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8-2 â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, March 8, 1978 They're champs By FREDSIMPSON When hockey player Lee Martin gets a breakaway he‘s the fastest thing on wheels at the Villa Hospital in Thomhill. “Yeah, he’s got a fast machine," agreed teammate Danny Giberson. “Mine’s kind of slow so I usually wait at the side of the net for a pass." Firefighters lose, tie The Richmond Hill Firefighters lost a 4-2 game to Scarboro last week and then tied Toronto 3-3. Richmond Hill played a strong game against Scarboro as the winners opened the scoring in the first period only to have Rod Chapman tie it from Dave Olson and Brian Burgess. OPENING CEREMONIES Preceding this game will be the opening ceremonies at 6:30 pm. with all sorts of on-ice festivities. Make a real point of coming out to support the local squad and also enjoy the opening ceremonies. By BOB REEVES At the risk of repeating myself, it is still difficult to believe that our 11th annual Richmond Hill Midget hockey tournament is less than two weeks away. Monday March 20 will see the first puck dropped in the opening game between Oakville and Newmarket at 9 am. Five other games will follow that day prior to the official opening game at 7:30 p.m. Final plans are well underway for the tournament. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion is busy preparing the menu for each day of the week. This game, of course, features our_own Richmond Hill Legion Midgets versus Nepean and we are all looking forward to a very fine game. That was all the scoring until the midway point of the second period when Scarboro struck with two fast goals; The Villa Wheelers ' PROGRAMS The programs are in print and the sales committee is preparing to sell them at the arena. Ticket sellers are organized and ready to go. Ga;y Vass got one of the goals back from Gary HEROES Along with these the denizens of the deep are preparing for the Help your l-EART FUNDM Hill tourney on way This spirited little bit of byplay was taking place in between games at the hospital where members of the “Villa Wheelers" were savoring their perfect record to date this season: Four wins and no losses. All eight players are muscular dystrophy patients â€" ranging in ages from 12 to 17 â€" at the Villa Hospital and are just as proud of their Caume and Pat Goode but Scarboro scored again before the period ended and that was it. There was no scoring in the third with both teams missing many chances. The second game against Toronto saw a scoreless first two periods with Richmond Hill goalie Ben Bourget making many big stops. Terry Haviland opened the scoring in the third period from Rod Chap- man after only 50 seconds of play. The next faceâ€"off saw Chapman taking the puck in and scoring again to make it 2-0. Toronto came back with two goals to tie the game but Caume‘s goal put the Hill in front 3-2 from Chapman and Haviland. Then it was Toronto tying it again two minutes later. They‘re not the Montreal Canadiens but they sure are the “Villa Wheelers". Just look at the trophies. Left to right are (back row) Danny Giberson. Doug Hamilton. rush. This, of course, is the group who man the phones, register the players. host the teams. take care of players‘ equipment and, in effect. make the whole affair run smoothly. Not enough can be said by way of thanks to this fine group of dedicated workers. There is, however. one note of gloom. Latest reports show that billeting is not going well. We are still in need of 20 more homes to take care of the boys from out of the town. This Saturday is our annual pre-tournament dance at the Legion featuring the famous corned beef and cabbage dinner. Tickets are still available at Russ Andrews’ Barber Shop on Yonge Street or by calling 884â€" 9384 or at the door the evening of the dance. This is a great party, come on out and enjoy your- selves; If you can help, please call me at 884â€"8868 or Sterling Reid at 887- 5393. We really need your help in this very important area of the tournament week. Part of the pre-tournament publicity that is currently un- derway is a series of television programs on Channel 10. Starting this Friday and carrying on the following Friday between 6 and 7 p.m., programs will be aired which will give you NEED BILLETS record as the Montreal Canadiens. “The boys have been together for four seasons," says coach Marg Barenthia who is also head of the recreation department at the hospital. “They play in a wheelchair league against other hospitals in Toronto and their record has, been outstanding.” It certainly has. Last season the Wheelers won W. N. Girard, Manager 10132 Yonge Street 884-1188 (I'IGIQQ chgqumg _ wuth no stung: attached No minimum balance. No monthly charges. No “extras”. ' . _ Guaranty Trust offers this free servrce' for a very sample reason. Because people who start comin to us soon find out We have some other advantages to 0 er. Like our longer hours. Drop in soon and see why people are coming to (“ram some very interesting anecdotes about the tournament. In addition the grand cham- pionship game will be televised along with pre-game interviews and activities. Be sure to watch it. And so with the exception of billeting â€" and please help here if you can â€" all is going‘well. Make a point of coming to the arena each and every day of the week to see great midget hockey. If you have any doubts just take a look at the teams entered: TEAMS Ajax Legion, Barrie Co-Ops, Bramalea Blues, Brampton Legionnaires, Burlington Barton Tubes, Cornwall Flyers, Detroit Little Caesars, Detroit Adray Nationals, Fraser, Michigan Nationals. Gatineau Ambassadors, Kingston Condie Pontiacs, Kirkland Lake Legion 87, Nepean Raiders, Levack Elks, Mississauga Reps, Niagara Falls Paul Foy Pontiacs, Newmarket Flyers, Oakville Rangers, Orillia Kinsmen, Ottawa East Voyageurs, ' Ottawa South Canadians, Owen Sound Crescents, Peterboro Legion 52, Richmond Hill Legion 375, Riverside Lions, Sudbury MacIsaacs, Sudbury Regional Police, Sudbury Lions, Sydney Legionnaires, Toronto Blues, Thunder Bay Beavers, Welland Gillespie Pontiac. “We blew it in the last game,” said another player. “Just a bad game. We don‘t plan to make that mistake again this season.” the league and grand championship and the season before they took the league title but lost the grand championship. The boys play their game with plastic hockey sticks of varying weights and use a light ball. Roger Pease. Tiger Chamberlain. Dave Mills. Front, Lee Martin, Willy Marting, Mike Taylor. (Photo by Bruyns). “Some of the boys are stronger than the others,” said Mrs. Barenthin who lives in Richmond Hill. “They use the heavier ones." “That’s me," piped in Jeff “Tiger” Cham- berlain who is the hitter on the team. He’s also the “bad boy” of the team and is just coming off a one-game suspension. “I like to bodycheck the other guy’s machines,” he said. “It usually works out okay but this time the referee spotted me. I usually wait until his back is turned. 1 got suspen- ded." Highest scorer on the team is the aforemen- tioned Lee Martin who is also captain and coach. “We've played together for along time and I think that’s why we‘re so successful," he said. “We know each other’s moves." The Wheelers play every month and so far they have chalked up 2-0 victories over Sunnyview (twice), downed Bloor- view 4-0 and West Toronto 4â€"0. Goalie of the team ié Roger Pease and the scores tell you why he’s known as “Mr. Zero” around the league. “They are all hockey fans and watch the Canadiens or Maple Leafs on their television sets," says Mrs. Barenthin. The line-up comprises Danny Giberson, Doug Hamilton, Roger Pease, Jeff Chamberlain, Dave Mills (of Richmond Hill) Lee Martin, Willy Mar- ting and Mike Taylor. Mrs. Barenthin is manager. When last seen the boys were doing a little scrimmaging in the corridor for the benefit of the reporter. “Tiger” Chamberlain was motoring around trying to line someone tip for a crashing bodycheck ala Brian Glennie of the Maple Leafs. Crash. Easy on the wheels, Tiger. Bowlers of the month 2:.ng Good Pepsi bowling Our congratulations go out to Andrea Young (788) and Willy Harris (775) who were Hilltop’s “bowlers of the month” on our youth league. Representing Hilltop in the Master Bantam Tournament will be Ian Cameron bowling with Scott Young and Linda Reisenweber, Gary Richardson with Timo Laakso and Tracy Stewart, Len Attridge with Bruce Nelson and Linda Lee Defazio. The tournament will take place this Sunday at 10 a.m. at ABC. By GALE FERRANDO Bowling well on our bantam league were Scott Young 213. Linda Defazio The Pepsi Cola High School championships were held last Sunday at Pro Bowl. The tour- nament was well attended as there were 80 com- petitors, all trying to catch a spot on one of the three teams, boys, girls or mixed. The winners were calculated ac_- cording to their finish after the four games based on flat scores. Leading the way for the girls’ team was Cheryl Hogg from Markham with a 917, followed by Audrey Burns (899). Janet Wolfreys (854) from ABC. Bowl, Lorraine Peel (849) from Hilltop and Denize Edwards (825) from ABC. Qualifying for the boys team was Steve Young (1010) from Hilltop, John Christie (951), from Stouffville, Rudy Penkarski (925) from Willowdale, Gary Byer (920) and Matt Thompson (881) both from ABC. The mixed team is composed of Shelley Dupont (783) and Heather By MIKE KYTE 199, Scott Culham 183, Richard Young 183. Finton Robb 187 â€" 155 â€"â€" 126, (468), Sherry Burke 150 â€"â€" 117-143 (410). We also had some nice bowling by the juniors; Debbie Cresswell 270, Mary Ann Flemming 232, Stina Laakso 200, Steve MacDonald 195, Rhonda Ramer 171. MENS MAJORS Friday Night Mens Majors; Aldo Buffon 351, 259. 240 (850), Keith Jean Marie 300, Ernie Ferrando 290. Eastsiders â€" Ruth Norman 273. 242, (674) Lois Smith 207, Alex Mathews Jr. 234, 333, 213 (780) Anne Thorpe 225, Alvin Hincks 212, Tom TYKES Last Saturday in the Y.B.C. at ABC. for the Tykes it was Ken Somerville leading the way with a 181 double with a nice 111 single. Other good games were Jason Holmes 104 single and Jason Positano 177 double. High averages for the boys are Tim Doyle with a 85 and Bobby Hughes in second with a 33. For the girls Pamela Espey shot the high single and double with 196 (102) followed by Darlene Grimshaw with 134 (71). High averages in the girls are Annette Thornington (75) and Janice Holmes with a 69. Wolfreys (776) from A.B.C., Steve McNaught (867) Harold Turner (862) both from Newmarket and Mark Tranter (807) from Stouffville. BANTAMS In the Bantam division Tim Gibbons shot a great game of 242 with a triple of 503. Stephen Byer was right behind with a 498 (211). Jill Fisher rolled a 144 to lead the girls while Spencer 257,. George Nelson 240. 250 (645), Elinor Rigon 218. Joan Doyle 240, Keith Jean Marie 201, 226, 242 (669). Jim Bolin 213, Ken Roberts 200, Jeannie Bolin. 207. John Linsklll 270, Ed French 204, Barb Bunker 256, Marion Roberts 242, 241, 217 (700) Orv Wagner 218, Myra Young 219, Ernie Ferrando 203. Clarence Kozak 210, Irene Bartlett 253, Roy Johnston 238. 210, Peggy Wood 240, Chester Crowston 202, Peter Rigon 208, 212, (615) Lorraine Pappin 211, Linda Rigon 249, (609) Fred Howard, 265 (626) Gord Cassidy 305. 232, 293 (830) Bill Harris 233, 251 (664) Ivan Hilaby 215, 250 Debbie Greenfield came close with a 140. Jill also turned in the high triple of 405 while Sherri Miller rolled a 374 triple. Sherri leads the girls for high average with 128 followed by Jill Fisher with 121. For the boys there’s a real battle as Don Dupont and Stephen Byer both have 156 average. With only a few more weeks left it is very difficult to predict a winner. WEDNESDAY Nl'l‘E 0n the Wednesday Nite Mixed league at A.B.C. going into the last half of the final series we have the Polar Bears on top with 84 points followed by the Dumbells with 63 and the Rebels with 58., High averages have not changed. with Dave Alexander still on top with 246, followed by Craig Rayson 236 and Ed Weber 223. For the ladies it’s Betty Wolfreys with 226 followed by Rose Antl with 216 and Gloria Byer 207. High games for the night went to Jack Hill 808 (309), Ken Morin 763 (333,287) Gary Byer 716 (263), Dave Weagle 659 (664) Bill Davis 226, 00}! Vandercoey 232, 232 (625) Pat Paterson 210, Pat MacNamara 245, Bill Pappas 217, Len Attridge 268. Paul Murray 242, (614) Bill Greenhead 205, Wayne Hilaby 226, Eric Hilaby 228, 201. 318 (747) John Caume 202, 200, Elaine Spencer' 249, Wayne Blackmore 248, 323, 227 (798) Frank (311), George Stepanovs 632 (280), Card Crofts 628 (256) and John McKenzie 242. Bailey 200, 205 Invitational Leage â€" The Pin-ups are back in the swing of things and they sure let the Chug-a- lugs know it Sunday night as they wiped them out. The Pin-ups being ex- tremely modest chose not to mention the overall score; For the ladies it was Gloria Byer 719 (315), Betty Wolfreys 683, Rose Ant] 648, Olga Mulle 647, Betty Reid 645 (258) and Mary Wheeler 615. Gymnastic camp here The Langstaff Easter Gymnastics Camp will be held March 20 to 23 at Langstaff Secondary School in Richmond Hill. Times are from 9 am to 1 pm. All competitors from ages 17 and up are welcome to compete in the various Olympic styled events. For further information call Bob Carisse at 881- 8065 or Liz Swinton at 225- 7827. Also on hand to instruct will be Keith Russell, Men's National Coach; and Teresa McDonnell, former Olympic com- petitor in 1968. ’72 and ’76.