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20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, December 6, 1962 CAHA PREXY SAYS Holding Stick Off Ice Is Greatest Weakness By BOB TRIMBEE Amateur isn't particularly worried about the setbacks suffered by Canada in world hockey competition and the Russians' success on their latest exhibition tour of Canada. "It's a poor teacher that doesn't produce some pupils who. can come up and beat them," says the 53-year - old hockey execitive. 'We've taught the Europeans how to play the game. "But because they win a se- ties or two is no reason to sus- pect we can't keep our top po- sition. The world doesn't end just because we lose an inter- nationa] crown," Canada still has the best hockey players, under any rules, when both sides concen- trate on playing hockey, he says. STICK TO RULES "The Europeans play hockey like we used to, passing and stickhandling to set up plays. To do that players must keep their sticks on the ice. This is per- haps our greatest weakness. "The rules are there to en- force this, but they must be ap- plied. High-sticking lies behind most, of the complaints against Canada in international events. t-| admired long as it is clean. But if the "Even a good bodycheck is by European fans, so hockey stick becomes involved in a bodycheck no one can blame them for being irate. "Perhaps it's a result of watching the professionals, who also have rules prohibiting high- sticking but who often look the other. way when it's done." Potter, a native of England who was raised in Edmonton, has spent 35 years as an ama- teur hockey executive, starting as a 17-year-old coach and man- ager of an Edmonton junior team. He says he sees nothing but brighter days for his amateurs, pointing to CAHA player regis- trations of 144,000 this year com- pared with 68,000 four years ago. PLAY ON SUNDAYS There was an errant period when many amateur clubs priced themselves out of exist- ence with salaries, he said, but most have seen the light and have corrected the situation. Potter, who was elected to the top CAHA post this year, has always been interested in the executive end of hockey. "Oh, I tried my hand at play-| ing but I found more interest in the organizational end. On the first team I managed and coached, most of the players were older , than me but I got along okay, The club played in an eight- team league. It was Potter who' talked the owner of an indoor| arena into allowing the clubs to play Sundays. The venture was successful and to this day ju- pdm al om mag 8 on 8. Coaching and managing in the 1920s was an individual enter- prise;' Potter says. All it took was $50 to $75 to "buy chewing gum for the players." "We did provide sweaters and sticks but most of the money for that came from the gate or raffles. The players supplied their own a" DAIRY POOL JOB Such National League stars as Neil and Mac Colville and Art Weibe played in that junior league. In 1920 Potter hooked up with Barney Stanley and confined his activity to managing while Stanley coached the club. It was Stanley who later offered Potter a job as a field man with the Northern Alberta Dairy Pool and ended his days as a car salesman. Today Potter is su- pervisor of production with the pool. Later Potter managed a team sponsored by the pool and served on the Edmonton dis- trict amateur association until 1940, A few years later he was named to the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association executive. He served as vice-president for seven years and then as presi- dent in 1055-58. The next year he was elected CAHA second vice-president, moving up to first vice-president a year later and last spring to president, CITED FOR WORK "In all my years with hockey it has been my chief hobby and I have spent 90 per cent of my spare time working for hockey. The year I got married I tried to stay out, but soon went back because I almost went nuts. "Fortunately my wife and later my children all had an in- terest in sports. I must admit, though, my wife took up cos- tume designing in self-defence." Mrs. Potter now is head of the costume department of the Banff School of Fine Arts. Potter's sports interests also involved the recreation associa- tion, hall of fame committee and sports facilities committee here. A year ago he received a citation from the national recre- ation association for his work in the field. "But hockey was my first love and I've always believed in our minor hockey motto that if you keep a boy on ice you keep him out of hot water. Such a job is a prime community service." KIDD'S FATHER He Encouraged Career "Rightly Or Wrongly" OTTAWA (CP) -- J. Roby Kidd, father of Canada's young track star Bruce Kidd, says that rightly or wrongly he encour- aged his son's athletic career even though it meant criticism from friends and associates. However, he would not have lost any sleep if the 19-year- old winner of Canada's first -gold medal in Empire Games track competition in a dozen years had developed his talents in other directions. "Tf he hadn't found release and opportunity in running, we would have hoped he would have, found.it some other way," Mr. Kidd says. "And we would have encouraged him as jong as it was reasonably constructive." Not that the proud parent was not thrilled at his son's cap- ture of the six-mile event at rity would be a much risk," said Mr. Kidd. the father was his refusal to in- tervene in his son's decision to GOOD MEDICAL CARE As for the health hazard, risk when one ventured into the unknown--in Bruce's case, run- ning at speeds faster than ever recorded by youths in his age group. However, he was receiv- ing good medical attention and with reasonable care, the risk was worth running. "Being content with medioc-| greater) Another criticism levelled at} room of Toronto radio station . Bruce thought his track career had helped his academic record. there was always a calculated Canadians Get First Victory On Rugger Tour LLANELLY, Wales (Reuters) Canada's touring rugby team gained its first victory in 15 Matches Wednesday night, beat- ed Western Districts of Wales The victory brought the Cana. dians' record for their British tour to one victory, one tie and 13 defeats. They have scored 81 points and allowed 278. They. play their final match of the tour Saturday against a penalty goal apiece, the Cana- dians gradually got the upper hand. Dave Ure and Bill Granleese won them the advantage in the lines - out from which they launched several dangerous at- tacks, but the passing at half- back and threequarter was gen- erally badly timed, and chance after chance was thrown away. Left wing John Newton made the best movement of the game when, 10 minutes from the end, he collected an intended clear- ance on the Welsh 25-yard-line and raced through a spread- Burnham, who kicked the first- half penalty goal, converted. eagled defence for a try be- tween the goalposts. Barry combined British services team at Blackheath. After a fairly,evenly contested opening half,/which saw one OLD COUNTRY SOCCER SCORES versity of Toronto where he now is in his second year. Mr. Kidd's reply was that after bringing the boy up to make his own decisions, it seemed a turn down a scholarship at Har-|silly time to start laying down vard and to study at the Uni-ithe parental iron hand. LONDON (AP) -- British soc- cer results Wednesday night: FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP Fifth ind Sunderland 3 Blackburn 2 Under 23-Years Intl EVERTON AND 'SPURS' By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London, England Correspondent to The Oshawa Times LONDON -- The first division battle of the giants, between Tottenham Hotspur and Ever- ton, before over 60,000 specta- tors at White Hart Lane, was a game to remefber. It provided 90 minutes of gripping, tense football, with neither team able to penetrate the otlier's defence with the vital goal ,on which rested leadership of the first division, As it ended. in a 0-0 draw; Everton remains on top with a two points lead over Spurs. And Burnley very obligingly lost to Nottingham Forest to leave Spurs in undisputed pos- session of second place, by a margin of one point. Tottenham were handicapped by three team changes, the most vital being the absence of playmaker John White because of illness. How the Spurs mis- sed White's cool, controlling in- fluence on the game. Dave Mackay, drafted into an inside forward position, was no ade- quate replacement for the skil- ful White, and Jimmy Geaves carried the burden of the for- ward play, but had the toughest luck with his shooting. One blazing shot hit the crossbar, and two of his headers just missed the net by inches. But as I saw it, the game was a triumph for two of the best defensive systems in Bri- tain, so the score sheet remained a blank, OTHERS COMING UP Three other teams are climb- ing steadily into challenging po- sitions "behind Everton, Totten- ham and Burnley. Leicester, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are winning consistently, and are close behind Burnley. At the other end of the table, Ipswich got two valuable points and Fulham joined Leyton Orien at the bottom. In the second division, Chel- sea dropped a point by drawing with Plymouth, but as second- place Bury also drew, with New. castle, Chelsea hold their two- Battle Of Soccer Giants Ends In Scoreless Draw by beating Sheffield Wednesday,| in Colchester by 6-2, and remain on top in Division Three, two points ahead of Northampton, Bournemouth and Watford, tied for second place. Queen's Park Rangers, two points behind, slipped by only drawing with Shrewsbury at home. The fourtly division race, with four promotion places at stake, is opening up somewhat. Old- am, who came from behind a two-goal deficit to beat York 3-2 lead with 31 points. Mansfield are in second place with 29. Brentford and Crewe are tied for third place with 25. Roch- dale, Crewe, Torquay and Alder- shot with 23, are still in the running for promotion. CHALLENGE TO RANGERS In the Scottish first division, the leading Rangers, held to a 1-1 draw by second from the bottom Motherwell, allowed Par- tick Thistle to jump into a first Place tie for the leadership. Hearts, Aberdeen and Kilmar- nock, ail worthy winners, follow in that order, Dundee sprung the sensation of the day, defeat- ing Queen of the South by 10-2, Gilzean at inside right scoring seven of their 10 goals. Raith Rovers suffered their 12th de- feat in 14 games to stay on the bottom In the Scottish second division, St. Johnstone, with a 7-0 win over bottom team Brechin, re- mained leaders, two points ahead of Stranraer, and three points ahead of Cowdenbeath, East. Stirling and Hamilton. Brechin, at the foot of the table, have had 16 defeats and one win in 17 games. Swift Sure Way To Reduce The results are dramatic! 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Jaipur Scotland 2 Wales 0 ran a modest second, collecting) 17 votes. | Perth, Australia. jective as a parent has been to expose his five children to lots of influences -- books, theatre, music, art, games. .. youngsters were encour- aged to develop and pursue the special interests of their own choosing. "We never unged Bruce to stop running. Naturally, we did help him to face up to his possi- ble loss--in time and is not be- ing able to do other things." Mr. Kidd said he had been criticized that he might be let- ting his son take on too much. There was also the possibility of] damage to the youngster's heart and health. He did not think Bruce had bitten off more than he could chew. The youth had worked| out a tight schedule to: which he rigidly adhered; he had managed at school to retain his paper route and more recently a part-time job in the news Would Rather Battle Cassius Than Patterson CHICAGO (AP) -- Heavy- weight boxing champion Sonny Liston said Tuesday he con- siders any contract with Cham. pionship Sports, Incorporated as broken and if dethroned Floyd Patterson insists on that group as promoters of a return match he will not fight. For his Sept. 25 title fight with Patterson in Comiskey Park, which he won with a first-round knockout, Liston said he received $25,000 for training expenses and $50,000 after the fight. He said about $280,000 still owing him is tied up by the government. Patterson again it "Tf I meet will have to be under a different promotion and Baltimore stands a good chance of getting it," Liston said. "IT don't think the fight would be in New York. 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