Page B2; September 19; 1979 - North Shoré News _

tee thuggery.

a There are many who stain
. they

‘they like it this way-Minim imal

skills and maximum

‘don’t like’ the .-in-

Ags ternational hockey because

There was a. certain amount t of awe in the voice’ “about as much Seriousness as |

of the sportcaster over.the weekend when he said
that. the New Westminster Bruins had managed to
play three: exhibition’ ‘games: without a major fight

. developing.

Ie s, especially noteworthy

when you consider that the
erstwhile coach of this noble

- pand of warriors said
following thai — all. too
memorabie trial that he

‘wasn't going to’ change his
ways, and that one of the
players who had pleaded
guilty to brutalizing other
people had said that he
would continue to do what
the coach told him.

Sick Ie—is -sick and

frightening that these people
are allowed to pollute what

should’ be one of the more ©

exciting sports. It is sick and

Russians take aim at waterski titles

TORONTO (UPC) - The
Russians, in customary
fashion, quietly studied the
techniques of the. com-
petition 10 years before
deciding to enter the World
Waterski Championships.
This year they have entered
and they have entered to
win ~ ~

“You can be sure they
aren't coming to train and
they aren’t coming with the
idea that they will embarrass
themselves.” said Clint
Ward, co-ordinator for the
16th annual Waterski
Championships to be held in
Toronto this week. “That's
nov thew style; they are
coming full of confidence.

“We have never scen them
at the world level before so

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frightening that they are not
the first; that they are simply
emulating so many other
thugs and buffoons who have
muscled their way in and

_ Over because too many non

athletic, over-weight. and
over moneyed directors
claim this is what they are
going to feed the voracious
appetites of the fan.

Have you ever stopped to
ask why hockey can’t pick

—up a TV.audience in the ©

United States?

The answer is really: quite
simple. It 1s viewed with

it’s my guess that they are

ready to challenge for the.

championship this time.”

The Russian team. of
Marina Tcheresova, Natalie
Rumjantseva, and Inna
Potess were devastating on
their recent European tour.

During the past month
Rumjantseva has twice
amassed world record points
in the acrobatic “tricks”
events.

The Russian entry. a field
of 108 contestants from 26
countnes, and a host of
international and national
champions, have combined
to transform the normally
cozy event into a major
league contest.

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‘roller derby. Of course this~

upsets the directors who

‘then feel that maybe if there —

is just a tiny drop more of

_ blood and violence that then”

it will catch the imagination
of the fan.

Obviously these chubby .
never -
. stopped to think how totaly

little men -have
ludicrous a hockey fight is.
Grown men - well big kids
anyway - slithering about on
ice with metal bands trying
to do as much damage as
they can to another person
without losing that
macho appeal.

The——truly

big:

. it: doesn’t have all the ‘hit-

ting’ of the NHL.. But when

_. you come right down to it it’s
probably because.our guys

-have: béen- so poorly trained

at the game.over the last.

number of: years that~ we
keep. losing. :

With. the “Canucks: now.

into — ‘training camp = and

minor hockey all over the ©

country moving into gear

everyone will be wondering .

just what-is in’ store for the
sport this winter.

‘Remember the way
‘Canucks finished last season
against Philadelphia Flyers?
It was an upbeat note and it
was good, clean, exciting
‘hockey."A bunch of guys
who managed 1o put one
heck of a scare into the team
who were supposed to
swamp them ’

We are all hoping this
attitude can be. refined and
developed by Harry Neale
and his charges over the

aspect of the whole nockes:

fighting nonsense is that
there are a _ considerable
number of fans who claim

‘Canada, the U.S., France,

Britain, Italy, Venezuela —.
~ all H#raditional
. powers— have each entered

-waterski
a full team of six athletes.

Mike Hazelwood of Great
Britain, last year's overall

' champion, is gearing for a

-leong- 80--game—schedule—If—swerth- ~athletic—types have —

the team shows this kind of
fight throughout then the
fans can put up with their

’ share of losses.

fierce battle from Canadian
champ Joel McClintock in
the slalom and the- ‘overall

_.competition. Me ‘d
McClintock, " of Street-
sville, Ontario, whose

brother Joel and sister Judy
also made the Canadian

And all over ‘the North"

_ Shore. the minor. teams will

soon be in full flight.
The Nor ‘Wes Caps who,

are short on. experience this”:

year will be looking for. big
things from their _Crop of
rookies.

‘After taking to General
Manager Jack Bloom we are.
ieft with the positive feeling
that this team is not trying to...
emulate the Bruins. That.
they “appear'to be more

concerned with the future of”
“the . individual rather -ihen -

the collective success of the

organization.

‘Mind you, this is the type
of attitude that. can only
bring about success with the’
team. Let's hope it con-
tinues.

And ‘as far as.the.rest of-
the minor hockey program -
goes, we should remember

the sign in the West Van _
_-arena: “Minor Hockey is for

the .kids;. let's keep it that
way’.

BITS AND PIECES: .

It appears that Hand-
succeeded in keeping soccer
out of their hallowed halls
and off their fields for yet
one more season.

team, feels Hazelwood i is sdue
for a fall. Se

AT have ‘been very close to. 7
" him three times this year and
I feel this time I can edge —
him out. There would be no ©

greater honor than to defeat
Hazelwood.”

why the oppositon...

| Perhaps. vabbe :
arguments. and: justifications.

. for so doing make sense. but: .

- One ‘can’t’ ‘help. but. Mander 7

“No matter ‘how:the. ‘school.

- authorities- cut: it, Soccer is.

the ‘biggest ‘game“in ‘the _
world .and nothing ‘Hand- -
‘sworth can: Say.< or. 40 i is going

“to change this.” °

Fora . single, ‘simple game
“to. ‘reach © this. world wide.
Pinnacle ‘iC must: have a few
"good points at least. i

The school seems to have
the attitude that if. the
community - is .involved.. in ©
soccer ‘then the. educators
certainly don’t have to do
anything i in that area.

Perhaps they don’ t feel
they are as-qualified:to teach
any of the many: educational
aspects of. the. game. -

Or maybe they feel they
are doing enough for a few
now. and that the kids who .
want to . Play really don’t
matter. .

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