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A A PS AN 7 LAN te REP RA ar Ree > Xe GEN pS BRL SL RRS RSL INS EAA oh oR 2 wih, end) ie? NEA bea Lp TALE SL APL So 4A OI LANIER WA SP BANTER WF 4 E0090 a A $e As ae EN eS 4 Wg MA AYIA : FAAZOC IRA INIA" INSP ARR Vad hy ell SICA) PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., September 19, 1979 -- 5 Ts The Honeydale Baseball Team of 1934. Members of the team were: back left, Grace Switzer, Bob Willan, Dorothy Williams, Kay . Midgley, Norma Edwards. Front left, Grace Bradley, Isabel Honey, Clara Warren, Fred 'Mrs. Bob 'Wells. Warren, Mrs. Willan [coach], Leona Wells, and Photo taken at the home of Mrs. Willan. Courtesy of Clara Warren and Kay Pickard. 35 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 5, 1944 Mrs. Clarence Butson received word that her husband, Driver Clarence Butson is now in Belgium. We extend congratulations to Mr. S. Farmer on being elected chairman of Oshawa Presbytery at their meeting in the Port Perry United Church last Thur- sday. Mr: Farmer is the first layman to be elected chairman of the Presbytery. On Saturday, September 30th, 1944, Florence Ellen White became the bride of Harvey Wesley Mahaffy at the Diked Church Parsonage. Rev. W.C. Smith of- iciated. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 7, 1954 The huge domestic competition at the Lindsay Exhibition was dominated this year by Mrs. Reg. Boundey of Port Perry, who won 19 firsts, 12 seconds, and 7 thirds, placing in the 58 section of the com- petition. Mrs. Boundey also won the Canada Packers Special prize for cakes and Magic Baking Powder special also for cakes. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Innes and daughters have moved into their new home on Hwy. 7 & 12. 20 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 8, 1959 Honeydale Women's Institute held their Thanksgiving meeting October 1st in the Anglican Parish Hall with 42 in attendance. Mrs. Diamond chaired the meeting. The track and field meet was held in Uxbridge last Friday. Uxbridge, Sutton, Port Perry and Brock par- ticipated. Port Perry brought home four medals: Doug McMillan, Sr. Champion; Phil Clark, Sr. Runnerup; Jim Burnett, Intermediate Runner-up; Marie Parry, Sr. Girls Runner-up. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 8, 1964 Several Epsom residents attended a gathering for Mrs. J.J. Christie .in Brooklin on the occasion of her 90th birthday. At the Cartwright High School Field Day, in- dividual champions were: Senior Girls' - Nancy Staniland, 13 points; Intermediate Girls' - Helen Swain, 21 points; Junior Girls' - Joan Horton, 15 points; Senior Boys' - Don Brown, 23 points; Intermediate Boys' - Richard Reitsma, 32 points; Junior Boys' - Bob (Turn to page 6) 'chotterbox ...... SAME OLD BODYCHECK Across the province of Ontario this month a couple of hundred thousand minor hockey players will be lacing on their skates for another winter of recreation and enjoyment with Canada's national sport. Recreational and enjoyment? There are many who believe that these two words have less and less meaning for young hockey players, especially those who get caught up in the frenzy of all-star teams. ' Minor hockey in this province and across Canada is faced with a difficult problem: on the one hand there are a host of critics who say with some justification that all of the fun has gone out of the sport, there is too much emphasis on winning at all cost, too much pressure on 10 and 12-year olds from coaches and parents. They say there are too many games and not enough practises where skills can be more fully developed. On the other hand, the sport of hockey by its very nature is competitive. Life itself is filled with competitions, and part of the purpose of competitive organized sport is to teach youngsters how to reach certain goals, and how to deal with disappointment and defeat. The problem in hockey at the minor level is coming up with some kind of a balance; where kids can have fun and learn how the game should be played and at the same time have some kind of reward for superlative effort. Obviously, there is no easy answer. Nevertheless, minor hockey in the province of Ontario is under some very real pressure this fall to make some fundamental changes in the rules. Bodychecking, for example, has been banned at the house-league level for all ages of players in Kitchener and Waterloo. And the Waterloo Association has asked the OMHA to place a ban on bodychecking for all-star teams in the province involving players under the age of 12. Parents, too, are beginning to have their say, and the results of an Ontario Hockey Council survey indicated that at least 30,000 parents feel there is too much violence in the game at the minor level. The ball, (or puck, if you will) is obviously in the court of the Associations that are responsible for the operation of minor hockey in this country. They must start to respond to pressures that are being openly exerted by the minor hockey organization in Kitchener-Waterloo, for example, and the thousands of hockey parents who responded to the questionnaire. If the status quo is allowed to exist, the inevitable will happen: parents will start pulling their youngsters out of the system on the grounds that having them play is just not worth the hassles, or the expense. If that comes about, local associations will feel the financial pinch. But there is no easy and quick answer. It's interesting to note that although Kitchener and Waterloo have banned bodychecking in the house leagues, officials are now trying to come up with a definition of what is a bodycheck. That may pose a problem, but the real significance is that the organization made a decision to tackle a more serious problem head-on. The details can be worked out later. Some of the answers to the parent survey by the Hockey Council are a little unrealistic. I don't think that the all-star system, for example, should be done away with. Children must be encouraged to compete; they should come to realize that hard work and superior effort will bring about certain rewards, and that losing js as much a part of the game as winning. But at what age, at what level of maturity? Is eight or ten or even twelve years too young? Are kids at this age mature enough to understand the meaning of competition and the pressure that goes along with it? Frankly, I can't answer that. But I do know that I have witnessed many unpleasant incidents ihvolving kids that age in highly competitive situations. Tears, temper tantrums on and off the ice, curses and so on. Any adult who has spent any time close to minor hockey knows what I'm talking about. And these are not isolated incidents. They occur often, and in every arena in the country. But who is to say whether a 14-year old can 'handle the pressure of competition", and a 12-year old can't. I'll bet that a dozen child psychologists would come up with a dozen different opinions. Nonetheless, some changes are long overdue in the minor hockey system in Ontario and the rest of Canada. It will be a major step if those in charge at least recognize where the problems are, and agree that an overhaul is necessary. The details can be worked out later. THE FEVER I've got it. No, my temperature is not 102. I've come down with something that Canadians have never had the chance to catch before: pennant fever. And there just ain't no cure. As I write this, the Montreal Expos are in first place in the National Baseball League East, a fraction of a percentage point ahead of Pittsburgh. The Expos are smack in the middle of a good old-fashioned race down the stretch for a pennant. Now, I've always been something of a baseball fan. A fan, not a fanatic. A fan is someone who watches the standings through the summer, and enjoys the odd game once in a while. A fanatic is someone who knows the batting average of every player in the league, know the E.R.A. of every pitcher, and keeps a detailed score-card on every game. None of that stuff for me. Nope. My idea of a ball game was to sit down on a hot Saturday in front of the TV with a cool beer or two, and just watch and enjoy. If my favourite ' team won, that was a bonus. But there were no tears or gnashing of teeth if my team was down by six runs with two out and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth. But things have changed. And the Expos are doing it for me. Why just last week, I caught a double-header, on the radio, no less. Didn't miss an inning. Didn't miss a pitch. Crazy. After a decade of mediocrity, the Expos this year have success written all over them: pitching, hitting, fielding, and possibly just as important, they have the fans behind them. They may draw two million into the Big O this year. I think it is great, for the city of Montreal and for the sport of baseball in Canada. Having the fever may be a little tough on the nerves, but it sure beats the heck out of cheering for the Blue Jays. For me right now the only way to get over the fever would be an extended vacation in Tibet, or a pennant and world series for the Expos. Would that not be something? A world series in Montreal. If pennant fever is running hot and high right now, it's going to get worse in the next two weeks. And I'll be hanging off every pitch. The Expos have made a fanatic out of me. ( port perry star Company Limited J. PETER HVIDSTEN Publisher Advertising Manager J.B. 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