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Ill vouncj PHAIUmcVtTD Open Until PHONE the HERALD dWCcK HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Moor Park Plan Georgetown 8775110 SECTION THE HERAT D Wednesday December Page I PLAYING THE FIELD Raiders win with miracle rally Gem badboy wants to win It become evident by this time that there is something drastically wrong in Georgetown Gemini camp Granted the Gems have had more than a fair Butthcteamls well stocked with talented experienced hockey players guided by a proven coach and still mired In a dogfight for sixth place in the Central Ontario Junior Hockey League standings So why are the Gems faltering when local shinny fans expected the Green n Gold to take a real run at those this year Five minutes with Chris a four year veteran with the club and the answers seem a lot more clear Last year we had so much drive but this year nobody is motivated said factly after disappointing 3 loss in Burlington Friday night There Is so much disruption on the We ve got four or five guys who are Just happy to wear the colors out there They have no desire no Instinct Those guys are Just out there for the ride To be fair Peavoy bos managed to fashion quite the reputation in four years as a com plainer sometimes to the point of being a disruptive force on the team Last season he was often rumored be at odds with coach Jules Russian The blonde also has a knack Tor taking costly penalties and he sometimes lends new meaning to the term violence But this year last as a junior aged hockey player has been d fferent He has been the most effective on a staff of physical experienced and efficient rearguards He has been keeping el 100 per cent and incredibly he even creeping near the lop 10 in league scoring Hard to believe I know But true and our cond line ii good enough but we have nothing after that The pressure has to be on man to find two more hockey players to replace Herb Kewley and Lance CHRIS PEA VOV The explanation is simple really wants to go out a winner He finally had a taste of winning last season when the Gems made their splendid surge to the league finals And though the Gems have won just 11 of their games to date feels the club can turn things around The solution be soys can be reached In a few straightforward steps First the management must come up with two new forwards to give the club more balanced scoring attack Our best 1 is the best In this league and our second line Is good enough but we have nothing after that Peavoy said The pressure has to be on the management to find two more hockey players up front to replace Herb and Lance Douce He They traded Lance but we dido get You can t give up your best hockey player for nothing The players says have to dig down Inside and find some motivation and discipline They have been killing themselves with stupid penalties and a less performance to j date Some of our guys whine when they re out on the ice said We must have had 10 bench penalties in the past five games It pretty i hard to shut some of the guys up too because some of the guys are our best hockey players That might seem to point a finger at coach Russian I but Peavoy still believes Russian Is the man to lead the team out of the wilderness The big defenccmen docs say though that Russian has changed from last year Jules may be trying Just a little too hard now said He not as calm as he used to be He a frustrated So are a lot of the guys And so are the fans Atoms at tourney By GARY LANE Herald correspondent Georgetown McNol Firefighter atoms are currently competing In the Minor Olympics Tournament The team has played three games thus far and have two more next week On Monday night the club got off to disap pointing start by drop ping a 43 game to Newmarket It was one of those games that we should have won but It was not to be Newmar ket never trailed in the close checking contest and held first and se cond period leads of 10 and 31 Scoring for George town were Jason Smith Scan Gulstlnl and Tre vor Drawing the assists were Steve Brown John Cruise Adam Hilts nl and Smith with two The boys returned for games with Kitchener and Niagara On The Lake on Thursday and came back big winners Shutout by Terry Metier and Dusty Lane plus the return of Lewis sparked victories of over Kitchener and 110 over Niagara Metier faced six shots In blanking Kitchener while Lane only handled two scoring attempts in his start Goals were scored on third period shots by and Brad Amato versus Kitchener Adam EHnesky and Brown earned the helpers In the 110 win every player earned a point except Cruise who has returned to patrol on the Smith had the to go with an assist while Gulstlnl and Hills were both at two goals and two assists Brown and earned a goal and had a pair of as sists also scored with Lewis and Trent Cull notching an assist The first time the Georgetown Raiders reached into their bag of tricks Ihcy came up with a miracle finish But when went back a second time the cupboard was bare The Raiders split a palrofSenior A hockey games over the holiday weekend nipping Col lingwood but losing to the red hot Flam Real McCoys The Raiders thrilled tho home fans Friday night with four third period goals ing a deficit to their narrow victory over the Coll ing wood Shipbuilders Tim Ample ford open the scoring for the home side midway through the opening frame from John Saun ders and Ron Dave Hill found the range 10 minutes later from Saunders and John Gibb as the clubs split four first period goals Gary Landry sparked the Raider rally with a goal six minutes into the third session after the Raiders had fallen be hind Saunders drew his third assist of the night on the play Less than a minute later Paul Gallagher notched his of the season to narrow the gap to a single goal Hill with his second of brought the side even with to ploy JurlKudra and Saunders with assist number four helped on the play saved the best for last though connecting for his se cond goal with just 10 seconds left in regula tion time to give the Raiders Ihc win There was no whirl wind third period rally night however when the Real McCoys came knocking The Raiders fired shots at Flamboro goal lender Mark Lock en but winger Tim Turner was the lone shooter to find the mesh The new est Raider winger Ray TonollI drew an assist on the play The issue was really decided in the opening minutes when the visitors pumped three goals behind with just 10 shots Tur ncr marker narrowed the gap 31 late In the second frame but Bryan Grigs by connected less than two minutes after that to close the Raider account The Raiders have now won 13 of 21 league with a single tie club in December split home winning two of Is Friday night at have ting eight outings They five games don Alcolt Arena when been a mediocre hockey The next home action the Barrlccomeui Raider winger Ron looks for the loose puck between of dumped the Raiders skates while line mate Paul Gallagher sweeps Into the play The Real McCoys defended Ibis well all night a they Herald photo by Gerry Timbers Lots to do over the holidays Town offering free swimming and skating By DOUGLAS Herald Special There arc a lot of free and inexpensive things to do In the Hills during the holidays now that school is out The Recreation and Parks Department Is offering free swimming at the Acton Indoor Pool and the Georgetown Indoor Pool They are also sponsoring free skating at the Acton Arena the Gordon Arena and the Georgetown Memorial Arena Contact the Department at for dates and limes If the kids want to try out the new toboggan got for Christmas they can go Cedar vale Park snow per milling The hill slop ing down to Main Street has been fenced off because its location posed a danger to tobogganers but the Re creation and Parks Department has made another hill In the park that is safer and well lit at night No one has to go far for skiing during the holidays unless it doesn t snow Terra Cotto Conscr vat ion Area rents skis fortfadayorWforhalf a day You can also trek through the beautiful landscape on which are available for S3 a day If you have your own nil you It pay is the admission fee An lceskallng surface is also available The Conservation Area Is open every day except Christ The folks at Glen Eden hope all of their hills will be open for holiday skiing They will be closed Christmas Day but open from 9 am to p m on Christmas Eve and New Year a Eve On all other days their hours will be to and 30 to 10 ra Adults can enjoy a full day of skiing for and children years old and under pay Ski rental is til for the day If you re not the out door type grab your bowling shoes and bead for the nearest bowling alley One game at the Georgetown Bowl will only cost If you 1 have your bowling shoes the alley will provide them for GO cents or cents for children 10 years old and under The alley closes at on Dec but it open Dec for you alter Christmas bowl Public bowling throughout the holidays begins at or p depending on league schedules Cougars rip Gemini for costly 32 win as Kennedy Bathgate tossed out of game The Gemini dropped a costly Central Ontario Jun lor B Hockey League decision to the Burling ton Cougars Friday night and they havo no one to blame but them The Gems are cur rently t gnting tooth and nail with the Cougars and the Milton Steamers for fourth place overall in the 10- team loop and right to host the opening round of Ihe playoffs The Cougars have been struggling lately and the Gems came out flying Friday night The finally Drake out on top at 10 of the first period when Peter drifted Into the slot and fired a shot past Cougar goal tender John Ha Her was set up with a nice passout from the cor by defender Chris The Gems had many chances to increase their lead but failed to do so They were hurt by the fact that their best per center Ken sat out 12 minutes the opening session for arguing with referee Bob Good Cougars took a 1 lead with a pair of second period power ploy goals Then to make matters worse Gem scoring leader Bill Bathgate was tossed out of the match for talking back to officials Kennedy round the range for the Gems at ihc 39 mark or the third period from Pea voy and Blake Harrison to knot the score at However pesky Cougar forward Frank Gladia tor beat Wayne Cowley with a wrist shot just inside the goalpost for the winning marker seven minutes later Gemini general man Bob Webster said later that he was disap pointed with the team over their performance of late I feel we should beat Acton and Burlington any night at all Weo- stersaid We Just have to be better disciplined hockey players We haven helped and stay on the ice The game marked the return to the lineup of veteran Bob Dean whose goal scoring touch will be a definite asset Injured forward Mark Hamilton still is not expected hack with the club until mid-Janu- webster also expects to sign 19yearold right winger Bob Morrow Memory Lane collects old hockey cards By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Sports Editor Would you trade a Bobby Orr for a Wayne Or how about Hank Aaron for Sandy Halifax Would you swap Batman and Robin for a 1952 game pro gram from the Montreal forum Those are the sions Georgetown Gory Lane faces prior to each new round of wheeling and dealing Lane a 33yearold fire fighter is a collector of sports memorabilia His specialty is hockey cards He has in excess or complete sets of NHL bubble gum cards between 40 So cards on file He alio collects hockey post cards wrestling cards from 1950s old programs and ticket stubs press guides plastic records fcatur hockey tips by members of the Stanley Cup winning Toronto Maple Leafs He picks up cards from teenagers who don t want lo keep them anymore and from organized card He has collected sets of cards offered on ho back of cereal boxes and filed photo features and press clippings from years gone by in scrap books For Lane his obsess Eon to collect and store sports history began some 30 years ago when he kept his program from a Leaf game he attended a Maple Leaf Gardens From that point he began to amass clipp ings and photos for a scrap book Ho still has the Toronto Telegram on the night Howe scored goal number in the fall of 1963 to break Maurice Rocket Richard goalscoring mark He kept each of the Stars of the Worlds Fastest Game color photos published by the Toronto Star in the early 1960s a series that tured the likes of Lou Kenny Wharram and Bobby Rousseau He then began saving cards from Beehive honey Dads Cookies and Post cereals He managed to acquire old wrestling cards ring grapplers Ilka Sky Lee Whlpper Billy Watson and Little Bca Then It was on lo Pittsburgh Penguin Puck Bucks a comp lete ticket stub from the inaugural Toronto Blue Jays game in 1977 Sec tlonsii Row Seat I and even a stub from an old Toronto Maple Leaf International League baseball game Jacksonville in the Green section I buy anything and everything including old Batman cards and Elvis Presley cards Lane said while showing off his formidable collection I got an old baseball book I going to try and trade off some day from 1907 and it has a picture of Ty Cobb sliding into third base Tho idea says Lane is to keep the odd stuff for trade bait in a possible future deal The key to Investing Is to know what you need and to know market You have to do your homo work I prepare for a big sale Lane explained I to know what I m after when I go to a show because there cards galore You also have to know the value or a card when you decide to make a pur chase Thai s he tough part though because what you re really deciding is what a particular item Is worth to you How ever there are certain general rules as to the value of a cord such as its age and and its condition Rookie cards Lane says are always a good Investment And while Great GreUky may be the best in the game of hockey today his card doesn touch a Bobby Orr or Phil Esposlto and it not even in the same league as Lane Eddie Shore put out by the Indian Big League Gum company Thais the fun of collecting Lane points out adding that he spends hours organizing his personal asscmbl age But more cards you gel the mora sets you complete the less fun It Is Lane receives a monthly catalogue from Carlophllium in Quebec from which he can in a bid on the latest rare old hockey cards the firm has acquired He also attends several shows each year often taking his 10 yearold son Dusty with him Dusty following In his fathers footsteps hordes base ball cards Lane usually takes about ISO to a show lo make his purchases acknowledging that it only two or Ihroa times each year that you really turn up some thing special Collector Gary Lane and ion Duty show oil their wares