The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 14

PAGE 14 Q. 3 foronto rink By Marcel Schnobb JOURNAL REPORTER The third time around for John Kawaga proved to be the charm and the young Toronto St. Georges strategist will represent Ontario at the Canadian junior men's curjlng championship in Sault Ste. Marie Feb. 17-23.

Kawaga skipped a brilliant gams at the Hunt Club last rilght to defeat Glen Howard of Midland 8-3 in a tense playoff after the two wound up with 6-1 records in the round-robin. Took control Kawaga gave up two on the first -end and then took control of the match. He got one back on the second, stole the third, fifth, sixth and seventh to go up 5-2. On the eighth, Howard faced five Toronto shots but extended the match with a fine draw to count one. Howard was light with both draw attempts on the ninth and Kawaga made good his rocks for a three.

Howard ran out of rocks on the 10th with a fivpotnt deficit and the young players shook hands to the applause of an appreciative plate-glass crowd. Kawaga played in the Ontario playdowns under the colors of Tarn Heather in 1978 and 1979 but didn't do that well. With his new rink of Graeme McCarrell, Mark Andrey-chtik and Dave Manion, he had the winning combination this time. Howard and his aggressive front end of Paul Harbottle, Peter Mount and Tim Tully almost pulled it out. Tie for second The RCMP rink of skip Graham Sinclair, Brian Gallant, Denis La-chance and Kim Gllby finished in a three-way tie for second place with Unlonville and Glencoe.

The Ottawa champions dropped their fifth game to St. Georges, 9-2. The young Toronto curlers stole the Mounties blind. Sinclair needed an extra end to defeat Unionville 5-4 yesterday morning to get back into the running but lost a heart-breaking 5-3 decision to Glencoe in the final round. Glencoe handed St.

Georges its first loss yesterday morning, while Midland thumped Windsor 7-4 to set up the suspenseful seventh round. Kawaga needed a hit-and-stay tskeout on the 11th end to defeat Unionville's Gray Grant 7-8 and avoid elimination because Midland "had alreay defeated Peterborough's Andy Allison 7-4, winner of one game. Wintario grant The Huntley Curling will receive a Wintario grant of $132,280. The grant, matched by members of the Huntley Club, means construction can start in the spring on the two-sheet curling club on land adjacent to the Carp fairgrounds. "We are pleased with the announcement," said a happy Locks Trenholme, co-founder of the "$265,000 project which was launched officially in the spring of 1977.

"Now, we can continue our drive (mm A 1 O. J. MANSEAU SURFACE POOL Model IB' 48' 24' 48 15' 30'-18' 33' for funds and members which had lost its incentive because of the long delay In obtaining a decision on the long-awaited grant. People will show new interest now that they know we are for real," Locks said. The building committee Is already, in place aha a general meeting will be set very soon to inform the members of the plans tor the two-sheet layout.

The building will be" constructed; to allow for expansion to four sheets. Trophy The winner of the Brownsburg-Of- -tawa Curling Club final of District 2" will oppose Montreal Caledonia for the Canadian Branch Governor- 5 General's Trophy double rink championship on Hylands ice Feb. 23 Brownsburg, skipped by Gerry Tomalty and Bates Campbell, eliminated Cornwall, while Ottawa Curling Club's Lome Stevenson and Gary Johnson put out Pembroke rinks skipped by Paul St. Louis and Jim Buchner. In earlier games, Lansdowne defeated Tecumseh, RCMP dropped the GGCC rinks of Elwyn Macdon-ald and Bill Whitman from competition.

OCC trimmed Navy and Granites ousted Hunt. In the next stage, Lansdowne edged the Mounties, while OCC outscored Granites. OCC NOW IS THE TIME TO RESERVE MILLION AIR POOLS LTD. AT YOUR SERVICE FOR 18 YRS. WANTED: WE REQUIRE A PART-TIME SALESMAN Ontario junior title OSC skier captures Cup races Susan Barnes, a member otthe Ottawa Ski Club, captured the over-all championship in the annual Ontario Divisional Cup Series yesterday at Thunder Bay.

Usually the meet is attended by the National Capital Division team but this year the Ottawa Ski Club asked permission to send its own representatives and 1Q skiers from the OSC participated in the event. Barnes is a member of the Ottawa Ski Club's Nancy Green racing program. Meanwhile the Ottawa Ski Club held its first half of the annual ski-a-thon yesterday at Camp Fortune and $4,000 was raised by skiers who collected pledges for the number of trips they made down the hill in a two hour period. With the second oprtidn scheduled for Saturday the club should surpass its goal of $6,000. Signe McLeod earned the most money in a field of 87 sklers.She raised over $400.

The money is shared between the Ottawa Ski Club's program and the Canadian Ski Association. Bell wins tourney Bell Bruins of the Carleton board of education captured the eighth annual Blue Ball basketball tournament in Kingston on the weekend. The Bruins registered five victories in the title and Chris Jonsonn was selected the tournament's most valuable player. DENIS MANSEAU We are now located at 1435 Cyrvllle Ottawa. Come and visit our new modern showroom with an Interior pool and all the necessary accessories.

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Ottawa CC and Brownsburg will likely play off in Hawkesbury or Brownsburg Feb. 12. Daytime curlers Granite rinks skipped by Charles Rayment and Jim Duff won the main prices in the Rldeau invitation daytime curlers bonspiel Over the weekend. Nine dubs and bonspiel chairmen Denis Harvey wis-'so pleased': with the Initial success he Intends to make it, an annual event Norris bad the worse record in losuujvall three of' his games, woq the most sophisticated prize a sround of cognac for his rink. Others iiprjze winners were Peter Veaje, Rldeau; Stu Paddon, Navy; Bill Whitman, GGCC; Bob Campbell, City View; and Claude McDonald, RA.

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taa-ssse Lafleur absolutely right in rapping the Montreal Canadiens' Guy Lafleur said something the other day that had to be said when he claimed too many hockey players are shortchanging fans. For obvious reasons, hockey players rarely knock publicly the people they have to play with and against. Lafleur's charge that a lot of hockey players are not giving 100 per cent effort, including some of his team-mates, certainly won't boost his popularity rating with players around the National Hockey League or In the Canadiens' dressing room. Fans will agree It should boost his popularity with hockey fans, though, because lack of effort by high-priced stars hasn't gone unnoticed in this expansion era. Few hockey players have been blessed with the skills of Lafleur and no hockey fan expects superstar moves from the less talented.

But fans do expect effort and Lafleur Is absolutely correct when he says that there are too many in the league more interested in drawing a salary than playing hockey. Lafleur Is not of that stripe', as anyone knows who has watched him play. He has plenty of company in the NHL in the hustle department, but not enough. Expansion has done much for job security and peace of mind for Gerald Redmond 1 A.T, hockey players. The NHL Players' Association has also given the players more clout with general managers and the need to hustle to hold an NHL job has been reduced more than a little.

The owners haven't helped either with the extended schedules and the extra travel but the top players are still the ones who come to play and Lafleur argues that If they can do it, the others can, too. Every coach and general manager in the league can tell of problems with players who take a casual approach to the game and there is little management can do about it. The minor leagues no longer have plenty of hockey players ready to take an NHL job the moment an established player starts to take It a little easy. Matter of pride It really comes down to a matter of pride and if Lafleur's blast at the slackers in hockey can generate BRAND NEW 79 MODELS slackers more of that, hockey will be the better for it. Players do not seem Inclined to listen to fans or coaches or general managers but some of them, anyway, might pay at least a little attention to criticism from one of their own.

Bobby Hull went so far as to quit hockey for a time in protest of the goon tactics in the sport. Marcel Dionne came out with a strong protest along the same lines and while hockey hasn't eliminated intimidation as a weapon, the tough guys who can't skate are becoming fewer in the NHL. Hull, Dionne and the others who supported them undoubtedly influenced the change in the game, slight though it may be. There is nothing more frustrating for a coach, or a fan, than to watch a good athlete going through the motions. When Lafleur insists there are a great many in the league interested in just getting by, he's not telling hockey fans anything they didn't know.

But for a change it Is good to hear a hockey player make the charge. The slackers are only hurting their own game and it is about time one of their own called them for it. It won't win Lafleur any friends and it may not inspire greater hustle, but It had to be said and Lafleur is in as good a position to say It as anyone. You can buy a brand new 79 Honda motorcycle and save up to $300.00 during Honda's Gigantic Motorcycle Clearance Sale. Participating Honda dealers are clearing their showrooms for the 1980 models.

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