCORES geldmg quarter horses' The This time out the Rams led all the horse finiShEd second in his way with high-scoring Danny Jones category“ 599 Story 3'2- popping the first goal in the first period FLUKE GOAL The end begins week as Markham ripped the Rams 14-3 at home. But the undaunted Gunning put the past behind him Saturday night as the many exciting games. I hope you will all make a point of coming to the New Arena to see them. two goais and singles to Scott Bradlev and Richie Oliver. MONDAY‘S GAMES And here are the games for Monday: Stouffville vs Bradford, 12 noon; Richmond Hill II vs Bay Ridges, 1:15; Don Mills vs Orillia. 2:30; Thomhill II Dave Patterson. Steve Nardelli. John Cheesman and Dave Dimeuro scored for Bolton. NARDUZZI STARS Peter Narduzzi was the big gun for Oak Ridges in a losing cause as he pumped home seven goals in the three games. The opening game 4-2 loss to Nobleton saw David Koteff scoring both goals with Kelly Rheeder assisting on one of them. Then came the 7-2 triumph over Sharon with Narduzzi showing the way with four goals. Don Ferris had two goals and Koteff got the other one. Koteff got two assists with one to Bob Munroe. HOST THORNHILL The Jewellers are at home to the Thornhill Thunderbirds for a Boxing Day encounter at Bond Lake Arena. Game time is 7:30 pm. The threeâ€"goal efforts of Narduzzi wasn’t enough as the Oak Ridges team Sherman Dobson Roffey Carnevale Robinson Irwin Wright Limoges Sutherland Cmckford Myles Reston Fiugibbon PoHock Rodo TURNED CORNER “I figured we turned the corner in North York," he said. “We have the players if we can only get them all out there together.” Brookes has a point. Getting the Rams together has been a problem due to a series of injuries, suspensions and a couple players quitting the team. But it came together in North York. KIMBLE RETURNS Helping the cause was the return of veteran Larry Kimble who fired in one of the three goals. He's just returned from a lengthy suspension. Also making things lighter for the Rams was the suiting up of injured John Olds who also sparked the of- fensive. The bad news was the loss of Bob Else who injured his knee and could miss some games. York The beleagured Rams and Gunning couldn‘t have been blamed for still being shellshocked after the Markham Waxers blitzed them 14-3 for their worst defeat of this season and maybe any other. “You just have to keep telling them they can do it in the next game,” states Rams’ coach Ken “Satch” Brookes. “You can’t let them get down on themselves." iNDIVIDUAL SCORING Rams broke a winless streak by defeating the North York Rangers 3-1. And Gunning played a top game in the nets. vs Whitby, 3:45; Unionville vs Kingston, 5:00; Richmond Hill I vs Brampton. 6:45; Kitchener vs Oshawa, 8:00; Thornhill I vs Thunder Bay, 9:00. Admission is $1 for adults, 50 cénts for children. On the final day it will be $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for children. Make a point of coming out to enjoy some fine hockey‘ was eliminated 6-4 by Sutton. Don Ferris got the other goal. Munroe drew an assist. BROKEN LEG Only one incident marred the tour- nament and occurred when a Markham player received a broken leg early in the tourney. A dance followed the tournament Saturday night at Bond Lake Arena and the day was saved by Barbara Austin of Bradford who stepped in as disc jockey when the regular person failed to show. Convener of thétournament was Ivor Arnold. Teams participating included Thornhill. two teams, Uxbridge. Sharon. Markham. Bolton. Oshawa, King City. Oak Ridges. Sutton. Nobleton and Newmarket. Rams‘ Gunning appeared on his way to a well<deserved shutout when North York's Dan Rehil broke through to score at 19:15. Gunning stopped 21 North York shots. Despite Tuesday night’s horrendous score, coach Brookes figured his team didn't play all that badly considering how Shorthanded it was. “What can you expect," he said, “when you go into a game with only 13 players. We just ran out of steam in the final period when Markham rapped in nine of their goals. We only had two complete lines going for us." Steve Charchuk and Stu Auld led Markham with three goals each. Bob Young and Bob Proctor added two each. Single goals went to Mark Raith- by. Rob McGinnigle, Don MacAlwe, and Chris DeGeer. Stephenson, incidentally, was back on the blueline and added much-needed stability to the defence. Then it was Kimble scoring at the 49- second mark of the middle period and Ken Elson making it 3â€"0 at the 18- minute mark of the third periqd. DeGeer. 3 Richmond Hill boy. shares ice duties with cousin Harold DeGeer who tended goal for the Waxers against the Rams and stopped 32 shots. from Billy Stephenson and'Mike Walker. WlVlike Walker, Déve Forrester and Dan Jones scored for Richmond Hill. The Rams are in Hamilton Boxing Day and are back home January 3 to the powerful Guelph Platers’ team. TONY ROBINSON Two-goal man Photo by HOQG'