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.ETTER TO THE 'EDITOR
J. C. Hindmarsh AnswersCritics
Dead' Sir
'dandy letters re hockey, Gen-
tlemen. You're -ranch more sat-
isfactory AgitrresPondents than
my erstwhile FMO pen -pals. Un-
fortunately. or perhaps fortun-
ately, you're all completely miss-
ing the .Main point. I'm not
against hockey —, I'm against
dirty hockey, and managers who
attempt to justify: it.
hoeke .and general sportsman- ests would howi, gate receipts
ship shown by the Canadian play. would drop --temporarily. We
ers, brought world-wide renown. should be .prepared to -make
At one playoff' game, Father these sacrifices. iViuch the same
Bauer was struck by an opposing situation applies to disarmament.
player. He insisted that the We think its a dandy idea—just
blow was accidental, asked that as long as it doesn't mean a loss
no penalty be given. The player in revenue, or the closing, Hea-
appeared in the Canadian dress- ven forbid!'; of stations like Clin-
ing ••ootn after .the game, to ton or Centralia!
apol' gine. ' Some of the psyehologieal pro -
Bloodied, but unbowed,. I reit- In growing up, ..1, think I've b.lems that eoold arise if h; .clean
erate'°my claim that boys taught
and encouraged to be hoodlums
on the ice, find it'easy and' na.
Lural, to be hoodlums off the ice.
Magistrates I'm sure, -will pack rse, and displays of poor spor'ts-
me up. When a manager, such as ip. But- we know they
Mr. Wilkinson, tells us not to be ei ' `vrong. They were not en -
too hard qn f'i'ghting players as Cour, d and excused by offic-
they are the stuff ,lif which is •
het;or s are matte, and can be Hockey today, like the Great en gladiator and howling for
counted on to defend us, true Lakes, is bearing the, point -of- another round of Christians for
sportsmen must shudder. Dirtythe liuns, we may have to legal -
no -return as far as pollution is
players are basically cowards v ize bull -fighting, bear -baiting,
`and bullies. When needed, they' concerned. It's time we gave the eock-fighting. Colored TV—and
won't be available. You're much j game back to the kids. Get it with it the colored blood ' and
more apt to find them jeering asjout of the hands of commercial
a police officer is being beateninterests, and parents who use it
up by a bunch of punks -L prob-, t0 work off their own frustra-
ably getting in a few kicks him- tions and hostilities through
self. ,
played and watched about as hockey program succeeds, are
much hockey as ar yone.., Us- interesting. there were fish under.the A new sop will have
ice. There were fights, of cou- to be provided for the blood -
crazed clown who used to leap
onto the ice to join the brawls.
For this raving reincarnate of
the tubby, toga -clad Roman,
turning thumbs downs on a strick-
their kids. I'm against the par -
The effort ' anti expense put ent who spends half an hour
forth by local businessmen tol strapping a toddler into fifty or
promote clean hockey and good I a,, hundred dollars worth of
citizenship is too often nullified
by the sordid examples of NHA
players, and our own teams, such
as Junior "B's". «.Rather than
bring youngsters into this en- ter ort' ,knocking a puck around the invite to see a game, but
wironment, we should disband op a frozen pond or back yard. I feel that anyone who pays.
hocke: completely. turn the Goderich won fame by start- seventy-five cents to watch a
arena into a bull -fighting or ing'"Young Hockey" week. Why sordid fiasco such as last Fri
gladitorial forum. couldn't we again take the lead days Junior "B" game, is tech-
nically guilty of contributing to
juvenile delinquency. I'll settle
for a cat fight on the front lawn,
phony wrestling, or even try and
seek out the message in some
"adult Western," depicting a
Kitty --The wh—re With The
Heart of Gold—and assorted
flunkies falling off their horses.
Suggested Christmas present
to Goderich, from Goderich Boos-
ter Club: Boost Clean hockey
for '66.. Thank you and Mer-
rie Christmas.
Signed J. C. Hindmarsh.
equipment, driving him to an
arena, urging him on to win at
all costs—all else in life being
anti -climax. He'd be much bet -
guts of a James Bond thriller -
should help. For the young and
vigorous, the ultimate should be
the U.S. Marines and Viet Nam.
Here, as we bring Freedom,
Democracy, The Great American
Way Life (including hockey? I
presume), to these hapless. ea-
thens, he can be photographs
torturing a real, live, Viet Cong
captive!
No Gentlemen, thank you for
Hockey is big business in Can -and start "Clean Hockey" week?
ada Dirty hockey is better And make it last all season.
busin2ss. "Call me if there's a We should attack this blight of
fight," is the expression we so , dirty hockey as strenuously as
often hear amongst TV viewers,' we would an outbreak of rabies.
when one must leave the room. It's just. as dangerous. One warn-
.... And, when the joyous, ing, the a season suspension.
"They're fightin' " sounds, every -1 Effectively silence any bean -
one from grannies to toddlers; brained coach or official who at -
rushes to view the mayhem. ; tempts to encourage or excttse-
---a-"ifyou can't beat ..:em in the -1 irty ..playing. Jail the ring -
back alley, yon- can't -.beat -'em leaders,. if necessary,._ -.4t will
on the ice," is he apt ci ay one simply save many of them from
. big league coach summed it up. serving longer terms later °on.
. The hest -solution might be to I. grant that the vested inter-
play the first period of every -=�-
game. in the back alley. ... No
foul tactic. short of triggering
old engine blocks to the rafters, I
to be dropped on opponents;
heads: seems to be ruled out.
A few years ago an unusually
successful brawl broke out in
Maple Leaf Gardens. •Sadistic
mobs'_ poured from the stands
-to join in. An hour later police
had the • ice cleared. Manager
Connie Smythe was not pleased,
said -the only time he ever want-
ed to• see police on the .ice was
"when they were on 'skates."
Last 'month a similar brawl in
Goderich held up a game for
over half an hour: Manager Wil-
kinson's "fine fighting men"
Were. developing some more
character and • courage.
What a sickening contrast this
is to the b: and of hockey played
by the team Father Bauer—a
sometime summer resident of
this area—took to Europe two
years ago! His ambition was to
show that hockey could be elev-
ated from the gutter, and that
Canadians could be sportsmen,
Father Bauer's .team did not
„ win, Vit the clean brand of
UI
PEE WEE HOCKEY LEAGUE
With three games -played b , ,4,,goal-getters for the winners
each team in the six team Pee were Stew Allen with two and
Wee House League the Squirt John Carrick with one. Ron
A11 -Stas a e iaa 'the lead, with Hodge scored, for Banpister to
three victQeS followed by, the ruin Ronnie Straiighan's attempt
Sheager White Dots with two at a shutout.
wins and a tie. 11/MacDonald Mari* whitewash -
The Squirt All -Stars kept their ed Raird Motors f0. Ian Mac -
winning streak going by downing Adam with a hat trick and Dave
the Goderich Motors squad, by a McIvor with a single accounted
4-2 count. The goal -getters for for the 'scoring. dim Mero turn -
the Squirts were Paul Johnson ed in a stellar performance in
with two and. singles by Danny goal in scoring a shutout. •
Duncan and Kim Arbour. Bob Team standings to date: •
Stirling of the Squirts 'showed W. L. T. F. A. P.
great stick -handling ability. Ter- Squirts e.3 0 0 9 5 6
ry Meriam and Randy Hugill White Dots 2 0 1 10 7 5
notched one goal each for the Code. Motors 2 1 -9 15, 10 4
Goderich Motors team. MacD. Marine 1 1 1 12 11 . 3
The White Dots were victor- Baird Motors . 0 S 0 e iz 0•
ious over Bannister Motors 3-1. Ban. Motors . 0 3 0 2 9 0
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