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Page 14 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, April 19, 1978 Rubber chicken: (n.) (i) an inanimate object thrown on the ice at a hockey game with the intention of embarrassing a certain player or team. (ii) a rather distasteful way of describing the susterance at a banquet, sports or otherwise. â€" * Being a hockey fan from way back, I‘m used to seeâ€" ing rubber chickens being thrown on the ice. But not until I assumed the position of sports editor at this paper did I become aware the ‘"rubber chicken‘"‘ was a term used to describe banquets â€" events which send mediatypesscurryingintohidingwithfl:emstm- common of excuses. I‘m allergic to plastic knives and forks. I‘m expecting a sore throat. . It‘s raining out. I don‘t have a suit. My girlfriend will get jealous. Sure there‘s lots of reasons for not attending rubber chickens, but none of them are ever on the up and up. Unlike my coâ€"workers who delight in turning down invitations to banquets (Paul Marck, main turn downee), I‘m rather honored when I get invited to one. And since the winter season recently ended, I‘ve been on what you might term *the banquet circuit" . I‘ve never received so many invitations. Up until this year I‘ve only been ‘‘*invited‘* to get lost. So far this spring my record is 50%. Because of assignments and the like, I‘ve only been able to make iu€$ $2. 1 *3 & i + ;;» * im # im Jk w _ § v & 3 _ o o ww ‘ “E;.;‘,;:E;fi_:é.:.{ is _ ‘ Tok 44 E}:{t:(;_ ol o t tares S~y y . S . 4. BR $s 20 c tE sc orss . § @% _ m / #®m : . _ _ & a*.: amr¢®% 2. A Ni . _ e o s o ‘/“}““ & y : | «4 % F t**\w EU & ?e i t â€" €8% $ Ym s F $ C t | ; eR -t""“ Sgein00 n : t s & ; e ow y s 4e epar wa e men _ _ . > sal ue o tsn is y "= *Â¥3 44 half of the banquets I‘ve been invited to. But of the ones I have attended, the one I enjoyed most had to be Aast Tuesday night. Ao~ s It was held at the Waterioo Knights of Columbus and was aptly termed sports appreciation night for the more than 400 volunteers who gave their time in the past year to minor sports in Waterioo. I went to that banquet not expecting much. I didn‘t know anyone as I walked in the front door (yes, sports editors are allowed to use front doors) so I planned on a rather quiet evening. Not to be. _ Before I even had a chance to get a beer in my hand Tom Litwiller of Community Services came over to welcome me. So did Rio Caron, also of Community Services, and the master of ceremonies for the eveâ€" ning. _ Then that yellow canary from the Kitchener Record Larry Anstett made his way in and we sat down at the media table to lie about our golf handicaps. That‘s when the fun began. Ken Gagne, a former volunteer trophy winner, came over and bought us a drink. Then he sat down with a couple of other friends and delighted us all meal long with tales from the good ole days in this sporting city of Waterloo. You might claim I‘m easily amused, but I loved lisâ€" tening to every last anecdote. Champs: Flintstones with 82 points followed close by Alley Cats with 78 points. Flintstones were coached by Mr. and Mrs. Metzger. High Average: _ Dianne Tucker 129; Jeff Klawitter, 141.64. High Double: Deidâ€" re Saunders, 330; Douglas Dyet, 375. High Single: Shelley Brohman, 211; Steâ€" ven Donnelie, 207. The most improved bowlers were Shelley Brohman with 36 pins and Douglas Law, Gary Bitton with 36 pins. °* Because I soon realized that Ken, along with everyâ€" mdnmt.mfluquhmm“hr fair city last year. Ang years gone by. And wil} be in years to come. There were five awards given at Tuesday‘s bangquet, with winners totalling 37 years of service. That‘s volâ€" 10:30 Bantams: Team Champs: Chargers with 97 points followed close by the Acadians with 85 points. High Average: Pam Schell 149,89473, Jackie Williams, 149,42857; Cam Thomas, 146. High Single: Jane unteer service. With no reimbursement but the joy of helping out. & Next year another handful of people will get richly deserved awards. Those people will too come from over 400 individuals, who care enough about their 146. High Single: Jane Chiakowsky, 254; Chris Chiakowsky, 233. High Douâ€" ble: Heather Stanley, 42%6; Jason Boettger, 384. children, who care enough about their neighbour‘s children, or who just plain eare to make Waterioo one of the most successful minor sports cities in the provâ€" ince, if not the countty. You know, 1 had two hopes coming out of that banâ€" quet hall last Tuesday night. For starters, I hope I can say in 10 or 20 years that I‘ve contributed as much to minor sports as those people have. I also hope that someday I‘ll understand why they call banquets ‘‘rubber chickens.‘"‘ The roast beef was delicious. _ YBC winners Fri. Jrs. â€" Team Champs were the Tigers with 110 By Rick Campbel! The Interâ€"County Major baseball league has forgiven the new boys in town. Three weeks ago, Waterloo Tigers signed three players to 1978 contracts. All three, Dave Dix, Gary Dix, and Alf Payne, has obtained their reâ€" natonti® Allinatoniet Alibtisineiinibeine dhida hP y uce lease from the Brantiord Red Sox, whom they toiled with last season. But the signings sparked controversy among certain league members who claimed that Tigers, in signing the three, broke two league rules. One stipulates that any player released must be picked up or waived by the club or clubs near est in proximity to the club releasing him within 24 hours. That means that all three would have had to be waived by Cambridge Hamilton and Kitchener before being allowed to sign with Waâ€" terloo. I guess I broke a rule," said Waterloo general manager Champ Gilassford. "The rule will reâ€" main the same but since we‘re new coming into the league the commissioner (Reub Halpern of Kitchener) has made a concession. We shouldn‘t have signed them until they were waived. What it means is that we‘ll have to sign them over again Another rule which cropped up at the league meeting in Preston Tuesday night was one which stipulates that no new team in the league is alâ€" lowed to sign players who played with another Interâ€"County team the year previous. As such, the London Majors also indicated an interest in signing the three players since preâ€" sumably Waterloo would not be allowed to sign them. The spirit of that rule is to prevent new teams from "raiding‘‘ established clubs. “";\.I;‘.\-r;"g'ot. ;h;p'iayers legally now, and that‘s the most important thing," said Glassford Bulletin Ww A points coached by Pat Kadâ€" well. High Average: Debi Schell, 174; Paul Roeder, 206. High Triple: MARG Landers, 653;, Geo Kadwell and David Bankratz, 657. High Single: Barb Ticker, 203; Paul Roenspiess and Don Duench, 300. The most improved bowler _ were Debi Schell with 89 pins and Brian Kerr with 37 pins. ~ Sun. Jrs. â€" Team Champs were Team No. ! Wwith 123 points. _ High _ Average: Xanne Michalowksy, 179; Sean Thomas, 201. High 206. ~High Triple: \ Landers, 653; Geo K; and David Bankratz High Single: Barb T Triple: Cindy Weigel, 665; Ben Officer, 712. High Sinâ€" gle: Debi Myles, 277, Jeff Wilson, 288. with 115 points were Team No. 5. High Average: Beth Brohman, 210; Scott Hanâ€" nah, 244. High Triple: Heather Totzke, 752, Tom Reuel, 831. High Single: Elaine .: Ligterink, _ 348; Steve Bleizeffer, 403. ligh Triple: ke, 752, Tom High Single: terink, â€" 348;