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Signs of improvement but Gemini slump continues discovered a sure cure for a slump either an individual one or a team one hed make a million Myriad reasons and similarly coun tless excuses have been of fered for Ibis malignancy in the past but to date the best diagnosis of seems to be Wait It out The Georgetown Gcminis of the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League are still mired In their nit following a loss to Burlington at home on Saturday night and a loss to Brampton Sunday night in Brampton but coach Paul Robinson feels things are improving Asked to assess the losses he commented Yes sure Im puzzled and concerned about the way the team has been playing lately thats natural in my position Still I dont feel the boys played that badly on Saturday and Sunday and there were signs that things are turning around Prior to the weekend losses Robinson was displeased about the play of several players and the play of the team on the whole However after an ex tensive talk and a team meeting he felt the air bad been cleared The losses to Brampton and Burlington didnt change his view as he felt that the players criticized were playing better and that the team was in stituting the coaching suggestions hed insisted on It will come together again Im sure of that Insisted Robinson I feel we have the players to be successful in this league once things fall into place and I definitely believe we are a much better team than our present position in the league standings Indicates Robinson has given his charges vote of confidence now it is up to them to prove that their coachs Is not being misplaced At home on Saturday night the Geminls were simply overpowered by league leading Burlington Burlington held a lead before Larry Peterson from Doug Barnes got the Gems on the scoreboard to narrow the gap to 31 Burlington scored again however less than a minute after the Gemini goal and added one more tally In the third frame for the Icing on the cake of the 51 win Mark Lipnlcky with two goals Ron John Glass and Terry Bovair were the Burlington marksmen Two Gemini Inadequacies really came to fore on Saturday night and they in effect spelled the difference The Geminls had 13 powerplay opportunities and converted only one into a score This problem tics in with another irritant and that is the of drive from the blueline In other words finishing off scoring chances Although five shots slipped past him Rick again came up with a solid effort Gemini Captain Rick Becker showed signs of shaking off her personal slump and young Bill Allison la proving that he belongs in Junior hockey A third period lapse proved THE HERALD Wednesday November 1I7J Page boys had an Insurmountable lead The other Brampton scorers were Ross who potted a pair and Paul Cook who added a single Kevin Reeks rounded out the game scoring for he on a pass from Charlie Knoepfll at the 1533 mark put that was all the offensive thrust that the locals could manage in the loss the undoing in Brampton on Sunday evening as they led after two perloda of play Dale drew first blood of the game for the Gems at the 11 mark of the middle stanza converting passes from Joe South and Rick Becker Brampton tied the game at the 18 SI mark on a goal by Craig but Rick Becker with his first goal of the year on passes from Chris Milne and Terry Turner sent the Geminls to the dressing room with a two period lead Brampton began to move early in the final frame on a goal by Blake SborthlU at tie mark before the hit the again the Flower Town LAN CLARK OF THE GDHS CROSS the Midget Boys race over a distance of COUNTRY team won AllOntario honors this metres The AllOntarios capped a fine season for the GDHS team one which far Mountain Park near Collingwood Ian won surpassed previous years performances Clark tops Ontario The GDHS Cross Country team its best year in v competition this past Saturday at the AllOntarios In CoUingwoods Blue Mountain Winter Park by coming up with their best ever per formance at an AllOntario meet This premier event for high school distance runners at tracted between 13002000 athletes representing over throughout the province The terrain was ryged over SO percent of the was run up and down hills and to further test the weak over runners competed in each race The GDHS team captured one first a second a seventh a ninth an eleventh and a 29th place position while the Midget boys team placed fourth the Mid girls placed sixth and the Junior boys team ninth The meet Itself was dominated by Northern On tario schools namely High School of Sudbury and Manltoulln High School so the GDHS ac complishments ore doubly Impressive GDHS coach Donna Met calfe was extremely pleased with all team members efforts and wished to express her hanks to them for a very satisfying cross country season Ian Clark led the team as he won AllOntario honors in the Midget boys run at metres Ians sister Cathy Clark almost Ontario Outdoors Respect your outdoors Member Outdoors Writers of Canada What to do October was out November In Hunt grouse or maybe pheasant How about small game Plenty of opportunity there And then there is Salmon 4 or Rainbow trout Those are some of the activities that are available ft In October November along with ducks and geese The problem is when all these goodies are set before you ft on the same weekend what do you choose I could not decide so I went Bass fishing instead Dave Hobbs who halls from down way picked me up on a fine morning I closed the car door started down the street and down came the rain As we fished Bass in the pouring rain the occasional ft ducks would fly over bead well within range Like they you cant win them all Outdoor education la everyones responsibility It Is a Job far too important to trust to any one part of our education system ft Schools cannot teach it efficiently Conservation groups sometimes get too onesided In the matter Youth groups cannot handle it all alone The socalled groups though open minded on these matters are often busy enjoying the outdoors and not putting time In to education Thereareexceptlonstoall with Individual groups but on the whole it must be a Joint effort The recent workshop with the Farm Writers of Canada and the Outdoor Writers of Canada was a great success and points up the need for these various groups to fidget together to discuss the many aspects of outdoor education Only in this way can we understand each 4 ft The Ontario chapter of the Outdoor Writers of Canadawillbold their annual meeting at the Royal Winter Fair All these outdoor recreation minded folk find the Royal worth their attention maybe you should By now everyone knows of the fabulous fishing In and around the Georgian Bay area and the Lake Huron ft tributaries The methods may vary with Individuals but the game is the same One angling family put It this way The husband caught an eightpound salmon Knowing the poor quality ft away to his neighbor and took his family fishing with the Salmon eggs ft He proceeded to catch an eightpound Rainbow Trout his wife took a six pound Rainbow and his yearold daughter complained that they would not let her In on the fun Soon the youngster went off to play leaving her line In the water and the rod on the bank Father soon noticed the rod moving and called the girl to take It She landedaflnethreepoundRalnbowTrout Better than one eightpound salmon The Georgetown Anglers and Hunters are having ft another Turkey Shoot at their club house on the Eighth j Line near Ballinafad I dont know whether or not there Is ft about these and dont know first hand However It has to be something worthwhile so get out and support the club and have a good time while you g are at it Try to do something this week to educate someone the conservation of our ONTARIO OUTDOORS duplicated her younger brothers feat but fell Just short and had to settle for second place In the Junior girls run at a distance of Jenny Thompson took ninth place In the Midget girls run while teammate Heather Rogers finished This race was run over 3000 metres Alex Otto finished In the Junior boys run at metres while Mike Dixon was seventh in the Senior boys race at a distance of metres Mikes placing was a bit disappointing however he should not be faulted as it was Just one of those races where the pieces Just didnt fit together A great season for the GDHS runners and the whole team deserves hearty congratulations Raiders recruit new talent The Georgetown Chrysler I Raiders of the OHA In- A League have been having their problems In the early going of their young season what with Injuries to key players and suspensions and tills past weekend didnt do much to lighten the situation Team Captain John Boyce a has been bothered by a nagging Injury and has seen Infrequent action of late and now It appears that their number two rearguard will be lost to the team for several games Neil Cotton drew a match penalty last Friday night in for an spearing Incident and his sentence will be a three game suspension Facing a depleted defence corps the Raiders signed Tom on Monday night In the hopes that he can cure some of the ills Is a big rugged who played last year with the Brantford Senior A club and saw action the previous year with Senior A His aggressive play la sure to make him a favourite with the hometown fans The Raiders received more bad news over the weekend when It was learned that young Pete a Georgetown product who played with the Acton Sabres was Involved in a car accident and will be lost to the team for several weeks has lost bis awe of Intermedia to play In recent games and was proving to be quite a find for the club players who suited up for the Raiders last week were Art Webster who was with the club until Christmas last year then joined the In termediates and Benny who had signed early in the year but did not see action Heppes is a former Georgetown Industrial Hockey League player The GDHS Senior Rebels volleyball team competed In the Finals this past Thursday at Woodlands High School In The team won one match while losing two but played throughout Back row left to right coach Buss Gary Scully Paul Masser Front row left to right Doug Lamb Paul Andy Long Captain Mike Reed and Don Gibson Absent John Lenski and Bill Rivers Out but not down The GDHS Senior Rebels volleyball team completed their seasons play hut week as they took part in ihe Ha ton Finals held at Woodlands High School in The GDHS crew lost two matches while winning one thus placing third the tournament but falling to qualify for Hal tonPeel final but coach was pleased by his teams efforts and praised all members The Rebels lost their first match to eventual champions Glen Forest High School 1014 IMS and It nee that especially please d coach Llnney as the boys played extremely well Their next match was against Central Peel High School of Brampton and the won handily 1510 and Nelson High School of Burlington but the Nelson jinx continued as they downed the 152 and Nelson lost in the finals to Glen Forest It was a satisfying end to the season for the as they started the year in shaky fashion then came on strong downing to reach the Helton Finals in what was perhaps their best match of the year With a better start they could go all the way next year Basketball belles win It was with some trepidation that the Varsity A and Varsity B basketball prepared to meet Acton High School last Thursday as A Town girls were mown to be capable of playing some find basketball Both teams fears failed to materialize however as the Varsity downed Acton and their Varsity A counterparts chalked up a victory The Varsity win was mainly the result of an ex cellent defensive display by thcwholeteam Acton led 108 at the half but the defence toughened In he last half while the shooters found the range for the GDHS win Meredith McLaren was the high scorer with eight points but special mention should be made of Janet two points end Carey Worrall a single point as this represented their first ever scoring In high school basketball The Varsity A were never really severely tested as they led at the half but again It was the defence especially tho defensive rebounding that should be credited with the win Sharon Barclay had IS points Sue Alexander bad nine points Brenda Smith coming back after suffering what could have been a serious injury in the teams last outing had six points hooped four points while Debbie Kirk and Karen Hcrrington added two and one points respec tively The Varsity A record now stands at 22 Vanity A coach Mavis praised the play of the Acton girls and felt that with the proper facilities their home gym is little more than a band box their team would improve tremendously She felt they shot well had good floor sense but were Just slightly lost on the large floor surface This Thursday Varsity A squad hosts Milton and the game should be Interesting as it will be ONell Mavis husband Vern coaches the Varsity A team at Milton Although the Milton girls have yet to win a game they are not to be taken lightly as they extended undefeated in three years to overtime before bowing last week The Varsity A game Is expected to get under way at Statistics reveal Gemini problems The current slump that is plaguing the Georgetown Geminls of the Central Ontario Junior B hockey league Two weeks ago the Gems sported an undefeated record and were punning lead leader Burlington with a vengeance Since then however the have managed but only point in five games and find themselves tied for third spot with Dixie Each club has 10 points The most telling statistic as far as the Geminls are concerned Is their Goals For total Although Brampton and Milton trail the local favourites in the point total Georgetown has scored seven fewer goals than the last place club ItlaUlhisareathattheywlllhave to Improve to get back on the winning track Burlington 11 I 19 Streetsvtlle 11 12 11 I Georgetown 39 Dixie 111 4 S3 Brampton 1 Milton 43 UpComing G a Thurs OakviUe at Dixie at Burlington Georgetown at Milton Sat Dixie at Georgetown Sun Milton at Brampton at The Geminls play twice this week on at Milton and back borne at the Memorial Arena on Satday night against Dixie Four would certainly prove halm on suffering at this point and would get them right back in the leagues first division Game time on Saturday night Is pm Polo minus a horse equals by Teresa Every Friday night and afternoon some people get together to play a popular water sport It sure get them Into good condition and they enjoy It very much The coach of this sport Jack and the game la water polo Water polo Is the aquatic equivalent to a fast moving game of soccer or basketball It requires team effort and the ability to control and throw the ball game also happens to be one of the Olympic sports How to play There are generally 11 players on a team three forwards three defencemen a goalie and four When the players have properly aligned themselves behind their goal lines the referee will sound the start of the gome by a whistle The players Immediately try to gain possession of the ball which is placed In the middle of the pool The object of the game is to or swim the ball towards the opponents goal and score by shooting or swimming the ball Into the goal There are four quarters of five minutes slop time You may ask how this gets a person into condition Here are a few basic rules that may The players are not allowed to stand on the bottom or touch the ball with two hands The goalie is exempt from that rule Holding onto the side splashing hitting the ball with a clenched fist impeding the opposition when not holding the ball delaying taking a free throw and entering into the oppositions twometre area before the ball does are or dinary fouls which are ac companied with twominute penalties Equipment All thats needed is a players hat ball goal a whistle referees flags and a pool So even If your horse cant swim you can play water polo DIXIE SAT NOV 8th Gordon Ale art Arena S Halton Hifls 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