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vouncf itd Open Until 900 pm g PHONE the HERALD JAKES AUTO CLEAN YOUR NO 1 AUTO APPEARANCE CENTRE YOUR TOTAL CAR CARE CENTRE UWIBCAROIKC SHAMPOO PLAYING THE FIELD Lose to in overtime More deals possible with Jays As far as Jim Ridley is concerned the Toronto Blue Jays not through making player deals just yet Recently the American League East team traded team MVP Dave Collins and infi elder Alfredo Griffin to Oakland for reliever Bill Ridley said he was not surprised the trade itself happened but he was taken by the players involved I knew trades were coming because of the problems with the bullpen but I was surprised Dave Collins was involved I think It will be a good trade if something happens I would say between now and spring training something will happen While Ridley was surprised Collins was Involycdba said he thought Alfredo Griffin or would not be with the club this season It was as who It would be he said Griffin is a steady influence while Garcia has a good bat if he can slay healthy But the public School teacher and Blue Jays scout said the trade will help Oakland The A s tost speedster Ricky Henderson this year when he was traded to New York Yankees and Ridley feels Collins can help compensate for hat loss I feel that today the home run Is a valuable commodity but 1 would put more value on having men on base who can scare people A healthy Garcia and Dave Collins can do that I don think Oakland is losing much speed with Collins The departure of Griffin will open the door for youngster Tony Fernandez who for the past two years has played in the shadow of Griffin A regular spot in the infield will now be his at spring training The fact that he will have a spot almost assured will help Fernandez Ridley said While the Jays have apparently solved their problems in the bullpen with the acquisition of they do have a problem with the designated bitter position Lost year Cliff Johnstone was the man Toronto relied upon for right handed power from the DH position However he and the Jays could not agree on a contract so Johns lone who was a free agent signed a contract with Texas Raider win streak halted Georgetown Chrysler Raiders had their four game win streak halted Sunday as Collingwood Shipbuilders took a 13 overtime win here Raiders general coach Gil Eyre said his club did everything but put puck in the net In the overtime We all them like a blanket Eyre said Thats two games have Stolen from us this year The other game In question was another Collingwood overtime win two weeks J go by a score Former Raider Guy Cormier netted that winning tally Eyre said Sunday winning goal came on Culling woods first and only shot of the period Dcfencemanl Pot Richard took a shot and it hit a players skate One of their players Don took the loose puck on a breakaway and scored Zeggil had two goals Tor Shipbuilders on the night while Lorry Coe and Chris Bass hod the other For the Raid ers Tim Paul Gallagher and John had the goals Sundays game was the first of the year for former Toronto Maple Leaf Fred Eyre said the latest Raider acquisition play well despite leaving the gome in the third period after getting Involved In a fight with Myles Mc It one thing to lose when you play bad but when you totally dominate and still lose you know it will not last Eyre said The loss tarnished a fine effort Friday night In Georgetown faced Jim who started the year with Georgetown but was given his release about eight weeks ago The visiting team put three goals behind Lock hurst who was then lifted from the game In beginning of the second period and repla by Rod Sachs Elliot had three goals for the winners including what turned out to be the winner Tom Gibson had a pair while Peter Sturgeon had the others Eyre had words of praise for goaltcndcr Dave He really played well which is a positive thing Hes starting to be sharp which Is also a big plus The Raiders travel to Woodstock tonight and will entertain the Gems here Friday NGTESStlll no news as lo who the Raiders will find their second goalie But Eyre said it is something he is working is healthy make all the plays the Infield Ridley said think this will only do things to help him going Into spring training being number one and knowing the only way he will late his spot If he does not play well JIM RIDLEY We do need righthanded power Ridley said I dont think we saw the same Willie Mays last year that we ve seen in years gone by Hes playing winter ball and from what I hear he is doing well To compound that fact is Toronto was planning lo have Collins play the DH role his year but that was all washed up with the trade with Oakland For a while Toronto was In the running for relief ace Bruce Sutter who became a free agent after his contract wlthSt Louis Cardinals expired Sutter eventually signed a roulti million dollar contract with Atlanta Braves Last year Toronto missed out in signing former New York Yankee ace Goose who is now a San Diego Padre One reason American players are hesitant in coming to Canada Is the weather But that situation could be remedied Ridley I think a dome stadium is Important because players dont want to go out in the middle of April and play in a bit of a blizzard Toronto had the highest bid with but he did not wan I play in the cold weather Last year San Diego went to World Series with So now Toronto is left with the possibility of starting this turning season without three or last year starting players It certainly hurls when you lose three front line players like that but 1 know Pat Gil lick Jays GM and V is not happy with the pitching situation Right now we have a large quota pitchers There was talk Toronto could solve last years horrendous bullpen limitations by making starter reliever Ridley feels that was a figment of the Toronto medias Imagination and will not happen It is a delicate thing to do he said You ve got to give a reliever time to up his arm The question is can go out and throw pitches every third day It is not an easy thing to do 1 dont think the Toronto organization thought about doing that for very long If they did it was for about five minutes Katsilieris star in loss Jim was the star for Royal City Novice A team as they lost 72 to Milton He scored both goals unassisted Milton never let the Georgetown team get started as they scored four goals and never looked back Santa came to the dressing room after the game and provided same cheer and the loss was soon forgotten Shorthanded goals key to Geminis 73 defeat Vaughn Raiders net minder Martin 1 runs into his own goal after making a save off a Georgetown Geminis was scrambling around balance when he ran Into the goal Vaughn defeated Georgetown Saturday at the Alcott Arena In Central Ontario Junior action Teammate Brad Dalton looks on Herald photo by Dan Ralph By DAN Herald Sports Editor In recent weeks lh Georgetown Geminis power play was one of their more potent weap ons However it back fired against them day night Vaughn Raiders netted four tallies in their 73 defeat of the at the Arena Friday night was at the and left with a 143 win The weekend action still leaves Georgetown In eighth spot with a record of eight wins losses and three ties The Geminis dominat ed Saturday game for the first two periods but could only manage a 33 tic after two periods Georgetown went ahead of Vuughn and held the edge up until the final two minutes of the first period when the netted a pair of short- handed goals Vaughn then scored another goal in the second period before the Geminis tied Ihe game However the Raiders struck for four goals in the third to ice the win John Hodgson Brian Demone and Wayne Morrow had the goals Saturday while Demone Morrow and Kent Fa I by scored Friday Team general manag er Bob Webster was behind the bench Satur day night as coach Jules Russian had a previous commitment He said he has noticed a lack or intensity by his players We dont seem hungry enough he said I dont see any inten sity Had the been able to connect on some of their chances early In the game It could have been a different game and Webster said not being able to take ad vantage of scoring chances Is something that has hurt the club all The difference in the game was their goal tending We them in that game 4340 They also finished off their plays Webster said That has been a problem for us all year finishing off scoring chances We cant seem finish them off he said Webster took some of the blame for Vaughns success Saturday They did not let the fact that they were short handed faze them They were just hungry But it could have had something to do with the coaching Im not that familiar with everything and I thought I had good people out there he said Geminis goallonder Chris Sparrow was In goal and Webster said he could not fault the Vaughn goals on a lack of effort from Spar However Friday Spar row was lifted from the game in the second period when Strectsville erupted for five goals after grabbing a 1 lead after the first Mike Niven came In but was taken from the game in the third period in favor of Sparrow when the visi tors scored seven times The schedule will not help the Geminis this week either They travel to tonight and will be on the road Friday before returning home Saturday for a game against December is a tough month for us because were playing the top clubs but I guess when you ore in eighth place most are above you Successful week for atom puck squad The McNally Con slructlon Firefighter Atom AA s finished this weeks games with three victories topping Oak Burlington and Milton 21 Saturday Atoms travelled to Oak vtlle where home squad surprised an over confident Georgetown team by giving them a run for their money Having easily defeated time out Standard team nets wins Georgetown Minor Pec Wee A played two league games and one exhibition game during the past week League games saw action with and Brampton both games being defeated by scores respectively and the exhibition game with Bra ma lea saw our home boys winning by score During the game Bobby DeZeeuw and Doug Crawford found the net with assists to Mike and In Brampton and DeZeeuw scored the only goal on Saturday during the third period Georgetown boys played a good third period but Brampton got a big lead during the first and second periods Exhibition plays were scored against by Crawford and Robert with assists lo Mark Mclntyre Peter Lee and Crawford and winning the game 3 2 Georgetown came out somewhat flat and let lake the lead early in second Trailing at the start of the third Georgetown readied they had a tough hockey game on their hands and began lo hustle One minute into Ihe third Chris Barrow and Jake set up Greg Dobbin who beat the goalie to tic the game Georgetown continued to press until finally Dobbin counted again for the winner with help from Chris Barrow and Tim Burlington came to town on Tuesday and Georgetown took the lead eight seconds Into the first when defence- man Chris Barrow who started the game in an unfamiliar spot snatched the puck on the opening faceoff raced in and neatly back handed a shot Into Burlingtons net Burl proceeded to give Georgetown its typical rough tight checking game but couldnt beat Georgetown David Frost who was hot behind the pipes The re remained at 10 until early in the third whenGreg Dobbin set up Scott who popped in the clinching second goal Thursdays game was the toughest of the week against a hot Mi lion tea hi who have moved up from fifth to within one point of first in Tri County In a fast end game with shots on goal tied at 1515 Georgetowns goalie Marc St Pierre was truly outstanding St Pierre stopped Milton efforts at every turn allowing to go for the win Georgetown grabbed an early lead less than minute into the first when Chris who raced in and back- Barrow set up Brent George- t Wasylenko who connect- refused lo let their arch rivals have Ihe game With less than two minutes to play Ryan Pells and Tim Press wood set up Greg Dobbin ed with a high corner shot Late in the second with Georgetowns gosj i totally screened Milton counted for the the Milton goal tender The Atoms currently stand tied for top spot In their Trl County division Local squash teams record victories Georgetown teams had a successful week In squash competitions Georgetown met Ajax In Ladies Day League play and came away with a decision for the win Pat Harris and Linda Yardley both won their matches while Wendy Cotton and Diane Andrews scored wins The Ladies C league team also defeat ed Iheir rivals this week defeating York there Diane Andrews Christine Kogon Pat Harris and Jan Cook won their games 30 while Wondy Cotton was defeated The Mens D League team was also victorious this week defeating Supreme of Mississauga Schandelmeler Ken Thorn Day and John McNally all games while Murray Jans won his match 3 1 However in Mens League play Georgetown went to defeat ihe hands of Park Avenue of Toronto Dave Street and John Collier won their games while Dave Steen Jans lost tough 3 decisions Nell Cotton was defeated 10 Beaumont nets five in noncontact win Brian Beaumont bad Heed had two goats five goals and three and two assists for the assists to pace winners while Paul lo an impressive Martin and Gary Walsh victory over Hills had one goal and three Radiator on Georgetown assists Single goals Mens NonContact went to Tim Fleming Hockey League play BUI and DIVING ACROBATICS About people attended the Christmas Water Show held Friday at the Acton Indoor Poet Vurlom demonstrations were held including one on diving as this youngiler shows fine form In his backward attempt Herald photo Senior girls undefeated in puck play Georgetown Senior Girls Hockey team Order of the Royal Purple ran their season record to 10 wins and a tie to stay in first place In league standings In their last four games the home team has wonthrcegamesandtiedtheother They defeated Burlington teams and while recording a lie Dale Wolfe had three goats In the first win while Leah had pair and singles went to Richmond Assists went Jones Mo tie Dunning Carolyn and Taylor Goalie Joan Osborne stopped 27 shots for shutout Georgetown trailed Oakville until the second when connected from Jones and Anderson even the score In their next two games Georgetown played outstanding hockey bath offensively and defens ively Lisa Allen had eight point in those games while Dunning Wolfe Anderson and Sears Singles to Peebles and Sharon Anderson Day Goaltender Gary Brown recorded the winners shutout In other league action goals were abundant as Acton ReMax defeated Nick Martina Motors 96 Dave Sutherland had three goals nd an assist for the winners while Rob had and three assists Single goats went to Doug Anderson Dick Spear Gary Lumbers Todd Mclntyre and Chris Rob had two goals and on assist for Nick Martina while Mike Milton had two goals Singles went to Shawn Coffey and Brian King In the final game North Star Cleaners defeated Exchange House Mark Lindaucr had two goals while singles went to Terry Moustaard Nole and Serge Gary Frerichs had two goats for Exchango House while Weir had the other STANDINGS till