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'The Signal -Star Paper Leafs won the first game in the
team's history on Thursday night .defeating the Clinton Old
Timers 8-7 "in Clinton. The.players ,are,front row from left
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Vanderburgh, Brian Rumig and Dennis Vanderburgli. Back
Golf instruction is one of the features of the night classes offered at.GDCI. Instructor Lynn
Meyers shows Bruce McPhee the proper procedure for gripping the club, the initial~steprin
golf instruction:
row froln left Coach Ed Byrski, Jeff Seddon, .Tom Flynn,
Bob Shrier, John Buchanan; George Vanderb.urgh, Gary W.
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Paper Leafsnear $4000
From rags to riches
;The Signal -Star_.. Paper
'Leafs have only been playing
organized hockey for one
year but they, already have
established a rich and
colorful history that: few
people are aware of. Most of
their- fans .are, aWare of their
Lack, of success in winning
heir games but few know' of
their great success in making'
money.
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The Leafs' began their
history in the village of
Lucknow early in the w'i'nter
of 1974. They had no name, no
uniform and no reason to,play
Hockey except to have a good
time. 'A •cas al statement in
the dressing room "'after a
shinny game soonchanged all
that for the team.
"Why don't we challenge
somebody to a game, charge
admission and give` all the
money to charity?" someone
asked.
_The idea sounded 'easy
enough to accomplish and the
players agreed that such a
game could be fun , and
benefice,jal. The players,.. all
employees ., of Signal -Star
P,ublisghing, chose „to
challenge their media
counterparts in Huron County
, CKNX Television.
The players were not long
finding out that a. successful
benefit hockey game is no
simple feat. They assumed
.that the people of Goderich
had the same desire to see the
game as they had to play it
and felt that all they would between hockey and • frolic. -
have to do is print the tickets ''''They tied up the goalies, used
and the fans would be lined up pucks made of steel and felt,
to buy them. Not so. ,' sent players onto the ice, in
• skis r' and wheelchairs and '
The people of , Goderich ,while these activities were
wereinterested enough in the not going on they - played
benefit to buy a ticket but
only if someone took it t6
• them. This meant that the
players,had to sell their own
cause 'to the public, on their
own time. Every player was
issued ten tickets 'and ,told to
sell' them and come back for
ten more.
The tickets sold the players
then realized they would'have
to entertain 'the fans and
worried that their , hockey
ability was not worthy the
price of admission. The an-
swer, divide the game ' time
te
Power.at impact. Diane' Melick, gets good" power into her
iron shot and oh if those nets weren't 'there it 'would have
split the fairway. r
Those attending the golf clinic at GDCI are finding out that
golf is . a game of concentration and coordination. Lana
Peagan is a' study in stolidity as she follows through after
impact.
Photosby Dave Sykes
Jean Smith'shows good form at the top of her backswing as
she prepares to smack the ball into the netting.
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Putting is a.very important part of the game of golf -and Jay
Tofflemire found out that it takes a great deal of con-
centration to execute the proper stroke.
The gynmasium of GDCI
there on Monday nights.
game is to ... attack it.
has
been
turned
hockey.
The overall result was that
the Paper Leafs were able to
give. the 'Association for the
Mentally, Retarded, a check
for around seven hundred
dollars. The first , of `many
donations that have since
totalled more than $4,000 and
have been , given to wor-
thwhile organizations in need
of financial support.
Determination, hard ,work
and desire, three qualities
necessary for a winning
team, have made the Paper
Leafs just that. They may
have lost all their,garnes'but
they won where it counts, in
the dollars and cents column.
The players united and
worked together with littlea
friction to make'. all their
games worthwhile for the
cause they play for. They are
still in_ the benefit hockey
spirit and will play anywhere
wi'thin easy travelling
distance of Goderich to aid a
worthwhile cause.
Playing benefit hockey has
been ' an expensive
proposition to the Leafs. The
players were nat involved in
any regular organized League'
and some had not played 'for
years. They had old worn out
equipment' that • needed
replacement if th`ey were
going to be playing r .gularly.
Skates, stick's, pants and pads
were purchased as the
players tried to develop a
Color scheme that would
allow them to resemble a
team. ,
Publisher Bob Shrier, who
plays,jon the team, treated the
Leafs to a .complete set of
sweaters 'and socks, the fin'4l
step from a bunch of guys out
for a shinny game to a well
dressed team out to make
money for charity. •
In the interest of developing
a brand of hockey that paying
fans 'could `*possibly ap-
preciate the L -ea fs began
practicing. Everi Thursday
'-morning they work out 'r
together for an hour before
work and. the dawn' sessions
paid off as the team managed
to make dose games of all
their contests.
The 'only hope the Leafs
have when they schedule a
game is 'that it will be suc-
"cessful for the char=ity. They
like to win but they would lose •
them all if it meant money for
their benefit. The next time
one of them tries to sell you a
into a driving range for the, golf clinic ,offered ticket, think of 'the work in-"
These hdpefuls are finding out that the only way to attack the' volved and buy it whether you
can attend or not.
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