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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, February 24th, 1972, Page 7 1Ifeel 1Ihave to w ri1te t his letter in regard to one youprinted from a Ild isgruntled"l fan who didnot have the courage to sign hi s or her name. This one is in re- gard to some top teams being raked over the coals. 1It is h ig9h t ime some people were set straight. First of ai l, 1 arn v ery disappointed that the IlFree Press" aliiowed the use of amin- or hockey teamis name,> thereby de- grading a coachis name. Now ietis scee w ha t this s p o r tsman has to say., First of al1, the c o a ch of the team mentioned coaches; t wo m inor hockey teams, one in pee- wee and one i.n novice. How many does our concern- ed fan coach ? Probably them ai i f rom behind the warm glass in Brookl in Arena. Secondiy, this co ach in question has had to give up three top players to a team who aiso picked up a former ail - s tar goalie, and they stiil1 hav- nIt won that much. Perhaps they want h.im to teach his kids howto play hockey and then give them au away to everyone eise. This so caiied fan in lastweek's 1le tter couid have also beefed to the coach himself and to the league con- venor, bu t itseem s courage is lacking here too. Nexton the lune is the fact that the coach has been giv- ing up !ce time for others, plus the, fac t that many other teams do not show upj and when and if they do, they number 6 or 7. Who pays for this ice time? l'il tell you, the coach has had to pay for par.t of it out of his own pocket -and he has awife and seven c hi I dr en to sup- p o rt. Many. tirnes he has worked un- t il1 2:00 oýr 3:00 in the morning and has stili gotten up to open the Arena at 6:00 a. m. - just for these tea-: ms you write a- bout. My next statement is that his is not a select team; the coach has asked other men to help him teach hi s pilay- ers hockey funda- mentais. If [t is a Cr ime to try and mnake good hockey players out of his charges then he is guil1ty. 1 arn thankful that my boy i son his team because an- other team (in last' pace) didn't want him. 1 hope he ai- ways has such fine THIS SUNDAY PUBLIC MEETSN m>AYID LEWIS M. P. mfen teachlng hlm. So the reason (so far) this team has won al1 the t im e isb e cause they have some- o ne vvh o is a sportsman who doeshis work wi th action (behind the b en ch) and not by w ri tifg letters to a newspaper. 1 fi1r mly beltieve that an apology is inorder here, and alithough 1 may sound angry at the p e rson who wvrote the letter, 1tam ont1y disappointed that such a person would use a news- paper to try to hum il iate aman who is good for hockey. Remember this man also keeps record of scoring etc. for the league. There is a slog- an in hockey that goes 1like this: "Take your boy to the Arena, donit send him. i In some cases 1 bel ieve this shoulId be changed to: "Send your boy tothe arena , don' t spoil minor hockey by taking him! Thank you Signed Reg Wil1liams, Lupin Drive, Whitby. Deadline for tax savings o.n registered retirement savings, plans Deposits made by February 29, 1972 are tax free for 1971 returns Victoria and Grey Trust offers you three tax savings retirement plans. -an "'equity fund plan" designed for greatest capital appreciation -a high cumulative income plan -a Guaranteed Investment Certificate plan fully guaranteed as to principal and interest Start Retiring today at Victoria and Grey VICTORI A GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Dundas St. W. Whitby 668-5897 W.R. Curry, Manager on a for 2. Thne B0-AC London SuperShow Tour will be the grand prize fi the action packed Standard Brands Family Auction. To win... .Here's what you do. Ontario housewives will have an 5 :q opportunity to bid for fifty appliance items valued from on 680 CFTR. Your bidding Y is based upon the value and nuniber of Standard Brands produet labels you colleet from the list you see here: Feature Products Other Products (worth 1,000 Bidding Points) (worth 100 Bidding Points) Fleischmann's Margarines Magie Pet Milk Chipits Chocolate Chips Miss Mew Cal Food Blue Bonnet Margarines Dr. Ballards Dog and Cat Foods Chase & Sanborn Regular and Instant Cotfée Royal Deserts FIeischrnann's Yeast Tenderleaf Tea Magie Baking Powder Planters Nuts Planters Peanut Butter Gillette's Prod.uct.- soundlsfamiliar The grand prize winners will be flown to London on 7"- aOAPC takes good care of you H.D.P. FEDERAL LEADER 2:0PK4 SUNDAY, FBR. 27th GENOSHA HOTEL OSHAWA PUCCADILY ROON BABY SITTING AVAILABLE.