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8 NORSHORE SENTINEL Thursday, February 2, 1961 FLYERS GOT BEST OF TRADE The first trade in the history„of the North Shore Hockey league was consummated over the weekend and on first look it would appear that Nipigon Flyers got the best of the deal. In dire need of a right winger to go with Herman Mannila and Paul Baxter, the Flyers traded centre George Beadman a fella who wanted to play for Red Rock, for Noel Camire, a fella who wanted to play for Nipigon. Royal manager Larry Dunville and Nipigon coach Jack Staples closed the one-for-one deal faster than a loan office manager and it was probably the happiest and the fastest trade hockey has ever seen. Flyers were beaming wide Sunday despite their loss to Terrace Bay as Camire paid immediate dividends with a goal and two assists. Beadman had one, assist against Marathon. Camire will fill a big hole and provide Nipigon with more scoring punch, something they need badly. Beadman, a smooth skater and flash in practice could come back to haunt the Flyers if he ever shakes himself loose but so far this season has shown little hustle and less fight. The The Royals took the gamble on him but must feel confident that he can find himself with them. If he ever does, look out. The trade opens new possibilities in the league. There is no reason not to expect more of the same, especially between Nipigon and Red Rock because of their close proximity. Terrace and Marathon, of course, probably wouldn’t be so interested but what about one Terrace Bay star who is continually rumoured as a man looking for a new home and a new team? At the moment a player can walk off his team if offered a better job by another team and the first team is obligated to give him his release, next year. From now on you’ll probably see money or players exchanged before any cards are handed over. So who’s next to go on the block? royals just haven't got the horses Red Rock Royals have lost seven of their last eight games and the wolves are at the door scratching for coach Roger Harvey’s hide. However Roger shouldn’t be blamed and shouldn’t blame himself for the sudden demise of the Royals. It’s a simple case of evolution. The Royals never really had the horses at the start of the season. The great conditioning of the team plus the surprise start by Neal Seagris kept them up while the opposition tried to catch up but it has been obvious for some time that the Royals needed help. Sunday the Royals played their best but it wasn’t good enough. They had bad luck it is true but they simply had too many holes in their club to match the likes of the Merks when they’re going full out. The Royals are still in need of one strong defenceman and another few top scorers up front and as Tuesday was the deadline for all player exchanges, coach Harvey must improvise like mad from here in. It would do little harm to bench some of the oldsters and play the rookie Pineau brothers. He’s not getting the hockey from some of the old players anyway so why the great concern? Roger still has one thing going for him though .... the great spirit of the Royal club that has carried them far when things were worse than they are now. By past experience if the players decide they’re going to win they’ll do it if Roger Harvey, Larry Dunville or Joe Smlyzzle is holding the reins. CHUCKALUGS: Notice that Marathon and Terrace, the two clubs using at least two rookies apiece are leading the way right now? ... Billy Pytyck continues to star in in the Terrace Bay goal and the skeptics keep saying that it can’t last. It takes plenty of guts to move in there and Billy has them. Let’s give the man credit? Ches Gallant playing his heart out for the Royals and staying away from the penalty box too. Whitey Smith is the type of player any club would want. The Marathon defence was especially effective this weekend with all Royal goals coming the hard way. Nipigon still weak on defence. They’re hot about that penalty to Vic Dahl and without knowing the situation too well, we won’t comment past the point that the last minute is a tough time to give any club a penalty unless its really glaring. Merks in money trouble as the gates have been low. They’re amazed at the fact that the Flyers pay for practices. So are a lot of people. ED SOLAN REMEMBERS ROUGHER DAYS GLACE BAY FANS THREW MACKERELS. ED BOLAN IN THE SHOWER Large Edward Bolan may have provided a few rather eccentric but exciting moments in the North Shore Hockey league but they were probably nothing compared to his sojourn in the tough Glace Bay Hockey league where men are men and women fans are twice as tough. Back with Marathon Mercuries now after a short retirement, Ed told of a few memories of the tough league in an interview over a cup of coffee. "I was 19 years old and still wet behind the ears when I blew into The Bay on the East coast to play for the Miners,” recalls Ed. "One of the first guys I met was this Charlie Phillips who had played with the Montreal Canadians a few games during the war years. He recognized me as just a raw kid and took me under his wing telling me to stick with him and he’d show me the ropes.” "Some wing,” winced Ed remembering what followed. "In one of the first games the fans got on our backs and we had to pull a few of them down on the ice and slap them around a bit. When the fiasco was finished though, they came and threw ol’ Charlie and me in the jug! The coach finally arrived and bailed us out but not before we had had a few anxious moments.” It was a real 'raw’ league as Ed recalls. Instead of throwing programs on the ice the excitable fans used to wind up and take aim with raw mackerels. It was probably cheaper than programs! But back to the present, Ed’s return to action and the subsequent rise of the Mercuries from the bottom to second place in the league. Ed isn’t coaching this year but coach Tony Baratta will be the first to credit the big defenceman with giving the team that spirit which carried them to four league and four NSHL titles in his five previous years as coach. Ed hails from Midland, Ont., where be played minor hockey briefly before going to St. Mikes in Toronto until he was 16. His Junior 'A’ was - played with Guelph Balitmores and from here he went to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. His next stop was St. John Beavers in New Brunswick, then on to Chicoutimi of the old Quebec Senior league. After Chicoutimi he'crossed the ocean for a year and played with the Paisley Pirates in Scotland. % In 1955 he came to Marathon as playing coach. Never noted for mincing his words, Ed figures Tony Baratta is doing a fine job as coach of the Mercs and should end up with a championship team in his first year., 'We still have the best clutch team in the business” he said "and you’re going to to see Terrace Bay fold like pansies in the play-offs.” Defenceman Ted Brady, also from Midland and a lifelong friend of Ed’s feels Boland’s eloquent dressing room speeches and salesmanship to be a main factor in his coaching success. He says Ed learned the spirited gift of gab from peddling horse manure and firewood from door to door in Midland. Brady and Jim Johnson, a former Merc, were members of a midget team which Ed coached to the All Ontario Midget Championship. Boland was also a member of the Hamilton Tigers Lacrosse team which won the Mann cup in_T949. Eddy Powers, the N.H.L. referee was his coach with the Tigers, and Merv. McKenzie, Ontario Athletic Commission was a team member and friend of Ed’s. His views on the N.S.H.L. are interesting. "The referees in this league vary from good to poor” says Ed, "and the poor ones can spoil the whole league. Mind you we have some darn good officials but on the other hand some referees are taking money under false pretenses.” Ed figures that the North Shore league should adopt some British Amateur Hockey league rules and this would speed up the game. He mentions specifically a penalty box for each team, and allowing body checking in your own end only. Aside from playing hockey Ed also is a scout for the Montreal Canadians and assistant recreation director in Marathon. Combine this with his family obligations to his wife and two small sons and you wonder where he gets all the energy to last out the winters. NEXT WEEK: The Ross Brothers from Schreiber. NO TAPE PORT COLBORNE, Ont (CP) About 400 bicycle owners were let off the hook by a kindly police department when officers visited schools to stick reflector tape on bicycles. 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