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B THE HERALD Wednesday August II 1M1 Page Inn hosts prospects Gemini coach working fulltime to find the right combination of imports Herald Sports Editor To spend a watching hockey with the Georgetown I stop after practice when the equipment Is hung to dry and the tost player has left the dressing The local Junior hockey club seems determined lo spend extra hours this summer preparing vc for Going back to coach house to watch a video replay after day practice means travel ing from Meadowvalc double rink In Misslssauga to home near the highway tight players came back from to watch Ihe video films from p and see how they could Improve their game The success of the coach spring land training program and his current on Ice practices arc an Indication that the club has begun lo re the players with the same typo of enthusiasm that has enveloped Ihe club exe cutive since last April The are looking to rebuild ihclr club from a small nucleus of returning veterans Coach wilier engulfed In his notes at one of as he follows the on Ice action Since last May the Georgetown twiteweekly practices Is it Thursday have been bound and determined to erase their Image a while an anxious father Frank concentrates on his mediocre hockey team and these early training teutons son who Is hoping to crack the local Junior B lineup seem lo prove the club sincerity Hatrod standi poised with one of SwIUer s video machines because of the number of hockey players living wllh him at the moment Last he hod seven boys In his house A number of Ihe prospects were from He been taking the boys golfing and fishing on a number of occasions Swllier wife has also good redly put ihe boys to work around the house To Intcrv Swltier Is to interview a man brimming confidence about ihe prospects for a 100 pec cent effort for next season 1 can guarantee entertaining hockey It not a winner he says The coach says the executive were ready for a different brand of hockey when they hired him and ho happy with their response and support His move to make former Gemini Bob his assistant coach is the best choice I made yet he says Along wllh help from his Reg whom 1 has known for some years the former Toronto Red Wings Bantam coach Is look for players who will exhib an aggressive style He s not interested In deve loping any fighters on his team but he realizes that fighting Is part of a game and you can walk away from a sucker shot NORTH BAY As well as driving to such places as North Bay to recruit players for hia team wilier has been trying to arrange for Ihe possibility of the Gem entering a team for a 10day Europe In Finland for either March or September Recently he received the following telegram which outlines Ihe potential for arranging a tournament with players coming from Swlt Czechoslovakia Sweden Norway Denmark Finland plus Conn da and the United States All OK for Junior Georgetown team to play in Finland March or Sep tember Can arrange a challenge cup scries for thcr times April no good because of world cup No other Ice Will wait word from you Will look after other Items concerning minor Items and advise when I can Funding could pose a problem for the trip If it were to be organized but the Gemini coach says his friend Reg almost single- handedly raised for a previous trip to Europe NEXT WEEK The use of video machine Forward Ed number 11 skates towards a former Dixie Beehive forward In a practice scrimmage last Thursday The coach Is Impressed a number of returning veterans and is of them Heral photo Herald photo by Dave North Halton Ladies golf- Patty Hall and Gerry Calrd finished as the The C champion ThethlrdandfmalroundoftheNorthHaltonGolfand cr Country Club championships for the Ladies golf section was Phil Monckton while KathrynUUmwoaplumlU D F1HW His word as bond Erwln Gross is one of the most dedicated honest and respected people I know In any walk of life A man of whom It Is truly said his word Is his bond A committment made la fully kept He Is unselfishly single minded with all projects be they business home or soccer loves his boys soccer team and has remained team the competitive side was formed six years or more ago No team has probably played more games and tournaments due solely to his efforts Reaching the final of the Beatrice Ontario Cup is the last goal for winning the open Ontario is part way towards the peak he has in mind Also six years ago joined the Youth Soccer executive as equipment and facilities director and was instrumental in the upgrading of our fields He has remained on the executive ever since The first ever president award of the Youth club was presented to for his untiring services is one of the original driving forces and guiding lights of the Meteor Soccer now a major organization in the Inter County League The Meteors are named after the Meteor Foundry of which Is coowner with brother inlaw Erwln SOCCER By ALEX TOUCH The past couple of years have kept busy with moving his Georgetown and Bex dale plants to a larger single complex unit in Dixie During this period none of his other projects suffered Gross has supported her husband with the same enthusiasm and loyally Together and Inger have given Ihelr services with distinction with honour and without asking anything in return Erwin and Inger this Is my public thank you and tribute to you on behalf of us all and I am glad thai I was able to say some of these things to you a sliort time ago Sadly Suddenly took his leave of us last weekend My memory of you will remain a long long long long time As mark of respect there will be one minute silence prior to the Ancient Mariners v Meteors Pine view matches at Cedarvale this evening ED Coach Dave Swltzer says he excited about veteran Georgetown homebrews Ed Dwycr and Mike McNenemy plus some other returnees but he looking carefully at a long I of import players to give the Gcmlnis the balance and depth develop a solid hockey club Last Thursday at Meadow vale double rink near the highway and hockey players scrimmaged for one hour in front of the watchful eyes of coach assistant coach Bob McCnndless and club president Bob Most of those present were import prospects of which the coach must pick only seven the rest of the team must consist of local talent SCOUTED The will be Ing good use of their Import allowance this year All of the MTHL coaches Metro Toronto Hockey League have been contacted for player leads and a number of boys have been asked to tryout for the team The coach also has a variety of contacts elsewhere which have attracted players from United States Two impressive prospects are defence- man from New York and goalie Steve Sullivan from Park Ridge Illinois Coach calls his house Inn Mosquito Raiders back on the road After two ralnouts In a row Ihe nor Mosquito Raiders were back on field this Clarkson were the vis tors and Georgetown with a win managed to sweep the season The first half was scoreless as Georgetown looked rusty because of no play in two weeks Early In second half the Claris on goalie who had the tied made hi first mistake and Danny Lone netted the winner con verting a nice pass up from Dave Wood Billy Murphy scored an Insurance marker on a pass from Rick Patrick to put Ihe final count at Johnny Stefan back from a month off got the shutout strong support from Trevor Harkley at centre fullback had a good game son c good play at halfback Friday night at Missis the Raiders got off to a good start on a goal from a penalty kick by Rick tz but then Georgetown scored on themselves to tic thes eat 1 Again Johnny Stefan some big slops kept ihe Raiders close but the home team managed a goal on a rebound In Ihe second half Miss completely dcmlnat the game and scored three more to put the final result at Allan Jonassen had a strong game as did on defense I Tennis ladies J The Intercounty A West ladies tennis team from Georgetown continue to shine In recent action as they chalked up another victory lost week against Rose- Georgetown team won 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