TALK

By Mickey Place

Well tempus certainly fugits as the old Romans used to say and here we, are at the end of another athletic season with the mly event left on the schedule being the Athletic Awards Night ,; toward which occasion"We have rather unhappy ' ' memories. We assume the Department is deep in thought and debate about R who~will be the recipient of the prestigious and uncoveted H.A. award. It seems so recent that we could hear the shouts of the football players as they were going through their drills in prepara- tion for their first game. Since then we have lost quite a few, but let's forget them and think only of the wins and go back to the old refrain "Just wait till next year." *

Since our last column, I we'lost the only playoff game we achieved this year, we split two in hockey, lost two basketball games, ~' but won the final one.

This makes a .333 average which would be good as a batting average in baseball, but a trifle disappointing_ for an Werall picture.

IN the Panthers faced teams rated among the topltlen in Canada and managed aisplit. Although enjoying a 3—2 lead going into the third period: against Dalhousie, our

I

_ netted a pair.

5””: v, w... ..

j well tempu

' team sagged and allowed the

Tigers to score four un-

’answered goals for a 6—3

loss.’ Rory Beck had one - for us, while Shane Turner We thought Brian O'Stroski showed

, excellent judgement in an

encounter with Dal's Mathescn when he recognized

the futility of administering

a well deserved blow to his

opponent's protected face and

endeavoured to relieve said foe of his face mask. For this he was relegated to

“the dressing rocm for the

' leadership .

balance of the game and, for that matter, the rest of the season. Comm sense is not always rewarded. ~ On Sunday night the O'Stroskiless Panthers played their final match of the schedule and, although definitely out of league contention, played as though they were engaging in the final playoff game as they dominated throughout

a and left the touted Saint F.X. team quite bewilderedas they From ’

won, going away, 7-3. the report of the Athletic Board, recently made, which recommended a full time . staff member for hockey, we fear that this may have been

the last game for Jack Hynes‘

behind the Panther bench. This win in a "Nothing" game with an all out effort by his team is quite typical of Jack's inspirational

He has proven himself to be "CLASS" all the way and is, we believe, a better coach, part time, than most full time. This was the laSt game for , graduating Gary Trainor, '

Harold Hay, Mark Ledwell,

Mike DeVine and Rory Beck.“ We them for the many exciting moments they have given us during theirstay here. We might add that

Rory set a season's scoring ‘

S 7078 rml'fi'r‘i'gi‘ts

' behind him withul7.

4" (543‘ :,r V" '

'THE UPE .-

mark for the Panthers with

50 points (16 goals 34 assists)

breaking Louie Lortie's and

David Cameron's mark of 47 set Brian

a couple of years ago.

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the nationally rated quintet from DalhOusie, and were wiped out early, although cathy Chandler's 20 points» was high for all contestants,

O'Stroski's 50 assists shatteréd Perhaps it was the imposing

the old mark of 30, while Shane Turner's 26 goals for

the season bettered Inrtie's ‘

old record by 3.

In Basketball, oUr boys played three games on the road,losing mo and winning

. their final match. ‘ In

Frederictm, our playoff hopes were lost as we dropped two to the Red Raiders, the first 79—70 and the second 101-80 with Bill Redmond leading the

way with 26 points. On Wednesday night they made

a happy exit as they.~topped Maunt Allison 75—73 after

: trailing 39-32 at‘the half;

Bill Redmond again; ledthe way for us with 19 while ' Rick Millard was right

there were more Momt A's in the league,- as this Was our fourth win from them this year; and they haVen't beaten the\Basketball‘ Panthers since 1976! was. the final. game for graduating Colin MacAdam,

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FLORIST .-

CORSAGES AND FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS

Ron Stuewe, .Rick Millard and Bill Fanning. We think . "Inaudible??" 'Dave Nutbrown did a most remarkable job

his charges this year.

_ rotating basketball coaches who come late'and leave '

the personnel loss the team

\ -.is suffering via the diploma

routegwe think it dovious that a great deal of work

needs tobe done between now,- and the start of next season. i

The Lady Panthers, the

We wish

This I

We are getting accustomed to

quietly so that the program ' has lacked continuity. With .

only team on campus tomake

Dalplex that overaWed the girls, but we also believe that the lack of strong competition during league play did not give them the impetus that wasréquired when they came up against real strong qaposition. At any rate, they bore little resemblance to the team that overwhelmed Mount Allison on the previous weekend; We note, from the Athletic Report that

a;

, there is a great possibility

that they will be in the stronger section of the . league next year and we are

I. Iquite‘certain, that they will,

with the experience gained this season, ,be worthy ' contenders for league honours. :We were privileged to sit in- on Dr’. Meincke's press conferenCe which dealt with

‘ the report of the Athletic We were quite impre—

ssed'with the observations and will bring to your?

, attention Dr . " Meincke ' 5

request for comments and advice with respect to the reCanmendations of the Beard- There will be, little sense

. ‘ in your saying, in a future

time, "He shbulda-dcne this" or "Why didn't he do that?" if you do not ccmply with his request. Why not drop a line to the Honourable Doctor?? Dogit NON!!!

“Io A.M. - IO P.’M. MONDAY - SNEURDA . ’ 7 Y it' to the playoff schedule, . a ‘ had what appeared to be an 892-0727 "Off" night in their game

own Mall - ' Charlottet _ - against the eventual winners

of the Atlantic dumpimship.‘ 7 ‘ ‘