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Page 10 â€" Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, December 14, 1977 In this greedy world of six figure contracts, free agents and contract hassles, here‘s a pleasant _ Lanny MacDonald and Daryl Sittler of the Leafs are on the final year of their respective contracts with the Toronto club, excluding their option year. |______ year, that their value could not help but increase as the year went on. _ Naturally, they were instructed by their legal adâ€" visor Alan Eagleson to hold out until the end of the 14 Princess St. West 886â€"2900 or 886â€"2370 Enjoy your Christmas lights . and conserve energy, too... _ SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL CANCELLED THIS WEEK DUE TO TOURNAMENT. for information call WATERLOO BOWLING LANES oPEN BOWLING DAILY 10:00 A.Mâ€" â€" 7:00 P.M. WEEKENDS 10:00 A.M. â€" CLOSING BOWLING .50‘ Per Game on Weekends FAMILY BOWLING ie Rfure daporh gain at bedtime e Rfure deperyisont The demand for electricity is particularly heavy between 4 and 7 on winter weekday evenings. Many offices. factories and stores are still open. Street lights are on. And at home, evening meals are being prepared. The result is a peak demand that grows higher and more costly to meet | every year. That‘s why it is imporâ€" tant to try to avoid major uses of electricity, such as dishwashing and the laundry, between 4 and 7 p.m. Christmas lights also add to the load. You can help by keeping displays modest, by leaving them off til} 7 p.m.. and by switching them off again at bedtime. Waterloo Hydro No way. In so many words or less, they told Eagleson that he was being paid to represent them, that they were happy in Toronto, that they wanted to play in Toronâ€" to and nowhere else and that he was to get them the best deal he could. Now! Not when the team had its back to the wall with option years staring them in the face. Now, when there were no hassles. Cause that‘s how theplayers wanted it. Hassle free, so they could concentrate on what they were paid to do. Play hockey. . So Eagleson did just that. Got them both five year contracts, which, with option years, make the pair Leaf property until at least 1984. Good deals, fair deals too. The only restriction being placed on the Leafs is that if they sign other players to much higher pacts, then Sittler and MacDonald can reneâ€" gotiate. w uw Sounds like a pretty good deal all around. players are happy. The management‘s happy. legal advisors are happy. Everyone‘s happy. No wonder it never made the headlines. Speaking of my poor Maple Buds, what. do they have to do to gain first place in the Adams Division? They‘ve started the year like they were shot out of a cannon with a 16â€"6â€"4 record. It would be good for first place by 11 points in the Smythe or Sominex Division as it‘s called, but alas, here Leafs are in third place, six points behind Buffalo and Boston. Buffalo was supposed to be up there, but those lunch pail Bruins just never seem to lose. -lvkn';;fp;orfifséd no more predictions two weeks ago but just off the cuff look for Leafs to finish somewhere else but third when April rolls around. Hail, hail the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After 26 straight regular season losses the Bucs finally won an NFL contest last Sunday with a 33â€"14 romp over But is that what Sittler and MacDonald are doing? # % # *# # % House League : St. Clements 10, Wallars Wildcats 6 Tweens Jean Hay 9, Chippers 2: »Shirt Stop 8, Bell Canada 6. Ringette scores Kitchener 9, Wallars Wildâ€" cats 2; Harvey‘s Heroes 8, Wallars Kittens 7. Take a step in the right direction. Take a few. nannmenat on B MWaik a block.Today w Christmas Trees *&J the almostâ€"asâ€"hapless New Orieans Saints. The Bucs defense continued to display its fine form byimerceptingthreepassesfort«whdownsand generally bottling up Archie Manning and Co. until it was too late. e And the Tampa Bay offense, led by quarterback Gary Huff, even got a touchdown themselves, heavâ€" en forbid. . Afterwards Huff relaxed in the dressing room puffâ€" ing what he called his victory cigar. The two area universities have closed up their sports shops until the new year but the high schools take one more parting shot at 1977. Ed Zdrahal and his Waterloo Vikings will be going after their fourth senior basketball title in five years as Sports Night Friday kicks off the winter sports schedule at WCI. â€" At the same time Bluevale‘s Jim Baird takes his Knights to Cameron Heights to play the Gaels. Knights are fresh off a runnerup performance in the Glenview Park tournament. Also included in Sports Night Friday are junior boys basketball, senior and junior girls basketball and wrestling. Should be a funfilled day giving area residents a chance to see what to expect after Christmas on the high school scene. Bâ€"ball action at WCJI starts at 7 p.m. Just as a sidelight, I‘ve become a big fan of the Dick Beddoes sportcasts nightly at 11 on channel 11. OIl‘ Bedclothes has been known for his unorthodox style on the sports page of the Globe and Mail for years and his manner carries over r.nagnificiently on TV. I get a hearty chuckle out of wellâ€"dressed Tricky Dicky nearly every night as he pokes fun at the various athletic institutions. Here‘s just an example from one sportcast. "In the NHL tonight down at the Carliton Street Cashbox the Leafs and Les Habitants tied at twos . . . Atlanta beat Cleveland 3â€"2, but who cares . . . In the World Rocky Association Indian No Place (Indianapolis) clipped old man Howe and the Whalers 4â€"3 . . . And in baseball circles those Toronâ€" to Turkeys (Blue Jays) made another trade. They lost Ron Fairly and gained nothing. Another fine deal ..." _â€"I know a lot of people hate Beddoes, including my father, but if nothing else he captures your attention. And that‘s what he‘s there for. Stratford Waterloo Hespeler Elmira Kitchener New Hamburg And locally. . . MIDWESTERN JUNIOR B LEAGUE No. 1 Spruce & Scotch Pine. The Optimist Club of Kitchener have Xmas trees for sale at Leon‘s Furniture Parking lot, Fairway Rd., GET YOURS EARLY. Proceeds to the Youth of our Community. Had it so long it‘s stale," said the youthful For more infor mation call â€" â€" WE‘RE BACK 20 23 24 23 24 21 885â€"5422 744â€"0100 18 16 12 * % # % * * * Â¥ % # 11 14 16 15 138 145 138 85 93 83 54 79 119 126 153 151 37 37 25 14 12