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Whipper really cares By WERNER BERGEN Examiner Sports Editor He is big and tough Whipper Billy Watson may have at one time been the most feared man in the professional wrestling Circuit but there is more to the man than just bmn ipper Billy Watson cares He cares es ciall for cri pled children in Canada and has been assgeciated with tige Qitano SOCiety for Crippled Children for 30 years Some sports personalities just lend their names to projects and make token appearances on the projects behalf But not Watson Hisfight for crippled children is probably more im portant to him than any fighting laurels he received in his distinguished career It is because he is so involved and spends so much time and probably lot of his own money for the cause that he is taken seriously where ever he goes He is not just another sports hero publicizing needy cause At press conference Wednesday at Molsons Brewery tears were in his eyes as he told stories about some of his ex periences But the stories were not aimed at tugging at heart strings but rather as illustrations for the need the society and these children have feel time is running out to get down and get things doneWatson said Watson said the society was not charity but service to the crippled children and their families Watson said it was important for these people to maintain their dignity and not feel they are recipients of charity Watson was in Barrie to help promote the Snowarama which is fund raising activity for the society by the Barrie Kiwanis Club Collingwood Progress Club and the Huronia Snowmobile Association FLYERS ANl COLTS The Flyers and Colts have new players in their camps The Colts in the MidOntario Junior Hockey League have added three players since the season began and two have worked out well The newcomer defenceman John Cox should prove to be big asset The Colts have needed another defenceman since the season started but have been unable to pick up player with Coxs ability With Cox in the lineup the Colts have good chance of holding down second place and threaten for first The Colts need to defeat Oak Ridges if they hope to get anywhere but have been unable to find the key to Oak Ridges weakness Todd Lalonde and Rick Bowman were picked up by the Colts midway through the season and have strengthened the team Both players are proven goalscorers and have not disappointed the Colts with their performances Its almost like revolving door at the Flyers camp The Ontario Senior Hockey team has seen players come and go and two players have come and gone only to return again Ernie Miller and Terry Agnew left the team month ago Miller retired and Agnew was traded Miller has come out of retirement and the deal for Agnew with Mississauga fell through Millers return will end the Flyers search for second goaltender At one time the Flyers had three goalies only to have Miller and Ron Patterson retire The Flyers have been worried about Dave Johns health Johns was the only remaining goalie and any injury to him would have put the team in bad position of having no goaltender Agnew should give the defensive corps of the Flyers boost Agnew returned to the Flyers for their game against the Soviet Union Milne shuts out BiltRite llO By JANICE BLSIIEY Examiner Correspondent STROUD planned reshuffling of players did not take place after the holiday break because the coaches decided on repositioning teams in the Stroud Hockey House League The scoring still proved to be rather unbalanced with the first place novice house league Milne Plumbing taking the second to last place BiltRite Cash and Carry down to resounding 1H defeat Shutout goalie for Plumbing Robbie Givens was also credited with two assists Corey Morgan counted the highest number of goals with five Randy Ward with two and two assists Steven Smyth and Doug Wilkins each with one goal and we assist while Jeff Mahoney and Wayne Pinkney both scored once Other assists were by Robbie Green Pat Givens with two each Kurt McKeown Mark Gray and Robbie Mahoney each had one Trying goalie for the first time Jeff Wallin of Simcoe Oxygen managed to blank out White Litho 30 Newly assigned idenceman Karl Fasolino and Matty Bushey still managed to score and Fasolino had an assist Former goalie Greg McElroy tallied the third score In the other novice game Goulds Newfoundland Store edged Freds Garden Centre 21 Randy Ward got the first and winn itg goals for Goulds while Brent Burton had the only goal for Freds The Innisfil Lions Junior Girls came through with their first win in regular league play Saturday Goalie June Little claimed the shutout against Chubb Electric with Kim Easton and Leslie Loft getting two goals Cathy Brook and Diane Edwards were awarded assists Pauleyanna Sports tied Canadian Canopy 22 Ron Allen scored unassisted for Pauleyanna with Mark Quinton aided by Chris Collins had the second Jeff Lucas counted Canopys two goals assisted by Victor Sheppard and Mark Benoit Warwicks played to onesided 72 victory over Bruce Nash Haulage Dave Thomas claimed four goals and an assist Peter Duivenvoorden had two goals For Warwicks Micheal Ayres it had one and an assist Kerry Konzuk was credited with three mists and Peter St Laurent had one STANDINGS GP Pts JMilnePlumbing 16 Simconxygen 12 FredsGardenCentre 10 GouldsNHdStore BiltRiteCashand Carry WhiteLitho JUNIORSTANDINGS Paule annaSports 15 Cana ianCanopy 13 BruceNashHau age WarwicksStore Chubb Electric InnisfilLionsJrGirls Harper defeats Painswick 43 By JANICE BUSHEY Examiner Correspondent STROUD The two intermediate house league games played Jan in the Stroud Hockey House League ended with parallel scores of 43 Harper Tires goals came from Fred Noon with two Ken Stewart and Richard Caldwell Dan Boone had two assists Brian Haras mchuk one Their opponents Pamswnck Servwe Centres 20a were scored by Curtis Wicks with two and Steve Donnelly Each of those boys had an assist as well as did Bruce Conklin Stroud IGA edged out Iohns Driving School with Adam blsie scoring twice Single goals came from Ray Melanson and David Stone Melanson Kevin Noble and Pat Raines had mists Keith Brown counted two goals Derek Qu1gley one plus an assist and Troy Collins assisted on Johns goal unm STANDINGS INTERMEDIATE GP Pts SerUdIGA 10 15 HarperTire 10 10 JohnsDrivingSchool 10 PainswickServiceCentre 10 wfiw Whipper Billy Watson and Alexander Thomson climb on snowmobile to officially start the Snowarama for Barrie on Wednesday Thomson is the Timmy representative for the Ontario Society for rippled Children in Barrie Examiner Photo Whipper Watson starts Snowarama By WERNER BERGEN Examiner Sports Editor At times it may seen like losing battle but Whipper Billy Watson never stops fighting Whipper Watson is always fighting for the crippled children in Canada and it is something he has been doing for30years Watson was in Barrie Wednesday to officially start the campaign for Whipper Watsons Snowarama for Timmy The fund raising snowmobile ride will take place on Jan 29 with participating riders covering 100 miles CONFERENCE At press conferencc at Molsons Brewery Watson was introduced to Barrics Timmy for 1978 Alexander Thomson son of Mr and Mrs letcr Thomson will rcprcscnt the Ontario Society for Crippled liildrcn in its many fund raising activities in Barrio Snowarama route has been chosen The Snowarama for the On tario Society for Crippled Children on Jan 29 has pro jected target of $100000 to be raised Riders who wish to take the loomile ride can pick up pledge sheets from McDonalds Restaurant snowmobile dealers snowmobile clubs and some variety stores in Barrie The starting points for the Snowarama ride will be at the McDonalds Restaurant in Bar rie Wasaga Beach Snowmobile Clubhouse and the Huron Highlands clubhouse inColl ingwood ROUTE The route for the ride will be from the McDonalds in Barrie to Midhurst Station past Midhurst Forestry Station to Anten Mills and Hendrie Sta tion The route then turns near Phelpston bypassing Jack lake to Oakview Beach and cross country to Huron Highlands The return ride is past Not The Barrie Flyers of the Ontario Senior Hockey ERNIE MILLER returns tawa Batteux to Brocks Beach and then along Springhurst and Wasaga Beaches turning to Orr Lake and back through Midhurst to the starting point There will be 10 check points along the route STARTING Riders will be starting simultaneously from Barrie Collingwood and Wasaga Beach Trails and services will be supplied by the Huronia Snowmobile Association who has over 1000 miles of groomed trail in Simcoe York and Gray Counties Starting time is 711 am on Jan 29 The proceeds from Snowarama go to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children to assist in the rehabilitation of physically handicapped children in Ontario Half of the funds raised are retained by the clubs for direct services in Bar rie and Collingwood League had two new faces at their practice Wednesday night at the Barrie Arena The faces were not exactly new but they hadnt been seenthcreinawhile Ernie Miller and Terry Agnew are back with the Flyers RETIRED Miller rctired month ago citing business commit ments as his reason for netirement Agnew had been traded to the Mississauga Golden Arrows for cash and the right to talk to goaltender Steve Restivo Miller said he missed play ing hockey Miller said he couldnt resist returning after seeing the Flyers play theRussians Miller said he had talked his return over with coach Darryl Sly and they had come to an agreement When Sometimes its losing battle in trying to get things done and getting people to realize what should happen for handicapped people Watson said fccl today we havent done enough for ciipplcd children for young adults and adults Watson said Ive seen lot of things happen and lot of progress in many ways Watson said oneseventh of the population is handicapped in some way and what is nccdui most for them is the awareness of the people of the individual communities of what can be done Kids are the reason why travel across the country Im intercstml in kids your kids not mine he said Snowarama is the second biggest fund raiser for crippled children in Canada Watson said The Easter Scal campaign is the largest IiLIN ET Watson said the budget for this year is SB2001I0 with only $75000 coming from thc government Watson said this leaves over $50X1000 to be raised Watson said some people have suggested that the government take over the society but he never wanted to sec the society losc its volun tocr help They participatc liccausc they believe in it Watson said Watson said the aid given by the society was not charity but service provided by 231 service clubs Its up to them to see the child is provided for Watson said Watson said he appreciated the work done by the Kiwanis Club of Barrie the Huronia Snowmobile Association and the Progress Club of Collingwood in the Snowarama Watson said he also ap preciated the work done by Molsons Brewery in promoting the event because this way every dollar donated to the society goes to it as one dollar When something is needed people will help Watson said We appreciate the effort you people are putting forth It will be success because of you who are working SICCESS It will be success as long as you believe in what you do Watson said Rick Hubbert president of the Central Zone of the liuronia Snowmobile Association said this was the first time the association had become in volved in the Snowarama Hubbert said the association had been approached last year to help but because of time they were not able to get behind the 10th 100 per cent If we cant do good job we wont take it Hubbert said SNOWARAMA Hubbert said this would be the best Snowarama ever run in Ontario He said the route was chosen for its scenic value and it was the best in Huronia You know if you have ever snowmobiled in Huronia we have some pretty country Hubbert said Hubbert said one of the biggest drawbacks to snowmobile runs of this kind was that the trails deteriorated into humps and bumps with the volume of traffic The Barrie Colts of the Mid Ontario Junior Hockey League have signed defenceman Colts signed John Cox this week Cox had played for Newmarket in the Provincial Junior Hockey League last year and for four months this Hell help us said Howie Forbes Colts coach Forbes said Cox was big had good shot from the right side and could skate LOOKING FOR think he could be the one we are looking for Forbes said following the teams prac tice Wednesday The Colts have been looking for another defenceman all season but were unable to pick up what they felt was the right player Forbes said at the beginning the season the Colts were short two or three pla ers from being real conten er Since then the team has signed for wards Todd Lalonde and Rick the examlnor Thunday Jan 12 1973 11 ioins junior COlts Bowman both have scored con sistently since being signed IMPORTANT Whats really important about Cox Forbes said is that he has shot from the right side We have only one other player who can shoot right from the point He knows all the boys and he will be an asset to the club Forbes said Forbes said with the signing Cox the team now has six good defencemen Forbes said the team had slipped somewhat lately but if the other players start playing the way they have shown they are capable of the Colts would win the league title Cox will team with Jamie Turner which wil leave Ernie Cummings and Kevin Guest to kill penalties and see spot duty Forbes said the two had been Eleaying so well that they could seeing regular action on line Cox was drafted by Niagara Falls Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior League but decided to play for Newmarket in the rovincial league He said he ecided to live and go to school in Barrie and commute to Newmarket for games and practices ATTENDS Cox attends Barrie North Col legiate and boards with Bud and Thelma Cockburn Cox said because he didnt have car travelling was dif ficult and he decided to play in Barrie He said the calibre of myers he has seen in practice shown him that there was not too much difference bet ween the two leagues Cox said he had played several exhibition games with the Colts three years ago He played minor midget in the Barrie Minor Hockey Associa tion before being drafted by Niagara Falls Cox said in Barrie he would be getting ice time something he was not satisfied with in Newmarket think we have good diance of going allOntario Cox said Craig Morton hopes Cowboys will blitz NEW ORLEANS AP When Denver quarterback Craig Morton barks out the Broncos signals in Sundays Super Bowl hell also be hanging out sign Blitzers Welcome The man who spent the first 92 of his 13 National Football League seasons in Dallas uni form would be delighted to see bunch of Cowboys defensive backs and linebackers roaring in on him Dallas doesnt blitz very of ten and dont expect theyll do it any more than usual this time he said But Id like nothing more than to see sa feties Charlie Waters and Cliff Harris and maybe one or two others trying to climb into my lap cause if they do that mcans theres single coverage out there that someones iso lated oneonone And that kind of situation is Mortons meat Hes master of the dumpoff pass and occa sionally of the pinpoint bomb when its mantoman 30 yards downfield Hell never run the ball save for rare bootleg down around the opposition goal line or scramble when his protection breaks down JETIIROSKEPTICAL Yeah lve heard that said Dallas defensive tackle Jethro Pugh Ive heard he doesnt mn Ilmmph Hey listen maybe hes no runner maybe hes hurt like they saybut this is the Super Bowl Aint no saying what he might try just to shake us up But Ed Too Tall Jones Dal lass mammoth defensive end figures Morton will stay in the pocket no matter what oppor tunities to run are present Stayner hosts tourney STAYNER The Stayner Minor Hockey Association will be holding its seventh annual atom tournament this weekend There will be 32 teams play ing in three divisions with the action getting underway at 10 am Friday The tournament concludes Sunday evening Billets are still needed for out town teams and anyone in terested in hosting players is asked to call Mrs Dickey at 42538 Cripps glad theyre back iller and Agnew return to Flyers Miller and Ron Patterson retired it left the Flyers with only one goaltender Dave Johns PRACIISEI Miller said he had not prac tised since his retirement and felt tired after the hour practice Im glad hes back said Steve Cripps Flyers general manager Cripps said it would take some pressure off the team with Miller back He said they didnt have to worry as much now about Johns get ting hurt He said it would cieate some competition for the starting goaltenders position DEALT Agnew had been dealt to Mississauga in late November Crip ssaidit had been straig deal for Restivo but he had not mceived Restivos players card so the deal is off ll GARY MacMIIIAN injured Agnew had gone for tryout for Kalamazoo in the International Hockey League following the original deal with the Golden Arrows The Arrows are affiliated with Kalamazoo When the deal had original ly been made there had been sane controversy about what the terms of the deal were es Gall Arrows president said Mississauga had made straight cash deal for Agnew while Cripps said it had been for cash and the right to talk to Restivo NOTHING Cri ps said nothing had ever finalized so Agnew was back with the Flyers He said the Flyers had not received Restivos players card The Flyers will be missing the services of Gary Mac Millan for six to eight weeks Hes no dummy hes not stupid Jones said Hes too smart to take any kind of dance that might get him hurt If he gets hurt it could just about destroy their of fence Football coaches leave NFL clubs By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tom Landry and Red Miller the Super Bowl coaches will be around to whistle at their teams for another season but few other members of the profession can be so secure If man like Chuck Knox who was 5for5 in getting his Los Angeles Rams an NFC Division title can be gently pushed out fir not winning enough then who can feel safe Knox whose fiveyear stint with the Rams produced 54 vic tories in 70 National Football League games but no Super Bowls left the club and signed multiyear contract with Buf falo Bills on Tuesday The surprise signing came one week after Knox had reached fiveyear agreement with the Rams Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom soured on Knox for the teams failure to win the big playoff gamethe latest season loss was 147 post pset to Minnesotaand for its con servative offensive philosophy Chuck Knox was not let go Rosenbloom said We met last week and came to an understanding It was decided then that we both would take week to think things over during which time he was given permission to talk to other clubs and we gave him to understand we would talk to other coaches Queen shuts out Simcoe Hornets Queens Hotel shutout Simcoe Hotel 30 Wednesday in the Sim coe County Mens Broomball League In other games played Ivy defeated Thornton Blazers 61 Shoppers Drug Mart defeated Dorseys Farms 30 and Molsons won by default over Elmvale Keith White Bob Bauxall and Len Payne scored for Queens Hotel Doug Cameron had the shutout Al Elliott led Ivy with two goals in their win over Thom ton Single goals went to Dave Schandlen Glen Hitchon John Walton and Henry Sander Ran dy Hiles scored for Thornton Brad Patterson Larry Cor bett and Randy Stock scored for Shoppers Drug Mart Ken Staley had the shutout Ringette games played in Oro 0R0 The ringctte tournament in the Huronia Winter Games will be held this weekend at the Oro Township Com munity Arena Harry Hu divisions would be taking part ghes convener for the event said 16 teams in four The tournament starts Saturday at pm and goes on all afternoon The tournament starts again at 745 am on Sunday and continues until 730 pm There will be five teams from Hamilton competing along with six from Oro Township Also entered are two teams from Dorset Park in Toronto two teams from Port Perry and one from Barrie MacMillan injured his left knee in November and has been playing since then with his knee in brace Mac Millan said the knee would pop out but it was becoming progressively worse PLAYING He said he would still be playing if the operation to repair the cartilage was not absolutely necessa MacMi Ian said hoped he would be back with the team for the playoffs Mac Millan had bsharing line with Robbie Ralph and Ron Lyte MacMillan had also taken over the duties of coaching during practises when playercoach Darryl Sly had announced his short lived retirement earlier this season The Flyers are in Orillia Riday for game against the Terriers The game is battle for third place in the league TERRY AGNEW back