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7 awa * am ~~ O'NEILL SENIOR PLAYER TESTS HIS SKILL AT BASKET « « . Basketball Is Popular In Scholastic World Today Photos by Roger Levett Of The Times Staff BASKETBALL HAS WIDE A Put ten high school kids on a basketball court, give them a ball and two referees and anything can happen. Coaches strive for some type to their problems are elusive. As Jack Wiley, senior coach at O'Neill Collegiate said: "There's no fan support and no money. Referees are ex- pensive. At one game, we took in $1.98 at the gate." Aside from this, there seems to be little balance of power. "Central hasn't lost a league game in four years," said Wiley. What is the reason for such domination? Very often a high school will be strong because of its large enrolment, but Cen- tral is the second smallest high school in the league. Central coach Don Mcllveen many Paramount's Robert Evans Tells How He Got Big Job said of his winning ways, "These things run in cycles." The rest of the coaches in the league, however, acknowl- edge him as a fine coach. He him in the past and this sea- son, as he himself will attest to, HOLLYWOOD (AP) -- Howjtern, the Texas-based corpora-|sold out, but remained active in|}GOOD ATHLETES tion that acquired Paramount/the management. did he get the job? 'tinued his That's what the film crowd|last year. has been wondering ever since ( Robert Evans was announced/pyans. 'In 1958, he was head|Wwanted to produce movies. as head of production of Para-|of an enterprise that did $1,000,-|_ Richard Zanuck, mount Studios. 000 worth of business; in 1967, Evans had been an actor--"'alhe did . $500,000,000. bad one at that" he says--and never had produced a movie. |AGREED FROM START d in charge ce A uuies talks together and we hit it off he was off to a good start. deals with stars, producers, di-/from the start. Later we met in rectors and writers and gen-|New York and went to the shows! acquired the best - hired him as an product, which amounts to many|ttigued by the fact millions of dollars each year. et Evans says he got the jobjness and the arts. after meeting industrialist} Evans, his brother and a|The Achilles Force and Charles Bludhorn at a party. Bludhorn is the youthful (39),Ja highly successful maker of|pard Story." dynamic chief of Gulf and Wes- THIS EXCITING NEW RESIDENCE, LOCATED IN OSH- AWA'S FINEST RESIDENTIAL AREA IS DESIGNED FOR QUIET COMFORT, AND GRACIOUS LIVING. WE COR- DIALLY INVITE YOU TO VISIT US, AND TO RESERVE NOW FOR EARLY OCCUPANCY. Rosslyun Aru Apartnwents 745 STEVENSON ROAD NORTH PHONE 128-9724 Evans con- 4 I participation . until/real good athletes," he said. "He is an amazing guy," says|Jan. 1, 1966, when he decided he Evans had worked as an actor, independent producer at 20th Century-Fox. However, he never saw a pro- "After we met, we had some|duction through to the end. But "Within two months I had v seller The erally overseeing Paramount's|together. He seemed to be in-|petective and had Frank Sinatra that myj/to star, Mark Robson to direct background included both busi-| and Abby Mann to write it. I had also bought a story called was partner, founded Evan-Picone,|negotiating for The (Sam) Shep- women's sportswear. They later! Then Evans struck up his "We've just had a bunch of Another reason for the Cen- for whom|friendship with Bludhorn and later agreed to head Paramount} production in Europe. He was in London only a month when he was offered a top job at Paramount Studios. "IT was not all that anxious to come here . . . But Charlie Bludhorn is a persuasive man. He has given me and Bernie Donnenfield, who handles ad- ministrative matters, an amaz- ing amount of autonomy to make deals. "He is not afraid to spend money for product-all kinds of product. As he told me: 'You need locomotives as well as | freight cars.' In other words, we jneed a Sound of Music to pull the entire product, but we've got to have the other pictures, too." Sunday--February 12th 10:00 p.m 11S pom = 3348 p.m.-F 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Monday--Februory 13th 8:00 p.m. + 10:30 p.m. Tuesday--Februory 14th 0 0 p.m 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Wednesday--February 15th 6:00 p.m. - 7:0) 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Thursdoy--February 16th 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Friday--February 17th 8:00 p.m. Junior 'B' Hoc Saturday--February 18th 7:15 p.m. Junior 'A' Hoc 24th February--"Les COMING EVENTS of unifrmity, but the answers} has had other factors going for] ecorq. }leagues get him 'started on the Next Week's Activities AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM February 12th to February 18th - 1:00 p.m. U.A.W, Hockey League 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Duplate Hockey League 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Oshawa Minor Hockey 3:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. G.M. 'Body Shop" Hockey - 8:00 p.m. Oshawa Figure Skating Club 0 p.m. C.Y.0. Hockey 3:30 am. - 5:00 am. G.M. League 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. N.H.L.. Tyke League 3:30 am. - 5:00 am. GM League 7:00 a.m.- 12 noon Oshawa Protestont Church League 12 noon - -2:00 p.m. N.H.L. Tyke League 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Children's Skating Under 14 (Parent may accompany) 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Oshawa Minor Hockey and Singing Ensemble. Ist March--Professional Boxing Show 3rd March--Bingo $5000.00 in Prizes 14th March--"A Breath of Scotland" Scotch varieties. ICE RENTAL AVAILABLE: Phone 728-5162 tod tral success is outside activity, in the form of Simcoe Hall Leagues. "In the past this has helped," said Mcllveen. At one time, most_of his play- ers played basketball on Satur- day mornings with this league, and got more time at the game than other teams. This year, however, there are not as many playing outside the things going for him. Most of his present |to an active exhibitin ule jthey reach mid-season earlier than other teams, both physically and in the develop- merit of their skills. The fact that they have play- ed together for so long gives them an excellent opportunity to polish their play as a team. This progression in play show: ja -definite pattern in their As bantams, they went to the Central Ontario Secondary School Association's semi-finals and as juniors they helped to push the team as far as the finals. In their second year of junior play they improved even more and Central won the COSSA' championship _ before moving on to senior play. }ON TOP Prast wone sity Gene |, Last year, as_ seniors, Cen jtral again came out on top in |COSSA competition, proving that they were still improving and this year they are again considered by rival coaches as strong contenders for COSSA |honors. Like most of the coaches in the league, Mclllven uses the junior and bantam leagues as ja training ground. When asked | about the benefits a player re- jceives in the bantam and jun- ior leagues, he said, 'These proper habits. You can spend half your time trying to break their bad habits." school = league, but he has a few other | team | have been playing together for © five years, and have the advan- | tage of playing more games due | sched- | The greater number of exhi- : bition games they play means ; form : OCCI JUNIOR GETS SOME LAST - MINUTE TIPS FROM HIS COACH - - - John Gradish (in dark overcoat) Is Centre of Attention PPEAL sks Oshawa Times Photo Top Honors In Basketball Won By OCCI Four Years INIOR PLAYERS DISPLAY STYLE . » - Dave Cutler In The Centre Oshawa Times Photo | day. 4 Danny is a man of ses aR \ FOR CITY STUDENTS st ee ee 2a aaa cs DALE PLAYER (LEFT) ON THE MOVE . «John Nestic On The Defence Oshawa Times Photo GEORGIAN MOTOR HOTEL Danny Harrison, with his guitar, songs and comedy, will take over as the featured entertainer in the posh Vin- tage Room of the Georgian Motor Hotel. The Vancouver performer will remain two weeks at the Georgian during which he will be commuting to Toronto for special television appearances. The renowned Tish Goode will conclude her six-week en- gagement at the Georgian to- night. She has broken all long- play records for the room while building up a sizeable following of local patrons, She will be back soon. SPRUCE VILLA HOTEL, Whitby Danny Couglin and his trio will be back to the Spruce Villa Hotel, Whitby, for their third week starting next Mon- many trades in the entertainment world -- he is a composer, trumpeter and comedian par amily Skating Oshawa Senior League G.M, Office League League Oshawa Minor Hockey Public Skating, Adults Only "'Body Shop' Hockey Oshawa Figure Skating Club key Oshawa vs Kingston "Body Shop" Hockey key Oshawa vs Toronto Feux Follets" Canada's Folk Dance OUR CERTIFIED MASTER 'DRYCLEANER SERVICE IS Vd Sanitone Certified Master Drycleaner ertification as a maintain highest quality standards. We're proud to serve you as your Sanitone Certified Master Drycleaner. Try us today! PICKWICK Cleaners & Shirt Launderers 434 Simcoe South 728-5133 excellence, and he has been drawing the crowds to Martin Chizen's popular hostelry. "Andy" Monteith is one of the better organists on the cock- tail lounge circuit and "Bob" Comber leaves nothing to be desired on the drums. The Spruce Villa will bring in "Tiny" Harris, the Coun- try and Western comedian for an extended run Feb. 27. CENTRAL HOTEL The Dawn Trio Plus One is the name of the featured act in the Gold Rush Lounge of the Central Hotel next week. This is a special musical variety act with entertain- ment for all. It features comedy of a high order also. "Ricky" Francis will close off his current engagement in the Gold Rush Lounge with tonight's show. STAGE DOOR LOUNGE, Whitby | The Stage Door Lounge of | the Whitby Hotel will have the The Lady Starfires back | as the feature attraction. | They are old favorites at the | Stage Door and also at the | Gold Rush Lounge in Oshawa lwhere they have performed. CIVIC AUDITORIUM The Oshawa Civic Auditor- jum drew 51,402 persons in 1966 for a group of shows and entertainments, which did not include hockey games. The comparitive figure for 1965 was 26,104. The attendance was for such attractions as the Breath of Scotland, Sonny James and His Country Music, 1OOF Dance, the Osh- awa Police Dance and the an- nual Rhythm and Blue Dance. The management is receiv- CERTAIN TO SATISFY! At last you have a sure measure of reliability in selecting your drycleaner. Sanitone Certified Master Drycleaner is made only to drycleaners with the reputation, experience, equipment and trained personnel necessary to ing many inquiries from Tor- onto for Les Feux Follets which will appear at the Audi- torium Feb. 24. The show will not play Toronto. FAMOUS PLAYERS As a Centennial project, Famous Players Canadian Corporation has. offered its theatre screens to the Expo 67 committee to publicize Canada's World Exhibition opening next April in Mont- | real Theatres operated by Fam- ous Players and their asso- ciate coast-to-coast will pre- sent the Expo story on their screens to an_ estimated 1,000,000 Canadians each week The theatres will be official Expo ticket centres distribut- ing a complete range of Expo and bonus ticket Baker Park's 3] ON THE TOWN DANNY HARRSSON - » « At Georgian centre stage in Harry's Hide- away, Hotel Genosha, for the immediate future at least. They have made a real im- pact on the Hideaway fans who like the better type of Country and Western and Pop hits. Beau has been a real hit on lead guitar and he knows how to send the customers away happy. Bill Vencent on lead guitar and Mimsie Bradd on bass and "Mel" Coates on drums also lend strength to the act, which represents one of the better troupes to play the Hideaway in recent months. The boys recently completed a long run at the Thunder- bird Room in the Fallsway Motor Hotel on the Niagara Peninsula. HOTEL LANCASTER The Ruth Forbes Trio will return to the Hotel Lancas- ter's Blue Horse Lounge for an engagement next .week starting on Monday night The ever' - popular Ruth Forbes will do the vocals for vocals for the Country and Western group and she will be assisted by John Bailey, and Garry McKinley, on their guitars. ° The Echoes will close off tonight at the Lancaster. They include Bobby and Billy Milne and Morris Reeves and are from Port Arthur. CAROUSEL INN, OSHAWA Michael Stanbury, the Tor- onto Folk singer, will be the special attraction in the Car- ousel Lounge of the Carousel Inn, Oshawa, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. He is a highly-entertaining standup performer with a wide repertoire of popular songs 'Youth Program Baker Memorial Park is situe {ated on land donated to the {City by Mrs. Florence Baker in {1948 with the understanding that the land would be preserved as parkland. The residents cleared the heavily wooded site manu- ally at the same time that Park |Lane Drive was being opened |for development. At this time |the Harmony Road Neighbor- jhood Association which had been formed in 1946 was active in and around the Harmony Road School which premises were used for meetings and whose grounds were used. for activities which included an an- nual fireworks display. passports When Baker Park was offi- books cially launched in the late fall of 1964, the forr officers and HOTEL GENOSHA members of Harmony Park Reau Hannon and the Beau |gave moral and physical sup- Dells have taken over the !port.