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Sheridan hosts volleyball championship Sheridan College will host the I9b7 Ontario Colleges Athletic Assoc in lion women championships at the Cam pus March 13 and Six lop women college loams featuring more Do are expected lo attend the twoday Championship rounds will be held on Saturday March beginning with the medal matches at The women gold medal match will be held at p m Sheridans worn til volleyball team is ranked second In current standings with a 12 2 record Tickets for each day of play at the J porter Athletic Recreation Centre Campus are for adults and students Tickets available at the door For more informal Gymnasts strut their stuff SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday March Eight school com led In an all- day invitational gymnastics meet at Georgetown District High School Friday Seen here one of the Rebels on the beam The meet was more of practice and gave the an opportunity to get feedback from those Judging the ban beam vault and floor exercises Herald photo I Howe finds something missing in todays professional hockey Is the NHL caught in the grips of an Identity crisis Perhaps crisis isnt the correct terminology but according a layer who spent years making Is living a I professional hockey theres something missing today Its something that perhaps departed when the Super Six NHL teams were caught up In the throws of expansion Gordlc Howe was taking a few momenta to relax in a motel room at tho Georgetown Motor Inn between engagements It was the morning after he had participated in the NHL game at the Arena a few minutes before he was to meet with students at Georgetown District High School and Just hours before he and wife Colleen would be guest speakers at loth Annual Hockey Award Dinner Howe has his personal feelings about the loss of identity that has ap parently grasped the professional hockey world The players of yesteryear who wore helmets were in the minority After ail this was a time when few goal tenders even wore masks Today of course things arc com- different Pew players in the are seen playing without helmets and many have gone the way of the half face shield Fans simply getting a clear picture You dont know if a player had red hair or no hair at all like Carl Brewer Howe said referring to his opponent of the previous day who went topless on more than one oc casion during the exhibition outing Insurancewise Howe acknowledges there is little chance of limes reverting to the way it was during his heydays with the Detroit Itcd Wings They of the old school referred to do without brain itckot Tor the most part The only solution according to Howe may be to come up with a clear helmet Of course Its highly ikel y anyone will But helmets arent the only thing taking away Identity of hockey players Buildings arc becoming bigger and the seating for fans is becoming further and further removed from players areas Recessed seating arrangements and controlled entrances and exits for the players have meant the learns are farther away from the spectators Without a set of binoculars Its virtually Impossible make out the features of players many scats Howe remembera his days at the In Detroit walking to and from the ice amidst throngs of ad miring fans waving pens and paper at the players Often players did not emerge unscathed We would have Ink marks on our sweaters and paper cuts on our hands Wed sign until we were too tired to sign anymore As far I was concerned that was part of what we were getting paid for Even when Howe was with the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association the players would visit restaurants on a rotating basis and sign autographed pictures tor Tans Not only did it boost the restaurants profile but it added to the Identification fans could make wilt the players Expansion in the NHL has had perhaps the most to do with taking away come of the Identity of the league and its players Once hometown fans would sec opposing players as many as seven times over the course of the season Today otherdivision teams will on ly make token visits in a particular There is little chance for fans to familiarize themselves with players the way they once did given the Tew occasions they actually get to sec them perform It an unfortunate situation and one that Is not likely to change At any rate Howe feels the time will come when hockey will be without its old timers And one would get the impression Howe was only half kidding at the Hockey Heritage Dinner last Mon day evening when he told the au dience the NHL should perhaps take the helmets off to see who the real hockey players are TRIO KODAK PAPER PHOTO FINISHING Associate Tax Consultants INCOME TAX RETURNS DONE 101 ST GEORGETOWN 8772217 from the Hills Seen here giving a little competitor a JUT Gymnastics hand It coach Elaine The program got a chance to show their performed on the ban skills Sunday at a demonstration at beam vault and floor Herald District High School photo SAVE THIS AD And get a FREE set of shutters for each Replacement Window 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