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Russiani angrily denies goon hockey charges Herald Editor Georgetown Gemini coach Jules has reacted angrily to charges that ho sends his players out to deliberately hurt members of the opposing team calling the accusations out and out lies The charges were by Blades coach Ken Moodle alter a recent game in Oakvllle In wHlch the Blades topped the Gems B3 The Gems filled up two complete game sheets with penalti Including IS minors a game misconduct and five major In an interview with The Herald charged that employed bush league tactics In the penalty filled contest and said that the slow Gemini start this season six wins in 17 outings is the result of Russlanis coaching tactics They hove a good hockey team but theyre where they are In the standings because they dont concentrate on playing hockey said Oakvllle general manager Murray Walker told repor ters that Russlanis stoneage view of hockey will ruin the league He said he plans to complain formally to both the Ontario Hockey Association and the Georgetown Gemini executive told The Herald this week he has never sent a player out to deliberately injure anyone Sure I stress body contact thats how we won in the playoffs last year Russian explained We dont do it with cheap dirty shots however Russian suggested Walker still has hard feelings about the Gems upsetting the powerful Blad es in opening round of the playoffs last year We just might do it again this year said Gemini president Bob Sr said the charges levelled by Moodie and Walker were blown out of proportion Our guys took a few penalties down there but nothing out of the ordinary The club president endorsed Russiani 100 per cent adding that he has never known to order a player to try and Injure another player president Brent said he has yet to near from the Blades about the game In question He added that if Walker does a formal complaint he may decide to investigate Ladds added that he has never received a complaint about the Gemini organization or about coaching methods In the past vouncs ITD Open Until 00 PHONE the HERALD Local soccer in big trouble I met with three desperate meh last week Their predictions for the Georgetown sports community through thesummer of were pretty bleak The three men were Klaus Zander presl dent of the Georgetown Youth Soccer Club former treasurer Colin Murray and former secretary Gary Their message was serious and straightforward The GYSC they predict will not survive the winter as It exists today It may fold altogether at the very best It will resurface in a restructured format It may become a rep club offering organized soccer to only the best young players in town It may operate with a limited enrollment offering recreational soccer to the first 300 registrants These men t alarmists They overreacting and they arent cry babies They have served the Georgetown soccer community a combined years though as coaches admlni and executive members and they honestly feel the club facing real crisis The club held Its annual general meeting Sunday November 13 Nine people turned out and that Includes Zander and Murray The three men estimate that an organization such as the GYSC needs a minimum of 12 executive officers to function properly To operate legally the club must have an elected president secretary and treasurer Thats according to the clubs own constitution President Zander is In for another term Spiller and Murray want to leave the executive for lessdemanding roles but noone will step forward to take on their executive duties Unlike hockey and baseball soccer Is not a native Canadian sport explained to me People won get Involved because they dont know anything about the game The shame of It is as Spiller paints out that in many administrative positions you dont have to know anything about soccer He means simply that you dont ha ve to be an avid fan of the game to order team sweaters chalk a field phone players or schedule games COLIN MURRAY GARY Treasurer Murray is the veteran of the group having tolled for Ihe GYSC since 1968 He remembers a time when people actually fought over positions on the executive Now he Is pessimistic about the future of minor soccer In Georgetown Peel Hal ton Is the hotbod of minor soccer in Ontario with some kids playing There were more than 900 youngsters playing In Georgetown last summer Still whenMurraysentaletter outlast year to 120 registered coaches in the Georgetown area asking for their help for the upcoming season he got Just replies Murray organized a coaching clinic two years ago with the intention of helping a few native Canadian fathers become familiar enough with the game that they might want to help coachan atom or squirt outfit He was pleasantly surprised when dads signed up to participate He was jolted back to earth when dads actually showed up for the clinic Last years coaching clinic run by met with even less response The interest Just there Murray sadly concedes I get frustrated I dont have the answers and I cant see any real solution There s a reluctance of people to give of themselves This Is the way It Is The real hard work of running the begins In January Executive members are required to attend the Peel Soccer Club meetings to register our rep teams and pay our affiliation fees Uniforms have to be ordered for the rep tea and tryouts should begin In gyms around the town The annual Ontario Soccer Association meetings take place in January and the town recreation department will soon need to know the GYSCs field requirements for the year If volunteers for the GYSC executive dont surface within the next month the club as It stands now Is finished Our first appeal is to the parents of kids who want to play soccer Murray says Unless they are going to come out their kids arent going to play soccer next summer The three desperate men want another meeting before Christmas They havent quite thrown in the towel yet If you think you can help them keep minor soccer alive In Georgetown call Klaus Zander at Colin Murray at or Gary at Kennedy out of the play Acton John Turner llerald photo by Douglas Gems crush Acton Sabres 92 Georgetown sweeps a pair on the weekend By DOUGLAS Herald Special The Georgetown Gemini thumped cross town rivals the Acton Sabres last Saturday for their second Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League vie lory of the week The Gems took the Mlmlco Monarchs on Friday Gem coach Jules sees the wins as an indication or things to come We made a slow start this year the clubs present record is but I said from the very beginning that the team wouldnt Jell before December 15 and its coming true said His team lost some key players to penalties and injuries earlier In the season Including Mike Dave BUI Bathgate and Kevin Prank which cost them a few games said Frank shoulder and Bob Dean out because of schedule conflicts will give the team more strength when they return early next month he said The Gem offence in Saturdays game was led by Bill Bathgate who scored a and had an assist and Riv Kennedy with one goal and three assists The play was even throughout the first period which ended appropriately in a The Gem s Kent opened the cor ing seconds into the game with the help of Kennedy and Bathgate The Gem power play couldnt get It together after Sabre Paul Barratt look a hooking penalty five minutes Into the game Bathgate took a penalty seconds after call to end the Gemini oppor tunity Midway through the first period Chris Pea en pi tallied on a to Sabre Paul Carglll converting a pass from Riv Kenne dy and Dave Doucette Clint Watts replied for Acton with quick goal which put the Sabres on the board and narrowed the gap to Cap- lain Ken Kavanaugh drew an assist on the play The Sabres scored their second and final goal of the game with 1 14 left in the period as Paul beat Gem goalie Wayne Cowley Vlnce Paradise assist The Sabres were fru by the goal post more than once during the game After one period of hockey the Gems decided to take charge They had torrl lorial advantage for the last two periods McArthur and Bob both found the net early in the second period Bathgate picked up a pass from Peavoy half way through the period and came In on a one- onone He faked Sabre goalie Fred to the left and lifted the puck over the goalies right pad for his first of three uninterrupted goals A little over a minute later Kennedy set Bathgate up for his second of the night As the clock hit In Ihe third period the BathgatePeavoy combination produced another goal to com Bathgates hat- trick The final goals came In tost five minutes of play from Kennedy and Terry West Seven minutes Into the third period Gem Kent and Sabre Karl Meyer mixed it up In the Gemini end Each earned high sticking penalties five minute majors and a compul sory Invitation to leave the game About three minutes later and dlso look five minutes for light ing and were also thrown out of the game with a game mis conduct took an extra penalty as aggres sor The Gem penaltykill ing unit a combination of three including key players Kennedy Bob John Hodgson and BUI Bathgate made some excellent plays to shut down the Sabre power play during a total of over IS penalty minutes Between the pipes faced 34 shots with help from his defence Georgetown goal len der Cowley faced 30 shots Local pro headed for Island play GLAD TO WIN THE GLAD Skip Alice Fraier second Theresa 8ml lb lead June Polls and vice June Russell posed with he hardware won at the Glad Robinson Saturday at the North Golf and Curling Club Herald photo Terry Mlskcolczl from the Silvercreek Golf Club In George town will be Joining several top Canadian and professional golfers in the first Celebrity ProAm tournament at the Para dise bland Golf Club in Nassau The Bahamas beginning November Dan who has been a touring player since 1971 and former golfing great George Knudson who la a member of Canadas Sports Hall or Fame will Join several US pro fessionals including Tommy Aaron in the tournament from the Toronto Blue Jays wilt be among the sports celebrities In tho tourn ament Others Include former and Detroit Tiger Stars Kallne and Lou Whltta TFRRYMISKCOLCZI ker basketball greats Oscar Robertson and Dave plus former all pro running back Floyd Little A total of three- person teams will com pete under a scramble format The lournament has also attracted teams from England Jamai ca Bermuda Germany and France Raiders drubbed Now at leas i Georgetown Raiders know Just what theyre shooting at The Raiders rode into Cambridge Sunday looking forward to a knockdown drag em out brawl with the Ontario Senior A Hockey League leading Cambridge Hornets The Raiders got knock ed down and dragged out they took a shellacking The defending Allan Cup champs blasted 49 shots at Raider goal- tender Brad Miller including shots over tho first two periods when Ihey were busy building advan tage Georgetown managed to direct pucks towards Dave in the Hornet cage The champs really ad ministered their knock out blows in the second period when they lit the lamp behind MlUer five times The Hornets were leading when Gary Landry put the Raiders on the board from Pet sturgeon with left in the period As if to underscore their dominance the home side quickly put up two more before the period ended to make it 71 and end any doubts about who would take the two points Juri Kudrasovs and Dave Hill counted for the Raiders in the third period John Glbb drew an assist on each marker The outcome was a little brighter for the Raiders last Wednesday night in where they clobbered the Broncos 131 Nine different Raid scored goals a result of the 77shot barrage fired at goalies Mike Laycock and Scott Collins Paul Gallagher Ron Twiss and Guy Cormier all notched a pair of goals for he good guys while Tim Ampleford Doug Fry Glbb John Saunders and Hill all found the mark Ampleford also con tributed five assists to the Raider attack while winger Tim Turner helped out on four The Raiders are at home Friday night to host the ton Tigers their last scheduled game of the month With eight wins and a tie In outings the Raiders currently stand third In the team league A week Friday the Raiders host lia Squires at Gordon Arena Campers win The Georgetown North Halton Sports Camp peewee AA team won two more hockey games this past week defeating and Steven Sutherland led the scoring with three points over the two games while two points were earned by Doug McDermott who continued his fine play Bill Tutt Alan Glray Com Herman and Mike Single points went to Doug Kent Chris McCarthy Travis Gardiner and Chris Stoddart The team continues to work on improving the passing game Unfortunately some of this emphasis on team play is offset by the lack of assists given out by the referees in all towns Perhaps the G M A might consider desig an official scorer for each team The Sports Camp look forward to tougher competition this weekend at tournament The team record In league play la now 1201 Ttco of three The Georgetown senior Rebel girls basket ball team played three games last week away from home winning twice The first game was played on Monday night at White Oaks in The second was played against Blakelock In Oakvllle and the third Trafalgar Georgetown won on Monday against White Oaks 27 defeated Georgetown on Tues day by a score of The Rebels defeated Trafalgar on Thursday Tho girls have qualified for the semi finals They will be playing M Robinson of Burlington on Tuesday It will be a really exciting game says coach Meredith We played M M Robinson a couple of weeks ago and lost by Just sht points Should the girls lose on Tuesday they will be finished for season Pro Sports split The Georgetown M and M Pro Sports major bantams split a pair of squeakers In hockey action this week nipping after a setback at the hands of Brampton Mark Zebedea sparked the victory Over notching a goal and a pair of aa five different players lit the lamp for the locals Mark Moody and Jim Manning both contributed a goal and an assist while Paul Smith and Kennedy both tallied singles Tim Bennett Shawn Finn and Jeff all earned assists in a winning effort Moody scored both Georgetown goals In the loss to Brampton Smith and Manning notched assists