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Glen Meadows

Fourteen ladies’ teams from six
curling clubs will take part in the
district 8 playdowns being held at
Glen Meadows Golf and Country
Club Jan 8 to 10.

District 8 covers. the lower
Island south of Duncan, and the
-playdowns are open to all the
clubs in it. Glen Meadows,
however, does not have a team
entered.

There. are eight teams from
Victoria Curling Club, two from
Kerry Park and’one each from
Racquet Club, Playland, Oak

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Niemeyer, is entered with a team
from Victoria Curling Club, but
the other members. are different
from last year’s team. Flora
Martin,.. the senior. ladies
‘champion from. district. 8. for
several years, is also entered.
“Muriel McIntyre is chairman,
Joan. Ethier drawmistress,
Audrey . Darlington . chief of
-umpires and: Helen -Hitchen in
charge of publicity.

First, draw. will be at 11 a.m.
Friday.
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~~. playdowns is the Canadian final,
‘this year known as the’ Scott
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THE REVIEW

It beats me...

By Jim Tang .

WAYNE GRETZKY, a month
away from his 21st. birthday but
well'on his way to a.third suc-
cessive 50-goal season, is better
known to Canadians, and held in
considerably higher esteem, than
their prime-minister. The slender
centreman is always part of it
when hockey fans get to arguing
about who. should be ranked as
the game’s No. 1 player, and
nothing reflects his ac-

~ complishments more than being

mentioned in the same breath as
Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe.

~ They’re
finalists, so to speak, but there
are always those who remember
the class of. Jean Beliveau, the
fire of Maurice Richard and the
dash .of Bobby.’ Hull. Doug
Harvey usually gets a mention
when -hockey’s greats are being
discussed, and the longer-in-the-

‘tooth fans will remember Eddie

Shore, Howie’ Morenz, . Dit

Clapper and Bill Cowley. But ~~
~ only. seldom does. anyone: ever. -

- mention Frank Mahovlich. :
It’s in’ keeping. with -the. way |.

things were when he was playing. -
The Big M was probably the most.
unfairly maligned player: in the

“NHL, ‘and ‘unlike most -others.

with great. records ‘he.has: not: -
- received: due” recognition after s
- retirement. - a
oe. Few: ‘today: seem. to realize the oo
“.°staturé Mahovlich enjoyed at the.

“peak - Of his career..:

: ‘es ~ News « “last.
Peninsula rep teams. had. a SO- : ae

year:

ye ar.’ ‘contract

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That happened in 1962 at the
NHL all-star. dinner after some
of the principals had imbibed a
bit freely. Chicago owner Jim
Norris, believing Mahovlich
might be available because of

- contract: demands, opened. his

bidding at. $250,000. As things
got a bit looser, he went to
$500,000 then to $750,000 and
finally to $1 million.

Wednesday, December 23, 1981

- Battle,

That, he was certain, was an

offer the Leafs couldn’t refuse
and just to make sure, he insisted
on making a down payment of
$1,000 in chash while writing an
IOU for the balance on a piece of

- notepaper. Norris had his cheque

ready the next morning, and with
Harold Ballard forcing the issue,
it appeared that hockey’s most-
sensational deal had been
completed. But the deal was
cancelled a week later because

_general-manager Punch Imlach,

whose contract with the Leafs

person. in his book, Hocky Is A
Imlach described
Mahovlich as an ‘‘easy-going
team man — one of the most
high-class individuals, one of the
finest guys you’d ever want to
meet.’ ,

‘‘He was always in perfect
‘shape,”’ Imlach added, “‘but with
Frank the way he was, penning
everything up inside him, the fact
he was always in perfect physical
shape wasn’t enough.”’

Gordie Howe also understood.

‘‘The mistake,’’ he said, ‘* was
that Frank didn’t get the cheers
he deserved. Instead of booing
him, the fans should have ap-
preciated his talents. Then maybe
the pressure wouldn’t have
cooked the guy.”’

The talent certainly was there.

‘Free of pressure and in the mood,

gave him ‘final authority on

player deals, refused to give his
approval.
* * OK
It was the big news story of its
time, and the tremendous
publicity increased the pressures
on a sensitive man who. was

booed and criticized by fans~

because they felt he coasted a bit —

-and that a bit more effort would
considerably. to

added
impressive statistics.

There certainly appeared to be |

reason for that conclusion. The
Big M had it all. A 200-pounder
with the hockey instincts . to

match Orr and Gretzky, he was —

probably the fastest skater.in the

he could shoot ‘and create

openings. But there was all-out

Jeague when he turned it on and >

effort only occasionally, or soit

seemed.
Nothing. frustrates. fans more

than a wasting of talent through ©

lack of. effort,

and they were.

‘inclined to look on Mahovlich as __

a moody’. malingerer.
nothing inhibits a sensitive ‘man

“more than - feeling unwanted and.

unappreicated. And there. were

196 and. 1967. :

And:

“partially. true. but: if Imlach’. “was °
impatient and frustrated because _
Mahovlich. didn’t: always ‘match *>

“reports. that pressure to join the.
‘players’: association and shaving.
the blunt, tough-minded Imlach
as boss ; were: also: big. ‘factors in’. :
causing ‘the nervous. breakdowns -
which: hospitalized: Mahovlich ine:

. beginning to forget. Howe and’
~ Orr because of the wonder at. ‘the.

4 performance with talent, he.also _

WISH EVERYONE
a.

anda
Happy New Year

SIDNEY

1981 for ne |

GL, Rogers:
Superintendent of
Public Services

had. respect ‘for ‘his star asa’

he was as exciting,
dominating, as any player the
NHL has had. And if that didn’t
happen nearly as often as it
should have, only “six players
have scored more than the. 533
goals he produced in his 17 NHL
seasons and he is 10th in career
points with 1,103. He began his
NHL career by winning the

. Calder Trophy, he played on

three Stanley Cup championship
teams and he set a cup record in
1971 by climaxing his first season
with Montreal Canadiens — by
scoring 14 goals and making 13

assists in the playoffs. And if .
there were only two all-star ©
selections he was runner-up to ©
Hull in the voting in six other
_ seasons.

Ten of Mahovlich’s 17 seasons
came before expansion. and 277
of his goals were.scored- ‘when:
there. were. only six NHL teams
with goalkeepers such as Terry
Sawchuk, Glenn Hall, Jacques:
Plante and Johnny Bower, to.
beat.

However, Mahovlich; ‘who™

. might. have been. the: grealest if
‘only -he had been: born witht the:

outlook . and: enthusiasm
Jack ..Mcllhargey, “ge
shrift from a “generation already -

-wizardy. of Gretzky, yho- seems. CS
~ capable of. an. 80-goal/200: point.
_ Season. But 1 just: c

spent playing - in a2l-club: NHL
with commercial- league
goalkeeping and »one- way.
thinking. °

Islonders
do. well i in
‘figure

skating —

“Contestants from Vancouver’ s
mainland usually dominate the
B.C. Figure Skating Cham-
pionships but this year a number

of Vancouver Island youngsters:
- did well:

On the Saanich - Peninsula
Patrick Walsh, 15, of Parkland
school came third in men’s pre-
novice, Youngsters going on to
the Western Canadian Cham-
pionships to be held in Saskatoon
January include:

Jennifer Chant, 2nd. place
junior ladies; Nadine Padur, 4th
place junior ladies;
_ Meeres, Ist in novice ladies.

In senior pairs, Jeff Mawle and.
“Vanessa. Hower -took . second -
place; Craig Burns placed with
Patrick Walsh, ‘coming Ist in|
men’s pre-novice, and: in pre-:
novice dance, Jennifer. Fourth

and Frank = Van Staaldiunen
placed 4th,

-Pre-novice ladies. --. Julic
Bonham, 3rd; Jennifer:

Goodings, 3rd; Tricia Meeres,

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