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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 22, 1976, p. 33

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PLAYER CONTRACT Mil In I liltlv Mil 193637 BOSTON BRUINS Sponsored by Smith and Stone Lid RIGHT Jim Yates James King Evert Wilson HACK ROW RIGHT K Davidson W Boyle James Boyle Arnold J Wilson Original aim of Little NHL was teaching hockey and citizenship The initial of the Little NHL was directed to the teaching of hockey the more subtle of the organization was to make good citizens of the players It was impressed upon the youngsters they should not smoke cigarettes and loaf he streets half the night if they expected to be good hockey players The league founder Gordon drew up a series contracts for the boys to indicated that to play hockey with the National League the youngsters had to leave tobacco alone and be off the streets by a reasonable hour each night Alcott recalled one Instance of the rules strictness when he youngster down near the rink about 10 30 one night and when he saw me he shot for home like a scared rabbit In addition to the habit clauses of the contracts it was stipulated that players could be sold from one team to another This clause was devised to ensure that the teams were evenly balanced One manager came within an ace of being disfranchised when some of his comments were Just bought soand so he proudly announced For how much his brother officials wanted to know A hot dog was the answer That they could not play hockey and break the elementary rules of troinlng was impressed on the boys by each of the hockey notables who made a courtesy op at the league opening King Clancy message was particularly pointed and apparently well received by the lads No smokes no alcohol the gist of the King remarks It would be interesting to just how many youngsters around town currently in votved In minor hockey would abide by the spartan Little NHL rules CONGRATULATIONS LITTLE ON YOUR MASTER FEEDS RR 2 GEORGETOWN 8773512 8777375 4th Period Breakaway TO HIWAY HOST TAVERN Kennedy JOHNSON CARNEY THE ENTIRE STAFF OF JOHNSON CARNEY CONGRATULATES the LITTLE ON THE OCCASION OF THE JJAWrfJJfrfcfii

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