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Tier Two ClubsGet GuaranteeIn OntarioTORONTO (CP) - The MUi annual meeting of the Ontario Hockey Association passer! r resolution Saturday establishing a franchise agreement for OHA tier-two clubs.The franchise amendment is designed to guarantee the continuance of tier-two Junior A clubs and to protect the investments of the member teams.The meeting approved 30 amendments to the regulations and constitution of the OIIA.Returned to office by acclamation for a second term were Frank Doherty, Thorold, pres-i d e n t; Cliffe Phillips, Newmarket, first vice * president; Hugh McLean, London, second vice-president; Larry BelJislc, Penelanguishcne, third vice-president.Frank Buckland of Peterborough, a 20-year veteran on the executive was re-appointed for a further term as treasurer.Buckland, giving the treasurer's report, noted that in 1072 the OHA accumulated a record in revenue with receipts totalling over $139,000. Disbursements totalled over $122,000.Buckland and Jack Roxburgh of Simcoe, a former OHA and CAHA president, were unani mousty elected life members of the OHA. They are only the fifth and sixth men thus elected.in tho north might,result in future increased travel problems, ultimately forcing bim out of. competition. A franchise agree* menli would guarantee North, Bay’s right to compete.Ted Tobias, president of Wcx- • ford Raiders, provincial playoff • champions, said tho tier-two. teams, 12 in the provincial grouping and eight in tho South- • ern Ontario League, have a. combined total of around $i ■ million invested in their clubs.“Wo need some protection for our investments” said Tobias. “Franchising would seem to be tho logical answer.Tho delegate from the Paris-! Burford Junior C team, Murray Huckle, was emphatic in his •* support of the motion.“They (the franchised Major.. Junior A teams) contribute one heck of a lot of money to the’! OHA coffers. I don't see why tier two won't do the same.”The resulting vote was 46 to 41 in favor of tho amendment.! *The franchise request, by far the most contentious of the amendments, was opposed by the majority of executive members.Phillips said:“I was against it last year and the years before, and I’m against it again today.Lou Farelli, genera! manager of North Bay Trappers of the Provincial Junior A League, said he felt that Trappers, with their heavy financial involvement, needed assurance that they would be able to operate a club from season to season. Because of his geographical location, he felt isolation of his clubRowdyismDrawsCriticiismTORONTO (CP) - Frank i)o-herty, president of the Ontario Hockey Association, Saturday criticized players and officials responsible for tho excess of rowdyism and fighting in junior hockey.Doherty, of Thorold, Ont., addressing delegates at the annu-. al meeting of tho OHA in. Toronto, warned, “next year we’re going to bo real tough! and we’re going to clean things up-“Wo won’t have any scram-, bling all over the ice with', players trying to look like tin .cods.” ho said
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Apr 30, 1973
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