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SameWon’t HappenTOKONO (CP) — Lloyd Pollock, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, doesn’t believe in making the same mistake twice.In a telephone interview from his Chatham, Ont., office, Pollock said there would be no wholes a 1 e suspensions should the western Canada Junior Hockey League move outside the CAHA organization.The WCJHL last week announced an age limit of 21 for junior playres; the CAHA the week before authorized an age limit of 19.Bill Hunter, chairman of the WCJHL board of governors, said his league would make no move to declare independence.Gordon Juckes, CAHA executive director, said: “Anyone who doesn't want to abide by the rules can’t be a member of the CAHA ...”Many of the clubs in the WCJHL, in another dispute two years ago, left the CAHA and formed the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League. Theywere all summarily suspendedby the CAHA.“We were a little premature with suspensions in the case of the CMJHL,” Pollock said. “The suspensions didn’t stop them from playing.”‘IT’S THEIR BUSINESS'He echoed Juckes’ feeling that “if they want to operate an independent league, that is their business.”“Things are in a very confusing state just now,” Pollock said. “So far I haven’t heard anything official and I hesitate to form a policy until I know the details of their plans out west.”He did say, however, that his stand on suspensions had been “misunderstood” at the recentCAHA meeting in Windsor, Ont.“If a player who has signed a CAHA card were to apply to his club for a release so he couldjoin a team outside the CAHA,he might not get it. He could ap-p e a 1 to the CAHA but he wouldn’t stand much chance. Then, if he jumped his team anyway, he would be suspended.“I feel in my mind a release would not be forthcoming if it was just so he could join a club outside the CAHA.”Both Pollock and Juckes said that any teams which move out. side the CAHA lose an annual subsidy of $9,000 and would be unable to compete in a post-season playoff.VancouverStill SeekF ranchiseMONTREAL (CP) - Despite the fact Vancouver Canucks are committed to play in the Western Hockey League for the 1968-69 season, Clarence Campbell, NHL president, said today the West Coast team will apply for an NHL franchise next week.Campbell said the application will not be for the next season but for any future expansion plans the league may have.“We will be forced to tell them that if their presentation looks,pretty good, come and see us aeain when we can find
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Wed, Jun 05, 1968
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