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taking credit for the fantastic

"| Russian style of hockey, both -
claiming the Russians,stole the |

style from books they wrote..

The first is Lloyd Percival, al

lonig time: observer of the. in-
ternational hockey -scene. and

_ present editor of .the tabloid”
publication for the Sports. and

Fitness Institute and Canada,
According to Lioyd, te Russian

styleis.an exact duplicate of the
tenants he layed down in the”
Hockey Handbook which never

caught on in the NHL,
The second with claims to

greatness is LeoMonahan of the .
Boston Record. “Writing in the

latest edilioni of ‘the. Hockey

Journal, Mr, Monahan -claims .
the book co-authored by i himself ©

Lynn Patrick: in the late
awed 8 copy of the bool: at
petition in Oslo. and. purloined

It should be pointed out that
the Russians entered’ ir-
ternational hockey competition
in 1954. In: that series. they
flattened the’ world’s best
(Canada) 7-2, then‘ went-on ‘to.

win the tournament.-‘Two years. -’

later the Russians captured the
Olympic gold medal in hockey
(and the next three in a row). .

That would put... Mr.:

Monahan's claim slightly below .

credibility. As for Mr. Percival
[haven't been able lo pin-point

i the exact printing. date of his

book but he mentioned the only
NHL team .-to use it-was the
Detroit Red Wings under Ted
Lindsay. That was also the late -
fifties and early sixties.’ |

It would seem’ the . Russians

There are two. Canadian’s "

. Apparently the Russians |
the 1954 International “com- .

the work into a Russian text:
from where there abiltity flows, .

. learned hockey ‘dsewhere:

decided they wanted
They
Checkoslovakia and films from:
everywhere.’ It was fro m these"
films. they learned as well-as
through ‘the adaption and in-’
novation of practice techniques, .
and - of course~ by’ actually.
playing: the game. -

One such: innovated: ‘practice ~
‘technique was shown during the -
intérmission of: one. of «the:
.games’ when :'Russian junior
hockey players: were shown
Skating away from the boards .
with a piece of rubber tied to -
their waists. The idea was to .
kéep constant pressure on_ the:
‘rubber and did they ever! - This

to, play...

aril T have never seen in North

America, -
‘Russia's biggest asset is ‘that
their athletes ‘are just that,
- athletes. | They do not spend the”
summers slopping up vodka and.
sailing down the Volga. | They’

~ train year round und when they |

play hockey jits.to play hockey.

They don’t worry about ‘hold- .

outs and-high. saluries .and.

_ bigger . tax’.deductions “and.
player strikes and bonuses-and -:

80. on. +: They ply hockey. not
monopoly,

One of the highlights of the
‘Canada home-coming was when.
one of the players noted that he -

“was anxious to get back to. his

home, The player? Don Awry of

the Boston Bruins. Its strange

that Team Canada would have

"its ranks filled with players who
"spend ten or more months of the.

year. in the: United -States,
keeping — their. Canadian,

_ citizenship for tax reasons und.

to beat the draft, :

BC. Winter Festival oe. Sports .

Gant’ from Page. 8

alpine), “ snowmobiles,
weightlifting, wrestling,
swimming and judo.

There are ai least three other. :
sparts expected to be involved:
in the Festival by the sub-
mission. - deadline. of mid-

‘October, —

Close to 25, wo athletes will
take part in the Festival.

Last year, in its initial
staging, the Winter Festival had
#1 events in 42 Brilish Columbia
communities involving 15,000

athletes: :
Of the ntries received to date

14 Be

than’ 26- ‘are “of provincial”
championship stature or higher,

One of the major highlight
events of th.e Festival will: She
the Canadian Figure Skating
Championships.’to be staged

~ January. 16-21 in Vancouver. A’

‘record entry of more than, 300
from Canada’s 19 provinees und
two Territories will. compete.

=F ¥om these championships
will come the team that will
represent Canada at the World
Championships in Bratislava,”
Fike See “Ip te,

 segond Festival. more,
ms i, ha st 5]

dry! Hts san

“They're first years Inhockey.
were the late fortes when they:

imported: coaches -frormh: -:

The Terrace - Car |

for. the - ap-coming © season.
These amounts have been set 80
‘tha t the'cost isnot: prohibitive-.
‘to the individual curler and yet -
sufficient money is raised to.

-complete ‘the EW Six’ ‘sheet
curling facility.

Family” memberships care
‘Wbeing . ‘sold’ at .-$200..,
Membership. includes . Te
adults and their. school: ‘age
‘children. : Single’ male. merm-
berships have-been set at ‘$150,
single female membershins are.
valued at $100.

berships and are transferrable

‘after two years from date. or

-purchase or whenever the full. ©
“stock of memberships ig sold —
‘whichever comes” first.

‘Membership entitles the: holder -

.to preferred rates in the annual
fee structure:. | -Lifetime
- memberships are also entitled
“to.” use. Terrace Curling
Association. facilities, _ whether
or not they are active curlers,

Each member has ‘a yote in
Curling Association activities,
family: memberships _. are
permitted » two votes per
membership, a

Following is ‘a list of the fees

. for the individual leagues, The

first. column is. the preferred
rate for members. of the
Association, the second column
indicates the higher rates for
non-members,

Men’s (two nights" per week) --
$70 $105 :

Ladies (two nights per week) -
$50 $75

Ladies (one night per week) -

Commercial - $30 $45

. Mixed (Sundays).- $25 flat rate

‘Teachers - $30 flat rate

B.C, MINING

Copper continues to be the
leading revenue - producer with
82 per cent of total sales, Zinc is
the second largest in sales, coal
has moved into third spot,-while
molybdenum has; dropped to.
‘fourthitit 475), retrial bench?

ing
“Association: has. finalized ‘thes:
‘membership arid fee structure: -

iaivr evil

“An attractive acka e i
ered::-to::the package

erships, A family purchasing

“the membership may curl in :

‘any numberof leagues at a cost

of only $140. A single man, after. :
purchasing a membership for.

$150 may play in any nuinber of
leagues fer $90, : Similarily, a
single: lady may purchase a:
Jifetime membership for $100

‘and curl, in any number of
leagues for $70. -

‘Anyone interested in curling
“may. sign up. by ‘contacting the

following peoris for the specific

leagues:

De we Keith Melanson - Mers - 5-6954
These | are lifetime mem:

‘Cevenings) -

ose people -who.: |:
ife-time -- mem. -

Pioneer Prospeetors ‘in the
‘Terrace area are to gather at
the Hart Farm North of Terrace
on October 15th, the second such:
gathering int as ‘many. years,

As’: -an ; ‘event where
“prospectors ‘and ‘others talk.
over their ‘latest high grade
discovery’, the event Promises .
to stir. the Spirit of those now -
retired from prospecting,”

Fare. for: the dinner, to be
served ‘in typical Prospector:
_ fashion,. includes bannock,
* sourdough, baked beans, roast’

. Grace Smith . : Ladieg Night - 5- beef. ete. =

5193

‘Gordon - Rowe:- : Mixed = §-3853
_Cevenings) or 5-3334 (days)
Harr Davy - Commercial - a
aii .

If: -fine weather: prevails
outdoor activities will inchide
_ horse-shoe pitching.

* provided.

‘Every ploseer prospector
~ (senior. citizen” prospector)” in
“the Terracé area is welcome. to
altend. He need only-leave his
name at th e Terrace Herald.‘
Transportation « owl ; be:

Those wishing. to. attend who
are not pioneer prospectorg are ~
also- welcome ‘but. should in-
dicate their planning to do so at
the Herald’... ‘Transportation —
will leave from the Lakelse

Hotel at.approx. 10:30 am. .

Sunday, October 15th. -

Northern. B.C. ‘chamiber of.

Mines .
R.H. Bates, President

«

oot

The boards are up, the seats are going down and. —
before too long there’ll be ice. This was the scene at
the Terrace arena last Friday as the final .

; preparations were made hefore ice is put down.

- Officials are optimistic of limited use of the arena

7 byi early next week. (M. ‘Mamilton photo)
pedals

Cs

CRORES EEE

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Let pep
‘Houston by people who ha d

made immediate represen-. ‘spawning - grounds..and: would
“talons to Jack Davis with the - earibue ‘telatively: lithe ‘by-
hopes that . both: additional contrast”

"salmon spawning grounds can
‘be developed and at the same

“forestalling’ the : damage’ which

a proceeded with.” ..

thea pa [proceed wi
grounds In the upper reaches of “the’ Narika = K
the Ndnika:- Kidprice: system.'| and this pr
Mr. Howard said, “As aresult Kemano- sei :
resentations that: were gine that: time “studies have
made to mé the other ‘day in. shown’ that’ the installation of
‘any such dam would ruin the
present salmon and steelhead

recently visited the area, ‘I have

\" "It geems to me therefore”,
sig MG, Howard, “tat te
. Fishe en
charged with the responsibility
of. ‘preservation . of. our
anadromous fish has,-a- direct
responsibility. to examine:th e
:, suggestion for fish ladders in
Mr, Howard" said, “The “the. area and make an , even
Aluminium Company of Canada. greater. contribution than has
. Was given permission i in 1941 to been the case. 80 far”. .

lime thus participate. in’

will. come to the “area. if the
, proposals to build diversion and |
-storage * dams ‘there are.

_ Hockey for Minors :

’ copyright Toronto Star Syndicate

A Good. Leg Exercise
Your. legs. need. constant exercise to strengthen
them. Bad legs end more: promising careers than any
other part of an athlete’s body, °
Here’s an exercise you and your teammates can
take. Have a teammate hold a stick across his body.and
you grasp it,'too. While he digs in: to resist you, push
with all the strength ofyour legs...)
-Learn breath control at the same time. We all tend
to stop breathing when we concentrate.on an extra
~~ hard push: or-pull. All we do is shut off the supply of
“oxygen to.our blood stream.
Learn: to breathe evenly all the time instead of
holding it at times. ofmaximum effort. .

“Where the sportsman’ 5 concern
is our concern”

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