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Sports Beat By Tony Panacci Sports Editor Unlike that of the Georgetown Raiders the lineup of the Dundas Merchants will not alter from the one that paid a visit to Arena Friday night The Raiders still have three players coming Brad Scott McKcntle and Doug will all Join the Raiders once their season as members of the University Gryphons ends The Gryphons are doing very well in tbe playoffs They play tomorrow night U Guelph loses the sudden- death game the three players could be in the lineup Friday inDundas After Friday nights game In which Raiders edged the Merchants 32 Dundas coach Gil Eyre said hat he has no one signed who is not already playing for team In fact the Merchants did not even sign anyone between January tbe cutting deadline and February 10 the signing curfew I dont believe In signing players midway through the season Eyre told this reporter If you cant win the players you went most of the season with then forget it Gone from the lineup which started the season are Neil Cotton John Lunn Brian McBratney Pierre Jr Bill Masters Gary Bob and Mario MacDonald Signed between those two dates were Pule Heaslip Archie Chase and backup BUI Humphreys If all goes as expected In the playoffs the Raiders and Merchants should meet in the southern division championship round The two teams met for the league championship last year and the Merchants won It In five games The Raiders went with the same basic lineup throughout last year It will be Interesting to see how the Raiders who have changed their philosophy In regard to cutting and signing players midway through Ihe season fare against the Merchants whose philosophy has stayed the same According to Will Brownlow who Is Gerry Inglis guru the prize catch among the four university players signed is has ventured out to Guelph several times to see the future Raiders play He said who at 150 pounds Is small for a was excellent In every game Hell be like Bobby Orr in this league said Steve has had just a luckless year Early In the season he suffered a ruptured spleen and had to sit for six weeks while he recovered from the injury In a couple of weeks ago recorded five scoring points by far his out put of the season He had finally worked himself back into condition So what happens While playing hockey at Sheridan College where he works he lore ligaments In his knee He was at Fridays game with a cast on bis leg He will not return to the Raiders this year I could rush it and possibly be back In he lineup before Ihe season is over Blundy said But Gerry has a lot of forwards now and he wont be able to allow me to play myself back into condition once the playoffs start So as the Raiders make their dash for as many championships as hey can grab Btundy will have to himself with watching alt the action from he stands Ill be around watch most of the games he said It s hard lo stand by and just watch but I cant miss he playoffs Blundy said he goes four or five years injury free and then suddenly he will be hit by a rash of hem This year has been the worst Will be back next year Ill be back trying to earn a spot on the team the 33yearold veteran said If nothing else I want to prove lhat I am not brittle was one of the draw winners at the Hockey Yeah It was the I was lucky this year he said Heres hoping referee John McCauley Is back in slriped shirt before too long The Georgetown resident a veeranofflcial in Ihe NHL was felled In a New York restaurant by a man who attacked him from behind The hit McCauly In he eye and jaw The one to the eye is the serious injury as McCauley had to undergo surgery to repair the damage If all goes as expected he should be back on ice within next couple of weeks and Eastwood go to quarters in squash tournament THE Wednesday 1I7 Pace IT The Georgetown Racquet Clubs first venture at hoot ing a squash tournament was very successful as there were many fans In the gal leries of the Armstrong Ave nue complex and some excel lent squash on the courts There were competitors taking part In the action Including seven from he local club The eventual winner of the tournament was Norm Piatt a squash instructor from Markham He defeated Ste- Rowe of Oakville in the final C CLASSED The tournament was for C classed players or less Players making to the semifinals or better are now eligible to be moved into a None of the Georgetown players made It to the semis but Boyd Hoddinott and Rod Eastwood both came close Both players made It o the quarterfinals before being eliminated Hoddinott was very im pressive as he won his first three matches Two of Ihe victories were by 30 scores and in the other he squeaked out a win He was finally eliminated In the quarters by a score Eastwood was In a differ ent draw and he only had to win two get to the quart ers His victories were both by 31 scores In be quarters he lost o Dave and Norm Hertz were both successful in their first games of the tour nament but were eliminated in the second round of cham pionship play Hertz lost a heart breaker by a 23 score Bob and Jim Frank both lost their first games and were knocked Into the consolation section won his first game in consolation play 31 and Frank took his by default The two hen met In he second round and Frank took his club mate by a score He was then eliminated in he next round by he same score Doug Richardson was he other competitor and he lost his first two matches Each of the players was guaranteed at least two mat ches Tournament chairman Al Kogon said he was very pleased with the support from the club members as well as the public that he received Many of players from the other clubs said It was one of tbe best tournaments they had attended Helping Kogon out were Wayne and Judy Reed Jack and Wendy Barry Manhire Graham Smith Er- win Schandelraeier Graham Tyler Barry Griffiths Ben lindberg and what Kogon termed as host of other vol unteers There were competitors from all over southern On tario Including London Kingston Belleville and Trenton There were 13 to clubs represented Kogon said that the best match of the day was be tween champion Piatt and Ray Baker In the quarter finals There is a scheduled for the club in May Georgetown players will be trying to earn a provincial ranking in hat one To date three George town players Kogon nott and Hertz nave provin cial rankings Two local teams are defeated The B and squash teams were both defeated by he Club in action last week Tbe learn went down a five matches to none loss Kogon lost Rod Eastwood Rod Press wood and Boyd Hoddinott were all downed 13 and Jim Frank was nipped The team has had an excellent year and they still have a chance of finishing third in the nineteam leag ue They have two games left on their schedule The earn lost three matches to wo Barry Griffiths and Tom both won by imp ressive 30 scores but Doug Dave McEwem and Erwin Schandelmeier were all defeated Newfoundland team in tourney With he opening of he Georgetown International Bantam Tournament quickly approaching chairman Har ry Levy reports that things are moving along very well but there is still billeting needed The big news this week is Cougars defeat Derbys in series opener The Burlington Cougars defeated Ihe St reels in the opening game of their OHA Central Junior Semifinal In the semifinal Oak Ridges will meet Oakville It will begin this Friday in Oakville There were absolutely no surprises In quarterfin als star takes two awards Frank Camevale of the Oakville Blades won two of the major awards In the OHA Central Junior B loop Camevale who broke the leagues scoring record with 130 points took the trophy going leading scorer as well as the Most Valuable Player award All individual awards went to players on the Burl ington Cougars Slreetsvllle Derbys or Blades Those three teams were without a doubt the class of the loop this year Jim and Lea Williams took the award for goalkeepers allowing the least goals against Jim Cocharan of Burling ton was selected as the leagues Joe South of Georgetown was the winner of award last year Goalkeeper Ian Roberts of he Blades was awarded with Ihe trophy going to the leagues most improved pla yer Tbe Cougars Mark Lillon was selected rookie of the year and Rob McConnell of same squad was chosen most gentlemanly player Each manager and coach nominated players from their roster for each of the awards The managers and coaches then voted on the nominees They were not allowed to select players from their own teams knocked off four games to one Oak Ridges disposed of Milton four games to wo Burling ton swept Thomhlll four games to none and Streets- vlllc did he same lo Bramp ton The lie series figures be om- the best in years Both clubs are powerhouses as they dominated he league during regular season Burlington drew first blood when Jim Cocharan scored a pretty goal in the second overtime session The team stuck lo hockey as game was very clean The checking was very light throughout he game which took away from Ihe excite ment but it figures to pick up as Ihe series gets longer The Cougars may have a major setback when- Mitch Loverock the leagues all- star suffered a possible concussion The series second game was last night in This Friday night they will play In Burlington and be fourth game will be in Sunday with a start that a team from Newfoundland has been en tered into he tournament Levy said the team will play in the division The Newfoundland team will be staying for the whole week and thus the need for more billeting People interested billet ing players can contact Ho ward Murphy at Levy also said lhat Hot the teams entered are still com peting in play Teams are not allowed to enter tournaments If they are tak ing part in Ihe play downs One of the teams still alive in play is the George town Stationery Ban tams If hey by their round it is doubtful that hey will be able to take part in the tournament The rules stale hat any team in play cannot enter ournament Levy said However Georgetown will be represented In the tourna ment If the Major Bantams survive their next round the minor bantams will probably get a berth In Ihe tourna ment There has been a Georgetown representative in every tournament since it began Levy said the Sudbury team will be able to make It to I There had been speculation that they would be unable to enter Levy Is certain lhat he will lose at least a few teams by the time the tournament rolls around but he has a long list of teams on standby waiting for an opportunity to com pete